Game of Thrones

Hi friends.
Time for a little reminder to the current challenge at the Dream Factory.
This month our movie is called Game of Thrones, one of the most viewed TV shows in the world!

 I used a word game for this ATC

In the movie there are dragons,

so I thought it would be funny to use dragonflies  :)

.....don't you think so?

You see, no need to make a real dragon ;-)

and you still have two weeks for creating something of unique!

Thanks for stopping by 

and happy weekend to all of you

See you soon

Rosi 

Etwas spät....

....bin ich dran um euch meine Osterkarten bzw. Basteleien zu zeigen - ich hoffe ihr mögt sie dennoch sehen.

Il est bien tard...
...pour vous montrer mes cartes de Pâques et bricolages - j'espère que vous avez encore envie de les voir.

Wenn ich es schaffe, dann habe ich in den nächsten Tagen noch etwas zu zeigen.

Si je peux, alors j'ai encore quelque chose à vous faire voir dans les prochains jours.

Tut mir leid, dass ich in den letzten Monaten so wenig zeigen kann aber es geht leider nicht immer so wie man es gerne möchtet!

Je suis désolé que j'ai si peu à montrer ces derniers mois, mais malheureusement ça ne va pas toujours comme on voudrait!

Ich wünsche euch einen tollen Tag

Je vous souhaite une excellente journée

Rosi

GOT - Winter is coming!

.....Do you know what that means?? -- Sure you do!!

Hi friends!
We have a new great challenge at the Dream Factory!
This time we selected a TV series which started in April 2011 .........already an idea???
It is the adaptation of the saga A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of novels by George R. R. Martin

Well, no more suspense. I think you have already guessed what I mean!

The challenge for the next four weeks is called....

Game of Thrones

I was immediately fascinated by this series and Daenerys of Targaryen and Jon Snow 

were my favorite characters right from the beginning!

Unfortunately I am not very rich in stamps for this kind of movie,
but I nevertheless unearthed a cute little dragon and a small castle!

And as it is cute, I wanted to stay funny until the end!
That's why I placed a crown on his ear and gave him a shovel instead the flower which he normally holds.
Some snowflakes in the background and the motto of House Stark......
.....I think, it became a nice card for next winter!




I wish you a fabulous weekend and thank you so much for your visits!
Hope I could inspire you!

Rosi

HOC - Script or colors .... or both!

Hello, friends!

Time for a new challenge at House of Cards!
This month we would love to see on your creations .....script and/or colors!

Create a card with script and/or using the color palette.

Here is some inspiration from me :)

On my first card you can see stamps from Stampin'Up set "By the Tide" and "Teeny Tiny Sentiments", some corrugated cardboard, red twine and a tiny starfish charm. - A very simple card.

When I saw Pam's card, I knew immediately that it will be perfect for my new stamp! 

So I was strongly inspired (not to say that I copied) by her gorgeous card and I'm very happy with the result! --- which was of course very simple to do!

Thanks so much for reading. Hope I could inspire you!
Have a fabulous weekend!
Rosi

Stamps: Stampin'Up, Katzelkraft

Inks: Colorbox "Lime" Versafine "Onyx Black", "Satin Red" and "Smokey Gray"

Twine, charm, eyelets, corrugated cardboard

"Chicken Little" -- Reminder

Hi, friends!

Two weeks are over and we could see lot of your stunning works
but please ....do not stop yet,
you still have another fortnight to create something for this nice challenge!!

To remind the topic on Dream Factory, I made these funny Origami chickens

They are so easy to do and can be nicely filled with goodies! -- Really cute for Easter!
My chickens are made with 25 x 25 cm Design paper and once finished, they measure 12,5 x 12,5 cm
-- you also can use 30 x 30 cm paper and get 15 x 15 cm hens ...(for more goodies) ^^



...you want to try them yourself? ....look here ;)
!!  But be careful, do not use too thick paper because it tears very easily !!


Happy Origami! ;-)

Rosi

Fingerprints

Hi friends.

Today starts the new challenge at the Dream Factory and we have a funny movie for the next four weeks.
Perhaps you know "Chicken Little", the young chicken who caused widespread panic when he mistook a falling acorn for a piece of the sky.....

I stamped three little chicks with my inked thumb, and 

then I drew the wings, eyes (small punched circles) and beaks with permanent marker. 

A bit Washi and some doodles around the image ...and voilà!

Easter is not very far.....

grab this challenge, make some fun Easter cards and share them with us!

See you soon, Rosi

Silhouettes

Hi, all!

Today starts the new monthly challenge at House of Cards and for the next four weeks, 

we'll play with Silhouettes. 

I couldn't choose just one, so I show you some different ways to use this topic.

