postcard

One of the postcards I made recently ..
This is my entry for the 'Lost Coast Portal to Creativity' challenge.

The background is made with the gelli printing plate, image is coloured with watercolour pencils.

Thanks so much for stopping by
and have a wonderful week.
Hugs, Suzanne xx

Summer

Hello and good morning to all of you.
It's my turn again to share a lttle something on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog.
I made a Summer card this time, maybe it can be an inspiration for you to join our de stempelwinkel stampers challenge #14 which is 'Summer'.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a great day everyone.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Artful Times Challenge #73: Men

Hi all ...
I made a birthday card for a coworker the other day and would love to join the Artful Times Challenge. This time it's 'MEN'.

The background of both cardstock panels is made with Bistre, brown and yellow.
Several images were stamped onto the background (Stampers Anonymous/Brett Weldele, Katzelkraft) with StazOn inkpad timber brown and the main image is from Chocolate Baroque. The panels were then distressed around the edges with an x-acto knife and mounted as seen.
Thanks so very much for stopping by today and having a look.
I wish you a great day, wherever you are ....

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

butterfly lady ...

I'm slowly getting back to crafting and stamping ... don't know yet how it will go on, though.

I hope you're all well ... :-D
Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

enter at own risk - card

Hi and good morning everyone out there ...

... and again a coworker's birthday ;-) I enjoy making those bespoken cards - and somethimes hiding a little something in them that only I know of *eg* - but I'm also glad that there aren't too many colleagues at my workplace. Otherwise it would be too much for me to enjoy, I think. And I'm a person who can't deny such things too easily.
Anyway ... this is my card for Mr. F :-)

The people who know him will get the little hint in there :-D

The background is made with distress paint and spray made from distress reinkers plus stamps by stampendous, de stempelwinkel (letters) and sin city stamps. The archway is by smeared ink and the man is one of the most gorgeous stamps Brett Weldele designed for stampers anonymous.

Thanks so much for visiting today and having a look.
Suzanne xxx

a bunch of gelli collages

Hi all ...
Seems 'Summer' is over, doesn't it? Yupp, I'm a bit pessimistic on that one.
My little daughter finished her swimming class today with rain and about 16°C - maybe 17°C. Anyway, this is just a quick post to share some collages I made with gelli plate printed paper and fuzzy cut stamp images. You may have seen the one or other but I wanted to collect all of them in one post.

The stamps I used are by de stempelwinkel, artemio, oxford impressions, hampton art, paper artsy, Brett Weldele/stampers anonymous, and viva las vegas stamps.
I made the bookmarks to leave them behind in a small telephone booth library in the area of our local swimmingpool. I hope they'll find new owners who like them a bit :-D

Thank you ever so much for stopping by and have a great weekend.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

still alive

and kicking, I am.
I have to sincerely apologize for not being around more frequently - and for not commenting on my favorite- and other blogs.
I'm okay so far, it's 'only' that life is very, very busy and stressful at the moment - once more :-( In addition to that the children have Summer holidays and there are quite some logistics to do and things to organize ... oh well, I don't want to get too private here :-)
I'm going to share some pieces I made inbetween, just cards

a birthday card on commission for an acquaintance, she wants to go to the USA this year and got a voucher for a visit at the EmpireState Building

 

a birthday card for a coworker, the first double sided card I made for one of them :-)

another birthday card for a collegue

a card for another coworker who left our department

three TAGs - just for fun and with leftovers

and a good bye for one more coworker who left for another employer

So, just you can see I didn't quit crafting, although I didn't do anything for myself ... 

Oh yes, I did - this one:

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and having a look.

Have a great week everyone - 

hugs, Suzanne xxx

Assignment #2: Coffee and/or Tea

Hi all ..
Second day of the Summer Challenge 2014 run by De Craftorij.
This time I made two cards for the Summer Challenge 2014 by De Craftorij because I couldn't bring my ideas together on one.
I definitely prefer coffee, btw. I don't like tea at all :-)

For the first card I used the crones tea party image for the first time (although I suspect they don't only have tea *hehe*) - I almost had forgotten about it.
background: the card was misted with water, splodged with distress stain and then I pressed another card onto it. Splatters of water were added, a bit of panpastel und some perfect pearls mist. The stamp images are by: Cherry Pie (full moon, bat, cemetery, tree, sentiment, crones tea party), Oxford Impressions (poppy).

This background is made by spreading acrylic paint over a card with a brayer and a credit card.
bg stamp Tim Holtz and a scribble by Prima Marketing. Woman by hampton arts, hand and hand with handreading signs by de stempelwinkel. 
It's great fun so far .-D

Thank you so much for paying a visit to my blog.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

stamped stuff and an altered calendar - very picture-heavy post

Hi all :-)
I'm apologizing in advance because this is going to be - very atypical for me :-D - a picture-heavy post.

