Merry Christmouse!

Hello everyone!
...yes, another Christmas card! 😊 Today I play with 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Christmas Pets

I think rats are pets .....sometimes even unwanted! - Don't you think so? 

I took one of my Katzelkraft Rats and gave him a Santa hat. The Christmas Tree (Stampin'Up) is embellished with sequins and rhinestones and a star on it's top. The pot in which it stands comes from an Aladine stamp set. 

I colored with alcohol markers. The sentiment is also from Stampin'Up.

I stuck the scene onto an embossed piece of white cardstock and then onto the card.

Voilà!

Linked up with:

Crafter's Castle # 10 - Anything Goes with Option Winter / Christmas

Stamps: Christmas Tree, Santa hat and sentiment (Stampin'Up); Flower pot (Aladine), Rat (Katzelkraft)

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

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Alcohol markers, Sequins, Rhinestones, Golden glitter cartstock

Hooray!

Hello everyone!
....for days I turned the Twofer challenge back and forth and had no idea,
but today.......

....was a good day!

Little Gorjuss picked crisp apples and made an apple pie for you!
....and I had lots of fun coloring it in using felt-tip pens and alcohol markers.

I stamped the tree, the girl, the sentiment and some leaves on the card. - Everything else was fussy-cut after coloring and glued to the card. (....one apple is still hanging on the tree)!

Originally the basket is a cup cake of which I cut the cake to get the basket.

I slightly sponged the background with blue ink.

And now to the apple pie!

The "apple pie" letters are die cut. 

Eggs, apples and bowl are stamped, everything else is hand drawn. (I cut the bowl a bit smaller to fit it)

To get the gingham in the background, I traced lines with alcohol markers.

After coloring with alcohol markers, I fussy-cut the pictures, stuck them on the card and wrote the recipe with black fine liner.

ENJOY!

Linked up to:
Crafty Calendar - Autumn (the card with Gorjuss)

Stamps: Apples, Leaves, Girl (Gorjuss); Basket/Cup Cake (Inkadinkado); Sentiment, Eggs and Bowl (Stampin'Up); Tree (Hero Arts); 

Inks: Alcohol markers, Felt-tip pens, Onyx Black (Versafine)

Monster Birthday

Hello everyone!
We have a new challenge at the Dream Factory! - This month's movie is

Happy Family

Monster, Frankenstein, werewolves, vampires are the keywords for this topic.

I do not have any stamp that could fit this theme, so I had to be creative! 

I dropped a few drops of ink on white paper and blew it with a straw.

I stuck googly eyes on each of the spots, and here they are! - Three cute little monsters. Aren't they?

I wish you a lot of fun with this challenge!

See you soon

Stamps: Sentiment, (Stampin'Up); Texture on the base card (Scrap Plaisir)

Inks: Vert Bambou, Rose Guimauve, Jaune Citron, (Scrap Plaisir);

Dies: Joy Crafts

Googly eyes, Black fine liner

Christmas Greetings

Hello everyone!
Hard to believe that another week has passed!
Time really flies too fast .....and so it happens that I show you another Christmas card today!

I made this card is for the challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.

This week, the keyword is "silver" and I was not stingy with it!

I stamped the background with tiny Christmas images and added some pearl pen dots to the berries. I stuck a piece of aluminum foil on white cardstock and embossed it. I cut a slightly larger piece of turquoise blue cardstock and stuck the embossed piece on it.

I die-cut a star of white corrugated cardboard and another of white cardstock.

I cut out a slightly smaller star from the corrugated cardboard star and another one from white cardstock.

I glued the big star frame to the big cardstock star. I stamped the sentiment on the little white star and stuck it in the star frame. Lastly I inserted thin blue wire between star and aluminum foil. 

Linking up with:

Allsort challenge blog - Christmas 

Stamps: Unknown

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Smokey Slate (Stampin'Up);

Embossing: Action

Dies: Scrap Plaisir

Wire, Pearl pen, Corrugated cardboard,

Merry Christmas

Hello everyone!
Yes, it got me! - here is another Christmas card.
I played with the sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

... and that's what came out!

I kept my card in a clean & simple style.
...So lucky, I found this circle die in my assortment and thought that it would fit very well! - The deer was just the right size and I liked it too.
The strip of patterned paper looked a bit too empty, so I added a die cut star border at each side.
The background is embossed with Pinewood Planks embossing folder (Stampin'Up).
To put the embossed part further forward, I stamped the edges of the base card with a texture stamp and gray ink.


Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Joyeux Noël and Texture (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Smoky Slate (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Dies: Circle (Scrap Plaisir); Stars (Action); Deer ???

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Silent Night

Hello everyone!
Christmas is around the corner and I need to refresh my card stock!
Today I made a card for the Muse Christmas Visions challenge. - Once again I was inspired by Muse Cornelia and I really had fun to CASE her card!

