Card for a Man

 Hello all, nice to have you here!

For the new month we have a new challenge over at Country View Challenges. This time the theme is "Use a stencil or two...".

I love to use stencils very much and I guess I use them in nearly all my artwork.

To add texture with a stencil changes the whole look of a piece and they are so very versatile in their use.

For my first piece I decided to make a card for a man.

This is what I did:

I took a piece of watercolor paper and sprayed it with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in a light grey.

I put the stencil Lattice Work form Tim on top of the wet paint, sprayed a little bit more and left it to dry.

When it was dry, I removed the stencil and it looked like this.

The stencil was still wet, so i placed it on another piece of paper. I will use it for a second card.

To get rid of the "frame" I spreat Distress Inks ground espresso and black soot around it with a distressing tool and a sponge.

Time for a second stencil. I used the Numeric stencil from Tim, also one of my favourites, with Distress Oxide mermaid lagoon.

To make the numbers stand out more, I surrounded some of them with a white posca pen.

For some more marks I used the third stencil, again a Tim one, called Stitched Layering, with Distress Oxide crackling campfire. It´s not visible very much, but it adds a subtile texture and a hint of color.

To finish the background, I sprinkled some white paint on top.

I stamped my image and the sign, colored all, layered them and glued them on top of my background. Last I glued everything on top of a card and embellished the card with some flowers and a bow.

Now it´s ypir turn to make something with a stencil! As always you can win a 20£ voucher for the shop.

Thank you for your visit today!

Real Gentlemen - Card for Country View Challenges

Hello everybody, nice to have you here today!

For the November challenge at Country View Challenges I made a card for a man. The theme this month, hosted by my lovely team mate Christine, is Hand Stamped, the vocal image must be stamped, no digital stamps are allowed.

I went through my stamps (well, there are a few 😋😎) and found this stunning gentlemen from PaperArtsy! I really love this stamp, although it is not easy to get a good, crisp print (the stamping platform is enormously helpful!)

This is what I did:

 For my background I used a gear stencil and soft matte gel. When the gel has dried, I colored the page with acrylic paints in teal and brown and used antiquing paint. To grunge it up I scrubbed antique paste over parts of the surface, used DI ground espresso here and there and to color the distressed edges. Lastly I highlighted the stenciled gears with golden wax paste. 

 For even more interest I randomly stamped with brown Archival Ink a script stamp and a postal stamp, both are from PaperArtsy, on top.

My main image I stamped several times with Versafine clair in nocturne and pinecone, colored the faces with DI antique line and colored the background with DI tea dye and darkened the edges with DI ground espresso. Then I put it on a thick piece of cardboard.

I I matted the picture with a distressed piece of cheesecloth, added some diecut, painted gears, a clockface, a flower and some paper rolls. Then I adhered it to a card and lastly I added two metal knobs.

Now I hope, you grab your stamps too and join in with our challenge this month! You know, you can win a 20£ voucher for the shop!

Thank you for your visit today and happy November!

Male Card made in 30 Minutes

Hello all, nice to have you here!

It´s the first day of February and that means: Time for a new challenge over at Country View Challenges!

This month the theme is a hard one - well, not for everybody, but for me it is ;-):

30 minutes or less time challenge

It is hosted by my lovely team mate Sue.

I decided to make a card for a man. I also made a video, unfortunately you can´t see the stopwatch all the time and my camera stopped before I ended and I didn´t recognize it in my rush. But I promise, I got ready exactly in time!

Here is my card:

Here you can find my video, so sit back and enjoy!

Here are some close ups:

Now I hope you´ll jump in the fun and join our February Time Challenge! You can win a £20 gift voucher!

Thank you for your visit!

Steampunk Fantasy Card

Hello all, it´s a very busy time here at the moment, the school year is nearly at it´s end, holidays are in sight and many, many little things are to do and to finish. 

As I am the birthday card maker for all collegues at our school and also asked, when there is something to alter or decorate for a gift, I have to do much right now.

Today I want to show you one of the cards I made for a collegue (sorry, the photo is not the very best):

 Over at Country View Challenge we have this month the challenge theme: circles. This is my second piece for it.
And what could be better fitting there than steampunk wheels, manometer and gears! 

I used a set of papers and embellishments from LaBlanche and another set called fantasy, which includes gorgeous images. One I used here.

Here are some close ups:

 Here you can see some of the gears and a manometer - so cool!