First I'm sharing a bunch of cards and a TAG I did last week. Another coworker's birthday is around the corner and after I absolutely didn't have any idea the first day I made four simultaneously and had to concentrate to not mix up my ideas :-) but hey, I think even that would have been interesting.
First up the two blue ones I shared over at de stempelwinkel designteam blog:

And those are the two other cards I made to choose from:

Two cards and a TAG I made and sent off resp. gave away:

another TAG:

and last but not least a calendar I bought the other day - before and after:

Thank you so very much for taking the time for a visit and your patience with all my pics.
I hope you will understand that I don't have the time at the  moment to give the details on each make. If you have a specific question or just want to know how one of these was made please leave me a comment or use my email-address in the profile - thanks so much.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

drawers - de stempelwinkel

Hello and good morning to all of you.
It's my turn again over at de stempelwinkel blog and this time I'm sharing a card. Admitted, it may seem a bit strange to some of you but it's straight from the gut LOL

I'd love to see you stopping by there if you have the time to. Thanks a lot for having a look and have a great Sunday everyone.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

two cards with gelli plate backgrounds

Hi and hello everyone out there ...
I haven't done much crafting lately for different reasons, but I made two cards with some of my many many gelli prints.
One as an addition for snail-mail I have to send

(stamps by kaisercraft, Dyan Reaveley, acapella stempel)

and one on commission for a coworker I don't really know. Brown, gold, and radio were the hints. Brown doesn't really inspire me and I don't have a radio image either. But someone else told me she (the coworker) also likes all things maritime, so I made this card:

(the wave is from de stempelwinkel, the other stamps by artemio)

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and I hope you're all well ;-)
These days I'll post a small giveaway on occasion of my 100th follower :-D Enormous thanks to all of you who occasionally stop by and give me support.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

blue - poems

so far the hints.
I've been asked to make a birthday card for a person I don't know.

The background is made with Dylusion sprays and some inka gold turqoise sponged through a stencil. Then I stamped the script with versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. At last I spritzed a little glimmer mist pearl onto the background.
Stamps are by de stempelwinkel, impressions obsessions, cherry pie

Thank you so very much for your visit.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

and another card ...

Hi everyone, faithful followers and occasional visitors :-)

Today I have another card to share, probably the quickest one I ever made.
I needed a greeting card in the nick of time and made it between bites of breakfast (or rather between sips of coffee ;-))

The background is a gelli plate print that was laying around and stamps from de stempelwinkel (script, star, the diamonds and the border on the bottom are by Dyan Reaveley, also available at de stempelwinkel for example :-D), the silhouette is a stamp from Dina Wakley.

Thanks so very much for stopping by ...

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

postcard

Hi everyone around blogland :-)

It's my turn again over at de stempelwinkel blog to share a little something.
This time I made a postcard

To see the card with its details and how to please pay a visit to the stempelwinkel blog - you can also admire many other projects by my team mates there ... I'd love to see you

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

look what's on the plate today ... - GD de stempelwinkel

Hi all ... thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and visit my blog today.

I have a card for you this time:

If you want to know more details I'd love to have you stop by at de stempelwinkel blog and have a look :-)

Thank you ever so much and have a great Sunday - soon you can unwrap your gifts ;-) just a little more patience now ...

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Triangle Trifold Card

Hi everyone,
I'm so very sorry that I'm late this time ...
Today I have a Triangle Trifold card for you, made with the absolutely stunning steampunk stamps by de stempelwinkel.

It would be too nice of you if you'd hop over to the blog of de stempelwinkel and have a look at the complete card. Thank you so very much.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Tipi card

Hello everyone and good morning. I hope you're all well amidst all the Christmas preparations - well, those of you who do :-)
Again it's my turn to show you a little something on the blog of de stempelwinkel.
This time I made a tipi card – another very versatile card. I often use it when someone asks me for a wedding card or for a childbirth.

I'd love to see you at de Stempelwinkel blog to have a closer look :-)

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

TriShutter Card Steampunk style

Hello and good morning to all of you.
I sincerely hope the storm didn't hit you too badly, I hope you are all well. Around here it behaved rather moderate, no serious damage so far ...

It's my turn again over at de stempelwinkel to share one of my guest designer pieces. This time it's a trishutter card with some of Jetske's gorgeous steampunk stamps. I love this kind of card because it's so very versatile and fits for any occasion - well, in my opinion at least :-)

I'd love and appreciate you to visit de stempelwinkel blog to have a closer look. Thanks so very much :-)

Hugs, Suzanne xxx