The Night Before Christmas...

This weekend I made another christmascard with Papirdesigns new christmaspapers.
What inspired me to make it was a (new) stamp, the poem about the little girl who thought she'd been so nice that she had to hang a pantyhose by the fireplace... I think this cute Sarah Kay-image fits well to that text. It's an image I've had for years, and get more fond of every time I use it (although it has some tricky colouringparts). This time I coloured with ProMarkers again.
On the front, the paneledges are inked (DistressInk WalnutStain) and sewn down.
The lacy edge is made with a Martha Stewart edge punch (Doily Lace).
The sentiment is a cutout from one of Papirdesigns older christmascollections, I used GlossyAccents on top of it (oh, how I hate that wait-untill-it's-dry-part!!!)
Beneath the sentiment is the poem, rolled up, with a ribbon tied as a bow around it (picture of it opened further down).

And here's the inside, made as a "light" version of the Sketch Saturdays sketch I used to make the front.

On the left side (where I think it's too bulky to write anything by hand, I stamped two different christmasgreetings. On the rightside I just stamped the same "borders", but left the rest blank to write a personal greeting.

Of course the edges are inked inside too :)

The backside, where I made a "Postcard", using different stamps, one of them saying something like "handmade with warmth and care by", then I masked in my name from a different stamp:

Here I've opened the bow, to show the poem:

Here's a close-up showing the poem, rolled out:

I'll join these challenges with the card:

Sketch Saturday #226 - Sketch

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #29 - All Sewn Up

Creative Inspirations #181 - Christmas In September

Paper Crafting Journey - My Sentiment Exactly

Scrapperiket - Bruk 2 Forskjellige Skrifttyper (2 different fonts)

Just Keep On Creating - Christmas Is Just Around The Corner

***

Thanks a lot for all visits and comments - You really make me happy 

 

I've tried Chlorinebleaching

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge are now into the second week of the Try A New Technique-Challenge, so if you haven't joined in yet you still have a few days to do it.

For this christmascard I have tried out chlorinebleaching.
I have taken a few picture of the process (how I figured out how to do it after watching several videos on YouTube), but first I have to show the finished card, the frontside above :)

...inside...

...backside...
I've used the same sketch for all sides of the card

Here's how I made the image for the card:

First I stamped the image (Sarah Kay) with black StazOn on Kraftcardstock, and embossed with clear embossingpowder.

Then the scary part :s I painted the areas I wanted lightened with chlorine (the coats and the hair).Some areas I panted twice and other three times to get the shade I wanted.
I work rather slowly, and figured out (after a while) that it might be a good idea to open the window...

Then the fun part :) I coloured the rest of the image...

...and the background.

Now, hop over to the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challengeblog to see what the creative girls at the DT have made.
I hope this will inspire you to Try A New Technique too,
and share it with us at Fussy and Fancy.

***

Nuances in white

Starting on this card in white on white, I realized that white isn't just one colour, there are numerous nuances of white. And I realized that Letraset Cartridge papers aren't white-white, like Daler-Rowneys are, they're more yellowish-white. And, as I sat there with lots of white papers around I saw - all these white colours are pretty together, I can use the different shades of white in a card!
So that's what I did - and cutted, embossed, sewed and stamped :)
I hope Passion for ProMarkers will accept it for their "white-on-white" challenge...

Inside the card I used a textstamp from Storyteller, stamped onto panels made with Martha Stewart Punch around the Page, the right side is for writing more personal greetings :)

A close-up of the stampimage, from Sarah Kay. The choirboy closest is stamped and coloured twice, then cut out and attached to the first image with 3D-foampads.
The text is from Ladybug and Friends.

I'll enter this christmascard into these challenges:
Passion for ProMarkers - White on White (though it's different shades of white...)
I Love ProMarkers - Anything Goes (Of course I've used my ProMarkers)
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Emboss It (the panel behind the stampimage is embossed)
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Lots of Layers ( I have up to 7 layers in places on this card)
Let's Ink It Up - Stitching (I've sewn around the panels and paperdoilyheart on the frontside)

Green and yellow springcard

I loved to work with Sketchy Colors sketch this week. After moving around the bits and pieces, I ended up with this card - in green and yellow, two springlike colours :)
I've never used these two colours much, but recently I have come to like them more and more. The DPs are from Making Memories.
The image (on a Nellie'sMultiFrame's diecut) is from Sarah Kay, coloured with my highly beloved ProMarkers. I Love ProMarkers challenge this week is "Anything goes", so I'll enter their challenge too :)
On all edges I've used DistressInk OldPaper.
Around the image I've used ColorboxFluidChalk Olive.
The textstamp "Best wishes" is from a Bentley Bear freegift set that came with a mag. It's really nice to find those small sayings when you need just a few words.
Inside the card I've used the same papers. The greetingplates are made with Spellbinders Label Fours, in two of the corners I've stamped swirls from Inkadinkado Clearstamps (9877).
The butterflies are made with Martha Stewart Butterflypunch and Spellbinders Butterflies Two.
I've also put some beads in two of the corners, both in front and on the inside :)

my third christmascard in March

Here's my third, and maybe last, christmascard for March.
I've used the sketch from
Sketchy Colors challenge # 63 to put the card together.
This is also the last card (maybe...) for Hjerteboden's Juleblogg this month.

It's an easelcard, and the image is Sarah Kays from Stampavie. I think this girl posting letter - I think it's for Santa - is so lovely. I've seen the image used a lot, but haven't found it in any shops until a couple of weeks ago...
Because I don't think I'll be able to just write "merry christmas", and nothing more, I've made it possible to pull out the "inlaycard", and write on both sides of it :)

Materials:
Cardstock: Bazzill kraftcardstock, DCWV
DP: Scrappers Choice "Julepost", 3ndyPapir "Julebrev"
Stamps: Image Stampavie Sarah Kay, Text Storyteller
Colours: ProMarkers, LePlumes (and glitterpens for the tiny details on the girls purse)
Ink: Adirondack Earthtones Espresso, DistressInk VintagePhoto
Old stamps, brads, ribbon, punches and sewingmachine