Stamping Fun with ATCs

As some of you know, I´ve been on vacation in Berlin last week, visiting my sister Sabine. That always means a lot of stamping time for two, and I usually return with a few good results. This time I´ve made the Holiday cards I´ve already shown as well as a few ATCs to fill up my trading album. The backgrounds have been made Distress Oxides except the third one that was made with acrylics on a gelli plate.

More Holiday Cards

I´ve made a few holiday cards last week, using papers dyed with Brusho crystals and rubber stamps from Lynne Perrella, Crafty Individuals, Red Lead and Tim Holtz.

On the first card, I haven´t glued the wings´ ends to the card so that they are movable and give a nice 3-D effect, casting shadows to the card.

Victorian Angel

This week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge is "Victorian Scrap", and as I hadn´t started making Holiday cards yet, I decided to do it NOW ... so here´s my first Holidy card for 2017 and my entry for the challenge, using an angel on a background made with Distress Oxides and embossed rubber stamps in silver and copper.

A Little Bit of Sparkle

Do you have any of your own collages in your stash that need a new glow, atmosphere or sparkle? Then you should have a look at the new Songbirdy kits Glitzy #1 and Glitzy #2.
For "A Sunny Day" I´ve used an old collage made with Beth´s Attitude set and added 5 pieces of Glitzy #2 on top. Try different blending modes and percentages of opacity, and you´ll get a cool new look - for this sample I went with a summer glow effect that shows that the result does not always have to be sparkly.

But talking about sparkle, just have a look at the next piece (made with Beth´s kits Muse, So Fab, and several pieces from Glitz #1) - here the golden sparkles with green and blue accents make it all shine.

And finally, here´s a collage made with Beth´s kit Pomp that has one piece of Glitz #1 on the upper part to fit the colder tones there, and one piece of the reddish Glitz #2 at the bottom to give that part a warm glow.

These pieces are very versatile and can even be recoloured to fit your needs, so try them yourself!

Berlin Skyline

Skyline is the theme for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge, and Berlin is the city I´m going to visit next week, so here´s my Berlin Skyline card - I really love to explore all the historical places and museums and events and friends and and and in Berlin ... can´t wait to go there again!
My card was made with help from JHC, Rucola Designs, and Paula Kesselring.

Burlesque

It´s the first Monday in November and time for a new Monthly Mischief collection at MischiefCircus. I´ve been playing with Beth Todd´s Songbirdy kits for it, called Burlesque and Burlesque Queens.
My first collage introduces the Queen of them all to you - isn´t that ostrich regal? Of course she´s the queen of the show!

 This scene shows a moment before the show ...

... and here´s the show Tonight at "The Blue Elephant". Have fun at the Burlesque show and with Beth´s colourful kits!