Many Thanks

Hello everyone!
Just a quick reminder for our current challenge at the Dream Factory! - This month's movie is

Nine Lives - Voll Verkatert 

Neuf Vies ou Les Neuf Vies de Mr. Fuzzypants

... and we would love to see cats on your creations.

I made this card for my friend Gundi, to thank her for her kindness! Indeed, she did not hesitate to host us for a weekend, despite the very short time between our announcement and our coming! 

I chose these stamps because she like cats and also because she's the one who gave them to me! 

That's it, now you know the whole true story! 😉

Well, let's work!

For this card I stamped one cat and some flowers directly on the circle and the two other cats on separate paper to fussy-cut them. The second circle I punched is a little larger than the first and has a scalloped border. I also embossed a panel with big dots    ...... and all assembled gives what you see.

As always - or almost - I watercolored with felt-tip pens. I added some Washi tape and a paper string between the embossed panel and the circles. The sentiment is stamped on a piece of white cardstock. I glued it with thick double-sided tape, just like the embossed part on the card and the circles on the embossed part.

Inspired? - So, do not wait and put your ideas into action before they fly away! 😉 

.....we look forward to your creations!

Stamps: Cats (Docrafts Papermania); Flowers and Sentiment (Stampin'Up)

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Felt-tip pens

Dies: Circles (Action)

Embossing: Big dots (Stampin'Up)

Washi tape, String,

Christmas Wishes

Hello everyone!
Today I made a Christmas card .....we can never have enough of it, right ?!

I started with stamping the row of mistletoe and colored it with felt-tip pens. I stamped the image and colored it with colored pencils and then embossed this panel. I cut out a banner from beige cardstock, glued it on the panel, stamped the part of the image who was hidden by the banner and colored it with colored pencils. I masked the part of the image on the banner and stamped then the gingham pattern and the sentiment. I attached the banner with staples and glued the panel on a turquoise card. At last I added some white pearl pen dots to the mistletoe branches, and a bit of Wink of Stella to the snowflakes and the gifts. 

Linked up with:

Christmas Card Throwdown - Sketch

 

Stamps: All stamps are from Stampin'Up. 

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Felt-tip pens, Colored pencils, White pearl pen, Wink of Stella, Staples

Let's Party!

Hello everyone!

Just a quick reminder for our current challenge at the Dream Factory!

Nowhere in Africa - Nirgendwo in Afrika - Nulle part en Afrique

... animals, landscapes, people - everything that has to do with Africa is welcome!

I found this adorable gang on the net, copied it by hand and watercolored it with felt-tip pens. 

The background is made with the confetti stamp from "We must celebrate" (Stampin'Up). I colored with felt-tip pens and added some faux stitching along the edges with my quilter wheel. 

I put the colored picture on orange cardstock and stuck it on the background. 

I cut the sentiment twice in black and once in gray and glued them together, moving the black words slightly over the gray to get a shadow illusion. 

I stuck the background on a yellow card and added the sentiment.

Now it's up to you, 

you still have two weeks to let it roar and growl and bleat, chatter and screech, etc. on your creations! 😀

HAVE FUN!!

See life in pink...

... or just put on pink glasses! ;-)


Hello everyone!
We have a new challenge at the Dream Factory! - This month's movie is

Nowhere in Africa 

Nirgendwo in Afrika 

Nulle part en Afrique

... animals, landscapes, people - everything that has to do with Africa is welcome!

I came up with that on this topic!

I drew the elephant and colored it with alcohol markers. Then I watercolorized - do not know if the word is right - the background and gradually added different fussy-cut and die-cut elements until I liked it!

Voilà, I think it's a fun card!

Thanks for your visit and

Happy crafting!

Linked up with:

Stempelgarten - Tiere

Crafty Friends - Animals

Allsort Challenge Blog - In The Pink

   

Stamps: Flowers, leaves, sentiment and bird (Stampin'Up); Ice cream (Aladine); Elephant (hand drawn)

Inks: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Tranquil Tide (Stampin'Up); 

Dies: Stampin'Up

Alcohol markers, Felt-tip pens

For Mom 💝

Hello everyone!
On May 13. is Mother's Day. - My card is ready to go ....yours too?!

Cute - isn't it!

