Das doppelte Lottchen #179

Hello everyone,

Here we are with a new Lottie and Lisa - I love those Sundays so much! 

For those new on my blog:

Lottie and Lisa 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.

For today Anni made a wish, and it is:

My favorite things - Forest Friends

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Dry embossing with stencils

I think dry embossing can add such fabulous details to your cards, but I often struggle to use it, because it seems "so 2010" to me - hehe. That was when there was just too much going on on my cards. ;)

I picked a not-yet-released stencil from Create A Smile do add some subtile hearts to the circle panel and I really really love how this turned out. It adds a special touch without overloading the card. 

You can see the embossing a little better on this detail photo:

Do you use a lot of dry embossing on your cards? Feel free to link to your creationsin the comments - I'd love to check them out and get inspired <3

Thanks for stopping by, now hop over to Anni's blog so see what she came up with!

Have a great day!

Christine

Das doppelte Lottchen #177 & new CAS release!

Hello everyone,

Here we are with a new Lottie and Lisa - yay! Still January and my second blog post already - wow... (hehe, you guess, I am a busy bee...)

For those new on my blog:

Lottie and Lisa 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.

For today I made a wish, and it is:

Mama Elephant - Ocean Waves Trio

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Paper Piecing

I guess we all experience those moments when we fall in love again with a technique that we used to love years ago. Paper Piecing is something I re-discovered for me, lately. I just love the look - patterns everywhere.

I decided to use some of the newest Create A Smile products - the new release came out last friday. You can check all the new products out and see some inspirational projects here. Let's get to my Lottie and Lisa card first :)

With the dies it was crystal clear that the theme would be ocean, so I created a background with my oxide inks (Peacock feathers, salty ocean, wilted violet). I paper pieced the vampire squid from Glowing Seaside / Strahlende Küste, die cut the "du" with the new "doppeltes du" cool cuts and added a small handwritten sentiment. The sentiment says "you are unique".

I also have some more cards to share with you, using the newly released products:

This coffee-themes card uses an older stamp set (just like coffee / so wie Kaffee) and an older die set (Stacked pierced banners) with two brand new products: The "Huge polka Dots" stencil and the "you twice" cool cuts.

Here's a super clean and simple card, using the unfrogettable / sei kein Frosch stamp set, the new postage edge circles cool cuts, the doppeltes hallo cool cuts and the Nur mal hallo sagen stamp set:

The last card is very clean and simple also, using the doppeltes du dies, the postage edge circle dies and the new Focal Dots stencil.

 I hope you enjoyed this little colorful gallery :)

Please hop over to see what Anni created for our Lottie and Lisa #177!

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful sunday!

Das doppelte Lottchen {Lottie and Lisa} #175

Hello everyone,

It's been ages once again.

If you ever wondered what I am doing...

Well, first of all Create A Smile really takes up a lot of time. Designing stamps, sending our orders, preparing releases, dicsounts,... 

I still have a "daytime-job" at a youth center. I love my job, but it can be exhausting.

We also moved into my new happy place which I love so much. And Create A Smile has a huge office now - I simply love that!

Anyway.... today Anni and I are finally back with a new Lottie and Lisa - YAY!

For those new on my blog:

Lottie and Lisa 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.

For today I made a wish, and it is:

The Alley Way Stamps - Monster Madness 

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Enamel stickers.

I made this card AGES ago but Anni and I never found the time to both post - i really hope we can start posting more regularly again, because I miss our challenge a lot!

Here's the card. I used some crackling paste and a stencil for the background and think this bright card is a lot of fun:

Here's a close-up, so you can see the crackling paint a little better:

Now hop over to Anni's blog to find her creation :) She'll knock your socks off ;)

Thanks for viisting!

Das doppelte Lottchen #174

Hello everyone,

Can you believe it's been more than a month?

But I am back with a new Lottie and Lisa

For those new on my blog:

Lottie and Lisa 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:

Memory Box - Landscape Die

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dies only / no stamps

There's not much to say about this - I created a set (card and tag) for this week and I think they turned out simple but nice:

Now hop over to Anni's blog to find her creation :) She'll knock your socks off ;)

Thanks for viisting!

Das doppelte Lottchen #168, lots of cards & EXCITING news!

Hello everyone,

I guess you notived that it was quiet for a while over here. Well, Anni and I decided to take a summer break, but we are back and I have tons of cards to share!

For those new on my blog:

Lottie and Lisa 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:

Lawn Fawn - Critters in the forest

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cool colors

I am usually not a big fan of purple, but I recently fell in love with soft-purple/ turquoise combos, so I used that color combo  for this week's card:

Colour Crazy Challenges - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - it's hip to be square

Happy little stampers - anything goes with dies

And now, without lots of words, here's a whole bunch of card using the new Create A Smile release.  (click!) SO. MUCH. FUN!!!

Moving along with the times - clean and simple
Less is more - recipe "sticker" (alphabet stickers)

CASology - fun

Simply Create Too - use feathers

Addicted to stamps and more - holiday (summer holidays)

CAS mix up - stamping + sprays + your choice
Allsorts - use at least two dies
4 crafty chicks - sentiment

Stempelküche - lasst uns feiern!
Stampin' Royalty - Birthdays
Seize the birthday - anything goes
Craft for the craic - photo inspiration

Daring Cardmakers - Wonderful woodgrain

City Crafter Challenge blog - it's all about YOU

Last but not least I would like to tell you about so AMAZING news!

Create a Smile will soon launch their first mini-print-magazine called "Treasures" and YOU could be a part of the first issue! Who does not love to be published, especially in a PRINT media?!

Here's the Open Call for submissions, so make sure you don't miss this amazing opportunity! (click!)

That was a lot of stuff and news to check out!

Now hop over to Anni's blog to find her creation :) She'll knock your socks off ;)

Thanks for viisting!

Das doppelte Lottchen #166

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

Lottie and Lisa 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:

Sweet Stamp Shop - Hippo

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Background made with tiny stamps

I am totally in a pirates-mood lately, so I went for the hippo with the pirate's hat. I found a small skull-stamp in an older Simon Says Stamp stamp set that I hardly ever used and created this background - I think it turned out super fun!

The text stamp says "Hey Landlubber" and is from an upcoming Create A Smile stamp set.

Now hop over to Anni's blog to find her creation :) She'll knock your socks off ;)

Thanks for viisting!