Featured stamper at Color Throwdown 554!

Hi there!

So happy to join the amazing team at Color Throwdown as featured stamper  !

Take a look at the colors for this week. What comes to mind? My first thought... I can make a Christmas card... but hey, it's still a long way to Christmas... so back to default mode and I made a floral card . I hope you'll join us !

Here it is :

 I used :

• Flower and leaves from Miss Kate Cuttables
• Background stamp : Rustic-linen-stamp-set - Altenew
• Sentiment stamp : Sketchy-floral-stamp-set - Altenew
• Red rhinestones 
• Craft foam for dimension
• Kraft and colored card stock 
• Silhouette cameo

Sharing my card at :

Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge ~ Anything goes

Thanks Color Throwdown for having me !

Hannelie

Kindness card

Hi there!

I had fun with distress oxides ... playing around folding different kinds of paper and inking them in different ways. The result is lots of experimental pieces lying around on my desk. So expect to see more of them in the coming days/weeks ! 😂

 I used

• Distress oxide inks as shown above
• Heart cut file from the silhouette store #10054
• Computer generated sentiment (Font: Archer Pro)
• Rhinestones
• Craft foam for dimension

As mentioned I created folds in the paper, applied the inks directly to the paper and gave it a light spritz of water. When it was completely dry, I flattened it by running it through my Big Shot and cut the heart  from it. Added the swirly frame (cut from white card stock and colored with a Promarker to match the pink from the BG. 

I created a sentiment to go with the idea of the paper being 'touched' . Just love when the message of the sentiment get reinforced by the design . Well that's just me... maybe overthinking ... again... or attention to detail, call it what you like 😊

Card inspired by :

Fusion card challenge ~ Playing only with the photo this time

Inkspirational challenges ~ Fold

                                           

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie

Wish BIG

Hi there!

I was instantly inspired by the photo Lisa provided at Just us girls this week ! Elephants remind me so much of my home country, South-Africa, so I had to play along!

Don't you think the colors in the inspiration photo are amazing?  I used distress oxides to create a smooshed watercolor background and then stamped the abstract triangle background over it. LOVE the contrast!


I used :

• Simon Says Stamps ~ Abstract triangles
• Distress Oxide inks as shown in photo above
• Elephant cutting file from the Silhouette store  #76731
• My own sentiment (shared below)
• Craft foam for dimension

Challenges :

Just us girls ~ Photo inspiration

CASe this sketch ~ Layout (sketch rotated)

                                     


Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie

You are fabulous!

Hi there!

Happy Saturday to you 😊

I was considering all options for a focal point for my card... just couldn't decide. On Thursday night we invited friends over for dinner. They were so kind to bring along the prettiest bunch of lilies. They smell amazing! Just then I remembered this beautiful lily stamp from Concord & 9th.

Problem solved ... so happy to ink up this beauty only for the second time!

I used :

• Lily stamp set - Concord & 9th
• Rocks background stamp - Kaisercraft
• Zig markers for watercolor smooshing
• Silhouette cameo to cut out the flower
• Versafine black ink
• Foam dots for dimension

Challenges :

Uniko-challenge-54 ~ Flowers + optional twist die cuts

Freshly made sketches ~ Layout by Cécile

Color throwdown ~ Orange, pink and yellow

AAA cards ~ One image + optional positivity

                                                       

                                         

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie

Ahoy... it's your birthday!

Hi there!

Always happy when I find inspiration for making a masculine card! They can be so much fun to make :)

I used :

• Background technique from Channin. Ever since I saw THIS video I wanted to try it. Finally did... Yay... and thank you so much Channin!
• Distress oxide inks : Iced spruce and Salty ocean
• Sentiment cut with my Silhouette cameo ( Font - Atlantic Cruise . I replaced the 'o' with a ship steering wheel )
• Stamped sentiment from Simon : Big birthday wishes
• Rectangle pin point die from Memory Box
• Enamel dots
• Craft foam for dimension

Sharing my card at :

Time out challenges : Used the nautical elements and colors of the photo as inspiration and tried to recreate the 'weathered' look of the table in my background.

