Sender's choice

Materials:
card board
folkart acrylic paints
acrylic paint dabbers
sheena douglas stencil ~ city trees
stencils - bird cage
sequince stencil - circle, leaves

Another happy new year card

I am out of happy holidays greeting cards and I need one more. This card came out, made in less than an hour. The doily is from the Artiste cartridge and is cut at 3 3/4".

And a handmade envelope for a nice finishing touch. I used the last piece of scraps of the designer paper. Not one piece has been thrown away;))

Materials:
card stock ~ red, white
designer paper
printer paper
Artiste cartridge
cutting die ~ circle
viva las vegas rubber stamp
peachy keen stamps ~ greeting (happy holidays)
craft sensations clearstamps ~ greeting
whiff of joy rubber stamps ~ expressions of condolences
whiff of joy ~ matching die
ctmh exclusive inks ~ archival black

Happy New Year!

Me wishing family and friends Merry 2017!

Material:
designer paper
ctmh exclusive ink pad ~ juniper
ctmh exclusive ink pad ~ sweet leaf
ctmh exclusive ink pad ~ holiday red
xcut die set ~ carnival numbers
xcut stamp set ~ carnival numbers

12 Tags of 2016 ~ December

This is the last decorated tag in 2016;) It has been a journey this year with awesome challenges. Every tags was a learning experience and I fulfilled the tags an swaps with creativity and joy;))

I hope that this is not the last Tim Holtz's decorated tag!

I forgot to stitch the edges;)

A nice handmade envelope for the decorated tag.

And as a gift I created a cute mini book with pockets. I tucked in some die cuts in both pockets;)) I was in a hurry and I forgot to make pictures of the inside (pockets).

Materials:
manila shipping tag
kraft card stock
card stock ~ green, white
craft sensation designer paper
old book page

burlap
brother scan n cut ~ branches
acrylic background stamp ~ dots
su stampin' pad ~ ruby red
ctmh exclusive pad ~ desert sand
rubber stamp
eyelet
metal embellishment ~ heart, key, bells
twine ~ red/white
glue gems

Hearts and an old book page

Another art journal page. It wasn't my intention to make a page, which let me think about valentine. Obviously the page came out as it is. Yes, I like this art journal page a lot;)) I really like the background and how the card board heart came out. Love it!!

This is the page; I added lines around the little hearts.

Materials:
old christmas card
card board
old book page
folkart acrylic paints ~ rouge calicot (red), noir pur (black)
acrylic paint ~ silver
acrylic paint ~ gold
ctmh exclusive inks ~ black
staedtler pigment liner 0.5 ~ black
fineliner ~ red
stencil
paper punch ~ heart
paper punch ~ butterfly
washi tapes

Simple, but cute note card

I was creative with card stock, acrylic stamps. I embellished the base cards using paper scraps used as stencils and a ink pad. Cute, huh?  :-))

This card is a one layer card. You can see it like a small postcard. I will use it as a note card or swap card to add to a swap.

Recipe:
card stock ~ white, blue, kraft
designer card stock
rubber and acrylic stamps
paper scraps used as stencils
su stampin' pad ~ tempting turquoise
glue gems ~ blue
bred ~silver

Another card based on the same card sketch and a swap card

I had so much fun matching colours of paper that I continued with blue card stock and designer card stock, using the same card sketch and the same designer paper pad.

This card sketch is from thepaperplayers.blogspot.com.

I made this cute swap card with my paper scratch of these two greeting cards. I had pieces of blue and green designer paper left. The designer card stock is double sided, so I fold one corner of this swap card and added a silver brad to the fold. With this swap card all pieces of designer card stock are used. I ended up with a cute swap card.

Ingredients:
card stock ~ blue, white
mix & match designer card stock ~ blue
su stampin' pad ~ tempting turquoise
border paper punch
craft sensations clearstamps and cutting die ~ flowers
craft sensations clearstamps ~ greeting
brad ~ silver
gems ~ white

Card based on a card sketch

I was having fun matching colours of card stock and designer paper. Sometimes it is just fulfilling to match papers of the same colour. Well, luckily I do have papers of more or less the same colour scheme:)

I got this card sketch from thepaperplayers.blogspot.com.

Ingredients:
card stock ~ green, white
mix & match designer card stock ~ green
su stampin' pad ~ glorious green
border paper punch
clear stamps and cutting die ~ flowers
craft sensation clearstamps ~ mail art
brad ~ green
gems ~ white

Silver & gold

Materials used:
card board
gesso
acrylic paint ~ silver
acrylic paint ~ gold
tissue paper
washi tape ~ gold
stencils
sweetpea rubber stamp
silver brad

New year's eve

This is a postcard on how I spend new year's eve. I rather stay at home on new year's eve. I do not watch tv, so I enjoy my families ....

Ingredients:
card board
gesso
folk arts acrylic paints ~ yellow, red, dark red
paint dabbers ~ yellow, soft orange, brown, blue
stencils
faber-castell pitt artist pen ~ light green, dark green, black, white
faber-castell ~ dark brown, light brown
sharpie paint pen ~ white
staedtler pigment liner 0.5
uni posca ~ black
marabu brilliant painter ~ green, red, yellow, light blue
lakmarker ~ red/brown, green
su stampin' pad ~ handsome hunter
golden gel medium ~ regular gel matte
rubbernecker rubber stamp ~ postcard

Put a "map" on it

Materials:
card board
piece of a map
acrylic paints: light blue, orange, light pink, light yellow, green
folk art acrylic paint: yellow
golden gel medium ~ regular gel matte
windsor & newton modelling paste
stencils
piece of a map
rubbernecker rubber stamp ~ postcard

Postcard sender's choice

Recipe:
card board
gesso
paint dabbers acrylic paint ~ pink, light orange, light blue, green
folk art acrylick paint ~ red
hema ink pad ~ black
stencils
rubbernecker rubber stamp ~ postcard