Old Fashioned Candy Canes

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

Candy Cane Lane

Anything Christmassy Goes

Since I don't have a candy cane stamp, I drew one on cardboard. I cut it out and used it as a template for all the candy canes on the card. I colored the canes with alcohol ink markers and a white Posca pen. 

The text comes from a paper pad. I just added a touch of pink and green color and bordered it with a gold gel pen. 

Movie Poster

Linked up with:

Craft Rocket - Christmas/Winter

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Unicorn Challenge - Christmas/Winter

Time Out - Your Favorite Holiday to Celebrate .....(definitely Christmas)

CRAFT - Christmas/Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: The candy Canes are handdrawn;

Alcohol ink markers, Posca pens, gold gel pen,

Beware!

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

COCO

Anything related to the 

Day of the Death and/or Halloween

No skulls, no skeletons, no ghosts, and not even well equipped for Halloween in terms of design paper. 

What do you do in cases like this? Well, you do your best! 

Luckily, I at least had a few pumpkins, a spider, a spider web, and a black cat. That's not too bad for a start... lol

I drew the skull with the candle by hand. It turned out that it's not that difficult to draw a skull :))

I colored in the pumpkin and the skull with the candle using alcohol ink markers. I cut them out and stuck them onto a gel print tag that I found in my stash. I also added half a flower, which I stamped onto designer paper and cut out.

The spider, cat, branch, and spider web were stamped directly onto the tag. 

Finally, I stamped the word “ Beware!” and attached a thin cord to the tag.

Movie Poster

Linked up with:

Shopping Our Stash - Halloween

Unicorn - Autumn and/or Halloween

Tag-along (and ATC's) - Anything Autumn Goes

We Love Stamping - Anything Autumn

Stamping Sensations - Autumn

A Place to Start - Pump it up for Pumkins

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Pumkin, flower and ivy (Katzenkraft); sentiment, spider, cat, spider web and branche (Stampin'Up); skull and candle (handdrawn);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Aqua markers, alcohol ink markers, Posca pens, gel print, design paper, cord,

A Wonderful World

Hi everyone!

Time for a quick reminder about our current challenge at the Day of the Month Card Club

We're celebrating

National Panda Day

DotMCC is also celebrating its 5th blog birthday this month. 

There is something to win. Please check it out on the challenge blog.

I found the stenciled background in my stash and tought it was a perfect fit for this card.

For the bamboo sticks I glued washi tape onto paper and then cut it into strips. I stuck the sleeping panda in between, placed the second one next to it and added a tiny butterfly (Penny Black) near it's nose. 

I used the same washi tape for the grass, but tore it into narrow strips.

The sentiment is from Katzelkraft. Stamped on parchment and then torn off along the writing.

Linked up with:

Shopping Our Stash - Round and Round

Try it on Tuesday - Use a Stencil

Crazy is our fame - Stencils are our game - March Stencil Fun

Daisy Chain - Animals

We Love to Create - Anything Mixed Media/paper crafting Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: Butterfly (Penny Black); Sentiment (Katzelkraft); Pandas (hand-drawn)

Inks: Cracked Pistachio and Fossilized Amber (Distress Oxide); Pumkin Pie (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Stencil: 13@rt

Washi tape, vellum,

Relax

Hi everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at the Day of the Month Card Club! 

This month we are celebrating 

National Panda Day

DotMCC is also celebrating its 5th blog birthday this month. 

As every year, there is something to win! But I'll tell you more about that below ;)

Did you know that baby pandas are born blind, pink, hairless and toothless!? 

Apart from the lanterns, everything on this ATC is hand-drawn or painted.

This is the very first time I have painted bamboo! ...and freehand at that! I admit, I'm almost a bit proud of myself... 😊

I also drew the panda myself, but I had a model for it. It was actually quite easy to draw. He's lying on two strips of washi tape, taking a nap under the shady bamboos. The red handwritten Chinese characters mean: Relax.

And now for the blog birthday. 

As already mentioned, there's a little something to win. 

Each of the DT girls is providing a prize. 

These will be raffled off among all participants at the end of the challenge and sent out worldwide.

This is what I want to give away. 

All prizes are displayed on the challenge blog.

GOOD LUCK!!!

