Happy Birthday

 Hello everyone, 

Today I have a birthday card to share. I made this one for AALL & Create and I used one of Janet's little peeps. 

Here's how:

First I stamped the girl I was going to use as my focal point, coloured her and then cut her out. 

Next I cut a piece of card stock that is slightly smaller than the card. I coloured it with oil pastels en then added some white paint with a brayer over the top to tone it down. I also added some stencilling with Archival ink.

Next: I stamped the background randomly with the same Archival inks (Magenta Hue and Saffron) and Versafine Clair Nocturne. 

I then drew a line along the edges and added some washi tape. 

I then put the girl on the washi tape and added the sentiment. 

I have used the following AALL & Create materials:

Washi tape : #19 - Wishy Washy by Janet Klein

Stencil: #85 - Abundance by Olga Heldwein

Stamps:

#338 - Background Noise by Janet Klein

#494 - X or O by Janet Klein

#666 - Everyday Sentiments by Janet Klein

#677 - Flower Eye by Janet Klein

For more information about all the AALL & Create products and a list of 

international stockists, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you for stopping by ! 

Adventure awaits

Hello everyone,

Welcome to my blogpost where today I have a tag to share. I really love this colour combination and I come back to this time and time again. I tried to do it with Lindy's Inksprays but failed miserably so used Distress Oxide Inks instead (over the top). That worked out fine !

This tag was made with the following stamps:

19659 - Numbers set

19567 - Writing circles background

19569 - mesh texture

19578 - Six staples

19960 - Naked painter boy

19009 - Adventure awaits

I also used the following other materials:

Prima Art Basic Modelling paste

UmWow Studio stencil Dahlia

White gesso by Amsterdam

Lindy's Stampgang Flat Fabio Sprays

Distress Oxide Inks

Archival inks 

Thank you so much for stopping by today !

Destination unknown

Hello everyone,

For today's inspiration post for VivaLasVegaStamps! I have made an art journal with a video ! Yay ! I finally dug out my Lindy's Stamping sprays again, I hadn't used them in ages ! And I absolutely love the result !

If you'd like to see how I made this then please hop over to the VivaLasVegaStamps! YouTube channel ! 

I have used the following stamps:

19567 - Writing Background

19569 - Mesh Texture

19565 - Measuring tape section

19415 - Butterfly Specimen

19001 - Large bird Flying Left

19019 - Destination unknown

and 

Miracle tape 1/2"

Other materials :

Prima Marketing Finnabair Modeling paste & Matte Medium 

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage paper - botanical 

Tim Hotlz layering stencil 

Archival Inks Saffron, Tiger Lily and Jet Black 

StaZon Ink - Dove Gray

Lindy's Stampgang Star Burst Sprays - Yellow rose of Texas and Marigold Yellow Orange

Amsterdam Acrylics - Gesso 

Amsterdam Acrylics - White Titanium paint

White paint pen Molotow

I hope you enjoyed my post ! 

Winter Wishes

Hello everyone,

Welcome to today's VivaLasVegaStamps! blogpost. For today I have made a quick Christmas card just in case you might still need some!

I enjoyed making this and I have only used 3 stamps ! 

If you'd like to know how I made this then go HERE of click on the pic below ! 

I have used the following stamps:

20343 - Victorian Flower Background

20197 - Frosty the Snowman

19814 - Winter Wishes

I have also used :

WOW Embossing powder - White Regular 

Distress Oxide Ink by Ranger - Broken China & Blueprint Sketch

Copic Markers

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Keep calm and enjoy summer!

Hello everyone,

I am hosting this month's challenge over at Country View Challenges and with weather like we are having I could not choose anything else but 'sun, sea and sand' as a theme. I would like you all to make a summer or holiday themed project !
I have made an Art Journal spread:

I have filmed the process, so if you'd like to see how I made it :

click HERE

or go via this link:

I will be back soon with another inspiration piece! 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

So delicious

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my weekly post for Katzelkraft.

