Die Cut challenge at Phindy`s Place

Hi my lovely friends!

Over at Phindy`s Place we want to challenge you to dig out all those die cuts you have laying around, course this week we want to see die cuts on your creations. Luckely i finally have got my own die-cutting system, lol. I got a big shot from my hubby for our one year wedding aniversary. Isn`t he a darling hubby, lol?


My collection of die cuts hasn`t managed to become so huge yet, but i`m getting there...in about a decade, lol. These are my fav`s at the moment. The die behind the image is nestabilities - FLEUR DE LIS SQUARES and the swirls are Magnolia Doohickey`s swirl from their wedding collection.


The image is the cute Flower top Fairy - Daffodil, and you can find it right here.

The ProMarkers i used to colour her in are these:

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Hair:
Terracotta, Spice, Honeycomb

Dress:
Baby pink, Coctail pink, Rose pink

Wings:
Forrest green, Bright green, Lime green, Lime Zest

Daffodil:
Yellow, Canary, Sunflower

So...what are you waiting for? Hop on over to the Phindy`s Place Challenge Blog and join our dies challenge. There is also still a lot of time to enter our DT call. So if you want to be on a wonderful and caring team i think you should enter, course then this is the right place to be.

Some challenges i`m entering:

4 Crafty Chicks - Get your bling on
Colour Create - Challenge #76 Pink, green and white
Digi Doodles - Challenge #69 Anything goes
I Love ProMarkers - Challenge #76 Anything goes
Papercraft Star - Challenge #55 Anything goes
The Paper Shelter - Challenge #24 Anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - Challenge #77 Bling it up
Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - Bling Challenge

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I really appreciate it. And don`t forget to enter my candy on top of the blog.

Some great news

Hey peeps!

I just want to share some great news with you all. Amy at The Crafty Purple Frog has asked me to join her team, and i have accepted, yey!!! I really look forward to work with these talented girls and it would be fun to try something new. She has some gorgeous sheets of decoupage and pyramage in her shop. For those of you that love Ching-Chou Kuik...jump on over and take look.


Thanks a lot Amy for asking me to join your team. I`m truly honoured!

Hugs...Mona

Felicity, by Hannah Lynn

Hey Peeps!

I`m sitting here watching The Big Bang Theory on dvd, while i`m writing. And it really cracks me up. It is totally hysterical, lol. Sheldon is a real character, lol. Oh...i`m dying here, hahahaha.

Well, over to real things, lol. We are ready for a new challenge over at Crafts and Me, and it is the digi-team`s time to host. It is our lovely boss Teresa that has set the challenge and she wants to see RIBBONS on your creations. I was so occupied with making the panels fit together that i forgot to place my ribbon under them before i glued them on, lol. That`s just the darndest thing, lol. Well...at least i had to wrap a bow and put it on my card to have something with ribbon. The Fabby prize is 6 digis from the Crafts and Me own range of digis. Winners choice! Isn`t that great?


For my card today i have created a joy-fold card. First time i`m trying this one, lol. I also tried the dotting technique on the sweet mermaid`s tale too. I haven`t decided what i think about it, but it`l have to do. The image is the new and sweet digi "Felicity" by Hannah Lynn. Isn`t she gorgeous. She is to be found right here. Looove that large and flowing hair. It is so fun with these fantasy images course you don`t have to follow the norm of true colouring. You can use any colour you like, lol. I think it is so cool to use the blue colours on her hair.

The ProMarkers i have used are these:

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Hair:
Cool Aqua, Duck egg, Petrol blue

Tale:
Lavender, Blossom, Lilac, Amethyst, Purple, Orchid, Gold Metal

Other colours used:
Sandstone, Umber, Soft green, Marine, Cocoa, Cool grey #4, Sky blue, Berry red, Aegan, Cyan, Yellow, Canary, Pumpkin, Sunkissed pink, Coral.

Inside i used my new Die-Namics doily die cut for doodling space. Also available in the Crafts and Me store, right here. I just love it.