Night falls and slowly it gets dark above the village.

...for the background, I've pretty much stuck to Cornelia's example - because it is soo beautiful! 😊

I colored the background with alcohol markers and then stamped the firs. I die-cut the village and replaced the windows of the houses and the church with colored cardstock. I added the stars with white gel pen. The sentiment is heat embossed.

Cornelia's card

Linked up with:

Crafter's Castle # 10 - Anything Goes with Option Winter / Christmas

Stamps: All Stampin'Up

Inks: Tranquil Tide and Whisper White (Stampin'Up); Alcohol markers

Dies: Stampin'Up

White gel pen

Under the mistletoe

Hello everyone.
I have to hurry because the challenge at  Christmas Cards Throwdown ends tomorrow!

I have used this stamp already here, but in a slightly different way. 

For this card I cut out the image after coloring and pasted it over the banner. 

The card is not embossed and the banner is different too.

I used my favorit coloring technic - scribbeling with felt-tip pens on an old CD and then use the ink with a water brush.

Have a nice day 

Stamps: All Stampin'Up

Inks: Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Felt-tip pens, staples

Thank You

Hello everyone!
Today I come with the new challenge of House of Cards. For this month, we selected beautiful colors and/or autumn flowers. (See the inspiration photo below)

I wanted to make a thank you card.

.. and here is what came out!

I started by making a flower but admit that I had no idea what I was going to do with it! - Pushed it from one corner to the other and could not figure out how to place her. I took a thin black strip and played with both, the strip and the flower. - Still no idea!
I added a silver strip to the black ...and I liked - a vague idea was born!
I added a bright yellow spot but found it was still too empty! .... a bit of embossing might be nice!?
Said and done! .... but before embossing, I stamped the big Thank You! - after I would surely have trouble! ;-)
To emboss I choose one of the embossing folders that I found at Action some time ago and then sponged the edges with grey ink .... I just loved the result !!
Now I was on the right track! The flower, as well as the stripes got their place.
Finally I stamped a tiny text on the top left - just to balance.


...Inspired? ....Want to join us? - We look forward to your creations!

Have fun!



Autumn Flowers and/or Colors

Stamps: Flower and Leaves (Stampin'Up); Tiny text and Sentiment (Action);

Embossing: Embossin folder (Action)

Rhinestones (for the stamens of the flower), Silver foil, black cardstock strip

Life is a wonderful adventure

Hello everyone!
Time to remember that we're half-way with our current challenge at the Dream Factory - which means you still have two weeks to entertain with little Heidi, or Peter and his goats, or just a mountain scenery.

... and that's exactly what I did, a mountain landscape.

Because, Heidi went to Frankfurt and Peter and his goats are untraceable! LOL 

I started painting mountains and pastures with watercolors. Then I added the sky, and in a slightly darker blue the lake, which you can see through the firs.
The firs are stamped with Tranquil Tide ink, both from Stampin'Up. I added a little brown to the tree trunks, and some white gel on the mountain peaks - and three birds.

I fussy cut the saying, colored it and then stuck it on the card. 

(For the translation see the title of the post).

To watercolor, I generally use felt-tip pens with which I scribble on an old CD then I use the ink with a water brush.

That's all for today. 

See you soon!

Friendship

Hello everyone!
Not long ago, I won challenge # 19 at Do-Al (l) Kreatives with this card. And not only did I win a prize, but I was also invited to join their team for the current challenge as a guest designer! - Thank you so much Doris and Alex!!

The challenge is based on a bingo grid (see below) where you can choose several combinations, which is pretty cool!

For my part I chose the left column: Dies / Punches + Pink + Flowers

Here is what I created!

The flower consists of die cut hearts from patterned paper and a punched circle. The stem and the leaves are drawn with a black fineliner. The leaves are watercolored with green felt-tip pen. The saying and the text on the circle are from Stampin'Up. Before I stuck the flower panel on it, I stamped the edges of the white base card with black ink and a stamp from a grunge set by Scrap Plaisir.

Bingo

Stamps: Saying and text on the circle (Stampin'Up); Edges of the card (Scrap Plaisir);

Dies: Hearts (Scrap Plaisir);  Circle (Action)

Felt-tip pens, Patterned paper, 

Hollerädiri, Hollerodiri....

Hello everyone!
We have a new challenge at the Dream Factory! - This month's movie is

Heidi

Mountains, goats, friendships, girls, nature, rural life, family are the keywords for this topic.

Here's what I created.

To start I made the different masks that I needed for this scene - the girl, the animals and the tree trunk.

I stamped the girl, masked it and then stamped the animals. I added the masks of the animals and stamped the tree trunk. Next I added the mask of the tree trunk and then stamped the firs. While the masks were still in place, I sponged the background with sky blue ink and then removed all the masks.

