Hello everyone,
today I made a little cat birthday card. The idea originated from Jennifer McGuire, but for her card she used some dog stamps. For me as a cat person, I had to remake this card with cats.

With Versamark and the "Pawprint" background stamp by My Favorite Things I stamped on a piece of blue cardstock.  While drying the stamped imaged darken a little bit and you get a wonderful pattern paper. Then I cut a small stripe of black cardstock, heat embossed my sentiment on it with Ranger White Embossing Powder super fine and adhered it to my background. Afterwards I stamped my kitties, die cut them and colored them with some Copic Markers. This cardstock did'nt work that well with the Copics that's why the coloring looks a bit streaky. But since the images are really small it still is ok to use them.
With the "Stitched Hearts" dies by Sunny Studio I die cut a little heart, which I colored in red and added a bit of Glossy Accents to it. Then I stuck it under the little paw of my kitty.

Happy Purr-thday

To finish off my card I lined the backside of my kitty up with the frontside so it looks like it is hanging from that card.

Hallo zusammen,
heute habe ich drei Karten gebastelt.

Den Hintergrund der ersten Karte habe ich mit der Tim Holtz Schablone "Splash" in den Distress Ink Farben "Picked Raspberry" und "Wilted Violet" gemacht. Passend dazu habe ich auch den mit den Lawn Fawn "Scripty Be" und "Scripty Happy" ausgestanzten Text eingefärbt und mit Ranger Glossy Accents verziert.
Damit man die Löcher in den Pailletten nicht sieht, habe dieses Mal kleine Strasssteine auf die Pailletten geklebt und damit die Karte dekoriert.

Happy Mail "be happy" in Lila

Stanzformen:
Lawn Fawn "Scripty Be"
Lawn Fawn "Scripty Happy"

Stencil:
Tim Holtz "Splash"

Farbe:
Ranger Distress Ink "Picked Raspberry"
Ranger Distress Ink "Wilted Violet"

Über die zweite Karte freue ich mich besonders, da sie eigentlich aus dem Abfall der dritten Karte entstanden ist. Aber ich fand diesen Farbverlauf so schön, dass ich daraus gerne mehr machen wollte. Außerdem kann man auch das negativ des ausgestanzten "be happy" sehr gut lesen.
Ich habe einfach ein weiteres Stück Cardstock genommen und es mit dem Tim Holtz "Blossom" Stencil und den Hero Arts Ombré Inks eingefärbt. Ich habe die beiden Einzelteile zusammengeklebt und zurecht getrimmt, damit beide gleich breit sind. Die Stelle an der die beiden Teile zusammentreffen habe ich hinter einem Streifen Cardstock versteckt, den ich mit dem Spectrum Noir Clear Shimmer Brush Pen angemalt habe. Zum Schluss habe ich die Karte noch mit kleinen Herzchen aus dem "Peach Schnapps" Pailletten-Mix von Little Things From Lucy's Cards und Nuvo Crystal Drops verziert.

Happy Mail "be happy" in Orange

Stanzformen:
Lawn Fawn "Scripty Be"
Lawn Fawn "Scripty Happy"

Stencil:
Tim Holtz "Blossom"

Farbe:
Hero Arts Ombre Ink "Butter Bar to Orange Soda"

Papier:
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lbs
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lbs

Sonstige Materialien:
Little Things from Lucy's Cards "Peach Schnapps" Pailletten-Mix
Nuvo Crystal Drops "Morning Dew"
Spectrum Noir Clear Shimmer Brush Pens

Bei der dritten Karte habe ich mich mal wieder mein Glück mit Aquarell Farben versucht. Ich habe zuerst die Blumen und Blätter mit Versamark gestempelt und mit Ranger Gold Embossing Powder embosst. Anschließend habe ich sie ausgemalt und Highlights mit einem weißen Gelstift gemacht. Für das Sentiment habe ich mit den Hero Arts Ombré Inks ein Stück Cardstock eingefärbt, dann das "Scripty Be" und "Scripty Happy" ausgestanzt und mit Ranger Glossy Accents verziert.
Abschließend habe ich die Karte noch ein wenig mit Pailletten von Studio Katia verziert. 

Happy Mail "be happy" in Aquarell

Stanzformen:
Lawn Fawn "Scripty Be"
Lawn Fawn "Scripty Happy"
Lawn Fawn "Large Dotted Rectangle Stackables"

Embossing Pulver:
Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Farbe:
Schmincke Aquarellfarbe
Hero Arts Ombre Ink "Butter Bar to Orange Soda"
Pentel Gelstift weiß

Papier:
Canson XL Aquarell Papier
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lbs
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lbs

Sonstige Materialien:
Studio Katia "Crystal Clear Fusion" Pailletten
Ranger Glossy Accents
Inkadinkado Masking Paper

Hello everyone,
today I have a bunch of new cards.

For the background of the first card, I stamped the "Garden Flourish" background stamp by My Favorite Things in "Pink Lemonade", by My Favorite Things as well, onto a piece of cardstock. Afterwards I die cut my background with the Lawn Fawn "Large Dotted Rectangle Stackables" and for my sentiment I used the "Smile Dies" by Pink and Main, from which I just used the inner part. Then I adhered everything onto a piece of craft foam to add a bit of dimension. To highlight my sentiment, I used some pink cardstock behind it.
To finish off my card I used some sequins by Studio Katia.

Happy Mail Smile in pink

Stamps:
My Favorite Things "Garden Flourish"

Dies:
Pink and Main "Smile Dies"
Lawn Fawn "Large Dotted Rectangle Stackables"

Colors:
My Farorite Things "Pink Lemonade"

Paper:
Cardstock pink
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lbs
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lbs

Further Materials:
Studio Katia "Crystal Clear Fusion" Pailletten
Craft foam

For the next card I colored a piece of cardstock with the Donna Downey "Peonies" Stencil and My Favorite Things "Coral Crush" and "Orange Fizz". Then I die cut my sentiment and colored the outer part of it so that it matched the background. Furthermore I added some Glitter with the Wink of Stella Brush Pen.
I had another frame left over from my first card, which I used on this card. Last but not least I added some sequins by Little Things from Lucy's Cards.

Happy Mail Smile in red

Dies:
Pink and Main "Smile Dies"
Lawn Fawn "Large Dotted Rectangle Stackables"
Lawn Fawn "Small Dotted Rectangle Stackables"

Stencil:
Donna Downey Studios "Peonies"

Colors:
My Farorite Things "Coral Crush"
My Farorite Things "Orange Fizz"

Paper:
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lbs
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lbs

Further Materials:
Little Things from Lucys Cards "Peach Schnapps" Pailletten
Zig Wink of Stella Clear Brush Pen

For the next two cards I used the same background, because I thought it was a bit busy for just one card. That's why I cut it in half and used it for two cards. I added just the inner part of the "Hugs Dies" by Pink and Main, which I embossed with Rayher Transparent Glitter embossing powder.
To finish off my card I added some "Frosted Hearts" by Studio Katia and my sentiment from the Klartext stamp set "toll" by Dani Peuss.

Happy Mail Hugs with frosted hearts

Stamps
Dani Peuss Klartext Stempel "toll"

Dies:
Pink and Main "Hugs Dies"

Stencil:
Memory Box "Flower Power"

Colors:
Hero Arts "Tide Pool"
Hero Arts "Raspberry Jam"
Hero Arts "Cornflower"
Hero Arts "Charcoal"

Embossing Powder:
Rayher Embossing Powder Transparent Glitter

Paper:
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lbs
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lbs

Further Materials:
Studio Katia "Frosted Hearts"

For this card I used the second piece of my background. I added two pieces of white cardstock which I die cut with the Gummiapan "Border Set". I also used just the inner part of the "Hugs Dies" and colored it with Hero Arts "Raspberry Jam" and coated it with Ranger Glossy Accents. To give it a little bit of interest, I colored my card base with "Raspberry Jam" too. To finish off my card I glued some sequins by Studio Katia onto my card.

