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,

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,

Leonardo da Vinci

Hi everyone!

We're heading into the second half of our challenge at

"The Little Things" 

The theme is: Famous People

The challenge blog focus on small card formats, 

such as ATCs, tags, Memorydex cards, Mini Moo cards, bookmarks etc.

This time I made a bookmark—inspired by Leonardo da Vinci.

First, I stamped Leonardo's portrait and his drawing onto a sheet of lightly stamped scrap paper, 

and then tore them along the outlines. 

Next, I stamped the wings onto gold-colored vellum and the mechanism onto paper, 

colored them, and cut them out. 

  

I lightly enhanced the colors of the illustration and Leonardo's face with Wild Honey (Distress Oxide). 

Glued everything onto the bookmark, a scrap of gel print 

onto which I had previously stamped a few numbers and symbols at the top.

As a final touch, I stamped and heat-embossed Leonardo’s name 

and attached a string to the bookmark.

From which famous person would you draw inspiration?

Linked up with:

Craft Rocket - Not Square 

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

Allsorts - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: All stamps are (Katzelkraft), except for the background stamp at the very top of the bookmark, which is from (Studio Light (Essentials by Marlene));

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

String from a package, leftover piece of gel prints, scrap paper, vellum,

Kindness and Love

Hi everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at the Day of the Month Card Club! 

This month we are celebrating 

 Penguin Awareness Day

I stamped and embossed snowflakes on a leftover piece of gel print and also added some background text and a few stars. I then cut out a penguin and hearts, colored them with alcohol ink markers and added them to the bookmark. 

Attached a string on the top of the bookmark.

Have Fun!! 

Linked up with:

Craft Rocket - Use Embossing

Krafty Chicks - Stamps

Digi Design - Celebrate Winter

Crafty Gals Corner - 'Tis the Season

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

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

Stamps: Penguin, hearts and stars (Craft Sensations); background text (AALL&Create); Snow and snowflakes (Katzelkraft);

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

Gel press, string, embossing powder, Versamark; 

Mushrooms

Hi everyone!

A quick reminder about the National Mushroom Day, 

our current challenge at the Day of the Month Card Club.

There was a piece of gel print left over from a card I made a while back - just big enough to make a bookmark. 

I used the "Whimsy Mushrooms" from Katzelkraft again and added some numbers and texts from AALL&Create. 

The mushrooms were cut out and glued on, except for one. All were colored with alcohol ink markers. 

Hope you like it. :))

Be yourself; 

everyone else 

is already 

mushrooms.

- Oscar Wilde

You can discover this quote by Oscar Wilde on the bookmark.

Linked up with:

Alphabet Challenge - N is for Natur

Craft Rocket - Autumn

Dragonfly Dreams - Autumn

We Love to Create Mixed Media - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes + opt. Twist: Autumn Colors

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Stamps: mushrooms (Katzelkraft); numbers and text (AALL&Create);

Alcohol ink markers, gel print, cord,