The paper players  ~ CAS , Masculine

Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge ~ Make your own background

                                 

Thanks for visiting !

Hannelie

Daisy inspired !

Hi there!

Daisies... one of my favorite flowers ! So simple but so beautiful!


Daisy is also one of my favorite fragrances. It's by Marc Jacobs and I LOVE the design of the bottle... and of course the stopper ! I used this as inspiration to make a very simple birthday card today .

In case you are not familiar with the look of the bottle... I included it in the background of my photo 🌸

 I used :

• "hey" Sentiment from the Silhouette store #46981
• Daisies also from the Silhouette store #293397
• Silhouette cameo
• Gold 'pearls' for flower centers
• Foam dots for dimension

Sharing my card at :

Addicted to CAS ~ Daisy

                                                                       

Thanks for looking !

Hannelie

Birthday wishes in pink , gray and silver

Hi there!

Happy Saturday to you!


Time to share another card I made using one of the beautiful digital stamps by AlexSyberiaDesign !

I used :

• Spring-bouquet-handdrawn-digi-stamp
• Gansai tambi watercolors & Zig markers
• Liquid pearls in silver
• Birthday sentiment #46490 form the Silhouette store
• Silhouette cameo
• Silver half back pearls
• Silver peal off strips

Sharing my card at :

Color throwdown ~ Pink gray silver white

AAA birthday  ~ game 3 - for girls

Happy little stampers ~ Watercolor challenge : Anything goes

                                                                                               

Thanks for visiting me today !

Hannelie

That's who you are!

Hi there!

Playing at Fusion card challenge today !

I love the inspiration photo ! It immediately made me think of braided hair ... well a real colorful braid! Braid... hair...ombre ...which again reminded me of this beautiful digital stamp . I think the image also captures the movement seen in the inspiration photo :)

I used :

• Dreamy-girls-digital-stamp-set (Image) ~ Graciellie Design
• Moments-of-bliss-digital-stamp-set ( Sentiment) ~ Graciellie Design
• Zig markers
• Water color paper
• Craft foam for dimension
• Silhouette cameo 

Playing along with the photo... and with a bit of imagination you can find the sketch in there as well!

                                            
Thanks for looking!

Hannelie

Dino Birthday card

Hi there!

Thanks for popping in to take a look at today's card.

A birthday card for a little boy turning one soon!

 I used :

• Dino Pack from Apex Cuttables
• Balloon Cut file from LOVEsvg
• Scraps of colored card stock
• Silhouette cameo
• Foam tape for dimension
• Sentiment font : KG Who tells your story
• Number 1 font  : Casual Friday

Sharing my card at :

Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge ~ Add a number

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie

So sweet

Hi there!

Happy Monday!

Wishing you a sweet week with today's card ... scroll down for something even more sweet 😊

I used :

• Simple-fruits-stamp-set ~ Altenew
• Altenew inks
• Misti
• Versafine black ink

A quick one layer card, simply stamped , using a mask which I cut from a piece of scrap paper and my craft knife.

Playing along at CASology : 

                                                            

Here's the promised sweetness... Sugar our Cocker Spaniel curled up after his shower this morning. I couldn't resist taking the picture while I was busy taking my blog photos !

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Hannelie

Christmas in July

Hi there!

I think in all my years of cardmaking, this is the second time I make a Christmas card in July! I usually start making Christmas cards only when I get the Christmas "feeling" !

But... seeing so many challenges with this theme, I jumped in and made a card 😮 A really QACAS card though!

 I used :

• "Merry" sentiment cut with my Silhouette cameo (font : Courtney)
• "Christmas" font : Typewriter
• Holly leaves : #208031
• Enamel dots
• Green craft foam to pop up the front panel and add just a little something interesting yet still maintaining maximum 'white' space
• Craft card stock

Challenges :

AAA Card Challenges ~ Max white space (Optional Christmas in July)

The male room challenge ~ Christmas in July

Just us girls challenge ~ Sentiment as focal point

            

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie