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onsdag 6. august 2014

Fancy Folds @ I ❤️ ProMarkers

Good Morning to you all.
Today I’m here to show you my DT card for this weeks challenge over at
I ❤️ ProMarkers


This time with the challenge theme
Fancy Folds

Sponsor for this challenge is
Dr Digi

My project for the Fancy Fold Challenge is a Magic Card. I think this is suchan elegant way to fold a card. Easy is it too.
DPs are from Papirdesign. To decorate the card I used only a swirldie (My Favorite Thing), a poinsettiadie (Magnolia DooHickey), lace, seambindingribbon, twine, 2 little bells and a little brad (in the middle of the poinsettia)
I inked all paperedges - the greetingpaper-roll and the poinsettia too). On the poinsettia I sprayed a good layer of Glimmermist (Dazzling Diamonds).
The sides on th card is punched with Martha Stewart Vintage Floral edge punch.

The greeting on the front of the card is stamped onto a rolled paper. The greeting doesn’t show completely before the paper is rolled out.

Inside. The stamped greeting is from Papirdesign.

I’m still not quite sure wether to put on a sentiment on the back, or not… Think I’ll wait a little while, so I don’t do it and regret it all time after…

The image «Naughty or Nice», from Dr Digi

Pro-and FlexMarkers used for colouring:
Skin: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Tan
Trousers: Cocoa, Poppy
Shirt, Beard and hair: Warm Grey1, Blender
Pencil: Sandstone, Gold
Naughty/ Nice-List: Satin, Blender
Rolled list: Putty, Satin, Antique White (F)

I’ll enter these challenges:
Completely Christmas #23 - Anything Goes
Christmas Card Challenges #36 - Embellish it
Winter Wonderland - Anything Goes for Xmas
CHNC Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes as Long as it’s Christmas
Creative Card Crew #67 - Christmas

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Thanks for visiting my blog
Hope to see you again soon

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tirsdag 5. august 2014

Photo Inspiration @ Inky Chicks

Hello again friends, followers and fellow crafters.
Tonight we start the new challenge at
Inky Chicks

This fortnight we have a picture to inspire you.

For this challenge we are
Sponsored by Creashop Duymelot

prize is a 10 Euro voucher

I found inspiration in the colours. Mainly the turquoise-ish coloured eye.
I made a little giftbag, after a tutorial in the latest issue of the magazine Ett Trykk.
 The image on the giftbag is one of Sherri Baldys My Besties.
It’s coloured with ProMarkers.
I was really surprised to see how much turquoise stash I had in my boxes and drawers…(but looking around in my room, I think I may have the stash to meet most any challenge).
The giftbag is made out of Bazzill Kraft cardstock, which I think worked quite well with the turquoise and white, and that it fitted the inspiration picture as well.
Behind the image I put on an embossed panel.
Both the embossing and the paperedges are inked with DistressInk WalnutStain.


Back of the bag, with a stamped, little greeting from Kort & Godt:



I hope you’ll join the
Photo Inspiration Challenge
@
Inky Chicks
visit the challengblog, see what the DT girls have made, be inspired and join in

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I’ll join these challenges:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #47 - Anything Goes
Love To Create #127 - Anything Goes
A Gem Of A Challenge #125 - Embossing
Divas by Design - Anything Goes

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mandag 4. august 2014

Add a Charm or Something that Dangles @ My Besties

Hello fellow crafters and cardmakers.
I'm back with a card for the new challenge over at
 This time with the theme
Add a Charm or Something that Dangles 
Of course there a wonderful prizes for the Winner and Top 3
Visit the challengeblog to see what the DT-girls have made to inspire you - Beautiful work!

I have used one of the new, maritime looking My Besties, IMG389. Isn't it a gorgeous image?
I love it!
You can find all of Sherri Baldys images in her shops
Sherri’s Etsy Store
Scrapbook Stamp Society
My Besties Store
All the Sailor links are here

- it's coloured with ProMarkers.
DPs are from Authentique. To decorate the card I used several knots, onto two of them I tied charms.
(As I’m not good tying knots like this, I had to call in my son to get a little help…)
I also used some perals, rhinestones and some diecuts( (lighthouse and seashells).
The stamped text inside is from Kort & Godt.
The card is made as an easelcard. Below you can see the card from different angles




I’ll enter these challenges:
Scribble and Scrap #24 - Anything Goes
Crafty Calender - Anything goes
Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
Kort o Mania #112 - Kort i sterke farger/ Card in vibrant colors
Sister Act #68 - Cards Only
Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper - Use Patterned Paper
Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge #188 - Anything Goes
Crafter’s Café #174 - Use a Digi
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #46 - Anything Goes
My Besties Deutschland #5 - Alles Geht mit My Besties!

