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!

My Favorite Things Moose Wonderful Time of the Year

Hi peeps,

I couldn't resist this adorable Birdie Brown «Merry Christmoose» stamp set from My Favorite Things. This moose is just the cutest and I created a cozy Christmas scene with the help of Masking and combined him with the tree and the carpet from the same set.

I added the little deer and the gifts from the «Jingle All the Way» set which is an older holiday favorite designed by Birdie Brown/Torico. I colored the scene with Copics and also used a white gel pen for some fun details like the dots on the mug. The deer's nose and the star on top of the tree were covered with Glossy Accents. I embellished the tree with several pearls from Doodlebug. The sentiment was stamped with VersaFine «Onyx Black» – just the perfect ink for crisp and detailed impressions.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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 Stempelgarten Challenge August

Good morning peeps,

Today starts the new Stempelgarten Challenge with the theme «Hmm, yummy!». This means you'll have to add something food related to your project like a cake or cupcake, fruits, chocolate, BBQ etc.

I combined this cute little panda from the Your Next Stamp «Love and Smiles» stamp set with the C.C. Designs «Cupcake Die» to create a sweet birthday card.

I colored this lovely image with Copics and fussy cut it. For the cupcake die-cut I simply used some scraps of patterned paper (I wish I'd added some shading to the cupcake because it looks really flat). In the background I sponged some light aqua stars using the Memory Box «Starry Nights» stencil. The striped paper on the card base and the sentiment from the «Baked with Love» stamp set are by Lawn Fawn. To embellish my card I added a thin strip of silver foil and a couple of pearls.

This challenge will run until August 31st, 2015 and you can win a voucher with a value of CHF 20.– for the Stempelgarten Online Shop.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a sweet day!

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #316

Hello peeps,

today starts a new Everyody-Art-Challenge and this time we have a sketch for you that I designed (that's my first sketch ever *hehe*).

I like this sketch more than my actual take on it ;o)

I created a love themed card. For a romantic and soft look I chose Stampin' Up!'s «Very Vanilla» and «Sahara Sand». Since I pulled out some of my neglected Hero Arts stamps lately, I used this lovely bird on my card. The background stamp «I love lace» is from Stampin' Up! and I stamped it in «Fog» ink by Simon Says Stamp because I wanted it to be very light. I also stamped it in «Sahara Sand» and die cut two strips with an MFT die. I added them to the background making sure it fits the pattern. Then I took the SSS «Stitched Square» die to cut out my final panel.

I found out that the «Wet Cement» shadow ink from Hero Arts matches the «Sahara Sand» cardstock even better than the SU  ink and stamped the bird with it. I die cut two circles, stacked them together and adhered them with foam tape. The sentiment (means «With Love»), the matching banner die and those beautiful fabric flowers are from Stampin' Up!, too.

I'm entering my card to this challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Things That Fly

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!

DT bastel-traum.ch Challenge February

Happy Sunday everyone,

it's time for the new bastel-traum.ch Challenge with the theme «Get Well». The current challenge will run until March 15th, 8:55 am CET.

Since there is a lot of flu around at the moment, it's always good to have a sweet card on hand to make someone feel a bit better.

I created a card with the adorable «Get Well Soon» stamp set from Lawn Fawn. For the card base I used one of my favorite cardstocks: «Taffy» from Bazzill. To add some texture I used the «Scattered Bars» stencil from My Favorite Things and Wendi Vecchi white embossing paste. I masked off a circle for the birdie and the bottle of medicine which I colored with Copics. To make the circle more visible I pierced some tiny holes using a template. I die-cut the speech bubble from the «A Birdie Told Me» Lawn Cuts set. Then I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark and heat embossed it in white.

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! Have a wonderful day!

DT Stempelgarten Challenge January

Good morning sweet folks,

I hope you had a good start to the new year and because today is already the 5th the first Stempelgarten Challenge in 2015 just starts right away. The theme for January is «Winter Pleasures».

For my winter card I chose the adorable «Cool Day» stamp set by My Favorite Things. I love all the cute Birdie Brown designs illustrated by Torico.

To create something different, I decided to make this sweet polar bear peek through a window in the front of the card. Therefore I cut a circle with one of the «Stitched Circles» dies from Simon Says Stamp. I love how it creates this stitched line around the die-cut circle. The sentiment is from the «Season's Greetings» stamp set by Mama Elephant and I heat embossed it in Ranger's «Liquid Platinum».

