INK #303 Seasonal

At Inkspirational we have a new challenge and it's SEASONAL. I chose winter and made a card for Christmas. 

The stamp is a an old NorthStar clear stamp. I heat embossed with black and used white gesso for the snowy ground and a Posca pen for the snowflakes. 

I made the image into an ornament with a die cut circle. The background is stenciled with a Tim Holtz stencil and snow paste from Finnabair. I used white ink on the edges, I like this look with white ink on kraft paper.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see what my INK-teamies have made.

This card is also for:
Stamping Sensations - Get Ready for Christmas
Happy Little Stampers - Stencils November Anything Goes

TioT - Baby It's Cold Outside

Over at Try it on Tuesday our new challenge theme is "Baby it's Cold Outisde". I chose an image from LOTV of a boy skiing. The snow is cold and in addition to the snow on the image I have the die cut snowflake circle and the blue DP with snowflakes as well. I added ribbon with a charm of mittens and some with branches cut our of kraft to fill up some space.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see the my TioT teamies have made and to get more inspiration.

This card is also for:
Craft Rocket Challenges - #109 Wintertime (No Christmas)

INK #302 Mood Board Christmas sweets

At Inkspirational we have a new challenge and it's a moodboard with lots of options. I chose to go with the gingerbread and polka dot sweets.  My starting point was a paper from ScrapBoys, I cut out the centre of the frame and added my topper behind it. I decorated with flowers from Little birdie and Pinkfresh Sparkle & Shine ombré glitter drops. I die cut the sentiment from gold glitter paper.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see what my INK-teamies have made. 

This card is also for:
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - #151 Anything Christmas Goes
Crafty Catz - #657 ANYTHING GOES Optional Twist: Show some Flowers

October Card Chain Challenge Reveal 2023

Here's my card for The Card Chain Challenge October reveal. If you want to join the fun for next month you need to sign up here until the 6th. You don't have to join every month, it's up to you.

This is the card I sent to Carol in the UK. I chose the stamp and papers on purpose as I  have the impression, from seeing Carol's own cards, that she enjoys sunflowers, as weel as Aall&Create stamps.
I followed the sketch, used the Spotlight stamoing technique and the theme of friendship.

In return I received a super sweet and sparkly card from Alice in Finland.

TioT - Sparkle All The Way

Over at Try it on Tuesday our new challenge theme is "Sparkle all the way". 

I love glitter of any color and form- glitter paper and loose glitter or embossing powder - and I've used both on my card. It may be hard to judge from the photo but Santa's belt, the snowflake swirl and the inner edges of the frame are glittered up.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see the my TioT teamies have made and to get more inspiration.  

This card is also for:
Krafty Chicks - #687 All Occasions

INK #301 Cold

At Inkspirational we have a new challenge and the theme is COLD. For me the choice was to go with snow and the color blue. 
I used a DP with snow and a door from a Mintay Christmas paper pad. The door was cut out with an oval die and I used a larger die for the mirri card used as a panel. The snowflake swirl was covered with glitter and glitter drops from Pinkfresh. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz sticker. A quick and easy card to make.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see what my INK-teamies have made.

TioT - Halloween

Over at Try it on Tuesday our new challenge theme is "Halloween". I don't celebrate Halloween and I don't uasually send out any cards. However, I have started enjoying making cards for Halloween, because I love the colors and there are so many fun papers, stamps and dies for this occasion. For this card I used a purple gingham paper and a cobweb die cut. The skull is from Tom Holtz, the sunglasses as well, I put glossy accent on them and popped them up on foam, The necklace is colored in purple, green and orange and I added glitter glue on as well - it makes the pearls look like candy, yum. I used sentiments from three different stamp sets.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see the my TioT teamies have made and to get more inspiration.  

This card is also for:
Creatalicious Challenges - #269 Halloween
Get Creative Challenges - #126 Purple, Black, Green, Orange

INK #300 - Card with Matching Envelope

At INKspirational our challenge for the next two weeks is to make a card with a matching envelope.
I used several stamps from the Tim Holtz Tiny toadstools set and colored with my Posca pensils. I placed die cut circles onto a textured paper background and added Pinkfresh bling and a sticker sentiment.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see what my INK-teamies have made and to get lots more inspiration.

This card is also for:
Alphabet Challenge - N IS FOR NATURE
Crafty Gals Corner - #247 Signs of Fall
Krafty Chicks - #684 Stamp Act

TioT - Autumn

 

Over at Try it on Tuesday our new challenge theme is "Autumn". 

This is one of those cards where I did not have a plan before I got started and I started kind of in the opposite order of what I usually do.
I had cut out a wreath of flowers from a Scrapboys paper and I had made a leaf with a stencil from Sweet Poppy and fussy cut it, and I decided to use both. I had some die cut leaves laying on my desk and decided to use them too. I chose a piece of DP I have had for a long time, with leaf pattern on it. Frpm there I had to decide how to decorate the stenciled leaf, and I do love my mushroom stamps from Tim Holtz. But as they were to small to fill up enough of the spaee I masked them off and stamped a tree from Lavinia behind them, along with some falling leaves. I added some bling some Pinkfresh on the leaves, not very visible in the photo, but thry look nice IRL I also used other stamps from the Tim Holtz stamp set, the splatter and scipt, inked in kraft colored ink.

