Sweet Zebra

Hi there,

I created this sweet card for Mennys Bastelshop using the Heffy Doodle Two by Two Zoo Animals stamp set:

• stamp the zebra from the Heffy Doodle Two by Two Zoo Animals set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the image with Ohuhu Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• adhere Hero Arts Tropical Florals die cut from white cardstock to a white cardbase for a tone-on-tone look
• create DIY striped cardstock using black and white cardstock and cut one of the Avery Elle Wonky Scalloped Frames
• create a background with the help of green cardstock and the Lawn Fawn Grass Border, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass and clouds from the Lawn Fawn Butterfly Kisses set

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Just for You Strawberry Fox

Hi there,

I created this sweet card together with my daughter Emily for Anjas Basteltraum using the Anjas Basteltraum Erdbeerernte stamp set:

• stamp the sweet fox and the strawberry basket from the Anjas Basteltraum Erdbeerernte set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the images with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• cut out an Avery Elle Wonky Scallopped Frame from woodgrain paper
• create a background using grass cardstock and the Honeybee Stamps Eyelet Lace 3D embossing folder and die set before adhering all the layers to a kraft cardbase
• add a sentiment stamped with Versamark and heat-embossed with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder 

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Postage Bunnies

Hi there,

it's time for the Inspiration Week over at Mennys Bastelshop and this week our topic is "Use the Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die". I used the Avery Elle Bunnies stamp set on my project:

• cut out the Waffle Flower Postage Collage A6 from smooth white cardstock
• create a background with the help of the Waffle Flower Postage Collage A6 Blocks stencil, Masking Tape and Distress Ink (Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass)
• stamp several images from the Avery Elle Bunnies set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian 
• color the images with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• stamp some elements from the Waffle Flower Postage Collage set with Distress Oxide Ink (Antique Linen, Tattered Rose)
• stamp the sentiment from the Avery Elle Bunnies set with Distress Oxide Ink Tattered Rose

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Hello Koala

Hi there,

I used the adorable Avery Elle Sending Hugs stamp set to create this card for Mennys Bastelshop:

• cut out the Mama Elephant Oval Deco Frame, some leaves and flowers from watercolor paper
• stamp the little koala from the Avery Elle Sending Hugs set with Versafine Smokey Gray onto the oval and color the image, the background, the leaves, the flowers and the frame with Frau von Bommel watercolors
• add highlights with a white gel pen and little drops of Nuvo Crystal Drops Buttermilk to the center of the flowers
• for more texture tap the frame with a sponge and Distress Stain Antiqued Bronze
• for the background use the Spellbinders Leafy embossing folder on grass cardstock and ink up the edges with Distress Ink Gathered Twigs
• cut out the My Favorite Things Essential Hello from grass cardstock, ink up the edges with Distress Ink Gathered Twigs and cover the bottom part with Ranger Copper embossing powder

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Happy Jungle Birthday

Hi there,

I created this wild Birthday Card for Mennys Bastelshop:

• stamp a bird and some flowers from the Avery Elle Toucan Party set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the images with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• run kraft cardstock through your Big Shot in the Sizzix Tropical Leaves embossing folder
• ink up the edges of the panel with Distress Ink Walnut Stain
• cut out the CUTplorations Skinny Sentiments Happy Birthday from vellum and colored cardstock
• add texture to the flower centers with the Karin Decogel Milky Way Orange pen

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

You are the Sweetest

Hi there,

it's Inspiration Week over at Mennys Bastelshop and this time our topic is "Watercolor/Aquarell":

• stamp two images from the Avery Elle Sweetest set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian onto watercolor paper and cut them out
• color the images with Kuretake Gansai Tambi Art Nouveau watercolors, add a highlight with a white gel pen
• cut out the Lawn Fawn Quilted Backdrop from white cardstock
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Versamark onto vellum, heat-emboss it with WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Super Fine embossing powder and cut it out as well

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Sweet Bunnies

Hi there,

I created this sweet bunny card for Mennys Bastelshop:

• stamp the bunnies from the Avery Elle Bunnies set with Gina K. Designs Obsidian
• color the images with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• cut out four rectangles and the Lawn Fawn Grass Border from the Lawn Fawn Spiffy Speckles 6x6 paper pad
• ink up the edges of the rectangles and the whole card with Distress Ink Kitsch Flamingo
• stamp the sentiment, a flower and a butterfly with Versamark onto the fourth rectangle and heat-emboss them with Distress Embossing Glaze Kitsch Flamingo

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Time for Us

Hi there,

I created this fun Christmas Card using the Avery Elle Mr. and Mrs. Claus stamp set for Mennys Bastelshop:

• stamp the main image and some accessories from the Avery Elle Mr. and Mrs. Claus set and the North Pole sign from the Lawn Fawn Penguin Party set with Lawn Fawn Jet Black
• ink up the edges of the panel with some left-over blue and grey ink
• color the image with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
• stamp the sentiment from the Create a Smile Stamps Kleine Weihnachtsgrüße set with Versamark onto a strip of blue cardstock and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• layer that blue strip onto a slightly wider strip of pink cardstock
• add some clear sequins with Nuvo Glitter Drops White Blizzard in their centers as final embellishments

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Fluffy Fall Squirrel

Hi there,

I created this fluffy squirrel card using the Anjas Basteltraum Herbstfreunde stamp set:

• stamp the squirrel from the Anjas Basteltraum Herbstfreunde set with Distress Oxide Ink Antique Linen onto a piece of watercolor paper, cut it out and color it with Frau von Bommel Boho watercolors
• add extra shading with Pitt Pastel pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• create a background using stamps from the Karten-Kunst Capri Herbstgruesse set, Avery Elle Kraft pigment ink and Delicata Champagne
• add splatters with watered-down Distress Ink Peeled Paint
• wrap a piece of torn vellum around the panel
• add the squirrel, some leaves from the Lawn Fawn Acorn House die set and the heat-embossed sentiment from the Anjas Basteltraum Kleine Sprüche Schokolade stamp set
• mat the panel with dark brown cardstock before adhering it to a cardbase

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Color Blocking

Hi there,

I used the Color Blocking Technique to set the scene for the Karten-Kunst Leuchtturm:

• stamp the Karten-Kunst Leuchtturm with Distress Ink Lost Shadow
• create a background on a panel of kraft cardstock by stamping some birds from the Karten-Kunst Sonnengrüße set with Avery Elle Kraft pigment ink
• adhere masking tape to the main panel and add color with Distress Ink (Cracked Pistachio, Salvaged Patina, Abandoned Coral, Tattered Rose, Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw)
• stamp the sentiment from the Karten-Kunst Aus der Schreibmaschine 3 set with Versamark onto a strip of black cardstock and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Follow your Dreams

Hi there,

this is my third project for Menny's Bastelshop:

• stamp the unicorn from the Avery Elle Spread Magic set with Gina K. Designs Amalgam Ink Obsidian
• color the image with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
• add color to the background with Distress Oxide Ink Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass
• add splatters with watered-down Lawn Fawn Liquid Stardust
• cut out two Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud Borders and stamp the sentiment from the same set with the same two inks used on the background panel

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I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Hello, Spring

Hi there,

STAMPlorations is joining the 2021 Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer Blog Hop and this is my creation:

• stamp the coffee cup and the little bird from the STAMPlorations Hello, Coffee set with Lawn fawn Jet Black
• color the images with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers and add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
• cut out a frame from the Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Spring 6x6 paper pad using one of the Avery Elle Wonky Scalloped Frames 
• ink up the edge of the cardbase with Distress Oxide Ink Squeezed Lemonade

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Friends are like Stars

Hi there,

I created this sweet card using the owl from the Gerda Steiner Designs Foxes stamp set:

