Slacking off...

Hi everyone!

We're heading into the second half of our challenge at

"The Little Things" 

The theme is:

Flamingo and/or Elephant

with the option: 

Anything Goes

Remember: The challenge blog focus on small card formats, 

such as ATCs, tags, Memorydex cards, Mini Moo cards, bookmarks etc.

There was still a bit of the stenciled paper left over that I used here. Just added another piece of scrap paper to complete the background of my ATC.

As for the image, I combined two stamped images into one. From one of them, I cut out the swim ring and placed the flamingo on it instead of the original cat. Stamped the sun. 

To color this, I used alcohol ink markers and acrylic pens (the dots on the swim ring).

Underneath the flamingo, I stamped tiny fish and colored them with glitter gel pens.

To finish the ATC, I embossed half of the quote, stamped the other half, and then glued it along the edge.

...and last but not least, I stenciled some pink circles at the bottom, and that was it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Tag-along (and ATC's) - Favorite Color (I love all colors, but especially pink & blue tones)

We Love Stamping - Summertime 

Cards 4 Guys - Summer Theme

The Paper Funday - Anything Goes w. opt. Twist: Summer Splash 

A Place to Start - Anything Goes 

I used:

Stamps: Flamingo and swimming ring (Yixuan); fish (Stampin'Up); sentiment (letter stamps (AVEC)); sun (? was a gift); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Wild Honey (Distress Oxide; 

Stencil: Waves (Craft Sensations); circles (13@rt);

Alcohol ink markers, acyilic markers, embossing powder, glitter gel pens,

Hello Winter

Hi everyone!

ATC Around the World is looking for Winter Birds.

Here's what I came up with.

There was that sheet of paper from a failed alcohol ink experiment that had been lying around in my stash for ages.  I almost threw it away, but I thought it might come in handy someday.  

While rummaging around for the winter bird challenge, my gaze fell on that ugly sheet again. I immediately noticed that the blue spots looked like birds! So the idea was to stamp birds on the spots, and I found two matching ones right away!

I colored a few areas, such as the wings, bellies, and beaks, with acrylic paints and alcohol ink markers. Colored the lower part of the ATC with white acrylic paint to depict snow. Stamped small dots on the right edge and then splattered white ink onto the ATC.

Finally, I stamped the word “Winter” and tore it along the outline. I wanted it to look like a big, fluffy snowflake. LOL  I glued it on and then stamped the word “Hello” on top.

Can you see the two birds too?

Thanks for stopping by! 

Linked up with:

ATC Around the World - Winter Birds

Allsorts - Create your own Background

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes, but must include an animal

Tag-Along (and ATC's) - Anything Goes

Four Seasons - Anything Goes Winter

A Place to Start - Small Critters

We Love to create Mixed Media - Anything Mixed Media/paper crafting Goes

Craft Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Love To Craft - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Birds (Jane's Doodles); Winter and dots (Katzelkraft); Hello (Stampin'Up);

Ink: Jet Black (StazOn);

Alcohol inks, alcohol ink markers, acrylic paint pens,

Fly with me

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

Harald and the Purple Crayon

Anything Goes - In mainly purple.

You can use any color, but  PURPLE  has to be the main one!

I had absolutely no idea for this challenge and rummaged aimlessly through my stash, hoping to find some inspiration. 

I came across a poorly stamped tree (Katzelkraft) on purple cardstock and two stamp sets whose images could be combined well—an idea began to take shape!

I cut the panel to ATC size. Pasted die-cut and colorfully painted stars and hearts onto the snowflakes that originally adorned the tree, then dotted the swirls with a white Posca pen. I stamped a tiny white text on the left edge of the ATC and drew grass with the Posca pen on the bottom edge. So far, so good!

Next, I colored bird and balloon with aqua markers and glitter gel pens—if you look closely, you can see a slight shimmer in the bird's feathers. ...but unfortunately, not in the balloon.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment and cut it into labels. Cut out the bird and balloon and glued everything on. 

...I'm quite happy with the result :))

Movie Poster

Linked up with:

Tag-along (and ATC's) - Things with Wings

Allsorts Challenge - Trees, Leaves and Plants

Triple B - Birds, Blooms and Butterflies

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Balloon and sentiment (Carabelle Studios); tree (Katzenkraft); bird (?) a gift from a friend; text on the left edge (Florilèges Design);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Shark Tooth White (Atelier); Seedless Preserves and Chipped Saphire (Distress Oxide); 

Dies: Tiny stars and hearts (AVEC);

Aqua markers, alcohol ink markers, Posca pens, gliter gel pens,

Smile...

Hi everyone!

It's still time to enter the current Dream Factory challenge. 

This month, 

We want you to highlight or put something in focus 

Apart from the fact that cutting out the flamingo was quite fiddly, the ATC itself was very quick to make. 

I stamped the rays in the background onto white paper using Distress Oxide Wild Honey and smudged them a little with water. I tore it off on both sides, glued it onto black cardstock, and extended the rays with a white Posca pen. I then stamped the word “Smile” and three stars in white. Glued on the flamingo and stamped the sentiment. Done!

Happy crafting!

Linked up with:

Stamping Sensations - Birds, Bees, Butterflies

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies, Blooms

Craft Rocket - Animals

ATC Around the World - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes

Paper Rocks Scissors - Anything Goes as long you use Paper and/or scissors (I cut out the flamingo)

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

I used:

Stamps: Background stamp (Katzelkraft); Sentiment and flamingo (Yixuan); stars (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Shark Tooth White (Atelier); Wild Honey (Distress Oxide;

Alcohol ink markers, white Posca pen, black cardstock,

Hello Spring

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: ...the dawn of Spring

This ATC was made using scraps of design paper, gel prints and other snippets. Hope you like it :))

Linked up with:

ATC Around the World - Frühling/Spring

Snippets Playground - Anything Goes, using snippets

Dragonfly Dreams - Gardening

Try it on Tuesday - Spring

Stamping Sensations - Hello Spring

We Love Stamping - Hello Spring

Four Seasons - Spring

Triple B - Birds, Blooms and Butterflies

We Love to Create Mixed Media - Anything Goes Mixed Media

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Stamps: Daffodiles and sentiment (Stampin'Up); boots, flower pot and garden accessories (Artemio); 

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

Alcohol ink markers, design paper, gel print scrap,

Freunde mit dem selben Vogel...

 Hi everyone!

Gosh, how fast time flies!!! 

It's time again for a quick reminder on our current Dream Factory Challenge.

Inside Out

The movie Inside Out has the German title “Alles steht Kopf”, which means upside down. 

So we want to see something that is upside down for this challenge.

I was inspired by the movie poster and used both the colors and the layout for my card. 

I stamped the birds and pennants on Bristol paper, colored them with alcohol markers and then cut them out. 

For the background, I punched out circles and used them as stencils. 

I colored the circles with Distress Oxides, cut them out and glued them, as well as the birds and pennants, onto a dark blue card. The sentiment is part of the bird stamp set (Craft Emotions). 

It something like: Friends who have bats in the belfry are happy when they are together. :D

Linked up with:

Inkspiration - Use Stencil

Just Us Girls - Anything Goes Stencil week

Gem of A Craft - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: Birds and sentiment (Craft Emotions);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);  

Dies: AVEC

Alcohol ink markers, watercolors, white gel pen,