Gift card holder with penguin

Monday is ‘anything but a card’ inspiration day over at Catch the Bug. Last Christmas I realized a few gift card holders would have come in handy, so this year I’ll be sure to make some.

So, my first one is ready. Here I’ve used some papers that have been in my stash for ages, I believe they are from Bo Bunny.  I colored up a penguin and added glitter glue for snow.
I added the gift tag with twine. This way the gift card holder could easily be regifted to someone else, if the person receiving this decide to do so. In my family I see we reuse gift bags from year to year, I think it’s a beautiful little tradition of ours, and environment friendly too.

This gift card holder is also for:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes with patterned paper

INKspirational - Use your stash

We have a new challenge at Inkspirational and this time Carol has chosen the theme of USE YOUR STASH.

I encourage you to head over to the challenge blog for inspiration from the rest of the team.

 

 

I kind of went 'all in'... 

 So what did I put on this card? 

There are 3 different papers from a Kaiserkraft pad. The sky I decorated with gold embossed moon and stars - they are hidden somewhere behind all the frantage. 3 die cut snowflakes with liquid enamel dots in the center. I used a Tim Holtz die set to make the village, very fiddly, and I completed the scene with some additional trees and fences made with dies from another set. The sentiment sticker is also T. Holtz and the cute hedgehog is made with a stamp from Penny Black. So lots of stuff on here, even for me.

This card is also for:

Fab 'n' Funky - #428 Christmas
Papercraft Challenges - #31 All The Critters
Try It On Tuesday- Powder Your ... (gold embossing powder+frantage)

Candy cane

Thursday is "Oldie but Goodie" day over at Catch the Bug, and this is my DT card featuring Knobby Knees Christmas - Candy Cane, colored with Promarkers and a white gel pen.

She's got glitter glue on the fur trimming of her hat. I doodled with a black pen and used a Hero Arts stamp for the sentiment.

The papers are Tim Holtz, I machine stitched around the edges.

This card is also for:
ABC Christmas Challenge - C for Candy/D for Decorations 
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes Christmas
Passion For Promarkers Challenge - #481 Color It

Stars, Sentiment in focus and Chistmas

Today I have two cards to share for the Twofer Card challenge #13 - for both cards I used a star stencil from Memory Box. 

1) Birthday
My first card was inspired by the theme over at LIM, one layer with focus on the sentiment.
I used a woodmounted stamp from Penny Black, I placed it in the centre of the card base and stenciled stars in soft colors on the backgrond. For an extra 'omph' I sprinkled a gold and white frantage mix.
I'd like to enter this card in:
Less Is More - #389 One Layer Card + Focus on Sentiment

2) Christmas
For my second cad I stenciled stars all ove the backgrond, bshed on a little bit of ble ink and sed a gold heat embossed globe die cut from Tim Holtz. The Santa and sleigh is ade with a Marianne die, the sentiment was a freebie, I heat eboossed with gold onto vellum.
I'd like to enter this card in:
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - #44 Anything Christmas Goes

The note

I love the little bunny from Lawn Fawn, he's so versatile. Here he is writing again, a letter to Santa, which was a freebie with a past magazine. The ink and pen are stamps from another LF set, the sentiment is Avere Elle.
I used a leftover piece of DP and strip of kraft to make the scene. I chose a DP with hearts for the background.
I was inspied by the current book cover of The note" - the title, the hearts and pop of red.

This card is for:
The Library Challenge - The Note
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - #7 Anything goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes / optional: Cute

Navy and Yellow - Birds - Paper Piecing

Today I have a clean and simple card to share, inspired by the colors of navy and yellow.
The birds, bow and balloons are from a MFT stamp set, the string, the sentiment and clouds are from Lawn Fawn.

I colored the birds with Promarkers, the balloons are paper pieced with a piece of Kaiserkraft DP.

This card is for:
Less Is More - #388 Navy & Yellow
Addicted to CAS - #152 Birds
Back To Basics - #21 Paper Piecing

Text

We have a new challenge at Inkspirational and this time we have a word prompt: TEXT. There are many ways to intepret this theme, I encourage you to head over to the challenge blog for inspiration from the rest of the team.

For my card I chose a cream colored card base, die cut it with a MFT die and distressed the edges with brown ink. Then I used a script stamp, part of a Christmas set from Tim Holtz, brown ink and a lighter DI to highlight the stamped area. I took a sentiment and a fussy cut bunny - both from Lawn Fawn -  and a feather from Fiskars and arranged them to make it look like the bunny has written the sentiment.

This card is also for:
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #23 Anything Goes with a Critter
Papercraft Challenges - #30 Something New(Lawn Fawn stamps)
Sparkles Forum Challenges - #112 New Year, New Stash

Kitty Angel Love

Tuesday is "New release day" over at Catch the Bug, and this is Kitty Angel Love, cute isn't she?
I colored Kitty with Promarkers, a white gel pen and some glitter glue. I teamed her up with die cut cross stitched hearts and an embossed silver background. The sentiment  tag is from Avery Elle.

