Glimmer-gal

Jeg er utrolig fascinert over stilen til Finnabair og måten hun bruker Glimmer Mist på. Lag på lag med ulike farger og svart oppå alt. Jeg har tidligere gjort et forsøk på denne stilen med dette farsdagskortet. Det fristet til gjentakelse, men først måtte jeg gå til anskaffelse av flere mister. Noen av dem kom i hus i går, samtidig med en etterlengtet Tim Holtz die, Weathered Clock. Perfekt til Trykkpressa i januar, der de vil se klokker.

*I'm incredibly fascinated by Finnabair's style and the way she uses Glimmer Mist. Layers with different colours and black on top of it all. I've previously tried this style with this fathers day card. I wanted to try it again but first I had to get me some more mists. Some of them came yesterday, along with a long missed Tim Holtz die, Weathered Clock. Perfekt for Trykkpressa in January where they want to see clocks.*

 

Jeg har også holdt meg til fargetemaet hos Papirpikene, som er grå, brun, lilla og hvit/krem. Dessverre er speilreflekskameraet mitt fortsatt til reparasjon og det er bare så mye magi jeg klarer å utføre med mobilbilder i Photoshop. :( *I've also sticked with the colour theme at Papirpikene which is grey, brown, purple and white/cream. Unfortunately my DSLR camera is still being repaired and there's only so much magic I can do with cell pics in Photoshop. :( *

 

Dekoren består av ulike blomster, diverse metallpynt, knapper og fjær og en liten flaske fylt med gullflak og et par dråper uttynnet Distress Ink. *The embellishments are miscellaneous flowers, metal, buttons and feathers and a tiny vial filled with gold flakes and a couple of drops diluted Distress Ink.*

 

Supplies:

Papers: Bazzill - Grasscloth Stonehenge, Canvas Vanilla

Maja Design - Vintage Summer Basics - Anno 1899, Anno 1891, Anno 1905

Ink: Distress Ink Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain

Glimmer Mist Timeless Lilac, Pop Rocks, Creme de Chocolate, Black Magic

Accessories: Flowers (WOC, Kort og Godt, Papirloftet), buttons (Global Hobby, Prima), metal embellishments (Kort og Godt), feathers (unknown), vial (Rox stamps), lace (unknown)

Other: Martha Stewart Cherish Punch around the page-set, Sizzix Tim Holtz Weathered Clock die

DT Charisma - Hearts and flowers

It's time for another challenge with Team Gem over at Charisma Cardz Challenges. This week we're looking for hearts and flowers. And as always we have some fab prizes to offer:

 

PRIZE ONE

Stamp Fairy!

 

Stamp Fairy are generously offering our lucky winner a $10 voucher to their online store! Wow!

 

PRIZE TWO

 

Marker Pop are a new sponsor of ours!! They are generously offering a $10 voucher for their online shop, be sure to pay them a visit!!

 

 

Here's what I did for the challenge:

 

I started out with a plain pink background, but I thought it was too boring, so I stamped the heart stamp from SU Sprinkled Expressions stamp set all over it in Memento Angel Pink. Then I found some ancient papers in my stash to go with the cute little bunny from our sponsor Stamp Fairy. I believe the pink one is from EK Success. The grey one I have no idea. All I know is that it's flocked and I've never found a use for it until now.

The sentiment is from the same SU stamp set and I've stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black. Doesn't look black to you? Well, you're right. I thought the pure black print was too hard, so I used the second print which looks a lot more grey and match the colour scheme much better. :-)

All the flowers are from a punch set from Panduro (Marvy?) and some of them got a bit of Stickles Frosted Lace on them.

The image is coloured with ProMarkers:

Grays: Warm Grey 1, 2 and 4

Ears and paws: Budding Rose, Morning Mist, Almond

Heart and bows: Baby Pink, Blossom, Rose Pink

 

Challenges:

ProMarker Norge #13 - #1 Rosa + 1 valgfri farge (grått)

Allsorts w190 - Flower Power

Top Tip Tuesday #94 - Lavishly Luscious Layers

Nordsalten #68 - Alt er lov

Simply Create Too #29 - Anything goes

Creative Inspirations #198 - Anything goes + option of flowers

I ♥ ProMarkers #152 - Anything goes



Wishi Washi and a winner!

