Katzelkraft - Met•a•mor•pho•sis

Hi erveryone!

Have you already seen the beautiful new butterfly stamps from Katzelkraft? 

There are two new sets with butterflies, moths and beetles - in total there are 15 new sets, solo and background stamps. Check them out, I'm sure you'll want them all! ;)

I used the largest of the butterflies and made it pop with the triple time stamping technique I also used on this Christmas card. The technique is very simple and yet very effective. I colored one area with colored pencils and with Wink of Stella and left everything else in black and white - just added a few spatters of green in the background. Wink of Stella makes the wings look like real but unfortunately the beautiful shimmer is not visible in the photo.

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

I used:

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

Linked up with:

Dragonfly Dreams - Butterflies and/or Flowers

Color My Heart Color Dare - Shades of Purple, Blue, Green

Everybody Art Challenge - Glitzer und/oder Perlen

Krafty Chicks - All Occasions 

Stamps: Katzelkraft

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Colored pencils, Wink of Stella, white embossing powder

Merry Christmas

Hi everyone!

Ready for another 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge?  For the last week of the month we are asking you for 

TRIPLE TIME STAMPING

I created my card after watching this video - the technique is really very easy!

The stamps are from Crafty Individuals. I colored them with inks from stamp pads by picking up the ink with a water brush pen and using it like watercolors. I backed the panels with patterned paper and added a Merry Christmas sentiment from Stampin'Up. Hope you like it!

Have Fun!

Linked up with:

Jingle Belles - Christmas Cards for Men

Winter Wonderland - Use three Colours (Green, Red and Beige)

Allsorts Challenges - Anything but Birthdays

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Stamps: All Crafty Individuals, except the Merry Christmas (Stampin'Up)

Inks: Real Red, Tranquil Tide and Early Espresso (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Patterned paper, alcohol markers for the or the flowers' stamens

Good Things are worth waiting for

Hello everyone!

I want to remind you about our current challenge at the Dream Factory. 

The movie and theme for this month is 

Limitless

"No limits" - just make something you enjoy, or what meets your needs.

I took inspiration from the movie poster and created this masculine birthday card using the hot glue embossing technique. It consists of using a hot glue gun, embossing powder and an embossing heat gun....

...but check out this video (by Connie McFarlane), she shows it much better than I can explain!

Unlike the video, I made my background with acrylic paints and only then applied the hot glue. Since I had also stenciled and the paints don't dry very quickly on acrylic, the embossing powder stuck to some of those areas as well, but I still thought the result was interesting. I added a few splashes of gold to the strips and heated them again. Added the sentiments and glued the strips on.

I had used the technique before here and here. I really like the texture it gives - I think I should use it more often....

A closer view of the texture...

Linked up with:

Taylor Made Cards 4 U - Fall Colors

Sweet Stampin - Birthday to Us

We Love to Create Mixed Media - Anything Goes

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes with optional Twist: Be Grateful

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

  

Supplies:

Stamps: Sentiments (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Stencil: Digits checked  (AALL & Create);

Acrylic paints, hot glue, embossing powder, gold ink, 

Seasons Geetings + Kissing Technique

Hello everyone!

New Saturday and new challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. This week we are asking you for the

Kissing Technique

Before I try to explain the technique, you better watch this video by K Werner! ;)

Following the instructions in the video, I created these Christmas baubles. Added two die cut fir branches and a sentiment. Pasted the panel to patterned paper and then to a blank card. 

Have fun with the challenge!

I used...

...the background stamp from the Katzelkraft Christmas Snowflakes set for the kissing.

Linked up with:

Little Red Wagon - Cut it out

Cut It Up - C.A.S.E. a Project (link)

Ellibelle's Corner - Dies Cuts and Punches

The Paper Shelter - A Christmas Card

Crafty Catz - ANYTHING Christmas GOES With Optional Twist Of Non-Traditional Colours  

   

Supplies:

Stamps: Christmas baubles (Artemio); Kissing (Katzelkraft); Sentiment (Docrafts);

Inks: Techno Green and Sweet Silk (first print), Pine Green and Noble Blue (kissing print) all (Deco Time); Onyx Black (Versfine); Tanquil Tide (Stampin'Up) for the die cut fir branches ;

Die: Impression Obsession

Patterned paper, gold and silver gel pen

Katzelkraft - Checkmate

Hello everyone!

Tuesday is Katzelkraft day here on my blog and today we're playing chess! 

I'm using "LE GAMBIT DU ROI", one of three fabulous new stamp sets from Katzelkraft - designed by Isabelle, which you can find on FB, YouTube and IG.

(I have already used the other two sets on this card)

... so let's play chess!

First, I created a background with acrylic paints, starting with a very light corn yellow on a sheet of Bristol paper. These paints dry quickly, so I could move right on with the other colors.

I used an old credit card to apply some black and turquoise and a touch of green. After drying, I stamped the chess pieces, masked them, and then stamped the chess board. Let the ink dry well and then made a few spots of gray acrylic paint here and there.

Finally, I stamped the two words, one in black, the other in white. Backed the card with black cardstock and glued it on a blank card.

Hope you like it. 

See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft inspiration and "even more new stamps"!! ;)

I used:

       LE GAMBIT DU ROI

Linked up with:

Creative Sketchy Girls - Men's card

Arty Divas - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Ikes World - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

    

      

Supplies:

Stamps: Katzelkraft

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

Acrylic paint, Bristol paper, black cardstock

DotMCC - Challenge #21 - Reminder

Hello everyone!

This month's Day of the Month Card Club Challenge is 

Make Your Own Head Day

Make Your Own Head Day is a day of creativity. A day to be an artist of your own!

Now don't be afraid, you do not have to draw or paint your own head, we rather ask you to stimulate it and be creative in some way! - However, it should be a card or another creation made of paper!

As a reminder on our current challenge I made this very simple birthday card.

I'm sure you're wondering now what this card has to do with this special day! 

Well, just watch the video....

... do you like it?

Basically this card is very easy to make. You only have to measure and cut the mechanism correctly, the rest is a piece of cake! I followed the instructions of this tutorial and it works perfectly!! 

The instructions are in french, but very easy to understand because of the many details and indications. 

I smooshed the background of the cover page with Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry and stenciled the hearts with the same color. For the inside of my card I stamped different cat and dog images on small squares and glued them on bigger rectangles to get Polaroïd images. Then I stuck the images to the mechanism.

I kept the inside in black and white - the only color spot is the red heart.

As you can see, the whole surprise is hidden in the card, 

and that's why I kept the cover page very simple.

I hope I could inspire you! - Have fun, and take good care of yourselves!

Linked up with:

Show Us Your Pussycats - Anything Goes with a Cat

Watercooler Wednesday - All About Occasions

The Paper Shelter - A Card for a Child

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

          

      

Stamps: Sentiment (Katzelkraft); The other stamps were a gift - I don't know which manufacturer they are from.

Inks: Picked Raspberry (Ranger Distress Oxide); Real Red (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Christmas Stair Step Card

Hello everyone!

It is Saturday, and Saturday is for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown! 

For this week's challenge we would like to see cards with fancy folds.

I decided for a stair step card. (here closed)

I used white cardstock for the card base and covered it with patterned paper. 

The inside of the card

I stamped some images and colored them with gel pens. 

... sponged and stenciled the X-MAS and stuck some washi tape here and there.

If you want to know how to make a stair step card, please view this video. 

Happy folding!!

Linked up with:

Sparkles Christmas - Vintage Christmas

Christmas 24 - Make it 3D

Alphabet Challenge Blog - O is for Old Folk

The 12 Month of Christmas - Anything Goes + opt. Twist Color Challenge

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes

     

    

Stamps: all stamps (Scrap Plaisir);

Inks: Real Red (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine); Cloud White (Versamagic);

Stencil: Craft Sensations

Die: Deco Time

Gel pen, washi tape, glitter cardstock, patterned paper

Merry Christmas

Hello everyone!

It's Saturday and I'm delighted to introducing you to our new challenge at 52CCT. 

For the next two weeks we'll play with shadows. You can use stamps, stencils, embossing powder ......but you can also draw the shadows yourself.

On the challenge blog you can find some videos on how to make shadows if you are not familiar with this technique. 

I decided to draw the shadows myself - the straight lines of the subjects on my card made it very easy.

I positioned the subjects provisionally and shifted everything slightly to the bottom right. I drew a fine line at the bottom and right edge of the shapes and then pushed the pieces back to their original position. I coloured the shadows and then embossed about two thirds of the panel with a wall pattern. I stuck the beam to this border and hung the stockings on it so that the previously drawn shadows corresponded with the subjects. 

Finally, I stuck a strip of Washi tape to the bottom border and stamped the sentiment - which I also shaded.

Everything is colored with alcohol markers and fussy-cut... 

Have fun with the challenge!

Linked up with:

Jingle Bells - Cardstock Christmas

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Autumn Colors

The Crafter's Cafe - Dots and/or Stripes

Mix It Up - Anything Goes + Embossing

Sparkles Christmas - From our House to your House

The 12 Month of Christmas - Christmas 

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

     

     

Stamps: Stockings (Stampin'Up); Sentiment (The Stamps of Life);

Inks: Crumb Cake and Early Espresso (Stampin'Up); Onyx Black (Versafine);

Dies: Beam (a label die-cut from Deco Time cut in a half)

Embosing: Deco Time

Alcohol markers, washi tape,