Santa's on his way

Hello everyone!
A new challenge starts at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - this week we have three colors for you:

White - Yellow - Brown

Quietly and silently he creeps through the night! - Santa probably thought he'd be invisible, dressed all in white...

This funny guy is a gift from my sweet friend Cornelia from Fun-Stamping

I sponged the moon and the background with Distress Oxide - splashed some water on it, let it work a bit and dried it with a kitchen towel. I stamped the fir trees so that a small white border remained at the bottom - for the snow. Spattered white ink on the card and added Wink of Stella to the snow. Fixed Santa Claus with foam pads and painted its shadow. I couldn't decide on a suitable sentiment, so I left the card without it! - Maybe I'll add a Ho Ho Ho later...

Have fun!

Linked up with:
Bastel-Traum - Himmel/Sky
Krafty Chicks - Christmas
Moving Along With The Times - All Things New (the Santa die is new)
Tuesday Throwdown - Something New (the Santa die is new)

   

Stamps: Firs (SU);

Inks: Wild Honey and Iced Spruce (Ranger Distress Oxide); Early Espresso (SU); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Die: A gift from my sweet friend Cornelia

Bubble Bath Day - DotMCC-Challenge #11

Hello everyone!

Brrr, it's cold and grey outside! - What could be better than relaxing in a warm, fragrant bath and wrapping yourself in the soft foam!

That's perfect, because this month we celebrate 

Bubble Bath Day 

always on January 8th.

on Day of the Month Card Club!

I used one of my almost very first stamps for this card. It was a little bit forgotten, but thanks to our challenge, I remembered the sweet hippo and brought it back to life in a completely different style! - See the difference!

First I dyed soapy water with blue Brusho pigments and blew bubbles with a straw, applied them here and there on three different panels and let them dry. I took the one I liked best and stamped the bathing hippo - once on the panel and a second time on a piece of card stock. I colored the hippo, fussy cut it and glued it on the one which was already stamped on the panel. I drew the tiles and colored them with felt-tip pens and a water-brush pen. 

I also cut out some extra bubbles from the other panels and glued them all around the hippo and the tub. 

Finally, I added the sentiment, glued the panel on a white base card, whose edges I had previously colored in blue and added Wink of Stella to all the bubbles - ...unfortunately invisible on the photo!

I hope you like it - I'll be back in a few days with more inspiration! Until then I wish you a lot of relaxing bubble baths! ;)

Linked up with:

613 Avenue - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Make it shiny (I used Wink of Stella on the bubbles)

Challenge Up Your Life - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

     

Stamps: Rhino (Lelo Design); Sentiment (Craft Sensations);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Blue Brusho pigments, Felt-tip pens, 

Christmas is when the heart comes home...

Hello everyone!

Let's start the year with a sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

The recipe for my card:  

A few die cut elements and some glittery card stock - glued on a background smooshed with Distress Oxide ink. The tiny stars are remaining parts from the star border die cutting. The heart and the little village are fixed with foam tape. The sentiment says: Christmas is when the heart comes home

January Sketch 52CCT

Have much fun!

Linked up with:

Bastel Traum - Himmel /Sky

The Library Challenge - Pick a Previous (I was inspired by: The cover of Breakfast at Tiffany's - 2018)

ABC Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes & Bingo (horizontal middle row - Lots of layer, Christmas sentiment, glitter)

     

Stamps: Sentiment (SU);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine), Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean (Ranger Distress Oxide);

Dies: Stars/Star border (Deco Time); Village (SU): Hearts (Scrap Plaisir);

Glitter card stock

Favourite card from 2019

Hello everyone!

I wish you a Happy New Year, full of joy, success and health ... and of course lots of time to do crafts! - I hope you had a smooth transition... after all those glasses of champagne. 😉

The Card Concept's final 'challenge' of the year is to share a photo of our Christmas tree or a pic of our favourite card from 2019. 

Instead of showing you my fake Christmas tree, I'll share my favourite card of the year, the one with the two reindeer! I made it recently, but it is my absolute favourite from 2019!

...it's the most WONDERFUL time of the year

Hello everyone!
The year is coming to an end and this is my last Christmas card for this year. It will now join all the others that will be designed over the coming year!
With this card I would like to remind you of our current challenge at Dream Factory. This month's movie is:

The Flight Before Christmas  

Niko - ein Rentier hebt ab

Niko, le petit renne

Keywords: Christmas, Reindeer, Weihnachten, Noël

I know Christmas is now over, .....but the next one is less than a year away! 😉

A very simple card! The reindeer and fir trees are stamped, watercoloured and fussy-cut. I placed them roughly on the map so that I could color the snowy part. I embossed the snowflakes, glued all the cut-out parts to the panel and coloured its edges with black felt-tip pen. The fir trees on the left and right are fixed with foam pads. I stamped a tiny sentiment and glued the panel on a white base card. Hope you like it...

I wish you a wonderful New Year's Eve and a happy new year!! 

Have fun creating - maybe you will find some time for it!

Linked up with:
Christmas Kickstart - Last Minute Madness
STAMPloration - December CAS card
STAMPloration - December Theme and Photo
Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes
The Crafter's Cafe - Holidays OR I spy with my little eye something beginning with C
The Artist Stamper - Christmas is coming


    

    

Stamps: Reindeer and firs (Crea Plaisir - Animaux dans la neige); sentiment (LoraByLora);

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

Embossing: Sizzix

DotMCC Challenge #10 - Reminder

Hello everyone!

Just a little reminder on our current challenge on Day of the Month Card Club!

Our theme:

Poinsettia Day

Hard to believe, but I only have one poinsettia stamp!! 

So I completed my card with a few fir branches, a pine cone, some foliage, berries and a big sentiment in the center! I colored the edges of the base card with a black glitter alcohol marker and then glued the panel on.