Washi tape er noe av det mest fantastiske som er oppfunnet, men av en eller annen merkelig grunn er det sjeldent jeg får til å bruke det på kortene mine. Men når Simon Says Stamp kom med en washi utfordring, så måtte jeg bare finne på noe.

*Washi tape is one of the most wonderful things invented, but for some reason I rarely manage to use it on my cards. But when Simon Says Stamp came with a washi challenge I just had to think of something.*

 

 

Det ble et helt enkelt 4*7" kort, hvor bakgrunnen er dekket med sølvstripet washi fra mt.

Rammen er et stempel fra Inkadinkado og teksten er fra Kort og Godt, begge deler stemplet med Memento London Fog. Det sølvgrå båndet er fra lageret mitt av ukjent opprinnelse. *I made a simple 4*7" card where the background is covered in silver striped washi from mt. The frame is a stamp from Inkadinkado and the sentiment from Kort og Godt, both stamped with Memento London Fog. The silver gray ribbon is from my stash of unknown origin.*

 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Use Washi tape

CAS-ual Fridays #86 - Long and Short

Card Makin' Mamas - Clean and Simple

 

Så til en liten ting jeg må være ærlig å innrømme at jeg hadde glemt! Jeg lovet jo en liten overraskelse til en av de som kommenterte på mitt Topp 10-innlegg. Nå har herr Random.org fått velge og vinneren ble:

 

Luce

 

Luce 20:16 30. desember 2012

Lekker liste! De to først kortene var nydelige og stampunkkortet var knallekkert!
Riktig godt nytt år til deg og dine :o)

 

Takk for hyggelig kommentar, Luce. Send meg adressen din på rekreasjoner'at'gmail.com, så kommer det snart noe i postkassen din. ;-)

Julestafett 8 - Telyskort

Før jul sendte jeg avgårde en konvolutt til Elin. Dessverre rakk den ikke frem før hun reiste over dammen, så det ble liggende å vente på henne en laaaang stund. Dette var bidraget mitt til siste runde i julestafetten på scrapping.no, men jeg ville ikke publisere det her før jeg visste at det var kommet frem, og det tok sin tid!

 

Motivet er Molly the Elf fra Saturated Canary. Det er første gang jeg har prøvd fargelegging med ProMarkers på kraft kartong og det fungerte mye bedre enn jeg trodde. Molly har også fått litt stickles på klærne og knapper av Liquid Pearls. Kantene på motivet er stemplet med stempel fra Kort og Godt. Arkene er fra Maja Design. Det ble ikke plass til så mye pynt på dette kortet. Snøkrystallen er fra en MS punch som ble svertet litt med Fluid Chalk Creamy Brown og påført Stickles Frosted Lace. Julekulen er stanset ut med Spellbinders die og stemplet med stempel fra Waltzingmouse Stamps. Jeg stemplet med Distress Ink Stormy Sky og embosset med Frosted Crystals fra Ranger. Det ble en herlig effekt som dessverre ikke kommer frem på bildet.

Inni fikk jeg plass til et stempel fra Norsk Stempelblad. Stemplet med Memento Rich Cocoa.

Og slik ser det ut inni. Som vanlig er telyskortet fylt med tre telys, noen teposer og en dekorert fyrstikkeske. Denne gangen fikk også telysene pynt med sølvstripet Washitape fra Mt rundt kanten, men det husket jeg ikke å ta bilde av.

På baksiden har jeg droppet mitt personlige stempel, jeg regner med mottakeren vet hvem som har laget det. ;-) I stedet har jeg stemplet et tekststempel fra Kort og Godt.

Og med det kan jeg runde av 2012-prosjektene. Totalt passerte jeg over 100 kort i 2012, og beviset ligger i sidebaren min med blinkien fra scrapping.no. *S* Måtte det nye året bli like produktivt!

