Christmas Card with Chevron DP

I've made a Christmas card using the Inkspirational sketch as inspiration for the layout. My aim was to make something non-cute, so I used chevron patterned paper from Simple Stories for the background and a bird stamp from 7gypsies. I stamped with black ink and added clear embossing powder to it. I used a die from Memory Box to make the music notes border, dies from Whiff of Joy to make the hollies and the Merry Christmas sentiment in Norwegian is made with a die from KaBoks. The smaller music notes are peel off stickers. I've used a black pen to make the doodled lines. The black ribbon and red pearls are  from my stash.

This card is for these challenges:
1) Inkspirational - #39 Sketch
2) Gem of a Challenge - #99 Use black
3) Christmas Card Challenges - #44 Anything Goes
4) Creative Craft Challenges - #19 Use Ribbon
5) ABC Christmas Challenge - S is for Stockings and/or Choose a Sketch
6) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Fairy Birthday Card

This card is made of colors inspired by the photo over at HoC. I think I've covered all the colors except for the peach one. I've used Spellbinders Nestabilities Timeless Rectangles and Opulent Ovals dies. The fairy image is made with a stamp from Lost Coast Designs. I've used a stamp from the same company on the large oval, heat embossed with white embossing powder. The crown on the fairy's head is made with a stamp from 7gypsies. I used Dusty Concord Distress Ink for the stamping, and I added Star Dust Stickles to the crown and the wings.
The purple DP with spots is from Lily Bee Design, and the lavender one I found in my pile of scraps. As for embellishments I've used 4 light blue pearls and a fabric flower from Panduro. The sentiment in Norwegian (meaning both happy birthday and congratulations) is made with a die from KaBoks. I cut it out in both silver mirri card and a dark shade of purple for a shadow effect.

This card is for these challenges: 
1) House of Cards - Colors + Shabby & Vintage
2) Crafter's Cafe - #30 Diecuts/Punches
3) LEJ Designs  - #72Lots of Layers
4) Sweet Stampin - Things with Wings
5) Crafty Cardmakers - Winged Things
6) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
 

Outlawz Twisted Thursday's Birthday Twist

For my DT card over at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday  I used an image from our sponsor for the month of September - Nicecrane designs. This week's theme - or twist - is birthdays.
This image makes me think of a TV series I enjoyed as a child - "Little House on the Prairie", and I read the books as well. I colored up the image having autumn colors in mind. A made a frame around the image using a wood patterned DP and an inner frame of kraft distressed with Walnut DI. The DP I used as background came free with a magazine. I cut close to the lines of the image, added a 3D butterfly for dimension (and to cover up my poor coloring of the butterfly that is part of the image). I used letter stickers to make the sentiment.


This card is entered into these challenges:
1) Through the Purple Haze - Inspired by a Song / Book / Film / Cartoon
2) Lexi's Creations - Autumn Colors
3) Come and Get It Challenges - Birthday Theme
4) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Forest Scene with Ink, Mist and Embossing Powder

The challenge over at Inkspirational is to the CASE the card in the photo. My inspiration came from the layout. I wanted to keep the look of the lines from the the pieces of paper by using my new background stamp with trees from Lost Coast Designs. And I wanted to do something a bit different for me.

First I took a piece of white paper and sprayed it with Dylusions "After Midnight" ink spray. Then I added a coat of Distress Ink "Faded Jeans". Then I stamped the background and added white embossing powder to it and heat embossed.

I cut out a circle from the paper and added it to a panel of kraft. I used a Memory Box die to make the reindeer. The sentiment tags are made with stamps from Lily of the Valley. I heat embossed them as well and added them to a bow of twine. I mounted the scene onto a panel of kraft and red paper, then onto the kraft card base.

This card is for these challenges:
1) Inkspirational - #38 CASE
2) Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Non- Traditional Christmas
3) Cupcake Inspirations - #229 Forest Critters
4) Sparkle N Sprinkle - Anything Goes with Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking
5) Addicted to Stamps Challenge - #62 3-2-1 (3 colors, 2 tags, 1 twine)
6)  Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Christmas Card with Bear and Bird

For this card I've used a LOTV stamp, 3 different DPs in a beige/pink color from Landstoken and a scrap for the die cut tree.
I layered the papers onto panels of kraft and stitched with a metallic silver thread around the edges.
The image is colored with Promarkes and I've added quite an amount of glitter glue for the snowy ground.
I used a Marianne die to make the tree, and I added gesso paint to its edges.
The sentiment, meaning Merry Christmas in Norwegian, is made of letter stickers, I used sandpaper to give it a bit of a worn look.
The bow is made of seam binding ribbon and I added a silver snowflake charm to it.
Now I'm off to a papercraft fair, it's just a 10 minute ride by train from Oslo. I'm guessing I'll bring home lots of new goodies!

