Card for coffee lovers

Hello,

I am still writing from Cairo, sharing a card i made for mum when she ran out of coffee and i wanted to refill her stocks 🙂

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First of all i selected my background patterned paper, which is not the usual way i craft. But this time i wanted to use this beatiful paper from Lawn Fawn together with The Greeting Farm stamp of the cutie girl holding a cup of coffee. I coloured her in with alcohol markers to match the patterned paper, added a lot of shimmer and shine here and there with my usual combos: wink of Stella, black glaze pen, white gel pen and glossy accents.

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Then i die cut my image with a Lawn Fawn die to achieve the stitched rounded edges. Before adhering it to my patterned backgound, i die cut a sticthed heart border from green cardstock and glued it down under my image for more interest.

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The sentiment is a YNS die cut several times from turquise cardstock and stacked up on each other with liquid glue. The rest of the sentiment i stamped from several stamp sets (mix&match). Wink of stella and a lot of glossy accent made my coffee title stand out. A few enamel dots finished off my card.

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I really enjoyed the colouring part of this image, i wish you like this card as much as i do.

I am participating in 3 challenges with this card:

  • SSS Wednesday Challenge Add some shimmer

Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog

  • SSS Monday Challenge Use patterned papers

Simon Monday Challenge Blog

  • Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

13130832_10209657747231052_7266796962897251339_oThanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs,

Zsofi

 

Cat simpathy card

Hello again,

Today i wanted to show you a card which i made as a memory for my mum and dad as they have recently lost their beloved furry friend, Rebi. She was a cutie black cat, whom we found 18 years ago as a kitty on the street while walking our dog. The furry ones made friends immediately and we felt so pity for the cat that we took her home to my grandma. After my grandma passed away, Rebi moved to mum and dad and lived there happily till the very end. We all miss her so much!

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First i made a distress ink background for my sky on watercolour cardstock. I put more ink on the bottom and bit less towards the top to make it gradient. I also added some shimmer mist for a shiny look. The cat and accessories are from an MFT stamp set, coloured with Shinhan markers. I die cut some stitched clouds from plain white cardstock and using a cloud border die i cut a white and a vellum layer. I needed a hungarian sentiment, so i created and printed my own on the white panel. It says “You live in our hearts forever”.

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I added tiny ink on the edge of the white cloud border for some dimension. I also stamped the thought bubble from the same MFT stamp set on vellum with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I die cut some red hearts and covered them with glossy accents as embellishments. Of course i had to finish it all off with some Wink of stella shimmer and i made the eyes pop using a black gel pen. The same black pen i used to go over the printed word “forever” too, to put more emphasis on it. I love the way it looks.

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While making this card i realized that crafting really has therapeutical effect. That stone of missing our furry little friend got lighter somehow on my heart. We will never forget you, little Rebi!

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I hope you liked my card today and got inspired. I am playing along in the SSS Wednesday Challenge Animal Magic.

See you soon,

Zsofi

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Sziasztok!

Ma egy fĂĄjĂł tĂ©mĂĄt hoztam, egy emlĂ©klapot, amit anyunak Ă©s apunak csinĂĄltam, mikor nemrĂ©g elvesztettĂ©k szƑrös kis kedvencĂŒket. Rebi egy cuki fekete cica volt, akit 18 Ă©vvel ezelƑtt az utcĂĄn talĂĄltunk kölyökkĂ©nt kutyasĂ©tĂĄltatĂĄs közben. A kutyusunk Ă©s Rebi azonnal barĂĄtok lettek, Ă©s nem volt szĂ­vĂŒnk a cicĂĄt magĂĄra hagyni az utcĂĄn. Így hazavittĂŒk a nagymamĂĄmhoz, aki sok-sok Ă©ven ĂĄt gondoskodott rĂłla szeretetben.Amikor a nagyikĂĄm meghalt, anyuĂ©khoz költözött Rebi Ă©s ott Ă©lt boldogan Ă©lete vĂ©gĂ©ig. Mindannyiunknak nagyon hiĂĄnyzik!

