The best things in life are sweet!

Hello everyone!
A quick reminder for our current challenge at the Dream Factory - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I dry embossed a piece of white cardstock. Stamped tiny images on a second one and colored with felt-tip pens. Added faux stitching at the edges. I put blue cardstock between the two white parts and then backed all with brown and pink cardstock. Finally I added the tag. 

...love how it turned out!

...yes, I played with my watermark - wanted a new one! 😉

There are still two weeks to play - make it colourful and sweet!

Linked up with:

The Card Concept - Rainbow Cupcakes

Artist Inspirations - Anything Goes/Optional Theme Tag your it

Papercraft Challenges - Bright Colours

Stamps: All Stampin'Up

Embossing: Action

Felt pens, quilting wheel, paper cord

Little Snowflakes...

Hello everyone!
It's the last week of the month at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, which means that we have a Technique challenge for you....

...we'd like to see Heat Embossing on your cards.

First I heat embossed several snowflakes on a piece of white cardboard paper. I sprayed water over it and then spread watercolours in two different shades of blue on the wet paper. - The embossed aeras remain white. This technique is also called "Emboss Resist".

To make it flat again, I put an acrylic block  and a bottle of water on the paper and let it dry overnight.

Next day I die cut small stars from the panel and trimmed and backed it with a slightly wider light yellow paper. I wrapped some silver string around the panel and glued the label with the text on it. I added some Wink of Stella to the stars, to give them shine.

Finally, I glued the panel on the white card and added some half pearls.

ENJOY!!

Linked up with:

Paperminutes - Winterzauber

Cuttlebug Mania - Winter

Winter Wonderland - It's Snowtime

Your Next Stamp - Colors of Winter

Stamps: Snowflakes (Stampin'Up); Text (Kesi'art);

Inks: Bermuda Bay and Tempting Turquoise (Stampin'Up);

Dies: Stars (Scrap Plaisir); Rectangles (Action);

Silver string, half pearls

Welcome little one...

Hello everyone!
A friend asked me if I would like to make a card for her nephew's upcoming birth.

....I couldn't say no!

My friend had three wishes: 

a 3D teddy bear, not too much decoration and the word Congratulations.

I printed out the image several times and fussy cut the parts I needed to create the 3D image. The frame is die cut from white paper, dry embossed, sponged with blue ink and then glued with foam pads onto a larger white square. Underneath there is a layer of gauze, a punched strip of lace and a narrow blue organza ribbon. The light blue design paper in the background comes from a craft magazine. I sponged the edges with darker blue ink and stamped some hearts and sentiments. The final touch was 3 buttons and the Congratulations label.

I think I matched the challenge - my friend was thrilled with the outcome!

Linked up with:

Allsorts Challenge - Make it Masculine

Craft Friends Challenge - New Beginnings

Catch The Bug - Bingo (Button - Player's Choice - Ribbon)

Image: Tatty Teddy

Stamps: Sentiments (Katzelkraft); Hearts (Florilège design); 
Inks: Quite Navi (Stampin'Up);
Dies: Squares (Action); Buttons (Stampin'Up);
Punch: Stampin'Up
ribbon, gauze,

Silent Night

Hello everyone!
Today is Saturday and we have a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!
Our challenge theme for this week is...

Silent Night.

When I saw our topic, I immediately thought of these beautiful watercolor Christmas cards from the past. I got some inspiration from Pinterest and then tried to capture my nostalgic thoughts on this hand-drawn card.

...and of course, I swapped my felt-tip pens for watercolors today!

I added a die cut branch that I also coloured with watercolour.

I cut a narrow strip of gold glitter paper with a serrated pair of scissors and stuck it on the right side of the card. -   

....looks a little torn like that!

The initial letters of the sentiment are painted with gold paint and then, like the roof of the church and the stars, embellished with Wink of Stella.

And now have fun with the challenge!

Linked up with:

Craft Rocket Challenge - Winter

Creative Craft Cottage - Winter

Cute' N Crafty Christmas - Christmas/Winter

Sweet Moments

Hello everyone!
First of all, I'd like to welcome all the new followers who have recently joined my blog - and of course also those who have been around for a while! -- Thank you for being here! <3

Well, we're already halfway through the month, and that means a new challenge at the Dream Factory! - This month's movie is...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik
Charlie et la Chocolaterie

Key words:  Sweets, fantasy, colorful, snow, England

There is not a lot of chocolate on my card except the chocolate cupcake, 

but it is very colorful and appetizing! 😋

The cupcakes are fussy cut and watercolored with felt-tip pens. 