On the image below you can see another of my new die cuts. It is a Marianne die and you can find this one too in the Crafts and Me store, right here.


So nice of you to stop by. I really appreciate it.

Challenges i`m entering:

The Crazy Challenge - #77 Ribbons
Daisy Doodles - Challenge #38 Anything goes
Happileigh Scrappin` - Challenge #32 Shaped or special folded cards.
I love ProMarkers - Challenge #76 Anything goes
Bling it On - Challenge #5 Anything goes
Crafty Calendar Challenge - July challenge, Under the sea or water theme

Hugs...Mona

Anything but square at WhoopsiDaisy

Hi my lovely friends!

It has been really hard to concentrate these last few days due to the aweful happenings in our capital friday. My heart goes out to those involved. But it is so nice to see people come together in support in this difficult time.

Well...For my card this week i have tried a folding technique i have never tried before. And since the challenge says no squares, this is perfect, lol. The papers i used is from Pion Design and these i won in a challenge at Månadens Utmaning a few months ago.


I don`t remember what this fold is called, so if anyone please would help me, i`ll appreciate it. The metal corner i baught from Wild Orchid Crafts and the image is from sheet #199 and you can get it right here in the WhoopsiDaisy shop.


Isn`t this the sweetest image? I just love it. The ProMarkers i used for this image are these:

Hair:
Pastel yellow, Buttercup, Primrose

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Dress:
Cool aqua, Duck egg, Petrol blue

Pants:
Cinnamon, Tan, Satin, Putty

Other colours used:
Yellow, Pumpkin, Poppy red, Pale pink.

I also put a swarovski chrystal in the flower in her hair.



Challenges i`m entering:

Cardmadfairy`s Digi Days - Challenge #16 Oh so girly
Crafts 4 eternity - #28 Shaped cards
Kort O Mania - Utfordring #43 Anything goes
Happileigh Scrappin` - Challenge #32 Shaped and special folded cards
Make it Monday - Challenge #47 Anything goes

Thanks for looking!

Hugs...Mona

We stand together!

It is with a heavy heart i do this post. Due to the happenings in Oslo a few days ago, i wish to convey my condolances to all that suffered such great loss from the violent acts in Oslo and at Utøya on friday. It is so difficult to understand what kind of evil it takes to be able to do such violence. My heart goes out to all of those that in some way has been involved either themselves or that knows someone involved. It is so hard to express how i feel but i`m sure that all of us feel the same way.

A campaign is started here to show our support and respect to the victims and their next of kin. Every blogger that wants to show their support can dedicate a post to this campaign and publish the image below. Do you want to make a difference?



I am usually not a big fan of our Prime minister but i am truly impressed and proud of how he has handeled this case. The speech he held in church yesterday was so emotional and full of love for his people, and it was really hard to watch without crying.

- So to all of you somehow involved...you are in my heart and thoughts. Stay strong and together!

Mona

Celtic Angel

Hey Sweet friends!

Finally i got the time to upload my card. So sorry i`m late. I ususally work in the mornings at saturdays but several of our workers are on holiday so i had to work the evening shift. O`boy was it crappy to work late on a saturday evening.

For my card today i have used a new image designed by Sara Burrier. It`s called Celtic Angel, and you can find it right here. Made exclusively for Crafts and Me.

The ProMarkers i used are these:

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Hair:
Cocoa, Caramel, Burnt Sienna

Dress:
Peach, Soft Peach, Apticot

Pillar:
Ice grey #1,2,3,4 and 5

Wings:
Putty, Satin

Challenges i`m Entering:

2 Sisters - Challenge #49 Anything goes
Paper Cutz Challenge - Challenge #101 Anything goes
Craft us Crazy - Challenge #13 Anything goes
CLP - #38 Sketch

Thanks for looking!

Hugs...Mona

New release and blog-hop at KennyK`s Krafty Girlz

Hi Bloggettes!

