CAS Tree branch with flowers and dragonfly

I have used a Memory Box die to cut out the tree branch from kraft paper.

The flowers are handmade. I tore the paper as I didn't want them to look too neat.

The dragonfly is cut out of a design paper, and I have added some Star Dust glitter glue to its wings and in the middle of the flowers.

The sentiment I made on my computer and printed it. 

Except for the white card base I have only used scrap papers. Feels good to make use of those scraps from time to time too.

A clean and simple card with pastel colors!

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Shelly's Images - Pastels, kraft & flowers
2) CAS-ual Fridays - Flowers / Trees
3) Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday – Rolled Paper
4) 4 Crafty Chicks - No stamping

YIHA!

I've had this Core'dinations paper for a while, but I didn't feel I had any stamps or images to use with it. I won a challenge at "Cards for Men" and the gift was digis from Digital Delights by Louby Loo, and one of my picks was this cowboy silhoutte. This is the first time I use a digi, and to use it I had to invest in a printer first (yippee - a printer is so great to have when papercrafting!).
I used a ticket stamp with greeting for the sentiment, and I have used dies to cut out the stars - using scrap papers only. The Core'dinations paper has been sanded to bring out the star pattern, and I have also sanded along the edges to give a distressed look. The kraft paper stars have been distressed with brown ink.

I think the theme is perfect for a boy - what little boy has never played cowboys and the Wild West, even dreamt of being a cowboy himself....
This was a really fun card to make!









I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Here Come The Boys - #26 Hobbies (playing Cowboys in the Wild West)
2) Sentimental Sundays - #100 Cards for Kids
3) Craft Your Days Away - #44 Just for Children
4) Send a Smile for Kids - For the Boys
5) Truly Scrumptious - #79 Distressing + diecuts/punches
6) Crafty Sentiments - For A Child
7) Cards For Men - Texture
8) Digi Makeover Challenge - Birthday
9) That Craft Place Challenge Blog - One for the Boys

CAS Birds and Clouds

I used a sketch from "Less is More" Challenge Blog as inspiration for the layout.

I wanted to go with gray and white colors only. The ink's color is called "London Fog".
To give the card just a tiny bit of sparkle I added Star Dust Stickles to the birds' wings.

I have used stamps for the birds, clouds and sentiment, the fence is cut out using a die.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Less Is More - #65 Sketch
2) Crop Stop - Birds
3) Inked Paws - Clean & simple
4) Fab 'n' Funky - #118 no DP
5) Paper Pretties -PPC203 clean and simple

Enjoying life!

I think this Stamping Bella stamp is so fun and just perfect for a card for summer!
I have colored the stamped image using watercolor pencils.
I chose papers in bright, happy colors, mainly pinks and yellows.
I have used a polka dot embossing folder on the sides, and I even embossed the yellow flowers that I cut out using dies.
I tried stitching for the first time on a card! I used a dark pink thread, and to add some more yellow I used yellow ribbon.












I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Raise The Bar – Flowers / Tropical Images / Paradise
2) Glitter Geeks - Stitches
3) Fairy Fun Fridays - Anything with Flowers
4) Totally Papercrafts – Colour Challenge
5) Craft Room Challenge - Ink It
6) Ribbon Carousel Challenge - #50 Anything Goes
7) Creative Mondays - Yellow and Sunshine
8) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
9) Our Creative Corner - A Recipe for Mother's Day Challenge

CAS White&Gold

For this card I have only used white and gold paper. I used a die to cut out the border at the bottom of the card. I printed the text and added only a little charm with ribbon as I wanted the card to be clean and simple.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Less Is More - #64 How Charming
2) Fussy and Fancy - Punches / Dies
3) Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
4) Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - To Die For
5) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

X-mas Card Red&White with stamp "Mimosa Snowflake"

I got this stamp from "Bildmålarna" yesterday, and I just had to use it straight away.

I have used two Sizzix embossing folders, one with snowflakes and one with dots.

I have also used two different dies, the oval and the label on which the sentiment is stamped. Both dies are from x-Cut.

I have added Diamond glitter glue around the embossed background, around the ovals, on the snowflake in the girl's hand and on the sentiment.

Red and white paper and 2 red buttons- that's it!






I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Shopping Our Stash - #48 April Showers Rain Or Snow Or anything water related! (snow)
2) Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - #69 Lots of Layers
3) Bearly Mine - #31 Embossing
4) CES Challenges - #82 Button it
5) Fussy and Fancy - Punches/Dies (dies)
6) 52 Christmas Throwdown - Snowflakes
7) Glitter Geeks - Red and White
8) Polka Doodles - Red and White
9) Stampin' For The Weekend - Sparkle and Shine (Diamond glitter glue)
10) Moving Along With The Times - Merry Christmas

Liebster Award

Skye at ...blue sky nominated my blog for a Liebster Award: "This award is given to up-and-coming bloggers who inspire you and have less than 200 followers. The Liebster award takes its name from the German word meaning "Beloved, Dearest or Favourite"".


