Soft and Silent Snow

I really love this sentiment by George W. Bungay. I detected it on some Around The Block dp, and as it seems I was stamping snowflakes today all day round (well, at least those sixty minutes I managed to stay in my craft room, LOL), I thought this would be the perfect day to use this scrap on a card.
This week's Res-Q-Challenge was to use felt on a card. So I die-cut this felt snowflake with a cuttlebug die and added a rhinestone. I sponged the dp with Colorbox Fluid Chalks Blue Iris a bit darker in the top right corner to make the snowflake contrast a bit better. Snowflake dp by Frances Meyer.

Admire The Snowflakes!

Snowflakes are so beautiful!
This week's Splitcoaststampers Limited Supplies Challenge "Instant Replay - create two cards with the same main image and color scheme but different layouts" was a real stretch to me - I love to play around with different stamps and rarely use the same stamp twice a day - another day, yes, of course, but not twice the same day... But I really love this American Art Stamps image, so I tried to create two cards in the same color scheme but with different layouts.
Thw snowflake background is by Hero Arts, sentiment on the tall card is by Butterer, sentiment on the square card is handwritten. Both cards are colored with Twinkling H2Os. The snowflake background on the tall card is stamped with blue Memento ink, the snowflake border on the square card with Brilliance.
Which card do you like better?

Two Snowmen

This evening my friend Dagmar visited me to stamp Xmas cards. Well... finally we talked more than we stamped, LOL, but nevertheless, I finished this one and started a few more which I hopefully will be able to finish during the weekend.
I love these funny snowmen by Whipper Snapper Design - seems as if the little one is just asking: "Daddy, is there a Santa Claus?".
Sentiment (saying "Merry Christmas") by Stempelmeer, background snowflakes by HeroArts (stamped with Adirondack white pigment ink). Everything is colored with watercolors.

Sticky Christmas Tree

This is for today's Ways To Use It Challenge. I didn't expect to have the time to take part in the challenge today as I have to prepare for a lecture I have to hold in Munich on Saturday, but Julia challenged us to use stickers on our cards - what could be quicker and easier??? Julia, you're the greatest!!!
So I took my "Xmas Emergency Card Pack" out of the drawer (which contains some stickers, ready cut white cards and some Xmas paper) and created this quick card. I'm not a natural sticker lover, but I have to admit, it is really a fun and easy way to create last minute cards - and isn't it already last minute for this year's Xmas cards???!
The sentiment (saying Merry Christmas) is by Stempelmeer, stamped with Versamark ink and heat-embossed with violet embossing powder by JudiKins. Design paper by Around The Block. Sticker by PickUp. I added some rhinestones.

A Really Red Reindeer...

Yeah! My first Xmas card this year!!! Yes, I admire all you well-organised ladies having completed your Xmas cards already in May...
I'm not sure if this card really counts for this week's Splitcoast color challenge - neutrals with a pop of color - it's more red with a pop of neutral, LOL! But it should count for the Splitcoast Clean and Simple sketch challenge, and as well for the ResQ Challenge (monochromatic holiday cards).
The card is very sparkly IRL as I used stickles on all the red circles, and the reindeer's nose is a red rhinestone.
Stamp by Outlines Rubber Stamp Co., dp by Tim Coffey.

Autumn - Season Of Change

This is for this week's Splitcoast Sketch Challenge and Limited Supplies Challenge: What's the Weather? Well, we've got typical German autumn weather: some fog, a little sun, some rain - changing all the time. And as for the Limited Supplies Challenge we were not only to create a card about weather at home but also to use two things of a kind, I used:
2 different dp designs
2 color staples
2 rhinestones
2 pieces of ribbon
2 colors of cardstock
Thanks to Jean AKA naturecoastcrafter from the Res-Q-Challenge team (look at her wonderful gallery) who sent this wonderful cuttlebug pumpkin and the autumn clear stamps (and much more) to me - I love all these goodies!!!
Dp by Basic Grey, ribbon by Just Write, Stamps by Studio G.

Dream...Imagine...Inspire...

I'm a little late with this card because it's for last week's Splitcoast Sketch Challenge, but I had so little stamping time that I wasn't able to finish it earlier.
I love this wonderful film strip stamp by Stamp-It Australia (though I have to admit that it is not so easy to achieve a really perfect impression with it). The border was stamped with a Penny Black stamp. I used SU Chocolate Chip and Taken With Teal inks, and the background papers were created with my favourite cuttlebug folder.