Advent Advent

Hello everyone!
We are already counting the days until Christmas and so that time does not seem that long, there are advent calendars. Here is the one I made for a dear friend this year.

I found a beautiful Advent calendar with a tutorial at Paula Pünktchen's blog.

I followed her tutorial, but didn't use toilet paper rolls. All my pockets are made of strong, white printing paper and covered with silver and colorful wrapping paper. Instead of silk paper I used a large ribbon to fix the skewers to the compartments. The numbers were printed on self-adhesive printing paper and punched.

....and as it should be for an Advent calendar, each compartment is filled with a little surprise.

                   

I got this from my dear friend Gundi! - I think she's a little crazy, right? ....but I like it a lot!😉

                 
Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Paperminutes - Weihnachts Countdown

Christmas With The Cuties - Anything but a card

Path of Positivity - # 64 Optional Theme  SILVER, GOLD & OTHER  METALLICS

Meow....

Hello everyone!
No Christmas card today :)

My son loves cats and as it was his birthday, I made this card for him.

I used this cat wearing sunglasses (Creative Images) and watercolored it with felt-tip pens.

I stamped some grass in the background by masking the cat. I colored the ground with alcohol markers and added some more blades of grass  ....because cats like to hide behind tufts of grass! Ha ha

I sponged the sky with Tempting Turquoise (Stampin'Up) and used die cut letters for the Meow.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Little Red Wagon - Purrs and Wags (House Pets)

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Watercolor Wednesday - Tristan's Feminine Anything Goes

Stamps: Cat Wearing Sunglasses (Creative Images); Grass in the background (Toga); Tufts of Grass (Scrap Plaisir)

Inks: Tempting Turquoise (Stampin'Up); Alcohol Markers; Felt-tip pens

Dies: Letters (Joy Crafts)

House of Cards Blog Hop

A little preview ..... Check out the full image at the bottom of this page ;)

Hello everyone!
Six months are over and that means Blog Hop at House of Cards!
Unfortunately, this is the last one .... because House of Cards closes!

I'm writing this post with some sadness, because at House of Cards I gained my first experience as a DT member and I've been in the team for almost seven years - so from the beginning!

Thank you girls, it was a great and creative time with you!

Now to the hop!

It runs from December 1, 6:00 AM to December 15 midnight.

ANY CARD STYLE is welcome and we've got this gorgeous photo inspiration for your crafting enjoyment! 

For this Hop,  

Bekky's Place is giving away a $ 10.00AU Gift Certificate!

To win this prize, be sure to leave a comment at each person's blog because the prize is hidden and a random draw will be made among these blogs to find it out! :)

After you're done, we would love for you to make a creation to share with us on the challenge blog, too.

Here is what I created...

...with the candle from the gorgeous "Tied Up With String" digital stamp set from Beccy's Place!

I watercolored the candle with felt-tip pens and fussy cut it. I stamped the sentiment on a white cardstock panel and covered it with a sheet of gold splashed velum. I added black gingham pattern at the bottom and stuck the candle. I took a slightly larger white base card and colored its edges with black felt-tip pen. I added Wink of Stella to the black edges, the flame, the mistletoe berries and the string. That's all!

!!! Did you leave your comment?

So I cross my fingers for you and wish you a lot of fun!

.... your next step is Sue N.

- you will find the complete list of the Hop on the Challenge Blog!

Thank you for your visit ..... and good luck !!

Rosi

Linked up with:

Card Mania - Christmas

Crafty Friends - Christmas

Do-Al(l) Kreatives - Weihnachten oder Silvester/Neujahr

The cat's pajamas - Winter Holidays

Dragonfly journeys - Handmade Holiday Magic

Stamps: Candle (Beccy's Place); Sentiment and Gingham (Stampin'Up);

Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine)

Felt-tip pens, Velum, Wink of Stella

Snowman Soup

Hello everybody.
A quick reminder for our current challenge at the Dream Factory - Gostbusters.
It's about ghosts, demons, love and marchmallows - believe me,
you can make very fun cards with it.

