Carnevale di Venezia

Hello everyone!
It's time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory!
As you know, the carnival is coming to its climax in the next few days and we thought that the movie

Casanova 

would be a good fit this month! 

On this topic you can show us everything about carnival, Venice, love, vintage etc. 

...and of course a Casanova if you want! ;)

The idea was in my head from the beginning, but I lacked the right image...

Finally I found a mask on Pinterest, which I copied from my mobile phone using parchment paper. First I traced the inner lines of the mask with yellow Pearl Pen and after that was dry, I coloured the mask and cut it out. A few feathers and some white splashes, that's it! 

I added three sequins - the sentiment is from Sampin'Up.

We would be very happy if you would join us!

Have a lot of fun!

Linked up with:
Cardz 4 Galz - Black and Bling
TIME OUT - Inspired by Words
Creative Artiste Mixed Media - Anything Mixed Media Goes
CCEE Stampers - Non traditional masculine Valentine
Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions

    

      

Stamps: Sentiment (SU);

Inks: Cloud White (Versa Magic); Nuit blanche (Scrap Plaisir);

Feathers, sequins, yellow Pearl Pen, black cardstock

Hot Cocoa

Hello everyone!

Do you like hot chocolate? - I do!
It's still cold enough to enjoy this pleasant drink, which is a good thing, because at 52CCT it's exactly what you need this week!
Design paper, stamps, digital images, dies, sentiments ......whatever you have that shows cocoa/hot choclate! 

Here's my hot cocoa.

I stamped the images, colored them with alcohol markers and fussy cut them. 

I stuck a narrow strip of Washi tape on the card and then glued the cut out images. 

Finally I stamped the sentiment which says:

Long live winter

roll in the snow 

and get in the warm

to enjoy a good hot chocolate 

in front of the fireplace 

Have some fun with this weeks challenge!

Linked up with:

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Feature a Sentiment

Daring Cardmakers - Something You Love (I love hot cocoa)

Less is More - More (but still CAS)

Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas Goes

Watercooler Wednesdey - All About Occasions

   

     

Stamps: All Scrap Plaisir

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine), Alcohol markers

Washi tape

DotMCC - Challenge #12 - Reminder

Hello everyone!

Today I want to remind you of our current challenge on Day of the Month Card Club

Send a Card to a Friend Day

A theme where anything goes (but of course it should be a card) - with the request to send this card to someone.

....surely not a problem - cards are meant to be sent! 😉

My card was created a while ago and has already been sent! 

I stamped the panel with different graphic flowers and then colored the whole surface with shiny metallic water color paints but since the colors are quite opaque, I had to trace all lines with a black permanent marker after drying. 

Luckily, I had a little sentiment that fitted exactly into one of the designs! Wow!!

 When I photographed the card we had a very sunny day - unfortunately a little bit too much to take pictures.....

On this photo you can see the shimmer much better! 

Hope I made you want to join in...

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

There is ALWAYS a reason to celebrate! 

Linked up with:

Artsystamper - Hearts and Flowers (I only used flowers)
Double Trouble Paper Crafting - Again and Again (the same flowers, again and again...)
The Paper Girls - Birthdays (my card was for a friend's birthday)
Stamping Sensations - Feminine

      

  

Stamps: Designs (Scrap Plaisir); Sentiment (Craft Sensations);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); 

shiny metallic water color paints (Art Sensations)

Home for Christmas

Hello everyone!
The weeks fly by and it's already Saturday! This means there is a new challenge at 52CCT!
We have a color challenge this week and we want to see three different or graded shades of blue on your cards.

Do you still remember your school days and the ink killers or ink eaters - as we called them as children?
Well, I found some ink cartridges and ink killers while cleaning out my drawers and I had an idea......

I pressed the content of one of the cartridges onto a piece of transparent plastic, took a wide brush and spread the ink on a piece of watercolor paper (300g). Then I washed the brush and moved the clean but wet brush from bottom to top to lighten the ink. I pressed the remaining ink droplets onto the dry paper! 

That was the first step.

Next I used the stamps that can be seen on the photo. I moistened them with the ink eraser and immediately stamped on the blue inked paper - and lo and behold, it worked! The stars and the moon became immediately visible! 

I used only the tip of the ink eraser for the dots.

The path was blue at first - I used the tip of the ink eraser to make the grooves. 

