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onsdag 14. januar 2015

Hobbies @ I ❤️ ProMarkers


Hello again, dear friends and crafters out there.
It’s Wednesday and time for a new challenge over at

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is

and the theme for the challenge is
Hobbies

I have made a masculine card - one of those I’m always short of…
My image is from Kenny K. I’m really sorry I didn’t write down the ProMarkers I used for colouring - I had such a good time colouring, I simply forgot to sort out the markers I used.
I found Rock Dude just perfect for the theme for this challenge.
I used DPs from Papirdesign. Dies are from MemoryBox, MarianneDesign and Spellbinders.
I also put on a bow (ribbon from Papirdesign) and a little, black starcharm.
All paperedges are inked with DistressInk WalnutStain.


Insides:
The stamped text is from North Star Stamps

Back and front:


I’ll join these challenges:
Squigglefly #2 - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society #57 - Anything Goes
Kenny K’s Krafty Krew #186 - Anything Goes
Wags ’n’ Whiskers #145 - Anything Goes
Sister Act #88 - Anything Goes Cards Only
Artistic Inspirations #122 - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Seemacrafts - Anything Goes


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I hope you will join the Hobby-Challenge over at
I Love ProMarkers

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mandag 12. januar 2015

Snowflakes and/ or Glitter at Storyteller


Good Morning everybody
I'm here with my DT-entry for the brand new challenge over at
The theme for this challenge is
Snowflakes and/ or Glitter

For this challenge I have made a "Giftcardholdercard".
The card is not so big, approximately 6"x 3 1/4", just wide enough to fit for a giftcard.
I experienced last christmas that I needed almost as many holders for giftcards as I needed gifttags for "real" presents...

Materials used for the card:
Image: Wild Rose Studio
DPs: Wild Rose Studio «Frosted Lace»
Dies: Wild Rose Studio «Lacy Snowflake»
Snowflakepunches: Tonic Studios
Glitterstickles «Frosted Lace»
Ribbons, Charms and Flowers from Storyteller

And here's the card, hope you like it:



I'll join these challenges:
Hobbygarasjen #21 - Vinter
Scribble and Scrap #35 - Anything Goes
Card Mania #64 - Make It Sparkle
Wags ’n’ Whiskers #145 - Anything Goes
Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge #209 - Anything goes
Crafty Creations #280 - Brrrrrrr The Blues
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes (Optional Extra Thank You Card or Gift)
Party Time Tuesdays #194 - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Dream Valley #97 - Christmas
The Christmas Challenge #50 - Non Traditional Colours
ABC Christmas - A is for Anything Christmas
Christmas Cards All Year ‘Round - Anything Goes (as long as it’s Christmas)

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I hope you'll join the
Snowflakes and/ or Glitter Challenge
over at
Storyteller
The challenge starts Monday 12. January
and ends Saturday 24. January

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onsdag 7. januar 2015

New Beginnings @ I ❤️ ProMarkers


This weeks theme is
New Beginnings 

This challenge is sponsored by
Eureka! Stamps

I have used Baby Balloon for my card. A list of colours I used is further down in the post.
I used a dies from Spellbinders to cut out the image. On the edges I put on some Shabby Blue Frantage,
DPs are from My Minds Eye and DCWV. I used Bazzills Kraft Cardstock for the base and backing panels.  Both paper- and cardstockedges are inked with DistressInk WalnutStain.
The cardfront is built up in layers, 9 (!) layers actually, so the card is quite heavy.
T decorate it I only used a little piece of blue seambindingribbon and a circleshaped textstamp from Kort & Godt.