Hope I made you want to join in...

I wish you a wonderful Christmas Eve with your families and loved ones! 

...and see you soon, on our next challenge! 

There is ALWAYS a reason to celebrate! 

Linked up with:
Christmas Kickstart - Last Minute Madness

STAMPlorations - December CAS card
STAMPlorations - December Theme and Photo
Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes
The Crafter's Cafe - Holidays OR I spy with my little eye something beginning with C
The Artistic Stamper - Christmas is coming
My Time To Craft - Christmas Flowers

    

    

Stamps: Red and Black Berries (La Fourmi); Branches, Fir Twigs, Leaves (Stampin'Up); Pine Cone (Scrap Plaisir); Poinsettia (Craft Sensations); Sentiment (LoraByLora);

Inks: Real Red, Pear Pizzazz, Tranquil Tide, Early Espresso (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);
Black glittering alcohol marker

Enough reindeer?

Hello everyone!
A last Christmas card needed?!
It would be great if you linked it to the Dream Factory - our new Challenge starts today!

This month's movie is:

The Flight Before Christmas

Niko - ein Rentier hebt ab

Niko, le petit renne

Keywords: Christmas, Weihnachten, Noël

The background for this card had been on my desk for weeks! 

I tried again and again to use it somehow but it didn't really fit - I think today its time has come!!

Everything else was quickly found! I punched out Santa's sled, drew and fussy-cut the reindeers, stamped a few trees on the horizon, tore three pieces of paper and glued everything together. I watercolored with felt-tip pens. The sentiment is computer generated.

Well, I hope you like it! 

Have fun with our challenge!

Linked up with:

Time Out Challenge - Merry & Cheerful

Cardz 4 Galz - Cute Christmas

Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas Goes

Cut It Up - Anything Christmas Goes

Crafty Catz - Blue Christmas

    

   

Stamps: Firs (LoraByLora); Ho! Ho! Ho! (Scrap Plaisir); The reindeers are hand drawn;

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Sorry, I can't remember the color I used for the background, it's been on my desk too long.....

Embossing: Stars ( I think it's Deco Time);

Dies: A gift from a friend

Felt-tip pens for the coloring

Happy Birthday

Hello everyone!
Yesterday I made this birthday card for my friend!! Let's see if you like it!

I used exclusively Stampin' Up products, except the blue color of the flowers, the tiny writing that can be seen just below the black strip, and the cutting die for the holes.

I started by inking white card stock with different shades of green and blue. Stamped the flowers and leaves and die cut them. I cut a wide black strip and punched holes along one border. Stamped a small writing on the card and glued the black strip. I assembled and glued the different cut-outs as you can see, put a piece of golden string between them and popped the "big flower" on foam. Finally I added a tiny sentiment. 

Linked up with: 

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Just Us Girls - Wild-Card Week - Anything Goes

           

Stamps: Leaves, flowers and sentiment (Stampin'Up); Tiny writing (Franfreluche Design); 

Inks: Pear Pizzazz (Stampin'Up); Peacock Feathers (Ranger Distress Oxide); Green alcohol marker (Action);

Dies: Holes (Deco Time); Leaves and flowers (Stampin'Up);

Golden string

Poinsettia Day - DotMCC-Challenge #10

Hello everyone!
Welcome to our 10th Day of the Month Card Club challenge! Our new theme is:

Poinsettia Day

Always celebrated on 12th December

Last week my husband and I spent a few days in Tenerife and I was lucky to photograph this magnificent poinsettia.
I saw red ones and white ones...  didn't know that they could grow so big!

If you are interessted by the history and how to care this truly splendid plant which was discovered by Mr. Poinsett, please read this page, or this one (in German).

Poinsettias are beautiful in all colours, but I like pink best! 

I used a poinsettia from a set by Altenew. Unfortunately I don't own this set and so I copied the flower by hand on tracing paper. I then reproduced it inversely in almost invisible lines on the card and coloured it with watercolours. 

To make it a bit sparkle, I sprinkled gold embossing powder on a few spots and then heated it from below so that nothing flies away! I cut the image to size, backed it with pink card stock, stamped the sentiment in grey and ended up by mounting the panel on a white card base.   

I hope you like it - I'll be back in a few days with more inspiration! Until then I wish you a lot of fun!

Linked up with:

Aud Sentiments - Christmas or Winter Sentiment
CCEE Stampers - Bold Christmas Statement
Creative Kockouts - Christmas Delight
Time Out - Merry & Cheerful

  

Stamps: Sentiment (LimeCitron);
Inks: Smokey Gray (Versafine), Watercolors
Gold embossing powder

Global warming

Hello everyone!
That's it, in two and a half weeks it's Christmas. I hope all your cards are almost ready to be sent!
For the last challenge of the year, 52 Christmas Card Throwdown invites you to choose one of all the challenges we have submitted to you during 2019. Details can be found on the challenge blog.
You have the whole month of December to make your choice and create a card - maybe the one you are still in need of... or why not the first one for next Christmas!?

I picked the "Snarky" theme  from April.

This image made me laugh and I liked the idea of reproducing it for our last challenge of the year. 

It's a drawing by Deligne, a French cartoonist I found on Urtikan.net. 

I copied it by hand using tracing paper and watercolored with felt-tip pens. The sentiment is hand written.

I hope you like this kind of rather funny humour.

Have a wonderful Christmas - I look forward to seeing you in the New Year! 

Linked up with:

The Paper Funday - Anything Goes with optional twist: Christmas Holidays

Moving Along With The Times - Santa and /or his Elves

Stempelgarten - Weihnachten

Bastel-Traum - Winter/Christmas

Just Us Girls - Wild Card Week/Anything Goes