This card is for these challenges:
1) Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Anything Goes
2) Christmas Inspirations - Use Punches or Die Cuts
3) Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Non Traditional Colors
4) Penny's Paper-Crafty - #145 Two or more patterned papers
5) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Wings

It's time a for a new challenge over at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday  and the twist for this week's challenge is "Wings". The sponsor for this month is Nicecrane designs.

I don't do girly cards very often, and I've never used green on my card unless it was a requirement for a challenge I wanted to participate in, but this sweet image from Nicecrane designs did inspire me to go out of my comfort zone for my DT card.

I colored the image with Promarkers. The green DP is from Webster's pages. I machine stitched with white thread around the edges. I used a Marianne die to cut the birdhouse and a Memory Box die to make the 3 die cut birds. The sentiment is a rub-on and translates "For you" in Norwegian. For the banner I used a Kaisercraft clear stamp. I heat embossed it with white powder on white background. Pearls and flowers from my stash - I don't use flowers very often on my cards, so I've got quite a lot of  them  in my stash.


This card is also for these challenges:
1) Crafter's Cafe - #29 Flowers
2) Sisterhood of Crafters - Use a digi
3) Crafting When We Can - #53 Seasons (spring colors)
4) Shopping Our Stash - #119 Oldest Flowe
5) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Stillife Card

Purple is one of my favorite colors, and here's another one using purple tones in combination with orange, inspired by the HoC color scheme. 

I decided to make this card a shaped one - I tend to make square cards, A2 or A6, but I love my Spellbinders dies (Label 28) and thought this shape would fit this design. The idea here was to make  it look like a "stillife" painting  - the wooden paper is used to make the table, the lace makes the table cloth, and then I've put a coffee or tea cup on top. The purple paper is supposed to look like wallpaper. 
I've used dies from Marianne to make the cup, saucer and spoon. For the spoon I used silver mirri card to make it look like newly polished silverware.
I added a purple paper to the card base to make a frame for my scene. 


This card is for these challenges:
1) House of Cards - September Color Challenge + Classic & Elegant
2) Kaboodle Doodles - Anything but a Square
3) Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes / Frame It
4) Top Tip Tuesday - #110 Get in Shape
5) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Never give up

For this card I've used 3 different patterned papers, all in purple and brownish tones. I distressed the papers and added walnut DI to the edges.
For the large butterfly I used a die that came free with a magazine and for the smaller ones I used a punch. The tree branch is made with a Memory Box die.
The stamped sentiment is made with a cling stamp from Prima. I heat embossed it using a dark purple embossing powder. The oval is a leftover from a cardboard frame.

This card is for these challenges:
1) Inkspirational - #37
Photo
2) Crafty Bloggers Network - Things with Wings
3) Eclectic Ellapu - Inspired by a song ("You are Loved - Don't give up" by Josh Groban)
4) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

 

CAS Birthday Chicks

For this A6 sized card I kept it clean - no designer papers or bling on this one!
I used a digi from From The Heart Digital Stamps. I chose to fussy cut the birds, attaching them to a purple panel, then onto a white panel mounted on foam on a white card base.
I used Promarkers in different shades of purple and orange, which came out a bit more bold than I had planned for to be honest, and the balloon is covered with glossy accent for a translucent feel.
The sentiment is made with a clear stamp and is heat embossed with orange embossing powder, to match the color of the balloon.

This card is for these challenges:
1) House of Cards - September Color Challenge + CAS
2) Crafter's Cafe - #28 No Desinger Paper
3) One Stitch At A Time - #180 Use a Digi
4) Craft Your Passion - Glitter and/or Gloss
5) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Signs of Fall

This week's theme over at the Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge the theme is "Signs of Fall", and for the month of September we're being sponsored  by Nicecrane Designs.

I love autumn and the colors of autumn, and for this card I went with a male look.
The leaf stamp I've used for this card came free with a magazine, as did the bigger cut out leaf. I mixed some different Distress Inks (Walnut Stain, Fired brick, Wild Honey) together to make the paper for my leaves. I used Coffee Arhival Ink for stamping. The sentiment is part of a set from Dylsions. I heat embossed with orange embossing powder on burgundy paper.
I made a frame of wood patterned paper and placed it on top of  a DP with chevron pattern. I'm sorry but I can't remember where the papers are from..

This card is also for these challenges:
1) Crafting When We Can - #52 Repeated Image
2) Great Impressions - Fall Colors
3) The Corrosive Challenges - #182 All about Fall.
4) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Kites

For this card I've used a digi called "Kite" from Mo's Digital Pencil, a sentiment postmark stamp from LOTV, kite dies from Memory Box and a fence die from Marianne.
The red and white paper is Maja designs, the yellow ones and kraft I found in my scrap pile.
The image and background have been colored with Promarkers. I added a fine black line to the die cut kites to make them look like stamped, fussy cut ones.
We've got such beautiful weather in Oslo today, so now I'm heading out for a long walk!

