Fly with me

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

Harald and the Purple Crayon

Anything Goes - In mainly purple.

You can use any color, but  PURPLE  has to be the main one!

I had absolutely no idea for this challenge and rummaged aimlessly through my stash, hoping to find some inspiration. 

I came across a poorly stamped tree (Katzelkraft) on purple cardstock and two stamp sets whose images could be combined well—an idea began to take shape!

I cut the panel to ATC size. Pasted die-cut and colorfully painted stars and hearts onto the snowflakes that originally adorned the tree, then dotted the swirls with a white Posca pen. I stamped a tiny white text on the left edge of the ATC and drew grass with the Posca pen on the bottom edge. So far, so good!

Next, I colored bird and balloon with aqua markers and glitter gel pens—if you look closely, you can see a slight shimmer in the bird's feathers. ...but unfortunately, not in the balloon.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment and cut it into labels. Cut out the bird and balloon and glued everything on. 

...I'm quite happy with the result :))

Movie Poster

Linked up with:

Tag-along (and ATC's) - Things with Wings

Allsorts Challenge - Trees, Leaves and Plants

Triple B - Birds, Blooms and Butterflies

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Path of Positivity - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Balloon and sentiment (Carabelle Studios); tree (Katzenkraft); bird (?) a gift from a friend; text on the left edge (Florilèges Design);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Shark Tooth White (Atelier); Seedless Preserves and Chipped Saphire (Distress Oxide); 

Dies: Tiny stars and hearts (AVEC);

Aqua markers, alcohol ink markers, Posca pens, gliter gel pens,

Find your Wild

Hi everyone!

It's time again for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

WILD

This month we want you to be inspired by the movie poster (see below)

You can show landscapes, nature, mountains, forests, 

animals living in the wild, or simply use the word "WILD".

It's been a while since I last used a gel print as a background...

Today I found a suitable piece that I turned into a tag.

I stamped the tag with a few fir trees (Katzelkraft). I then placed mountains, the moon, and stars (Scrap Plaisir) in the background. Brushed the edges of the tag with Chipped Sapphire (Distress Oxide). Used white Posca pen to work on the moon and the mountain slopes, and alcohol ink markers for the shaded slopes.

The sentiment is part of a large stamp (Woodware). I simply tore off the words after stamping them on light purple paper. Glued them on and finally, attached a cord to the tag.

Movie Poster

Linked up with:

Cards 4 Galz - Create a scene

Tag-Along (and ATC's) - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

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

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Fir trees (Katzelkraft); Mountains, stars and moon (Scrap Plaisir); sentiment (Woodware);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Chipped Saphire (Distress Ink);

Gel print, white Posca pen, alcohol ink markers,

Katzelkraft - Merry Christmas

Hi everyone!

I'm back with another Katzelkraft Christmas card. 

This card will fill my stash for next year, as all the cards for this Christmas are on their way.

The card was very easy to make. I adhered a leftover piece of a stenciled background to the left edge. 

I then stamped the Christmas tree and the sentiment. Colored the image with alcohol ink markers and finally embossed snowflakes on the right half of the card. 

As a finishing touch, I added a few glittery accents here and there using gel pens. Done!

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 it in full size.

Linked up with:

Christmas Kickstart - If It's Christmassy, Link it Up!

Peace On Earth Christmas - Christmas

A Place to Start - Happy Holidays

Allsorts Challenge - Lots of White or Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Any Winter Holiday

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes with the option of Winter

I used:

Stamps: Christmas tree ans sentiment (Katzelkraft);

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

Embossing: Snowflakes (Stampin'Up);

Stencil: Heidi Swapp 

Alcohol ink markers, glitter gel pen,

Northpole delivery

Hi everyone!

I have the great honor of being a guest designer at Once Upon A Time this month.

The challenge is inspired by the book "The Polar Express"  (see below)

...and since Tuesday is not far away, I will also use this card as my weekly Katzelkraft project.

It wasn't easy to get the Northern Lights the way I wanted, but in the end I'm really happy with the result. 

To obtain the night sky with the magical light, I used different Distress Oxide colors (see below). I then stamped the fir trees with Tranquil Tide (SU). - I had to stamp and cut out the fir trees on the right separately because they were not silhouette stamps. The same goes for the little girl and the locomotive.

I then colored them with watercolors and alcohol ink markers. 

After gluing on the cut-out pieces, I splattered the card with gesso and added a few accents here and there with a white Posca pen. The sentiment comes from a pad of printed lettering and quotes.

I really enjoyed making this card :))

I hope you like it and perhaps you'll find some time to paly along with the Once Upon a Time challenge.

Have a wonderful first day of Advent!

 

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.

See you next Tuesday with a new Katzelkraft creation! ;)

I used:

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

Linked up with:

Stamping Sensations - Winter/Anything Goes

We Love Stamping - Winter

I Spy with my Little Eye - Something for Christmas

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas

Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

613 Avenue Create - Any Winter Holiday

Stamps: Locomotive and fir trees on the left (Katzelkraft); Little girl, fir trees in the middle and on the right (Stampin'Up);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Chipped Sapphire, Salty Ocean, Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry, Wild Honey and Crushed Olive (Distress Oxide); Tranquil Tide (Stampin'Up;

Posca pen, gesso,

Oh Deer...

Hi everyone!

Today marks the start of a new challenge at the Dream Factory 

This month's movie is

Christmas ...Again?!

Yes, it's almost Christmas again! 

We hope you haven't made all your 

Christmas cards and Christmas crafts yet 

so that there are still a few left for our challenge! :D

Anything Goes: Christmas + opt. Funny Cards

For this ATC, I was quite inspired by the colors of the movie poster. 

I colored the image with alcohol ink markers. Cut it out and glued it onto some leftover "alcohol-ink-experimental paper" I found in my stash. I arranged the sentiment alternately in white and black, as I found only white too bright and only black too bold.

Movie poster

I used:

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

Linked up with:

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - C is for Critters

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Reindeer, Deer or Moose

Craft Rocket - Christmas and/or Winter

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Deer and sentiment (Katzelkraft); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine);

Alcohol ink markers, embossing powder,

Katzelkraft - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Hi everyone!

I'm back with Katzelkraft Christmas card number two. 

The brand has released new stamps a few months ago. I used two from the Maryse Carrier collection and combined them with a few older stamps from Katzelkraft.

I only used the animals from the Maryse Carrier stamps. 

The Christmas tree and the floor are stamped on directly, everything else is cut out and glued on. 

I colored with alcohol ink markers and glitter pens (Christmas balls). The sentiment is heat embossed. The top of the tree is adorned by a star (sticker).

Hope you like this little Christmas scene. - 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 it in full size.

Linked up with:

Allsorts Challenge - Magic of the Season

We Love Stamping - Christmas

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - C is for Critters

Send a Smile 4 Kids - Happy Holiday Cards 4 Kids

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes/must include an animal

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

I used:

Stamps: Christmas tree, Christmas presents, cat, dog, floor, and sentiment (Katzelkraft); 

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Festive Berries (Distress Oxide); Tranquil Tide (Stampin'Up);  

Alcohol ink markers, sticker, glitter pens, embossing powder,