This card is also for:
Allsorts - #748 - Autumn Trees, Leaves and Berries / Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations Autumn Colours / Anything Goes
Krafty Chicks - #683 All Occasions

Twofer - one for any occasion and one for Halloween

I made 2 cards using the same image from Tim Holtz' Wicked hipsters stamp set, one card I made for any occasion and the other for Halloween.

1) ANY OCCASION in pink monochrome

The text translates "you are wonderfully nice and beautiful" and I like it because I think it fits for a just because kind of card, but even a birthday one for that matter. I stamped the sentiment inside a solid and outline circle stamp from Tim Holtz.
I stamped the image onto the background and masked it before stenciling behind it. I also used some text stamps from Aall & Create for some extra detail. The hair scarf and the pearl necklace are stamped onto a patterned paper and cut out.

This card is for:
Alphabet Challenge - M IS FOR MONOCHROME
Cardz 4 Galz - #208 Use a Stencil, A Sentiment and An Image

2) HALLOWEEN in orange and black

For this card I used distress inks, Mica stain and a stencil to make he background. I cut out a panel from a Halloween DP, used sentiments from different stamp sets and added some die cut sweets.
I don't really use Halloween cards, but they're so fun to make. If you happen to know someone or some place who could put them to use, like a charity or oganization or collector, then please share...

This card is for:
Addicted to Stamps and More - #454 Any Occasion

INK #299 - Clean and Simple

At INKspirational our challenge for the next two weeks is CAS - Clean and Simple - with an optional twist of Inspired by a Movie.
I did something unusual for me, I used a colored cardbase, one in a warm light grey color. I think the color matches the greys of the owl. I stamped the Aall&Create image onto the card base and onto a white paper, then I cut out parts of the image and popped it up on foam. The sentment is a sticker and says: another year older...

This card is also for:
Craft Rocket Challenges - #107 Clean and Simple
Krafty Chicks - #682 Clean and Simple
AAA Birthday - #53 Animals

  

Maculine card with Pinkfresh glitter drops

I have invested in a few stamp sets from Aall & Create and I do have much fun creating with them, This card started out with an unevenly stamped image on a background,  so I made my card design based on that and  added the popped up circle with an even stamped image to hide the imperfection. I used brown and green inks and a Tim Holtz stencil and I used a text stamp with kraft colored ink on top - it's subtle but you can see it IRL or if you zoom in. A sticker sentiment was added - saying "birthday again?" and 5 Pinkresh ombre glitter drops - my new favorite kind of embellishment at the moment.

This card is for:
Allsorts - #746 Masculine
Critter Crazy Challenges - #78 Anything Goes with a Featured Critter
Creative Knockouts - #503 Your Fav Embellishment

Fuzzy hugs

I need to build up my collection of Christmas/Winter cards, and so I found the sketch over at Ty STampin' on Tuesday perfect for this purpose.
I used some cute stamps from Mama Elephant and papers from Carta Bella. I added an irridescebt snowflake sequinalong with sparkly sequins for snow.
The photo isn't the best, they are renovating the facade of the building where I live and the scaffolding is blocking the daylight so it feels quite dark with little natural light.

This card is for:
Try Stamping On Tuesdays - #624
Krafty Chicks - #681 Christmas
Moving along with the Times - #158 Christmas

 

INK #298 Moodboard

At Inkspirational we have a moodboard for you to play with and the possibilities are endless. I was inspired by the autumn leaves.
I used a stencil from Sweet Poppy to make the maple leaf outline, fussy cut it, inked with Distress inks and Oxides and used a nature stamp from Nellie Snellen. The background is made with a stencil from Aall & Create.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see what my INK-teamies have made.

This card is also for:
We Love Stamping - Trees and Leaves
The Male Room  - Leaves

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TioT - Fantasy

 

Over at Try it on Tuesday our new challenge theme is "Fantasy". For this challenge I  didn't go with fairies, unicorns, monsters or troll, but a fantasy world where an octopus is wearing a hat. I think the image is so cool, it's from Aall&Create and it's brand new to me. I think it's perfect for a male recipient.
I used purple, blue and green Distress inks and used a stencil with a baby wipe to lift some of the color off. I also I used a text stamp on parts of the background. The photo doesn't show it well, so I tried to do a close up photo as well. I added one leftover paper strip, some cheese cloth and a few Pinkfresh Studio Ombré Starry Sky bling.

 

This card is also for:
Creative Crafting Uncles - #44 Animals
I Spy With My Little Eye - Anything Handmade for Boys or Men

I decided to make a second nd similar card using another image from the same stamp set and the same supplies. I masked off the whale and colored it with water and grey distress ink

INK #297 Clothing/closet

At Inkspirational we have a clothing or closet themed challenge for you. 
I made a baby card using a stamp with a clothing line with baby clothes. I chose grey and peachy colors and kept it quite clean and simple.
I encourage you to head over to the challenge blog to see what my INK-teamies have made.   

