Christmas Countdown

lørdag 21. desember 2013

Giftcard-Paperbag with The Day Before X-Mas Tilda


Hello, and good morning
3 days untill christmas, and I´m slowly getting all things ready for the big day; the house is cleaner and tidyer than the rest of the year, most of the presents are wrapped, food and clothes are planned
- what´s left is a little shopping, putting up the tree and a quick sweep over the floors, and we´re ready for christmas :)

Today I have another of my giftcardholder to show you, this time made with the beautiful magnoliaimage The Day Before X-Mas Stocking Tilda.  She´s coloured with DistressInk Refills.
For decorations I´ve used Magnolia-dies. The little house- and the Merry Christmas-dies are new, and sooo cute! I´ve had the poinsettia for quite a while now, but I still love, love, love it! I think it´s my most used die…
On the poinsettia, the house and around the image I put on some Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel - for the time it´s my favourite stuff! I use it on almost everything i make - may have to put it away for a while…
All text- and postalstamps, except from the «Til- Fra», are from Kort & Godt. The «Til- Fra»-stamp used on the back of the paperbag is from Papirdesign.
Designpapers are from Magnolia.


The back of the paperbag (of course a little embossing here too), stamped with «Til - Fra» («To- From»):

Here I´ve pulled the insidecard (or should I call it a tag?) out. Clean and simple, with slits to hold a giftcard:

Here´s the back of the insidecard (and the paperbag), with a stamped christmasgreeting:

I´ll enter these challenges:
Creative Inspirations #245 - Anything Goes + Option of a Sketch
Hjerteboden #12 - Jul + Alt annet enn kort!
Brown Sugar #73 - Anything Goes
Stampin´ For The Weekend - Anything Goes
Card and Scrap #66 - Jul… Lag hva du vil
Scrappin All Over #19 - Jul/ Nyttår
Charisma Cardz #49 - Anything Goes
Penny´s Paper Crafty Challenge #158 - Favourite Technique or Colour (Mine is Frantage embossing)
Stamping Sensations - Free and Easy
Creative Belli #185 - Christmas
Crafty Creations #253 - Anything Goes
Christmas Cards All Year ´Round - Christmas Stockings
Kaboodle Doodles #202 - Christmas Colors
Squigglefly #50 - Use Red Somewhere, Anywhere
Love To Create #96 - Anything Goes
Dream Valley #72 - Christmas
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #54 - Happy Holidays
4 Crafty Girls #8 - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Creative Moments #32 - Anything Goes
Inky Chicks #19 - Christmas
Creative Card Crew #51 - Holly or Poinsettia
Corrosive Challenge #189 - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Christmas
A Gem Of A Challenge #109 - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - It´s Christmas Time
Papirdokkene #54 - Desember, D, Dies
Marvelous Magnolia #58 - Anything Goes
Magnolia Mania #82 - Geschenke/ Gifts
Totally Tilda #87 - Anything Goes
Magnolia Down Under Challenge #226 - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut´s Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes As Long As It´s Christmas


I hope you like my paperbag-Giftcard-Holder, and if I don´t «see» you again before christmas:

A Very Merry Christmas To You

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onsdag 18. desember 2013

More Than One Fold at I ❤️ ProMarkers

Good morning to each and everyone of you.
Today I want to show you a giftcard I made for the new challenge over at
I ❤️ ProMarkers
This weeks theme is
More Than One Fold
Our sponsor for this challenge is Sherri Baldy who´ll give the winner 5 digital images


I´ve used Img 910 for my card. You can find this and many more in Sherris etsy shop and in the Scrapbook Stamp Society Shop

I found the idea for this card at Dawn´s Stamping Thoughts,
and liked it immediately
(as I wrote in yesterdays post, I like making my own giftcardholders)

The inside is folded to make a giftcardpocket - clever idea, what?


One of the tags on front is stamped with «To - From»:

ProMarkers used to colour the image:
Skin: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Tan, Blush
Clothes: Khaki, Pastel Beige, Cocoa, Tan, Sandstone, Marsh Green, Pear Green
and Blender

Materials used:
Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
DP: Panduro
Image: Sherri Baldys My Besties
Textstamps: Kort & Godt, Norsk Stempelblad
Dies: Marianne Design
Punches: Martha Stewart Chesrish, Marvy Uchida Tag
Embossing: Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossingfolder
Ink: DistressInk WalnutStain, Adirondack Earthtones Espresso
Stampendous  Embossing Enamel Shabby White and Aged Hunter
Laces
Homemade Pin

I´ll enter these challenges:
Love To Create #96 - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays - Non Traditional Christmas Colours
That Craft Place - Christmas
Sweet Stampin´Challenge - Last Minute Christmas
Dream Valley #72 - Christmas
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Allsorts #237 - Snowflakes
Sister Act #37 - Cards Only
Totally PaperCrafts #197 - Christmas Using Non Traditional Christmas Colours
4 Crafty Girls #8 - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Creative Moments #32 - Anything Goes
Passion For ProMarkers #228 - Mega Christmas Challenge, Include a Sentiment
Inky Chicks #19 - Christmas
Corrosive Challenge #189 - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody #35 - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Christmas
Scrapbook Stamp Society #31 - Anything Goes + Option Christmas
A Gem of a Challenge #109 - Anything Goes
My Besties Aussie - It´s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

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I hope you´ll join us for this challenge.
If you haven´t visited I ❤️ ProMarkers yet, hop on over there, to see what the rest of the DT-girls have made, get inspired and join in.

