Colorblocking (VIDEO)

Hello everybody,

Birka here. Today I made two very quick cards for you. Both with the same technique.

I wanted to have a stencil for giving me spots for my stamped images. 

Here is my Video (in German... sorry)

Create a smile has now Copics in the shop! And the best is: Christine (the owner of create a smile) packed for each color a pack of four Copics. So you can start with great color-combos :-)

Flower Tags

 Hey stampers, Anni here!

Today I have some gift tags for you!

After all these Christmas cards I was so ready to colour some flowers. It was the birthday of good friend of mine. Our present to her from us were some plants so I decided to make some flower gift tags.

• I love tags! They are easy to make and make every gift special.
• If needed you can turn tags easy into a card.
• It doesn't need much to create them: a focal point and a sentiment because you only have limited space.
• I coloured the flowers using watercolour pencils. It's a medium I haven't used in a while and I enjoyed bringing them back. They combine the look of watercolour but you can use the pencil without water to add details.  

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We dare you to create a smile : January mood board

Hello everyone - glad that you´ve come back to have a look at our second challenge 2022 and the first moodboard for this year! 
It´s a little bit of a valentine theme... if you like to craft for this occassion, otherwise you of course can create a card for your family and friends too. ;-)

If you want to play along (this challenge is open until 07.02.2022) you will get the chance to win a 25,-€ gift card for the Create a smile shop .

Fitting the current mood board our two guest designers made adorable cards, let´s have a closer look.

Last times winner Sandra (flick_werk_oase) made this lovely pastel bird(house) greeting card using Aus meinem Nest.

And Sandra (erdmannsandra) made this cute little love-letter sending racoon using Glückspost, Servus and Confetti hearts stencil.

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


But the designteam came up with such formidable ideas too... read on to find out which one is your favorite inspiration.

Alma made such an awesome hugs bringing love letter card using Unmatched, Bubble heart and DIN lang postage.

Femke made this stunning colorful but totally well balanced bicycle card using Tingeling, Scalloped rectangles and Big hearts polka stencil.

Franzi made this gorgeous heartfelt box using Gefurztagskind, Dein handgemachter Adventkalender, "Du zauberst" (a 2021 adventcalendar set) and hearts from Pocket tag.

Irina made this fantastic fortune cookie card using  A little treat, Good day, Cherry uppercase, Stars and Double stitched rectangles.

Kathrin made this adorable happy mail card using Schreib mal wieder, Bear mail, Letters stencil (as embossing folder), Focal, Stitched circle frames and Din lang postage.

Laura made this impressive layered happy mail card using Schreib mal wieder and Stitched circle frames, like Kathrin did, but it turns out totally diffent and no less wonderful, adding Scattered hearts.

Martina made such a marvelous flower-popping card using Mallow blossoms and Heute wird gut.

Mina made this fabulous creative-robots shakercard using Same frequency, Heart rays and Double stitched rectangles.

Nina made this cute lucky beetle card using Dicke Freunde, Ich wünsch Dir Glück, Confetti hearts and the little hearts from Pocket tag dies.

I´m always blown away by all this concentrated creativity of the designteam ladies... and I hope you feel inspired right now.
If you want to participate you have time until 07.02.2022 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 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner from January sketch challenge

Hello everybody!

Time to announce our winners - and to thank everyone who participate in the January sketch challenge. There were sooo many beautiful entrys this time, some even made multiple contributions, it was really hard for us to decide...

Just in case you didn´t already know :
By playing along our challenges you´ll always 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 times winner of the 25,-€ gift certificate is ... drummroll and congrats to : diibisi with her awesome colorful rainbow-lava-lamp card using "Gute Vibes" (a brand new set from the 2021 adventcalender which will be released during 2022) and Bubble circle stencil.

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

 

And our featured artist of the January sketch challenge is libarauch with her gorgeous elegant snowdrop card using Finally spring and Blizzard 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, which starts in half an hour!

Have a great day ... and get crafty whenever you get the chance to...

Nina 

We dare you to create a smile : January sketch

Hello and a happy, healthy and crafty new year everyone!

The new year brings a brand new challenge desingteam and I´m looking forward what all those talented ladies will come up with the first half of the year... are you as curious as I am? Then lets get started... with the very first sketch of 2022.

If you want to play along (this challenge is open until 24.01.2022) you will get the chance to win a 25,-€ gift card for the Create a smile shop .

Fitting the current mood board our two guest designers made adorable cards, let´s have a closer look.

Our last time winner eleonorekreativ made this sweet pastell-colored springtime card using Dicke Freunde.

And our second gust designer Andrea made this fresh and funny celebrating bee card using "gift-mini-bee", an older set "Geometrics" and Mini birthday.

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


I´m sure all of you alredy have seen our brand new designteam on social media before, but to be on the save side, here again at an overview, before we have a closer look what all those talented ladies have come up with...

Alma made this lovely flowery friendship card using Best bugs and DIN lang borders.

Femke made this beautiful clean and simple but wonderful sparkling stamping-mojo card using Stampingfriends and Knitted stencil.

Franzi made this adorable rainbow friends-supporting slimeline card using Coffee collection, Scheiß drauf, Dicke Freunde, Bubble circle stencil, Lemon alphas and Pocket tag dies.

Irina made this pretty card with such a clever combination of geometrics and flowers using Good day and Medium stripes.

Kathrin made such a romantic frosty winter scene using Home sweet home, Cool buddies, Zauberhafte Weihnachtszeit, Lemon Alphas and Winter landscape.

Laura made this warm hearted and cheerful honey bee card using Best bugs.

Martina made this impressive selfmade "gift"-patternd card with a splash of turquoise color as focus using Pack mich aus and Lemon alphas.

Mina made this super cute and colorful happy mail card using Bear mail, Very special mail, Letters and Double stitched rectangels.

Nina made this springtime card with a view of the beehive using Clematis, Kleine Sprüche, Solid Hexagons, the "gift-mini-bee" and Double stitched rectangles.

Such gorgeous inspiration for the designteam start... don´t you think? And I really love the fact that some of us used the same products but created totally different cards... that´s one reason why I love our hobby that much!

If you now want to participate you have time until 24.01.2022 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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winner from December moodboard challenge

Hello everybody!

Time to announce our first winners in 2022 - and to thank everyone who participate in the December moodboard challenge...

I know, I repeat myself, but 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 : Sandra (flick_werk_oase) with her adorable bokeh winter / new year llama card using Llama macchiato.

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

And our featured artist of the December moodboard challenge is Sandra (erdmannsandra) with her impressive winter greeting birdie card using Aus meinem Nest.

There were again so many wonderful entrys during the last weeks, so : congrats you both!
If you want to, you can take the badge and display it on your blogs,...

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, which starts in half an hour!

Have a great day ... and get crafty whenever you get the chance to...

Nina