Monday, November 30, 2015

Mixed Media Canvas with the cute STAMPlorations Birdies :)

This little canvas has been sitting on my shelf since July, I just realized that I hadn't posted it on the blog yet. 

I used Gelatos for the background and a Dutch Dobadoo stencil for the circles. The beautiful birdies are from STAMPlorations, the words are from PI.





12 Tags of 2015

Just in time ...

The last day of the wonderful annual event at the Tim Holtz Blog!

I do love the technique with the acrylic paint and the foil, makes it look so very special :)

Please excused the poor quality of the photos, it's raining out of buckets :(








Sunday, November 29, 2015

Winter Dreams

A little something for a gloomy day. 

It's stormy and raining at approx. 8°C, this is NOT what I want for winter, I want sunshine, snow and freezing temps, well, not too freezing, just low enough to let the snow stay :)


I used the steam punk owl from Viva Las VegaStamps and Darkroom Door stamps for the background. The sentiment is from the "Words" set from Art Journey.

Have a wonderful Sunday, make the best of it, maybe snuggle up on the couch, that's my plan for later in the afternoon ♥

Friday, November 27, 2015

Winter Card and Tutorial at Rubber Dance Blog ♥

A little peek of my card with a cool and easy technique on the Rubber Dance Stamps Blog today ....


Happy Crafting!
 Don't forget about the 15% discount code you'll get on your next order in the Rubber Dance Online Store using "majo2015"

Thursday, November 26, 2015

The wreath ....

Just finished the wreath for Advent. 

This year hubby had chosen the ribbon, I really love it :)

I'm responsible for the reindeer, just too cute, aren't they? 

I cut the stars with the Sizzix "Moon & Stars" die, applied Distress Stain and Rock Candy.









Happy Mail for my Birthday ...

Beautiful cards arrived for my Birthday, I'm such a lucky chick :)



Thank you, Rosie and Ira ♥

.... and yet another beauty to show you. I received this card from Martina along with 2 wonderful cat dies, how did you know I loved cats?


Thank you so much, you all made the day special for me ♥

Monday, November 23, 2015

Hello there ♥

Good morning, crafty friends.
Before we all get into the annual hectic of creating Christmas cards, decorations and home decor, I decided to make a sunny and warm canvas.
I used Gelatos for the background and some Gesso with stencils, I stamped my giraffe and the sentiment on tissue. All done :)
 
 
 If you want to order some stamps in the Rubber Dance store you can use my special discount code "majo2015" and you will save 15% on your order!

Friday, November 20, 2015

Christmas Hanging

Ok, you remember yesterday ... the mess on my table? 


 Well, I just finished the Christmas hanging, it's even a bit three dimensional, I added some polyfill between the two layers.


 
It is hanging in our kitchen window now, but I wasn't able to take a good picture there:(
 

 Happy Crafting, ladies ♥
 

Thursday, November 19, 2015

A Gift Box for the season ♥

I used my Sizzix Match Box die and the Christmas-/Winter Stamps from Rubber Dance Stamps. The little tags are from the set *Christmas Cheer & Gift Tags* and the pines from the set *Pines Fir Yew*


These are the sets I used:


 Happy Crafting!
 Don't forget about the 15% discount code you'll get on your next order in the Rubber Dance Online Store using "majo2015"

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

LOTS OF LAYERS at MOO MANIA ♥

Good Morning, Moo Maniacs! 
We are happy that so many of you joined our last challenge. 
You showed us really great creations. And now it’s time for a new challenge. 

LOTS OF LAYERS

 You have two weeks to show us your projects. We can’t wait to see your creations. You may as always link all sorts of projects - not just the Moo format is permitted.

 A Moo is a little card sized 2.8 x 7.1 centimeters,
or approximately 1.1 x 2.8 inches. 

