Be Fabulous

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

Code 3

We’ll stick with the movie title—but our code is:

Uses at least 3 colors of your choice !

Black, white, gray, and brown are neutral colors and may be used in addition.

You're also welcome to use the colors from the movie poster...

I picked up all the colors from the movie poster—even that from the green label! :))

According to the poster, I should have used more blue, but I liked lilac better.

The purple-striped background is from my stash and was originally intended for a card, 

but as we all know, things don't always turn out as planned—especially when it comes to art!

I simply added a few black splatters and stamped a bit of text from AALL&Create.

I colored the flowers, the bee, and the labels for the sentiment with alcohol ink markers, 

cut them out (or tore them), and attached them using adhesive foam pads.

Hope you like my multicolor tag

Dream Factory - Movie Poster

Would be great to see you there... :)

Linked up with:

Tag-along (and ATC's) - Blossoms, Butterflies and Birds 

Ellibelle's Garden Party - Anything in (or from) a Garden

Stamping Sensations - Inspired by Nature

Allsorts - In the Garden

Cardz 4 Galz - Spring Flowers

A Place to Start - Ombre

I used:

Stamps: Flowers, bee and sentiment (Indigo Blue); Background text (AALL&Create);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Alcohol ink markers, ribbon, black liquid ink, Aqua markers for the background,

Après la pluie...

Hi everyone!

Today marks the start of challenge #3 on 

“The Little Things”

The theme is: Rainbow, sun and clouds

Our 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.

Here’s what came to mind...

For these two ATCs, I used mostly things I already had on hand. 

A while back, I wanted to make a card using a large background (15 x 10.5 cm), but I thought it was too huge and couldn't figure out how to work with it. So it ended up in my stash.

The dog and the girl have been lying around for months—but today was one of those days where everything just came together! :))

I cut two ATC cards out of the large background, brushed the sky with Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide), and stuck two strips of washi tape at the bottom of each card. For the houses, I just went with the colours of the stamp design—not very imaginative, I know!

The clouds were part of the large stamp; all I had to do was stamp the sentiment and raindrops and stick on the dog.

Same goes for the second ATC. The sun, brushed with Wild Honey (Distress Oxide), was also part of the large background stamp. I just glued on the girl and the sentiment, which I had stamped on a small label.

I didn't add a rainbow, but I tried to include at least some of its colors here and there.

The French sentiment says:

Après la pluie vient le beau temps

After rain comes sunshine

Comme join the Fun!

I'm really looking forward to seeing 

what creative ideas you'll come up with for this month's challenge!

...the stamp I used as a background for the ATC's, in its entirety.

Linked up with:

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie - April Rainy Days

CRAFT - Seasons / Weather / Anything Goes

Tag-along and ATC's) - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Love To Craft - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Raindrops and sentiments (Scrap Plaisir); background (Creative Expressions); girl (AALL&Create); dog (Craft Sensations);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Wild Honey and Mermaid Lagoon (Distres Oxide);

Alcohol ink markers, washi tape,

I like people ...

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create! 

The theme is: April Showers

(create something featuring water)

Alternately "Anything Goes"

For today’s card, I pulled out some of my Katzelkraft stamps to keep them from getting dusty.

To bring the text to the forefront, I first stamped the umbrella, masked it, and then stamped the bunny.

 Next, I sprayed Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon onto my glass plate and misted the ink with water. Smudged it with my finger and then lightly pressed the card here and there onto the ink. I then stamped the raindrops and colored them with the remaining ink. The bunny is colored  with Aquamarkers.

To get the colorful umbrella, I stamped it in three different colors, cut each into three pieces, and assembled them in different color combinations. Glued one of them onto the card and added a strip of washi tape at the bottom.

Hope to see you play along with 613 Avenue Create 

Happy Easter Egg Hunt! 

...and thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Spring/Rain

We Love Stamping - Spring

CRAFT - Seasons/Weather/Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky - Easter/Spring

I Spy With My Little Eye - Spring Flowers or Spring Flowers

Papercraft - Joy of Spring

I used:

Stamps: All stamps are (Katzelkraft); 

Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine); Picked Raspberry, Mermaid Lagoon, Wild Honey, Mowed Lawn (Distress Oxide);

Aqua markers, washi tape, 

Always bring your own sunshine

Hi everyone!

We're heading into the second half of our current Dream Factory challenge, and I would like to briefly remind you about it.

 

Sweet Little Things

"Anything small-sized goes"

Small animals, small objects, small card sizes, small homemade gifts, etc. 

