I started stamping the donut, pedestal and owl in a cup with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock and colored in the images with Spectrum Noir markers.
I then went ahead a prared the background pieces. I chose cross-stitched rectangle dies and die cut two panels. The larger one I cut from dark blue cardstock and the smaller one from white cardstock. On the smaller panel, I stamped the little coffee cup randomly with gray pigment ink keeping in mind not to stamp it over the whole space.


After the pigment ink was dry, I adhered the white panel to the larger dark blue panel and adhered the whole thing to a standard white notecard. Using liquid glue I first adhered the owl in a cup to the pedestal and placed the donut right next to it. To give the whole thing a bit more dimension, I used 3D foam squares and adhered it in the center of the card.
For finishing touches I tried the Nuvo Crystal Drops for the first time. I chose the Midnight Blue color because it matched the blue panel. I am still not too good in placing enamels/sequins at the right place of a card but I think it's alright how it looks.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you liked my project that I created for this blog hop.

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Hello and welcome back to a new Simply Create Too challenge! This time we all created cards to go along the theme "Be funny/Make a joke". And I know it's only March but I thought the image of this cute polar bear dressing as a snowman (or is he eating the snowman???) was just too cute and funny.


I started off stamping the cute polar bear on white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him in with Spectrum Noir markers. 
Then I created a background with Tumbled Glass Distress ink and die cutting the panel with a pierced rectangle die. To create the snowy hills I also die cut another rectangle from white cardstock and then used the dotted borders by Avery Elle to create two hills. I adhered the larger one directly to the background panel. for the smaller one, the one in the front, I used some fun foam to create a little bit of dimension and adhered it on top of the first snowy hill. I adhedered the polar bear to the hills using 3D foam squares for the top part of him to get the same dimension. I used the German sentiment "Fröhliche Weihnachten" and stamped it with blue ink on the top part of the card.

To finish off the card I cut a piece of dark blue cardstock which matched the color of the sentimnt into place and adhered it to a white notecard. Then I could adhere the rest to the blue panel.

Hello crafty friends! This month is National Craft Month and I am so happy to be participating in the blog hop by Nicole from Right at Home.

The theme of  this blog hop is centered around showcasing our favorite crafty things. I really like distressed background and embossing so I was super happy to try this distress ink lifting technique. I also love these beautiful floral stamps by DeNami Design with which I created my card.


And here is how I made this card:

First off I used Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon Distress inks on some mix media paper and blended them together. I didn't have to be too precise with the blending since I was doing a distress ink lifting technique.
After the ink was dry, I stamped the floral stamps with VersaMark in a random pattern on top of the blended background. I embossed the images with clear embossing powder and used my Mini Mister to spray the whole panel with water to get the ink reacting with it. Using a paper towel, I liftet up the ink leaving a weaker pastel color behind. However, in the area of the heat embossing the color was still as vibrant as before.



Then I cut the panel into two pieces and adhered them each two a standard white notecard. This way I was able to create two cards.
To create a little bit more interest, I went ahead and die cut the sentiment "thanks" from silver glitter cardstock as well as white fun foam. I adhered the glittery thanks to the fun foam to create a little bit of dimension. Then I adhered it to the notecard, overlapping with the embossed strip.


I really hope you liked my card and I wish you a happy National Craft Month!