I got the little hedgehog from my friend Gundi last year - a long time, I know - but today it was the right time to use it!

I heat embossed the sentiment in white on black cardstock and trimmed it into two pieces. - I wanted to have that, even without knowing how the card would look in the end! 

Then it was Hedgie's turn! I colored it with watercolor and cut it into a circle. I also cut off the lower part because I did not like the empty space. I layered with black cardstock and put it aside.

To create the background, I stamped tiny bubbles, flowers and leaves and added some watercolor. I stuck design paper to the bottom and trimmed the sheet with a wavy die cut. 

I glued the background first on mint green paper, then to the card. 

It remained to add Hedgie and the embossed words.  

.....and finally I completed with two little hearts on each side of the sentiment.

At first I was a little skeptical about the background but finally I like it. 

Have a nice weekend

Linked up with: 

Addicted To Stamps and More - Photo Inspiration (I was inspired by the flowers and the frames)

Happy Little Stampers - Watercolor 

Basteltraum - Muttertag / Blumen 

Challenge Up Your Life - Aquarell

   

Stamps: Hedgehog (Whipper Snapper); Blooms, Leaves, Bubbles and Hearts (Stampin'Up); Sentiment (Mia's Stempelküche)

Inks: Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Dies: Action

... and Watercolors

A big carrot...

Hello everyone!
Do you remind our current challenge at the Dream Factory?

Peter Rabbit - Peter Hase - Pierre Lapin

Poor bunny, how desperately he pulls on his carrot!

I found this cute guy on Pinterest, copied it by hand and colored it with colored pencils and felt-tip pens. 

-- The original drawing: "Strong" by Monica Carnesi --

The sentiment is a mix from different Jillibean Soup stamps (with a handwritten "carrot") 😊

Inspired?? - you still have two weeks to join us!! It would be great to see your creations!

Happy crafting!

Cool Cats

Hello everyone!
.... in last minute - that I managed this card duo! Why a duo? Well, I just discovered Twofer Challenge, a card challenge blog of a new genre, that I really wanted to join in! - A completely new concept, because there must be two cards!
....but what am I talking about, look at it yourself and maybe you will like the concept too!

The requirement is pets. - I love cats, so I chose these cute velvet paws from Clearly Besotted Stamps.

The first card can be used for different occasions. 

It is was quite simple to design - although the small fish were not easy to cut!

I watercolored with felt-tip pens.

For the second card, it was another song! Stamping, masking, coloring, cutting ... in short, I spent a good part of my afternoon for this card and I am totally satisfied and in love with her !!

...Self-praise stinks but this time I like to accept it! hahaha

The cats, the gifts and the background are colored with alcohol markers. I first colored the Christmas tree with colored pencils, then with felt-tip pens and then I set accents with alcohol markers. The floor is stamped (Kaisercraft) and sponged with Sahara Sand (Stampin'Up). Unfortunately, I can not tell you from which manufacturer are the sentiments - I bought them at the flea market!

Have a Happy Day!

Stamps: Floor (Kaisercraft); Cats (Clearly Besotted Stamps); Christmas tree and gifts (Scrap Plaisir); Hot air balloon (Jillibean Soup); Sentiments (Unknown)

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine)

Felt-tip pens, Alcohol Markers, Colored Pencils

Let's be lazy 😉

Hello everyone!
Today we had really nice and sunny weather - it really smelled like summer!

... and it turns out, that I have something that goes perfectly with it!

I made this card already two weeks ago and for today, .....it fits like a glove!

The image (digi stamp) is colored with alcohol markers. I stamped,colored and cut out the sun and added it as well as the sentiment to my card. Voilà! 

Hope you have a lot of sunshine too!

See you soon :)

Stamps: Sun and Sentiment (Lora Bylora), the image is a digi

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine), Alcohol Markers

Hop, hop, hop...

Hello everyone!
We have a new challenge at the Dream Factory! - This month's movie is

Peter Rabbit 

Peter Hase

Pierre Lapin

... I think you guessed what we are waiting for! 😉

Here is my bunny boy!

 ...a free clipart from Webweaver that I copied by hand and colored with felt-tip pens. 

The background is colored in light blue --- very light blue! ;)

The wooden fence is made of white cardstock and sponged after embossing (Stampin'Up). 

