Season's Greeting Slider Card

Hi there,

I created this Christmas Slider Card using lots of Lawn Fawn goodies:

• cut out the all the elements for a slider card from watercolor paper using the Lawn Fawn Double Slider Surprise die set
• add color to the background using Distress Oxide Inks (Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire)
• use watered-down white gouache to create snowfall splatters
• build a scene using the Mama Elephant Snow Capped Mountains and the Lawn Fawn Road Border and white, light grey and dark grey cardstock
• add shading to the mountains with Distress Ink Pumice Stone
• stamp the little car from the Lawn Fawn Home for the Holidays set and some houses, a lantern and a tree from the Lawn Fawn Winter Village set with Versafine Onyx Black onto watercolor paper
• color the images with Clean Color Real Brush Pens, Distress Markers and a damp watercolor brush
• adhere patterned paper from the Pinkfresh Studio December Days 6x6 paper pad to the cardbase 
• stamp the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Home for the Holidays set with Versafine Onyx Black 
• add little hearts die cut from red glitter cardstock with the help of the Mama Elephant Confetti die
• heat-emboss the little garland onto the tree using Versamark and WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Pale embossing powder
• punch a little hole into the slider panel and add silver thread

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Hot Cocoa

Hi there,

I created this sweet winter card for the Stamping-Fairies Blog:

Have a christmasy day.

Hugs,

Deck the Halls

Hi there,

this is my last Gerda Steiner Designs Christmas Project that I am posting this year and on my final card I used the cute Gerda Steiner Designs Deck the Halls stamp set:

• stamp the adorable little cat and two baubles from the Gerda Steiner Designs Deck the Halls set with Lawn Fawn River Rock
• color the image with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Versafine Clair Warm Breeze
• add patterned paper behind the scalloped panel before adhering all the layers to the cardbase

I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Hugs,

Merry Christmas Snowflakes

Hi there,

 here is another Christmas card using one of the new Karten-Kunst Snowflake dies:

• create a background onto a stitched panel of confetti white cardstock using Distress Oxide Ink (Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky, Shaded Lilac)
• add water droplets and Shimmer Spray for more texture
• cut out four Karten-Kunst Mini Snowflakes 2 from silver glitter paper
• adhere the panel to a black cardbase
• stamp the sentiment from the Karten-Kunst Kombi-Set Wünsche with Versamark onto a strip of black cardstock and heat-emboss it with silver embossing powder

Have a christmasy day.

Hugs,

Winter Sweater Tag

Hi there,

I would like to show you how to turn the Elizabeth Craft Designs Winter Sweater into a Tag over on the ECD Blog:

Have a christmasy day.

Hugs,

Merry Christmas Cookies

Hi there,

I created this cute little Christmas Card using the Waffle Flower Cookie Time stamp set:

• stamp the scene using stamps from the Waffle Flower Cookie Time set with Memento Tuxedo Black
• color the images with Spectrum Noir Pencils
• add a strip of patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Sugar Plum 6x6 paper pad to the top and the bottom of the panel
• create a background using some small images from the set, Neenah Desert Storm kraft cardstock and Versafine Vintage Sepia
• stamp the sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Stamps Tiny Type set with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright Super Fine embossing powder

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Most wonderful Time of the Year

Hi there,

I created this vibrant Christmas Card for Elizabeth Craft Designs:

• cut out a stitched panel from watercolor paper using one of the Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles
• cut out three Elizabeth Craft Designs Village Edges and the star
• color the star with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers
• add color to the background and the village edges using Distress Oxide Ink (Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio)
• water-down some white acrylic paint for some splatters
• stamp the sentiment from the Elizabeth Craft Designs set with Versafine Clair Nocturne

Have a christmasy day.

Hugs,

Gift of Love

Hi there,

I created this little tag for the Stamping-Fairies Blog:

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Merry Christmas Barney

Hi there,

I would like to show you this fun Christmas project using lots of Karten-Kunst goodies:

• stamp the Karten-Kunst Barney der Eisläufer with Lawn Fawn River Rock
• color the image and the ground with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• stamp some stars from the Karten-Kunst Zaubersterne set into the background using Altenew Crisp Ink (Lagoon, Hydrangea, Pink Diamond)
• cut out the Karten-Kunst Elegant Script Frohe Weihnachten from grey cardstock and pink glitter paper
• mat the panel onto a piece of patterned paper before adhering it to the cardbase

Have a christmasy day.

