Spring birthday

Dette er min andre post for i dag. For å se mitt bryllupskort for scrapping.no, rull ned eller klikk her.

*This is my second post for today. To see my wedding card for scrapping.no, scroll down or click here.*

Selv om kalenderen tilsier at det fortsatt skulle vært vinter her oppe i nord, skinner sola i mellom heftige stormkast og vannrette regnbyger. Med andre ord, en perfekt dag for inneaktiviteter og jeg har prioritert å lage noe jeg faktisk kunne vise frem med en gang! Og skissen fra Sketchy Colors passet meg bra i dag.

*Even though the calendar says it should still be winter up here in the north, the sun is shining in between rough storm throws and horizontal rain showers. In other words a perfect day for indoors activities and I've prioritized to make something I could actually show off immediately! And the sketch from Sketchy Colors suited me fine today.*

Med solskinn utenfor vinduet har jeg et snev av vårfølelse (til tross for storm og regn) så jeg har laget et vårlig bursdagskort og fargelagt dette motivet fra Bildmålarna med mine trofaste ProMarkers. Papirene jeg har brukt er fra Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics. Tekstene er fra en av mine favorittplater med ulike småtekster fra Norsk Stempelblad. Og haugen med vårblomster er fra Wild Orchid Crafts og ukjente produsenter fra lageret mitt.

*With sun outside the window I have a whiff of spring feeling (in spite of storm and rain) so I made a spring birthday card and colored in this image from Bildmålarna with my trusted ProMarkers. The papers I've used are from Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics. The sentiments are from one of my favorite stamp sets with different little sayings from Norsk Stempelblad. And the pile of spring flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and unknown suppliers from my stash.*

Challenges:

Sketchy Colors #200 - skisse

Papertake Weekly - Anything

Passion for ProMarkers w237 - Flowers

I ♥ ProMarkers #209 - One for the girls

Inkspirational #51 - Purple, green, white

Lovely Sunday

Uka forsvant rimelig fort for meg og som for de fleste andre nordmenn passerte valentinsdagen som en helt vanlig dag for meg og min kjære, men jeg er fortsatt i det romantiske hjørnet.
*The week disappeared quickly for me and as for most Norwegians Valentine's passed as any other day for me and my darling, but I'm still in the romantic corner.*

Jeg kunne ikke motstå fristelsen til å legge litt farge på denne søte amorinen som er et digistempel fra Phindy's Place og heter Cupid Cutie. Fargeleggingen er selvfølgelig gjort med mine trofaste Pro- og FlexMarkers. Rundt kanten har jeg stemplet hjerter fra Papertrey Ink med Memento Rhubarb Stalk, både første, andre og tredje generasjonsstempling. Teksten er fra et Bentley Bear stempelsett som fulgte med et blad jeg kjøpte en gang for lenge siden.
*I couldn't resist the temptation of coloring up this adorable cupid which is a digi from Phindy's Place called Cupid Cutie. The coloring of course done with my trusted Pro- and FlexMarkers. Around the edge I've stamped hearts from Papertrey Ink in Memento Rhubarb Stalk, first, second and third generation stamping. The sentiment is from a Bentley Bear stamp set that came with a magazine I bought a long time ago.*

Kortet er ganske enkelt med papirer fra Kaisercraft English Rose-kolleksjonen. På panelet i midten har jeg brukt en kantpunch fra EK Success. Kantene er svertet med Fluid Chalk Creamy Brown. Ellers har jeg bare pyntet med noen roser fra Wild Orchid Crafts og en løs tag bak motivet, utstanset med en Magnolia die og dekorert med en sløyfe i Cameo Beige seambinding fra Wild Orchid Crafts. Enkelt og greit og nå fortsetter min kreative, deilige søndag. :)
*The card is fairly simple with papers from the Kaisercraft English Rose collection. On the mid panel I've used an edge punch from EK Success. The edges are inked with Fluid Chalk Creamy Brown. Other than that I've only decorated with a few roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and a removable tag behind the image, die cut with a Magnolia die and decorated with a bow in Cameo Beige seambinding from Wild Orchid Crafts. Nice and easy and now I'll continue my creative lovely Sunday. :) *