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tirsdag 17. desember 2013

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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onsdag 11. desember 2013

Follow That Sketch at I ❤️ ProMarkers


   Good Morning on this wet and windy Wednesday
It´s time for a new challenge at
I ❤️ ProMarkers             
This week it is a Sketch-challenge,
and this is the sketch we have for you:

Our sponsors for this challenge are
and 
You can read about the prizes, the challenge and see many more inspirational projects over at 

Now over to my inspirational card
I´ve used the image Skating Santa from Rick St Dennis, you can find this and many, many more wonderful images in his etsy Shop

I used these ProMarker-colours for the image:
Skin: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Blush, Tan
Suit, Hat and Skates: Walnut, Cocoa, Tan, Sandstone, Satin, Warm Grey 1, 3 and 5
-and of course Blender

Materials used for the card:
Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
DPs: Papirdesign, My Minds Eye
Textstamps: Kort & Godt, Hero Arts, Ladybug and Friends
Snowflakestamps of different brands around the image
Punch: Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake
Dies: Marianne Design, Magnolia 
Stampendous Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel
Seambindingribbon
Jumprings
Skatecharms (Tim Holtz)
Rhinestones
Ink: DistressInk (WalnutStain), Ranger Adirondack Earthtones Espresso

And this is how it turned out:

The insides:

Back- and frontside; I used the sketch on both of these:

I stamped a little christmasgreeting on each of the little tags (Magnolia dies):

I´ll enter my card into the following challenges:
Passion For ProMarkers #228 - Mega Christmas Challenge «Include A Sentiment»
Let´s Craft and Create #85 - Let´s Celebrate
Inky Chicks #19 - Christmas
Kaboodle Doodles #201 - Non-traditional Christmas Colors
Party Time Tuesdays #150 - Winter Wonderland
Corrosive Challenges #189 - Anything Goes
Squigglefly #49 - Christmas Spirit
Challenges 4 Everybody #35 - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Christmas
That Craft Place - Christmas
Just Some Lines - Christmas or Winter
Crafty Catz #210 - Use 2 or More Dies!
Totally Gorjuss #213 - Anything Goes With Santa
A Gem Of A Challenge  #109 - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar #71 - Sports
Sister Act #36 - Cards Only
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #236 - Christmas
Deep Ocean #66 - Santa is Coming
Stamping Sensations - Free and Easy
Papirdokkene #54 - Desember, D, Dies
4 Crafty Girls #7 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments #32 - Anything Goes/ Winter Wonderland
Creatalicious Challenges #57 - Christmas Time
Winter Wonderland - Embossing
CHNC Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes As Long As It´s Christmas


And now it´s your turn!
Make a card with our lovely sketch, and join in on this fun challenge 😊
Just hop on over to
to see what the rest of the girls have made, read the rules and about the prizes 
- then join us

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mandag 9. desember 2013

Inspired By A Song at My Besties

Good Monday Morning, All Crafters :)
Today I´ll try to inspire you to join in on 
brand new challenge

The song I listened to and let me inspire by is
Maria Menas
It´s not often I like new christmassongs (from 2010), but this is one of those songs that hits your heart the first time you hear it. 

And here´s my Home For Christmas-Card:
You can find this image and many, many more in
Sherry Baldys Etsy Shop
Apart from colouring the image (it´s coloured with ProMarkers), what took me the longest time was braiding the wreath. Isn´t it nice??? I found it on YouTube, and just HAD to make it!
And best of all; it wasn´t hard at all!
Hopefully I´ll manage to put a link to the braiding here.

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I´ll join these challenges:
Corrosive Challenges #189 - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Christmas
A Gem Of A Challenge #109 - Anything Goes
Stampin` For The Weekend - Use Some Red
Sister Act - Cards Only
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #236 - Christmas
The Crafter´s Cafe #40 - Red and Lots of It
Divas By Design - Feeling Festive
Paper Pretties - Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Sparkles Christmas Challenge #35 - Christmas Feasts and Treats
Party Time Tuesdays #149 - Merry Christmas Projects
Papirdokkene #54 - Desember, D, Dies
ProMarker Norge #24 - Julespesial, Rødt
The ABC Challenge - A for Almost Christmas
Cherish This #4 - Christmas Cheers
Card and Scrap #66 - Jul… Lag Hva du vil
Creative Moments #31 - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society #31 - Anything Goes + Option Christmas

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Now, find your favourite christmassong - or do like me;  just find a christmassong you like -
and make a christmascard and join us at
My Besties

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søndag 8. desember 2013

Jul at Storyteller

Hi again :)
I´m back to show you the giftbag I made to inspire you to join our new challenge at
Storyteller
The challengetheme this time is
Jul
(Christmas)
Nice and easy - and almost endless possibilities, isn´t it???
This challenge doesn´t end untill January 4th, so you´ll have plenty of time to make your christmasproject and join in.

