You are pawsome

I got this brand-new stamp by Stempelbar this weekend, and I’m totally in love with it 😍! Isn’t this furry gang just the cutest?

I colored the pets with Copic markers, then fussy-cut them. The background was created with Ranger distress oxides, then I stamped the Hero Arts Constellation background stamp with water on it. I embossed the sentiment by My Favorite Things with white embossing powder, glued everything together and die-cut it with a CreaLies stitched rectangle die.

For the final touch, I glued some tiny stars onto the background and added Ranger Black Accents to the noses.

Have a great day 😊!

Learning the ABC

My niece just started school, and to help her learn the alphabet, I had the idea to create this ABC poster for her!

I cut out the letters from colored cardstock with my Silhouette machine. The images are all colored with Copicmarkers and come from several stamp sets.

A - Affe - ape from My Favorite Things Sweet Safari
B - Bär - bear from My Favorite Things Wild Woodland
C - Chamäleon - chameleon from Clearly Besotted Colour Chameleon
D - Dackel - dachshund from My Favorite Things Top Dog
E - Elefant - elephant from My Favorite Things Sweet Safari
F - Fledermaus - bat from My Favorite Things Witch Way is the Candy
F - Fuchs - fox from My Favorite Things Critter Clan

G - Giraffe - giraffe from My Favorite Things Giraffing Me Crazy
H - Huhn - hen from My Favorite Things BB The Whole Herd
I - Igel - hedgehog from My Favorite Things Wild Woodland

J - Jaguar - as I didn't find a jaguar image, I altered a lion image from My Favorite Things Lions and Tigers
K - Kuh - cow from My Favoite Things BB The Whole Herd
K - Katze - cat from My Favorite Things Cool Cat

L - Löwe - lion from My Favorite Things Wild About You
M - Mammut - mammoth from Neat and Tangled Prehistoric

N - Nashorn - rhino from Gerda Steiner Designs Party Animals
O - Otter - otter from My Favorite Things Otterly Love You
P - Papagei - parrot from The Alley Way Stamps Land HO!

Q - Qualle - jellyfish from Create a Smile Glowing Seaside
R - Reh - deer from My Favorite Things Deer Friends
S - Seekuh - manatee from Hero Arts Manatee Stamp & Cut

T - Tiger - tiger from My Favorite Things Lions and Tigers
U - Uhu - eagle owl from Hobby Art Ltd. Owls
V - Vogel - bird from My Favorite Things Birds of Paradise

W - Wal - whale from Lawn Fawn Critters in the Sea
X - Xaver - I couldn't find an animal with X, but this cute little dragon told me his name was Xaver... He's from My Favorite Things Magical Dragons.
Y - Yak - I drew this yak myself because I couldn't find a yak stamp.
Z - Ziege - goat from My Favorite Things The Whole Herd

My niece loves this poster - hope you like it, too!

Who Can Resist Beautiful Poppies?

I have a problem with negative image stamps: I always fall in love with them suddenly but struggle hard with how to use them afterwards. So it was with this beautiful poppy negative stamp by Hero Arts. I love, love, LOVE poppies, so I couldn't resist this stamp, but then I found it difficult to create an interesting image with it. Here's what I came up with finally, and I am quite content with the result.
I first painted an old book page with a thin layer of gesso, dried it with the heat tool, then stamped the poppy image with Versamark ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I sponged the whole image with green and red fluid chalks and wiped away the excess ink.
By the way, this card is for this week's Splitcoaststampers' Ways To Use Challenge - "Let's Celebrate", and the German sentiment on the card (by Stempelmeer) says "Congratulations".
Large flower punch by Nellie Snellen, little one and Flourish punch by EK Success. I used champagne Liquid Pearls for the little dot in the middle of the flower.

Virtual Stamping Night

There was a Mini Virtual Stamping Night at Splitcoaststampers yesterday. It was all about the Winter Olympics, and the first challenge was to create a card using the color of one of the participating nations. I think, one of the main things about the Olympic Games is to make friends from foreign countries, so I chose a friendship theme for my card. And though I'm always struggling with these colors, I chose my own nation's flag colors - black, red and gold. The stamp is by Hero Arts, I stamped it with Palette Noir and highlighted it with a gold gelly pen. The added butterfly is die-cut with the Cricut machine.

In Love With Polka Dots

I didn't have the chance to upload my card for last Friday's Limited Supplies Challenge "Love You Much" at Splitcoaststampers earlier. But hey, better late than never, right?
The challenge was to create some "Love" card restricted to the colors red, pink, black and white, and it had to contain polka dots.
I got this heart stamp (Hero Arts) from my Mom on Thursday, so I had to try it... It is stamped with Palette Noir ink and colored with Tombow markers and pink Stickles. Polka dots are in the little hearts, on the ribbons and cuttlebug-embossed on the red cardstock. Oh yes, and on the scallop-punched black oval. The sentiment says "Best Wishes".
Do you like it?

Cards To Say Goodbye

I was asked to create several farewell cards for a colleague who is going to leave our town. I wanted to mirror the different personalities of the people who ordered the cards, so I created very different cards - from cute to monochromatic.


This would have been the card I would have chosen for myself. I sponged the background with several shades of Adirondack inks, then stamped the plane (is it by B Line Designs? I'm not sure.) with Espresso Adirondack ink. The swirls (by Rhonna Farrer) are stamped with two shades of Adirondack inks. I added highlights with a white gelly pen.



For this one I used a very classical Penny Black stamp, colored the rubber with Tombow Markers, sprinkled it with water and stamped onto watercolor paper. Simple, yet I like the technique. I added some glitz into the center of the flowers, but you can hardly see this on the photo.

For this image I used a VERY old HeroArts stamp and watercolored the image. The background is stamped with Adirondack Sandal ink and a Rhonna Farrer swirl stamp.



Who doesn't love good old Riley by Hanna Stamps? I stamped and watercolored him, the sentiment on the banner ("farewell") is handwritten. I added some Diamond Glaze onto the plane to give it dimension, but this is unfortunately invisible on the photo.


Now tell me - which one is your favorite?

A Flowery Thank You

Today's Splitcoast challenge was to use the color combination pink - plum - kiwi. I don't do color challenges very often because I don't own much Stampin'Up inkpads, so I'm never sure if I use the right colors. Nevertheless, this time I wanted to give it a try, and I hope I managed to get close to the right colors.
I got this new Hero Arts clear stamps set one week ago and finally had to use it. The flowers are stamped with plum Memento ink onto pink cardstock, then cut out. The branches are clear-embossed onto green cardstock. I added some buttons from my stash and finally sponged the whole card with green Fluid Chalks.