I also added a speech bubble and text (handwritten). Voilà!

Text : .... hmm, I could swear ....

.... I forgot something!

Happy crafting! - Looking forward to see your creations!

Easter packaging

Hello everyone!
....no card today, but a funny Easter box!

Although I had to convert some measures to fit the box to my needs but basically it is very easy to do! 

If you like it and want to do it too, here's the tutorial. - Maybe not necessarily for a bunny,  it can surely be adapted to other kinds of animals.

Happy crafting! 😉

Linked up with:

Steckenpferdchen - Verpackung

Stamps: Mia's Stempelküche (Sentiment); Stem and Flower (Stampin'Up)

Inks: Pear Pizzazz and Melon Mambo (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine)

Dies: Ears and Paws (Sizzix); an office punch for the eyes

A bit of black wire for the whiskers 

Meow

Hello everyone!

Hard to believe that January is already over!  ... do not know where time flies!

Today I used stamps from Scrap Plaisir and my Brand New Alcohol Markers that I got from my niece Karola for Christmas!

It's my second try with these markers and I have to say I enjoy it! 

Ok, I'm still very timid with them but with more practice I'll get that out for sure! 

....Do not look so closely for today 😉

The striped part at the bottom of the card is made with a stencil (Heidi Swapp) that I have moved several times to make some sort of carpet or something similar to it.

Baubles, stars and glasses are embellished with Wink of Stella.

Thanks for stopping by

Linked up with:

Christmas Card Throwdown - Sketch 

Allsort Challenge Blog - Spots and/or Stripes

Ooh ooh ah! 🙊

Hello everyone!
Just a quick reminder for our current challenge at the Dream Factory. - This month's movie is

Night at the Museum

La nuit au musée -- Nachts im Museum

.... Monkeys, mummies (but no Halloween please), horses, cowboys, Egypt, dinosaurs, etc.

Neither monkey nor dinosaur, Indian or cowboy can be found in my stamp sets - so I had to fish again an image (coloring picture) from the Net! Hahaha

Otherwise, the card was super easy to do. After coloring the monkey I slightly sponged the sheet with blue ink, sewed the faux stitches to the edges with a quilter wheel and stamped the monkey scream. Finally I stuck the sheet on a white base card.

You still have two weeks to take part in this challenge and I hope that I could inspire you!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Stampin'Up

Inks: Tempting Turquoise (Stampin'Up), Felt-tip pens

Faux stiches: Quilter wheel

About Nuts....

Hello everyone!
I just wanted to remind you that you still have 2 weeks to participate in our current challenge at the Dream Factory.

The Nut Job

Operation Nußknacker - Opération Casse-Noisettes

You know you can use squirrels, rats or dogs - accompanied by a small hazel nut or nuts would be nice!

I used Katzelkraft's rats and cats to create this little scene. 

The two rats were stamped, colored and fussy cut and then glued on the card. 

Only the cat was directly stamped on the card. 

The large nut was die cut and the small one was hand drawn and then fussy cut. 

I stuck the nuts to the rats and added a bit shade on the ground. The sentiment is written by hand.

I hope you like it. 

Come and show us your creations - we look forward to them!

Rosi

Stamps: Katzelkraft

Die: Scrap Plaisir

Felt-tip pens

Autumn Colors

Hello everyone!
Time for a new challenge at House of Cards!
This month we want to see Text and/or Colors on your cards. (see the inspiration photo below)

... here is what that photo inspired me!

When I saw the photo, it immediately reminded me the beautiful  autumn season - warm and bright colors, which you will find on my two cards! The leaves on the first card are die cut from colored cardstock and then glued on the embossed background. I added an autumnal text and a piece of gingham patterned paper.

Text and/or colors

On my second card I created a little autumnal scene - a tree, a deer and some mushrooms on white cardstock. I stamped the first part of the text below the deer, and the second part of the text on a strip of vellum which I have torn at the lower end. I stuck it on the left, between the panel and the vanilla base card.

Have a great weekend
Rosi

Stamps: Kesi'art - Text for both cards; Scrap Plaisir - Tree, Deer and Mushrooms 

Inks: Stampin'Up - Pumkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Smoky Slate

Dies: Scrap Plaisir

Embossing: Sizzix

Paterned Paper, Felt-tip pens

Christmas Visions # 3

Hello everyone!