I just managed to squeeze in a KennyK card. I have wanted to participate in the blog-hop, so i just had to create a card to enter too. I have used the gorgeous and sassy Carmen Electrafying. She is to be found right here.


I love the grunge style though i haven`t done much of this lately. I have made a lot of sweet cards so with my dad having birthday today, i`d had to make him a card, lol. This should be right up his alley, lol.

The ProMarkers i used for the colouring are these:

Hair:
Pastel yellow, Primrose, Buttercup.

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Boots:
Black, Ice grey #1,2,3,4,and 5.

Bandana and Nickers:
Berry red, Crimson, Cardinal red, Gold Metallic.

Some gears from Tim Holtz.


Look at the glasses. Doesn`t it look like real glasses? I put on some glossy accent and i`m real satisfied with the result.



These are the challenges i`m entering:

KennyK`s Krafty Girlz - Anything goes bloghop challenge
Sassy studio designs - Dare to be sassy #82 Clean and Simple
Southern Girls - Challenge #23 Happy Birthday
Tuesay Throwdown - Challenge #58 Something metallic
Heidi`s Hobbystuggu - Utfordring #4 Noe for en mann

Thanks for looking and have a nice weekend.

Hugs...Mona

Phindy`s Place challenge and a DT-Call

Hey everyone!

It`s that time again. We are so sorry to see some of our team-mates leave for various reasons. We will really miss you guys. It has been a real pleasure to work with you all. With that said, we are having a DT-Call over at Phindy`s Place. If this is something that you would like to try out, please feel free to hop on over to see how you can enter the call. Phindy is such a fabulous boss to work for. She is really generous with the images. And they are absolutely and totally gorgeous. You don`t need to have any past DT experience either, so all can enter. Isn`t that nice? Well...so come on and join.


So over to the challenge. And what is the challenge? you ask, lol. Well we want to see two of somethings. And this means you can only use two things of one kind. You can`t put on for example 3 flowers and think that you have put on two. It has to be exactly two. But you can use different types of embellies. Such as 2 DPs, 2 pearls, 2 types of lace and so on.


For my card i have used 2 DPs, 2 doilies, 2 of each type of flowers, 2 swirls, 2 pearls, (they doesn`t show too well, got covered by the watermark, lol) 2 types of lace and i have even used 2 colours on her dress too, lol. That was actually a lucky strike, lol. I noticed it just about now, hahaha.


The image is called Bye Bye Butterfly and you can find it right here, in Phindy`s Place online store. Isn`t she adorable?

The ProMarkers i used are these:

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Dress:
Maroon, Antique pink, Gold, Sunflower

Other colours used:
Pastel blue, Khaki, Sandstone, Bright green, Lime green, Walnut, Lipstick red.

Challenges i`m entering:

Fussy and Fancy - Summer challenge
Paper Cutz Challenge - Challenge #101 Anything goes
Charisma Cardz - Challenge #29 Sunshine colours
Craft us Crazy - Challenge #13 Anything goes

Thanks for visiting me! I really appreciate all the sweet comments you leave for me.
Have a nice weekend everyone!

Hugs...Mona

Sparkle and shine at WhoopsiDaisy

Hey Peeps!

I really got stuck when i was going to make a card for todays challenge over at WhoopsiDaisy. I really don`t know what i was thinking when i chose images for the challenge, lol. I was caught up in the love for the new sheet Linnie posted in her shop and i forgot what the challenge was all about, lol. I just had to have this sheet!!!! So now i had to make a sparkle and shine card, lol. Not easy to do with images that are supposed to be used as accents, hahaha. So i just had to look through my collection of Linnie Images and i found this sweet little fairy girl on sheet #180. And i thought she might be perfect to add to my creation


I actually started with an ordinary 6x6" card but it didn`t work at all, so i had to try a stepcard instead. I moved the embellies back and forth several times and decided it looked really weired. I had to draw up the grass in front by hand and coloured it and then cut it out. I also had some other images i cut up and used some bits and parts here and there to make a scene. I still think it looks a bit weired but i don`t have any more time to do it all over again so this just have to do. Luckely you don`t see all the mistakes that i see, hahahaha.