I have made a spread in my mini journal (9 x 14 cm) today and this is it :

I used a piece of gelli printed paper, which I cut in half and glued in my journal, as the background. I added some stamping and then the animals, plant and pouffe. All images were coloured with Copic Markers, cut out and adhered to the page. I added some shading with a watercolour pencil and that was that ! 

I used the following stamps: 

KTZ 202 - Dans mon salon

KTZ208 - La Ferme des animaux 

KTZ 179 - Les rats des villes

KTZ139 - English quotes

KTZ 180 - Baroque

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

A little notebook

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my post for AALL & Create.

Today I have altered a notebook. These make great gifts and are fun to make. I have lots of photos but have also filmed the process. You'll find the link to YouTube at the bottom of this page.

For more information and a list of worldwide stockist please visit the AALL & Create Website HERE.

Turned out rather nice I think....

I bought these little notebooks in a department store but I don't like the purple outside so I gave it two coats of gesso....

After it dried I added model paste through a stencil (#22 by Autour de Mwa)

Next is colour... I used blues today.

If you want to know how I made the circles grungy you'll have to watch my YouTube Tutorial... 

I created this orange and red background with a gel press plate (watch how in the YouTube Tutorial)

After stamping I cut all the flowers out. 

And here is the end result. 

and the back... 

Both sides at once ! lol 

I also added a ribbon to keep the book closed. 

I have used the following stamp sets:

#70 Quirky Blossoms by Tracy Evans 

#71 Natures Garden by Tracy Evans

#80 Lined by Olga Heldwein

Stencil:

#22 by Autour de Mwa

You will find a list of worldwide stockists for these fabulous products HERE.

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Prendre le temps

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my blogpost for Katzelkraft today !

I have made a mini AJ page and this is it :

These three don't seem to happy to see the time pass.... lol 

Anyway, I used one of my Gelli printed backgrounds; I stamped it randomly with the little clock from the clock set and then placed part of the big clock in the corner. I added some thin lines with a black pen along the edges of the page. 

Next I stamped the monsters, on white card stock and on the background. I coloured them, cut them out and adhered them to the page. I added some shading under them and then added the sentiment. That was it ! 

I used the following stamps : 

KTZ30.01 Prendre le temps

KTZ193 - Les monstres des carpates 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

And so the adventure begins..

Hello everyone,

I have made a tag for my DT post for Katzelkraft today !

I painted the tag with my fingers using PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Acrylics. Next I stamped the background and the cat and rat too. I used similar colours to the background and black for the animals. 

I then stamped the cat and the rat on separate paper and coloured them with Copic Markers. They were cut out and adhered to the tag on top of where I stamped them before. This way you don't have to cut out the hairs and whiskers. I added some shading under the rat and drew a line around the tag. Lastly I added a Small Talk sticker from Tim Holtz. 

I have used the following stamp(sets)

KTZ130

KTZ131

KTZ160

no. 9 of the 'Les Gros chats'

KTZ179 Les rats de villes

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Music

Hello everyone,

Today I have a card for Visible Image to share. The challenge this month is "Distress it" so I made a vintage-type card. I hope it gives you inspiration to play along in the challenge !

On a piece of kraft card stock I stamped the stars. I used Archival ink in the colour Potting Soil; I used the same ink to ink the edges and added some black Archival over the top later. I then distressed the edges. The guitar was stamped on book pages and torn out. The edges were inked with the same brown ink. I added the word Music and coloured in the letters on the guitar with a blue coloured pencil. Lastly I matted the panel on a black card. 

I used the following stamps:

Music on world off (just for the word music)

Music speaks

Universal 

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So many trees !

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my blogpost for Katzelkraft. I can't get enough of the new dog and cat stamps and today I have used Voody for this AJ page.

I started off with a piece of white card stock. I used Zig Clean Colour Real Brush markers to add colour to the tree stamps. I spritzed them with water and stamped them. I did use a stamp platform for this. This is the first time I attempted this and I think it is not a bad result. I will keep on practising though... Anyway, once I was happy with the trees I added a little blue for the sky and decided on pattern paper for the ground. 