I'm back with marshmallows - they fits so well with the winter time ...

Today I have a yummy snowman soup for you. 

Just follow the recipe and make yourself as comfortable as possible ...

I copied this Marshmallow snowman by hand from the computer and watercolored it with felt-tip pens. - A little Wink of Stella on it and ready!

How happy he looks, sitting in this hot bath....

Linked up with:

Crafry Catz - ANYTHING GOES with optional twist Too Cute

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes

The Marshmallow Snowman is an image from Printable Cuttable Creatables

...and because

I wanted to see how it looks on a white card, there is also this one with the eraser technique.

Hello, me again! 😉

It's almost the same card as in the previous post, but in white! 

Here I added an embossed panel and worked with black glitter cardstock instead of gold.

I stamped the image with Tranquil Tide and colored the berries with Real Red (both Stampin'Up). - Added also a bit Wink of Stella to the berries.

Otherwise, everything is made exactly as on the card from the previous post! - just no gold splatter, and the sentiment is different too! :))

...would you tell me which one you like better?

Linked up with:

Papierelle - Eraser technique
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes + make your own background
Hiding in my Craft Room - Any Holiday
Stamping Sensation - Get Ready For Christmas

Stamps: Holly leaf (Action); Sentiment (Stampin'Up)

Inks: Tranquil Tide and Real Red (Stampin'Up); "Nuit Blanche" (Scrap Plaisir); 
Embossing: Stampin'Up
Dies: Square (Action)
Black glitter cardstock, Wink of Stella

Eraser Technique

Hello everyone!
I had another idea for the erasing technique that I learned recently from Papierelle and that I've already presented in this post and in this one.

Today I tried this technique on Sahara Sand cardstock (Stampin'Up). 

It's not as effective as on white paper, but it has its charm!

I sponged the graphite dust on a small piece of cardstock and stamped the image in dark brown. 

I erased the areas of the berries and leaves to regain the color of the cardstock. I colored the berries with white gel pen before fixing the graphite with hairspray. - Some white and golden splashes and it looked pretty good!

I pasted the small panel on a slightly larger piece of gold glitter cardstock, stuck this on the white base card which also got a few gold splashes and added the sentiment.

Linked up with:

Papierelle - Eraser technique
Stamping Sensations - Get Ready For Christmas
Hiding in my Craftroom - Any Holiday

Stamps: Holly leaf (Action); Sentiment (Scrap Plaisir)

Inks: Early Espresso (Stampin'Up); "Nuit Blanche" (Scrap Plaisir); Gold pigment ink

Dies: Square (Action)

Gold glitter cardstock, white gel pen

Clic, clic...

Hello everyone!
No Christmas card today, but lots of photos!

Last Saturday our Stampin'Up demonstrator, Alex (it's a lady), hosted a mega workshop (we call it a CROP), where we created a great photo album. We were about 40 girls and a boy (yes, one dared), and we worked from 9 to 17 o'clock. 

We had to keep up with it to be ready in the evening!

Photos are not in it yet, but I still wanted to show you some pictures of my work.

When closed (with a magnet), the album measures 22 x 15 x 4 cm.

The brown part on the left is folded like an accordion and closed by a ribbon. 

Five portraits can find place in it.

The second part is designed as a booklet, with small, medium and large pages. There is enough room for 13 to 14 pictures and embellishments.

The booklet on the right is designed to the opposite of the one on the left and there is also room for 12 to 13 photos plus embellishments.

At first glance, it might not look like that, but there is enough room for 30 10x13 photos!

... hope you can imagine!

Thank you for stopping by!

A Christmas hi...

Hello everyone! 

Only 4 weeks left until Christmas...

The theme this week at 52CCT is Snow globes.

I used one of the funny Santas from the stamp set So Santa by Stampin'Up.