This little fairy girl is just the most adorable ever. And i coloured her up with these colours:

Hair:
Primrose, Buttercup, Pastel yellow

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Dress:
Lipstick red, Gold, Sunflower, Yellow. Satin, Putty, Tan, Cinnamon.

Wings:
Forrest green, Bright green, Lime green, Lime Zest

Shoes:
Walnut, Terracotta, Pumpkin

For all the grass and trees i mixed with these colours:
Pine, forrest green, Bright green, Lime green, Lime zest.

For the beautiful fence i used:
Walnut, Terracotta, Spice, Honeycomb.

The butterfly i created myself. I just love these butterflies. They are so easy to make. A couple of minutes and then they are finished.


Behind the flowers you can see one of my new dies. It is a Marianne die. And i think it looks really beautiful. I am just loving my new Big Shot, lol. My hubby is going to have a fit when he hears how much i have to spend on dies, lol.



Here is a closeup of my homemade grass, lol. I also put in some tiny flowers. I think i like it, lol. Hope you like my creation. Thanks for looking.

These are the challenges i`m entering:

Dream Valley - Challenge #11 Summer theme
Scrappy Frogs - Summer flowers challenge
Craft your days away - Challenge #24 Fancy folds
Bling it on - Challenge #5 Anything goes
The Craft garden - July Challenge Use a bird on your creation.
Digis with attitude - Challenge #32 Anything goes
Fuzzy and fancy - Challenge #41 Summer
Happileigh Scrappin` - Challenge #31 make your own embellishment. (i made a butterfly)
Magical Monday - Use some texture challenge

OH...AND DON`T FORGET TO CHECK OUT MY CANDY ON TOP OF MY BLOG!

Hugs...Mona

My first card for the Emerald Faeries Garden Challenge

Hey my lovelies!

Here`s my post #2 for the day. I`m really on a roll here, lol. Today is actually my first official card as a part of the DT at the Emerald Faeries Garden. And i just love how it turned out. I actually coloured up 3 different images before i was satisfied. Not that i didn`t like how the colouring turned out, but i didn`t think they was exactly what i was looking for. This image is called Kayla and Twinkie and you can find it right here in the Emerald Faeries Garden store.
It is Team B`s turn to host the challenge this upcoming fortnight. And the theme is: all things nice (Girly). You won`t believe all the beautiful creations by the dt, so you just HAVE to hop on over to the challenge blog to take a peek. Dont`t forget to enter while your visiting, lol.


I`m so happy!!! I have finally received my new Big shot, yeay!!! I was a bit scared to use it course i thought i was breaking the plates, lol. But it was just the paper that made the cracking noice, lol. I am so excited about it. Just look at the lovely dies. Finally i can have some swirls on my creations too, lol.

I used a lot of colours on this image so the list is going to be long.

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Hair:
Walnut, Terracotta, Spice, Honeycomb

Wings:
Forrest green, Bright green, Lime, Lime Zest

Pants:
Satin, Putty, Tan

Shirt:
Maroon, Mulberry, Cerise

Headpiece:
Maroon, Mulberry, Blossom

Shoes:
Pumpkin, Cocoa

Baby`s Blanket:
Coral, Pastel pink

Baby`s headpiece:
Baby pink, Coctail pink,

Flower:
Gold Yellow, Sunflower, Lipstick red, Forrest green, Bright green, Lime

The sentiment is one of the new ones designed by Donna. One of our talented DT ladies. The butterfly i made myself. I saw a tutorial on this at the Wild Orchid Crafts and i just had to try it. I really love how it turned out. The papers i have used are from Bearly Mine Designs, except the dividing paper in the middle.



Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T - Challenge #111 Butterflies
PaperPlay - Challenge #11 week 28 Things with wings
Pixie Dust Studio - Challenge #83 Girly, girly
Stampin` B`s - Challenge #119 Bling
Simon says stamp - Simon says...anything goes
Stampin` for the weekend - Challenge #12 Wings and things
Totally Papercrafts - Challenge #75 Girly girls

Hope you like my little creation. Thanks for looking!

