Heartfelt condolences

Hi everyone!

Making sympathy cards is never easy, but this one really moved me deeply...

I made this card at the beginning of the year, but I've never shown it before. 

At that time, I just wasn't ready to accept my friend's passing... 

In memory of my dear friend Cornelia, who left us far too soon.

RIP my dear soul sister! ♥

Linked up with:

Little Red Wagon - Sympathy Cards or Gifts

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Tic, Tac, Toe board - I choose White-Free-Square 

Triple B - Bloom and Inspiration Board

Allsorts - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Sentiment (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Dies: Leaves (JOY Crafts); rectangle (AVEC);

Design paper, white cardstock,

Katzelkraft - Love Elephants

Hi everyone!

It's Katzelkraft day :)) 

Today I used "Big and Nimble", another of the new stamps from Katzelkraft. 

The result is a monochromatic card...

I just stamped the elephant and mouse on a grey cardstock 

and colored them with black, grey, yellow, pink and white colored pencils.

I stamped the sentiment (found on Pinterest) with single letter stamps on white bristol paper,

cut into labels and stuck them on.

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

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.

I used:

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

Linked up with:

Make My Monday - Colouring Mediums

Try it on Tuesday - Keep it Simple

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes but must include an Animal

Digi Choosday Cardmaking - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

I used:

Stamps: Elephant and mouse (Katzelkraft); sentiment (individual letter stamps)

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Colored pencils, 

If you fall ...

Hi everyone, 

I'm back with a new Katzelkraft card. 

Actually, this post would have been for Tuesday, but I was spending a week visiting my family in Germany and had my mind completely elsewhere.

Felt like black and white this time.

I set the scene with the help of masking. 

Added light shading with gray and black and stamped the sentiment. Done!

Hope you like it. - 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:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Make a Scene

Simply Clean & Simple - Clean & Simple

Pattie's Creations - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes

Stamps: All (Katzelkraft);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Aqua markers,

Merry Christmas in Black and Silver

Hi everyone!

Let's go for a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

This week we challenge you with the colors

Black & Silver

On black cardstock, I masked the area of the sentiment and sponged the rest of the card with metal silver ink. I stamped the fir trees, stars and snowflakes in white and added splatters of white ink.

I cut a deer out of black cardstock and adhered it with foam tape. The sentiment is heat embossed with silver powder.

To add a little more silver, I backed the card with embossed silver foil.

Linked up with:

Jingle Bells - Cardstock

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Time Out - Elegant

The Holly and Ivy Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

Stamps: Sentiment (Penny Black); Fir trees (Katzelkraft); Stars and snowflakes (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Metal Silver (Izink - Aladine); Shark Tooth White (Atelier/Katzelkraft); Nuit blanche (Scrap Plaisir)

Dies: Impression Obsession

Silver foil, white gel pen, 

Il y a de l'amour dans l'air...

Hi everyone!

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

Our Movie is: Squared Love 

This month we are inspired by the theme of Valentine's Day. 

Today it's very girly, as you can see. 

I like pink a lot, but I'm not as pink as the tag might suggest! Hahaha 

It's just because I wanted to take on Isa's challenge: 

Monochrome - only one color, no white, no black!

I sponged, stenciled, stamped, heat embossed,

added die cuts and glitter cardstock,

applied gel pens to highlight....

.....used water and bleach to lighten some spots, 

and lastly tied a wool thread to the tag.

The quirky animals are from Katzelkraft.

It honestly wasn't easy working with just one color, 

but I think it's worth looking at. What do you think?

Linked up with:

Tag along with Isa (FB-Group) - Monochrome

Time Out - Inspired by Words (The word LOVE inspired me, it's all over the tag)

We Love Stamping - Favourite Colours

Cut It Up - Love

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes Positive with the opt. Twist:  Word Collage

We Love 2 Create - Anything Mixed Media Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Stamps: Animals "Les Quilles"  (Katzelkraft); sentiment and tiny hearts (Florileges Design); background script (Scrap Plaisir); 

Inks: Picked Raspberry (Distress Oxide);

Stencils: Rebekah Meier and Craft Univers

Dies: Stampin'Up

Glitter cardstock, clear embossing powder, bleach, glitter gel pens, 

Tis the season

Hello everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. This month it's my turn to guide you through the challenges.

As always, we'll start the month with a sketch. (See below)

I cut a piece of patterned paper into three pieces, adhered it to silver glitter cardstock and then stamped the deer. 

For the snow, I tore a piece of white glitter cardstock and glued it under the deer. Pasted the panel into a dry embossed rectangle with foam pads. Stamped the sentiment, done!

I hope you like it and maybe I could inspire you to join in!

52CCT - Septemper Sketch

Linked up with:

Leigh SB Designs - Anything Goes in Shades of Blue

My Time to Craft Christmas - Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

Winter Wonderland - Christmas Animals

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Stamps: Deer (Hero Arts); sentiment (Docrafts)

Inks: Night of Navy (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

patterned paper, silver and white glitter cardstock, foam pads,

Just keep swimming

Hi everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at the Dream Factory. 

The movie for this month is:

Three Colors: Blue

3 shades of blue, monochrome, water, underwater ....and whatever else comes to mind. 

What is important are the three shades of blue!

(black and white is allowed).

The background is bristol paper painted with turquoise, white and silver acrylic paint. I sprinkled blue Brusho on it, sprayed with water and let the color spread. I stamped the tiny fish, snail and algae. 

The jellyfish is stamped with white ink and clear embossed. The seahorse and the three fish I stamped separately on colored paper scraps, cut them out and adhered them. Finally, I stamped the sentiment and a few starfish.

Have Fun with the challenge! 

Linked up with:

Inspiration Station - Jump in

Cardz 4 Guyz - Get A Little Dirty - ( Distress + Grunge)

Time Out Challenges - Make your own Background

 

Stamps: Tiny fish, seahors, starfish, algae and sentiment (Stampin'Up); jellyfish, snail and three fish (Craft Sensations);

Inks: Night of Navy (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black and Deep Lagoon (Versafine); Atelier Shark Tooth White

Acrylic paint, white gel pen, clear embossing powder, Brusho