I stamped the mushrooms, the snail and the rabbit and colored them with watercolors. I fussy cut them and stuck them to the scene after coloring the ground.

The girl and the other two animals are also watercolored.

I added the sentiment and glued the panel on a brown base card.

Hope you like it 

.....and have fun with the challenge!

Linked up with:

Cute N Crafty - Kids

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Papercraft Challenges - Special Occasions

Stamps: Animals, mushrooms, tree trunk and firs (Stampin'Up); Girl (Magnolia); Sentiment (from the penny market)

Inks: Tranquil Tide, Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz 5Stampin'Up)

Felt-tip pens

Happy Birthday

Hello everyone!

We have a new challenge at House of Cards!

This time we have a Birthday Theme and/or Colors. (see the inspiration photo below)

You can use only the colors or just the topic ....but you can also combine both!! - I tried to use theme and colors...

...and that's what came out!

First I stuck lot of Washi tape all over my card and added a small strip of embossed paper and black Washi tape at the bottom. Then I stamped the word Happy Birthday and the macaroons. After coloring I fussy cut them and pasted them on the card. I cut the card a bit smaller than the white base card and stuck it on top of it. Voilà!

HAVE FUN!

Inspiration photo

Birthday Theme and/or Colors

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

Embossing: Action

Washi tape, Felt-tip pens

Don't Stop Music #2

Hello everyone!
It's me again, with a second card for the Dream Factory challenge reminder :)
You can see the first one here.

I protected the center of my card with a round punched piece of Washi tape. 

I laid plain paper - in whitch I first cut a hole, then I colored the round surface with black felt-tip pen - .... and added flowing black tracks at the bottom of the disk.

I traced dancers on transparent paper, copied them to the card with tracing paper and colored them in black. - I used the same technique for the words and the mouth! 

Grid and splashes are made with stamps.

Thanks for your visit  <3

Splashes (Stampin'Up and Scrap Plaisir); Grid (Kaisercraft)

Inks: Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo and Pumkin Pie (Stampin'Up); Grass Green (Color Box); 

Felt-tip pens 

Don't Stop Music

Hello everyone!
I would like to remind you of our current challenge at the Dream Factory. - This month's movie is

Save The Last Dance

The key words are:  

Music, Dancing, Love, Hip Hop, Ballet, America, Black & White.....

This time I made two cards...

For my first card I used a black card. I stamped the whole right side with Birthday Wishes. 

I added a piece of torn and aged note. The guitar is stamped three times, cut out and colored with different colors. The star is die-cut and scribbled with felt-tip pens. The "Don't Stop Music" is stuck with self-adhesive foam pads.

Do you want to join us? - You still have two weeks left!

The second card comes right away ;)

Stamps: All Stampin'Up except the note sheet stamp that I bought at the chip market

Inks: Whisper White (Stampin'Up) and Felt-tip pens

Dies: Scrap Plaisir

Birthday Wishes...

Hello everyone!
No challenge today :))
I would like to show you a birthday card that I made for my aunt. She loves dogs and had one herself - a clever little guy, who sadly went over the rainbow bridge two years ago...

To create this card, I used 3 of my Katzelkraft dogs. 

I first stamped the dogs on plain paper to make masks with them. With the help of these masks I could then place the dogs and the grass as you see it on the card. I watercolored with Felt-tip pens. 

The balloons are also made with masks. - I sponged them with three different inks and then stamped half of the sentiment on the biggest one. 

.... the second half is stamped under the belly of the streched dog.

The background is gently sponged with light blue ink. 

My aunt loved this card - maybe you love it too.

Thanks for your visit!

Linked up with:

Little Red Wagon - Hippo Birdie 

Sweet Stampin'Challenge - Birthday or make it a remake ...(Birthday for me)

Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Stamps: Dogs (Katzelkraft); Grass (Scrap Plaisir); Sentiment (Stampin'Ip);

Inks: Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise (Stampin'Up)

Felt-tip pens

Last Dance

Hello everyone!
We have a new challenge at the Dream Factory! - This month's movie is

Save The Last Dance

I have some key words for you:  

Music, Dancing, Love, Hip Hop, Ballet, America, Black & White.....

... and of course I have a card too! ;)

I kept it in black and white .... or almost! - Just the arms and legs of the girl got a little color. There are also some stars and a moon.

I scribbled some skyscrapers in the background and watercolored them with black felt-tip pens.

Then I stamped the girl and used the paper piecing technique for her skirt. - That is, you stamp the same image on patterned paper and cut out the part that you want to use and paste it onto the image you want to keep.

To finish I added tiny rhinestones and the handwritten saying.

Have fun creating!

