Longing for spring

Snow over here, but I’m so much longing for spring! So when I created a birthday card for my SIL, I reached for this beautiful stamp by Penny Black to bring some sweet cherry blossoms and singing birds into my craft room.

I applied the colors directly onto the rubber with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, then spritzed the stamp with water and stamped it onto heavy mixed media paper. I painted a bit of blue between the twigs for a background and sprinkled turquoise Brusho over the image with my Tim Holtz Splatter Brush. 

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 😊!

Gone from your Side

A dear friend lost her beloved cat recently. So I made her a little photo frame and a sympathy card. 
The background stamp is by Create a Smile. I stamped a cat image by Inkadinkado with black ink, colored only the heart on her necklace with a red marker and a glitter pen, cut a cloud from colored vellum and placed the cat on it. The sentiment is from the brand-new Critter Condolences set by My Favorite Things.

For the photo frame I cut some cat-themed DCWV design paper in the right shape for the background and the frame and toned it down with some distress ink. I added a pic of my friend’s cat and some die-cut hearts.

I die-cut a banner from red cardstock, stamped the sentiment by Inky Antics on it, folded it an placed it on the outside of the frame. I embellished it with a little rhinestone heart. Finally, I added a wood veneer cat shape and a ribbon with paw prints.

Have a great day, and give all your pets an extra hug 🤗!

Sparklers for the New Year

Hi y'all!

Only a few days left in this year, I just can't believe how time flies! Today I'll show you a little packaging for sparklers - this could be a nice gift if you're invited to some New Year's Party or for nice people in your life.

I started with stamping the fun images of the Joy! Crafts Pigs set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto white cardstock, colored them with Copic markers and cut them out.
Then I cut a 27.5 cm long and 6.5 cm wide stripe from green cardstock, scored and folded it at 18 cm and at 23.8 cm with the Scoring Board. A 19.3 cm long and 6 cm wide stripe of white cardstock is cut and then scored and folded at 12 cm, 13 cm and 14 cm. As I don't have a fireworks stamp, I stamped the flowers of the Penny Black Happy Bliss stamp set with Versamark ink and heat-embossed it with golden embossing powder. Before stamping the image, I covered the birds and the flower stems so that I achieved a look like fireworks.

Then I glued the folded part of the white stripe together so that t stands out from the cardstock. I punched three holes with the Joy! Crafts Hole Puncher into it to hold the sparklers. On this picture you can see how the folded pieces should look like right now:

Now glue the white cardstock onto the green and put the sparklers through the holes. I used some washi tape to keep them neatly in place.

Now you fold up the green cardstock and glue the edges onto the white cardstock. The outer flap is then glued down, too, and now it is the moment to decorate it. I cut out a stripe from golden glitter cardstock and die-cut the numbers 2018 to add to the pigs I had prepared earlier. Just added a little sentiment, done.

 A few more tips: Make sure you adjust the measures to the sparklers you use - not all have the same length. Use a really high-tack glue. And the outer flap that I glued down could be left open for a hidden message, if you want to.

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Shaker Tags

It is already advent - so time to get ready with the christmas presents! I've got some snowy tags for you today that will help to make your presents real eye-catchers!

I started by die-cutting the tags with the My Favorite Things Die-Namics Cross Stitch Tag from light blue cardstock. Then I stamped images of the Creative Expressions Festive Friends stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto white card-stock, colored them with Copic markers, added details with a white Sharpie pen and fussy-cut them. I then added some sentiments onto the tags, e.g. from the Vildastamps Stempelplatte Weihnachten.

Then I fused cheap plastic pockets (the more expensive often don't fuse that well) using a tag as a stencil with my My Memory Keepers Fuse Tool. Don't forget to leave one side open to be able to fill the pockets later!

I then filled the tags with sequins, star confetti and snow powder. Then I closed the tag byfusing a horizontal line below the top and another one along the top border. Into the section between the two horizontal fusion lines I poked a hole with the Crop-a-dile.

Now the clear pouches can be tied onto the cardstock tags with some bakers' twine.

I hope I could inspire you a bit - have fun creating your own shaker tags!

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Happy Mail

When I was a kid, I had a lot of pen pals all over the world. I was totally in love with beautiful papers and envelopes and collected all the letters and envelopes I got. Today i still like to decorate my envelopes, and I am always happy when I find some beautifully decorated envelope in my mail box.
When I saw the Enveloper sets by Waffle Flower, they immediately reminded me of my childhood. They are just perfect to decorate envelopes and create matching little cards. 

For these envelopes I stamped images from the Enveloper Hello and Enveloper From set by Waffle Flower with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with several Ranger Distress colors.

I tried to color  in a very whimsical and loose watercolor style. That's pretty easy with a waterbrush.

Here and there I added some details with a white Sharpie marker.

For some envelopes I created the matching cards in just the same way. This could be an easy-to-make gift, too.

Perhaps you give decorating your envelopes a try, too!

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