Then I stamped the gloves from the «Cool Day» stamp set, colored them with Copics and added the white heat embossed hearts. I also stamped this curly stitched line from the MFT «Hearts and Stitches» stamp set in SSS «Audrey Blue» ink. The snowflake was cut from vellum using a C.C. Designs die. I added a little rhinestone to the middle.

For the inside of my card I clear heat embossed a couple of snowflakes and sponged the background with SSS «Seaglass» and «Audrey Blue» ink. I colored the bear and the sign with Copics and fussy cut both images and adhered them with 3D foam pads to a little snow hill which I cut with a Mama Elephant «Landscape Trio» die.

To give my hill the look of sparkly snow, I added lots of «Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter» by Tim Holtz/Ranger.

You will have time until January 31st, 2015 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 20.00.

With my card I'm joining the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT bastel-traum.ch Challenge December

Good morning everyone,

it's time for the bastel-traum.ch Challenge with the new theme «Paper bag».
The challenge runs until January 15th, 8:55 am CET.

I decided to decorate a kraft paper bag for Christmas.

First I sponged some Tsukineko «Delicata Golden Glitz» ink using the new «Scenery: Classic Diagonal» Creative Screenings stencil from Winnie & Walter. Then I adhered two thin strips of polka dotted washi tape to the top and bottom of my stenciled area. The folks at Winnie & Walter also released some great dies lately. I die-cut the words «merry christmas» out of foiled cardstock with these awesome «The Big, the Bold and the Merry» Cutaways. The gorgeous deer die is from Savvy Stamps. I die-cut it four times and stacked all pieces together and added some sparkle with the Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen. To close my bag I punched two tiny holes and run some Natural Hemp Cord through and tied a bow. I lastly attached two metallic copper stars.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #304

Good morning everyone,

it's time for the Everybody-Art-Challenge and this week we have a sketch for you:

And here's the Christmas card I created:

I've chosen these two cute birdies and the branch from the «Winter Sparrows»
stamp set by Lawn Fawn. I colored them with Copics and also used the coordinating dies instead of fuzzy cutting.

For the circle (cut with a My Favorite Things «Stitched Circle» die) I sponged some Simon Says Stamp inks («Sea Glass» and «Audrey Blue») with a Mini Ink Blending Tool by Ranger. Then I added the falling snow by using a SSS stencil and Wendi Vecchi Embossing Paste in white. The intricate die-cut behind the circle was created with the «Frostyville Wreath» die from Memory Box.

Because of the non-smooth surface of the Kaisercraft square card base in Kraft, it was a bit tricky to heat emboss the sentiment, the lines (SSS «Presents and Ornaments» stamp set) and the three snowflakes (Mama Elephant «Season's Greetings») in the top left corner.

To finish my card I added some sequins – I think they are perfect for a holiday card.

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

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #303

Hi everyone,

I'm absolutely late with my card for the current Everybody-Art-Challenge and this is going to be a short post. For this week the theme is «Bells» and of course I created another Christmas card.

I don't know why, but I love to use deers on my holiday cards! This cute one and the gorgeous wreath are from the «Happy Christmas» stamp set by Winnie & Walter.
I heat embossed the deer with «Liquid Platinum» embossing powder by Ranger and the leaves of the wreath were colored with Copics. I die-cut a circle and attached two little silver bells with natural jute string (May Arts). I've chosen my current favorite Christmas sentiment stamp (Memory Box) and also stamped a couple of the berries and heat embossed them in «Cherry Chobler» (Stampin' Up!). The DP and the red cardstock are also from SU.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #301

Good morning everyone,

wow, time is really flying by these days! And although there are a whole bunch of holiday cards that I still need to make, I created a also required wedding card for the Everybody-Art-Challenge. The new theme is «Circle on the card».

Aren't these two bunnies just the cutest? They are from the «Honey Bunny» stamp set by Mama Elephant and I really like all the tiny accessories that are included, too.
I colored them with my Copics and did some fussy cutting along the edges. For the background I used the «Falling Hearts» die from Simon Says Stamp. I put a piece of KARS Glitter Cardboard in Lavender behind it – love all that sparkle! The sentiment («Bountiful Blessings» by Mama Elephant) was stamped onto vellum with VersaMark ink and heat embossed using the beautiful «Liquid Platinum» embossing powder by Ranger. I also punched out a heart (SU «Heart to Heart» punch) and covered it with the same embossing powder to match my sentiment.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

❤ With love ❤

DT bastel-traum.ch Challenge October

Good morning peeps,

it's time for the bastel-traum.ch Challenge (runs until November 15th, 8:55 am CET) with the new theme «Black & White».

