Lucky Girl

Hey there!

Yes, I am indeed still alive.
Lectures end on Friday, it’s February… things are starting to get more and more exciting.
One great thing: Yesterday my topic for the diploma thesis was accepted. YAY me!!
Many other great things are happening and are to happen still.

I just made a card (that I can’t show you yet, damn), but instead I’ll show you some frames I made for Christmas.

This one was for my mom:

Ingredients:
IKEA frame, Rub-On by Lily Bee Design, Holiday Mix Vintage Buttons (Papertrey Ink) [adhered with Glue Dots], Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket (Jack’s World, Lil’ Man) , My Mind’s Eye (Snowed In, Be Merry), October Afternoon (Good Cheer, Cherry Hill), Basic Grey (Figgy Pudding, Blush).

And this manly version was created for my friend Thorsten:

Thanks for looking!

Leaving on a jet plane

Hey there!
How are you? It’s been way busy over here, for the last weeks I’ve been running around like a headless chicken and there’s no end in sight. Well actually, that’s untrue. The end will come on February 19th which will apparently be the day I get on a plane and fly far, faaaar away (Auckland and Heidelberg are precisely 18,244 km apart). So, now you know. I still don’t know how I am supposed to survive without my crafting stuff though (there’s a limit of 30 kg plus 7 kg hand luggage). Not for more than two weeks… and certainly not for five months.

Meet today’s card, it’s a sweet mix of Cosmo Cricket and PTI goodness. Rustic Cream cardstock, some Early Bird patterned paper, clear embossed polka dots and BG chipboard letters – voilà!

Anyway, gotta go, still lots of work to do, people to call, forms to fill in… you get the picture.
See yas!

Color Inspiration #57

Thanks to ever busy Kristina, there’s another colour challenge!
I decided to take part despite the – for me – difficult colours.

Yep, those are six (okay, minus the neutral white there are five) colours, including mustard and red, whew.
Since I needed to stock up my stash of Thank You cards, here’s my take on the challenge:

I used my new Martha Stewart punch “Medium Glacial Snowflake” (super cute) and some patterned paper (MME Andrea Victoria, MME Bloom & Grow, Stampin’ Up So Saffron, PTI Pink Patterns, PTi Bitty Box Basics) to punch out the snowflakes, adhered them to a 4 1/2 inch square card (SU Whisper White CS) with 3D Glue Dots and stamped the sentiment (PTI Beyond Basic Borders) in L’Amour Red ink (PTI) before providing a finishing touch by rounding the corners with the 1/2 inch side of my beloved Corner Chomper.

I tried my best with the pictures, but it’s grey and snowing outside…

Anyway, thanks for looking and don’t forget:
The polls for the Christmas Card 2009 are still open

So long!

EBKTS Challenge

Hey there!
Just a quick post to show you the card I made for the current EBKTS Challenge.

I’m sorry for the crappy lighting, it’s about half past ten over here and snow keeps falling outside. Maybe I’ll exchange the picture tomorrow (if the sun is shining or even if there’s any light at all…).

The challenge was to use wrapping paper, which seems really appropriate after the holidays.
The ruffles on this card are therefore made of IKEA wrapping paper. The card base is PTI Rustic Cream, rhinestones are from BG, the patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket. The tree stamp is PTI as well while the sentiment is American Crafts. Inks are Palette Noir and VersaColor Sage.

BTW this is the last card my poor little broken Corner rounder punch was used for. It will rest now and the indeed very cool Corner Chomper will fill its place. Such a great tool, I’m all excited…

Anyhow, thanks for looking, have a good night!

P.S.: The polls for choosing your favourite Xmas card are still open!

ETA: I’ve updated the pictures from the card, they’re still not perfect, but way better

I wish I was someone better

Hey there!
How’ve you been? I hope you’re off to a great start for the New Year!
I’m back at home after the Christmas celebrations – did you have a great time, too?
My Christmas was lovely, I had so much fun seeing my family and some friends.

I wanted to share with you a selection of this year’s Xmas cards (41 altogether).
There’ll be some cards you have already seen, but without further ado – here are my 15 favourites from Christmas 2009:

(#1) Below you’ll find a poll, so pick your favourite – I’d love to see what you thought of them! This card was already featured in this post from October 2009.

(#2) This is a card you already know as well, see this post.

(#3) That one was created for Dawn’s 19th Color Challenge as can be seen here.

(#4) And finally the last card you will recognize from a post on my blog, made for the Moxie Fab Challenge “Christmas in the Old Country”.

(#5) This little round card has its “bigger brother” over here at Kristina’s blog, Holiday Card Series Day 6. I love love LOVE this tree. So adorable.

