Lot of winners + Guest Designer Keeway Tsao

Hello my crafty friends!

You must have noticed than I am a mess now and then  - being sick for two weeks made it even worse, recently - but I am back, full of energy and trying to get things updated.

Saying this:
I am instantly updating our monthly linky in the sidebar after writing this post. Feel free to add all your march-projects then, no matter if you made them today on on march 1st!

I would like to announce quite a few winners that I never had a chance to announce (I really need to get some help for scheduled posts and stuff - or for packing stamps - or packing orders...  ha!)
I am so far behind that I won't post any smiling starts this time, but I promise this part of our blogging schedule will be back soon!

We have some winners who each won a 15€ gift card to the store.....

1) Our January monthly Linky winner
Yes, I never announced our January winner. But here it is......

Liebe Stempelfrida, bitte schick eine mail an info@createasmilestamps.com um Deinen Preis abzuholen :)

2) Our January Release Winner 

Congrats Lisa! Please send an email to info@createasmilestamps.com to claim your prize! :)

3) Our February monthly linky winner:

Liebe Wiebke, bitte schick eine mail an info@createasmilestamps.com um Deinen Preis abzuholen :)

4) Our March Release Giveaway Winner:

Congrats Amy! Please send an email to info@createasmilestamps.com to claim your prize! :)

So, We finally caught up on winners - yay!

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Now it's time to share a woooonerdful creation by our Guest Designer Keeway Tsao from Kiwi Koncepts with you :) No kidding - you have to check out her blog. Anyone not adoring her cards must be crazy. So much fun cards and talent that you don't. want. to. miss. Seriously!

When I see beautiful products, I like to let it inspire me to create scenes that I can imagine myself in. In today's card, the wave of stars stencil is what caught my attention and when I imagine a beautiful sky sprinkled with stars, I would want to spend it with someone special.

• Brush a thin layer of water on an A2 size cut watercolor paper
• Create a loose watercolor background by placing down varying colors of light blue, turqouise, and dark blue watercolor. I used Distress Inks in this card. Let dry or dry with a heat gun.
• Stamp the submarine from the Underwaterlove set on a separate white cardstock and color in with copics. I also added a little more shading with color pencils. I then cut out the submarine.
• Heat emboss the bubbles from the Underwaterlove set behind where the submarine will be placed. Here I stamped it twice, and embossed with white embossing powder.
• As an extra sparkle to the bubbles, I also added clear sequins in a crescendo shape to add more effect of the bubbles caused by the submarine.
• Heat emboss the sentiment "I'd Cross An Ocean For You" on black cardstock with white embossing powder and cut out angles facing left, the direction of the submarine.
• I then drew in black border lines around the watercolor piece with a thin black marker pen.
• And lastly, I added some green angle enamel stickers around the sentiment to add a little embellishment.
• Both the submarine and the sentiment were adhered onto the card with foam tape.

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Oh my word! I told you she rocks - and she does! So if you love her style, visit her blog, IG account,... and let her know you do and say her a little hello from us, also :)

Thank you so very much for visiting and being patient with all the announcements. Our crafty friends and the best in this world!