who's a dishy fishy ?

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Our playground for this challenge is the 

Underwater world

Ocean, lake, or river—it doesn't matter.

Today, I really went all out with the colors. 

I must say, those fun stamps from Art by Marlene are just begging for it!!

I colored the two large fish, the crab, the trident, and the seashell with AM markers and cut them out.

The jellyfish, seaweed, and tiny fish were stamped directly onto the background. I intentionally didn’t color them too heavily so that they would remain clearly in the background.

Next, I added a narrow strip of washi tape to the bottom and finished the scene by gluing the elements in place. I heat-embossed the sentiment before sticking it on.

Dream Factory - Movie Poster

Would be great to see you there... :)

Linked up with:

Stamping Sensations - Cute Creatures

We Love Stamping - All Creatures Great and Small

Creative Knockouts - For the Kids

Cardz 4 Galz - Circles

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Love To Craft - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Colorful fish, shell and trident (Studio Light (Art by Marlene)); sentiment (Paper Artzy); Jellyfish and seaweed (Craft Sensations); tiny fish (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Alcohol ink markers, Aqua markers, washi tape,

Après la pluie...

Hi everyone!

Today marks the start of challenge #3 on 

“The Little Things”

The theme is: Rainbow, sun and clouds

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

Any card type that is smaller than a standard card (10,5 x 15 cm / 4.1" x 5.9" inch) is okay, 

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

Mini Moo cards, bookmarks, inchies, etc.

The variety of card shapes gives you plenty of room to create something that suits your personal taste.

Here’s what came to mind...

For these two ATCs, I used mostly things I already had on hand. 

A while back, I wanted to make a card using a large background (15 x 10.5 cm), but I thought it was too huge and couldn't figure out how to work with it. So it ended up in my stash.

The dog and the girl have been lying around for months—but today was one of those days where everything just came together! :))

I cut two ATC cards out of the large background, brushed the sky with Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide), and stuck two strips of washi tape at the bottom of each card. For the houses, I just went with the colours of the stamp design—not very imaginative, I know!

The clouds were part of the large stamp; all I had to do was stamp the sentiment and raindrops and stick on the dog.

Same goes for the second ATC. The sun, brushed with Wild Honey (Distress Oxide), was also part of the large background stamp. I just glued on the girl and the sentiment, which I had stamped on a small label.

I didn't add a rainbow, but I tried to include at least some of its colors here and there.

The French sentiment says:

Après la pluie vient le beau temps

After rain comes sunshine

Comme join the Fun!

I'm really looking forward to seeing 

what creative ideas you'll come up with for this month's challenge!

 ...the stamp I used as a background for the ATC's, in its entirety.

Linked up with:

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie - April Rainy Days

CRAFT - Seasons / Weather / Anything Goes

Tag-along and ATC's) - Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Love To Craft - Anything Goes

Stamplorations - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Raindrops and sentiments (Scrap Plaisir); background (Creative Expressions); girl (AALL&Create); dog (Craft Sensations);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Wild Honey and Mermaid Lagoon (Distres Oxide);

Alcohol ink markers, washi tape,

I like people ...

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create! 

The theme is: April Showers

(create something featuring water)

Alternately "Anything Goes"

For today’s card, I pulled out some of my Katzelkraft stamps to keep them from getting dusty.

To bring the text to the forefront, I first stamped the umbrella, masked it, and then stamped the bunny.

 Next, I sprayed Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon onto my glass plate and misted the ink with water. Smudged it with my finger and then lightly pressed the card here and there onto the ink. I then stamped the raindrops and colored them with the remaining ink. The bunny is colored  with Aquamarkers.

To get the colorful umbrella, I stamped it in three different colors, cut each into three pieces, and assembled them in different color combinations. Glued one of them onto the card and added a strip of washi tape at the bottom.

Hope to see you play along with 613 Avenue Create 

Happy Easter Egg Hunt! 

