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!

Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe

The inspiration for this card was chocolate cupcakes, so I have only used browns and beige.
The recipe I found on the web, and I moderated in Word. The recipe is not glued to the card, so it can actually be used!
The stamps I've used was a free gift that came with a magazine I bought.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) The Crafty Pad - #163 Sketch
2) Pollycraft - #133 mmmmm Choclit
3) Divas by Design - #28 use a stamp
4) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Card for Baby Girl

I have used different design papers from KaiserCraft and stickers on this card.
I wanted to keep it rather simple, with a clean design, so I cut out 6 squares and used some buttons, rhinestones and a bows embellishments.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Frosted Designs - Grids
2) Creative Mondays - Anything Goes
3) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
4) Lollipop Crafts - Anything goes
5) Totally Gorjuss - #124 Spots and Stripes
6) Card Makin' Mamas - Buttons

Gift bag - Pink&Orange

For this gift bag I had the challenge at Shelly's Images - Kraft, Pink, Orange and Embossing - in mind. It indeed turned out to be a challenge!
I cut out a bird, free hand, and embossed it. I used pink and orange feathers for its tail. Than I added different embellishments and details in the same colors.
I'm not convinced that the combination of orange and pink will ever by a favorite of mine, but considering how I struggled to piece this together, I'm quite satisfied with the result.
And I love challenges that force you to try something new!

I enter this gift bag into the following challenges:
1) Shelly's Images - Kraft, Pink & Orange + Use Embossing
2) Crafty Catz - Spring
3) Fairy Fun Fridays - Spring
4) Creative Mondays - Anything Goes
5) Incy Wincy Designs - #137 Things with Wings

Gift Bag "Just for You"

For this gift bag I have used a polka dot embossing folder on the background paper.
The angel image is cut out from a design paper, the edges have been distressed.
I have used lace, ribbon, feathers and some pearls on the metal decoration.
For the text I have used a Kanban stamp.

I enter this gift bag into the following challenges:
1) Polka Doodles - Mother's Day
2) Flutterby Wednesdays - #195 Open
3) Creative Card Crew - #6 Vintage
4) Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Shabby Chic/Vintage
5) Incy Wincy Designs - Things with Wings
6) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
7) Divas by design - #27 Distressing
8) Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - #37 Anything Goes
9) Sentimental Sundays - #94 Metal
10) Creative Mondays - Anything Goes

CAS on Kraft with Teddy bears

This is my first attempt to make a CAS card. I knew this would be a challenge for me to do, but it was actually harder than I had imagined...
I have used masking technique with 4 different teddy bear stamps. I also added a stamped frame.
I was very tempted to add more details to this card, but the organza bow and the brad had to be it!

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) "Less is More" - Week 59 Theme (Masking)
2) CES Challenge Blog -#77 Kolouring on Kraft
3) Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Cute & cuddly
4) Little Red Wagon - #125 Clean and simple
5) Hiding in My Craft Room - #38 KISS

"Just Married" shaped card

I have used a sketch from Frosted Designs as inspiration for this card. I needed to make a wedding card, so I kept to soft colours and embellishments that would fit the theme.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Frosted Designs - #14 Card Sketch
2) Shelly's Images - Show Us What You Got!
3) The Squirrel and The Fox -#13 Love
4) Hotshot Crafts - Ribbon
5) Craft Room Challenge - Shabby/Vintage
6) Simon Says Stamp and Show... - Anything Goes
7) Ett Trykk - Norsk Stempelblad AS - Shaped Cards
8) CropStop - March "National Craft Month" Challenge
9) Saturday Challenge - #177 Doilies Are Not Just For Cakes

White Christmas and Angels

For this card I have added so many different kinds of embellishments (peel off stickers, buttons, lace, feathers and more), so I kept the colors neutral (white and silver).The image is a print, the text is stamped. For the background I have used a snow embossing folder.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Christmas Inspirations - #43 Dry Embossing
2) Sparkles Christmas Challenge - #14 Peel Offs
3) Winter Wonderland - Magical (Fairy or angel)
4) The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
5) Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - #64 button it up
6) Jingle Belles - Neutral Noel
7) Ett Trykk - Norsk Stempelblad AS - Shaped cards
8) CropStop - March "National Craft Month" Challenge
9) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Love birds, yellow and orange

I have kept to two main colors for the papers and flowers.
I have used a Marianne Design embossing folder and a Spellbinders die. The 4 green "bling pearls" take up the color from the leaves, and I also added a bit of white lace.
With this choice of colors and image I think the card is suitable for several themes - spring, Easter and love!

