Decorating Envelopes

Hello Sweeties :-)

In my todays Video I'll show you different ideas how you can easily decorate your envelopes. I thinks its a lovely surpise to find something beautiful in your mailbox....

 

Here you can find my video, but only in german

Did you know that Christine, the owner of create a smile, is doing a podcast? One per week, every thursday, with a friend of her she is talking about life and crafty things :-) Its called "DIN lang".. maybe you'll like it :-)

Creating A Scene (Part 2) - July Release!

Hi Everyone! I'm not great with creating a scene when it comes to using a cute scene stamp set but I do like to take some elements of the set to create a mini scene that I generally enjoy. I hope this will inspire you to use the set in different ways.

This beautiful set is called Scene Builders and I've only taken out the hot-air balloon and the clouds of this set. I've coloured them with a mix of Distress Inks/Markers and prima watercolours. 

I've actually started create a gradient blue background but after sticking down my images, you can no longer see the gradient. But sometimes that's just how it goes right? I still like how it turns out and perhaps I will give this look another try next time. Has this happen to you before? 

Anyways, I've also used one of the rectangles from the Double Stitched Rectangle set and I think the stitching lines from the die matches the stamp set super well! 

To finish the card, I've added some stickles here and there and a beautiful sentiment from the Decorated Wishes set. I thought of stamping it in black but a white embossing sentiment gave it a more softer look. 

Double Stitched Rectangle set
Decorated Wishes set
Scene Builders

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Mail Call : Christine is looking to decorate her office with your beautiful Create A Smile cards creation. Send your cards to Merremstr. 21, 47053 Duisburg, Germany.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marina

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

From the heart!

Hi everyone and welcome back to our crafty space.Raluca here with a new card showcasing the gorgeous "Decorated Wishes", along with the Mixed Add-on stamp sets.

This stamp set is really beautiful and I wanted to play more with it! 

It was so easy to create this card and so fast. Perfect design for when you are in a hurry but need a card done.
* I die cut a white panel using the largest stitched rectangle.
* I stamped the floral wreath in the center of the panel using a light grey ink.
* I die cut a circle using one of the Postage Edge Circle dies from an old watercolor panel (this was a panel that didn't turn out to good and I couldn't use it for a card, but a die cut circle from it looked really pretty).

* I white embossed a sentiment from the Mixed Add-On set on the circle and mounted it on the panel using craft foam.

* I mounted the panel on a mint card base using craft foam.

* I glued a few clear sequins on the card and my project was done.

Decorated Wishes - clear stamp set

Dekorierte Grüße

Decorated Wishes - mixed add-on

Cool Cuts Postage Edge Circles

Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

If you love Instagram like I do, you can follow Create A Smile using the name @createasmilestamps and if you have any questions about card making, techniques or products, if you want to share your creations with Create A Smile fans or if you want to participate in our monthly challenge join us on our Facebook group Create A Smile - Friends & Family :).

Have a lovely Tuesday!
Thanks for stopping by,
Raluca

Here for you!

Hi everyone and welcome back to our crafty space.Raluca here with a new card showcasing the gorgeous "Decorated Wishes" stamp set.

I love colorful cards and I love clean and simple designs, so I combined these two and this is what I created.

* On a white panel I ink blended 3 Memento Dew Drops inks. I chose striking colors for a bigger WOW effect.
* Then I partially stamped the flourish element from the set using black ink.
* Next I die cut the panel using one of the Postage Edge Circle dies and I colored the margins black with a marker.
* I prepared a black card base and I used the "Focal Point" stencil for adding more details on the card.
* Next I mounted the circle on the base and I white embossed a sentiment on a black strip and added it to the card.
* I glued a few clear droplets and my card was done.

Decorated Wishes - clear stamp set

Dekorierte Grüße

Bad Day - clear stamp set

Focal Point - stencil

Cool Cuts Postage Edge Circles

If you love Instagram like I do, you can follow Create A Smile using the name @createasmilestamps and if you have any questions about card making, techniques or products, if you want to share your creations with Create A Smile fans or if you want to participate in our monthly challenge join us on our Facebook group Create A Smile - Friends & Family :).

Have a lovely Tuesday!
Thanks for stopping by,
Raluca