Challenges:
Love to Scrap #23 - Who loves Ya, Baby!
The Pink Elephant #237 - Happy Valentine's Day
Love to Create #102 - Red and/or Pink
Papertake Weekly - With a heart
Passion for ProMarkers w234 - Have a heart
Fab 'n' Funky #203 - Love/Valentine theme
Totally Papercrafts #206 - Valentine/Love
Hjerteboden #2 - Til noen du er glad i (må inneholde minst ett hjerte)
Ett Trykk - Trykkpressa Februar Hjerter
Kreativ Scrapping #2 - Hjerter

DT Charisma #3 - Time to get peeling

I've had a little break from Charisma for a while now, but now I'm back in the game and ready for a challenge! And what a challenge it is this time! Do you have any peel off stickers tucked away in the bottom of a drawer somewhere? I thought I'd gotten rid of all mine, but fortunately for this weeks challenge, I found some and got them to good use.

I made a fairly simple card with scraps from my ever increasing pile, and a brand new image from one of our generous sponsors, Time for Tea Designs. This one's called Beanie Girl. I've colored it in with my ProMarkers as always. Colours are listed below.

I've mounted the peel off letters on a scrap piece of cardstock. The colour matches the patterned paper a lot better than it looks like in this image. It's really hard to get good pics of shiny silver letters! *S*
I've seen this way of putting on sentiments over the image several times, but I've never done it myself before and I'm not sure I like it. But gotta try everything, right??

And now you try to find those neglected peel off stickers and join in our challenge too! Don't forget to hop on over to the challenge blog to check out our fab sponsors and the other DT's great work!

Colours:
Skin: Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush, Ivory
Cheeks: Rose Pink, Pale Pink
Eyes: Hearthstone, Rock Pool, Cool Aqua
Hair: Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Sandstone
Purple: Slate, Lilac, Lavender
Grey: Cool Grey 1-5
Shadows: Satin, Linen (FM), Blender

Challenges:
Kort 'o' Mania #100 - Noe nytt (nytt stempel, ny måte å plassere tekst på)
Passion for ProMarkers w232 - Anything goes
Scrappin All Over #1 - Alt er lov
Cute Card Thursday #306 - Something new (new digi, new way to place the sentiment)
 

DT Charisma - More than one fold

Finally I’m back online! Got a bit of Internet issues here, but it’s all sorted out now, I hope!

The days have just vanished as I’ve been busy prepping the family for school and everyday life after a summer that seemed to last forever. And now it’s Thursday again. Not just any ol’ Thursday, it’s my oldest daughters first day of 5^th grade in a new school, so it’s been really exciting both for her and me. Mostly me, I think. *S*

But that’s not the only exciting thing today. It’s time for a brand new challenge over at Charisma Cardz Challenges! Take a look at our sponsors this week.

 PRIZE ONE - 

Here's a lil about Krista!
My name is Krista Smith. I am the artist behind the Etsy shop, Saturated Canary Digis. I began working in the stamping world about a year ago when I was hired to create rubber designs for the sweet Scottish company, Sugar Nellie. They launched my artwork under the name 'Simply Sassy.' I moved into the digital world just this past month (it's been a super busy month, indeed!). And-- I love it!! There is a little more freedom here, as I can create anything that pops into my head:)! I am so humbled by the artistic talent of the girls coloring in my designs-- it is truly an inspiration! Likewise, I am so thankful for the friendships I've made in this wonderful and lovely crafty community! It's been a true delight! I'd love for you to stop by my challenge/inspiration blog, Saturated Canary Challenge and join in the fun...And, while you're there, click over to my personal blog (Saturated Canary) and introduce yourself! I am a bit eclectic and touch on everything from family (I've got me a great one!) to fashion (obsessed!)...Please say 'hi!'...I'd love to be friends!:)

Krista has very kindly offered to sponsor this week one winner with a $10 Gift Certificate to her wonderful Etsy shop of some very beautiful Digi's!