This card is also for:
Creatalicious Challenges - #156 Anything Goes + Love/Hearts
Allsorts - #505 Love
Crafty Friends Challenge - #102 Animals/Birds

Caroling mice

These caroling mice are from Penny Black. I made them a scene of die cut buildings with trees, fences and a lamp post. I heat embossed a sentiment in white, added white frantage and three die cut stars. The ground has glitter glue for snow.
The white panel is die cut with a pierced die. The blue frame was a leftover from another project.

This card is for:
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Carols and Songs
Winter Wonderland - ANYTHING GOES
Penny Black and More – Anything Goes (Option of Tags)

Sketch and Wizard

Today starts a new sketch challenge over at Catch the Bug and this is my take on it, using Wizardry Wizard 06 colored with Promarkers.


As the wizard has stars on his clothes I decided to change the circles of the sketch to stars. The larger stars are die cut and decorated with faux stitching, the smaller ones were part of another Bugaboo image which was fussy cut. I also added a few enamel dots. The colorful DP is from Lawn Fawn. 

This card is also for:
Papercraft Challenges - #29 Bright Colors
Passion For Promarkers Challenge - #478 Inspired By Movies (Harry Potter)

Inkspirational #179 - Sweet things

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational and this time we want you to take inspiration from the photo. I was inspired by the hearts and the word love.
Please head over to the challenge blog for inspiration from the rest of the team.
 
For my card I used a stamp set from MFT and colored with Promarkers. The background was made using a stencil from Stamplorations and I traced with a glittery silver gel pen around the hearts to add a bit of sparkle. I also used a die cut frame and a silve panel.


This card is also for:
Crafting By Designs - Layers
Moving along with the Times - #89 Have A Heart
I love Promarkers - #376 Anything Goes

First holiday card of 2019

Here's my card featuring this week's Freebie Friday image-  you can pick it up at no cost in the Bugaboo store.

I colored the image using Distress Inks and Promarkers, added glitter glue and fussy cut it before adhering it to my background.

The backgrond consists of a Kaiserkraft DP, die cut hills, trees and birds, and a sign stamped with a holiday greeting, so I consider this my first holiday card of 2019.

To make the shaped card base I used dies from Go Kreate.

This card is also for:
ABC Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes for Christmas
Sparkles Forum Christmas - #96 Add some Sparkle
Sweet Stampers - #28 Winter/Snow

Hippos and Cupcakes

Today I have a birthday card to share.

I’ve used a stamp set from MFT for the colored images as well as for the background. Coloring with Promarkers, also added some glitter glue for the frosting on the cupcakes.
The birthday greeting in Norwegian is heat embossed with silver EP.

This card is for:
City Crafter Challenge - #446 - Cupcake(s)
Pile It On - Land Animals and/or Sea/Water Creatures
Seize The Birthday - Birthday + Option Of Stamping Only

Teddies and hearts

There’s a new sketch challenge over at Catch the Bug and I made a card using the image Teddy bear topper, colored with Promarkers.

I used pieced and sticthed dies to cut out a frame of kraft. One part of the frame was stenciled and then put in place with foam tape. I added a few die cut hearts, lace from my stash and a sentiment.

This card is also for:
Send a Smile for Kids - Valentines 4 Kids or Anything Goes 4 Kids
Crafting By Designs - Corners, Borders and Frames

Bugaboo Birthday Bash Day 5 - Make us laugh

Over at Catch the Bug we're having a week long birthday bash - Bugaboo is celebrating its 9th birthday.  You can see a list of all the challenges for this event here.

For day 5 we have the theme of 'Make s laugh'.

I made my card using a stepper card die and  a white paper with striped texture. A colored image, 3 sequins and a die cut banner with a sentiment from Poppy.

This card is also for:
Die Cuttin' Divas - #403 Birthday

Bugaboo Birthday Bash Day 4 - BINGO (and a new release)

Over at Catch the Bug we're having a week long birthday bash - Bugaboo is celebrating its 9th birthday.
You can see a list of all the challenges for this event here.

For day 4 we have a BINGO board.  I chose the bottom row of ribbon+tag+stripes.

I made my card using the new release image, which will be part of the winner's set.
I used Promarkers and a white gel pen for coloring. I masked the image and used a stencil and brushed on the ink to make the background.
The DP with stripes was a leftover piece, the tag is stamped and I used seambinding ribbon and enamel dots from my stash.

This card is also for:
Simply Create Too - #145 ANYTHING GOES - NO TWIST
I love Promarkers - #375 Anything Goes

Bugaboo Birthday Bash Day 2 - Sketch

Over at Catch the Bug we're having a week long birthday bash - Bugaboo is celebrating its 9th birthday. For day 2 we have a sketch. 

I made my card using the image Rose Monster. I colored the image with Promarkers. The DPs are from Kaiserkraft one has a lovely velvety texture. I distressed the edges with brown ink.

You can see a list of all the challenges for this event here.

This card is also for:
Crafty Catz - #444 ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTIONAL TWIST: BIRTHDAYS
The Crafty Addicts - #55 Anything Goes
Passion For Promarkers Challenge  - #475 Dies and/or Punches

Bugaboo Birthday Bash Day 1 - Monster Party

Over at Catch the Bug we're having a week long birthday bash - Bugaboo is celebrating its 9th birthday.
For day 1 the theme is "Monster Party".

I made my card using the image  Birthday Monster Balloon. I colored the image with Promarkers to match the colors of the DP from Kaiserkraft. I heat embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder on vellum and added a few enamel dots.

This card is also for:
Dream Valley Challenges - #193 ANYTHING GOES
Get Creative Challenges - #76 ANYTHING GOES
Papercraft Challenges- #28 Celebrate

Inkspirational #178 - Use Kraft

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational and this time we want you to use kraft onyour pojects. Please head over to the challenge blog for inspiration from the rest of the team.

 For my card I used a new to me flower stamp set from Altenew. It was gifted to me just before Christmas. I heat embossed with white on kraft and fussy cut. For the tag with the sentient I used stamps from Avery Elle. I also used an embossing folder, a circle die, leaf dies and pearls. To make the shaped card base I used dies from Go Kreate.

This card is also for:
Cardz 4 Galz - #87 New Year, New Stash
Back To Basics- #19 A Shaped Card
Stamping Sensations - Fabulously Feminine

Stripes and Hearts

There’s a new sketch challenge over at Catch the Bug and I made a card using the image Pup hearts 01, colored with Promarkers.

Having a sketch to work with this card came together really quickly. I used both sides of one sheet of DP and just added a die cut border and frame as well as a sentiment, it was staped with a Penny Black stamp.

This card is also for:
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #22 Anything Goes with a Critter
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
Passion For Promarkers Challenge - #474 Add a Sentiment

First 2019 Catch the Bug challenge - Anything goes

There’s a new challenge over at Catch the Bug and it's Anything goes. I made a card with the image Kidz Jack Birthday Balloons.

I colored the image with Promarkers to match the colors of the DP from Kaiserkraft.
I used a MFT stitched die, added a stamped tag (Avery Elle) with a birthday greeting and three enamel dots from my stash.

This card is also for:
Alphabet Challenge - U IS FOR STITCHING - REAL OR FAUX
Creative Knockouts - #278 Celebrations
Cute Card Thursday - #562 Anything Goes

Inkspirational - CASE challenge

It's time for a new challenge at Inkspirational and this time we have a CASE challenge. Please head over to the challenge blog for inspiration from the rest of the team.

I chose to CASE one of my previous cards in 2018 (link to its post is here) made with a deer die from Marianne. I chose the samme layout, but for my new card I used only one DP and I stamped the sentiment.

This is also for:
4 Crafty Chicks - #435 Anything Goes / Twist of Sparkle & Shine
Cute N' Crafty Christmas - #3 Anything Christmas or winter

Margaret calendar January

Tuesday is "New release day" over at Catch the Bug, and this is Margaret calendar January.

I chose to use her for a birthday celebration card. She's all dressed up for her big day, and I gave her firewoks with the help from dies from Lawn Fawn.

A glitter frame, sequins and frantage added a bit of sparkle.

Final Catch the Bug challenge in 2018

There’s a new challenge over at Catch the Bug - the final one in 2018 - and this time we have a bingo board.
The image is Candy cane snowman, colored with Promarkers. I used a snowflake embossing folder, but I kept a cicle shaped area non-embossed and brushed on some blue DI. Fun foam die cut snowflakes and a die cut+Dymo sentiment were added.

This card is also for:
The Library Challenge - The Snowman
Daring Cardmakers - SNOWFLAKES FALLING
Winter Wonderland - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES 

Inkspirational Photo Challenge - gold and white

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational and this time we have a photo challenge for you. Please head over to the challenge blog for inspiration from the rest of the team.


For my card I was inspired by the pattern of the white and gold napkin, I rummaged through my stash of DPs and found one that matches. I used a deer head die cut from Marianne, heat embossed with gold EP, attached it to a star DP and added sequins and a sentiment.

This card is also for:
Shopping Our Stash - #384 Tis The Season
Cards in Envy - THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

Snowmen and Friends Duo

Christmas Chaos week at Catch the Bug is over and we're back to our regular schedule. This Saturday it's Anything Goes week.

The image is  Snowmen and Friends Duo, colored with Promarkers and glittered up with WoS and glitter glue. And there's frantage for snow.

I used one DP but cut a strip for layering.The sentiment is heat embossed and I added a few sequins.

This card is also for:
Cardz 4 Galz - #86 Non Traditional Christmas Colours
Moving along with the Times - #86 Anything Christmas
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Anything Goes