Hi peeps,

today starts a new Stempelgarten Challenge with the theme Easter is just around the corner.

I used the cute chicks and bunny from the Mama Elephant "Party Animals" set. I masked off the party hats and drew in the missing lines with a black Copic Multiliner pen.

I also stamped the carrot from the Mama Elephant "Honey Bunny" set and the easter egg from the Sunny Studio Stamps "Chickie Baby" set. Next, I colored all images with Copics and fussy cut them out with scissors.

For the background, I did some ink blending and stenciling. I masked off the bottom of the Bristol cardstock panel and blended together the Distress Oxide Inks Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers. I placed the Simon Says Stamp "Medium Dots" stencil over it and sponged through the same colors of ink to create a subtle pattern.

I stamped the Easter sentiment from Lawn Fawn "Easter Party" set in VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with WOW! "Bluetiful" embossing powder. Finally, I adhered the images with foam tape.

You will have time until March 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 wonderful day!
Anja

DT Stempelgarten Challenge November

Hi peeps,

it's time for a new Stempelgarten Challenge! This month's theme is Favorite Stamp.

Of course I have more than one favorite stamp ;-) but this "Yeti or Not" cutie from the latest Lawn Fawn Fall/Winter release has stolen my heart!

For the wintry background, I did some watercoloring with Distress Oxide Inks (Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Shaded Lilac). I also added water droplets and ink splatters with a paint brush. I die cut the panel with the largest of the My Favorite Things "A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 2" Die-namics.

Next, I colored the images with Copics and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I created the snowy hills with the Mama Elephant "Landscape Trio" dies by layering two white cardstock die-cuts on top of each other. The sentiment was white heat embossed onto black cardstock which I die cut with a MFT "Slanted Sentiment Strip" die. Finally, I adhered the images and sentiment strip with foam tape.

You will have time until November 30th, 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.–.


I'm entering the current Lawn Fawnatics Cards for Guys challenge:

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

DT Stempelgarten Challenge February

Good morning everyone,

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and the new theme for the Stempelgarten Challenge is «Love».

Have you already seen that some of the popular US brands have been added to the Stempelgarten Online Shop? They now carry Avery Elle, Lawn Fawn, Mama Elephant and Sunny Studio Stamps! Makes me sooo happy!

For my love themed card I picked one of the very first Mama Elephant stamp sets I ever bought – it's «Pandamonium» and I still love it!

I stamped the two pandas and a little heart in VersaFine «Onyx Black» ink and did some light coloring with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens. I fussy cut the images with scissors leaving a small white border.

A couple of weeks ago, I created some Alcohol Ink backgrounds and this pink/red one was just perfect for my card. I die cut a heart (My Favorite Things «Pierced Heart STAX» Die-namics) from a light grey patterned paper (Pinkfresh Studio «Indigo Hills 2») to create a window to go over my bright background. I also cut a strip of black and white striped paper and adhered it to the left.

Next, I stamped the sentiment on a grey cardstock strip with VersaMark ink and white heat embossed it. As it says «kiss kiss, i love u.», I positioned the pandas close to each other to make them look like they are kissing ;-)

You will have time until February 28th, 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.–.

I'm entering the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge with the theme «Anything Goes».

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

DT bastel-traum.ch Challenge #71

Good morning,

Eep! Only 38 days til Christmas! So let me invite you to join the new challenge over at the bastel-traum.ch blog with the theme «Christmas/Winter».

 

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

I inked up the adorable Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember set «Merry Mail» they did in collaboration with Mama Elephant.

For the soft sky background, I ink blended some pastel Distress Oxide colors (Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac and Spun Sugar). I added water droplets to create a little bit texture. I colored the images with Copics and fussy cut them out.

When the background was completely dry, I white heat embossed the large word «merry». Next, I cut the cloud border with one of the Mama Elephant «Landscape Trio» dies. I heat embossed the sentiment with Silver embossing powder before adhering the clouds with foam tape. To finish off my card, I added a tiny red heart next to the sentiment.

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Anja

DT bastel-traum.ch Challenge #59

Hello everyone,

today we have a brandnew challenge theme over at the bastel-traum.ch blog – «Winter/Christmas/Starshine».

 

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

For my holiday card, I created a cute scene using the adorable critters from the Mama Elephant «Whimsical Winter» set.

I had so much fun stamping, Copic coloring and fussy cutting all the images! For my snowfall background, I combined some white splatters and Distress Inks («Broken China», «Tumbled Glass» and «Milled Lavender») which I blended together on a piece of Bristol cardstock. I also added three little die-cut hearts and some random Nuvo «White Blizzard» Glitter Drops which you unfortunately can't see on the photo.

To create the snow hills, I used two of the stitched Mama Elephant «Landscape Trio» dies and cut them from white cardstock. I stamped the sentiment from the «Merry Greetings» set on the front snowhill and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder. For some dimension, I popped it up with foam tape. Finally, I adhered all the stamped images to finish off my winter scene.

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

DT bastel-traum.ch World Card Making Day Blog Hop

Hello everyone,

today is World Card Making Day and to celebrate this special event the bastel-traum.ch DT comes together for a little inspiration blog hop (big thanks to Nicole for organizing ♥).

As much as we love creating handmade cards, we also enjoy receiving happy mail, right?! That's why I made this card using the cute panda bears from the Mama Elephant «Incoming Mail» stamp set.

For the background, I masked off a strip and did some ink blending with Distress Oxides («Seedless Preserves», «Picked Raspberry» and «Abandoned Coral»). I really love how easily those inks blend and the color combo looks so yummy! I also added some water droplets to lift the color here and there.

Next, I colored the images with Copics and fussy cut them out leaving a small white border. I cut the Simon Says Stamp «Sending» word die from black cardstock as well as two little hearts using the ME «Confetti» Creative  Cuts. To give them some extra shine, I covered the die-cuts with clear embossing powder. The sentiment, which I stamped in VersaFine «Onyx Black», is from the SSS «Sending Happy Thoughts» set.

Now I invite you to hop over to Nicole to see the wonderful creation she made.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a fabulous weekend!
Anja

DT bastel-traum.ch Challenge #47

Hi everyone,

for the latest bastel-traum.ch Challenge we want to see your creative «Christmas» projects.

 

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

I created this holiday card featuring one of the cute bunnies from the Mama Elephant «Pix's Happy Holiday» set.

The color scheme with gold, white and pink isn't very traditional but «girly» ;-) I colored the bunny with my Copics and did some fussy cutting leaving a small white border. Next, I die cut a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock using my all-time-favorite «Stitched Rectangle» die from Simon Says Stamp.

I stamped the sentiments from the Simon Says Stamp «Believe» set with VersaMark and heat embossed them in gold. This huge scripty word «believe» is absolutely gorgeous and can be combined with several other beautiful phrases for multiple occasions. The stars and sprinkles from the ME set were stamped with Tsukineko «Delicata Golden Glitz» pigment ink. I also added some tiny stars which I die cut from golden glitter cardstock.

Finally, I adhered the stamped panel to a pink card base and popped up the flying little «angel» bunny with foam tape. I covered the wings with Clear Wink of Stella Glitter.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hero Arts Christmas Wreath

Hi peeps,

today I'm back again with another Christmas card. This time I combined the beautiful Hero Arts «Wreath of Leaves» and the Mama Elephant «Merry Script» die.

The wreath was stamped with white HA «Unicorn Pigment Ink» on Kraft cardstock. Thanks to the MISTI, I was able to repeatedly stamp the image to get a crisp and bright impression. Then I die-cut the large word «merry» from dark red cardstock and covered it with clear embossing powder to give it a glossy finish. I stamped the word «Christmas» (My Favorite Things «Hand Lettered Holiday) in black and decorated the wreath with red and white sequins.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you a wonderful day!

DT Make it Crafty CAS Challenge #15 | Hummingbird

Hello everyone,

today I show you my card for the last Make it Crafty CAS Challenge with the fun theme «Make it move!». All you have to do is create a project that incorporates some form of 'movement'.

I used the beautiful Hummingbird Digi Stamp from the new Elegant Birds Collection. I combined this cutie with the Hibiscus flower which is provided in the same download.

At first, I masked off the hibiscus and blended in some blue ink and let it fade out towards the centre. Then I colored the images with Copics and Prismacolor pencils. It's probably not realistic looking but I love the colors. To create my moving element, I fussy cut the hummingbird and put it on an Action Wobbler. I also added lots of shimmer to the bird with the ZIG Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen in Clear.