I then stamped the little dog, coloured him with my Copic Markers, cut him out and added him to the page. The sentiment was made up by me and typed and adhered. 

I used the following stamps:

Voody 

KTZ 135 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Dreamy days of summer

Hallo allemaal,

Hello everyone, 

Vandaag heb ik een kaartje, gemaakt voor Hobbycompleet de Duif,  voor jullie. Ik heb hiervoor de mooie bloemenstempels van PaperArtsy (EKC01) voor gebruikt.

Today I have a card to share. I made this for my DT - Hobbycompleet de Duif. I have used Kay Carley's beautiful flower stamps by PaperArtsy. 

Ik heb 2 van de bloemen gestempeld op wit card stock and deze ingekleurd met Copic Markers. Daarna heb ik de gele bloemen rechtstreeks op de kaart geplakt en de witte met foam tape zodat er een beetje hoogteverschil ontstaat.  De tekst bestaat uit twee stempels uit dezelfde set.

I stamped two of the flowers on white card stock and coloured them with Copic Markers. I then cut them out and glued the yellow ones flat onto my card. The white one is popped up with foam tape. The sentiment is from the same set and actually consists of two stamps. 

Materialen:
Materials : 

Stempels :
PaperArtsy Eclectica - Kay Carley - EKC01 

Copic Markers:
E25-E29-Y15-YR15-YR23-C1-C3

Leuk dat je er was vandaag !
Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Look on the bright side !

Hello everyone,

I love making postcards and I couldn't resist making another one with one of the new Katzelkraft cats. I love all the new dog and cat stamps... In real life I love dogs but not cats.
Anyway, here is my postcard:

This poor kitty doesn't look very impressed with the rain ! But he has a brolly so "look on the bright side". I made this postcard with a piece of gelli printed paper. I added the rain with white embossing powder and stamped the cat on the card and on a piece of separate white card stock. I coloured him with Copic Markers, cut him out and glued him on his other 'self' on the card. I added a bit of shading and a Tim Holtz small talk sticker to finish it of.. 

I used the following stamps:

KTZ146

Les gros chats 03

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

We always think we'll have time

Hello everyone,

Today I have a card to share which I made for Visible Image with their new stamps. I love them... so many possibilities.

I used one of my gelli prints. I love gelli prints... 

I stamped the clock on it first then added the birds. I added splatters and doodling in white and black and added some background stamping too. Lastly I stamped the sentiment on white card, matted it on black card stock and glued it to the card panel. Lastly I adhered the panel to a white card. 

I used the following stamps:

Ahead of our time

Somewhere in time 

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Blog see all our latest posts here!

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Attitude is everything !

Hello everyone,

It is the 1st of May today and that means I have a project over at Roc's blog. I have made a postcard today but it is a little different to my normal stuff..

Sometimes I like to try different techniques. I have used paper piecing before but it was a long time ago so I decided it was time to do it again and it was great fun ! 

I used a 6" x 6" paperback by 7Dots Studio called 'Writer's block'. 

I used a stencil on the background to create the blue trellis. I used a normal pencil and the same stencil to add a light lines around the blue figures to make them stand out more. 

I stamped horse on a different pattern paper from the same series and did the same with the hat and eyes. I painted the pupils of his eyes with the same blue paint. I also added some shading to the horse and the hat with Copic Markers. When I was happy with the result I glued it all together on the card after adding some washi tape. 

Lastly I stamped the Heart Vine and coloured in the stems and hearts with Copic Markers. 

The sentiment is a small talk sticker by Tim Holtz. 

I used the following stamps:

Horse

Heart Vine

You will find all Roc's fantastic rubber stamps HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Every second...

Hello everyone, 

Hallo allemaal,

Today, for Hobbycompleet De Duif, I have an art journal page. I have used the Distress Oxides again, because I think they are wonderful. Also these flower stamps are so versatile. I think I like them so much because they are different to the traditional flower stamps and I like non-traditional ! 