The snow globe was created by punching a circle on beige card stock. I made sure that the circle was not totally punched out and left 1 cm uncut at the bottom. I folded the punched part forward and cut it at 1.5 cm. - So I had the base for my snow globe. I cut this small part again from red cardstock. I stamped the text, embossed it in white and stuck it on the snow globe base. - Folded it up again, masked the bottom of the panel with a piece of paper and squirted white ink on top. - Embossed the lower part, folded the snow globe base forward and stuck it.

I marked the punched area on a white base card and stamped Santa Claus, watercolored it with felt-tip pens and then stuck the panel with the snow globe to the base card.

Also linked up with:
The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog - Winter Layers
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
Simon Monday Challenge Blog - Let it Snow
Cards in Envy - Santa Baby




Stamps: Image and text (Stampin'Up)
Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); White ink spray "Nuit Blanche" (Scrap Plaisir)
Dies: Spellbinder
Embossing: Sizzix/Stampin'Up
Versamark, Felt-tip pens, white embossing powder

Oh what fun it is to ride…

Hello every one!
We have a new challenge at the Dream Factory - this month's movie is

Gostbusters

You can play with ghosts, demons, love and


.....marshmallows 😊

I opted for this cute marshmallow snowman wearing ear muffs to keep him warm while sledding down the snowy slopes on a delicious chocolate sled with candy cane runners! The image is colored with felt-tip pens and the slope is sponged with Tempting Turquoise (Stampin'Up)

The fluffy snowflakes are glue dots sprinkled with glitter. The text is made with two different stamps and die cut letters. The letters are also coated with glue and sprinkled with glitter ....was a fussy job!!

Before sticking it to the base card, I pressed the edges of the panel on the Tempting Turquoise ink pad.

...a closer view of the word mix.
"winter" is colored with silver glitter pen.



Have fun!

Linked up with:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes / Optional Twist / Christmas / Winter

Stamps: It's a world (Stampin'Up); Winter (Lora Bylora); in the (hand written); Marshmallow Snowman (Digital image from Printable Cuttable Creatables)

Inks: Onyx black (Versafine), Tempting Turquoise (Stampin'Up) 

Dies: Die cut letters (Joy Crafts)

Felt-tip pens, Glue, Glitter, silver glitter pen, 

Let it snow...

Hello everyone!

I'm back with a new card and this new eraser technique that I introduced you yesterday.

I saw this at Papierelle, where there is also a challenge and a full tutorial to it! 

Join in - a cute little snowman stamp is waiting for a lucky winner!

It's so easy to do and requires very little equipment!

No stencil today!

I stuck Washi tape on the edges of the card and sponged the graphite dust on the whole surface. 

With the help of a torn piece of paper I set a few darker accents at the bottom. 

I stamped the images and began to erase the inner area of the snowman. - Look at his belly, he's white now!

After I erased the snowman and the deer clean, it was the snowflakes' turn.

My eraser is like a pen, I pressed and turned the tip of the eraser on the paper and thick, fluffy snowflakes appeared. This worked really well!

After coloring, I fixed with hairspray and added Wink of Stella to the snowman and the snow hills.

Normally it should have been a one layer card but like a fool I stamped the card upside down!!! 

Now I have a two-layer card! hahaha

See you soon!

Linked up with:

Papierelle - Eraser Technique
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes / Optional Twist / Christmas / Winter
Angie's Digital Stamps - Anything Goes / Optional Twist / Christmas
Stamping Sensations - Get ready for Christmas

Stamps: Snowman, Deer and Trees (Scrap Plaisir); Sentiment (Lora Bailora)

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine)

Pencil, sandpaper, sponge, eraser, hairspray, felt-tip pens, and Wink of Stella

Who needs snow?!

Hello everyone!
Today I would like to point out a technique that was totally unknown to me until a few days ago! I saw this on Papierelle, my blogger friend Gundi's blog. It's not difficult at all and thanks to Gundi's detailed tutorial, anyone can reproduce it.
There is also a challenge to this technique on her blog - check it out, give it a try and if you link up your card, you might win a super cute snowman stamp!

