Painting ladybug

Hello, again!
This is another card I made and would like to show you:

The image is From the Heart Stamps: Painting Ladybug. I colored it with alcohol based markers (Kuretake), and made some lines with a white pencil to imitate brightness and I like the effect. I used a green ink pad to distressed the edges.

I used green cardstock and a flowers embossing folder for the background, some pink dp with multicolor flowers and glitter and lots of sparkle (the picture doesn't show very well).

I used my sewing machine and made three lines of holes in the left edge to make the stitching that shows the sketch. I used a pink/green ribbon. I used one of the sentiments that comes in the set, started being a tag, then I cut a little bit, then another little and finally left just a big sentiment. I die cut a flower from some magazine paper and distressed the edges with an ink pad and finished it with a big rhinestone.

Challenges:
I heart sketches: #142 + big sentiment
Simon Says: a little bit of green
Catch the Bug: bright and cheery
A Gem of Challenge: Spring
Allsorts: spring is in the air
Crafty friends: AG
Di's digis designs: lots of layers
My sheri crafts: spring fever
My time to craft: flowers
Art by Miran: AG
Left of center: stitching (no thread but I used the machine)
Patti's creations: use green
RRR: show me the green with ribbon or trim
QKR: add some sparkle

Rejoice!

Hello!
I would like to show you another card I made, I am loving this of doing my own backgrounds, and I love acuarelle paints!!!! I was inspired and learn through some cards I saw at Pinterest, here, here... and many more!

I used watercolor paper and acuarelle paints to make the background. I used a rubber stamp with Memento black tuxedo ink and then I used a glue pad for embossing powder and put some clear powder and the heating tool, I guess I need to get some black embossing powder, for now I combine the two things. I used black cardstock for the background. To embellish it I used clear dew drops.

Challenges:
Simon says: make your own background
Simon says: a little bit of green
Morgan's Art: include a sentiment
QKR Stampede: some sparkle
Star Stampz: embossing
One crazy stamper: AG
Crafty creations: Sentiment focal point
Word Art Wednesday: AG
Crafting with friends: AG
DLArt: AG (monthly)

Masculine birthday

Hello, again!
I would like to show you another card I made with a couple of techniques I am not used to: acuarelle background and embossing with powders. This is the card I made:

I used mainly green and blue acuarelles for the background on a watercolor cardstock. I used a rubber stamps with Happy Birthday sentiment with some glue pad for embossing powder, I used a blue one and the heating tool, I think I can improve... I used a blue-greenish textured cardstock for the mat. I also used some dew drops and green baker twine to embellish the card.

Challenges:
Simon says: make your own background
Simon says: a little bit of green
Morgan's Art: include a sentiment
RRR: show me the green with ribbon or trim
QKR Stampede: some sparkle
Sieze the birthday: Birthday (no topping here today)
Star Stampz: embossing
One crazy stamper: AG
Sparkles forum: Something for the males
Tinker dream: birthday
Creative playground: Birthday
Crafty creations: Sentiment focal point
Little red wagon: mainly manly
Word Art Wednesday: AG

EDITED: I won at Star Stamps!!!

EDITED:  I made top 5 at Sparkles Forum!!!

Green Bird-thday

Hello, dear friends and visitors!
I want to show you another card I made with the set I won at Catch the Bug - Bugaboo birthday celebration a few weeks ago:

I colored the image with alcohol based markers (Kuretake) and I distressed the borders with a green ink pad, then I placed it on a green cardstock mat.

The papers are from two different stacks from my stash, but I think the mix and match goes well....

The only embellishment is a double bow made with green ribbon and green gingham ribbon.

Challenges:
Stella says sketch: #404
Catch the bug: AG
Simon says: a little bit of green (maybe lots!)
Craft Rocket feathers/ fur
Digital Delights: AG
The Ribbon Girls: spring/easter or AG
Hanna and friends: AG
Sieze the birthday: Birthday (no topping here today)
Sassy Studio Designs: shades of green
Craft Dee Bowz: AG w/handmade bow
RRR: show me the green
Crafty Hazelnutz: patterned paper
Digistamps 4 joy: AG + animal
Sunsational stamps: critters
Mod Squad: it is easy being green (wrong for the challenge)

EDITED: I made top 3 at Stella Says Sketch!!!!

Edited: I won at Sunsational Stamps!!!

Fairies challenge at Cre8tive Hands Friends

Hello, dear friends and visitors!
This is my second card as GDT at Cre8tive Hands Friends challenge. This week we are challenged to use

FAIRIES

This is my card:

I used Dacing Fairy #5 and colored it with my alcohol based markers, then I used glitter for the wings. I cut with an oval die and placed it in a purple cardstock bigger oval mat.

The designer paper is Oriental Trading and I used a purple ribbon and made a bow.

With a couple of flower punches and lilac, white and purple cardstock I made a few flowers and finished them with  an iridiscent rhinestone.

I hope you like the card and come to play with us :)
The blog challenge is still looking for more DT members, if you are interested, click here.
You can find all sorts of amazing Digis over at CRE8TIVE HANDS SHOP and you will probably find some FREEBIES over on the Cre8tive Hands Blog
Michelle just opened a Digi Club and you can find information here. 
 

