Katzelkraft - Inspired by Karl Valentin II

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 liked this - I'll be back next Wednesday with more Katzelkraft inspiration.

Thanks for visiting!

Happy Stamping!

Linking up with:

Simon Says Wednesday challenge - CAS

Comments

Flo said…

Ja, Karl Valentin hat schon einige tolle Sprüche rausgehauen. Dieser hier passt perfekt zu Deiner tollen Maus. Der Hintergrund gefällt mir sehr gut.
Liebe Grüße, Flo

August 16, 2023 at 10:10 AM

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