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Frosted Designs -Things with Wings!
2) Robyn's Fetish - #98 Easter
3) Polka Doodles- Animal or a Bird
4) Shelly's Images - Show Us What You Got!
5) Marianne's Design Divas - Spring into spring
6) Penny Black and More - Springtime
7) The Squirrel and The Fox -#13 Love
8) Divas by Design - #24 citrus colors
9) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
10)Raise The Bar - #96 Increments of 4

Masculine birthday card

The layout on this card is based on a "Cards for men" sketch.
I have embossed the grey paper, and the edges on the image and the background are distressed with black ink. The text is a a black and white sticker, and I have used sandpaper to give it a worn look.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Cards for men - Challenge #5 - Sketch
2) Polkadoodle - Cards for Boys or Men
3) Colour Create - Yellow, gray, black & white
4) Paper Pretties - Masculine
5) Anything Goes Challenge - #62 Boyz to Men
6) Creative Craft Challenges - Boys Will Be Boys
7) Shopping Our Stash - #42 Embossing

Love - Kraft&Orange

I have used a lot of kraft paper for this card, both as background and for the birdcage, tree and fence.These have been distressed.
I wanted to limit the number of colors, so I have kept to browns and oranges. I have used Marianne CreaTables dies, a Sarah Kay stamp, a brad for the birthday tag, a silver charm in the top right corner and lace.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1)Frosted Designs – Kraft Paper
2)Make it Monday - Anything Goes
3)Clearly Inspired - Anything Goes
4)Fairy Fun Fridays – Distress It
5)CES Challenges - #76 Charmed
6)Glitter Geeks - #10 Spring is in the Air
7)Allsorts - #145 Say it with Flowers
8)The Pixie Cottage - #111 - Things With Wings
9)Kaboodle Doodles - #109 - Think Spring - Let's See Some Flowers

Sketch - black, white & blue

This card is made after the sketch from "Try Stamping On Tuesdays". I have kept to three colors - black, white and blue. I have used a Kanban stamp for the little bottles.The text, a rub-on, is suitable for a birthday card. I have also used a Martha Stewart punch and some glitter glue.

 I enter this card into the following challenges:

1) Try Stamping On Tuesdays - SKETCH #56
2) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
3) Poodles Parlour - Birthday
4) Paper Crafting Journey - Anything made with paper goes
5) Sarah Hurley Challenges - Birthday celebrations
6) Paperminutes - #207 - Blue, White, Black
7) Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
 

Colorful Confections

I was inspired by the challenge at The Shabby Tea Room to use aqua, pink and green together.
I went for vertical stripes in these colors.
The image is cut out with a circle die, to give a bit of "softness" to the straight lines.
I have cut out an extra set of wings in thin paper and added Star Dust Stickles. The purpose was to try and "lift" the wings off the paper for a 3D effect.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) The Shabby Tea Room - #104 Colorful Confections
2) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
3) Allsorts - #144 Spread your Wings
4) Penny Black and More - Springtime
5) The Pixie Cottage - #111 - Things With Wings
6) Crafts and Me - #74 Things with Wings
7) Guylou's Inimitability - Things with Wings
8) Flutter By Wednesdays - Fairy and Spring

I love cupcakes!

The idea here was to try something new by stamping the background - "I love cupcakes" - onto ordinary white paper. Ink colour´"London Fog" for the text, "Old paper" for distressing. The cupcake is cut out from a design paper. I have added a little bit of "bling" and Star Dust stickles.
I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Shelly's Images - Seeing spots
2) Robyn's Fetish  - #97 Cupcakes
3) Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
4) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
5) Scrappy Frogs - Seeing Spots
6) That Craft Place - Anything Goes 
7) Polkadoodle - Polka Dots or Stripes or Both
8) Sassy Cheryl's - #104 Are You Seeing Spots?
9) Pile It On - #10 Are We Seeing Spots or Stripes or Both?

Crocodiles

I find it difficult to use greens, and this card actually took me quite a few hours to create, even though it doesn't look that way, simple as it is.The design paper is green, even though it looks more brownish in this photo (it's hard to get a good photo of this one)

When I came over this design paper I remembered I had some crocodile stickers among my stash, and I thought I could make a card for my nephew's 5th birthday.
I have not used any stamps, I have die-cut the letters and number.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Crafting When We Can - Animals
2) Hiding in my Craft Room - Monochromatic GREEN
3) Frosted Designs – Numbers
4) Glitter Geeks - Song Title (Crocodile Rock - Elton John)
5) Card Cupids - Birthday Cards for Boys

Love birds

For this card I have used a Whimsy stamp which I think is just gorgeous! The flowers are from Storyteller and Kort&Godt. I have also used ribbon, rhinestones and glitter glue.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) CES Challenges - #75 Flower Frenzy
2) Hotshot Crafts - #5 Ribbons
3) Our Creative Corner - Making Melody (Crazy in love - Beyoncé)
4) Ett Trykk - Norsk Stempelblad AS - Shaped cards
5) Allsorts - #144 Spread your Wings
6) Stampin For The Weekend - BINGO (ribbon - glitter - flowers)
7) Do You Stack Up? - Things with wings
8) Crafting for all Seasons - #21 shaped cards
9) Penny Black and More - Springtime

Golden autumn

We are waiting for spring to come in Norway, but some where in the world autumn is near.

For me autumn represents golden colours and rubber boots. Instead of colouring the image I have stamped directly on coloured and patterned papers.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) The Squirrel & the Fox - Autumn
2) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
3) Crafty Purple Frog - Yellow & green
4) Pixie Cottage - Anything goes

Spring Time

I have used a Sarah Kay stamp, and I think it goes well with the theme of spring. Love is in the air when the grass grows and the sun glows...

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Crop Stop - Include at least 3 flowers
2) Robyn`s Fetish - People
3) CES Challenges - Challenge # 74 - Colour Challenge - Blues and Cream
4) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
5) Crafty Bloggers Network - Spring Time
6) Pollycraft - Teenage Dream
7) Hiding in my Craft Room - #35 Bring on some Spring
8) Our Creative Corner - Over the Edge

To Someone Special

For his stepper card I have used blue and cream papers, stickers, lace, flowers and straws with pearls.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Sentimental Sundays - Lace and Pearls
2) Pile It On - Fun Folds
3) Crop Stop - Include at least 3 flowers
4) Robyn`s Fetish - People
5) Allsorts - #143 Free and Easy February
6) Poodles Parlour - Mothers' Day / Female Card  
7) CES Challenges - Challenge # 74 - Colour Challenge - Blues and Cream

White on White Card with vintage car

I have used Marianne CreaTables embossingfolder and dies, liquid pearls and flowers. The text was a white and black sticker. I used sandpaper and distressed with colour "old paper" to get a more vintage feel.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Secret Crafter - #174 White on White
2) Crop Stop - Include at least 3 flowers
3) Shelly's Images - Make it a triple (I have used 3 flowers)
4) Paper Pretties - PWC194 punches/diecuts
5) Ett Trykk - Norsk Stempelblad AS - Monokromatisk kort
6) Hotshot Crafts - One for the Boys
7) Dream Valley Challenges - Just For Men
8) Here Come the Boys - Vintage Feel
9) SweetStamps Challenge - #54 BINGO (Dry ambossing + Die Cut + Flowers)

White on White card with doliy and flowers

I have spotted many beautiful "white on white cards" while visiting other blogs and I deciced to give it a go myself. I have used white papers, glitter glue, Spellbinders and Magnolia dies.
I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Secret Crafter - #174 White on White
2) Marks Finest Papers -#96 Use Lace
3) Crafty Catz - Something Beginning with B (I have used a butterfly) 
4) Crop Stop - Include at least 3 flowers 
5) Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Fancy or lacy 
6) Shelly's Images - Make it a triple (I have used 3 flowers)
7) Paper Pretties - PWC194 punches/diecuts 
8) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Winter landscape

I have used stamps from Panduro, Marianne CreaTables snow die, snow glue and glitter glue.
The house is stamped on left over papers, which I often prefer to coloring. I am also a fan of framed cards.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

1) Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - #60 Create a Scene
2) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

 

Black&White&Red with flowers

I have used Spellbinders flower dies, brads, ribbon, lace and different black&white papers.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

1) Card Crafters Circle - Die Cuts
2) The Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps BLOG - Sketch
3) Ceschallenges - #73 Spots & Dots
4) Frosted Designs - Brads and/or eyelets
5) Our Creative Corner - Black and White with a splash of Colour