Inside the card: Bazzill light blue and Kraft cardstock. On the light blue cardstock I used a corner punch from Martha Stewart. On the heartshaped diecut (I do not know which brand this die is…), I used one of the first textstamps I bought when I started to make cards… 


Pro- and TriaMarkers used to colour the image:
Skin: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Tan, Blush, Sunkissed Pink
Diaper («balloon»): Powder Blue, Blender
Safety Pins and Baby rattle: C917
Rattle handle: Sandstone

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I’ll join these challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew #78 - For a Child
Party Time Tuesdays #194 - Anything Goes
Love To Create #148 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #122 - Anything Goes With a Twist of NEW
Scrapbook Stamp Society #57 - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap #35 - Always Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss #269 - Anything Goes
A Gem of a Challenge #135 - Something New
Crazy 4 Challenges - Clean and Simple
Crafty Catz #260 - Anything Goes
The ABC Challenge - A is for Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Sister Act #87 - Anything Goes Cards Only
Crafting By Designs - Anything goes

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I hope you’ll join
I ❤️ ProMarkers
for the
New Beginnings
challenge

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søndag 4. januar 2015

Winter @ My Besties Norge

Good Morning, and Happy New Year
to all friends, followers and other crafters out there
I have started this year trying to get my workspace a little more organized, but, oh, it will be a lot of job sorting all those little things. What gives me kind of a headache now is the charms, ribbons and laces… I really need to find a system for them!
-And all my papers! I SO need one of those paper racks where I can both store and see what I have.
Well - Pinterest is a fantastic place to find great storing solutions, so I’m sure I’ll find something that will work for my room.

My first post for 2015 is to show you my DT-entry for the new challenge over at
My Besties Norge

The challenge has the theme
Winter
(But Christmas is also accepted)

For this challenge I made an advent candlestick - you know one where we light one more candle for each Sunday during the advent. It’s made of a matchbox, and has a perfect handbag size :)
The matchbox is decorated with DP from Papirdesign. 
I’ve used the image Snow Pretty Snow man Winter by Sherri Baldy
You can find all of her images in her stores
Sherri’s Etsy Store
Scrapbook Stamp Society
My Besties Store
Underneathe the image I tucked a little cheesecloth, and tied a seambindingribbon into a bow below the image. Onto the bow I attached two little silverbells.
I also put on several, «randomly placed» punched snowflakes and blingstones.

I divided the inside of the matchbox into two rooms; one for the matches and one for the 4 candles:

The candles (and candleholders) are the ones you buy for cakes:


I’ll join these challenges:
Allsorts #282 - Cold and Frosty Colours
Crafty Catz #260 - Anything Goes 
Fussy and Fancy #129 - Snowflakes and Ribbon
Card Mania #63 - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday #354 - Anything Goes!
Papirlosjen - #Jul
StampARTic - Winter
Hobbygarasjen #21 - Vinter
Crafting For All Seasons #92 - Anything Christmas But A Card
Crafty Creations - Who Wants To Build A Snowman
Passion For ProMarkers #277 - Bingo (Ribbons/ Gems/ Punches)
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Dream Valley #97 - Christmas
Cutie Pie #82 - Lots of Cuteness on Anything But a Card
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge #210 - Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - Favourite Colour Combo (White & Blue)
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes as long as it’s Christmas
The Christmas Challenge #49 - Anything Goes (as long as it’s christmas)
The ABC Challenge - A is for Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss #269 - Anything Goes

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I hope you’ll join us at
My Besties Norge 
for our
Winter Challenge

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So Long

mandag 22. desember 2014

Christmas Plus Music @ My Besties International


Good Morning all visitors, and welcome to my blog.
I’m here to show you my DT-entry for the brand new challenge over at
My Besties International
the theme for this one is
Christmas plus Music
So join us and show us your christmas music cards and creations.
Just remember to use one of Sherri Baldys images, and join in.
You can find all of her images in her stores
Sherri’s Etsy Store
Scrapbook Stamp Society
My Besties Store


And of course there’s prizes for both the winner and the Top 3

This is my Christmas plus Music card.
The music on the card is made with stamps and dies.
DPs are from Authentique. I think this papercollection works so great with Bazzills Kraft cardstock, so I had to make the «Winter Wonderland» out of it, using several snowflake dies and Glitterstickles (Frosted Lace).
Underneath the image I put some cheesecloth and a piece of lace.
The poinsettiaflowers in the corner of the image have got a touch of DistressInk WalnutStain (as have all paperedges), before I glittered them.

