Let it snow - Pop-up card

Hello everyone!

New Saturday and new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

For the next two weeks we want you to make a  

Pop-up card

At first glance a relatively simple card - (the surprise is inside) :))

but still requires a little time because of the pop-up mechanism.  

Actually I wanted to make a video tutorial for it, but unfortunately I didn't have enough time. I'll do that another day, I promise! ;) - Instead I added a short video to show how the mechanism works. (see below) 

card opened

I used two small panels from a design paper pad - one for the big sentiment and a winter landscape for the inside of the card. The sentiment is backed with silver glitter paper and pasted onto the embossed cover-sheet. I also pasted design paper from the same pad behind the mechnism. 

The winter landscape image is backed with purple cardstock and pasted onto the mechanism. To the left of it I stamped a strip with purple snowflakes. I also added a small stamped sentiment to the mechanism. The cute reindeer from cats on appletrees are stamped, fussy cut, glued on and backed with acetate for more stability. Hope you like it.

...and this is how the mechanism works. 

Have Fun!!

Linked up with:

Aud Sentiments - Use a Christmas Sentiment

C.R.A.F.T. - Non traditional colors

Jingle Bells - Not a Creature was stirring

Christmas 24 - Simply Snowflakes

Moving Along With The Times - Bingo Board (I chose the center horizontal line (Image, Patterned paper, Glitter))

Addicted to CAS - Code Word Purple

        

  

Supplies:

Stamps: Reindeer (cats on appletrees); sentiment (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Seedles Preserves (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Silver glitter cardstock, design paper, acetate 

Katzelkraft - There's no place like home

Hello everyone!

I'm back with a new Katzelkraft inspiration. Today in the simple way...

Wanted to do something simpler, and it nearly turned into a CAS card.

I created the background with a homemade stencil and made some splattern with bleach. Stamped the tiny house, embossed it clear, colored it with alcohol markers and fussy cut it. I adhered the house and stamped the tree and the grass. Heat embossed the sentiment on black cardstock and mounted it with foam tape. 

(The tree is from an older Katzelkraft stamp set that is no longer available)

Wanna see the video of how the card was made?

Hope you like it. - See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration! ;)

I used:

    

HERBES FOLLES                         WHATCHAMACALLIT                 LES BUILDINGS 

Linked up with:

A Place To Start - Purely Handmade

The Crafter's Cafe - Use a Stencil

Happy Little Stampers - CAS - One Layer Card

Happy Little Stampers - Stencil

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

          

Supplies:

Stamps: All Katzelkraft - the tree is from an older set (no longer available)

Inks: Salty Ocean and Iced Spruce (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Stencil: Handmade

Alcohol inks, clear and white embossing powder, bleach

Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone! 

Christmas is just around the corner - and Christmas cards are needed every year to wish our families and friends a Merry Christmas! If you're a regular participant of the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenges, you can be sure that you'll have no shortage of cards at the end of the year!

But, let's not stop - the year isn't over yet!!! - Here's this week's new challenge!

Snow Globes

The snow globe is made on a base of two circles. The white one is stamped with animals from cats on appletrees and firs from Scrap Plaisir. The second one is die cut from a piece of design paper. I stamped a black base, cut it out and glued the pieces together to make the snow globe. 

The large sentiment underneath is also cut from design paper - I garlanded it left and right. 

All the pieces found their place on an embossed card, on which I colored some of the snowflakes with purple crayon. 

Really a very easy-peasy card! - Hope you like it.

Linked up with:

Christmas With The Cuties - Feature a Reindeer

Creative Knockouts - Embossing Delight

ABC Christmas - V is for Vocabulary

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Something that starts with S and/or T (Snow globe)

       

Supplies:

Stamps: Animals (cats on appletrees); Fir trees and garlands (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Design paper, colored crayon,

The Moose Wonderful Time of the Year

Hello everyone!

I have the honor to be guest designer this month for the  Bastel-Traum Challenge! 

The theme for October is: Christmas (see the picture below)

I decided to use a super cute stamp set from My Favorite Things (Merry Christmoose), 

that I got from a friend a long time ago. 

I slightly sponged the background with Distress Oxide Iced Spruce and a brick wall stencil. Used Crumb Cake from SU for the bottom and Distress Oxide Wild Honey for the corners. Stamped the images, colored with alcohol markers, fussy cut them and glued them on. The fir tree is decorated with liquid pearls. 

I ended by adding a small strip of black glitter washi tape at the bottom.

Have Fun with the challenge!!