The sentiment is from the Mama Elephant «Make A Wish» stamp set. I stamped the text with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it using WOW! «Metallic Platinum» embossing powder. I added some Pretty Pink Posh «Sparkling Clear» sequins and my DIY rosy droplets.

Here is a short video to show you the wiggling hummingbird ;-)

There's still time to enter our «Make it move!» challenge by the end of the month. You can find all the details HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

DT Make it Crafty CAS Inspiration | Faye's Sunflowers

Hi peeps,

are you ready for summer like I am? Today I show you this summery CAS card which I made as an inspiration for the Make it Crafty Store Blog.

The gorgeous image is called Faye's Sunflowers (available as a digi stamp in the MiC store – my version is just without the sun hat) that I colored with Copics. I love these cute girls!

I tried to create an ombré look on the layers of her dress using different shades of purple ;-)

The sentiment is from the Mama Elephant «Carried Away» stamp set and I heat embossed it in Gold. To finish my card I added two matching pearls from Doodlebug.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Mama Elephant I'll be here if you need a hug

Happy Friday everyone,

today I want to show you a sweet little card which I made with one of the adorable bunnies from the Mama Elephant «Pix's Favorites» stamp set.

I kept the design pretty simple. For the background I masked off a rectangle and did some smooth Ink Blending using MFT Dye inks. I colored the image with Copics and fussy cut it out. You can't see it on the photo but I covered the heart with Glossy Accents. The lovely sentiment is from another Mama Elephant stamp set called «In My Heart» and I heat embossed it with «Liquid Platinum» embossing powder by Ranger. I added a tiny die-cut heart next to it.

I'm joining the following challenges:
Creatalicious Challenge #91 – Anything Goes with optional No Design Paper
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Make it Crafty CAS Inspiration | Love Bunnies

Hi everyone,

popping in today to show you a new CAS inspiration card for Make it Crafty.

Aren't these bunnies from the new All About Love Elements Chipboard set just the cutest?! I combined them with a simple watercolor background which I created with some pinkish Distress Inks («Spun Sugar», «Worn Lipstick», «Picked Raspberry» and «Abandoned Coral»).

The little heart is from another fabulous chipboard set (Outlined Words With Love) and I covered it with red embossing powder. I white heat embossed the sentiment from the Mama Elephant «So Breezy» set. I cut my panel using the largest «Wonky Stitched Rectangle» die by My Favorite Things and adhered it to a Kraft card base.

This quick and easy card would be perfect for the upcoming Valentine's Day.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

Congrats on your Wedding

Hi crafty peeps,

although the typical wedding season is already over I wanted to show you a cute Wedding card I made back in summer.

Therefore I combined several products from 6 different manufacturers ;-)

The birdies are some older Magnolia stamps and I colored them with Copics. Then I fussy cut both and embellished them with a crown and a hat from the Mama Elephant «Honey Bunny» stamp set. The large «congrats» sentiment («The Big, the Bold and You») and also the banner with the text inside («The Big, the Bold and Extras») are from Winnie & Walter. I heat embossed the sentiments in Gold and White.

For the background I used patterned paper from Stampin' Up! and then I did some Die-Cutting to finish my little scene. The cloudy border was made with one of the Mama Elephant «Landscape Trio» dies and I layered two die-cuts to create a bit of dimension. For the cloud in the left upper corner I used a Lawn Fawn («Spring Showers») die. The stitched rectangle die which frames the scene is also by Mama Elephant («Femme Frames»).

I decorated my card with Pretty Pink Posh «Sparkling Clear» sequins, tiny red die-cut hearts (ME «Confetti» die) covered with Glossy Accents and a small paper flower (SU punch and pearl).

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you a nice weekend!

Homework OCC | Watercolor: Exploring Mediums | Day 2

Hi everyone,

Today I want to show you my homework for the Online Card Class Watercolor for Card Makers: Exploring Mediums.

 

I made a Baby card for Day 2 where Kristina Werner showed us how to do No-Line Watercoloring with Distress Inks.

At first I stamped the elephant, bunny and soap bubbles from the cute Mama Elephant «Ella & Friends» stamp set in «Pumice Stone». To get a lighter impression of the images for the no-line coloring look I stamped them on a piece of scratch paper first. Then I stamped the 2nd generation onto my Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I colored the elephant with «Iced Spruce» and the bunny with «Pumice Stone». For the light blue wash around the images I used my one and only ;-) Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Brush (036 – Light Blue).

