Les Chiens

Today's card features all of the dogs from a set of stamps by Katzelkraft called 'Les Chiens'. I stamped them onto a piece of watercolour paper, with a little bit of masking, then added a sentiment using stamps from the 'Graffiti Alphabet' set by Paper Smooches. I coloured the dogs using watercolour pencils, then added it to a kraft card blank. 

Challenges for this card:

• Alphabet Challenge - D is for Dogs
• Crafty Catz - Make Us Smile
• Creative Inspirations - One for the Boys
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Masculine
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Masculine
• Stamping Sensations - Our Furry Friends

Time to Paw-ty!!!

Today's card features three of the pups from a set of stamps by Katzelkraft called 'Les Chiens'. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, along with sentiments from the 'What This!' set by Anita Jeram for Colorado Craft Company. I coloured them using watercolour pencils, then added the panel to a DL kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - All Occasions
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Happy Birthday
• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes

Time to Paw-ty!

Today's card is a simple one featuring one of the dogs from the 'Les Chiens' set by Katzelkraft. I stamped him on to watercolour paper, then doodled some balloons using a black gel pen. added a sentiment (using a stamp from the 'What This!' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company), then coloured the image using watercolour pencils. I distressed the edges a little, then added it to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• AAA Cards - Anything CAS
• Allsorts - Anythng Goes (Optional 'Balloons')
• Cardz for Guys - CAS
• Crafter's Cafe - CAS
• Crafting Happiness - D is for Dogs
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'For a Boy')
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - CAS

Skating Penguin

I have another Christmas card to share today...this one features one of the penguins from the 'Les Penguins' set of stamps by Katzelkraft. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, drew a line for the icy ground using a black gel pen, then coloured the image using watercolour pencils. I added a sentiment from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous, then carefully cut around the top of the image. For the background, I used a piece of 'snowy sky' paper from the 'Christmas' pad by Craft Sensations, layered it behind the image then added some gold metallic die cut stars (cut using dies from the 'Snowy Stars' set by Tim Holtz for Sizzix). I matted it all on to some more gold mirror card before adding it to a card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• C.R.A.F.T. - Winter
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Once Upon a Time - Mr Popper's Penguins
• Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes
• Sparkles Forum Christmas - Winter Wonderland
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes

Time to Paw-ty!

Today's card features a few of the fab doggies from the 'Les Chiens' set by Katzelkraft. I stamped them (or partially stamped them) on to a piece of watercolour paper, then coloured them using watercolour pecnils. I added a sentiment using a couple of stamps from the 'What This!' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company, then added the panel to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes (Optional 'Four-legged Friends')
• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Inkspirational - Clean & Simple
• Just Us Girls - CAS
• Less is More - C is for Celebrate

Time to Paw-ty!

Today's card features one of the dogs from a Katzelkraft stamp set called 'Les Chiens'. I stamped him on to a kraft card blank, then coloured him using watercolour pencils. I doodled a balloon, then added some Glossy Accents to make it shine. The sentiment is from the 'What This!' set by Anita Jeram for Colorado Crafts.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Cutie Pie - Four-legged Friends
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Add a Sentiment
• Sweet Stampin' - Masculine

Time to Paw-ty!

Today's card features three of the fun dog stamps from a Katzelkraft set called 'Les Chiens'. I stamped them off the edges of a white card blank, then coloured then using watercolour pencils. I added a sentiment from the 'What This' set by Anita Jeram for Colorado Crafts.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Cardz for Guys - Any Colouring Medium
• Everybody Art - Pets
• Incy Wincy - Pets/Happiness
• Less is More - One Layer Cards

Birthday Bookmarks

I have a couple of simple stamped bookmarks to share today. They're to go with a couple of books I'm giving to a friend for her birthday. The first uses lots of the stamps from the Hero Arts 'Cupcakes' set...stamped on to kraft card, using a little masking to make a tower of cupcakes, and coloured using watercolour pencils. This one is to go with a baking book...she's a keen baker too, and this is a copy of my most used cake cookbook...I've made a note on the back of the bookmark of the page numbers of my favourite recipes.

She became a 'dog Mum' last summer to an adorable cockapoo called Benji, so that's the 'why' for my second book choice. This time I used pups from the Katzelkraft 'Chiens' set on another kraft bookmark...again masking and stamping them one on top of another, and colouring them using watercolour pencils.

Challenges for these bookmarks:

• A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

I Ruff You

Today's card is of course Valentine themed...featuring one of the dogs from the 'Les Chiens' stamp set by Katzelkraft. I stamped him on to a kraft card blank, then doodled a heart shaped balloon, wrapped around his middle, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I added a sentiment from the 'Funny Farm' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.

Challenges for this card:

• Addicted to CAS - Hearts
• Cardz for Guyz - CAS
• CCEE Stampers - Love is in the Air
• Creative Knockouts - Love, Valentine's
• Everybody Art - Love and/or Hearts
• Fab 'N' Funky - Love, Heart
• Inkspirational - Hearts
• Shopping Our Stash - Love is in the Air

Les Chiens

Today's card features all of the dogs from the 'Les Chiens' set by Katzelkraft. There was a bit of masking involved to get them all in one scene, even with the large A5 size of the card. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, then coloured them using watercolour pencils...adding a bone (from the same stamp set) suspended above them. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Anytime Messages' set by Hero Arts.

Challenges for this card:

• Corrosive - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Dream Valley - Four-legged Friends
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Les Chiens

Today's card features a few of the pooches from the 'Les Chiens' set by Katzelkraft. I stamped them off the bottom edge of a piece of watercolour paper, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I added a sentiment from the 'It's Your Day' set by Penny Black...masking off the couple of little hearts on it before inking.

Challenges for this card:

• Creative Moments - Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Celebrate

Les Pingouins

I have another Christmas card to share today...featuring stamps from another new (to me) set by Katzelkraft, simply called 'Les Pingouins'. I stamped three of the penguins from the set on to a piece of watercolour paper, then doodled a line for the icy ground using a black gel pen. I coloured them using watercolour pecnils, then carefully cut around the top of the images. I used a piece of patterned paper (from the 'Mystery Marbles' set) for the background, adding a sentiment from a set by Lili of the Valley.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Everybody Art - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Oh So Cute
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes

Les Chiens

I have another couple of cards to share today that I made using stamps I got for my birthday last week. The set is called 'Les Chiens' by Katzelkraft...I couldn't decide which of the dogs to use first, so managed to combine them all over a couple of cards. On the first one, I layered a couple of the pups up, masking as I stamped, so the the little one could be standing on the back of the dachshund trying in vain to reach the bone I suspended from the top of the card. The bone image came in the stamp set, but I doodled the string tied around it using a black gel pen.

On the second card, I masked and stamped the remaining four dogs in the set...again stamping directly on to a kraft card blank, colouring the images using watercolour pencils. I love the expressions on their faces!

Challenges for these cards:

• AAA Cards - One Layer Cards
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Less is More - Doodles (Just the first card)
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes