Relax and Go Your Way!

Hello and happy 1st of May!

For the May challenge at Country View Challenges "Vehicles", hosted by the lovely Monika, I made a art journal page with a vitage vehicle stamp.

I started my page with acrylic paint and a stencil. I used Lukas Cryl Terzia Yellow Ochre and spreat the paint all over the page.  In the still wet paint I placed a stencil (LaBlanche) and took away some paint using a baby wipe, I dried the page with my heat tool. Then I added some Amsterdam Standard Series Acrylic paint Phtalo green and Lukas Cryl Terzia Prussian Blue randomly to some places.

Now I needed some lighter areas on the page. For this I used again Lukas Acrylic paint, this time I used Titanium White. To get a good coveridge, I needed to do 3 layers. For more dynamic I brushed slightly over the edges of the areas - I like, how this turned out!

Time for stamping now!

I stamped the two men on the vehicle on tissue paper with versafine pigment ink for fine detail in oniyx black and glued it to the page with Liquitex Matte Medium. I did this, because the paper of my art journal is not smooth and the stamp image would not turn out crisp. If you glue down the tissue paper to the page with matte medium, it is not visible, that there is another layer of paper!

I coloured the stamped image with my Faber Castell Polychromos and added some black charcoal to ground the image.

I also stamped some pattern to the background with a stamp from the eccentric  stamp set CM448 from Tim Holtz and a compass stamp from LaBlanche to add more interest.

Next I used a cheap napkin with a leave pattern, cut out some of the branches and glued them down with matte medium. You really have to be careful to avoid tearing the napkin! I outlined some of the leaves to make them stand out a little bit more.

Lastl step was to print the words withmy Dymo lable maker. I cut the words and coloured them with a green and a brown felt pen, glued them to the page and scribbled around them with a black fineliner.

That´s it for today! I hope, you will find time to join in with our challenge this month! As you know, you can win a 20 £ voucher to spend in the shop!

Thank you for your visit and have a sunny month!

 

Explore!

Hello and Happy Easter to all of you!

Today I want to share with you my second post for the April challenge "Things with Wings" at Country View Challenges.

This time I made a art journal page.

 I had much fun to create the page, using a picture of a magzine from the Supermarket 😉😊.

The page is quite easy to make:

First I gessoed the paper to prepare it, then I used some magical sifters from Lindy´s (Octopus Eyes Aqua, Sea Turtle Teal and Jellyfish Sting Pink). I spritzed water onto the page and sprinkled the magicals on top. Some more water helped to spread the colour. After drying the ink, I took a homemade collage tissue and teared it in pieces, which I glued down randomly using matte medium. You really have to be careful and only tap with a brush on the tissue, it is very fragile!

I ripped out the little Lady from a magazine, gave her some transparent wings (Tim Holtz) and glued her to the page.

Now I did some stamping with some of my favourite stamps from LaBlanche with Versafine fine detail ink in onyx black, took then a black fineliner and doodled arround the edges of my colour. I also glued down one more transparent wing on one of the branches.

I wrote the word "Explore" with a white gelly Roll pen, made a lot of white tiny dots, set some highlight here and there - and that´s it!

Now I hope, the Easter Bunny brought you some yummy eggs and may be, you´ll find time to make something with wings for our challenge!

Thank you for your visit today and again Happy Easter!

xxx

Sending Birthday Wishes - A Male Birthday Card

 Hello my friends,

today I want to share my second project for the August challenge "Happy Birthday" at Country View Challenges. This time I made a card for a man.

I started by making the background with my new DI uncharted mariner (I love this colour!) and brushed corduroy and a tiny hint of picked raspberry, Then I stamped withthe same colours some texture and distressed the edges.

The focal point is a stamp from LaBlanche. I stamped it with Archival Ink coffee, coloured the face and the hands with DI antique line, cut it out and coloured the edges with brushed corduroy.

I digged in my stash for some ephemera (these are very old Tim Holtz ones), glued a cluster down, added some thread and glued the stamped image with some foam tape.

To embellish the composition, I took some of my premade paper rolls and a cardboard sticker.

Last I stamped the sentiment (Crafters Companion shabby chic) and glued it onto the card.

Here are some close ups:

I hope, you will find time to make something pretty for our challenge, you can win a 20 £ voucher for the shop!

Thank you for your visit!

Hinter der Maske - Behind the Mask

 Hallo zusammen,

heute möchte ich euch mein Layout "Hinter der Maske" zeigen.

Ich habe jede Menge Resinteile, gegossen mit den Moulds von Finnabair, verwendet.

Das Bild für meinen Mittelpunkt ist von Stefan Keller, ihr findet es hier.

Hello all,

today I want to share my latest layout with you.

I used a lot of resin parts, poured from the new finnabair moulds.

The picture from my vocal point you can find here.

Ein Video dazu könnt ihr auf meinem YouTube Kanal ansehen. Viel Spaß dabei!

You can watch my video I made. Have fun!

Hier noch ein paar Bilder:

Some more pictures:

Danke fürs Vorbeischauen!

Thank you for your visit!

Grungy Bee Card

 Hello all!

Today I want to share my second make for the "The Birds and the Bees" challenge theme at Country View Challenges.

I made a card with a grungy background.

For my background I used Distress Oxides frayed burlap, speckled egg and walnut stain and some distress ink peeled paint. I dabbed the inkpads on my craft mat, spritzed some water on top and swiped a precut, also slightly spritzed with water, Bristol paper through the paint. Then I dried the layer and dabbed in the paint again. I repeated it several times, until I was happy with the result.

