September Card Chain Challenge Reveal 2025

Here's my card for The Card Chain Challenge September reveal. If you want to join the fun for next month you need to sign up here until the 6th. You don't have to join every month, it's up to you. 

My card went to Imke in Germany. I used the product/technique options of foil and silhouette this time.

I made my own foiled background, using a laminator, and I made  a scene of silhouettes, with the die cut cats from Marianne put at centre stage. 

In return I received a card with the fabulous Gloria the flamingo from Jo in the UK. Thanks, Jo, I loved it!

Masculine card with stencils

I made this card with two stencils and a stamp from Aall & Create. I used the apotlight technique for the image and completed the card with 3 birthday stickers.

This card is for:
Just Us Girls - #794 Anything Goes with Stencils
Krafty Chicks -  #787 Masculiine
Seize The Birthday - #314  CAS with a Stencil

 

INK #351 - Mood Board with mushrooms

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme is a mood board with mushrooms, but also stars and butterflies, strawberries and snails. How cool is that!

I made an autumn card with loads of mushrooms.  The background is from a Norwegian producer, Scrapmagasinet, found here. The cut out images are from Alchemy of Art, found here, as well as from Craft o'Clock "Hey dude" set. I fussy cut really close and inked all the edges to remove any trace of white. There are many elements, a well, a gnome, acorns, leaves, and mushrooms of all sizes. It was a fun card to put together. 

Check out the challenge blog to see what what my INK-teamies have made too!

This card is also for:

Make My Monday - #261 Autumnal Festival/Autumnal Fall

INK #350 - Trees

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme is "Trees". Isn't that an awesome theme, fit for any season and type of occasion you might need a card, or a tag or any other homemade project, for. 

I've always loved my DPs and now I'm so into using papers with images to cut out, I find it quite therapeutic to sit and cut out all the different elements.

For this card a used a background of trees from a Norwegian producer, Scrapmagasinet, found here. The cut out images are from Alchemy of Art, found here. I did my best fussy cutting and inked all the edges to remove any trace of white. The sign and lamp and the bird house were popped up on foam, the other items were just glued. 

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This card is also for:Crafty Gals Corner- Fill in the blank - Fall _____ (colors)

August Card Chain Challenge Reveal 2025

Here's my card for The Card Chain Challenge July reveal. If you want to join the fun for next month you need to sign up here until the 6th. You don't have to join every month, it's up to you. 

My card went to Wendy in Ireland. I was inspired by the colors and I used a stencil for the background and some watercolor paint to splatter. The stencil is from Altenew and all stamps used are from Art by Marlene. 

This month I got a fun, colorful card from Linda W in Minnesota - thanks Linda!

INK #349 - Add a tag

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme is "add a tag". 

I dry embossed a background of clocks, used a tag die and added distress oxide and water, which gave it a rusty look. A paperdoll and ephemera from Tim Holtz, stamped letters and die cut cogs were added

 

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This card is also for:

Girlz Make Guyz Cards - #30 Anything Goes Men

 

 

INK #348 CAS with option of Flowers

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme is a CAS challenge with the option of using flowers.

For this card I’ve used a Penny Black flower stamp together gold embossing powder and purple paint for coloring and gold for splattering.

I made it a condolence card and added the die cut topper onto a ready made card bases. 

 

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This card is also for:
Addicted to Stamps and More - #499 Any Occasion
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes with option: Embossing

July Card Chain Challenge Reveal 2025

 

Here's my card for The Card Chain Challenge July reveal. If you want to join the fun for next month you need to sign up here until the 6th. You don't have to join every month, it's up to you.
My card went to Linda in Michigan USA and she kindly took the photo for me as I totally forgot. Tis was during a heat wave on Oslo and I was rushing to get on the bus to go to my sister who lives by the sea. I love Oslo, but not in 30 degrees celsius.
I was inspired by the sketch and made a staircase with an embossing folder for my gnome to sit on.

This month I'm the lukcy receiver of a happy mail from Wendy in Ireland. Thanks Wendy! And next month I'll return the favor as I  signed up behind you:)

INK #347 Mood board

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme is a mood bard with colors. Normally I would spend a bit of time coming up with a design idea for this, but I immediately thought of my heart stamps from Tim Holtz and I used Distress inks, Oxides and Pinkfresh inks and it came together rather quickly. I love these colors together. 

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INK #345 - 3 of the same

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme is "3 of the same". I might have gone off topic by making 3 cards in the same design but in different colors, instead of using the same thing three times on my card. I used a watercoloring technique inspired by a very talented Norwegian, Yasmin Toelche, you can see her video here.  

I used distress inks and Archival inks, Tim Holtz stamps, a condolence sentiment in Norwegian from Scrapmagasinet and matching colored bling. I think the blue one is my favorite. 

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INK #344 - Stencil - Geometric shapes

 

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme is a stencil challenge, with the option of uding geometroc shapes. I used a stencil from Aall & Creeate with different sized squares for the backgound, birthday elements from Craft o'Clock "The November Man" set and bling from Pinkfresh. TH´he greeting is a die cut birthday sentiment.

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This card is also for:

Pearly Sparkles Challenge - #108 - Masculine 

 

Peach, Light blue and Green

I was inspired by the colors over at The Paper Players and I wanted to make a card with my new sentiment die from Papirdesign. It translates "Wishing you a lovely day". I love the sentiment because it seems right for a just because card or a birthday card alike, for both males and females.

I decorated with my own made flowers. This is something i rarely do, but these are not too complicated to make and I love the size. The dies are from Elizbeth Craft Designs.

This card is for:
The Paper Players - #741 Peach, Light Blue, Green

 

INK #343 - Mood Board

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme is a mood board. There are colors and prints and textures to be inspired by.
I immediately new what paper to use,  Floral Study from Vicki Boutin. I actually bought it for the stripes on the backside, but I just couldn't resist using it. The colors are quite bold, so I die cut a piece of vellum and placed it in the centre and fussy cut a flower from the paper and die cut a few bees uisn an old Memory Box die. The sentiment was die cut with a Spellbinders die.

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This card is also for:
Cardz 4 Galz - #251 Floral
Fab n' Funky - #618 Use die cuts 

 

INK #342 Celebrate

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme is CELEBRATE and an 80th birthday is something to celebrate!

I chose an image from a Norwegian craft store - Scrapmagasinet - together with Mintay papers and silver mirri card. A wine glass charm was attached to the ribbon and I used sentiment stickers and die cut a number.

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This card is also for:
Shopping Our Stash - #548 - By The Numbers (use at least 1 number)

INK #341 HOT

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme was chosen by our DT member Marlena and she has chosen HOT as our theme this fortnight.
I chose to make a maritime summer scene. I used a die from Mama Elephant and added a DP behind the circle opening and used elements from Craft o'Clock, a die cut sentiment and red gems from Pinkfresh design.

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This card is also for:
AAA Birthday Challenge - #73 Anything Birthday Goes

 

April Card Chain Challenge Reveal 2025

Here's my card for The Card Chain Challenge April reveal. If you want to join the fun for next month you need to sign up here until the 6th. You don't have to join every month, it's up to you.

My card went to Dagmara in Poland. I was inspired by the sketch and the theme options of Rabbitt and Friendship..

The rabbit sticker is new, but all papers used are leftover pieces that gave me a spring feel. The green leaves ribbon was part of a gift wrapping. Dies used are from Gummiapan.

This month I'm the lukcy receiver of a huge and amazing card from Brenda in the UK. Thank you so much, Brenda!

INK #340 - Seasonal

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme is a SEASONAL. I always need a lot of Christmas cards, so that was my choice.
This is a very easy to make card. I used dies from Studiolight along with an image from Mintay's Christmas book. I used a die from Papirdesign for the sentiment and just added some frantage for snow,

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INK #339 - Moodboard (Easter eggs)

At Inkspirational our new challenge is a moodboard. You don't have to take inspiration from the Easter theme, you can take inspiration from shapes, colors or patterns or whatever you think of seeing this photo.

I was inspired by the eggs and used an image from a local craft shop, Scrappiness. The background paper is Maja Design, flowers are from Little Birdie and the die cut sentiment is Gummiapan.

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March Card Chain Challenge Reveal 2025

Here's my card for The Card Chain Challenge March reveal. If you want to join the fun for next month you need to sign up here until the 6th. You don't have to join every month, it's up to you.

My card went to Imke in Germany. I chose to use the sketch and the option of layers. Papers are from Craft o'Clock, dies are from Elizabeth Craft Designs and Spellbinders. And I used my favorite flowers, from Little Birdie, and some bling from Pinkfresh.

This month I'm the lukcy receiver of a beautiful card from Hilary in the UK. Thanks, Hilary!

INK #338 - Sentiments (use 2 or more)

At Inkspirational our new challenge theme is a fun one, you only have to use 2 or more sentiments.  

Always in need of masculine cards I continued with last week's theme of sports. The topper used is from Papirdesign and the background paper is from 49 and Market.

I used a star frame die from Dixi Craft, and the tag, rectangle and square dies used are from Gummiapan.  

I stamped a birthday greeting on the tag and added a sticker one as well. I attached the tag with black string and added footbal metal charm. The card was so fun to make, so I made another 2, not identical but similar.

Check out the challenge blog to see what what my INK-teamies have made.

This card is also for:
Cardz 4 Guyz - #368 S is for... sports, stars,string,squares,sentiments

Fab n' Funky - #613 Boys or Men

 

INK #337 - SPORTS

This time it was my turn to choose the challenge theme over at Inkspirational, and as one of my nephews turn 18 in a couple of months I chose SPORTS, a very fitting theme for a card for him.
I used papers from Craft o´Clock both for the cut elements and the background papers. The numbers were made with Papirdesign dies, I love the style and size. Card base was made with dies from Craft & You.

 

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This card is also for: 
Everybody-Art-Challenge - #574 For a Boy
Make My Monday - #247 Use a die or punch
AAA Birthday Challenge - #71 Masculine

INK #336 CAS with optional twist: Use Stickers/Rub Ons/Ephemera - reminder post

I have made another card for the current challenge over at Inkspirational, where the theme is CAS with the optional twist of using stickers, rubs ons and/or ephemera. 

Once again I used a sticker sentiment from Tim Holtz, and I also used the die cut leftover trees from my previous card. The snowflake is made with a die from Papirdesign, and I used sticky embossing powder and Rock Candy glitter, also from Tim Holtz. The trees have frantage on them. The children on the sledge were popped up on foam.

 

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This card is also for:
Allsorts - #818 Clean and Simple or Anything Goes
I Spy with My Little Eye - #23 No Designer Paper

February Card Chain Challenge Reveal 2025

Here's my card for The Card Chain Challenge February reveal. If you want to join the fun for next month you need to sign up here until the 6th. You don't have to join every month, it's up to you.

My card went to Hilary in the UK. I chose to use the sketch and the option of dies. I got to use some scraps og black and gold card and papers and I used to favorite dies, a big leaf from Simple and Basic and a banner sentiment from Spellbinders. I used stamps from Tiny Toadstools from Tim Holtz for the script and splatter pieces. And for just a bit of bling I used tiny gems that are meant for nail decoration.

This month I'm the lukcy receiver of a beautiful card from Dagmara in Poland. Thanks!

INK #336 CAS with optional twist: Use Stickers/Rub Ons/Ephemera

At Inkspirational we have a new CAS challenge with the optional twist of using stickers, rubs ons and/or ephemera. 

For this card I used dies from Alexandra Renke's "Five furs" set. But instead of using the die cuts I added a scrap piece of designer paper behind the negative space. A sticker sentiment from Tim Holtz, twine and my card was ready.

 

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This card is also for:
ABC Christmas Challenge - C is for Cute/D is for Die cuts
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - #178 Anything Christmas Goes