Create a Smile Stamps January Challenge: Kraft

Hello Everyone,

Happy New Year! 

I am starting mine with some great news - for the next 6 months, I will be on the Create a Smile Challenge blog Design Team, woohoo! If you are not familiar with Create a Smile Stamps, you should definitely check them out! They are a German company (which means cheap shipping for us in Europe, as well as worldwide!), and they have some fantastic & great quality products. They have stamps, dies, stencils and some additional embellishments, too - most of these are available both in a German and an English version. They're super cute, versatile, and they have lots of really unique designs, which I love. 

I have been using their products for a long while now, I am a big fan, and so am really delighted to be part of their team!

The challenges run bi-weekly, which in my opinion is a great amount of time to get crafty and participate. 

This time, the theme is KRAFT. 

I love the look of white on kraft (be that pencils, white paint, texture paste, heat embossing, etc), hence the background I created (and by the way, isn't that Mandala stamp to die for?!).  I also wanted to try my skills in colouring with coloured pencils, and since I love how they look on kraft, it was the perfect opportunity for me. And, seeing that this is my first creation for the challenge blog as a DT member, I of course had to use my favourite stamp set, which is Bear Mail. 

The card design might look familiar to you - that's because I made two quite similar cards in the past - one in a more summery theme, and one in a winter theme. I plan to make a small series out of these, just to see how different they can look with just changing the colour schemes, textures, etc, hence - stay tuned for a spring and autumn edition! :o)

And here's my card, I hope you like it:

I am really happy with how it turned out, and for a newbie to colouring with coloured pencils, I think my colouring came out quite nicely, too!

Will you participate? I can't wait to see what you make! If you share your creations on Instagram, feel free to tag me (@handmadebymirella), so that I can see it the moment you share it! 

Have a great day,

Mirella

SUPPLY LIST (please see affiliate disclaimer & essential supplies info here):

This particular kraft paper is from my local stationery store, and it's unbranded

CraftStash (for my European readers):

Polychromos at Craftstash
Big Shot at Craftstash
Tonic Trimmer at CraftStash   



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