INK #295 - Use stencils

At Inkspirational we went live with a new challenge for you on Saturday, but I haven't been able to blog it before now. The challenge theme is to use stencils, with the optional twist of Use Layering Stencils. 

I used a plaid stencil from Pinfresh Studio which consists of 2 stencils to make the background pattern. I used an Altenew stamp for the pine branches around the edges and to get some snow I heat embossed with frantage.
The angel image I have received from Nonni - I so love this stamp, so if someone has it and feel they don't need it anymore, please let me know as I'd like to buy one:) I colored with Promarkers, added glitter Stickles to their wings and fussy cut it. The Christmas sentiment is die cut with gold glitter card.

I encourage you to head over to the challenge blog to see what my INK-teamies have made.      

This card is also for:
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Fussy Cutting
Sweet Stampin - Christmas in July

INK# 290 Moodboard (peach and green)

At Inkspirational we have a moodboard for yout to play with for the next 2 weeks.
It didn't take me long to make up my mind about what supplies to use for this challenge. I was immediately drawn to the butterfly image and the color composition of the bottom middle picture in this moodboard.
My stencil is from Altenew, the butterflies are all part of one big Memory Box stamp, I cut the image apart and used some of them.
A sstamped sentiment in Norwegian and golden splatter, and that was it.

This card is also for:
Stamping Sensations - Anything Stamped + option: Add a Stencil
Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game! - Anything with Stencils + option: Flowers

TioT - Use a stencil

Over at Try it on Tuesday we want to see you use your stencils for our first challenge in May.
I used a leaf stencil from Altenew, and I chose to use rainbow colors again - it's probably the first time I do so "voluntarily". I used to think rainbows were an almost impossible task, but now I think these colors are fún to use. I added an almost equally colorful bird - or owl? - from Art by Marlene's Artsy Arabia. I love that hairdo! I made it sit on a die cut branch.
The birthday sentiment translates to something like: A year older? I would'nt believe it if I didn't know it.

The card was quick and easy to make, so I made another one but used the colors in the reverse order. I think I prefer my first take, though...

 

Please head over to the challenge blog to see the my TioT teamies have made and to get inspired. 

This card is also for:
Allsorts - #726 Anything Goes with an option of One For The Girls
Crafty Catz - #635 ANYTHING GOES - with Optional Twist Things with Wings
Krafty Chicks - #661 All Occasions

March Card Chain Challenge Reveal 2023

Here's my card for The Card Chain Challenge March reveal. It's an open invitation to anyone who wants to enter and if you'd like to be part of the April chain you can sign up here until til 6th. You don't have to join every month, it's up to you.

THE CARD I SENT 

This is the card I sent to Viv in the UK. I used the colors (carrot, shamrock and spice), a stamp (but also dies) and the theme of friendship

 

 

In return I received a fantastic card from Hilary in the UK, to me it represents the art deco style, a favorite style of mine, however I have never made a card in this style. I recommend you go check out her blog, here

TioT - Go green

Over at Try it on Tuesday we have a new challenge for you - Go green. There are so many possibilities with this theme. I have used green in different ways on my card:

-  First, as the theme. Spring is approaching, nature will bloom and people with green fingers (not mine) will do their planting business outdoors.
- Second, as color. I used plant stamps and a leaf wreath stamp from Altenew and those required the use greens.
- Third, as recycling as I used bookpages from an old book to stamp all the greeneries on. 

I did lots of fussy cutting as the pots and animal life were stamped on scrap pieces of papers.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see the my TioT teamies have made and to get inspired. 

This project is also for:
We Love Stamping - March Anything Stamped + Spring Is In The Air
Creatalicious Challenges - #254 Anything Goes + Green
Krafty Chicks - #653 Use Stamps
Day of the Month Card Club - Plant a flower day

Things with wings and Color challenge

One of my crafting goals this year is to try and join color challenges more often, as I find them very inspiring, but tricky at the same time.

Here I used some older stamps, the leaf wreath is from Altenew and the bird is from 7gypsies. I stamped on navy blue/white DPs for both, with opposite colors for the script and background. The grey panel was die cut, the sentiment is from a Kaisercraft paperpad.

This card is for:
Color Throwdown - #726
Cardz 4 Galz - #190 Clean and Simple
Make My Monday - #192 Your Favourite Theme of 2022 (#188 Things With Wings)

Autumn wreath with garden tools

I usually make Christmas cards this time of year and rarely have made autumn cards. But this year I'm in mood for using autumn colors and leaves.