Hugs...Mona

Pastels over at Phindy`s Place

Hey Peeps!

The weeks are going by so fast and the weather hasn`t been much to brag about. Well...it`s not all bad. Bad weather is good crafting weather, isn`t it, lol?

Today we are having a new challenge over at Phindy`s Place. We want to see pastels. This is just right up my alley. I`m in a shabby chic period and pastels are perfect to do shabby style with.

I have used a digi called "Something Sweet". And i think she really is sweet.

The ProMarkers i have used are these:

Skin:
Vanilla
Saffron
Oatmeal
Tan

Clothes:
Slate
Lilac
Lavender

Hat:
Orchid
Blossom

Other colours:
Lime Zest
Bright Green
Yellow
Baby Pink
Antique Pink
Walnut

The papers are from Websters pages except for the circled one. And the big flower is from Prima. I also used gesso to paint the edges of the back panel. I also have got a hold of some liquid pearls that is so easy to apply. You just apply the liquid pearls and just tap your finger on the backside of the card. Just make sure to hold the card horisontally when you tap so the pearls keeps in place.




If you want some more inspiraton, hop on over to the Phindy`s Place challenge blog to see the fabby creations from the rest of the DT. And don`t forget to join the challenge either.

Challenges i`m, entering:

Crafty Purple Frog - Summer fun challenge
Pixie Dust Studio - Challenge #83 Girly, girly
Stamp Insanity - Challenge #68 Summer colours
Divas By Design - Challenge #6 Pastels
Simon says stamp - Simaon says....anything goes
Creative Craft challenges - Pretty Blossoms
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge #57 Fun in the sun
Fuzzy and Fancy - Challenge #41 Summer
Totally Papercrafts - Challenge #75 Girly girls
Really reasonable ribbon`s ramblings - Challenge #28 Cool it. Use ribbon or lace on your project.

Thanks for looking

Hugs...Mona

Shitake and Oregano

Hey Peeps!

Today is a new challenge over at Crafts and Me. And it is our darling Vix that is hosting for the Dynamite Digi Team. The theme for this challenge is summer.


We have some brand new digis in stock at The Crafts and Me Store. And i have chosen this gorgeous Shitake and Oregano digi for my card. You can find it right here. I have just fallen in love with the shabby chic style. And it might show on my recent cards. I just love the light and pure colours used. The papers i used is from Pink Paislee, and i used gesso and painted the back paper very lightly, to make it lighter.

These are the ProMarkers i used for the image:
Hair:
Walnut
Terracotta
Spice
Oatmeal

Skin:
Vanilla
Saffron
Oatmeal
Tan

Mushroom:
Almond
Satin
Putty
Tan
Cinnamon
Umber

Dress:
Sunflower
Lemon
Canary
Soft Lime

Leaf:
Pine
Lush green
Forest green
Bright green

The Prize is 6 digis of the winners choice in the Crafts and Me Store. Wouldn`t you like to own some of these amazing images? Come on and play then! Look at the awesome creations my team mates have prepared for you. We also have 2 new ladies on our team. Rose and Jane. Please give them some extra looove.


So now it is time to show us what you can create for us. The theme shoul be easy enough, lol. Hop on over to the Crafts and Me challenge blog and join in on the fun! See you there!

Some challenges i`m entering:

Bearly Mine Designs - Challenge #14 Anything goes
Creative craft challenges - Pretty blossoms Challenge
Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Challenge #3 Cards
Scrap creations - Recipe challenge, At least 2 DP and at least 2 embellies
Bunny Zoe`s - Challenge #14 Fun in the sun
The Crazy Challenge - Challenge #75 Summertime
Digi Design House - Challenge #10 Summer
Make it monday - Challenge #45 Anything goes
Simon says stamp - simon says....anything goes

Thanks for looking!

Hugs...Mona