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  Hi Everyone, This week the theme is "fall/autumn" at the  Topflight blog . And fall is all about mushrooms for me. Time to ink up those beautiful Lavinia stamps! I made the background with distress inks. I brushed it with a variety of greens and brown at the bottom. I stamped my little scene onto the background. I then also stamped the center mushroom onto scrap paper and colored it. I then cut it out and added it.  I added white accents and some "grass" to the bottom with a fanned brush.  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:  Millie and Munch ,  Forest Inn Spotty Toadstool , Slender Mushrooms Mini Forest Mushroom ,  Versafine Clair Fan Brush ,  Blender Brushes Linking up with: Stamping Sensations  - anything stamped/CAS Simon Says Wednesday challenge   Simon Says Monday challenge       

Hi Everyone, I am back with my weekly Katzelkraft post. I am a huge fan of  Karl Valentin  (1842-1948) a Bavarian comedian. He said a lot of funny as well as profound things and is still well known to this date. There is a little museum in Munich dedicated to him - definitely a worthwhile visit if you visit Munich and speak German...... This card uses one of his famous sayings. It translates into "Blessed are those who have nothing to say, and keep quiet nonetheless". I just love his kind of humor. I used one of the backgrounds from my stash. I thought this weird figure with his closed mouth is perfect for the illustration. I used alcohol ink markers to color it and cut it out.  Cut the sentiment apart, drew a frame around it and added it to my card.  The stamps I used are from the following sets: Les Marins - KTZ226 (FRANCE) Sea Creatures - KTZ226   (USA) Hope you liked this - I'll be back next Wednesday with more Katzelkraft inspiration.  Thanks fo...

Hi Everybody!   I am back with my  Crackerbox Stamps  post for this week . Crackerbox Stamps recently had a new release with hilariously snarky sentiments. One of which I used here.  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 used background paper from my stash (brayer clean up paper...). I brushed around the edges to give it a bit more color depth. I stamped Sassy Cindy on scrap paper, and colored her with alcohol ink markers and cut her out. Die cut the speech bubble twice and stamped sentiment inside. I brushed the edges of the bottom bubble with the same color I used for brushing the bottom of my card. Added them with a bit of an off-set.  The stamps I used:   Sassy Cindy   25 again And perhaps you want to check out those: I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting! Happy Stamping! Linking up with:

   Hi Everyone, This week we are featuring  Creative Expressions  on the  Topflight blog .  I used a circle mask that I made myself with a generic circle stamp and sponged first with squeezed lemonade distress ink. I then added a 1 inch circle as a mask and sponged around it with mustard seed, candied apple and lastly a bit of black soot distress inks. I stamped the  Evergreen Horizon  stamp onto my background and used a circle die to cut it out. Stamped and heat embossed the sentiment. 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:  Evergreen Horizon , Typewriter quotes Versafine Nocturne ,  Linking up with: Simon Says Wednesday challenge  - anything goes     

  Hi Everyone, I am back with my weekly Katzelkraft post. I am a huge fan of  Karl Valentin  (1842-1948) a Bavarian comedian. He said a lot of funny as well as profound things and is still well known to this date. There is a little museum in Munich dedicated to him - definitely a worthwhile visit if you visit Munich and speak German...... This card uses one of his famous sayings. It translates into "I am happy when it rains, because if I am not happy it's still going to rain". He had a special kind of humor. I used one of me gel press background from my stash. I thought the frog is perfect for the illustration. I water colored him and cut him out. Cut the sentiment apart, drew a frame around it and added it to my card.  The stamps I used are from the following sets: Frogs  - KTZ235,  Accessories  - KTZ156  (FRANCE) Frogs  - KTZ235,  Accessories  - KTZ156  (USA) Hope you liked this - I'll be back next Wednesday with more Katzelk...

     Hi Everybody!  I am back with a card for  Funky Fossil Designs .  This button background stamp is fairly new and is part of the Sew Pretty collection . It is quite pretty! I first brushed a background in rainbow colors and stamped the buttons on it. I colored the spaces in between the buttons black to make them stand out more. The sentiment is from the Sew Pretty stamp set . Lastly I added some buttons from the Buttons die set . Supplies I used: Buttoned Up A6 background Sew Pretty stamp set Buttons die set I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting! Happy Stamping!  

 Hi Everyone, This week it's anything goes on the  Topflight blog .  Before summer is over I wanted to sneak in a beach card.  I stamped the lady and seagull with Versafine ink onto water color paper. Colored with water colors. Trimmed my panel and mounted it onto a page of patterned paper, that I brushed with blue distress ink to make it match the beach theme a bit better. Stamped the beach and boats signs onto patterned paper and cut them out. Added them.  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:  Beach Ready , Seagull Versafine Clair , Wood paper (similar to what I used) Linking up with: Day of the Month Card Club - National Beach Day

  Hi Everyone, I am back with my weekly Katzelkraft post. I am a huge fan of  Karl Valentin  (1842-1948) a Bavarian comedian. He said a lot of funny as well as profound things and is still well known to this date. Recently I made another card with one of his sayings, you can see that one HERE This card uses one of his famous sayings. It roughly translates into "An optimist is someone who views things better than they actually are". I used an old gel press background from my stash. Added the orange border. Tore off the sides. Stamped the mouse and colored it with alcohol ink markers. Cut it out and stamped it again on my background, glued it onto the background. Added the spiral border.  Cut the sentiment apart, drew a frame around it and added it to my card.  The stamps I used are from the following sets: Photographer Mouse ,  Spiral Borders  -  KTZ286  (FRANCE) Mouse Photographer ,    Spiral Borders -  KTZ286 (USA) Hope you l...

  Hi Everybody!   I am back with my  Crackerbox Stamps  post for this week . Crackerbox Stamps recently had a new release with hilariously snarky sentiments. One of which I used here.  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 used patterned paper for my background ( Funky Fossil ). I stamped the cards twice on scrap paper, and colored them with alcohol ink markers and cut them out. Added them to the paper and stamped half of the sentiment (I cut the stamp apart, but you can mask it if you don't want to do that). Stamped the heart and diamond and cut them out and added them as well. Stamped the rest of the sentiment into the inside of my card. The stamps I used (different options): Cards suits solid and Marriage is Like Card suits open and Marriage is like Card Suits Hand and Card Suits open Card Suits Hand and Card Suits solid C...

    Hi Everyone, I am back with my weekly Christmas card.  This week I am honored to be guest designing for  52CCT  - this time it's a color challenge using Black and White.   This was really easy! I immediately knew that I wanted to use those pretty baubles from  Funky Fossil Designs. I heat embossed them in white. Added some white thread to the bauble on the side and added some white splatters. The sentiment is from the same set. I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting. Go and play along with this fun Challenge - Christmas is not too far away! Linking up with: 52CCT   - Black and white CAS on Sunday  - Holidays Addicted to Stamps and More  - Christmas Happy Little Stampers  - August Christmas Challenge Sparkles Monthly CH.  - Christmas in July Krafty Chick  - Christmas Merry Little Christmas  - anything goes