Challenges:
2 creative chicks: AG
A bit more time to craft: AG
Connie can crop:AG
Crafts Galore Encore: make a card
Crafty Hazelnutz: AG w/ patterned paper
Creative Craft Cottage: let's get girly
Crafting for all season: add some sparkle
Creative moments: AG
Catch the bug: AG
Sisterhood of crafters: punches or dies
Whimsy Inspirations. AG
Wonderful Wednesday: AG
Craft dee bowz: AG w/handmade bow
Word Art Wednesday: AG

Flowers for spring

Hello dear friends and visitors!
Where I live, 8th of March is a very important holiday, you don't work and visit to congratulate all the women around you :)
I made a few simple cards playing with dies and embossing folders to give to some special ladies in my life here... This is one of them:

I used white cardstock for the background and a swirls embossing folder. Then I used one of the flower from a Sizzix set of three with pink and purple cardstock and used a big rhinestone for each flower in pink and purple. also with green cardstock and a swirl die cut I did the branch for the flowers. I placed everything on a purple cardstock mat.

Challenges:
Lemon Shortbread: AG
Simon says: touchy feely
Retarte: AG
Unicorn: Cleand ands simple
Artistic Inspirations: AG
Crafting from the heart: AG
Craft your passions: AG
Our crafty corner: AG
AAA: embossing
Dragonfly dreams: die cut

Playing with my dies

... and embossing folders...
Hello, dear friends and visitors!
Does it happen to you that you have some embossing folders and dies and you almost never use them? It does to me... So I was playing a little bit with some of them and made a few things. I will show you one card today and I will keep showing you in future some other things I am making with my forgoten stuff...
This week is International Women Day and here is celebrated as Mother/Sister/Girfriend/etc... So I need to make a lot of cards to congrat many women in my circles.

For this card,   I used a Flowers embossing folder and used it for the white cardstock on the background (you can see that on the right side picture). For the flower I used a flower die (from a set of three different shapes) with pastel yellow and sky blue cardstocks and used some yellow rhinestones for the center, I also used a Swirl die to cut green cardstock. I used more pastel yellow cardstock to mat the card.
(I posted two pictures because in the left one you can see the real colors and the right one you can see the texture of the background.)

Challenges:
AAA: Embossing/CAS
Dragonfly dreams: use a die cut
Lil patch of crafty friends: AG
A Gem of Challenge spring
Crafting with an attitude: AG
Crafty girls creations: AG
 Simon says: touchy feely
Crimbo crackers; die cuts
Star stampz: embossing
Crafting by design; AG
Inspiration Destination; AG
Di's digi designs: use 2 or more dies

Pinterest inspired...

Hello!
Hope you are doing well. I like to see cards at Pinterest, there is a lot of ideas and inspiration there...

Few days ago I saw two card here and here and then, I made my own, a little bit different, what do you think? It is a very simple card, but I guess I like the simplicity of it.

I used a dark yellow (or light orange) textured cardstock, a butterfly die cut (Sizzix), some rhinestones and foam tape for the flying away butterfly. I used kraft cardstock as a mat.


Challenges:

A gem of challenge: Spring
All sorts femenine
Crafting with friends: AG
Simon says: touchy feely
Creative fingers AG
Jo's scrap shack: AG
Kitty bee desings: in the garden
Simply papercraft: AG
Eureka stamps: CAS
Crafting with an attitude: AG
Crafty girls creations: AG

Cute Owl in Pink

Hello! I hope you are enjoying your weekend :)
There is a new  challenge that started last week at Cre8tive Hands Friends.
The challenge is to "Use a Digi" and you still can link your card to it. Please, come and join us!!!
I would like to show you a card I made with a Cre8tive Hands image:

I colored the image with alcohol based markers Kuretake and I placed the image in the negative of a circle die (pink cardstock), I glued it with foami tape. To add some texture I used a dots embossing folder.

I used Poligraphservis dps for the background. As embellishments I used a pink ribbon, a pink button and some pink embroidery thread. The sentiment is by Create with TLC. With a fine pink marker I made some faux stitches.

Challenges:
Catch the bug: AG
Simon says: touchy feely
Art by Miran: AG
Brown Sugar: cute and cuddly
Crafting with Friends: AG
Creative fingers: AG
Jo's scraps shack: AG
Kitty Bee designs: in garden
Quick quotes: welcome spring
Simply papercraft: AG
The stamping boutique: ribbon/lace
Crafty girls creations: AG
Hanna and friends: AG
Little Miss Muffet: AG
Stars Stampz: embossing
Crafting by Design: AG
Crafty Hazelnuts: patterned paper

A little bit of spring...

Hello, dear friends and visitors!
I can't believe the weather we are having here in Almaty (Kazakhstan, Central Asia)... This is my sixth winter here and never before we had a mild/warm winter as this one. Today, we are having the highest temperature recorded in the last 30 years: 21 C!!!! (The last high was 16C in 1989). The last 7 days had been gorgeous sunny days worthy of April, I am so happy, because normally winter here is very (really very) cold, but God is giving us this beautiful weather....

Ok, here is a card I would like to show you:

I've got this digi in a adult coloring page site on internet and didn't keep the record where... I colored it with alcohol markers, I cut it with a circle die and placed it on a purple cardstockmat cut with a scallop circle die.

I used a dot embossing folder and only embossed the half of the page and I really like it!!! Then I punched out some daisies and used rhinestones for their centers. I placed everything on  a purple cardstock mat.

Challenges:
Artistic Inspirations: AG
Crafting from the heart: AG
Craft your passions: AG
Crafty boots: something for the ladies
Simon says: AG
Eureka: CAS
AAA: Embossing
Our crafty corner: AG
Lacy Sunshine: AG
Lacy sunshine coloring: flowery inspiration
Lil Patch of crafty friends: AG
Crafty Friends: floral
The pencil case: new blooms/ spring flowers
Di's digi designs: two or more dies