It's Halloween!

Hi everyone,

It's time for a quick reminder about the current challenge at Dream Factory

 

The Curse of Bridge Hollow

Anything related to books🤔🤔

Our Theme:

Halloween

A quick-and-easy Halloween card in a clean and simple style, inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.

Unfortunately, I can't credit the creator, since it was a repinned image without a watermark. In any case, I really liked the card!

For the colored stripe, I masked both sides of the card—including the moon—then brushed it with Pumpkin Pie and Crumb Cake (Stampin'Up!). I sprayed water on it and dried it off right away with a paper towel. The images I stamped with black ink—several times for the cat to create a contrasting effect.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Any Occasion

Sweet Stampin' - Halloween or the Colours of Halloween

Creative Knockouts - Halloween or Fall

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes w/optional twist - Trick or Treat

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Bat and sentiment (Stampin'Up!); trees (Katzelkraft); cat and spider (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Pumkin Pie and Crumb Cake (Stampin'Up!);

Pumpkin Heads

Hi everyone!

Ready to go for a new challenge at The Little Things ?.......   GREAT—it kicks off today!!!

This month's theme is: 

Pumkin and/or Pink

with the option: 

Anything Goes

Our challenge blog is all about little things—more specifically, little cards.

Such as ATCs,  ATC coins, tags, Memorydex cards, 

Mini Moo cards, bookmarks, inchies, etc.

We hope that the variety of card styles and sizes 

will give you plenty of room to create something that suits your personal taste.

I decided to go with the pumpkins..... 

I've had this stamp for a very long time, but today was the first time it ever met ink—and believe me, it was put to the test: since I used the “paper piecing” technique, I had to stamp the entire design and then each guy on a different piece of patterned paper!—Which, of course, meant I also had to do a lot of fussy cutting!

For some reason, the guys' heads remind me of pumpkins; that's why I colored their faces orange.

They are glued onto a bookmark/tag cut out of patterned paper, the edges of which I brushed with a color gradient ranging from gray through pink to orange and yellow. 

Before gluing the guys on, I stamped a fir tree and the word “autumn” in the background. I then added a strip of washi tape beneath their feet and a few pumpkins next to them.

Thanks for stopping by!

See you at "The Little Things" ;)

Linked up with:

Tag-along (and ATC's) - All Things Autumn

We Love Stamping - Shades of Autumn

Make My Monday - Autumn/Fall

Craft Rocket - Autumn and/or Halloween

Crafty Calendar - Autumn/Halloween

Sparkles Monthly Challenges - Your Favourite Technique (I used the paper piecing technique)

The Four Seasons - Mood board 

Inspiration Station - Inspirational photo (I was inspired by the colors and the cat. I think it has a similar expression to the guys on my bookmark)

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Guys, fir tree and the word "autumn" (Katzelkraft); pumkins (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Speckled Egg, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Wild Honey (Distress Oxide); 

Dies: Book mark/tag (Scrap Plaisir);

Alcohol ink markers, washi tape,patterned paper,

Paris in Style!

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create! 

The theme is: Think Pink

(create something featuring Pink)

Alternately "Anything Goes"

On the eve of October, as it has every year since 2014, the Eiffel Tower temporarily set aside its usual golden lighting for one evening. On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, the Parisian landmark lit up in pink to kick off Pink October, the annual breast cancer awareness campaign.

The event inspired me to create this card. It features a background with stenciled roses, onto which I glued a pink embossed Eiffel Tower inside a die-cut Polaroid frame.—The frame I colored with a silver glitter brush marker.

I also added a lady in an elegant pink dress, which I made by applying the paper-piecing technique. 

The finishing touch was the words “PARIS in style!”

Eiffel Tower in Pink

Hope to see you play along with 613 Avenue Create 

Have Fun! 

...and thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Double D Challenge - Pretty in Pink

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Frame It

Allsorts - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Lady and "Avec Style!" (Stampin'Up!); Eiffel tower (Craft Sensations); the word PARIS (Katzelkraft); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Picked Rapberry (Distress Oxide);

Stencil: Roses in the background (Craft Sensations);

Dies: Polaroide (AVEC); 

Design paper, silver glitter brush marker, embossing powder,

Homme Libre, ...

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create! 

