A special Christmas ♥ Thank You

♥  God Jul & Godt NyttÅr! ♥

I dagens blogpost hos Creative Fingers takker DesignTeamet våre flotte sponsorer, og jeg vil sende en spesiell takk til to av dem ~ Hovedmotivet på kortet mitt er fra Crafts & Me ~ Jasmine Becket-Griffith, og boksen lenger ned har et motiv fra the East Wind ♥

..og Ikke glem å delta i vår Christmas blogcandy før nyttårsaften! ♥ 

 

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inside and back detail

I enter my Christmas card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]

● Cute Card Thursday #457. ~ Anything goes [Dec. 28th.]
● Creatalicious #105. ~ Christmas [Dec. 29th.]
● C.R.A.F.T. #395. ~ Christmas! [Dec. 26th.]

● Retarte #92. ~ Anything goes [Jan. 31st.] 
● Craftyhazelnut's Christmas CHNC ~ anything goes [Dec. 30th.]
● Christmas Cards All Year 'Round Dec. ~ Christmas/Holiday! [Dec. 31st.]
● Card Mania #87. ~ Anything goes [Dec. 29th.]
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #48. ~ Anything goes [Dec. 29th.]

♥ Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! ♥ 

Today the DT's of Creative Fingers Challenge blog is thanking our generous sponsors through this past year! We have created cards for all the awesome artists, and I would like to say a special thank you to Crafts & Me with my card up above, gorgeous motif by Jasmine Becket-Griffith. And my altered box has the sweetest bauble filled with cats from the East Wind by Unky. The process is similar to my steampunk owl box here :)

inside and back detail

I enter my box in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]

● Altered Eclectics Dec. ~ Always Anything Goes [Jan. 31st.]
● Deep Ocean #144. ~ Silent Night [Dec. 26th.]
● Stamps and Stencils ~ Christmas Wishes! [Jan. 4th.]
● More Mixed Media ~ Anything goes opt. White! [Jan. 4th.]
● Simon Says Wed. ~ Make It Sparkle! [Dec. 27th.]
● Sparkles Christmas Ch. #71. ~ anything but a card [Dec. 28th.]
● A Snowflakes Promise #35. ~ Winter themed [Dec. 26th.]
● Pile it On #123. ~ Any Holiday/Celebration! (2nd.entry)[Jan. 7th.]

EDIT: I was in the TOP 5 at More Mixed Media! Thank you ♥

..& Don't forget to enter our Christmas blogcandy before newyears eve :)

 

Stamps/Images: Crafts and Me ~ Jasmine Becket-Griffith 'Sea Star' rubberstamp. The East Wind 'Annual Meowy Christmas' digistamp. Panduro Hobby 'god jul' and 'svensk tradition' clearstamp. Kort og Godt 'S-198'. North Star Stamps 'Juletekster 09 A5'.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Panduro Hobby - Vibeke Spigseth Poppy design 'Way back when' 6x6 paperpad.

Embellishments/Tools: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Labels One' die. Nellie Snellen Dies 'Straight Dotted Round MFD085' and 'Round Scalloped MFD079'. Crafters Companion Embossalicious 6x6 Emb.Folder 'Vintage Deco'. Die-cutting Essentials magazine Special Edt embossing folder. Cuttlebug A2 Embossing folder 'Snow Flakes'. Global Hobby - Din Fantasi washi 'god jul'. Metal/Aluminium foil tape. Scotch 3M Fiberglass tape. Nille Memories thread and bling. Queen & Co. and DoCrafts pearls n bling.
Techniques: I always use my Scor-Pal to score n fold my cards. I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed). My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use! ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. I used misc. Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Watercolors, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads to watercolor and distress image and papers. Staz midi inkpad 'Emerald City'. Inka Gold from Viva Decor 'Silver'. Panduro White Gesso.

Merry Christmas ♥ CF Blogcandy!

Vi nærmer oss jul, bare ei uke igjen nå! Disse er veldig kjappe kort å lage, enkle og ensfarget ~ med en av mine favoritt Tim Holtz teknikker med Distress ink farger, Evergreen Bough blekkpute og vann dryppet på bakgrunnen, tørkepapir for å trekke opp noe av fargen ♥ Hoved motivet er et juletre stempel fra North Star Stamps og det er varme-embosset med flere lag embossing pulver. Enkelt men veldig lekkert :)

There is a fabulous Christmas blogcandy over at Creative Fingers, and if

you enter before Dec.31st., you may be one of our three lucky winners!

I'm sponsoring the #1. surprise candy, which is full of 

Stamps, Ribbons, Bling, Papers & other goodies! 

