Rammekort

Jeg skulle brukt dagen i går på papirprosjekter, i stedet prioriterte jeg å nyte en fantastisk sensommerdag utendørs. Med det resultat at jeg fikk litt knapt med tid på dagens prosjekt (og gikk glipp av enda en fantastisk sommerdag), men jeg er i grunnen godt fornøyd likevel. *I should have spent yesterday doing paper projects, instead I chose to enjoy a beautiful late summer day outside. With the result that I was a little short on time on todays project (and missed another beautiful summer day), but I'm still quite happy about it.*

I går ble jeg nemlig, noe uventet, invitert i en 30-års dag i dag. Så prosjektet mitt ble noe helt annet enn det jeg egentlig hadde planlagt, men jeg har i alle fall brukt mer enn ti minutter på det! *lol* *Yesterday I was, somewhat unexpected, invited to a 30th birthday party. So my project today is something totally different than what I had planned, but at least I spent more than ten minutes on it! *lol**

 Det er et såkalt "rammekort", som jeg har sett flere av i det siste og lenge tenkt at jeg skulle prøve meg på. Jeg hadde bare ikke trodd det skulle skje så fort. :) *It's a so called "frame card" that I've seen several of lately and thought I should try. I just didn't think it was gonna happen this fast. :) *

Teksten er et stempel fra Kort og Godt. Arkene er Maja Design, Vintage Summer Basics 6x6. *The text is a stamp from Kort og Godt. The papers are Maja Design, Vintage Summer Basics 6x6.*
 

 Vanligvis er plasseringen av blomster på mine kort nøye planlagt. Denne gangen hadde jeg så dårlig tid at det ble litt improvisert. (Og resten av bildene ble tatt utendørs mens jeg ventet på at mine medskyldige pakket inn gaven.) Blomster, som alltid fra WOC, samme med perlene. Sommerfuglene er en MS punch. *Ususally the placement of flowers on my cards are carefully planned. This time I had to improvise since I was really short on time. (And the rest of the pictures are taken outside while I was waiting for my accomplices to wrap the present.) Flowers as always from WOC, same as the pearls. The butterflies are an MS punch.*

 Til en forandring har jeg brukt litt tid på innsidene også. :) Teksten er fra Papirdesign. Kantene er stemplet tilfeldig med et splash stempel fra The Greeting Farm og en sommerfugl fra MME (tror jeg). *I've spent some time on the innsides too for a change. The sentiment is from Papirdesign. The edges are randomly stamped with a splash stamp from The Greeting Farm and a butterfly from MME (i think).*

En må jo ha med et felt for å skrive en hilsen også. Her har jeg også svertet og stemplet med de samme stemplene. Jeg har brukt Distress Ink, Antique Linen og Vintage Photo og Archival Ink Coffee. *There's got to be some room for a greeting too. I've inked and stamped this too with the same stamps. I've used Distress Ink, Antique Linen and Vintage Photo and Archival Ink Coffee.*

Til slutt, baksiden. Helt enkel med det samme sommerfugl stempelet og mitt personlige stempel. *And finally the backside. Simple with the same butterfly stamp and my personal stamp.*

Challenges:

Paper Play w34 - Sentiment as the main image/focus

Scrap'a'long #18 - Blomster

Wild Orchid Challenges #57 - Summer flowers

Fun Friday

With less than 25 minutes left of Friday night, I decided to have a little fun in my playroom. I took about ten minutes to set up and went ahead with a 10 Minute Craft Dash. And I'm a slow crafter, so I didn't really expect to get much done in ten minutes, but it was something, I guess. At least I had fun trying out a few techniques I've had on my list for a while. And here's my result.

I masked off an area on white cardstock, double masking the bottom area, in order to get a "clean" background for my sentiment. I'll get back to that in a bit. So I stamped the pattern with an embossing folder (!!) and Versamark Ink. Then I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. (Mistake 1: Had to remove masks in order to avoid embossing the masks. Didn't manage to put them back on straight.) Really fun to see that I could get a decent print from an embossing folder! Then I inked over the masked area with Distress Ink.

As you can see, the embossing is not on the bottom part of the image. That's because I double masked it. First I put on the torn edge mask. Then I put another straight edged mask (piece of paper) on top of the torn edge, so that I wouldn't have embossing interferring with my sentiment.
So after heat setting the embossing, I could remove the top mask and ink up the bottom of the "image" with the "Faux Tearing"-edge. It was good fun, not at all as complicated as it may sound and a much better result than I expected.

I then thought I would enhance the background for the sentiment by stamping with water, lifting off some of the color from the Distress Ink and creating a different texture. (Mistake 2: Water stamping with solid stamp does NOT work well.) Even though the stamp didn't turn out the way I intended, I still got an effect for my sentiment strip and it might even be better this way.
And then finally I stamped my sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black ink.

