Inkspirational #190 - Three or five

We have a new challenge at Inkspirational and this time it's the easy option of using 3 or 5 of something.

I went with 3s and added poinsettias sparkled up with frantage and sequins.
The paperdolls and chipboard sentiment are from Tim Holtz. The striped DP is Maja Design, the vintage one was a leftover piece.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see inspiration from my teamies and our guest designer - Milla from Mustesormi blog.

This card is also for:
Crafty Gals Corner - #194 Polka Dots and/or Stripes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - #52 Anything Christmas Goes
Christmas Kickstart Challenge - #13 Glitter, Sparkle and Shine

New release - Ornaments brats

Tuesday is new release day over at  Bugaboo and this is one of Jodie's latest images.

The image is colored with Promarkers. Glitter paste was added around the edges. The red and green DP was a freebie. I had some banners ready cut in my stash. The sentiment chipboard is from Tim Holtz. 

This card is also for:
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - #11 Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland -  USE RED AND GREEN
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - #443 - Anything Christmas Goes

Recipe 2 buttons, ribbons and DPs

Over at Catch the Bug there's a recipe challenge this week:
2 buttons + 2 ribbons + 2 designer papers.

The mouse will be available in the Bugaboo store soon . I cut away the thread part of the image and added a silver one from my stash as well as 2 stamped bobbins and buttons.
I've used a tag die from MFT and old paper dies from Penny Black.
I attached a metal charm t the ribbons. Papers are freebie and aja Design.

This card is also for:
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #27 Anything Goes with a Critter
Cutie Pie Challenge - #136 RIBBONS AND BOWS
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Travel/Vacation

My vacation is coming up, so a travel themed card seemed fitting. My trip isn't to Paris, but it's the theme of my card.
The pink background DP is filled with prints of the Eiffel Tower and I even added a stamped one.
I gave the girl a paper pieced hat. All stamps, except the speech bubble and sentiment, are from Penny Black.

This card is for:
Allsorts - #524 Travel
Pile It On - Transportation and/or Holiday/Vacation
Double Trouble Challenge - Double Dare
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - June Anything Goes  (2nd entry)

Goofy Reindeer

There’s a new challenge over at Catch the Bug and this time we have a BINGO challenge. I used the vertical row to the right. 

My image is Make it Snappy Goofy Reindeer, colored with Promarkers. I used a scrap og black and white DP. The cardboard sentiment is from Tim Holtz. I added a die cut snowflake circle frame and a single die cut snowflake with a button.

This card is also for:
C.R.A.F.T. -  #517 Christmas
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas with Option of nontraditional Colors
Sparkles Forum Christmas - #101 Include a Reindeer

Inkspirational #189 - Garden

We have a new challenge at Inkspirational and this time it's a garden theme. There are plenty of options with this one, please head over to the challenge blog to see inspiration from my teamies and our guest designer - Milla.

I don't use butterflies often, but here they have taken center stage. I've used butterfly dies from Penny Black. I added a coat of white gesso and sprinkled on some white and gold frantage.  I used a Tim Holtz stencil for the blooms. The sentiment came free with a magazine. The colors are a lighter in real life, I was unable to capture the right shades with my camera...
 
This card is also for:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - June Anything Goes
Craft Rocket Challenges - #60 Summer is Coming
Sisterhood of Crafters - Birds, Bees, Butterflies

Twofer Card Challenge, Bees and Sketches

I have two cards to share, for the Twofer Card Challenge #17, which is BEES. 

For both cards I used dies from Memory Box. The choice was rather easy as it was the only bee element I found in my stash of rubber stamps and dies. It's quite fiddly to put these bees together,  adding the stripes and all. I added glitter glue to the wings and gave the bees a coat of glossy accent as I wanted to make sure every glued element wold stay in place.

I made a birthday card and a 'just because' card. 

 

 

 

 

 

1) Birthday card

On my first card I used foam stamps from Tim Holtz to ake the flowers and leaves sing black ink and Distress Oxides. The birthday greeting came free with a magazine. I cut the sentiment with a stitched cloud/speech bubble die from MFT. Washi tape strips added to the side to mimic the Sunday Stamps sketch.

This card is also for: 

Happy Little Stampers Dies June- Always Anything Goes with Dies

Sunday Stamps - #206 Sketch

 

2) An uplifting 'just because' card
For my second card I used a sentiment and flower stamps from Penny Black. I had planned to go with no coloring on this one but I couldn't resist adding blue lines around the images to make them stand out a bit more.

 

This card is also for:
Penny Black and More – (June) Blooms, Butterflies, Bugs
CAS(E) This Sketch! - #325 Sketch

Fairytale/Fantasy

There’s a new challenge over at Catch the Bug and this time we have a theme challenge: Fairytale/Fantasy.

My image is from Birthday Unicorn Set 2.
I stenciled the brickwall with grey DI, colored the image with Promarkers, added a bit of glitetr glue and frantage.
The birthday greeting in Norwegian itranslates "Enjoy your day and eat a lot of cake".

This card is also for:
Seize The Birthday - Birthday Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash - #397 Stencil Me This
Crafty Catz - #465 ANYTHING GOES / OPTIONAL TWIST BIRTHDAYS

Stripes and Christmas flowers

The number of Christmas cards I need increases from year to year, and I try to avoid having to making lots last minute. I’m no good at creating under pressure. So here’s another one done and ready.

I was inspired by the book title for the stripes, and also the colors of the cover, although my DP is a much deeper red that the woman’s trousers. The poinsettias are a traditional Christmas element, but I feel that the look of the design is more modern than traditional? I cut the flowers from fun foam and added a few pearls and sequins.

This card is for:
The Library Challenge - The Art of Stripes
Happy Little Stampers Christmas - June - Anything Goes + Non-traditional
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Garland, leaves or Christmas flowers  

Eyewear Day

This is my DT card for "Eyewear Day" and the "Humor me Wednesday"-post over at Catch the Bug.

The image is named Book Sitter 2 and I colored it using Promarkers, fussy cut and mounted it onto a die cut bench.
The tree is made with a die from Memory Box, I used diffrent DIs and embossing powder on it.
The background is made with papers from Maja Design, cut with a Penny Black die.

This card is also for:
Papercraft Challenges - #38 For Men and Boys
Dream Valley Challenges - #203 ONLY BOYS ALLOWED
Cute Card Thursday -  #584 Masculine

Inkspirational #188 - woman photo

We have a new challenge at Inkspirational and this time it's a photo challenge. I picked the simple choice of using a stamp from Stamping Bella with a long legged girl.

It wasn't deliberate but this card actually turned out to be a one layer card - I don't make many of those.
My image was stamped over the edge - that was delibarete - I did a little bit of coloring, stamped a bold sentiment and added frantage for sparkle.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see inspiration from my teamies and our guest designer - Milla from Mustesormi blog.
 
This card is also for:
The Crafty Addicts - #60 Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters - #16 Anything Goes