Halloween - New challenge at Phindy`s Place

Hey Peeps!

I am so in love with this totally adorable image. Isn`t it the cutest you have seen, lol? I have been looking forward to this challenge all month because of this cutie, lol. Well...Today we are having a new challenge at Phindy`s Place. It is HALLOWEEN.

The image is a new one designed by Phindy and it`s called Pumpkin Baby. It is available right here.

The paper is a freebie from Bearly Mine Designs. And the pumpkins is a freebie from Make it Crafty.

These are the colours i have used:

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Dress:
Walnut, Terracotta, Spice, Honeycomb, Baby pink, Antique pink

Pumpkins:
Mandarin, Amber, Pumpkin, Gold, Sunflower

Challenges i`m entering:

Crafty Ribbons - Challenge #4 Ribbons and Lace
Hanna and Friends - Challenge #115 Autumn / Halloween
Mejlens Designs - Challenge #80 Use a ribbon
Paper Crafting Journey - Challenge #21 Colourchallenge, Black - White - Orange
Crafting for all seasons - Challenge #11 Fall flowers / Pumpkins
I Love ProMarkers - Challenge #87 Autumnal colours
Paper Pretties - Challenge #175 Halloween inspiration
Simon says.... - Halloween / Goth
Everybody Art - Challenge #163 Halloween
Going grey with scrap creations - Halloween challenge
My time to Craft - Challenge #161 Orange and black
Cupcake craft challenges - Challenge #163 Halloween
Fussy and Fancy - Fall or halloween challenge
Polka Doodles - Week 41 Ribbons and bows
Bunny Zoe`s Crafts - Challenge #17 Lace it up
By the cute and girly - Anything goes challenge
Creatalicious - Challenge #26 Anything goes

Take a peek in the challengeblog. The girls have done an amazing job to help on your inspiration. Be sure to leave some love. We allways appreciate it, lol. Thanks for visiting me, and i hope you`ll have a great weekend.

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!

WhoopsiDaisy - Lets do Christmas, challenge.

Hey Peeps!

OMG!!! Talk about rain...Yesterday it totally was poring down in buckets all day, lol. I was so happy i didn`t have to go outside. My hubby put up quite a fire in our fireplace and i just wrapped myself in a comfy warm woolblanket with a cup of tea and the laptop in my lap, lol. I really enjoyed my day like this. Of course i had to finish my card for todays challenge too. But in all, i had a great and cosy day with the family.

Well, over to my card now. We are doing Christmas over at WhoopsiDaisy this week. And i have chosen to do it in cold colours. This adorable cutie is to be found at sheet #256 in the WhoopsiDaisy Shop. Isn`t she beautiful?

All the DP is from Bearly Mine Design and those gorgeous snowflakes are from Dusty Attic. I painted them with white gesso and dressed them up with stickles icicle and some silver pearls. The silver ornaments in the corners are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The colours used for this one are;

Hair:
Cocoa, Pastel yellow, Buttercup

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Dress:
Sky blue, Powder blue, Glacier blue

Challenges i`m entering:

Bunny Zoe`s Crafts - Challenge #17 Lace it up
Digi Darla - Blue and brown challenge
Karens Doodles - Distress it challenge
Simon says stamp and show - Things with wings challenge
Woodware USA - hallenge #47 Anything goes
Heidi`s Hobbystuggu - Oktober utfordring, 3 like (i have used 3 silver pearls on the snowflakes)

Just look at all the sparkle. It looks even more gorgeous in real life. Well, that`s all from me this time. Make sure you enter our Christmas challenge over at WhoopsiDaisy. We would looove it if you would join us in the fun. Besides...the Christmas is getting here awfully fast, so it is just great to use every spare moment to prepare all the Christmas cards you can, before it`s too late, lol. Have a great week everyone. And i`ll be back here.....suddenly, lol.

Phabulous Phindy Phriday

Hey sweet Phriends!

Today we are having another Phabulous Phindy Phriday. That means for our challenge you have to use a Phindy image on your creation and you can make anything you`d like. You may have noticed that every first friday in each month we are having an ANYTHING GOES challenge but the twist is that you have to use a Phindy image. I`m sure some of you are starting to get a big collection of Phindy images, so just start colouring them up and come and join us at Phindy`s Place! If you don`t, these sweet images are available in the Phindy`s Place Store. They are quite affordable so now you have the chance to start collecting, lol!

For my card today i wanted to try out one of the scene images and i think this one looked so cosy, lol. It`s called Cosy cottage and is available right here. I have also gottn my fingers on some flower soft, so i just had to try it out, lol. I`m not sure it looks so great but it is one of my first try outs with flower soft, hahaha. I also covered the windows with glossy accents to make them look like there actually were glass in them.

