Blue-Green Card for a Man

Hello all, nice to see you back here!

It´s time for my second inspiration for this month´s challenge at Country View Challenges with the theme Blues and Greens.

I decided to make a card for a man. I like these color for male cards, I use them very often.

Here is what I did:

I cut some watercolor paper to size and spreat Gesso over the surface. Then I took a stencil and Archival Ink in Coffee and started to build up a background.

Next I took some Lindy´s Starburst and Flat Fabio Mists in different shades of blue and green to color my background.

When everything was dry, I matted the paper to some black cardstock and started with some background stamping. I used the brand new Seth Apter Mini stamps from PaperArtsy with blue and green Archival Inks. All this gorgeous stamps are available at the shop!

For my vocal point I stamped the big circle from a big Seth Apter stamp set from PaperArtsy, this is available in the shop too! I first stamped it with Archival Ink Library Green and then slightly moved with Jet Black Archival Ink.

I toned down the middle of the circle with white Gesso. Because the Mists are water soluble, it mixed to a beautiful light blue. With a palett knife I added more Gesso to grunge everything up. Then I watered the white Gesso down and added some splatters.

I only had to glue down one of the Tim Holtz paper dolls, give him a diecut wildflower into his hand and a stamped wish. I colored the flower with red pearl pen and when everything was dry, I glued it to a card.

Here are some close ups:

Now it´s your turn to make something with blues and greens! As always you have the chance to win a 20£ voucher for the shop!

Thank you for your visit today and have a wonderful sunny weekend!

Birthday Card with Merry Magpie from Rubber Dance

Hello my friends and welcome to June!

My first post today is a birthday card with the lovely stampset Merry Magpie from Rubber Dance. 

I made this for the June Challenge at Rubber Dance after this mood board:

For more informations and how you can join in with the challenge please hop over to the Rubber Dance blog!

I´ll see you later here today with my second post.

Have a wonderful sunny June!

Flower Birthday Card for CVC

Hello dear visitors!

I hope you had a beautiful May so far. Temperatures are slowly getting higher and more and more flowers start growing and blooming.

So I decided to make a flower card for my second take on the May Challenge at Country View Challenges.
And as the theme this month is "Opposites", I chose huge and tiny.

I started to create my background. First I picked DecoArt acrylic paints in different shades of pink and spread them on the watercolor paper. I made sure to vary the light and darker colors for more interest. When I was happy with the result, I took the tiny little flower stamps from the PaperArtsy stamp set Eclectika EEG22 by Emma Godfrey and stamped them randomly to the background. I used Archival ink Cactus Flower and Plum.

To make my focal point stand out more, I took DecoArt acrylic paint Buttermilk and painted a thin layer where I wanted to stamp them flower and the stamen.

For my focal point I took one of the lovely stamps from the stamp set STAMPBM27 from art by marlene I bought a while ago. I used my Tim Holtz stamping platform, stamped the flower with black Archival Ink and, when dry, I colored the flower with DecoArt acrylic paints in different shades of pink and purple. For some shades I used teal.

I left my stamp on the platform while coloring. That´s important, because acrylic paints are not translucent and you will loose some of the lines and details of your stamp. By leaving the stamp in place, you can stamp again your image onto the colored pic as often as needed and you will always hit exactly the same place again!

I accentuated parts of the flower with black and white posca pen and surrounded the flower white to make it stand out even more. Last I created some shading with a black charcoal pencil.

I really liked the result!

As it is a birthday card, I added stamped wishes. I wanted to merge the words with the background, so I stamped it on vellum and heat embossed the sentiment. Then I teared the paper and glued it with Matte Medium to the card.

At last I sprinkled watered down acrylic paint in black, white and teal on top, framed everything with Archival ink in Plum and glued the picture onto a card.

I hope you liked my - admittedly pretty pink - card and feel inspired to join in with our challenge this month, there are still some days left! Don´t forget to have a look at the gorgeous takes of my lovely teamies, there you can find many gorgeous ideas for the theme!

As usual you have the chance to win a 20£ voucher to spend in the shop.

Thank you for your visit today and have a wonderful rest of May!

Card with a Bird - DT project for Country View Challenges

Hello everybody, nice to have you here today!

As usual at the first of each month we have a brand new challenge at Country View Challenges for you. This time the theme is "Things with wings"  chosen by my lovely team mate Jane - what a great theme with so many possibilities!

It´s the first of July and the summer is in full flow. And what do you hear first when you wake up in the morning? Twittering birds!

So I made a little quick and easy card with one of the super cute Scribbly Small Birdies stamps from Dina Wakley - I love them!

Hallo zusammen, schön, dass ihr heute bei mir vorbeischaut!

Wie an jedem ersten des Monats haben wir auch dieses Mal wieder eine brandneue Herausforderung bei Country View Challenges für euch. Diesmal lautet das Thema "Alles was Flügel hat" - was für ein tolles Thema mit unglaublich vielen Möglichkeiten!

Es ist der erste Juli und der Sommer ist in vollem Gange. Was hörst du, wenn du morgens aufwachst als erstes? Vogelgezwitscher!

Ich habe deshalb eine einfache und schnelle Karte mit einem der super süßen Scribbly Small Birdies Stempeln von Dina Wakley gemacht - ich liebe diese Stempel!

Here is what I did:

So habe ich´s gemacht:

 I stamped one of the birds on a mixed media paper with staz on in Jet black and colored him with my Inktense pencils and activated them with water.

Zuerst habe ich einen der putzigen Vögelchen auf Mixed Media Papier gestempelt (StazOn Jet Black) und ihn mit meinen Inktense Stiften ausgemalt, die ich dann mit Wasser aktiviert habe.

