French Anniversary

 I love special request cards!  It feels like I've finished a masterpiece once I'm done! 

 This card is for my friend's brother, who is going to Paris for his 30th anniversary.  The stamp sets are Artistic Etchings and Postage Due done on Very Vanilla cardstock with Crumb Cake ink.  The Eiffel Tower is done with Bavarian Bronze EP and the papers are Pool Party and Early Espresso.  The sentiment is done with my Silhouette on Early Espresso.  The stamped pieces are a little distressed and sponged with Early Espresso.
The inside left is stamped with En Francais and the heart cut out with my Silhouette.  The birds are SU Bird Punch.  The wording is computer generated and requested by her.  So adorable!

 I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Daring Card Makers - colors in inspiration photo
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Frosted Designs - Anything Goes w/Stamping
Creative Knockouts - Tic Tac Toe - Stamp, Sentiment, Ribbon

Thanks for Visiting!

Gerlinde

Winter Wonderland

 I made these cards as a birthday gift for my mother, but I think I need to make some more for myself.  They are so much nicer in real life because the depth of the dies and the sparkle on the trees does not show up well in the photos. I only made two in English and the rest in German, so Mom can mail them to the relatives in Germany. 
The trees is a die by Taylored Expressions and the deer is by Memory Box.  The bird is a MS punch and the sentiment is done with my Silhouette.  The glitter on the trees is Sparkle N Sprinkle's Sparkling Snow.
My friend Terry did these in a monochromatic color scheme, which I really loved, and meant to copy, but then I changed one thing and then another and before you knew it, I had a completely different card!  But thank you Terry, for lending me the dies!

 I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Scrapy Land - Anything Goes w/dies
Christmas Stampin All Year Long - Anything Goes
Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge- Anything Goes
Completely Christmas - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Early Christmas

Thanks for visiting!Gerlinde

My Scrap Chick cards

 You may be seeing a lot more of this type of card with cut files from My Scrap Chick - I just love their stuff!  Both of these cards are for the same 2 year old - so I had to make them quick and easy.  The first is made with My Scrap Chick's Party Girls and the second is one of their Easel Cards and they have lots more!  I can't wait to do some Christmas cards with cut files for my Silhouette!

Thanks for visiting!
See you soon!

Gerlinde

Elfish Christmas

I borrowed this Northwoods stamp from a friend and am now six cards closer to my Christmas quota!  I haven't colored with my Copics in ages!  I forgot how much fun it was!  The background paper is a discontinued Daisy D and the other cardstock is Gumball Green and Real Red.  The sentiment is computer generated and punched out with SU's Ornament Punch, backed with glitter cardstock.  Red and Gold Stickles were used on the image.  Hope I can keep up with my Christmas cards this year inbetween stripping all the wallpaper in my house!  Yuck!
Thanks for stopping by!

Gerlinde

Emerald Anniversary #2

Here is my second 55th anniversary card made with my two favorite new stamps sets - Flower Shop and Petite Petals.  The sentiment and rings is done with a Sizzix die and the background is an old Stampin Up stamp called French Flair - done with Sparkle N Sprinkle's Silver Detail embossing powder.  The leaves are from Stampin Up's Bird Punch.  You'd almost think it was St Patrick's Day, there's so much green around here!

On a roll, see you soon!

Gerlinde

Emerald Anniversary

Made a quick 55th anniversary card for a friend's parents with oodles of glitter, which I haven't done for a long time.  I used the old lace technique on sticker paper with Sparkle N Sprinkle's Elegant Emerald and Diamond Dust glitters.  The sentiment was embossed using Sparkle N Sprinkle's Pine Star embossing powder.  Some simple punched embossed hearts with the numbers cut with my Silhouette and Voila!  There you have it!

Thanks for looking!

Gerlinde