The card folded out:



I’ll join these challenges:
Card and Scrap #87 - Jul eller Nytår
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps #94 - Anything Goes @ Christmas
Brown Sugar #125 - Christmas
Creative Knockouts #68 - Winter Wonderland
Cute Card Thursday #352 - Sparkles!
Stampavie and more #227 - Christmas
Penny’s #208 - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations #294 - Christmas/ New Year!
Deep Ocean #93 - Christmas Is All Around
Tuesday Throwdown #225 - Christmas
Creative Card Crew #77 - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Dream Valley #97 - Christmas
Card Mania #62 - Christmas
Vintage Utfordring #92 - Vintage Julekort
Allways Something Creative #89 - Frohe Weinachten
East Wind #21 - Christmas
Sister Act #87 - Anything Goes cards only
Wags and Whiskers #144 - Merry Christmas
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #80 - Christmas
Crafty Cardmakers #129 - Christmas
The Christmas Challenge #49 - Anything Goes (as long as it’s christmas)


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I think this will be the last posting before christmas, so I’d like to wish you all
a very merry christmas

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So Long

onsdag 17. desember 2014

Anything Goes @ I ❤️ ProMarkers

 
Hello again :)
Just one more week untill the Big Day, and like every year I can’t understand how to get everything finished in time. I just hope that when the day arrive things are like they always have been - they usually do…
Today is Wednesday, and that means it’s time for a new challenge over at 
 This week the theme is (the one we all love):

This week we have 2 sponsors:
and
Visit I ❤️ ProMarkers to read about their prizes.

For our Anything goes Challenge I have made a new page for my recipe book.
I have used the same image as I used for last weeks challenge, it’s called Pillsbury SnoBoy, and is from our sponsor Stitchy Bears.
With the image I used several snowflakes, made with both dies and punches, to decorate with. I found the big, glittered snowflake at a fleamarket. I also used some pompom-ribbon, cheesecloth, pearlstrings, halfpearls and seambindingribbon.
On the recipe tag I used a snowflakeshaped eyelet, some twine and ribbon, some halfpearls and a punched snowflake.
The recipe is handwritten.
Of course the image is coloured with ProMarkers - and has a little glitter on the SnoBoy himself…
The page is made with a «pocket» to put the recipe tag into.

The recipe pulled a bit out of the pocket:

How to make the Snowballs with Limoncino:
You’ll need:
200 grams marzipane
1 teaspoon grated lemonpeel
2 tablespoons limoncino
3 tablespoons icing sugar
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150 grams white chocolate
grated coconut
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Knead together marzipane, lemonpeel, limoncino and icingsugar. Form into small icingballs and let cool while melting the white chocolate.
Dipe the snowballs in the white chocolate, then roll them in grated cocnut.
Delicious!
(PS I always wear glowes making these)

(In my blogpost last week for I ❤️ ProMarkers you can see the snowballs in some of the pictures, you can find it here, or just scroll down.



(Here’s the frontpage of my recipe book, made years ago when I was new to scrapping and cardmaking. I guess I could have made it a lot better today, but it is kind of fun looking through the pages and see the progress I’ve made):

I’ll join these challenges:
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Scrapper’s Delights #37 - Anything Goes!
Creative Inspirations #294 - Christmas/ New Year
Deep Ocean #93 - Christmas is all around
Tuesday Throwdown #225 - Christmas
Creative Card Crew #77 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #122 - Anything Goes/ Merry Christmas
Dream Valley #97 - Christmas
Card Mania #62 - Christmas
East Wind #21 - Christmas
Totally Gorjuss #266 - Blue for Christmas
The Crazy Challenge #186 - Christmas
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #80 - Christmas

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onsdag 10. desember 2014

Pearls and Swirls @ I ❤️ ProMarkers


I’m sorry I’m a bit late with todays post - I stayed up too late last night, doing «christmassy things», and had completely forgot to push «plan» on this blogpost, so when I slept too long today, my post didn’t go live…
But here it is, and I hope you like it.

