Merry Christmas

Hi everyone!

New Saturday and new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

This week we have a Color combo for you.

Brown, Green, White

The last few days were filled - no time for crafting or anything! 

So once again I had to resort to stickers to make a card in a hurry.

Hope you like it, even if I have done nothing but glue.

Linked up with:

Happy Little Stampers - October Christmas Challenge Anything Goes + optional; Frame

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

Sweet Stampin - Anything but a Birthday Card

Whatever you are...

Hi everyone!

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

Carve A Pumkin Day

Mr. Bird is still thinking about whether and how to carve his pumpkins. 🎃

Got the new stamps from Katzelkraft a few days ago and am so excited to show you two from the new release. 

(Moon and Bird)

I used a gel print as the background and stamped the images on it. Stamped the images again on Bristol paper, colored them and cut them out. For coloring I used watercolors and alcohol markers. 

I did not color the moon, but stamped it with different Distress Oxide inks, as I did here. Fossilized Amber as first color, then Chipped Sapphire and then Black Soot. I inked the stamps very lightly each time and smudged them with my fingers right after stamping to get a slightly fuzzy color gradation.

I adhered the images and stamped some ivy branches at the bottom and top. 

The embossed sentiment is also from Katzelkraft. 

Have Fun!!

Linked up with:

Bastel-Traum - Herbst/Fall

Nachteulen Schaffen Schoenes - es rennt und fliegt

Country View - Halloween or Harvest

Incy Wincy - Autumn Harvest +/or Houses

Pearly Sparkles - Autumn and/or Halloween

SheepSki Designs - Autumn Things incl Halloween

A Place To Start - Anything Goes with opt. twist Circles and Squares

Stamps: All Katzelkraft

Inks: Fossilized Amber, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Gel press, acrylic paints, watercolors, alcohol markers,

Katzelkraft - There's no place like home

Hi everyone!

New Tuesday and new Katzelkraft project! For today's card I used the fun "Cats on Books", designed by Liubka. I'm sure you've seen a lot of awesome creations with these adorable kitty cats by now!

Such a comfortable couch is really very attractive for cats, don't you think?

I recently treated myself to the fab furniture stamps that fit like a glove to this fun scene. 😍

...and what do you think of my stenciled Reto wallpaper, and the fancy checkerboard floor?  Nice, right? 😅

Except for the plant leaves and the bookshelf, I didn't color anything. I simply applied ink on Bristol paper with ink pads, stamped over it and cut out the images. Added some watercolors for the shadows.

The stamp for the floor was a bit too small. I made it the size I wanted with masking and black ink sponging. 

The clock in the background is actually an alarm clock. I cut the image to size and glued it on like everything else. The sentiment I embossed on black cardstock and cut it in two.

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

I used:

...just click on the images to go to the store and see them in full size.

Linked up with:

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game - anything goes as long as you use a stencil!!!

Heart 2 Heart - Create a Cool Background

Inkspirational - Use Stencils

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes

A Place To Start - Anything Goes with optional Twist: Circles and Squares

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: All Katzelkraft

Inks: Onyx Black (Verdafine); Barn Door and Spiced Marmalade (Distress ink); Black Soot and Fired Brick (Distress Oxide); Crumb Cake and Smokey Slate (Stampin'Up);

Stencil: Impressabilities (Spellbinder); 

Watercolors, alcohol markers, Wink of Stella, white embossing powder,

Holly Jolly Christmas

Hello everyone!

Let's go for a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

As usual, we'll start the month with a sketch. (See below)

No stamps today, just stickers! I really have a lot of them and maybe I should use them a little more often? 

 I embossed the background with stars and added patterned paper to one half. I hope you like it.

52CCT - October Sketch

Linked up with:

My Time To Craft Christmas - Christmas for Kids

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Those who don't believe...

Hi everyone!

Time for a little reminder about the current Dream Factory challenge.

The movie for this month is

Stardust

Witches, fairies, wizards, fantasy, stars... You still have two weeks to join in!

Halloween is also welcome, because the end of October is known to be haunted ;))

I colored a piece of watercolor paper with watercolors and stamped some fir trees with Black Soot (Distrss Oxide) in the still wet paint. Let it dry and stamped more fir trees with Onyx Black (Versafine). This gave me some blurry trees in the background, and sharper ones in the foreground. 

I die cut the stars and backed them with Silver Glitter cardstock. Glued the panel to the card and stamped the sentiment along the edges. Stamped the stargazing cats and moon on Bristol paper, colored them with alcohol markers, cut them out and adhered both to the panel.

Have Fun!!

Linked up with:

International Art & Soul - Wood/Trees

Alphabet Challenge - M is for Magic

Cas on Sunday - Stars

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes / Optional Twist: Use the colour blue somewhere

A Place To Start - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Stamps: Fir trees and sentiment (Katzelkraft); stargazing cats and moon (Prickley Pear);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Black Soot (Distress Oxide);

Dies: Stars (Scrap Plaisir);

Alcohol Markers, glitter cardstock, watercolor

Katzelkraft - and rain will make the mushrooms grow

Hi everyone!

It's Tuesday and I'm back with a new Katzelkraft project...

Autumn has arrived and the nights have become much cooler, but during the day you can still enjoy the warm rays of the sun! In the last few days it has even rained a little - so the rats have found a good shelter under the mushrooms.

...well, not all of them!

The background of my card is made with the Gel Press and Distress inks. 

I stamped mushrooms, rats, trees and raindrops...

The toadstool and rats I stamped once more on Bristol paper, colored them and cut them out. The foliage I stamped with three different colors. A first time in yellow, then in green and finally in red. Each time I inked the stamps very lightly, to get a realistic look of the foliage. I cut them out as well.

I stamped the sentiment, cut it into labels and then adhered everything to the card. As a last touch, I stamped a background design on the left edge.

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

I used:

...just click on the images to go to the store and see them in full size.

Linked up with:

Shopping Our Stash - Leaves

613 Avenue Create - Leaves (Foilage or Paper)

Dream Valley - Autumn Colours

Get Creative - Fall /Autumn

Make My Monday - Autumn Flora or Fauna

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes

Stamps: All Katzelkraft; the sentiment is a combination of AALL&Create and Katzelkraft

Inks: Wild Honey, Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn and Barn Door (Distres Oxide); Early Espresso (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Gel press, Watercolors, Alcohol markers, 

Warm & toasty wishes

Hi everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. 

It has been a great pleasure to be your host throughout the month. So this is my last challenge for September and I hope you have fun making a

Pop Up Card

The outside is pretty simple - an embossed background, a snowman colored with crayons, a tiny bunny, a piece of glitter cardstock and a sentiment. 

Then when you open the card, a big snowman comes out and hugs you. ⛄⛄

I found the tutorial of this pop up card on YouTube via Pinterest and it was a lot of fun to make it.

Take a look at how it works...

Linked up with:

CRAFT Challenge - Christmas / Humourous

Aud Sentiments - Christmas + A Sentiment

CAS on Sunday - Christmas

Sweet Stampin - Christmas in September

Krafty Chicks - All Occasions

Crafty Catz - ANYTHING GOES with OPTIONAL theme of Make it Cute

Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes

Stamps: Sentiment (Stampin'Up); Snowman (NitWit Collection); Rabbit (Craft Emotions);

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

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Dies: Buttons (Stampin'Up); Stitched rectangle (AVEC);

Colored pencils, patterned paper, googly eyes, bakers twine, glitter cardstock,