Katzelkraft - There's no place like home

Hi everyone!

New Tuesday and new Katzelkraft project! For today's card I used the fun "Cats on Books", designed by Liubka. I'm sure you've seen a lot of awesome creations with these adorable kitty cats by now!

Such a comfortable couch is really very attractive for cats, don't you think?

I recently treated myself to the fab furniture stamps that fit like a glove to this fun scene. 😍

...and what do you think of my stenciled Reto wallpaper, and the fancy checkerboard floor?  Nice, right? 😅

Except for the plant leaves and the bookshelf, I didn't color anything. I simply applied ink on Bristol paper with ink pads, stamped over it and cut out the images. Added some watercolors for the shadows.

The stamp for the floor was a bit too small. I made it the size I wanted with masking and black ink sponging. 

The clock in the background is actually an alarm clock. I cut the image to size and glued it on like everything else. The sentiment I embossed on black cardstock and cut it in two.

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:

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game - anything goes as long as you use a stencil!!!

Heart 2 Heart - Create a Cool Background

Inkspirational - Use Stencils

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes

A Place To Start - Anything Goes with optional Twist: Circles and Squares

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: All Katzelkraft

Inks: Onyx Black (Verdafine); Barn Door and Spiced Marmalade (Distress ink); Black Soot and Fired Brick (Distress Oxide); Crumb Cake and Smokey Slate (Stampin'Up);

Stencil: Impressabilities (Spellbinder); 

Watercolors, alcohol markers, Wink of Stella, white embossing powder,

Katzelkraft - Pop Up Card with Vase

Hello everyone!

It's Tuesday and I'm back with a new Katzelkraft creation - made with the new goodies!! 🙂🙃

As I told you last Tuesday, Katzelkraft has a brand new release of gorgeous stamps! Today I used the beautiful Lily of the Valley Bouquet and made a Pop Up Card with vase with it.

To be exact, I made this card 12 times! 10 times for a card swap, once as a thank you card and once as a birthday card - the one you see here.

The card itself is not difficult to make, but I had to cut out the lily of the valley bouquet and branch 12 times with scissors. Was a bit fiddly but in the end I am very happy with the result! I colored with alcohol markers, stenciled and splashed around with black and gold ink! 

I'll show you exactly how I made the card in a tutorial I'll be posting on my YouTube channel in the next few days.  Stay tuned!!! 😉

!! Here it is!!

Until then, I'll just show you this short video so you can see the inside of the card and how the pop up card works!

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

I used:

         Muguet - SOLO166

Linked up with:

Just Us Girls - Spots and/or Dots

My Time To Craft - Floral

CAS on Sunday - The Color Green

Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes Birthday

    

Stamps: Lily of the Valley (Katzelkraft); Sentiment (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Tranquil Tide (SU); Onyx Black (Versafine); Noir élégant (Scrap Plaisir); Gold (Inkz);

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Washi tape, Alcohol markers, 

Katzelkraft - Derrière mon loup...

Hello everyone!

Time flies and we are already back to Tuesday! That means I have a new Katzelkraft creation to show.

I combined my weekly creation with a card swap whose theme is carnival, so the big fat rat from the "Les Dodus" set comes dressed up....

It was quite a lot of work, because I made this card 10 times!!!

First, I created the sentiment on the computer and printed it out on the still blank cards. 

Literally translated it means: Behind my wolf I do what I want.... 

However, in this case wolf means a masquerade mask. 

It is taken from the song "Le bal masqué" by Compagnie créole - a French group (Antillean-Guyanese), which was popular especially in the 1980s and passed on to posterity through the French-speaking world. 

It's a very catchy song and even if you don't understand French, you'll definitely want to hum along with the chorus of the song. Just listen to it and get caught up in its good vibes.... Click

I stenciled all the backgrounds with Distress Oxide and then stamped the rat and confetti and colored everything with alcohol markers. 

Then came the fussy part! 

I drew the mask and jester's hat on parchment paper, copied them 10 times on regular paper using tracing paper, colored everything with alcohol markers, and then cut out all the pieces with scissors. Phew!!!

Before gluing everything onto the cards I made little white dots on the masks. 

Lastly, I opened a slit at the left hand of the rat and attached a thin black strip between his hand and the mask. 

It was a lot of work, but I am very happy with the result!!! 

Hope you like it too! - See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration!

I used

 

Les Dodus - UGS : KTZ242

Linked up with:

Happy Little Stampers - Stencil Challenge

Stamps & Fun - Alles, nur keine Herzen

Digi Doodle Studios - Include a Sentiment

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes with an Animal

The Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

    

    

Stamps: Rat (Katzelkraft); Confetti (Stampin'Up); Sentiment (created on the computer and direktly printed on the card); Masks and jester hats (hand drawn);

Inks: Wild Honey, Peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserves (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Alcohol markers

Andrà Tutto Bene!

Hello everyone!

Until April 30th there is the wonderful action "Andrà Tutto Bene" at Heindesign.

It's about how the Italians encourage and applaud their COVID helpers with banners hanging on their balcony! 

Andrà Tutto Bene - Everything will be alright! 

We should just make a card that encourages.

The card sent in will be rewarded with a "special" Andrà Tutto Bene stamp!

