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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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So Long

mandag 21. juli 2014

Mermaids @ My Besties

Hello, and good morning to you all.
The last days have been absolutely beautiful. Sunny and warm. Hedda and I have been on a short little trip, shopping, going to cafès, I had the car controlled (nothing wrong with it, thank heaven!)
And of course I bought some new crafting "stuff", only "necessities" though...😉

Today there's a new challenge over at
My Besties International
This time with the theme
Mermaids

You just have to visit the challengeblog, to see all the lovely Mermaidcards the rest of the DTgirls have maid! Wonderful creations, I promise!
If you join the challenge you can win lovely My Besties images too

Sherri has some wonderful mermaids in her shops, where you of course can find of her images too
Sherri’s Etsy Store
Scrapbook Stamp Society
My Besties Store
You'll find the mermaid images gathered here

I have used IMG044 for my card.
The image is coloured with ProMarkers and some Glitterstickles. On top of the image I put a ziplock bag, filled with a little blueish coloured hairgel (with some tiny stars and a little glitter in). This gives such a wonderful illusion of water, I think.
The DPs used on the card are from Graphic45, and the dies are from a Spellbinders set.
The seashells are shorefindings from many years back (washed and dried, of course), now I've only got 1 left, so it might be time for a new "seashellfindingtrip". The shells are glittered a little.
The circleshaped hole in the middle is made with Spellbinders Circles Large. Around it I used LiquidPearls to make a pearlborder. In the corners I put on halfpearls.
The seahorse"charm" is actually one of Heddas old pearls - oh, she has so much lovely pearls and stash from younger days, that Ican use almost free now 😍 
Paperedges are inked with DistressInk WalnutStain.

Inside the card. DP from Graphic45 here too. The stamped greeting is from Storyteller.

On the back I used one of the cut out sheets from Graphic45 as well



Closeup of the image and the "water". What looks like orange brushstrokes are actually a kind of glitter (one of those things you buy, then never find any use of - now I've found use for it)

I hope to see your card in the
Mermaid challenge
over at
My Besties

I'll join these challenges:
Brown Sugar #103 - Sea & Sand
Simply Create Too #66 - For a Child
Charisma Cardz #15 - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #186 - Anything Goes
Kort o Mania #111 - Sommer
Dream Valley #86 - Summer

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So Long

onsdag 16. juli 2014

Girls, Girls, Girls @ I ❤️ ProMarkers

Good Morning to you all.
Not a cosy day at Røst today, rain and fog - but not much wind,so it isn’t all bad…

It’s Wednesday, and time for a new challenge over at
I ❤️ ProMarkers
this week with the nice and easy theme
Girls, Girls, Girls

How you interpret this is entirely up to you, but please remember you MUST use either ProMarkers, FlexMarkers, TriaMarkers or AquaMarkers and of course follow the theme to be entered into the prize draw, if not your entry will be deleted

My card is what I’d almost call clean and simple - just look; no laces or ribbons and just a little bit of embellishments…
I used tiny flowers from Storyteller to make the flowerwreath - felt that would work well with the image.
Further down in the post you’ll find full Colour- and Materiallists.
-So: here’s my card:


The tag on the front has a little greeting stamped on, can be pulled out:

Insides; simple decorated, with same papers as on the outsides:





Pro-and FlexMarkers used to colour the image:
Skin: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Blush, Sunkissed Pink
Hair: Ivory, Buttercup, Tan
Eyes: Powder Blue
Clothes: Pastel Beige, Khaki, Linen (F), Antique White (F), Rose Pink, Blossom
Boots: Tan
Shadow: Glacier Blue (F)

Materials used for the card:
Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft cardstock
DPs: V&A
Image: Saturated Canary
Dies: Magnolia DooHickeys (tag)
Flowers: Storyteller
Textstamps: Storyteller
Button, Twine, Halfpearls, Pearlstrings
DistressInk WalnutStain
Frantage Shabby Pink
Sakura Gelly Roll

Visit
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see what the DT-girls have made
Get inspired
and
Join the challenge
Have Fun

I’ll join the following challenges:
Deep Ocean #82 - Lots of layers
The ABC Challenge - P is for Pearls
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #44 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #100 - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss #244 - Tag It
Wags ’n’ Whiskers #133 - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz #15 - Anything Goes
Scrapper's Delights #27 - Anything Goes With Cute & Girly

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onsdag 9. juli 2014

Things With Wings @ I ❤️ ProMarkers

 Good Wednesday Morning
And it seems as it can be a wonderful Wednesdayday at Røst. Yesterday, even earlier this morning, the fog was laying thick, thick, thick over the island, but now it's almost gone. The sun is shining, the wind has calmed (not completely calm, though), and the temperature is rising - lovely!
Well, I didn't come here to write a weather report...

It's time for a new challenge over at
This weeks theme is
For this challenge we are being sponsored by

visit I ❤️ ProMarkers to see what prize they're offering.

For my card I've used the lovely Angelica In Flight digi from Make it Crafty.
Of course I've used my ProMarkers to colour the image.
You'll find the Colour- and Materiallists further down in the post.
My card is in what I like to call a kind of "shabby-vintage" style...
The paperedges are very lightly distressed before I inked them with DistressInk WalnutStain. 
The flowers were white, but I gave them a little inkbrush as well, then a little glittertouch - love a little glitter...


The imagepanel is attached to the card with 3D-tape, so there's place to tuck a little tag underneath it:

Back- and front of the card:

The inside is ready for a stamp suitable for whatever the occasion may be:



Colourlist:
Skin: Ivory, DuskyPink, Tan, Blush
Eyes: Blue Pearl
Mouth: Oatmeal
Wings: Warm Grey 1, 3, Blender
Dress: Warm Grey 1, 2, 3, Blender
Hair: Gold, Buttercup, Ivory

Materiallist:
Cardstock: Bazzill
DPs: Pion
Textstamp: Storyteller
Dies: Magnolia DooHickeys, MarianneDesign
Punch: Martha Stewart
Ink: DistressInk WalnutStain, Versafine Onyx Black
Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel, Glitterstickles Frosted Lace, White Feathers, Seambindingribbon, Pearls, Lace, White Flowers, Charm.

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I hope you've found a little inspiration to join in on the
Hop on over there to see what the rest of the DT-girls have made
- it's well worth the hop 😉

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I'll enter my card into the following challenges:
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #43 - Anything goes
Love To Scrap! #33 - Anything Goes
Cutie Pie #73 - Use a Cute Digi
Scrapbook Stamp Society #45 - Anything Goes + Option Use pearls and/ or Rhinestones
Scribble and Scrap #22 - Anything Goes
Sister Act #64 - Card Only
East Wind #10 - Ribbon

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tirsdag 8. juli 2014

Christmas in July @ Inky Chicks


Good Morning
I'm back with another christmascard.
This one for the new challenge over at

The theme for this fortnightly challenge is
Christmas in July
and the sponsor for this challenge is
I made a pocketcard for this challenge.
On this one I used two Magnoliaimages, coloured with DistressInk - refills and markers.
To decorate the pocket I used MagnoliaDooHickeys, Martha Stewart Ribbon, Seambindingribbon, a snowflakecharm, two little bells and some Glitterstickles on the trees (Magnolia DooHickeys).
DPs are from Inkido. All paperedges are inked with DistressInk WalnutStain.
I sprinkled on a little Frantage Chunky White EmbossingEnamel around the image.
The reindeerimage (Magnolia, that too) is cut out and attached with 3D foam pads.
Textstamp (on the back of the pocket) is from Kort & Godt.
The snowflakestamps used on the insidecard are from an old stampset from TPC Studio.
The insidecard has lots of room for writing, so this is a christmascard for the long christmaswishes...

Here come all sides of the pocketcard:




If you didn't come from the
Inky Chicks
blog, please visit to see what the rest of the DT-girls have made to inspire you.
Get inspiration and join the challenge.

I'll join these challenges with my christmascard:
Dutch Magnolia Lovers #85 - Dieren
Marvelous Magnolias #71 - Anything Goes
The Christmas Challenge #37 - Anything Goes (as long as it's christmas)
Completely Christmas #19 - Anything Goes
Sparkles Christmas Challenge #42 - A Winters Scene
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes as long as it's christmas
My Time To Craft! #252 - Christmas in June
Simply Create Too #65 - Christmas in July
Crafty Boots - Christmas in July
Love To Scrap! #33 - Anything Goes

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mandag 7. juli 2014

Pearls and Lace @ My Besties

Hello again, and Good morning.
Thanks a lot to all of you who take the time to visit and spend a little time on my blog. I really, really appreciate it.
And thanks a lot to all of you that joined in on the last My Besties Challenge.
Huge congratulations to the winners!
Today there's a new challenge coming up at
My Besties

Theme for this challenge is
Pearls and Lace
-some of my favourite embellishments!
Well, embellishments, in general, are my favourites...
I used pearlstrings, pearlswirls, white and pink laces on my card.
I also used some white and pink feathers and pink flowers to decorate with.
DPs on the card are from Papirdesign. The paperedges are inked with DistressInk WalnutStain.
The cute, little stamptext used inside the card is also from Papirdesign.
Here comes a "rush of pictures", showing the different sides of the card:





I still haven't come up with some clever decorationideas for the back of this kind of card...



I hope you'll visit
My Besties
to see what the rest of the DTgirls have made
get inspired
and join the challenge



I'll join these challenges with my card:
Scribble and Scrap #22 - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar #101 - Anything Goes
Sister Act #64 - Card Only
Scrapper's Delights #26 - Anything Goes With Summertime
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Crafting for all Seasons #80 - Whatever the Weather
My Besties en francais #12 - Fleurs à Profusion
My Besties UK - Anything Goes & Summer
Scrapbook Stamp Society #45 - Anything Goes + Option Use Pearls and/ or Rhinestones
Cutie Pie #73 - Use a Cute Digi

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