Life is short...

Hi everyone!

We're heading into the second half of our current Dream Factory challenge, and I wanted to give you a quick reminder on our movie

 

Spotlight

Highlight or put something in focus

 A very simple card today, on which I wanted to make the quote the focal point.

I just stamped the world map (Artemio) onto crumb cake cardstock (Stampin'Up) and added a quote printed on vellum (Deco Time). I then glued the panel onto a blank card and voilà!

Wishing you a nice weekend and lots of time for crafting!

Linked up with:

Little Red Wagon - Masculine

A Place to Start - Vellum

Make My Monday - Masculine Card

Cardz 4 Guyz - Summer Holidays

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything goes

The Paper Funday - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: World map (Artemio);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Early Espresso (Stampin'Up);

Vellum, cardstock,

Super Cool

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

Spotlight

This month we want to 

Highlight or put something in focus

Wow, it's so hot in here that we could devour several ice creams at once...

First, I stamped the ice cream cones several times on the card. Then I stamped the ice creams in different colors (flavors). Next, I watercolored and splattered the background with Salty Ocean (Distress Oxide). 

I then stamped the sentiment, cut it out, and adhered it. Used foam tape for the words "Super" and "Cool," to make them stand out from the card. 

Finally, I jazzed up the colors of the ice cream with alcohol ink markers and Posca pens.

Movie Poster

Linked up with:

Seize the Birthday - Food and or Drink

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make your Mark

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Ice cream cones and sentiment (Stampin'Up)); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Crumb Cake  and Early Espresso (Stapin'Up); Salty Ocean, Wild Honey, Picked Raspberry and Cracked Pistachio (Distress Oxide); Barn Door and Spiced Marmalade (Distress Ink);

Aqua markers, alcohol ink markers, Posca pens

At the beach...

Hi everyone!

I'm back with another ATC. This time I tried something different...

Today I tried my hand at a collage....

I took the various paper elements from a bookstore catalog. - By chance, 

many of the book cover illustrations were suitable for an ATC in terms of size. 

Some of them I cut out and others I just tore to size, such as a part of the beach and the clouds.

The quote I stamped on white paper, cut it up into individual words and pasted it to the ATC.

What do you think about this collage?

Linked up with:

ATC Around The World - Maritim

Tag-Along (and ATC's) - Anything Goes

Creative Crafting Uncles - Summer

Papercraft Challenges - Summer Vibes

Four Seasons - Inspiration Board

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Seashells at the Beach

I used:

Stamps: Quote (Craft Sensations);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Book cover images from a book store catalog,

A Wheely Good Friend...

Hi everyone!

This is to remind you that the current Dream Factory challenge still runs until July 14th.

This month's movie is:

 

DRIVE

Anything that has Wheels Goes. 

There were two of the animals I had used for this card left, so I made an ATC out of them today. 

The background for the ATC is a scrap of a paper I created for this card. 

Apart from that, I only used a scrap of the paper from which I had cut out the animals (the design paper is printed on both sides) and added a few touches of alcohol ink markers to the bikes. 

I stamped the sentiment with alphabet stamps, embossed it and cut it to labels.

The background stamps are from Katzelkraft (Unfortunately no longer available due to store closure).

Linked up with:

Make My Monday - Summer Fun

Allsorts Challenge - For a Child

Love Those Pretty Papers - Anything Goes with patterned paper

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes with an animal

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Paper Rocks Scissors - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Background stamps (Katzelkraft); Sentiment (stamped and embossed with alphabet stamps (AVEC))

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Shark Tooth White (Atelier);;

Design paper: Animals (Stampin'Up)

Embossing powder, alcohol ink markers, 

Lost in Paradise

Hi everyone!

I have the great honor to be a guest designer at A Place to Start for the months of June and July. 

Here's my card for July, with the theme:

ANYTHING GOES w/OPTIONAL TWIST: 

Vellum

You have to look hard to find the vellum on my card! LOL

Here's a hint: the sentiment is written on vellum. 

As much as the upper part is clearly visible, the lower part, being on white, is not. Although I embossed this part (waves) to make it stand out, the vellum is almost invisible on the photo. But I assure you, it's there!

Apart from that, I only used pre-cut images to make this card. They all come from a pad I bought a long time ago. Hope you like it.

View of the embossed parchment of the lower part from a different angle. 

This embossing folder always damages my vellums and papers! :((

Hope to see you play along at A Place to Start ...

Linked up with:

Time Out Challenges - Travel

Inspiration Station - Inspiration Photo

We Love Stamping - Sun, Sea and Sand

Stamping Sensations - Summer Flowers

Cardz 4 Galz - Welcome to Summer

I used:

Embossing: Waves (Stampin'Up);

Vellum, pre-cut images, black permanent marker,

Kleiner Gruss zum Advent

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create! 

The theme is Anything Goes w/optional twist: Any Holiday".

(create something for any Holiday)

The year is already half over and I have to start thinking about making Christmas cards because, as always, the few months until the end of the year will go by far too quickly!

So this is my first for the year!

White on white is not easy to photograph. Here is a view from a different angle.

A jumble of silver threads, heat embossing, vellum and a wreath die-cut from glitter paper.

Hope to see you play along with 613 Avenue Create 

Have a nice day!

Linked up with:

Sweet Stampin - Christmas in July

CRAFT - Christmas

Craft Rocket - Christmas in July

Creative Knockouts - Christmas in July

Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas in July

Christmas Kickstart - Merry-go-round

Merry Little Christmas - Anything goes

Peace On Earth - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Sentiment and text on the vellum (Stampin'Up); text in the background (BoBunny)

Ink: Onyx Black / second print (Versafine); 

Dies: Wreath (Marianne Design);

Glitter cardstock, embossing powder, silver thread, vellum,