Lettering + Penny Black

Hello everyone, happy wednesday!

I'm back with a new post as a proud

When I saw THIS CARD by my friend Anni I knew I had to try a CASE version of this. - Colored embossing on vellum to frame your focal point - how genius is that?

So this is my take:

• Stamp your Flowers (Penny Black 30-281 Flower Sparks) onto Vellum and emboss them in different colors.
• fuzzy cut them.
• cut off the bottom part of your card and use an edge-punch to decorate some colored cardstock for the edge.
• Adhere that punched piece to the back of your cerdfront, lining it up with the bottom of the card.
• write/stamp/letter your sentiment, fuzzy cut it and adhere the embossed flowers to the back of that sentiment.
• bot flowers and the sentiment up with foam adhesive.
• depending on your sentiment, add additional text with alphabet stickers. (my sentiment says THANKS... for everything

if you don't feel too good about lettering your own sentiment you can use a stamp or a die of course.

Stamps:

Penny Black 30-281 Flower Sparks

Cardstock: Color Copy, Faltkarten (türkis, Vellum)

Ink: lettering with Tombow ABT marker, Versamark

Embossingpowder: Wow (white, pastel pink, pastel peach), Paper Poetry (mint pearl)

stickers: Kaiser Kraft Tiny Alpha Stickers

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for stoppin' by - hope this was somehow inspirational :)

Das doppelte Lottchen #149

It's sunday, that means it's Lottie and Lisa time!

That means Anni and I usually pick a stamp or stamp set or die that we both have (we nearly have the same taste!) and create a card with this product and another task.

Today Anni made a wish, and it is:

Penny Black - in the air 

&

Stitching

What a fantastic idea, huh? No, lets put all ironiy away - I had that idea and then I didn't know how to work my way through this challenge, so this card is pretty untypical for me. (of course NOW i get more ideas, but, well... this is what I came up with:

 Even it this is not my usual style I love how this turned out. I added some coloring with colored pensilc (Polychromos) to just some of the white embossed balloons and added shading with a grey copic marker to achieve the look of dimension. I sewed around the panel before I adhered it with some fun foam  and added a sentiment with alphabet stickers. Simple , quick and easy ;) 

You know I am a proud member of the Penny Black Simplicity sisters - check out there blog to find more Clean and simple creation by amazing designers :)

Thanks for visiting! :)

Now hop over to Anni's blog to find her creation :) 

Can't stop crafting

Yes, it's true - now that i have some time off I just can't stop stamping, coloring, fuzzy cutting, assembling...  I even dreamt of making cards during the last nights. Seems I missed crafting a lot.

So, three more cards for you know (I have way more, but again - I'll split it up so you don't get overwhelmed.)

1) Fühl Dich umarmt (feel hugged)

Another new stamp - that mushroom stamp from Personal Impressions' Zentagles series is just adorable. Still it's pretty dark if stamped in black, so I knew white embossing and a rainbow would look good on it. I loooove how this turned out, even if fuzzy cutting took some time.

The sentiment is from Create A Smile's "Hey Quatschkopf".

Addicted to stamps and more - CAS
Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge - stamping
CASual Fridays - Embossing


2) Echt? SO alt? (Really? THAT old?)
I practiced my Polychromos coloring last night and I think this little dinosaur-like monster by Paper Smooches turned out nice. I used some paper scraps from create A Smile's Feel Good Paper Pack and used a new stitched-line die so make the scraps look as if they were sewn on to the card base. Just a little detail, you know?

Little Red Wagon - Thickers and Stickers

Stempelgarten - Happy Birthday

Stamping Sensations - Feature a creature

3) Liebste Grüße (kindest regards)
This is a super simple cards with lots of shapes cut with my Silhouette (The circle and frame, the heart, the plants). Super simple but bright and therefore kind of eye-catching. Bright pink with green might be a combo I love, even if I don't like pink a lot.
Just to say a nice hello to a friend. :)

Silhouette Challenges - anything goes

Pile it on - thinking of you

The Paper Players - Sketch

I'll be back soon with more cards. Thanks for checking back!

Christine

Das doppelte Lottchen #135

It's sunday, that means it's Lottie and Lisa time!

