Z as in ...

Zoo :-)
Not that this is a favourite thing of mine, but with the ingredients of the new TIO challenge (the letter Z and a face) this is what came to my mind, considering the stamps I own.

stamps I used:
man: oxford impressions
elephant: acapella stempel
giraffe: katzelkraft
bird: crafty individuals
letters: artemio
plus: a small stencil

The background is made with Adirondack colorwash and muted down with panpastel white, the images were stamped with different Archival inkpads and colored with watercolor pens.

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a look. Have a great day, all you welcome visitors and much appreciated followers :-D

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

sprayed background with cogs / Zahnräder-HG

saw this on the blog from indigo blue stamps and had to try the background.
I'm not too happy with how the guys on the cards turned out ... first I stamped the images on a sprayed bg too, but that was too dark (and the second one looked like The Hulk - LOL). Then I used a similar bg as for the card itself. Hm hm ...

postscript:

Okay, I really don't like the guys this way ... I'll correct that in a few hours. So please concentrate on the background until then and just ignore the men :-))

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Nevertheless, I'll enter these into the challenge on 'Simon says Stamp and Show' - spritz, spray, or stencil.

I tried several things to rescue the cards but I ran out of patience now.
So I'll leave the first card this way - hopefully improved a bit - and dumped (and deleted it here) the card with the Hulk, he didn't survive ...

Stamps are all by Oxford Impressions.

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have a great day!
Suzanne x

a 'Quickie' :-)

just a quick and quite simple card to relax a little after a rather hard week of continued education and back-aching commuting to and from Cologne :-)

(another experiment with panpastels)
Stamps: Tim Holtz, Artistic Outpost, Oxford Impressions.

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Suzanne x

TAGs

Stamps: Dylusions (leaves, heart), Clear Art Stamps (Queen, Cheshire Cat), Stampotique (spider), Chocolate Baroque (chest), Artemio (insects)

 

 Stamps: Tim Holtz (men), Paper Artsy (clocks, sentiment), Oxford Impressions (machine)

Stamps: Tim Holtz

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Suzanne

ATCs, TAG

stamps: Oxford Impressions

stamps: Stamp Francisco, letters: Artemio

Das zweite hatte ich für eine CHallenge gedacht, aber das ist nun zu spät.

I made the second one for a challenge but it's too late now ...

stamps: Oxford Impressions

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Suzanne

von meinen Kindern / by the children

Ein TAG von meinem Sohn und eine Geburtstagskarte für einen Kumpel von Tochter 2 (3).

My son made a TAG and daughter 2 (aged 3) made a birthday card for a pal of hers.

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see you
Suzanne

ein bisschen "Nostalgie" ... / a little nostalgia ...

oder das, was mir dazu eingefallen ist.

or rather what came to my mind.

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see you
Suzanne

Steampunk

für/for TOFF - The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge #9

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Suzanne

zwei ATCs und ein Lesezeichen / two ATCs and a bookmark

noch mehr Köpfe / some more heads:

Rost / rust:

the bookmark is made of a scrap - I experimented with distress stains and was surprised how intense it looks on the kraft resist paper ...

eine Karte von meinem Sohn / a card by my son

für eine Schulfreundin / for a schoolfriend's (fem.) birthday:

"Die Schmetterlinge bewachen die Blume; ich weiß zwar nicht warum, aber sie tun es." sagt er.

"The butterflies guard the flower; I don't know why, but they do."
he said.

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Suzanne

Massenproduktion / a bunch of birthday cards

als Vorrat für die KollegInnen

a stock for the coworkers

ein paar für die Männer/some for the men:

und ein paar für die Frauen/and some for the women:

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Suzanne

am (FKK) Strand / on the (nude) beach :-D

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cu
Suzanne

Meerjungfrau / mermaid

für die Creavil-Challenge "Meerjungfrauen und Wassermänner"

for the creavil-challenge 'mermaids and mermen'

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c u
Suzanne

New York - Rio - Tokio

oder besser: New York - Paris - London für Irishteddy's Challenge

or rather New York - Paris - London for Irishteddy's Challenge

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Suzanne

ein TAG und ein ATC / a TAG and an ATC

Leider habe ich kein passendes Band für das TAG.

Sadly I don't have a suitable ribbon for the TAG, a golden one or so.

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cu
Suzanne

Geburtstagskarte / birthday card

Passt super zur Creavil-Challenge 'Reise'.

Fits perfectly for the Creavil-challenge 'Travel'.

Vorderseite, geschlossen / front, closed

geöffnet / open

Mitte / center

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Suzanne

Geflügeltes / winged things

alles, was fliegt für 'Fun with ATCs'
– alles bis auf Vögel

things that fly for 'Fun with ATCs' –
anything but birds

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Suzanne

ATCs

another few ATCs:

Jam 703:

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Suzanne

unter Wasser / under water

ist das Thema bei 'Fun with ATC'. Ich bin nicht so ganz zufrieden diesmal, habe es mir etwas anders vorgestellt.

is the challenge on 'Fun with ATC'. I'm not too happy with the result this time but anyway ...

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Suzanne

zwei Karten / two cards

... die ich vergessen habe, zu zeigen:

... I forgot to show:

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Suzanne