How to: pose with butterflies

Hello again! One for the boys and one for the girls today! The second card is this one I made for the brand new challenge at

and this time our talented Jac has chosen the theme

CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Sometimes it's more difficult than making a LOL-card isn't it?

Our sponsor for this challenge is

I have gone a little bit oriental this time.

This lovely image is a sponsor's digi 'Chrysanthemum Festival' I won in one of the challenges. It's colored with Promarkers and distressed with distress ink.

I have only added some butterflies and pearls.

The sentiment says 'Best wishes' and it's a rubber stamp.

Thank you for visiting my blog!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/2015/06/fussy-and-fancy-challenge-141.html

http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.com/2015/06/challenge-93-use-pearls.html

http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/06/challenge-34-anything-goes.html

http://buckwellscraftychallenge.blogspot.com/2015/06/buckwells-crafty-challenge-things-with.html

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/2015/06/iic-213-somethings-in-air.html

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2015/06/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-231.html pearls

http://inkychicks.blogspot.com/2015/06/challenge-52-butterflies.html

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/2015/06/challenge-265-always-anything-goes.html

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/2015/06/273-anything-goes.html

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/challenge-63.html (2nd entry)
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UPDATE
This card has been chosen for TOP 3 at

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

How to: use your favourite color

My today's post is oh-so-late, but I just returned from the craftshow and have a head full of crafty things. And inky fingers. And lots of new crafty things and when my fiance sees that, I will probably be homeless LOL

Anyway

There's a new challenge going on at

and it's

FAVOURITE COLOR AS YOUR MAIN COLOR

Our sponsor this time is

They have got lots of fancy embellishments and this is my main point at the DT card today.

I received some stuff to make a card with them. They were supposed to be an embellisment, but they were so beautiful, I decided to concentrate on them. I am using the following sponsor's items: wood chips, clips and rhinestone stickers. The card is made according to the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch!

I also added some sequins, chevrons and stitches (faux).

It was very hard for me to decide, which color is my favourite. But somehow there's always a reason to use brown, and the combination of white & brown is really elegant and warm.

The sentiment says 'Best wishes'. Fortunately I bought a new one today, so there will be a variety LOL

Thank you for visiting my blog! Think about YOUR favourite color and enter our challenge to win some crafty goodies.

I am entering the following challenges with this card:

CAS(E) this Sketch! - Sketch

Divas By Design - CAS

CAS-ual Fridays - Sequins and Chevrons

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Stitch

My Sheri Crafts - Stitch Time

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - Pierce, Sew or Inky Stitch

Addicted to CAS - Fall / Autumn

Tuesday Throwdown - Colors of Fall

4 Crafty Chicks - Fall / Autumn

Simply Create Too - Fall / Autumn

How to: sail away

Today's card is for a man's B'day and I used my fav sillicone stamp set to create it.

This card is a combination of a sketch from Retro Sketches

and a color combination from The Paper Players

Here are the stamps from Viva Decor marine set and a book page from an old Russian fairytale book. I crumpled the stamped map and distressed it with a distress ink. All layers are just torn out.

Here is a piece of burlap and some shells: one is bought at the craft shop (this one with a hole), and two has been brought by kids at my school from their summer holiday at the Baltic Sea.

The sentiment says 'Best wishes'.

Thank you for visiting my blog!

This card is for the following challenges:

http://retrosketches.blogspot.com/2013/07/retrosketches-72.html 

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-154-colors-from-nance.html 

http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com/2013/07/atcas-17-water.html 

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/2013/07/crazy-4-challenges-c4c194-marine-life.html 

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2013/07/pile-it-on-28-water-dt-call.html 

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-229-colour-combo.html 

http://herecometheboysblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-56-anything-goes-for-menboys.html 

http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-56-blue.html 

http://heckofachallenge.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-sea.html 

How to: free yourself

Yesterday my whole invention just... PUFFFF... went away, so I spent over 3 hours thinking what the next card should be. And I couldn't decide whether I should go vintage or shabby chic or maybe cute style. Until I found THIS scrapbook paper. And then this card happened:

This card is based on a sketch from Mojo Monday

This sentiment says 'Free yourself - be yourself', and I love this little birdie.

I wanted to keep this card clean and simple, so I used some leftovers from other cards and this background paper is a sheet from an ordinary notebook.

The arrows are stickers I bought ages ago. I also made some doodling here, which I haven't been using for a while either.

