Happy Monday everyone,

today I'm sharing another inspiration card made with one of the EverydaycraftingCo background dies. This time I used the Geometric design which is perfect for Inlaid Die Cutting.

I die cut the background from two shades of pink and turquoise cardstock. I kept all the little die-cuts together with some Glad Press'n Seal. Once again, I die cut the background from white cardstock and adhered the negative onto copy paper with double-sided Ken Oliver Stick it which makes inlaying all the colored pieces easy and fun. I really like this look plus you can simply use up your cardstock scraps and try several color combos.

From the center rectangle piece, I cut out the word 'hello' (Avery Elle "Sentimental Die"). I also die cut it from white cardstock and inlaid it as well. Finally, I adhered the panel to a light turquoise card base and added a small heart die-cut.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a great start to the new week!
Anja

DT Stempelgarten Challenge January

Hi peeps,

we're still waiting for some snow so I was glad to at least create a snowy card for the new Stempelgarten Challenge with the theme Winter Fun.

Alex, the owner of the Stempelgarten Online Shop was kind enough to send me the adorable Avery Elle "Polar Playtime" stamp set as a gift for Christmas. Of course I had to use it on my card ;-)

First, I stamped the mountains image from the Avery Elle "Starry Scene" set onto a Bristol cardstock panel and a piece of masking paper as well. I created the background by blending together the Distress Oxide Inks Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon and Pine Needles. For the snow, I splattered on white paint with a brush.

I stamped the two sledding buddies and colored the images with Copics. I hand cut a snowy hill and added Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink to the top edge using a blending brush. The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things Birdie Brown "Ready, Set, Snow" set and I white heat embossed it onto a strip of peacock cardstock. Finally, I popped up the critter image with foam tape.

You will have time until Januar 31st, 2020 to join the Stempelgarten Challenge and this is the prize you could win:

A craft package from the Stempelgarten Online Shop with a value of CHF 20.–.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a beautiful Sunday!
Anja

DT Stempelgarten Challenge December

Good morning peeps,

are you still creating holiday cards like I am? If yes, I invite you to join this month's Stempelgarten Challenge with the theme Christmas.

I made a card with the fun cuties from the Avery Elle "Polar Peek-A-Boo Pals" stamp set. They are so much fun to color and I love the little accessories you can dress them up with.

I created a top-folding card base from white cardstock and die cut the chevron patterned paper (MFT "Fresh Squeezed Chevron" 6x6 paper pack) with the largest of the MFT "A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 2" Die-namics. I also die cut the stitched window frame (MFT "Blueprints 27" Die-namics) from aqua cardstock.

Next, I colored the critters and accessories with Copics and fussy cut them out. I tucked them into the three top windows.

The scripty "Christmas" word die included in the Sunny Studio Stamps Christmas Garland Frame set fits perfectly across the bottom window. I white heat embossed the word "Greetings" (MFT "Hand Lettered Holiday") underneath.

You will have time until December 31st, 2019 to join the Stempelgarten Challenge and this is the prize you could win:

A craft package from the Stempelgarten Online Shop with a value of CHF 20.–.

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Anja

Hello Bluebird • Silly Birds • Hello! What's Up?

Good evening peeps,

I made a little inspiration card for Hello Bluebird with the Silly Birds Stamp set. They always crack me up!

I picked two of the birdies, the tree branches as well as the music notes and stamped them in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink on Bristol cardstock. I heat embossed them with clear embossing powder which makes it easier to watercolor the images and stay inside the stamped lines. I colored them with my ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens and used the companion dies to cut them out.

For the background, I chose a blue watercolor stripe patterned paper from the Cocoa Vanilla Studio "More Than Words" paper pad. I die cut it with the largest of the Avery Elle "Postage Stamp Dies". To pop up the outside frame, I also die cut it twice from cardstock and stagged the three layers together.

Next, I stamped the sentiments in VersaMark Ink on black cardstock and heat embossed them in white. I used two of the speech bubbles that are included in the Photo Stack Die set and cut them out. Finally, I assembled my card and added some matching enamel dots.

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Anja

Hello Bluebird • Skating Party • Friends warm the heart

Hello everyone,

today I'm sharing this card over at the Hello Bluebird blog using the Skating Party set and the Frosty Flakes Die.

