Mosaic-Scenes (VIDEO)

Hi everybody :-)

I made a new Video for you (but only in german....) about 3 Warst with Mosaic-Scenes :)

But first the pictures

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Clean and Simple Koala Card

Hello there, Nicole here.

After all the christmas card making I really enjoy diggin' through my non-christmassy stash and picking out favorites like the fun koala pirates set called All Hands On Deck. I went for my all time favorite cardmaking style: clean & simple.

I was simply in the mood for a cute critter on a clean and simple card. I enjoy creating a pop of color on a mostly white space with a cute image as the focal point and some little extras that make the card interesting.

• stamp the critter on alcohol marker friendly paper with your go-to ink for alcohol markers. Mine all time favorite ink is Memento Tuxedo Black.
• color cour image and cut it out. 
• chose where your focal point should be and start stamping the background. I used different shades of green to make the background look more dimensional. 
• give your critter a place to stand on. It doesn't need much. A few dots are enough to make it look like he's standing on sand or rocks.
• add your little pirate with foam tape
• stamp your greeting in crisp black ink (I used Versafine Onyx Black)
• add a little something with Glossy Accents on the nose or some white gel pen details

Think around the corner. I needed small dots and found some in my flowers collection. But I was looking for super small ones as well and ended up with dots from an alphabet set. It's so fun to use stamps in unexpected ways.

Stamping a leaf with a light green ink looks nice. But you can easily add more interest to the leaf if you add a darker shade of ink to parts of your stamp using a small sponge dauber. If you take a closer look at my card, you can see some kind of gradient or ombré look on the leaves.

All Hands On Deck / Alle Mann an Deck

 

Fine Ferns

Thanks a lot for stopping by!

Have a happy day,

Nicole

[VIDEO] Two Supereasy Wiper-Cards

Hello everybody :-)

I fell in love with wipercards! Ok, I like all interactive cards. But I only fall in love with easy interactive cards ;-)  So I hope you'll share my opinion after watching my videos.

I created two cards for you, so you'll have enough chances to see and understand the mechanism.

And I hope I can catch you ;-)

But first you have to scroll though all these pics ;-)

I looove interactive cards, but what I like even more is, when such cards tell a kind of story. Of course I just can put a critter on a card and let swipe up a "Hello". But in this case, I like to create a sciene...

Her you can watch my Video in "a kind of" english ;-)






... und hier das Video in Deutsch (was ich viel besser kann)










Maybe you create one dummy-card and you can save this in your drawer for all your later wiper-cards (this is how I did it now ;-) )

Make sure you visit our blog regulary, because at our lovely challenges you have the chances to win 25€ Gift Cards :-)

Welcome Elias!

Hey stampers, Anni here!

Today I have a baby card for you!

Good friends of us got a foster-child. So I wanted to make a baby card. Well, infact it isn't a baby but a toddler. The card should fit for a little boy. I thought the koalas from Alle Mann an Bord / All Hands on Deck is the perfect starting point for that.

• It is so easy to personalize a card just by using alphabet stickers. I spelled out the name of the kid and so it is a card just for him.
• I stamped the word "Willkommen" with black Versafine ink. That is my favorite ink to stamp sentiments - crisp and very black.
• At first I cut the word Willkommmen in a stripe but it looked very solid - then I decided to fussy cut it. A little bit fiddly but I think it's worth the time.

 

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