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onsdag 25. juni 2014

Embossing @ I ❤️ ProMarkers

Hi again.
I’m back to invite you to the new challenge over at
I ❤️ ProMarkers
This weeks challenge theme is
Embossing
I’ve used heatembossing on my card,
but you are free to use dryembossing as well, if you prefer that
-or maybe both…

Sponsors for this challenge are
Milk Coffee Stamps
and
Marianne Design

Visit
I ❤️ ProMarkers
to see what prizes they’re offering this week,
and to see the projects the other DT-girls have made
- L O V E L Y artwork, I promise you


I chose heatembossing, because I wanted to use UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel) on the image. I put on 3 layers of the stuff, and got a thick, glossy, kind of glasslooking surface on the image.
The image is Img303,  one of Sherri Baldys My Besties.
The image is coloured with ProMarkers before I put on the UTEE.
The greetings on the little labels (Magnolia DooHickeys) are embossed with Goldcoloured embossingpowder. Greetingtexts are from Storyteller.
DPs are from MajaDesign. Flowers are Papirdesign - just put on some Glitterstickles - I just love the fantastic sparkling of the Glitterstickles!
And, as you can see; all paperedges are inked with DistressInk WalnutStain.



ProMarkers used to colour the image:
Skin: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Blush, Sunkissed Pink, Tan
Hair: Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Gold
Clothes: Pastel Blue, Blue Pearl, Denim Blue, Arctic Blue, Sky Blue
Shadow/ Background: Glacier Blue (FlexMarker)
Flowers/ Leaves: Blossom, Pink Carnation, Rose Pink/ Pear Green, Olive Green
Blender
For the white dotted highlights in her hair and on the dots on her clothes I used a white GellyRoll marker.

I’ll join the following challenges:
Sketchy Colors #216 - Sketch
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #41 - Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts #42 - Embossing
Crafty Girls #20 - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
My Besties Friendship #2 - Blumen mit Motiv von My Besties
My Besties UK - Anything Goes (A) with the option Add a Little Sparkle (B)

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tirsdag 24. juni 2014

Use a resin embellishment @ Inky Chicks


Hello again, dear friends, followers and crafters.
I’m back to give you a little inspiration for the next fortnights challenge at
Inky Chicks
The theme for this challenge is
Use a Resin Embellishment
-of course you can use more than one if you like…

I have made a tag for this challenge.
The tag is rather large, about 5 x 3 inches, and with the decorations about 6x4 ½ at the widest.
I felt it was ages since I’ve used a Magnolia image, so for this one I decides to do that, and to use DistressInks to colour. Long time since I’ve used those too…
On the tag I used laces, ribbons, cheesecloth, seambindingribbon, twine, a button, a charm, a pin, glitterstickles, real feathers and the resin feather.
I really love all of this embellishments, in fact I love to decorate my cards with as much as possible, so sitting with my pearls and couldn’t find anywhere to put them made me kind of sad…
Around the image I used Frantage Aged Ivory. The flowers are «decorated» with Frantage Shabby White. All paper- and paneledges are inked with DistressInk Walnut Stain.
The DP used (not shown very good on the pictures) is from Magnolia. Before I inked the edges i distressed them a little.

Here’s the tag:

Here’s my resin embellishment:

Close-up of the glittered greeting. It’s made with Cheery Lynn Dies:

Now find your resin embellishments and join the challenge over at 
Inky Chicks


I’ll enter the following Challenges:
Dutch Magnolia Lovers #84 - Anything But A Card
Simply Magnolia - Anything But A Card
Tilda’s Town #109 - Dies and/ or Punches
Ett Trykk - Kort med Blomster
Papirdokkene #60 - Vintage/ Shabby Chic
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Cherish This #10 - Favourite Things (Laces, Flowers, Ribbons, Frantage, Buttons, Charms…)
Penny’s Paper Crafty Challenge #182 - Favourite embellishments (Laces, Ribbons, Frantage…)
Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes
Kort o Mania #110 - Butterflies or Flowers
Scribble and Scrap #21 - Always Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #41 - Anything Goes

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mandag 23. juni 2014

Summerdays With My Besties

Good morning to you all 😊
Midsummer today, but so far the weather haven’t been much summerlike.
Looking out, we have a windy, partial cloudy, cold day at Røst - yet I plan a bonfire night, eating on the porch and have a good outdoor evening.

