Katzelkraft - Who left the bag of idiots open?

Hi everyone!

I'm back with a new Katzelkraft project. Another ATC with one of the cute dogs from the Dainius collection.

I trimmed a piece of gel print from my stash to ATC size. 

Then I stamped the dog and grass on the ATC. I stamped the dog again on Bristol paper, colored it with alcohol ink markers, cut it out and added it to the ATC. I stamped the grass again and finally heat embossed the sentiment and backed the ATC with black cardstock.

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:

ATC's Arround The World - Alles Geht

Try it on Tuesday - In with the New (New Stamp)

Crafty Calendar - Add a Sentiment

Make My Monday - Something New (New Stamp)

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

A Place To Start - Anything Goes

Stamps: All Katzelkraft

Inks: ; Onyx Black (Versafine);

Watercolor, acrylic paint, embossing powder,

Christmas in the heart

Hi everyone!

Ready for another year of 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenges? 

Nothing has changed, as usual we start the first week with a sketch.

I dabbed some Salty Ocean (Distress Oxide) on a sheet of acetate and spritzed it with water. I put the acetate on the Bristol paper and spread the ink over the paper. My background was created!

To implement the sketch, I chose three pre-cut images and a strip of patterned paper, and finally stamped a Stampin'Up quote on the strip. Hope you like it.

Have Fun!

52CCT Sketch - January 2023

Linked up with:

Cardz 4 Galz - Choose your favorite challenge of 2022 (#167 Things with Wings)

Time Out - Romantic

Challenge Up Your Life - Ice, Ice Baby

Most Magical Time of the Year - Anything Halloween or Christmas Goes

As You Like It - Anything Goes for Christmas

Stamps: Quote (Stampin'Up)

Inks: Salty Ocean (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Pre-cut images, patterned paper, 

Nuts about you!

Hi everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at the Day of the Month Card Club! 

This month we are celebrating the

Squirrel Appreciation Day

On this day we celabrate our bushy-tailed friends and all the good they do! 

I stenciled trees onto a Distress Oxide colored Bristol sheet and cut it to the size of an ATC. 

I then stamped the squirrels and foliage, colored them with alcohol markers and cut them out. 

Stamped a branch and the sentiment onto the ATC and adhered the squirrels and foliage.

The ground is made of several small scraps of washi tape.

Have Fun!

Linked up with:

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act

Crazy is our fame - Stencils are our game - Use a Stencil (opt. theme Winter)

Beyond the Blue - Something New (new stamps - I never used them before)

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Something New (new stamps - I never used them before)

Simon Says - Something New (new stamps - I never used them before)

Nachteulen Schaffen Schönes - Alles Geht

ATC Around the World - Alles Geht

Stamps: Nuts about squirrels (Stampin'Up)

Inks: Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire and Fired Brick (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Dies: AVEC

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Washi tape

Katzelkraft - Wheelwork

Hi everyone! 

I am back with a new Katzelkraft creation - Today with a touch of steampunk.

Time never stops running! 

That gave me the idea to create a New Year's card with gears. Hope you like it!

For the background I chose a gel print from my stash. I liked the pattern and the turquoise blue. 

I arranged the gears so that they more or less interlock. To do this, I had to do a little masking in some places to make them fit together! I embossed all the gears with clear embossing powder, which made the black stand out better.

Next, I die cut gears from silver cardstock, colored them with alcohol ink markers and added them. The hole parts of the gears I glued to the centers of the stamped gears.

Lastly, I stamped and embossed the sentiment, colored it with Distress inks, cut it into individual words and added them. I used a black fineliner to draw two lines along each of the labels.

2023 I colored with a silver glitter gel pen. The 2 that falls, I colored gray and aged it a bit. That's it!

Happy, prosperous and healthy New Year to you all!

See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration! ;)

I used:

...just click on the image to go to the store and see it in full size.

Linked up with:

Incy Wincy Designs - Christmas and/or Movements

Make My Monday - Something New (the gear stamps are new)

Simon Says - Light up the New Year

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

A Place To Start - Anything Goes

Craft Galors Encore - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels - Anything Goes

Stamps: Gears (Katzelkraft), sentiment (Stampin'Up)

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Seedless Preserves (Distress Oxide);

Dies: Gears (Memory Box)

Alcohol ink markers, embossing powder, gel print, 

Don't Grow Up...

Hi everyone!

We are entering the second half of our current challenge at the Dream Factory. 

This month we are focusing on penguins.

The background of this ATC is a piece of paper that I had colored with acrylic paint. To get the penguin's belly in white, I tore off a piece of bristol paper in the shape of the penguin and also left a thick strip for the snow.  

I attached the torn paper to the bottom edge of the ATC with washi tape and stamped the penguin on it. I removed the paper and stamped the penguin again to get an unbroken image. After that I diluted gesso with a little water and spattered it on the ATC. To make it dry faster, I helped with the heat gun. I then added the penguin stamped on the white paper and colored it with alcohol ink markers. Finally, I stamped the sentiment and backed the ATC with black cardstock. Hope you like it.

Linked up with:

Carz 4 Guyz - Winter Theme

International Art & Soul - Winter

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Stamps: Penguin (Katzelkraft); sentiment (Yixuan)

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine)

Acrylic paint, gesso, alcohol ink markers

Katzelkraft - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

Hi everyone! 

I am back with a new Katzelkraft creation.

I took a gel print as a background and sponged its edges with Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot (Distress Oxide). I stamped the cat with the mouse and masked it. Stamped the moon and the ground and then removed the mask. I stamped the cat again on Bristol paper, colored it with alcohol markers, cut it out and then adhered it to its spot. The moon I also colored with alcohol ink markers. Finally, I embossed the quote on black cardstock, cut it into single words and added it.

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

I used:

...just click on the image to go to the store and see it in full size.

Linked up with:

Dragon Fly Dreams - Anything but Christmas

Color My Heart Color Dare - Wild Card "Anything Goes"

A Place To Start - Anything Goes

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes Positive

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Stamps: All (Katzelkraft), except the sentiment

Inks: Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Alcohol ink markers, embossing powder

Joyeux Noël

Hi everyone!

Let's go for the last challenge of this year at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

This week we want you to use 

Brads and/or Eyelets

Although I have lots of eyelets, I opted for brads, which show up as stars on this card.

I used patterned paper as a background. The stars are attached to a die cut square and hang from silver threads. I also added a few tiny die cut stars to soften the black background. The sentiment is die cut from white glitter cardstock.

Have Fun with the challenge.

Merry Christmas to all of you!

Linked up with:

Cut It Up - Christmas Projects

Sweet Stampin' - Christmas Creations

Most Magical Time of the Year - Most Magical Florals

As You Like It - Anything Goes for Christmas

Krafty Chicks - All Occasions 

Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas Goes

Dies: Squares (AVEC), sentiment (???)

Patterned paper, brads, thread, tiny stars,