Time goes by .. oh so fast

Hey there! Well I am still here and my blog is not abandoned!

I did do a lot of stamping - but I didn't find time to take photos and upload my work here. What a pity! Well, I must change that in the future! I will try to keep a promise to myself of uploading once a week.

Here are some cards I made yesterday with new stamps I purchased from Hero Arts.

The first one is the Peacock card - I saw Dawn McVey's Peacock birthday card and fell head over heels in love with the Peacock stamp. I just had to have it and I used Dawn's design to kickstart my use of this stamp.


My supplies for this card are:
Blank card from Creative Card Making
Cardstock: PTI sweet blush, PTI Scarlet Jewel
Ink: PTI Scarlet Jewel, PTI vintage cream
Accents: cream perls
Tools: Martha Stewart Doily lace punch
Stamp: Hero Arts Peacock with a sentiment from a stamp collection which I have forgotten where I got from :)

Second card I will share with you today is also a Hero Arts stamp "Garden Silhouette"



My supplies for this card are:
Blank card from Creative Card Making
Cardstock: PTI spring moss
Ink: PTI Ripe Avocado
Accents: red gems from Hero Arts, PTI Ribbon ripe avocado
Stamp: Hero Arts Garden Silhouette, sentiment from PTI Mega Mixed messages

Well thats all for today :) Thanks for looking.

Challenge: PTI DT - COLOR FAVORITES

PTI issued a new challenge today (day 9 of the incredible anniversary!). The challenge is to design a card using the favorites colors of one of the design team members.

I have choosen Maile's colors: Kraft, dark chocolate, enchanted evening and raspberry fish.



If you want to know more about this challenge look here: http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/

This is my card:



My supplies were:
Cardstock: PTI dark chocolate, PTI kraft, PTI raspberry Fizz
Ink: Versamark clear, PTI enchanted evening, PTI raspberry fizz, Tsukineko brown
Stamps: Guide Lines Two, Everyday Button Bits
Embellishes: Small clear swarowski stones

PTI - Emboss Resist Challenge ?!??!

Today Papertrey announced an Emboss Resist Challenge.
Nicole Heady has made an illustrative video about this technic. It looks very very easy ... so although I had a busy afternoon I wanted to give it a shot. Ehhh 3 hours later I have to conclude: it is not very easy for a newbie .... :) and to be honest I am not quite sure I got the "emboss resist" right.

But the finished result is a card (and I had fun!!) and there is room for perfection - unfortunately I do not have more time today because I am packing bags for a tradefair week-end in Cologne.

I dapped my embossed stars with marigold ink and orange zest. So voila - that is my emboss resist until I learn more about it.

Here is my card:


My supplies were:
Cardstock: PTI dark chocolate, PTI summer sunrise and and no-name white cardstock from my local paper shop
Patterned paper: PTI "Bitty Dot Basics"
Ink: Versamark clear, marigold and orange zest
Emboss power: Filigreen white
PTI Stamps: Out on a limb, Mega mixed messages

PTI - Challenge day 2

Happy Anniversary to everyone at PTI!

I have been lucky to find you as one of the first stamp companies while venturing into the world of card making :) And now I do not have to search for other because I love your designs and paper.

This is my first card post - I look forward to posting more and participating in new challenges.

This is Maderia

This is my dog "Maderia".
She is a great Jack Russell Terrier from 2008. We named her after the island "Maderia" (not the alcohol!!) because it is exceptionally beautiful. If you have a chance to go there you shouldn't miss the opportunity.
Maderia is always by my side.