A Celebration and Candy

Hello dear friends thank you for visiting me today.
Today I participate in a very special challenge… Papertake weekly is turning 5!!!! OMG I can not believe it it is one of the challenge blogs I was with when I started to blog. I hardly can’t believe it that its already that long.

Well and since my friend Dawny has set up a very special birthday party for the blog.. there are some AWESOME prizes on Papertake Weekly to win AND also on the DT blogs.

So if you leave me a comment here, you are entering for a stamp which Janice from Sir Stampalot has sponsored. I will draw the winner on Friday and you will have until Saturday to get in contact with me. No strings attached just have fun, hop to all at the blogs and join in.

If you do like to enter for the big prizes on Papertake Weekly – the theme this time is “ANYTHING GOES” easy as pie.

I’d like to take a few minutes to talk about my card. A while back I have made for dear Pamela a anniversary card to give to her parents. She really liked this card and today is her very own anniversary – CONGRATULATIONS Pamela! and she asked me if I could make a card to give to her husband. She asked me if I would essentially re-make the first card but since I am out of the Basic Grey Wisteria paper we looked through some other paper options and she found this image by Lili of the Valley she also loved very much.

The making of this card took longer than usually. I do get often asked how long a card takes me.. I can tell you this one took me good 5 hours to make. Every layer is sewn, the scalloped edge around the circular image, have been trimmed apart a border strip and arranged by hand and glued down. It’s fun to do this sometimes – but for sure not always :-0)

Here are all the supplies:

Stamps: Lili of the Valley “Close your eyes”
Sentiment: Lili of the Valley (outside), Stampin up (inside) – I love you much – Happy Anniversary
other stamps: Stempelglede
Design Paper: Lili of the Valley “Promises”
Coloring: Copic Sketch
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage photo
Dies: Spellbinder circle, Magnolia Lovely Tag, Magnolia swirl, Cheery Lynn (borders)
Other: paper doily, ribbon (Michaels), gauze, gem stickers, bakers twine, lace cut butterfly (Unique Hobbyproducts )

Thank you again for your stay.. and please do not forget to enter your name for a drawing of a rubberstamp

Happy Anniversary

Hello ladies… thank you for seeing me today. I have an other anniversary card to share. I wanted this card to be romantic .. hope I managed it with the gauze, swirls, bling buckle and lots of flowers.

Other samples with this cute image can be found here (teacher appreciation card) and here she has brunette hair (Spring card)

Supplies;
Stamps: Lili of the Valley “Pretty Bouquet”
Sentiments: Stampin up! (sayings come from a variety different stamp sets and were combined)
additional stamps: Magnolia” Love Corner”
Paper: My Minds Eye
Ribbons: Stampin up
Coloring: Copic Sketch, Prisma Color Pencils (Slate grey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, Distress: Walnut Stain
Dies: Spellbinder Oval, Spellbinder scallop, Magnolia Swirl, Magnolia Tag
Embellishments: Stickles, Flowers, pearl stickers

Happy Anniversary

Hello,

Today I can share a new “Millie” card. This image is not only super cute but compared to all the other images Lili of the Valley has surprisingly large. Which is nice to color in if you are advanced but also I can see it very rewarding for a new stamper. If you like to see an other sample in Pink and blue with airbrushed sky behind Millie.. you could click for a fast reference here

Stamps: Millie Just for you
Sentiment: Lili of the Valley
Copic Express Blending Cardstock
Magnolia heart die
Memento Ink, copic Sketch

Happy Anniversary

Hello friends..first let me thank you for all your kind and wonderful compliments and comments left!

Today I would like to share a card with you, which was ordered by sweet Pamela for her parents forthcoming wedding anniversary. Pamela and I spoke about 3 possible images that could work and I was so thrilled she liked this cute image. Some of you may know I am not too much into baby cards or Wedding cards at all. In fact this card is my very first “Anniversary” card I have ever made, if I remember correctly.

I liked that this image gave me the possibility to use some colored papers and I knew right away I wanted to use my very few sheets of Basic Grey’s Wisteria paper. I loved this paper so much. Do you guys remember when at the time the kind of matching Magnolia line came out? OMG.. we all used this paper giggle
Anyways..
The stamped sentiment in the inside says
”The best thing to hold onto in life is each other
Happy Anniversary”
I was able to fit it to a nice sized paper and place it so to the pattern paper, that the Wisteria flowers look like they are cascading over the sentiment. The card base was easy to make you will need 1 full sheet of 12x12 paper. With Bazzill bling you want to be very carefully with scoring. I had to do mine twice because I wanted the fronts to close really tightly, any gap will show up even wider on photos AND if you have patterned paper adhered in the inside.

Here is the supply list for this card
Image: Lili of the Valley
Sentiment front: Lili of the Valley
Sentiment inside: first one source unknown.. I believe Stampin up – Happy Anniversary is by Stampin up
Die: Heart tag by Magnolia “So Wrapped Lovely”- through Sir Stampalot
Crochet lace, butterfly charm, bakers twine and sweetheart roses are “The Ribbon Girls
Paper: Basic Grey Wisteria
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts, silver corner
Ribbon buckle: Cute Stamps and Cards