New challenge at Crafty Purple Frog

Hi everyone

I`m a bit late with my creation for this challenge at Crafty Purple Frog. Yesterday i spent the whole day on the coach with a mahoosive headache. So you can imagine that my desire to craft was not on top, lol.

I made this card relatively early today but when i was going to edit my image i got myself a big surprise...and NOT a good one. For allmost 2 years i have used Photobucket as my editing program. It has been easy to use with not too many difficult features. I have been very satisfied with it for my type of needs. But when i was going to edit this image today i got totally blown away. Photobucket has totally renewed their site. It might have been great if it hadn`t totally removed the features i used to use earlier, so in protest i deleted all my images and closed my account.

I might have bothered to try it out, but when they do their upgrades they might wanna think about the user friendliness. It has become much harder to maneuver between the features. So in my book...thumbs down to Photobucket.

So now i`m trying out Picasa. As of now, i think it has potential but it is a lot to learn, and my first editing job in Picasa is not my best work, but i hope i`ll get there, lol.

Well...enough about my irritations. Let`s get down to buisness. For my card today i have used an image called Green Moth. It is a pre-coloured pyramage sheet. Papers are from BoBunny and Bearly Mine Designs. The dark purple one i don`t remember the producer. I have edited these images in Picasa. The one on top is my first one. Not too satisfied with it though.

This next one i think i got a better hang of it. The colours look more alike the original image, so i might go with this editing in the future. Please let me know what you think.

Please do hop over to the Crafty Purple Frog Challenge and join our anything goes challenge. Make sure to visit my teamies too. They have really made some gorgeous creations for your inspiration.

Challenges i`m entering:

Creative inspirations - Anything goes

Scrapalicious - A cut above
The Poodles Parlour - Anything goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything goes

Pink and girly at Crafty Purple Frog

Hey Peeps!

We`re back with a new challenge over at Crafty Purple Frog today. The theme set is pink and girly. I`m sure most of you out there love pink, lol, so this should be an easy one, lol.

The image i have used is a pre-coloured digital 3d pyramage sheet from Crafty purple Frog called Dreamy Moon. Available here. I have framed the image with some pom-pom trim from Marianne Design.

Thanks for looking! To enter our challenge at Crafty Purple Frog just follow this link. We`re looking forward to see what you come up with.

Challenges entered:

Pretty little ribbon - Spring colours
Just some lines - Girly girl
Flutterby Wednesday - Spring time
Heidi`s Hobbystuggu - Card with an animal as focal point

Yellow and green for inspiration

Hi everyone!

Over at The Crafty Purple Frog the challenge this time is to be inspired by Saint David's Day. Saint David's Day is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March of each year. The date of 1 March was chosen in remembrance of the death of Saint David. Many people will wear a daffodil to celebrate Saint David. So for this challenge we want you to use yellow and green.

For my card today i have used the gorgeous pyramage sheet called Ivy Mermaid, available here. I have also used a sheet of paper from the brand new digi paper pack from Crafty Purple Frog. The Spring Floral pack is available here.

Please do come and join our challenge over at the Crafty Purple Frog and please take a peek at the gorgeous creations my teamies have in store for you. I can promise you won`t be dissapointed. Good luck everyone.

Challenges entered:

Simply create too - Add sunshine to your day

Fairy Tale - Spring

Paper Pretties - Use punch or die cut

Lollipop crafts - Anything goes

Flower power at Crafty Purple Frog

Hello sweet crafters!

Today we are having a new challenge over at Crafty Purple Frog. The theme is Flower Power. Just put a flower on your creation and you`re good to go, lol. For my card today i have used the gorgeous image called "The silentness". I think this is really beautiful.

I screwed up with the challenges this time, lol. I had for some reason missed this challenge and started on my card for the next one, lol. Luckely i decided to check the DT blog before i finished it, hahaha. Well, it`s not too bad either course now i have a headstart on the next challenge, lol.

One more thing. Amy has worked a lot on some new digi papers. They look just fantastic, at least in my opinion, lol. They are now available for the fabby prize of £5 for the great lot of 50 designs. So take a peek in the Crafty Purple digi shop and drewl upon the gorgeous papers. Amy has also worked out her shop so you get an instant sownload too. Once you have paid for your goodies, they are available for downloading at imediately. Great huh? So now it`s just for you to pick up your credit card and start spending, lol. Oh and don`t forget to enter our challenge over at The Crafty Purple Frog challenge blog. The gals have som yummylicious creations for you. Please feel free to give them some love.

Valentines at Crafty Purple Frog

Hey Peeps!

Just a quick note to show you my DT sample for the Crafty Purple Frog Challenge. I`m off to Røros with my girls. We are having a all girl weekend without hubbys and kids, celebrating yet another 40th birthday. So this is going to be so much fun.

