Stempel Spass

    Hi Everyone, I am back with my weekly Christmas card.  I am playing along with  52CCT  - the theme is "pale blue and red".   Those are pretty colors! I used a background stencil (Simple stories) and brushed it with speckled egg distress oxide ink. Used the same ink to stamp the sentiment (Tim Holtz). I added some red die cuts (Alexandra Renke and Impression Obsession dies).  I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting.  Linking up with: 52CCT  - pale blue and red Ellibelles Crafty Wednesday - anything goes Nachteulen Schaffen Schoenes  - Weihnachten

     Hi Everyone, working diligently on my Christmas card pile..... I am playing along with the Christmas Kickstart challenge. The theme is Pawfectly Pawsome Christmas. Fabulous occasion to ink up my favorite Stampers Anonymous -Tim Holtz cat set. I sponged the background in green. Cased that from  Caly . I added water, white and black splatters to it. Stamped the cat into the center. Colored with Copics. Added the heat embossed sentiment with foam tape. Trimmed the card on both sides and added strips of stripy paper. I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting.  Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Christmas Kickstart  - Pawfectly Pawsome Christmas 52 CCT  - green and white Happy Little Stampers Christmas  - anything goes Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge  - anything goes Jingle Belles - ombre

  Hi Everyone, I am set on producing at least one Christmas card per week this year. Here is my card for this week: I am playing along with the sketch provided by  52 CCT . This fun cat is by Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz. Used and ancient piece of patterned paper as background. Colored with Copics. The sentiment is from the same set. Used stiched dies to cut the panels (Simon Says) I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting.  Happy Stamping! Linking up with: 52 CCT  - sketch, see below Snarky Stampers - judgmental Show us your Pussies - anything with cats

 Hi Everybody, I had to paly along with the current Inkspirational challenge (see inspiration picture below). Besides that I was itching to ink up my new stamp purchase - those Snarky Christmas Cats from Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous). I used a polaroid embossing folder, that I inked up with a brayer, but then I didn't like the outside of it, so I just cut it away. I colored the cat with Inktense pencils. Those photo corners are an ancient punch from Martha Stewart. Instaed of teh tree in the picture I made a green background and took the color clues from the picture. Linking up with: Inkspirational challenge  - see picture below DL.ART - red and green

Hi Everyone, I have the honor to guest design for  Archi-Scraps . I did win one of their challenges with THIS card and that gave me the honor. This card is for their current challenge and the theme is clock with yellow, black and white. I searched through my vast supply of stamps and actually dug up a few clock stamps. This one won out - it is from a Tim Holtz set (Stampers anonymous). The next tricky thing was the sentiment, but Katzelkraft came to the rescue. The set is called Adventure Begins . I used my Misti for this and stamped the clock in black on the yellow paper and with Versamark on the black paper and heat embossed it in white. Added whitish enamel dots. Hope you liked this and perhaps I could entice you to play along in their challenge ! Happy Stamping! Linking up with: The Path of Positivity - happiness Stempelkueche - nur fuer Maenner Word Art Wednesday - anything gos

Hi Everyone, maybe you remember sweet Mathilda from my previous blog post - the kittie Donna Grey carved for me. She wanted to play Easter bunny and I couldn't refuse..... The background is made with sprays. the sentiment is from Katzelkraft and the rabbit ears are by Tim Holtz. As Mathilda arrived at her creator's destination I can finally show her on my blog. I hope you like her as much as I do! Linking up with: Show us your Pussycats challenge #41  - furrything goes ATSM - Holiday Creative Moments - Easter The Sisterhood of Crafters   - chicks 'n bunnies Time Out - playful  

Hi Everyone, Its the holiday season, that means another holiday card, right? Well almost...... This is a birthday card with a holiday theme..... just open the window...... Here we go! Mr. Grant has put on his Santa hat! Made this card for one of my son's friends birthday. Supplies: stamps in the front are by Neat&Tangled Hero Arts neon ink daubers, Santa hat by Tim Holtz, birthday sentiment in vellum by Avery Elle. The window I partially die cut with a Simon Says die. Linking up with: Seize the Birthday -  use a holiday stamp Snippets Playground - use a snippet (Santa hat)