Happy birthday sweet granddaughter.

What a lovely day it was. My granddaughter 7th birthday.  

Made this card for her, she loved it.

 

Gastdesigner at "Kaartjes Inspiratie Challenge".

Today I am a gastdesigner at KIC.

The theme for this months challenge is, Christmas trees.

I made this card for the gastdesigners post.

 https://kaartjes-inspiratie-challenges-blog.blogspot.com/

Gnome-vember challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps. Gift Candy/chocolat box or giftcard box.

Hi there, Today a tutorial on how to make this gift box.

Its a Karen Burnstein die.

But if you have a score board you kan make a matchbox.

This box is made for the,

Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps challenge blog.

What I used for this box.

LCD tulip gnome the big one.

LCD pieces of calligraphy

LCD longswirl

CV Tulip

Distress oxide:

Wilted Violet

Peacock feathers

Twisted citron

Spiced marmelade

Strip acetate.

A small piece of ribbbon.

A bead or button.

Color pencils or markers.

White gelpen.

Black ink I used versafine.

Color the box with the four colors of distress oxide. 

Don't forget to do the inside of the drawer too.

Inside of the drawer.

Make a hole in the front of the drawer.

Pull the ribbon through the button or bead and through the hole.

Glue the ribbon and assemble the drawer.

Now you have a pull knob on the front of the drawer.

Stamp the Gnome and the tulip with the Versafine.

Color the gnome and tulip as you like.

Give the gnome and the tulip some accents with a white gellpen.

Take the strip of acetate, 1cm wide and 7cm long. 

Make a fold in the acetate strip at 2cm.

Glue the long piece on the back of the gnome.

And the short piece in the drawer. 

If you now pull the drawer open, the gnome jumps up and offers you a tulip.

To finish the box, take the smallest stamp from the Pieces of calligraphy and the Versafine.

Stamp lightly here and there, it doesn't have to be a perfect print.

With the Long swirl stamp and the oxides I made some small prints.

I did this with Orange on orange and green on green etc.

Let your ink dry.

Now, isn't this a nice gift box?

You can put candy or chocolates in it.

Or a gift card.

Make sure you put it under the gnome.

Are you also making something with a gnome?

Then join the challenge and maybe you will win those new stamps.

You can join with other brands, as long as there is stamping on your art.

So hope to see you on the challenge.

Click here for the challenge.

Gnome-vember challenge at lost coast designs

 Hello crafters,

At the lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda blog there is a gnome challenge.

Always so nice those little funny creatures.

For this card I used The Santa with toys (large)

And the merry Christmas from the Party words sheet.

It is an easy card.

Nice for the beginning card makers.

I took a smooth white double card.

Stamped the santa gnome with black waterproof ink.

Colored it with pencils.

With a stencil and gray ink sponged the stars on the white surface.

Die cut the presents, and glue them on the card.

Stamp the text in black.

Add some glitter to the gray stars.

And that's it, a quick Christmas card with a nice effect.

The design team would love it if you would join the challenge.

There are stamps of your choice to win.

So come to the blog and join in, the challenge runs until the end of the month.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE.

Halloween challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps Day 20. Iris shutter card.

 

Hi there, today I have an iris shutter card for you.

Made with the super cute gnome witches from lost Coast designs.

This is what I used to make this card.

Mini Gnome set 5.

Gnome witch on broom.

Spiderwebs background.

Checkerboard rustic border.

CV When witches go riding.

Iris shutter die (Elizabeth crafts Designs.)

Flying bats die.

Pumpkins die.

Slimline frame (Marianne design)

Halloween stencil (BOO and pumkin face).

Distressink,

Musterd seed,

Twisted citron,

Spiced Marmelade,

Picked rasberry,

Seedless preserves,

Dusty Concord

Black water resistend ink.

White gelpen,

Red posca marker

Black marker.

Color pencils.

How to make the card.

Start by die cutting all the iris shutter parts.

Ink them up as shown on the photo's.

Put all the parts aside and let them air dry. Do not use a heat tool. The shutter parts will warp and they need to stay flat.