I added some faux stitches with a quilting wheel along the edges.

Have much fun with this challenge 

....but do not salivate too much otherwise there will be spots!  😁

Stamps: Action

Inks: Onyx Black (Vesafine); Melon Mambo for the hearts (Stampin'Up);

Quilting wheel

Let it Snow ☃☃☃

Hello everyone!
Today is Saturday and that means 52CCT day! - Our theme for this week is Purple and Green.

At first I wanted to do the card with a star embossed background but I thought that it would be too many stars. 

I picked up another sheet of cardstock and made criss-cross lines with a bone folder  ....and I liked that much better!

Snowman, deer and fir are from Scrap Plaisir and watercolored with felt-tip pens. 

Stars and snowflakes are from SU. 

The sentiment is cut from strong white cardstock and colored with black and purple alcohol markers. - I got the die from my friend Bettina at Christmas. 

I added a bit glitter with Wink of Stella to the snowman and to the snowflakes.

Have fun!

Linked up with:
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Let it snow
Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes with optional something new ( a new die for me)
Creative Craft Cottage - Winter

Stamps: Snowman, Deer and Fir (Scrap Plaisir); Snowflakes and Stars (SU);

Inks: Tranquil Tide, Pear Pizzazz (SU); Alcohol Markers, Felt-tip pens

Dies: a gift from a fried

Wink of Stella

Diamond Box

Hello everyone!
A few months ago I made this diamond box and oups,

..... I almost forgot to show it!

I never made this kind of box before and it was not that difficult. 

If everything is clean and well cut, there is no problem to make the box without the Envelope Punchboard!

If you also want to make such a box, here is a very good video tutorial in English 

and here a very detailed step by step tutorial in German.

Have fun with  BOX-ing ;)

Stamps: Stampin'Up

Inks: Tranquil Tide (SU)

Dies: Butterflies and leaves (SU); Squares (Action) - I used them also for the triangles

Patterned paper, ribbon, 

Christmas Wishes in a box + Tutorial

Hello everybody!
First of all, I wish you all the best for 2019! .... especially health and creativity !!
I hope you all had wonderful Christmas and New Year holidays!

I also want to be a bit more creative this year, because the last few years were reserved almost exclusively for a house construction! - Now it's done! ...And that's why I applied to 52CCT and joined the design team.
This means that from now on and throughout the year you will see a lot more Christmas cards on my blog - more precisely, one each saturday! I hope you like these cards as much as I do and I am delighted that I can show you the first one today!

Here we go!

We start with the sketch you can see on the design below.

Although I tend to clean & simple creations, I really enjoyed making this card! 

I used two sets of stamps from Scrap Plaisir and the corresponding dies. After I colored (Alcohol Markers) and die cut the individual images, I started making the foldable card.

January Sketch at 52CCT

When the card was done and all these nice little images were stuck on it, I added a narrow orange ribbon.

The card measures 12 x 12 x 1,5 cm when unfolded (...a little bit more with the embellishments), and 13,5 x 15 cm when flat. The concept is a bit like a mini pizza box, except that the flaps are just only on the side with the window so that the box can be folded.

It consists of four parts: the green box, a red frame, the white sheet with the sentiment for the background 

...and a support so that it stands well.

 -The ribbon stuck on the sides, so it does not bother when folding the card.

This is how the card looks flattened.

And because I am a very nice girl 😊, I made a tutorial for you!

...you just have to follow the instructions below ;) 

Please click to enlarge!

Please click to enlarge!

Thank you for your visit and have fun!

Linked up with:

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes (must be Christmas or Festive related)

ABC Christmas Challenge - A for Anything Goes 

Stempelküche - Alles geht 

Papercraft Challenges - Merry Christmas

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas

Stamps: Scrap Plaisir

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Alcohol Markers

Dies: Scrap Plaisir

Gold glitter paper, ribbon, patterned paper, Wink of Stella

For my Sistah...

Hello everyone!
Oh dear! Time has gone so fast ....!
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Eve and that all of you have received many gifts from Santa Claus! 😉

Here is my last birthday card for this year!