That means Anni and I usually pick a stamp or stamp set or die that we both have (we nearly have the same taste!) and create a card with this product and another task.

Today I made a wish, and it is:

Create A Smile - Sending Sunshine Kit

&

partial die-cutting.

Most of you know that Create A Smile is my little baby-company - so how could I not enjoy playing with my own products? :) I could never ever release a stamp set that I myself would not enjoy.

The sending sunshine kit came out last month and it was a huge success so we re-stocked (still some left, you can find it HERE - but it's a limited quantity - when they're gone, they're gone, so better be quick!). 

I thought creating a Lottie and Lisa card using the kit would be fun.

I used the partial die-cutting to create a window and a closure for the card to add some interest to a pretty simple card with lots of white space.

The little chipboard waved and the flair also come from the kit -just like the hidden lobster and the bubbles :) by the way: The lobster and the bubbles were embossed with WOW! silver pearl embossing powder - this might be my new favorite (and luckily I got a BIG jar :) )

Let's open the card now to reveal the inside:

Exciting, isn't it??

If you look at the left side of the inside you can see that there's another flap. It's a tri-fold card so you have plenty of space to write your message and make someone smile :)

I used my new Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens to color that little lobster. I think the mix of dark-coral and yellow is the perfect combo for him.

The sentiment and the paper are also from the kit :)

Now it's time to hop over to Anni's blog to see what she created.

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)
Christine

Wow! Silver Pearl Embossing Powder

A Gem of a Challenge - Summer Time

Wow! - Summer

Addicted to CAS - Splash

Stampin' Royalty - picture inspiration

Das doppelte Lottchen #131

It's sunday, that means it's Lottie and Lisa time!

That means Anni and I usually pick a stamp or stamp that that we both have (we nearly have the same taste!) and create a card with this set and another task.

Today I made a wish, and it is:

Create A Smile - Botanical Love

&

Foiling or metallic embossing

I have NO IDEA why I came up with this challenge because it is so far from my comfort zoone. I don't own foil and I don't do a lot of metallic embossing, because I'm not too much into elegant cards. Well, at least the set has the option to create something elegant.

I tried some gold embossing through a stencil and added a tiny strip of gold to the sentiment. The flower was colored with Distress Ink in Cracked Pistachio and Pine Needles (my fav combo!). I don't like the card a lot, but maybe you do?!

Thanks for stoppin' by, please check out Anni's blog to see how she was inspired by this challenge :)

Coloring Die Cuts with Penny Black

Hi everyone,

as you all know I am a

That means I create Clean and simple cards uying fantastic Penny Black products! Lucky me!
You can find amazing CAS inspiration on the Simplicity Blog - I am surrounded by ah-mah-zing designers. There's inspiration twice a week - and every designer will also post fabulous projects on their own blogs (just like I am doing now)

This is my card for today:

I've never had a background die that's so intricate before and I think this is super pretty - that's why I decided to make it the focal point of my card.

By adding color (using copics) the die pattern really stands out on this card.

• Die Cut the background from white cardstock
• color it with bright markers
• use a Glue-Pen to add adhesive and adhere the background to a white cardbase on an agle to add more interest and give this very elegant pattern a little more of a modern look.
• fold a strip of vellum, cut banner shaped edges and white emboss the sentiment.
• adhere the sentiment and add some enamel dots.

Stamps: Penny Black (Let's Chat)

Die: Penny Black (Stellar)

Ink: Versamark

Embossing Powder: Hero Arts white

Cardstock: Exacompta card file

Embellishments: stash

Thanks for stopping by. I'm planning to start blogging on a more regular basis again. :)

Das doppelte Lottchen #118

That means Anni and I usually pick a stamp or stamp that that we both have (we nearly have the same taste!) and create a card with this set and another task.
Today Anni made a wish, and it is:

Lawn Fawn - Winter Bunnd

and

Torn Paper

Es ist wieder Lottchenzeit! 

Hier einigen die wunderbare Anni und ich uns üblicherweise auf einen Stempel oder ein Stempelset , dass wir beide besitzen und gestalten (unser Geschmack ist sehr ähnlich!) mit diesem und einer Zusatzaufgabe eine Karte. 

