Katzelkraft - Snowman Kisses

Hi everyone!

Today is Katzelkraft day. 

An ATC this time. - I love these little cards and I really enjoy designing them!

For the background of my ATC, I found what I was looking for in my stash. 

- A leftover piece of gel print that was exactly the right size. 

Using a stencil and texture paste, I added stars, stamped small snowflakes in between and a tiny text on the right side. Stamped the festively dressed snowman on Bristol paper and colored it first with watercolors. 

I then intensified the colors with alcohol ink markers, cut out the snowman and glued it onto the ATC. 

Finally, I stamped the sentiment and backed the ATC with black cardstock.

Hope you like it. - See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft creation! ;)

If you would like to see more of my Katzelkraft creations, 

just click on the Katzelkraft label at the end of the post, or here.

I used:

...just click on the image to go to the store and see them in full size.

Linked up with:

ATC Around the World - Sterne/Stars

Time Out - Inspried By Words (I was inspired by: wearing something festive)

Just Us Girls - Moodboard Week (I saw a snowman)

We Love to Create Mixed  Media - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Snowman and sentiment (Katzelkraft); tiny snowflakes (Stampin'Up); tiny text (Florilèges Design);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Shark Tooth White (Atelier); 

Stencils: Stars (Scrap Plaisir);

Alcohol ink markers, texture paste, watercolors,

Let it Snow - ATC

Hi everyone!

A few days ago we had a card swap in our little scrap group. 

Since the images on my card were ATC size, I kept one of them for the ATC Around the World challenge. 

I just stamped an extra portion of snowflakes on it to make it look a little different :))  

Linked up with:

ATC Around the World - Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Winter 'Blues'

Simon Says - Add some Texture

Cut It Up - This Makes Me Happy

C.R.A.F.T. - Winter 

We Love to Create - Anything Goes Mixed Medias

Stamps: Penguin (LoraBylora); text (Yixuan);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine), Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide);

Stencil: Heidi Swap

Dies: AVEC 

Alcohol ink markers, felt, Texture paste, 

Let it Snow

Hi everyone!

I am back with a quick reminder about our current challenge at the Day of the Month Card Club.

Penguin Awareness Day

Anything Goes with Penguins

I sponged the background with Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide). Applied snowflakes using a stencil and texture paste. Added a few more snowflakes with a white pen and glued a piece of white paper at the bottom to make a kind of snow hill. Stamped the penguin, colored it a little bit and cut it out.

Die cut the letters S, N and W from white felt. Stamped the "Let it" and glued the punched letters along the snow hill, with the penguin making the O.  Hope you like it.

Actually, I needed not one, but twelve cards, as our little craft group organizes a card swap two or three times a year!  - The first one for this year took place last weekend! The theme was: Snow

Linked up with:

Once Upon a Time - Mr. Popper's Penguins

Inkspirational - Use Stencils

CAS on Sunday - Winter

Simply Clean and Simple - Clean and Simple + opt. theme: Winter

Mix It Up - Anything Goes + optional Mixed Media

The Four Seasons - Winter Season January 2024

Stamps: Penguin (LoraBylora); text (Yixuan);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine), Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide);

Stencil: Heidi Swap

Dies: AVEC 

Alcohol ink markers, felt, Texture paste, 

Katzelkraft - Fairy Lights

Hi everyone!

I have the great honor of being this month's guest designer at Try it on Tuesday. The theme is: Winter Blues 

I immediately thought of the snowflakes from the wonderful Christmas Snowflakes set, as my weekly Katzelkraft post is also due today.

Well, winter hasn't said its last word yet 

and you can never start making winter/Christmas cards too early anyway - right? 

If you want to work on your first cards for this year, Try it on Tuesday has the perfect challenge to do so! 

First, I sprayed a sheet of Bristol paper with water on both sides, placed it on my work space and started to apply the colors Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserves (all Distress Oxide). To do this, I used a stamp, which I re-inked each time and pressed more or less firmly onto the damp paper.

In between, I dried the colors again and again with the heat gun. Each time I moistened the paper again and applied the colors until I liked the result. Finally, I added a few splashes of color to bring more dynamics into the picture.

Now that the background was finished, I just had to stamp and emboss the snowflakes. The large snowflake in the bottom right corner is from Stampin'Up.

