Good morning everyone,

are you busy preparing for Christmas? I definitely am! Today starts a new challenge over at the bastel-traum.ch blog: «Presents/Sugar-sweet» – just perfect to make some little gifts for your loved ones.

 

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

I came up with this cute Christmas themed treat box:

Finally, I pulled out the fun Lawn Fawn «Scalloped Treat Box» die. I love how you can turn the box into a little house with the «Scalloped Treat Box Winter Add-On» dies. To decorate it, I used some small images from several stamp sets (puppy: «Let's Play», christmas hat and presents: «Cheerful Christmas», sentiments: «Tiny Tag Sayings»).

I covered the roof die-cut with Nuvo «Moonstone» Glimmer Paste – the sparkle is just amazing! I also added tiny Nuvo «Autumn Red» Crystal Drops to the die-cut wreath. I heat embossed one sentiment directly on the front of the small door and another on the inside (which shows up when you open the door). To put some snow on the die-cut trees, I simply draw some squiggly lines with a VersaMark pen and white heat embossed them.

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

DT Stempelgarten Challenge March

Good morning everyone,

it's time for a new Stempelgarten Challenge and this month's theme is «Packaging/Wrapping».

I created a little Easter treats basket with the help of the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board. This tool is so versatile and you can find many tutorials for envelopes, boxes and other stuff all over the internet.

The tutorial which I used for my project is from Renate at schnipseldesign.com and you can find it HERE.

I picked this pretty My Mind's Eye floral 6"x6" patterned paper with chevrons on the other side. Since I have tons of patterned papers in my craft stash I could easily create hundreds of these baskets ;-)

This cute bunny (illustrated by the talented Torico/Birdie Brown) is from the My Favorite Things Somebunny stamp set and I colored it with my Copics. I cut a little banner and stamped the «Easter Treats» sentiment from the retired MFT «Easter Bunny» set in VersaFine «Onyx Black».

You will have time until March 31st, 2016 to join our 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 weekend!

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #309

Hello everyone,

here is my project for the new Everybody-Art-Challenge. This week's theme is «Matchbox».

At first, I had no clue what to create, but then I stumbled upon a cool retro matchbox in our local supermarket. I decided to make some kind of wrapping for it by repeating the colors of the printed image. Therefore I scored «Bermuda Bay» cardstock from Stampin' Up! and covered the front with a piece of DP («Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack»).

Before sticking it together I die-cut a window (I didn't want to cover this fun image) using one of the gorgeous «Stitched Squares» dies from Simon Says Stamp. I also die-cut this beautiful «hello» from Studio Calico and the stars (My Favorite Things Die-namics «Stacking Stars»). I covered the word die cut with two layers of clear embossing powder to create my own embellishment.

To pull out the matchbox I wrapped some SU «Hello Honey» chevron ribbon around it and tied a bow with some baker's twine.

That's all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Stempelgarten Challenge October

Good morning everyone,

it's time for a new Stempelgarten Challenge and the theme for the month October
is «Candy Packaging».

We are also looking for new DT members, so please take the chance to apply to our team by joining this month's challenge.

I created a so-called «Sour Cream Container».

On the internet you can find lots of instructions for this quick and easy-to-build box.
I used a sheet of the beautiful floral «Farmhouse» DP by Crate Paper. To close the container I punched a hole and run through some Stampin' Up! Ruffled Ribbon and tied a knot. The tag attached to the ribbon was cut with one of the SU «Chalk Talk» Framelits dies. This gorgeous «Sweet» word die is from Whimsy Stamps and to complete my sentiment I white heat embossed the versatile tiny words from the Winnie & Walter stamp set «The Big, the Bold and the You». To make this container even cuter ;o) I added the little «Lolli Beatrice» by C.C. Designs. I colored her with my Copics, then fussy cut her and applied a thick coat of Glossy Accents to the lollipop.

The challenge runs until October 31, 2014 and this time you can win a voucher with a value of CHF 20.– for the Stempelgarten Online Shop.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Sunday!

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #293

Hello everybody,

today I want to show you my DT project for the current Everybody-Art-Challenge with the theme «Chocolate».

I decided to create a fun Halloween wrapping for some Chocolate Drinking Straws that I recently found in one of our supermarkets. My son loves them! It's so easy – just put a straw in a glass of milk and you have the perfect chocolate drink. Yummy!

photo effects by www.picmonkey.com

At first I stamped a couple of the sweet images from the Lawn Fawn «Spooktacular» stamp set in VersaMark. The tiny bats are from an older Whiff of Joy stamp set called «Happy Halloween». I heat embossed all the images with clear embossing powder. The sentiment and the cute little cat with the witch hat are heat embossed in white. The label was cut with a Framelits die by Stampin' Up! («Apothecary Accents»).