(#6) The inspiring example here was this card from Kelly Marie aka Lawn Fawn Cards. Love the simplicity and effectiveness of using all the different patterns. Plus this card is flat enough for mailing!

(#7) Another one from Kristina Werner’s Holiday Card Series – this time from Day 22. The colour scheme is pretty untraditional, PTI’s Saddle Stitch Ribbon in Lemon Tart is a perfect match!

(#8) If this one looks familiar to you, it might be that you’ve seen Day 21 of the Holiday Card Series from Kristina Werner.

(#9) This one’s a looser interpretation of Day 14 of the Holiday Card Series. If you like, here’s a detail picture.

(#10) The background of this card was embossed with glittery clear embossing powder (shortly before my heat gun died…), unfortunately you can’t really see that in the picture. It’s also a pretty straight forward CASE of Day 23 from Kristinas HCS.

(#11) That one is based upon this non-holiday card by Kelly Rasmussen. Just changed the butterflies to snowflakes and voilà!

(#12) This card isn’t based on anything, really. I needed some cards that were flat enough for the snail mail and this is my very favourite one, I think. It’s very sparkly IRL (see the sparkle in this picture?) and I wrote the sentiment myself

(#13) This was one of my absolute faves from Kristina’s HCS – Day 12. Love the stripes, the buttons, the snowflakes, the sentiment, the colours – everything, really.

(#14) I’m not sure where I got the inspiration for this card from, might have been several cards from the HCS as well… I also wanted to break out my silver embossing powder! All in all I think this one turned out pretty masculine, I kinda like the look

(#15) Last but most certainly not least, one of my top 3 this Christmas – based on Day 4 of the Holiday Card Series from Kristina. Here and here are close-ups of this card.

Now it’s up to you, which one do you like best?

Which card is your favourite?

#1 – Rhinestone Tree

#2 – Gingham Ruffles

#3 – Dawn\’s Colours

#4 – Old Country

#5 – Round Tree

#6 – Circles

#7 – Frohes Fest

#8 – Dots and Snowflakes

#9 – Jingle Bells

#10 – Wood Snowman

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Which card is your favourite? (continued)

#11 – Colourful Snowflakes

#12 – Glittery Tree

#13 – Stripey Panel

#14 – Silvery Gifts

#15 – Circle Snowman

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I know there are two polls, but please vote only once. Thank you
If you have any questions about the materials I used, I’ll be happy to answer them!
Thanks for looking!
See you you soon!

P.S.: The title of this post refers to this song by Blood Red Shoes.

Join a local gang and get a cool nickname*

Nope, I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. It’s just that all the Xmas preparations have to be done by Friday and things are crazy busy over here. I guess you can relate, can’t you?

My favourite song at the moment….

Anyhow, I still have to make seven cards and several gifts, so I really need to get back to creating.
I hope you have a happy holiday season and get to create something
See you around!

This card is a CASE from this wonderful card by Alli Miles – a classic example of a regular card transformed into a Christmas card.

* The title is a line in this very cool Rifles song.

And I don’t see and don’t believe

Hey there! Happy belated 1st Advent!

How are things? Over here it’s grey and cloudy and pretty dark already. Which doesn’t keep me from tidying up, making cards and of course going for walks with the dawg

This weekend we had the ultimate girls night in – loads of food, face masks, cotton candy, hand peeling, wine, chick flicks, pyjamas and five girls were involved. Natch we didn’t get to sleep until 4 a.m. so Sunday was spent hanging around. And walking the dog.
Anyhow, I hope your week has started in a good way and don’t forget to open the first door today!

Meet my entry for Cath’s Christmas in the Old Country Challenge:

In the second photo you can see the embossed sparkle better:

Yes, I used one of my precious felt hearts from Vanessa This one is dark grey, love it, it gives the card such a cozy feel!

The card base is PTI Rustic Cream, embossed with sparkling clear embossing powder from my LSS. The tag is from IKEA and the Fancypants Designs All Fall Gingham Ribbon was attached to it using a regular stapler. The delicious white lace is from my local sewing store with Coffee/Cream bakers twine threaded through it. The letter stickers are from K&Co. The upper right corner is rounded.
Here’s another pic.

Hope you like it!
Gotta go now! Have a great day!
And thank you for all the sweet comments!!!

P.S. The source of the title is my current favourite song. Love me some Rifles.

I’ve stopped keeping track

Hey friends!
How are things going in your corner of the world?
Over here it’s a grey day (great song btw), but at least it’s not raining (important thing for dog owners).

Anyhow, I’d like to share two cards for a challenge and there’s a blog award!

