A little treat ....

Hello there!  Chris here with you today with a colorful card with a brand new Stamp Set from the April Release.

Do you like sweets? I already and so I couldn´t wait to play with this sweeties.

• first I stamped all images on Bristol Smooth paper and coloured with Zig´s Brush Pens
• cut them out and arranged a little scene with the elephant and the mouse.
• for the Background I only made some splatters with different colours of  Distress Oxides inks
• glued down the sweets and critters with 3d Pads stamp a sentiment 
• that´s all :) 

...normally I´ve a "plan" to create a card - but for this one I tried a tip from a crafty friend she always colours the images first "without a plan" - I think it worked to get into the creative mood.

    

      

 

   
     

The sweet Stamp Set "A littel treat" / "Zuckerschnute" and a lot new goodies are from the April Release and available on friday 12th . 

Thank you so much for stopping by and happy crafty time. (..and now I will serach some chocolate...)

Chris

We Go Together Like...

Hi there!
Samantha here, and today I'm sharing a cute, basically clean and simple card! The real fun is in the sentiment! Ha!

 

     

I am a super fan of oversized coffee drinks with cute critters!! And I don't even know why...since I don't like coffee myself! Ha! Anyway, once I saw that cute mouse, I knew he had to hold the coffee, and then I created the sentiment, and the rest was magic! :)

Let's make this card together!
- stamp and color your images (I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers)
- once dry, fussy cut out and set aside
- heat emboss the sentiment pieces! (part of the sentiment was heat embossed in white on black cardstock, and part was heat embossed in black on vellum!)

- fussy cut out around the large scripty word
- on the background, ink blend in Distress Inks in an ombre style (I used Mustard Seed and Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide inks)
- attach the sentiment strips and cute images to your card with foam tape

Oh my gosh...I didn't realize it until JUST now...but I had intended to use white embossing paste and the Diagonal Grid Stencil to add some texture...whoops!! Ha!!!

That sentiment was created by combining the All About You stamp set and Coffee First! that cute little mouse is from the First Day of School stamp set!

    

The Create a Smile Stamps shop is back open after a short break! And now you can get a FREE mini stamp set with the purchase of $30 or more! It's SOOOOO cute! But it's only for a limited time, so hurry up and grab yours!

~Samantha

     

We dare you to create a smile: For kids edition

Hello everyone!

We are having a new challenge starting today on the blog and the theme is ''For kids''

Let's see how our guest designers were inspired by this theme!

Rosa created this adorable card using Gull gang stamp set

And Trina made this awesome card using Superpowers stamp set

Thank you so much Rosa and Trina for being our guest designers and sharing this amazing cards with us!

Now let's see what our design team made for this challenge!

Alexandra created this shaker card using First day of school stamp set

Ashlee made this adorable card using  Superpowers stamp set

Ellenor created this beautiful card using Dress me up stamp set

Giada made this super cute card using All hands on deck stamp set

Ksenija made this adorable card using Superpowers stamp set

Laura  has created this cute and interactive card using Sweets&Treats

Sindhu created this beautiful card using First day of school stamp set

Victoriya made this adorable card using Superpowers stamp set

Hope you are inspired to play along with our challenge , you can also win a 25€ gift certificate to Create a smile stamps store , and also we are inviting our winners to guest design for our next challenge!

Before you enter your projects to the link up tool please take a few moments to read our rules , which are listed below!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a lovely day!

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Friends are the Best Superheros Card

Hi there!
Samantha here, and today I have this superhero themed card to share about friendship!

 

     

I saw that CUTE CUTE CUTE mouse (my absolute FAVORITE critter image from Create a Smile Stamps, by the way!) and thought how fun it would be to make a bunch of them cheering on the flying one! Ha!

Here's how I made this layout!
- first I stamped and colored the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
- once dry, fussy cut out and set aside
- next, ink blend the sky ( I used Distress Inks in Black Soot, Blueprint Sketch and Mermaid Lagoon) and the grass (Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn)

- then, I flicked on some water, and ink color to the backgrounds
- I heat embossed the swoosh of stars from the flying mouse and then adhered everything to the card
- lastly, I added the sentiment strip to the bottom of the scene!

I LOVE how well Create a Smile stamps all work together! So combining the phrases from the Friends Like You stamp set together with the super hero image is just too fun!

I used the First Day of School stamp set, Superpowers, and the super fun Swooshes stamp set! The title was created with Friends Like You stamp set!

    

Have you joined our Facebook Group Community? The Create a Smile Friends and Family group is such a fun group complete with challenges and daily inspiration! 
~Samantha

    

    

First day of school

Hi there! Chris here with a new inspiration card, featuring the cute stampset for schoolkids.

Time flies so fast and the summer holidays are over soon - for some at least.  If you have children, the first day of school comes at some point and it is an exciting day for most kids. Therefore, I find a greeting card with the school cone very suitable.

• first I stamped the images and colored with DistressInks
• for the background I blended with Distress OxidesInks 
• after the background dried - I stamped the images (pencils, bruhes ...) with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder,
• I made the "design paper" myself: white paper some red and blue lines - that´s all
• then I cut out the pieces with a "rectangle-die" and stamped the letters with VersafineInk
• all pieces arranged and glued together with some 3d Foam tape

Maybe you try to make your own design paper - a few lines in different colors or circles are often enough.

 



.... all stamps are also available in English

Wish you all a happy craftytime!

Chris