Stencils ON watercolor (with Video)

 Hi crafty friends :-)

I have a new video for you where I show you one technique in 3 cards :-)

I wanted to mix up two of my favorite backgrounds-styles: watercolor-backgrounds and working with stencils....

Here is the video.. only in German.. sooooorry

You like Challenges? So hey, you will get the chance to win a 25,-€ gift card with the Create a smile-Challenge :-) Just scroll through this blog ;-)

We dare you to create a smile : February mood board

Hello everyone and welcome back to our brand new challenge with this beautiful and kind of cozy mood board.

If you want to play along (this challenge is open until 07.03.2022) you will get the chance to win a 25,-€ gift card for the Create a smile shop .

Our two guest designers made adorable cards for the current mood board, I´m sure you´re just as curious as I am.

Marieke made this stunning Light up the dark card with not only a warm shine of light, but also a real light effect, when you push the lower right corner.

And lelofadenfisch created this harmonic spring rain card by using so many different sets: Sei kein Frosch, Mushrooms, Junger Hüpfer, Möwen-Gang, Nur mal Hallo sagen, Home sweet home, Scalloped rectangles and Weather. Isn´t it awesome how well they fit together?

Thank you both for your gorgeous work. If you don´t already know them, please be sure to check out their profiles and leave them some love...


And now let´s have a closer look what the designteam came up with...

Alma made this adorable coffee (or maybe tea?) drinking bunny card using the both brand new sets Hängen and Freude und Jubel, Gemütlich, Mehr als Nickerchen and Mix and match patterns. Doesn´t it look like a real living room?

Femke made this exquisite turquoise, taupe and white flower card using Clematis, Very cherry and Scalloped rectangles. Those colors go together wonderfully, don´t you think?

Franzi takes us with her super cute card using Backe, backe Kuchen, Endlich Schulkind, Maus au chocolat, Geheime Zutat and Scalloped rectangles secretly into mouse-family´s kitchen and isn´t it wonderful how they work together?

Irina made this gorgeous caribbean cocktail card using Here´s to us, Splotch stencil and Double stitched rectangles, which creates a totally relaxed holiday feeling, right?

And because of great minds often think alike Kathrin made a marvelous summer drink card too, but in a totally different, but likewise oh so gorgeous way, using Auf uns, Ein ziemlicher Knaller, Maus au chocolat, Stempelsüchtig, Slices stencil and Doppeltes hallo, Stitched square frames and the brand new Postage rectangles dies.

Laura made this beautiful winter pullover card using Sweater, From my nest and Stitched rectangle frames to send cozy winter wishes to all of us.

 

Martina made this gorgeous, at first glance clean and simple looking tortoise card using Abschalten and Scalloped rectangles. But this crossed colors make such a brilliant background, don´t you think?

Mina made such a delicious coffee and pastries card using Coffee collection, A little treat, Leafy stencil and Stacked pierced banners that you immediately want to sit down at this place, right?

 

Nina made this comfortable sloth-home card using Mehr als Nickerchen, Hängen, Spitzenmäßig, Voll verpeilt, Books, Wichtelpost and Stitched rectangle frames ... no wonder he´s always late on all obligations. 

Again I´m totally excited about all this creative inspiration... maybe you too? 
If you now want to participate you have time until 07.03.2022 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

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Winner from February sketch challenge

Hello everybody!

Time to announce our winners - and to thank everyone who participate in the February 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 : luckypapercat with her frisky celebrating carnival friends ... using the brand new released dEGGorations set, as well as Dress me up, Little lemur and Echt kölsch.

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

And our featured artist of the February sketch challenge is Kerstin with her gorgeous baby welcoming card using Peeking, Nur mal hallo sagen, Lemon alphas, Weather and Focal point stencil.

Again : congrats you both!
You can take the badge and display it on your blogs, 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 

Stretch your Stencils

Hello crafty friends, it's Kerstin here!

it's release week and today I'm going to show you what else you can do with the new windows stencil. Hope you like it!

 

 

 

I love to create backgrounds by using stencils! The new release comes with two new stencil wich I like a lot. I used both on my card.

  

 

You can see a huge bowl filled with easter eggs. For the bowl I used this part of the window stencil.

Masking the bowl you cann fill it with easter eggs in different colors and with different pattern. -To fill the white space I splattered some color and adhered the easter bunny in front of the bowl.

   

Frohe Ostern

Happy Easter

Cool Cuts Double Stitched Recthtangles

Stencil Windows (coming Feb. 18th)

Stencil Easter Eggs (coming Feb. 18th)

 

We love to see your creations. Please use the hashtag #createasmilestamps when you're sharing your projects on instagram.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,
Kerstin

We dare you to create a smile : February Sketch

Welcome to another round of our wonderful Create a smile challenge - today with a new simply looking but totally effective sketch. 

If you want to play along (this challenge is open until 21.02.2022) you will get the chance to win a 25,-€ gift card for the Create a smile shop .

Our two guest designers made so beautiful cards for the new sketch, do you wanna have a closer look?

diibisi made this wonderful gulls on the beach "post"-card using Möwen-Gang, Aus der Ferne and Din lang postage.

And libarauch made this lovingly valentine-themed snail-mail using Happy mail.

Thank you both for your beautiful work - please be sure to check out their profiles and leave them some love...

But as always the designteam came up with stunning ideas too...
And if you will have a closer look you will notice that creative heads often have similar ideas in mind ;-) so three of us used nearly the same sets but made totally different, but oh so awesome cards out of it!

Alma made this brilliant and cheerful succulent "hug me" card using Spitzenmäßig and Mouse au chocolat.

Femke made this so very soft and neat cherryblossom card using Very cherry and Birthday triple.

Franzi made this literally magical card (have you noticed the wonderful heartwarming allusion?) using Unglaublich, "Weise" (an 2021 adventcalendars set), Tiny letterings, Lemon alphas, Postage edge circles, Stars, as well as Wave of stars and Cloud pattern stencil.

Irina made this very airy and light springflower card using Very cherry, Mini birthday and Double stitched rectangles.

Kathrin made this beautiful picturesque no-line colored snowdrops card using Endlich Frühling, Heute wird gut, Stitched square frames, Useful banners and Cloud pattern stencil.

 

Laura made this gorgeous colorful penguin card using Kuschelige Feiertage, Stitched rectangle frames and Wave of stars stencil.

Martina made this marvelous cherry scented summer card using Kirschzeit, Endlich Frühling, Cloud pattern stencil and Lemon alphas.

Mina made this enchanting kind of a fairytale card using Superpowers, Santas little helpers, "You can do magic" (an 2021 adventcalendars set), Twinkle stencil and Stars.

Nina made this "sweet" sommer fruit card using Sommer im Glas, Your favorite icecream, Kleine Sprüche and Medium stripes stencil.

I really can´t say it often enough... the creativity over here never stops and I love the ideas the designteam always comes up with...

If you now want to participate yourself you have time until 21.02.2022 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

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