A blue rose

When I saw this ad photo on 365 days, I knew I would use this strip pp. the colors just cought my eyes. the image is an old decal I had for ages. I made the flowers from a fabric I recieved from my sister long time ago and never used it. the polka dot ribbon is a new one that my other sister gave me today! (and I'm sure she would be so happy to see that I've already used it.

it goes for the following challenges:

ad inspiration - day 315 on 365 cards

sketch - #37 inky impressions

distressing - #46 corrosive; #24 creative inspirations (the rose image - torned and inked)

ink challenge - frosted designs

bling it - incy wincy

song title - #1 polka doodles (mine is "Where the wild roses grow")

new + a butterfly - #91 flutter by wednesday

something old, something new, something torn, something blue - #5 creatallicous

Metal Love Birds

A short post this time, just linking the challenges.

metal - day 312 on 365 cards; week 1 paper play; #12 kraftin kimmie

sketch - #35 midnight madness

colors : gold/silver/black/white - #11 pdcc; black & white - tuesday taggers; #49 crafty creations

monochromatic - #11 think ink; #33 color chef

love - #40 digital tuesday (the digi image is a freebie from My Grafico); #121 no time to stamp; #13 sshp (no heart on this card!); cute daisy may

song title - #1 polka doodles (mine is "one" - one love, one life...)

favorite embellishments - #45 corrosive (mine are flower & ribbon)

L for layering - abc

vintage style - #6 magical crafts

new beginnings - papertake weekly (it's a wedding card and the gold embellishments - flower & corners - are new); #5 crafty ann; daring cardmakers; #94 cute card thursday; #1 fussy & fancy

bling it up - #24 incy wincy

rhinestones (tiny ones on the golden corners) - #82 creative belli

flourishes - #2 humble pie

a night at the movies - #62 one stop craft (Love Story, of course)

anything digital - #29 pile it on

scrap& metal - #7 ildi co. (the pp are all left overs and the black cs is a big big one, so I have lots of it...)

My Soul Mate Reflection

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This card won Top 3 on Pick 3 Stamping vacation!

The challenge on day 313 at 365 cards was reflection: The challenge is to use a stamp to created a reflection of an image on your card. You can keep it simple or embellish the card further if you wish. O.K., I know that Pam wanted us to do what I did with the little bear, but still I just couldn't let the whole week to pass with no cheating at all...LOL. I also received some comments urging to do some cheating, so I used these two digi stamps from my grafico (freebie!) to create the reflection look. and I just wanted to let you know that I do understand what the rule was, so I added the real reflection image I made.. I didn't find the right place for it, yet

The 3 hearts on the left are simple doodles (did you see the new release? awesome! you don't want to miss that, and the {heart} challenge there!)

and it goes for the following challenges:

reflection - day 313 365 cards

sketch - #159 diva coffee break; #11 makeup 4 the weekend

pick 3 - theme - stamping vacation (my theme is love and to followe this theme I used images, color of pp, and the sentiment)

distressing - #42 creative card crew

hearts - #8 simple doodles; #85 a spoon full of sugar

love - #121 no time to stamp?; #40 digital tuesday; cute daisy may

song title - #1 polka doodles (mine is "Yor're in my heart, you're in my soul")

colors - die cuts r us

L for layering - abc

any digi + more challenges - #29 pile it on

free - #61 rosie-D's

ink - frosted designs ( I used ink for distressing the sentiment).

Once again thank you for stopping by and taking a look at my card. have a lovely weekend.

Crochet thanks

Today's challenge on 365 cards was braiding:

All you have to do is incorporate the braiding of ribbon, floss, wire - whatever you can think of - and add it to your card I made this crochet thread and used it as a ribbon.

I used grid technique on the cs with gold ink (Pam, here's an idea for "a technique challenge"... LOL), added 'thanks' sticker, and that's it. clean & simple (and quick :))

and it goes with the following challenges:

braiding - day 314 on 365 cards

sketch - #47 occ + sas the fresh batch

also clean & simple - occ

ink challenge - frosted designs

thak you - #44 lili of the valley;

Bee Mine

The challenge for today on 365 cards was find a substitute - to substitute a ward with an image. So I took the bee image I just got from simple doodles, as part of their new release (on Jan. 7th!!!) and gathered it with the word "MINE", and now I have the whole sentiment...

I saw the color combo on Colour Q, and what can I say? this is such a gorgeous color combo! I think I'll play with them this week. I just {heart} this combo.

some distressing (scissors & ink), heart buttons, polka dots ribbon, and a flower made by a ribhon and a fabric flower. the pp are freebie from my grafico.

it goes with the following challenges:

find a substitute - day 311 at 365 cards

sketch - #14 just us girls

color - #14 colour Queen; die cuts R us

fav color combo - #72 color combo

color inspiration - #20 die cuts are us!

distressing - #42 creative card crew

L is for layering - abc challenges

hearts - #58 a spoon full of sugar; #8 simple doodles

valentines - #40 digital tuesday

buttons- practical scraperes; the crafty pad

new beginings - paper take weekly

favorite embellishments - #45 corrosive (buttons & flowers)

something digi + more challenges - #29 pile it on

Thank you for dropping by and taking a look at my crad.

