Under my Umbrella...

...there's only happiness ! !

Hello everyone!

The rain is over, the sun is shining, birds are singing and flowers are blooming everywhere! - What a wonderful world!! ...if only there wasn't that damned Covid!
I hope that you are all safe and well...!

Even though this terrible virus is causing chaos all over the world, there are happy moments it can't take us! One of these happy moments was being invited by a lovely lady to Guest Design on her Twofer Card Challenge!
I'm sure you know who I'm talking about!!!

Thank you so much Darnell, it is a great honor for me to be your guest this month! 

I made a cute wedding card and a friendship card,
for this month's challenge prompt:

  

As you can see, the hyphen in my cards is the umbrella.

On this card, he protects the newlyweds from the big raindrops that turn into a shower of little hearts after they have crossed the congratulation barrier.

To create the background, I punched two hearts of different sizes from a sheet of paper and then used it as a stencil. The die-cut word "congratulations" is backed with glitter foil. Birds and umbrella are colored with alcohol markers. Added two tiny strips of washi tape as a final touch.

For my second card I used the umbrella upside down, so the little walrus and his buddy could float as far as they want. I also used alcohol markers for coloring and added a few droplets of turquoise to pep up the light blue background.

Have FUN!!

... and please take good care of yourself and your loved ones!

Linked up with:

Creatalitious Challenge - Anything Goes with option wedding ...(first card)
Alphabeth Challenge - A is for Anything Goes ...(second card)
Creation In Pink - Anything Goes in Mainly Pink ...(first card)
Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with a Die ....(first card)
Pearly Sparkles - Bunnies, Birds and/or Bears ....(first card with the birds)
Country View - Animal Magic ...(second card)
Crafty Animals ...(second card)

   

   

  

Stamps: Raindrops (Katzelkraft); Sentiments, fish and walrus (Stampin'Up); Little hearts (Florilege Design); 

Inks: Powder Pink, Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);  Alcohol markers

Die: Stampin'Up

Washi tape,

News from the farm

Hello everyone!
As if I'd foreseen...! The two cards I made last week with my brand new stamps from Katzelkraft fit perfectly with Twofer's new challenge: Spring Animals

I used the "La ferme des animaux" stamp set from Katzelkraft for my cards.

   

The first card is a birthday card for my niece's daughter. She has already received it and was very happy about it! ...no wonder, she grew up in the country like me and loves animals! 

I made a mask of each animal, so that I had it ready to hand! After the animals had found their place, I coloured the whole card with alcohol markers. I stamped the sentiment and glued the panel on a card base. Actually it was quite easy to do!

The second one is an Easter card and on this one there is also the rabbit, for which there was no more room on the first card. - He looks a bit goofy on his big egg! Haha

I used some masks here as well, but I only colored the animals with alcohol markers. 

The ground and the sky are watercoloured. I stamped two sentiments, the tiny one is right under the goose's feet.

Linked up with:

Twofer - Spring Animals

Stempelgarten - Ostern kommt bald (die2. Karte)

Allsorts Challenge - Anything with Wings

Animal Friends - Hahn/Huhn/Kücken 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter

    

  

Stamps: All animals and sentimant on the second card (Katzelkraft); Sentiment on the first card and tiny sentiment on the second card (SU);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Alkohol Inks, Watercolor

Life is better with fruits!

Hello everyone!
I'm playing with Twofer's Fruit challenge today!

I used the "Tropical" clear stamp set from Stampo/Aladine for my cards. 

My first card is a Thank you card. 

I stamped the fruits on the lower third of the card and then colored it with alcohol markers. I separated the colored area from the white one with a narrow black washi strip and stamped a sentiment from Stampin'Up right above it.

The second card is pretty funny I think!

I imagined a little scene with the fruits on the beach and this is what came out! 

I gave them eyes, feet, arms and mouth - look at my banana-dolphins, aren't they cute!?

I colored with alcohol markers again - sand and the sea are watercolored. The sentiment is from Craft Sensations.

With this card I can wish someone a nice holiday .....I can also imagine it as a funny retirement card!

I had so much fun doing these cards!!

Have a nice day!!

Linked up with:

Twofer - Fruits

Less is More - More (but still CAS) (first card)

Craft Stamper Magazine - Take it Make it (second card)

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark (second card)

Everybody-Art-Challenge - 463 Glitzer oder Lustig (die zweite Karte)

Crafting Happiness - Food or Drink (first card)

Dream Valley - Hand coloured image (second card)

    

    

Stamps: Fruits and palm tree (Stampo/Aladine); Sentiment first card (SU); Sentiment second card (Craft Sensations);
Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); 
Alcohol markers, Felt-tip pens, Washi tape, 

Don't we look Moo-velous?

Hello everyone!
The days and weeks are running by and I wanted to play with Twofer for quite some time. Today I finally made it!

My critters come from Stampin'Up and I made these two cards with them.

The first is a "How's it going?" card.

I colored the cows with alcohol markers and then fussy cut them before I put them behind the picket fence. The MOO letters are punched out of black foam. A few tufts of grass in front of the fence were also a must!

The second card is a birthday card. I masked a lot and stamped the cows several times behind and next to each other. I also colored them with alcohol markers, but the background is watercolored. The panel is backed with black cardstock and then glued on a white base card. 

The cows have actually only dots as eyes but I wanted to give them more expression. I closed them for some and opened them wide for others.

I hope you like my Moo's

Linked up with:

Twofer - Critters

Seize the Birthday - It's just a number

ModSquad Challenge - Create a scene
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Happy Birthday

    

Stamps:  First card - Cows and sentiment (Stampin'Up); Fence (Lorelaï Design); 

Second card - Sentiment (Mix of Craft Sensations & Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Vesafine); Alcohol markers; Felt-tip pens

Dies: MOO letters (X-Cut)

From balloon to Easter egg!

Hello everyone!
I've missed it so often and this month too, I'm just in time to do my Twofer entry!

Here it is...

Both cards are created with an embossed folder, which also punches certain parts - like the balloons here!

I kept the out cuts for my second card.

For my first card I punched the balloons out of glitter foam and glued them into the openings. I bordered the lower part with masking tape, sponged with Distress Oxide inks and sprinkled a few drops of water on it. Finally I set a few dots with pearl pen.

For my second card I used the out cuts from the first one.

I cut the knots off the balloons and look, it became Easter eggs. I sponged them with Distress Oxide Inks and sprinkled with water again. The little bunny is a gift from my friend Cornelia - I love it so much!!

I stamped the sentiment on a speech bubble.

The pink egg, the bunny and the speech bubble are fixed with foam pads. 

Linked up with:

Twofer Challenge - Balloons

Time Out Challenge - Birthday (Birthday card with the balloons)

  

Stamps: Sentiment (Mia's Stempelküche); Grass (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Mowed Lawn, Mermaid Lagoon and Picked Raspberry (Distress Oxide)

Embossing/Dies: Balloons (Action); Bunny (Impession Obsession)

Pearl Pen