Here's my card, which I've given a lot of thought to.

The background of my card begins with grey - bad times, 

turns into green - life and hope

 and ends with blue - for freedom and peace.

The stamps I used are also symbolic. I used 13 stamps for my scene - hope that brings us luck!

- The jar means the strict quarantine, which we have had to comply with since the beginning of March.

- The ladder shows that there is a way and we have to strive upwards.

- The stars are for hope and the musical notes say that we remain optimistic and will not be subdued!

- hearts are for the unconditional love and devotion of the hospital teams and all carers in general.

- The numbers in the top right corner stand for...   ...you've probably already guessed!

- Last but not least the key, hidden behind grid and flowers, which I hope will be find as soon as possible!

- And a customized, orange envelope, because orange is the colour of encouragement and success!

I didn't particularly decorate the back of the card, except with a handmade stamp and a sentiment of encouragement that says something like: ... surpassing oneself to cross summits...

...hope you like my thoughts...

Linked up with:

Little Red Wagon - Mix it up!

Watercooler Wednesday - All about Occasions

Creative Moments - Anything Goes + optional Something to Look Forward To 

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Craft Stamper Magazine - Take It Make It

   

   

Stamps: Jar, musical notes and key (Craft Sensations); Heart flowers (Artemio); Gras (Studio Light); Letters for the sentiments (SU); Ladder, Panda, Stars and all background stamps (Scrap Plaisir), Ladybirds (SU); Mountain with the sebtiment (Scrap Plaisir); Sentiment for the envelope (...

Inks: Iced Spruce, Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean (Ranger Distress Oxyde); Pumkin Pie (SU); Onyx Black (Versafine);

...lots of glitter!

Hello everyone!
Today I want to remind you on our current challenge at the Dream Factory. This month's movie is

Frozen

Snowy landscapes, forest animals, snowflakes, snowmen, reindeer, glitter, princesses...

In France, it is tradition to send New Year's greetings rather than Christmas greetings and we have until the end of January to do so. I do not follow this custom, but if I am missing Christmas cards, I sometimes have to fall back on it!

...but this time the card wasn't meant to be sent! 

In our little handicraft group it became a habit that we make cards to exchange three or four times a year. The theme for the beginning of the year was: Glittery wishes 

I've decided on a shaker card and made 8 of them.

They consist of a small, transparent pocket, which I cut out of document covers and then sewed them. Hmm - it was rather the other way round, I sewed first and then cut the pockets that were still open on one side ;)

I die-cut the sentiments and numbers from self-adhesive glitter foam and glued them inside the pockets. Then I filled them with lots of glitter, sequins, stars and many different transparent die-cuts that I had bought at some point.

Here they are!

I closed the pockets with one last seam and knotted the threads so that they would not open accidentally. I stapled the pockets to a piece of stamped card stock of the same size and then glued it to the white base card.

Hope you like it! 

You still have a fortnight to link up your glittery things! ;)

Have Fun!!

Linked up with:

Throught The Purple Haze - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions

Always Fun Challenges - Sparkle

    

   

Stamps: Background (SU);

Dies: Sentiment (Scrap Plaisir); Numbers (Deco Time);

document covers, staples, sewing machine and

...lots of glittery things

All in pink!

Hello everyone!
Last weekend, my niece's daughter's holy communion was celebrated. - What an exciting day!
I made her a card for this memorable celebration.

I smooshed Picked Raspberry oxide ink onto regular card stock. After drying, I carefully sprayed pink ink on it with a brush - I wanted very fine splashes. I cut the panel to size and wrapped it in pink yarn on the left. I punched the outline of a square and the letters out of a bit stronger watercolour paper and glued everything onto the panel. I stamped a small dove into the square and then stuck the hand-cut crucifix to it. I stuck the panel on the card and covered the letters and the crucifix with Wink of Stella.

Linked up with:

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Distress it

Allsorts Challenge - Pretty in Pink

Krafty Chicks - Celebration

Sparkles Monthly Challenges - Flowers or Religious

  

  

Stamps: Dove (Katzelkraft)

Inks: Picked Raspberry (Distress Oxide), 

Dies: Letters (Joy Crafts); Square (Action);

Pink yarn, Pink felt-tip pen to stamp the dove

For a young man

Hello everyone!

The son of my friend Gundi celebrated his Jugendweihe this weekend. A ceremony in which 14-year-olds are given adult social status (esp. in East Germany)

I made this card for him.

At first I wanted to make a tux card but then I thought it was a bit too strict for that age. - Nowadays you can wear a bit simpler clothes for such festivities! 

So I decided for a more casual version and used a patterned paper, which I found very nice and suitable for this card.

I moved the collar a bit to the left to make room for a pocket, where a small banknote replaces the handkerchief.  The most difficult thing about this card was the tie (ribbon) - not so easy to make a nice knot!

To keep the card well closed, I attached magnets inside.

Sorry, I forgot to take a photo from the inside. There is the word "congratulations", die cut from the blue side of the paper. Maybe Gundi will send me a photo to add it...

Addition...

Gundi was so kind and sent me a photo from the inside...

Linked up with:

Stempelküche - Nur für Männer

Simon Says - Anything Goes

The Male Room - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes