Yellow Magnolia

I have to admit, Yellow is definitely NOT one of my favorite colors.

That's why when I saw there's a challange called "Tilda in Lemon" I knew I had to participate. That would be a real challange for me - using a color I usually only use for flowers, a little bit of butterflies or other touch-ups. Never as a main color.

I got to tell you - I kinda like what I got:

And here are the challanges I entered this card into:

Die cut dreams - Tilda in Lemon

Kaboodle Doodles - Recipe: 2 patterned papers, 2 plain papers, flowers and/or lace

A Pocket Full of Posies - winged things

Sketch & Stash - Sketch

 Creative crew - spakle & shine

Dailly

Blue Green Pink Handbag with blings

Does that sound impossible?

I didn't think so.

These are most of the challanges my card enters, and they are only 5 this time.

The stamped image I got from a friend (Thanks kookadoo), the idea for the ribbons from ICS DT member Meredith (Thanks), and the rest just sort of fell into place... 

Here's my card:

 And the inside:

And these are the challenges it's entered into:

Cupcake craft - colors: blue & green

PPC - colors: blue, gree, pink, white

Creative Crew - Sparkle & shine

ICS - Sketch

My time to craft - Handbag

Dailly.

Summer Heat

So many blogs have jumped on the summer waggon, that I decided to do the same.

So here is a summery card, with bright and sunny colors.

And on the inside:

The papers are all BG papers. The stamp is a Penny Black stamp, that felt very summery to me. I colored it with crayons to get the naive look of a summer afternoon. I also used a Martha Stewart punch for the "ribbons". A final touch of doodling finished my card.

This card participates in the following challenges:

Tuesday Trio - Sketch and theme

All that scraps - sketch

Cooking it up - Sketch from another blog, Yellow & Stitch

Freshly Brewed - Summertime

Whoopsi Daisy - Hot, Vibrant colors

Sir Stampalot - Lazy Hazy days of summer

My partner in crafting crime - Summer time

Lily-Boo Too - Summery cards

Easy Craft Projects - Summer

Crafty Calander - Summer

Dailly.

Adding a link to your comment

I'm writing this post mainly for myself, cause I keep forgeting this code, and it's really usefull.

If you want to add a link to your comment, simply use this code, onlu without all the spaces. The only space is between the first "a" and the "href".

< a href = "link" > text to click on < /a >

It's really this easy and it works!

Dailly.

Working with my niece

Yesterday, while I was just finishing up on some cards, my niece came back from kindergarden (she's five y/o).

Whenever she finds me working, she asks to sit by my side and watch.

Of course, it never ends with just watching, cause she's a very touchy-feely kind of person. She has to touch, to feel. So she picks up papers, glue, embelishments, sometimes even tools I have on the table...

And then I asked her if she wants to help me create a card.

She loved the idea, and this is the card we made.

And on the inside:

This card participates in the following challenges:

Crafts & Me - Birthday cards

Crafty Creations - Ice cream & cakes

Incy Wincy - Punches

Truly Scrumptious - Sketch

Dailly.

Who's afraid of colors?

You know how sometimes you start making a card or a layout, only to end up with something completely different than what you initialy saw in your mind?

That's this card's story.

I started out with a sketch and a color scheme, only to find - halfway through - that  don't really like the color scheme...

So I started adding, and changing, and trying different colors, and came up with a card I really love.  

And on the inside:

This one participated in the following challenges:

Crafts & Me - Birthday Cards

Crafty Creations - Ice cream & cakes

The Creative Cottage - Summer theme

Fab 'n' Funky - Sew 'n' Sew

Incy Wincy - Punches

La La Land - Try something new

Quixotic - Sketch

Simon Says - Check it out

Dailly

I'm on a roll

It seems that after a few months of not really doing much in the creativity department - I can't seem to stop now.

I keep finding myself searching for more challenges, spending more time at the craft table, creating more.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not complaining. Just observing.

So here's the latest creation:

And these are the challenges:

Always playing with paper - colors

Aly's Sunday challenge - add sewing to the card

Corrosive - sketch

Etsy inspired - I was inspired by the colors

Pile it on - sumer showers

Meljen's Designs - Fiber, ribbon or lace

Our creative corner - Gotcha cornered

ABC - W=weather

Kaboodle - Anything goes with a dash of purple

Dailly

Three of three - Thank You card

That's it. The last card from today.

Well, technically it was yesterday, cause it's 1:44 am now...

Here's the card:

And on the inside:

And the challenges:

A crafty little place - One for the boys

Daisy Doodle - Manly card

Creative Crad Crew - Thank you card

ICS - Sketch #70

Scrapy Creations - Kid's theme

My time to carft - Xtra special

Dailly

Two of three - Birthday card

Like I worte in the previous post, I made three cards, for different challenges.

This is the second one:

And on the inside:

And these are the challenges I entered it:

Tuesday Trio - Sketch

Cards & things - Sketch

My time to craft - Xtra Special

Party Time - Anything goes Birthday

Scrap Creations - Kid's cards

Kaboodle - Anything goes with a dash of purple

Stamp with fun - Myst / Fairy Tales

Dailly

One of three - Thinking of you card

It's unbelieveable that I didn't find time or energy for four whole months to search challenges and create something.

The only thing I found myself doing is creations for my own challenge blog, Tuesday Trio, and a few swaps.

But I'm finally getting a grip and starting to work again.

