Forget-Me-Not

Hi there,

find out which  products I used to create this card over on the Karten-Kunst Blog:

• stamp the angel from the Karten-Kunst Sternen-Engel set with Memento Tuxedo Black and color the image with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers
• create a background on a stitched panel of watercolor paper using Distress Oxide Inks (Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, Victorian Velvet)
• add some splatters with water and the Lawn Fawn Liquid Stardust
• cut out a Karten-Kunst Torn Border from patterned paper and ink up the edges with Distress Oxide Ink Hickory Smoke
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• add some tiny golden stars as final embellishment

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Make a Wish Bunny

Hi there,

I created this sparkly watercolor card for the Stamping-Fairies Blog:

• cut out a wonky stitched rectangle from watercolor paper
• stamp the bunny from the Lawn Fawn Upon a Star set with Versafine Smokey Gray
• fill in a circle moon shape with Finetec Mica Watercolors
• color the bunny and the hill with Derwent Inktense pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• add color to the night sky with watered-down Distress Re-Inker Chipped Sapphire and Finetec Mica Watercolors
• write the sentiment with a glass dip pen and white gouache
• add tiny silver matte stars from Little Things from Lucy's Cards
• adhere the watercolor panel to a grey cardbase

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Merry Christmas Snowman Tag

Hi there,

I created this cute snowman tag for the Stamping-Fairies Facebook Group:

• cut out a tag from watercolor paper using one of tag dies from the Tim Holtz Tag Collection
• stamp the snowman with the help of the Lawn Fawn Making frosty Friends set and Versafine Clair Pinecone - use the Masking Technique
• color the image with Derwent Inktense pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• stamp some snow from the Lawn Fawn Snow Cool set with Distress Embossing Ink and heat-emboss them with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• add color to the background with watered-down Distress Oxide Re-Inker Tumbled Glass
• use the rest of the ink to dye a piece of torn seam binding and thread it through the hole of the tag
• stamp the sentiment from the Avery Elle Polar Peek a Boo Pals with Distress Embossing Ink onto a strip of Neenah Desert Storm kraft cardstock and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• add some highlights and faux stitching with a white gel pen

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,

Smells like Christmas

Hi there,

I created this adorable Christmas card for the Karten-Kunst Blog:

• create a background on a stitched panel of watercolor paper using Distress Oxide Inks or Distress Oxide Re-Inkers (Broken China, Peacock Feathers) and water from your Mini Mister
• stamp the Karten-Kunst Spiral-Text Schnee with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• stamp the sweet mouse from the Gerda Steiner Designs Smell like Christmas set with Versafine Smokey Gray, do some paper-piecing with patterned paper from the Maja Designs Home for Christmas 6x6 paper pad and color the rest of the image with Faber-Castell Albrecht-Dürer Pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• add white Liquid Applique to the cap and the shoes for extra dimension

Have a christmasy day.

Hugs,

Pastel Winter

Hi there,

I would like to show you this pastel Winter card over on the Karten-Kunst Blog:

• create a background on a stitched panel of watercolor paper using Distress Oxide Inks or Distress Oxide Re-Inkers (Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Shaded Lilac) and water from your Mini Mister
• stamp the Karten-Kunst Spiral-Text Schnee with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Metallic Platinum embossing powder
• adhere the panel to a grey cardbase

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Happy Birthday Owl

Hi there,

I would like to show you some projects using the adorable new Gerda Steiner Designs stamp sets over the next couple of weeks. This first card uses one of the owls from the Gerda Steiner Designs Owl rather be set:

• color one of the owls and a branch from the Gerda Steiner Designs Owl rather be set with Faber-Castell Albrecht-Dürer pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• add highlights with a white gel pen
• cut out a stitched panel from watercolor paper and stamp three balloons from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Hoppy set with Versafine Smokey Gray 
• color the balloons and the background with Distress Oxide Re-Inkers (Peacock Feathers, Worn Lipstick, Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass)
• stamp the sentiment from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Hoppy set with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Primary Parma Violet
• layer the watercolor panel on top of a piece of Distress Cardstock Dusty Concord before adhering it to a cardbase
• glue on some natural twine as balloon strings

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,