I have made another mini card using the pyramage sheet called Field of Poppies. Available here. Sorry about the bad bic. I was in a hurry to get it finished. I will take a new one on sunday, when i get home.

Please hop over to the Crafty Purple Frog challenge blog and join us for our Valentine`s day / show us some love challenge. Ta - ta...Now i`m off. Have a great weekend everyone!

Anything goes at Crafty Purple Frog and a DT call.

Hey peeps!

I`m so sorry for beeing totally late with this post. I do not even have a good excuse. Just my senile old mind that is having a vacation i believe, lol. Well, at last,  here it is. We are having a new challenge over at the Crafty Purple Frog. And it is your favourite, lol. Yess!!! It is: Anything goes! So you can make anything of your hearts desire, lol. We are also having a DT call, so if you want to play with a lot of totally gorgeous sheets of decoupage and pyramage designed by Ching-Chou Kuik, you`d better hurry up and enter the DT call over at the Crafty Purple Frog. 

For my card i have chosen to use the Autumn Goth pyramage sheet. Available here. I created a card in a romantic shabby style which i think fit perfectly to the image. And i also got to use my new Marianne D creatables die cut called Anja edge. It is available here. I think it is really beautiful and it just makes the whole card. I have also used papers from Bearly Mine Design.

Well...if you want to be a part of our fabulous team, please hop over to the challenge blog and submit a creation in the ongoing challenge. We really look forward to see what you all come up with.

Christmas is upon us!

Hey everyone!

The last challenge before Christmas, at least by my part, lol. I`m really looking forward to spend some time with our family and friends. I also got the great news today that i don`t have to work at Christmas day, so i really am going to enjoy myself.

Well...we are having our last challenge for the year over at Crafty Purple Frog. And surprise...the challenge is the very unusual theme of Christmas, hahaha.

The image i have used the decoupage sheet called Red hearts, available here. These sheets come pre-coloured and is designed by Ching-Chou Kuik. Take a peek in the Crafty Purple Frog digi shop and you`ll find lots and lots of gorgeous designs. Both decoupage and pyramage. Below you can see some closeups. I have just blinged it up a bit with some stickles diamond.

Ok...that`s all from me today. I wish you all a merry Christmas! And if you find the time we would love it if you came over to the Crafty Purple Frog and joined our last challenge of the year.

It`s cold outside!

Hey Peeps!

Two posts in one day...wow...it`s been a while since last time, lol. Well anyway i just have to make this real quick since i`m off to work soon. I was doing a card for the Crafty Purple Frog challenge that started on thursday, but obviously my youngest daughter had been on a rampage streak all thuesday so she just HAD TO ruin my card before i had finished. You can believe i was furious with her little devilish mind!

Well anyway...i made a new creation and this time i made a tag. The image i used is called Peacock blue and i used the pyramage sheet available here.

Below you can see some more closeups.

I`m entering with this tag over at Scrap That`s Tag and card challenge. Which is handmade flowers. Day 3.

Now don`t you forget to enter our "It`s cold outside" challenge over at Crafty Purple Frog.

For someone special

Hey Peeps!

I`ll just have to do this as a quick post. I have a nasty headache andi just feel like throwing up.

Today we are having a new challenge over at The Crafty Purple Frog and the theme is: For somone special. For my card i have used Night rose decoupage sheet, available here. These sheets come pre-coloured, so i have not coloured it myself.

I put some stickles diamond in her hair and on a few details.

The decor is actually some pieces i have cut off som table decorations.

I will enter some challenges later, but now i have to go lay down. Hope my head gets better soon...ok as good as it can, hahaha. Take care everyone!

Use Orange! New challenge at CPF

Hey Peeps!

I`ll just have to make this a short one. I`m expecting guests tonight and just have to clean up my messy house, lol. It is incredible how much toys our youngest one are having and how she manages to decorate the whole floor with them, hahaha. Oh...well... I just have to try and organize it as best as i can, lol.

On to my card... Today we want you to use orange on your creations, over at Crafty Purple Frog. It doesn`t have to be much if you are not comfortable with this colour. Just as long as we see a little spec of orange it`s ok.

I have used the Glowing Dazzle pyramage sheet. Available right here. She is a true oriental beauty. I have pared her up with papers from Bearly Mine Designs and Websters Pages. And i have also blinged her up with some gold bling. The die cuts are from Marianne Design.

Challenges i`m entering:

Inky Impressions - Challenge #32 Glitter it up
Stampavie and More - Challenge #155 Anything goes


Now...Please come and join us at Crafty Purple Frog for some fun. If you are the lucky one you can win 5 of these gorgeous sheets of decoupage or pyramage. Isn`t that great. So hop on over and Good Luck.

Sparkle at Crafty Purple Frog

Hey Peeps!

This has been a totally crappy week. I`ve been sick and the crafting has really not been up to it`s max. Tuesday when i was at work, my voice was totally gone. When i tried to say something there were just some hhhzzzz`ing noises coming out of my mouth. The customers of course thought it was very funny but i, with my blabbering mouth, didn`t think it was quite as fun. Imagine....Me...tha talking head....not being able to talk....Disaster!!!!,lol. THANK GOD! My voice is allmost back, lol. Only downside to that, is that i instead has gottn a really runny nose, lol. Well...enough blabbering, lets get down to buisness, shall we?

Over at Crafty Purple Frog we are having a new challenge and the theme set is SPARKLE! Don`t we all love sparkle, lol?

For my inspiration sample i have made another mini-card. It measures 4x4". The image i have used is called White Peacock Dryad and it is a pyramage sheet soon to be released in the Crafty Purple Frog online store. It is designed by the amazingly talented ChingChou-Kuik. These sheets come pre-coloured. You just have to cut and glue them. They are awesome for you that want`s to make a card in a hurry.

I have layered the image with 3D cushins to make it pop a bit. I also put on a big chunk of bling, lol. This is some of the left overs from my wedding. I just love the colour. I also added a rose trim from Marianne Design. I think these are so cute. To add a bit of more sparkle to my card i added some stickles icicles on the trim. Hope you got a bit inspiration and if you need more...you just have to hop on over to the challengeblog to see all those incredibly gorgeous creations from my teamies. Don`t forget to enter our challenge while you are there though, lol.

Challenges i`m entering:

Party Time Tuesdays - Challenge 39 Anything goes
Digi Doodle Shop`s Best - Challenge #80 Anything goes
Hanna and Friends - Challenge #117 Glitter
Paper Crafting Journey - Challenge #22 Use a digi
Paper Pretties - Challenge #177 Embellish it
The Paper Shelter - Challenge #37 Anything goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Challenge #58 Anything goes
Simon says....Anything goes
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Going digi (My papers are from Bearly Mine Designs, image is Crafty Purple Frog)
Forever friends - Anything goes challenge


It`s allmost weekend, so i wish you all a great weekend. I on the other hand has a work weekend, lol. So enjoy and happy crafting!

Challenge #26 at CPF

Good morning everyone!

We are back with another challenge at Crafty Purple Frog. And the theme is "Thank you".

Amy has recently released some new images in her online shop. They are so gorgeous. I have used one of these new ones for my sample card. It is called "Enchanting Gold" and it is available right here. I have used the decoupage sheet.

The papers i have used is from the new Prima Romantique collection. The lily is also from Prima.

These chrystals i clipped off a candle light decoration. I think they fit perfectly on my card.

Below is a better wiew of the 3D effect of these sheets. I think they gives a fabulous debth to a creation.

Challenges i`m entering:

Delightful Challenges - Colours of fall challenge
Hanna and Friends - Challenge #115 Fall / Halloween
Pals Paper Arts - Challenge #115 Fall / Thanksgiving
Crafting for all Seasons - Challenge #11 Fall flowers / Halloween
Fab`n` funky - Challenge #94 Fall colours
Digital Tuesday - Challenge #132 Fall colours


I really look forward to see all of your creations over at Crafty Purple Frog, so make sure to join in on the fun. As usual all the top 4 winners will receive a prize. So just check out what you might win in the challenge blog. Just remember if you don`t enter, you don`t win.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Multiple layers - new Crafty Purple Frog challenge

Hey my sweet friends!

It was so awesome to see so many gorgeous entries in our last challenge over at Crafty Purple Frog! There is soooo much talent out there in blogland. It is so inspiring to come and visit you and get some new input, lol. I really do need it sometimes, lol.

Well...this time we want to see layers on your creations. For my card i have used papers from Bearly Mine Design and the image is called Red is my passion and it is one of the gorgeous decoupage sheets in the Crafty Purple Frog shop. The image is designed by Ching-Chou Kuik. I have NOT coloured it myself. It comes pre-coloured.


Below you can see some more closeups. I hope you can come and join us at Crafty Purple Frog. Happy craftin` .





Challenges i`m entering:

Digistamps 4 joy - Challenge #28 Anything goes with a bonus
Papercraft Star - Challenge #64 Lace
The Paper Shelter - Challenge #33 For the girls
Penny`s Paper Crafty Challenge Blog - Challenge #63 Anything goes
Simon says - Anything goes
Anything goes - Challenge #50 Anything goes
Deep Ocean - Challenge #9 Happy Birthday
Going grey with scrap creations - It`s a girly thing
Jen`s digistamps - Let`s hear it for the girls
Critter sketch challenge - Challenge #84 Anything goes
Scrapperiket - Bonusutfordring, Charms
4 Crafty Chicks - Challenge #57 Anything goes
OSAAT - Challenge # 81 Favourites - Sparkle, lace and flowers
Sew Many Cards - Challenge #69 Ovals
Lollipop Crafts - Challenge #50 Anything goes
The squirrel and the fox - Challenge #1 Anything goes

Have a great day