What you need for this is really minimal: Stamps, ink pads,

a pencil, sandpaper, sponge, eraser, hairspray or some other fixative 

and possibly a stencil and markers.

I used Katzelkraft's three penguins and a sentiment from Stampin'Up for my card. But first I applied the stars using a stencil, and the graphite dust I got by scribbling with the pencil on the sandpaper. 

I stamped the penguins and then erased all that was inside their bodies.

I colored the beaks, the feets and the eyes with felt-tip pens and added the sentiment. 

I used hairspray to fix the graphite dust - otherwise it smears!

I put a cap on the little penguin's head to keep him warm! 😊
Before pasting it on the base card, I colored the edges of the panel by pressing them on a turquoise ink pad.

Did I make you curious? - It's so easy, try it! .... I'm sure you'll have fun!

Linked up with:
Papierelle - Eraser Technique

Alphabeth Challenge - P is for Penguin

Aud Sentiments - Use a funny sentiment
Animal Friends Challenge - Winter

Stamps: Penguins (Katzelkraft); Sentiment (Stampin'Up); cap (Scrap Plaisir)

Inks: Onyx Black (Vesafine), Tempting Turquoise (Stampin'Up),

Stencil: Scrap Plaisir

Pencil, sandpaper, sponge, eraser, hairspray, stencil and felt-tip pens

Joyeux Noël

Hello everyone!
Today I am very excited! - Why? - Because this week I am guest designer at 52CCT!!

I created my card based on the sketch at 52CCT and...

...I absolutely wanted to try my new embossing folder! 

Three quarters of a piece of cardstock (slightly smaller than the base card) are embossed with my new toy! :)) 

....and so that everything goes smoothly, I have already stamped the sentiment before embossing!!! 👍

I covered the unembossed part and sprayed silver shimmer spray on the embossed side (unfortunately not visible on the photo ...even with good eyes), then sponged the edges with gray ink.

I also embossed a strip of turquoise cardstock - this time with a piece of linen fabric, to get that pretty texture that I love so much. - Stamped some stars and snowflakes with Versamark and marked the edges with a quilting wheel.

The Christmas balls are cut from holographic paper and fixed with foam pads.

Christmas is in less than two months  ....maybe you need some more cards! 😉

Linked up with:

CAS Mix Up November Challenge - Embossing folder + Stamp + Your choice (Die cuts and Holographic paper for me)

Scrap From Your Heart - Christmas

Stamps: Joyeux (Scrap Plaisir); Noël and Stars (Stampin'Up)

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Smokey Slate (Stampin'Up); Versamark

Dies: Christmas balls - the small (Action); the big one and the fasteners (Kesi'Art); 

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Silver thread, Silver shimmer spray

Vintage Christmas

Hello everyone,
it's me again with another Christmas card! :) ....this time for 52 Christmas Cards Throwdown - Masking.

Like in the old days .....

I mixed stamps of several companies to do this card. Tree (Stampin'Up), cat on the left (Docrafts), cat on the right (Toga) Baubles (Scrap Plaisir). The lady and the sentiment are from a set that I bought on the flea market - I don't know the name of the manufacturer.

To get the little scene, I stamped the two cats first. I masked them and then I stamped the lady, which I also masked, so I could stamp the flowerpot and the tree afterwards.

The Christmas balls were fussy cut after coloring and glued on.

Everything is colored with alcohol markers exept the cats, they are colored with watercolors.

At the end I masked everything again and sprized silver shimmering spray on the card. Unfortunately, this is extremely difficult to photograph and the small sparkling droplets are not visible in the image! ....sorry for!

Thanks for visiting and for your always so nice comments.

Linked up with:

4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas

Craft Rocket - Christmas is coming

Crafting by designs - Get ready for Christmas

Gold & Pearls

Hello everyone!
We are the first of the month and that means a new challenge at House of cards!
This month we want Gold and Pearls and/or Colors - (see our inspiration photo below)

....I still need Christmas cards!

