Happy Birthday!

Hi everyone!

We're celebrating National Handwriting Day at the Day of the Month Card Club and I want to remind you of that with a few doodles...

The flowers and the two outer stems are stamps. The flower stems in the middle I doodled myself. 

I added watercolor to the flowers. After it dried, I spritzed the card with black and gold ink. The flowers got white splatters in the centers. The sentiment is handwritten and then slightly smudged with a little water.

I traced the edges of the panel with gold marker and then pasted it onto the blank card.

Have Fun!!

Linked up with:

Festive Friday - 100th Challenge (celebration - gold - splatters)

Seize the Birthday - Anything Birthday Goes

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Flowers and stems (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Noir élégant and Nuit blanche (Scrap Plaisir);

Watercolor, black permanent marker, gold ink, gold marker

Katzelkraft - Ganz viel Schwein...

Hi everyone!

I am back with a new Katzelkraft inspiration.

Needed one last new year card and used the pig from "La ferme des animaux".

Next to the chimney sweeps, the toadstool, the four-leaf clover and the horseshoe, as well as ladybugs and frogs, 

the pig is the most popular symbol of luck in Germany and Europe.

I sponged some green at the bottom and some blue in the background. 

Stamped the pig, the lucky clover and the hearts.

The feet of the pig I have omitted by masking and then redrawn by hand.

Stamped two lucky clover leaves, cut them out and pasted one under the pig and one on his hand. 

Colored anything with alcohol markers. Stamped the sentiment, cut it into little labels and pasted them on as well.

The sentiment says: For you! So that you have a lot of pig this year!!!

So, I sent the person a lot of luck!

Hope you like this! - See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration! ;)

Maybe you are interested in...

- A pig had a high value in the Middle Ages. It meant food, offspring and thus prosperity. 

It then became a lucky pig and there is a custom of passing around a piglet in a basket on New Year's Day.

- The four-leaf clover is a world symbol and is supposed to connect the four cardinal points with the four elements fire, water, air and earth. 

On the other hand, the first leaf stands for fame, the second for wealth, the third for a faithful lover and the fourth for the best health.

I used:

       La ferme des animaux

Linked up with:

Just Us Girls - Inked or Sprayed Backgrounds

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes with an animal

Critter Crazy - Anything Goes with a featured critter

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

A Place To Start - Anything Goes

Supplies:

Stamps: Pig (Katzelkraft); Big heart (Carabelle Studio); Lucky clover, little heart, tufts of grass and sentiment (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Salty Ocean and Mowed Lawn (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Alcohol markers, watercolor, white gel pen

Cannelés de Bordeaux 😋😋😋

Hi everyone!

Today I made Bordeaux cannelés. Crunchy, sweet little bites with soft insides that are sooo easy to nibble on...

The most wonderful time of the year

Hi everyone!

Ready for a new year of 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenges? 

The countdown starts today with our first challenge - a sketch (see below)

I used the sketch upside down because I liked it better that way.

Using a stencil and Distress Oxide ink, I placed trees in the background. I stamped the fir tree, masked it and stamped the deer. Colored both with alcohol markers. Added shadows on the trees with watercolor. Stamped the sentiment. Added white Acylic paint at the bottom and on the fir branches. While the paint was still wet, I sprinkled glitter on top and then let it dry. I trimmed the panel, backed it with black paper and pasted it on a card base. 

I was lucky with the light when photographing the card. The shadows created by the unevenly applied acrylic paint add extra depth to the scene.  Hope you like this little scene!

52CCT - January Sketch

Linked up with:

Alphabet Challenge - T is for Trees

My Time to Craft Christmas - Things beginning with "S" (Snow)

Creative Knockouts - Celebrations

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act

Christmas Craft Creations - Make a Scene

The Paper Funday - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Winter Landscapes

   

Supplies:

Stamps: Fir tree, sentiment and script (Katzelkraft); Deer (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Acrylic paint, glitter, watercolor, alcohol markers

Hello

Hi everyone!

We have a new challenge at the Day of the Month Card Club! This month we are celebrating

National Handwriting Day

Have you ever wondered if you have good handwriting? Have you looked at your friend’s handwriting with envy? With computer keyboards as the new writing method, we often forget the good old pen and paper method. This day encourages you to put pen to paper, and show off your skills!

My card is quite simple. I created the background using a stencil and Wild Honey (Distress Oxide). 

Then I stamped the feather and colored it with colored pencils. Embossed a narrow strip along the right edge and pasted washi tape to the bottom edge. Pasted the panel onto a card base of which I had previously colored the edges with Crumb Cake (SU). 

The Hello and the swirl I wrote with a calligraphy pen. Made splatters with the ink left in the pen. Hope you like it.