PRIZE TWO -

The Stamping Chef was born in November 2012, after I (Tamara) decided to switch from the scrapbook community to the crafter side of designing. Drawing is my passion, and my style is fun, cute and doodlish..I think =D.  I love to see images come to life when they're colored by amazing crafters. Creating digital images can be a tedious process, but I love each and every step of it. I have a lovely bunch of ladies standing next to me, creating, giving me advice, and help me everywhere they can. I'm so totally new in this great adventure, but I love it! It's so totally different than I'm used to. I hope I can provide you with loads of cute, happy, funny images you can work with.
winner 3 digital images of their choice from The Stamping Chef store http://thestampingchef.oo.gd/

PRIZE THREE-

Delicious Doodles is a young company with myself,

Teri, as the Sole Trader/Designer.

I have doodled and sketched all of my life.

I started making greetings cards when my last child was born, and used my doodles on them as I couldn’t find what I wanted in the usual craft places.

I only started selling my images in the Autumn of 2009.

I design and hand/mouse-draw all of the images that are sold in the Delicious Doodles Shop. Some are cutsie animals, some are sketched flowers, there are a few men's images, fairies and also some 'darker' images featuring vampires, skulls and Gothic stuff, something for everyone!

Why not pop over and take a look.

 

http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com

 

Who are offering 4 digis of the winners choice!

 

Now for the challenge, and I have to say that I’m really looking forward to this, as we’re doing more than one fold this week. It’s been far too long since I’ve done anything but a regular card, so I set out to find something new and exciting for me. 

Marianne has some awesome creations on her blog, so I really just had to take a pick and landed on this fabulous gatefold-with-a-twist kinda creation.

 

The large tag with the image on keeps the card closed. Unfortunately she didn’t have any tutorial or links to templates, so I had to think twice before I understood how it was done. But it really wasn’t that hard. It’s made out from a 12x12” cardstock, scored at 3” on all sides. Get it? Let me know if you would like to see a tutorial on this, and I’ll see what I can do. ;-)

 

I really liked the look on this folded card, and I loved it even more when I got to combine it with some of my favorites at the moment, Maja Design papers and Saturated Canary digi stamps. The gorgeous paper are from the “Ska vi ta en Fika”collection. I'm purple passionate and I just love the colours on these papers, totally yummy! The Fika-collection is by no means new, but for some reason I never got around to buying them. But now, with my Maja-madness and purple passion I just had to have them and they came just last week. (And I do believe I need another refill pretty soon! *S*)

 

 

And the sweet Canary is called “Thank You”. Thanks to Krista for supplying the DT with these cuties! As always colored in with my ProMarkers.  Unfortunately I forgot to write down the colours this time. I think I used pretty much every purple/violet colour I own. *S* I’ve also used an edge stamp on this one. I’m not sure where it’s from.

Other materials I’ve used are: Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Kort og Godt, PaP-punches from Martha Stewart, ribbon and pearl from my stash, Distress Ink Walnut Stain and Fluid Chalk Creamy Brown.

Now, be sure to stop by the challenge blog for more inspiration and information and most importantly, link up your more-than- once-folded card. Can’t wait to see what you’ll do! *S*

 

Challenges:
Totally Papercrafts #180 - Favorite Colors - Purple! ♥♥♥
Allsorts w220 - Use your new stash - New papers and digi stamp
Love to Create #79 - Fancy Folds
Passion for ProMarkers w212 - Favorite color combo - again, purple! ☺
Papertake - Flower Power

 

 

 

DT Charisma - Shaped cards

Whoa, it's been a while since my last posting, sorry 'bout that. Sometimes life just gets in the way, but I'm still hoping things will start looking up soon.