For the new challenge at
My Besties
I’ve made a summercard
-of course I have, as the theme for this challenge is
Summer Days
The image used on the card is Sherri Baldys Img 831.
It’s coloured with ProMarkers.
I don’t know what this folding is called, but it was quite fun to make, and the card is standig steady.
This card doesn’t have much embellishments, I’d almost call it a CAS card.
the bikini decor is two really old brads I’ve had in my drawer for ages. I had to give the flowers a little touch of glitter, and attach the beautiful butterflycharm to the bow. With a little DistressInk on the paperedges I felt it was enough. Some cards - or is it the images - doesn’t need much decorations…

Standing steady..:

Opened:

Backsides:

Close-up of the image:

I hope to see you around in our
Summerdays Challenge
Just hop on over to
My Besties
See what the rest of the DT-girls have made,
get inspired
join the fun

The rules are easy:
Challenges run for 2 weeks.  They begin on a Monday and end on a Saturday. 
You can enter up to 3 cards, scrapbook page, or projects that you like. 
Please use a Bestie Image created by Sherri Baldy.
Winners will be announced every Monday.

**Another Way to Win**
Go to the challenge
Leave a comment in the comment box below the challenge to win a Sherri Baldy’s My Bestie digital image


You can find all of Sherri Baldys images in her shops
Sherri’s Etsy Store
Scrapbook Stamp Society
My Besties Store

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I’ll enter my summercard into these challenges:
The Corrosive Challenge #202 - Color Me Happy
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #40 - Summer At The Beach
Scribble and Scrap #21 - Always Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps #85 - Polka Dots
Fantasy Stampers #13 - Here Comes Summer
Brown Sugar #99 - Dots and/ or Stripes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #265 - Tic Tac Toe (Flowers/ Ribbon/ Digital Image)
My Besties Deutschland #4 - Alles Geht + Option Sommer, Sonne, Strand und mehr
My Besties UK - Anything Goes and Add A Little Sparkle

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søndag 22. juni 2014

Folding @ My Besties Norge

Hi again 😊
I‘m back with a card for the new challenge at
My Besties Norge
I’m not supposed to make a card for this challenge, but with the theme
Bretting
(Folding)
and the image ready coloured to match the DPs I just had to make a folded card for this challenge too.
I found the tutorial for this folding technique in the norwegian magazine Ett Trykk, but you can also find it in Majas blog here

I’ve used Sherri Baldys IMG 302
You can find all of Sherris images and other products in her shops
Sherri’s Etsy Store
Scrapbook Stamp Society
My Besties Store

And here’s my card:
Punches, dies, flowers, ribbon and twine is all I’ve used to decorate it.
The image is coloured with ProMarkers, and the paperedges are given a little touch of DistressInk WalnutStain. 




I hope I’ve given you a little inspiration to join the
Folding Challenge
at
My Besties Norge
Hop on over there to see what the other DT-Girls have made
-lots of lovely projects 😉


I’ll join these challenges:
My Besties Friendship #2 - Blumen
Scribble and Scrap #21 - Anything Goes
Sister Act #62 - Cards Only Anything Goes
Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations #270 - Tie It Up
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Love To Create #120 - Anything Goes
NSHK #98 - Alt Er Lov
 Crafty Girls #20 - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

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Embossing @ Storyteller

Good Sunday Morning.
Today we start a new challenge over at
Storyteller

the theme for this one is
Embossing
(wet or dry)

I’ve used both wet and dry embossing on my project, but you can use just one technique.
My project for this challenge is a little giftbag. I like to put the gift in such small bags ( -or bigger bags if the gift is bigger…)
I made this bag in a cute, girly, quite shabby chic style - I hope you like it.