Co-op project

Min datter skulle i 10-års dag til bestevenninnen i dag, så da måtte vi jo lage et spesielt kort. Hun skulle egentlig gjort det helt selv, men det skjer jo alltid noe annet, så tiden strekker ikke til. Da måtte mamma trå til. Litt samarbeid ble det likevel, hun fikk lime noen av panelene og pynten. Så har hun bestemt hvilke ark og farger som skulle brukes. Og ideen har hun selvfølgelig godkjent på forhånd, selv om mamma kom med forslag. Resultatet ble dette:

 *My daughter was going to her best friend's 10th birthday party today so we had to make her a special card. She was supposed to do it all by herself , but something always comes up, so there wasn't enough time. So mom had to step up. It was still a bit of cooperation, she got to glue some of the panels and embellishments. And she decided which papers and colours to use. And the idea was of course approved even though mom had some suggestions. The result was this:*

Vi brukte skissen fra Sketchy Colors. Papirene er alle fra Magnolia. Teksten er fra Papirloftet. Rundt motivet har jeg stemplet med et stempel fra Kort og Godt med Memento London Fog. Snøfnuggene er en Sizzix die og en MS punch. De har fått på seg Stickles Icicle. Kanten under motivet er punchet med en MS punch og bånd og bling er fra lageret mitt. *We used the sketch from Sketchy Colors. The papers are all Magnolia. The sentiment from Papirloftet. Around the image I've stamped with a stamp from Kort og Godt in Memento London Fog. The snowflakes are Sizzix die and MS punch. They've got a layer of Stickles Icicle. The edge below the image is punched with an MS edge punch and the ribbon and bling are from my stash.

Motivet er fra Maddie fra Saturated Canary. En liten søtnos, men et mareritt å fargelegge! Men jeg har gjort så godt jeg kunne på uhyre kort tid med mine ProMarkers. Her er fargene jeg har brukt: *The image is Maddie from Saturated Canary. A little cutie, but a nightmare to colour! But I've done the best I could in the short amount of time I had with my ProMarkers. These are the colours I've used:*

Hud/Skin: Sunkissed Pink, Blush, Ivory

Hår/Hair: Sandstone, Mustard, Pastel Yellow, Buttercup (Dusky Pink i kinn)

Øyne/Eyes: Duck Egg, Cool Aqua

Lepper/Lips: Rose Pink, Blossom

Rosa/Pink: Rose Pink, Pink Carnation, Blossom

Turkis/Turquoise: Turquoise, Duck Egg, Cool Aqua, Soft Aqua (FlexMarker)

Grått/Grey: Ice Gray 1, 3 og 4

 Challenges:
Sketchy Colors #146
Love to Create #48 - Sparkle and snowflakes
Creative Card Crew #27 - Snow and Ice
Inky Chicks #1 - Anything goes
Papertake - Baby it's cold outside
Fab 'n' Funky #154 - Get moving
Card Makin' Mamas - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #205 - Snowflakes

The one that almost got away

Every now and then there's a few cards that slip out of the house without me remembering to snap photos of them. This one I didn't forget, but my camera broke down right before christmas and had to be turned in for repairs, so I fiddled around with two different compact cameras and a cell camera to get pics of the last few creations in 2012. I know for sure that I took pictures of this, but I can't for the life of me figure out where those pics are! So I had to resort to the recipient snapping some photos. Which means I can't really complain about the quality. Anyways, this is the very last of my chocolate cards and the last thing I made in 2012.

It's fairly simple with a sentiment from Norsk Stempelblad, die cut from Sizzix, swirls and poinsettia from Magnolia dies and snowflakes and branches from MS punches.

The papers are from Maja Design. And on the inside I've used the MS Cherish edge punch. I didn't want to stash it up too much, as the recipient was my brother. Guys like it simple, right? *S*

 

And I believe the contence (a large chocolate bar) was already dug into when this picture was taken. I'll take that as a sign that the gift was acceptable. *lol*

 

Challenges:

Crafty Creations #205 - Snowflakes

C.R.A.F.T. #190 - Christmas in January

Nordsalten #68 - Alt er lov

Simply Create Too #29 - Anything goes

Card and Scrap #47 - Brug punch

Joy fold card for my sister

Nå er det tilbake til hverdagen etter nesten en uke på tur. Min lillesøster hadde 30 års dag i forrige uke, så jeg dro for å feire litt med henne. Seks deilige dager med kos og latter og mange overraskelser. Det vil si, hun var ikke så lett å overraske, må nok jobbe med dekkhistoriene mine til neste gang! *lol* Kortet var vel det eneste hun ble overrasket over!
*Back to everyday life after almost a week on the road. My little sister had her 30th birthday last week, so I went to celebrate a little with her. Six wonderful days with joy and laughter and lots of surprises. That is, she wasn't that easy to surprise, gotta work on my cover stories till next time! *lol* The card was propably the only thing that surprised her!*