 And our Angelique is kindly donating six plus four amazing 

stamp sets for winners #2. and #3. ♥ ♥ ♥
 ♥

*** Merry Christmas ***

We're closing in on christmas now, only about a week to go :) Theese cards are very simple cards, all monochrome and quick to create. The christmas tree stamp has been heat embossed in green, several times to get a good 3d effect. The journaling page inside and background on the first card are made with the distress ink Evergreen bough and flicking water droplets, removing some color with kitchen paper ~ one of my favourite Tim Holtz techniques to do ♥

I enter my cards in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]

● Simon Says Mon. ~ Let There Be Snow! [Dec. 19th.]
● 613 Avenue Create #192. ~ AG/Holiday Happiness! [Dec. 31st.]
● Deep Ocean #144. ~ Silent Night! [Dec. 26th.]
● Pile it On #123. ~ Any Holiday/Celebration! [Jan. 7th.]
 
EDIT: I was in the Top Rocker's for december at 613 Avenue Create!

Scandinavian challenges: [innen]
● Hjerteboden ~ Nov. og Des. ~ Jul (bidrag 2) [31. Des.]
● Hobbygarasjen #43. ~ Jul (bidrag 2) [25. Des.]
● Papirlosjen ~ Jul / vinter (bidrag 2) [31. Des.]
● Kreativ Scrapping #12. ~ Jul (bidrag 2) [26. Des.]

 
inside details of the cards
the pop-up door when opened will show this cute little mouse

Stamps/Images: North Star Stamps CS 'NSS Juletre med God Jul' and 'Juletekst bakgrunn stor'. Panduro Hobby Clearstamp set 'God Jul 6 stk' & 'kongle stempler..?'.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Misc. scrap papers, and free christmas papers from a magazine. Selfmade journaling paper. Createwings Designs digital mouse element from 'Winter woodland' Scrap Orchard collab.

Embellishments/Tools: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Petite Ovals Large'. Christmas 'snowflake' embossing folder from a magazine ''. QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/We R Memory Keepers) 'Mouse RS-0014', 'REV-0024 flourish antique' and 'REV-0232-S Pop-up Door Double'. Marianne Designs Creatables 'Oval Frame LR0293'. Magnolia DooHickeys Dies  'Paris Night' (cat). Europris flowers bling. Martha Stewart 'Flourish Edge Punch'. EK Success 'Inverted Corner' Punch.
Techniques: I always use my Scor-Pal to score n fold my cards. My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use! ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink 'evergreen bough' pad to distress and ink the papers. Clearsnap - Top Boss embossing powder 'deep green'.

Charlotte & Rudolf the reindeer!

Papirplanetens utfordring for Desember er 'Alt er lov med JUL', og jeg har laget en koselig julekort med et av mine favoritt stempler, som mitt DT-bidrag ~ Charlotte is riding Rudolf fra Whiff of Joy, som du kan finne her :) Og gavelappen og snøkrystallene jeg har varme-embosset er fra et stempelsett fra Staz som heter 'Oldemors Pepperkaker'.

 ♥ Vi håper du blir inspirert til å delta ♥

My jolly christmas card for today is decembers DT inspiration for PapirPlaneten, an norwegian challengeblog and craft shoppe ♥ The theme is all about christmas and my supercute motiv is one of my absolute favourite stamps from Whiff of Joy :) Below is a gift tag I will use with it, by the norwegian stampcompany Staz.

I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]

● Pile it on #122. ~ Two patterned papers! [Dec. 9th.]
● A Snowflakes Promise #34. ~ Winter themed [Dec. 11th.]
● Holly Jolly Christmas #86. ~ Christmas! [Dec. 31st.]

Scandinavian challenges: [innen]
● Papirlosjen ~ Jul / vinter [31. Des.] 
● Scrappegarasjen #30. ~ Jul! [9. Des.]
● Kreativ Scrapping #12. ~ Jul [26. Des.]
● Hobbygarasjen #43. ~ Jul [25. Des.]
● Hjerteboden ~ Nov. og Des. ~ Jul [31. Des.]

inside detail
 

Stamps/Images: Whiff of Joy 'Charlotte is riding Rudolf'. Scrappers Choice CS 'God Jul journaling'. Kort og Godt 'M-130'. Staz 'Oldemors Pepperkaker'. Panduro 'God Jul' stempelsett.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Panduro Hobby 6x6 'Way back when' & 'Vintage jul' papers.

Embellishments/Tools: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Lacey Ovals S4-314', 'Labels One s4161' and Grand Dies 'Labels One'. Embossingfolder from a magazine with snowcrystals '...'. Joanna Sheen Signature dies 'Set of 5 Narrow Edger Dies'. Marianne Design Folder/Dies 'DF3413 Hearts'. Marvy Uchida punch 'corner rounder small 1'. Gold washi tape unknown.
Techniques: I always use my Scor-Pal to score n fold my cards. I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed). My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use! ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. I used misc. Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads to watercolor and distress image and papers. I've heat embossed with Ranger clear embossingpowder. Glossy accents.

