Christmas Card with Black Ribbon and Lace

This card started out with a totally different color scheme and design. Even though I often have a clear idea of the design when I start off,  I almost always end up with something totally different. I've tried out at least 10 different designs before I ended up with this one - that's probably why I'm a "slow working crafter"..


















For this card I've used black lace and ribbon (at the top). I've used a rubber stamp from Panduro for the sentiment, and the image is cut out from design paper. I've added a red metal brad, 2 mistletoe stickers and 3 music note stickers, all with rhinestones.

This card is for:
1) There She Goes - Use a Sentiment as main Focus
2) Christmas Card Challenges - Use something new (note and mistletoe stickers)
3) Joanna Sheen Challenge - Try Something New (Black & White Christmas card)
4) Pile It On - Add Some Metal (metal brad)
5) The Crafty Pad - Show some Metal (metal brad)
6) Winter Wonderland - Ribbon & Lace
7) My Mum's Craft shop - #69 Christmas
8) Just Keep on Creating - Christmas
9) Simply Create Too - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Teddy Bea with Flowers

I've used a sketch from "Just Us Girls" as inspiration for this design.
I've used 3 design papers, red card stock for the panels and kraft as the neutral color.
The image, a Teddy Bea clear stamp, is stamped on kraft paper, and I've used paper piecing technique for her dress, hat and boots.
As decorative elements I've used flowers with different textures and brads.


This card is for:
1) Just Us Girls - #148 Sketch
2) Forever Friends - Something New (design papers, brads)
3) Lollipop Crafts - Monochromatic
4) The Paper Girls - Birthdays
5) Crafty Calendar - Teddy Bear's Parade (option extra: lots of layers)
6) Shopping Our Stash - Monochromatic
7) Cards und More - #62 Anything Goes
8) Deep Ocean Challenge - #31 Anything Goes
9) Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Blue and Green

 

I've used blue and green paper for this card. The blue paper is used for the frame around the image, for the panel behind the embossed green paper and for the label with sentiment. As decorative elements I've used a flower ribbon and 2 blue pearls. For the image I've used a stamp from Panduro, and I have colored it using watercolor pencils.

This card is for:
1) Less Is More - #79 Blue and Green
2) CAS-ual Fridays - Things You See in the Sky
3) The Ribbon Girls - BINGO (ribbon + pearls + image)
4) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Card with Bird and Brown Colors

I've used a sticker as image - I've had it for ages, before my cardmaking days! So I thought it was time for it to come out of my drawer and onto a card! I like its golden colors and the swirl, and I wanted it to be the focal point, so I didn't want to add any more embellishments than the versatile sentiment - "Just for you" - from a Kanban set. 
I've used kraft for the card base, for the woodgrain embossed circle and the label with sentiment. I've used two design papers and brown paper. All edges are distressed with walnut stain ink.

This card is intered into these challenges:
1) Squiggles and Giggles - Stash Attack
2) Craftymess Challenge - #14 Birds
3) That Craft Place - Things with Wings
4) Clearly Inspired - Things with Wings
5) Totally Papercrafts – Monochrome
6) Scrapbook Sisters - #93 Things with wings
7) Come and Get It Challenges - Adult Birthday Card
8) Challenge Up Your Life - #75 Everything Goes
9) Simply Create Too - Anything Goes
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Sweet Sketch Pink Birthday Tilda

I've used this week's sketch from Sweet Sketch as inspiration:
 


I've used 2 design papers and pink and white paper for this card.
The stamp is from Magnolia and is called "Tilda with floating hearts". I've colored her with watercolor pencils and her wings have gotten  a touch of glitter glue on them.
I've used a Spellbinder die for the oval frames and a Marianne CreTables die for the tree and bird. The sentiment reads "Happy Birthday" in Norwegian. I've also added some ribbon.