Jeg laget et joy fold kort med ark fra Pion Design. Teksten er fra Kort og Godt, stanset ut med Spellbinders Labels sixteen. Resin pynten oppe til høyre er fra Melissa Frances. *I made a joy fold card with papers from Pion Design. The sentiment is from Kort og Godt die cut with Spellbinders Labels sixteen. The resin decor in the upper right corner is from Melissa Frances.*

Bretten er dekorert med Seambinding og blomster fra Wild Orchid Crafts, twine fra Waltzingmouse Stamps og en hjerte charm fra lageret mitt. En resin fugl fra Prima hjelper til å holde nede bretten. På kanten har jeg brukt en MS kant punch. *The fold is decorated with seam binding ribbon and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, twine from Waltzingmouse Stamps and a heart charm from my stash. A resin bird from Prima helps to keep the fold down.*

Slik ser det ut når kortet er helt brettet ut. I ettertid skulle jeg ønske jeg hadde laget kortet i midten litt større, så det ble bedre plass til å skrive på. Må huske på det til neste gang. *This is what it looks like all folded out. In retrospect I wish I had made the center card a bit bigger to make more room for writing. Gotta remember it till next time.*

 Alt i alt syns jeg det ble nokså bra til å være første forsøk på et slikt kort, og med tanke på at det ble satt sammen på tre timer midt på natta før jeg skulle reise. Min søster ble i alle fall glad for det og det er jo det viktigste! Gratulerer med dagen, lillesøs! *All in all I thought it was pretty good for a first try on this kinda card and given it was put together in three hours in the middle of the night before I left. At least my sister was happy about it and that's the most important thing! Happy birthday, babysis!*

Challenges:
Totally Papercrafts #149 - Ribbon
Card Makin' Mamas - Anything goes
Allsorts w189 - Dies and punches
2 sisters #126 - Celebrations
Card and Scrap #47 - Brug punch
 

DT Charisma - Happy 4th birthday!!

It's Charisma Cardz' 4th birthday and I get to be a part of the celebration!
It's been a fun ride so far with the Charisma gals and I'm looking forward to many more challenges in the future.
But you can take part in the celebration too! We've got an easy peasy challenge for ya along with tons of prizes, just check this out:

Prize One

The Stamping Boutique are kindly donating one lucky winner Three digi's of there choice!

Prize Two

Redonkulous is kindly giving a winner there choice of a free digi!

Prize Three

The Paper Shelter, home to some of the cutest digi's around! Are offering one lucky winner a $20 voucher to there store!

Prize Four

Card Mad Fairy
Card Mad Fairy our very own DT Jenni, is donating 3 digi's of the winners choice to one lucky winner!

Prize Five

Meiflower home to the gems and pearls of the crafting world! Meiflower are donating a £20 voucher to one lucky winner this week (excluding 99p postage)

Prize Six

The lovely company Freckled Fawn! Who are offering a $20 voucher to there online store! wow!!!

Prize Seven

Are donating 3 digi's to a lucky crafter this week!

Wowzer!! 

 

So, here's my congrats to Charizma card:

Starting off the new year clean and simple, with black and white cardstock, doily die cut from Cheery Lynn, ribbon from The Ribbon Retreat, bling from Prima and a sentiment from Kort og Godt.

 

And if this doesn't spark some creativity with you, hop on over to the challenge blog and see what the other gals have been up to. Have fun!

 

Challenges:

2 Sisters #125 - Anything goes

Crazy4Challenges #167 - Ribbons and bows

The Pink Elephant #181 - Celebrate

Kickin' off 2013

Endelig kom jeg i gang i 2013! Mojo'en satt utrolig langt inne etter en lang og delvis ufrivillig juleferie, men nå begynte tidsfristene å snike seg opp på meg, så jeg var bare nødt til å tvinge frem noe.

De siste dagene har jeg vært med på Natalie Kalbachs Creative Jump Start Summit 2013. Daglig inspirasjon med mange ulike aktører med hver sine tilnærminger til oppgaven. Utrolig gøy og se på og jeg har fått massevis av ideer, så i går (natt) fikk jeg endelig prøvd ut noen av teknikkene og ideene. Skjønt det ferdige produktet her, har ingenting med CJS å gjøre! *lol* Men det var vel litt av poenget. Vi trenger litt starthjelp av og til og jeg fikk varmet opp med noen uferdige og ett ferdig prosjekt (som kommer i morgen), før jeg fikk til det prosjektet som jeg virkelig likte å lage, og det var dette. Enkelt, stilrent, med en liten splæsj av farge - akkurat sånn jeg liker det! :-)

 

Fargesplæsj'en er Glimmermist Sweet Pea som jeg blåste ut på kartongen med sugerør (!!).