Once nominated, you then:
- Acknowledge the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them
- Give the award to 5 other bloggers, who have less than 200 followers and let them know through a comment on their blog
- Post the award on your blog

My nominations:
Gunn at MsPlums Place
Kasey at Paisley Wings & Crafty Things
Birgit at Cards R Fun
Lin Monika at LinM's scrappekrok
Meighan at Stampin with Meighan

Sketch -blues, whites and browns

My inspiration for this card I got from a sketch at Frosted Designs. I am sure that I will use this sketch  several times in the future!

I wasn't planning to go for a vintage style when I started out, I meant to keep the card rather clean, and I think I ended up with a result somewhere in between...

I have used three different design papers, flowers, lace, ribbon and a metal butterfly. The image is cut out from a design paper, the text is stamped.




I enter his card into the following challenges:
1) Frosted Designs -Sketch #16
2) Crafts and Me - #80 Vintage
3) Prairie Fairy Fridays - #77 Anything with Flowers
4) Paper Pretties - Card for Girls
5) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
6) Whoopsi Daisy - Anything Goes
7) Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes
8) Craft Your Days Away - #42 Metal
9) Shelly's Images - Anything goes

Candle Holder - Recycled Jam Jar

I read somewhere that Norwegians burn over 200 million tea lights a year. Apparently this means that we have the highest use pr inhabitant in the world, with approx 40 pr person! Must be due to our long and dark winters...
Anyway, I tend to keep empty glass jars - I clean them and remove the labels, and then I make my own candle holders. Before I started making cards, and really got into paper craft, I used to decorate them with decoupage, using paper napkins, or stickers.
In general I decorate the top and bottom of the jar to let the lights shine through.

For this jar I have used: lace,  ribbon, paper flowers, rub-ons (butterfly and birds) and a die-cut swirl.
For the choice of colors I got my inspiration from challenge #26 at The Ribbon Reel.



I know I might be disqualified for some challenges (though I think most accept "projects" and not only cards), but I just wanted to share an idea based on recycling. It's also an activity which is great to do with kids, let them decorate the empty jars with whatever they want (they will surely come up with great ideas themselves!).

I enter this candle holder into the following challenges:
1) The Ribbon Reel Challenge Blog - #26 Going Green
2) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
3) Simon Says Stamp and Show... - Anything Goes
4) Ditzy Craftymess - Anything but a Card
5) Just Keep on Creating - #1 Anything Goes
6) I Brake for Challenges - Anything but a Card
7) Do More with Less  - Recycling with Sonia Suprabha Venugopal

Christmas Door with Gingham

I love this stamp from Papermania - I think it's really Chritmas-y.
I started this card with my stamped image, and I decided to go with papers that would pick up the reds and greens from the image.
I used plaid design paper in red&white and green paper for the pine branches.
I have a lot of buttons, so I decided to add a bit of colors to the branches with those, and I also used a bit of white lace.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Christmas Crafting - #10 Gingham
2) The Crafty Pad - #166 Bounty of Buttons
3) Crazy 4 Challenges - #C4C132 Using Buttons
4) Use It Tuesdays - Anything Goes (hoarded supply: buttons)
5) Anything Goes Challenge - #64 Anything goes

Christmas in grey and pink

I just love this paper with trees in different shades of pink on a grey background. I think it's a nice variation from the more traditional Christmas colors.
I wanted to keep the background neutral so I just embossed the white paper.
Tilda has been colored in different shades of pink to match the design paper. 
I wanted to keep the card rather simple, with few embellishments, so I have only added white twine and a tree charm, which I think suits the theme of the design paper. The sentiment is stamped on grey paper.







 
I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Winter Wonderland - Pretty in Pink
2) Sparkles Christmas Challenge - #15 Colour Me Happy
3) Divas by design - #30 Charmed
4) Polka Doodles - Pink
5) Bunny Zoe's Crafts - #23 Ribbon or Twine
6) Hiding in My Craft Room - HIMCR42 - Super Scraps Saturday
7) Sassy Cheryl's - #110 Anything Goes
8) Top Tip Tuesday - #74 Spotty, Dotty
9) Christmas Card Challenges - #20 Twine