The theme is: Bright and Breezy

(create something featuring sun and or wind)

Alternately "Anything Goes"

There's always a nice breeze by the sea, isn't it?!

I used only part of the large stamp by Creative Expressions—the sea and the sun—and colored it with watercolors. Added a sticker (Deco Time), which I jazzed up with some more color. Stamped the birds and the sentiment (Katzelkraft)—donne!

The sentiment says: Free man, you will always cherish the sea

Here you can see another example using this stamp—and view it in its entirety.

Hope to see you play along with 613 Avenue Create 

Have Fun! 

...and thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Sparkle Monthly - Animals

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes with an Animal

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Love To Craft - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Birds and sentiment (Katzelkraft); background (Creative Expressions); the whale image is sticker from Deco Time 

Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Watercolors, metallic silver pen, 

I ♥ Books

Hi everyone,

I'm back with another reminder...

We're also heading into the second half of the challenge at Dream Factory

 

The Reader

Anything related to BOOKS

There were still a few stacks of books and an image of a girl left over from my main project—enough to make a bookmark...

I simply colored a strip of strong watercolor paper with Picked Raspberry (Distress Oxide) and punched out both ends. I stamped some tiny text in the background, glued on the cut-out pieces, and added a speech bubble. I attached a few ribbons I had lying around to the hole at the top, and the bookmark was done.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Snippets Playground - Make something using at least one snippet

Passion for Markers - Ribbon and/or bows

Sweet Stampin' - Use a Die Cut

Send a Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Books (Katzelkraft); girl (AALL&Create); sentiment (Stampin'Up); background text (Florilège Design);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Picked Raspberry (Distress Oxide);

Dies: Scrap Plaisir;

Alcohol ink markers, white Posca pen, Ribbon and twine,

There is no such thing as too many books

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

The Reader

Anything related to books🤔🤔

Anything related to books

I can't believe it—we're already on our 35th card swap in our little arts-and-crafts group! 

The swap took place a few weeks ago, and since the theme was “Reading and Books”, the card was also a perfect fit for the movie “The Reader”, which is our challenge this month at the Dream Factory.

Lots of masking to make this card one layer! 

Except for the girl (AALL&Create) and the floor (Studio Light), 

all the other elements on this card are from Katzelkraft.

I decided not to color in all the elements—otherwise, it would have been way too much!

Since I have practically no stamps with quotes in French, I designed one on the computer, drawing inspiration from a example I found on Pinterest. 

It says: There is no such thing as too many books

And here's the whole swap package—9 cards in all!

Dream Factory - Movie Poster

Would be great to see you there... :)

Linked up with:

Try it on Tuesday - Make it Colourful

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Send A Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes 4 Kids

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Books, bookshelf and plant (Katzelkraft); girl (AALL&Create); checkered floor (Studio Light); sentiment (computer generated); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Alcohol ink markers,

Honey Bees

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

 

The Beekeeper

Create something with BEES on it

For this ATC, I embossed a sheet of yellow-speckled paper using a hexagon embossing folder. 

To add more depth to the honeycomb pattern, I added darker shades of yellow and red to some of the hexagons. On others, I stamped tiny dots. Once I was happy with the result, I tore off a piece and glued it onto the ATC, which I had cut out of the remaining yellow-speckled paper. Outlined the hexagons with a white Posca marker.

I then stamped and colored the bees and the droplets, which actually went quite quickly. 

I brushed the bees’ wings with Wink of Stella, though as usual, you can’t see it. Cut everything out with scissors and glued drops and bees to the honeycomb.

Finally, I stamped a few numbers and other elements onto the ATC, 

and then added “HONEY BEES” using small alphabet stamps. Hope you like it :)

Dream Factory - Movie Poster 

Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

ATC Around the World - Monochromatic

Four Seasons - Inspiration Photo/Summer season

We Love Stamping - Summertime

I Spy with my Little Eye - Something with Wings

Can You Handle The Pressure - Anything Goes + must use an embossing Folder

Ellibelle's Garden Party - Anything in (or) from a Garden

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

Allsorts - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Bees and drops (Katzelkraft); background stamps (Studio Light (Essentials by Marlene)); hexagone dots (Doocrafts); small alphabet stamps for the words Honey Bees (AVEC);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Wild Honey and Fired Brick (Distress Oxide);

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Alcohol ink markers, Wink of Stella, white Posca pen,