Guest Design: Wheek, whek, wheek... by Anika Lerche

Hey stampers, Anni here again with another card using the super cute set Wheek, Wheek, Wheek...Guinea Pig! 

I started by creating masks for nearly all the guinea pigs in the set. Then I stamped the guinea pig in a row. I just wanted to use the uper part of the critters so I didn't mind how the rest looked. For inking the stamps I used alcohol marker friendly ink because I wanted to colour with Copic markers.

To create a variety of fur I searched at Google for picture of guinea pigs to see in which colours they come. Just like on the last card I added some strokes of coloured pencils and white gel pen to achieve a more realistic look.

To cover up the bottom part of the guinea pigs I created a panel with a scalloped border - a little bit looking like a fence. I tied a little bit of twine around it.

I finished up the card by stamping the punny sentiment and assembling the card.

Thanks for stopping by. Again it was so much fun to be a guest designer for Gerda Steiner Designs.

Anni

Guest Design: Wheek, Wheek, Wheek... by Anika Lerche

Hey stampers, Anni here!

I am so happy to be back again as a guest designer for Gerda Steiner Designs. And I played with this super cute set called Wheek, Wheek, Wheek...Guinea Pig - and I had so much fun.

I started by stamping one of the guinea pigs and all the lettuce leaves and tomatoes. For the colouring I used alcohol markers. To colour the guinea pig I added strokes to the image and didn't blend them to achieve the look of fur.
To take it even a step further I also added some details with coloured pencils and a white gel pen. I fussy cut the images and set them aside.

For the background I die cut a rectangle from white cardstock and blended some turquoise and blue ink onto the panel. Some spritzer of water to add a little bit of intrest to the "sky" and my background was finished.

I chose one of the punny sentiments from the set, heat embossed it in white on a stripe of black card stock. Thean I arrenged everything on my cardbase and that finished up my card.

I will be back next Monday with another card!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.
Anni

Guest Design: Valentine Penguins by Anika Lerche

Hey stampers, Anni here, with another post as a guest designer for Gerda Steiner.
I am so happy to show you another card with the super cute Valentine Penguins - I had so much fun playing with this set.

I started by die cutting circles of a rectangle of white cardstock. These work as windows for the cute penguins to look through.

Onto my cardbase I added a little bit of ink blending. I used to shades of Distress Ink - Antique Linen and Worn Lipstick - a combo I learned from a friend - I wouled have never used these two colours together but I really like the effect.

Then I stamped, coloured with alcohol markers and fussyc ut three penguins from the set. For the colouring I chose colours that would match my background. And of course "penguin colours" like black, white and orange for the beak and the feet. I added some highlights with a white gel pen and deepened the eyes with a black gel pen.

I stamped a sentiment from the set Llama Tell Youonto the rectangle with the circles and adhered  to my cardbase with dimensional adhesive. Then I arrenged the penguins to peak out of the windows.

This is my last post as a guest designer for this month. So let me wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Anni

Guest Design: Valentine Penguins by Anika Lerche

Hey stampers, Anni here!

I am so happy to be a guest designer this month again for Gerda Steiner. Yeah!
This time I played with the super cute set Valentine Penguins.

I started by stamping the penguin with the balloon with alcohol marker friendly black ink. As the penguin is easy to colour with the main colours being black and white I put a little more effort into couloring the balloon.
A good trick I learned from th internet is to google something like "heart balloon comic". You get a lot of images where you can find inspirations for colouring the balloon: Where to set the shadows and highlights.

After finishing the colouring I added some shimmer to the balloon and some details with a gel pen in black for the eyes and in white for the highlights. Then I fussy cut out the image.

To create the background I used watercolour paper, some ink pads and colour powder. I die cut clouds from the background and adhered it with dimensional adhesive. I stamped the sentiment directly onto the cardbase in Versafine ink. and that finished up my card.

Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty weekend.
Anni

Guest Design: Coffee Monster by Anika Lerche

Hey stampers, it's me again, Anni, for another guest design post.

I couldn't resist these super cute monster from the set Coffee Monster. After my colourful monsters last week I decided to create a colourful background for this card.

I started by masking of a stripe on a piece of water colour cardstock. I ink blended Distress Oxide inks in rainbow order. On this ink blended stripe I drew some circles with clear water.

While the background was drying I stamped the monster in Copic friendly ink on white paper. I coloured the monster in warm grey tones and added a little bit of silver glitter glue to it's dots. I fussy cut the image. I LOVE to fussy cut but if you don't, don't panic - there are coordinating dies available, too!

I adhered a stripe of black cardstock to the background to make the colours even more and added some dots of Glossy Accents, too.

Then I assembled the card!

Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty weekend.
Anni

Guest Design - Coffee Monster by Anika Lerche

Hey stampers, Anni here!

I am so happy to be back as a guest designer this month.

Coffee and monster? Hello? Couldn't get much cuter than that, could it?
I couldn't decide which monster to use - so I used three of the four in the set. I just left the fourth out because there wasn't enough room on my card left - it is super cute, too! These two things are included in the set Coffee monster that I used for my card.

I started by stamping the monsters with a black ink and coloured them with coloured pencils - my favourite colour medium. When you finish the colouring the black lines aren't really black anymore. Previously I went over the lines with a black pen. But I learned a great trick: If you leave the stamps in your stamping tool you can easily stamp them again after colouring - this time with a really black ink like Versafine! Fast, easy and a really good effect!

Because of the cuteness of the monster I decided to keep the rest of the card simple. I die cut a stitched rectangle from white cardstock. I created a floor by ink blending a LITTLE bit of grey ink for the monsters to sit on. Then I stamped the sentiment and assembled the card!

Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty weekend.
Anni