Anna's Handmade Cards: grudnia 2012

How to: get well after New Year's Eve

Autor: Unknown poniedziałek, 31 grudnia 2012 komentarze (9)

Time flies so fast... This is my last post as a GDT for

It's been a wonderful time of creativity and inspiration and I hope I will repeat this experience one day. I would like to thank Jenn for being my guide during this month and giving me the best support I could get.

The last challenge at December is

GET WELL SOON

A very proper theme after the New Year's Eve party I suppose... LOL

The sponsor for this challenge is a

Here's my GDT card:

The card is made according to the sketch from Willow Sketchie Challenge Blog:

I rotated the sketch, but I hope it still counts. For this card I used the sponsor's image, which can be found HERE. This is probably how you're gonna look like, when you drink too many toast for a 'Happy New Year'! The digi is painted with watercolors.

The flowers are all handmade by me, and under the flowers there are some Cheryl Lynn's pine branches dies, which I got for X-mas! The flowers are inked with denim distressing ink.

Here are some pills (for headache), that could be useful in such situation of too many New Year's toasts.

The papers are from... well, yeah... these are the papers I bought last year, so I don't remember. The border punch with butterflies is also one of the first I bought.
The sentiment says '(I wish you) a speedy return to form'.

Oh, well... I wish I could send my application for the DT Call at CYP, but I'm afraid that would be too much responsibility, regarding the fact that I should defend a thesis in June, and the writing goes tooooooo sloooooow.

But
that's not the end!
When one door closes, the other one opens!
Because
in January
I will be a GDT for

How to: be a top 3 (3 times!)

Autor: Unknown niedziela, 30 grudnia 2012 komentarze (0)

This was another fantastic week. Not only that there was X-mas (which is always fantastic), but also for those TOP 3's I made.

First I was TOP 3 at

with my X-mas tag:

Then with this card

I made TOP 3 at

and

Thank you so much for your appreciation! I wish you all the best in 2013!

How to: alter a note book

Autor: Unknown poniedziałek, 24 grudnia 2012 komentarze (7)

This is gonna be a brand new experience for me! And thanks to

I tried a new technique: altering! And this is exactly the theme of the new challenge at CYP

ALTER IT!

What you're about to do is to alter an item using any medium and crafty tools, and it doesn't have to be paper!

I've never tried that before. First I had to check what 'altering' means. Thank you, Uncle Google! Once I knew, I decided to alter a small notebook, as it supposed to be not-too-difficult one. And I've seen lots of those tine masterpieces and I wanted to try.

Here's the result

I decided to go denim. I bought a kid's jeans once at a second hand store for peanuts, because I liked the embelishment on it and was supposed to use them for a card. But that never happened.

I cut 2 pieces of denim and placed one part on 'the wrong' side, then pieced together (by hand) and scratched the edges.

I also used some lace pieces, white flowers and a white tinsel. I think jeans and lace goes together very well. I also added three sequins and three little gems.

The effect is quite nice, especially that this is my first altered item ever made. And you know? I like that! I already made a second small note book, but I will keep it for an other occasion.

How to: spend a really rich X-mas

Autor: Unknown sobota, 22 grudnia 2012 komentarze (9)

OK, this will be probably the last X-mas card for this X-mas, but it's my favourite. It's vintage, it has got lots of layers, distressing, flowers - everything I like. And it's RICH.

What we have here? Let's start from the sentiment. I used the kraft paper, a sticker and a little tinsel. The sentiment says of course 'Merry X-mas'. I also used a white paint all over to mark the snow.

The X-mas tree is a tree from Cottage Cutz and I added some bling here to mark the baubles.

The vintage image is from Magic Moonlight and when I saw it I knew I have to use it! That little girl seems to come from a rich family and it reminds me the Tsarist Russia.

You can say anything about this card, but not that there's not enough flowers on it.

It was the first card I sold for this X-mas and people were asking if I'll have another one like this LOL

The card is for the following challenges:

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/2012/12/ptt99-colorphoto-inspiration-challenge.html

http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/paper-pretties-monday-challenge-ppmc70.html

http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.com/2012/12/challenge-33-christmas.html

http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2012/12/lawnscaping-challenge-make-it-shine_17.html

http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/2012/12/pde-ch-51-december-celebrations.html

http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/2012/12/stamping-dragon-challenge-waiting-for.html

http://craftymesschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/23rd-challenge-vintage-christmas.html

http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/challenge-123-krafty-christmas.html

http://vssweetideas.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-theme-vsc-6-challenge.html

http://cupcakecraftroom.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-challenge.html

How to: make a stamp without a stamp

Autor: Unknown czwartek, 20 grudnia 2012 komentarze (9)

During this X-mas heat I've got my own heat: I've got a tracheitis and have to stay home... meh...

Anyway the last weekend I experienced something completely new: my Mom & me took part of the annual fair called 'Nice stuff fair' (in Polish 'Jarmark Rzeczy Ładnych'). This is a kind of a craft show, where people can sell and show their stuff made by their hands. And people make lots of stuff: scrapbooking, decoupage, altering, sewing, felting, sculpting, mosaics... 1001 things that a man can craft. I got my Mom persuaded that she should show her knitting - she makes wonderful clothes for little kids. I joined her with my cards, but the main aim was to pick her out from home with her works. We spent a wonderful time talking to people, sold some things and joined the next fair, which is gonna take place on March. We can't wait! Here are some pics from this event:

My Mom & me

My X-mas cards (not too many)

Please take one - Emily from Digi Garden

My Mom's knitting

Over 70 stands with different stuff

Before the show begins

Me taking pics... and my Dad taking a pic of me (in the background at the table the 'new born baby sets' in boxes).