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Anja

Hello Bluebird • July Release • Otter Friends

Hi peeps,

have you shopped the newest Hello Bluebird July Release yet? Today, I would like to introduce you to another sweet set called Otter Friends. I created a little pond scene and let the adorable otters play with fish.

For the background, I did some watercoloring with Distress Oxide Inks. Next, I used the Avery Elle «Oval Burst» die to cut a window from white cardstock. I colored the images with Copics and Prismacolor pencils and used the Otter Friends companion dies to cut them out. This set also includes wave dies so you could tuck something in like I did with the otter.

I white heat embossed the sentiment on a strip of black cardstock and foam mounted it onto the card. Then I arranged the cattails around the oval window and finished off my card with Pretty Pink Posh «Sea Glass» crystals.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Will see you later with a second card.
Anja

Hello Bluebird • Farmyard Little Bits • Party

Hi everyone,

today I want to show you a card featuring the Farmyard Little Bits set from the Hello Bluebird May release. Aren't these cows and pigs just the cutest?!

First, I colored the images with Copics and cut them out with the Farmyard Little Bits companion dies. I stamped the background with the Stampin' Up! «Brushstrokes» in Simon Says Stamp «Fog» ink. I simply love this light grey color! Then I used the Avery Elle «Circle Frames» die to cut out some round windows for my little farm critters.

Next, I adhered a piece of patterned paper (Lawn Fawn «Let's Polka» 6x6 paper pad) onto my «Fog» card base that will show through the circle windows. I white heat embossed a couple of the sentiments included in the set on thin black cardstock strips.

I assembled my card and used a plenty amount of foam tape to pop everything up for dimension. Finally, I adhered some Doodlebug «Tiny Heart» Shape Sprinkles and added random small Nuvo «Limoncello» Jewel Drops.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you a sunny weekend!
Anja

DT bastel-traum.ch Advent Calendar: Day 19

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

DT bastel-traum.ch Challenge #54

Good morning peeps,

it's the 15th of the month and this means we have a new theme over at the bastel-traum.ch Blog: we invite you to create something WATER-themed.

 

This challenge will run until July 15th, 8:55 am CET (Central European Time).

I made this fun birthday card by creating an underwater scene with Avery Elle products and Distress Inks.

For the ocean background, I blended together «Mermaid Lagoon», «Salty Ocean», «Blueprint Sketch» and «Faded Jeans» on Tim Holtz «Distress Watercolor Cardstock». I generously sprinkled on water droplets and dabbed them off with a paper towel.

The Avery Elle «Horizontal Stripes» die is so much fun – not only because of the striped design but it also cuts this circle window and comes with the «hooray» word die. I stamped all these adorable creatures from the «Swim Team» set and colored them with Copics. I fussy cut them out and arranged them in the circle window – a couple of images were popped up with foam tape for more dimension.

I thought it would be fun to add a balloon to my scene and the Doodlebug «Balloons Shape Sprinkles» are just perfect. I tied some string around the balloon's end and attached it behind the whale's fin so it looks like he is holding it.

For my birthday sentiment, I combined a stacked (3 layers of white cardstock and 1 layer of silver glitter cardstock) «hooray» die-cut with a silver heat embossed sentiment by Simon Says Stamp («Happy & Smile» stamp set). Finally, I applied Nuvo «Moonlight Dew» Crystal Drops which dry perfectly round and clear.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a great day!
Anja

Happy Birthday Whale

Hi peeps,

it's been pretty hot over the last couple of days, so here is a little refreshment ;-) Made this masculine birthday card by combining products from several companies.

I've colored the whale from the Paper Smooches «Surf and Turf» with Copics and fussy cut him out. Next, I created an ink blended background using «Tumbled Glass» Distress Ink. I added some water spatters to lift the color here and there. The «Happy Birthday!» sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp «Circle Sayings» set and I stamped it in VersaMark and heat embossed it with Ranger «Liquid Platinum» embossing powder.

I die cut two Lawn Fawn «Ocean Wave Borders» from patterned paper by My Favorite Things. To add some stitched details, I used the MFT «Wonky Stitched Rectangle» Die-namics. The word «celebrate» was cut from navy cardstock with a gorgeous scripty Avery Elle «Sentiments» die.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Stay cool!
Anja

DT Make it Crafty CAS Inspiration | Hugs Tag Card

Hi peeps,

it's my turn over at the Make it Crafty Store Blog and I tried something different and created this tag card.