Linked up with:

Shopping Our Stash - MOSTLY Green projects

Little Red Wagon - Foolin' (funny)

Just Us Girls - Green, Lime Green and one other color of your choice

Critter Crazy - Anything Goes with a Featured Critter

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: Lanterns (Craft Sensations); 

Relax (Computer generated): Chinese characters and panda (hand written)

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Watercolors, washi tape, alcohol ink markers, red gel pen, colored pencil,

Being Unique is better than....

Hi everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at the Dream Factory.

This month we have a fun movie

Minions

I love the little pranksters. But I know they are not everyone's cup of tea, 

so we have an alternative for our new challenge -

  The color Yellow.

The background was already in my stash. The funky lady I found on Pinterest. 

There are so many free coloring pages, you just have to choose! 

I traced the Minion on Bristol paper. Colored first with crayons and then with alcohol ink markers. Cut it out and glued it to the card. Added washi tape for the floor and drew some shadow under its feet.

I heat embossed a sentiment from Katzelkraft, cut it into labels and adhered it to the card. Hope you like it.

Have Fun with the Minions! ;))

Linked up with:

Make My Monday - Clean and simple Base + 1 Layer

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

We Love to Create Mixed Media - Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Stamps: Sentiment (Katzelkraft);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Alcohol ink markers, washi tape, colored pencils, acrylic paint (background), embossing powder,

Hello

Hi everyone!

I'm back with a new polaroid for the POLAROID POPS CHALLENGE

Today No. 4 - Birds

I don't own bird stamps from  AALL & Create, so I drew my birds by hand. 

I drew them on background scraps and cut them out. Their feet are made of thin paper cords. 

The  little girl is colored with alcohol markers and has a paper pieced dress. She's sitting on the wagon, which is also colored with alcohol markers. The background is a piece from my gel print experiments. 

I attached some parts with foam pads to bring more dynamics into the image. Hope you like it.

Linked up with:

Crafter's Cafe - Make your own Background

Daisy Chain - For the Girls

Stamping Sensations - Anything stamped with the option of wings or tails

Critter Crazy - Anything Goes with a featured Critter

We Love to Create - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Stamps:  #607; #478; #361; #457; (AALL&Create)

Inks: Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine)

Gel press, patterned paper, alcohol markers, 

Happy Birthday!

Hi everyone!

We're celebrating National Handwriting Day at the Day of the Month Card Club and I want to remind you of that with a few doodles...

The flowers and the two outer stems are stamps. The flower stems in the middle I doodled myself. 

I added watercolor to the flowers. After it dried, I spritzed the card with black and gold ink. The flowers got white splatters in the centers. The sentiment is handwritten and then slightly smudged with a little water.

I traced the edges of the panel with gold marker and then pasted it onto the blank card.

Have Fun!!

Linked up with:

Festive Friday - 100th Challenge (celebration - gold - splatters)

Seize the Birthday - Anything Birthday Goes

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Flowers and stems (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Noir élégant and Nuit blanche (Scrap Plaisir);

Watercolor, black permanent marker, gold ink, gold marker

Hello

Hi everyone!

We have a new challenge at the Day of the Month Card Club! This month we are celebrating

National Handwriting Day

Have you ever wondered if you have good handwriting? Have you looked at your friend’s handwriting with envy? With computer keyboards as the new writing method, we often forget the good old pen and paper method. This day encourages you to put pen to paper, and show off your skills!

My card is quite simple. I created the background using a stencil and Wild Honey (Distress Oxide). 

Then I stamped the feather and colored it with colored pencils. Embossed a narrow strip along the right edge and pasted washi tape to the bottom edge. Pasted the panel onto a card base of which I had previously colored the edges with Crumb Cake (SU). 

The Hello and the swirl I wrote with a calligraphy pen. Made splatters with the ink left in the pen. Hope you like it.

Have Fun!

Linked up with:

Fab 'n' Funky - Keep it Simlpe

Just Us Girls - Inked or Sprayed Backgrounds

Moving Along with the Times - suitable for a Lady/Girl

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act

Colour Crazy Craft -  Anything Goes

   

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Feather (Aladine - Stampo);

Inks: Wild Honey (Distress Oxide); Crumb Cake (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Embossing: Craft Sensations

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Colored pencils, washi tape, calligraphy pen,