I decorated a regular brown paperbag to use as a giftbag for christmas
I used flowers, ribbon and Bling from Storyteller.
The image is from Magnolia, It´s coloured with DistressInk refills. Around the image I put on some Chunky White Embossing Enamel.
The dies are from Spellbinders and Marianne Design and the punch I used on top of the bag is from Martha Stewart.
The paper is from Papirdesign - and of course I´ve inked all paperedges…

Here´s the back of the paperbag - simple with just a little christmasgreeting on:

I´ll enter the card into the following challenges:
Magnolia Down Under Challenges #226 - Anything Goes
Marvelous Magnolia #56 - Anything Goes Again
That Craft Place - Christmas
Crafty Catz #210 - Use 2 or more dies!
A Gem Of A Challenge #109 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays #149 - Merry Christmas Projects


I hope you´ll find time to join us
So long for now

Keep on Crafting

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Jul uten fargen rød/ Nyttår uten fargen blå at My Besties Norge


Good morning all crafters out there.
It´s time for a new challenge at 
and the theme this time is 
Jul uten fargen rød/ Nyttår uten fargen blå
(Christmas without the colour red/ New Year without the colour blue)

I have used the image Christmas Reindeer for my card.
(Yes, I found it quite difficult to colour it. I used almost all browntones I have to make it look like fur. For the bow I used the colours Walnut, Chestnut, Cocoa, Terracotta and Blender in several layers …
The treea (Magnolia DooHickeys) are covered with Aleene´s True Snow.
The papers are from Papirdesign.

I´ll enter the card into the following challenges:
That Craft Place - Christmas
Crafty Catz #210 - Use 2 or more dies!
A Gem Of A Challenge #109 - Anything Goes
Crafty Calender - Cold and Frosty
Fab ´n´ Funky #196 - A Touch Of Frost
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Everybody Art Challenge - Winter
Party Time Tuesdays #149 - Merry Christmas Projects

Now head over to
My Besties Norge
to see what the rest of the DT-girls have made
Get inspired and join us
for a fun challenge

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onsdag 4. desember 2013

For a Child at I ❤️ ProMarkers

 Good morning fellow crafters!
It´s Wednesday and time for a brand new challenge at
First of all I´d like to Thank you all for joining the Anything Goes-Challenge, and a huge congrats to the winner and Top 3
Now, on to the new challenge;
This week it´s
For a Child

I have decorated a wreath with last years Nativity Magnolias (still love them, and want more of them…)
On the backside of the wreath I mounted the barn - if you look closely you can get a glimpse of it behind the figures and feathers - then I put on figures and decorations.
This week I really can´t make a list of which colours I used on the images. I used most all of the light ProMarkers, blended together to get the rustic kind of look I wanted these images to have. I also used lots and lots of Blender…
I also used several dies - can you see I´ve got the Magnolia-wings?!? They´re so cuute! I love, love, love them!
I stamped the Christmas Story on a piece of shrinkfilm and curled the edges a bit. Then I put two bells onto it and tied it to the wreath.
The textstamp with the Christmas Story is an old one from Kort & Godt. It´s so huge - about 13 x13 cm - I haven´t found anywhere to use it before…

The prize for the lucky winner of the 
For a Child-Challenge
is from Mariannes

I´m sure many of you make something for a child for christmas, so show us your creations. 
The only thing you have to do is to use either ProMarkers, FlexMarkers, AquaMarkers or Trias on your work
Visit
I ❤️ ProMarkers
to see what the rest of the girls have made to inspire you, then join us :)


I´ll enter these challenges:
CHNC Christmas Challenge Extra December - Anything goes as long as it´s christmas
lovely hÄnglar or Sweet Magnolia #83 - Christmas is Coming
Marvelous Magnolia #54 - Anything Goes
Tilda´s Town #81 - Christmas
Totally Tilda #86 - Anything But A Card
Creatalicious #57 - Christmas Time
Charisma Cardz #46 - Christmas
A Creative Romance - Vintage Style
Card and Scrap #66 - Jul… Lag hva du vil
Hjerteboden #12 - Jul + Alt annet enn kort!
Papirdokkene #54 - Desember, D - Dies
Stamping Sensations - Free and Easy
Dream Valley #71 - Anything But A Card
Party Time Tuesdays #149 - Merry Christmas Projects

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