Have Fun!

Linked up with:

Fab 'n' Funky - Keep it Simlpe

Just Us Girls - Inked or Sprayed Backgrounds

Moving Along with the Times - suitable for a Lady/Girl

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act

Colour Crazy Craft -  Anything Goes

   

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Feather (Aladine - Stampo);

Inks: Wild Honey (Distress Oxide); Crumb Cake (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Embossing: Craft Sensations

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Colored pencils, washi tape, calligraphy pen, 

Katzelkraft - Happy New Year

Hi everyone!

It's Katzelkraft day and I am back with a new inspiration :)

But first of all, Happy New Year to all of you! Hopefully it will be better than the past two ....

Watson wishes us a Happy New Year, with lucky clover and ladybugs!

To create the background, I smooshed green Distress Oxide on the bottom area. Stamped shamrocks on the entire surface - using less and less ink towards the top. Splattered the whole thing with pink and black ink. 

Watson, his top hat, four shamrocks and the two ladybugs are colored with alcohol markers, cut out and glued on. Stamped the sentiment and added faux stitches around the edges. Pasted the panel onto larger black paper and then onto the blank card. Happy New Year is handwritten.

Hope you like it! - See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration! ;)

I used:

  

          WATSON L'ÉLÉPHANT                      ADVENTURE BEGINS 

Linked up with:

Time Out - New

CAS on Sunday - Happy New Year

Creative Crafting Uncles - Happy New Year

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

    

Stamps: Elephant, hat and sentiment (Katzelkraft); Shamrocks and ladybugs (Stampin'Up); Happy New Year is handwritten

Inks: Mowed Lawn (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Alcohol markers, pink and black liquid ink

A Merry Little Christmas

Hi everyone!

I want to remind you about our current challenge at the Dream Factory. 

The movie and theme for this month is 

Arthur Christmas

After Christmas is before Christmas - right? 

I created a background with Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon. Stenciled snowflakes with texture paste. 

Stamped the sentiment and the animals, colored with alcohol markers and cut everything out. 

Pasted the pieces on and added shadows - that's it!

Have Fun!

Linked up with:

C.R.A.F.T. - The Last Stretch

Christmas Craft Creations - Make a Scene

Creative Crafting Uncles - Christmas

Nachteulen Schaffen Schönes - Feste feiern

    

Supplies:

Stamps: All Gerda Steiner;

Inks: Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Alcohol markers, texture paste, 

Katzelkraft - Wintertime

Hi everyone!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

It was rather quiet here. I'm still not really up on the run - the post-holiday cold exhausted me more than I thought it would. I also had to work pretty hard to get back into the rhythm after three weeks of "no crafting"!!!

For my weekly Katzelkraft creation, I made a tag following the instructions from Isa's Facebook Live video. 

I smooshed some white acrylic paint on the bottom of the tag and spread white splatters over the rest of it. Stamped the fir trees and the deer. Masked the deer and stamped some snowflakes. Added blue distress ink to the bottom. 

Stamped the owl on a leftover piece of a background created with acrylic paints, cut it out. Stamped the robin on a leftover piece of watercolored paper and cut it out as well. Stamped the birds on the tag and then adhered the cut out ones. Sponged around the edges with blue ink and finalized with the berry branches and the word Wintertime cut in two.

Hope you like it! - See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration! ;)

I used:

     

           INTO THE WILD                                        WINTER WONDERLAND                    CHRISTMAS SNOWFLAKES           

Linked up with:

Inspiration Station - Winter Beauty

Use Your Stuff - Snow/Winter

Double Trouble - It's Up to You

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

    

Supplies:

Stamps: All Katzelkraft, 

Inks: Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine); Atelier Shark Tooth White

Alcohol markers, watercolors, acrylic paints

Katzelkraft - Working Rook

Hello everyone!

I am back with a new Katzelkraft inspiration! 

I'm using "Le Gambit du Roi" stamp set, designed by Isabelle.

This ATC was made a few weeks ago for a card swap with Isabelle. I used the leftovers from a card I made earlier. The process was the same as for these two ATCs. I found a suitable quote from Samuel Reshevsky, which I wrote by hand with a white gel pen and a black permanent marker.

So, here are the three ATCs that Isabelle got from me. 

I had also made a matching card, but unfortunately forgot to photograph it. :(

...and these are the ATCs I got from Isabelle - accompanied by a fun card.

Hope you like it. - See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration!! ;)

I used:

       LE GAMBIT DU ROI

Linked up with:

We Love To Create - Anything Mixed Media Goes

A Place To Start - Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes

  

Supplies:

Stamps: All Katzelkraft; The quote is handwritten

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine)

White gel pen; Acrylic paints, black marker