desert diva

08 July 2025

Altenew July Inspiration Challenge

Hi there!

It's been a while since I shared something here on the blog, but I just thought this occasion calls for me to post here with an invitation to join this month's Altenew Inspiration Challenge !

If you've been following me for a while, you will remember I've (almost) never missed an inspiration challenge before I joined the design team, so this is such a wonderful opportunity to sit back and see what others create with the inspiration I'm sharing!

If you are interested to join, or simply want to read more about the two different ways I approached the designs I shared for your inspiration, or to find all the links to the products I used, please click the link above 👆

Below you will find the original photo I took in our garden, as well as the two cards I made!

First up the more realistic approach :

... and the more creative, fun, abstract approach :

The two cards together!

Thank you so much for popping in today!

🤞Hope to see you in the gallery.

Hannelie

24 April 2025

Simon Says stamp : You are My Favorite release

Hi there!

I am super excited to share some cards I made with a beautiful stamp set from the new Simon Says stamp release called : "You are my Favorite". This release is available now over in the Simon says stamp store !

Mother's Day is the name of the set. The main feature is a lovely bold sentiment, with options to build your own phrases to convey the message of your choice. It is accompanied with a variety of solid butterfly stamps, ranging in size.

I had fun making three one layer cards, join me to take a look:

I used Pawsitively-saturated-inks in rainbow colors for the first card, all the pretty pinks for the second card , and pink, yellow and orange for the last card.
Black ink : Versafine black ink
Stampwheel from Altenew to stamp the butterfly wreath as well as the rest of all the stamping.
Rhinestones

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie

26 March 2025

Alex Syberia Designs BetterPress Release Blog Hop & Giveaway

Hi there!

I am thrilled to show you some cards I made with Alex Syberia Design's first press plate release! To celebrate the occasion, I am joining the March Press Plate/ stencil release blog hop !

You can start the hop over 👉here !

The cards I am sharing today all feature the Abstract Background press plate. This stunning press plate has a coordinating coloring stencil set, which I used on 2 of the cards. Take a look !

It looks amazing used with, or without the coloring stencil !

Giveaway info:

Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a £40 ($50 for the USA) gift certificate to 1 winner and a £15 ($15 for the USA) gift card to 3 lucky winners

This giveaway is open internationally, with prizes awarded in GBP (£) for non-U.S. winners and in USD ($) for U.S. winners. All 4 winners will be drawn from the entrants that have played along with this Blog hop by midnight BST April 6th, 2025. Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog 'Giveaway Winners' page on April 7th, 2025.

Blog Hop Order:

Hannelie 👈 you are here !