Jul i Juli @ Storyteller

Good Morning, and welcome to my little place.
First today, I’m here to show you my DT-project for the new challenge over at
Storyteller

this challenge will go for the next 4 weeks, and the theme is
Jul i Juli
(Chrismas in July)

Isn’t that a great theme! It gives us a chance to catch up on the christmascards - I sure need to do just that…
I have made a gift-tag for this challenge. The kind of special gift-tags that you use for someone special.
I’ve had the image laying on my desk for ages (I got it from a friend a long, long time ago), just waiting for the right project to use it on.
I made two shakerboxes to hang from the tag. Inside the circleshaped I stamped a christmastext, in the little heartshaped one, I just put in redcoloured microbeads. I’ll NEVER make such a tiny shakerbox again!
At the very end I tied on a little, red christmasbell. You won’t believe the cheerful chimes of that little thing…
Further down in the post you’ll find a materiallist.

Backsides:

Materials used:

DPs: Docrafts
Stamps: Storyteller
Ribbon: Storyteller
Flowers: Storyteller
Rhinestones: Storyteller
Dies: Spellbinders
Lace, Gesso, Frantage Aged Gold, Heartcharms, Bell, Microbeads, DistressInk WalnutStain, Twine, Faux Leatherrope, Pearls

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I’d love to enter these challenges:
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #42 - Anything goes
Totally Gorjuss #243 - Bling
Brown Sugar #101 - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too #65 - Christmas in July
Deep Ocean #81 - Add a Sentiment
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb #99 - Bingo (Charm/ Blonde/ Bånd, Bling/ Bånd/ Tag)
My Time To Craft! #252 - Christmas in June
Completely Christmas #19 - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes as long as it’s Christmas
Christmas Card Challenges #32 - Thinking Tags

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I hope you’ve found a little inspiration here, and that you’ll join the
Jul i Juli
challenge
over @
Storyteller

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So Long

Giftcard-Paperbag with The Day Before Xmas Edwin Shakerbox

I have made a Giftcardholder in a paperbag
Some of the youths I know even prefer giftcards…
But - the cardholders that come with the cards are sooo poor! I have to make my own cardholders!
This is one of the ideas I´ve come up with - yes, it´s my own idea! I havent seen it anywhere 😊

It´s an ordinary brown paperbag ( 3 1/8 x 5 7/8), bought at Søstrene Grene.
I cut Kraft cardstock 3 inches wide and some 6 ½-ish long (the punched border decides the length), to make the cardholder to put inside the paperbag.
Then I tried not to go too wild in dies and decorations - oh, I  L O V E  dies! Each and all of them!
The beautiful image, Magnolias «The Day Before X-Mas Edwin», is put inside a shakerbox, before
I attached it to the paperbag.

Here´s the insidecard shown. I cut to halfcircleshaped slits in the DP to hold the giftcard:

The backsides. On the insidecard i placed a little christmasgreeting. On the back of the paperbag I made a simple «To - From»-note

Materials used:
Paperbag
DP: Maja Design
Ink: StazOn JetBlack, DistressInk WalnutStain, Versafine Onyx Black, Adirondack Earthtones Espresso
Punch: Martha Stewart Cherish (PATP)
Dies: Magnolia, Spellbinders, My Favorite Things, Marianne Design

Stamps: Image Magnolia The Day Before X-Mas Edwin, Texts Kort & Godt, Papirdesign

Cheesecloth, Lace, Seambindingribbon, Button, Charm, Twine, Glassbeads, Eyelet, Brad, Jumpring

I´ll enter these challenges:
Simply Magnolia - Twine
Magnolia Mania #82 - Geschenke
Tilda´s Town #83 - Christmas
Time For Magnolia Challenge #40 - Christmas in Anything But Square
Marvelous Magnolia #57 - Anything Goes
Dutch Magnolia Lovers #70 - Bingo (Blue/ Flowers/ Dies)
Magnolia Down Under Challenges #223 - Anything Goes
Papirdokkene #54 - Desember, D, Dies
Hjerteboden #12 - Jul, men alt annet enn et kort
Brown Sugar #72 - Christmas

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Christmas Gift Tags

Good morning all of you :)
Aren´t these gifttags just cute?
They´re made as little shakerboxes with Besties-images inside.
You can find Sherri Baldis adorable Besties here.
Yes, the images are printed very small, so colouring them was quite fiddly - I couldn´t have done it without the fine nibs on the ProMarkerpens. Those nibs are amazing!

