Winners from Giving thanks challenge!

Hi everyone!

It's time to pick our winners from the Giving thanks challenge! We had so many fantastic entries and to pick only two winners was not easy at all!

Without further due the winner of a 25 € gift certificate to Create a smile store is Natasha and she created this beautiful and elegant card using Cool cuts Thanks twice

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A bit of a fun take on clean and simple meets controlled chaos. I really wanted to feature this beautiful thanks die by @createasmilestamps and the gold shimmer paste on kraft cardstock made for the perfect back drop! #createasmilestamps #stamping #cardmaking

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 Congrats ! Please send and email at challengeteam@createasmilestamps.com to claim your prize

Now our featured artist is Ishani  

and she created this stunning card using Superpowers stamp set !

Congrats! You can add the badge to your blog is so well deserved!

Thank you anyone who entered our Giving thanks challenge! Make sure to check the current challenge for a chance to win a 25€ gift card to Create a smile stamps and a guest design spot for our upcoming challenge !

Have a great day!

Cactus Sunday

Hi Everyone! Sorry for posting this a little late. This is just what happens when I forgot to charge my camera battery. Anyhoo, I felt like doing a little relaxing and watercolouring. So, I brought out the Sharp One stamp set, stamped a whole bunch of cactus and succulents and watercolour them while watching some TV :)

I've stamped all the images on a thin piece of paper first so that I use it as a mask when I want to stamp another image. This will allow me to do an overlapping of stamping without have the stamp lines interfering. 

I've decided to use the images as some kind of border around the die-cut sentiment. I have not done this look in a while and I quite like it and want to use it with other stamp set. 

Sharp One Stamp Set
Thanks Twice

Head to the store and check them out.

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We dare you to create : Thank you edition

Hello everyone!

It's time for a new challenge on the blog , and now the theme is '' Thank you ''

Also as the 6 months term for our current Challenge Design Team is almost over there is a new Challenge DT call on the blog so make sure to check it out :) 

Now let's see some inspiration from our Guest Designer which is Anja which created this lovely card using Dress me up stamp set , Big Hearts Polka stencil  , Cool cuts Doppeltes Danke

Thank you so much Anja for creating this adorable card for our challenge and for being our guest designer .

Now let's see what our design team created

Alexandra created this set of cards using Cling Mandala stamp and Cool Cuts Thanks Twice

Christine created this adorable card using Cool cuts Stacked Pierced Ovals , Es ist serviert stamp set , Stencil Blossom

Farida created this beautiful card using Dekorierte Grüße stamp set  , Stencil Petals

Galina created this amazing card using Decorated Wishes - mixed add-on stamp set  , Underwaterlove stamp set

Kaja created this beautiful card using Sharp one stamp set , Mini thanks stamp set

Laura created this beautiful card using Decorated Wishes stamp set , Decorated wishes -mixed add-on

Nicky created this adorable card using All hands on deck stamp set , Stencil Focal point

Hope you were inspired to play along with our challenge , please take a moment to read the rules before link your project

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks......

Hi it's Anja here with another card for you today.

 

 

I don't know about you but I am addicted to challenge blogs. I love all the sketches and challenges that are out ther,  they make me think outside the box. So for today's card I used our own challenge over at our Facebook group.
The challenge is make a Clean and Simple card.




I used a topfolded white cardbase and stamped the hearts in the middle of the card.
I masked them and sponged a background with the stencil.
I colored the hearts in rainbowcolors and diecut the solid thanks die. Diecut it once again out of balck cardstock and placed it back using the inlaid technique. Diecut the lined thanksdie out of white paper and adhered it to the black word.

Stamps;

Color your heart out



Cool cuts ( dies)

Thanks twice.




Stencil;

Focal point








There are so many great challengeblogs out there and they are perfect if you want to create something out of the box or if you lack mojo. Just look around and you will be amazed.







We love to see what youy all create and make sure to join in the fun over at our Facebook group; Create a smile Friends & family.

Have a great week;
Hugs Anja

Just A Little Thanks

Sometimes, a simple, thank you card is what you need in a moments notice. For this card, you can make variations and repeats to keep in your stash so that you can give it out whenever you need. 

Read on :) 

Starting by stamping down the flowers and leaves on a watercolour paper. I've coloured them with Prima Watercolour and cut them out. Tip : While you're doing this anyway, stamp more flowers and cut them out while watching your favourite TV show to stick them on several card bases. 

Die-cut the "thanks" die to stick it over the flowers. To add some embellishments, I've used Ranger White enamel to drop down those white dots. It gives get shine and dimensions. With this, you can even back bigger and/or smaller dots. 

Bloom - Stamp set

Thanks - Cool Cuts

Prima Watercolours

Ranger White Enamel

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Marina

Many Thanks

Hi everyone! Today, I've set myself a change to only use one die. So, I hope you'll be inspired to look through your dies and make something like this. My motto is always "stretching your materials".

I've started by die-cutting as many "thanks" die-cuts as I need to cover the card base. When that is done, I took one of the die-cuts and colour it in rainbow order, of course ;), and stuck that down first. 

Then I used the plain white die-cuts to behind filling up the card. I try not to have them the same from the top line to the bottom so it seems like it's a patterned paper. 

Add those little enamel dots to match the rainbow and you're done. I love the white on white look as it makes it seems like it's been embossed with words. 

Thanks - Die Cuts

Prima Watercolours

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Marina

A Tropical Thanks!

Hi there!
Samantha here and today I'm sharing a fun card inspiried by summer and my hibiscus tree in the front yard!

     

I really just wanted to do some light watercoloring, so I chose some of my favorite floral images and got to work! 

Let's create this card together!
- on a piece white cardstock, stamp your background image in a subtle color
- on watercolor paper, stamp and color your images! I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, but any medium will work! I just love how BRIGHT and BOLD they are!

- once the images are dry, fussy cut out and arrange on your background.
- sprinkle some water and white acrylic paint onto the image and let dry
- die cut the sentiment out of black paper and adhere
- when the images are dry, and attached to the background, add some glitter to the centers for some real pizzazz!

If watercoloring is not your thing, you can create this same card with copics, colored pencils or any other medium that you prefer! 

Love love love love this card!

The background was created with the Cling Woodgrain stamp in a light grey! The sentiment is from the Thanks Twice die set! and the gorgeous flower and leave images are from the Magic Flowers stamp set!

    

Did you know that Create a Smile stamps offers the same sets in English AND German? Oh yes! It's one of the most unique and wonderful things about this company!

~Samantha

       

Thanks with Shells

Hey stampers, Anni here!
Today Ihave a simple and fast card for you.

I didn't feel well the last days (the flu got me) and I wanted to make an easy and fast card. I remembered a technique I have seen in a video by Queen Jennifer McGuire. It shows a technique dying vellum with ink. It is a fun technique and I love the effect.




You can watchthe video by Jennifer McGuire here.

• Watch out: The ink dries very SLOWLY on the vellum! Dry it with your heat gun or put it somewhere safe to dry - or the ink gets anywhere - believe me!
• The word die cut gets dimension by a added layer of foam pad. The die cuts it easily!

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