Happy Mail Hugs

Dies:
Pink and Main "Hugs Dies"
Gummiapan "Border Set"

Stencil:
Memory Box "Flower Power"

Colors:
Hero Arts "Tide Pool"
Hero Arts "Raspberry Jam"
Hero Arts "Cornflower"

Paper:
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lbs
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lbs

Further Materials:
Studio Katia "Crystal Clear Fusion" Pailletten
Ranger Glossy Accents

Last but not least I used the "Garden Flourish" background stamp again, inked it up with "Pink Lemonade" and stamped it directly onto my card base. Then I die cut my rectangle and the inner "hugs" die from a piece of pink cardstock. For the shadow hugs die I used a piece of plain white cardstock. To give it a little shimmer I added some sequins from the "Pastel Paradise" mix by Little Things From Lucy's Cards and some glitter with my Spectrum Noir Clear Shimmer Brush Pen.

Happy Mail hugs in pink

Stamps:
My Favorite Things "Garden Flourish"

Dies:
Pink and Main "Hugs Dies"
Lawn Fawn "Large Dotted Rectangle Stackables"

Colors:
My Farorite Things "Pink Lemonade"

Paper:
Cardstock pink
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lbs
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lbs

Further Materials:
Little Things From Lucy's Cards "Pastel Paradise" Sequin-Mix
Spectrum Noir Clear Shimmer Brush Pens

Hello everyone,
today I made two cards.

The first one is for a dear colleague, who knows of my cardmaking and absolutely adores cards with little critters. She originally comes from China and once told, that her chinese zodiac was the dragon. When I saw this cute little set "Magical Dragons" by My Favorite Things, I had to make her a card with that stamp set. And this was the ideal opportunity to try out my new "Stitched Cloud Edges" also by My Favorite Things.
Since I normally don't have any colored cardstock, I took a piece of white cardstock and colored it with "Broken China" Distress Ink for the sky background.

Magical Dragons cards

Stamps:
My Favorite Things "Magical Dragons"

Dies:
My Favorite Things "Stitched Cloud Edges"

Colors:
My Favorite Things "Black Hybrid Ink"
Ranger Distress Ink "Brocken China"
Copic Marker YG63 "Pea Green"
Copic Marker YG67 "Moss"
Copic Marker R81 "Rose Pink"
Copic Marker R85 "Rose Red"
Copic Marker W1 "Warm Gray No.1"
Copic Marker R05 "Salmon Red"
Copic Marker R29 "Lipstick Red"
Copic Marker YR04 "Chrome Orange"

Paper:
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 210lb

The other card is for my best friend. We've known each other for nearly 10 years now and experienced so many things together. As a little thank you I made him this card. And like for the first card I colored the sky with Ranger Distress Ink in "Broken China". Because I had no dies for the hillside, I just cut tem with my scissors and layered everything over each other.

Ewe are the Best card

Stamps:
My Favorite Things "Ewe are the Best"
Dani Peuss Klartext Stempel Set "toll"

Dies:
My Favorite Things "Stitched Cloud Edges"

Colors:
My Favorite Things "Black Hybrid Ink"
Ranger Distress Ink "Brocken China"
Copic Marker W1 "Warm Gray No.1"
Copic Marker W3 "Warm Gray No.3"
Copic Marker E00 "Skin White"
Copic Marker E02 "Fruit Pink"
Copic Marker YG28 "Lionet Gold"
Copic Marker B00 "Frost Blue"
Copic Marker E37 "Sepia"
Copic Marker E39 "Leather"
Copic Marker R29 "Lipstick Red"
Copic Marker Y08 "Acid Yellow"
Copic Marker Y11 "Pale Yellow"
Copic Marker YG63 "Pale Green"
Copic Marker YG65 "Moss"
Copic Marker E47 "Dark Brown"

Papier:
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 210lb
Cardstock green

Further Materials:
Ranger Glossy Accents

Hello everyone,
today I wasn't really creative. I made a few backgrounds, but didn't have any fancy ideas for cards using them. But at least I managed to pull off two cards.

