Katzelkraft - The best is yet to come

Hi everyone!

I'm back with another Katzelkraft card. 

Confetti, firecrackers, glitter, champagne... 

hope you have everything ready for this New Year's Eve! 

I used some older Katzelkraft stamps for this very simple New Year's card: 

I heat embossed the beautiful Background halftones stars in gold. The small stars are actually snowflakes, 

but they look good as stars too, don't they! - Tried to symbolize fireworks with them. 

I then stamped the quote and the tiny happy new year. I cut the panel slightly smaller than the blank card, glued it on and drew a fine gold border around the panel.

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:

CAS on Friday - New Year

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

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes Positive w. Opt. Twist of: Power of Words…FAITH/HOPE

A Place to Start - Anything Goes w. Opt. Twist of: Happy Holidays (Any Holiday)

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w. Opt. Twist of: Any Winter Holiday

We Love to Create Mixed Media - Anything Goes Mixed Media

I used:

Stamps: Background halftones star, Christmas snowflakes and Adventure begins (Katzelkraft); tiny sentiment (Stampin'Up;);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Metal Gold (IZINK/Aladine);

Gold embossing powder, gold gel pen,

Katzelkraft - Snowman Kisses

Hi everyone!

Today is Katzelkraft day. 

An ATC this time. - I love these little cards and I really enjoy designing them!

For the background of my ATC, I found what I was looking for in my stash. 

- A leftover piece of gel print that was exactly the right size. 

Using a stencil and texture paste, I added stars, stamped small snowflakes in between and a tiny text on the right side. Stamped the festively dressed snowman on Bristol paper and colored it first with watercolors. 

I then intensified the colors with alcohol ink markers, cut out the snowman and glued it onto the ATC. 

Finally, I stamped the sentiment and backed the ATC with black cardstock.

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 them in full size.

Linked up with:

ATC Around the World - Sterne/Stars

Time Out - Inspried By Words (I was inspired by: wearing something festive)

Just Us Girls - Moodboard Week (I saw a snowman)

We Love to Create Mixed  Media - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Snowman and sentiment (Katzelkraft); tiny snowflakes (Stampin'Up); tiny text (Florilèges Design);

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

Stencils: Stars (Scrap Plaisir);

Alcohol ink markers, texture paste, watercolors,

Sugar and Spice...

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

The theme of this week is

Christmas Food

The background is from the stash - made with the negative impression of a stencil and Barn Door (Distress Ink). I just stamped a few stars with gray ink and applied Wink of Stella to them. 

The Santa (Stampin'Up) I colored with alcohol inks and cut  it out. I foam taped it to a piece of design paper on which I had previously applied a few brush strokes of white gesso to brighten the area behind Santa. Backed this with blue cardstock.

Embossed the sentiment on black cardstock, cut it to size and glued it on.

Have Fun!

Linked up with:

ABC Christmas - Q is for Quick

My Time to Craft - Stenciling

TTTC222 - Tic-Tac-Toe - Top row: Red, Patterned Paper, Die Cuts

Most Magical Time of the Year - Anything Christmas Goes

The Holly and Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes

Stamps: Santa and sentiment (Stampin'Up); Stars (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Barn Door (Distress ink); Iced Spruce (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine); Versamark

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Dies: AVEC

Alcohol ink markers, Design paper, Wink of Stella, embossing powder,

Joyeux Noël

Hi everyone!

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

This week we challenge you with the colors

Red + Green

For the background I made a negative print from a stencil to keep the stars and dots white. The green corner comes from a failed background. Since I can not throw anything away, a piece of it has now found use. I die cut the reindeer once from black foam and once from green cardstock, glued them together and added it to the card. - It loses a few presents (stickers) as it scurries by. 

I did the same process for the sentiment, but this time I used glitter cardstock and black cardstock. 

Have fun with the colors!

Linked up with: 

Crazy is our Fame - Stencils are our Game - April Stencil Fun

Crafty Calendar - Die Cuts (the reindeer)

Sweet Stampin - Use Dies and/or Punches

Fab 'n' Funky - Use Die Cuts

The Male Room - Stencil and/or Dies

The Holly and Ivy Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

Stamps: Firs (Katzelkraft); snowflakes (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Barn Door (Distress Ink), 

Dies: Reindeer (Dixi Crafts); Sentiment (Scrap Plaisir);

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Stickers, white Posca pen, glitter cardstock, clear and white embossing powder (firs and snowflakes), foam,

Those who don't believe...

