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!

Just married!

On Saturday, Jeanin, one of my sweetest Instagram friends, got married. So many of the happy crafty friends decided to create together a mini book with our congrats for her. Each one of us created one page measuring 10 by 10 cm with rounded corners, and then we put all the pages together. Look at the finished project:

 Isn't it fabulous?
And here's the page I contributed to the project:

I created a background with Ranger Distress oxides Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers and some stencils. Then I die-cut the tree with the Penny Black Tree of Love die out of red and white cardstock. I used the main part of the white die-cut, discarded some of the white hearts and replaced two of the white hearts with ted ones. I glued some more red hearts in the top right corner of the panel and added the sentiment by Clearly Besotted with Archival Jet Black ink.

Look at all the other pages by hopping along the blogs on my blog roll, most of them participated.