{So Happy for You} and ColourQ Challenge #110

Hello everyone,

Like quite a few blog updates before, I have to say this again: it's been a long, long time....
 
I'd like to take this opportunity again to say what an utmost respect I have for all of you, who have a larger family than I do, plus jobs AND manage to keep your crafting blog updated! Hats off!

Yesterday, I got together with a friend, a fellow card maker and a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I have to admit, something about spending some time with someone who likes to make cards, talking about the "trade", made me want to update my blog again! And ordering a few new supplies surely didn't hurt! ;-)

Today I am back with an (extremely) simple card. It's for the latest ColourQ challenge, #110.

It seems that everywhere I turn these days, I hear news about someone getting pregnant, or being pregnant, or just had a baby....The most wonderful of news! So I decided to make a card that reflects the happiness that a friend feels!

{So Happy for You} card 5 1/2 x 4 in

Cardstock: Paper Studio.

Ink: Papertrey Ink {Melon Berry, Dark Chocolate, Chai}, Stampabilities {Baby Blue}.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I can't get enough of looking at everyone's cards!

Papertreyink Buttons for Sale

Hello again!

My selling venture goes on!

Today I listed Papertreyink Vintage Buttons for sale on Etsy.

5 packs each containing Papertreyink buttons in the following colors: Ocean Tides, Spring Moss, Enchanted Evening, Melon Berry, Scarlet Jewel.

Papertreyink Vintage Buttons for sale on Etsy.

Inks and cardstock coming soon!

Tools for sale

While I was taking this break from blogging, I also took the time to think where this craft of card making is going to take me.

I started loving letterpress quite a bit. Over these years, I realized that I love one-layer cards and simple designs.

That's why I have decided to sell some of my tools and supplies.

I have two of them listed on Etsy:

Quickutz Silhouette Craft Cutter (SOLD)

Embossing Heat Tool (Paper Studio) + 4 embossing powders for free!

I'll be listing some more tools and supplies in the next days.

I basically would like to end up with white or cream card stock and a letterpress machine. That is it, so everything else must go! If you'd like to know if I have something I haven't listed for sale yet, please send me a message and I will let you know: stamps, ink, card stock, embellies....

Quite radical, huh? But I.LOVE.Letterpress, what can I do? *smile*

A little bit of an update

Hello everyone!

I'd like to ease your mind from the start: no one hacked in my computer. It's been broken for two months, anyway, so no chance.

It's me.

Long time, no write. Bad, bad me! I have excuses, though! (of course I have!)

We moved. My laptop broke. We went to Romania for 6 weeks. We had to rest for a week after coming back from our vacation with my family. Next vacation: on a God-forgotten island in the Pacific.

How I missed looking at some eye-pleasing, heart-melting beautiful cards. Tonight, I finally can because my husband gave in to my nagging and drove for 5 hours total to get to an Apple store in to get my laptop fixed.

What in the world am I doing in a place with no Apple store, I do not know.

That's why we decided to move. No, not for the Apple store, but wouldn't that be awesome to have the freedom to just pick up and move? Of course, when you feel that you are not quite in the right place.

Being in Romania, we realized that we couldn't live there (it was on our list...), but I used to look at people leaning over their kitchen windows in this torn country and envy them: they were at home, with good and bad. We weren't there yet.

We considered three locations: Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Stuttgart, Germany, Portland, Oregon, United States. We scratched off Cluj and Stuttgart and we have our destination!

Portland, Oregon.

How awesome is that?!

We love to live close to nature, we love biking, walking, living healthy! Do we love rain?! I don't know yet...:-) Has anyone been or lived there? I would appreciate any advice or bit of information that could help us be realistic in our expectations of Portland.

I've been meaning to write a little bit of an update and I'm glad I got it off my chest!

I'll check in back soon!

Daniela

ColourQ #75

Hello again!

Since I've already had the "colours" for ColourQ #75 out on my desk...I went ahead and made another card for this challenge.




I've used one of my favourite stamp sets, "Look up!", from Practicing Creativity.

Recipe for {Let your dreams take flight} 5 1/2 x 4 in

~ Cardstock: Papertreyink {Summer Sunrise, White};
~ Paper: ki memories {Bloom}, Papertreyink {Dotty Biscotti};
~ Ink: Papertreyink {Hawaiian Shores, Orangerie}, Stampabilities {Black}.

CPS #208 and ColourQ #75

Hello everyone!

I'll try to knock two challenges out of the way, something I haven't done in a long time!
CPS-Card Sketches #208 and ColourQ #75.

Here is my card:

Patterned paper seems to save my life quite a lot lately, because I realized I don't have as many ink pads as I would like. Or definitely not in these colo(u)rs.

Anyone have a good suggestion where I would get some good inks? I used to get my inks from PTI, but some of them are not up to my expectations (and I think they interrupted their ink line). Are Stampin' Up! inks good?

I'm afraid I'll have to keep it short today, since I already hear my little boy making noise from the other room. He must be awake!

I hope you have a great sunny day!

Curtain Call Color Challenge #71

*Running, running*, gasping for air...I'm almost there!

Only hours away from the deadline of this challenge! I'm glad I'm on time, although the pictures had to be sacrificed a little, being taken in the evening.

These two cards are for Curtain Call Color Challenge #71.

Recipe for {Happy Birthday to You} Card 4 x 51/2 in

~ Cardstock: Papertreyink {Scarlet Jewel, Kraft};
~ Paper: Stampin'Up! ;
~ Stamps: Papertreyink {In Bloom, Damask Design};
~ Ink: Papertreyink {Scarlet Jewel, Dark Chocolate}, Stampabilities {Brown};
~ Dew drops: Robin's Nest.

Recipe for {Happy Birthday} Card 4 x 51/2 in

~ Cardstock: Papertreyink {Scarlet Jewel, Kraft};
~ Paper: Stampin'Up! ;
~ Stamps: Papertreyink {In Bloom, Butterfly Wishes, Vintage Labels};
~ Ink: Papertreyink {Scarlet Jewel, Dark Chocolate}, Stampabilities {Brown}.
~ Ribbon: Papertreyink {Scarlet Jewel};
~ Dew drops: Robin's Nest.

It's a perfect spring weather in southern Texas, that's why Mircea and I take full advantage of it and take as many walks as we can, before the brutal heat decides to come and stay for 6 months!

Not being able to be outdoors for longer than 5 minutes in the summer is one of the hardest things for me here. I love being outside, love my hiking boots!

I can tell you that we found the perfect toddler stroller: Jeep Cherokee Sport Stroller (at least Mircea "drives" something more "sophisticated" ha ha). I was looking for a lightweight stroller, easy to use while traveling, especially in airports, but I wasn't all that crazy about plain bare-bones umbrella strollers. Now I feel more confident traveling with Mircea to Romania in May. So excited to introduce Mircea to my side of the family. My dad and brother have never seen my son in person. Two more months...not that long!