And the time spent? 9 minutes 23 secs. Woohoo! :-D
I think the idea was good, but I need some work on the quality of performance under pressure. *lol* Anyway, it was good fun and I certainly think I might do this again.. Maybe even tomorrow! ;-)

I'm also entering this for the Top Tip Tuesday #83 challenge - One Layer Card. And I think you'll find lots of tips in my post, but just to recap:

1. Stretch your embossing folders and use them for background stamps! Ink up the raised side and press directly onto your paper for a slightly distressed look, or run through your diecut machine for a clean impression. (Sandwich directions can be found online. Let me know if you can't find it, and I'll do my best to help you out.)

2. When embossing a masked off area, it's better to leave the masks on, even though it means getting embossing powder on your mask.

3. Faux Tearing edge is easily made by tearing a scrap piece of paper and inking off the edge.

4. Stamping with water on Distress Ink, can be a really cool effect as the water will lift some of the color making it lighter, but this does not work well with stamps that are mostly solid. Remember that Distress Ink react with water, creating a watercolor effect, so you'll have a hard time getting a clean impression. It's also a good tip not to use too much water on your stamp. In my case, maybe even a good huff would've been enough.

So that sums it up then, a fun Friday with lots of lessons to be learned. Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with something that has taken me more than ten minutes to create. ;-)
 

Mixed media lerret

Kortinspirasjonen sitter langt inne om dagen, men jeg har desto større inspirasjon til å "grise" med maling, mist og sverte. :)
Dette lerretet lagde jeg til barnas bestefar som har bursdag i morgen. Som vanlig er det mye jeg ser nå som jeg ville gjort annerledes hvis jeg skulle gjort det igjen, men overrekkelsen fant sted i går, og mottakelsen var overveldende, så da må jeg bare si meg fornøyd. :)

Jeg har brukt et 30x40 cm lerret. Bildet er overført til lerretet med transfer-teknikk. Teksten er printet på pc og limt rett på bakgrunnen. Andre materialer jeg har brukt er bl.a: akrylmaling, glimmermist, Distress inks, gel medium, gesso, stensiler og stempler, kakeservietter, printede boksider og sommerfuglene er stemplet med Archival Ink på akvarellpapir og fargelagt med Distress Markers.

Hurra!!

Hurra for deg som fyller ditt år - og hurra for meg som har laget kort til hun som fyller år! :-)

(Relativt) Kjapt og enkelt, siden jeg merker at kortlagingsinspirasjonen sitter langt inne fortsatt. Og med Ellie's birthday stempelet fra Saturated Canary, fargelagt med Promarkers. Ikke så mye mer å si om den saken. Nå er det helg og jeg skal så avgjort kose meg en hel masse i helga, håper du gjør det samme!

Challenges:

Passion for Promarkers w162 - Shaped cards

Promarker Norge #8- Alt er lov

Kort'o'Mania #68 - Bursdagskort

Supplies:

Papers: Bazzill cardstock, BoBunny - Winter Joy Dot

Stamps: Saturated Canary - Ellie's birthday, Ladybug & friends - Alphabet

Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black

Promarkers: Blush, Ivory, Sunkissed Pink, Satin, Tan, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Lavender, Orchid, Amethyst, Rose Pink, Pink Carnation, Cool Aqua, Turquoise, blender

Flexmarker - Soft Aqua

Accessories: Alphastickers (unknown), Ranger clear embossing powder, Divine Twine - Cotton Candy

Creating again

Tenk at jeg faktisk ikke har laget et eneste kort på over en måned! Men å si at jeg ikke har skapt noe er ikke helt riktig. For min art journaling har tatt helt av på denne måneden. Om jeg kommer til å dele noe av det her får tiden vise, for det meste er temmelig personlig. Men jeg kan jo dele det første kortet jeg har laget på en måned.

Svigermor har bursdag i dag, så da måtte jeg jo finne på noe. Og dette satt virkelig langt inne, for bestillingen fra min mann lød på "maksimalistisk, rødt, gull og glitter"! Og den som kjenner meg vet at dette er omtrent så langt utenfor min komfortsone som det går an å komme! Men det sies at "life begins outside your comfort zone", så da er det vel bare å trå til?

Challenges:

Mojo Monday #253

The Pink Elephant #160 - Ribbon Galore

Papertake - Anything goes

Nordsalten #58 - Anything goes

Supplies:

Papers: Bazzill Cardstock, Kaisercraft - Gypsy Sisters paper pad

Stamps: Kort og Godt

Ink: Distress Ink - Vintage Photo and Gathered Twigs, Versamark embossing Ink

Accessories: Satin ribbon (The Ribbon Retreat), Seambinding ribbon (WOC), flowers (WOC), button (Global hobby), embossing powder Vegas gold (Inkido), glitter glue