Hi everyone,

did you know that there's an advent calendar over at the bastel-traum.ch blog? Each day one of the DT girls or a guest opens a door to show you some creative Christmas inspiration.

Today is my turn and I have a trio of quick projects for you which I made with fab products by Alexandra Renke and Nuvo.

For my first card, I die cut two layers of this beautiful sitting angel from white cardstock, stacked the die-cuts, adhered some Nuvo Glue Pen and covered the surface with Nuvo «Sunkissed Copper» Gilding Flakes.

I cut a square piece of patterned paper and heat embossed the sentiment (Renke Stempel «Weihnachtsgrüße deutsch») with WOW! «Metallic Copper» embossing powder on a strip of vellum. Finally, I added some Nuvo «Copper Penny» Crystal Drops.


On the second card, I did some stenciling (Renke Stencil «Sternenregen/Falling Stars») using the smooth and creamy Nuvo «Aquamarine» Embellishment Mousse.

Next, I die cut the angel wings and covered them (with the help of masking) partly with Embellishment Mousse and Gilding Flakes. I also die cut three circles (from carstock, patterned paper and vellum) and layered them on top of each other. Again, I heat embossed the sentiment in copper.


The last of today's projects is this little gift tag.

I used the tag die from the Avery Elle «Postage Stamp» set and stamped the stars and dots (Renke Stempel «Sterne mit Pünktchen») with pigment ink. Once again, I covered my deer die cut with Gilding Flakes – I really love this look! I heat embossed the sentiment onto a die cut banner which I popped up with foam tape. To finish off the tag, I pulled some Natural Jute String through the hole.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope I was able to inspire you to get some Last-minute Christmas projects done ;-)
Anja

Quick Easter Cards

Hi peeps,

when you're running out of time, you'll have to create some quick cards ;-)

Therefore Die Cutting and Heat Embossing are really helpful and time-saving techniques.

On my first card I stamped the chicken from Inkadinkado in VersaMark and heat embossed it with WOW! embossing powder in Copper.

I also did the same with the German Stampin' Up! sentiment which means «Easter Greetings». I really like how the Copper looks on the SU «Naturals White» cardstock that has some little speckles.


For my second card I die-cut a bunny (Poppystamps «Bunny Buddies») out of a easter egg (Whimsy Stamps «Egg»).

The cardstock in this beautiful «Rich Razzleberry» color is also from Stampin' Up!. I stamped the sentiment from Alexandra Renke (which means «Happy Easter») in the matching color. I cut a square using the My Favorite Things «In&Out Diagonal Stitched Square» Die-namics.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you all a HAPPY EASTER!

Alexandra Renke Fall Birthday Card

Hello everyone,

we had our first snow this week and Christmas is just around the corner – so this will probably be my last fall themed card for this year ;-)

I created this CAS Birthday card using a beautiful typographic stamp and a scripty die from a German manufacturer called Alexandra Renke. I love these unique products!

The card base (again) was made from Stampin' Up! «Naturals White» cardstock. I stamped the leaf in VersaMark and heat embossed it with «Copper» embossing powder. Then I die-cut the sentiment from a similar copper foil cardstock.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #325

Good morning everyone,

it's time for another Everybody-Art-Challenge and the new theme is «Not angular/square».

I think, you could create some shaped cards using circle or heart dies. OK, I cheated a bit and used a corner rounder on my creation ;o)

For my Baby card, I did some Tone-on-Tone Stamping. These cute animals are from the Stampin' Up! «Zoo Babies» set and I stamped them with Simon Says Stamp dye inks onto SU cardstock. Then I did some fun Inlaid Die-Cutting. The SSS «Stitched Circles» are just perfect for this technique because they have this gorgeous stitching detail on the inside and also on the outside. The sentiment (which means «Welcome little sunshine») is from a German manufacturer called Alexandra Renke and I heat embossed it in «Liquid Platinum» from Ranger. Finally, I added a couple of heat embossed stars from Mama Elephant's «Make a Wish» stamp set.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you a great week!

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #297

Good morning folks,

it's Tuesday again and we have a new theme over at the Everybody-Art-Challenge –
we want to see «Flags» on your projects.

OK, my flags are more likely banners ;o)

I created a baby boy card. By adding the newborn's name to the banners (Simon Says Stamp «Party Banner» die) I could easily personalize my card. I used the tiny alpha stickers from Lily Bee Designs. The giraffe and the elephant were cut from patterned paper (Stampin' Up!) with those lovely dies by Die-Versions. I adhered them with foam tape in two different depths. The beautiful German sentiment (which means «Welcome little sunshine») is by Alexandra Renke. I stamped it in «Midnight Muse» which is from Stampin' Up! as well as the cardstock.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

* Mein 100. Post! * Fröhliche Weihnachten! *

Hallo meine Lieben,

hier kommt mein 100. Post *freu* (ist für mich schon ein kleiner Meilenstein!), mit dem ich mich für dieses Jahr von Euch verabschieden möchte. Zu sehen sind ein paar Non-Cute-Weihnachtskarten, die mir bei der Herstellung viel Freude bereitet haben – solche Karten sollte ich definitiv öfter machen ;o)

Ich wünsche Euch und Euren Familien besinnliche und schöne Weihnachten und 
einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr! 
Vielen Dank für Eure lieben Kommentare, die mir sehr viel bedeuten und ich weiß jeden einzelnen Leser/Follower zu schätzen!

I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas – I hope you will enjoy the upcoming days 
with your family and friends! 
Thanks a lot for your lovely comments, which mean so much to me and I really appreciate every single reader/follower!

Digital Paper by Gina Cabrera/Digital Design Essentials.