My first card is black and white with three die-cut birds sitting on a cord and watching the moon - all that on a reverse embossed card base. It was very simple to do!

For my second card, I used acrylic blocks and Distress ink for the colored squares. 

Once dried, I stamped the image in gray and the sentiment in turquoise.  

.....and for the fun to use one of my new stencils, I added some text using acrylic paint at the left corner.

On the third card, I used watercolor spots on wet paper. 

After drying, I stamped the bird and then I continued the green line under the bird's tail outside the frame.

For my last card, I sponged at first the background with yellow and blue ink. 

Then I stamped the yellow leaves. Next was the branch which I heat embossed in white. 

After that, I stamped the birds at twice to get a darker image (and also some shadow *lol*)

Last I added a few splashes and the sentiment.

As you can see, there are so much possibilities to make silhouettes and I wish you great fun for all those you'll make!

Happy day to all of you!

Rosi

Stamps: Katzelkraft, SU, Artemio,

Inks: Versafine "Onyx Black", "Toffee", "Deep Lagoon", Distress "Spiced Marmalade", "Shabby Shutter", "Tumbled Glass", 

Dew Drop Brilliance "Lightening Black" ...and Watercolors

Dies: Memory Box

Stencil: Scrap Plaisir

Embossing: SU

Txine, white embossing powder, 

New month - new challenge!

Hello everyone!
Yes, the new challenge at the Dream Factory starts today and for the next 4 weeks, we have chosen a romantic film.

"Pretty Woman"

I love this movie and I've seen it umpteen times because....

Julia Roberts is one of my favourite actress, ....but of course Richard is not bad either! hehe ;)

....and they make a so wonderful couple!

I was inspired by a Collene Kennedy image....

Her quirky ladies make me smile every time I see them and

I hope you like this "fashion queen" as well as me! :)

There are so many possibilities for this challenge and I'll give you a few keywords as inspiration:

 shopping, clothes, hats, shoes, lovers, men, women, etc.

....and now its your turn, challenge yourself!! ;)

Rosi 

Drawing © by Collene Kennedy!

Something different !

Hi friends!
To this day, I attended only at Stampin Up workshops, but a new member came to our group and it turned out that she is also part of the family - not for SU but for a French company.
By nature I am a curious person and so it happened very quickly that I attended one of its demonstrations!
For the first time, we did something with ink sprays - thing I had never tried before and it was quite difficult for me to imagine the result!
But after overcoming my fear of doing something wrong, I said to myself: "Hey, why are you afraid, it's just ink and paper!"

... here is the final result !!

For the first card I used quite dark colors and the result is rather male

.... but for the second, I dared to color a little more vibrant!

After drying, the colors become slightly shimmering which unfortunately can not be seen on the pictures.

We tested different stencils, stamps and structure paste.

First, we sprinkled white paper with water. Then it was the turn of stencils and sprays. 

Once the paper dried, we worked with the paste and other stencils to finally finish with stamps! 

Et voilà!

This is really something very different compared to what I use to do, 

but I loved to try this "patouille" (means mud or slush), as we like to say! ;)

Have a nice day and thanks for watching,

Rosi

All material used for these two cards is from "Scrap Plaisir"

First daffodils

This afternoon strong winds have slightly fallen and I took the opportunity to take some pictures. Here is one I would like to share with you!

Look how beautiful and bright they are! 

Yesterday there was only one open flower ....

I wish you have a wonderful day!

Rosi

Photographed with Nikon Coolpix P520

Unusual shape

Hi, friends!

It's time for a new challenge at House of Cards!
For this month, we have a Technique Challenge and we would love to see *Shaped Cards*!

Every shape is allowed, except square or rectangular!

I hesitated a long time between a round or triangular card 

and finally, I made an octagonal! - Very logical, eh?

Let your imagination run wild! .....We are excited about what you'll show us!

Rosi

Stamps: Stampin'Up, WOJ

Inks: Versafine "Deep Lagoon" and "Onyx Black"

patterned paper and corrugated cardboard

A deer

... crossed my path and,
it was perfect for the reminder at the Dream Factory!
The topic of the challenge is "Frozen" from Walt Disney.

To begin, I stamped the card background with deer antlers. 

Next, I used a star shaped mask and stamped the text on a white piece of paper. 

Then I stuck this little piece on a slightly larger brown paper and glued it to the card. 

And to finish, 

I punched the deer from gold paper and mounted it with 3D foam pads and some golden twine on my card. 

I really love how it turned out!

Have a happy day!

