Joyeux Anniversaire!

Hi everyone!

February marks the first birthday on my calendar, and I need to start making some cards. 

This one is for my son's girlfriend.

I stenciled the background with roses and leaves, using the colors “Picked Raspberry” and “Mowed Lawn.” Die-cut two branches, one from gold cardstock and one from green design paper, and glued them together. Die-cut the words from black cardstock, glued them onto white cardstock, and cut them out along the outline with scissors.

I haven't used an embossing folder in a while, so I decided to get out my brand new one!

I embossed a small corner of white cardstock and placed it directly under the die-cut branches to create a smooth transition to the stenciled area. This also helped to highlight the sentiment nicely.

Finally, I stuck a few enamel dots next to the birthday sentiment, cut the panel to size, and pasted it onto a blank card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Little Red Wagon - Just the way you are

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make your Mark

Allsorts - Embossing

Crazy is our Fame - Stencils are our Game - Use a Stencil w. opt. theme: Create ypour own Background

Seize the Birthday - CAS with Dies

The Pick 3 Challenge - Pick at least 3 of the 6 elements given. (Flowers, Bright Colors and Embellishments

Can You Handle The Pressure - Anything Goes with a Twist of  Die Cuts

A Cut Above - Anything Goes with a Die Cut

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Picked Raspberry and Mowed Lawn (Distress Oxide);

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Dies: AVEC

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Gold cardstock, design paper,

Hakuna Matata

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

Sing

A fun movie full of animals and cool music!

This month's theme is 

“Anything Goes with Animals.”

This is what I came up with!

I stenciled a sheet of paper with brown tones, punched out a square, 

then backed the opening with a brushed background.

I arranged three of the animals inside the frame and then placed the foliage around them. The meerkat I placed outside the frame, next to the embossed sentiment. The animals are colored with alcohol ink markers.

All animals are from Katzelkraft – Did anyone recognize the pig?

I altered it to look like Pumbaa so it would match the meerkat and the sentiment. LOL

As luck would have it, 

our little crafting group was organizing a card swap on the theme of zoo or jungle at the same time. 

So I combined the two and made a total of eight cards.

 

It was fiddly work cutting out all the animals, sticking each tiny leaf onto the branches, 
die-cutting and brushing the foliage...   ...but afterwards it was really fun putting it all together!

Dream Factory - Movie Poster

Would be great to see you there... :)

Linked up with:

Make My Monday - Use 2 Dies

Stamping Sensations - Favourite Stamps (My favorite stamps are from Katzelkraft)

The Pick 3 Challenge - Pick at least 3 of the 6 items listed (I choose: Tree, Layers and Stencil)

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes, but must include an animal

Paper Rocks Scissors - Anything goes as long as you use Paper and/or Scissors! (All animals are cut out with scissors)

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Animals (Katzelkraft); sentiment (Deco Time);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Salty Ocean and Mowed Lawn (Distress Oxide); Tranquil Tide, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake (Stampin'Up);

Die Cuts: Leaves (Stampin'Up); Frame (AVEC); branches (was a gift);

Stencil: Stamperia

Alcohol ink markers, embossing powder,

Let it snow

Hi everyone!

Waiting is over!

Today marks the start of the very first challenge on our brand new challenge blog 

“The Little Things”

The theme is: Penguins

As the name suggests, this challenge blog is all about little things—more specifically, little cards.

Any card type that is smaller than a standard card (10,5 x 15 cm / 4.1" x 5.9" inch) is okay, 

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

Mini Moo cards, bookmarks, inchies, etc.

The variety of card shapes gives you plenty of room to create something that suits your personal taste.

Today I made my very first Memorydex card. 

This is something completely new for me and it was so much fun to do! 

The Memorydex base consists of two layers of patterned paper, a piece of embossed dark blue cardboard and white glitter paper. The embossed snowflakes on the blue cardstock I highlighted with a white Posca pen.

I colored the penguins, fir trees, and stars with alcohol ink markers, cut them out, and glued them onto the Memorydex. Added a tab in the shape of a cloud and stamped the sentiment on it. 

I think the penguin trio fits well with this small format. Hope you like it too :))

Here's a quick intro to Memorydex:

Memorydex cards are approximately 11 x 11 cm / 4 x 4 inches in size. They can be square or more rectangular.  However, there is no specific rule for this. The important thing is that they fit into a Rolodex or a box specifically designed for this purpose.

