Happy Little Stampers February CASE Challenge

Happy February friends! I'm here with a card I made for the Happy Little Stampers February CASE challenge.
This month we are case-ing the fabulous, Shona Chambers!
Here is her cute card:


From the moment I saw Shona's fun design, I immediately thought of creating a shaker card. The design really lends itself to that type of card.

I started by creating the word background on Kraft using HLS Bold Birthday Sentiments. There are so many fabulous sentiments, it's a perfect set for creating this type of background. I then die cut the circle from the center and added a piece of acetate for the window. Next I stamped the sweet little elephant and balloon from Birthday Friends and added lots of little stars from the Bold Birthday set. It's hard to see in the photo but I also added some clear Wink Of Stella to the balloon and to the large stars. Once my shaker card was assembled, I added a banner sentiment using the Happy Birthday stamp from Butterfly Birthday and the star from Bold Birthday Sentiments.

I'll be adding this card to the following challenge:
Cupcake Inspiration ~ Banners
Sunday Stamps

Be sure to stop by the Happy Little Stampers blog and check out all the cute cards for inspiration and then join in on the fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings~ Birgit

Vintage Blocks

For those who know me, you know I have a secret love affair with vintage images. Most of my craft making is CAS using mostly stamps and die cuts. Once in a while, like today for instance, I get the urge to create things using free vintage images found on the internet that I simply print out on my home printer. This post is picture heavy, so I'll let the photo's do the talking.



This next picture shows the dimension. I put fun foam between the layers to make it sturdy and not crush when being stored.


See the little doggie die cut? That came from my sweet online friend Marcia in a die cut swap we did. Crafty, online friends are the best!

This next one has a special destination.




The old blocks are some that I've been hoarding holding on to for years. It's time to put them to good use. I used the block with the letter "F" for "Friendship"! I am going to be teaching this craft to a group of crafty friends coming up in February.

I'll also be adding one of these projects to the following challenge:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ anything goes
Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Love Letters
Word Art Wednesday
Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Love Is In The Air
Use Your Stuff ~ Sequins or Glitter

Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings~ Birgit

Having Good Times!

Happy Wednesday paper loving friends~ I'm here today with three cards I made using Clearly Besotted "Good Times" set. This is an older set, but new to me and I just love it!


I used PTI's Split Sentiment dies to create this card using that adorable bicycle image from the Good Times set. The little die cut sun is cut using a Lil' Inkers die. A few sequins finish this card off.


I think this is my favorite card, as I just love the fresh colors! The sentiment is from PTI's Choose Joy. I chose my colors using the wonderful plaid background using MFT's printed plaid paper stack. I also used some button stacks to finish off the little banners, also cut using MFT's Blueprints #20.



On this card, I used MFT's Postage Stamp Stax Dies and cut one out of script paper and one on white cardstock for my stamped image. The little bow is from MFT.

I'll be entering one of these cards into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp ~ Work It Wednesday
Word Art Wednesday
Fun Cuts Alphabet Challenge ~ "J" is for Jewel
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Use Your Stuff ~ Sequins

Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings~ Birgit

PTI ~ January Blog Hop

This months inspiration photo for the PTI Blog Hop was a challenge for me. I'm not a very graphic person and the colors challenged me as well. Here's the inspiration photo:

I'm not very good at thinking outside of the box either. With that said, I made two cards because I really couldn't tell what colors would work well for this. Here's my first card:

I picked up on the white washed wood behind some of the orange images and made this card using Rosie Posie. The colors I used were Hawaiian Shores and Ocean Tide for the leaves and Orange Zest and Canyon clay for the flowers.


Then I thought the colors weren't quite right so I went with this card, using a more graphic design and Happiness In Bloom. I changed the blues to Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky and Enchanted Evening.

Be sure to stop by Nichole's blog to join in on the fun! Have fun along the hop!
Blessings~ Birgit

Altenew Academy ~ Day 6

Here's my last card for day 6 of the Altenew Academy, Stunningly Simple Watercolors. Day 6 brought us Dropped In Color.

I discovered that I really love the color combination of using Tim Holtz Mustard Seed, Abandoned Coral and Orange Marmalade, so I went with those colors for dropping in my background. I think I had my watercolor paper too wet as it didn't come out quite like Lydia's but I still am happy with the results. I definitely want to try this technique again.
I used Altenew's Vintage Roses and Ombre Thanks to complete my card.

I'm so sad to see this class end, as I've learned so much, found new helpful tips and really enjoyed doing my homework. Lydia's video's were precise and easy to follow and I totally recommend taking some of her classes. Thanks so much Lydia for a fun week of learning and playing!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings~ Birgit