I draw some dashed lines with a white gel pen and added some sparkle on the witch hat with the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pens (in Clear, Black and Gold). The checked ribbon, the baker's twine and the pumpkin charm are from my stash.

That's all from me for today but I would love to see you on my blog tomorrow. So stay tuned for the upcoming fun:

Thanks for stopping by!

DT-Card Stamp with Fun Challenge #225

Guten morgen zusammen,

schön, dass Ihr wieder bei mir vorbeischaut :o)

Heute startet die neue Stamp with Fun Challenge mit dem Thema «Deko».
Dafür habe ich einen herbstlichen Flaschenanhänger gewerkelt.

Die süße Eule stammt aus dem Stempelset «Forest Friends» von The Greeting Farm. Ich habe diesmal nicht wie üblich mit Copics coloriert, sondern etwas für mich total Neues ausprobiert – nämlich Inktense Stifte von Derwent. Diese zeichnen sich durch kräftige Pigmentierung aus, d.h. die Farben sind richtig schön intensiv und mit Wasser vermalbar.

Ich habe das Motiv auf The Langton Aquarellpapier gestempelt und die Farbe jeweils mit einem leeren aber angefeuchteten Wassertankpinsel von der Spitze des Stiftes abgenommen und dann nach und nach auf das Papier aufgetragen. Dabei muss man darauf achten, dass das Ganze nicht zu nass wird. Sicher brauche ich noch viel Übung bei dieser Art von Coloration, aber es ist auch mal etwas Anderes.

Das Designpapier ist aus einem meiner momentanen Lieblings-Paper Pads, nämlich von Lawn Fawn und heißt «Into The Woods». Passend dazu gibt es ein ganz süßes Stempelset, dass hoffentlich bald auch zum Einsatz kommt. Ansonsten habe ich diverse Spellbinders-Stanzen (Circles und Lacey Circles) sowie einen Banner Die von My Favorite Things verwendet. Der Spruchstempel stammt von Stampin' Up! und die gewellte Kante beim obersten DP ist mit dem Scallop Sentiment Border Punch von Fiskars ausgestanzt. Die Holzblätter habe ich im letzten Jahr bei uns im Supermarkt gefunden, ebenso wie das tolle karierte Band. Als abschließende Deko habe ich noch Halbperlen von Doodlebug aufgeklebt.

Gern möchte ich bei den folgenden Challenges teilnehmen:

TGF September Retro Fresh Challenge
Autumn Colors
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge
Challenge # 100 – Winged Things!
Creative Craft Challenges2
Challenge 19 – Use ribbon
Divas by Design Challenge
Anything goes
Dream Valley Challenges
Challenge 66 – Autumn
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Celebrate STAMPtember® and use a product from 
the Simon Says Stamp Store (6x6 paper pad «Into the Woods» by Lawn Fawn)
That Craft Place Challenge
Challenge – Things with Wings
The Kraft Journal Make It Monday Challenge
Challenge 139 – Fall Color Challenge  
(I've used Brown Kraft and Buff Ivory Cover Weight Cardstock from the Kraft Outlet Store)
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge
Things with Wings

Solche Flaschenanhänger kann ich mir noch in vielen anderen Varianten vorstellen und es wertet so ein Mitbringsel in Form einer Weinflasche für Familie oder Freunde definitiv auf.

Stampin' Up! Eulen-Boxen

Hallo Ihr Lieben,

leider habe ich mein Bastelzimmer (außer zum Aufräumen) diese Woche fast nicht betreten. Trotzdem möchte ich Euch heute in diesem kurzen Post das süße Eulen-Paar zeigen. Ich habe sie als Süßigkeiten-Verpackung für 2 Kinder verwendet und es ist ein kleines nettes Mitbringsel, über das sich vielleicht auch Erwachsene freuen würden ;o)

Die Körper wurden mit der Stampin' Up!  Pillowbox-Stanze hergestellt und lassen sich mit Kleinigkeiten (also wirklich klein, da die Box schon recht winzig ist) befüllen. Die anderen Elemente sind mithilfe von verschiedenen SU-Stanzern (Kreise, Wellenoval und Herzen) entstanden. Das gemusterte Designerpapier sowie der farblich passende einfarbige Cardstock sind von Stampin' Up!. Zahlreiche Varianten und Anregungen zu diesen Eulen findet Ihr im Internet.