Merry Christmas

Hi everyone!

Check out the new challenge kicking off today at The Little Things !!!

This month's theme is: 

Anything Goes

Our challenge blog is all about little things—more specifically, little cards.

Such as ATCs,  ATC coins, tags, Memorydex cards, 

Mini Moo cards, bookmarks, inchies, etc.

We hope that the variety of card styles and sizes 

will give you plenty of room to create something that suits your personal taste.

A little tag for a Christmas gift—because gifts look so much nicer with them :))

I heat-embossed snowflakes onto green cardstock, then cut out a tag from it. 

Using the same die, I cut a tag from watercolor paper, then cut out the deer from that one. 

I glued both tags together. Pasted them onto kraft paper, then trimmed the edges, leaving a thin border all the way round. Brushed the edges with Versafine “Toffee” ink and stamped some stars and snowflakes around the deer.

Next, I cut a small tag out of kraft paper, stamped the sentiment on it, then tied it to the tag with the deer using a piece of string. Finally, I added a bow—which I salvaged from a gift box—to give it a festive touch.

Thanks for stopping by!

See you at "The Little Things" ;)

Linked up with:

Tag-along (and ATC's) - Create your own Background (the deer is heat-embossed)

We Love Stamping - Christmas Critters

A Cut Above - Anything Goes With A Die Cut

Make My Monday - Winter Animals

Allsorts - Mood Board 

Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes, optional no cards

Peace on Earth - Anything Goes/Mood Board 

Mix It Up - Anything Goes + optional Anything But A Card

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Sentiment and stars (Stampin'Up!); 

Inks: Early Espresso (Stampin'Up!); Toffee (Versafine); Speckled Egg, (Distress Oxide); 

Dies: Tags (Scrap Plaisir); stag (Kessi'art);

Embossing powder, twine, bow (...a recycled item from a gift box), cardstock,

Happy Birthday

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create! 

The theme is: Sentimental Star

(create something focusing on the sentiment)

Alternately "Anything Goes"

We always need birthday cards, don't we?

For this one, I glued small strips of colored cardstock onto self-adhesive paper and punched out the words “Happy Birthday” and the candles from that panel.

Next, I die-cut the elements of the birthday cake from colored paper scraps. Spritzed green and pink sparkling ink onto white cardstock and stamped the cake plate. I then glued the die-cut elements in place, backed the panel with a sheet of pink adhesive foil and pasted the whole thing onto a blank card.

Finally, I added some sparkle to the decorative parts of the cake using colored glitter brush pens.

 That's it!

Hope to see you play along with 613 Avenue Create 

Have Fun! 

...and thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Any Occasion

Girlz Creative Crafts - Layer it Up!

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Cake plate (Scrap Plaisir);  

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);  

Dies: Happy Birthday and cake elements (Love 2 Craft); 

Cardstock scraps, glitter brush markers, pink self-adhesive foil,

It's Halloween!

Hi everyone,

It's time for a quick reminder about the current challenge at Dream Factory

 

The Curse of Bridge Hollow

Anything related to books🤔🤔

Our Theme:

Halloween

A quick-and-easy Halloween card in a clean and simple style, inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.

Unfortunately, I can't credit the creator, since it was a repinned image without a watermark. In any case, I really liked the card!

For the colored stripe, I masked both sides of the card—including the moon—then brushed it with Pumpkin Pie and Crumb Cake (Stampin'Up!). I sprayed water on it and dried it off right away with a paper towel. The images I stamped with black ink—several times for the cat to create a contrasting effect.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Any Occasion

Sweet Stampin' - Halloween or the Colours of Halloween

Creative Knockouts - Halloween or Fall

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes w/optional twist - Trick or Treat

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Bat and sentiment (Stampin'Up!); trees (Katzelkraft); cat and spider (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Pumkin Pie and Crumb Cake (Stampin'Up!);

It's Halloween!

Hi everyone!

The challenge at "The Little Things"  

is already halfway over—so it’s time for a quick reminder.

The theme is:

Pumkin and/or Pink

with the option: 

Anything Goes

Remember: The challenge blog focus on small card formats, 

such as ATCs, tags, Memorydex cards, Mini Moo cards, bookmarks etc.

Orange pumpkins on a pink background...

...that really nails the theme, doesn't it?

...well, I guess there's always got to be one that stands out! But that's on purpose—three orange pumkins would have been a little boring, wouldn’t they? :))

I colored the background of the ATC with Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves (Distress Oxide). Then I punched around the edges using a die from AALL&Create and backed it with black cardstock. 