Ik heb vandaag een art journal pagina voor jullie. Ik heb wederom de nieuwe Distress Oxide Inkt gebruikt; het is zo'n leuk spul. En deze bloemen stempels zijn zoooo leuk, vind ik ! Je kan er alle kanten mee op. Ik denk dat ik ze zo leuk vind omdat ik altijd net iets anders wil als het traditionele...

First I made the background by dragging watercolour paper through Oxide inks with water. I used Cracked Pistachio and Wilted Violet. I then did the same with another piece of water colour paper and I used this to stamp the flowers on. I also stamped some more flowers on book pages. I then cut everything out. 

I added some background stamping with black ink. I also stamped the sentiment onto the flowers with the same colours for more interest.

 Next I layered the flowers until I liked them and adhered them onto my page on top of the background stamping. This way they stand out more. 

Lastly I stamped the sentiment in the top right corner and used a white paint marker to add splatters. 

Ik heb eerst een ondergrond gemaakt voor de bloemen door aquarelpapier op mijn craft sheet door Tim Holtz' Distress Oxide Inkt met water te halen. Ik heb Cracked Pistachio en Wilted Violet gebruikt.
Ik heb dit daarna herhaald met nog een stuk aquarelpapier en dit heb ik gebruikt om de bloemen op te stempelen. Ik heb hiervoor Archival Inkt in Jet Black gebruikt. Ik heb ook nog een aantal bloemen op boek papier (pagina's uit een oud boek) gestempeld. Ik heb daarna al de bloemen uitgeknipt.
Voor de blaadjes heb ik Peeled Paint gebruikt.
Toen de achtergrond droog was heb ik er op gestempeld met een achtergrond stempel en zwarte Archival inkt. (Je vindt een lijst van alle gebruikte materialen onder aan deze post).
Vervolgens heb ik de bloemen bestempeld met dezelfde kleuren Oxide inkt en een tekst stempel. Daarna heb ik de bloemen op elkaar gelijmd tot ik ze mooi vond en op alles op de achtergrond geplakt. Als laatste heb ik de tekst bovenaan de pagina gestempeld en het geheel met een witte Acryl verf marker van witte verfspatten voorzien.

Materialen:
Aquarelpapier
Oxide Inkt Cracked Pistachio
Oxide Inkt Wilted Violet
Oxide Inkt Peeled Paint
PaperArtsy Stempels ELB34
PaperArtsy Stempels ELB32
PaperArtsy Stempels ETS06
PaperArtsy Stempels ETS07
Witte Acryl Verf Marker

Leuk dat je er was vandaag !

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Like no one's watching !

Hello everyone, 
Hallo allemaal,

For the DT of Hobbycompleet De Duif I have made a card with Stampotique stamps. Maybe you already know this but De Duif has now Stampotique Originals Stamps in the shop too ! Yay ! 

Voor het DT van Hobbycompleet de Duif heb ik een kaartje gemaakt met Stampotique stempels. Misschien wist je het al maar de Duif heeft sinds kort Stampotique Originals in het assortiment ! Hoera !

For this card I used one of my gelli prints. I stamped the heads on it with Distress Oxide and then coloured in the eyes and the hair lightly. 

I stamped Sheer separately on white card stock and coloured her with Copic Markers. I cut her out and adhered her to the gelli print. I did stamp her on the gelli print too. I didn't have to cut out all the little hairs that way. The sentiment is on of a Visible Image set. The links are in the text below... 

Ik heb hiervoor een kant en klare Gelli Print gebruikt. Ik heb een hele stapel en dat is heel handig als je een keer snel een kaartje nodig hebt. 

Op deze achtergrond heb ik met Distress Oxide Wilted Violet de hoofdjes (Head Clouds) gestempeld. Ik heb daarna met een paars kleurpotlood het haar lichtjes ingekleurd en met een witte gel pen de oogjes. 

Het meisje (Sheer) is apart gestempeld en gekleurd met Copic Markers. Ik heb haar daarna uitgeknipt en op de kaart geplakt. Ik had haar ook op de gelli print gestempeld; zo hoef je al die haartjes niet uit te knippen... 

De tekst is van Visible Image (Born to Perform) . 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Leuk dat je er was vandaag !