Snowman - New release

This is a scheduled post to show you one of the new images you can find in the Bugaboo store today.

I colored the image with Promarkers in shades of grey.

I wanted to use some of my more neglected dies, here are two shapes which I combined together to make a frame. I always admire Donna's (Creative Smiles) ability to use her dies in so many creative ways. I know I didn't do a revolutionary thing here with my dies, but I was inspired by Donna's work when making this silver frame and wanted to share that with you.

I added a doily underneath it and attached it all to a fully covered card front with a DP from Bo Bunny.

A piece of ribbon and string for the metal charm with the Christmas sentiment and a die cut snowflake in the opposite corner.

Go nuts

My post is scheduled to inform you about the new Saturday challenge over at Catch the Bug. This week it's a COLOR challenge - take a look:


I used to try and avoid color challenges, but they have grown on me. I have certain "go to" color schemes, but color challenges help me try other ones for variation. This autumn inspired one was really fun and I made a rather clean and simple card using a squirrel image from Bugaboo, a leftover piece of DP cut with a scalloped border die, and a fun felt embellishment from my blogfriend, Monika of Creative with Monika. Thanks!

Chandelier

The Twofers team is back - but with a new blog called "Always Use Rubber". Their first challenge is "It's not all black and white" and a photo.

For my card I used a paper from Authentique with the colors much like the bird. For anything else I used black and white papers and black ink. The chandelier stamp is from a set from Inkadinkado, the sentiment was a freebie and the script background is made with a stamp from Glitz. I used dies from Spellbinders and Dienamics, bling and lace from my stash.

This card is for:
Always Use Rubber- It's not all black and white
Creative With Stamps Challenge - #7 Sentiment
Aud Sentiments Challenge - #166 Vintage + A Sentiment
Cardz 4 Galz - #33 Use At Least One Die

Sketch and Cowboy

It's time for an new Stella Says challenge over at Catch the Bug and this is the sketch we're playing with this fortnight.
There are so many possibilities with this one. I kept close to the layout and shapes, using a retired cowboy image (but there are still plenty of other cowboy images to find in the store), colored with Promarkers.
I chose a DP I found to fit the style of his shirt and I added string and a cowboy hat charm from my stash. I stamped a simple birthday greeting. All edges are inked with walnut DI. Stitched dies used (Lan Fawn and Dienamics). Hope you'll play along!


This card is also for:
Crafty Catz - #342 All Tied Up
Dream Valley Challenges - For the Boys
Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes

Fall and lots of texture

This is my second post today. For my card kit swap post with Nonni and Marina please see the post below this one...

Today starts a new challenge over at Catch the Bug:

I colored the image, Fall Fence, with Distress Inks, and chose the row of ribbon+fabric+button. Theres's lots of texture on my card: the jeans like ribbon, the burlap paper, a felt leaf sent to me by Monika (thanks!) and embossed paper. I made a mini tag with sentiment and a button. Flowers from my stash and a semi hidden tag. It's a card that is more embellished than the other ones I've made lately, but I had fun making it.

This card is also for:
The Crafty Addicts - #26 Anything Goes/Autumn Colors
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

Card Kit Swap with Nonni and Marina - We're preparing for Christmas #2

I'm doing a "Card Kit Swap" with Nonni of Nonni's Handmade Cards and Marina of My Perfect Life. Each month one of us sends the other two identical kits and we make 4 cards each using mainly the same supplies, but we can add some of our own stash too as we're keeping it really simple, fun and stress-free. 
It was Marina's turn to make a kit and she chose the theme of "Cute Christmas". Her kit contained 4 patterned papers, 1 acectate paper with snowflakes, 3 stamped images, one metal and one wooden embellishment. A cute kit - here's a photo of it:

Card #1: Girl with presents
The image and patterned paper are from Marina's kit. I colored the image using Promarkers, masked it and sponged with blue DI and added some white frantage for snow, along wit red sequins from my stash.
I used some gold bronze corrugated from my own supplies, die cut a lamp post with a MB die and heat set it with embossing powder to get an aged look. I also used a banner die for the sentiment.
This card is for: I love Promarkers - #319 Anything Goes

Card #2: Dog
I used 2 patterned papers from the kit (the border is cut from a DP) along with the image and metal charm. I water colored the image using Distress inks.I used Dienamics dies to make the frame and the panel was a leftover piece from Nonni's Christmas set in September. I cut a banner and stamped a Christmas greeting.
This card is for: The Merry Christmas Challenge - Sentiment

Card #3: Penguin
I used the acetate paper and went with a shaker design, using snow glitter and sequins from my stash. Colored the image  and added glossy accent on the balloon. The sentiment is cut with fun foam and I also used my Dymo. Added a doily behind the glittered panel.
This card is for: Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Glitter and Sparkle

Card #4: Wooden tree
I used what was left of the acetate paper and the tree, which I heat embossed with gold EP and attched to a franatge covered tag. Stitched around the edges, added lots of texture with a fun foam cut sentiment, string, lace and pearls from my stash. Added the panel onto a snowflake embossed background.
This card is for: Sparkle N Sprinkle - Anything Goes+

