Cheerful Monday #29 - Daisy Kate Hatter

It is the second week of Vicki's challenge and it is all about hats: I love your hat. And I definitely love Daisy Kate Hatter's one!

 

A stamp from Little Miss Muffett

coloured with Copics, colouring pencils, hat and shirt are paper-pieced

The image is layered on Crate paper.

  

The card is embellished with twine, vintage button and a half-pearl. 

The design is based on a sketch from Friday sketch.

Hope you can play with us! Petra.

Linked to:

Alphabet Challenge Blog - Paper Piecing 
Friday Sketch Challenge

Little Miss Muffet - Sketch Challenge

It is the end of May (already, time seems to fly!) and the last Little Miss Muffett May challenge, a sketch challenge:

 

I love this sketch, it is so versatile and sets the image brilliantly as focal point. For my project I could not help but using Chester again, he is so adorable

 

This is Retro Chester with his cool headphones and retro cassette player! I coloured him entirely with colouring pencils and layered him on various patterned papers from EchoPark papers. The papers are attached with a little bit of machine-stitching.

The word is stamped using Memento ink and a stamp from Betty's Creations.

The stars are cut with Nestabilities dies and attached with staples.

This is my last blog post as guest designer for Little Miss Muffett. It was such wonderful fun and I enjoyed every minute of it. I will miss being part of the DT with all those talented Ladies and their inspiring creations. Pop over to Little Miss Muffett to see all the works of the DT. 

Petra.

 

Little Miss Muffett - PaperPiecing

What a challenge at Little Miss Muffett ... right up my nose! I love paper-piecing ... more than colouring the image. And what could be lovelier than dressing a lovely elegant Lady in a new Spring outfit? Miss Cora Agnes Hatter all dressed up in pastels

 

The image is from Little Miss Muffett.

I used two different co-ordinating digital papers from Clementine for the paper-piecing,

and because of this I was also able to play with the size of the paper pattern ...

  

The background paper I used on the card is quite large 

while the one for the dress I down-sized that is I changed the proportions.

It was the first time I did it like this and it was great fun.

I layered it all on Bazill coloured card following a sketch from Sketch N Stash

 

I added some seam binding and a little flower as embellishment.

Hope you can join in the challenge, have a lovely day, Petra.

Linked to: Sketch N Stash

Lucy's Cards Sketch #1 - Easter Bunnies

Lucy has provided some really lovely sketches. This is one is for Day 1 of her sketch challenge. I could not resist to use it for some of my Easter cards

  

all cards are made with A6 white cards and My Mind's Eye patterend papers

 digital Easter bunnies from Birdie Brown coloured with colouring pencils

cut out and layered on foam pads, some doodled gras

stamped sentiment (Mia's Stempelkueche)

 embellished with paperflowers, pearls, ric-rac ribbon

little punched butterfly

Have a lovely week, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #4 - Together

What can I say ... it is this time of the year where hearts prevail! And it is the second week of Vicki's challenge: You have my Heart. Don't these two look so sweet together

 

digital image from Just Some Lines 

coloured with Copicsand colouring pencils

layered on My Mind's Eye papers

tied with button twine

embellished with a heart charm and a key

a wooden heart and a pearl

and all based on a sketch from Little Miss Muffet

Enjoy your evening, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #4 - For You

A new week started and time for a new challenge over at Vicki's blog: You Have My Heart. The digital image I used is from Just Some Lines. And isn't she sweet, a little girl with her little heart balloon

 

The card layout is based on a sketch from Deconstructing Jen.  I covered a Kraft card with My Mind's Eye papers and did some machine stitching. The image is coloured with Copics. For embellishment I added some twine, charm and a little pearl. The sentiment (stamp by Mia) is stamped: for you

 

... and as I couldn't stop I made a second card .... just without the stitching. Have a lovely evening and don't forget to pop over to Vicki's blog for further inspiration, Petra.

linked to: Deconstructing Jen

Just The Two of You

This is a wedding card I made for Peter's running friends who married today. They are a very lovely couple

I used a scalloped white card and based the design on Deconstructed Sketch No46 

 ... rotating it by 90 degrees ... layering four different EchoPark design papers and doing quite a bit of machine stitching around the edges of the various segments. The very sweet digi stamp is from Sliejke's Digi Stamps coloured with Copics and colouring pencils and a little bit of Stickles. I finished it off with organza ribbon, a heart button and a little tiny bling. Petra.

Linked to: Unruly PaperArts

Christmas Is Coming

... and I made it! The first Christmas cards this year ... I have to admit somehow I do not feel like Christmas quite yet. The sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday helped me to start with the 'production' (LOL)

 

 The cards are made using the same sketch, plain coloured and white card and the same stamps (Elzybells). I coloured the stamped images using colouring pencils and Stickles. The white card is embosed using Cuttlebug embossing folders. The finishing touches are ribbons and some little blings. Wishing you a good start to the new week, Petra.

Home Sweet Home

CherylAnn from 'Try Stampin' on Tuesday' asked me last week whether I would like to be guest designer for this week's challenge ... I was surprised, excited and honoured and what else could I say than yes! The sketch for this week's challenge is a sketch with endless possibilities .....

It was perfect to create a card for my brother and his family as he will be moving house very soon

All patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup - the sweet ribbon and button thread from the Ribbon Girl - charm, button, flower, blings and pearl from my stash - the sentiment stamp from Eline Pellinkhof, the houses from Hero Arts.
Why not pop over and join the fun? Petra.

