Cozy and warm Christmas with Silver, Rory and Noelly by Purple Onion Designs

Hello everyone,
this month we are looking for "Cozy and Warm" for our challenge at Papercraft Challenges. This is my take on the theme:

Christmas cards are always in short supply even though I promise myself every year to create at least two a month throughout the year... November is the time where I usually get panicky and start creating like a cardmaking maniac ;o) I hope you like my first Christmas card this year.

I love the sweet and adorable images by purple onion and feel like these characters always liven up any scene. Which is your favourite brand of stamps?

I hope you are going to join us and share your "Cozy and Warm" projects with us! Have a fabulous time and happy crafting, yours Maike

Supplies:
Stamps: "Rory and Noelle", "Silver", "Erica" and "Warming Winter Thoughts"

Tropical Paradise and a turtle that serves drinks ;o)

Hello everyone!

I am back with my new card for the Papercraft Challenges blog. This time the theme is "Tropical Paradise" and this always makes me think of palm trees, the sea and a beach. So this is what I came up with:

I used some slimline stackable dies by Lawn Fawn to create the background scene and the white border around it. For the sand and the water I used distress inks on a white piece of paper, because I wanted the gap between the two to be reminiscent of sea spray.
The stamps are from the beautiful set "Polynesian Paradise" by My Favourite Things. (I hadn't realized that they have gone out of business though. That is such a shame and derailed me a few hours from publishing this post, because I tried to find out what happened.)

All the images were coloured with Copic markers and I used another, slightly larger, slimline die to create the white strips at the sides. 

I hope you will join us this month with a "tropical" card or project and publish your creation to our gallery. Have a wonderful day everyone and happy crafting ;o)

Summer Vibes Card and a huge sorry

Gosh, I have just noticed, that none of my posts have been published since December! I am so sorry! Having said this I would love to share my June card with you, because I really like it. So here it is:

For the background I used a kraft cardstock and added white ink and Distress Oxide Inks in different shades of blue. I also used a white gel pen and a brown marker for the splatter and I think that makes a big difference.

For my images I used stamps from Purple Onion Designs which I really love. They sometimes are a little more time consuming to colour but I think it is always worth the extra effort.

I hope you had joined our challenge over at Papercraft Challenges, but if not I hope you have still enjoyed my summer card ;o) have a fabulous day everyone and happy crafting!!!

Fröhliche Weihnachten (Santa und Rudolph)

Hello everyone ;o)
Today I'd like to share my newest creation for the Papercraft Challenges blog with you. Our kind sponsor Mirtillamente has provided us with some super cute images and will be sponsoring a prize (2 digis) for the winner as well!
Here is what I came up with for our theme "Under the mistletoe":

This image was a lot of fun to colour let me tell you ;o) I also added a lot of glitter and shine, but that isn't all to visible in the picture unfortunately. I felt like the image didn't need a lot more than just a sentiment, so I added "Fröhliche Weihnachten" (merry christmas) to the bottom of the scene and also added a blue border around the image, so that it would draw your eye to the window where Santa and Rudolph are hiding! I used the lightest blue marker (B29) I had used for the night sky to create the blue border, so the colours match perfectly!
I hope you are going to join us for our "Under the Mistletoe" challenge and I wish you a very merry christmas and a very happy new year also!
All the best to you and your loved ones,
                                                                            Maike

Supplies:
Stamp: "Christmas Home" by Mirtillamente

Spooktacular (birthday) wishes

Hello everyone ;o)

I hope you are enjoying your week so far! Here in Germany autumn has taken over and I love seeing all the colourful leaves. However this always is a sure sign that Halloween is just around the corner and thus  "Spooky Season" is about to begin. This is as you might have guess the theme of our new challenge over at Papercraft Challenges. Dr. Digi is our kind sponsor again and boy, do they have some fun Halloween images for you in their store! Remember by submitting a card you could be the lucky winner of 2 of their digis! This is the card I made for it:

I do not have much need for Halloween type cards, but I always need birthday cards. And this time it was perfect for a friend we often play "Blood on the Clocktower" with. There are all kinds of dark characters in the game and I thought this would be perfect for him. I created a background that was supposed to look like a cave but with the rest of the card it looks more like a field and some grey clouds... However, I think it works. I added to ghosts and a spider web (back when I still thought the background would look more like a cave), a heat-embossed sentiment and also some shimmery butterflies since I didn't have any bats. 

Then I added a frame around it so that the butterflies could actually fly free in their new habitat. Lastly I added the vampire Vlad to the front of the card and called it a day. I would love to see your spooky creations in our gallery! Hope you'll have fun creating and happy crafting to you all!!! 

Walk in the fall (Lavender & Thyme)

Hello everyone,
today I would like to share my card for the newest challenge over at Papercraft Challenges with you! The theme for this month is "Fabulous Fall" and here is what I came up with:

The stamps are from Purple Onion Designs from their designer Stacey Yacula which I am a huge fan of. I just love the cute critters she always comes up with. The two critters are from her "Merriest City" collection but even though they were intended to go on Christmas cards I think the fit perfectly in this little wood with their jackets and the hat. 

For this card I focused on my Copic colouring. I wanted the colours to represent fall and think I nailed it. What do you think? I took ages but I thoroughly enjoyed the process. I glued the background piece flat to the card base and added foam tape behind the critters to give them some dimension. 

I hope you are going to join us with your own "Fabulous Fall" project! Until next time, happy crafting and all the very best to you my crafty friend!!! Yours Maike ;o)

Supplies:
Stamps: "Lavender & Thyme" by Purple Onion Designs

              "Woodland Background" by Purple Onion Designs

Challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Make Your Own Background" (Hope colouring it in counts...)

Send a Smile 4 Kids "Cute Fall / Halloween Cards for kids"
Gem of a Challenge "Wk 18 - Anything goes"

Alphabet Challenge Blog "L is for landscape"

Holiday time and a gull saying hi

Hello everyone ;o)

I hope you are all doing great and enjoying the summer so far!  This time we have a wonderful theme for you over at Papercraft Challenges. Or at least I think it is a wonderful theme: "Holiday Time". For me a holiday is perfect, when I cann look at the sea and hear the gulls cry, so this is what I created for my inspiration card:

For my background I used a piece of design paper that I really love. I added a tag made of kraftpaper on which I had put some white ink and blue Distress Ink. I also added some white and brown dots to make it look even more like a beach. Next I coloured and adhered this super cute image by Create a Smile and stamped the sentiment "Moin!" next to it. Moin is a way of saying hello in the northern parts of Germany. There were only some finishing touches needed like the red tag and the tiny sea gulls and the card was done. I hope you like it.

I hope you are going to share your "Holiday Time" card with us in our gallery and thus have the chance to win a surpise prize ;o) Have a fabulous day and happy crafting everyone ;o)))

Supplies:
Stamps: "Möwen-Gang" by Create a Smile 

Dies: "Tag You are it" by Lawn Fawn