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Thanks for visiting my blog.

I hope you’ll join the challenge over at
My Besties International

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søndag 3. august 2014

Back To School @ My Besties Norge

Hi again
I almost forgot that there's a new challenge at
My Besties Norge
today too.
The challenge theme here is
Back To School

I have decorated a book. I used DPs from Papirdesign, with a beautiful map print. I think Hedda, who is genuine interested in maps and countries will get this book when school begins later this month. That's also the reason for the purple and pink colours on the image, as purples are her favourite colours.
The image is My Besties IMG804.
The cutouts are also from a DP from Papirdesign. Other embellishments used are seambindingribbon with a little bookcharm attached, lace, ribbons with numberprints and a paperclip with a ribbon tied on (that one I "stole" from Heddas desk...)



I'll enter the following challenges:
Scribble and Scrap #24 - Anything Goes
Crafty Calender - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #46 - Anything Goes


Please visit
My Besties Norge
to see what the DT have made for the
Back To School Challenge

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Bling and/ or Pearls @ Storyteller

Good Morning
on this beautiful First Sunday in August

It’s time for a new challenge over at
Storyteller
The Challenge Theme for this one is
Bling and/ or Pearls

I love both Bling and Pearls, and hope you do too.
I started by colouring my image and found the things I’d use to make and decorate the card:
Materials used for the card:
Image: Saturated Canary
Cardstock: Bazzill
DPs: Melissa Frances
Colouring: ProMarkers

Ink: Adirondack Earthtones Espresso, DistressInk WalnutStain
Roses, Leaves and Brads: Storyteller
Halfpearls and Bling: Papirdesign
Stamptext (Inside): Storyteller
Dies: Spellbinders, Magnolia, My Favorite Thing
Punches: Martha Stewart Vintage Floral PATP-sett, Marvy Uchida corner rounder
Glimmermist (Tattered Rose), Glitterstickles (Crystal, Diamond),  Frantage Aged Rose, Seambindingribbon, Twine, Lace, Button and Homemade Pin.

* I started cutting, punching and tried to place the different parts to see how they worked together, but couldn’t find how I really wanted the card to look like… After moving the pieces around for some time, and trying different embellishmens around, I found I needed I little coffee - and some chocolate.
That helped, a little while later I had it all figured out…

Here’s how the card turned out:


Thought I’d put on a few rhinestones around the stamped greeting inside, but got a little carried away…

The greeting inside is made with a stamptext from one of Storytellers brand new stampsets.
This set has greetings for most any occasions; Wedding, Birthday, Baby, Confirmation, Christmas gifttag (To - From) - A perfect stampset to start with, or if you need to bring with you stamps to meetings or on a travel… I really like this set!

The image, from Saturated Canary:

I’ll enter these challenges:
Crafty Calender - Anything Goes
Fantasy Stampers #16 - Buttons and Bows
Allsorts #270 - Favorite Things (Pearls, blings, laces, Glitter, Ribbons, Pinks…)
Sweet Stampin’ - Bingo (Lace, Ribbons, Pearls/ Brads, Buttons, Punches/ …)
Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
Sister Act #68 - Cards Only
Emerald Fearies #58 - Pearls & Swirls
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Scrapper's Delights #28 - Anything Goes with Buttons, Bows and Ribbons
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #46 - Anything goes

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I hope you’ve found a little inspiration here, and want to join the challenge over at
Storyteller
(Just remember to use some of Storytellers products on your project)
Visit Storytellers challengeblog to see what the rest of the DT-girls have made to insire you for this challenge.

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onsdag 30. juli 2014

Ribbons @ I ❤️ ProMarkers

Good Morning to you all
It’s Wednesday - that means time for a new challenge over at
I ❤️ ProMarkers

This week the theme is
Ribbons
Easy, or what: we just want to see ribbons on your cards and projects.