 I clear embossed the bird  to protect it.

Danach habe ich den Vogel zum Schutz klar embossed.

 Now I stamped some grass from the stamp set Portraits from Creative Expressions.

Die Gräser von dem Stempelset Portraits von Creative Expressions habe ich als Hintergrund gestempelt.

 Some doodling with my black Pitt Pen from Faber Castell brings more interest.

Mit meinem Pitt Pen von Faber Castell habe ich ein paar Linien gekritzelt um alles etwas lebendiger zu gestalten.

 Now I colored the background with Distress Oxides in broken china and peeled paint, which I watered down for a light finish.

Den Hintergrund habe ich mit sehr wässrigen Distress Oxides coloriert um ihn möglichst hell zu halten.

 I distressed the edges with Archival ink leaf green and also surrounded the bird and the wordsticker from Tim Holtz with it. At last I did some more doodling and - ready!

Die Ränder habe ich mit Archival Ink leaf green eingefärbt, damit habe ich auch den Vogel und die Wortsticker von Tim Holtz umrandet. Zum Schluss noch ein wenig Doodling und - fertig!

Now I hope you´ll find time to join in with our challenge this month! You can win a 20£ voucher for the shop!

Thank you for dropping in!

Nun hoffe ich, ihr findet Zeit bei unserer Herausforderung diesen Monat mitzumachen! Ihr könnt einen 20£ Gutschein für den Shop gewinnen!

Danke fürs Reinschauen!

Flowers! - DT work for Country View Challenges

Hello my dear blogfriends and a warm welcome to my new followers, I´m happy to have you here! 

First of May means a new challenge over at Country View Challenges and this time the theme is "Flower Power", hosted by my lovely team mate Monika!

Spring is in full flow and summer around the corner - so this is a perfect theme!

I decided to make a birthday card with my new PaperArtsy stamps. I wanted a happy and bright card and these stamps are perfect for it!

Hallo zusammen, schön, dass ihr bei mir hereinschaut!

Herzlich willkommen auf meinen neuen Followers, ich freue mich riesig, dass ihr mit dabei seid!

Heute ist der erste Mai und das bedeutet eine neue Herausforderung bei Country View Challenges. Diesen Monat ist das Thema "Flower Power", ausgesucht von meiner lieben Team Kollegin Monika!

Der Frühling ist in vollem Gange und der Sommer schaut schon um die Ecke - das Thema ist also perfekt!

Ich habe eine Geburtstagskarte gemacht und dazu meine neuen PaperArtsy Stempel benutzt. Nachdem die Karte richtig bunt und fröhlich sein sollte, sind diese Stempel absolut perfekt dafür!

Now I want to show you, what I did:

 Und so habe ichs gemacht:

For the background I used my Distress Oxides. Who didn´t use them yet - you must try them out! They are so fun to use!

Für den Hintergrund habe ich meine Distress Oxides benutzt. Wer sie bisher noch nicht ausprobiert hat - die müsst ihr testen, die machen so viel Spaß!

First I put the ink pads directly randomly on my paper, then spritzed with water and turned the paper to let the ink run. Then I dabbed with a baby wipe some of the ink off, Then I dried it with a heating tool. You can add more colors on top until you are satisfied with the result.

Als erstes habe ich die Stempelkissen direkt willkürlich auf das Papier gedrückt, mit Wasser eingesprüht und ein wenig bewegt um die Farbe zu verteilen. Danach habe ich mit einem Baby Feucht Tuch ein wenig von der Farbe wieder abgetupft. Danach mit dem Heißföhn trocknen und den Vorgang so oft wiederholen, bis man mit dem Ergebnis zufrieden ist.

Now to another fun part. I added water droplets, waited a little bit and removed the water with a paper towel. Then I dried it again. I repeated this several times. It looks so great, doesn´t it!

Der nächste Schritt hat besonders viel Spaß gemacht. Ich habe einige Wassertropfen auf die Oberfläche getröpfelt, ein wenig gewartet und mit einem Tuch das Wasser abgetupft und getrocknet. Das habe ich ein paar Mal gemacht,Das sieht doch klasse aus, oder!

For even more interest I stamped the flowers in several colours with distress ink on top.

Als nächstes habe ich die Blumen in verschiedenen Farben mit Archival Ink gestempelt.

Then I stamped the flowers with the stems on white watercolor paper and colored them with Faber Castell Polychromos, fuzzy cut them and glued some of them onto my card.

Die Blumen mit den Stängeln habe ich danach auf Aquarellpapier gestempelt, mit Faber Castell Polychromos, alle ausgeschnitten und einige davon auf meine Karte geklebt.

To make them more stand out, I surrounded them with a black Acrylic marker.

Damit sie ein wenig mehr in den Vordergrund rücken, habe ich sie mit schwarzem Acrylic Marker umrandet.

The left over flowers I embossedn two times with clear embossing powder and glued them on top with foam squares.

Die restlichen Blumen habe ich zwei Mal klar embosst und mit Schaumkissen auf die Karte geklebt.

At last I did a little doodling at the edges, stamped a sentiment and glued it down - that´s it!

Am Schluss habe ich noch ein wenig den Rand verziert, ein Sprüchlein gestempelt und aufgeklebt - das war´s!

That´s my take for today. I´ll be back on 19th with my second project for the challenge!

I hope you will find some time to join in with our challenge this month - as always you have the chance to win a 20£ gift voucher for the shop!

Das war´s für heute. Am 19ten zeige ich euch mein zweites Projekt für die Challenge!

Ich hoffe, ihr macht bei unserer Challenge diesen Monat mit - wie immer könnt ihr einen 20£ Gutschein für den shop gewinnen!

Habt einen schönen Tag!

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