Frohe Weihnacht - Merry Christmas

Hi everyone!

Today is Christmas Eve and the year is almost over. 

I hope you can spend the festive season with your loved ones.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas 

and 

Good Luck, Health and Creativity for the New Year

I made these beautiful paper lanterns for the Advent season. 

They are quite easy to make with a little patience and attention to detail. 

If you are interested, you can find detailed instructions for a larger paper lantern here.

....mine only have a diameter of about 6 cm.

With these lights I would like to draw your attention one last time to the current challenge at the Dream Factory. 

You can still take part until December 30th and show us your Christmas cards and crafts. Thank you!

Linked up with:

Allsorts Challenge - Use Your Dies

Double Trouble - It's Up To You (I made these paper lights for a friend)

Sweet Stampin - Christmas Creations

Aloah Friday - ChristmasWinter

A Place to Start - Anything Goes w. opt. twist: Happy Holidays 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes optional w. opt. twist: Any Winter Holiday

I used:

Stamps: Stampin'Up

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Dies: Stampin'Up, Craft Sensations, Impression Obsession and Scrap Plaisir

Silver thread, decorative beads, glue,

Merry Christmas

Hi everyone!

Time for a quick reminder on our current Day of the Month Card Club challenge

We're celebrating

National Sock Day

...we want to see lots of them on your cards and crafts.

My socks (Stampin'Up) are hanging from a fir twig I made using Katzelkraft's beautiful Winter Wonderland set. 

I stamped the twig with Tranquil Tide and Pear Pizzazz (SU). To get the watercolor background, I stamped Pear Pizzazz on a sheet of acetate, sprayed it with water and then pressed it lightly onto the twig/card. This allowed the colors to blend gently. I also added gold speckles for an extra festive touch.

I first colored the socks with watercolors and then with alcohol ink markers. I cut them out, glued them on and stamped the twig on them again. The beautiful sentiment is also from Katzelkraft.

Have Fun!!

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

Wanna see more of my Katzelkraft creations? 

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

Linked up with:

Little Red Wagon - Merry Christmas

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes w/optional twist of Make it Merry

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/ opt. Twist: Any Winter Holiday

A Place to Start - Anything Goes w/ opt. Twist: Happy Holidays

I used:

Stamps: Fir branche and sentiment (Katzelkraft); stockings (Stampin'Up);

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

Watercolors, metallic watercolors, Alcohol ink markers, 

Katzelkraft - Merry Christmas

Hi everyone!

I'm back with another Katzelkraft Christmas card. 

This card will fill my stash for next year, as all the cards for this Christmas are on their way.

The card was very easy to make. I adhered a leftover piece of a stenciled background to the left edge. 

I then stamped the Christmas tree and the sentiment. Colored the image with alcohol ink markers and finally embossed snowflakes on the right half of the card. 

As a finishing touch, I added a few glittery accents here and there using gel pens. Done!

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

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

Linked up with:

Christmas Kickstart - If It's Christmassy, Link it Up!

Peace On Earth Christmas - Christmas

A Place to Start - Happy Holidays

Allsorts Challenge - Lots of White or Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Any Winter Holiday

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes with the option of Winter

I used:

Stamps: Christmas tree ans sentiment (Katzelkraft);

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

Embossing: Snowflakes (Stampin'Up);

Stencil: Heidi Swapp 

Alcohol ink markers, glitter gel pen,

Katzelkraft - is it Christmas yet?

Hi everyone!

I'm back with a new Katzelkraft card. 

First I stamped the cat and masked it.  Then I worked on the background. I used Salty Ocean (Distress Oxide) to brush the blue color and Mermaid Lagoon to stamp the snowflakes. Added some text prints to the top and right. Used a stencil for the stars. 

Next, I die cut the pine branch, bauble and hanger. Colored the ball with metallic watercolor and alcohol markers. 

Once it was dry, I stamped the cat's reflection onto the bauble, then attached it to the branch with gold thread. 

I removed the mask from the cat and colored it with alcohol markers. Splattered gesso on the card and placed a few blue scribbles under the cat.

Finally, I put together the sentence from various stamps and stuck it next to the cat. I colored the bottom half of each word with Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide) and added snow/gesso to the top.

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

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

Linked up with:

We Love Stamping - Winter

Allsorts Challenge - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Christmas Kickstart - If It's Christmassy, Link it Up!

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes with the option of Winter

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/ opt. Twist: Any Winter Holiday

A Place to Start - Anything Goes w/ opt. Twist: Happy Holidays

We Love to Create Mixed Media - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Cat, snowflakes, script, sentiment (Katzelkraft);

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

Dies: Fir branch (Impression Obsession); hanger (Hero Arts); Bauble (Deco Time);

Stencil: Heidi Swapp 

Metallic watercolors, Alcohol ink markers, gesso, posca pen,

Don't Stop Believin'

Hi everyone!

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

This month we are celebrating 

 National Sock Day

This quirky celebration isn’t just about keeping your toes toasty 

– it’s a day that weaves together fashion, charity, and a touch of whimsy. 

Just use them as you like on your creations.

Used pre-cut images for today's card.

On a patterned background, I added torn strips of white paper at the bottom to suggest snow and splattered them with light blue ink for greater effect. I then glued on the pre-cut images and added silver threads to the baubles. 

Finally, I stamped on sentiments from Stampin'Up.

Happy weekend ;)

Linked up with:

Moving Along with the Times - Christmas Characters

Christmas Kickstart - If It's Christmassy, Link it Up!

Allsorts Challenge - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Sweet Stampin - Christmas Creations

Love Those Pretty Papers - Anything Goes with Optional Theme: CHRISTMAS

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes with opt. Twist: Any Winter Holiday
A Place to Start - Anything Goes with opt. Twist: Happy Holidays

I used:

Stamps: Sentiments (Stampin'Up);

Pre-cut images and patterned background (Deco Time);

Silver thread,

Northpole delivery

Hi everyone!

I have the great honor of being a guest designer at Once Upon A Time this month.

The challenge is inspired by the book "The Polar Express"  (see below)

...and since Tuesday is not far away, I will also use this card as my weekly Katzelkraft project.

It wasn't easy to get the Northern Lights the way I wanted, but in the end I'm really happy with the result. 

To obtain the night sky with the magical light, I used different Distress Oxide colors (see below). I then stamped the fir trees with Tranquil Tide (SU). - I had to stamp and cut out the fir trees on the right separately because they were not silhouette stamps. The same goes for the little girl and the locomotive.

I then colored them with watercolors and alcohol ink markers. 

After gluing on the cut-out pieces, I splattered the card with gesso and added a few accents here and there with a white Posca pen. The sentiment comes from a pad of printed lettering and quotes.

I really enjoyed making this card :))

I hope you like it and perhaps you'll find some time to paly along with the Once Upon a Time challenge.

Have a wonderful first day of Advent!

 

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 creation! ;)

I used:

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

Linked up with:

Stamping Sensations - Winter/Anything Goes

We Love Stamping - Winter

I Spy with my Little Eye - Something for Christmas

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas

Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

613 Avenue Create - Any Winter Holiday

Stamps: Locomotive and fir trees on the left (Katzelkraft); Little girl, fir trees in the middle and on the right (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Chipped Sapphire, Salty Ocean, Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry, Wild Honey and Crushed Olive (Distress Oxide); Tranquil Tide (Stampin'Up;

Posca pen, gesso,