More Furry Friends

Hello my Craftie Friends,

I am into doggies today!

Playing with the latest of  

Funky Fossils Designs More Furry Friends

designed by Donna Gray.

For my first card I used this window die and used 2 kinds of

stencils to create the background: 

Dog Bones

and 

Paw Print background.

The dog is stamped on a seperate piece of paper 

and colored with Stampin'Blends  (markers by 

Stampin'Up!). Afterwards cut out by hand.

It is so fun to use one of the stamps on the back of my card.

So I had some left overs from the first card and could not 

resist using them for a second card.

I embossed the squares with a paw embossing folder.

And  the yellow paper is covered with bones by using the 

dog bone stencil again. 

The sentiment is from the Small Print 2 set.

As there were 4 windows, I used the last one on the back!

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and keep crafting!

 

Furry Friend

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I did a little stamping after being to the hairdresser.

Needed a long overdue cut after the hospital and all.

I even had it colored, feels so much better.

Ok, back to stamping.

I used the clear stampset More Furry Friends designed by

Donna Grey and available at Funky Fossil Designs. 

I also used the stencil Party Balloons and

Small Print2 for the sentiment.

Yhe dog and bones are colored with Stampin´Blends.

If you like some inspiration, Funky Fossil Designs has some

videos on The Craft Store channel.

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and keep crafting!

 

Crochet

Hekko Crafty Friends,

In my previous post I told you I have been

doing some crochet. I have been making some

baby blankets for two of the girls who are working

in the home of my mom. Both are pregnant with boys.

I actually bought a package with a pattern, but then when 

I started to make it, I did not like it at all. It was only the 

off white and the yellow. So I bought some more cotton

and just made up my own pattern.

You see the stitches are the same as in a granny square.

Then when i noticed the combination of color, it looked

like the beach, so i found these appliqe patterns for

the boat and the fishes on pinterest.

Fish:

 https://strickwahn.blog/2019/05/28/28-mai-2019-fische-haekeln/amp/

Boat:

http://bunnymummy-jacquie.blogspot.com/2012/06/sail-away-crochet-pattern.html

The arigumi duch template can be found here:

duck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIyZxLJjUkI

II wrapped it all together and gave it 

to the first one who is due soon.

So I had lots of cotton left and started to make some

granny squares for a new blanket. i just love the combo 

of colors.

Of course I had to add a rattle to this blanket too.

I found the pattern of this cute penguin:

https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/63261569756471193/

It is the pattern of a teether, but I did not like the

wooden ring, so I only made the penguin to play with.

And this is the start of a new project. It is going to be a 

large blanket of 64 squares in these colors. It will be one for

my own couch!. I have already 9 squares, So the beginning

is there.

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and keep crafting!

 

Back again!

 Hello my Crafty Friends,

You must have noticed I haven´t been blogging 

much these past few weeks.

Well, I had an operation and I am healing now, 

stamping was just to much.

Instead I have done some crochet 

and did some watercoloring.

I love my Funky Fossil Design stamps and

 one of the designers also gives

online classes: Ann Corbiere Scott. 

So by watching and playing along, I opened a new art journal and

this is my first page:

The background circles are painted with watercolor

and inspired by Wasilly Kandinsky.

The sentiment is printed with the computer,

but the brush and the paint tubes are clear stamps

designed by Ann Corbiere Scott: Artsy stamp set.

And here is a birthday card I did with 

a printable flower sheet by Ann.

It was supposed to be a tag, but I used

it for a 5 x 7 inch card.

Here the inside of the card with a

strip left over from the background paper 

of the front of the card.

Here a close up of the flowers and the sentiment.

All is colored with watercolor paint.

I will try blogging a little more,

but I am still recovering, so it won't be every day.

Thank you for looking today,

stay safe and keep crafting.

Egg Hunt

Hello Crafty Friends!

Have you had a lovely Easter Sunday?

Hunting for eggs? Or for bargains??

I share with you another card made with

Funky Fossil Designs stencils

which are on sale for 20% until

midnight of April 5th.

For this card I used:

stencil mason jar and scenic borders

stamp set: Let's Party.

To make the eggs in the jar, I made my own stencil with this egg

paper punch trough a post it note and used the cutouts to cover

eggs if needed.

For the grass border I used the scenic border stencil.

With the inside of the mason jar I covered the pot

as not to get any grass on it.

