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National Coffee Day Hop

Hi Everyone, welcome to the National Coffee Day Hop ! Crackerbox & So Suzy Stamps  has been invited to create a coffee themed project in support of the hop. Crackerbox & So Suzy Stamps is also a super sponsor on this hop!  I hope you have a cup of coffee or tea and have some extra time to enjoy this hop! My stamp supplies: Coffee Cup Wood Slice Lots of Coffee sentiment I colored the stamps with water colors. I cut the coffee cup and wood slice with my Scan 'N Cut. I colored the die cuts (Alexandra Renke) and one of them I heat embossed. I stamped the sentiment. Arranged everything and added some splatters. Have fun hopping! HERE is the link to the Crackerbox and So Suzy Website where you can see the creations of my team mates. And here is a little gift for you: Make sure to leave some love at each stop

Relax with Funky Fossil Designs

Hi Everyone, I had the pleasure to play with one of my Funky Fossil Designs stencils. This one is called Shoal of Fish I first sponged the background with distress inks. Took the stencil and sponged on top with distress oxide inks. Trimmed my panel and added it to a card base with a tiny strip of patterned paper. The cute die cut fish are by Poppy Stamps and the sentiment is from Your Next Stamp,  See you next week with more inspiration! Happy stenciling! Linking up with: Simon Says Wednesday challenge - anything goes Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies Poppy Stamps challenge - anything goes

Katzelkraft - Wonderful Koi

Hi Everyone, as you all know, Wednesday is Katzelkraft day on my blog.  Now Katzelkraft is famous for their fun and funky critters, but hey also have some more conventinal stamps in their store, which are quite beautiful. Like those Kois . I stamped them and colored them. Afterwards I used a Versamark pen and heat embossed them. Took some Brusho powders and sprinkled them on my card base and spritzed with water. Voila - a background! The sentiment is from the set English Quotes ,  KTZ139 . Kois ,  KTZ221 Hope you liked this - I'll be back next Wednesday with more Katzelkraft inspiration! If you feel the urge to buy any Katzelkraft products, you can also order them in the US from those companies:  Topflight Stamps ,  Lost Coast Designs , or  Frantic Stamper .  Use code  FUNSTAMPING  to get 12% discount at  Topflight Stamps . Happy Stamping! Linking up with:

Funky Fossil Design Team

Hi Everyone, I have great news - Sarah Grey from Funky Fossils Designs asked my if I want to be on her design team - guess what? I said YES! My work situation has relaxed and I just quit 2 DT's before I knew this would be happening and I actually have time to do this. You all know how much I love stencils, so that was an offer I could not refuse. Sarah has not only a huge selection of wonderful stencils in her store, but she also carries some super cute stamp sets, one of which I used for my first card:  This set is called  Chubby Unicorns  and below you can see all the stamps on it. I combined it with the  Sunray stencil      For my second card I used the 3D Cubes stencil . Now this is just totally up my alley! I love geometric stuff, so that fits the bill. I made myself a mask for the stencil, so I could color it with different colors. It brings out the 3D pattern much more that way. its was a tad fiddly, but not too much. Besides that you

Katzelkraft - NOPE

Hi Everyone, as you all know, Wednesday is Katzelkraft day on my blog.  My Katzelkraft stamp set: Les Chats Russes , KTZ 446 I used an old background made with black Gesso. I sponged distress ink on the side, where there was no gesso. I added the cat, which I had colored with Inktense and fuzzy cut. Added the letters and sponged a bit of pink on them.  Hope you liked this - I'll be back next Wednesday with more Katzelkraft inspiration! If you feel the urge to buy any Katzelkraft products, you can also order them in the US from those companies:  Topflight Stamps ,  Lost Coast Designs , or  Frantic Stamper .  Use code  FUNSTAMPING  to get 12% discount at  Topflight Stamps . Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Show us your Pussies - anything with cats

