Beverages/Drinks at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!
We have a new challenge for you at Inkspirational! Time just flies doesn't it. :) The theme is Beverages/Drinks -a very fun theme chosen by our own Carol!

In my DT card I've used a Stamping Bella stamp I'd forgotten I own... Thanks to this challenge I found it again! I think Stamping Bella stamps are so cute and I adore them in everyone's cards but I find it hard to make them work: coloring in them is somehow difficult and I can't find the style I want to use... In the end I went for an almost monochrome look with touch of pink and made a "fake polaroid" sort of frame for the image. I do love the script card I used for card base. I used washi tape and ribbon for embellishing the frame.

I hope to see you all playing along at Inkspirational! The DT cards look great as always so please pay the DT girls a visit: check out all the creations from here. You'll also find a cool card from our guest designer Mary V: I'd like to have the cocktail in her card, please! ;) Have a fun weekend, everyone!

Sneak Peek Time at TIME OUT Challenges!

Hi friends!

It's my turn to introduce the next challenge type at TIME OUT Challenges. We have proceeded to round 3 and the third challenge in our rota will always be a theme with... Head on over to the challenge blog to find out how that sentence continues! I'll tell you this much: there's a reason why this post has two cards and not only one! ;)

In my first card I've colored in girly girls from Stamping Bella -I longed for these stamps for months until I noticed Quixotic Paperie in UK sells them. Yay! It's difficult to order stamps from U.S. (there tends to be problems with taxes and customs) from Finland so it's always a joy to find American stamps sold  in Europe. By the way, have you European girls noticed a shop called  Make the Day Special? If not, you are in for a treat! 

In my second card I've used stamps from Avocado Arts for a very simple CAS card. I finally got myself into a hardware store last week and helped myself with some paint chips ... Virginia is having a Card Inspiration Linky with Paint Chips and I'm entering my card there (better late than never!) and I think my card will also fit the theme of color blocks at CAS-ual Fridays: my color blocks are tiny but they are there! :)

So, why did I make two completely different cards?!? Head on over to TIME OUT Challenges to find out all about it! There's only 3 days until we begin our DT Call... Exciting times! Have a good week everyone and happy crafting!

Photo Inspiration at Inkspirational!

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Hi there!
Thank you all who joined the Anything Goes Challenge we've had at Inkspirational for the last two weeks! Today is time for a new theme and it is to use the photo above as your inspiration. There's great variety in the DT projects so if you need more inspiration, head on over to the challenge blog. You have two weeks for creating your projects -if you make something as simple as I did, it only takes 30 minutes! ;) I simply colored in a new stamp I just bought (Stamping Bella) and added it to the card base that I had covered with fun patterned paper. Now that I look at my card, I might like white card base better but while I was creating the card around 2 am the other night, my judgement wasn't as it's best! :) I love this cute image however and I think it works well for CAS. My sources for inspiration are the very obvious ones: the bird and the red-green color combo. What will you come up with? Happy crafting and thanks for popping by!