Crazy Crafter Blog

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

After a long walk with my dogs, I just had to make another doggy card. So I picked my sweet sentiment from "Prickley Pear" stamps and my beloved dogs stamp set from Katzelkraft and made a simple card from my scrap stash.

I have to say that my scrap stash is humongous and I really need to downsize it. So what better way than this :) As this is a completely doggy related card, I enter the Crafty Animals Challenge, the all creatures challenge from Crafty Cardmakers and the animals challenge from Papercraft.

The Katzelkraft doggy is coloured with my Derwent pencils and got some glossy accents on ears, nose and tong. I know that the bassets hounds are mostly brown with (sometimes a bit more black) and mostly white, but the black one looked more fitting on my colour combination of the card.

I used some staples and rhinestones to add some bling but not too much and finished this card in no time. quick and easy. I love those cards.


Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

I found this really sweet card on Pinterest and had to make the design myself. I really would love to credit someone, but can't find the crafter anywhere :( But I saw the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge about coffee, tea and treats and knew this was the perfect opportunity for this kind of card.

So here it is, my version of the "Donut Worry" Lawn Fawn card. The mini stamp set is so cute. I stamped the doughnuts and coloured them with my Copics and get some glossy accents on the frosting. (did I mention I suck at photography, because none of these details are visible in my photo?).

I layered some card stock to get a doughnut box and used an acetate sheet finish the look (I know, not visible in my photo). The little sentiment sticks on it as well and the little blue floss which goes around the "box". I just used two different stamps, but it will fit the stamp challenge from Everybody-Art-Challenge.

The black dotted design paper was from my leftover stack and I have no idea from which brand it was. But I love the look on the original and tried to recreate it with this choice. I enter the anything goes challenges from Addicted to Stamps and Crafty Creations Challange too.


Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

It is so unbelievable hot here, or at least for us it is really hot and I really need some refreshing cold weather. So I made some with a Christmas card. So my  favourite place in the (at the moment) are the winter wonderlands (ok, it is a where and when kind of place) and fits the Lawn Fanatics Challenge as well as the Christmas Challenges from C.R.A.F.T. and Crimbo Crackers.

I used the Lawn Fawn "Joy in the Woods" stamp set (the sentiment is inside the card) which I coloured with my Copics and created a simple winter scene with some hills and a night sky. The sky is made with some distress inks (black,evergreen bough and faded jeans) and some star dies from MFT.


To get a more dramatic winter sky, I used a small piece of vellum over the bold colours and got a more winter-soft version of a sky. The ornaments got some glitter with my "Wink of Stella" brush and my first winter/ Christmas card is done. 


Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

We all know that the real friends in our lives are the ones who make live so much sweater, so I needed a card with exactly that messages for a good friend. I just got the "Written in the Stars" stamp set from My Favorite Things and thought it was perfect for a friendship card.

I made (yet) another galaxy backgrounds with my Distress Inks (black, faded jeans, chipped sapphire, seedless preserves and dusty concord). The mini ones are fantastic, I got so many colours now, for all different kinds of combinations. I sprinkled a bit of water and black and white acrylic paint on it for some more dramatic galaxy effects.

Last Christmas, I found some coppery-ish glitter wrapping paper in our local super market and used this as design paper for the stars die (it is the fitting die from MFT stamp set mentioned above) and the last layer. With the paper, it has some extra sparkle, perfect for the Simon Says Challenge. The sentiment is heat embossed on a black card stock and pooped up with a few dimensionals.

The inside I left blank and only added the sentiment "You don't always see them, but you know they're always there". Furthermore, I enter the anything goes Challenge from Addicted to Stamps, Love to Craft and Crafters Castle.


Happy Crafting,
Stefanie

After spending some time with my dogs and no inspiration whatsoever, I just make a card with a dog. I have the perfect stamp set for this matter, the dogs from Katzelkraft. They are a bunch of sweeties. A perfect for for the All about Pets Challenge from The Crafty Addicts and Crafty Animals.

I turns out to be a CAS , so I kept it simple for the Crafters Cafe Challenge and used a card with kraft card stock (sorry, the colours on the photo are not great, I really am a noob at photography). I coloured the main image with my Derwents and a bit of "Cherry Cobbler" ink to match the die cut sentiment and give it some extra bright focus point.

After that, a just added some layers (love my postage stamp frame die cut) and of course a bit of bling. Can't live without. So a few sequins in black, copper and gold had to be on the card as well.

So, the statement of the card is to smile, because even though in the beginning you do not feel like it, it starts to rub off and hopefully the rest follows as well. Last but not least, I enter the anything goes challenge from Creates and Makes.


Happy Crafting,
Stefanie