This card is also for:
Krafty Chicks W #678 All Occasions

TioT - Let's go outside

Over at Try it on Tuesday our new challenge theme is "Let's go outside". For this challenge I went with a one layer square card design, using a stencil from Sweet Poppy to make the maple leaf outline with Speckled egg Distress Oxide.
Inside the leaf I used a Holly Hobby stamp, it is part of a set that came free with a magazine ages ago and it had yet to see ink.I colored with my Inktense pencils and stamped a birthday greeting.
A photo of the inside:

  

Please head over to the challenge blog to see the my TioT teamies have made and to get more inspiration.  

This card is also for:
My Time to Craft - #514 STENCILING
Cardz 4 Galz - #205 A Summer Day
Krafty Chicks - #677 Clean and Simple

Stripes and Lighthouse

I love the ocean and I love making masculine cards, and I am always in need of them, so I chose to make a nautical design.
The striped paper is from Maja Design and the die cuts are from Scrapboys. I added cheese cloth and a sentiment from Tim Holtz.I used my rounded corner punch.

This card is for:
The Male Room - Dot or Stripes
Day of the Month Card Club - #54 National Lighthouse Day

INK #296 - Irisdescent

At Inkspirational we have a new challenge - Marlena has chosen the theme of "irisdescent".
I have had this shiny paper that is shifting colors in my stash for what, 15 years? I never felt the need to use it. Now I aactually wish I had more:)
The black outline die cuts very embossed with clear holographic embossing powder for extra sparkle and color, and the sequins are clear ones shifting colors as you turn them in the light.
 

This card is also for:
Happy Little Stampers Dies August - Anything Goes

TioT - Sing a song/Music inspired

Over at Try it on Tuesday Sing A Song is our new challenge and we would like to see anything Music inspired.
I don't know about you, but just be looking at the sentiment "You are my sunshine" a melody immediately starts playing in my head. And of course my card had to include a large sun, it's die cut and inked with yellow, and a blue DP was put behind to mimic the sky. A few die cut flowers were added.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see what my TioT teamies have made. 

INK #295 - Use stencils

At Inkspirational we went live with a new challenge for you on Saturday, but I haven't been able to blog it before now. The challenge theme is to use stencils, with the optional twist of Use Layering Stencils. 

I used a plaid stencil from Pinfresh Studio which consists of 2 stencils to make the background pattern. I used an Altenew stamp for the pine branches around the edges and to get some snow I heat embossed with frantage.
The angel image I have received from Nonni - I so love this stamp, so if someone has it and feel they don't need it anymore, please let me know as I'd like to buy one:) I colored with Promarkers, added glitter Stickles to their wings and fussy cut it. The Christmas sentiment is die cut with gold glitter card.

I encourage you to head over to the challenge blog to see what my INK-teamies have made.      

This card is also for:
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Fussy Cutting
Sweet Stampin - Christmas in July

TioT - Pretty papers

Over at Try it on Tuesday our new challenge theme is "Pretty Papers". I have so many pretty papers I can choose from as it seems I've been hoarding them over the years, but Maja Design has always been one of my favorites so I chose papers from there.

I don't have a big supply of butterfly items, but I won these dies earlier this year and I think they are so pretty. I die cut some borders, stamped a sentiment and added some bling and my card was done,

Please head over to the challenge blog to see the my TioT teamies have made and to get more inspiration. 

This card is also for:
Challenge Up Your Life - #160 Patterned Paper
Allsorts - #738 Summer Blues

 

Tag shaped birthday card with a plane

This might look like a tag, but it's a tag shaped card with a top fold.
I used a cute bunny and plane image from a set from My Favorite Things and made a stencilled cloudy sky as background for the first tag layer. I also added some stamped fussy cut clouds.
For the second layer I used a stamp with a repeat pattern of "gratulerer", which is what we use to say congratulations or happy birthday in Norwegian.
From my stash I took yellow ribbon, white string and a plane metal charm.
My youngest nephew is turning 8 later this week and I think this is the card I will be giving him.

This tag shaped card is for:
The Male Room - Travel
Happy Little Stampers Birthday July - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Transport It
Hobbykunst Sommermaraton - #9 Metallpynt

INK #294 - Travel Moodboard

At Inkspirational we have a moodboard for you to play with and I was inspired by the travel theme, like the map and the wings. I needed a card for a colleague and the theme was spot on for her.
I made a background a stamp set from Aall & Create as well a numbers from Tim Holtz. I die cut the airplane and the sentiment.from glitter paper .To make the design a bit more feminine I added two cut out flowers and some dew drop like pearls.
I encourage you to head over to the challenge blog to see what my INK-teamies have made.   

This card is also for:
Shopping Our Stash - #500 Celebrating By The Numbers (celebration card with at least 1 number)
Make My Monday - #204 Birthday