There are now countless dies in various shapes and sizes, which make it very easy to cut out this type of card. But you can also make them yourself quite easily, without needing lots of craft supplies! Memorydex card tutorial

You can buy a Rolodex, or make a little box to store them. This video shows you how to make a box.

I hope this has been helpful. 

Conny and I would be delighted to welcome you on our new challenge blog. 

Join the Fun!

Linked up with:

Make My Monday - Use 2 Dies

The Pick 3 Challenge - Pick at least 3 of the 6 elements given (I choose: Tree - Texture - Layers)

Four Seasons - Anything Goes Winter

A Cut Above - Anything Goes With A Die Cut

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes, but must include an animal

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Penguins, firs and stars (Scrap Plaisir); sentiment (LoraByLora) 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Salty Ocean (Distres Oxide);

Embossing: Snowy background (Stampin'Up);

Dies: Memorydex (a gift from a friend); 

White glitter cardstock, blue glitter pen, alcohol ink markers, patterned paper, white Posca pen,

Hello Winter

Hi everyone!

ATC Around the World is looking for Winter Birds.

Here's what I came up with.

There was that sheet of paper from a failed alcohol ink experiment that had been lying around in my stash for ages.  I almost threw it away, but I thought it might come in handy someday.  

While rummaging around for the winter bird challenge, my gaze fell on that ugly sheet again. I immediately noticed that the blue spots looked like birds! So the idea was to stamp birds on the spots, and I found two matching ones right away!

I colored a few areas, such as the wings, bellies, and beaks, with acrylic paints and alcohol ink markers. Colored the lower part of the ATC with white acrylic paint to depict snow. Stamped small dots on the right edge and then splattered white ink onto the ATC.

Finally, I stamped the word “Winter” and tore it along the outline. I wanted it to look like a big, fluffy snowflake. LOL  I glued it on and then stamped the word “Hello” on top.

Can you see the two birds too?

Thanks for stopping by! 

Linked up with:

ATC Around the World - Winter Birds

Allsorts - Create your own Background

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes, but must include an animal

Tag-Along (and ATC's) - Anything Goes

Four Seasons - Anything Goes Winter

A Place to Start - Small Critters

We Love to create Mixed Media - Anything Mixed Media/paper crafting Goes

Craft Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Love To Craft - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Birds (Jane's Doodles); Winter and dots (Katzelkraft); Hello (Stampin'Up);

Ink: Jet Black (StazOn);

Alcohol inks, alcohol ink markers, acrylic paint pens,

Lily made of wood

Hi everyone!

Today I have something completely different to share with you!

I got a 3D wooden puzzle for Christmas. 

Now that it's finished, I'd like to show you how beautiful this lily made of wood has turned out.

The puzzle includes a few extra pieces to extend the stem of the lily. So you can put the flower in a normal vase.

The opened lily is even articulated at the base of the flower. This means it can be bent into different positions.

The bottom part of the packaging has a very pretty floral design. 

I think this could be recycled into something beautiful.

Thanks for stopping by!

Ruff Day!

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create! 

The theme is: Animal Magic  

(create something featuring your pet or favorite animal)

Alternately "Anything Goes"

I love animals, and as babies, they're even more adorable and simply irresistible.

When my eyes fell on this very old image, I knew instantly what I wanted to do with it.

The picture was part of a set of images for a 3D card I made a long time ago for my dear aunt, 

who loves dogs more than anything.

The little puppy was the only thing left from the set, and today, over ten years later, 

it has finally found its place on an ATC.

The pink background was, in my opinion, a little too dominant—even though I love that color! 

So, I added hearts with texture paste, stars with a stencil, and some bits of washi tape. I think that gave the picture a nice balance. 

Finally, I embossed a short sentiment, cut it out, and glued it onto the ATC.

Hope to see you play along with 613 Avenue Create 

Have Fun! 

...and thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

We Love Stamping - Hearts or Anything Goes

Alphbet Challenge Blog - T is for Texture

Tag-along (and ATC's) - Add a Number or Anything Goes

Allsorts - Create your Own Background or Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Favorite Stamps or Anything Goes

We Love to Create mixed media - Anything Mixed Media/paper crafting Goes

I used:

Stamps: Sentiment (Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps); 

Ink: Picked Raspberry

Stencil: Hearts (Scrap Plaisir); stars (Craft Sensations);

Washi tape, Image, Versamark, texture paste, embossing powder,