And here's a photo of all of them together:

Christmas card with pink

Two weeks ago I went to a craft fair and bought a Christmas stamp and die set from Hero Arts. I made three cards in blues and silver (post here) and I said I wanted to try the stamps with pink too.
When I saw the color challenge over at ColorQ it seemed to be the perfect time to do so, and also Nonni's choice of theme for Inkspirational, using 5 stamps or more. I believe I used 9 different ones (2 snowflakes, 3 different tree stamps, the snowman and the sentiment, one with script from the same set and also one from another brand). I used just one pink inkpad - DI picked raspberry, but I achieved the two toned effect by stamping two times before reapplying ink.
Those of you who visit me regularly know I'm no one layer card maker, but I made one, completely voluntarily too! I only added 3 bling because I thought my card lacked some sparkle.


This card is for:
ColourQ - #362 Color Inspiration
Inkspirational - #119 Use 5 Stamps
Addicted to Stamps and More - #215 CAS

World Animal Day

Hello! I'm here to show you my DT card for Humor me Wednesday over at Catch the Bug, featuring an image called Autumn Critter Stack 02. I chose yesterday's World Animal Day as theme.

I went with a clean design and some watercoloring. I haven't invested in any real watercolors yet, but I use my Distress Ink pads, stamp them onto an acryllic bloc, add water and use a brush - it works for me. I used my brush to add some splatters too.
I added the panel onto orange card stock, mounted it onto burlap DP as a frame and machine stitched with white thread. The sentiment was part of a freebie set that came with a magazine recently.

This card is also for:
Inky Chicks - #73 Animals
Cards in Envy - Frame (burlap paper frame)
ABC Challenge - Q is for Quick

CMD - Challenge 8

I normally don't make this many cards in one day - this is my fourth - but a Norwegian card making magazine and website- Ett Trykk - is having 12 challenges for yesterday's Card Making Day and they are closing later today. I'm not going to do all 12, but I'd love to make a couple more, they're all such inspiring cards to CASE. A requirement is to use products from Norsk Stempelblad (my sentiment).

This card is for challenge number  and here's the card to CASE:


I used a bird, allready stamped and cut since a while back. I die cut a fence for it (Marianne die) and used a flower and leaves branch die (Memory Box), cut with both black and newsprint DP. The background paper is from Authentique. Added dots with a black pen around all the edges. Bling and pearls from stash.

This card is for:
Ett Trykk - CMD #8
Crafty Catz - #340 Birds of a Feather
4 Crafty Chicks - #318 Anything Goes & Crazy Egg
Just Add Ink - #331 Just Add Wings

CMD - Challenge 2

This is my third post today, a Norwegian card making magazine and website- Ett Trykk - is having 12 challenges for yesterday's Card Making Day and they are closing later today. All challenges are about CASEing cards, there's only one other requirement and that is to use products from Norsk Stempelblad.

This card is for challenge number 2 and here's the card to CASE:


I used golden colors for my card, but the rest is pretty much the same as the CASE card.
I've had the flower in my stash for a few years, a treasured item I wanted to use for the right occasion. Lace was bought on a trip abroad. A die cut swirl (Marianne die), 3 pearls and a sentiment from Norsk Stempelblad.


This card is for:
Ett Trykk -  CMD #2
Sparkles Forum Challenges - #84 Real Lace and Pearls
Inkspirational - #118 Glamour 

CMD - challenge 5

I might get quite a few cards posted today, depending on whether or not my crafting mojo will stick around or not...
A Norwegian card making magazine and website- Ett Trykk - is having 12 challenges for yesterday's Card Making Day and they are closing later today. All challenges are about CASEing cards, there's only one other requirement and that is to use products from Norsk Stempelblad - which is the sentiment on my card, cut with a stitched circle die from Mamory Box.

This card is for challenge number 5 and here's the card to CASE:


I was inspired by both the layout and colors, just adding in a few browns. I used an image of two boys and decided to replace the doily with a die cut wreath using a new to me Hero Arts die. Papers are from Maja Designs and I also used a freebie one.  I cut the leaves with a Memory Box die. String, flowers ad a pearl from my stash.

This card is for:
Ett Trykk - CMD #5
Craftaholics R Us - #3 Any Birthday Card or Tag
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts - #25 Anything Goes/Patterned Paper

CMD - challenge 4

This is my second post today, a Norwegian card making magazine and website- Ett Trykk - is having 12 challenges for yesterday's Card Making Day and they are closing later today. All challenges are about CASEing cards, there's only one other requirement and that is to use products from Norsk Stempelblad.

This card is for challenge number 4 and here's the card to CASE:

A fun layout to work with indeed. I used stamps from Norsk Stempelblad, left over papers and an image from Doctor Digis, colored up with Promarkers a while ago.

This card is for:
Ett Trykk - CMD #4
Passion For Promarkers Challenge - #365 Spots and/or Stripes (I used spots)
Brown Sugar – - #218 Anything Goes