Meow

Hi everyone!

The new challenge at the Day of the Month Card Club starts today! This month we are celebrating 

International Cat Day

Whether you have cats or not, you can try to make it a purr-fect day. 😺

This one seems to have a purr-fect day....

I created the background with acrylic colors and then stenciled it. I stamped the cat, hat and fishbone separately, cut them out and glued them on. The palm trees, bird and Meow I stamped directly onto the panel. Trimmed it and glued it to a blank card. 

Happy Cat Day!!

Linked up with:

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - L is for Lindsey

Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes with option to create your own background

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Stamps: Palm tree (Stampo / Aladine); Cat, hat, fishbone, bird and Meow (Craft Sensations);

Inks: Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Stencil: Stampin'Up

Acryl paints, alcohol markers, 

Let it Snow

Hi everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

This week we have a sketch for you (see below)

I stamped the snowman, masked it and then lightly stenciled the background in blue with Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon. I stamped the fir trees, the sentiment and three snowflakes, tracing one of the snowflakes with blue glitter gel pen. The snowman and snow hills I colored with alcohol markers. 

The panel is glued to a white blank card whose edges I previously sponged with Mermaid Lagoon.

Have Fun!

52 CCT - August Sketch

Linked up with:

Christmas Kickstart - Never in a Nativity

Jingle Bells - Blue Christmas

Crafty Gals Corner - Christmas in July

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act

The Holly and Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes

Stamps: All Craft Emotions

Inks: Memaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versfine);

Stencil: Stampin'Up

Alcohol markers, blue glitter gel pen,

Katzelkraft - Be yourself

Hi everyone, 

I'm back with a new Katzelkraft creation. I've been playing with the adorable "Cats on Books", designed by Liubka.

A touch girly as the card is for a blogger friend's birthday.

I stamped the stack of books with the cat and some plants. Masked everything and stenciled the background  with Picked Raspberry and Cracked Pistachio (Distress Oxide). Splattered with black ink, removed the masks and stamped a sentiment from the Ataraxia set. I trimmed the panel and backed it with light purple cardstock before gluing it to the blank card.

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:

Inspiration Station - Animal Kingdom

Try it on Tuesday - Make it Feminine

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

A Place To Start - Anything Goes w/ optional Twist "By the Book"

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: All Katzelkraft

Inks: Picked Raspberry and Cracked Pistachio (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Verdafine);

Stencil: Craft Sensations 

alcohol markers,

Roadtrip

Hi everyone!

Just a little reminder about our current challenge at the Dream Factory. 

The movie for this month is

Old

This month we're sticking to the movie title. 

So you can use old stuff and/or craft something that looks old or aged. 

(old stamps, old designer papers, vintage, but also skeletons and skulls)

For the tag I used paper from my gel print stash. The blue shade on the left was already present, but I accented it a bit more with Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers. The stamps are from Tim Holtz and really ancient. Had to have them but ended up using them very rarely. I stamped directly onto the tag, only the car is cut out and glued on. The sentiment is from Kaisercraft. On top I added an eyelet and a cord, which are also from the old days. Hope you like it.

Have Fun with the challenge

Linked up with:

International Art & Soul - Masculine

Inkspirational - Photo challenge

Sweet Stampin - Vintage/Shabby Chick/Distressed

Creative Crafting Uncles - Anything but a Card

Digidesign - Anything but a Card

Stamps: All Tim Holtz, except the sentiment (Kaisercraft);

Inks: Pumkin Pie, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake (Stampin'Up; Peacock Feathers (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Gel press, Acrylic paints, eyelet, cord,

Katzelkraft - aujourd'hui c'est toi qui ....

Hi everyone, 

I'm back with a new new Katzelkraft creation. 

My husband turns 70 this week. Before he retired he was an electronics engineer and he still loves to fix or create things. So I played with the light bulbs and the electronic circuit and combined them with one of the pabos - I'm sure he will like this card.

I stamped the pabo and bulb, masked both, and then sponged the background with Rustic Wilderness, Chipped Sapphire, and Fossilized Amber (Distress Oxide). Stamped the circuit before removing the masks. Colored pabo and the bulb with alcohol markers and colored pencils. The sentiment I created partly with a digit roller stamp and partly with individual letter stamps. It says: "Today you're the one who shines"

I adhered the whole thing to a blank card that I had previously stamped with a grid stamp. 

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

International Art & Soul - Masculine

Dragonfly Dreams - Indoor Hobbies

Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

A Place To Start - Anything Goes

Stamps: All Katzelkraft, except the sentiment

Inks: Rustic Wilderness, Chipped Sapphire, and Fossilized Amber (Distress Oxide); Onyx Blach (Versafine);

Alcohol markers, colored pencils, white embossing powder,

Let it snow ...

Hi everyone!

Ready for another 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge? This week we are asking you to use

Watercolors

It's been a long time since I last used watercolor. 

The snowman is a stamp from Penny Black, but I did not stamp with ink as usual, but with water! 

I provided the watercolors beforehand because the water soaks into the paper very fast. After stamping the snowman with water, I quickly started adding the watercolors to establish the outline and main details. From then on, it actually wasn't difficult to finish the image. 

Finally, I splashed the card with blue watercolor and added the sentiment and the bunny (cats on apple trees). The stamp I painted with watercolors and stamped on the card. Since the first try wasn't quite what I had in mind, I stamped the bunny a second time using the same principle, cut it out and pasted it over the one on the card. That way it was ok! 

I backed the card with blue glitter cardstock and glued it to the blank card.  

Have Fun!!

Linked up with:

Creative Knockouts - Christmas in July

Krafty Chicks - CAS

Daisy Chain - No Design Paper

Happy Little Stampers - Watercolor challenge - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers - Christmas challenge -  Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers - CAS challenge - Christmas in July

Stamps: Snowman (Penny Black); Bunny (cats on appletrees); Sentiment (Craft Emotions);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Watercolors, glitter cardstock, 

Katzelkraft - Don't be afraid...

Hi everyone!

It's Katzelkraft day and for today's project, I used one of the butterflies from the Metamorphosis - Butterfly set. I'm sure you've seen them on quite a few creations by now.

The base of my tag is a piece of background I made with the gel press and stencils. I adhered washi tape to the tag and then completed with different background stamps. The butterfly I stamped on two different leftovers, cut them out and used only half of each butterfly to make this one. Adhered it to the tag, lifting the top wings with foam pads. Stamped the sentiment, cut it to labels and added it. Smudged the edges with gold pigment ink. 

Hope you like this! - 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:

We Love to Create - Anything Mixed Media Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: All Katzelkraft;

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Gell press, Acrylic paints, washi tape, alcohol inks,