First off, I decided to take part in Dawn’s Color Challenge, here’s attempt #1:

Love the non-traditional colour scheme!! The idea is a total CASE from Heather Pulvirenti’s adorable snowflake card.
Everything is PTI (CS: Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Raspberry Fizz; Ribbon: Aqua Mist Grosgrain) except for the lavender/light pink bling (Basic Grey), the punched snowflakes (LSS) and the rub-on (SU).

And another try, this time as a birthday card for my Kiwi friend Amber (her bday is only in december, but I think she doesn’t read my blawg )

The deets are pretty much the same as in the first card, the letters are SU’s Jumbo Outline alphabet, the sentiment is from the SU set “Absolutely Fabulous” and the leaves (PTI Out on a Limb) were stamped with Versamark. Sorry for the bad pics, as I said it’s really dreary outside, hence the bad lighting. (BTW this is another shameless CASE from KWerner)

Next up, I got a blog award!! Yay!
Thanks to lovely Naomi *wave*

The rules are : I need to pass this award on to five people, comment on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word. (anybody who knows me, will know how incredibly difficult this is for me… )

1. Where is your cell phone? Desk
2. Your hair? Brunette
3. Your mother? BEST
4. Your father? dunno
5. Your favorite food? Spaghetti
6. Your dream last night? nothing
7. Your favorite drink? Alexander
8. Your dream/goal? NZ
9. What room are you in? no-brainer ^^
10. Your hobby? crafting
11. Your fear? failure
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? north
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you aren’t? perfect
15. Muffins? lemon
16. Wish list item? patience
17. Where did you grow up? Germany
18. Last thing you did? photograph
19. What are you wearing? jeans
20. Your TV? non-existent
21. Your Pets? Buck
22. Friends? awesome
23. Your life? rollercoaster
24. Your mood? lazy
25. Missing someone? yes
26. Vehicle? bike
27. Something you’re not wearing? earrings
28. Your favorite store? Impressionen.de
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When was the last time you laughed? yesterday
31. Last time you cried? yesterday
32. Your best friend? Julian
33. One place that I go to over and over? bathroom ^^
34. Facebook? yes
35. Favorite place to eat? Dossema Weinhof

Whew I’m passing this award on to some of my favorite bloggers as well:

* Silke (who sent me the outline alphabet stamps – dankeeee)
* Kerstin (fab German SU demo I met some weeks ago)
* Ute (a German scrapper whose creations are marvellous)
* Berdien (super inspiring dutch blog)
* Kalyn (a new addition to my reader )

Now go have a look, you won’t regret it!
Okay, gotta go back to the 44 pages of presentation that tomorrow’s (insane?!) speaker sent us ^^
Have a great Sunday!! (and leave a comment )

She’s thinkin’: How did I get here?

Just a quick update to let you know I’m still alive. Next Monday I’ll have an exam and I’ll do a consecutive interpretation* in our weekly conference, so I’ll be buried under paper, glossaries, to-do-lists and more paper…

The title is brought to you by Lily Allen. Cool lyrics and a matching video.

Anyway, here’s a card I made. If you have any questions, let me know!

Inspiration from Nina B. (Croatia)

*= Interpreting (Dolmetschen) is not to be mistaken with translating (Übersetzen), since the latter refers to a written transfer whereas interpreting is oral (consecutive = rendered after the speaker has finished, often with the help of special notation / simultaneous = rendered at the same time with the means of a sound-proof booth and headsets). [by no means is this a complete description]

Why can’t we always meet under a cloud of mystery

Hello everyone
How’s your weekend going?
I’m busy working on my to-do-list which contains lots of cleaning and university-related stuff.

As the title and my last post suggested, we went to see Maxïmo Park in Frankfurt on Wednesday. They truly are my favourite band and even though the concert lasted for about an hour only, we had so much fun. (And the warm-up band were the Blood Red Shoes, really cool as well!) I made it to the fourth row and therefore was able to see Paul close-up performing. He’s such an entertainer and really professional (there were sound problems plus he said he had lost his voice this morning). Loved everything about it. So here’s a card I made (total and utter CASE of Kristina Werner’s recent autumn card) in order to thank them for this great concert. [I had trouble finding their postal address, so I don't know where to send it yet.]

Cardstock: SU!, PTI; Patterned Paper: BG Lemonade; Stickers: Cosmo Cricket; Other: Leaf Punch, Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Punch, 3D glue dots, Signo White Gel Pen.

Autumn is in full swing over here, lookit
Enjoy & have a nice Sunday!

P.S. That little innocent-looking creature “cleaned out” the fridge just one day after the cupboard incident. Oh boy.