Our sponsors this week are

and 

Visit the challengeblog to read about the prizes.

For this challenge I turned a little Paperbag into a kind of pocketcard.
I used the image Besties Fancy Pants 74, from Sherri Baldy, on my card.
Of course I put on lots of ribbons. At the bottom of it I attached my pink pom pom ribbons, bought years back, but never used… The green velvetribbons are also goodies from way back.
Around the image I put on some Frantage Shabby White. You’ll find the colourlist further down.

I think the stamp/ dies-set I used on the back is so cool, it’s from Marianne Design:

On the inside tag there’s place for some money…

…and place to write a personal greeting:


Pro- and FlexMarkers used to colour the image:
Skin: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Tan, Blush
Hair: Buttercup, Gold
Clothes: Antique White (F), Linen (F), Putty, Satin, Khaki, Pastel Beige, Tan, Sandstone
Flowers/ Leaves: Tea Green, Grey Green, Buttercup, Blossom, Powder Blue
Blender

I’ll enter these challenges:
Deep Ocean #83 - Summer Colours
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #46 - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Digitally Sweet Challenges #98 - Embellish It Up
Crafty Catz #241  Anything Goes
Kort o Mania #111 - Sommer


I hope you’ll join us at
I ❤️ ProMarkers
for this weeks Ribbon Challenge

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onsdag 23. juli 2014

Monochrome @ I ❤️ ProMarkers

Good Morning
I’m back with another Papergiftbag.
This one for the challenge over at
I ❤️ ProMarkers
This weeks challengetheme is
Monochrome

I’ve chosen shades of brown for my Monochromatic project.
I think the DP is from FarmHouse, so is the cut out postcard. On the postcard I distressed the edges before I inked them with DistressInk WalnutStain - of course all other paperedges are inked too.
Dies used on the flap are from Spellbinders and Cheery Lynne.
I also used  a Martha Stewart edgepunch on the DP on the closingflap.
I’ve used one of Sherri Baldys My Besties images on the paperbag. This one is called IMG028 2
It’s coloured with Pro- and FlexMarkers (see list of colours further down).


Back of the paperbag, with a christmasgreeting from Norsk Stempelblad stamped on.



Pro-and FlexMarkers used to colour the image:
Skin:Ivory, Dusky Pink, Tan, Blush
Hair: Gold, Walnut, Terracotta
Clothes: Tan, Sandstone, Cocoa, Walnut, Antique White (F), Linen(F), Ivory, Putty, Satin
Shading: Warm Grey 1
Blender

I’ll enter these challenges:
Sisterhood of Crafters - Die-Cuts and/ or Punches
Crafter's Cafè #73 - Anything Goes
Crafting for all Seasons #82 - Christmas in July
Papertake Weekly - It's A Jolly Holiday
Hobby Cutz #57 - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society #46 - Anything Goes + Option Christmas in July
That Craft Place - Anything Goes

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I hope to see you around at
I ❤️ ProMarkers
Vist the challengeblog to read more about the challenge and the prizes, see what the rest of the DT-girls have made, get inspired and join in.

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tirsdag 22. juli 2014

Happy Birthday @ Inky Chicks

Hi again, thanks for visiting my blog.
I'm here with my DT-project for this fortnights challenge over at
Inky Chicks
The theme for this challenge is a nice and easy one:
Happy Birthday

Sponsor for this challenge is
All Dressed Up
You can buy their stamps from their Etsy Shop

I have used the stamp called Fairy Magic for my project.
I wanted to make a papergiftbag, for this week challenge.
I coloured my image with ProMarkers and Glitterstickles (Glitterstickles on the butterflies and on the fairies wings).
DPs are from Pion, with inked edges (DistressInk WalnutStain). The backingpaper, behind the imagepanel, is a glittercardstock - thought it would look nice with glitteredges around the fairyimage...
On the butterflies (dies from Cheery Lynne) I used Glitterstickles.


On the back of the bag I used a greetingstamp from one of Storytellers new stampsets


Challenges entered:
Love To Scrap #34 - Scheming crafters! Brown Shades
Try It On Tuesday - Things With Wings
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #45 - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss #245 - Butterflies
Simply Create Too #66 - For a Child

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I hope you'll visit
Inky Chicks
and join in on our
Happy Birthday Challenge

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