Father`s day

Hi everyone!

Today we are celebrating father`s day here in Norway, and in that regard my hubby asked me if i could create a card for him to give to his father. Of course i couldn`t say no to my sweet guy, så here it is.

I think this must be the fastest card i have ever made, but i really am satisfied with how it turned out. My hubby needed a card with a pocket to put a lotteryticket into, so this is what i created. I have seen these types of cards online before and found out it was a perfect card to use. I had to use my own measurements though, as the ticket didn`t have the same size as a giftcard. But the principle is the same. The tutorial i found here.

To decorate the card i used a piece of watercolour paper and used distress ink with a blendingtool and spritzing water to make it blend. Then i used spray inks with perfect pearls, which i have blended myself to get the shimmery parts. Finally i distressed the edges and inked them up.

The butterfly i got in a prize pack i received so i`m not sure what company it`s from but it might be Prima. The rub-on is from Staz.

Hope the explanation was understandable. I`m not the best tutor, lol.

Anyway....thanks for visiting me today!

Challenges entered:

TreL - Farsdag
Whimsy stamps Challenge - Fall colours or Christmas
Left of Centre Creative Challenges - Things with wings

Winter Colours at WhoopsiDaisy

Hey Peeps!

Sorry for beeing a bit late posting this. Time really seem to run away from me lately. But here it is anyway.

At WhoopsiDaisy we are having a new challenge. We want to see winter colours. This can be the colours of winter or something  you associate with winter.

For my card today i have tried a new folding technique. Over at StampARTic, Marianne has posted the tutorial for this gorgeous Napkin folded card. It is written in english too so you don`t need translation for it either.

The DP is all from the Song Bird collection from Pion Design. And this sweet image is available in the WhoopsiDaisy digi shop. This is one of four sweet images on sheet #152. Both types of edge punches are from Martha Stewart.

These are the colours i have used:

Skin:
Vanilla. Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Hair:
Cocoa, Pastel Yellow, Buttercup

Clothes:
Arctic blue, French Navy, Ice grey #1

Other colours:
Sunkissed pink, Berry red, Holly, Lush green, Black, Cool grey #4 and 5

I would really like to see some more folding techniques out there, so if you have a fun technique to show me, please give me a nudge and i will come visit your blog. Maybe i will post a link to the tutorial in my blog too, lol. I do give credit to the designer also.

Backside:

Well...now it`s your time to create something winterly, lol. Really looking forward to see what you come up with. So hop on over to the WhoopsiDaisy Challenge an join us.

More than one fold at WhoopsiDaisy

Hey peeps!

I probabely went totally overboard with the photos this time, lol, so you`ll just have to bear with me. This time the challenge over at WhoopsiDaisy is MORE THAN ONE FOLD. I found this folding technique over at StampArtic, made by Marianne Skjelstad. I just love it. It is a simple technique but i think it looks really sophisticated. This proves it doesn`t allways have to be advanced to look good.


The pearlswirl is from Storyteller and on the other side is a flower i built myself with some Marianne dies to embellish it with. This sweet image is from sheet #137. Behind the image you can see the ribbon attached so i can tie the two fronts together.

The colours i used for this image are these:

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Tan, Oatmeal

Hair:
Cocoa, Pastel yellow, Honeycomb, Tan

Pants:
Cinnamon, Tan, Putty, Satin

Dress:
Tea green, Grey green

The flower is actually the one i built for the card i created for the last challenge. It was white with pink on the edges. It was attached on the card my hubby ruined with coffee. I decided to keep the flower just to see how it turned out when it dried. And i just looove how it turned out. The coffee gave it a real vintage look. So if you want vintage flowers and don`t want to buy them yourselves, spill some coffee on the ones you have, lol.

This image is also one of the gorgeous ones on sheet #137. The colours i used for this one is:

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Hair:
Cocoa, Pastel yellow, Honeycomb

Dress:
Burgundy, Pale pink, Dusky rose

The stamp is one i won in a bloghop candy and it is from Whimsy stamps. The collection is called Time Flies.
Challenges i`m entering:

The Paper Variety - Use stamps
Flutterby Wednesday - Challenge #170 Open
Simon says stamp - Multifold cards/creations
Truly scrumptious - Challenge #65 Decorate the inside of your card
Stampin` for the weekend - Challenge #16 Tickled pink
Magical monday - Anything goes challenge
Sukkersøtt - Utfordring #136 Ribbon
Papertake weekly - Anything goes challenge
Paper Sundaes - Challenge #86 Finishing touches
One stitch at a time - Challenge #79 Anything goes
There`s magic in the air - Magic monday, shaped card




I`ll bet you are real tired of me right now, so i won`t delay you any more. I`ll just remind you to pop over to WhoopsiDaisy and enter our challenge. And also look at the fabby folding techniques the gals have in store for you. Oh...i allmost forgot...don`t forget the GDT call that Linnie are having. Check out the details at the challengeblog! Now you are officially off the hook, lol. Have a great day!

Something new at Phindy`s Place

Hey peeps!

Today over at Phindy`s Place the new challenge is New someting. It can be New baby, new house, new school, newlyweds and so on.


For my card today, i have made an easel card. It`s a while since last time i made one so it was with great fun i made this one. Phindy has as many of you know just become a grandmother and in that occasion she designed this gorgeous image of a sleeping baby. It is called "Brand new" and is available right here. It reminds me of my little sister when she was a baby. She used to sleep with her bottom up in the air. And she looked soooo funny, lol. When she got her tonsils removed she managed to sleep normally.

