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 Summer sunset and a romantic bicycle ride in the late summer. As it is saying its goodbyes for the season, the swallows are already gathering to fly south for the winter. These colors that are not usually on my creative desk, but I got inspired by  Craft-alnica Izziv #317 - Sončni zahod  and must say I am quite fond of the end result.  I cut strips of colored cardstock that matched the palette for the challenge. As I was missing the peachy color, I made my own by using the Distress Oxide Saltwater taffy on a piece of white cardstock. I glued the strips next to eachother and cut them in the shape of a circle, then cut out a size bigger circle from black cardstock and glued it on off-centered. I added die cuts of a bicycle and grass with two swallows all from black cardstock, together with Najlepši par sentiment ‘Happy birthday’ that I embellished with clear Nuvo drops for a bit of shine. I put it all on yellow cardstock on a black mat and added it onto a square card ...

 

 Summer is coming to an end.. and we’re all feeling that summertime blues. Now is time to reconnect with all the friends we didn’t get to see while we were on vacation and what better way to do it than a card! This card was made by cutting stripes of 4 different colors of blue cardstock from my stash and a holographic cardstock. I glued them to a piece of white cardstock with Stick it adhesive sheets which was a lot less messy than the one I made with liquid glue. On top I glued the hello die cut from Waffle flower oversized Hey hi hello print and added a heat embossed sentiment.  I don’t use the blues very often so I was happy to get the chance to play with different hues. I don’t know about other crafters but when I see a perfect color combination it literally sends shivers down my spine. Unfortunately I can’t always get the camera to catch what I see with my eyes, either the color or the details.. I still have the Uncharted mariner on my desk and can’t wait to have tim...

Making new friends was one of the best things about summer vacation when I was a young girl. Who turned into pen pals when summer was over. Now I could have sent them these cute summer cards..  The card was made by first creating the background with Distress inks and watercolor paper. I cut circles out from white cardstock with basic shaped cutting dies and made it into a shaker card, then glued the little mermaid and her pals that were colored with different mediums - from Distress inks, Copic markers to colored pencils on the acetate and the bottom of the card. I am entering the card in  Craft-alnica izziv #316 Za gospodično Vesela hiška - Izziv #33 Kvadrat Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything goes  

While some crafters are already getting ready for Christmas, I am still in summer mode! I made the card by creating the background with Distress inks on watercolor paper and bubble stencil. i used the baby wipe technique where I first colored the paper, then used the baby wipe over the stencil to pick up some of the color. I stamped some of the fish directly on the panel, together with the ‘Happy birthday’ sentiment, the other were stamped, colored with Copic markers or Distress inks and fussy cut before glued on the panel.   I inked the edges of the panel with the same Distress colors and glued it to a card base. I am entering the card in Craft-alnica izziv #316  - Za gospodično Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything goes #btchallenge115