This card is for these challenges:
1) Inkspirational - Colors
2) Creative Corner - #34 Child's Play
3) Crafting for all Seasons - #60 Back to School/for a Child
4) DP2 Challenge - #201 Anything Goes
5) The Male Room - #3 Outdoors
6) Pollycraft Challenges - #6 For Kids
7) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Wedding Anniversary

My color choice has been inspired by the photo over at HoC. For this wedding anniversary card I decided to use the Bird Swing stamp from Whimsy Stamps.  I used purple and orange Promakers for coloring, as well as a little touch of greens for the leaves. The flowers have glossy accent on them. I fussy cut the image and placed it onto a Spellbinders die cut frame. For texture I used cheese cloth. The sentiment is a chipboard and the flowers are wooden ones. One is covered with purple embossing powder, and the other was left neutral with just a gem in the center.

This card is for these challenges:
1) House of Cards - Colors + theme cute and fun
2) Creative Card Crew - #44 Things With Wings
3) Brown Sugar - #58 Animals
4) Polkadoodles - #36 Significant Birthday or Occasion
5) Totally Gorjuss - #200 Anything Goes
6) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Outlawz Twisted Thursday - "Back to School"

This week's theme over at the Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge the theme is "Back to School", and for the month of September we're being sponsored  by Nicecrane Designs.
For my card I used a vintage style digi from Sugar Kissed Cottage, and  I colored it using Promakers. The paper behind the image came free with a magazine and the background paper with flowers is from Prima. For the die cut elements I used kraft paper, dies from Marianne and Memory Box. I used Walnut Distress Ink on the fence and tree, and for the clouds I used a white gel pen for outlining. The sentiment is a chipboard sticker, and I machine stitched around the edges.

This card is also for these challenges:
1) Card Crafter's Circle - #90 For the Boys
2) Digi Haven – Vintage or "Old"
3) The Cupboard Trilogy - #15 Male
4) Through the Purple Haze - Dies
5) Craft Room Challenge - Trees and/or Leaves
6) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Boy on Bicycle

For this card I've used a LOTV stamp with a boy riding his bicycle. I know that sportsmen don't usually ride with their dog on the back of their bicycle, but I didn't have any other image fit for the sports theme... I started coloring the image using Promarkers in different shades of blue and grey, but I thought it needed just a little a splash of color, so I gave the boy red shoes. The image is mounted onto a panel of kraft, then onto a plain blue-grayish paper attached to the kraft card base . I wanted to keep the design clean, so the only embellishment is a die cut cloud, with a fine line of white gel pen around its edges.

This card is for these challenges:
1) Outlawz Sunday CAS - Sports Theme
2) Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - Clean and Simple
3) My Time to Craft - #232 Sports
4) Dream Valley Challenges - #64 For a Child
5) A Little Bit Crafty - Clean & Simple
6) ABC Challenges - Coloring with Markers
7) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Anything but a Card over at Lexi's Creations

This is my entry as a Guest Designer over at Lexi's Creations, where the challenge this fortnight is to make "Anything but a Card".
I got to choose an image from Fairy Dust Crafts , and I chose the "Bauble Spiral Christmas Tree". I really like the whimsical design of this image.
I've always struggled making tags, and last year I didn't have time to make more than one or two, so I've decided to start earlier this year...
I've made the tags using Sizzix rounded tags dies. I wanted to paper piece the image, so I printed the image onto a white paper with structure and onto a kraft base. The one to the left has baubles made of red Stickles and silver Liquid pearls, and it's been decorated with red star sequins and twine. The one to the right has diamond Stickles, gold Liquid pearls and star sequins, as well as seam binding ribbon.

These tags are also for these challenges:
1) ABC Christmas Challenge - Quick
2) Crafting for all Seasons - #59 Tag
3) The Glory of Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
4) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
5) CHNC challenge extra for September - Anything Christmas Goes

Christmas Card with Fluffy Little Animals

I wanted to use my new stamps from LOTV, and this week's Inkspirational sketch seemed to be a great choice as it allowed me to use all three of the images at the same time! I die cut the images using circle dies and attached them to panels of kraft. I used Promarkers for coloring, and I also decorated the images using red Stickles glitter glue, gold liquid pearls and Diamond Dust for sparkle (which  unfortunately doesn't show that well in the photo). The two DPs are from Landstoken Paperdesign. I used a Martha Stewart punch to make the border, dies from Marianne to make the poinsettia, some red berries, a LOTV sentiment tag stamp, red thread for stitching and two red pearls.

This card is for these challenges:
1) Inkspirational - #35 Sketch
2) A Gem of a Challenge - #95 Use 2 Backing Papers
3) Southern Girls - Warm Fuzzies
4) Inky Impressions - #123 Animals
5) Christmas Card Challenges - #40 Something New (stamps)