Proof of fun

Hello fellow Crafters,

and happy Hump day to you. As it is Wednesday there is another Challenge up over on the Stampotique Designers' Challenge blog.
This week's challenge was set by the lovely and very talented Kay Wallace and she chose : black and white with a pop of colour, as her theme.
This is what she said :

"It is my turn to host the Stampotique Designers' Challenge this week!  What might seem like a simple challenge to most, for some, whose work is generally full of color, it really will be a challenge.  But, for all of us, it's good to try something different. I have been on a black'n'white artistic kick lately because I love the crisp freshness it can bring to a card, journal page or ATC. Whatever you decide to do, keep it black and white with just a pop of color!  Get creative this week and join us!"

Now if you fancy winning $30,- worth of Stampotique Stamps, why not play along. There is a challenge every week and at the end of the month there are 2 prizes of $30,- to be won. Only rules : NO digi's and only on entry per challenge per person.....
Here is the birthday card I created :

Unfortunately the photo doesn't do it any justice as you can't see any of the shading on the cat. Sorry about that. I take pictures with my iPhone and it doesn't seem to be able to cope with some colours, like orange.

Anyway, this project was fairly easy. I took a panel of white card stock, and some patterned paper. I matted the patterned paper on black card stock and adhered it to the panel. I then stamped the sentiment on a separate bit of card stock with Distress Ink and matted that on black card stock as well. The cat was stamped on white card stock, coloured with Copic Markers and cut out with a little white border. I adhered it to the panel halfway on and off the patterned paper with pop dots. Next I adhered the rhinestones, they were clear by the way; I coloured them with an orange Copic Marker. Lastly I glued the panel onto a square card.

I used the following stamps :

Kitty 

Barcode text 

Thanks for stopping by !

Hope you like it......

Published in Stampers' Sampler !!

Hello fellow Crafters,

At the end of January 2014 I decided to take my chances on being published in the Stampers' Sampler. So I made some cards for their "A different point of view' section. It is all about how you can make different cards using the same stamp.  I used one of my favourite stamps from Stampotique for this.  She is called 'Mela'. I never, in my wildest dreams,  thought they would get published, but they did ! One of them even made the front cover !  I was so happy and excited !!! Here are the cards that made it into the magazine, starting with the one that made it onto the front cover !  :

Nobody gets me like you :

Love & giggles:

Friend:

Party time:

Stop and smell the flowers:

I am very grateful for being published. It was the first time and I was soooooo  excited !!! 

Thank you Stampington !!! 

And, thank you for stopping by ! 

Hope you like them enough to buy the magazine.....

Steampunk tag

Hello fellow Crafters,

Over at the Tag Along Challenge Blog the theme was set by the lovely Kay Wallace and she chose Steampunk. Not my strongest point but because of being on holiday I hadn't played for a while and decided to give it a go. This is what I made:

I used some pattern paper to start with and edged it with Distress Inks in Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo. I then did some background stamping in the same colours but also used Archival ink. The Steampunk balloon was stamped directly onto the tag with Versafine Ink, as was the phrase 'steampunk relic'. Next I found a set of metal wings which I attached underneath the balloon. I matted the whole think onto black and put some ribbon through the hole. 

That was it..

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Hope you like it ...

Craftorij Zomer Challenge, day 51 - 55

Hello fellow Crafters,

I have been away for a few days again. It was lovely but I was very behind with the postcard a day for the Summer Challenge. So today I made some more and here is the next helping :

Day 51 : Chequered background

Day 52 : What is in your handbag

Day 53: red, white and blue

Day 54 : Dictionary 

Day 55 : Hearts

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Hope you like them .......

Jingle your own damn bells !

Hello fellow Crafters,

It's Wednesday again an that means another challenge over at the Stampotique Designers' Challenge blog. If you participate you have the chance of winning $30,- worth of Stampotique stamps at the end of each month. You can enter one project every week. You can use any stamps but digi's are not allowed. We would love to see you use some Stampotique stamps though.
This week Gezzy set the challenge and this is what she said :

"Hi Gez here, I am delighted to be your hostess for this weeks challenge.

It's never too early to start thinking about Christmas right?!! ;-) I thought it would be nice for us to spread a wave of festive cheer throughout Blogland!

Every year I set out with good intentions and imagine a great big stack of handmade Christmas cards all ready to send out nice and early in December, in reality I think it's happened once! So, lets do it together! Dig deep and crack open the Christmas stash box early!!

This is a fun challenge, I hope you enjoy it too!

The Design Team have lots of creative inspiration to get your festive mojo ringing! Happy creating!"

Not easy to think of snow and Christmas when it is hot outside but here is mine :

I started off with a bit of Gelli print on which I did a bit of background stamping and I also doodled the snowflakes. I stamped 'Smile' on white card stock and coloured him, clear embossed him and cut him out. I decided to use a Christmas postage stamp and adhered this just behind little Smile. I placed him on some washi tape. The sentiment was stamped,  cut apart and adhered to the panel. Lastly I adhered the panel to a square card base. 

I used the following Stampotique Stamps :

Smile 

Fax to Wolfgang 

Jingle your own damn bells ! 

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Hope you like it....

Craftorij Zomer Challenge day 44 and 47 - 50

Hello fellow Crafters,

Last time I forgot to publish number 44 and instead put in number 45, so today I will publish numbers 44 and 47 - 50.

I think it is unbelievable that we are already 50 days into our 61 day-challenge and I don't really want it to end. Here's another helping :

Day 44 - Use an advert

Day 47 - Describe yourself in 10 words

Day 48 - eyes

Day 49 - Collage with 1 staple

Day 50 - book (s)

That's it ! Thanks for stopping by !

Hope you like them.....

Itsy bitsy...

Hello fellow Crafters,

Over at the Tag Along challenge blog the theme this week was set by the lovely Carol and she chose "bright sunny colours". I thought I use one of my gelli prints in yellow and orange for the background as they are very sunny colours. Then I thought: sunny, yellow.... itsy bitsy, teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini. So here it is :

After glueing the gelli print on the tag, I did some background stamping with France's fabulous 'French journal' and 'Splattered mug' stamps. Also splattered some white ink on it. 

'Goat monster' has become a girl for today, or maybe he is a cross dresser???? I stamped him on white paper, drew the bikini on him, gave him some eyelashes and coloured him with Copics. I then cut him out and adhered him to the tag, grounding him on some very sunny washi tape. The sentiment was handwritten on white paper and adhered to the tag. I doodled around the bits of paper with a black marker. 

Thanks for stopping by ! 

Hope you like it.....