• stamp the owl from the Gerda Steiner Designs Foxes set with Lawn Fawn Crunchy Leaf
• color the image with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers
• cut out a Tim Holtz Stitched Oval from watercolor paper
• create a background using Distress Oxide Inks (Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot) - add water and glitter droplets for more texture
• stamp the star trio from the same set with Versamark and heat-emboss them with WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Super Fine embossing powder
• stamp the the sentiment from the Avery Elle Written in the Stars set with Versafine Onyx Black and heat-emboss it with clear embossing powder
• adhere the elements onto a stitched rectangular panel before adding all the layers to the cardbase

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Our Thoughts and Prayers are with you

Hi there,

sadly I had to create this sympathy card using the WPlus9 Modern Anemones stamp set:

• stamp an anemone bouquet using the WPlus9 Modern Anemone set and Distress Ink Pumice Stone
• color the image and the background with watered-down Distress Ink Pumice Stone
• add details with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and a white gel pen
• add splatters with that same Distress Ink
• stamp the sentiment from the Avery Elle With Sympathy set with Versafine Onyx Black
• mat the panel onto a piece of black cardstock before adhering it to a cardbase

Hugs,

Happy Birthday Pals

Hi there,

I created this cute double slider card for my husband's birthday:

• create a slider mechanism using smooth white cardstock, the My Favorite Things Stitched Rounded Rectangle STAX die set, a piece of plastic and double-sided adhesive
• stamp the bear, the hearts, the bunny, the sentiment and the balloons from the following Avery Elle sets (Birthday Bus, Peek-a-Boo Pals, Polar Peek-a-Boo Pals) with Memento Espresso Truffle
• add a little flower to the bunny's ear from the Clearly Besotted Stamps Make a Splash set
• color the images with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers, add extra shading with Prismacolor Colored pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• create a polaroid around the bunny with the help of  one of the My Favorite Things Polaroid dies
• stamp a woodgrain onto the polaroid frame using the Lawn Fawn Woodgrain Backdrops, Versamark and WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• offset another polaroid frame cut from patterned paper from the Avery Elle The Sorbet Collection 6x6 paper pad
• add a little pulling device cut with the help of one of the dies from the Lawn Fawn Magic Color Slider die set from that same pink cardstock
• thread a piece of twine through the little hole on the pulling device
• add Nuvo Glitter Drops as final embellishment

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Happy Birthday Cat on Present

Hi there,

I created this sweet little card using the Lili of the Valley Kitten Trio Present stamp set:

• stamp one of the cats from the Lili of the Valley Kitten Trio Presents set and the sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Stamps Tiny Type set with Versafine Clair Morning Mist 
• color the image with Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor Pencils and Zest-it
• cut out a My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frame around the image and several more from white cardstock and the top one from patterned paper from the Avery Elle The Sorbet Collection 6x6 paper pad
• create a background on Neenah Desert Storm kraft cardstock with the help of the Carabelle Studio Envolée de coeurs embossing folder

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Birthday Wishes from all of us

Hi there,

I created this sweet Birthday Card using the Waffle Flower Hello stamp set:

• stamp one of the girls, one of the boys and the cat from the Waffle Flower Hello set with Versafine Clair Morning Mist
• color the images with Prismacolor Colored Pencils
• stamp the sentiment from the Avery Elle Critter Crew set with Altenew Crisp Ink (Pink Diamond and Pinkalicious) and Versafine Clair Morning Mist
• add a piece of patterned paper from the Avery Elle The Everyday Collection 6x6 paper pad behind the panel before adhering it to a cardbase

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Peek-a-Boo Panda

Hi there,

I created this cute little peek-a-boo card as a thank you card:

• stamp the adorable little panda from the Avery Elle Peek a Boo Pals set with Gina K Ink in Jet Black
• color the image with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers
• create a little envelope using the We R Memory Keepers Mini Envelope Punch Board
• create the Pull Tab Mechanism
• use some patterned paper and woodgrain cardstock for the background
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Versafine Onyx Black
• use the Lawn Fawn Scripty thanks die for the second part of the sentiment - the top layer is cut from turquoise cardstock and the two layers behind it are white - this gives it extra sturdiness and dimension

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,