I used the word «hugs» from the Outlined Words With Love Chipboard set and some pretty patterned papers from Pink Paislee and Simple Stories. I cut this large tag shape with the Avery Elle «A Tag For All» die – once from the floral patterned paper and a second time from white cardstock. Then I glued both tags together to make it more sturdy.

The chipboard was heat embossed with mint and black embossing powder and I adhered it to the tag at an angle. I cut some strips of patterned paper and used a stapler to attach these layered banners to my tag card. Then I made a bow from chevron ribbon and baker's twine. To finish my project I added some enamel dots.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Make it Crafty CAS Inspiration | Chipboard Love Birds

Hi everyone,

today I have a new CAS inspiration card over at the Make it Crafty Store Blog featuring again some of the fabulous chipboards. I just love them!

I made a Wedding card with the two birds from the All About Love Elements Chipboard set. I die-cut this intricate Poppystamps «Chochitlan Wreath» once from green and the second time from Stampin' Up! «Naturals White» cardstock. Then I inlaid the inner piece into the wreath cut-out. I also die-cut the wreath a third time from pink cardstock to create the little berries.

The My Mind's Eye woodgrain paper was cut with the largest Simon Says Stamp «Stitched Rectangle» die. I stamped this scripty «Celebrate» from the gorgeous Avery Elle «Sentimental» set in VersaMark and heat embossed it with Ranger «Liquid Platinum» embossing powder. I also stamped the «Your Day» in VersaFine «Onyx Black». I adhered the panel directly to my grey top-folding card base.

Then I took the heart from the Outlined Words With Love Chipboard set and covered it with Avery Elle «Raspberry» pigment ink before heat embossing it in clear. After that I put my little love birds scene together and adhered it to my card using foam tape.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT bastel-traum.ch Challenge #39

Good morning everyone,

today starts the new bastel-traum.ch Challenge with the versatile theme «Rainbow/Nature/Garden». 

 

This challenge will run until April 15th, 8:55 am CET (Central European Time).

I have so many stamps that would go with these themes but I couldn't wait to play with the cutest unicorn ever ;-)

It's from the adorable Avery Elle «Be A Unicorn» stamp set which fortunately comes with a sweet rainbow. I colored the images with Copics and fussy cut them out. I also stamped the sentiment and the stars directly on the Lawn Fawn polka dot paper. I also used one of my favorite dies from Avery Elle – the «Burst» die creates the perfect circle window for my little scene. I popped up the die-cut panel and images with foam tape. To finish my card I added two little silver star sequins.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Make it Crafty CAS Challenge #8 | Butterfly Hello

Hi peeps,

a couple of days ago, I interrupted my Holiday Card Making (I'm late like every year) to create this Non-Christmas card for the current Make it Crafty Clean and Simple Challenge. The theme for December is «Cut Out Colour Pop».

I chose the Butterfly Lily Digi Stamp and used the butterfly only (you receive the combo and also the single images with the download). I enlarged and mirrored the image before printing. Then I colored this beautiful butterfly with Copics and fussy cut it leaving a small white border.

For my «Cut Out Colour Pop» I created a circle window with the ingenious Avery Elle «Burst» die. I glued the striped purple paper behind the opening and popped up the panel with foam tape and also adhered the butterfly at and angle. After that, I die-cut the Simon Says Stamp «Painted Hello» from black cardstock. I decorated my card with matching enamel dots from My Mind's Eye.

You still have time to enter this challenge by the end of the month. You can find all the details HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT bastel-traum.ch Challenge December

Hello eveyone,

it's the 15th again and the new theme for the bastel-traum.ch Challenge is «Winter».

 

The challenge will run until January 15th, 8:55 am CET (Central European Time).

On my card I used the adorable «Penguins Greetings» set by Avery Elle. I rarely purchase the coordinating dies and often buy the stamps only. But in this case I love that you also receive this pretty «warm» word die that goes well with the sentiments.

I colored my cute penguin family with Copics and adhered a tiny red pearl to the reindeer's nose ;-) I masked off a hill and did some Ink Blending with Simon Says Stamp Dye Inks (Audrey Blue, Maliblue and Lavender). Then I created some snowflakes with the help of the SSS «Falling Snow» stencil and white pigment ink. After that I removed my mask and used the other part to cover/safe my background because I wanted to make a sparkly snow hill with lots of «Clear Rock Candy» Distress Glitter from Ranger.

