Home Sweet Home....

Good Morning All!
A simple New Home card today. I bought this stamp some time ago and this was the first time I have used it!  I have lots more unused stamps, must dig them all out!  The green paper was a freebie with a magazine and the top shiny whitish card has a silky finish, which when embossed looks beautiful. (bought this pad for a bargain £2 at a recent craft show.)  The stamped image has been coloured in with my Promarkers and then some ribbon and gold twine added.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

DRS Designs - Bows

LEJ Designs - 49 Emboss It

Papertake Weekly - One Paper

I Love Promarkers - pastel colours

Have a lovely day everyone,

Oksana

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White and green......

Good Morning All!  Apologies for my absence recently, I was busy completing my semi-final projects for the Heartfelt Creations Design Team Call.  Also, thank you so much for your votes, very much appreciated, the wait is now on until the 1st of May when the finalists will be announced!

My card today is one that has been on my desk for some time and I have finally completed it.

I stamped the background using a Tim Holtz flourish stamp, used Spellbinder Floral ovals and a Marianne die for the focal point.  The border die is from Cheery Lynn and some ribbon was added.  Such a simple card, but I really like the colours I have used.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenge:

Cheery Lynn Designs - Anything Goes

I would also like to say thank you very much to Nikki for my Liebster award.  She is another of the HC semi-finalists and has beautiful creations on her blog found here.

Thanks for stopping by today,
Oksana
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WOYWW - Week 200

Good Afternoon Everyone! 

I have a short post for WOYWW as my desk isn't very interesting today.  I have a card that I need to assemble which I have been trying to finalise a layout for since last week! I have purchased a new hole punch, storage box and blending mat this week, the mat is fantastic, holds the inks and makes blending so easy!  

All the details for WOYWW can be found on Julia's blog Stamping Ground. 

Thanks for stopping by today,

Oksana

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Easter Bunnies

Good Evening All!

I'm back with my Easter Card featuring some lovely bunnies. I found this digi stamp on           freevintagedigistamps.com, printed two out, coloured them with my promarkers and cut them out.  I added some gold twine around their necks and tied it in a bow.  The background I embossed using the swiss dots embossing folder through my cuttlebug, then printed my own message.  To complete, added some organza ribbon and some more gold twine.

 I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Emergency Crafters - Mad as a March Hare

Digistamps 4 Joy - Easter

I Love Promarkers - Spring

Speedy and Friends - Bunnies or Easter

Cuttlebug Mania - Easter

Thanks for stopping by,
Oksana
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WOYWW - Week 199

Good Afternoon Everyone! 

I have a quick post now for WOYWW as I have a card that I want to post later in time for the challenge over at Emergency Crafters - you can actually see it in the background, just needs to be assembled!

 All the details for WOYWW can be found on Julia's blog Stamping Ground. 

On my desk you can also see some beautiful products I received  today from That Craft Place, which I won via the Creative Creations Challenge Blog.  Some lovely ribbon and a Memory Box Tropical Leaf Die, cannot wait to use these - thank you so much!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Oksana

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Some Exciting News and a Thank you card

 

Good Evening Friends!

 I have some exciting news that I wish to share with you all today!  Last week I decided to apply for the Heartfelt Creations Design Team and on Wednesday 20th March, they announced the semifinalists.  On that morning I woke up and checked their blog for the results and could not believe to see my name amongst them! Yes me!!  I am so excited and happy at this wonderful opportunity!  For the final round, we have to create two projects from the beautiful products that they have sent me including some papers, stamps and dies! I know that I will be very busy these next two weeks. I am so happy at even getting this far. Heartfelt Creations have a lovely website, with an inspiring blog and gallery.  I have included a link here.

 

My card below is one I made for Carole to say thank you for the wonderful blog candi I won from her blog last month.  The card is similar to one that I made a few weeks ago, but I decided to make this one square and add some flowers.

 

Thank for stopping by today,
Oksana
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Butterflies.....

This week, I wanted to use my gilding flakes as I have not used them for some time.  I stamped the butterfly(IndigoBlu) with the Flitterglu and applied the flakes, then using other blue inks, stamped more butterflies.  The circle was die cut and then I embossed the centre using the Swiss dots embossing folder.  I wanted to add some stitching around the edges for contrast.  The sentiment was stamped, embossed using clear powder and added to complete the card.

Have a good day everyone.x
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Whimsy Stamps - Stitch It
Happy Campers - Flutterby Butterfly
Inky Impressions - Blue
Nutcrafters - Something beginning with B
Creative Creations - The letter B
 

Clocks

Good Morning! A male card today and it's square!

I was asked to make a 90th Birthday Card for a male, so I stamped out the clocks in different colours and on the ones stamped black, I heat embossed the whole clock face with clear embossing powder for a lovely shiny look.  The birthday sentiment was die cut from black card, I used number peel offs for the 90 onto a die cut circle and added some twine.  All was then layered onto my background card, again I used the swiss dots embossing folder.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Make My Monday - Heat Embossing
Sweet Stampin - For a Man
Critter Sketch - Twine

Enjoy Your Day

Good Morning All! I have made a simple card today involving stamping and making my own background, all with 2 distress ink colours.  At a recent craft show, I saw a demo on how to create a background using distress inks and some water, this is what I created.  The inks are applied to a clear acrylic block, then sprayed with water, then a piece of card layered over the top.  This transfers the ink, to create a lovely background.  When dry, I stamped the images over the top and layered it onto some back card. I used my swiss dots embossing folder for the background  and added a sentiment to complete.

 I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Make My Monday - Inspired by Nature

Sweet Stampin' - Embossing

Butterfly Card

Hi Everyone!  All my cards have been of a similar style and shape recently, so apologies, but I really like working on this size of card.  I cut out some vellum (Dawn Bibby Range) to fit my card blank and attached it on the reverse.  Out of some more vellum I cut out a few butterflies and layered them on top.  I put a small amount of glue on the body of the butterfly and stuck it down, then gently folded the wings upwards and added a gem. To complete, I added some ribbon around the top along with a tag. (It was really hard to photograph the vellum, so have done my best).

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Sincerely Yours Creations - Mother's Day

City Crafter Challenge - Wings Of An Angel (include things with wings)

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with a Ribbon

Docrafts - Anything goes