My sister turned 55 yesterday and I made this card for her.

I used the leftover panel from which I cut the letters for the card of this post. I copied the letters onto a second piece of paper, then pressed different ink pads onto an acrylic block, which I then pressed onto the letters on the second panel.

I adjusted the part with the cut out to the colored letters, and inserted a black, glittering paper border on both sides.

Then I took a third piece of paper (a little smaller than the finished card) and stamped small balloons on it. - I watercolored them with the respective colors that I used for the letters. 

Before glueing the different panels on it, I colored the edges of the white card base with black felt-tip pen. I stamped the birthday sentiment and added a die-cut balloon.

Thanks for your visit.

Linked up with:

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes

Color My Heart - Bold and Bright

Double Trouble Paper Crafting - 3,2,1 Recipe 

Stamps: Balloons (Action), Birthday (Penny store)

Inks: Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Pumkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz (Stampin'Up): 

Dies: Action

Black glitter paper, Felt-tip pen, Twine

Happy Birthday

Hello everyone!
We have another birthday to celebrate!
This time it's Timeo's turn (my nephew's son) - he'll blow 6 candles tomorrow!

This is the card I made for him.

I bought some new dies at Action a few days ago and couldn't wait to try them. For this card I choose the HAPPY die. I used the letters - the remained panel is on the card that I'll show you tomorrow.

I used different stamps and ink pads to color the letters and glued them on a strip of acetat. 

I cut a part of the card and replaced it with the acetate. The visible part through the acetate is stamped with water droplets in gray ink. - BIRTHDAY is also stamped in grey.

After that I stamped the critters on the card and watercolored them with felt-tip pens. 

The orange balloon is added with a home made stencil. 

At last I added some pearl pen dots here and there.

Thanks for your visit!

Linked up with:

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes

Color My Heart - Bold and Bright
Double Trouble Paper Crafting - 3,2,1 Recipe 

Stamps: Critters and water droplets (Stampin'Up); the green balloon (Action); 

Inks: Smokey Slate, Pumkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Early Espresso (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine)

Dies: Action

Pearl pens 

Merry Christmas!

Hello everybody!

Ok, here we are! - I am one from the new members of the design team at Christmas Card Throwdown.
Officially, we will start from January 2019, but we can not wait to introduce you to our creations. So we're starting right now with a post for the current challenge! - It's just a little reminder ...you still have a fortnight to play with us!

The theme for the whole month of December is "Pick a Previous 2017 Challenge".  

I choose Embossed Impressions - Technique Challenge of August 2017 

and made this.

I covered a white panel with patterned vellum and a piece of dark grey cardstock - which I had dry embossed before and sponged with white ink. The transition from cardstock to vellum is masked with an orange ribbon from my Christmas stash. 

I die cut a circle from embossed cardstock and a deer from black glitter cardstock. Added black string and stuck all this to the panel, which I mounted then on a beige card base. 

The sentiment is stamped on a torn white piece of cardboard and sponged with gray ink.

The card goes with a little box - and when you open the box...

...you'll find this Advent wreath!
Here is a similar set that I made last year.

Except the fir twigs and the houses, all the embellishments are fussy cut and watercolored with felt-tip pens. The tea lights are embellished with Washi tape and golden string. They are glued with hot glue for better adhesion.

This small set went to a dear blogging friend as Advent gift.

Note the dark fir - it is cut from a matchbox to light the matches.

Thanks for stopping by - and have fun making cards!

Stamps: Sentiments (Stamin'Up); Cinnamon stick, anise star, slice of orange, cup, pine cone and the candles on the box lid (Scrap Plaisir)

Inks: Early Espresso and Pumkin Pie (Stampin'Up); 

Dies: Houses (Stampin'Up); Fir twigs (Impression Obsession); Deer (Hero Arts); 

Embossing: Action

Stencil: Scrap Plaisir

Washi, String, White gel pen, Felt-tip pens, Tea lights, Ribbon, Vellum, 

Best Friends...

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

Eight Below

Antarctica – Gefangen im Eis

Antartica, prisonniers du froid

Keywords: Ice/snow, huskies/dogs, penguins, polar bears, friendship, .....true love!

I opted for this Katzelkraft dog and his bone. The boy's leg is a drawing I found on Pinterest, the text comes from Stampin'Up. - I changed the word "branch" by the word "bone".