For the first card I put the Tim Holtz Stencil "Splash" onto a piece of cardstock and fixed it with some tape. Then I colored it with My Favorite Things "Lemon Drop". To give it a bit more depth I added a little bit of My Favorith Things "Orange Fizz". Then I cut it with my paper trimmer and glued it onto my card base.
For my sentiment I used the "Hello Dies" by Pink and Main and colored the inner part of the sentiment with some My Favorite Things "Lemon Drop" to match the background. For that little bit of extra shine I added a bit of "Clear" Wink of Stella and put some Nuvo Glitter Drops on my background.

Hello Happy Mail

Stencil:
Tim Holtz "Splash"

Dies:
Pink and Main "Hello Dies"

Colors:
My Favorite Things "Lemon Drop"
My Favorite Things "Orange Fizz"

Paper:
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lbs
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lbs

Further Materials:
Nuvo Glitter Drops "Honey Gold"
Zig Wink Of Stella Brush Pen "Clear"

For the second card I stamped the flower from the "Thank You So Much" set by Studio Katia several times with Versamark onto my background and embossed it with white embossing powder. Afterwards I colored the whole background with watercolors. Then I die cut my sentiment with the Pink and Main "Hello Dies" set and to match it with my background I colored it in the same colors as the flowers and put a layer of Glossy Accents over it.
To finish off my card I sprayed the background with Tsukineko Sheer Shimmer Spritz, put everything together and added a few dots of Ranger Perfect Pearls.

Hello Happy Mail in watercolors

Stamps:
Studio Katia "Thank You So Much"

Dies:
Pink and Main "Hello Dies"

Embossing Powder:
Rayher Embossing Powder white

Colors:
Versamark
Schmincke Watercolors

Paper:
Canson XL Watercolor Paper
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lbs

Further Materials:
Tsukineko Sheer Shimmer Spritz
Ranger Glossy Accents
Ranger Perfect Pearls

During the whole time Floriano sat in his box and napped. But to his defense it was pretty late already ;)

Floriano prefers to nap instead of watching

Hello everyone,
today I made a little watercolor birthday card. I stamped the images with Ranger Distress Ink "Antique Linen" and to get my layering right, I used the Inkadinkado Masking Paper.
Afterwards I colored it with my watercolors. Although I really like the looks of watercolored images, I don't seem to get a hang on it. In this case too I am not really happy with the result. The color combination is a bit too dull for me.

Watercolor birthday card

Stamps:
Altenew "Garden Treasure"

Dies:
Gummiapan "Happy Birthday"

Colors:
Ranger Distress Ink Antique Linen
Schmincke Water Colors
Hero Arts "Crimson"

Paper:
Canson XL Watercolor Paper
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock 110lbs

Further Materials:
Nuvo Crystal Drops "Morning Dew"
Inkadinkado Masking Paper

Hello everyone,
today I made a birthday giftcard for a friend. Therefor I finally got to use the very cute die set by Lawn Fawn for the little envelope.
For the background I used the Cover-a-Card Cling Stamp by Impression Obsession and stamped it with some Versamark onto my cardstock and embossed it with some white embossing powder. Of course I forgot to use my anti-static powder tool and because I colored the background with my Hero Arts "Tide Pool" ink pad, the embossing powder got stuck all over the card. Nevertheless I gave it a shot and I really liked how this turned out. I like that it gives the background a little more softness.

Beary giftcard with My Favorite Things stamps

And the cute little bears by My Favorite Things fitted onto the card too.
To finish off my card I also glued one bear in the inside.