For this card I've used stamps from 2 differnt Altenew sets for the wreath and the garden tools and birds. Coloring is done with Promarkersa and Posca pencils.
The stencil, one of my favorites, is also Altenew. I used 3 Distress Mica stains, love the shimmer these sprays have.The sentiment is Poppy stamps.

This card is for:
Try It On Tuesday - Autumn
Stamping Sensations - October: All Things Autumn
Allsorts - #696 Gardeners Delight
The Paper Players - #611 Changing Seasons 

INK #275 - Technique - Use Stencils

For the next 2 weeks we have a technique challenge at Inkspirational. We want to see you use your stencils.
I was inspired by autumn colors and decided to go with my Altenew stencil with leaves. I used red, yellow, green and brown inks. For the die cut sentiment I used gold mirri card. I added a bit of gold splatter, a rhinestone and pearls from my stash.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see the my INK-teamies have made. 

This card is also for:
Crafty Gals Corner - #235 Signs of Fall
Double D Challenges - Things that Fall
Shopping Our Stash - #480 Leaf Me Alone

Autumn colors and Retro Rubber sketch

I have had this Lawn Fawn set - love you a latte - for about 8 years, and it was only yesterday, as I watched a video about this set, that I realized the donut was not an odd looking saucer. Now that I know it's a donut I cannot understand why I didn't see that before! Suddenly I felt I had found a treasure in my stash, and I had fun decorating the donut with brown and red fine glitter, glitter glue and some tinsel looking glitter.
The background was made with a stencil from Altenew, and autumn colored  Distress Oxide inks ((yellow, red, green and brown) and a baby wipe. I added matching colored rhinstones for some extra sparkle.
The card layout was inspired by the Retro Rubber Challenges sketch.

This card is for:
Retro Rubber Challenge - #191 Sketch
Fab n Funky - #557 Autumn Colors
Everybody-Art-Challenge - #520 Coffee or Tea

INK #273 - Repetition

At Inkspirational we have the challenge of REPETITION, a super fun theme if you ask me, chosen by Carol.

The wreath is a stamp from an Altenew set, I stamped it three times and fussy cut. The flowers are Altenew and Prima, stamped on a book page and fussy cut. The striped DP is Maja Design and I chose a sentiment in Norwegian - today is your day.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see the my INK-teamies have made. 

This card is also for:
Cardz 4 Galz - #180 3 of Anything
Craft Rocket Challenges - #96 Dots and/or Stripes

INK #266 - Photo with books

At Inkspirational we have a photo challenge this fortnight and I was inspired by the colors incorporating brown and green, and I also used thin strips of wooden paper.
I was also inspired by the books, by using a page from an unloved book for my wreath, which I then fussy cut.
The wreath is from a set from Altenew, the bird is from 7gypsies. I stamped directly onto DP, then fussy cut.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see the my INK-teamies have made. 

This card is also for:
C.R.A.F.T.- #639 Recycled (book page)
Krafty Chicks - #613 All Occasions

Book page flowers

I wish I had more time to craft and visit around blogland than I do at the moment.
I love reading books, but haven't had much time for that either, so I've started to listen to books instead. It can easily be combined with cardmaking, and I save myself some time and can do two things I love at the same time! Yay!

About my card: For the flowers I used pages from a paperback book I really didn't like - normally I keep all books I read but this one I did not care for to take up space in my bookshelf. So I gave it a new pupose by using some of the pages for my Altenew and Prima flowers. Leaves are Altenew and stamped onto a green DP. Sentiment was a recent freebie with a magazine. 2 DPs were used as well as a striped sticker border. I quite like the style, it's not typical for me. A sketch was used as inspiration for the layout, as is often the case, and I wanted to celebrate Allsorts' birthday as well.

This card is for:
The Paper Players - #592 Sketch
Allsorts - #677 Anything For A Birthday

April Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Here's my card for The Card Chain Challenge April reveal. I have joined every month since I first joined back in Septembrr last year and I do look forward to once a month receiving a card from a fellow card maker from anywhere in the world. Anyone can enter as long as you are willing to snail mail a card to another crafter.  If you'd like to join in for the May challenge, you can sign up here until til 6th.  

This is the card I sent to Imke in Germany

 

 

I followed the color palette  and I also had spring and wild, as in wild flowers, in mind.

 

The background was made with my favorte stencil, from Altenew, black paper and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide, and I used this together with Squeezed lemonade and Mustard seed to make the panel for the silhouette flower. I also added 3 rhinstones in a matching color. The flower die is Pinkfresh Studio floral squares and the hello is from a Missees set.

