Katzelkraft - Love You!

Hi everyone!

We are entering the second half of our current challenge at the Dream Factory. 

Our Movie: My Sassy Girl  

This month we are inspired by the words: Feminine, Girly and Valentine's Day. 

It also happens to be my Katzelkraft day. So I combined the two ;)

This time I decided to go for Valentine's Day, 

but I think it would work just as well for girly as for feminine.

...and as you can see, my flowery mood isn't over yet ;)) 

First, I splattered a blank card with 3 shades of pink metallic watercolor paint and set it aside to dry.

Meanwhile, I punched out a pale pink heart. I repeatedly stamped branches from the "Foliage" set and cut them out. Ditto for the flower from the "Ginko" set.

I colored everything with alcohol ink markers and then glued the pieces along the edge of the die-cut heart. - I glued the finished heart to the card with the splatters using foam pads.

The sentiments are from a vellum paper pad. I simply tore off the LOVE YOU! and the sentence at the bottom along the writing, then glued them to the card using small dots of glue.

If you would like to see more of my Katzelkraft creations, 

just click on the Katzelkraft label at the end of the post, or here.

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

I used:

 

...just click on the image to go to the store and see them in full size.

Linked up with:

AAA Cards - Anything CAS Goes (Valentine's Day)

Simon Says - Have A Heart

Try It On Tuesday - Add Some Text

The Cutie Pie - Feeling Sentimental

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: Ginko and Co  (Katzelkraft); The sentiments come from a vellum paper pad;

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Smokey Slate (Stampin'Up);

Dies: Inner heart (Scrap Plaisir);

Alcohol ink markers, metallic watercolor paint (splatters), vellum, 

Let it Snow - ATC

Hi everyone!

A few days ago we had a card swap in our little scrap group. 

Since the images on my card were ATC size, I kept one of them for the ATC Around the World challenge. 

I just stamped an extra portion of snowflakes on it to make it look a little different :))  

Linked up with:

ATC Around the World - Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Winter 'Blues'

Simon Says - Add some Texture

Cut It Up - This Makes Me Happy

C.R.A.F.T. - Winter 

We Love to Create - Anything Goes Mixed Medias

Stamps: Penguin (LoraBylora); text (Yixuan);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine), Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide);

Stencil: Heidi Swap

Dies: AVEC 

Alcohol ink markers, felt, Texture paste, 

Katzelkraft - Happy Birthday

Hi everyone!

I'm back with a new Katzelkraft project.

Like I said, I'm in a flowery mood....

...and again with watercolors 

Same technique as for this card. 

However, in this case I made the background using one of the tile stamps. 

To do this, I inked the stamp lightly with a blue aqua marker, 

sprayed it with water and then pressed it lightly onto the damp watercolor paper. 

After drying, I stamped the flowers and colored them with aqua markers. - I don't use the markers directly but scribble the color onto an acrylic block and then apply it with a water brush pen.

Doodled around the flowers and stems, as I did on last week's card. (see the link above)

I tore the image to the desired size and backed it with an embossed panel. 

Added a small birthday sentiment from Stampin'Up. That's it!

If you would like to see more of my Katzelkraft creations, 

just click on the Katzelkraft label at the end of the post, or here.

See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration! ;)

I used:

 

...just click on the images to go to the store and see them in full size.

Linked up with:

Make My Monday - Happy Birthday

Daisy Chain Challenges - No Design Paper

Triple B - January 2024 - Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w. opt. twist: New Beginnings (Trying to take up watercolor painting again)

A Place to Start - Anything Goes 

 

Stamps: Flowers and background (Katzelkraft); sentiment (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Turquoise Temptation (SU);

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Aqua markers, watercolor paper, water brush pen, black fineliner,

Let it Snow

Hi everyone!

I am back with a quick reminder about our current challenge at the Day of the Month Card Club.

Penguin Awareness Day

Anything Goes with Penguins

I sponged the background with Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide). Applied snowflakes using a stencil and texture paste. Added a few more snowflakes with a white pen and glued a piece of white paper at the bottom to make a kind of snow hill. Stamped the penguin, colored it a little bit and cut it out.

Die cut the letters S, N and W from white felt. Stamped the "Let it" and glued the punched letters along the snow hill, with the penguin making the O.  Hope you like it.