 Here I used a circle metal embellishment - you can find circles nearly everywhere! ;-)

 for the background I used a stencil from Tim Holtz (one of my favourites) with DI in rusty hinge, then I randomly rubbed slitely some golden Inka gold. I splattered some gesso and black gesso for more interest (circles too =) )

The circle framed numbers are adorable! I love this set!

That´s it for today, I´ll show you more of my latest creations next time, so stay tuned!

I hope, you find some time for our challenge at Country View Challenges this month!

I want to join in following challenges with  my card:

 http://berry71bleu.blogspot.de/2016/07/fantasy-it-is-july-2016-challenge.html

http://stampsandstencils.blogspot.de/2016/07/tic-tac-toe_7.html

I used the row: flowers, circles, metal

http://themixedmediacardchallenge.blogspot.de/2016/07/mmcc-25-sparkle.html 

http://sandee-and-amelie.blogspot.de/2016/07/sandee-steampunk-summer-special-2016.html 

Heroes - Card for a Man

Hello all, nice to have you here!

it´s time again, a new month and a new Challenge over at Country View Challenges! This month the theme is "Use a Stencil". Just made for me, because I love to work with stencils! There are soooo many possibilities to use them.

I made a birthday card for a collegue and used several stencils in different ways.

This month alongside our Challenge, we are also running a Blog Hop with a Sizzix Big Shot Machine & Die Bundle as the prize. To enter, you must be a Follower of our Challenge Blog and Hop along to each of our Design Team Members Blogs and leave a comment. We will still be running our normal monthly challenge and those who link their Use A Stencil projects will also be entered into our £20 Voucher draw. The Winners will be picked at random in early June. So hop on over to Christine's 1st Project - Use A Stencil

Christine
Gabrielle
Jennie
Rachel
Sue
Evelyn
Doreen
Nikki
Monika
Hazel
Brenda
Corrie
Jane

Hallo zusammen, schön euch hier zu haben!

Heute ist es wieder soweit, neuer Monat und eine neue Herausforderung bei Country View Challenges und ein BLOG HOP MIT EINEM SAGENHAFTEN PREIS!!!!! Um den Preis gewinnen zu können, müsst ihr ein follower von Country View Challenges werden, zu allen Blogs der Hop-Liste (siehe oben) hüpfen und dort einen Kommentar hinterlassen - einfach, oder? Es gibt aber auch einen "normalen" Preis von £20, einlösbar im Shop, zu gewinnen - Werk verlinken und mitmachen.  Diesen Monat ist das Thema "Use a Stencil". Wie für mich gemacht, ich liebe das Arbeiten mit Schablonen! Es gibt sooooo viele Möglichkeiten mit ihnen zu arbeiten.

Ich habe eine Karte für einen Kollegen zum Geburtstag gemacht, bei der ich ein paar Schablonen auf unterschiedliche Weise verwendet habe.

Und so habe ich´s gemacht:

Here you can see how I made it:

Als erstes habe ich ein Papier in der passenden Größe zugeschnitten, die Ränder distressed und mit Distress Ink "rusty hinge" eingefärbt.

First I cut a cardstock to the right size, distressed the edges and colored them with DI "rusty hinge".

Danach kam die erste Schablone zum Einsatz. Ich habe Strukturpaste mit einem Spatel in den Ecken aufgebracht - kleiner Tipp: es sieht oft schöner aus, wenn man nicht die ganze Schablone benutzt.

Now the first stencil was used. I randomly put some structure paste with a spatula at the edges - little hint: it looks better most of the time when you only use some parts of the stencil.

Damit das Weiß der Paste keine so harten Kontrast zum Hintergrund bildet, habe ich ein paar Sprühfarben zum Einfärben benutzt.

For not being such a hard contrast of the white paste to the background, I used some mists for coloring.

Für den Mittlepunkt habe ich eine weitere Schablone verwendet, in die ich erst mit einem kleinen Schriftstempel gestempelt habe.......

For the focal point I used another stencil, in which I first stamped with a little script stamp.......

 ......und danach mit DI "rusty hinge" mit Hilfe eines Blending Tools eingefärbt habe. Natürlich würde das auch mit einem anderen Schwämmchen funktionieren.

........and afterwards colored with DI "rusty hinge" using a Blending Tool. Of course you can use any other sponge too.

Nun habe ich noch zwei weitere Herrenschablonen in der Wischtechnik darüber gesetzt, hier habe ich DI "walnut stain" für den rechten Herrn und DI "black soot" für den oberen Herrn benutzt.

