65th Anniversary

 Today is my parents' anniversary!  They are 85 and 88 and still very independent.  I thought a very simple and elegant card would be appropriate for such a special anniversary. 
The bells are cut with my Silhouette out of glitter paper and mounted on my new Spellbinders Floral Ovals.  The ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the ribbon buckle from Amazon.  I simply used white cardstock and a silver cardstock from my stash for the layers, along with a textured embossing folder.  This would make a great wedding card too!
Thanks for looking and Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Gerlinde

21st Birthday

 It's hard to believe that it's been exactly a month since I've done any crafting!  My sister was here from Florida to help with Mom and Dad's garage sale as we get them ready to move to Florida permanently.  With this cold blast we got Friday, I wish I were moving too!  But I don't want to be that far from the grandkids.
Anyway, this is a consigment card requested by a friend of a friend for her daughter's 21st birthday.  All she asked for was "girly" so of course I had to go with pink!  Not sure where the DP comes from, but it had a slight trace of glitter so I covered the Spellbinders Lattice Pendant pieces with Sparkle N Sprinkle's White Spark embossing powder.  The hat pin is made from Stampin Up's Pretties box, now retired.  And the inside was done with my Silhouette cutting machine.  Now that I look at it again, the spacing is a little off, but it WAS 4:00 in the morning! Am I following my mother's night crafting footsteps?  I think so!

I will be entering this in the following challenges:
Card Makin Mamas - Anything, You Say?
Brown Sugar Challenges - Anything Goes
Clearly iStamp - Ribbon or Twine
Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Raise the Bar - Think Pink
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Ribbon and/or Buttons

Thanks for looking!
Gerlinde

Origami box

 I needed a creative wrapping for a very un-creative gift and was inspired by the boxes that Christina from Flowers, Ribbons, and Pearls had recently made.  Although I'm anxiously awaiting her video for her boxes, I did find a You Tube video for a simple origami box.  There is no tape for the box part - just a lot of folding.  Now the lid is an entirely different story - it does need some glue and good strong tape.  I used all Stampin Up products for this, including the Blossom Petal Builder punch for the flower.   The green box below was my first attempt and I decided to cut each layer of petals shorter for the Razzleberry flower, which made it lay a little flatter.  It really only took me an afternoon to whip up both of these boxes and now I'm looking forward to making some for Christmas gifts using the Spellbinder's Poinsettia. The boxes use two sheets of 12 x 12 paper and are plenty big (4 x 4 x 2) to hold a gift card and some small items.

 

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Not a Card

Come and Get It Challenge - Anything other than a card

Fab N Funky Challenge - Starts with an F (Flower)

Thanks for looking!

Gerlinde

Bismarck's Gift

Here is the second in my doggy series - this one is another Mo Manning called Bismarck.  He is colored with Copics and cut out using Spellbinders Labels Two. The DP is not marked and I'm sure something I picked up for 25 cents.  The trees are Hero Arts Merry Christmas Trees embossed with Sparkle N Sprinkle's White Spark embossing powder and the poinsettia rhinestone is from JoAnn's with a little strip of ribbon behind it.  Bismarck reminds me a lot of my little Schnauzer "Schatzi" that I lost two years ago.  (Although she wasn't so little since she ate everything in sight!)
I will be entering this in the following challenges:
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - #9 Gifts of the Season
Cute Card Thursday - Christmas
Christmas Cards All Year Round - Christmas Presents
Craft Punked - Pets
LEJ Designs - Winter Wishes
Papelitos Challenges - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Thanks for Looking!
Gerlinde

Merry Christmas, Doggone it!

Warning!  This is the first in a series of cards for my friends dog grooming shop and who else would I go to for images, but Mo Manning! This Christmas Sheepdog (with hat) is colored with Copics and cut with Spellbinder's Labels Twelve.  The DP is K & Company Shimmer Paper and the Santa hat  has Sparkle N Sprinkle's Twinkling Clouds on the white fur.  The embellishments are just from my stash.  I won't tell you how many I colored and threw away, but that's the fun in tackling a new challenge, isn't it!
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Christmas Crafting - Traditional Christmas Colors
Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge - Sparkle & Bling
Lia Stampz - 3 R's - Red, Ribbon, Rhinestones
Anything Goes - Early Christmas
Mema's Crafts - Holiday Bliss
Stampin for the Weekend - Starting Christmas Early
Nutcrafters - Countdown to Christmas
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Christmas

Thanks for visiting!
Gerlinde

Welcome Baby!

 My grandchildren have a new cousin!  I'm so excited because I never had cousins who lived nearby (they're all in Germany) and neither did my children (their only cousin is in Florida).  So my Charlie and his cousin Heidi are only 1 month apart in age (they're 3) and now new cousin Brady is 6 years younger than my Carter but only 2 days apart in birthday celebrations!  How cool is that!

SO, I got to use my new Stampin Up stamp, Bringing Baby!  I colored it with colored pencils and added some stickles to the magical stork.  It's cut out with Spellbinders' Big Scalloped Ovals LG.  The scrollwork is done using my Silhouette and the papers and flowers are just misc from my stash.  Oh! and I also used Martha Stewart's punch around the page punch.
I made a pink one for future use out of Stampin Up's Pink Pirouette:

In addition to putting this right in the mail, I am also entering it in the following challenges:
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Baby
Fashionista - Baby
Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Show us your Bling
Victorine Original - Bling 
Hooked on Craft - Let's Celebrate
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Stempelsonne #68 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!
Gerlinde

Vintage Christmas

 

All of a sudden I'm intrigued with the vintage look cards and thought I'd try one.  AND I'm moving right along with my Christmas card stash!  I'm not sure where I got this image in all my Google surfing adventures, but she has such a precious look.  I've paired her with SU Close to Cocoa and Blush Blossom and brought out the color of her dress with some misc DP I had in my stash.  The tag is Spellbinder's Fancy Tags Three and the sentiment  is a digi by Fred She Said.  I'm entering this in the following challenges:

Paper Play Challenges: Layer it up

2 Sisters challenge: Anything Goes

Challenge up your life: Everything Goes

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge: Pink

The Ribbon Girl : Ribbon, pearls, image

Craft Your Passion:  Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!

Gerlinde