I die-cut the word «warm» once from turquoise foil cardstock and also from white cardstock to make it more sturdy. Then I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto a strip of black cardstock and cut a banner using sharp scissors. For a bit dimension I adhered the penguins and the banner with foam tape. Finally I added the silver star sequins to finish off my card.

I'm entering the AEI♥U Challenge #31 with the theme «Metallics»:

Thank you so much for stopping by! See you again tomorrow!

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Blog Hop

Hello everyone,

I'm joining the Special Blog Hop for the Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine which is sadly shutting its doors. Crafters all over the world have teamed up to honor this inspiring magazine today. We would like to say Thank You for everything they have done for our industry and the papercrafting careers of so many talented people out there.

Although I've never been published in one of their magazines and own just a couple of issues (I really prefer the printed ones) I was totally bummed hearing these sad news. But I really love the idea of saying Goodbye with this huge blog hop.

That's why I'd like to share this card with you:

I created the pattern by repeatedly stamping the three different sized drops from the «Rounded Diamonds» stamp set by Avery Elle. They were stamped in warm colors using some Hero Arts Shadow Inks. The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted Stamps («Fabulous Fuchsias») and I heat embossed it in white. To give my card some kind of modern look I angled my stamped panel and added two strips of white cardstock underneath.

And as the sentiment already says – 'Have a great day' while hopping from blog to blog and enjoying all these fabulous creations.

You should have arrived from the sweet Emily Branch and your next stop will be over at the blog of Chameleon Pens.

A special thank you to Taheerah for organizing this fantastic blog hop!


Thank you so much for stopping by!

Simple cards with Winnie & Walter stamps

Guten Morgen zusammen,

Inspiriert durch die «Share the Love Week» auf dem Winnie & Walter Blog habe ich zwei CAS-Karten gewerkelt. Das Thema des 1. Tages war Regenbogenfarben und ich wollte es auf 2 verschiedene Arten umsetzen.

Bei meiner ersten Karte wurde der Hintergrund mittels Schablone (Tim Holtz Stencil «Faded Dots») und Memento Inks eingefärbt.

Die Textstempel stammen aus einem meiner Winnie & Walter-Lieblingssets namens «The Big, the Bold and the Happy». Ich mag diese tolle große Schrift in Kombination mit dem Schreibmaschinen-Font der kleinen Wörter. Die drei Sterne sind aus einem weiteren wunderbaren Set: «Scenery: Big Bang Confetti». Als Kontrast zum farbigen Hintergrund habe ich den Text und die Sterne schwarz embosst. Leider bleibt das schwarze Embossingpulver trotz Anwendung des EK Success Embossing Powder Tools bzw. eines Anti-Static Pads überall hängen, was sehr mühsam ist.

Für meine zweite Karte habe ich die Farben in der gleichen Reihenfolge wie beim W&W-Logo angeordnet inkl. Überlappungen ;o)

Gestempelt (wieder mit Memento Inks) habe ich das geniale Blatt aus dem Avery Elle-
Set «Modern Leaves». Diesmal habe ich den Text in Versafine Onyx Black gestempelt und anschließend Clear embosst. Das funktioniert viel besser als bei der 1. Variante und glänzt außerdem noch schön.

Ich hoffe, meine beiden schlichten Karten gefallen Euch. Habt einen schönen Tag!

Herzlichen Dank für den Anschubser, liebe Francine!

Avery Elle | Thinking of You

Hallo Ihr Lieben,

heute möchte ich Euch meine Karte zeigen, die ich für die aktuelle AEI♥U Challenge gewerkelt habe.

Das Thema lautet:

Ich habe dafür den Stiel mit den Blättern (aus dem Avery Elle Stempelset «Petals & Stems») in 3 verschiedenen Farben (Avery Elle Stempelkissen «Mimosa», «Fizz» und «Lemon Grass») wiederholt und versetzt auf «Taffy» Cardstock von Bazzill gestempelt. Es war gar nicht so einfach, dieses Muster zu stempeln – zur Hilfe habe ich mir ein paar feine vertikale Striche mit Bleistift gezogen.

Den Text (aus dem «Laurels»-Stempelset von Avery Elle) habe ich in Versafine «Onyx Black» gestempelt und Clear embosst. Die gelben und grünen Halbperlen stammen von Doodlebug.

Ich wünsche Euch einen schönen Wochenbeginn! Bis morgen!