Here is the list of ProMarkers i have used:

Skin:
Peach, Sunkissed pink, Blush, Tan

Clothes:
Pastel blue, Denim blue, Cool grey #1,3,4

Blanket:
Sky blue, Arctic blue, Azure, Sunflower

Teddybear:
Walnut, Terracotta, Spice, Honeycomb

There is no little boys in my family, so i`ll just have to save this card until a suitable occasion comes along. But it was great to make a boycard. I don`t make too many of those, lol.

More closeups:



I`m entering these challenges:

Ai Factory - August anything goes challenge
Craft us crazy - Challenge #15 Anything goes
Paper crafting journey - Challenge #17 Anything goes
Paper Playtime - Challenge #53 Anything goes
Shelly`s images - Show us what you got challenge
Stamp insanity - Challenge #73 Anything goes
I love ProMarkers - Challenge #79 Easel card
Scrapbook sisters - Challenge #48 Blue
Bearly mine - Challenge #17 Bring on the bling
Deep Ocean - Challenge #6 Light blue
Try it on tuesday - Anything goes challenge
Sukkersøtt - Utfordring #133 Monokromatisk
Jellypark Challenges - Your favourite embellishment challenge (mine is digistamps)

So now, just don`t forget to enter our challenge over at Phindy`s Place. My teamies have made some gorgeous creations for you to get inspired. So hop on over and play. Thanks for coming here to visit me and for the sweet comments you have left. I really appreciate it.

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

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

Tribute to my design-teams

Hey my sweet friends!

Today i have made a very special card to honour the design-teams i am so lucky to be a part of. It is just a little token to show you how much you all mean to me. This is the first time i try this type of card.

A while back Trish aka Diamond Doll had a tutorial at the Crafts and Me shop blog which i have used for my card. It is a tripple easel card. Thanks for a great tut, Trish.

As i said, i want to honour the design-teams i am a part of, and especially their owners for giving me a chance and for believing that i could do a good job in showcasing their stamps and be an inspiration to others.

To Linnie at WhoopsiDaisy... Thanks for letting me be a part of your wonderful team of incredibly talented girls. You gave me the chance to prove for myself that i could do this. And for that i am truly grateful. I really love to work with your sweet images.

To Teresa at Crafts and Me...I had applied for several design-teams before yours but you were the first one i applied for, to take me in. I am so happy to get to work with some of the most amazing images.

And last but not least Phindy at Phindy`s Place...Thanks for letting me be a part of your wonderful team. I have really fallen in love with your images. They are so sweet and fun. And i love the spirit of the team. The bond between the girls are amazing.

All three teams are very different and special in their own ways. But the thing they all have in common is the teams of extra-ordinary talented gals. You are all so helpful and inspiring and i really love you all girls.

Now that i am finished with all the moushy stuff, lol, i am going to show you the card. I have made a tripple easel card with one image from each team.


I chose images that looked a bit vintagy course i wanted a vintage feel to my card.


This first image is from WhoopsiDaisy. This is one of four lovely images on sheet #245 designed by the ever so talented Linnie. You can find it right here.


The next one is called "Dusk" and is designed by the talented Sara Burrier. This image you can find right here.


The last image is called "Speedster" and is designed by our talented Phindy. This image you can find here.


I hope you like my creation ladies course this is in your honour!

Thanks a lot everyone!

I am entering this card in some challenges too, and these are:

Pojjo`s - Make an easel card
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Challenge #19 A special reason
The Spotlight Challenge - Challenge yourself (my challenge is to make this type of card for the first time)
Make it Monday - #39 anything goes

Christmas in may at Phindy`s Place

Hi peeps!

Here we go with a new challenge over at Phindy`s Place. We are doing Christmas-cards in may. It might be a good idea to start creating you`re christmas-cards early course when the time comes there allways is a shortage of christma-cards. I know most of you have stashed away your christmas stuff but now you have an excuse to get it out again, lol. The winner is picked randomly and wins a gift certificate of $5 to use in Phindy`s store. We also have a pick of the week which is chosen by the DT. The pick of the week also wins a gift certificate of $5 to use in Phindy`s store. The pick of the week is also eligible to get to be pick of the month which wins a guest DT spot and a free Phindy`s image to use in the challenge.

For my card this time i have used some papers from BoBunny`s christmas collection from last year. And i made it a gate-fold card. Since i don`t own a die-cutting system i had to cut the oval by hand. It is NOT easy to get an even circle but i think it looks fairly ok. I inked the edges with brushed corduroy distress ink. and stamped the edges with a swirlstamp from Tim Holtz. The image is coloured with ProMarkers.


The colours i have used is:

Hair: Primrose, buttercup and pastel yellow
Skin: Vanilla, blush and oatmeal
Dress: Poppy, berry red and crimson

The Wings, halo and edges of the dress is covered with stickles stardust. Which looks a bit furry when applied.


More closeups:




The challenges i am entering are these:

CCEE stampers - Flowers
Shelly`s Images - Anything goes
Stampinsanity - Fancy folds
ABC Challenge - U for unusual fold
Crafty Creations - Challenge #119 Flowers, patterned paper and a ribbon
Paper pretties - Challenge #154 Flowers
Truly Scrumptious - Challenge #57 Anything goes

Thanks for looking

Hugs...Mona