I'm back with number 3 for Muse Christmas Visions!
For this card I was inspired by the graphic and the colors of Cornelia's stunning deer.

I stamped the penguin three times side by side and drew a garland which I colored with felt-tip pens. 

To recall the black and white border of Cornelia's card, I added two different stamps and drew a black line to give a seat to the penguins.

...a few stars in the sky and that was it!

Have a great day and thank you for visiting!

Stamps: Pengouin and Stars - Scrap Plaisir, 

Sentiments:  Winter Holidays - Lora bylora; It's time to deck the halls - Stampin'Up

Inks: Smoky Slate - Stampin'Up; Onyx Black - Versafine

Felt-tip pens

Christmas Visions # 2

Hello everyone!

As promised, I'm back  with a second card for Muse Christmas Visions.
For today's card I was inspired by Cornelia's cute penguins.

I stamped my penguins, colored them with felt-tip pens and fussy cut it. Then I stamped the mountains on a white card, colored their summits, retraced the firs wit black fineliner and added thick snowflakes using a stencil.

Before adding the snowy hills (white pearl pen) I stamped the sentiment and stuck a strip of washi at the bottom of the card. 

Now it was time to add the penguins, because they already began to sweat! hahaha

....another little sentiment on the upper left and the card was done!

Have a happy day!

Translation:

Joyeux Noël = Merry Christmas ---------- Brrrrr...! IL FAIT FROID = Brrrrr ...! It's cold

I used:

Stamps: Mountains, Penguins and sentiments - Scrap Plaisir
Stencil: Snowflakes - Heidi Swapp
Inks: Tempting Turquoise - Stampin'Up, Black Onys - Versafine, Felt-tip pens 
White Pearl Pen, Washi tape, Black fineliner

Animals, Animals, Animals ....

Hello everyone!
We have a new challenge at the Dream Factory! - This month's movie is

Zootopia 

Zoomania / Zootopie

Whether exotic, indigenous or pets, all animals are welcome!

I used three Katzelkraft stamps for this little scene. (Cat, Rat and Wall) 

I colored them with felt-tip pens and fussy cut it. 

I embossed cat and rat and glued them, and the wall, on my card. 

The background (wood effect) and the sentiment (three different sets) are from Stampin'Up. 

The speech bubble is hand drawn.

Come and play with us, 

we look forward to seeing what you are going to create !!

😉

Easter Bunny

Hello everyone!

To revive a bit my blog, I've a little Easter card today. ;-)

As you may already know, to make my cards, I like to use images that I find on the net, but to respect the work of the artists, I first want to have their agreement before publishing the creations for which I used their images. 

Stacey Yacula, the mum of this little bunny, was very nice and accepted that I show you what I created with her cute baby! - Thank you so much Stacey !! 

She is a great artist and on her website you can find much more of these cute and funny creatures! - Visit her shop and you'll discover that she also designs beautiful rubber stamps! ;-)

Just for information: 

I did not copy this image with a computer! I only traced it by hand, using transparent paper and tracing paper. 

I used felt-tip pens and water to color the image.

Thank you for visiting!

Linked up with:

Papierelle / Blog-Birthday - Local German animal

Happy Birthday

Hello everyone!

We have a new challenge at House of Cards. 

In May we want to make it sparkle on our cards and so we would love to see sequins on your creations!

I made a shaker card for my grandson's birthday.

The background and the sentiment are made with stamps from Stampin'Up. The funny dog stamps are from Kartzelkraft. I fussy-cut them after coloring and added googly eyes to each.

.... here is our Inspiration photo

Add Sequins and/or Colors



...... and now let's make it sparkle ;-)

Linked up with:

Papierelle /Blog-Birthday - Local German animal

Good Friends...

.... are always welcome!

Following this motto - The reminder for Bambi at the Dream Factory!

A sweet little scene, for which I was inspired by Yoonsun Hur! 

I do not own these cute little stamps but I have a pencil !! 

...the simple designs wasn't very difficult to draw ;)

I colored my little forest animals with felt-tip pens. 

The sun is a circle punch in which I have cut the rays!

Products used:

Oops, I forgot the green color ^^  
...Colorbox "Lime" for the area sponged in green. + green felt-tip pen for the grass.