Hi everyone!

Time for a little reminder about the current Dream Factory challenge.

The movie for this month is

Stardust

Witches, fairies, wizards, fantasy, stars... You still have two weeks to join in!

Halloween is also welcome, because the end of October is known to be haunted ;))

I colored a piece of watercolor paper with watercolors and stamped some fir trees with Black Soot (Distrss Oxide) in the still wet paint. Let it dry and stamped more fir trees with Onyx Black (Versafine). This gave me some blurry trees in the background, and sharper ones in the foreground. 

I die cut the stars and backed them with Silver Glitter cardstock. Glued the panel to the card and stamped the sentiment along the edges. Stamped the stargazing cats and moon on Bristol paper, colored them with alcohol markers, cut them out and adhered both to the panel.

Have Fun!!

Linked up with:

International Art & Soul - Wood/Trees

Alphabet Challenge - M is for Magic

Cas on Sunday - Stars

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes / Optional Twist: Use the colour blue somewhere

A Place To Start - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Stamps: Fir trees and sentiment (Katzelkraft); stargazing cats and moon (Prickley Pear);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Black Soot (Distress Oxide);

Dies: Stars (Scrap Plaisir);

Alcohol Markers, glitter cardstock, watercolor

It's a wonderful time...

Hello everyone!

New Saturday and new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. This week we are asking you for

Paper Piecing

Not much to say for today's card. 

I lightly colored the embossing folder with Chipped Sapphire and sprayed it with water 

before embossing the background. Doesn't look bad, does it?

As for the "snow", I tore off a piece of watercolor paper and embossed it. 

Stamped the images and pasted the cut out ones on top. The snow on the fir tops is white glitter cardstock.

Finally, I lightly sponged the edges with Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot.

...was really fun just stamping on patterned paper, cutting out the images and putting them together!

I hope you have fun with this challenge too!

Linked up with:

Allsorts Challenge - Hand colored or Paper pieccing

My Time to Craft - Embossing Theme (Wet or Dry)

Crafter's Cafe - Make your own Background

Scribbles Designs - Winter Wonderland

Stamps: All Scrap Plaisir - except the sentiment, which is from Craft Sensations

Inks: Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Embossing: Snow (Stampin'Up); Stars (Craft Sensations);

White glitter cardstock, paterned paper, silver and white gel pen, 

Winter Wonderland

Hi everyone!

New Saturday and new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

The theme of this week is

Masculine Card

I made this card in the same style as last week's, but this time I used design paper for the background. 

I sponged with blue ink before stenciling and embossing the stars.

You can find all the other details in the short video I posted below. 

Thanks for watching ♥

Linked up with:

Tag Along With Isa - Christmas card - February Prompts: Navy/Indigo + Gold - Stencil - Trees

Alphabet Challenge - W - is for Winter

Crafter's Cafe - Make your own Background

Sparkles Christmas - Use some Gold

Scribbles Designs - Winter Wonderland

Happy Little Stampers - Christmas 

The Four Seasons - Winter

Stamps: All Katzelkraft

Inks: Navy Night (Stampin'Up); Deep Lagoon and onyx Black (Versafine); Lavender Love (Deco Time); Versamark; 

Stencil: Craft Senstions

Embossing: Craft Senstions

Gold cardstock, white and clear embossing powder, glitter, white gel pen, design paper

Snowflake Wishes

Hi everyone!

Ready for a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge? 

This week we have a sketch to challenge you (see below)

I applied Distress Oxide Seedles Preserves, Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio to Atcetate, sprayed it with water then smooshed it on white cardstock. Let it dry and made a few splotches with Distress Oxide Chipped Sapphire. 

Added stars using a stencil and texture paste and sprinkled with glitter.

I die cut the snowflakes from glitter cardstock and the labels from white cardstock. Stamped the labels with snowflakes, sponged them with light yellow and framed them. Pasted the pieces on and stamped the sentiment. Hope you like it.

52CCT - February Sketch

Linked up with:

Cardz 4 Galz - Make it Sparkle

CRAFT Challenge - Winter

Craft Rocket - Sparkle/Bling

Addicted to Stamps and More - Christmas

Creative Knockouts - Lots of Layers

    

Stamps: All Stampin'Up

Inks: Seedles Preserves, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire and Cracked Pistachio (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black Versafine);

Stencil: Heidi Swapp

Dies: Snowflakes (Stampin'Up); Labels ( 

Glitter cardstock, Texture Paste, Glitter