Day of the Month Card Club Reminder - Read a Book

Hallo Ihr Lieben, Hi Everyone, ich will Euch an die  Day of the Month Card Club Challenge  zu erinnern. I want to remind you about our  Day of the Month Card Club challenge . unser Thema ist:  the theme is:  Read a Book I made this book case with a die and wood paper. The books are Washi tape and the giraffe is by Katzelkraft, colored with Inktense and cut out. The sentiment is from the internet. Ich hoffe, ich konnte Euch animieren, mitzumachen! I hope I enticed you to  play along and link up here! Ich zaehle auf Euch. Ihr habt noch bis zum 30.9. Zeit I am counting on you! You have until the end of the month (9/30) to do so. Bei dieser Challenge duerft Ihr waehlen und den Sieger ermitteln. Jeder darf waehlen, auch wenn Ihr nicht mitgemacht habt. Die 3 Teilnehmer, die die meisten Stimmen erhalten, werden zum Sieger gekuert und duerfen sich einen Gewinnerbutton mitnehmen. Die Wahl beginnt am 2. des Monats . Die Gewinner w

Christmas Twofer

Hi Everyone, I really need to get going with my Christmas cards....and then I got the inspiration from my friend Rosi, who designs for 52CCT.  And then it all fell into place. 52 CCT might not like my little splash of green, since there theme is black and white....but then, they don't have to. I like it and it also fits the Time out challenge.... I love this pretty Tim Holtz cover plate. It kind of makes quick Christmas cards, if you don't count poking out all those little die cuts, that get stuck in there....Besides that, you can get several cards out of this one, as you are left with all those cute little die cuts. Of course I had to used them for a second card and I still have lots of left overs.... The sentiment is by STAMPlorations. And here is my second card: I used some matching Washi tape and lined the die cuts up. Attached them to the Kraft card base. Added some hemp twine and the tiny tag. The little sentiment is by Papertrey. Also ad

The Back Stories With Darnell and Cornelia - #10 EUNICE

EUNICE Eunice loved performing at birthday parties for the little kids. They were always delighted with her performance and clapped like little maniacs. She hated the fact that she had only been allowed to perform at adult parties since that incident in 2015 outside of Chicago.  Since that time, Eunice had made it through her probation, done her community service, and sought medical help. Her psychiatrist and her veterinarian had determined that Eunice could not tolerate the sugar in the cupcake she devoured at the end of her performance. In order for the show to go on, a sugar-free gluten-free recipe had been developed and Eunice was now performing to the high standards of the Association of Hula Hooping Holsteins of America. Even so, no one had hired her for a child's party until today, and that was only because Paulette had gotten sick. Eunice sat patiently waiting for the excited children to quiet down so the lights could be dimmed and the curtain raised. 

Crackerbox & So Suzy Stamps - Sympathy Alcohol Ink Card

Hi Everybody, Crackerbox & So Suzy Stamps has some wonderful sympathy sentiments . Unfortunately I needed to make a sympathy card, which I always find hard to do. Thankfully a good sentiment helps My stamp supplies: Those We Love I made an alcohol ink background. Stamped the sentiment and heat embossed it. Added the die cuts (Alexandra Renke) I love playing with alcohol inks - always looks amazing! Happy Stamping! Our current promotion: Linking up with: Inspire.Create  - with sympathy Little Red Wagon - in memoriam Paper Minutes - bluming/flowery Daring Cardmakers - Special Thoughts

..........really?

Hi Everyone, I wanted to play along with the AAA Card challenge - there is a sketch to work with. You can see it below. It's a real simple one. So I masked off a strip  of paper and sponged it. I took my Cats on Appletrees stamps and created this little scene. I was contemplating a sentiment, but I got  such a good reaction out of my husband that I decided it's not necessary....LOL! Linking up with: AAA Card challenge - see sketch below

Katzelkraft meets iStencil

Hi Everyone, as you all know, Wednesday is Katzelkraft day on my blog. I also wanted to play with some of my beloved iStencil, so I figured, I combine those two companies....  The background I made with a MFT stencil and added the bats and cityscape. I added the lightening stencil and used gold embossing paste. The frightened little person is from the  Sherlock Holmes set , see picture below. I colored him with Inktense and cut him out with my Scan 'N Cut. Sherlock Holmes KTZ211 iStencils: Cityscape ,  Flying Bats ,  Lightning That golden lightening strike is real scary! Hope you liked this - I'll be back next Wednesday with more Katzelkraft inspiration! If you feel the urge to buy any Katzelkraft products, you can also order them in the US from those companies:  Topflight Stamps ,  Lost Coast Designs , or  Frantic Stamper .  Use code  FUNSTAMPING  to get 12% discount at  Topflight Stamps . Happy Stamping!