More of my Mom's work HERE.

Now onto my card.

This time I decided to go CAS style, using the stamp that was not a stamp. I die cutted the X-mas tree using Cottage Cutz die, and 'stamped' it on a card using the embossing transparent ink and transparent embossing powder. Then inked the image with a 'blue jeans' distressing ink. Voila!

The background is also being stamped with Viva Decor stamps and heat embossed, too. My fiance said it was the best card I made for X-mas (he likes CAS cards, as the man do). The sentiment says 'Merry X-mas' and it is a sticker.

I'm entering the following challenges with this card:

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/12/week-185-oh-christmas-tree_15.html

http://totallystampalicious.blogspot.com/2012/12/final-challenge-for-2012-cas-challenge.html

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-with-background-twist.html

http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.com/2012/12/non-traditional-christmas.html

http://4craftychicks.blogspot.com/2012/12/4ccc-121-make-your-own-pattern-paper.html

http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.com/2012/12/cmc10-snowflakes.html

http://thecupboardtrilogychallenges.blogspot.com/2012/12/challenge-6-frosty-winter.html

http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/2012/12/challenge-80-and-winners-of-79.html

http://raisethebarchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/12/challenge-124.html

http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/2012/12/its-holidays.html

How to: start the blog hop

Autor: Unknown środa, 19 grudnia 2012 komentarze (19)

Hello Everybody, all you crafters & artists!!!

Welcome to the first station of the blog hop at

We are having a wonderful X-mas challenge for you:

SEASONAL TAGS

We have 4 great PRIZES over this next two week break and more than one way to WIN!

We will post our challenge today, and it will stay open for 2 WEEKS for any of you to enter and play in! We will choose TWO WINNERS from the challenge entries! If you also join us in our BLOG HOP and leave each of our fabulous DT members some love on their blogs, then you will have a chance to WIN a sponsored prize as well, we will choose TWO WINNERS from the BLOG HOP comments!!

Start the blog hop at ANNA's (YOU ARE ALREADY HERE!) and follow your way down the list! We are looking forward to your visits! You can always go back to CCC if you lose your way to get back on track!

Here's the list of your next stations of my wonderful Team-Mates, they are all wonderful crafters, and they can't wait to see you there!

Lou

Crafty Creations Challenge Blog

START THE HOP NOW! And have a great time!

Here's my DT tag for this special challenge. This is my first tag EVER made, so please be lenient

For this project I used a digi from one of our sponsors

It's called 'The Mittens" and you can get it HERE. I'm in a paper piecing series, so here's the technique once more. This is wonderful how it composes with the background!

The sentimens says 'Have a warm X-mas'. Because it's my first tag ever, I was afraid of adding too much on it. So I only used a shaggy twine and a flower made of material.

Are you cold! Don't worry, if you hop a little you'll get warm, so do not wait, just hop to another blog!

How to: give the light to the snowman (and why it's not good)

Autor: Unknown poniedziałek, 17 grudnia 2012 komentarze (5)

Late, late, LATE! Everything is late! Life can be a badas* sometimes... meh...

My GDT card for

is also late, but I hope it will appear on the blog soon. The challenge this time is a

RECIPE:

* 3 different designer papers

* 1 ribbon or twine

* 1 circle element

Stir everything together and you will probably get a delicious project!

The sponsor for this challenge is

My GDT card is using the sponsor's image Snowy Postbox and you can find it HERE. I wanted to use some green this time and here's my card:

The second image is a free coloring page and you can get it HERE. I used a 3D tape for this image to pop it out a little from the card.

I've decided to make some paper piecing, too, and the kid's coat & boots as well as the snowman's hat are pieced from the same paper I used for the background. The digi is colored with coloring pencils, because I wanted it to be delicate as the image in the back.

So, my recipe is:

* 3 designer's papers (as you can see)

* 1 shaggy twine

* 1 circle of snowflakes from Sizzix

* 1 bad snowman smokin a pipe (which is dangerous for him, 'cos he's gonna melt! This is what happens when you smoke a pipe!) LOL

How to: sing an X-mas song (while card making)

Autor: Unknown środa, 12 grudnia 2012 komentarze (6)

This should be fun. The next X-mas theme challenge at

is WISE WORDS.

You should use a quote or saying on your card. You will find some at the CCC site if you don't know any.

The sponsor for this challenge is

Here's my DT card for this challenge

I finally used some scrapbook papers I bought early this year, but had no idea how to use them. I don't think I do now LOL Anyway the sentiment is a fragment from a song "Wonderful Dreams" (Coca-cola X-mas ad song): "A wonderful dream of love and peace for everyone of living our lives in perfect harmony", which in Polish is "The magical power of love is on X-mas day when we share it with people around us" or something like that.

The green twigs are from Tesco's sale department and this sweet little bell I bought recently at a craft store.

The raffia symbolises the hay, which in Poland is being placed under the tablecloth while eating the X-mas Eve dinner (which is more festive in our country than the dinner on 25th Dec).