Hugs,

Magical Snowman

Hi there,

this is another Gerda Steiner Designs Christmas Project and on this card I used the adorable Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Snowman Stamp Set:

• stamp the snowman and the bird from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Snowman set with Versafine Clair Morning Mist
• color the image with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens
• color the background with watered-down Distress Re-Inker Stormy Sky and a watercolor brush
• apply Nuvo Glacier Paste Frostbite through the Memory Box Tiny Snowflakes stencil and let this layer dry thoroughly
• cut out the STAMPlorations Magical word die from silver cardstock and add it to the top of the panel as a sentiment
• add to strips of patterned paper to the left and the right of the panel before adhering it to a cardbase

Have a christmasy day.

Hugs,

Things with Wings - Live what you love

Hi there,

this is my second Things with with Wings Special Feature Project Post for STAMPlorations:

• apply Distress Oxide Ink (black Soot) through the ARTplorations Pensive stencil
• add rosy cheeks with a PITT Pastel Pencil
• stamp the sentiment from the STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2 set with Versafine Clair Nocturne
• stamp one of the butterflies from the same set with Versamark onto a piece of vellum and heat-emboss it with Ranger Wild Plum embossing powder
• add a dot pattern from the STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge set with Altenew Crisp Ink Razzleberry

• create a background on a CUTplorations Luggage Tag with the help of Distress Oxide Inks (Tattered Rose, Spun Sugar, Shaded Lilac)
• stamp the sentiment from the STAMPlorations It's a Girl Thing: Sunshine with Versafine Clair Morning Mist
• stamp some butterflies from the STAMPlorations Winged Things set with that same grey ink and heat-emboss them with WOW! Midas Touch embossing powder
• add splatters with the Heidi Swapp Color Shine Spray Tinsel
• thread two strands of twine through the hole of the tag

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

A very sad Christmas

Dear readers,

my beloved cat Tapldi passed away today. He would have been 15 years old next February. We are all very, very sad and things still feel very unreal. It is impossible to imagine a life without him.

There's a place called Rainbow Bridge. It connects earth and sky. If a beloved animal leaves us, it goes to this very special place. There are green meadows and hills for all our beloved friends. There, they run and play together. There is plenty to eat and drink. The sun is shining and it is pleasantly warm.

All the sick, maimed, injured or old animals are young again, healthy and strong, just as we remember them in our dreams of days gone by. They are happy and satisfied, except for one small thing: each one of them is missing that special someone who is not with him.

They are all running and playing together. But there comes a day when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His body trembles. It leaves the group. It starts to run. His legs carry it faster and faster.

Your friend has discovered you, and when you finally meet again, you are happily united, never to be parted again. Happy kisses cover your face, your hands caress the beloved head of your animal. You see again and again into the trusting eyes of your friend who was so long absent from your life but never from your heart.

Together you are crossing the bridge ...

December Mail

Hi there,

on this card I used the brand new Karten-Kunst Wavy Ornament die:

• cut out the Karten-Kunst Wavy Ornament die from smooth white cardstock
• cover the backside of the opening with acetate
• stamp the sentiment from the Karten-Kunst Kalligraphie im Dezember with Versafine Olympia Green and heat-emboss it with clear embossing powder
• create a shaker element using double-sided foam adhesive and fill it with white, red and green sequins and some silber stars
• add the hanger with silver glitter paper
• mat the shaker onto a piece of red glitter paper before adhering it to a cardbase
• add some Nuvo Vintage Drops Postbox Red as final embellishment

Have a christmasy day.

Hugs,

Joyful Christmas Tree

Hi there,

this is just a quick reminder of this month's Stencil Challenge over on the STAMPlorations Blog:

• cut out one of the CUTplorations Stitched Tags from watercolor paper
• apply Embossing Paste through the ARTplorations Christmas Trees stencil and let it dry thoroughly
• add color to the background with Distress Ink Peacock Feathers and Distress Oxide Ink (Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough)
• cover the tree with Prima Marketing Metallique Wax Sweet Rose
• grunge up the edges with Art Graf Watercolor Graphite
• stamp the sentiment from the STAMPlorations Joyful set with Distress Oxide Ink Hickory Smoke - use first, second and third generation stamping
• dye a piece of seam binding with Distress Ink Picked Raspberry and thread it through the hole of the tag together with some natural twine

Have a christmasy day.

Hugs,

Have yoursELF a Merry little Christmas

Hi there,

I created this pastel Christmas Card using some of last year's Lawn Fawn stamp sets:

• stamp several images from the Lawn Fawn Holiday Helpers and Say what Christmas Critters sets with Memento Tuxedo Black
• color them with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers
• add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and details with a white gel pen
• cut out the Lawn Fawn Peekaboo Backdrop from white cardstock and add color to the little background pieces with Distress Oxide Ink Tumbled Glass and a Mini Ink Blending Tool
• assemble the card using clear double-sided adhesive and double-sided foam adhesive
• stamp the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Holiday Helpers set with Versamark onto a strip of kraft cardstock and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,