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

       

It's Release Day! And Giveaway time :)

Welcome to release day!

We are beyond excited that the new release finally hit the store - YAY! Orders are already rolling in :)

In case you missed our latest post - here's a closer look at all the fun new products!

3 clear stamp sets: 

(well, 5 - but they only differ in language) 

• When you're not around / Wenn Du nicht da bist

• Time flies / Die Zeit fliegt

• Funky Feathers

4 Cling stamps!

• Balloons in the sky (15 x15cm)

• Sophisticated shells (11 x 15cm)

• Woodgrain (15 x 6,5cm)

• Under the sea (11 x 6,5cm)

2 stencils 6x6" :

• Concentric circles

• diagonal grid

Of course we have more inspiration for you:

 Anika created a super vibrant card using under the sea. Her background is perfect for thos (amazingly colored!) jellyfish from Glowing seaside. And the colors she used for her inkblending.... SWOON!

Here's a more classic card by Samantha. She used the diagonal grid  stencil for a quick and easy background. it's subtile and drws the exe to the focal point!

The next card by Nicole is similar, yet different. She used different cool cuts dies to embellish the card and the sentiment. I love how she added some buttons as flowers! I have never done that but sure need to try!

I also have a bunch of cards for you:

Card #1 is different from my usual style - I mostly use bright colors on fun clean and simple cards. This card has a vintage feeling (but I still kept it simple). The crocodile from When you're not around is somewhat cure, don't you think? I used the Color your Polka Cling stamp for the background and stamped some hearts unto the circles. 

Let's get back to bright colors! the  woodgrain background is perfect for every style to add texture to your backgrounds. in this case I used different products from the July release as well. I thinks the ombre woodgrain in the back adds a lot to this card.

What about a whimsy clock as a fun focal point on your card? Time flies offers you so many options to create your own clock / alarm clock :) I also used the starry night cling stamp for my background. subtile but fun!

Did you know that I am a HUGE Laura Bassen fangirl? I adore her! So when she said in one of her videos that she's been a sucker for monkeys from her young years I new that one day I would make a monkey. And when the set with sad critters came to my mind I knew this would work. That's the story of this cute little monkey (the sentiment says "come back soon").

I can hardly believe that this is the second vintag-y card in one post. But the lose tone on tone watercoloring on the sophisticated shells background works so well for a classy, elegant card. the die cuts from the pocket tag are the perfect match.

the last card is a bright one again. The funky feathers make just the perfect background for bird-images. I love to create my own patterned papers with solid stamps. So. Much. Fun. and you can pick your own color combos - so what's not to love about that?

Now this has been a HUGE pile of products and cards. We hope you enjoyed.

Let's get to the giveaway-part now.

We'd like to give away a 15€ gift code to one lucky winner :)

to take part in the drawing please:

• take a close look at the release and pick your favorite detail.

• leave a comment including one sentiment wording  (not a general type of sentiments) that you think we should make a stamp of.

the giveaway is open until sunday 6pm CET, we will draw a winner Sunday night :)

Good luck!

Have a great day!

August Release Countdown "4" - Revealing the full release!

Hello everyone!

It's release-countdown week!
That means we're introducing our newest products to you, sharing inspiration and also excitement :)

This release is so much fun! 

Let's take a closer look:

3 clear stamp sets: 

(well, 5 - but they only differ in language) 

• When you're not around / Wenn Du nicht da bist

• Time flies / Die Zeit fliegt

• Funky Feathers

4 Cling stamps!

• Balloons in the sky (15 x15cm)

• Sophisticated shells (11 x 15cm)

• Woodgrain (15 x 6,5cm)

• Under the sea (11 x 6,5cm)

2 stencils 6x6" :

• Concentric circles

• diagonal grid

And here comes the inspirational part!

Anja has four super cute cards for you, using both: stamps and stencils.

Oh her first card she used the cute little monkey from When you're not around with the new diagonal grid stencil. And she found out that the bananas from served up habe the perfect size to go with this little guy - how awesome is that!?

On her second card she used the crocodile from the same stamp set with the  concentric circles  stencil. I love this tone on tone look with the cut our circle!

Her third card is also a tone on tone creation with grey and white. using the same products but achieving a completely different look with white pigment ink. And look at those enamel tears! <3

Her fourth card is bright and cheerful. Anja used the diagonal grid but turned it to have a straight pattern indest of the diagnoal one. Strtching supplies is always fun, right?

Marina  created a natural looking card using the woodgrain stamp on a kraft cardbase. what an amazing background for the wonderful flowers that she cut out with the pocket tag dies from last month's release. I super love this card!

Nicole used the Balloons in the sky background stamp and I think this is such a unique way to use it. White embossing with white shading  that's simply awesome!  the pops of red make this card extra special!

On her second card she used the under the sea  cling stamp along the narwhals from Underwaterlove. The inkblending creates a scene in combo with the stamp - what a cute card!

I also have three cards for you today. I made a girly card using the Funky Feathers  stamp set. it's all about colors and pattern and I finally got a chance to pull all my colored inkpads out :)

On my second card I used the sophisticated shells cling stamp with dylusions ink sprays for a cool bold background. The sentiment turns it into a Christmas card :)

On my third card I used time flies  for a fun card that tells us it's time to smile ;) (I think it's always time to smile!)

Now it's your turn: Let us know what you think about the new products and which you like best. We can't wait to hear what you think!

Have a great day/ night everyone - and don't forget to check back tomorrow for more inspiration! :)

Smiles,