Today . . .

. . . started off with a lot of cleaning (including my VERY messy craft room). There is nothing like a fresh cleaned house and the weather outside (photo taken just a minute ago) just makes it a perfect day for stamping!

 I made this for the current Hero Arts Challenge - I've always wanted to make a "just married" kind of card with that cute "VW Beetle" stamp. Who wouldn't like to go away on honeymoon in a pink car with pink flowers - haha !!

 The Hero Arts layering paper is folded inside out - and I stamped the same Large Bold Line Flower on the inside to match the outside...

I also made these little stamped stones. I am in love with flat stones!!!

I hope you are having a great weekend! Jan is in the kitchen preparing some nice lobster tails for the barbeque - yummy!! 

Cute french word

I love the French word for Garbage bin "La Poubelle"!

I wonder what the garbage men will say tomorrow morning - 

or will they even notice the new decoration ? :-) :-)

Have a great Monday!

Inspired by Yesterday's Hero Arts Flickr Scramble

Have you ever participated in the Hero Arts Flickr scramble? You are challenged to make a card (or more) in 90 minutes and it is hosted by flickr members. It is really fun!!! 

Unfortunately I missed it yesterday - but I was still inspired to make a few quick cards of scraps (scraplings) inspired by yesterday 's scramble hosted by Sue.

 

Stamps: Hero Arts E5388 Traditional Butterfly, S5216 grid pattern, LP141 Together, LF_Sophie's Sentiment.
Paper: Bazzill, MLYB
Inks: Ranger distress ink Broken China & Vintage Photo, Memories white dye ink, versamark.
Other: MFT die, twine, foam adhesive.white embossing powder, 

I used the outline from the die cut as a mask to make a white background - to make the blue die cut pop!

This is quite simple - using scraps of MLYB paper and one stamp!

Have a great Sunday!

Some winners finally!!

Oh my! I am so so sorry for not getting back with some winners for this oldie giveaway!! 

I've decided to make 2 drawings to make up for the looooong delay!!

www.random.org helped me find the 2 winners!!

 

Winner No. 1

The 2 hero arts stamp sets & washi tape will go to:

 

           Pippa67  who said...

Pia, congratulations with your new blog. Really like both your new and your "old" blog. You have fun with it.

March 26, 2011 7:12 AM

Winner No. 2

For the 2nd draw I will send this fab stamp set from Hero Arts to:

  
MicheyMoo who said...
What a stunning card Pia....and the tag is so simple and elegant and totally divine!! Welcome back to your personal blog. I'm following right away!! Don't want to miss any of your lovely creations. xx

March 28, 2011 3:45 PM

Congrats to the winners and THANK YOU for being patience with me!!
Please contact me via email (link in the right side bar) and I will send you the goodies ASAP!

Lily Pad Cards Blog Hop

Welcome to stop 4 of 35 in the Lily Pad Cards blog hop! This blog hop starts today and will feature seven blogs per day when it culminates on Friday, April 1, with the grand opening of Lily Pad Cards.  

Lily Pad Cards is a new challenge blog that will feature interviews, articles, videos, challenges, great prizes, and more!

Although Lily Pad doesn’t officially bloom until April 1, 2011, you’ll be able to see a new sneak peek every day until then. And you’ll definitely want to drop by because there are three prize packages with a total retail value of over $300 - including a $100 gift certificate to a very popular online store!

Go here for specific prize details and contest rules. 

The hop’s theme is Welcome because not only are we welcoming Lily Pad Cards to the neighborhood, but we’re also welcoming all of you to come in and join in all the fun.

I've made two cards for you - just to make you all feel extra welcome ;)
See that blue frog on my card? I was inspired by the one over at Lily Pad Cards - he is just the cutest ;)

 Supplies: 

Hero Arts Stamps: Dots Cling,  Envelope Pattern, Sending Happy Thoughts & Printers Type 

Lawn Fawn Stamps: Forest Critters

Papers: Bazzill,  October Afternoon & Sofies Dream.

And here is my second card for you - with a welcoming banner and the darling silhouettes.

 Supplies: 

Hero Arts Stamps: Musical Walk & Printers Type 

Lawn Fawn Stamps: Bannerific

Papers: Bazzill,  MLYB

  

 Thanks for stopping by! The next stop on the hop is the super talented Nina Brackett’s blog.

If you hit a bad link, you can always go to Lily Pad Cards and click on the next link in the hop.
Please report any bad links to webmaster@inlinkz.com

Time to Celebrate (with a giveaway)

I have decided to reopen my personal blog... 

There has been a lot going on lately putting together a Design Team for my web shop blog. Go check out the talented team which will help me inspire other cardmakers through their wonderful work. We have some great themes & ideas for the coming months...

... I wanted to use this blog for more personal stuff, showing my work when entering challenges and such without people being confused about the many authors on the other blog.  This blog will be in English only.

I did take away all the old posts (frankly, I was a bit too embarassed about my early work - haha!) - but I couldn't make myself remove the sweet post about my cat Harry stealing my cards ... See previous post! (almost two years ago!)

Lets celebrate the reopening of this blog with a giveaway - shall we? 

Leave a comment on this post (only) by 5th of April and you'll get a chance to win this:

and some lovely washi tape.

Everybody can enter regardless the country ;)

And now for some celebration cards ;)

The next one is a simple tag I made stamping the dress from the Kiss from the Sun set on canvas for some fun texture... 

And here is a close up..

Thanks for stopping by...

Cardthief :-)

Oh, I just caught my cat Harry stealing :) Had to show this!!
He is so interested in ribbons, twine and felt and that sort of thing.
So just now sitting at my desk I caught him stealing one of my cards! Silly cat, right? :)