Aaaaanywhoo, it's Thursday and Charisma time again. This time we're looking for shaped cards. Now I'm not big on shapes, but I've found that round cards is fine by me, so here's my card for today's challenge:

I've used Spellbinders dies for the shape, which means the card is about 4 3/4 inches. The papers are from a gorgeous new paper pad from BoBunny, I just fell in love with it right away. And the image is from one of our sponsors, Time for Tea designs, called "Chin up Buttercup". Coloured in, as always, with my ProMarkers.

Now I've showed you mine it's time for you to show me yours. Hop on over to the challenge blog to get some more inspiration from the other girls and don't forget to check out the prizes from our sponsors. Lots of goodies there. ;-)

Wishing you all a creative day!

Challenges:
Love to create #63 - Punches and/or dies
Passion for ProMarkers w196 - To die for
 

DT ProMarker Norge

Det er første april og vårfølelsen hadde såvidt sneket seg inn hos meg når jeg laget dette kortet til ProMarker Norges aprilutfordring. Nå er det derimot et skikkelig tett snødrev utenfor vinduet mitt, så mine planer om å nyte den siste påskedagen på fjellet ble kjapt byttet ut med planer om å sitte på lekerommet mitt og drømme om våren! :-)

*It's the first of April and the spring feeling just sneaked in with me when I made this card for the April challenge at ProMarker Norge. But now it's a real blizzard outside my window so my plans of spending the last easter day outside was quickly switched to a plan to sit in my playroom dreaming of spring! :-) *

 

Arkene jeg har brukt til dette kortet er fra en gratis pakke som fulgte med et blad jeg kjøpte. "Sweet Memories" heter de visstnok. Jeg har pyntet med bånd fra American Crafts og The Ribbon Retreat og blomster fra Papirloftet og Wild Orchid Crafts.

*The papers I used for this card are from a free pack that came with a magazine I bought. "Sweet Memories" I think they're called. I've decorated with ribbons from American Crafts and The Ribbon Retreat and flowers from Papirloftet and Wild Orchid Crafts.*

 

Motivet er Easter Carly fra Mo Manning. Og jeg må innrømme at utfordringen var mer enn jeg hadde forventet da jeg begynte. Jeg er ikke flink med folder, men etter et lynkurs i fjor hos Yasmine, Copics-mesteren, trodde jeg at jeg skulle få det til. Det tok noen forsøk, men til slutt endte jeg med en blanding av Copics og ProMarker-teknikk for å få foldene sånn som jeg ville ha dem.
Litt kantstempling med et stempel fra Kort og Godt og et lite påskestempel fra Papirloftet og påskekortet mitt er ferdig. Se liste over farger brukt under.
*The image is Easter Carly from Mo Manning. And I have to admit that the challenge was more than I expected when I started. I'm not very good with folds, but after a crash course last year with Yasmine, the Copics champ, I thought I could do it. It took a few trials but I eventually landed on a mix of Copics and ProMarker techniques to get the folds the way I wanted them.
A bit of stamping on the edges with a stamp from Kort og Godt and a little easter stamp from Papirloftet and my easter card is done. See the list of used colours below.*

Skin: Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush, Ivory, Pastel Pink (cheeks), Baby Pink (lips)
Hair: Mustard, Saffron, Vanilla, Buttercup, Primrose
Flowers in the hair: Budding Rose, Fresh Meadow, Tulip Yellow
Dress: Olive Green, Marsh Green, Apple Cider, Morning Mist, Blender
Stockings and Shoes: Morning Mist, Grey Squirrel, March Hare, blender
Bunny: Budding Rose, March Hare, blender
Basket: Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Sandstone
Eggs and bow: Primrose, Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Sky Blue, Lilac, Soft Green, Cool Aqua, Budding Rose
Grass and ground: Grass, Meadow Green, Forest Green, Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Sandstone, Umber
Outline: Soft Aqua (FM)

Challenges:
Passion for ProMarkers w191 - Bingo (diagonal: Ribbon, Free, Blooms)
Card and Scrap - ekstrautfordring Påske
Crafty Creations #215 - Easter
Creative Inspirations #207 - Easter Wishes
Creatalicious #46 - Lovely Easter

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