I stamped the images and the sentiment onto the ATC. On the left, I added a stamped and torn strip of vellum and the number 31—which I die-cut from foam rubber. 

Finally, I glued on the three pumpkins and added a little shading underneath them. Hope you like it :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Tag-along (and ATC's) - All things Autumn

Unicorn - Autumn and/or Halloween

Inspiration Station - Inspirational Photo

Crafty Calendar - Autumn/Halloween

Sweet Stampin' - Halloween or the Colours of Halloween

Creative Knockouts - Halloween or Fall

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Twig and sentiment (Stampin'Up!); spider and pumkin (Scrap Plaisir); background stamps (Studio Light);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Chipped Sapphire, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Speckled Egg (Distress Oxide); 

Dies: 31 (Love 2 Craft); ATC edges (AALL&Create);

Vellum, foam rubber,

Haunted Night

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

The Curse of Bridge Hollow

Anything related to books🤔🤔

Our Theme:

Halloween

October 31 is Halloween—time to get ready for “trick-or-treating”!

Once again, I decided to go for a bookmark/tag. 

Using a whole bunch of old stamps, 

I created this spooky scene in a very small space—I'm really happy with how it turned out.

There's actually not much more to say. I created the background using Chipped Sapphire, Speckled Egg, Iced Spruce, Fossilized Amber, and Black Soot (Distress Oxide). I then cut the tag to size using dies from AVEC and AALL&Create. The images were stamped with black ink—some multiple times to achieve varying degrees of color contrast. 

... and, of course, a hint of orange for the pumpkin! 🎃

Dream Factory - Movie Poster

“Spirits, witches, and ghosts... 

We welcome you, mortals, for a month full of fun and goosepumps.” 

🎃💀👻👿🎃

Would be great to see you there... :)

Linked up with:

Tag-along(and ATC's) - All things Autumn

Craft Rocket - Autumn and/or Halloween

Shopping Our Stash - Black Cats (or any other black Halloween icon)

Try it on Tuesday - Halloween

Unicorn - Autumn and/or Halloween

Kreativtanten - Halloween

A Place o Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Crow, bat, twig and sentiment (Stampin'Up!); pumkin, graveyard, castle (Scrap Plaisir); trees around the castle (Unknown brand); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Chipped Sapphire, Speckled Egg, Iced Spruce, Fossilized Amber and Black Soot (Distress Oxide);

Dies: Tag (AVEC) and (AALL&Create); 

Aqua markers, white Posca pen,  

Pumpkin Heads

Hi everyone!

Ready to go for a new challenge at The Little Things ?.......   GREAT—it kicks off today!!!

This month's theme is: 

Pumkin and/or Pink

with the option: 

Anything Goes

Our challenge blog is all about little things—more specifically, little cards.

Such as ATCs,  ATC coins, tags, Memorydex cards, 

Mini Moo cards, bookmarks, inchies, etc.

We hope that the variety of card styles and sizes 

will give you plenty of room to create something that suits your personal taste.

I decided to go with the pumpkins..... 

I've had this stamp for a very long time, but today was the first time it ever met ink—and believe me, it was put to the test: since I used the “paper piecing” technique, I had to stamp the entire design and then each guy on a different piece of patterned paper!—Which, of course, meant I also had to do a lot of fussy cutting!

For some reason, the guys' heads remind me of pumpkins; that's why I colored their faces orange.

They are glued onto a bookmark/tag cut out of patterned paper, the edges of which I brushed with a color gradient ranging from gray through pink to orange and yellow. 

Before gluing the guys on, I stamped a fir tree and the word “autumn” in the background. I then added a strip of washi tape beneath their feet and a few pumpkins next to them.

Thanks for stopping by!

See you at "The Little Things" ;)

Linked up with:

Tag-along (and ATC's) - All Things Autumn

We Love Stamping - Shades of Autumn

Make My Monday - Autumn/Fall

Craft Rocket - Autumn and/or Halloween

Crafty Calendar - Autumn/Halloween

Sparkles Monthly Challenges - Your Favourite Technique (I used the paper piecing technique)

The Four Seasons - Mood board 

Inspiration Station - Inspirational photo (I was inspired by the colors and the cat. I think it has a similar expression to the guys on my bookmark)

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Guys, fir tree and the word "autumn" (Katzelkraft); pumkins (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Speckled Egg, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Wild Honey (Distress Oxide); 

Dies: Book mark/tag (Scrap Plaisir);

Alcohol ink markers, washi tape,patterned paper,