Come on over to our challenge blog and join in the fun, you can't imagine all the stuff that fits on that tiny little piece :)

Can't wait to see what you come up with!
 Here is my take, on a MOO, of course ;)
 

 .....and the back to prove it's the "right" size :)



I used Rubber Dance Stamps :)

Monday, November 16, 2015

BLOG HOP at UYS

Welcome everyone to our 200th Challenge 

 We are so honored that so many of you have followed and played along with us as we give you challenges to help inspire your creativity and we get so excited to see your projects every week!

 For our challenge we are using the theme  
CELEBRATE

You can celebrate a special person, a milestone, a holiday or an event. However the theme relates to you!

This is my inspiration for you .....

I used the Katzelkraft penguins, the Tim Holtz party hat and balloons, the art circles and the sentiment from Rubber Dance for my background.


 To help us CELEBRATE we are very excited to have Kim Evans the owner of Emerald Creek Crafts sponsor our Blog Hop and she has graciously offered a prize to one lucky winner.




You can find the store here and Emerald Creek also has their own great blog with lots of DARES so be sure to drop by and see what they have to get your creativity flowing!

 In order to win this great prize, you have to leave a comment on each DT member's blog/gallery. The lucky winner will be picked from one of the blogs but we're not telling you which one!

  The hop goes from Monday  
November 16th until Saturday November 21st
and the lucky winner will be announced on the 22nd!  

Don't forget, this is also a challenge, so we really want to see what you are celebrating and be sure to link up below.

Here is a list of the DT blogs to follow along with:



Majo (You are here)






Happy crafting and good luck to you all ♥


Sunday, November 15, 2015

November/December Challenge Reminder

Hello everyone! 

Just a little reminder of our Color Challenge at Rubber Dance :)
 
Today's inspiration is provided by me ….. a Winter Tag.



There is still lots of time to enter our challenge this month. 

Our (optional) challenge theme is ‘TIS THE SEASON and as always there's an amazing bundle of stamps up for grabs to a randomly selected winner. 

And we will also choose our DT Pick of the Month and our Honorable Mention (given to our favorite make using Rubber Dance stamps).

Here's our inspiration mood board for this month:

Nov/Dec Challenge:


 To join the challenge, please see the guidelines here and the original challenge post here

Remember you don't have to use Rubber Dance stamps to play along (although we love it when you do!).
 
Can't wait to see your challenge makes!
Majo xxx

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Love Tag ♥

I created this tag using a sentiment from Rubber Dance Stamps and chipboard from EyeConnect Crafts.

I used a stencil for the background applying Grungepaste. I had colored my tag with different distress inks.


A little close up of the embossed heart .....




Happy Crafting!
 Don't forget about the 15% discount code you'll get on your next order in the Rubber Dance Online Store using "majo2015"

Monday, November 9, 2015

*K* is for Kitties

Well, I love kitties, so I participated in the challenge at the Sister's rather funny, snarky and lovely place again :)

This is the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, in case you don't know :)

I'd feel ok with those too :)



This is my take on the challenge ♥

I used the new set from Rubber Dance Stamps *African Animals* and the Darkroom Door background stamp *Chicken Wire*.  The sentiment is from a set from Unity Stamps.


Thanks for stopping by ♥

Friday, November 6, 2015

Star Garland


Star Garland with EyeConnectCrafts and Rubber Dance Stamps ♥

This week I received my huge load of EyeConnectCrafts Chipboards and instantly knew that I would used the Lace Up Stars first!


I Used Rubber Dance Stamps *Pines Fir Yew*


  I decided to leave the stars connected to apply Gesso and Perfect Pearl Mist *Biscotti* on both sides:




Time to pop them out :)


I used *Metal Magic* Embossing Powder from Debbi Moore, I love it, it's quite "chunky",


A bit of Distress Ink on the edges.


I used, what we call *Bouillondraht* here in Germany to connect my stars, and decorated a Christmas Tray.


.... and the complete tray 


Happy Crafting!
 Don't forget about the 15% discount code you'll get on your next order in the Rubber Dance Online Store using "majo2015"