Challenges:
1) Sweet Sketch - Sketch #165
2) Scrapbook Sisters - #93 Things with wings
3) Kaboodle Doodles - Birthday or Any Special Day
4) Stamp and Create - Hands full of Love
5) The Crafty Pad - Things with Wings
6) Paper Pretties - Use 2 or more Design Papers
7) Charisma Cardz - Pink + 1 (white)
8) Bearly Mine - Anything goes
9) Pile it on - Cute as can be
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

A day for sailing

For this card I've used 2 design papers (came with a papercraft magazine earlier this year) and blue card stock.
I've used a stamp from  Stampendous. I added blue brads in 3 of the corners and 2 seashell die cuts in the 4th - using dies from Leane Creatief.
I also added a twine, which I tied into a bow, with a star metal brad.

I will enter this card into these challenges:
1) Dream Valley Challenges - Summer
2) The Squirrel & the Fox - Make it Sporty
3) Clearly Inspired - Get Wet
4) Jellypark Challenges - Olympic Fever
5) Polka Doodles - Summer
6) Paper Play - Sports/Olympics
7) S J Papercrafts - Olympics
8) Freshly Brewed Monthly Challenge - Summertime
9) Totally Stampalicious -  Sporty Challenge
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Vintage Christmas Card with no stamping

For this card I've used an image of a girl in wintery clothes. I added a Christmas sentiment  rub-on to the image.
As for my other supplies:
-5 different  papers: plain brown card stock, 2 different papers with spots, paper with script, burgundy velvet paper
- 1 cream colored lace
- 2 ribbons: cream colored with pompons and burgundy velvet
- 3 brads: two on the ribbon and a
star
- 2 dies: tree from Mariann CreaTables and circle (inside the card) from Leane Creatief.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Christmas Card Challenges - #35 No stamping
2) 2 Sisters - #101 Christmas in July
3) Sugar Creek Hollow - #22 Vintage Christmas in July
4) Fussy and Fancy - #68 Vintage (with distressing and lace)
5) ABC Christmas Challenge - O for
Open it up (decorate the inside)
6) Pixie Dust Studio - Christmas
7) 52 Christmas Throwdown - Brads, use at least 3
8) Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - #83 Tie a ribbon
9) Simply Create Too - Use it Two Times at least (2nd entry)
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes 

Less Is More - #78 Sketch

Things were going well, I had stamped my heart, added the border punch and ribbon. From there on things didn't exactly go as planned...

I wanted to use a decorative rub-on for the sentiment, which said "All you need is love", but it was impossible to get the whole sentiment transferred to the paper.  So I had to do a cover up job with the sentiment I ended up with...

This sketch is fun to work with, so I guess I will have another go and prepare a second entry...

Less Is More - #78 Sketch

Beach Bear

LOTS of rain in Oslo today, so I was really inspired to make a summery card today, to compensate for the weather outside!
I've used a digi from Guylous Inimitability for this card. I've colored the image using Promakers pens - this was my first attempt coloring with Promarkers, I usually use watercolor pencils, and I rather enjoyed using them!
I've used orange paper as background and 3 different design papers in different shades of orange and yellow. The sentiment is a sticker. I've also used rhinestones.
The design is inspired by the Stampin With The Dragon sketch.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Stampin With The Dragon - Sketch
2) Totally Papercrafts - Orange & Yellow
3) Pattie's Creations - Animals / Insects
4) Delightful Challenges - Dog days of summer
5) Polka Doodles - Summer
6) Forever Friends - Summer holidays
7) Creative Craft Challenges - Summertime
8) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Sweet Sketch Vintage Christmas Card

I wanted to use this vintage image of an angel with a book. I added a rub on with a Christmas sentiment to the image. I've used papers that came together with a papercraft magazine last year. I didn't want to add too many embellishments as I wanted the lovely papers to be shown, so I just added 6 pearls, ribbon and a die cut star.

1) Sweet Sketch - Sketch #164
2) Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Show Us Your (Non Traditional) Colours
3) Party Time Tuesdays - #78 Christmas In July
4) Tuesday Alchemy - Very Vintage, or at least looks it!
5) My Craft Spot - Christmas in July 
6) Allsorts - #164 Distressing
7) Whoopsi Daisy - Christmas in July
8) Fab 'n' Funky - #131 no stamped images
9) Creative Belli - #148 Christmas in July
10)  Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Hexagons and Flowers in shades of grey

I'm not happy with the quality of the photo - I've tried to take photos inside and outdoors, during daylight and in the evening, without further success. This seems to happen every time I use green papers...

I've only used one stamp, for the sentiment, from a set of Kanban stamps. The label is made using a die - I've added two green rhinestones to it.
I've also used dies to make the hexagons, the smallest flower and the leaves. I've used two brads, for the center of the largest flowers, but for the smallest one I've used some pearl straws.

The patterned papers, from Panduro, are in different shades of greys, and for the card base I've used green and grey paper.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Craft Your Days Away - #50 Shades of Grey and one other (green)
2) Kaboodle Doodles - What's In (hexagons)
3) Come and Get It Challenges - BINGO (Gems + Die cuts + Flowers)
4) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Leaves and Pearls

For this card I've used brown and cream paper for the base, and brownish patterned paper for the circle. I've hand stitched around the circle. As decorative elements I've used two leaves, a bow and a border of pearls.

1) Less Is More - #77 Sewing (2nd entry)
2) Totally Gorjuss - #141 Leaf it in
3) Simply Create Too - Use it Two Times (leaves)
4) Paper Pretties - PPC2145 Bling

Wooden Hearts and Stitches on Kraft

This week's LIM theme is stitching and that's the inspiration for this card.
I've used 2 different stamps with stitches, and I went for brown ink on kraft. Between the stamped borders I've added some Washi tape. The sentiment is a rub on. I've used 2 heart dies. The biggest heart is cut out of design paper, and for the smaller one I've used a wooden stamp. The edges of the hearts and the card base are distressed with Walnut stain ink. I also rounded off the bottom  edges of the card base.

1) Less Is More - #77 Sewing
2) Crazy 4 Challenges - #C4C146 Stitching
3) The Paper Girls - Rub On
4) Crafty Catz - Monochromatic

Christmas Challenges Sketch

I've used the Christmas Challenges sketch as an inspiration for this card.
I've chosen red and white papers with stars, stripes and spots.
I've used dies from Marianne Creatables for the trees, and the for the circle I've used a Lea'bilities die.
I've stamped the sentiment (Merry Christmas in Norwegian). The image is from Magnolia.
I've added a bow and a star sticker.

1) Christmas Challenges - # 33 Sketch
2) Shelly's Images - Christmas
3) jingle belles - either red OR green
4) Die Cuttin' Divas - #74 Christmas In July
5) Jellypark Challenges - Christmas in July
6) Paper Play - Christmas in July
7) Robyn`s Fetish - Christmas in July
8) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Baby and Buttons

The inspiration for this card's color comes from The Ribbon Girls challenge.
For the backing paper I've used a button embossing folder.
I've used a Spellbinder die for the oval on which I've placed the gorgeous baby image from Digi Doodle.
The sentiment is from a design paper.
I've added blue ribbon with a metal charm, some lace and two buttons

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) The Ribbon Girls - Colour Inspiration
2) Crafts and Me - #93 Ribbon and a bow
3) Tuesday Alchemy - Button Button, Who's Got A Button
4) Use It Tuesdays - Emboss It (hoarded supply: buttons)
5) ABC Challenge - T for two (use 2 of something)
6) Crafty Boots - BINGO* (ribbon+blue+lace)
7) Sarah Hurley Challenges - Buttons
8) The Squirrel & the Fox - Kids or Babies (2nd entry)
9) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

CAS One Layer Card with 3 Colors

My second entry for this week's LIM challenge.
I've made few one layer cards in my life, so I'm trying to get some experience and practice with this type of card!
For this challenge, with the theme of 3's, I've used 3 colors (blue, pink and yellow) and this cute digi (a freebie from Tiddly Inks) has 3 balloons.
I hope that's enough of 3's....
The sentiment is stamped.


1) Less Is More - #76 One layer - Anything 3's
2) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Teddy Bo Girl Up in the Air Birthday Card

For this card I've only used different pink and blue colored paper.
Apart from the flowery backing paper I've only used scraps.
I'm so into paper piecing right now - it's a great way of using up small bits of paper! So I've paper pieced the bear.
I've stamped the balloons and the clouds, but the sentiment is a rub-on. 
I've used a die for the fence.
I added 3 pink roses and tore the edges of the backing paper.

I enter this into the following challenges:
1) Dynamic duos - #11 Colour duos
2) The Crafty Pad - #179 Paper Piecing
3) Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Use Something Bought In The Last 2 Months (Paper and stamp)
4) Let`s Ink It Up - All Girls
5) The Squirrel & the Fox - #22 Kids or babies
6) Sentimental Sundays - #111 Distressing
7) Addicted to Stamps - Card for Someone Special
8) Totally Papercrafts - #125 Lots of Layers
9) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

CAS One Layer Card

Oh boy, I struggle with one layer cards!!!
The last time this was the theme over at LIM I ended up with a whole "graveyard" of cards and I didn't enter any of them. And I'm only half pleased with this one, if that much,,, But, one needs to practice to get any better, so here goes:
Less Is More - #76 One layer - Anything 3's

I've used 3 different stamps (birds, music note border and sentiment). I've used some glitter glue to make the heart. I've rounded the bottom corners.

Paper pieced Ice Creams

I've used a freebie from Melonheadz for this card.
I've paper pieced the ice creams and added a rub-on that I think fits the summer theme ("Warm hugs" in Norwgian).
I've used in total 7 different colored papers for this card, mostly leftovers and scraps.

I enter this card into these challenges:
1) Crafty Ann's - Paper Piecing (2nd entry)
2) Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Summer Time
3) Crafting for all Seasons - #31 Ice cream/popsicle
4) Digi Haven - Fun in the Sun
5) Pattie's Creations - Summertime
6) Simply Create Too - Summer / Vacation
7) Paper Crafting Journey - Summer
8) Sassy Cheryl's - #123 Summer Fun
9) Everybody-Art-Challenge - #201 Summer
10) Secret Crafter - #194 Food and Drink

Sweet Sketch Birthday Card with Teddy Bo Image

I've used the sketch from Sweet Sketch as inspiration for this card
I've kept to a mint green and blue color scheme.
I've paper pieced the teddy bear  - I've stamped the image  on colored paper, then I stamped his vest and cap in the same jeans paper that I've used for the smaller circles.
The birthday greeting and the balloon are stamped too.
I've added some glittery star stickers and two different ribbons.
 














I enter his card into the following challenges:
1) Sweet Sketch - Sketch
2) Ett Trykk - Norsk Stempelblad AS - Noe for gutta (3rd entry)
3) Card Makin' Mamas - Rubber Stamping
4) Crafty Ann's - Paper Piecing
5) Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday – Stamping
6) Penny's Paper-Crafty - #84 Anything Goes
7) Sisterhood of Crafters - Let's Hear It For The Boys (2nd entry)
8) Celebrate the Occasion - #70 Happy Birthday
9) LEJ Designs - #11 Animals
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Pirate and Ghost ship

Another card for a young boy!
For the background and the treasure chest I have used pieces of a design paper. 
The flag with the skull is a sticker.
The sentiment is stamped and says "Happy Birthday". 
For the pirate image I've used a stamp from Panduro.

1) Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
2) Tammy Scrapin Corner - Anything Goes
3) Nutcrafters - #22 One For The Boys
4) Sisterhood of Crafters - Let's Hear It For The Boys
5) Top Tip Tuesday - #80 One For The Men (2nd entry)
6) Cards For Men - Happy Birthday (2nd entry)

Circle shaped Easel card for a 4-year old boy

I've used a Magnolia stamp for this card. The number is printed on blue patterned paper. I've twined the jute and made a frame of it. I often use jute on my male cards. The sentiment is stamped, and I added some jute on the label as well. The sea shells are cut out from the designer paper.

This card is entered in the following challenges:
1)  Ett Trykk - Norsk Stempelblad AS - Noe for gutta (2nd entry)
2) Dream Valley Challenges - #36 Anything but square
3) Totally Stampalicious - Favorite embellishment (jute)
4) Creative Mondays - #11 For men
5) Cupcake Craft - Number Cruncher
6) Magnolia Down Under - One for the Boys
7) That Craft Place Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
8) Joanna Sheen Challenge - Circles
9) Secret Crafter - #193 Use Pastel Colours
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Vintage card made of leftovers

This card is totally made from scraps and leftovers. I hardly throw anything away and I try to be "economical" in my cardmaking (I don't dare to think of the money I've spent on this hobby...) If you disassembled this card you would see what I mean!
I can't remember where I got the image, but the post card label is a left over from a design paper. The sentiment is a rub-on ( I love rub-ons!) and I used the masking technique with 2 different unused stamps to make the fence and rose. I also stamped the rose twice and cut out just the flowers. The ribbon bow I made for another project, but I didn't use it then. If I remember correctly, I bought the lace while on a trip to Tallinn and the doily I bought in a food store in Dubai. So this card represents my 2 favorite hobbies: travel and card making!




I participate in the following challenges with this card:
1) Craft Your Days Away - #49 Doily's and Lace
2) Craftymess Challenge - #12 Ribbons and Lace
3) Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Anything Goes
4) It's All About the Vintage - Anything vintage/retro goes
5) Paper Pretties - PPC213 any occasion card
6) Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
7) Waste Not Wednesday - always "use your forgotten stuff"
8) Crazy Amigo Challenge - Vacation (postcard on the card and items bought on holiday - maybe a bit far fetched?)

CAS Black&Pastel Love Birds

I think those little birds are my favorite stamps! They are two separate stamps, but I made a couple of them - the lady in pink and the gentleman in blue.
I didn't add any bling at all, just a paper with text and a rub-on, which means "I love you"

This card is being entered in the following challenges:
1)  CAS-ual Fridays - use Text
2)  Crop Stop - Show us some love
3)  Creative Craft Challenges - Tweet Tweet
4)   Shelly's Images - Use text/sentiment (2nd entry)

CAS Golden Poinsettia

This week's challenge at LIM is "Gold".
I have used 3 different golden papers and 3 dies. The poinsettia is a Marianne CreaTables die, the mistletoe is from Whiff of Joy and the pine branches are from Cheery Lynn.



I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Less Is More - #75 Gold
2) Cheery Lynn Designs - Christmas in July
3) Crafters Companion - Ho ho ho Christmas
4) Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - #64 Christmas In July
5) Christmas Cards All Year Round - Include holly or poinsettias (2nd entry)

Birthday Cowboy!

For the image I've used a stamp from Stampavie.
I've used 2 different jeans patterned papers and kraft. The kraft paper is embossed with stars.
I attached a little star charm and a ticket with a birthday sentiment to the twine.

I enter this card into these challenges:
1) Sweet Sketch - Sketch
2) Ett Trykk - Norsk Stempelblad AS - Noe for gutta
3) Top Tip Tuesday - #80 One For The Men
4) Cards For Men - Happy Birthday
5) Card a Day Blog - Guy cards
6) Jellypark Challenges - Waving
7) Paper Play - Happy birthday
8) Kaboodle Doodles - A Boy`s Life
9) Shelly's Images - Use text/sentiment
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Monochromatic Vintage Christmas Card

I've used the sketch from "Sketch N Stash" as inspiration for my design.
I've kept to a color scheme with brown and beige tones and went for a vintage inspired look.
I've used a Spellbinder die to make a frame for the image, which is cut out from design paper.
For the sentiment I've used a rubber stamp from Panduro, and I've used dies to cut out the snowflakes.
All elements have been inked with "old paper" Distress Ink. I've also used some brown lace.













This card is entered in the following challenges:
1) Sketch and Stash - Sketch (Neglected stash used: brown lace)
2) Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge -Acrostic Christmas Letters (Snow, Angel, Monochromatic)
3) Through the Craftroom Door - Christmas in July (2nd entry)
4) 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
5) Hooked on Crafts - Christmas in July (2nd entry)
6) Lollipop Crafts - Christmas in July (2nd entry)
7) Christmas Card Challenges - Monochromatic
8) Jingle Belles - Walking in a Vintage Wonderland
9) Card and Scrap - Wings
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

For a Birthday Girl

I'm enjoying my last week of summer holiday, so I have plenty of time to make cards. So - a pink and girlie card this time! I find them quite hard to do, as I have trouble finding the right balance between too much and too little stash.
I've used a rubber stamp from Panduro. I've inked the edges around the image and the card. I've used glitter glue on her wings.  The sentiment is a rub on. I've used star brads and I've also made a star with pink rhinestones. I've added ribbon with pompons at the top and bottom of the card.

I enter my card into these challenges:
1) Really Reasonable Ribbon - Children's birthday
2) Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Girls, Girls, Girls
3) Creative Mondays - Mermaids and Fairies
4) Love to Create - Stars and Stripes
5) Make it Monday - Anything Goes
6) Dream Valley Challenges - Things with Wings
7) The Ribbon Girls - Girlie Card
8) Desert Island Crafters - choose 3 or more from the list (Inked Edges, Glitter, Rubber Stamp)

Tag shaped Christmas Card

My starting point for this tag shaped card  was the Cardabilities sketch.
I embossed the card base. I attached white ribbon with pompons to kraft paper. The sentiment is stamped. For the branches and poinsettia I've used dies. I've used a metal ornament in the center of the flower. I also added a fabric reindeer and some pearls and a bow.

I enter this into the following challenges:
1) Cardabilities - Sketch
2) Christmas Cards All Year Round - Include holly or poinsettias
3) Through the Craftroom Door - Christmas in July
4) 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - Anything Goes
5) Hooked on Crafts - Christmas in July
6) Lollipop Crafts - Christmas in July
7) The Squirrel & the Fox - Christmas in July
8) Crazy 4 Challenges - #C4C143 Create a Tag
9) Secret Crafter - #192 Christmas
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

 

For a Newborn Baby Boy

I have used a die to make the baby carriage. The sentiment is cut out from design paper, decorated with lace. A little teddy bear charm is attached to the bow. I have used a Martha Stewart punch around the edges. The card is sprinkled with pearl glimmer mist.
I enter this card into these challenges:
1) Cupcake Craftroom - Lots of layers
2) Bearly Mine - #42 Ribbons & Bows
3) Shopping Our Stash - #58 Triple Threat (ribbon, lace, glimmer mist, die cut elements, rhinestones, doily)
4) Totally Stampalicious - Bows and Ribbon
5) Here Come the Boys - Metal and/or Embossing (Metal Charm)
6) Craftymess Challenge - #12 Ribbons and Lace
7) Speedy and Friends -#114 Use Metal
8) Crafty Catz – Metal
9) Crop Stop - Blue
10) Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Bicycle with flowers

Nearly 3 weeks have passed since my last post - I've been enjoying a really nice and warm holiday abroad.
I'm "warming up" with a pink, flowery card. I've used a clear stamp, pink lace paper ribbon, white lace and flowers. The sentiment is a rub-on.

I enter this card into the following challenges:
1) Allsorts - #161 In Bloom
2) Crafty Calendar - Flowers in Bloom
3) Hiding in my Craft Room - #51 Anything Goes
4) Fab 'n' Funky - #127 Cute & Girly