Stamps: The girl, the Stars, the Moon (Stampin'Up)

Inks: Daffodil Delight (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Felt-tip pens, tiny rhinestones, patterned paper

Hi !

Hello everyone,
it's time to make a Christmas card - that's good, at Muse Christmas Visions they ask for that!

I was inspired by the sleeping Santa Claus from Muse Cornelia and thought: why not send him on holiday! 

.....I think he is very thrilled about my idea! 😎

First I sponged the background with two different shades of blue. Then I added sandpaper for the beach. I stamped two coconut palms and between them Santa's underwear on a clothesline. - He did a dive while waiting for his clothes!

I also added a burning sun (to dry the laundry - haha), some white gel pen strokes on the water, shells, grass and a small sentiment. I colored with felt-tip pens.

....this is MUSE Cornelia's card - I had so much fun CASEing it!

Linked up with:

Cut It Up - Chrismas in July

Addicted To Stamps and More - Holiday

Dream Valley Challenge -  Chrismas in July

  

Stamps: Santa and his clothes (Artemio); Coconut palms (Aladine); Grass, Shells and Starfish (Studiolights); Sun and Sentiment (Action)

Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Soft Sky and Daffodil Delight (Stampin'Up)

Felt-tip pens, White Gel Pen, Sandpaper

Enjoy every moment...

Hello everyone!
We have a new challenge at House of Cards and this time we would like to see patterned papers on your cards. (see the inspiration photo below)
As always, you can use only the colors or just the topic ......and why not, combine both!!

That's good - I have a full box of patterned paper scraps!

I cut different patterned paper scraps into a cushion shape and colored them (some) half with a darker color. Then I glued various twine (wool, gold cord, paper cord, etc.) to separate the colored half from the patterned one. 

I stamped the text - Enjoy every moment - on a piece of white paper, added a seam at the bottom, embossed the paper and pasted it on the card.

I glued the pillows together, sat the kitty on top of the pile and added a few glitter glue dots to the upper cushion.

I did not really stick to the color palette this time, because the papers I used were more in brown - red - green tones.

Surely you have such a box full of patterned paper leftovers - that would be a good opportunity to use a few of them. 😉

Inspiration Photo

Use Patterned Paper and/or Colors

Stamps: Text (Scrap Plaisir); Cat (Clearly Besotted Stamps)

Embossing: Action

Patterned paper scraps, Twine, Glitter glue

On the Beach

Hello everyone!
Sorry to have let you wait so long! Hubby and me were for a few weeks on vacation in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
But now everyday life has caught me up again and I am starting with a reminder for the current challenge at the Dream Factory.

This month's  movie is...

The Beach 

You can let off steam with everything about beach, sea, friendship, travel and Thailand!

I tore sandpaper in a few strips and used it to make the beach.

I stamped the palm, the sun, the text, some shells and the grass on the card. The surfboards are stamped and fussy cut. Sky and sea are sponged with Tempting Turquoise from Stampin'Up. I added some hatched lines with a white gel pen to the sea. I colored with felt-tip pens and some inks from Stampin'up.

I hope I have inspired you and it makes you want to join in!

See you soon ;)

Linked up with:

Cards in Envy - On the Beach

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Summer Vacations

STAMPloration - Summer CAS Card Challenge

   

Stamps: Palm and Surfboards (Aladine); Sun and the Text (Action); Grass, Shells and Starfish (Studiolight Crafts)

Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Real Red and Early Expresso (Stampin'Up)

Felt-tip pens, White gel pen

The best things in life are sweet

Hello everyone!
We have a new challenge at House of Cards and this time we would like to see cards with Popsicles or Food and/or Colors! (see the inspiration photo below)
You can be inspired just by the image, or just by the colors ...

 ... or, like me, combine both!

I stamped the background with different fruits and watercolored them with felt-tip pens. - I also added the color dots with that pens. I watercolored (always with my felt-tip pens) the borders of a slightly wider cardstock than the one for the background and glued them both on the card.
I drawed a popsicle, watercolored it with felt-tip pens, traced the black lines and cut it out with scissors.
I die cut a circle from white cardstock and stamped the sentiment, then I stuck the popsicle and stamped once again the small part that was covered by the lolly. To finish, I stuck the circle on the card and added some pearl pen dots to the chilly thing.

Inspired? - We are looking forward to your icy, fruity, colorful creations!

Have a cool day ;)

Inspiration photo

Popsicle/Food image and/or Colors

Linked up with:

Do-Al(l) Kreatives - Aus der Küche
Kreativtanten Challenge - Alles Geht

Stamps: Fruits (Aladin); Sentiment (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Hybrid Ink Willow and Sunshine (Simon Says); Satin Red and Spanish Moss (Versafine); 

Dies: Circle (Action)

Green and tearose pearl pen