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  Hi Everyone, today I am playing along with the  AAA Challenge  - along the edge and In the sea. I went with the set  Whale of a Time from  Funky Fossil Designs , which is just perfect for this challenge! I masked a strip of the card base and sponged it with distress inks. Added the stenciled fish ( Shoal of Fish ). Stamped the Narwhal onto a piece of scrap paper and colored him with Copics. Cut him out. Added Crystal Lacquer to the horn. Stamped the sentiment and heat embossed it - it's from the same set. I hope you liked this. Happy Stamping! Linking up with: AAA Challenge - along the edge and In the sea

  Hi Everybody!   Crackerbox Stamps  is having a new release. It is Harry Potter themed - there are probably a few Harry Potter fans out there! The previously released Harry Potter stamps are also on sale. What a feast!   Some of the products I have used have been provided to me from various companies I design for. Affiliate links may be used in the links provided below. I actually kept it more general with my card, apart from the sentiment. I stamped the castle and the sea serpent . Colored them with Copics. Masked them and sponged the background. Added super thick white embossing powder for the white water. Stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and cut in in half. Trimmed the card with a stitched die and added the sentiment. The stamps I used: Sea Serpent Castle of Hogwarts Whats Life without Dragons I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting! Don't forget to check out the  Crackerbox  Blog  to get some inspiration from our fabulous DT! Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Simon S

Hi Everyone, This week we are showcasing Visible Image stamps on the  Topflight blog .  And since August is almost over I thought a somewhat fall inspired card is appropriate.  I stamped the squirrel and log, made a mask for them and smooshed the background. Added the acorns and leaves. Colored them with Copics. Didn't really like my background. So I decided to add some sponging. Got some accidental black splatters on my card, but I didn't mind them, after all it has kind of a messy look anyhow. Added the sentiment. I also added some white accents to my squirrel to bring it better to life. Trimmed the card and added a strip of patterned paper to the side. I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting.  See you next week with more  Topflight Stamps  inspiration. And here are the stamp supplies I used:  Nuts about Squirrels ,  Blender Brushes Blue Lagoon  ,  Canary Yellow Linking up with: Simon Says Wednesday challenge  -  Traumfabrik/Dream Factory -  Basteltraum  -  Simon Says Mon

Hi Everyone, I am back with my weekly Katzelkraft post. I am having so much fun with my Katzelkraft calendar. I am sure you can tell.... August is dedicated to summer and not only humans like to eat water melon, but the rats and insects love it, too!  Now this big snake sneaked in somehow. It's not from Katzelkraft, but it is an old stamp by Hein Design. Unfortunately no longer produced. I wonder why. Such a great stamp - it actually comes in 3 pieces, the head, tail, a curved piece and a straight one. I did not use the straight one here. Anyhow with that you can make it any size and go in any direction. Pretty clever, right? The ants are by Cats on Appletrees. I started with the water melon, which I drew and colored with water colors. Cut it out. Sponged the background. I stamped the snake and rats, colored them with Copics and cut them out. The insect is stamped directly onto the background. Added the ants. Added white highlights.    The stamps I used are from the following sets:

Hi Everyone, today I am playing along with the  Time Out challenge , which has a lovely quote as inspiration. I went with the set  Spellbound  from  Funky Fossil Designs , which is just perfect for this challenge! I used one of the pages from the new Watercolor Rainbow paper pad as my background. I stamped directly onto the page. Colored with Copics. Stamped the sentiment - it's from the same set. I hope you liked this. Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Time Out challenges - see quote below Nachteulen schaffen Schoenes - anything goes

      Hi Everyone, This week it's anything goes on the  Topflight blog .  I felt like creating an under water scene - it's cooling I hope! I first made the background with distress inks and a stencil. I stamped the fish onto scrap paper, colored them with Copics and cut them out. Added them to my background. Added the bubbles and some more fish. Couldn't decide on a sentiment, so I left it off.... I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting.  See you next week with more  Topflight Stamps  inspiration. And here are the stamp supplies I used:  The Morning Commute , Ripped Fishnet stencil , Shoal of Fish   Linking up with: Simon Says Wednesday challenge  - for a child Basteltraum  - anything goes Simon Says Monday challenge  - lets go on vacation As you like it - Scales (love fish and since its so hot outside they make me think of cooling water) Craft Rocket challenge - summertime

Hi Everyone, I am back with my weekly Katzelkraft post. I am playing with those cute cats stamps that were recently released.  I first stamped the cats on the wall. Colored the eyes and added Crystal lacquer to have a resist.  Made a mask for the cats and did some light sponging with distress inks to color them. Cut them out. Stamped the moon, heat embossed it and then masked it. Sponged it in yellow. Masked the moon and sponged around it in black. Added white splatters. Stamped the sentiment, drew a frame around it and cut it out. Assembled everything. Added white accents.  The stamps I used are from the following sets: Cats on Wall - KTZ294 ,  Whatchamacallit  - KTZ276  ( FRANCE) Cats on Wall  - KTZ294,  Whatchamacallit  - KTZ276, Lavinia Moon   (USA) Hope you liked this - I'll be back next Wednesday with more Katzelkraft inspiration.  Thanks for visiting! Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Day Of the Month Card Club - International Day of Friendship Nighshift Stamping  -  Simon S

    Hi Everyone, today I am playing along with the AAA Challenge -  Christmas pets. I went with that cute set Pug Life from  Funky Fossil Designs . I had previously made myself a mask for the pug, so I just sponged him - so easy! I did not have a Santa hat quite big enough, so I drew my own. Colored it with Copics and did some shading to ground the pug. Stamped the sentiment - it's from the set   Elegant Ornaments I hope you liked this. Happy Stamping! Linking up with: AAA Challenge  -  Christmas pets Send a Smile 4 kids - Christmas in July Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - Christmas Perfectly CAS - Festive

 Hi Everyone, This week it's Christmas in July on the  Topflight blog . As you see I could not stop making Christmas cards.....Ended up with a little pile. I go this awesome stamp by Paper Rose and it's so easy for mass producing cards! That usually is not something I aim for, but when it comes to Christmas I make an exception, LOL! I stamped the trees. Made myself a mask  for the ground and sponged above the mask on four of my cards.   Added water, white and black splatters on some of the cards. Stamped the sentiment. this set conveniently comes with sentiments in all different sizes in a very pretty font. Added some gem stones onto two of my cards.  And here they are separately: I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting.  See you next week with more  Topflight Stamps  inspiration. And here are the stamp supplies I used:  Winter Trees                     Hunkydory Gems Medieval Blue                                    Versafine Linking up with: Simon Says Wednesday challenge