Punch a 1.5 inch cirkel and stamp the little star with.

Color the background and the witch.

Color the edge with Dusty concord.

Assemble the iris shutter as explained on the packaging.

Draw a pumpkin face on the iris shutter with the black marker.

We splash some Seedless preserves on the top ring of the shutter and sponge the word BOO on it.

Glue it to the iris shutter.

Stamp the witch, spiderweb, text on the pink background.

And the checkerboard above and below the purple background card.

Give the stamps accents with the white gel pen.

Assemble the iris shutter further as stated on the packaging of the die.

Can't figure it out? Then look up a video on YouTube.

That will help you through it.

I decorated with bats and pumpkins, but you can of course do that to your own taste.

I had a lot of fun making this card.

I'm curious to see what you make for Halloween.

Feel free to show us on the LCD/CV Blog or Facebook.

You'll then join the challenge and have a chance to win new stamps. 

How cool is that? 

GO TO THE CHALLENGE

31 days of Halloween, day 16. Challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

 

Hello everyone,

Today I want to show you this candle.

Even though I am Dutch, I think Halloween is absolutely amazing.

I especially like all homemade Halloween craft .

Halloween appeals to everyone's imagination when it comes to crafts.

But now the candle, bought at the Action, which is a well-known store in the Netherlands.

Especially because it is low budget.

What I used for this candle:

LCD Dancing skeletons.

LCD Crackle background.

Stazon Brown Timber.

Black waterproof ink.

I started by removing the piece of fabric.

First we are going to give the candle a slightly older look.

We dab the candle with a piece of paper towel and some Stazon Timber Brown.

The next step is with a hard coarse sponge and Archival or stazon black.

Not too much otherwise the black will dominate.

With the crackle background stamp we now make a few prints on the candle.

We do this without a stamp block, so free in the hand. Stamp light and airy.

Repeat this until you are satisfied with the result.

Now the candle holder.

It looks a bit plain.

So I put some viva decor terra on it.

It has a nice bloody color and that works well for Halloween.

I stamped the dancing skeletons with black ink and cut them out and glued them on.

Use a thin paper for this.

Decorate further with some spiders and spider web.

This is the front and the back side of the candle.

This is an easy and quick project, and such a fun way to create a Halloween deco piece.

Now it's up to you to make something for the challenge.

Participate and get a chance to win new rubber stamps of your choice.

You don't necessarily have to enter with LCD/CV stamps.

All brands can enter.

But read the rules first, so you avoid disappointment.

I hope to see your work on the challenge blog.

Click here for the challenge.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE.

A while ago I won this beautyful Majestic Deer stamp from Fairy Hugs.

That was on a christmas cards group on facebook,

I made this card with it.

I made all the leaves on the antlers with gold glitter.

Unfortunately, that is not so visible in the photo.

 

Day 10 of the Lost coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps Halloween challenge.

Today I made a  trick or treat basket. 

Here is the description, and maybe you like to join the challenge on 

Lost Coast Designs and Carmens Veranda stamps.

You can find patterns for such baskets on the internet.

I used a box that had blueberries in it.

What you need to make the basket.

LCD stamps, Spiderweb background, Frank and Franks bride.

Black water-resistant ink

White ink pad

Halloween design paper.

Black sturdy paper, I used 200 grams.

Colorpencils

White gel pen

Red posca marker

Letters to make the trick and treat words

Halloween embellishments

I started by tracing the container on black paper and cutting it out.

I covered it with Halloween paper but left the front and back free.

I then thought it was a bit bare and decided to stamp the spiderweb background.

In hindsight I would have preferred to do that with white embossing powder.

That's for another time.

Stamp and color Frank and his bride and color them.

Cut them out and glue them onto the basket.

Embellish the basket however you like.

Don't forget to put the Trick or Treat on it.

That's so much fun.

Now isn't this a fun Trick or treat basket?

And so easy to make.

Would you also like to win those beautiful high quality rubber stamps? 

Then join our challenge by clicking here.

It runs the entire month of October. 

I'm curious to see what you make.

CLICK HERE FOR THE CHALLENGE.