It's not often that I work with patterned paper but today I made an exeption! :))

The gray basic color suited well and as all the pattern were white, I just had to color them in the tones that I needed!

I colored the Christmas balls with a gold gel pen and sprinkled them immediately with gold glitter. - On some other patterns I only used pearl pen. The stars are colored with gold gel pen - a few foliages and flowers with colored pencils. The larger snowflakes are decorated with half-pearls!

I stuck the embellished paper on a white card and then glued a golden zig zag ribbon on the edge.

Finally I stamped the sentiment vertically next to the ribbon.

That's what the paper looked like before it met my gel pens, colored pencils, pearl pens, gold glitter etc ......!

Gold & Pearl accents and/or Colors

...have fun!

Linked up with:

4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas

Craft Rocket - Christmas is coming

Crafting by designs - Get ready for Christmas

Stamps: All Stampin'Up

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine)

Gel pens, colored pencils, pearl pens, gold glitter, half-pearls, patterned paper, ribbon,

Happy Halloween!

Hello everyone!
...just a quick reminder on our current Challenge at the Dream Factory.

You know This month's movie is Happy Family and you can play with monsters, vampires, Frankenstein, werewolves
.... in short, everything that goes with Halloween!

After stamping the spider, I embossed the panel and sponged some black ink here and there on the bricks.
The little monsters are hand-drawn. I colored them with felt-tip pens and fussy cut them. The eyes of the green monster are made with the "BOO" leftovers of my second card
I stamped the bat, fussy cut it, and gave him tiny googly eyes.
Some weeds and a pretty spooky flower with a googly eye grow on the ground.
The green monster sticks on foam pads.
I stamped the Happy Halloween, cut it out, colored the edges with black felt-tip pen and stuck them to the panel.
The panel is glued on a slightly larger white base card with black dyed borders.

The first step on this card was stamping the tree, the castle and the cemetery on white cardstock. 

I added spooky eyes to the tree and around the castle (with Versamark ink) and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. Then I sponged the background with yellow, orange and purple ink. - You see, the eyes did not take the colors because I clear-embossed them before!

I added a piece of embossed black cardstock and the die cut BOO with the googly eyes at the bottom of the card.

The last step was the bats, I sponged them with a homemade stencil.

Have a Happy and terrific Halloween  😱

Linked up with:

Bitten by the Bug 2 - Halloween

First card:

Stamps:  Bat, Spider, Flower and Grass (Scrap Plaisir; Sentiment (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Pear Pizzazz (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versfine°

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Felt-tip pens, Googly eyes, 

Second Card:

Stamps: Cemetery and Castle (Scrap Plaisir); Tree (Katzelkraft); 

Inks: Daffodil Delight, Pumkin Pie and Fresh Fig (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versfine);

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Dies: BOO (X-Cut);

Black fineliner, Googly eyes, Clear embossing powder, handmade stencil - the bats,

Black & White...

Hello everyone!
Today I play with Muse Christmas Visions, where Muse Lindsay inspires with clean and simple Christmas trees!

Here is my version ....

This card is pretty easy to do!
I die-cut three firs from different papers and added pearl pen dots to the black and the white. - From the patterned paper fir I kept only  the inner part.
I spritzed black ink on the background and stamped the sentiment on a small strip of white paper. I glued the strip with the sentiment and added a white organza ribbon over it. I also added a strip of lace with silvery fibers (or something like that) above the sentiment.
I cut a second panel - a bit bigger than the first and colored its borders with black felt-tip pen. I put both panels together, added the firs and stuck the whole thing on the white base card.






Here is one of Lindsay's beautiful inspirations!

Linked up with: 

Crafter's Castle # 10 - Anything Goes with Option Winter / Christmas
Craftyhaselnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Less is More - Dimensions

Stamps: Sentiment (Stampin'Up)

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine)

Dies: Fir (Scrap Plaisir)

Black and white pearl pen, Patterned paper, Organza ribbon, Lace (or something similar), Black felt-tip pen, Black ink spray

Merry Christmouse!