The sentiment is from the Mama Elephant «Just Hatched» stamp set and I heat embossed it with «Liquid Platinum» embossing powder by Ranger. I used the largest «Stitched Rectangle» die from Simon Says Stamp to cut my watercolor panel. I also die-cut the ME «Femme Frames» scalloped rectangle from blue cardstock and adhered everything to a grey card base.

I embellished my card with two paper banners and a tiny blue die-cut heart.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT bastel-traum.ch Challenge August

Good morning everyone,

today is the 15th of the month, so it's time for the bastel-traum.ch Challenge.

 

This time we have a beautiful design-seeds color palette for you – love these yummy colors!

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

I hope you don't get bored because I stamped another random floral background using the pretty «Freestyle Flowers» from Mama Elephant.

The dye inks are from Stampin' Up! and Studio Calico and the cardstock is from SU, too. I white heat embossed the sentiment from the stamp set «More Than Words» by The Alley Way Stamps.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

Homework OCC | Mask-erade | Day 1

Hello again,

if you're looking for my Stempelgarten challenge post, please click here.

The inspiring Online Card Class Mask-erade has already come to an end. Nevertheless I wanted to share with you the card I made for Day 1. Unfortunately, I did not have the time to participate with more cards, but I'm convinced you'll see me using these awesome techniques in the future.

Laura Bassen showed how to create fun geometric patterns using the «Ink blending with Masks» technique.

And this is the card I made:

I cut out a triangle from a sheet of acetate and used the negative as a mask. With my Mini Ink Blending Tool and some Simon Says Stamp inks I created a random background by letting the triangles overlap.

I also did some «Camouflage Die-Cutting» with the Mama Elephant's «Happy Script» die by stacking four layers of die-cuts together. The tiny «birthday!» text is from the SSS «Sketchy Banner Greetings» stamp set. To finish my card I added some sequins.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a sunny weekend!

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #318

Good morning peeps,

Easter is just around the corner and I have a lot to do ;o) So I will keep this post shorter than usual.

This week's theme over at the Everybody-Art-Challenge is an easy and popular one: Anything goes.

I created a «Good Luck» card using the «Off the Grid» stamp from Stampin' Up! which I heat embossed in silver. Then I sprinkled on some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in «Citron». I die-cut Mama Elephant's «No Peeking» tag from white cardstock and also from vellum and layered them slightly offset. This gorgeous shamrock die is from Memory Box and I coated it with Glossy Accents to create my own embellishment.

I enter my card to the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #313

Good morning everyone,

the new theme over at the Everybody-Art-Challenge is «Monochrome».

Therefore I created a blue Birthday card combining two current popular techniques:  Stenciling and Watercoloring.

At first, I did the stenciled background using the fabulous «Tweed Pattern» stencil from Hero Arts and Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste. After letting it air dry for about 30 minutes, I added three bluish Distress Inks (Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire) and water. I heat set it with my heat tool and did some random ink splatters.

Since this background reminds me of an underwater world and the recipient's zodiac is Pisces, I added the little fish from the «Ori Kami» stamp set from Altenew. I heat embossed it on vellum and did some fussy cutting. My sentiment was build with the Mama Elephant's «happy» die cut («Happy Script» die and foil cardstock) and a white embossed «birthday» by Winnie & Walter.

At least, I adhered some matching sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and my stash.

I'm joining the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Add A Little Texture

Stempelküche Challenge
Challenge #13: Aquarell

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #312

Hello everyone,

with some delay I want to show you my card for the current Everybody-Art-Challenge.

It is based upon this week's sketch by Andrea/Emmi41:

I did some watercoloring with Distress Markers. To give it a softer look, I stamped the image from the «You are pawesome» stamp set by Simon Says Stamp in Versafine «Smokey Gray». The sentiment and the paws («Purrfect Pair» from Mama Elephant) were heat embossed in «Liquid Platinum» from Ranger. I die-cut some tiny hearts from yellow cardstock using the «Confetti» die from Mama Elephant and covered them with Glossy Accents.

Since I love these little paws so much I stamped some more with white pigment ink.

I am entering this card into the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
All Creatures Great and Small

Thank you so much for stopping by!