Release Countdown "1" - Giveaway time! + Guest Designer Wiebke Zander Part 2

Hello everyone!

It's release-countdown week!
That means we're introducing our newest products to you, sharing inspiration and also excitement :)
Countdown 1 means we only have to sleep one more night until the new products are released in the shop :)

This release is a big one - We'll have 3 standard size stamp sets, 3 mini stamp sets and 2 sets of dies. Something fun, something cut, something classy - something for everyone :)

So much fun stuff to play with! 

Any favorites? Must-haves? Something for your wishlists?

When will these products be available?

Friday:         Countdown "0" IGNITION!!!! Sets will be released at 10 am CET (3 am EST)

Today's giveaway time, and you get a chance to win a 15 € Gift Card to our store. :)

To take part in the drawing:

Comment on this post, telling us about your favorite thing (no person, no animal) at home. Do you love to spend time in your kitchen and sip a coffee from your favorite mug? Or is your sofa your best friend? Maybe you have a bowl that your grandmother gave you and you love it....

Whatever it is, let us know :)

You have until Saturday 11:59 pm to play along. The winner will be announced on sunday :)

Good luck!

No it's time for some more fun stuff by our Guest Designer Wiebke Zander (click on the name to check out her amazing blog!):

 

I’ve seen a lot of beautiful cards created with a neutral color in combination with one bright color. Therefore I picked out that piggy from „Lovely Critters“ to create a card in just neutral tones, with a tiny bit of piggy pink (oh.. and teal).

• use your sponge tool to apply the color over the stencil, just softly and sparing the edges
•  cut out the sentiment cool cut twice – one with your intended cardstock and one with foam
• glue them over each other: you'll get a bit of dimension on your card
• stamp out the hearts with an ink pad color, cut them out and place them with foam on your card
• color out your critter with copic markers, using three color tones (use one pretty dark tone to get much more contrast in your coloring)

At the beginning it’s pretty strange to use just grey for your background and the sentiment, but when it comes to coloring out your focal point (Mr. Pig), you’ll see that he's getting much more attention than in combination with a colorful background – just be brave to use neutral tones :)

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I think Wiebke is completely right - neutral backgrounds can add a lot to your projects - just give it a try! I think her combo using the lovely critters stamp set with the new Geburtstag Triple dies are a great way to send some heartfelt birthday wishes to a loved friend - super cute!

That's it for now

Thanks for stopping by - have a great day!