FF Black & White

The Forever Friends August challenge convinced me to make a black & white card again. I do love these card, but most of the time you are tempted to really color the image. This time I made a side step card. The image is forever friends, the leaves and branche are from Marianne design and the rectangle is from Nellie Snellen.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Forever Friends - Monthly Challenge #8 Black and White
- Simon Says Stamp -Simon Says.....ANYTHING GOES !

Tealight box

A small gift for Christmas time, yes you can better start early otherwise it won't get ready on time...
This little box contains 4 tealights and is a great card/ gift in one. The swirl is a Whimsy die, the flowers are a  Joy Craft die and the stamp is a very cute bear from Lili of the Valley.

On the bottom of the box I have a little text for the receiver, but that's not captured in a picture.

I would like to enter this creation in the following challenges:
- Lili of the valley - Anything but a card competition
- Simon Says Stamp! - Simon Says ,,,,,,, Let's Play BINGO !! :-) - I went for ribbon - die cut - blooms
- Winter Wonderland -Photo Inspiration .... - for me a color inspiration

Magnolia card

This weekend I had to make a card for a friend in Canada. It has been a while that I used a magnolia stamp so I thought this was the right occasion. The swirl die, text stamp and label die are from Whimsy. The large square and the small one are Spellbinder nestabilities and the stamp is a mini stamp from Magnolia.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes :)
- Just Magnolia - Week 167 Pearls and Swirls
- The Dutch Magnolia Chickies - Challenge#27

WOJ #134

For the yahoo group Kaartvriendinnen, I had to make a card with this stampprint, so what better to combine it with Karina's sketch from the current Whiff of Joy challenge. The flowers are made with punches and brads, the swirl is a Whimsy die.

I would like to enter the card in the following challenges:
- Whiff of Joy - Challenge #134 - Karina's Sketch
- Papertake Weekly -Make Your Own
- Stempelsonne - #68 vom 27.07. - 09.08.12 Freie Themenwahl

Round FF card on stand

With my newest dies, the grand nestabilities, I could finally make a round card. The card is made from wallpaper, I just love to use this instead of scrappaper. The square is made with a Spellbinder nestability, the text stamp is from Stampinback, the flowers and the stand are made with JoyCraft dies, the swirl is from Whimsy and the stamp is of course a Forever Friends. The stamp is colourd using the Distress Ink from Tim Holtz.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Simon Says - ANYTHING GOES !
- Cute Card Thursday -Challenge 227 - So Distressing!
- Krea2Day - Candy Juli
- GE-We Hobby - Ronde kaart met kleurtjes
- Forever Friends -Fortnightly Challenge No41

And for the challenge of Forever Friends also a card I made during my early card making days in 2004:

Half step stair card

Since I really have to start working on my Christmas cards, I made this winter variation on the step stair card. Unfortunately you can't see the colors very well, all blue tones (dark cardstock and metallic blue scrappaper). The 2 mitten stamps are from Whimsy  and the other two stamps are from Whiff of Joy.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Whiff of Joy -Challenge #132 - Stair Step Card
- Winter Wonderland -Monochromatic with the Winter Wonderland

Mailbox

For my parents wedding anniversary I made an American style mailbox and a booklet to go in there. The instruction from the mailbox I got from the blog Stempeleinmaleins, they have lots of beautiful workshop. The stamp on the booklet is from Whiff of Joy, the stamp on the mailbox is from Forever Friends

I would like to enter this mailbox into the following challenges:
- Simon Says Stamp! -Simon Says ,,,,, Anything BUT a Card :-)
- Papertake Weekly Challenge -Bingo!!!! (ribbon - free - bloom)
- The ABC Challenge -R for Romance

Fold card

This time I made a different fold card. With the summer coming quickly and lots of flowers blooming. There are 3 Pearls, 2 swirls and one stamp on the card. The stamp is from Stampavie, the swirls are from Whimsy.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Cute Card Thursday -Challenge 221 - Punch Drunk!
- Totally PaperCrafts -It's Raining Cats & Dogs!
- Papertake Weekly Challenge -3-2-1
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge -Simon Says ,,,, Joy's Summer Inspiration :-)

Sale and Candy

Unfortunately one of my favorite shops is closing. Stempelstudio is closing her doors after 7,5 years because of health problems. But that is why they have a huge sale! At this moment you get 25% off on all products, so it's definitely worth to have a look. Pop over to the webshop www.stempelstudio.nl

You also have a chance to participate in a blog candy, for more info have a look at www.stempelstudio.blogspot.com

Wallpaper

I wanted to make a card using my nestability from Spelbinder and something I normally don't use, wallpaper. This is the result. The fabulous swirl is from Whimsy, the flowers from Joy Craft and the cute Henry stamp from Whiff of Joy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Whiff of Joy - Challenge #130 - Add Some Metal (hopefully the brads are enough metal as I did not have other metal items)
- Simon Says Stamp! - Simon Says ,,,,, Anything Goes !! :-)