Challenges i`m entering:

Art Impressions Stamps - Challenge # 35 Stripes (My house has stripes, lol, hope this counts)
Anything goes Challenge - Challenge #51 Die cuts or Punches
One Stitch at a Time - Challenge #82 Use a digi
Paper Crafting Journey - Challenge #20 Die cuts and/or Punches

Thanks for visiting me! Hope you like what i`ve created. Having a great weekend everyone! Don`t forget to enter our challenge at Phindy`s Place!

Use a digi - New Challenge at Crafts and Me

Hey Peeps!

Are you ready for a new challenge? Over at Crafts and Me we want you to use a digi as the focal point of your creation. You can make anything you want as long as there is a digi on your creation. Isn`t that nice and easy, lol?

Our sponsor this week is our fabulous and generous boss Teresa. And the prize is 6 digis of the winners choice. Isn`t that awesome? There are some absolutely stunning digis in the Crafts and Me shop, so you are really in for a treat, lol.

CRAFTS AND ME.

Teresa has released some new gorgeous digis in her store and i have used one of these for my creation. When i was doing the post for the challengeblog last night i had to laugh to myself course we are three ladies that has used the same image, lol. I just say: great minds think alike, hahaha.

The image i have used this time is the gorgeous new "Lady of Opal" by Sara Burrier. I just looove Sara`s images. They looks absolutely divine.

I have used both ProMarkers and FlexMarkers and these are the colours i have used:

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Hair:
Cocoa, Tan, Putty, Satin

Dress:
Powder blue, Glacier blue, Ice grey #2, Cobalt blue

Other colours:
Coral, Berry red, Soft aqua, Ivory

These flowers i cut out from one of the paper collections from Pion Design. I believe it is the Bird Song collection. I am practicing on making a more "flat" card. I really have a hard time not using flowers that stick out. So i`m cuite satisfied with how this turned out.

Challenges i`m entering:

Anything goes Challenges - Challenge #51 Die cuts/punches or both
Bearly Mine - Challenge #20 Use 3 backing papers (DP)
Ribbon Carousel - Challenge #23 Anything goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #53 Anything goes
Heart song Inspirations - Challenge #18 Anything goes
Woodware USA - Challenge #46 Anything goes
One Stitch at a time - Challenge #82 Use a digi
Fab `n` Funky - Challenge #93 Die cuts or punches
Flutterby Wednesday - Challenge #174 Open
Sweet stamps - Challenge #35 Anything goes

I hope you will join in on the fun over at Crafts and Me challenges. Who knows....you might be the lucky one to win you some gorgeous digis!

HAPPY CRAFTING EVERYONE!

Lace and Pearls at WhoopsiDaisy

Hey my sweet friends!

Finally we are ready with a new challenge over at WhoopsiDaisy. This is an easy one. Lace and pearls! Two of my fav embellishments. Well that`s not so odd. My fav themes are vinage and shabby chic and these two engredients are some of the main items in theses styles. So what`s not to like, lol. The image i have used is one of 4 on sheet #276. I just love this adorable image.

The colours i have used for the image are:

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Hair:
Cocoa, Pastel Yellow, Buttercup, Primrose

Dress:
Sky blue, Powder blue, Glacier blue (FlexMarker)

Other colours:
Baby pink, Antique pink

I have just received my first set of Flex-Markers and i think they are asolutely magnificent to use. It`s like using a paintbrush only you have perfect control of where the tip moves.

It`s not long until Halloween is here and Linnie has released some cute halloween digis. Make sure to go check them out in the WhoopsiDaisy shop.

Also make sure to visit my teamies and leave them some love. You`ll find the link to their blogs above the images in the challengeblog.

I`m entering these challenges:

Craft your passion - Challenge #79 Anything goes and a twist wit ribbon
Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #53 Anything goes
Woodware USA - Challenge #46 Anything goes
One Stitch at a time - Challenge #82 Use a digi'

Thanks for looking!

Miss Mirabelle

Hey Everyone!

I have done a new try on some steampunk but i don`t quite know if i succeeded. I think you`ll have to be the judge of that, lol.

Before i continue with this post i would like to to ask you...I have been mada aware of that it is difficult to enter my site or that it is loading very slow. Can you please leave me a message if you too are having this experience? Thanks for your help.

I`m not sure if it shows too well but i have used a copper metallic pen on some of the details. And i think it looked kinda cool, lol. The image is called "Miss Mirabelle" and it is available in the Crafts and Me Store

The colours i have used for this image are:

Hair:
Black, Cool Grey #5,4,3, Prussian, China blue

Skin:
Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan, Cocoa, slate

Clothes/glasses:
Chestnut; Terracotta, Spice, Slate, Plum,

Wings:
Copper metallic pen, Gold metallic, Powder blue, Arctic blue, Glacier blue (flex-marker)

Other colours used:
Green, Tea green (eyes) Berry red, Shale (lips) Cool grey 3,4,5, black (make-up)

All the papers are from the new collection from Prima called Printery. This fragment i made by gluing the image on the backside of a clear fragment. The image is cut out from one of the sheets in the Prima collection. I just love how it turned out.