Sketchy Birthday

This is a little birthday card I made for my daughter using the current s'Sketches sketch

Supplies:

paper: A6 white card, The Girls' Paperie 

stamps: Lily of the Valley, Wild Rose Studio, Penny Black

Nestabilities, Stickles, felt, button, thread, ribbon, blings

Have a lovely Easter weekend, Petra.

Thankful

This is my first Thanksgiving creation and it centres around the pumpkin ... I love pumpkins and it was a good year for growing them! My card is based on a sketch from here
and it worked very well with the elements I had prepared for the card

Supplies:
image: Graphics Fairy, paper: Kraftcard and Kaisercraft,
embellishments and ribbon/lace from my stash,
letters: BoBunny and some crazy stitching

You can find more wonderful Thanksgiving creations over at the Cheerful Stamp Pad for Vicki's new challenge. Hope you join us! Petra.

Linked to: The Graphics Fairy, Artblog

Easter is Coming Soon

... and I am hopelessly behind with everything (sigh) ... there is a reason for it, though. For a few days now I have been battling with my craftroom or better with the contents of it. I didn't know that I have so many things in there! Normally it is not a problem but as we get a few visitors very soon this room will be used as bedroom .... and amongst all the tidying up, throwing away I also seem to have lost my mojo! If somebody finds it, I would be very happy to get it back (lol). This is a card which has been sitting on my desk for almost a week waiting for the finishing touches ... have a good start into the new week, Petra.

paper: cosmo cricket, stamp: Hein Design and Elzybells
sketch from s'Sketches

Ladybird Fairy

I only recently discovered Mojo Monday and really like their challenges especially their sketches ... perfect for a little birthday card for a little pink Ladybird Fairy
It was a real challenge because this is not the usual me ... I always have difficulties with pink cute and sweet (lol). For this card I layered Kaisercraft papers on a basic white card and combined it with the stamped Ladybird image from Penny Black, a nestabilities butterfly, blings, ribbon, a butterfly embellishment and a stamped sentiment from Wild Roses. the image is coloured with Copics and the border is punched with a Martha Stewart punch. Petra.

Less Is More In Colour

This is my interpretation of the Less is More sketch and the colour challenge from Der/Die/Das Bawion - black and pink. The pink is quite subtle and I tried to keep the embellishments to a minimum. The trim is layered with black card punched with a Martha Stewart punch and a gingham pink ribbon.


For the embellishment I used two paper flowers and a button covered with printed fabric. The image on the button is from the Graphics Fairy. The last touch was the sentiment stamped with a Penny Black stamp. Petra.

Happy St Patrick's Day

Hope you had a fantastic day so far! A friend of mine sent me two images and asked me if I could make a St Patrick's Day card. Who am I to refuse (lol)! It was the quickest card I ever made, so easy and without any trouble ... a little bit worrying because it is so unlike me. Normally there is at least one disaster along the way .... (lol)
The sketch from the Friday Sketchers was the starting point for the card,
my friend's images, free papers from DigitalCardFun and some white card. Flowers, blings and ribbon are from my stash. And as last touch I applied some stickles ... finish! Have a wonderful evening, Petra.

Happy Birthday

This is a birthday card I made for my Dad.
My Dad loves such characters and colours. The stamp is from hÄnglar & stÄnglar stamped with Brilliance ink. I coloured the image with Koh-i-noor pencils and OMS ... and layered the image on Cosmo Cricket paper and a plain white card. The mushrooms are a Sizzix Die and the little butterfly a punch.
For the layout I used a sketch from the Friday Sketchers which I mirrored, have a great evening, Petra.

Linked to: Friday Sketchers

Shades of Blue and July Sketch

Do you know or even own a Bernina sewing machine? They are brilliant. Mine is now more than 30 years old and has been used heavily. It is quite basic but it has never let me down and the quality of the sewing is really outstanding .... and I will get a second one very soon! I am absolutely excited, it is the same model so I can use one for fabric and one for paper (LOL) ... how lucky is this! The lady who owned the machine beforehand had it for years in her loft but she never used it and said I could have it .... I was so amazed and I am so grateful for this. To say thank you I made a card for her which turned out quite spotty with various shades of blue and I used the July sketch from the Gingersnap Creations challenge

Supplies:
plain white square card
papers - free magazine papers, K&Company, gcd Studios, Kanban
stamps - Elzybells, Creative Expressions
ink - Brilliance ink, Versa Color
ribbon - East of India
Nestabilities

The theme of the card are sewing items like tape measure, sewing thread and button. Petra.

Raining Kisses

I love Elzybells' stamps, the images are soooo sweet and the quality of the stamps is just outstanding. Unfortunately Elzybells is closing down which is a really sad :-( not only for the stamps but also for the amazing service and friendliness - thank you Elisabeth for all of this!

Together with the current sketch from Stempeleinmaleins I used one of the stamps for a wedding card ... Raining Kisses

The card is extra long. The papers are BoBunny and BazillBasics. I found the charm in my drawer, the ribbon is from John Lewis (they have very pretty half-orice ribbons at the moment). The flowers are Prima flowers and, of course, red shoes and kisses ask for some shine (LOL).
It was a wonderful wedding, the weather perfect and the newly weds very happy - congratulations! Petra.

Cuthbert

This is a little card for a dear friend who loves bears ... when I found this little cutie on the Pollycraft web page I immediately thought of her ... for the card I used a sketch from Stempeleinmaleins ... have a nice weekend, Petra.

Supplies:
square white card
paper: 3bugsinarug, white textured card
image: digital stamp from Pollycraft
stamp: Elzybells with Brilliance ink
ribbon: My Minds Eye
colouring: Koh-i-noor with OMS
bling from Kanban, brad from my stash