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ElƑször is akvarel papĂ­ron distress tintĂĄval hĂĄtteret kĂ©szĂ­tettem: alul több tintĂĄt hasznĂĄltam, felĂŒl kevesebbet az ĂĄtmenetes hatĂĄs kedvéért. VĂ©gĂŒl shimmer mist-tel lefĂșjtam az egĂ©szet, attĂłl lett olyan szĂ©p csillogĂłs. A cicĂĄt Ă©s kiegĂ©szĂ­tƑit egy MFT nyomdakĂ©szlettel pecsĂ©teltem, alkoholos filcekkel szĂ­neztem Ă©s Big Shot-tal vĂĄgtam ki a hozzĂĄ tartozĂł vĂĄgĂłsablonokkal. NĂ©hĂĄny fehĂ©r felhƑt is vĂĄgtam ötĂ©smintĂĄs sablonnal. A feliratot magam kĂ©szĂ­tettem Ă©s nyomtattam fehĂ©r kartonra, amit aztĂĄn egy felhƑ bordƱrsablonnal vĂĄgtam ki Ă©s tintĂĄztam a szĂ©lĂ©t. Ugyanezzel a sablonnal vĂĄgtam egy pausz rĂ©teget is. A kis gondolatfelhƑt ĂĄtlĂĄtszĂł Versamark tintĂĄval pecsĂ©teltem pausz papĂ­rra Ă©s fehĂ©r domborĂ­tĂłporral hƑdomborĂ­tottam. Egy pĂĄr piros szĂ­vet is vĂĄgtam Ă©s glossy accent-tel tettem fĂ©nyessĂ©. Nem tudtam megĂĄllni, Ă©s a szokĂĄsos csillĂĄmtoll – glaze pen kombĂłval emeltem ki pĂĄr rĂ©szletet. A nyomtatott feliraton is ĂĄtmentem a glaze pen-nel, ettƑl szĂ©p 3D-s Ă©s fĂ©nyes lett.

AmĂ­g a lapot kĂ©szĂ­tettem, rĂĄjöttem, hogy terapeutikus hatĂĄsa van az alkotĂĄsnak, a szĂ­vemen a kƑ kicsit könnyebb lett, mire elkĂ©szĂŒltem. RemĂ©lem nektek is tetszik a lap Ă©s hamarosan viszontlĂĄtlak itt egy Ășjabb inspirĂĄciĂłra.

Üdv,

ZsĂłfi

 

Bon voyage card

Hello,

I am writing this post from Cairo, how nicely it mathces this week’s SSS Monday Challenge World Traveler 😀 I wanted to share a card with you today which i have made for one of my daughter’s group-mates from KG. They are leaving for France for a year and we just wanted to say good bye to them with this little note.

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First of all, i stamped and coloured my images with alcohol markers and die cut them with the coordinating dies (MFT). As i didnt have any stamps or dies of Paris, i printed one from the web. It doesn’t have to be perfect, it is just the background of my scene anyways. Then i made my frames using several MFT and SSS dies in the olour of the french flag. I glued everyhing together and added my usual final touches: glossy accents, white gel pen, black glaze pen and some shimmer with clear wink of stella.

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The sentiment had to be in french too, luckily i had a LAWN FAWN set with the Bon Voyage sentiment in it 🙂

I hope you got inspired and will try to make a travelling card. for someone going on vacation or just as a memory of a trip you had.

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I will be back soon with another fun challenge post. Till then have a great weekend! We started a lazy one here already 😉

Hugs,

Zsofi

 

Altenew card set

Hello,

I am popping in to share what I was busy with in the last 2 days. I made a set of cards with a beautiful Altenew layering set and the gorgeous Altenew inks. I have been really waiting for long to try this stamp set, and I couldn’t stop at one card, I made four, I just changed the colour combos and the sentiments to have a variety. I will need these soon for a family gathering.

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First I die cut my white panels for the stamping using my favourite stitched rectangle dies from SSS. Then I stamped my flower with all its layers, I masked it with a post it mask and stamped the smaller flower and the 2 leaves with all their layers. Then I masked these too and stamped the last 2 leaves with a bit of darker shades for contrast, I have never made monochrome cards before so it was a challenge, but I like the way it turned out. For the sentiment I used another 2 Altenew stamp sets and the darkest shade of the colour combos. Then I stamped them again in Versamark and heat embossed in clear embossing powder.

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For the layering I used coloured cardstocks and some glitter paper from DCWV as my bottom scalloped layer. I must admit that I have problems wasting all the glitter paper under my panels, so I die cut their middle with a rectangle die and saved those precious pieces for later 😀 My dark panel is popped on the lighter shade with a piece of fun foam, to get more dimension.

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A bit of shimmer,  glossy accents and 3 little gems in coordinating colours finished off my cards.

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I will show them one by one also. I cannot decide which one is my favourite.

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And as Ramadan starts tomorrow, I had to make one for the Holy Month.

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I hope you enjoyed today’s inspiration and you will return soon.

I am joining in the SSS Monday Challenge Monochrome and the SSS Wednesday Challenge Mask it.