These are my three ingredients for a simple card, which I hope will spread a little love into the animals world!

... as usual, I watercolored with felt-tip pens ;) 

If we had in our hearts only the tenth of love our dogs have for us, 

there would be peace on earth!

Happy stamping and thanks for stopping by!

Dog (noun.)

1. The best friend you will ever have. A loyal, loving compagnion that cares for you more than for himself. 

A special creature whose time in your heart will far out number its days on earth.

Linked up with:

2 Sisters on the Blog - Bingo (centre horizontal line - sentiment, white and animal)

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter

Stamps: Dog and Bone (Katzelkraft); Sentiment (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versfine); Felt-tip pens

For a dear friend...

Hello everyone!
Another Christmas thing today!

I made this for one of my dear blogging friends, living on the other side of the big sea!

I colored a white panel with alcohol markers in peach pink and splashed some blender and white ink on it. The white star is die cut from white glitter paper. The gray star was embossed with a wood pattern embossing folder before cutting. The deer is die cut from ordinary white paper.
The sentiment is from Stampin'Up.

The card goes with a little box - and when you open the box...

...you'll find this Advent wreath! 

I only added stars of different sizes and shapes to keep the wreath in a simple style.

The tea lights are embellished with washi tape and twine.

"NOËL" is die cut from white glitter paper

The tiny brown star is die cut from a matchbox to light the matches.

Thanks for visiting!

Tomorrow I'll show you a new wreath. ... they all arrived at destination!

Stamps: Sentiments on the card and on the wreath (Stampin'Up); The candles on the box lid (Scrap Plaisir)

Inks: Smokey Slate (Stampin'Up); Versamark, Alcohol markers, Felt-tip pens

Dies: Stars (Scrap Plaisir); NOËL (X-Cut); Deer (Hero Arts); Scalloped square (Action)

Embossing: Stampin'Up

White and silver glitter paper

It's Your Day

Hello everyone!
Birthday card number two ....

Today is my girlfriend's birthday and as I put it in her letterbox myself, I can already share this card with you.

At the moment, I have virtually no ideas for birthday cards! - It surely comes from the fact that I've been making only Christmas stuff in the last few weeks! While browsing on Pinterest, I came across this pretty simple card. - I liked very much, and could not resist reproducing it!

I pasted tiny rhinestones on the hearts, 

....and added some sparkle and two tiny bows to the hexagonal frame. 

The edges of the white base card are watercolored with blue felt-tip pens. Voilà! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Sentiment (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Melon Mambo (Stampin'Up);

Dies: Action

String, Rhinestones, Felt-tip pen, Wink of Stella,

"I" for Important

Hello everyone!
Birthdays are very important days and in December we have a few of them to celebrate......

The first card is for a sweet young lady!

I found the image on Pinterest and put it on paper with pencil and tracing paper.
I watercolored with Felt-tip pens and added tree sequins.
The little birdie is from Stampo Aladine.


Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Just Add Ink - Just add "I" (my "I" is for important) 

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - Anything Goes Colouring Challenge

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelters - Birthday/Celebrations

Advent Advent

Hello everyone!
We are already counting the days until Christmas and so that time does not seem that long, there are advent calendars. Here is the one I made for a dear friend this year.

I found a beautiful Advent calendar with a tutorial at Paula Pünktchen's blog.

I followed her tutorial, but didn't use toilet paper rolls. All my pockets are made of strong, white printing paper and covered with silver and colorful wrapping paper. Instead of silk paper I used a large ribbon to fix the skewers to the compartments. The numbers were printed on self-adhesive printing paper and punched.

....and as it should be for an Advent calendar, each compartment is filled with a little surprise.

                   

I got this from my dear friend Gundi! - I think she's a little crazy, right? ....but I like it a lot!😉

                 
Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Paperminutes - Weihnachts Countdown

Christmas With The Cuties - Anything but a card

Path of Positivity - # 64 Optional Theme  SILVER, GOLD & OTHER  METALLICS

Meow....

Hello everyone!
No Christmas card today :)

My son loves cats and as it was his birthday, I made this card for him.

I used this cat wearing sunglasses (Creative Images) and watercolored it with felt-tip pens.

