Triangles

The current CAS Mix-Up Challenge wants us to use corrugated cardboard. Ha, I have tons of it in my cupboard in all the colors, with polka dots, metallic, wavy, etc from way back. A couple of years ago a friend in Germany took me to a big craft store and there I bought a roll of this brown corrugated cardboard. Love the look but hadn't used it yet. But this is what I thought of when I first saw the challenge. I also immediately thought of filling some of the valleys with micro beads, something else I haven't used in ages! Didn't feel like adding a sentiment...

Stay tuned for a different version of this card!

Stamps: Mama Elephant (small triangles)
Other: Stencil (SSS)

Challenges (click on the links for more information and lots of inspiration from the DTs and the galleries):


CAS Mix Up February Challenge
My choice was stenciling/microbeads
This card won "Outstanding Design"!

Simon Says Stamp "Work It Wednesdays January" - NEW
The corrugated cardboard was new

Can't copy the graphic, a warning comes up. Does anyone know why?


Another question: I saw that I have some new followers and wanted to welcome them with a link to their blog so that you can visit them too, but when I click on their icon Google doesn't give me their blog name anymore. Can anyone tell me what I should do? Thanks in advance!

Be well,

Green Triangles

Today's card features lots of green triangles. I heat embossed them in clear, then watercolored them in different shades of green. From blue-green to very dark green. The sentiment is in German. I recently placed my first order with Create a Smile. Their latest release included this German birthday set. I send quite a few cards to German relatives and friends and even if everyone understands "Happy Birthday" I thought it would be nice to get some sentiments in German. They also carry English sentiments and came out with a cute trio of "birthday" dies. And their shipping is very reasonable. Check out their store here. Oh, I should mention that I paid for my stamps myself and they didn't give me anything for telling you about them. Just thought it might be fun for you to find about a company you might not know yet.

Here is my card. No embellishments since this is a masculine card.

Stamps: Mama Elephant (triangles), Create a Smile (sentiment)

Challenges:

Please click on links to find out details and get inspired by the DT and the gallery.

The Male Room #29 "Monochromatic"

Pinterest Inspired Challenge - February

Thanks for visiting! If you leave a comment I will return the visit!

Hugs,

Susanne

Inkspirational #75 / CASology #133

Another Love/Valentine card! I am showering you with love cards! If you are getting tired of them, I'm sorry but there are still a couple to come...

Stamps: Hero Arts (background), Mama Elephant (sentiment
Die: Sweet 'n' Sassy (heart)


After cutting hearts for another project I couldn't throw away the strip. The embossed background was also on my desk so I made this card. Love reusing and recycling! The strip is only attached on the top.


Challenges:

Inkspirational #75 - Rose colors






CASology #133 - Love






Gotta run and cook dinner! Pasta with Tomato Tuna sauce...yum!

Be well,
Susanne

Happy World Card Making Day!

It's World Card Making Day!

Well, it's almost over now... I hope you had a chance to make a card or two or many and/or look at the inspiring cards in blogland! 

Here is mine:

And here is a close up of the feathers cut from this background (click on the link to learn how I made it)

Stamps: Mama Elefant (Trifecta), Hero Arts (sentiment)

Dies: Simon Says Stamp (feathers)

Other: Gelatos, TCW stencil, Liquitex Heavy Gloss Gel, LuminArte shimmery mist

This is for the following challenges:

CAS(E) this sketch #95

Virginia's View Challenge #8: Clean and Simple

World Cardmaking Day

Happy cardmaking and blog browsing!

Susanne

Muse Challenge #69

My friend Cornelia is the Muse this week with this cool card

which inspired me to make this very CAS card

It's even a one layer card (well, for me the "happy" die cut is an embellishment, not a layer) which I don't make very often!

Sending this to the Muse Challenge #69 and to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes".

Have a wonderful weekend,

Susanne

Stamps: Mama Elephant (arrow border),  Simon Says (sentiment)

Die: Simon Says (happy)

SSS Monday Challenge / Virginia's View - Take Two

I am back with another card for Simon Says Monday Challenge (Paste) and Virginia's View Challenge (Watercolor) because when I got out my gesso and watercolors I made more than one background/card since those media are a bit unpredictable...

With this card I tried to by artsy (stop laughing, you real artsy people)...

Those beads in the center of the circle? I've had those for a VERY long time. They were waiting patiently in the drawer... I was originally thinking of something else but discovered that those beads fit the watercolor background perfectly. 

You know what? I have more cards for a different challenge that ends tonight! So, yes, you will find another post or two in your inbox/reader a little later.

Stamps: Stampin' Up (word circle), Mama Elephant (triangles)

Stencil: TCW

Other: beads (Beedz)

"Less is More" turns 3...

... and celebrates with a rainbow theme. Rainbow colors make me happy, so I just had to play along.

And a close up so you can see the stickle dots:

I have another idea for this challenge... I might be back if I find the time to realize this idea (and like it). Hop over to the "Less is More" blog and look at all the rainbow goodness!

Happy Birthday "Less is More" and many more...!

What colors make you happy?

Be well,

Susanne

Stamps: Mama Elephant (arrow), My Sentiment's Exactly (words)

Inks: All kinds of different brands (let me know if you would like to know exactly)

Another masculine card without embellishments...

... although I know plenty of women who like geometric shapes and shades of blue (myself included)!

This one is for CAS-ology where the cue word is "Triangle" and for MUSE challenge #43 where Theresa Clavird provided this beautiful card for our inspiration. 

I used her diagonal layout which I really like and will certainly use again. As I mentioned above I didn't use any embellishments but I did raise three of the triangles with foam pads - can you see? Click on the links to find lots of inspiration. For both challenges you have until tomorrow (Sunday) to play!

As always, thank you so much for your visit and your comments! They make me so happy!

Wishing you a restful and creative weekend,

Susanne

Stamps: Mama Elefant (Trifecta), My Sentiments Exactly (Birthday Sentiments)

Inks: Versafine (black), Memento Dew Drops 

CAS(E) this sketch #47

Hello crafty friends,

I am back again because I really wanted to play with CAS(E) this sketch #47. I love their sketches but not always find the time to make a card in time. First this week's sketch:

And here is what I made:

I hope it is CAS enough. There are no embellishments but it really needed those layers. At least IMHO.

What do you think?

Stamps: Borders from the set Trifecta, words from the set So Breeze - all by Mama Elephant