Hurray it snows!

Hello everyone!
No, we do not have snow here, but it's very cold! - Very cold for our area!

Well, I will not complain, I'm sitting here in a warm room and made this card.

I did not like my Santa stamps so I took this Snowman from Katzelkraft - I love this funny guy who is having fun in the snow! .....I just colored his nose and the firs. 

The sentiment says: Hurray it snows! (youpi is from Stampin Up and Il neige from Scrap Plaisir)

... and that it snows really nice, I put a lot of small snowflakes with a white gel pen on the turquoise panel!

I link to the Muse Christmas Visions Challenge #76 where I was inspired by Kimberley Wiener's adorable card! 

I also link with: 

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes

The Heart Desires - Inspitation Photo

Cut It Up - It's snow fun

  

Hot Glue and Ink

Hello everyone!
Today I did something completely new for me! I discovered a technique that made me very curious and that I absolutely had to try!

So here I am with that!

I was inspired by the example, shown by Cornelia on Stamploration and which consists of using a hot glue gun and heat embossing to achieve this result.

You also have to use liquid ink or watercolor to add the colors you want to give to the work.

...This video (by Connie McFarlane) shows it much better than I can explain!

I used black embossing powder from Stampin Up and for the colors "Vintage Photo" and "Weathered Wood" from Distress. I also added a few drops of Aladine IZINK gold pigments.

The colored panel ist mounted on white and gray layers.

The stamps are from Stampin Up.

Here you get a better idea of the golden effect!

I absolutely loved this technique and I already have another card to show in a few days! 

....Stay tuned ;)

I join in: 

Stamploration Spotlight Project Showcase

CAS Mix Up - Stamping + Liquid Colours + Your Choice (heat embossing)

Happy Little Stampers - Layers

   

Pink mood!

Hello everyone!
Don't know why, but today I wanted to use pink for my card!  .......you too have noticed that this color comes up very often lately, eh?

First I stamped paisley pattern (Fiskars) with Versamark all over a sheet of white paper and heat embossed it clear! Then I wet the sheet, colored it with watercolor from dark to clear and let it dry. 

During this time I cut the Carpe Diem 4 times and glued them one on top of the other, so that it made a very thick cut. 

Finally I embossed the "Joyeux anniversaire" (happy birthday) in white on a small black rectangle and glued everything together.

I play with:
Just Us Girls - All over stamping
QKR Stampede - Clean & Simple
Happy Little Stampers - Watercolour



      

         

Fantastic Shoe

Hello everyone!
Today starts a new challenge at the Dream Factory. You all know Cinderella? - I hope so, because this month is about her story:

Three wishes for Cinderella.

Trois noisettes pour Cendrillon

Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel

Here is my card to the story.

I was inspired by Cinderella's shoe and when I saw the gorgeous illustrations by Colleene Kennedy, I was immediately fascinated by her funny shoes! -- She is such a fabulous and talented artist!!

... NO printing!! I used tracing paper and carbon paper, to get the subject on my card. 

I designed the saying with the computer. Actually, it was in gray and black but my printer does totally crazy things again and printed all the gray in pink?!? !!! Great!! 

At first I wanted to redo the pink words with a gray felt-tip pen but in the end I liked it much better as it was! And who knows what I would have destroyed?

... and now you also know why I'm not a big fan of printing and Digi Stamps, haha

...or perhaps it's time to I buy a new printer !!

There are many possibilities to make something! - it's up to you now!

See you soon at the Dream Factory ;)

X-mas mice

Hello everybody.

Phew, we had such gloomy weather the last days!! - What better than a good cup of hot tea and
.....make a Christmas card with the sketch at Christmas Card Throwdown!

I'm lucky, today the sun came back and I could take the pictures under better light.

 I added some snow under the mice feet and a gleaming pink star to the fir. To do this, I smeared a bit glossy on the star and the edge of the panel and sprinkled it with ultra fine glitter. White  for the snow and pink for the star!

All stamps are Stampin Up and for coloring I used felt-tip pens.