.....................................

I’d also like to remind you about the challenge on our new blog, “The Little Things” 

The theme is: Easter 

Please remember, we focus on small formats such as ATCs, 

tags, Memorydex cards, bookmarks, etc.

I combined the two challenges and created a Memorydex card.

I cut out the bunnies with scissors; everything else was die-cut. 

Arranged everything on the Memorydex card and added the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by.

And maybe you'd like to join us for both of the challenges,

the Dream Factory and The Little Things :))

Linked up with:

Allsorts - It's Springtime

Try it on Tuesday - Make it cute

Sweet Stampin' - Spring or Easter Creations

Send A Slile 4 Kids - Animal cards 4 Kids

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Sentiment and sun (Jillibean Soup); bunnies(Clearly Besotted); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Wild Honey and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide);

Dies: Memorydex card (AALL&Create); Fence, Firs clouds, flowers and grass (I Love♥2 Craft);

Alcohol ink markers, colored cardstock, butterfly stickers,

A small gift...

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

Sweet Little Things

The French movie with the original title “Les petites victoires” 

is about the small victories in life. 

We say:

"Anything small-sized will do"

Small animals, small objects, small card sizes, small homemade gifts, etc. 

We were recently invited to dinner at a friend's house. 

As a small gift and thank you, I made this paper lamp. 

It consists of many narrow strips that are glued slightly overlapping onto an open, round base. 

At the top, the strips are simply laid on top of each other one by one and then twisted. It holds together on its own, but you can add a little hot glue to the opening to be on the safe side.

 Place the lamp over an LED tea light and the magic happens...

For this lamp, I punched stars out of some of the strips and decorated the twisted area with die-cut leaves and a cord.

I don't want to praise myself, but the hostess was absolutely delighted! Hope you like it too :)

If you are interested, you can find detailed instructions for a larger paper lantern here.

....mine only has a diameter of about 6 cm.

Dream Factory - Movie Poster

SWEET LITTLE THINGS

Would be great to see you there... :)

Linked up with:

Try it on Tuesday - Make it Feminine

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes w. opt. twist: Tic-Tac-Toe (I choose: Ribbon or twine, Free, Die-cuts)

A Place to Start - No Squares

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Love To Craft - Anything Goes

I used:

Dies: Leaves (AVEC); base border (Stampin'Up); stars and hearts (Love 2 Craft);

Strong watercolor paper (300 g), twine

Celebrate Spring & Happy Easter

Hi everyone!

Today marks the start of challenge #2 on our brand new challenge blog 

“The Little Things”

The theme is: EASTER

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.

After searching through my stash, I found a sheet of green paper. I cut out two ATC's, stenciled squares onto them using Mowed Lawn (Distress Oxide), and added text and a grid patterns with stamps.

I colored the images with alcohol ink markers and cut them out with scissors. 

Since I also wanted to include inchies in our "Little Things" challenge, I used them as a background for the images.

Join the Fun!

I can’t wait to see the creativity you’ll bring to this month’s challenge!

Linked up with:

ATC Around the World - Squares

Tag-along (and ATC's) - Spring Flowers

Four Seasons - Spring

The Pick 3 Challenge - Pick at least 3 of the 6 elements given (I choose: Coloring, Flowers & Bright Colors)

Little Red Wagon - Include an Animal

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Bunnies, flowers, eggs and sentiments (Clearly Besotted); background text (Viva); grid (Katzelkraft);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Mowed Lawn (Distres Oxide);

Stencil: AALL&Create 

Alcohol ink markers, 

Unfurl Your Wings

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create! 

The theme is: Things with Wings 

(create something featuring a bird, butterfly or bug))

Alternately "Anything Goes"

This is a 10-minute card! The background was in my stash, 

so I simply stamped the butterfly onto a botched color experiment, cut it out, and glued it on.

The butterfly looks a little blurry, which is due to the reflection of the Wink of Stella I used to brush it.

Hope to see you play along with 613 Avenue Create 

Have Fun! 

...and thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Cardz 4 Galz - Wings

Seize the Birthday - Anything with Wings

We Love Stamping - Wildlife

Ellibelle's Garden Party - Anything in or from a Garden

Stamping Sensations - Spring

Classic Design - Anything Goes w. opt. twist: Blooms or Butterflies

Freshly Made Sketches - Sketch

Allsorts - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Butterfly and sentiment (Katzelkraft); 

Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine); Picked Raspberry, Mermaid Lagoon, Wild Honey, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot (Distress Oxide);

Wink of Stella,