The inside of the card

Stamps:
My Favorite Things "Beary Special Birthday"
Impression Obsession Cover-a-Card "Birthday Words"

Dies:
Lawn Fawn "Small Stiched Envelope"
Avery Elle "Sentimental Die"

Embossing Powder:
Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder

Colors:
My Favorite Things "Black Hybrid Ink"
Versamark
Hero Arts "Tide Pool"
Copic Marker R81 "Rose Pink"
Copic Marker R85 "Rose Red"
Copic Marker BG15 "Aqua"
Copic Marker BG32 "Aqua Mint"
Copic Marker R05 "Salmon Red"
Copic Marker YR16 "Apricot"
Copic Marker E33 "Sand"
Copic Marker E35 "Chamois"
Copic Marker E43 "Dull Ivory"
Pentel gel pen white

Paper:
Kik Design Paper
Gold Metallic Cardstock
Cardstock 210gr white

Further Materials:
Ranger Glossy Accents

Hello everyone,
and mor from this creative weekend. After the first handmade card for my mother got lost in the mail, I gave it a new try. I hope this card will reach its destination.
I immediately fell in love with the Hero Arts Peacock Layering Bundle as soon as I saw it. On the packaging were some design suggestions and I liked one of them so much that I had to remake it.

Peacock card with vellum

Stempel:
Hero Arts Peacock Layering Bundle

Sentiment:
Klartext Clear Stamps "toll"

Farbe:
Distress Ink "Peacock Feather"
Hero Arts "Lemon Yellow"
Hero Arts "Emerald Green"
Hero Arts "Deep Ocean"
Hero Arts "Navy"
Copic Marker B39 "Prussian Blue"

Pailetten:
Neat and Tangled Sequin Mix Ocean Waves

Paper:
Cardstock 210gr white
Vellum

Furthermore I absolutely wanted to make a card with the "Magical Unicorns" Set by My Favorite Things, because it is so cute. Unfortunately while coloring I spilled some Copic ink on my card and I could not really cover it up.

Magical Unicorns

Stamps:
My Favorite Things "Magical Unicorns"

Colors:
Hero Arts "Navy"
Distress Ink "Mustard Seed"
Copic Marker B00 "Frost Blue"
Copic Marker Y11 "Pale Yellow"
Copic Marker BG49 "Duck Blue"
Copic Marker V15 "Mallow"
Copic Marker C1 "Cool Gray No.1"
Copic Marker C3 "Cool Gray No.3"
Copic Marker RV69 "Peony"
Copic Marker RV29 "Crimson"
Copic Marker R05 "Salmon Red"
Copic Marker YG28 "Lionet Gold"
Copic Marker BV04 "Blue Berry"
Copic Marker B63 "Light Hydrangea"
Copic Marker R85 "Rose Red"
Copic Marker V000 "Pale Heath"
Copic Marker E77 "Maroon"
Copic Marker E71 "Champagne"
Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Pen

Paper:
Cardstock 210gr white
Cardstock 210gr black

Hello everyone,
this card is on its long way to America. 1n one of my american Facebook groups I saw an request by one mother, who asked if someone liked to send her daughter some cards, because her daughter has a rough time and would really appreciate these cards. So I thought why not send a card. At least a card from Germany is somehow something special.

For the background I used an Embossing Folder. Then I die cut a piece of cardstock
with the Lawn Fawn "Small Dotted Rectangle Stackables" and then, to give it a bit of color, i colored it with the "Roses" Stencil and Hero Arts "Deep Ocean". But I thought it needed a bite more shimmer and shine. That's why I smushed my Versamark ink pad all over the stencil and embossed it with some transparent glitter embossing powder by Rayher. Then I die cut one part of my sentiment with the Avery Elle "Simply said Hugs" dies, where I colored the inside of the die cut with Hero Arts "Deep Ocean" as well. In the same color I stamped the rest of the sentiment onto my background. To finish my card off I used some Ranger Glossy Accents on my die cut.

Embossed card

Stamps:
Avery Elle "Simply Said Hugs"

Dies:
Avery Elle "Simply Said Hugs"
Lawn Fawn "Small Dotted Rectrangle Stackables"

Stencil:
Tim Holtz "Roses"

Embossing powder:
Rayher Embossing Powder Transparent Glitter

Embossing Folder:
Darice Embossing Folder "Damast"

Colors:
Versamark
Hero Arts "Deep Ocean"

Paper:
Cardstock 210gr white

Further Materials:
Ranger Glossy Accents
Craft Foam