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,

Holly Jolly Christmas

Hello everyone!

Let's go for a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

As usual, we'll start the month with a sketch. (See below)

No stamps today, just stickers! I really have a lot of them and maybe I should use them a little more often? 

 I embossed the background with stars and added patterned paper to one half. I hope you like it.

52CCT - October Sketch

Linked up with:

My Time To Craft Christmas - Christmas for Kids

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Those who don't believe...

Hi everyone!

Time for a little reminder about the current Dream Factory challenge.

The movie for this month is

Stardust

Witches, fairies, wizards, fantasy, stars... You still have two weeks to join in!

Halloween is also welcome, because the end of October is known to be haunted ;))

I colored a piece of watercolor paper with watercolors and stamped some fir trees with Black Soot (Distrss Oxide) in the still wet paint. Let it dry and stamped more fir trees with Onyx Black (Versafine). This gave me some blurry trees in the background, and sharper ones in the foreground. 

I die cut the stars and backed them with Silver Glitter cardstock. Glued the panel to the card and stamped the sentiment along the edges. Stamped the stargazing cats and moon on Bristol paper, colored them with alcohol markers, cut them out and adhered both to the panel.

Have Fun!!

Linked up with:

International Art & Soul - Wood/Trees

Alphabet Challenge - M is for Magic

Cas on Sunday - Stars

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes / Optional Twist: Use the colour blue somewhere

A Place To Start - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Stamps: Fir trees and sentiment (Katzelkraft); stargazing cats and moon (Prickley Pear);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Black Soot (Distress Oxide);

Dies: Stars (Scrap Plaisir);

Alcohol Markers, glitter cardstock, watercolor

Katzelkraft - and rain will make the mushrooms grow

Hi everyone!

It's Tuesday and I'm back with a new Katzelkraft project...

Autumn has arrived and the nights have become much cooler, but during the day you can still enjoy the warm rays of the sun! In the last few days it has even rained a little - so the rats have found a good shelter under the mushrooms.

...well, not all of them!

The background of my card is made with the Gel Press and Distress inks. 

I stamped mushrooms, rats, trees and raindrops...

The toadstool and rats I stamped once more on Bristol paper, colored them and cut them out. The foliage I stamped with three different colors. A first time in yellow, then in green and finally in red. Each time I inked the stamps very lightly, to get a realistic look of the foliage. I cut them out as well.

I stamped the sentiment, cut it into labels and then adhered everything to the card. As a last touch, I stamped a background design on the left edge.

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:

Shopping Our Stash - Leaves

613 Avenue Create - Leaves (Foilage or Paper)

Dream Valley - Autumn Colours

Get Creative - Fall /Autumn

Make My Monday - Autumn Flora or Fauna

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes

Stamps: All Katzelkraft; the sentiment is a combination of AALL&Create and Katzelkraft

Inks: Wild Honey, Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn and Barn Door (Distres Oxide); Early Espresso (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Gel press, Watercolors, Alcohol markers, 

Warm & toasty wishes

Hi everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

It has been a great pleasure to be your host throughout the month. So this is my last challenge for September and I hope you have fun making a

Pop Up Card

The outside is pretty simple - an embossed background, a snowman colored with crayons, a tiny bunny, a piece of glitter cardstock and a sentiment. 

Then when you open the card, a big snowman comes out and hugs you. ⛄⛄

I found the tutorial of this pop up card on YouTube via Pinterest and it was a lot of fun to make it.

Take a look at how it works...

Linked up with:

CRAFT Challenge - Christmas / Humourous

Aud Sentiments - Christmas + A Sentiment

CAS on Sunday - Christmas

Sweet Stampin - Christmas in September

Krafty Chicks - All Occasions

Crafty Catz - ANYTHING GOES with OPTIONAL theme of Make it Cute

Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes

Stamps: Sentiment (Stampin'Up); Snowman (NitWit Collection); Rabbit (Craft Emotions);

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

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Dies: Buttons (Stampin'Up); Stitched rectangle (AVEC);

Colored pencils, patterned paper, googly eyes, bakers twine, glitter cardstock,

Katzelkraft - Houston...

Hi everyone!

It's Tuesday and I'm back with a new Katzelkraft creation! 

Strange things are going on in the woods...

For the background I used a stencil with tree pattern, but instead of stenciling with ink, I tried something different this time.

I recently bought some PaperArtsy Infusions and wanted to test if what I had in mind would work. 

I sprinkled a little of the pigment powder on the stencil, sprayed water over it and then put a piece of Bristol paper on it. Pressed this lightly, carefully lifted it off and let it dry. 

I covered the part for the moon and sponged the whole area with Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot (Distress Oxide). This dulled the trees a bit, but I still liked it. I should have done it the other way around, but for a first try I'm quite pleased! - I'll know better next time ;)

I shaded the tree trunks and some of the branches with a dark gray pastel crayon to make them stand out better. I took off the mask of the moon, sponged it with Fosillized Amber (Distress Oxide) and shaded it with some dark gray pastel color as well.

For the ground, I applied three narrow strips of washi tape. I colored two pabos with alcohol markers, fussy cut them and glued them on. The sentiment is stamped on light yellow colored paper, cut in label and glued on as well.

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:

Passion of Markers - Use a rubber or clear stamp

Cardz 4 Guyz - Distressing

Shopping our Stash - Ombre

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Stencil and/or Sketch

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create - Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Stamps:Pabos and sentiment (Katzelkraft); Bat (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot and Fosillized Amber (Distress Oxide), Onyx Black (Versafine),

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Pastel crayon, washi tape,

C'est chouette l'hiver!

Hi everyone!

Ready for another 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge? 

The theme of this week is

Winter Fun

I stamped the image from Stampin'Up on the panel and covered it to stencil the background. More specifically, I inked the stencil with Distress Oxide, sprayed it with water and then transferred the color to the panel. 

After drying, I spritzed it with Peacock Feathers (Distress Oxide) and removed the mask. I colored the image lightly with colored pencils, punched the bottom part and backed it with patterned paper. 

Stamped the sentiment and adhered the panel to the blank card.

The sentiment says: Winter is great!!!

Have Fun!!

Linked up with:

Krafty Chicks - CAS

ABC Christmas - S - like snow and/or T - like trees

Ellibelle's Corner - Anything Goes

Stamps: Image (Stampin'Up); Sentiment (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Cracked Pistachio (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Stencil: Stampin'Up

Dies: Love 2 Craft

Patterned paper, colored pencils,