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 ;)

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Das doppelte Lottchen #172

Hello everyone,

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

Wel, I was struggling with some health issues and Create A Smile took up the rest of my time, so thanks for your patience!

Anni and I are finally back with pour 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:

Paper Smooches - Little Fella

&

Acetate

EDIT:
Whooops, I just noticed that I obviously picked the wrong date - Anni followed another challenge.theme. Sorry for messingt his up!

Acetate ususally screams for shaker cards, but I decided to NOT make one because I found it was too obvious. However, I used the acetate for a, interactive element.

"Treffen?" means something like "Gather together?" so you can pull that little creature to meet his friends :)

I thought that was cute :)

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

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Das doppelte Lottchen #170

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:

Mama Elephant - Up and Away

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One Layer Card

I had already pulled out my heavy weight cardstock for one layer cards to do some copic coloring, but then decided to go for a kraft cardbase and white embossing with brown. I also added some colored highlights. I colored the imaged with Polychromos, but I don't like the outcome at all. I just couldn't come up with enough patience for a light hand and feel pretty frustrated, BUT I like the over all card design (at least).

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

Thanks for viisting!

Das doppelte Lottchen #169

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:

Useless Trinkets - Keksdose (free Digi stamp)

&

Something textile

I picked my old pompom edging (is that the word?) as a textile element for my card and kept the ret super simple:

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!

Das doppelte Lottchen #165

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:

Mama Elephant - Pandamonium

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Use a Background stamp

You might notice that we took a short break from our Lottie & Lisa fun - we've both been super busy, but now we're BACK - yay!

I remember that I had s great design on my mind when I wrote down today's challenge - but as always I forgot and I felt like I couldn't create something super unique. 

Question: Do you have phases when it comes to crafting?

Sometimes I fall for background stamps, two weeks later I can't come up with ANY idea using them. Sometimes I love to use patterned paper and sometimes I don't touch them for weeks. Sometimes I love to watercolor, sometimes I'm like "Meh, it looks all the same!".

Those phases keep me struggling, but I am happy I am not completely stuck with one technique only - my phases change and so do my designs - that's fun.

However, I did not feel like using background stamps when I made my first card and I found it boring, even if the rainbow of colors pop:

The card is okay, but I still found it boring.

Then I remember a card Anni made years ago for one Lottie and Lisa and I decided to somewhat CASE it. :)

I loved that she cut down her background into strips to add dimension and interest to her card, so I tried that;

I think this turned out quite cute and I am so happy there are so many inspiring creations out there whenever i feel uninspired. 

(Fun Fact: I hadn't looked at Anni's card again before I made mine. Her's is from November 2012 and still my card looks like a super close CASE. Anni's designs have always been my fav and I studied her art in a way that makes me remember cards even after 3,5 years - hehe!)

Oh, by the way: The sentiment on this card says "Hug?"

I would also like to share another card with you that I made for the current challenge in our Create A Smile Friends & Family Facebook-Group.

Join the group if you'd like to play along and win a gift card to the store!

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

Thanks for viisting!

Das doppelte Lottchen #164

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 Anni made a wish, and it is:

My favorite Things - Cool Day

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Gold

We've had a mostly cold and grey week over here inGermany and I am totally not in the mood for Christmas cards, so I struggeled with Anni's wich. And gold will never ever (in no way) be my fav. color. 

I thought I'd make a cool background with just a bit of gold embossed details, spend some time coloring and really liked how this turned out. Then I colored and fuzzy cut the bear  and realized that the background and the bear would be competing on one card, so I decided to make one card for each, but both only turned out "okay" for my taste.

 I would also like to share some more cards. I got a huge bunch of new dies yesterday and had to try some of them out. I also used watercolor on all of them :)

 Here are the results:

Inkspirational - Photo Inspiration

Allsorts - In the pink
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Just Add Ink - "b" (Birds)

Cards und more - Use lots of color

Paper Players - Tic Tac Toe (Twine, Die cut, Girly)

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

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Das doppelte Lottchen #163 (three of them)

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:

Memory Box Large Circle Burst Die

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minimal coloring

Okay, I admit, I don't knoe what I was thinking when I came up with this challenge. I clearly had something in mind, but I just couldn't remember. So today I have three cards for you - from a very mininmal layout to a busy one, but all of them only have a little bit of coloring on them :)

 The first card is the most minimal one. I used the die to create a stencil and inked some white pigment ink onto my kraft cardstock. The fox got a tiny bit of Polychromos coloriing.

Not coloring as much as I normally would  - so not coloring the best I could - freaked me out and I wasn't too pleased with the result, so I decided to make another one:

The second card got a more interesting Layout, is still pretty CAS and only has a bit of coloring because these images only need very little color. I liked how this turned out but thought I might try again...

The third card is super busy with lot of diecutting and stamping Action. Is has lots of dimension, different Textures and still not too much coloring:

Hoewever, I feel like I colored to much oneach of the cards, so I think I cheated on my own challenge - so sorry! Hope you liked the cards anyway!

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

Thanks for viisting!