I received this beautiful card from Marga in Spain - thank you:)

 

 

And after hitchhiking its way from Greece since March I have also now received the oh so sweet card from Marianne in Greece

 

January Card Chain Challenge reveal

Here's my card for the January Csrd Chain challenge reveal. This is the 5th time I participate in The Card Chain Challenge - anyone can enter as long as you are willing to snail mail a card to a fellow crafter.  If you'd like to join in for the February challenge, you can sign up here until til 6th.  

THE CARD I SENT

This time my card went to Suze in New Zealand. I followed both the sketch and the color scheme. I used a flower stamp set from Altenew and the woman is from aall & create.

 

 

 

THE CARD I RECEIVED

I recieved my card from Joanne in the UK. She succeded making these drinks look bubbly and sparkly, and it's suh a super New Year's design. Thank you so much!

 

Guest Designer at STamping Sensations

I’m so happy to be invited as guest designer for Stamping Sensations' January challenge where the theme is Anything Goes with stamping, with the option of add a die.

I pulled out my Altenew die to make the frame, it's for a slimline size card, but I cut it to fit my mini slimline design. I heat embossed it with silver EP.
The sentiment was stamped on a torn piece of vellum and the Penny Black flowers on black card stock.
I added some rhinestones into each corner for a bit og shine.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

October Card Chain Challenge reveal

This is the second time I paricipate in The Card Chain Challenge - anyone can enter as long as you are willing to snail mail a card to a fellow crafter. For October there were 27 pariticipants across the world. If you'd like to join in for the November challenge, you can sign up here until til 6th. 

THE CARD I SENT

I sent my card to  Joanne of Ambrosia and Iron in the UK, along with some images and sentiments from the stamp set I used, the Altenew Tall Tale stamp set. For my card I followed the sketch, I placed it upside down to fit on the bookshelf..

THE CARD I RECEIVED

I recieved this sweet card and some die cuts (thank you!) from Suze of craftysuze in New Zealand. I'm a cat lover, so this is a suitable card for me. 

 

INK #250 For boys or men

We have a new challenge at Inkspirational and this time I was the one to choose the theme: For boys or men.
This card is definetely for a grown up man. I gave snarky cat a top hat, a moustache and a bow tie, and I used my favorite sentiment. The die cut frame and stencil background are made with supplies from Altenew.

I so look forward to seeing the inspiration from both team members and participants.

This card is also for:
The Male Room - #155 Black&White
Stamping Sensations - Animals, Birds and Bugs
Cheerful Sketches Challenge Blog - Sketch 

 

September Card Chain Challenge reveal

This is the first time I partcipate in The Card Chain Challenge - anyone can enter as long as you are willing to snail mail a card to a fellow crafter. For September there were 21 pariticipants across the world. If you'd linke to join in for the October challenge, you can sign up here until til 7th. 

THE CARD I SENT

I sent my card to Linda W of Scrappin', Stampin' & Singin' in Minnesota, USA, along with some die cuts. For my card I used several products from Altenew: the debossed background, the sun medallion and the paper pieced flowers. I never know how to arrange them, so I just covered the inside of the circle as best I could.

THE CARD I RECEIVED

I recieved this card and goodies from Gail of Crafty Nomad in Norway. Thank you so much, Gail, I've already started using the stamps!

Gnome in field of paper pieced flowers

I love this gnome from Stamping Bella, it's a favorite, especially for masculine cards.
I chose to paper piece the flowers, I heat embossed with white EP, used a white Posca pen for the centres, along with Wink of Stella for a touch of sparkle, not visible in the photo.
The background has been made with my new- and favorite - stencil, called the Deco Wallpaper from Altenew. And I think you'll see more of this too on future cards, the Altenew Mid-Century Frame Die.
Sentiment is made up with dies from Concord&9th and Penny Black.

This card is for:
Stamping Sensations - Stamp of the Moment
Allsorts - #641 Favourite Stamps with the option of Paper Pieced Flowers

Not my typical choice of colors

I wanted to make a card for a man using other colors than those I typically use, like black&white, blues, greens and/or greys. So out came red and yellow inks and markers, and a grey one as well!

I picked a favorite Stamping Bella gnome stamp and I cut the image to put the tag at an angle. The background has been made with 2 stencils - the Deco Wallpaper from Altenew, and the numbered one is Tim Holtz.
I debated whether only to use string, but I liked the effect of the yellow seambinding ribbon in there. I think both ribbon and flowers can be used for masculine designs as long as it's not "too frilly". The birthday greeting is made with my Dymo. 

This card is for
The Paper Players - #557 By The Numbers
Addicted to Stamps and More - Birthday
The Male Room - Nature's Bounty