Duck pond...!!

 Hey CAS friends!!

It's Ashlee here and I have a card to share today that I made using the Silly goose stamp set...

I thought I'd try the organic shapes stencil to make a background that looked like little ponds for the goose to go in so this started the idea for the card...

- Start with a white cardstock base and use the organic shapes stencil to ink some shapes to look like ponds (I used distress oxide ink Mermaid Lagoon)

- Stamp/colour and fussy cut a bunch of goose

- Stamp a sentiment using black ink directly on the white background

- Adhere all the goose with different layers of foam tape to create dimension

- Finish off with a touch of sequins

Here is a photo I did to share the Spectrum noir-tri blend colour combos I used to colour the Silly goose...

Silly goose

Organic shapes stencil

Try and think of fun ways to use a stencil, what can you make them be?

I'd love to see what you come up with so pop on over to the Create a Smile group on Facebook and share with us your creations - Create a smile friends and family

Hugs Ashlee.  

We dare you to create a smile : June sketch

Welcome to the start of June and to our brand new challenge - this time with a beautiful linear geometric sketch.

If you want to play along (this challenge is open until 13.06.2022) you will get the chance to win a 25,-€ gift card for the Create a smile shop.

Our two guest designers did a great job working on the current moodboard - so let´s have a look...

Stefanie made this gorgeous partying llama card using Hut ab! and Desert stencil.

And Stephanie made this beautiful flower meadow on a spring day using Heute wird gut.

Again - thank you both for your wonderful work!
Just in case you haven´t already, please be sure to check out their profiles and leave them some love...


But as you all know, the design team has always such inspiring ideas for you too, let's have a closer look together... 

Alma made this "top notch" succulents card using Spitzenmäßig.

Femke made a beautifully clean and simple looking plant-card using Plantastic.

Franzi made this cheerful fresh summer day card using Dicke Freunde, Heute wird gut and Weather dies.

Irina made this super cute color-coordinated birdie card using Tweetheart and Leafy stencil.

Kathrin made this incredibly pretty butterfly dancing in the sky card using Butterflies, Dicke Freunde, DIN lang postage, Lemon alphas, Stitched square frames Weather dies and Organic shape stencil.

Laura made this marvelous colorful bee parade card using Best bugs, Stitched square frames and Stitched rectangle frames. 

Martina made this charming accumulation of birdhouses in the garden card by only using Piep.

Mina made this heartwarming cheeky chicken photo-appointment card using "Say cheese" (a soon to be released set from the adventcalendar 2021), Crazy chick and Bubble rays stencil.

Nina made a pretty (kind of) very hungry caterpillar card using Butterflies, Fruit salad, Sommer im Glas, Fine ferns stencil, Stitched square frames and Double stitched rectangles.

So much happiness and colorful inspiration in here... don´t you think?
If you now want to participate yourself you have time until 13.06.2022 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 May mood board challenge

It´s wednesday again and this means - time to announce our winners - and to thank the large number of participants of our May mood board challenge... we´re glad you all liked the rainbow theme this much.

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:
Susisusannebecker with her stunning rainbow cocktail card using Auf uns!, Für jede Gelegenheit and slices 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 May mood board challenge is Jana with her beautiful armadillo living in his own litte rainbow-world card using Hauptrolle and Desert stencil.

 

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

And we would really 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 

Bookshelf Card

Hi there!
Samantha here, and today I am sharing a card overflowing with books and love and color! 

 

     

I love the show Parks and Rec, and the iconic phrase, "Treat yo self!", so I wanted to use that as inspiration for my card!

Let's make this card together!

- first, I stamped the bookshelf image in a light grey ink in random places around the card!
- then I splattered some of the same light grey ink, and white acrylic ink, all over the card
- I stamped the book images and then colored them in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut them out

- I popped up some of the book images with foam tape
- I stamped part of the sentiment in block letters directly to the background of the card, then I heat embossed the rest of the sentiment in black onto vellum and fussy cut out around it

- I think the colors really pop against that soft grey background!

 

I used warm pinks, reds and oranges to color my books, so they popped against the background, but you could do any color palette: rainbows, cool colors, any thing!

The images are from the Superpowers and mini Books stamp set! To create the custom phrase, I used both the Lettering Alphas and Clear Letters!

 

    

There is ALWAYS a fun challenge going on in the Create a Smile Stamp Facebook group page! It's fun and filled with prizes! I love seeing all of the incredible, unique and amazing inspiration!

 

~Samantha

  

 

 

We dare you to create a smile : May mood board

Hello and welcome to our new moodboard challenge... and isn´t this rainbow theme gorgeous?
I bet you will totally love the inspirations the designteam and our guest designers made...

If you want to play along (this challenge is open until 30.05.2022) you will get the chance to win a 25,-€ gift card for the Create a smile shop.

Let´s start with the beautiful cards our two guest designers made..

Melissa made this radiant letters greeting-card using Ich wünsch Dir Glück, Cherry uppercase and Cherry lowercase.

Daniela made this beautiful intense rainbow stripes snowglobe card using Aus der Ferne and "Snowglobe" and "Weihnachtsbaum" (both new set from the adventcalendar 2021 which will be released during 2022).

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


And now let´s have a closer look at all the beautiful designteam inspirations...

Alma made this fabulous party-ballon card using Schwebende Grüße and Cloudy day.

Femke made this oh so lovely rainbow birds card using Tweetheart and Hey honey.

Franzi made this "sweet" and beautiful decorated birthday storage jar using Zuckerschnute, Endlich Schulkind, Maus au chocolat, Für jede Gelegenheit, Cobblestones, Postage edge circles, Party mono, Double stitched DIN lang, Bookmark and Lemon alphas.

Irina made this fantastic rainbow order popsicle birthday card using A little treat, Mini birthday and Narrow stripes.

Kathrin made this magnificant high contrasted and kind of shimmery birthday card using Verrücktes Huhn, Splotch, Happy, Lemon alphas and Magical frame.

 

Laura made this cheerful and brightly blotted party critter card using Little lemur and Stitched rectangle frames.

Martina made this super soft and classy birthday flowers card using Heute wird gut and Stitched rectangle frames.

Mina made this marvelous little monkey having a rainbow party time using Artsy, Bam, Endlich Schulkind, Fruit salad and Double stitched rectangles.

Nina made this pretty kneedlework birthday card using Knit kit, Kleine Sprüche, Knitted stencil and Scalloped rectangles.

Wow! Rainbow theme always works in so many different and beautiful ways... don´t you think?
And if you now want to participate yourself you´ll have time until 30.05.2022 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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Click here to enter