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See you,

Zsofi

Coffee card to start the day

Hello Coffee Lovers,

Yesterday I woke up and while drinking my morning coffee I checked my favourite sites on the net. I came across with the ongoing YNS sketch Challenge #40 and had to make a card to match my morning mood. And coffee 😀

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First I took a piece of kraft cardstock and used the SSS swirly background on it, I love this BG die, it is one of my favourites and most used one. Then i cut a small strip of dark brown cardstock as the bottom of my card and placed a thin strip of patterned paper on top of it to hold my sentiment (Lawn Fawn). For the upper part of my card i wanted to try a technique i saw from one of my favourite cardmaker, Laura Bassen: to glue a piece of cardstock on fun foam and die cut together. I used this for the arch (MFT blueprints) and for the coffee die from YNS. I had to send it through few times and my cut was not perfect, but i found it good enough to go with it in the morning rush 🙂

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The little cat is from the very first YNS set i bought: Coffee…right meow. I stamped him with Memento Rich Cocoa ink to match the background and coloured in with Shinhan alcohol markers. After die cutting with the coordinating die, i added some Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen on the mug along with glossy accent to make it really in focus. I also cut the cat die of brown fun foam, to match the height and style of my other raised areas. I love the brown edge peeking through when i look at the card from the side.

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After assembling the card, i added 3 die cut hearts from the same set, treated them with shimmer and glossy accent and it was ready. Relatively fast card and it felt so good to craft early morning before my kids woke up.

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There is still time to play at the YNS #40 Challenge, give it a try.

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See you soon,

Zsofi

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JĂł reggelt kĂĄvĂ©kedvelƑk,

Egy kis inspiråció, amit a  reggeli kåvém ihletett, meg egy Sketch Challenge (#40) a kanadai Your Next Stamp oldalån.

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ElƑször is egy kraft kartonon hasznĂĄltam az egyik kedvenc hĂĄttĂ©rsablonomat (SSS), ami gyönyörƱ szaggatott vonalasa kacskaringĂłkat vĂĄg a papĂ­rba. ImĂĄdom! EzutĂĄn barna kartonbĂłl vĂĄgtam egy csĂ­kot a lap aljĂĄra a vĂĄzlatnak megfelelƑen, erre kerĂŒlt egy vĂ©kony csĂ­k mintĂĄs papĂ­r Ă©s a felirat Memento Rich Cocoa tintĂĄval pecsĂ©telve (Lawn Fawn nyomda). A felsƑ rĂ©sznĂ©l egy technikĂĄt prĂłbĂĄltam ki, amit egyik kedvencemtƑl, Laura Bassen-tƑl lestem el: vĂĄgĂĄs elƑtt egy darab dekorgumira kartont ragasztunk Ă©s egyĂŒtt vĂĄgjuk Ƒket ki. A felsƑ panel könyyƱ volt, a felirat kicsit nehezebb, mert nagyon vĂ©kony a sablon, amit hasznĂĄltam. De azĂ©rt többszöri ĂĄttekerĂ©ssel a Big Shot-on sikerĂŒlt.

A kĂĄvĂ©s cica a legelsƑ YNS nyomdakĂ©szletembƑl valĂł, alig vĂĄrtam, hogy hasznĂĄlhassam. Barna tintĂĄval pecsĂ©teltem, alkoholos filcekkel szĂ­neztem, majd a hozzĂĄ tartozĂł sablonnal kivĂĄgtam. Barna dekorgumibĂłl is, hogy egyforma magas legyen a lap többi rĂ©szĂ©vel. tetszik, ahogy oldalrĂłl rĂĄnĂ©zek Ă©s a barna alĂĄtĂ©t kikandikĂĄl a fehĂ©r papĂ­r mögĂŒl.

MiutĂĄn összeĂĄllĂ­tottam a lapot mĂ©g nĂ©hĂĄny kĂ©k kis szĂ­vecskĂ©t helyeztem a hĂĄttĂ©rre, ezeket Ă©s a bögrĂ©t csillĂĄmtollal Ă©s glossy accent-tel emeltem ki Ă©s kĂ©sz 😀

RemĂ©lem inspirĂĄl Ă©s ti is jĂĄtszotok! MĂ©g van egy kis idƑ!

Szép napot!

ZsĂłfi

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome home shaped card

Hello,

I wrote this post on Thursday, it just didn’t get published due to any reason. Here you go.

Today is a special day for me as my husband has returned home after being away for a month for work. It is always a celebration when he comes home to us, the kids are flying into his arms. As it is a regular thing in our life, happening every other month, I make a lot of welcome home cards. This time I wanted to make a house shaped card.

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I have that die from MFT (Sweet home) which gives you all parts to build a house, which makes it so much easier, but it could be done with a craft knife too. I die cut my cardbase first from an A2  white card, leaving the edge of the die on one side hanging off, so it doesn’t cut through. I cut the hole for the windows and the door. Then I cut my main house panel from adhesive cork sheet, with the windows and door placed exactly at the same spot as on the cardbase. I die cut all the decorative elements from dark brown cardstock, the roof 3 times and layered them on the base. before adhering the cork panel on the cardbase, I sandwiched a piece of acetate in between, so it looks like glass and still see through.

