Let it Snow

Hi everyone!

I am back with a quick reminder about our current challenge at the Day of the Month Card Club.

Penguin Awareness Day

Anything Goes with Penguins

I sponged the background with Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide). Applied snowflakes using a stencil and texture paste. Added a few more snowflakes with a white pen and glued a piece of white paper at the bottom to make a kind of snow hill. Stamped the penguin, colored it a little bit and cut it out.

Die cut the letters S, N and W from white felt. Stamped the "Let it" and glued the punched letters along the snow hill, with the penguin making the O.  Hope you like it.

Actually, I needed not one, but twelve cards, as our little craft group organizes a card swap two or three times a year!  - The first one for this year took place last weekend! The theme was: Snow

Linked up with:

Once Upon a Time - Mr. Popper's Penguins

Inkspirational - Use Stencils

CAS on Sunday - Winter

Simply Clean and Simple - Clean and Simple + opt. theme: Winter

Mix It Up - Anything Goes + optional Mixed Media

The Four Seasons - Winter Season January 2024

Stamps: Penguin (LoraBylora); text (Yixuan);

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

Stencil: Heidi Swap

Dies: AVEC 

Alcohol ink markers, felt, Texture paste, 

You are Amazing

Hi everyone!

I have the great honor of being this month's guest designer at Ellibelle's challenge "I Spy With My Little Eye".

The theme is: Hearts and/or Roses

I'm not really the flowery type, but sometimes I can go in that direction. Maybe it's just a lack of practice....

My resolution for this year: Using flowers more often.

I die-cut the rose several times from a piece of Bristol paper that was colored with Merry Merlot and glued them close together on a blank sheet of Bristol paper. ....I saved one rose for later. 

I cut the finished sheet to size and backed it with another, slightly larger piece of white paper. I then glued this onto a blank card, some of the edges of which I colored in light blue. Filled the white gaps between the roses with black dots.

I stamped the sentiment on a strip of Bristol paper and pasted the rose and a few leaves next to it. Unfortunately, one of the roses was right on top of the one on the strip and I didn't like that at all. 

After some thought, I found the solution.... 

I punched out a heart from a die-cut grid and stuck it behind it. Perfect! 

Linked up with:

Die Cut Divas - Never Before Used Stuff (Never used the rose and grid dies before)

Daisy Chain Challenges - No Design Paper

Triple B - January 2024 - Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies

Stamping Sensations - Mood Board

A Place to Start - Anything Goes 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: Sentiment (Yixuan); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Mowed Lawn and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide); Merry Merlot (Stampin'Up);

Dies: Rose (AVEC); Heart (Scrap Plaisir),

Katzelkraft - Tulips

Hi everyone!

I'm currently in a flowery mood :))

Well, there are lots of flowers on the beautiful stamp set "Ginko and Co" from Katzelkraft! Let's get started! 

I haven't painted in watercolors for years and more and more I feel the urge to pick up my brushes and paint with watercolors again. - I kept my first attempt very simple....

First I stamped the bottle, leaving out the bottleneck to create a vase.

Using masks, I stamped the tulips one by one on watercolor paper to create a bouquet.

I used aqua markers for watercoloring. I'm not quite familiar with them yet, but I think the result looks pretty good. 

First I colored the tulips and the vase. When this was dry, I scribbled on the window. I then colored the wall, the window panes and the area under and next to the vase.

Finally, I made a few doodles around the vase and the tulips to add dynamism to the scene. Hope you like it.

I didn't want to add a sentiment this time. 

If you would like to see more of my Katzelkraft creations, 

just click on the Katzelkraft label at the end of the post, or here.

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:

Dream Valley - New Beginnings (I'm trying to take up watercolor painting again)

Daisy Chain Challenges - No Design Paper

Triple B - January 2024 - Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w. opt. twist: New Beginnings (Trying to take up watercolor painting again)

A Place to Start - Anything Goes 

Stamps: Tulips and vase (Katzelkraft);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Aqua markers, watercolor paper, water brush pen, black fineliner,

Hello Sweet💖

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

The movie for this month is...

My Sassy Girl

Anything Goes

Feminine, girly and Valentine's Day

First, I stenciled hearts in different colors on Brisol paper. I colored some of them again with alcohol ink markers to make the colors stand out better. I rounded off the top of the panel and backed it with black cardstock.

I stamped the cat, colored it with watercolors and cut it out. Sponged the top of a blank card with pink and purple and then brightened up a few hearts using a water brush pen. I then glued on the cat and the panel with the hearts. 

I die-cut the letters for the word SWEET from pink glitter foam and backed them slightly offset with black letters. I added a die-cut heart under the T, so the word sweet became sweetheart. 

HELLO is die-cut from light blue cardstock and has a pink backing. 

To round off the whole thing, I added a strip of washi tape at the bottom of the card and glued three rhinestones to the die-cut heart.

Have Fun! 

Linked up with:

The Cute Pie - Feeling Sentimental

Simon Says - Sparkle and Shine

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - N is for NEW (I bought the cat stamp last week)

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes, but must include an Animal

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: Cat (Deco Time); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Chipped Sapphire (Distress Oxide); Pumpkin Pie (Stampin'Up);

Stencil: Heidi Swapp

Dies: AVEC

Watercolors, washi tape, rhinestones, 

Katzelkraft - Fairy Lights

Hi everyone!

I have the great honor of being this month's guest designer at Try it on Tuesday. The theme is: Winter Blues 

I immediately thought of the snowflakes from the wonderful Christmas Snowflakes set, as my weekly Katzelkraft post is also due today.

Well, winter hasn't said its last word yet 

and you can never start making winter/Christmas cards too early anyway - right? 

If you want to work on your first cards for this year, Try it on Tuesday has the perfect challenge to do so! 

First, I sprayed a sheet of Bristol paper with water on both sides, placed it on my work space and started to apply the colors Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserves (all Distress Oxide). To do this, I used a stamp, which I re-inked each time and pressed more or less firmly onto the damp paper.

In between, I dried the colors again and again with the heat gun. Each time I moistened the paper again and applied the colors until I liked the result. Finally, I added a few splashes of color to bring more dynamics into the picture.

Now that the background was finished, I just had to stamp and emboss the snowflakes. The large snowflake in the bottom right corner is from Stampin'Up.

Last but not least, I added white and black ink splatters and stamped the sentiment. I cut the panel to size and added faux stitches before adhering it to a blank card. For this card I was very inspired by one of Yoonsun's wonderful cards.  

...see you soon at "Try it on Tuesday" ;)

and...

...see you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration! ;)

If you would like to see more of my Katzelkraft creations, 

just click on the Katzelkraft label at the end of the post, or here.

I used:

 

...just click on the images to go to the store and see them in full size.

Linked up with:

Stamps & Fun - Schneeflocken

Christmas Craft All Year Round - Snowflakes

The Four Seasons - Mood Board

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: Snowflakes and sentiment (Katzelkraft), big snowflake in the bottom right corner (Stampin'Up);

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

Embossing powder, stitching wheel, 

Kindness and Love

Hi everyone!

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

This month we are celebrating 

 Penguin Awareness Day

I stamped and embossed snowflakes on a leftover piece of gel print and also added some background text and a few stars. I then cut out a penguin and hearts, colored them with alcohol ink markers and added them to the bookmark. 

Attached a string on the top of the bookmark.

Have Fun!! 

Linked up with:

Craft Rocket - Use Embossing

Krafty Chicks - Stamps

Digi Design - Celebrate Winter

Crafty Gals Corner - 'Tis the Season

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. - Anything Goes

Stamps: Penguin, hearts and stars (Craft Sensations); background text (AALL&Create); Snow and snowflakes (Katzelkraft);

Inks: Shark Tooth White (Atelier); Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Gel press, string, embossing powder, Versamark; 

Katzelkraft - Happy New Year

Hi everyone! 

Happy New Year 2024.

Wishing you a year full of sparkling highlights, filled with joy, health and success.

May every day be a step towards your biggest dreams!

My first Katzelkraft post of the new year :))

I stamped the fireworks in the colors Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio on a sheet of Bristol paper. "Happy" and "Year" are die-cut from glitter card and glued onto torn vellum. The word "New" is stamped on white paper, cut out and glued on as well.

I colored the crocodile and the party hat with alcohol ink markers, cut them out and glued them on.  

Tiny glitter cardboard confetti pops out of the hat.

I used:

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

Linked up with:

Incy Wincy Designs - New &/or Lets Celebrate

Paperminutes - Etwas neues/Something new

Creative Crafting Uncles - Christmas and / or Happy New Year

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes, but you must Include an Animal

Ally's Angels - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Stamps: Crocodile (Katzelkraft); firework and party hat (Craft Sensations); 

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

Dies: Deco Time

Alcohol ink markers, glitter cardboard, vellum, glitter pen,