Here a closer view to the "glittering stuff" 

Happy weekend

linking up with:

Lemon Shortbread Challenge - Anything Goes

Come & Get It Challenge - Something New ....(the mice stamps and the sentiment are new)

The Artist Stamper - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon - 2017 Resolutions  ...(joining more challenges and make a Christmas card a week! - I said it here)

Inky Fingers Today !

Hi everyone!
Today I play along with Less is More. They has a color and OMBRE/shadow challenge this week.

First, I tore a piece of watercolor paper to a rectangle and sprinkled it with water. Then I added a few drops of Disstress ink "Vintage photo" on it, sprinkled again with water, turned it a bit back and forth and put it aside for drying.

While the paper was drying, I took a bigger piece of paper and wet it with a thick brush and water. 

Then I used the same ink, but this time with a brush and with only a tiny droplet of color! - I wanted the background as bright as possible!

Next I stamped a small diamond pattern ( by ALADIN ) on the torn paper and stuck it to the bigger one. 

To finish I stamped the word ART ( by ALADIN ) in a very soft color just under the image and glued the whole panel to the white card base!

I do not often use liquid ink but one thing is for sure, 

I loved to see how it merged in the wet paper ..... and I like the result!

Try it yourself and enjoy ;)

linking up with: 

Stamplorations January Challenge - Theme and Sketch ....(I think it does both)

Stamplorations January CAS Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Stamper TIMI - Anything Goes

The Male Room - Anything Goes

                                            

Houses

Hi everyone.

Not very inspired this weekend, ...but I must confess that I was a bit lazy too!

A row of houses which one of them is cut out of sparkling foam.
The sentiment is stamped on a small stripe of paper.





The only difference between the card above and this one, is a smaller and darker house and no stripe for the sentiment.



That's all for today!
See you soon - ... with, I hope, a little more inspiration!

Stamps: SU

Inks: Versafine "Onyx Black" and "Smokey Gray" 

Dies: Kesi'Art
sparkling foam

Bonne Année

Hello everyone!
Yes, another card for the New Year! In France it is customary to send the wishes for the New Year instead of Christmas. So in the coming days, you will still see two or three cards of this kind - but promised, after those it's finish!!

In fact, the background of this card was intended for that of yesterday, but I have colored it with ink and it has not really dried well -- the embossing powder hooked on the whole area!  I nevertheless embossed it and put it aside!

Again and again I wondered what I could do with this failed piece of paper and during the day I had an idea! - That's what came out of it!

I added two feathers, a wreath and a few glittering things and the card was ready - nothing is lost and I love it!

Thanks for reading!

I link up with....

Time Out Challenges - Inspired by Words  (beginning of the new year)

Stamps: Stampin'Up

Inks: Versafine "Onyx Black", Stampin'Up "Blushing Bride" (for the background)

Die: Rayher, Kesi'Art

Stencil: Heidi Swapp

sequins, silver thread, pearl pen

Happy New Year

Hello everyone!
I don't know if I'll be able to take a bit more of challenges this year and make a Christmas card a week, in any case these are two of my goals for 2017.

Let's start with this!

Silver embossed spots, Versamark stamped snowflakes and a silver thread on a peach colored cardstock. 

The sentiment is glued with foam pads. 

I link up with...

LIM - "Dimension" 

Allsorts Challenge  - Something New  (I used my new sentiment stamp)

QKR Stampede  - Snowman or Snowflakes  (Snowflakes for me)

All items are Stampin'Up

HOC - Add a Building and/or Colors

Hi everyone!
Have you celebrated the New Year? .....with confetti and firecrackers? .... no hangover?
Ok, so let's move on to serious things, because the New Year starts right away with a challenge at House of Cards!

I was inspired by the image and colors

... and that's what came out!

After watercoloring my background with a little gray, I stamped the firs and then I added two birch trees and a tiny red house. At last I stamped the sentiment and added a few enamel dots and some pearl pen accents.

Add a Building and/or Colors

Happy New Year to all of you!