Thank you for visiting my blog! Ah, and last but not least: I passed the final exams for A+!!! Now I am a proud holder of universyty degree!

This card is for the following challenges:

http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2013/07/mojo-monday-301.html 

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/2013/07/crazy-4-challenges-c4c193-lets-get-wordy.html 

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/2013/07/ptt128-wing-it.html 

http://southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-73-no-spoolin.html 

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-24-anything-goes.html 

http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/2013/07/cch-149-without-stamps.html 

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2013/07/black-white-and-one-accent-color.html 

http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-11.html
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UPDATE
This card has been chosen as a TOP 3 at

THANK YOU!

How to: celebrate with sparkle

There are only 2 more hard weeks for me and I'm free!!!

Anyway I found a couple of minutes to prepare a DT card for the newest challenge at

 

which is 

A SKETCH

this time.

The sketch has been prepared by Mary and it's a nice & easy one.

Of course you can rotate it or add something more - it's up to you.

The sponsor for this challenge is

My DT card is clean and simple and very accurate with the sketch this time LOL

The digi is from Stamp Fairy and you can find it HERE. I've had this stamp colored for a couple of weeks, when my first pack of promarkers arrived, but never used it for a card. Till today.

I've noticed that there are single sequins being used on many cards, so I needed to try that, too. So I've made a B'day confetti.

The sentiment says 'Best wishes' and the embossing & sentiment is on a kraft paper recycled from a bottom page of drawing pad.

Thank you for visiting my blog and join our challenge with this cool sketch!

This card is also for the following challenges:

http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/06/anything-goes-4-kids-challenge.html 

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-90-bling-it-on.html 

http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/challenge-83.html 

http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.com/2013/06/b-is-for.html bear, balloons, B'day, brown

http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.com/2013/06/digi-makeover-challenge-92-kraft.html 

http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/i-for-image.html 

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/2013/06/cute.html 

http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com/2013/06/challenge-46-one-for-kids.html 

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2013/06/challenge-176-animal-antics.html 

http://thecupboardtrilogychallenges.blogspot.com/2013/06/challenge-number-12-birthday.html
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UPDATE
This card won a challenge at

THANK YOU!

How to: grow like a giraffe

Hello, Wednesday is here with some new fancy challenge at

 

The theme has been invented by me (yay!) and it's

BORN TO BE WILD

so you just have to use a wild animal's image or wild animal prints.

The sponsor for this challenge is

 

This time I had only an hour to make a card, so I went totally CAS.

Isn't this giraffe cute? The digi is a freebie from Anne Bodil and you can find it HERE. It is colored with promarkers. 

The sentiment says 'Grow healthy' and it is supposed to be a card for a kid. Giraffes are rather tall, so I added a dry embossing with measures, to check how tall could the giraffe be LOL

I made some doodling around and placed the image and the sentiment on a 3D tape. I also used this tape to lift the whole front of the card.

Thank you for visiting my blog!

Find the wild animal in you and join our fancy challenge.

This card is also for the following challenges:
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/oodles-of-doodles.html
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-155-clean-and-simple.html
http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-66-something-for-kids.html
http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/05/psc80-anything-goes.html
http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-169-anything-goes.html
http://alotarubberstamps.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-107-childhood.html 

How to: KISS

Woo hoo, I'm so excited to be a host for the next challenge at

 

which is

KISS

and this doesn't concern Valentine Day LOL

We mean to

KEEP IT SIMPLE

Just as simple as possible.

The sponsor for this challenge is

My DT card is very close to my heart, because it's made for my little nephew's B'day. 3rd B'day.

This digi stamp comes from Jellypark and you can find it HERE. It is colored with promarkers. I still cannot find a perfect paper for coloring, sometimes the color 'escapes' out from the lines... Any advice? Please?

Anyway, this digi couldn't be more perfect for this occasion. My nephew is fascinated with trains and everything that has a train on it or is a train, couldn't be ignored. For the background I used an embossing folder and a piece of some designer paper I bought at LIDL.

There's also the name of my nephew - Grzesiu - written on the banners.

The number 3 is placed on a 3D tape. I also used a border die cut from Die-namics.

Thank you for visiting my blog!

Join our simple challenge at keep it simple.

This card is also for the following challenges:
http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-166-cas.html
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/clean-simple.html
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-162-childs-play.html
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe199.html
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-challenge-makes-for-men.html
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-37-anything-goes.html
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-20-anything-goes.html
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/2013/05/celebrations.html