Create A Smile Stamps Collector's Album

One of my favorite stamp companys, Create A Smile Stamps, recently released a collector's album featuring their wide range of products as well as beautiful photos of cards, a bunch of crafting hacks and lots of inspiration. I was asked to do a little interview for the album which I'm beyond thrilled to share with you!

What an honour! Thank you so much, Create A Smile Stamps, for the opportunity and the shout out!

Christmas Cards 2017 #15

Supplies: Delicate Decorations and Schöne Bescherung by Create A Smile Stamps, Die-namics Stitched Star STAX by My Favorite Things, Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils

Sunflower Wedding Card

Supplies: Magic Flowers by Create A Smile Stamps, Happily Every After by Love Cynthia, Klartext Stempelset Hochzeit Glückwunsch by Dani Peuss, Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers

All The Pretty Flowers

This birthday card is basically a display of my favorite floral images from Create A Smile Stamps. I stamped and heat embossed all flowers with white embossing powder, colored the flowers with watercolors and fussy cut them when they were completely dry. I  arranged the flowers around the die cut oval shape and created a loose wreath. 

Supplies:  Botanical Love, Aloha Spirit and Magic Flowers by Create A Smile Stamps, Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers

New Baby Card

I was asked to make a new baby card for the birth of "Emelie Leila" and here's what I came up with! I used stamps from Love Cynthia and then hand stitched the beautiful name onto the card with rainbow embroidery floss to really make it stand out.

Supplies: My Happy Family by Love Cynthia, Copic Markers, Tim Holz Distress Ink Pads by Ranger, Stitched Circle Set by CottageCutz

Penelope's Blossoms

The "Penelope's Blossoms" stamp set by Lawn Fawn has the cutest small flowers and I have used it frequently to create my own patterned backgrounds. I wanted to give this card a vintage feel. That's why I gently smudged all the edges with brown distress inks. Here are two versions of the design:

Supplies: Penelope's Blossoms by Lawn Fawn, Für Alle Fälle by Create A Smile Stamps

HALLO!

I'm back with another Magic Slider Card. This time I used products by Create A Smile Stamps. Love this type of cards although it still takes me forever to create them. I think this makes a great card for a kid's birthday.

Supplies: Magic Flowers and Poppin' Over by Create A Smile Stamps, Cole's ABCs by Lawn Fawn, Dotted Borders Elle-ments by Avery Elle, Copic markers 

I'm taking part in the Challenge Of The Month of Create A Smile Stamps.

MERRY XMAS

This is the last Christmas card I'm sharing over here this year and it is also my favorite one. I used distress inks on watercolor paper and splashed a little bit of water as well as violet gouache all over the card for a splatter effect. I die cut the letters from some silver glitter paper and filled the shaker area with lots of pretty sequins. 

Supplies: Tim Holz Distress Ink Pads by Ranger, Die-namics Stitched Star STAX by My Favorite Things, Cole's ABCs by Lawn Fawn, Dotted Borders Elle-ments by Avery Elle,Stitched Circle Set by CottageCutz

Flower Power

I truly enjoy creating and looking at flower cards. The "Magic Flowers" stamp set by Create A Smile Stamps is one of my favorite stamp sets and I reach for it all the time. I colored all flowers in with Copic markers as well as the background and decided to break up the pattern by adding a sentiment on kraft cardstock and a bow into the center of the card. The German sentiment says "Congratulations".

Supplies: Magic Flowers by Create A Smile Stamps, Dotted Borders Elle-ments by Avery Elle, Copic markers

Invitation To Coffee

Since I love love love coffee, you will see a lot of coffee-inspired cards on this blog. This invitation can either be given to one friend or it can be "mass-produced" for a special occasion. The German sentiment "Einladung zum" says "Invitation to". Shaker cards usually take a little longer to make but they are worth the effort and will put a smile on someone's face.

Supplies: Dotted Borders Elle-ments by Avery Elle, Stamps by Gummiapan and Klartext-Stempel, Copic markers and Distress Ink.