Crazy Crafter Blog

So for my first card in 2019 I used the "Manatee-rific" stamp set from Lawn Fawn with some inspiration of the fantastic Kajcyika Crafts. I'm a bit unsatisfied with the white spaces between the triangles, but I still like the outcome. I really like the cute face of the Manatee and it is an animal for the Sparkles Monthly Challenges and the Crafty Animals Challenge.


The smaller images are from the "Fintastic Friends" stamp set from Lawn Fawn. The Manatee is coloured with my warm greys from Copic and a pink blush for some extra dimension.

I used some blue distress inks as background and added some water and paint splashes to add some extra colours. The layers get some extra dimension to the card as it is pretty white and CAS for the rest. As I need a lot of not girly cards, this one is another cute but still manly enough for all the lads out there card and perfect for the My Time to Craft Challenge with theme men only.



Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

Ok, I was very busy in the last few month. There were some changes which needed some attention. So, I am getting married in a few month and I had so much planning to do, even for a small wedding. Of course I made the invites etc myself and I was still busy with my new years resolution to get healthier and more active.

As I am not a really bling girl and my boyfriend hates bling, I made some pretty standard invites, but I love them. We decided to do our wedding just like we want to and moved away from all the obligatory things and just get married, at the beach and eat and drink like we want to. But this was the reason I did not craft as much as normal. But most things are planned now and I can get back into my routine again.


Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

My little niece will celebrate her 7th birthday very soon and I had to get some inspiration for an unicorn loving little one. So The decision for the cute "Fairy Tale Unicorns" set from Clearly Besotted was the easy part, the rest of the design a bit more tricky. She loves pink, but only pink clothes, no pink things except stuffed animals. So, no traditional girly card needed. I got some inspiration from Pinterest.

I used the "Dragon Wishes" from Mama Elephant as sentiment, because it fits so well. The little unicorns got some pastel colours with my Copic Markers and of course some sparkle with the platinum coloured Stickles, which I used with a thick layer to get solid glitter on the critter and fitting for the Crafty Animals challenge.

The clouds are from MFT with some no name dies I have like for ages (and no brand names, they had one before I lost the packages) and got a bit "tumbled glass" Distress Ink on them. The background and the playing unicorns fit the AAA cards challenge "on the move" quite well.

I cut out one if my Crealies stitched circle dies and used a piece of vellum for a softer look (the circle was a bit big so I needed some filling for the card design). At first I wanted to add the little falling star on my card as well, but thought it could be a little crowded and choose against it. It is not a traditional birthday card and a friendship card would be another really good theme for this one. Perfect for the Papercraft challenge.


Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

It is almost the time of year again, 31st October is almost here. So I made a really traditionally card this time. Of course in the colours purple, green and orange, some pumpkins, spiders and black accents.

I used the Penny black stamp set "Spooky" for the sentiment and pumpkin image and enter the autumn slender challenge from Penny Black and Stamping Sensations as this is an October card in the more spooky way as well as the Halloween challenge from Dragonfly Journeys. The green design paper is from the Echo Park Paper set "Chillingsworth Manor" and the purple one is from Anna and Claras Design Paper (they do not have set names, so it is the purple one).

The little spider in the right corner is an old button I flattened for this purpose. All design paper corner got a bit distressed to add some more dimension to the card. The black ribbon grounds the pumpkin to the card and finishes it with some extra black.


Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

I had a really busy week and not really a lot of time for a complicated card design or a lot of colouring and I really needed a birthday card. But I guess that is the reason CAS cards exists. It is perfect for the Addicted to Stamps Challenge as well as the card one from the Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge.

The background is a SU Crumb Cake stamped one on some SU Sahara Sand (it was a scrap piece and I really can't remember which one of the grey pallet). All the images come from the tiny stamp set from Lawn Fawn "Year Eight" and is a really cute fortune cookie set.


The glittery SU ribbon and some extra "Wink of Stella" on the broken fortune cookie is not only super cute for some extra detail, but also fits the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge. This time, I did not use the matching dies for the stamp set, but used my old school scissors. With some dimensionals on the back to get some extra layer and curled up the sentiment finishes the card.


Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

After a really hot summer, I really want a fall and winter weather. It is so much easier to stay inside and craft without the sun shining in your eyes. Even my dog has had enough. He is part Husky and the warm temperatures are not his favourite ones. So I needed some kind of a wedding card for a couple with a fable for blue. Kind of? Yeah, it is not a real wedding, but a registered partnership, but it is still a big deal. That part combined with my desperate wish for colder weather, the idea of a cute snow landscape "wedding" card was born.

So I made a nightfall background and left out a little circle as the moon. It is a Distressed inked one with a lot of paint spattered in blue, white and black. So I made my own background for the Do AllKreatives Challenge. The cute seals are from the Clearly Besotted stamp set  "Seal of Approval" and I love the fitting sentiment as well. The seals fit the 2 Crafty Critter Challenge too.  I created a snow landscape from several dies and mounted the mountains on foam. The Stamps & Fun Challenge from wants to see some die cuts and I guess I used quite some (except the moon and black base layer, everything is done with a die cut).



Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

Did I mention I love dinosaurs and this Clearly Besotted stamp sets "You Rock" is one of my favourites I own? I just purchased another sentiment set with the most fitting one for my card, the "Lava You"from MFT.


I used the MFT paper pack Gray & White Basics as background paper with a few in colour sequins and let the focus be the circle stamp with the volcano and really hot shiny (glossy accents) lava. A small piece of vellum with a floral circle die to get the card a bit more details, but not so many I can't give this one to a male friend or boy as well.

For this card I selected the anything goes challenges from Addichted to Stamps and More, Scrapping4fun and Crafty Creations.

Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

So, I had another distress inked galaxy background ready to use and could not resist to make a galaxy themed card. For the colours, I used some different purple pinks, blues, yellowish and of course black with some black and white paint for the spatter stars. So it is a nice dotted card for the Use Your Stuff Challenge. The sentiment and background fits the moon and stars challenge from Stempelkuche.

I layered everything on a black stroke of paper and added the cute images of the "Beam me Up" stamp set from Lawn Fawn. I coloured them with my Copics and added some glossy accents to the little window of the space ship. I also used the MFT stamp set "Written in the Stars" for the sentiment, which got some eye catcher in Berry Burst pink (SU). Some sequins in blue and pink finished this super easy card. 


Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

So I made another distress inked background, but this time a simple one, without spattered paint or water dots. I tried to make one without too much distraction from the sparkly paper in the background, the "big" bang.

The card is almost all blue, with a bit of sparkly bronze and black. The light blue sentiment fitting nicely in the colour scheme. Therefore, the blue challenge from Allsorts is a perfect one and hopefully monochrome enough (the sparkly is a bit of a stretch) for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge.

I used "Fireworks Display" die from MFT as main image, as well as the "You Wow Me" stamp set and die for the sentiment. Everything was layered and it was a super fun and super fast birthday card. Especially the colour combination (I have a lot of male friends I make cards for) is perfect for the less bling kind of person ;)

So I spy the B for Blue, Black and Bang for the Stamping Sensation Challenge a fun and very easy card for all the last minute crafters out there!


Happy Crafting,
Stefanie