Rosi

Stamps: Stampin'Up, Scrap Plaisir

Inks: Versafine "Onyx Black" and "Smokey Gray", Stampin'Up "Chocolate Chip" (for the card base)

Dies: Ipression Obsession, Kesi'Art

enamel dots, pearl pen

Die letzte Karte aus 2016

....oder wie man das Jahr in Rosa beendet!! haha

La dernière carte en 2016
.... ou comment terminer l'année en rose!! haha


Hallo allerseits! ...heute sogar in deutsch und französisch bitteschön!
Salut tout le monde! ...aujourd'hui même en allemand et en français s'il vous plaît!

Eine etwas unrealistische Szene, aber warum nicht! - Manchmal darf man auch Rosa Schneeflocken sehen und erst recht zum Jahresende!

Une scène quelque peu irréaliste, mais pourquoi pas! - Parfois on peut aussi voir des flocons de neige roses et ce certainement à la fin de l'année!

Ich wünsche euch allen eine großartige Sylvester Nacht. 

Lasst die Korken knallen und habt irrsinnigen Spaß!

Je vous souhaite à tous une excellente nuit de la St. Sylvestre. 

Faites sauter les bouchons et amusez-vous follement!!

Rosi 

Stamps: Scrap Plaisir

Inks: Stampin'Up "Crumb Cake" and "Melon Mambo" (in second print and for the watercoloring), Versamark

Dies: Kesi'Art, Spellbinders

White embossing powder, enamel dots, silver twine, corrugated cardboard

Poor little Snowman!

No snow far and wide, and I'm supposed to build a snowman!?!? 

Hello everyone!

At the Dream Factory we will close the year with this beautiful story that is:      Miracle on 34th Street.
I would like to remember that you still have two weeks to do a little something. -- But no rush, take your time and let yourself be inspired by the beautiful creations of our design team!

I was dreaming of a white Christmas but ....no snow! - So, my snowman is transparent * laugh *

and now I count the hours until the new year .......

Rosi

Stamps: Scrap Plaisir

Inks: Versafine "Onyx Black" and color pencils

Brrr...

...lot of snow for the polar bear!


Hi everyone!
After the pink card from yesterday, I have a blue one today!

A very simple card! - I made it with my new stamps from Scrap Plaisir :)

Too bad, the snowflakes in the background are not very visible! - surely a little too much light during the shooting!

Oh, if only we could have snow here too !! ....just a bit for the fun!!

Rosi

Stamps: Scrap Plaisir
Inks: Versafine "Onyx Black" and Versamark

White gel pen for the snowflakes and some frosty sparkle for the snow

Mouse Mouse Christmouse

Hi everyone!
Recently I bought some new stamps and an embossing folder

...and here is what I did!

... isn't that a cute little Christmouse?

See you tomorrow with a new card!

Rosi

Stamps: Stampin'Up

Inks: Versafine "Smokey Gray", Felt-tip pens

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Twine

Santa Claus was here!

Hello everyone!
Last month I took part in a competition in a French card making magazine.
The theme was: a Santa Claus in any form.

You see, red and gray again but .... this time with some greenery!  ;-)

I did not win, but it was fun and it made a Christmas card more in my stock *smile*

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Rosi

Stamps: Crafty Secrets, Stampin'Up, Maranne Design, Penny Black (on the locket)

Inks: Versafine "Smokey Gray"

Dies: Kesi'Art

Embossing: ???

Twine, Shrink plastic

Let it snow....

Hello erveryone!

No red today,    ...but I used the gray :))

I stamped the trees and the sentiment with Versamark 

and added some snow with a white gel pen - thats all!!

Have a wonderful Christmas day!

Rosi

Stamps: Scrap Plaisir

Inks: Versamark

white gel pen

Noël

Hello everyone!
I still have some Christmas cards to show you these days and I hope you're not tired of seeing them!

Still in white, gray and red tones. I do not know why but I loved this combination this year! 

A few leftovers were enough for this ultra simple card!

Thanks for your visit and see you soon with a new card!

Rosi

Stamps: Mia's Stempelküche, SU

Inks: Versafine "Smokey Gray"

Dies: X-Cut

Season to Believe

Hello everyone!

I'm back with a new Christmas card!

This card is super fast to do !!

I used the large Stampin'Up stamp to make the background, which is glued on a white card. Then I stamped and embossed just the part you see in red, I cut it out and glued it on white paper. To finish I added a small star of birch bark and a red wire! That is all!