Rosi

Stamps: Crafty Secrets (text), SU (antlers)

Inks: SU "Early Espresso"

Dies: Impression Obsession

Golden twine, foam pads

1, 2, 3, 4, .....10

As I told you in my last post, we had a Stampin'Up swap last saturday and I want give you some news!

10 to participate, we had choice between two requirements:
Blue color + snowflake  or  red color + star and 10 x 14 cm for both.

Here are my 10 cards ....

and this is what I brought home!

They are so beautiful - I love them all!!

Frozen

No no, I do not mean the weather, I mean the movie ;)

Dear friends, it is time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory and this month,
we have selected "Frozen" from Walt Disney for you.
("Die Schneekönigin" for my German friends and "La reine des neiges" for my French friends)

You can use snowscapes and forest animals, snowflakes, snowmen, everything that has to do with winter!
....and maybe even what with crowns and princesses. ;)

I needed 10 cards for tomorrow's swap and...

... to start, I inked all the card bases in light blue. 

Then, I punched a big star in white cardstocks and stamped a big blue star over, - 

and tiny blue stars around the punched stars. 

To finish, I stuck them onto the card bases with 3D foam pads and added a silver bead 

and some silver twine to the centers.

The sentiment means something like: Let it snow!

For some more inspiration, take a look at this card! 

I made the nice guy for an earlier Dream Factory challenge!

Have much fun!

Rosi

Stamps: Kesi'Art and Stampin Up

Inks: Versafine "Onyx Black" and "Deep Lagoon"

Die: Marianne Design

Silver beads and twine

Sad news!

The year ended very bitterly for dear friends of us!
Fate has hit very hard and robbed their beloved son, husband and dad! - A heart attack at only 58 years !!

I hope that my card and the comforting words can relieve their pain,

.... be it only a little!

Take care!

Rosi

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hello teamies, hello everyone!

I wish you a full year of happiness, joy, success and above all, good health!
--- I hope you had a smooth transition ....after all these glasses of champagne !! ^^ ;)

Ok! So, let's start the year with a new challenge at House of Cards!

For the beginning of the year, we've beautiful neutral colors and it would be great, if you can use them in combination with embossing! ....don't worry, colors only, or embossing only is very fine too!

I tried to use both of them and I must say, ....I like the result!

....and as you can see, I'm still in Christmas mood! --- we can never start too early !!

For my black background, I used "Whisper White" and the "Holly Jolly Greetings" stamps from SU. The sheet of vellum is textured with the "Softly Falling" embossing folder (also from SU) and the fir branch is a Memory Box die-cut. 

For the sparkle, I used a star sticker and some golden fibers!

I wish you great pleasure with the challenge!

Rosi

Stockings for Santa Claus!

Hi everyone!

Well, today is the last day before New Year's Eve and I hope that it has been a good year for you all! 

Tomorrow midnight, the bells will ring to welcome the new year and ....the countdown begins again!

Do you remember, that the challenge at the Dream Factory still runs until the 15th January, 

 and that any kind of creation is welcome? 

...so take part and let us admire your work!

For last Christmas!

A very easy and quick card, made with the "Open Sleigh" stamp set from SU.

Happy stamping!

Frohe Weihnacht - Joyeux Noël - Merry Christmas

Ich wünsche euch allen ein wunderschönes Weihnachtsfest und viel Glück und Gesundheit im neuen Jahr!

Je vous souhaite à tous un merveilleux Noël et beaucoup de bonheur et de santé pour la Nouvelle Année!

I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and much happiness and health for the coming New Year!

Mon ange gardien m'a demandé:

"Quelle est ton souhait pour l'année prochaine"?

J'ai dit:

"Prends toujours bien soin de toutes les personnes,

qui me tiennent à cœur"!

My guardian angel asked me:

"What is your wish for next year"?

I said:

"Take always good care of all people,

which are close to my heart "!

Rosi

Textquelle: Sprüche aus dem Herzen

Santa Claus is coming!

Hello everybody! Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory! Christmas is not far away and this month we would love to see creations with Christmas themes, snow, winter and of course, Santas!!

I used a Crafty Secret image for my Santa which I associated with the firs and an embossing folder from Stampin Up 

....and for the festive look - a circle, made with glue and silver glitter.

Have fun with the challenge!

Rosi

Indian summer....

Today I want to welcome five new members! - Sorry, that I let you waiting so long!!

Dotty Jo - Carrie Sheridan - Barbara Thompson - Caline - Shawna Standish

I am delighted that you are here and I hope you

can find some inspirations!

With these incredibly mild temperatures, I have not yet had the opportunity to make a winter photo,

 but I captured this beautiful maple in its magnificent autumn glory as a welcome for you.

A big merci, to have stopped here! <3

Rosi

Photgraphed with Nikon Coolpix P 520