Merry Christmas

Hey stampers, Anni here!

Today I have a simple and easy to make Christmas card for you.

 

Have you seen the latest release? So many cute products. When I saw the little reindeer from the set "Oh du Fröhliche" and the one from "Peeking" I knew I had to bring them together on one card.

• To achieve some dimension with die cut sentiments cie cut a few (4 to 5) and stack them. And it's a great way to use up your scraps.
• I love sentiments with shadow included. You can set much more focus on the sentiment using the shadow.
• When you combine big sentiments with little creatures you can make a card that takes no time at all.
• Kraft, cream and red is one of my favourite colour combos for Christmas.

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Winners from out latest sketch challenge

Hello everyone !

We were so happy to all your amazing creations inspired by the latest Sketch. Sorry for posting the winners so delayed. Our wonderful challenge coordinator Ale is on a well deserved vacation, so everything is a little different behind the scenes ;)

So, let's take a look at the results! Who won this 25€ gift card to the store?

Drumrolls, please!

KlimbimElli you are the winner! She created this adorable card using "Dicke Freunde".

Congrats  please send an email to challengeteam@createasmilestamps.com to claim your prize ! Is so well deserved !

Our featured artist is Johanna and she created this lovely card using Maus au chocolat, Junger Hüpfer and the Bubble Circle stencil :)

Congrats !! You can take the badge and display it on your blog is so well deserved! (Also send an email to challengeteam@createasmilestamps.com if you'd like to be a guest designer for an upcoming challenge :) )

Thank you everyone for playing along with our sketch challenge ! Make sure to check the current challenge and we hope you play along 

Until next time have a lovely day

Christine

Snowflake Stencil

Hey stampers, Anni here!

With the new release ahead next Friday of course I want to share cards using the new products. And there are so many fantastic new products to choose from.

I love love love the new release! Have you seen the sneak peeks? There are so many awesome die sets, gorgeous stamp sets and fantastic stencils. And my favorite one is the big snowflake. It is so versatile and perfect for making Christmas cards in no time at all.




First card

• I started by die cutting rectangle from white cardstock.
• I created a background using Distress Oxide in Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feather and Chipped Sapphire. I added some spritzer of water to create these bleached splots.
• On this background I applied some shimmer paste through the stencil.
• When it was dry I added the sentiment: I die cut the letters that I needed using the new alphabet sets Cherry Uppercase and Lowercase from matching cardstock. The sentiment says Merry Christmas in german.
• For the finishing touch I added some rhinestones for a christmassy feeling.

Second card

• For the second card I choose a light blue cardstock for the panel. 
• I added spritzer with watered down white gesso.
• With the stencil I used some glitter paste in blue.
• This time I went with another new die set for the sentiment: 3x Christmas. I die cut the shadow from vellum and the Christmas word from turquoise cardstock.
• Here I chose some pearls as embellishment.

The new release will go live this Friday at 10.00 am CET. I bet the products will be flying off the shelves so make sure to order early!