The back of the giftbag is decorated in a simpler, yet similar way:

Material List:
Image: Saturated Canary
Colouring: ProMarkers
Texts: Storyteller
DPs: Melissa Frances
Dies: Spellbinders, MarianneDesign, Magnolia
Embossingfolder: Cuttlebug «Script»
Frantage Aged Rose, Shabby White
Goldcoloured Embossingpowder
Flowers: Storyteller
Ribbon: Storyteller
Lace, Twine, Pearls, Button, Cheesecloth, Charms
 DistressInk WalnutStain
Liquid Pearls White Opal

I’ll join these challenges with my Giftbag:
Stampin’ For The Weekend - Anything Goes
Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes!
My Heart Pieces - Anything But A Card
Creative Knockouts #42 - Embossing
Creative Inspirations #270 - Tie It Up
Papertake Weekly - Lace & Pearls
Everybody Art #283 - Perlen
Love To Create #120 - Anything Goes
NSHK #98 - Alt Er Lov
Card and Scrap #78 - Brug Knapper

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Please join the
Embossing Challenge
over at
Storyteller
-and please remember to use a Storyteller product on your project

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onsdag 18. juni 2014

Use a Doily @ I ❤️ ProMarkers

Good Morning Crafter, Friend and Followers.
Wednesday, and time for a new challenge over at 
This weeks challenge is
Use a Doily
Our sponsor for this challenge is
Bunny Zoe’s Crafts

and the prize for a lucky winner is a
£10 voucher
to spend in their shop

I used two doilies on my card. One heartshaped underneath the image, and one round that I cut in two halves, folded, sprayed with Glimmermist and mounted under the flowerarrangement.
The flowers are from Prima, and have got a little touch of Glitterstickles on.
I also used some laces, seambindingribbon, twine and buttons.
The papers are all from Pion, and have inked edges (DistressInk WalnutStain).
The image panel is made with Spellbinders Labels Four.
 Around the image ond on the edges of the image panel I put on some Frantage (Shabby White).
The image is one of Sherri Baldys My Besties.
This one is called Messy Jessy Img 679.
Of course the image is coloured with ProMarkers, you’ll find the colourlist further down.
The postal stamps are from Kort & Godt.




ProMarkers used to colour the image:
Skin: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Tan, Sunkissed Pink
Hair: Buttercup, Gold
Eyes: Walnut
Clothes: Khaki, Pastel Beige, Putty, Antique Pink (F), Blossom, Pink Carnation, Pear Green, Tan, Warm Grey 1
Blender

I hope you’ve liked my Doilycard, and that you’ve found a little inspiration to join the challenge over at
I ❤️ ProMarkers
Hop over there to see what the rest of the DT girls have made - get inspired, join the fun

I’ll join the fun in these challenges:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Love To Create #120 - Anything goes
NSHK #98 - Alt er lov
Scribble and Scrap #20 - Always Anything Goes
Card and Scrap #78 - Brug Knapper
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #265 - Tic Tac Toe (Flowers/ Ribbon/ Digital Image)
Scrapbook Stamp Society #43 - Anything Goes
Stampin’ For The Weekend - Anything Goes

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Thanks for visiting

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onsdag 11. juni 2014

Stripes @ I ❤️ ProMarkers


Good Morning!
I’m back with my DT-card for 
This weeks challenge theme is 
Stripes
and our sponsor is
and the
 Prize is a $10 voucher.

For my card I’ve used the image «Back To School».
Yes, I know - we’re just about to finish this schoolyear. But I know a little girl who’ll start her first year at school this autumn, and nothing in life is more exciting than starting school!
I plan to find exciting, cute, little school-accessories for her first day of school.
Though it’s more than 10 years since I quitted teaching, I’m still a teacher at the bottom of my heart, and I truly believe that a good start will make the schoolyears good.