...and thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Spring/Rain

We Love Stamping - Spring

CRAFT - Seasons/Weather/Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky - Easter/Spring

I Spy With My Little Eye - Spring Flowers or Spring Flowers

Papercraft - Joy of Spring

I used:

Stamps: All stamps are (Katzelkraft); 

Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine); Picked Raspberry, Mermaid Lagoon, Wild Honey, Mowed Lawn (Distress Oxide);

Aqua markers, washi tape, 

Ruff Day!

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create! 

The theme is: Animal Magic  

(create something featuring your pet or favorite animal)

Alternately "Anything Goes"

I love animals, and as babies, they're even more adorable and simply irresistible.

When my eyes fell on this very old image, I knew instantly what I wanted to do with it.

The picture was part of a set of images for a 3D card I made a long time ago for my dear aunt, 

who loves dogs more than anything.

The little puppy was the only thing left from the set, and today, over ten years later, 

it has finally found its place on an ATC.

The pink background was, in my opinion, a little too dominant—even though I love that color! 

So, I added hearts with texture paste, stars with a stencil, and some bits of washi tape. I think that gave the picture a nice balance. 

Finally, I embossed a short sentiment, cut it out, and glued it onto the ATC.

Hope to see you play along with 613 Avenue Create 

Have Fun! 

...and thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

We Love Stamping - Hearts or Anything Goes

Alphbet Challenge Blog - T is for Texture

Tag-along (and ATC's) - Add a Number or Anything Goes

Allsorts - Create your Own Background or Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Favorite Stamps or Anything Goes

We Love to Create mixed media - Anything Mixed Media/paper crafting Goes

I used:

Stamps: Sentiment (Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps); 

Ink: Picked Raspberry

Stencil: Hearts (Scrap Plaisir); stars (Craft Sensations);

Washi tape, Image, Versamark, texture paste, embossing powder,

Grand comme ça!

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

Love Actually

It's actually a Christmas love story,  

but we're using it for our first challenge of the year.

So, for the next 4 weeks, 

it's all about 

Love, Hearts, and/or Valentine's Day!

I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day, but once a year I can convince myself! Haha 

The background of my card is dry-embossed with small arrows and hearts -- hard to see, but it is! 

I added a strip of washi tape under the frog's feet als well. 

Frog and hearts are colored with alcohol ink markers and aqua markers, cut out and glued on.

The sentiment says: I Love you this much!

Movie Poster

Linked up with:

Shopping Our Stash - Out with the Old & In with the New (NEW: Hearts, sentiment, embossing folder OLD: Frog and washi tape)

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes, but you must Include an Animal

Paper Rocks Scissors - Anything Goes as long as you use Paper and/or Scissors!

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Frog (Katzelkraft); hearts (Polkadoodles); sentiment (Azza);

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

Embossing: Dutch Crafts

Alcohol ink markers, Aqua markers,

Happy New Year!

Hi everyone!

Hope you had a great time ringing in the new year!

I am starting the year with a card for the new challenge at 613 Avenue Create! 

The theme is: Cheers to the New Year 

(create something featuring any beverage)

Alternately "Anything Goes"

I colored and cut out two chickens (Yixuan). The two glasses are hand-drawn because I don't have any in this size. 

I splattered the white panel with gold ink and stuck a strip of washi tape at the bottom. Unfortunately, it tore unevenly at one end, but it didn't look too bad, so I left it as it was. Not everything has to be straight, right?

I then glued the chickens and glasses in place and stamped the sentiment and the firework.

Hope to see you play along with 613 Avenue Create 

Linked up with:

Stamping Sensations - Something beginning with "B" (beverage)

We Love Stamping - Something New or Anything Goes

Kreative Knockouts - Celebrations

Shopping Our Stash - Free is Good (Chickens, sentiment and firework are gifts from friends)

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes Positive w. Opt. Twist: Unexpected Animal on a Holiday Card

I used:

Stamps: Chicken (Yixuan); sentiment (Stampin'Up); firework (Craft Sensations); Glasses (handdrawn);

Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Alcohol in markers, washi tape, gold ink,