February Issue of CRAFT STAMPER

A little sneak .... 

..... my first publication in the February issue of the UK magazine Craft Stamper. 

12 Tags of 2016 - December

A last minute project again ... I'm not much into Christmas anymore, so I almost forgot this tag.

Ok, I got out my paper and stuff again and created this tag keeping pretty close to Tim's inspiration. I wasn't able to make the shadow box station work for me, so I decided completely against it and embossed and heat embossed the paper with my stitches folder, looks good to me ....

Some close ups ...

Happy Crafting ♥

Challenge Winner

I'm tickled to tell you that I am winner of the monthly challenge at the Viva LasVegaStamps Blog with this Tag for November ....

My latest publications in Take Ten ♥

Ok, ok, I know I'm always a very emotional person, but this time I just couldn't stop the flood.

I received my issue of the Stampington Magazin "Take Ten" and started leafing through it since I was notified about a publication. So I found two Christmas Cards and yet one more on the next page. I was so thrilled because these were really some of my favorites and I have made and sent many of them to my friends.

But, let me tell you 56 pages further into the magazine my heart simply missed many beats. On pages 106 AND 107 Devon gave me the opportunity to show 3 ATC's I created with my favorite stamps from Darkroom Door and another 3 cards with Invoke stamps and the backgrounds from Rubber Dance Stamps designed by Bibi Lindahl. A two page coverage, I have never experienced such a feeling of pride before.

I feel blessed ♥

Aargh, it happened again, I forgot to take pictures, I tried to scan the magazine page for the Invoke ATC's ....

Sketches in Thyme #54 - December Project

Our December challenge at Sketches in Thyme - Project Life Style!

A wonderful sketch by Cherie Averill to work with .... and my interpretation:

I used Viva LasVegastamps for my moon image and the sentiment, the splash underneath is an image from Rubber Dance Stamps. 

This is the beautiful sketch!

 

This is my page ...

A tree or flower for MooMania!

Our new and also last challenge for 2016 at MooMania

  TREE or FLOWER

   
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!

 

As always what you make, style, medium and materials you use,  

will be entirely up to yourselves.

Have fun and don't forget to link to your entry!

Here is my take, I used the Tim Holtz *Holiday Knit* die, the *Tree line* and the *Crescent Moon and stars* Bigz die. I colored the background with Pan Pastels.

Happy Holidays ♥

#74 is for XXX - X-MAS

With Christmas just around the corner, we, the snarky sistahs,  have a new wonderful challenge for you:

#74 is for XXX - X-MAS

It's our current challenge at our *Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers* blog for the next two weeks.

I stamped my card with a background stamp from Viva LasVegasStamps, the cat is an image from Tim Holtz, which I stamped and cut ... as well as the tie and the hat..

I cut some flakes for texture and stamped little Christmas sentiments wit Waltzing Mouse Stamps.-

I hope you find the time to join us, we'd love to see your Christmas creations ♥

Lace Up Celebration Bulbs

 Good morning, my friends!

Today I'd like to show you some table decoration I made with the Lace Up Celebration Bulbs.

I painted them all with silver acrylic paint and stamped my fir image on each bulb. I heat embossed them with chunky powder in gold and lined them all up on a thin wire.

Ready is your Christmas decoration, for a wreath, a tree, a picture frame etc., or as in my case the table candle decoration.

 

 

 

  

Have fun crafting ♥

Naughty or Nice Challenge #34 - A Christmas Carol Versus Frozen!

A card for the current challenge at the Naughty or Nice challenge blog:

 The image is from Viva LasVegaStamps, all dies are Sizzix.

Happy Crafting ♥

*Layers* at UYS!

Hello Crafty Peeps!

I love layers! And this is what our challenge at our Use Your Stuff Blog is all about, layers as many as you can think of.

I used texture paste, paper, a doily, a die cut piece, more paper, vellum and some wood veneer :)

Thanks for stopping by ♥

Coffee or Tea?