Hope you like it! 

See you soon.

Rosi

Ho ho ho

Hello everyone!

Today I continue with the Dream Factory. Every 15th of the month there is a new challenge and of course we have dedicated this particular month entirely to the Christmas theme! 

The film we have chosen for this month is called ....

Miracle on 34th Street

Das Wunder von Manhatten

Miracle sur la 34e Rue

My card is, as often very simple!

First I cut a frame in white paper with a corrugated blade. Then I embossed a little bit bigger gray cardstock for the background and die-cut the panel with Santa Claus and the little snowflake out of white paper.

Next I stamped the text in white on red cardstock and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Finally, I stuck everything on a white card - and voilà!

More inspiration??? Please, hop to the challenge blog and look at the lovely projects of my teammates!

Thanks for watching!

Rosi

Stamps: Stampin'Up

Inks: Versamark

Dies: Stampin'Up, X-Cut

Embossing: Stampin'Up

White embossing powder

Happy Birthday Dédé!

Hi everyone! 

Today it's Dédé's turn!  - he celebrated his birthday a few days ago!

Dede is the shortcut of André (Andreas in German), ...a kind of nickname.

Dédé (my brother in law) loves motorcycles and cars but this year I did not want to make an umpteenth card with one of these machines on! So I did circles, tracks, and lines ....

...and all this very colorful - that's why I kept the bird colorless! - just with googly eyes ;)

In the speech bubble you can read: You did not take one more wrinkle!!

Have a pleasant day!

Rosi

Stamps: Katzelkraft, Stampin'Up and other stamps, whose name I lost
Inks: Dew Drop "Sunflower Yellow", SU "Melon Mambo" and "Bermuda Bay", Versafine "Onyx Black"
Some pearl pen and Glossy (bird's eyes )

Little whisker!

Hi everyone!

It was my son's birthday and  ....he looves cats!

When I saw this guy, my heart immediately melted for him!! --  think it's a boy  ;-)

I found the "little mustache" so cute, that I had to have it for this birthday card!!

The original, "Happy", is a Georg Williams drawing 

and I obtained the permission from his daughter Katherine Williams 

to post this reproduction on my blog!

It is not a direct, but hand-drawn copy

...and it is not intended for sale or for profit of any sort !!!

Many thanks to Katherine Williams for allowing me to share this card!

Wishing a happy day to all of you!

Rosi

"greeting cards and prints featuring "Happy" can be purchased in the online shop".

Website (www.georgwilliams.com) and 

Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/GeorgWilliamsStudios/)

Purple, pink, silver...

...and a bit of black is also there!

Hello everyone.

First I want to welcome two new readers. 

Mariangela Mesquita (no blog found) and  Karin Gerlinde. - Nice to see you here!

Today's card is very simple and leftovers can be used very well!

The only ornament, a thick linen thread! 

The die-cut is Scrap-Plaisir. I cut it twice and used the second color to fill the hearts and the firs, 

then I stuck it with some foam pads.

The purple panel is structured with a SU embossing folder and the stamp is from WOJ. 

That's all! 

I'll go to play with 52CCT for the "Pick a previous 2016 Challenge" and for which I chose the "May Stash Challenge"

Thanks for reading and for the always so nice comments. <3

Have a nice day

Rosi

House of Cards - Blog Hop and DT Call

Das volle Bild gibt es ganz unten auf der Seite zu sehen   ;)

Vous pouvez voir l'image complet tout en bas de la page;)

Schönen guten Tag an alle!
Schon wieder sind sechs Monate vorbei und das bedeutet Blog Hop bei House of Cards!

...dieser Blog Hop ist gleichzeitig ein DT Aufruf !!!

Für genauere Informationen besucht bitte den  HOC Challenge-Blog!

Der Hop läuft vom 1. Dezember 6:00 Uhr bis 15. Dezember Mitternacht.

*** Die Blog Hop Gewinner werden am 20. Dezember bekannt gegeben ***

Bonjour à tous! 

Six mois sont encore passés et cela signifie Blog Hop chez House of Cards!

....ce blog hop est en même temps un appel DT !!! 

Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez s.v.p. consulter le HOC Challenge Blog! 

Ce hop se déroulera du 1er décembre 6h00 au 15 décembre minuit. 

*** Les gagnants du Blog Hop seront annoncés le 20 décembre.***

Wir haben ein wunderschönes Bild als Inspiration, für das JEDER KARTENSTIL willkommen ist!

Nous avons une magnifique photo d'inspiration, pour laquelle TOUT STYLE DE CARTE est bienvenue!

Macht eine Karte und verlinkt sie auf dem Challenge Blog!

Créez une carte et il liez-la au Challenge Blog!

Bevor es losgeht, möchte ich euch unsere Sponsoren vorstellen, die wie immer tolle Preise für euch haben! 

Avant de commencer, je tiens à vous présenter nos sponsors, qui ont comme toujours de superbes prix pour vous! 

Great Impression 

Preis: Stempelset

Prix: Un ensemble d'estampilles

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Preis: Wahl von 1 Stempelset oder 3 einzel Stempel

Prix: Choix de 1 ensemble d'estampilles ou 3 images simples

MHKDesigns

Preis: Drei Produkte Ihrer Wahl!

Prix: Trois produits de votre choix!

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Damit ihr einen dieser Preise gewinnen könnt, solltet ihr auf dem Challenge Blog und bei jedem DT Mitglied einen Kommentar hinterlassen, denn die Preise sind versteckt und es werden Zufallsziehungen auf den Blogs gemacht, wo sie sich verstecken! :)

...... von hier aus geht es weiter bei Ruza.

- die vollständige Hop-Liste findet ihr auf dem Challenge Blog!

Nachdem Ihr auf allen Blogs kommentiert habt, macht eine Karte und verlinkt sie auf dem Challenge Blog, für eine weitere Gewinnchance! ;)

Pour que vous puissiez gagner un de ces prix, vous devriez laisser un commentaire sur le Challenge blog et sur le blog de chaque membre du DT, car les prix sont cachés et il y aura des tirages au sort sur les blogs où ils se cachent! :) 

...... après moi, ça continue chez Ruza.

- vous trouvez la liste complète du Hop sur le Challenge Blog!

Après avoir commenté sur tous les blogs, créez une carte et il liez-la au Challenge Blog, pour une autre chance de gagner! ;)

Und hier sind meine Kreationen zum Blog Hop.

Et voici mes créations pour le Blog Hop.

Sie macht auch bei MHKDesings November Challenge mit!

Elle participe également au challenge de novembre chez MHKDesings!

Diese beiden Karten sind mit dem wunderschönen Digi Stempel aus dem Set "Christmas Candles" von unserem Sponsor MHKDesigns gemacht.

Ces deux carte sont faites avec la superbe estampille digitale du set "Christmas Candles" de notre sponsor MHKDesigns. 

Und hier noch zwei.... -- et voici encore deux....

...auch hier habe ich den Digi Stempel "Kitty Christmas List" von unserem Sponsor "Cute As A Button" zwei mal verwendet. 

...ici aussi, j'ai utilisée deux fois l'estampille digitale "Kitty Christmas List" de notre sponsor "Cute As A Button".

!!! Habt ihr euren Kommentar hinterlassen? 

Dann drücke ich euch die Daumen und wünsche viel Spaß 

!!! Avez-vous laissé votre commentaire?  

Alors je croise les doigts pour vous et vous souhaite beaucoup de plaisir

Vielen Dank für euren Besuch!

Merci de votre visite!

Rosi

Noah Reminder - Blog Birthday Winner

Hi everybody!

Two more weeks are over and it's time to remember the current challenge at the Dream Factory!

NOAH = animals, animals and ....animals ;))

Look at this, a cute little worm teases the bird !!

At the same I want to announce the lucky one who won this prize, which was offered by me during the Blog Birthday Challenge at the Dream Factory last month. 

Congratulations, Karin Gerlinde! You won! 

....Please contact me

Stamps: SU, Katzelkraft (the bird), the worm is hand drawn

Inks: Versafine "Onyx Black" and felt-tip pens

Pearl pen and silver glitter glue