Card with fairy - Black, White & Red

For this card I have used 3 colors - black, white and red. I have added lace, red roses and and a rub-on text.The dotted paper is distressed, the black oval is cut out with a Spellbinders die.
I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Pile It On -#15 All About S... (spots)
2) Crafty Purple Frog - #38 Let's get distressed
3) Paper Play - Things with Wings
4) Flutterby Wednesdays - #198 birthday card
5) Fairy Fun Fridays - Anything Goes
6) Twisted Tuesday - I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
7) Crafting When We Can - Things with Wings
8) Robyn`s Fetish - #102 Anything Goes
9) The Squirrel & the Fox - #15 Things with Wings
10) Crafts and Me - We are going 3-D

CAS Christmas Tree - 3 shades of green

OK. First of all, green is not my favorite color. Second, I love CAS cards but it's not something I master. Third, it's impossible for me to take a good picture that really shows the true colors whenever greens are involved...
But still, I couldn't resist to have a go at the "Less is more" challenge! If one never tries, well... So I look at this card challenge as a good learning experience!
The tree is made of papers in 2 different shades of green. I used a die and glued the strips together before I cut a triangular shape. The ribbon is also in a shade of green, I used a dotty embossing folder to make the background appear as snow. The star at the top of the tree is a brad.


I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) "Less is More"  - Week 62 Three Shades of Green
2) Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - #67 White Christmas
3) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Gift Bag - Black, White and Kraft with Feathers and Hairpin

For this gift bag I have used kraft paper, black paper, 2 design papers, rub-ons, lace, feathers and a hairpin. I have used Spellbinders dies.
I enter this gift bag into the following challenges:

1) Gingerloft - Anything but a Card
2) Paper Sundaes - # 115 Sundae Bar (Kraft, Lace, Die Cuts)
3) The Crafty Pad - #165 Just Die-delicious
4) Just Keep on Creating - #1 Anything Goes
5) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
6) I Brake for Challenges - Anything but a Card
7) Oozak - Anything Goes
8) Anything Goes Challenge - #64 Anything goes
9) Craft Room Challenge - Music
10) Creative Craft Challenges - Anything But A Card

Monochromatic Stepper Card with Butterfly Hair Pin

This stepper card is made in different shades of browns. The bird in the the tree and the birdcage are stamped images, the tree and fence is cut out using dies. I have added a bronzed butterfly hair pin, some flowers and lace.












1) Paper Sundaes - # 115 Sundae Bar (Kraft, Lace, Die Cuts)
2) Robyn`s Fetish - #102 Anything Goes
3) The Crafty Pad - #165 Just Die-delicious
4) The Squirrel & the Fox - #15 Things with Wings
5) Fairy Fun Fridays - Anything Goes
6) Flutterby Wednesdays - #197 open
7) Just Keep on Creating - #1 Anything Goes
8) Paper Pretties - Monochromatic
9) Bling It On - Monochrome
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

CAS Angel Girl sitting on a Cloud

I have used a Magnolia stamp, colored with green and pink. The background papers are cream and  purple. The text is stamped with purple ink. The edges of the cloud and the angel's wings are decorated with glitter glue.

 I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) "Less is More"  - Week 61 Lucky Dip/Picture Inspiration
2) Crafting When We Can - #15 Things With Wings 
3) Hiding in My Craft Room - #40 Freestyle
4) Penny Black and More - Oh so Cute
5) Whimsy Inspiration - #32 no patterned paper

Heart-shaped male easel card

I have used a Kenny K stamp. In my opinion this Showgirl is rather fun and elegant, and the perfect image for a male card.
I have limited the colors to black, white and red, and the only embellishment is a black handmade paper flower with a red brad and white ribbon.


I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) CES Challenges - #79 No Girls Allowed
2) Crafty Ribbons - Black & White with one other colour
3) Karens Doodles - Make it for a Male
4) Love to Create - Masculine
5) Hotshot Craft blog - #6 Red
6) Saturday Challenge - #179 A shaped card
7) Fussy and Fancy - Anything but a Square/Rectangle
8) My Mum's Craft shop - #50 Stamp It

Baby Girl Angel sitting on a Cloud

I just got this really cute Magnolia stamp and I thought it would be perfect for a baby themed card.
I have only used pinks and white, apart from the rub on text. I have used a lot of glitter glue, around the edges of the cloud and on the angel's wings, the lace on her shoes and on the ribbons in her hair.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Ditzy Craftymess - #5 Baby theme OR Anything Goes
2) Inspire Me Fridays - Anything goes
3) Poodles Parlour - Spots & Dots
4) Stampin' For The Weekend - Anything Goes
5) Crafty Purple Frog - Anything goes
6) Little Red Wagon - #126 clouds
7) Paper Pretties - Bling
8) Craft Room Challenge - Bling & Glitter/Sparkle
9) Shopping Our Stash - #45 Circles Or Dots
10) Shelly's Images - Show Us Your Stripes!