Anni durfte wünschen, und heraus kam:

Lawn Fawn - Winter Bunny

und

gerissenes Papier

This card took quite a while. I die-cut, stamped, colored, stenciled, ewmbossed, distressed... A wild mix of techniques. Something you can't se on the picture: the Cloud-pattern is glittery embossing powder by WOW - it look even cooler in real life.

Die Karte hat ein Weilchen gebraucht. Ich habe gestanzt, gestempelt, koloriert, schabloniert, embosst, distreet.... ein wilder Mix aus Techniken. Etwas, das ihr auf den bildern leider nicht sehen könnt: Das muster auf den Wolken ist glitzerned Embossing Puder von WOW! - das sieht in real noch cooler aus.

Detail: 

Don't forget to Hop over to Anni's Blog to see what she came up with!

Add a Little Dazzle and Neat and Tangled Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to the Nat & Tangled + Add A Little Dazzle Blog Hop!

You should have arrived from the Add A Little Dazzle Blog - if you haven't - you can find the entire Hop order at the bottom of this post.

We're sharing projects that use both companies' products for the next three days - so hop along - there are also prizes to be won! There are $25 voucher's for both companies waiting for you - how awesome is THAT?!

Here's the card I made using he Baby Blue Metal Sheet from Add A little Dazzle and Little Santa Girl from Neat & Tangled. You all know I'm not a super bug fan of those cutesie girl-images with big heads, but I seem to like this one a lot.(And coloring is fun!) I embossed the metal sheet with a cuttlebug snowflakes-folder - a very simple card with a lot of impact!

Now it's time to hop over to Martha Lucia Gomez who's waiting with a great creation. Hope you have lots of fun!

Just in case you get lost:

Neat & Tangled  http://neatandtangled.blogspot.com/2014/11/add-little-dazzle-neat-and-tangled-blog_17.html

Add a Little Dazzle  http://wp.me/p45iyt-4F5

Christine Drogt: http://kartenchaos.blogspot.com/2014/11/add-little-dazzle-and-neat-and-tangled.html

Martha Lucia Gomez- http://stampartpapel.com/los-suenos-se-hacen-realidad./

Lydia Evans: http://lydiaevansdesign.com/2014/11/17/neat-tangledadd-a-little-dazzle-blog-hop-day-1/

Kate Capper:http://justkatecrafting.blogspot.com/2014/11/aaldday1.html

Das doppelte Lottchen #117

It's Lottie and Lisa time! 

That means Anni and I usually pick a stamp or stamp that that we both have (we nearly have the same taste!) and create a card with this set and another task.
Today I made a wish, and it is:

TAWS - Mrs. Rogers' Neighborhood

and

Chalkboard-Technique

Es ist wieder Lottchenzeit! 

Hier einigen die wunderbare Anni und ich uns üblicherweise auf einen Stempel oder ein Stempelset , dass wir beide besitzen und gestalten (unser Geschmack ist sehr ähnlich!) mit diesem und einer Zusatzaufgabe eine Karte. 

Ich durfte wünschen, und heraus kam:

TAWS - Mrs. Rogers' Neighborhood

und

Chalkboard-Technique

Like many of you I'm totally obsessed with Christmas cards right now. Also am I donating christmas card to the youth center that I work at so we can sell them to have a little more money for new toys, stage properties and art supplies for the kids. I really hope the cards will sell well, so I picked a German sentiment from Create A Smile (it says something like "Help, it's christmas-ing"? LOL). The market will be on Dec 6th, keep your fingers crossed for the youth center!

Wie viele von Euch bin ich gerade total besessen von Weihnachtskarten. Außerdem spende ich dem Jugenzentrum, in dem ich arbeite, Weihnachtskarten. Die können wir verkaufen um neues Geld für Spielzeug, Theater-Requisiten und Kunstbedarf für die Kids zu kaufen. Ich hoffe wirklich, dass sich die Karten gut verkaufen werden, deshalb habe ich auch einen deutschen Text von Create A Smile benutzt. Der Markt wird am 6. Dezember sein - drückt doch mal die Daumen für unser Jugenzentrum!

Let's hop over to Anni now to see what she created. (She never ever makes a card that I don't like!)