DT Charisma - Buttons and Bows

I've been on holiday and completely mixed up the dates for the new challenge at Charisma. And when I realized it the Turkish Internet wouldn't let me access Blogger. But better late than never, right? So here it goes, my inspiration for the buttons and bows challenge.

My sweet friend, Elin, came up with the idea for a tag pocket easel dresser card and I've been thinking about trying it since the first time I saw it, but I haven't had the opportunity to do it until now when I needed a card/present for a christening.

The cute little box has an easel on top, made with GoKreate die and gorgeous Inkido papers. When I took a closer look at the papers I realized that they were propably ment for weddings, but it wasn't all that obvious, so I guess it will be ok.

The top card is sewn with machine around three edges to make a pocket for the tag. I've die cut a Spellbinders Stately Circle and stamped a text with a stamp from Papirdesign. A few flowers from WOC and some pearls are the only decor apart from the seambinding and Divine Twine bow and button from my stash on the tag.

To make the easel stand I die cut an oval with Spellbinders Floral Ovals where I put the name of the baby and the date of the christening and adhered it with foam pads.

I had planned to use a TH knob on the drawer, but since this was finished on holiday and the handles was at home, I had to improvise and ended up with just a piece of seambinding to open the drawer.

Here I've taken the tag out of the pocket and stamped it with another sentiment from Papirdesign. I've also left room for a personal greeting.

Inside the drawer is the room for the gift.

I made a card slightly wider than the drawer to  make the card bend up and partially cover the knot for the handle.

It also makes a nice display for the little bracelet we gave her. And I stamped a sentiment from Papirdesign on the background.

When the gift card is removed it shows the bottom of the drawer with another piece of the same paper from Inkido.

And that's it. Super cute if I may say so myself.

Now I hope you'll join in the challenge at Charisma, even though it's just a few days left of the challenge.

Challenges:
Ett Trykk - Trykkpressa August - Esker
Crafty Creations #269 - Flower Power

Altered canvas Finnabair style

Den kuleste måten jeg vet om for å bli kvitt rester, er å lage lerret Finnabair-style. Her har jeg også lekt meg med crackle paint og andre godsaker.
*The coolest way I know of to get rid of scraps are making canvases Finnabair style. Here I've also played around with crackle paint and other goodies.*

Jeg har skrevet en artikkel om dette for scrapping.no, som kan leses her.
*I wrote an article about this for scrapping.no, that can be read here.*

Anniversary card

For ikke så lenge siden hadde mine svigerforeldre gullbryllupsdag. Dessverre var det så mye stress i forkant at jeg ikke rakk å bli ferdig med kortet til dagen, men jeg håper det blir satt pris på likevel. De har ikke fått gaven sin heller så jeg håper det går greit.
*Not too long ago my in-laws had their 50th anniversary. Unfortunately there were so much stress ahead that I didn't have time to finish the card for their day, but I hope they will still appreciate it. They haven't got their present yet either, so I hope it'll be okay.*

Jeg har brukt et nydelig ark fra Pion Designs From My Heart II kolleksjonen og holdt dekoren enkel for å la arket komme frem.
*I've used a gorgeous paper from Pion Designs From My Heart II collection and kept the decor simple to let the paper stand out.*

Bildet av brudeparet fra 50 år tilbake fikk jeg av min svigersøster. Jeg monterte det enkelt på matter av Bazzill kraft og Vanilla. Navnene og bryllupsdatoen printet jeg fra pc'n og stanset ut med Spellbinders dies. Blomstene fra Wild Orchid Crafts og Kort og Godt, samt perlene fra lageret mitt kan jeg ikke leve uten lenger. Helt klart favorittprodukter til kortlaging!
*The photo of the couple from 50 years ago I got from my sister-in-law. I simply mounted it on Bazzill kraft and vanilla mats. The names and wedding date I printed from my computer and diecut with Spellbinders dies. The flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Kort og Godt and the pearls from my stash I can't live without anymore. Definately favorite products for cardmaking.*

