Stempel Spass

Hi Everyone, I have been soooooo busy lately, but I wanted to play along in the current  Muse Christmas Vision , where Chris Blagrave  made a wonderfully soft Christmas card: You all know this is NOT my strong point, but I think I succeeded this time. I took my favorite little Christmas tree stamp and heat embossed it in white. then I took my sponge tool and sponged without inking up the sponge, just using whatever color was still on there - that's how you do soft, I guess... Added the sentiment (all tamps by STAMPlorations) and the bird (Memory box), which I kept white. and splatters - you gotta have splatters! Here is Chris' card: It's easy to see what elements I took Also linking up with: Memory Box May challenge - for the birds Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Winter Fun Simon Says Monday Challenge - emboss it CAS Mix-up - stamping and heat embossing So come on and play along! You are going to need those Christmas cards......

Hi Everyone, continuing with day 3 of our  ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop !   Are you still having fun? I sure hope so.  Below are the materials I used. The deer die cut is by Impression Obsession. That leaf stencil is amazingly versatile. You can use it for pretty much any occasion.      Leaf Prints ,  Oh Christmas Tree  If you comment on this post and the rest  of the team's blogs you have a chance to win one of the prizes. Commenting closes on December 13. Winners will be announced on December 15. Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects  here . Linking up with: CASology - Tree Simon Says Monday Challenge   - Holly Jolly stamping The Male Room - Christmas or Seasonal Greetings

Hi Everyone, Its challenge time at  ATSM ! For the next two weeks the theme is Holiday - isn't it time to start making those Christmas cards? But it does not have to be Christams - any Holiday qualifies. And your wonderful Sponsor is - drumroll....!!!!! Prize is a $10 gift certificate I pulled out my all time favorite Christmas set  Oh, Christmas Tree!   and inked up one of the trees with Kaleidocolor ink, stamped ans masked. Added red Stickles stars and a red enamel dot. The sentiment is from the set Joyful .    Really easy and quick! Linking up with: One Layer Christmas challenge  - anything Christmas Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge- Sparkle Merry Monday - Green, dark Green and red      Happy Stamping!

Hi Everyone, its INSPIRATION day again at  STAMPlorations !  Again our wonderful DT made some beautiful cards to entice you playing with your stamps or stencils - STAMPlorations or otherwise. And perhaps I can also inspire you to play along with us! I went with one of my favorite old sets  Oh, Christmas Tree!  and inked up one of the trees with my Kaleidocolor inkpad. Mounted the sentiment made from a snippet of white card stock with foam tape and added gold thread with tiny gold beads. Added Stickles for extra glitter. So, if you are up for it - CASE my card or any other card and link it up  HERE  over at STAMPlorations. The InLinkz gallery  will be open until the 5th of August - gives you plenty of time! One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate or their choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils. Linking up with: Less is More - use a snippet (sentiment strip) My Time to Craft  - ...

Connected through our love for card making, blogging and being from Germany we (Tanja from   Little Art Cottage   and I) decided to create a monthly project within predefined requirements. We are going to show you the result every 3rd Sunday of the month and this is our forth transatlantic get-together! This time it was Tanja's turn to pick the requirements : One Layer & Stencil just my thing - thanks Tanja! And here is my card: I bet Tanja did not think of Christmas when she suggested that theme - but who knows - I am curious! But to be honest, I did not think about it right away either - it just happened.....The truth of the matter is - I wanted to play in the One Layer Christmas card challenge - green is wanted there.  I used an iStencil for this card - its called Winter Striped Tree . Its such a beautiful stencil. I used two shades of green, but it dos not really show. Sprinkled Brushos on it and let it dry. Added the sent...

Its challenge time again!  For the whole month of August we at STAMPlorations would like you to get out your dies and combine them with your stamps - we do that all the time anyhow, right? And since Christmas is coming soon......... ;) I pulled out my Christmas supplies for this card. I just love this STAMPlorations set - I got that a while ago, with Christmas far in the future. Finally time to use it! it is called  Oh, Christmas Tree! I first spritzed the card with Smooches spray and then stamped the trees in various shades of green. I added the sentiment. First I stamped it directly onto the card, but the green shone through and you could not read the sentiment very well. So I stamped it again onto white card stock, cut it out and glues it over the stamped one. Lastly I added the die cut - its from Memory Box. I doubled it up with thin cardboard to make it more stable and mounted it with foam tape. Put some Stickles on 3 of the stars. Our team ha...