Stamp Connection #55

Hi there,

connected through our love for card making, blogging and being from Germany we (Cornelia from Stempel Spass and I) decided to create a monthly project within predefined requirements. We are going to show you the result every 2nd Sunday of the month and this is our 55th transatlantic get-together!

Our requirement for this meet-up was: "Snarky Christmas" and I would like to show you this card using lots of Clearly Besotted Stamps goodies:

• cut out a stitched rectangle from smooth white cardstock and some stitched scallop edges to build a roof from grey cardstock
• add Distress Oxide Ink (Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire) as a winter night sky into the background 
• create snowfall with water droplets and watered-down white acrylic paint
• stamp some images from the Clearly Besotted Stamps Little Elves and Santa Baby sets with Lawn Fawn River Rock and color them with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers - add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• stamp the sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Stamps Laugh out loud Christmas set with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder

Now make sure to hop over to see Cornelia's Creation.

Thanks for stopping by. We hope to see you again at the ...

Hugs,

Stamp Connection #53

Hi there,

connected through our love for card making, blogging and being from Germany we (Cornelia from Stempel Spass and I) decided to create a monthly project within predefined requirements. We are going to show you the result every 2nd Sunday of the month and this is our 53rd transatlantic get-together!

Our requirement for this meet-up was: "Halloween"

I created this cute scene using the Clearly Besotted Stamps Train of Terror stamp set:

• stamp the little train using the Clearly Besotted Stamps Train of Terror set and Versafine Vintage Sepia
• color the images with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
• cover a white panel with Masking Tape and only leave a strip to color with Distress Oxide Inks (Wilted Violet, Mowed Lawn, Black Soot) and a Blending Brush
• stamp some trees from the Lawn Fawn Spooky Village set with Versafine Onyx Black and use a black marker to color them in
• add some splatters with water and Lawn Fawn Liquid Stardust
• stamp the sentiment and some bats from the same set
• add a strip of patterned paper from the Graphic 45 An Eerie Tale 6x6 pad to the top and bottom of the panel before adhering it to a cardbase

Now make sure to hop over to see Cornelia's Creation.

Thanks for stopping by. We hope to see you again at the ...

Hugs,

Stamp Connection #50

Hi there,

connected through our love for card making, blogging and being from Germany we (Cornelia from Stempel Spass and I) decided to create a monthly project within predefined requirements. We are going to show you the result every 2nd Sunday of the month and this is our 50th transatlantic get-together!

Our requirement for this meet-up was:
"try a new technique"

I created this sweet Father's Day Card using a slightly altered image from the Clearly Besotted Stamps Baby Love stamp set and tried the Split Card Design perfectly explained by the fabulous Jennifer McGuire in this blog post and video:

• stamp the lion family from the Clearly Besotted Stamps Baby Love set with My favorite Things Hybrid Ink Chocolate Brown - leave out one of the little lions with the help of some masking tape
• color the image with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers
• add extra shading with Prismacolor Colored Pencils
• add cloud borders cut from blue cardstock and vellum at the top and grass borders cut from green cardstock and vellum at the bottom
• use Blending Brushes and Distress Ink (Faded Jeans, Lucky Clover) to add shading to those borders
• stamp the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel Sentiments set onto a sentiment banner cut from kraft cardstock with that same brown ink used for the lion family

• on the inside I added a sentiment from the My Favorite Things Bring out the Sunshine Set and the clouds and the sun die cut with the help of the WPlus9 Sunshine Layers die set

I hope you got inspired to try this awesome technique too. 

Now make sure to hop over to see Cornelia's Creation.

Thanks for stopping by. We hope to see you again at the ...

 

Hugs,

Stamp Connection #49

Hi there,

connected through our love for card making, blogging and being from Germany we (Cornelia from Stempel Spass and I) decided to create a monthly project within predefined requirements. We are going to show you the result every 2nd Sunday of the month and this is our 49th transatlantic get-together!

Our requirement for this meet-up was:
"no card, no tag"

• cut out a butterfly shape and fill in the open areas with three sizes of folded pastel hearts cut with the help of the Lawn Fawn Hearts die set
• ink up the edges of the butterfly with Distress Ink Walnut Stain
• add the face using stamps from the Lawn Fawn Sweet Friends set

Now make sure to hop over to see Cornelia's Creation.

Thanks for stopping by. We hope to see you again at the ...

Hugs,

Stamp Connection #47

Hi there,

connected through our love for card making, blogging and being from Germany we (Cornelia from Stempel Spass and I) decided to create a monthly project within predefined requirements. We are going to show you the result every 2nd Sunday of the month and this is our 47th transatlantic get-together!

Our requirement for this meet-up was:
"Easter with Embossing Folder and Die Cuts"

• stamp the bunny, the sheep, an egg and some flowers from the Clearly Besotted Stamps Spring Plushies set with Ink on 3 Fadeout Ink - use the masking technique
• color the images with Derwent Inktense pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• frame the image with an Avery Elle Wonky Scalloped Frame cut from patterned paper from the Doodlebug Design Easter Express 6x6 paper pad
• create a background on smooth white cardstock with a plaid embossing folder
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Versamark onto a sentiment strip cut from orange cardstock and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• adhere the panel to an orange cardbase

Now make sure to hop over to see Cornelia's Creation.

Thanks for stopping by. We hope to see you again at the ...

Hugs,

Stamp Connection #46

Hi there,

connected through our love for card making, blogging and being from Germany we (Cornelia from Stempel Spass and I) decided to create a monthly project within predefined requirements. We are going to show you the result every 2nd Sunday of the month and this is our 46th transatlantic get-together!

Our requirement for this meet-up was:
"almost Spring and Colored Pencils"

I used the super sweet Clearly Besotted Stamps Garden Gnomes stamp set to create this little scene:

• stamp the little scene with the help of the Clearly Besotted Stamps Garden Gnomes set, Versafine Smokey Gray and the Masking Technique
• color the images with Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor Pencils and Zest-it
• add highlights with a white gel pen
• cut around the scene using a stitched scalloped rectangle die
• mat the panel onto a piece of patterned paper from the Avery Elle Brights Collection 6x6 paper pad before adhering it to a cardbase

Now make sure to hop over to see Cornelia's Creation.

Thanks for stopping by. We hope to see you again at the ...

Hugs,