Our new challenge at MooMania

  COFFEE or TEA?

   
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!

 

As always what you make, style, medium and materials you use,  

will be entirely up to yourselves.

Have fun and don't forget to link to your entry!

Here is my take, the background (Coffeebeans) is from Darkroom Door; and I used an image from Viva Las Vegastamps. 

12 tags of 2016

My November Tag for the Tim Holtz Inspiration Blog ....

*UFO's* at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

We all have them, and we all will finish them ..... one of these days :)

UFO's

This is our current challenge at our *Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers* blog for the next two weeks.

I always have cardstock in my stash with some kind of background, some in whole sheets, some already cut to card size or tags, the smaller ones into ATC's. This just had the colouring and the scratches.

I also found the wings which I must've stamped and cut a while ago, I guess at the time I didn't find any use for them.

Now I stamped the lady from Viva Las Vegastamps and the bulb from Visible Image and used bleach to take the colour away. The wings are from Rubber Dance Stamps.

To add some interest I stamped sentiments from Cherry Pie on the edges.

The sentiment on the bottom is part of a text from Dylusions.

I hope you find the time to join us, we'd love to see your UFO's ♥

 I will also enter this tag into the current challenge at Viva LasVegaStamps!

I will also enter this tag into the current challenge at Viva LasVegaStamps!

Challenge #242 - Show us your Chippie :)

Our new challenge over at the "Use Your Stuff" Blog!

This is what this weeks challenge is all about:

Chipboard

 I'd like to share with you a tag I created using an EyeConnect Crafts Chipboard heart. 

I think what makes this heart so beautiful is the fact that it has holes already punched in it, so it's easy to lace it up with whatever twine or cord you choose.

Use any kind on your layout, card, tag or ATC.

I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Here is my little inspiration for you:

.... and some close ups from my "broken" heart ....

Happy Crafting ♥

Starting with the Christmas Cards .... Finally :)

Inspired by the one and only Master of stamps, dies, folders and everything else we crafters desire, I created my first Christmas Card for this year ....

Don't pull your punches!

For the current challenge at the Naughty or Nice Challenge blog I created this card using Tim Holtz dies.

I created the background with distress Inks in different colours and a text stamp from Cherry Pie. The sentiment is a Dylusions stamp designed by Dyan Reaveley.

*STRIPES* at MooMania ♥

Our new challenge at MooMania!

  STRIPES

    
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!

 

As always what you make, style, medium and materials you use,  

will be entirely up to yourselves.

Have fun and don't forget to link to your entry!

Here is my take, the background (Stripes) is from Darkroom Door; and I used an image from Viva Las Vegastamps. 

Sketches in Thyme!

I'm so glad I joined this team, it's so much fun to create little cards, or larger ones if you like, for my PL project.

Our lovely sketch #50 at Sketches in Thyme!

This time I created a card size 3 x 4". I used a Darkroom Door texture stamp and a sentiment from Viva LasVegaStamps. The cute little cat is a Memory Box die.

.... and this is my page:

*Z* is for Zentangle

A new challenge at our "Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers" blog ...

This is my take on the *Z* is for Zentangle challenge. Unfortunately I couldn't bring myself to try to draw by hand, so my background is design paper .... shame on me :(

Please hop on over to the blog and check out the amazing jobs the Snarks have come up with :)

Happy weekend ♥

Totem Cat

Hi all! It's my turn to host our posting at the EyeConnect Craft blog today. I'd like to show you a card I made with the fun Cat from the Totem Cats set.

I started by applying PanPastels in different colours to my panel. I added texture by inking the hearts with a Dylusions stencil and added even more texture with Texture Paste from Ranger and a square stencil. I rubbed some “Ground Espresso” Distress Ink over the whole panel and stamped the crisscross on the edges.

I applied Gesso to the chip board cat and added brown acrylic paint. After assembling the beauty with brads I adhered it to my card with pop dots. The sentiment I used is from Viva Las VegaStamps.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Crafting ♥