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I cut a piece of grass with a lawn fawn border die from green cardstock and made a sweet home board hanging above the door using a cross stitch die from Lawn Fawn and heat embossing a sentiment from an older Lawn Fawn set in gold. I added 2 small gold brads and mounted it on the house with foam tape for dimension.

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The last decoration I added was the 2 pots of flowers, using the house builder die elements and coloured cardstock. A tiny gold pearl in the middle of the flowers and my card was ready.

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I love the way it turned out, I never made a shaped card before but it is super fun! Both my kids and even my mum asked me to make one for them 😀

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That is it for today, I hope you try making a shaped card also. It looks so unique.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Zsofi

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Sziasztok!

Ez a bejegyzĂ©s csĂŒtörtökön kĂ©szĂŒlt, csak valamiĂ©rt nem vĂĄlt publikussĂĄ…Íme!

Ma egy kĂŒlönleges nap van szĂĄmomra, hazajött a fĂ©rjem egy hĂłnap munka utĂĄn. Ez mindig ĂŒnnep szĂĄmunkra, a gyerekek repĂŒlnek a karjaiba, amikor megĂ©rkezik. Mivel ez egy rendszeres dolog nĂĄlunk (minden mĂĄsodik hĂłnapot tud velĂŒnk tölteni szabadsĂĄgon), sok “ĂŒdv itthon” lapot kĂ©szĂ­tek. EzĂșttal egy hĂĄz alakĂșt.

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Egy MFT sablonkĂ©szletet hasznĂĄltam a hĂĄzhoz, mert ebben minden rĂ©szletre van egy vĂĄgĂłkĂ©s, de kĂ©szĂ­thettek hasonlĂłt egy mƱvĂ©szkĂ©s Ă©s egy fĂ©mvonalzĂł segĂ­tsĂ©gĂ©vel is. ElƑször is a lap alapjĂĄt kĂ©szĂ­tettem el: a hĂĄzalap sablont egy fĂ©lbehajtott fehĂ©r kartonra tettem Ășgy, hogy az egyik szĂ©le lelĂłgjon picit a hajtĂĄsnĂĄl. Így azt a rĂ©szt nem vĂĄgja ki, amikor ĂĄttekerem a Big Shot-on. Többször tekertem ĂĄt, mert kĂ©t rĂ©teg kartont vĂĄgtam egyszerre ĂĄt. UtĂĄna kihajtottam a lapot Ă©s az elƑoldalra elhelyeztem az ajtĂł Ă©s ablak nyĂ­lĂĄsokat. UtĂĄna kivĂĄgtam a hĂĄzalakot mĂ©g egyszer parafa lapbĂłl Ă©s az ajtĂł-ablak nyĂ­lĂĄsokat ugyanott, ahol a fehĂ©r alapon van. Mivel a parafa a dekorgumihoz hasonlĂłan megnyĂșlik egy picit vĂĄgĂĄs közben, az illesztĂ©s nem let teljesen tökĂ©letes, de a szĂ©leket ollĂłval megigazĂ­tottam, a nyĂ­lĂĄsoknĂĄl pedig a barna karton keret elfedte a hibĂĄkat. A parafa Ă©s fehĂ©r alap közĂ© ĂĄtlĂĄtszĂł mƱnyag lapot tettem. ÁltalĂĄban csomagolĂĄsokat hasznosĂ­tok Ășjra ehhez 🙂

A dekorĂĄciĂłs elemeket a hĂĄzra barna, zöld, rĂłzsaszĂ­n Ă©s kĂ©k kartonbĂłl vĂĄgtam Ă©s rĂ©tegeztem a hĂĄzra folyĂ©kony ragasztĂłval. A tetƑt 3-szor vĂĄgtam ki Ă©s ragasztottam egymĂĄsra, sokszorozva a 3D hatĂĄst. A feliratot egy Lawn Fawn szettbƑl Versamark tintĂĄval pecsĂ©teltem egy kivĂĄgott barna lapocskĂĄra, majd arany domborĂ­tĂłporral hƑdomborĂ­tottam. KĂ©t pici Milton kapocs szolgĂĄl “szögkĂ©nt”. A tĂĄblĂĄcskĂĄt 3D ragasztĂłval erƑsĂ­tettem a helyĂ©re. A virĂĄgok közepĂ©be egy-egy mini arany gyöngy kerĂŒlt (Rayher). Alulra egy kis fƱ (Lawn Fawn bordƱrvĂĄgĂł) Ă©s kĂ©sz 😀

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A gyerekeimnek Ă©s anyukĂĄmnak is annyira tetszett, hogy egybƑl hĂĄrom megrendelĂ©st is kaptam a következƑ hĂĄzra 🙂

Måra ennyi, remélem inspiråltalak és Ti is megpróbåltok készíteni valami hasonlót.

Üdv,

ZsĂłfi