This metalflower i have had for a long time. Don`t remember where i bought it, but it is available in silver colour at the Crafts and Me shop.

These cogs are from Tim Holtz. As is the die cut clock.

As you can see of the pic i have painted the bigz die with crackle paint. I have used Rock candy for this one. Afterwards i inked it with Distress ink, Vintage Photo to fill in the cracks and make it look old. Then i dried off the excess ink with a cloth. On the same pic you can see better the copper colour i have used on the details. I also coloured the panel behind the image, in the same colour.

The wings has such a gorgeous mosaic so i covered them with clossy accent so make them look glasslike.

I have just received my first package of Flex-Markers and i used Glacier blue for some spots on the wings and i also coloured the background with it. My goodness what fantastic Markers these are. It`s almost like using a paintbrush only with more control of it. Allmost can`t wait to get my next shipment, lol.

These are the challenges i`m entering:

Crafts 4 Eternity - Challenge #39 Anything goes
Forever night - Freeky friday Challenge #11 Anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Challenge #57 Anything goes
Penny`s Paper crafty challenge - Challenge #63 Anything goes
Simon says - Anything goes
Anything goes - Challenge #50 Anything goes
Critter sketch challenge - Challenge #84 Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Challenge #102 Things with wings
Lollipop Crafts - Challenge #50 Anything goes

Fall/Autumn at Phindy`s Place

Hey sweet crafters!

I haven`t been quite well this last few days. A bit of a running nose and all that comes with it, lol, so my mojo wasn`t the best yesterday. But i managed to get a card finished for today`s challenge over at Phindy`s Place. We want to see creations with fall colours.

This time i have used an image called "I`ve got you covered" and you can find it right here in Phindy`s Place shop. I think it looks so adorable with the mama-bird giving shelter to her young ones.

The colours i have used for this one are:

Ice grey #1,3,4, Terracotta, Chestnut, Cocoa, Burnt Sienna, Orange, Honeycomb, Marsh Green, Powder Blue.

Challenges i`m entering:

4 Crafty Chicks - Challenge #57 Anything goes
Cute card thursday - Challenge #184 Animal Crackers
Paper Crafting journey - Challenge #20 Die cuts and/or punches
Rainbow Lady`s Challenge blog - Challenge #172 Autumn/fall flowers
Crafting for all seasons - Challenge #10 Fall colours
Digistamps 4 joy - Challenge #28 Anything goes with a bonus
Inky Impressions - Challenge #26 Punches or dies
Little Darlings - Challenge #8 Fall or Halloween
Penny`s Paper crafty challenge blog - challenge #63 Anything goes
Scrapbook sisters - Challenge #54 Leaves
Simon says - Anything goes
Bows and berries - Challenge #10 Glitter
Crafty Boots - Challenge #2 Things with wings
Critter sketch challenges - Challenge #84 Anything goes
Daisy Doodles - Challenge #43 Fall colours and/or thanksgiving
House of Gilli - Challenge #17 Fall/Autumn
Woodware USA - Challenge #45 Happy Fall Y`all
Cafts for Eternity - Challenge #39 Recipe Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Challenge #102 Things with wings
Totally Papercrafts - Challenge #86 Autumn

So now please hop on over to the challengeblog and join in on the fun. Oh..and don`t forget to leave my team-mates some love.

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

Butterfly Tutorial

Hey my sweet friends!

Finally i`m here with my very first tutorial ever, lol, so i hope you bear with me. This is a butterfly i saw at Wild Orchid Crafts. I couldn`t find it in there anymore so i thought i`d make my own tutorial of it.

This is what you need:

A five petal flower like the one on the pic below and a pearl stamen. Both are available at Wild Orchid Crafts. In addition you will need hot glue, pearls or rhinestones to embellish your butterfly with and some stickles or glue and glitter.

First you`ll have to fold one of the petals to the back of the flower.

The back will look like this.

Now you fold the petal and make a little snip on the middle of it.

Then you fold the pearlstamen in two, and put the little loop down in the little hole from the front side of the petal.

This is how it looks like from the backside.

Now you put on some hot glue for a quick fixative and fold the petal over the stamen.

Now you have the butterfly with the antennas. But it looks a bit boring just like this. You can embellish it any way you like. I have used stickles on the edges of the wings and put a couple of pearls in the middle of it. If you prefer to use glue and glitter to embellish the edges that`s entirely up to you. You can also use rhinestones instead of the pearls or maybe you want to drop the glitter and put some rhinestones on the wings as well. It is just your imagination that sets the limit.

Here is my finished butterfly. If you want to see how it looks on a card you can take a peek in this link.

Hope you liked my tutorial and that it was close to self explanatory, lol. Good luck in trying to make your own.