So, this is the card she’ll get on her first schoolday:
(If you come from the I ❤️ ProMarkers blog, you’ll probably see a little difference on the card shown here. I couldn’t help myself, i just had to put on two schoolrelated charms, a bow and a few rhinestones…)
Of course the image is coloured with ProMarkers (colourlist further down in the post), I put on a little frantage Shabby Pink around the image, and framed it with a Glittersticklesborder.
All DPs are from Papirdesign, and I think the dies I used for the doily underneath the image, is from Cheery Lynn (please, feel free to correct me here).
On the purplestriped paper I used Martha Stewarts Eyelet Lace punch.


The back of the card is decorated with the same DPs as the front:

Insides:


ProMarkers used to colour the image:
Skin: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Tan, Sunkissed Pink
Hair: Cocoa, Tan, Buttercup
Clothes, Books etc: Pink Carnation, Blossom, Sky Blue, Arctic Blue, Pastel Blue, Cocoa, Tan, Sandstone, Putty, Warm Grey 1 + 3, Olive Green, Marsh green, Pear Green
Soft Aqua (F), Blender

I’ll join these challenges:
Sketchy Colors #214 - Sketch
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #38 - Anything Goes
Love To Create #119 - Make it for the Kids
Scribble and Scrap #20 - Always Anything Goes
Digitally Sweet #91 - All For Girls

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tirsdag 10. juni 2014

Special Shaped Card @ Inky Chicks

Good Morning all crafters, friends and followers.
I’m back after a rather busy last week and weekend, preparing and celebrating my sons confirmation.
Today I’m here to show you my DT-entry for the next fortnights challenge over at
Inky Chicks
The theme for this challenge is
Special shaped Cards
-so no square or rectangular cards are allowed

Our sponsor for this challenge is
Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet
win is: 3 digi stamps from the artists that the DT has used images from / up to a value of $10

I used my scalloped circle dies from Spellbinders to make the card. The tag is made with a Magnolia DooHickey. The image is coloured with ProMarkers. On the wings I used some Glitterstickles, and around the image I put on a little Frantage (Aged Silver). Both DPs (inside the card) and ribbons are from Papermania.
The card is made as an easelcard, opened up (picture below), it has a little greeting saing «God Bedring» (Get Well). Behind this greeting banner I put on 3D dots, to hold the card in upright position when opened.



I think these two charms works perfect on this little card :)

I’ll enter my card into these challenges:
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays #210 - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap #20 - Always Anything Goes
4 Crafty Girls #19 - Anything Goes
Everybody Art #282 - Andere Kartenform

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Thanks a lot for visiting.
Hope to see your card over at
Inky Chicks.

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onsdag 4. juni 2014

Digi Does It @ I ❤️ ProMarkers

Hi again Crafters, Friends and Followers
Today I’m here with my card for the new challenge over at
I ❤️ ProMarkers
the challengetheme this week is
Digi Does It
Our sponsor for this challenge is
Dr.Digi
I’ve used the image «Naughty Or Nice»
You’ll find a colourlist further down in the post.

I’m really falling behind on my christmascards, so making this one gave me sort of a panicing satisfied feeling… (have to make at least 5 pr month to get back on track…)
DPs on hte card are from Papirdesign, all embellishments are made with dies. I love the poinsettiaflowers with frantage on! Well - actually I love frantage on most everything…


Inside, half opened:

Inside fully opened:

Back of the card:

Detail: my Merry Christmas Dies, from Cheery Lynn

ProMarkers used to colour the image:
Skin: Ivory, Dusky Pink, Tan
Clothes: Cocoa, Burgundy, Poppy, Warm Grey 1, 3, 5, Tan
Papers: Ivory, Putty
Pencil: Gold
Shadow: Warm Grey 1, Blender


I hope may, many of you’ll dig out your digis and join the challenge at
I ❤️ProMarkers
I look forward to visit you all, and to see which digis you use.
Come on, join us, have fun!

I’ll join these challenges:
Christmas Stampin’ All Year Long #13 - Anything Goes
Completely Christmas #14 - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes as long as it’s Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge - Use Patterned Paper

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