I used the Bazzill Bling cardstock for the shakerboxfronts and the snowflakes. It sparkles so nice :)

Here´s the back of the first one:

Here´s the second tag.
I used the same materials and embellishments, but a different image, -and of course some different placings of embellishments and texts:

…and the back of it:

Here´s a picture showing both gifttags

I really look forward to putting these two on the gifts :)

I´ll enter these challenges:
Papirdokkene #49 - Julen
NSHK #78 - Rundt og Rundt og Rundt
Card and Scrap #59 - Alt er Lov
ProMarker Norge #21 - Alt er Lov
Scrapbook Stamp Society #14 - Anything Goes
Stampin´for the Weekend - Shape it Up!!!
Alphabet Challenge Blog - M for Micro/ Mini
Challenges 4 Everybody #26 - Anything Goes
Sister Act #19 - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar #54 - Anything Goes

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GDT at I LOVE ProMarkers

Great news from me today!
I have been asked to be a Guest-DT over at I LOVE ProMarkers for August!
Of course I said "yes" -or maybe what I said something more like "YES!"
I Love ProMarkers may be one if the challenges I most often join, and now I have got the chance to join all their talented DT-girls for an entire month - It`s so EXCITING!
The first challenge I`ve made a card for is the "Use a Doily"-Challenge. I hope you see my doilies :)
I layered 3 doilies onto each other before I "squeezed" the middle of them a little together, then I positioned it in the corner. The image, Sherri Baldys Img 815 (of course coloured with ProMarkers, you`ll find a list of which colours I`ve used further down), is mounted inside a "shakerbox". Actually the whole front of the card is a shakerbox. I made the window using Spellbinders Petite Scalloped circles Large. Around it I used lots of flowers, leaves and butterflies - yes, they are glittered, both the flowers and the butterflies ;)
Here you can see the "shakereffect" better:

This picture show te front- and backside of the card. You can see I`ve used the same DP on both:

Here\s the inside of the card:
I used the same Spellbinders-dies for the textpanels, as I used for the window on the front.

Colours I used for the image:

Skin: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Blush, Tan
Pear Green, Meadow green, Pastel Green, Buttercup, Pink Pearl (F), Blossom, Pale Blossom (F)

Other materials:

Cardstock: Bazzill
DP: Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics 5th of May
Dies: Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles Large, Joy! Crafts DL102 (Butterflies)
Textstamp: Staz
Flowers, Leaves, Pearlstrings, Microbeads
Glitterstickles Diamond
DistressInk Walnut 

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Another Shaped Card

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 Thought I'd show you another shaped card I've made.

Our ongoing challenge at My Besties inspired me to make more shaped cards :)

This time it's made as a shakercard. 

The image inside the shakerbox is Sherri Baldys "img 697 May Blossom".

It's coloured with Pro- and FlexMarkers, as usual ;)

The cardshape is made wit Sizzix Frame, Fancy Oval.

The little shakerbox, hanging underneath is made with a dies from the same set.

The greeting inside it is from Papirdesign.

 The next two pictures show the card "folded out".

On the back of the card I attached two oval shaped papers, with stamped greetings on.

This picture shows the card lying flat. 

Here you can see the tiny beads inside the shakerboxes better:

I'll enter my shaped shakercard into these challenges:

Party Time Tuesdays #126 - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Anything But Square

Pause Dream Enjoy #13 - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays #160 - For The Girls

On Stop Craft #231 - For a Friend

Scrap'a'Long #28 - Perler, Perler og Perler

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