A thank you tag

super sketchy sunday - day 302 at 365 cards

tags - #81 creative belli

colors - #29 spcc; #158 diva coffee break designs; #10 play date cafe #49 color dare; pastel colour - #4 lexi's creations

flower - #9 little red wagon

something begining with B - #61 one stop craft (the Bear

thank you - #5 magical crafts; #31 c.r.a.f.t.; #41 cinspiration

clear crystal - #30 pile it on (the tranparency paper below

anything but a card - #23 paper pals (the tag)

purple get well soon card

A friend of mine from one of my former jobs had a road accident, and she's still in hospital,.

I hope she'd like this card/

Today's challenge at 365 cards is a 'white space', with an oval frame. I took the oval digi from simple doodles, and so is the sentiment (both - freebies) and printed them on a purple cs, I added corner stickers I'v had for ages, a polka doodles ribbon and that's it! simple as that. and it goes with the following challenges:

monochromatic - #33 color chef

clean & simple - occ

polka dot fun - #48 crazy 4 challenges

anything digi - #29 pile it on

white space - day 310 at 365 cards

Sweeter than chocolate

I promised you we'll have a lot of {heart} this week, and here you are... It's my Mom's birthday today, so I've made this small chocolate box for her. I made it according to this tamplate, and it was one of the easiest things to make.

The sentiment is from the new release of simple doodles, coming the end of this week (you must go there and have those gorgeous digis!), and the {heart} image is one of the freebies there.

and it goes for the following challenges:

sketch- #27 moving along with the times plus a previous sketch (I chose #25)

clean & simple - our creative corner

colors - #10 play date caffe; #49 the color dare; #13 colour Q #29 spcc

color explosion - paperminutes (white, turquoise, pink, melon mambo, brown)

pastel colours - # lexie's creations

hearts - #8 simple doodles

thinking of love - #10 HFOS

somethings begins with B - #61 one stop craft challenge (the tiny blings on the chipboard)

new things - #20 no time to stamp (first time for me to make this scallop box, the lace)

J for jewels - alphabet

2 fav embellishments - #45 corrosive (fan flower + lace)

flowers- #9 lrw

anything but a card - #23 pals paper arts;

new something - stamp something (the lace is new)

favorite of 2009 - #11 crafty cardmakers (mine is flower fan and digi stamps)

something beginging with B - #61 one stop craft (again - the tiny blings on the chipboard).

anything digi + more challenges - #29 pile it on

thank you for stopping by and taking a look at my new project.

Take 5... and Dream

"There must be 5 different elements on your card (examples: patterned paper, rhinestones, ribbon, decorative stamps, etc).And there must be 5 of each element on the card. The one exception to this rule is the sentiment"

That's how we started the new year.... at least on 365 cards.... LOL

I didn't drink on new year's eve, but sure enough Pam's challenge gave me one big headache. I'm not sure whether I like the outcome or not, but that's the best I could get at this point (you know, my mojo tend to come days or weeks after the challenge has expired... LOL)

so what have we got here?

5 golden flourish rab-ons

5 green buttons

5 stars

5 golden ribbon flowers

5 times the sentiment (and the sentiment itself assembled from 5 letters...)

the sketch is out of my aching head (for the next time Pam will say: do it yourself sketch....).

so it goes with 5 to friday on 365 cards and the color combo of purple, green & gold on #35 gingersnap.

buttons - #52 crafty pad; practical scrappers

that's it.

as always, thank you once againg that you pop here and took a look at my card.

An every purpose CAS card

For today, Pam asked us to stamp............. a ribbon!

looking at the chat box on 365 cards shoed me I'm not the only one having hard time with this challenge...

I really tried, I just don't have the proper tools/materials. all my ink is pigment and it just smeared all over the ribbon and I'm not going to bring you some smeared ribbon here!

so I took 'pre-stamped' ribbon. and no, this is no cheating. one might say this is a rebel!

But something good came out of it, actually 3 good things: first, once again I was digging in my forgotten stash. second, it took me 15 minutes to make this card (the bow is a faux one... this way you can save a little... LOL), and third - now I have an every purpose card (Pam, I can also use this card to your next "keep it to yourself" challenge... any theme inside the card is good... LOL).

now the only problem left to deal with is this 5 to 5 challenge...

stampin' Saturday - day 308 at 365 cards

clean & simple - our creative corner; gingersnap