The bunny from the Let's Party stamp set is stamped

and embossed with black embossing powder and colored

with stamping blend's markers. The punched out eggs

are from some left over Spring Geometric design paper.

Thank you for looking,

stay safe, keep crafting

and enjoy the eggs!

 

Happy Easter

With stamps by Michael Strong,

I with you all a very happy and blessed Easter!

Thank you for looking,

stay safe, keep crafting

and enjoy your eggs!

 

Stencil Sale at Funky Fossil Designs

Hello Crafty Friends!

One can never have too many stencils and now they

are on SALE at Funky Fossil Designs

this weekend. You get a discount of 20%

use STENCIL20 before midnight April 5!

Here I have made you some samples

and show you how great they are for backgrounds.

For the first card I used

stencil hugs and kisses

and stemp set hogs and kisses.

For the background I colored the images with two

colors of distress oxide ink. 

The piggy is stamped on pink paper and embossed with

black embossing ink.

For this card I used

stencil honey bees

and stamp set bees knees.

This background is used with one volor of distress

oxide ink and another color )fossilized amber' around

the border. The sentiment I typed and printed with the computer.

Both cards are absolutely don in no time.

So if you need some quick cards, stencils

are what yoy need!

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and keep craftig!

 

Happy Passover

Today is the first day of Passover,

the Jewish Easter. You find more information HERE.

The background is a grid and I have done thes before.

You find the tutorial HERE.

I printed the grid on green paper. 

The design paper looks like the matza we eat.

It is a picture of it that I took from internet and 

then printed and punched out.

The eye catcher is a seder plate,

 a stamp by ZumGaliGali.

Left overs go to the inside of the card!

And i used a leftover square on the back of the card.

Wishing everyone who celebrates:

Chag Sameach, A happy Holiday!

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and

keep crafting!

 

Love, Peace and coffee

Hello crafty friends,

Even though the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is over,

I had to finish and post this last coffee card.

My little sloth called Zinny ( made by Donna Gray) was

on my desk already colored  and the cup too.

I did not want to trow these away.

So I got my Funky Fossil Designs stencils out and created the 

background for my card.

 

The  cup stamp is also by Funky Fossil Designs

and colored with pencil. I tried to make it look like

Delft Blue style.

Thank you for looking

And tomorrow something totally different.

Keep safe, keep crafting

and enjoy your coffee.

Coffee lovers Blog Hop - Day 8

Hello coffee loving crafty friends!

 

Here we are on the last day of the 

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

This time I have a project:

a Coffee Clutch:

Inside this clutch there is a surprise!

It happened that I found this in my stash:

So it is a Club Scrap project.

hen i saw this, I had no idea what it was going to be,

so I searched my computer and the Club Scrap website

but could not find instructions. Together with Julie Heyer

from Club Scrap, we foud it was a project from 

Brewed Awakenings and there is even a video tutorial:

https://vimeo.com/40943732.

I hope this way you can see it too or go HERE. 

Anyway I had a lot of fun making this.

All materials and stamps I used are by Club Scrap.

Another look at the clutch: decorated with 

a stencil and some cut aparts from my stash too.

The charm on the handle is a few beads, a spoon and a

cup from my stash. The flap of the pouch 

(see also detail below) is done with a coffee bean

embossing folder.

Here a close up of the charm on the handle.

The clutch is closed with magnets that came with the kit.

Voila! here is the inside: many pockets and places for decoration.

This is absolutely a very easy project to make:

a little folding, hardly any glueing and a little sewing

to hold this all together.

Inside each pocket there is a card with a little tab

(that came with the kit) and decoration.

I added some pictures, but you could also add

coffee recipes or quotes.

Tab 2 is a picture of me, that I use very often for

a profile picture. it is from a few years back.

Now my hair is corona long!

This tab is decorated with one of my 

Club Scrap coffee stencils. Maybe I will do 

something on the back too. There is still room to

add more.

In the last openening (the fold of the clutch)

I added a picture of my mom. One of the last times

we had coffee in her own home. She is now in a care home

and the hous is sold. She has dementia.

Thank you for looking and I hope you had as

much fun with all the coffee cards/projects as

I did here on my blog and on the

  Coffee Loving Cardmakers.

Thank you Amy Tsuruta, team and sponsors for

making this possible.

Stay safe, keep crafting

and enjoy your coffee.

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