Happy Easter

Hi there,

I created this lovely Easter Card using the new Anjas Basteltraum Osternest stamp set:

• stamp the hen and some sprigs from the Anjas Basteltraum Osternest set and the nest from the Anjas Basteltraum Bertas Little Place set with Lawn Fawn Crunchy Leaf
• color the image with Spectrum Noir Triblend Markers, add extra shading with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and highlights with a white gel pen
• create a background on a piece of grass cardstock by applying Distress Ink Frayed Burlap and Walnut Stain through the UmWowStudio Wheat stencil
• add brown and white splatters
• stamp the sentiment from the Anjas Basteltraum Kleine Ostersprüche set with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
•  ink up the edges of the sentiment strip with Distress Ink Walnut Stain
• assemble the card and add two vellum sprigs cut with the help of the Simply Graphic Feullages Touffus die set

Stamp Connection #29

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 3rd Sunday of the month and this is our 29th transatlantic get-together!

This time we have the wonderful TaeEun joining us as a guest. I am sure you already know her beautiful creations that she shares on her Rainbow in November Blog.

Our requirement for this meet-up was:
"decorate the back of your card"

... and this is what the card looks like when folded open

• apply Distress Ink (Hickory Smoke) through the UmWowStudio Wheat stencil not only on the front but also on the back of the cardbase
• glue a strip of patterned paper to the left side of the whole cardbase
• from this step onwards I'll be only working on the front of the card
• add some splatters with Distress Paint (Cracked Pistachio)
• stamp the little dragon from the Sweet Stamp Shop Dragon set with Versafine (Smokey Gray) and color the image with Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils and Zest-it
• add a tiny dot detail with Staedtler Fineliners
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Versamark onto a strip of black cardstock and heat-emboss ii with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder
• add a strip of DIY patterned paper underneath - I used the My Favorite Things Diagonal Stripes and Versafine Onyx Black to create this striped black-and-white paper
• lay both strips over a torn strip of vellum
• cut one of the leaves from the Paper Smooches Foliage 1 set from vellum as well and add the dragon on top of them
• add some Pretty Pink Posh Sequins (Sparkling Clear 4mm and 6mm) as final embellishment

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

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

Yours,