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 Stempelgarten Challenge June

Good morning peeps,

Today starts the new Stempelgarten Challenge with the theme «Flowers».

I really stamped my heart out on this card. Flowers + Stripes + Inks = Pure Joy!

My inspiration came from this beautiful card by MFT DT member Julie Dinn. I really love the color scheme and her arrangement of flowers.

I used some fabulous stamps, inks and a die from My Favorite Things. I combined the «Modern Blooms» with some smaller images from the «Desert Bouquet» stamp set. These flower building sets are so much fun! The handwritten sentiment and hearts are from the «True Friends» stamp set and I stamped them in Versafine «Onyx Black».

For the first time I tried the MFT Dye Inks. I used «Peach Bellini», «Coral Crush» and «Persimmon». The warm grey inks are from Simon Says Stamp: «Fossil» and «Cobblestone».

The border die is from the «Stitched Basic Edges Die-namics» set. For the background I used the Impression Obsession «Thick Stripes» Cover-a-Card stamp.

This challenge will run until June 30th, 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 fantastic day!

DT Make it Crafty CAS Challenge #2

Hello everyone,

today starts our second Make it Crafty Clean and Simple Challenge. This month's theme is «Masking».

Here is a sneak peek of my card:

Hop over to the Make it Crafty Store Blog to see the full card and all the fun creations my team mates designed. We also announced the winner and the Top 3 of our Background Techniques challenge.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Same but different #9

Hi everyone,

it's time again for our monthly «Same but different» challenge. Do you want to know more about this challenge? Please click HERE.

This time we used the «Hand Lettered Encouragement» stamp set from Simon Says Stamp:

 

And here is my take – I made a CAS card (sorry for the bad photo):

I created a background by repeatedly stamping the «feel better» sentiment with Simon Says Stamp «Fog» ink. Except for one which I stamped with the gorgeous «Hot Lips» ink. I only added a little die-cut heart and adhered my panel to a matching card base.

If you have the same stamp set and get inspired by our challenge, feel free to play it with us! Leave a direct link to your project in the comment field below (No back links, please! It will be funnier to see new creations!). You can also upload your cards to our Same but different challenge Flickr gallery!

Once again, we want to thank Stéphanie for joining our last challenge with her awesome card!

Now hop over to Francine to see her awesome creation.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

DT Make it Crafty CAS Inspiration | Girl's Secret Swing

Hi everyone,

today I'm over at the Make it Crafty Store Blog to share a Clean & Simple inspiration card.

I colored the Girl's Secret Swing image with my Prismacolor pencils. I really love how they look on Kraft cardstock («Crumb Cake» from Stampin' Up!). Since these cuties share a little secret, I added the «pssst…» sentiment from the SU «Happy Watercolor» stamp set. I kept the design pretty simple to focus on the image. To create this pretty border around my image I used the My Favorite Things «In & Out Diagonal Stitched Square STAX Die-namics». I matted my panel with SU «Early Espresso» cardstock and adhered it to a Kraft card base with foam tape. I added two little hearts which I die-cut from Simon Says Stamp «Cherry Wood Veneer Paper».

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

DT Everybody-Art-Challenge #326 and a Farewell

Hi everyone,

sadly, this is my very last post as a DT member for the Everybody-Art-Challenge :o(
Thanks to Andrea/Emmi41 and the team.

For my card I used some pretty Essentials by Ellen products which were designed by the talented Julie Eberole.

Here is this week's EAC sketch that it's based on:

I really love the look of the «Bold Blossoms» Designer Dies which I cut from Stampin' Up! cardstock. The sentiment is from the «Bold Blooms» stamp set and I heat embossed it in gold. For my layers I took a piece of the striped SU Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum and some patterned paper from My Mind's Eye. To embellish my card I added a couple of MME enamel dots.

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!