Now I used two other Gentleman stencils, overlapping the first one. I used DI "walnut stain" for the right one and DI "black soot" for the Gentleman on top.

Um den mittleren Herren noch etwas mehr herausstechen zu lassen, habe ich ihn mit WOW Embossingpulver "Clear Gloss Ultra High" zwei Mal überzogen.

To make the man in the middle stand out more, I embossed him twice with WOW embossing powder "Clear Gloss Ultra High". 

Zuletzt wurde der Hintergrund mit DI "tumbled glass" und "faded jeans" eingefärbt, der Spruchstempel: "Wir sind die Helden unserer eigenen Geschichte" aufgestempelt, mit einer alten Plastikkarte noch ein paar Striche aufgebracht und der Mittelpunkt war fertig.

The last step for the focal point was to color the background with DI "tumbled glass" and "faded jeans" and to stamp the sentiment "We are the heroes of our own story".

Das Stempelbild habe ich noch mit ein paar Papierabschnitten hinterlegt und auf die Karte geklebt. Als Verzierung habe ich ein paar 3D-Kugeln eingefärbt und mit einer Blume und einem Holzzahnrad verziert.

I matted the stamped picture with some scraps of paper and glued it down to the card. I embellished the card with some colored Art Stones, a paper flower and a wood gear.

Some close ups:

                                      

Ich hoffe, meine Herrenkarte gefällt euch und ich konnte euch ein wenig inspirieren!

Vielleicht findet ihr ja Zeit, bei unserer Challenge mit zu machen!

Now I hope you like my male card and you feel a bit inspired!

May be you find time to join our challenge this month!

Vielen Dank für´s Vorbeischauen!

Thank you for dropping by!

Karte zum Ruhestand - Card for Retirement

Hallo zusammen, schön, dass ihr bei mir hereinschaut!
Heute habe ich mal wieder eine Karte für euch. Ein Kollege geht in den Ruhestand und verabschiedet sich am Freitag. Dafür habe ich diese Karte gemacht.
Nachdem ich eine große Verehrerin von Astrid McLeans Kunst bin, habe ich mich bei meiner Karte ein wenig an ihrer Arbeit orientiert.
Hello all, a warm welcome to my blog!
Today I want to share a card with you. A colleague retires and says farewell on friday.
After being a admirer of Astrid McLeans art work, I oriented my work a bit on hers.  

Den Hintergrund habe ich mit 3 verschiedenen Schablonen, 6 verschiedenen Stempeln und rub ons von  Canvas Corps Brands und LaBlanche gemacht.
I made my own background, using 3 different stencils, 6 different stamps and rub ons from Canvas Corps Brands and LaBlanche.

Der Mittelpunkt ist ein Stempel von LaBlanche, den ich mit Archival Ink Jet Black gestempelt und klar embosst habe. Er ist mit papieren von  Canvas Corps Brands, einem ausgestanzten Ziffernblatt und verschiedenen Papierresten aus meinem Vorrat unterlegt. Danach habe ich "Alles Liebe" gestempelt und das ganze mit Blumen, einem Schlüsselchen und Metallzahnrädern und einem Medaillon verziert. The focal point is a stamp from LaBlanche, which I stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black and clear embossed. I layered it with papers from Canvas Corps Brands, a diecut clockface, and some paper scraps from my stash. I stamped the sentiment "Good luck" and added flowers, a key and metal gears and a metal medallion.

 

 
Auf der Innenseite der Karte sind wieder Papiere von  Canvas Corps Brands und ein Spruch, den ich sehr mag, ausgedruckt und aufgeklebt.
The inside of the card I embellished with papers from Canvas Corps Brands again and added a sentiment, I like very much:

What are you doing?

 Nothing.

I  let rain 
the life 
down on me.

Rahel Varnhagen

So, ich hoffe, euch gefällt meine Karte. Ich wünsche euch eine schöne Woche!
Vielen Dank für euren Besuch.
I hope, you like my card and I wish you a wonderful week!
Thank you for stopping by!

I want to join in following challenges:
http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.de/2016/02/february-make-your-own-background.html 
http://sandee-and-amelie.blogspot.de/2016/02/our-february-challenge-and-some-great.html 
http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.de/2016/02/challenge-77-something-for-males.html 
http://scrapki-wyzwaniowo.blogspot.de/2016/02/midmonth-work-from-designteam-on-our.html 
http://www.vintagejourney.com/2016/02/a-vintage-journey-february-challenge.html