Hello everyone!
...yes, another Christmas card! 😊 Today I play with 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Christmas Pets

I think rats are pets .....sometimes even unwanted! - Don't you think so? 

I took one of my Katzelkraft Rats and gave him a Santa hat. The Christmas Tree (Stampin'Up) is embellished with sequins and rhinestones and a star on it's top. The pot in which it stands comes from an Aladine stamp set. 

I colored with alcohol markers. The sentiment is also from Stampin'Up.

I stuck the scene onto an embossed piece of white cardstock and then onto the card.

Voilà!

Linked up with:

Crafter's Castle # 10 - Anything Goes with Option Winter / Christmas

Stamps: Christmas Tree, Santa hat and sentiment (Stampin'Up); Flower pot (Aladine), Rat (Katzelkraft)

Inks: Tranquil Tide, Pear Pizzazz and Real Red (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Alcohol markers, Sequins, Rhinestones, Golden glitter cartstock

Hooray!

Hello everyone!
....for days I turned the Twofer challenge back and forth and had no idea,
but today.......

....was a good day!

Little Gorjuss picked crisp apples and made an apple pie for you!
....and I had lots of fun coloring it in using felt-tip pens and alcohol markers.

I stamped the tree, the girl, the sentiment and some leaves on the card. - Everything else was fussy-cut after coloring and glued to the card. (....one apple is still hanging on the tree)!

Originally the basket is a cup cake of which I cut the cake to get the basket.

I slightly sponged the background with blue ink.

And now to the apple pie!

The "apple pie" letters are die cut. 

Eggs, apples and bowl are stamped, everything else is hand drawn. (I cut the bowl a bit smaller to fit it)

To get the gingham in the background, I traced lines with alcohol markers.

After coloring with alcohol markers, I fussy-cut the pictures, stuck them on the card and wrote the recipe with black fine liner.

ENJOY!

Linked up to:
Crafty Calendar - Autumn (the card with Gorjuss)

Stamps: Apples, Leaves, Girl (Gorjuss); Basket/Cup Cake (Inkadinkado); Sentiment, Eggs and Bowl (Stampin'Up); Tree (Hero Arts); 

Inks: Alcohol markers, Felt-tip pens, Onyx Black (Versafine)

Monster Birthday

Hello everyone!
We have a new challenge at the Dream Factory! - This month's movie is

Happy Family

Monster, Frankenstein, werewolves, vampires are the keywords for this topic.

I do not have any stamp that could fit this theme, so I had to be creative! 

I dropped a few drops of ink on white paper and blew it with a straw.

I stuck googly eyes on each of the spots, and here they are! - Three cute little monsters. Aren't they?

I wish you a lot of fun with this challenge!

See you soon

Stamps: Sentiment, (Stampin'Up); Texture on the base card (Scrap Plaisir)

Inks: Vert Bambou, Rose Guimauve, Jaune Citron, (Scrap Plaisir);

Dies: Joy Crafts

Googly eyes, Black fine liner

Christmas Greetings

Hello everyone!
Hard to believe that another week has passed!
Time really flies too fast .....and so it happens that I show you another Christmas card today!

I made this card is for the challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.

This week, the keyword is "silver" and I was not stingy with it!

I stamped the background with tiny Christmas images and added some pearl pen dots to the berries. I stuck a piece of aluminum foil on white cardstock and embossed it. I cut a slightly larger piece of turquoise blue cardstock and stuck the embossed piece on it.

I die-cut a star of white corrugated cardboard and another of white cardstock.

I cut out a slightly smaller star from the corrugated cardboard star and another one from white cardstock.

I glued the big star frame to the big cardstock star. I stamped the sentiment on the little white star and stuck it in the star frame. Lastly I inserted thin blue wire between star and aluminum foil. 

Linking up with:

Allsort challenge blog - Christmas 

Stamps: Unknown

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Smokey Slate (Stampin'Up);

Embossing: Action

Dies: Scrap Plaisir

Wire, Pearl pen, Corrugated cardboard,