Friends Forever

This card is for a good friend who is a horse lover.  I managed to get her hair the same color as hers but wasn't quite comfortable enough with my coloring skills to make the horse look like her horse with the white in the middle of the face.  It is colored with Copics and it's my first time coloring black hair.  Unfortunately, I only had half the shades of black and gray that the YouTube video said I should use but somehow I managed - there is always the next time, right?  The image is by Delicious Doodles and the sentiment is by Netty's Cards.  I used the sketch offered in The Sweet Stop's Challenge this week.











I am entering this in the following challenges:
The Sweet Stop - Sketch #230
Delicious Doodles - Eyelets or Brads
Hiding in My Craftroom - Woman's Birthday
Crafty Catz - Birthday
Ooh-La-La Creations - F is for ....?(Friends Forever)

Thanks for visiting!

Gerlinde

Butterfly Breezes

I cased this card from our wonderful SU monthly card workshop demonstrator (go Diane!).  She comes up with the most beautiful cards each and every month! The flowers are Stippled Blossoms done in Baja Breeze on top of En Francais done in Crumb Cake on Whisper White cardstock.  Then more En Francais on the Baja Breeze cardstock and just a hint of black borders.  The sentiment was done in Stazon with clear embossing powder and the butterflies are Taylored Expressions dies done in Baja Breeze with vellum on top.  There is just a hint of glitter around the edges of the Baja Breeze butterflies (you have to click on the pic to see it). Oops!  I just noticed one of the pearls came off in the photo shoot! A quick fix, but I'm not doing the photo shoot again!  LOL!  Anyway, the glitter is Sparkle N Sprinkle's Waterfall - semi transparent and just the right touch! Now the bow was a bit of a problem since I didn't have any Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon (help! Diane!), so I took the Very Vanilla, spritzed it with rubbing alcohol and colored it with Copic E55, Light Caramel.  Close enough, don't you think? I did several cards, and on some I used a black bow, but I think I like the Caramel best. Thanks for looking!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Imagination Crafts Challenge 3 - Butterfly
Creative Fingers - Add a Sentiment
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Created with Love - Anything Goes
Wags N Whiskers - Ribbons & Bows

Gerlinde

Birdsong Christmas

I'm up to 30 cards for Christmas!  Woo-hoo!  I've had this Magenta Musical Bird Collage for some time and haven't really seen much done with it in Blogland for inspiration.  So I kept it fairly simple and just stamped it in Memento's Cottage Ivy and distressed it a little with Antique Linen ink.  The edge is lined with Krylon's Gold Leaf pen, as is the embossed background.
The cardstock colors are Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, and Handsome Hunter.
The tag is done with Darcie's Shrink Plastic and a Stampin Up sentiment (no clue which set).

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Creative Card Crew - Things with Wings
Creative Creations - Early Christmas
Crafty Bloggers - Things with Wings
Emma's Crafty Challenge - Birds

Thanks for visiting!

Gerlinde

Wagging Tail

I had to re-stock my groomer with doggy sympathy cards so this is a quick and easy concoction using scrap DP and Kraft and Chocolate Chip cardstock (not sure what the blue is).  Each one of the seven cards has slightly different DP, but they all turned out nicely.  The stamp set is Stampin Up's "D is for Dog".  My Chocolate Chip ink is drying out, so I used Memento's Rich Cocoa.  Poor Deann learned about three clients' dogs passing on the same day!    
I am entering this into the following challenges:
Crafty Creations - Let's get Krafty
Fairies Challenge - Animals
Stamp with Fun - Not Square

Thanks for visiting!

Gerlinde

Holiday Sparkle

 A card this sparkly is really hard to photograph!  I tried both black and white backgrounds last night and couldn't capture the true colors, so this afternoon I took the card outside and tried sunlight, shade and everything in between and as you can see, I still ended up with three different looks!  The Medallion sticker is mounted on light green and gold foil paper and popped up with dimensionals.  The background DP is from the Luxury Stack by DCWV.  The stars are a border punch with gold foil cardstock behind them and then two different ribbons run down the center.  The rest is just from my stash.  All that shine and I didn't even use glitter! 

I am entering this into the following challenges:
The Stamping Boutique - Christmas
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Chall -
              Layer it Up
Crafty Hazelnute Christmas Challenge Extra
Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge -
               Non-Traditional Colors
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge -
                Nature (Flowers)

Hope to see you again soon!


Gerlinde