Today we have a new challenge for you over at
I ❤️ ProMarkers

This week with the theme
Pearls and Swirls

Our sponsor this week is
Visible Image

For my DT-entry this week I’ve made a Tag.
The tag is tied onto a bag of «Chocolate-Snowballs», homemade little, white chocolateballs, that my family think is delicious. And I think this image (from Stitchy Bear) is just perfect for thos purpose.
I’ve used old DPs from Ladybug and Friends. T decorate I used several dies, a little bit of silvercoloured lace, some pearlswirls and -strings, and some halfpearls and blingstones of course.
Paperedges are distressed and inked.
Then I used a bit of string to tie the tag onto the bag.
The image is, of course coloured with ProMarkers, the snowman and his snowballs have got some Glitterstickles on as well.



I’ll join these challenges:
Papirlosjen - Jul
A Gem of a Challenge #134 - Anything Christmas
A Creative Romance - Anything Goes
Creative Moments #57 - Anything Goes/ Winter
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations #121 - Anything Goes or Snow
Allways Something Creative #88 - Weinachten
Card and Scrap #87 - Jul eller Nytår
Crafting for all Seasons #91 - Anything Christmas But A Card
Let’s Craft and Create #99 - Christmas
Jingle Belles - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Extra - Anything Christmas
Craft Hoarders #21 - Celebrate The Season
CCC Digi Creations #14 - Digi/ Christmas
Get Creative #3 - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - Bling It On!
Crafting For All Seasons #92 - Anything Christmas But A Card
Crafter’s Cafe #94 - Christmas/ Holiday Season
Passion For ProMarkers #277 - Mega Christmas Challenge
Party Time Tuesdays #93 - Anything Goes Theme

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I hope you’ve found a little inspiration here to join the new challenge at
I ❤️ ProMarkers.
Thanks a lot for stopping by 😊
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So Long

mandag 8. desember 2014

Vintage Christmas @ My Besties International


Good Morning
Thanks a lot for stopping by at my little space.
I’m here today to show and tell about the new challenge over @
My Besties International

The challenge that starts today has the theme
Vintage Christmas
We all at My Besties International hope that many of you will join us for this one
- maybe you’ll be our lucky winner

I have made a giftbag for this challenge too - well, it’s not long untill christmas and I have started preparing the gifts…
On the giftbag I’ve used the image
IMG451
from Sherri Baldy
I have coloured the image with Promarkers, and put on a little glitter on the «furry» details of the clothing.
You can find this image, and all the other lovely images from Sherri Baldys in her shops
Sherri’s Etsy Store
Scrapbook Stamp Society
My Besties Store

The giftbag is made of Bazzill Kraft Cardstock, and is decorated with DPs from MajaDesign (Isn’t «Majapapers» great with My Besties-images?!?)
Other decorations are: Die cuts, Lace, Cheesecloth, a Flower, 2 little goldballs, some spices (cinnamonsticks and cloves) and a ribbon to close the giftbag.
-And of course I’ve inked all paperedges - I don’t think it feels finished without doing that…
Well, enough talk; here it is:



I’ll join these challenges:
Papirlosjen - Jul
A Gem of a Challenge #134 - Anything Christmas
A Creative Romance - Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #288 - Christmas
Creative Moments #57 - Anything Goes/ Winter
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Try It On Tuesday - Christmas Is Coming
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations #121 - Anything Goes or Snow
The ABC Challenge - Y is for Yuletide
Allways Something Creative #88 - Weinachten
Card and Scrap #87 - Jul eller Nytår
Crafting for all Seasons #91 - Tis the Season
Let’s Craft and Create #99 - Christmas
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes with a Twist - All Things Christmas!
A Song In Your He(ART) #21 - Have yourself a merry little christmas - Any Kind Of Project
Jingle Belles - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Extra - Anything Christmas
Craft Hoarders #21 - Celebrate The Season
CCC Digi Creations #14 - Digi/ Christmas
Get Creative #3 - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - Christmas/ Holidays
My Besties Friendship #8 - Es wird Weinachtlich/ Christmas Time
My Besties Aussie #31 - Anything Goes with a Bestie - Christmas
My Besties Deutschland #9 - Alles geht mit My Besties
Pile It On #49 - Anything Goes Christmas/ Holidays!

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