Øvrige materialer er: Hvit og svart kartong, (Bazzill og Europris), Spellbinders sirkel dies, svarte roser fra WOC, en trådbit og en chipboard bit fra resteboksen min og et tekststempel fra Kort og Godt.

 

Forresten så har jeg ymtet frempå om en liten overraskelse til en av de som kommenterer på mitt "Topp 10 innlegg". Har du ikke fått det med deg enda, så har du fortsatt tid på deg. Jeg trekker en vinner 20. januar. ;-)

 

*Finally I got started in 2013! My mojo was really deep down after a long and somewhat unvoluntary christmas break, but the deadlines were starting to sneak up on me, so I just had to force something out now.

The past few days I've been tagging along for Natalie Kalbach's Creative Jump Start Summit 2013. Daily inspiration with lots of different contributors each with a different approach on the task. Lots of fun to watch and I've got several ideas, so yesterday (last night) I finally got to try out a few of the techniques and ideas. Although the finished project here doesn't have anything to do with the CJS! *lol* But I guess that was some of the point. We all need jump starting some time and I got to warm up with some unfinished project and a finished project (coming tomorrow) before I got to the project that I really liked making and this was it. Clean and Simple, with a splash of colour - just the way I like it! :-)

The colour splash is Glimmermist Sweet Pea that I blew out on cardstock with a straw (!!). Other materials are: Black and white cardstock (Bazzill and Europris), Spellbinders Circle dies, black roses from WOC, a piece of string and a chipboard piece from my scrap stash and a sentiment from Kort og Godt.

 

By the way, I've been hinting about a little surprise for one of the commenters on my "Top 10 post". If you haven't seen it yet there's still time. I'll be drawing a winner on January 20th. ;-)*

 

Challenges:

CraftyCatz #164 - Anything goes

Allsorts w188 - Clean and Simple

Less is More #101 - Black and white with a splash of colour

 

 

 

 

DT Charisma - Monochrome

A very happy and creative new year to all of my fellow bloggers!
We're back with the first challenge of 2013 on the Charisma Cardz challenge blog! I have a good feeling about this year and I'm hoping to see lots of new inspiration throughout the year. And I'm thinking a couple of decent prizes will spark some inspiration with some of you. Just take a look at what you might win this week: 

 

PRIZE ONE

Simon Says Stamp

 

Simon Says Stamp are generously offering a $20 voucher to their online store!!!

PRIZE TWO

And our 2nd sponsor this week is the lovely Pink Cat Studio who are offering 5 digis of the winners choice!!

PRIZE THREE
J&C Creations

last but certainly not least, J and C creations are offering a £10 Voucher to their online shop!!

 

Awesome, right? Well then let's get on with it!

This weeks challenge is Monochrome. Shouldn't be too hard to start off the new year with.

 

I have to admit that my perfectionist inside would have wanted the first post of the new year to actually be the first card I made this year, but realities are a bit different. I'm still not all well after more than a month of back problems and all kinds of germs attacking, so this is a card I did right before christmas.

It's another chocolate card, only this time in a larger version made for a 200 gram chocolate bar. The tutorial is based on Marianne's, but Wenche has adapted the measurements for the bigger bar. I have to say that I found the measurements a little tight, so when I make my next one I'll try to adapt them even better.

 

I've used the gorgeous papers from Pion Design along with a large Sizzix die, Magnolia dies for the poinsettia and the swirl, and MS punches for the pine branches and snowflake.

A little closer you can see I've added a tiny touch of bling. The sentiment is from Norsk Stempelblad. (Warm christmas hug and many good thoughts.)

Inside I've used an MS edge punch for the pocket in which the chocolate bar fits. I must have forgotten to snap a photo of the chocolate in place. A bit of stress before I had to send it off I guess.

 

So that's what I had for you today, now it's your turn. Hop on over to the challenge blog to see what the other girls have been up to.

 

Challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday #92 - Anything Christmas

The Pink Elephant #180 - Anything goes

Kort-O-Mania #76 - Anything goes

Crafty Creations #203 - Anything goes

Papertake - Anything goes