Actually, I needed not one, but twelve cards, as our little craft group organizes a card swap two or three times a year!  - The first one for this year took place last weekend! The theme was: Snow

Linked up with:

Once Upon a Time - Mr. Popper's Penguins

Inkspirational - Use Stencils

CAS on Sunday - Winter

Simply Clean and Simple - Clean and Simple + opt. theme: Winter

Mix It Up - Anything Goes + optional Mixed Media

The Four Seasons - Winter Season January 2024

Stamps: Penguin (LoraBylora); text (Yixuan);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine), Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide);

Stencil: Heidi Swap

Dies: AVEC 

Alcohol ink markers, felt, Texture paste, 

You are Amazing

Hi everyone!

I have the great honor of being this month's guest designer at Ellibelle's challenge "I Spy With My Little Eye".

The theme is: Hearts and/or Roses

I'm not really the flowery type, but sometimes I can go in that direction. Maybe it's just a lack of practice....

My resolution for this year: Using flowers more often.

I die-cut the rose several times from a piece of Bristol paper that was colored with Merry Merlot and glued them close together on a blank sheet of Bristol paper. ....I saved one rose for later. 

I cut the finished sheet to size and backed it with another, slightly larger piece of white paper. I then glued this onto a blank card, some of the edges of which I colored in light blue. Filled the white gaps between the roses with black dots.

I stamped the sentiment on a strip of Bristol paper and pasted the rose and a few leaves next to it. Unfortunately, one of the roses was right on top of the one on the strip and I didn't like that at all. 

After some thought, I found the solution.... 

I punched out a heart from a die-cut grid and stuck it behind it. Perfect! 

Linked up with:

Die Cut Divas - Never Before Used Stuff (Never used the rose and grid dies before)

Daisy Chain Challenges - No Design Paper

Triple B - January 2024 - Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies

Stamping Sensations - Mood Board

A Place to Start - Anything Goes 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: Sentiment (Yixuan); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Mowed Lawn and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide); Merry Merlot (Stampin'Up);

Dies: Rose (AVEC); Heart (Scrap Plaisir),

Katzelkraft - Tulips

Hi everyone!

I'm currently in a flowery mood :))

Well, there are lots of flowers on the beautiful stamp set "Ginko and Co" from Katzelkraft! Let's get started! 

I haven't painted in watercolors for years and more and more I feel the urge to pick up my brushes and paint with watercolors again. - I kept my first attempt very simple....

First I stamped the bottle, leaving out the bottleneck to create a vase.

Using masks, I stamped the tulips one by one on watercolor paper to create a bouquet.

I used aqua markers for watercoloring. I'm not quite familiar with them yet, but I think the result looks pretty good. 

First I colored the tulips and the vase. When this was dry, I scribbled on the window. I then colored the wall, the window panes and the area under and next to the vase.

Finally, I made a few doodles around the vase and the tulips to add dynamism to the scene. Hope you like it.

I didn't want to add a sentiment this time. 

If you would like to see more of my Katzelkraft creations, 

just click on the Katzelkraft label at the end of the post, or here.

See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration! ;)

I used:

 

...just click on the images to go to the store and see them in full size.

Linked up with:

Dream Valley - New Beginnings (I'm trying to take up watercolor painting again)

Daisy Chain Challenges - No Design Paper

Triple B - January 2024 - Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w. opt. twist: New Beginnings (Trying to take up watercolor painting again)

A Place to Start - Anything Goes 

Stamps: Tulips and vase (Katzelkraft);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Aqua markers, watercolor paper, water brush pen, black fineliner,

Hello Sweet💖

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

The movie for this month is...

My Sassy Girl

Anything Goes

Feminine, girly and Valentine's Day

First, I stenciled hearts in different colors on Brisol paper. I colored some of them again with alcohol ink markers to make the colors stand out better. I rounded off the top of the panel and backed it with black cardstock.

I stamped the cat, colored it with watercolors and cut it out. Sponged the top of a blank card with pink and purple and then brightened up a few hearts using a water brush pen. I then glued on the cat and the panel with the hearts. 

I die-cut the letters for the word SWEET from pink glitter foam and backed them slightly offset with black letters. I added a die-cut heart under the T, so the word sweet became sweetheart. 

HELLO is die-cut from light blue cardstock and has a pink backing. 

To round off the whole thing, I added a strip of washi tape at the bottom of the card and glued three rhinestones to the die-cut heart.

Have Fun! 

Linked up with:

The Cute Pie - Feeling Sentimental

Simon Says - Sparkle and Shine

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - N is for NEW (I bought the cat stamp last week)

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes, but must include an Animal

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: Cat (Deco Time); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Chipped Sapphire (Distress Oxide); Pumpkin Pie (Stampin'Up);

Stencil: Heidi Swapp

Dies: AVEC

Watercolors, washi tape, rhinestones,