Burst of Colors

Hello Everyone and Happy TGIF!!! Do you know this cute stamp "Scarecrow and Little Wizard" from the Belles 'n Whistles Fall release? It is a very veratile stamp and not only to be used for Halloween! It could easily be used as a Thanksgiving or fall stamp. To show to you how easy it is I made this shadow box card where I only stamped the Scarecrow and there you have a fabulous fall image you can use. Have you ever made a shadow box card? I always wanted to make one but somehow never did. When I was thinking how I could present the Scarecrow image to you I came across the shadow box idea again and knew now I would finally make one! And tataaaaa there it is. :-) It is very easy to make and still something different. And the good thing about it is that it folds flat for shipping and taken out of the envelope you can just pop it up again! Maybe you ask where to put my message? There would be plenty of room on the back of the card! Have you already created a card or pro

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone! Well sometimes things just don't work out as planned...lol. I already wanted to show you this card on Saturday but never got the time to do so. And yesterday I had to show my project for the new ISB-Challenge which started a day late. With a house full of guests it is not always easy to find the time to do my routine stuff ;-) But I love to have my parents here for almost 3 month., yay!!! So we can celebrate my Mom's birthday (coming up in November) and Thanksgiving together :-))) For my card I used Tilda blowing hearts and colored her with my Copics. The hearts on the outside are made to open up and I put the birthday sentiment (it's from Bildmalarna) on the inside of the hearts. For decorating the card I used prima flowers, martha stewart punches frond and one of the new border punches as well as retro flower punches from EK Successt, Stickles, half-pearls and ribbon. The pins are from making memories. The DP is from my stash (have to

Hello everyone and welcome to our next ISB Challenge , starting today! This time's host is our wonderful and very talented Nicolchen ! She has something special in mind for you today! She wants you to make: Everything But a Card! Right now I'm into making bookmarks and that is what I chose to do. I made a Paperclip Bookmark using one of the cute images from The Greeting Farm's set Wild Things! This was just the right size for my bookmark and I colored it with my Copics. You can enter your project until Saturday October 24th 6pm CEST. The winner will be drawn randomly on Sunday Oct. 25th and announced on the ISB - Challenge blog just before the new challenge starts. As always Ilona is generously sponsoring the prize this week and it is "Blueberry Tilda" from the Magnolia So Yummy Collection. So what are you waiting for start crafting ;-) and join us at the ISB Challenge blog and also check out the other DT members great creations! Hope to see ya all there! Th

Hi folks! Sorry for being late with announcing the candy winner but it has been a crazy day yesterday. Therefore with no further ado......the randomly picked winner of my candy is....DRUMROLL please :-)))) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melodie Congratulations and I hope you enjoy your prize!!!! Melodie please contact me (cocoacrafts@gmail.com) with your shipping information! I wish I could give each of you who participated and left such nice comments a prize but unfortunately I can't! But there will be another candy soon to celebrate my favorite season of the year CHRISTMAS ....so check back here frequenty ;-) And for all who are interested in these super cute Belles 'n Whistles stamps you can get them right here I have another post coming up later with a card I made, so hope to see ya all back here again later!!! Thanks for stopping by I really do appreciate the time you take to visit my blog and may leave a comment! Hugs,

October 9th - Edited to add: This Candy is now closed!!!! I'll randomly draw and announe the winner later today, so please check back!!!!!!! Hello folks! Yes it's right it's candy time again! This time I like to celebrate my birthday which was already in September and also like to show my appreciation to my followers and blog visitors! Ok first I like to show you what you can win...hopefully you like the goodies I've chosen ;-) More detailed pictures: The candy includes: * 1 Little Witch with Broom stamp from Belles 'n Whistles new Fall release * 1 Tania Baking stamp from Belles 'n Whistles new Fall release * 1 double sided paper pad Pastel / Heartwarming Vintage Collection from Crafty Secrets * 1 papier mache ornament ready to decorate * 1 some Prima Hydrangea flowers * 2 Stickles Glitter Glue (crystal and silver) * 1 package gelly-o frames from rob and bob studio * 1 sheet of vellum stickers - leaves * 1 Jolee's stickers - hearts So and now you want to kno

Hello Everyone and Happy Thursday! Do you like to read? I LOVE to read. I always have at least two books and several magazines on my nightstand. And I'm also always in need of bookmarks. That is why my project I have to show today is not a card but a bookmark I made using the stamp "Warm Apple Pie" from Belles 'n Whistles . I colored her using my Distress Inks and set some highlights with Stickles. I distressed around the image using Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo. The swirls added to the background are stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and are from Inkadinkado. The DP is from Basic Greys new Indian Summer paper pad which I also distressed using Vintage Photo. This is one of my favorite paper pads from Basic Grey right now. The half pearls I've added on the image and to the ribbon are from Basic Greys Opaline Collection. The half-pearls, DP, Stickles, distress inks and ink pads and Memento ink I got from Roses on Paper . On the back I stamped a swirl (Inkadinkado

Hello Friends! How about becoming a guest designer for Belles 'n Whistles ? Does that sound great? Are you interested? You were waiting for it?! Well .....than you should go and check the Roses on Paper & Belles 'n Whistles combined blog for more information :-) Summer will announce the Belles 'n Whistles GDT call today at the Roses on Paper & Belles 'n Whistles combined blog ! The call will run from October 7th - October 19th. For all detailed information and how to enter the GDT call visit our blog. Hope to see you all there and good luck! :-) I also want to share something with you :-) On Saturday I participated in The World Cardmaking Day Challange over at Susana's blog Follow Your Heart (SCACD). And what can I say....I WON!!!!!!! YAY! Yipieeee!!! I am super excited about this and the great prize Susana was offering for 2 winners. And I am really delighted to be one of them! Thank you so much again Susana! You can see my card for the challenge here

Welcome to a new Roses on Paper Challenge ! The very talented Jodi is our Hostess this time and she wants you to use the following fall colors for your project: Green , Brown & Orange PLUS create your card/project using a sketch from a sketch challenge of your choice! And please keep in mind this must be using a Belles 'n Whistles, Magnolia, Alota, Greeting Farm OR Bildmalarnas stamp in order to qualify! Summer , as generous as always, is giving a way a Belles 'n Whistles stamp - winners choice! We would be delighted if you come and play with us over at the Roses on Paper Challenge Blog ! :-) For my card I choose to use Friday Sketchers Sketch designed by Tanja . It's a fab sketch to work with! My image is colored with Distress Inks and it is one of the cute Bildmalarna stamps , both available here . Card Recipe highlighted products are available at Roses on Paper Stamps/Stempel: Bildmalarna - Tossa with Mushroom Colored with/Coloriert mit: Tim Holtz Distress