Steampunk Owl Box

Rick St. Dennis er vår sponsor hos Creative Fingers for utfordring #121. 
Som alltid er det 'Anything Goes', som betyr 'Lag-hva-du-vil' på vår utfordringsblogg, og du er hjertelig velkommen til å delta ♥

Denne flotte steampunk ugla fra RSD er visstnok inspirert av den greske mytologiske helten Jason, ut fra navnet 'Jason's owl', sikkert basert på Bubo fra Clash of the Titans ♥

For this fortnights challenge #121. at Creative Fingers we are lucky to have one of my absolute favourite artists as our sponsor, Rick St. Dennis, and as always it is an 'Anything goes' theme. You are more than welcome to join with your creations! The fantastic owl from RSD is most likely based on Bubo, from the movie Clash of the Titans, and is really Athenas owl in greek mythology,  :)
 

RSD Etsy / FBgroup / RSD Zibbet shop

My project is a mixed media altered steampunk kind of box. It can house pencils or paintbrushes etc., and I'm thinking it will make a very cool gift this christmas! It's for a dude, so no embellishes other than the decor on the box. If it were for myself I'd add some bling as well. But since there is not, It is a very economical, easy and quick to make christmas gift. Plus you probably have all the things you need to make it already! Some things like the adhesive metal tape and fiberglass tape is a bit expensive, you will for sure find in a hardware store, but you can also just use doublesided tape or glue with aluminium foil that you have in the kitchen, it tears very easily though so I'd invest in a metal tape.
- Or you could get foiled/metallic cardstocks, or even some heavy duty kitchen foil - as was pointed out to me by Autumn :)

There is lots of stuff that would create great texture, magic mesh, lace or jute for example. You can add diecuts, letters, buttons, coins, strings and other things you can think of. It would be good to have a paperstub to rub around the items to make them stand out well, and some tools to make dots, scratches and lines with, like my little ball tool in the photo below. I just went the easy way here with embossingfolders!

There are many great tutorials online, just search on youtube for metal art / metal embossing / or Metal foil tape. Like the SwirlydoosKits video I was inspired by here and RachO113 Metal tape art ♥
 

The cardboard box I picked up for about a dollar, but I'm sure it would be easy enough to create a similar pencil container with some cardboard scraps, empty cereal boxes/toilet rolls, or up-cycle a box you already have! :)

I added some fun foam (mosegummi) strips to the sides, and covered it with metallic tape and the other tape is a Fiberglass tape. 

After I'd covered my box, I covered one side of it at a time with black paint, let it sit for a minute - then using kitchen paper to rub most of the paint off. The grooves in the metal will hold the black and make the embossed areas really stand out. Repeat until you get the look you want, and let dry. I painted the inside while I waited.

I added the lettering through a stencil with Inka Gold on the inner cardboards, and used a Tim Holtz blending tool. Then the box got rubbed with the blending tool / sponge. It dries pretty quickly, so I keep a baby-wet-wipe covering the inka gold I had put on a plastic sheet with a spatula. But if you don't have theese tools you can use a metallic paint and a cosmetic sponge instead.

The Distress ink pads in the photo are the ones I used to watercolor the owl, as well as a red and a yellow twinkling H2O watercolor. I used a silicone adhesive to adhere the owl to the box, but any other kind of strong adhesive would also be good. If you want to seal your project you can with a fixative or other sealant, but I find it keeps well without :)

I enter my altered box in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]

● More Mixed Media ~ Anything goes opt. Black! [Dec. 2nd.]
● Stamps and Stencils ~ Tags, Bags and Boxes! [Nov. 30th.]
● Altered Eclectics Nov. ~ Always Anything Goes [Nov. 30th.]
● Deep Ocean #142. ~ Inspired by song or movie [Nov. 28th.] 
● Crafting With An Attitude #21. ~ Always AG (2nd.entry)[Nov. 27th.]

Scandinavian challenges: [innen]
● Papirlosjen #11. ~ Metall! [30. Nov.]
● Nordsalten hobbyklubb #150. ~ Alt er lov! [30. Nov.]
● Kort o Mania #163. ~ Alt er lov! [30. Nov.]
 

EDIT: I was picked in the TOP 5 at More Mixed Media! And Top 5 at Altered Eclectics :) Thank u ♥ and I also got into the TOP 3 at Papirlosjen! Tusen takk ♥


Stamps/Images: Rick St. Dennis 'Jason's Owl Steampunk' digistamp.

Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) when painting stamp motifs.

Embellishments/Tools: Spellbinders M-Bossabilities 'Creative Cogs' Embossing Folder 5x7. Cuttlebug Embossing folder 'A2 Script texture' and 5x7 Embossing folder by Tim Holtz 'Clockworks'. Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folder by Tim Holtz 'Clock' & 'patchwork'. Panduro Hobby script stencil. Metal/Aluminium foil tape. Scotch 3M Fiberglass tape. Fun foam/3D foam also called Mosegummi.
Techniques:  My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use! ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. I used misc. Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Watercolors, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads to watercolor and distress. Viva Decor Inka Gold 'Copper'. Pebeõ Black acrylic paint.