Celebrate - Gnome

Hello everyone,

"Celebrations" is the theme for the newest Crafty Cardmakers challenge. I love the theme, because it is so versatile and so I created a card with the theme as my sentiment:

I  let the Scan N Cut do the cutting work for me and then coloured the image with Copics. The little bug at the top left makes me smile everytime I look at this image which I think is totally cute, don't you?

The sentiment was created using the letter stickers by Create a Smile, which I love as well. (I make sure never to be without them actually, because they have helped me out of tight spots cardmaking-wise very often in the past...) I hope you are going to create a "Celebrations" themed project as well and share it with us in our gallery! Until then, please stay safe and happy crafting ;o) Yours Maike

Supplies:

Stamp: "Gnome on a Swing" by Stamping Bella

Dies: "Wonky Stitches Elle-Ments" by Avery Elle

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"
Sweet Stampin "Bright and Beautiful"
Fairy and Unicorn Challenge "Anything Fantasy Goes"
Send A Smile 4 Kids "Anything Goes 4 Kids"
A Gem of A Challenge "Anything Goes"
A Perfect Time To Craft "May Challenge - Anything Goes"
A Bit More Time To Craft "Anything Goes"

It's Your Birthday - be a little shellfish

Heya everyone ;o)

"Shells" is the theme of the new challenge at Challenge Up Your Life. My lovely friend Sonja of "The Art Of Stamping" gave me a lovely stamp set a while back with a shell and this lovely sentiment and I thought it was THE perfect set for our challenge. But I'd better let you be the judge of that:

I mixed and matched a lot with this card, but I really like the way it turned out. The pearl inside the shell was paper-pieced. I stamped it on some textured cardstock thatt I had covered with Nuvo Mousse in "Pearl", cut it out and placed it over the original pearl if that makes sense. 

The background is a stamp byStampingbella and I coloured it with Copic markers. It did take a while but I like the feeling of depth you get from the drawn scene. Once the alcohol from the marker had fully evaporated I heat embossed the sentiment over top. I hope you are going to create a "Shell" themed project as well and share it with us at Challenge Up Your Life! Have a wonderful month of September and happy crafting ;o) Yours Maike

Supplies:
Stamps: "Year Six" by Lawn Fawn
              "Under the Sea Backdrop" by Stampingbella
              "Little Mermaids" by the Greeting Farm
              "Party Like A Pirate" by My Favorite Things

Challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"
Patties Creations "Beach / Under the Sea"
Seize the Birthday "Anything Goes"

One in a melon - Hamster?!

Halli Hallo ihr Lieben!

Bei der neuen Challenge Up Your Life Herausforderung dreht sich alles um Leckereien und wenn ich mir Gilbert den Hamster so anschaue, sieht er mit seiner Melone recht zufrieden aus, oder?

Heya my dear crafty friends!
For the new Challenge Up Your Life task we would like to see cards with lots of tasty treats and when I look at Gilbert the hamster, I think he looks quite content, don't you?

Für meine Karte habe ich zuerst Gilbert und außerdem noch ein paar Extra-Melonen mit Copics coloriert. Für die Melonen habe ich die Marker R35, RV14 und R43benutzt und finde, die Kombination passt super. Die Melonenschnitze habe ich alle per Hand ausgeschnitten, aber für Gilbert habe ich eine Kreisstanze benutzt, weil... Naja, schaut euch mal all die filigranen Blumen an, dann wisst ihr sicher sofort wieso :o)))

For my card I started by colouring Gilbert and also a few extra melons with Copic Markers. For the melons I used R35, RV14 and R43 and I really like this combination for watermelons. I fussy cut the melons and die cut the scene with the cute hamster with a circle die, because, well... Look at all these filigran flowers and you know why ;o)))

Bevor ich die Melonen und den Kreis aufgeklebt habe, kamen noch einmal die Melonen zum Einsatz. Die habe ich mit dem sehr hellen "Fog" von Simon Says Stmap gestempelt, um auch noch was fürs Auge auf der Kartenbasis zu haben. Zuletzt habe ich dann den Spruch - leicht gebogen - neben den Kreis gestempelt und die Karte war fertig.

Before I glued the melons and the scallop circle down I stamped the melon on the card base a few time to give that some interest, too. I used the very subtle "Fog" ink by Simon Says Stamp. Lastly I stamped the sentiment, slightly curved to fit the circle shape and my card was done.

Ich hoffe, ihr teilt eure leckeren Projekte mit uns und verlinkt sie in der CUYL Gallerie, denn ich würde mich freuen zu sehen, was euch zu dem Thema so einfällt! Habt ein wunderbares Wochenende und happy crafting ;o))

I hope you are going to link up your tasty project in our gallery, because I would love to see what you create! Have a great weekend and happy crafting everybody ;o)

Material / supplies:
Stempel / stamps: "Gilbert has a snack" von Stampinbella
                             "Thanks a melon" von Memory Box

Stanzen / dies: "Stitched Circle Scallop Edge Frames" von My Favorite Things

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday "Summer Colours"
Crafting With Friends "Anything Goes"
Color Crazy Challenge " Anything Goes"