Here's one of three cards I created today for challenges:

And on the inside:

And here is a list of the challenges:

A spoon full of sugar - Enjoying the sunshine

A crafty little place - One for the boys

Everybody art - sketch

My time to craft - Xtra Special

Scrap creations - Kid's cards

Daisy Doodle - Manly card

Dailly

Valentines

The net ia full of valentine challenges, and I decided to take part.

This is my card:

And on the inside:

The holes were made by Crop-a-dile, one by one...

These are the challenges:

Cute Card - In the name of love

Lily of the valley - Valentines

Frosted - Valentines

Humble Pie - Love

Stamp Something - Love

Stamping for the weekend - Valentines

Raise the bar - Hearts
Die Cuts R Us - Love
Pile it on - to the one you love
Crazy 4 challenges - Valentines
Creative Crew - Valentines
Double Dutch - Valentines
ABC Challenges - N = New
Creative Belli - Ribbons
Penny's - Love / Valentines
Delightfull Sketches - Love
Crafty Calander - Love & Friendship
Pixie Dust - colors
Tanda Stamps - Quick & Cute
If the shoe fits - colors
Callenge up your life - Valentines
Stamping with fun - Hearts
Practical Scrapper - Brads

Dailly

A Different Kind Of Love

When I saw the challenge for a love card without any red or pink, I knew I just had to do that kind of card. A different card.

This card fit a few other challenges:

Cards Blog - Love card with no red or pink

Curtain Call - color challange

Ann's Creative Nook - Sketch + Monochromatic

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Freestyle

Cute Card Thursday - Blooming Gorgeous

365 cards - day 334 - 3 B's: Blue, Blossom & emBoss

Design Dollies - Monochromatic Blue

Frosted - Embossing

AiFactory - Pick a sketch, any sketch.

 

Dailly

Vintage ATC's

This time I started with four challenges in mind:

One that asked for ATC cards

One that asked for anything BUT a card

One that showed an add for inspiration, where I took fashion as a keyword

and One that asked to ink an old stamp.

I started with the stamp. I knew exactly which one it would be, and stamped and colored it 5 times.

Then I went for the background paper, added the lace ribbon, and the shett of music notes.

I played with locations and configurations until I was happy and then I glued everything down.

Then I went to making 4 more.

and Ooops.....

When I came to colour and age the music sheet I picked the wrong ink. A darker one...

But I liked the total look of the card with the darker sheet, so I left it.

Which is why there's one card with a lighter music sheet...

These are the challenges the ATC's participate in:

If the shoe fits - inspirational challenge

Order of the Opus Gluei - ATC cards

Incy Wincy - Colour me wonderful

Pals Paper Art - Anything but a card

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Lots of layering

Quitoxic - Ink up an old stamp

Magical Crafts - Vintage

Dailly

Love is in the air

It seems love is really in the air as Valentine's day nears. So many challenges refer to it - either by the subject of the creation, the colors, or by using the heart element.

These are the challenges this card was created to answer:

Creative Belli - Hearts

Crearive Card Crew - Punches

Crafty Catz - Love

Incy Wincy - Colour Me Wonderful

C.R.A.F.T - Red

Simon Says - Punch It

Crafty Creations - Love

Kewl Stamps - Colors

Stamp Away With Me - One Man's Trash...

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Lots of Layering

Totally Gorjuss - Dimension

Ildi Co's - Colors

One Stop - Love & Kisses

2S4Y - Sketch

Practical Scrappers - Love

Quixotic - Ink Up an Old Stamp

Cute Daisy May - Ribbon & Flowers

I would also like to invite you to "Tuesday Trio" - the new Israeli sketch blog (written in both Hebrew and English), where every tuesday there's a new sketch.

Dailly.

Fairies, anyone?

I LOVE Fairies.

Always have.

More then that, I choose to believe in them. To believe that they are all around us, helping us in different little ways we are unaware of.

Which is why I couldn't resist buying a few sets of fairy stamps, and which is why I always have one set of them in my craft bag at all times...

So when I sat down to create this card, the first stamps to land on my table where the fairies by inkadinkado and the trees by crafty individuals.

Again, I tried to answer multi-challenges in one card.

The callenges I participated in are:

PaperPlay challenges - Handwriting

Creative Crad crew - Punch It

Truly Scrumptious - Sketch

ABC Challenges - M is for Masking

Simon Says - Punch it

Incy Wincy - Colour Me Wonderful

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Lots of Layering

I was going for much more, but missed the deadline again...

I realy need to start at the begning of the week next time...

Dailly.

Seeing Stars

When the year started, I made a few decisions.

One was to open with friends the new Israeli sketch blog - Tuesday Trio.

Another was to open this blog, and start participating in some challenges around the net.

It took me a little while to get here, but here I am.

Let me show you the card first:

 This card was made for the following challenges:

1.  La La Land Crafts Blog - #21 - Shaped cards

2.  The corrosive challenge - #46 - Distressing

3.  Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - #13 - A heart filled color combo (to tell the truth, I was aiming for the previous challenge - Heavy metal, but I missed it, and by chance, my card fits this challenge as well  :-) )

4.  PaperPlay Challenges - #2 - Furry Friends

5.  Creative Belli - #82 - Glitter or rhinestone

6.  Creative card crew - #42 - Distressing

I was going for a couple more, but missed the deadline.... Maybe next time I'll do better.

Dailly.