Bak bildet har jeg skjult en Magnolia tag med en tekst fra Kort og Godt, pyntet med seambinding fra WOC og en stor perle fra lageret mitt.
*Behind the photo I've hidden a Magnolia tag with a sentiment from Kort og Godt decorated with seambinding from WOC and a big pearl from my stash.*

På innsiden får arkene spille hovedrollen, jeg har bare stemplet en tekst fra Kort og Godt rett på arket.
*Inside the papers get to play the lead role, I've only stamped a text from Kort og Godt directely onto the paper.*

På den nederste siden er det god plass til å skrive en personlig hilsen.
*On the bottom page there is plenty of space to write a personal greeting.*

Og på baksiden har jeg fulgt samme oppskrift og stemplet mitt personlige Rox stempel rett på arket med en liten tekst fra Norsk Stempelblad.
*And in the back I've used the same recipe and stamped my personal Rox stamp directely onto the paper with a little sentiment from Norsk Stempelblad.*

Ha en deilig sommerdag!

Challenges:
My time to craft #254 - Use Kraft
Allsorts #270 - Favorite things (flowers and pearls)
Kreativ Scrapping #8 - Bryllup (håper gullbryllup teller! ;-) )
Love to create #127 - Anything goes

DT Besties - Back to school

Skolestart er det siste jeg prøver å tenke på her jeg sitter på ferie og slikker sol som om jeg aldri hadde sett sola før (og det har jeg nesten ikke denne sommeren!). Men det er unektelig ikke lenge igjen og det er også temaet for utfordringen hos My Besties denne gangen.
*Back to school is the last thing I'm trying to think of here I am at vacation, sunbathing like I'd never seen the sun before (and I barely have this summer!). But it's undeniable not before long and that's the theme for the challenge at My Besties this time.*

Siden jeg er på ferie prøvde jeg å gjøre prosjektet mitt ferdig før jeg dro. Det endte med et fargelagt motiv og andre deler i en kasse med andre scrappeting som ble med på tur. Jeg hadde jo tid på kveldene til å mekke kort... trodde jeg... og vanligvis ville jeg nok hatt det, men denne turen har vært alt annet enn problemfri hittil, så da ble det noe helt annet enn jeg hadde planlagt. Jeg har rett og slett limt motivet Img878 på en liten notisbok fra Clas Ohlsson og komplettert med bokstavstickers fra Panduro. Enkelt, søtt og snuppa mi var så fornøyd at hun forsvant med boka før jeg hadde rukket å ta bilder! *lol*

Uansett, hvor du enn er og hva du enn gjør ønsker jeg deg en fantastisk flott sommerdag! Og når dagen er over håper jeg du setter deg ned og lager et prosjekt til utfordringen vår.
*Since I'm on vacation I tried to finish my project before I left. It resulted in a colored image and other bits and pieces in a box with other craft stash that came along on the trip. I had time in the evenings to make cards... I thought... and normally I propably would, but this trip has been far from problem free so far, so I ended up with something completely different than what I had planned. I simply adhered the image Img878 to a little notebook from ClasOhlsson and completed with alpha stickers from Panduro. Simple, cute and my daughter was so pleased that she left with the book before I could take pics of it! *lol*
Anyways, wherever you are and whatever you're doing I wish you a fantastic summer day! And when the day is over I hope you'll sit down and make a project for our challenge.*

Challenges:
The Pink Elephant #261 - Anything goes
Simon Says Wednesday - Anything goes
Inkspirational #62 - Use markers or pencils

Min lille svarte bok

I dag kan du få være med å utforske ukjent territorie på scrapping.no, der jeg åpner min Art Journal for offentligheten for aller første gang.

Den er godt brukt, men langt fra ferdig. Har du lyst å se hva permene skjuler må du kikke inn på artikkelen jeg skrev. ;-)