I sprinkled some water on top for even more splatters.

Next I took a LaBlanche background stamp and stamped it with walnut stain DO all around the background. Then I spritzed some water on top to fade the stamp a little bit. It is hard to see and very subtile, which I really love.

Then I took the stamp #383, Scripted Hexagons, designed by Bipasha, from  AALL & Create and stamped it randomly to the background. I used DO walnut stain again.

Now I built up the scene. I stamped the flowers from the starburst set from Lavinia Stamps (you can find them here in the shop) with black Archival Ink and filled in the bubbles with a white gel pen.

The sentiment is an old one from my stash and says: Life is beautiful. I also stamped it with black Archival Ink and heat embossed it with Nuvo fine detail black embossing powder.

The bee is also a stamp from LaBlanche. I stamed it with Versafine Clair pinecone, colored it with watercolor, spreat some Wink of Stella clear over the wings, cut it out and gave it a little shape with a ball tool. Then I glued it down.

Last I stamped some leaves from a very old Artemio stamp set with black ink randomly around my card and glued my panel on top of a card.

I hope you feel inspired to make something with a bird or a bee as a main image for our challenge this month! You have plenty of time to make something pretty!

And as always you can win a 20 £ voucher for the shop.

Thank you for your visit!

Silhouette Card

 Hello lovelies!

It´s the first of March and it´s time for a new challenge at Country View Challenges. This month the theme is Silhouettes.

We already had some really warm and sunny days and Spring is nearly here. So I wanted to make a spring card.

I made a simple background by spreading Distress Oxide Ink speckled eggs, peeled paint and mermaid lagoon over my specialty stamping paper. I activeted it with some water.

Now I took some silhouette stamps from my stash (LaBlanche) and used my beloved Versafine Clair Inks, nocturne and warm breeze to build a scene. You can find the Ink pads in the shop.

To finish the card I inked the edges and glued the picture onto a card. 

Now it´s your turn to make something with silhouettes!

Thank you for your visit today!

Easter Card

Hello dears, welcome to April!

As usual on the first of a month, there is a brandnew challenge for you at Country View Challenges.

This time the lovely Corrie hostes the theme - Animal Magic!

Easter is just around the corner and I wanted to use my silhouette stamps from LaBlanche, I bought some time ago. So here is a little card

 I started with a precut specialty stamping paper and some Distress Oxides for my background.
I spreat the inks on my crafting mat, spritzed some water on top and dipped in my paper. then I dried it with my heating tool.

I added some more green to the bottom of the card and dried it again.

Now I started to stamp my little scene. First I stamped some grass with Archival Ink in peat moss and black and dried the stamped image.

Now I added some leaves with Archival Ink in watering can and black on top of the card.

Time for some little bunnies and daffodils and a tiny butterfly. They were stamped black.

 To complete the scene, I added a sun, going down behind the little hills. For that I cut out a circle from acetate with my 2 1/2 " circle punch, positioned it on top and went around it with DI spun sugar.

Because it was not visible enough, I repeated it with Distres Oxide worn lipstick.

To finish it off, I smeared some vaseline over the surface and polished it with a cloth.

I thought, some words would be nice. I realised, that I don´t have a "Happy Easter" stamp, so I added the words "Happy holiday" and I was fine.

It´s not the usual way of cardmaking, so I felt a little bit uncomfortable and recognised, I need some practise 😉😏😋. So stay tuned for the second project this month!

Now hop to the Country View Challenge blog to see what my teamies made - I promise, they did an animal-good job!

I hope you want to play with us this month, grab out your animal stamps and make something beautiful! As you know, you can win a 20£ voucher to spend in the shop! 

Thank you for your visit and stay save!

Texture! Birthday Card for Country View Challenges

Hello lovelies, nice to have you here!

First of August - that means a new challenge over at Country View Challenges!

This month the theme is Texture and my talented team mate Miriam is hosting the challenge this time.

 I decided to make a card with MUCH texture.

This is what I did:

I took a pre gessoed piece of watercolor paper on which I tried out some stencils. But I didn´t mind, I knew, they would disappear later 😉. I took a stencil and texture paste and started to build up the first layer.

When the paste was dry I randomly spreat embossing ink over the raised parts and sprinkled 3 different shades of Lindy´s embossing powders on top. Then I heat embossed it. I repeated this step several times, until I was happy with the result.

Then I took some orange Starburst Mist to some parts for more color and dried it.

For more contrast I added some black mist.

Now I wanted to have some white space and I added white acrylic paint. For more texture I heated the color until it bubbled - I love this effect!

Now I changed my mind - from white to black. I went over the white space with black Gesso. I also added some light pink acrylic paint and doodled with a white Posca pen.

I matted the paper with pink cardstock and glued it on top of a card. 

Then I wanted even more texture and added some marks with stamps.

For my vocal point I used a stamp from LaBlanche. I colored it with distress inks. To give the butterfly some dimension and shine I added a pretty thick layer of Glossy Accents. When dry I put a piece of doily underneath...

....also a piece of cheesecloth and black threat. Then I added the flowers and diecut leaves.

The final touches were made by art stones in different sizes and a hint of glitter. 

Here are some close ups:

That´s it for today. I had so much fun making this card!

Now it´s your turn to join in with our challenge. You know, as always you have the chance to win a 20 £ voucher for the shop!

Thank you for your visit today!

Have a wonderful August!