Last but not least, I added white and black ink splatters and stamped the sentiment. I cut the panel to size and added faux stitches before adhering it to a blank card. For this card I was very inspired by one of Yoonsun's wonderful cards.  

...see you soon at "Try it on Tuesday" ;)

and...

...see you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration! ;)

If you would like to see more of my Katzelkraft creations, 

just click on the Katzelkraft label at the end of the post, or here.

I used:

 

...just click on the images to go to the store and see them in full size.

Linked up with:

Stamps & Fun - Schneeflocken

Christmas Craft All Year Round - Snowflakes

The Four Seasons - Mood Board

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: Snowflakes and sentiment (Katzelkraft), big snowflake in the bottom right corner (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserves (Distress Oxide)

Embossing powder, stitching wheel, 

Kindness and Love

Hi everyone!

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

This month we are celebrating 

 Penguin Awareness Day

I stamped and embossed snowflakes on a leftover piece of gel print and also added some background text and a few stars. I then cut out a penguin and hearts, colored them with alcohol ink markers and added them to the bookmark. 

Attached a string on the top of the bookmark.

Have Fun!! 

Linked up with:

Craft Rocket - Use Embossing

Krafty Chicks - Stamps

Digi Design - Celebrate Winter

Crafty Gals Corner - 'Tis the Season

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. - Anything Goes

Stamps: Penguin, hearts and stars (Craft Sensations); background text (AALL&Create); Snow and snowflakes (Katzelkraft);

Inks: Shark Tooth White (Atelier); Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Gel press, string, embossing powder, Versamark; 

Let it snow

Hi everyone!

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

This month we are celebrating 

 Snow Globe Day

Tag der Schneekugel

I recycled a used up roll of adhesive tape to make this snow globe.

 I covered the outside of the roll with washi tape and glued it to a light blue die-cut circle.  I then glued a second circle behind the blue one, adding the back of the base and an eyelet for hanging the ball in between.

To add depth to the wintry scene, I used several layers of self-adhesive foam pads to distance the punched fir trees from each other. - There was enough space for this, as the width of the roll is about 2 cm.

I glued a few die-cut stars in the background and added dots with a white Posca pen. Scattered artificial snow in the ball and closed it with a circle punched out of acetate and a paper ring also punched out. 

I attached the second part of the base and decorated it with a narrow self-adhesive silver chain.  

Finally, I added the snowman, the snowflake and the embossed sentiment. Attached a small ribbon to the hanger.

Hope you like it :)

Have Fun!! 

Linked up with:

Fab 'n' Funky - Snowmen

Creative Knockouts - Snow Much Fun

Simon Says - Use Craft Dies

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - I chose the bottom row across: Free, Embellishment, Die Cut

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Stamps: Sentiment (Yixuan)

Dies: Snowman, Christmas trees and stars (Scrap Plaisir); Snowflake (Marianne Design); Circles (Deco Time); 

Washi tape, artificial snow, ribbon, half pearl, embossing powder, acetate,

Let it snow

Hi everyone!

I have the great honor to be guest designer for The Paper Funday Challenges this month. 

In case you want to do some crafting and work on your last Christmas cards for this year, this is the challenge for you! 

The theme is: Use Snowmen and/or Birds - I'm sure you have plenty of them in your stamp collection...... 

The sentiment and Christmas trees are stamped directly onto the background, which is made up of two differently embossed pieces and lightly sponged in blue. I colored the fun snowman and his friend the bird (both from Yixuan) with alcohol ink markers, fussy cut them and added them to the card. I brushed the snowman and lower part of the card with wink of Stella - this gives it a nice shimmer, but does not show up well on the photo. Finally, I cut the panel to size and pasted it on a blank card.

I hope you like this. Thanks for stopping by! 

...and don't forget to link up your card with The Paper Funday Challenges!

Linked up with:

Fab 'n' Funky - Snowmen

I Spy with my Little Eye - Sparkle and/or Shine

Shopping Our Stash - Whatever the Weather

Happy Little Stampers - December Christmas Challenge

The Four Seasons - Anything Goes Winter

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Stamps: All (Yixuan), except the fir trees (Scrap Plaisir)

Inks: Mermaid Lagoon (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Embossing: Stampin'Up

Alcohol ink markers, Wink of Stella,