I stamped some grass in the background by masking the cat. I colored the ground with alcohol markers and added some more blades of grass  ....because cats like to hide behind tufts of grass! Ha ha

I sponged the sky with Tempting Turquoise (Stampin'Up) and used die cut letters for the Meow.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Little Red Wagon - Purrs and Wags (House Pets)

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Watercolor Wednesday - Tristan's Feminine Anything Goes

Stamps: Cat Wearing Sunglasses (Creative Images); Grass in the background (Toga); Tufts of Grass (Scrap Plaisir)

Inks: Tempting Turquoise (Stampin'Up); Alcohol Markers; Felt-tip pens

Dies: Letters (Joy Crafts)

House of Cards Blog Hop

A little preview ..... Check out the full image at the bottom of this page ;)

Hello everyone!
Six months are over and that means Blog Hop at House of Cards!
Unfortunately, this is the last one .... because House of Cards closes!

I'm writing this post with some sadness, because at House of Cards I gained my first experience as a DT member and I've been in the team for almost seven years - so from the beginning!

Thank you girls, it was a great and creative time with you!

Now to the hop!

It runs from December 1, 6:00 AM to December 15 midnight.

ANY CARD STYLE is welcome and we've got this gorgeous photo inspiration for your crafting enjoyment! 

For this Hop,  

Bekky's Place is giving away a $ 10.00AU Gift Certificate!

To win this prize, be sure to leave a comment at each person's blog because the prize is hidden and a random draw will be made among these blogs to find it out! :)

After you're done, we would love for you to make a creation to share with us on the challenge blog, too.

Here is what I created...

...with the candle from the gorgeous "Tied Up With String" digital stamp set from Beccy's Place!

I watercolored the candle with felt-tip pens and fussy cut it. I stamped the sentiment on a white cardstock panel and covered it with a sheet of gold splashed velum. I added black gingham pattern at the bottom and stuck the candle. I took a slightly larger white base card and colored its edges with black felt-tip pen. I added Wink of Stella to the black edges, the flame, the mistletoe berries and the string. That's all!

!!! Did you leave your comment?

So I cross my fingers for you and wish you a lot of fun!

.... your next step is Sue N.

- you will find the complete list of the Hop on the Challenge Blog!

Thank you for your visit ..... and good luck !!

Rosi

Linked up with:

Card Mania - Christmas

Crafty Friends - Christmas

Do-Al(l) Kreatives - Weihnachten oder Silvester/Neujahr

The cat's pajamas - Winter Holidays

Dragonfly journeys - Handmade Holiday Magic

Stamps: Candle (Beccy's Place); Sentiment and Gingham (Stampin'Up);

Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine)

Felt-tip pens, Velum, Wink of Stella

Snowman Soup

Hello everybody.
A quick reminder for our current challenge at the Dream Factory - Gostbusters.
It's about ghosts, demons, love and marchmallows - believe me,
you can make very fun cards with it.

I'm back with marshmallows - they fits so well with the winter time ...

Today I have a yummy snowman soup for you. 

Just follow the recipe and make yourself as comfortable as possible ...

I copied this Marshmallow snowman by hand from the computer and watercolored it with felt-tip pens. - A little Wink of Stella on it and ready!

How happy he looks, sitting in this hot bath....

Linked up with:

Crafry Catz - ANYTHING GOES with optional twist Too Cute

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes

The Marshmallow Snowman is an image from Printable Cuttable Creatables

...and because

I wanted to see how it looks on a white card, there is also this one with the eraser technique.

Hello, me again! 😉

It's almost the same card as in the previous post, but in white! 

Here I added an embossed panel and worked with black glitter cardstock instead of gold.

I stamped the image with Tranquil Tide and colored the berries with Real Red (both Stampin'Up). - Added also a bit Wink of Stella to the berries.

Otherwise, everything is made exactly as on the card from the previous post! - just no gold splatter, and the sentiment is different too! :))

...would you tell me which one you like better?

Linked up with:

Papierelle - Eraser technique
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes + make your own background
Hiding in my Craft Room - Any Holiday
Stamping Sensation - Get Ready For Christmas

Stamps: Holly leaf (Action); Sentiment (Stampin'Up)

Inks: Tranquil Tide and Real Red (Stampin'Up); "Nuit Blanche" (Scrap Plaisir); 
Embossing: Stampin'Up
Dies: Square (Action)
Black glitter cardstock, Wink of Stella