We dare you to create a smile : August sketch

Hello everyone and welcome back to our brand new sketch challenge!

If you want to play along (this challenge is open until 05.09.2022) you will get the chance to win a 25,-€ gift card for the Create a smile shop .

Our two guest designers are starting again today with their adorable cards, let´s have a closer look.

Mimi Zitrone made this wonderful summer-garden card using Butterflies, Floral decorations, Wildflowers, Für jede Gelegenheit and Double stitched rectangles.

Schneeknirschen made this beautiful summery flower birthday card using Growing garden, Kleine Sprüche, Junger Hüpfer and Cobblestones stencil.

Thank you for your gorgeous work, please be sure to check out both profiles and leave them some love, just in case you haven´t already...


And now let´s look at all the stunning work the designteam did again. 

Alma made this delicious berry jam shaker-card using Sommer im Glas, Berries stencil and DIN lang borders.

Femke made this gorgeous busy bee card using Hey honey and Best bugs.

Franzi made this wonderful maritime gull and "message in a bottle" card using Möwen-Gang, Postage edge circles and Postage rectangles.

Irina made this (despite the classic black-and-white look) very cheerful celebrating card using Bitte Lächeln and Mini birthday.

Kathrin made this marvelous little-piggy-licking-icecream-to-cool-down-and-enjoy-summer card using Saumäßig, Stempelsüchtig, Weather, Cherry lowercase, Stitched rectangle frames, Stitched circle frames and Useful banners.

Laura made this fantastic color-intense maritime card using Möwen-Gang and Scalloped rectangle frames.

Martina made this awesome colorful but simultaneously kind of pastel look school enrollment card using Endlich Schulkind, Stitched rectangle frames and Stitched circle frames.

Nina made this cute greetings-from-santa-clause card using "Hier kommt der Weihnachtsmann" (an adventcalendar 2021 set which will be released during 2022), Kleine Sprüche, Kleine Weihnachtsgrüße, Unglaublich, Useful banners, Winter landscape and Stitched rectangle frames.

Again such wonderful cards and gorgeous inspiration for all of us... don´t you think?
If you now want to participate you have time until 05.09.2022 but please make sure to follow the challenge rules below.

Have an awesome day everybody and don´t forget to get crafty whenever you´re able to...

Nina

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner of August mood board challenge

Hello everybody - welcome back to the announcement of our winners - and to thank everyone who participate in the August moodboard challenge...

Just in case you didn´t already know :
By playing along our challenges you´ll get the chance to win a 25,-€ gift certificate for the Create a smile Shop and be guest designer for the upcoming challenge (if you want to).

This time the winner of the 25,-€ gift certificate is ... drummroll and congrats to : Ute with her gorgeous and funny ant-(summer)-movie card using "Ticket to my heart" (which will be released this friday) and Programm.

Please send me an email to challengeteam@createasmilestamps.com to claim your prize - it´s so well deserved. 

And our featured artist of the August moodboard challenge is Susanne with her wonderful rhino-conratulating summer card using Beach party, Mini birthday, Glückspost, Stitched rectangle frames and Birthday cool cuts.

Again : congrats you both!
You can take the badge and display it on your social media, if you want to...

And we would love to invite you both to be guest designers for our next challenge - please send an email to challengeteam@createasmilestamps.com and I will tell you all the details.

Be sure to check out our blog regularly... the inspiration over here never stops ... and you won´t miss the new challenges of course! :)

Have a great day ... and get crafty whenever you get the chance to...

Nina 

We dare you to create a smile : August mooboard

Hello everyone, hope you have a wonderful sunny day... 
Appropriate to the current hot temperatures we have THE ulitmate summer moodboard for all of you as our next challenge.

If you want to play along (this challenge is open until 22.08.2022) you will get the chance to win a 25,-€ gift card for the Create a smile shop.

Fitting the current mood board our two guest designers made adorable summery cards... you will see in a moment.

Pippilotta Langstrumpf made this awesome "sitting in a beach bar looking out at the waves"-card using Bulli, Tolles Team, Mesmerizing mandalas, Big surprise, Hut ab, Am Fluss and Desert stencil.

Sandra made this gorgeous "beach greetings" shadow box / frame using (the retired) sets "Served up" and "Underwaterlove", Saumäßig, Aus der Ferne and Palm tree die.

Thank you both for your beautiful creative work!
Please be sure to check out their profiles and leave them some love, just in case you haven´t already...


But now let´s have a closer look at all the stunning work the designteam did another time. 

Alma made this adorable shiny rhino-on-the-beach card using Beach party, Unmatched, Mesmerizing mandalas and Winter landscapes dies.

Femke made this delicious soft pastell fruit-cocktail card using Auf uns, Fruit salad and Cherry lowercase dies.

Franzi made this magnificant piggy beach (nearly 3D scene) frame using Beach party, Saumäßig, Auf uns, Alt, (the retired sets "Frosty fun" and "Ocean waves"), Palm tree, Weather and Lemon alphas dies.

Irina made this beautiful sunset on the beach card using Bulli, Good day, Palm tree, and Stitched rectangle frames.

Kathrin made this wonderfully refreshing watermelon card using Auf uns, Clear letters, Basic ovals, Raindrops and Cherry lowercase dies.

Laura made this cheerful vibrant "pigs enjoying a day at the beach" card using Pig out.

Martina made this gorgeous "puffin celebrating summer beach party" card using Hurra, es weihnachtet, Hut ab, Auf uns, Stitched rectangle frames.

Nina made this funny surfing donkey holiday greeting card using Tierisch vielseitig, Bulli, Aus der Ferne, Waves stencil, Lemon alphas, Weather, Palm tree, Postage rectangles, Stitched rectangle frames.

Again such diffenrent, but all wonderful summery inspirations... don´t you think?
If you now want to participate you have time until 22.08.2022 but please make sure to follow the challenge rules below.

Have an awesome day everybody and don´t forget to get crafty whenever you´re able to...

Nina

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner of the July sketch challenge

Hello everybody and welcome back to the announcement of our winners - and to thank everyone who participate in the July sketch challenge...

Just in case you didn´t already know :
By playing along our challenges you´ll get the chance to win a 25,-€ gift certificate for the Create a smile Shop and be guest designer for the upcoming challenge (if you want to).

This time the winner of the 25,-€ gift certificate is ... drummroll and congrats to : Mimi Zitrone with her fantastic summer cocktail congratulation card using Auf uns, Mini Geburtstag, Basic stars stencil and Stars.

Please send me an email to challengeteam@createasmilestamps.com to claim your prize - it´s so well deserved. 

And our featured artist of the July sketch challenge is Schneeknirschen with her gorgeous rocket-flying-into-space card using Bis zum Mond and Alles über dich.

Again : congrats you both - you did awesome work!
You can take the badge and display it on your social media, if you want to...

And we would love to invite you both to be guest designers for our next challenge - please send an email to challengeteam@createasmilestamps.com and I will tell you all the details.

Be sure to check out our blog regularly... the inspiration over here never stops ... and you won´t miss the new challenges of course! :)

Have a great day ... and get crafty whenever you get the chance to...

Nina 

Backgrounds with Summer-Vibes (Video)

Hi everybody :-)

I'm back with a little video, using these cute summer-piggies :-)

Its summer, and we all enjoy icecream, going to the beach, sunny days, warm nights, so I wanted to make some cards with that summer-vibe :-)

Here you can watch my video.. but I'm so sorry, its only in german...

Did you notice? Only till tomorrow you can order the awesome create a smile adventscalendear :-)

Available in german AND english :-)