Knots and lanterns

Here's a card of mine, featuring the February freebie from the East Wind. :) The Chinese knots paper can be found here.

(I took a photo of my card outdoors, because I thought the result would be better... That's why you can see some snow on my card.)

Btw. sign up here and get this fab. freebie for the Chinese New Year from the East Wind.

Ps. I have submitted this card to:
Crafts 4 eternity: Oriental theme (including Chinese New Year)
Crafty Girls: Anything goes
Drunken Stampers: Anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks: Anything goes
Make My Monday: Eastern Promise
Polkadoodles and Studio 12: Anything goes/oriental

The power of love (and cupcakes)

It's time for a new challenge at

{PIN}spirational Challenges

This week's pic looks delicious!

 The sponsors this week are:

~Meljen's Designs~

Prize-4 digis

~Stitchy Bear~

Prize-3 digis

~Whoopsi Daisy~

Prize-2 sheets of digis

This is my card for the challenge. I have used a digital stamp by Stitchy Bear. I've coloured the stamp with acrylic paint and Stickles.

The sentiment "Fight for equality" was created with the font Variety. I used the Gigi font to type "and have some cupcakes". 

The cupcakes were cut out from the paper sheet Bob appetit/Ta en kaka till by Landstoken AB. I then coloured the cupcakes with some acrylic paint in different colours.

I created some elements for this card, like the hearts. (They are freebies if anyone would want them.)

 

Ps. I have submitted this card to the following challenges:
Aud Sentiments: Any sentiment
Crafts and Me: Use a heart
Digi Sketch Challenge: One for the men 
Everybody Art Challenge: Hearts
Glitter n' sparkle: Bling it up
OLLCB: A man card 
Robyn's fetish challenge: Lots of glitter 
Simply Create too: Hearts
The Pink Elephant: Love

Swept up in Love

Card for my grandma on her day (21:st January). 
Let the old people's home see some colour - yeah. And glitter too.

I painted with acrylic paint, glitter glaze and stickles. Therefore it's a bit messy maybe, as I didn't always manage to follow the lines with that kind of medium. (Still I love painting with acrylic paint.)

The gorgeous image Funky Hipster Vintage Girl with Tutu in Love
comes from Unky at the East Wind - here. I have used a template by Digi Darla - Digi Darla's Die Cut Flower Shapes 2.

Ps. I have submitted this card to the following challenges:
Aud Sentiment: Any Sentiment 
Cute Card Thursday: Warm it up ( warm colours) 
Die-cut Divas: Make it glitter
Paula Holifield Crafts: Celebrate 
Seize the Birthday: Coloring

The wheel deal

It's time for a new challenge at {PIN}spirational Challenges. Yay!

This time around, we are being sponsored by Fresh Brewed Designs, Digi Darla Designs and Stamping Dragon. See more information here. 

 

For this card, I have used Digi Darla's Die Cut Flower Shapes 2 and
Stamping Dragon's Dodge Tourer 1914.

Ps. I have submitted this card to: 
Addicted to stamps: Shaped cards 
Artistic Inspirations: Anything Goes/Feminine 
Digi Sketch Challenge: Say it with flowers (I used a flower shape for my card) 
Robyn's fetish challenge: No patterned paper 
613 Avenue: Anything goes
Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog: Girly but no pink
Through the Purple Haze: Anything goes 

Ps. 2. If anyone thinks my card is not feminine nor girly, then I really have no clue. Women drive cars too, and have done so for a long time. 

Peach, love and harmony

Here's another card that I have made with the Funky Hipster Vintage Girl with feather hat by the amazing Unky. 

I have made the background out of Diamond Stickles. The different ribbons come from Panduro and Pysselmakaren.

I have painted the dress with peach coloured nail polish. For the hair ornament I have used some orange and red nail polish. The skin and hair were coloured with Promarkers.

Ps. I have submitted this card to:
Card Makin Mamas: Anything goes 
Cards und More: Anything goes
Crafty Boots Challenges: Anything goes
Creative Card Crew: Anything goes
Der Challenge Blog wom Kreativeinkauf: Alles geht
Digitally Sweet: Anything goes
In the Pink: Anything goes
Inky Chicks: Anything goes
Just Inspirational Challenges: "Girly"
Really reasonable ribbon: Pink & ribbon 
The Cheerful Stamp pad: Ribbon 
Through the Craftroom door: Anything goes

The plague that is killing our youth

Here's a card that I've made to show my support for the It Gets Better project - a project which works to prevent suicide among LGBTQ-youths. Their mission is to communicate to LGBTQ-kids that it gets better.

The child with a mirror comes from A Day for Daisies. I have coloured her with Promarkers and Stickles. 

For the card base I've recycled/upcycled an old post-card.

The text that I've chosen for this card comes from the song I was Married by Tegan & Sara:
I look into the mirror
for evil that just does not exist
I don't see what they see
(tell them that, tell them that)

When I got censored (3 times) in the crafting world last year for creating a LGBTQ-friendly card, I learned that there are grown-ups who think that bullying is their God-given right. Those people claim that their beliefs give them the right to bully or discriminate a vulnerable group of people. As far as I'm concerned, NO ONE on this planet has that right.


I have submitted this project to:
A day for daisies: Add yellow (I made the first background out of mostly yellow and green dots)
Aud Sentiments: Sentiment as the focus
Blog Quick Quotes: Bright and Shiny New Year
Creative Fingers: Anything goes 
Delightful Challenges: Patterned paper
Fairytale challenge: Recycling 
My Heart Pieces: Anything goes 
Polkadoodles and Studio 12: Anything goes/girly
Stamping with the Dragon: Anything goes

Melanesian blonde

Hello there! I hope you have had a lovely Winter so far.

Here's a card of mine featuring a digital image by Unky. You can find this lovely Funky Hipster Vintage Girl with feather hat - here.

I've dyed the girl's hair with yellow and golden crayons and Promarker Buttercup. For her skin I've used Promarker Sandstone and purple red crayon for the cheeks. I have coloured the different details with crayons and nail-polish.

I've painted the background with Promarker Mint Green. The second background comes from my stash of hand-marbled paper. The last background comes from a decorative paper sheet by Tiger. 

The wooden frame, which I have painted with green and yellow acrylic paint, was found in a crafts store at ulica Abrahama in Gdynia (Poland). 

Ps. I have submitted this card to the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More: Make your mark
Craft Your Passion: Fancy borders/edges 
Crafting for All Seasons: Bright and beautiful
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Patterned paper 
Creative Creations: Anything goes
Creative Moments: Anything goes
Desert Islands Crafts: Itinerary (1, 3, 8) 
Love to scrap: Anything goes
Savy Handmade: Feather Photo Inspiration Challenge 
STAMPlorations: Stamps and feathers 
SweetPea Stampers: Anything goes
The ABC Challenge: C is for Colourful 
The Crafter's Cafe: Anything goes