For my card I've chosen the sweet «Pandamonium» stamp set by Mama Elephant.
I created a little family scene for a birthday card.

The pandas are stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder and fussy cut. Since the theme reminds me of Comics I wanted to use the «Speech Bubble  Border» die from Lawn Fawn. I die-cut it from white and black cardstock and layered both panels by slightly shifting them. The sentiment is a combo of the stamped «Happy» (Simon Says Stamp) and the negative «birthday» die cut (Papertrey Ink). The second sentiment («Everyday greetings») and the little stars («Make a Wish») are from Mama Elephant, too. I made the balloon by stamping one of the patterns from Reverse Confetti's «So Stripey» and then die-cut it using a balloon die from Paper Smooches. Finally I added some sparkle to the stamped stars with the Clear Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Brush Pen.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT-Card Everybody-Art-Challenge #290

Guten Morgen Ihr Lieben,

nachdem es hier auf meinem Blog mehr als 2 Wochen sehr ruhig war, geht es heute endlich mit meinem wöchentlichen DT-Beitrag für die Everybody-Art-Challenge weiter, denn unsere dortige Sommerpause ist nun auch vorbei.

Anlass genug, um ein paar wunderbare Stempel und Dies eines für mich noch neuen Herstellers einzuweihen.

Dieser tolle Flamingo, die dazugehörigen Dies («Fabulous Flamingo») sowie die Stanzen für den dahinter liegenden Rahmen («Diagonal Stripe Pretty Panels» und «Love Note») stammen von Reverse Confetti.

Den Sketch für die aktuelle Challenge hat uns Andrea/Emmi41 zur Verfügung gestellt:

Ich habe den Sketch für meine Karte abgewandelt/vereinfacht – hoffe aber, dass er noch erkennbar ist. Die Punkte im Hintergrund sind mit Hilfe einer Schablone (Simon Says Stamp Medium Dots Stencil) und mit einem Dauber aufgebrachter Stempelfarbe (SSS Sea Glass Ink) entstanden.

Den Flamingo habe ich mit Hero Arts Shadow Inks (Fresh Peach und Red Royal) sowie Kandiszucker von Stampin' Up! gestempelt. Das diagonal gestreifte Stanzteil auf dem gewellten Rahmen (SSS Sea Glass Cardstock) ist aus glänzendem, folienbeschichtetem Cardstock von DCWV. Der Streifen Designpapier in der Farbkombi Kraft/Weiß ist von My Mind's Eye und der auf Vellum weiß embosste Text stammt von Clearly Besotted Stamps («Sweet Little Sentiments»). Verziert habe ich meine Karte mit Enamel Dots und Sequins.

So, nun werde ich das Chaos auf meinem Basteltisch beseitigen, damit weitere Werke entstehen können ;o)

DT-Card bastel-traum.ch Challenge August

Guten Morgen Ihr Lieben,

nach meinem Gastbeitrag für die bastel-traum-Challenge im Juli, gehöre ich nun fest zum Design-Team. Immer am 15. des Monats werde ich Euch hier also mein neues Werk für die jeweilige Monats-Challenge zeigen.

Für die neue Challenge, die bis zum 15. September 2014 um 08:55 Uhr läuft, lautet das Thema «Tiermotive».

Ich habe anlässlich der Einschulung meines Sohnemanns eine Karte mit dem süßen Fuchs aus dem Lawn Fawn-Stempelset «Into The Woods» gewerkelt.

Den kleinen Kerl habe ich mit den folgenden Copics coloriert: YR000, YR12, YR18, YR20 sowie W00 und W02. Augen und Nase wurden mit Enamel Accents in Black von Ranger  versehen. Das Lineal ist ein alter Magnolia-Stempel. Der Textstempel ist ebenfalls von Lawn Fawn und zwar aus dem Set «Hello Sunshine».

Die Designpapiere stammen von Simple Stories und Echo Park. Das weiße Papier im Hintergrund habe ich mit einem Embossing Folder («Linear») von Lifestyle Crafts geprägt. Für die Stanzung der oberen Kante des linierten DP habe ich den «Notebook Edge» Die von My Favorite Things verwendet. Verziert habe ich das Ganze mit Enamel Dots von My Mind's Eye, Wood Veneer Sternen von Studio Calico und einer kleinen Holz-Wäscheklammer.

Ich als Mama bin auch schon ganz aufgeregt, wenn mein Großer am Montag seinen ersten Schultag hat ;o)