Linked up with:

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

ABC Christmas - U is for under the tree

The House That Stamps Built - Feature a Creature

Passion for Markers - Make it Cute

The Holly and Ivy Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

Ellibelle's Corner - Any Celebrations and Holidays

        

Supplies:

Stamps: My Favorite Things - Merry Christmoose

Inks: Wild Honey and Iced Spruce (Distress Oxide); Crumb Cake (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Washi tape, alcohol markers, liquid pearls, 

BOO 👻👻👻

Hello everyone!

Today starts our new challenge at Dream Factory. 

The movie for this month is:

Gh🚫stbusters

The name alone makes you sit up and take notice...

...because who hasn't seen this funny movie or danced to the song of the same name by Ray Parker Jr.?

I stamped bats on black cardstock and heat embossed them. 

For the purple stripe, I used several stamps from the same set and stamped them close together. 

The slime and ghost are hand drawn, colored with alcohol markers and fussy cut. 

The branch and words for BOO are stamped and fussy cut as well. Hope you like my little scallywag!

Have lots of fun with the challenge!!

Linked up with:

A Place to Start - Purely Handmade

CRAFT - Halloween/Autumn/Thanksgiving

Creative Knockouts - Embossing Delight

Crafty Gals Corner - Hallowenn Colors

Try it on Tuesday - Halloween

Ellibelle's Corner - Any Celebration and Holidays

        

Supplies:

Stamps: Sentiments on the purple strip (Stampin'Up); BOO (Craft Senstions); Branch (Artemio); Ghost and slime are hand drawn

Alcohol markers, black embossing powder, foam pads

Let's Party...

Hello everyone!

We're celebrating It's My Party Day at the Day of the Month Card Club and I want to remind you of it with a fun moo card.

It's the perfect day to celebrate whatever you want....

The card was made pretty quickly. To create the pasture, I used die cuts. For the clouds in the background I used Distress Oxide ink and a mask made with the same die cut as the white part at the top of the card.  Both cows are stamped, colored with alcohol markers and fussy cut. The sentiment is partially made with single letter stamps and completed with a smaller sentiment from Stampin'Up.

Hope you like it. I will use this card as a birthday card, because in October I need a lot of them.

Have Fun!

Linked up with:

The House That Stamps Built - Feature a Creature

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - B is for Birthday

Passion for Markers - Make it Cute

Ellibelle's Corner - Any Celebration and Holidays

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark

        

Supplies:

Stamps: Cows, tufts of grass and small sentiment (Stampin'Up); big letters (Deco Time);

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

Dies: AVEC

Alcohol markers

Katzelkraft - Good Friends...

Hello everyone!

I'm back with a new Katzelkraft inspiration... 

...and the whole meerkat herd. - The more the merrier! Right?

These little rascals are so cute, I couldn't help but put them all together! 

Today they are very amused, because one of their buddies got tangled in the balloon strings...

I did a little sketch first and then stamped the meerkats on the card. I masked them so I could create the background. The background, balloons (a handmade stencil) and bottom are sponged with Distress Oxide inks. I also stamped some herbs while the animals were still masked.

The meerkat hanging from the balloons was stamped a second time and colored with alcohol markers, as were his buddies. I cut it out, wound the strings around it and pasted it onto the card. 

The sentiment is from the new "WHATCHAMACALLIT" set. 

I embossed it, cut it into small strips, and then placed it in several spots.

Hope you like it. - See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration! ;)

I used:

     

SURICATES                           HERBES FOLLES               WHATCHAMACALLIT

Linked up with:

Stamps & Fun - Lieblingsstempel (Das Erdmännchenset ist eines meiner vielen Lieblinge)

A Place To Start - Purely Handmade

Stamping Sensations - Animals, Birds and Bugs

Critter Crazy - Anything Goes with an Animal

Crafty Animals - Must include an animal

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

      

  

Supplies:

Stamps: All Katzelkraft

Inks: Wild Honey, Seedles Preserves, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean (Distress oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Stencil: Balloons (Handmade) 

Alcohol markers, White embossing powder

Christmas Greetings

Hello everyone!

New Saturday and new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. This week we want to see

Red and Brown

It's been ages since I've decorated a card with ribbon....

I stenciled stars and sprinkled some of them with brown glitter. 

For the bottom half, I first stamped the sentiment on beige cardstock, then embossed and adhered it to the star panel. 

Before pasting the panel onto the blank card, I added the ribbon and bow. That's it!

Linked up with:

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Something that stars with "S" or "T" ( "S" for Stars and stencil)

Happy Little Stampers - October Christmas Challenge

Happy Little Stampers - October Stencil Challenge

Stamplorations - October Stencil Challenge

Allsorts Challenge - Embellish it

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

          

Supplies:

Stamps: Cant't remember the brand

Inks: Early Espresso (Stampin'Up);

Stencil: Scrap Plaisir

Embossing: Deco Time

Brown Glitter, Ribbon