Then took up very little ink with a water brush pen and watercolored the snow hills in very pale blue. - Looks a bit like lilac because the paper has a faint yellow tinge!

Finally I drew the fir trees with the blue pen at the opposite end of the ink eraser - added a blue line and the sentiment.

Hope you like it!

Have fun with the challenge!

Linked up with:
Your Next Stamp - Create your own Background
Merry Little Christmas - February Anything Christmas Goes
Sparkles Monthly Challenges - Winter Blues
The 12 Month of Christmas - Winter Blues
Happy Little Stampers - February Christmas Challenge
Challenge Up Your Life - Winterlandschaft

    

    



Stamps: Sentiment, stars and moon (SU);
Inks: Royal Blue (Vesafine) for the sentiment
Ink cartridges, Ink eraser

Send a Card to a Friend Day - DotMCC-Challenge #12

Hello everyone!
Time for a new challenge at DotMCC! This month we are celebrating:

Send a Card to a Friend Day

Always on February 7th

We often think about our friends, wonder how they are, miss them and remember fond memories of times shared. 

With this challenge we would like to encourage you to create a card yourself and send it to a friend! 

Of course you can also buy a card in a shop or send an ecard - but a homemade card says sooo much more! 

Whichever you choose,
take a few minutes to write a short or long note in a card and send it out to make a friend's day!

Handdrawn and colored with alcohol markers - with a tiny stamped sentiment on the top!

My card goes to a friend I've been supposed to write to for a very long time...

Send a card to your friends - it is always a pleasant surprise to receive a card from a friend.

There is ALWAYS a reason to celebrate! 

Linked up with:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a critter

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes with animals

Your Next Stamp - Create your own Background

Happy Little Stampers - February CAS challenge

      

Stamps: Sentiment (SU); the aniamals are handdrawn

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Alcohol markers

Do you know the Platypus?

Hello everyone!
No Christmas card today! (😉 @ Cornelia)
A few days ago, Doris told me from her special Australia Challenge at Do-Al(l) Kreatives.
I am very touched by this drama and decided to made a little card for her challenge.

Neither Koala, nor Kangaroo are in my stamp collection - but...

I have a cute little platypus and the platypus is an "egg-laying mammal", which can only be found in Australia.
Even if he spends most of his time in water, it does not mean that he has not suffered from the infernal flames!
The platypus looks as if it is made up of several species! If you want to know more about this strange animal, have a look at this page.

A very simple card for which I used Pumkin Pie (SU), Satin Red (Versafine) and a stencil (Scrap Plaisir) to create the background. I colored the platypus with alcohol markers and cut it out fussy. I added two strips of Washi tape to my background, cut one part of the sentiment into single words and glued them to the card as well as the platypus. Voilà!

The trauma must be immense for humans, but even more so for animals, and I hope that all those poor little creatures that have survived will one day be able to find their habitat again! - Not so sure!

Linked up with:

Do-Al(l) Kreatives - Australia
Fusion Card Challenge - Sketch + Critter

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes with animals

ModSquad - Animals Stamps

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter

    

   

Stamps: Platypus and sentiments (SU);

Inks: Onyx Black and Satin Red (Versafine); Pumkin Pie (SU):

Stencil: Scrap Plaisir

Alcohol markers, Washi tape, 

Ho Ho Ho

Hello everyone!
Saturday is 52 Christmas Card Throwdown day!
We have a new challenge and this week there is a sketch for you!

I cut the three squares from design paper and gold-embossed their edges. Stamped the images, colored them with alcohol markers and fussy cut them. I embossed a beige panel and chose the backside cause I liked the "debossed" side better. I stuck washi tape on a strip of black card stock and then had all the ingredients for my card! The Washi says "Ho Ho Ho" - I thought that was enough as sentiment! I stuck the finished panel on a white card. The squares are fixed with foam pads.

I wish you lots of fun with our sketch!!

February Sketch - 52CCT

Linked up with:
Daring Cardmakers - Layer it up!
Jingle Bells - Three
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Christmas
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Add Some Sparkle (the squares are gold embossed and the Ho Ho Ho on the Washi is gold too, but not well visible on this view.)
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - Christmas


     

    

Stamps: Fir, Santa and Snoxman (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine), Alcohol markers

Embossing: Deco Time

Washi Tape, Gold Embossing Powder