Watercolor Congrats!

The famous Paulina from Pretty Pink Posh has a watercolor blog hop this weekend. If you have followed my blog for a while you know that I love watercolor techniques. So I am hopping along with this card I made for my German niece who recently finished her Masters in Mathematics. I am so proud of her!

And here is a close up so you can see how real the water droplets look!

Stamps: Designs by Ryn (water droplets), Hero Arts (you did it), Winnie & Walter (congrats)
Other: Inks (Distress Inks), Glossy Accents

I used one of my favorite techniques where you smoosh distress inks on your craft sheet, spritz them with water and then smoosh watercolor paper in it. Then I finally used those awesome water droplets from Design by Ryn . I just love them and think they look so realistic! Especially when you coat them with Glossy Accents! I saw them first on Cornelia's blog Stempelspass . She has made many fantastic cards with them! I thought they were a great symbol for all the hard work (and sweat) my niece did during her years of studying and writing her thesis.

Challenges:

Pretty Pink Posh "Watercolor Blog Hop"





Hop on over and check out all the gorgeous entries!


Designs by Ryn "June Customer Creation Gallery"


If you are still reading please help me welcome my new follower

Melissa from "Creating from the Heart"

Melissa is on the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Team!!! Need I say more! Her blog is full of amazing inspiration! What are you waiting for? Oh, yes, the quote to welcome her...

'Let us always meet each other with smile for the smile is the beginning of love.' - Mother Teresa

I so appreciate your visits and love reading your comments!

Hugs,
Susanne

Inkspirational #83 "Purple", SSS Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"

Hello all of you who still bother to stop by here...

My recovery is very slow but it is getting better. I can now use my fingers on the left hand a bit more which means I can type with two hands again, which is so much faster! I am also trying to stamp a little. Yesterday I wanted to play but didn't know where to start. So I began to clean my messy desk. That often helps with my mojo. I end up wanting to create instead of cleaning up! This is how this card came about.

I had embossed those butterflies with a silver Judikins stamp for another project but ended up not using them. So they sat patiently in the mess on my desk. I didn't want to put them in my odds and ends container for some other time (that never comes) and decided to do something with them. I tried all kinds of backgrounds but they really needed a dark one to stand out.

Stamps: Hero Arts (vine background), Judikins (swirl on butterflies)
Other: McGill (butterfly punches), Little B (washi tape)


Challenges:

Inkspirational #83 "Purple"





Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"






I am very delighted to discover that I have two new followers! Please help me welcome

Maria from Maria's Merry Makings

and

Gundi from papierelle

Both are very talented and have been blogging for quite some time so if you are in need for inspiration go and visit them!

And here is my welcoming quote for you by Robert Frost:

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about LIFE:
It goes on.


Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your well wishes and kind thoughts!

Hope to be back soon,
Susanne

happy mother's day for virginia's view, penny black saturday, tuesday throwdown

hello friends,

just wanted to pop in and let you know that i am still alive!
the operation on my thumb went well but the full recovery will be long (12 weeks)!
2 down, 10 to go!
can't do anything yet with my left hand (typing this with one finger that's why i admire your gorgeous cards without commenting on them and don't bother with capital letters here, sorry)
no stamping, boohoo!
thank you so much for all the well wishes, they cheer me up tremendously!

i have a card to show you that i made before my accident.
that beautiful, delicate stamp is rather large so instead of cutting a part off i made a 5x7 card.
colored it with colored pencils and sponged some blue around it.

stamps: penny black (flower), stampin' up (sentiment)
die: memory box (butterfly)


challenges:

virginia's view #14"layers"





penny black saturday "trees or nature"


tuesday throwdown "flowers for her"





a very happy mother's day to all the mother's and mother figures out there,

susanne

Seize the Birthday

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to let you know that my blog might become even more quiet in the next few weeks. It's not due to lack of mojo but I cut the tendon and nerve in my left thumb and will be operated tomorrow. One handed crafting is no fun and typing with one finger is just too slow so even my commenting will suffer!

Didn't want to leave you without a card:

Stamps: Hero Arts (sentiment)
Dies: SSS (feathers)

Made the backgrounds with Gelatos. It was for a friend who liked this card so much.

I'll enter it at Seize the Birthday "Make your own background"






and Virginia's View "Layers and Dimensions"








Please know that I will still admire your beautiful creations even if you don't hear from me..

Be well,
Susanne

Happy Birthday, Cornelia!!!

Today I am here to wish Cornelia from "Stempel Spass" a very happy birthday! You probably all know her already and enjoy visiting her blog but if you haven't you absolutely should! Her gorgeous cards are sometimes graphic and modern, sometimes hilarious, sometimes show an awesome technique and she is on several design teams! While checking out her creations why don't you wish her a happy birthday?

Here is the card I made for her (should have arrived yesterday...)

Stamps: PTI (sentiment)
Dies: PTI (birthday)
Other: TCW (Microbial stencil), Viva (silver embossing paste), washi tape


Cornelia works a lot with stencils so I wanted to use one on her card. This one is new to me. I also hadn't used the silver embossing paste and the washi tapes!

Challenges:

Happy Little Stamper "Stenciling"






Seize the Birthday (without the topping)

















ETA: This card won birthday honours at Seize the Birthday!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Your visits and comments are so appreciated and if you have a question let me know (see top bar)!

Hugs,
Susanne

Mother's Day for Happy Little Stamper Sketch

When I saw the sketch for April at Happy Little Stamper I was attracted to the rainbow stripe but then went a different route (besides there are already several gorgeous rainbow cards in the gallery - check them out). Here is my card:

Stamps: Autumn Leaves (flowers), Avery Elle (sentiment)
Die: MFT Dienamics (mom)

The MOM is cut out from a nice shade of burgundy that works well with the red ink but looks brownish on my screen.

Challenge:

Happy Little Stampers April Sketch Challenge








That's it from me for today! Need to go to bed and get my beauty rest...

Enjoy your weekend,
Susanne

City Crafter #255 / Retro Rubber #11

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter filled with good company, good food, and joy in your hearts!

Just wanted to show you a Mother's Day card I made last week! With Easter almost behind us Mother's Day will be here before we know it!

Stamps: Stampin' Up (flowers), Inkadinkado (sentiment)
Punch: Stampin' Up


Challenges:

City Crafter Challenge #255 "Polka Dots"






Retro Rubber Challenge #11 "Sketch"


















I am very pleased to be able to warmly welcome two new followers:

Sarah from "Sazzle Dazzle  Crafts". Her blog is full of wonderful and inspiring CAS cards!

Becca from "The Damsel of Distressed". She has a fun, artsy, multimedia style that I am only dreaming about!

I hope you take some time to visit their blogs! I know you will not regret it!

Here is my welcome quote for you (by Abraham Maslow):

In any given moment we have two options:
To step forward into growth
or to step back into safety.

All of you who follow by email please know that I also appreciate you very much. I just can't welcome you by name as I cannot see who you are!
Everyone of you who stops by (regularly or just once) makes my day!

Have a great start of the week,
Susanne