Have a Cup of Cheer

Hi everyone!

Christmas is getting closer and closer and I would like to briefly remind you 

about our current Dream Factory challenge

 

Candy Cane Lane

Anything Christmassy Goes

I dry-embossed a panel of blue cardstock and glued it onto a blank card. 

I then pasted on the punched-out circle with the cup, which I had colored with alcohol ink markers. 

The silver circle, I die-cut from the lid of a cheese package.

Wishing you a wonderful and cozy Advent season!

Thanks for stopping by.

And maybe you'd like to join us...

Linked up with:

Craft Rocket - Christmas/Winter

Unicorn Challenge - Christmas/Winter

I Spy with my Little Eye - Something Festive for Christmas

The Holly and Ivy Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

Peace On Earth - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas/Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Cup (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Embossing: (Stampin'Up)

Blue cardstock, alcohol ink markers, silver foil - recycled from a cheese package,

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,

Frohe Weihnacht - Merry Christmas

Hi everyone!

Today is Christmas Eve and the year is almost over. 

I hope you can spend the festive season with your loved ones.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas 

and 

Good Luck, Health and Creativity for the New Year

I made these beautiful paper lanterns for the Advent season. 

They are quite easy to make with a little patience and attention to detail. 

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

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

With these lights I would like to draw your attention one last time to the current challenge at the Dream Factory. 

You can still take part until December 30th and show us your Christmas cards and crafts. Thank you!

Linked up with:

Allsorts Challenge - Use Your Dies

Double Trouble - It's Up To You (I made these paper lights for a friend)

Sweet Stampin - Christmas Creations

Aloah Friday - ChristmasWinter

A Place to Start - Anything Goes w. opt. twist: Happy Holidays 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes optional w. opt. twist: Any Winter Holiday

I used:

Stamps: Stampin'Up

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Dies: Stampin'Up, Craft Sensations, Impression Obsession and Scrap Plaisir

Silver thread, decorative beads, glue,

Merry Christmas!

Hello everybody!

Ok, here we are! - I am one from the new members of the design team at Christmas Card Throwdown.
Officially, we will start from January 2019, but we can not wait to introduce you to our creations. So we're starting right now with a post for the current challenge! - It's just a little reminder ...you still have a fortnight to play with us!

The theme for the whole month of December is "Pick a Previous 2017 Challenge".  

I choose Embossed Impressions - Technique Challenge of August 2017 

and made this.

I covered a white panel with patterned vellum and a piece of dark grey cardstock - which I had dry embossed before and sponged with white ink. The transition from cardstock to vellum is masked with an orange ribbon from my Christmas stash. 

I die cut a circle from embossed cardstock and a deer from black glitter cardstock. Added black string and stuck all this to the panel, which I mounted then on a beige card base. 

The sentiment is stamped on a torn white piece of cardboard and sponged with gray ink.

The card goes with a little box - and when you open the box...

...you'll find this Advent wreath!
Here is a similar set that I made last year.

Except the fir twigs and the houses, all the embellishments are fussy cut and watercolored with felt-tip pens. The tea lights are embellished with Washi tape and golden string. They are glued with hot glue for better adhesion.

This small set went to a dear blogging friend as Advent gift.

Note the dark fir - it is cut from a matchbox to light the matches.

Thanks for stopping by - and have fun making cards!

Stamps: Sentiments (Stamin'Up); Cinnamon stick, anise star, slice of orange, cup, pine cone and the candles on the box lid (Scrap Plaisir)

Inks: Early Espresso and Pumkin Pie (Stampin'Up); 

Dies: Houses (Stampin'Up); Fir twigs (Impression Obsession); Deer (Hero Arts); 

Embossing: Action

Stencil: Scrap Plaisir

Washi, String, White gel pen, Felt-tip pens, Tea lights, Ribbon, Vellum, 

For a dear friend...

Hello everyone!
Another Christmas thing today!

I made this for one of my dear blogging friends, living on the other side of the big sea!

I colored a white panel with alcohol markers in peach pink and splashed some blender and white ink on it. The white star is die cut from white glitter paper. The gray star was embossed with a wood pattern embossing folder before cutting. The deer is die cut from ordinary white paper.
The sentiment is from Stampin'Up.

The card goes with a little box - and when you open the box...

...you'll find this Advent wreath! 

I only added stars of different sizes and shapes to keep the wreath in a simple style.

The tea lights are embellished with washi tape and twine.

"NOËL" is die cut from white glitter paper

The tiny brown star is die cut from a matchbox to light the matches.

Thanks for visiting!

Tomorrow I'll show you a new wreath. ... they all arrived at destination!

Stamps: Sentiments on the card and on the wreath (Stampin'Up); The candles on the box lid (Scrap Plaisir)

Inks: Smokey Slate (Stampin'Up); Versamark, Alcohol markers, Felt-tip pens

Dies: Stars (Scrap Plaisir); NOËL (X-Cut); Deer (Hero Arts); Scalloped square (Action)

Embossing: Stampin'Up

White and silver glitter paper

Advent Advent

Hello everyone!
We are already counting the days until Christmas and so that time does not seem that long, there are advent calendars. Here is the one I made for a dear friend this year.

I found a beautiful Advent calendar with a tutorial at Paula Pünktchen's blog.

I followed her tutorial, but didn't use toilet paper rolls. All my pockets are made of strong, white printing paper and covered with silver and colorful wrapping paper. Instead of silk paper I used a large ribbon to fix the skewers to the compartments. The numbers were printed on self-adhesive printing paper and punched.

....and as it should be for an Advent calendar, each compartment is filled with a little surprise.

                   

I got this from my dear friend Gundi! - I think she's a little crazy, right? ....but I like it a lot!😉

                 
Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Paperminutes - Weihnachts Countdown

Christmas With The Cuties - Anything but a card

Path of Positivity - # 64 Optional Theme  SILVER, GOLD & OTHER  METALLICS