When life gives you lemons...

  

Her oppi det kalde, våte og fremdeles snødekte nord, blåser det kraftig og det er ikke mye vårstemning å spore enda.. Her om dagen skinte sola inn gjennom vinduene og jeg trodde nesten at den var kommet.. men neida! Så jeg får heller lage kort med vårlige farger og et nydelig Elisabeth Bell motiv mens jeg venter på våren! :)

🍋 Life is sweet, if only you are weak-willed enough to enjoy it! 🍋

~ Socrates (loosely translated from the norwegian quote)
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Here up in the northern parts of Norway it's still wet and cold, snow is still covering the land and spring seems far far away yet... A few days ago the sun shone so warmly in through my windows, I almost thought spring was upon us! I'm not the biggest 'fan' of the sun, (in fact during summer I shy away from it) but after a long dark winter I really long for some light! But alas.. it was only very brief and we've had stormy weather since..
So what to do then when longing for springtime? Create something pretty in the colors of spring ofcourse :)

I love Elisabeth Bell's gorgeous images, and I have been collecting them first in rubber then in clearstamps for many years, long before they were also in digistamps! I have followed her through all the companies she's been with ~ Sugarnellie, Whiff of Joy, Belles n whistles, Whimsy Stamps, Stampavie and Ladybug and friends.. plus probably others I forgot about :) Her artwork is always so innocent and sweet, perfect for any occasions and recipient.

If you haven't already done so, you should really sign up for her newsletters, wich comes with freebie digistamps, often very old stamp motifs long discontinued, and brought back in digital lineart for us to color and enjoy ♥ ♥ ♥

 

I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● Color Crazy Craft Ch. wk#11. ~ Always AG w. Coloring (entry#2/2.)[April 4th.]
● Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything goes! [April 2nd.]
● Crafty Friends #106. ~ Use Spring colors! [April 5th.]
● the Corrosive ch. #3. ~ Anything goes [March 31st.]   
● Word Art Wednesdays #380-381. ~ Anything goes w. words! [April 9th.]
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Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Scrap the Rainbow #10. ~ Vår med gul og grønn! [31. mars.]
● Nordsalten Hobbyklubb #169. ~ Vår [31. mars.]
● Scrappelyst ~ Mars: Vår! [31. mars.]
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Stamps/Images: Belles n whistles 'Lemonade Anyone' by Elisabeth Bell. Kort & Godt 'M-260 Verdens beste'. Magnolia 'tygblommor/SO08 Fabric Blossoms' & 'BakgrundsSwirl bröllup'. Whipper Snapper 'Queen bee'.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Panduro Hobby 12x12 paperpad 'Garden Party' Tilda Designerpaper.
Embellishments: Flower ribbon & blue lace - unknown.
Tools: 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. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'.
Stencils/Embossingfolders: Crafters Companion Die'sire 'Petite Dot' 6x6 Embossalicious.
Dies: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Deckled Edge Classic Ovals Large' dies. Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 'Detailed Butterflies Mini' by Tim Holtz. Crafts Too Presscut 'Circle Nest Dies PCD46'.
Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. Gluedots. Double sided tape. 3D foam/mosegummi. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle tape). Rangers Glossy accents & Stickles 'Sprinkled Sugar'. Tonic Studios Nuvo glitterdrops 'Golden Sunset'.
Techniques/Mediums:  I used misc. Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Watercolors, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads & markers to watercolor and distress image and papers. To heat emboss I used a Versamark inkpad, a heat gun tool &  Ranger ink clear embossingpowder. Doodling with a black Micro fineliner pen.

Mothers Day Rose card

 

Er litt seint ute idag med kortet mitt, hatt migrene i noen dager nå, og da går ting litt tregere enn normalt ~ eller ikke i det hele tatt :P

Her i Norge er morsdagen kommet og gått, i februar ~ men jeg liker å lage opp et lite lager av forskjellige tema-kort, og dette motivet passet så godt til et morsdags kort :) 

Lagde dette som mitt DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #160., med det nydelige rose motivet som er fra vår sponsor Morgan's ArtWorld. Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være ♥

Sorry to be running a bit late in getting this posted, migraines again for days, things tends to go very slow then.. or not at all.. :P 

Here in Norway Mothers day has come and gone, in february, but I like keeping a box of ready made cards for every occasion. And I thought this rose would be lovely for a Mothers Day card.

This is my DT creation for this fortnights challenge #160. at Creative Fingers, and the beautiful rose motif is from our generous sponsor Morgan's ArtWorld. 
As always it is an 'Anything goes theme', and you are more than welcome to join with your creations ♥

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I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● CCC Digi Creations #101. ~ For the Girls (entry#2.)[March 31st.]
● Color Crazy Craft Ch. wk#11. ~ Always AG w. Coloring! [April 4th.]
● Creatalicious Ch. #159. ~ AG + opt. Monochrome [March 30th.]
● Love to Scrap #119. ~ Anything goes (entry#2.)[March 31st.] 
● Crafts Galore Encore #61. ~ Anything goes (entry#3.)[March 31st.]
● Crafting by Designs ~ Blooming Flowers! [March 26th.]
● Morgan's ArtWorld open chall. #03. ~ Anything goes! [March 27th.]

EDIT: I was awarded Best Technique winner over at Morgans ArtWorld! Thank you very much for my badges ♥
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Stamps/Images: Morgan's ArtWorld 'My Rose' digital stamp.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Designs by Kelly digital papers (inside). Panduro Hobby 'Garden Vintage' 12x12 designerpaper pad.
Embellishments: Paperclay butterfly ~ made using DAS paperclay & Nille Mimosa Home silicone mould.
Tools: 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. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'.
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Dies: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Grand Dies - Labels One'. Scrapmagasinet 'Morsdag' die.
Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. Double sided tape. 3D foam/mosegummi. Hero Arts crystal clear lacquer glue pen. Tonic Studios Nuvo 'Midas touch' aqua shimmer brush pen.

I found this gorgeous photo of a pretty yellow, orange, pink & peachy rose! 

by cocoparisienne. And then picked my cards color palette from the flower.

Techniques/Mediums:  I used the above Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads & Oxide ink pads to watercolor and distress image and papers. Then added lots of Midas touch gold shimmer, and some 'waterdrops' with the clear lacquer glue. Some of the rose image and frame is popped up on 3d foam tape.

I VIKE you Very Much! 🧡

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Nesten hver gang jeg ser et viking stempel ~ så 'MÅ' jeg kjøpe det... Er jo norsk (og nordlending om dere ikke visste det fra før) så jeg syns det er kjempemoro med viking stempler! Og så er de utrolig tøffe på gutte kort :) 

Har denne noe skjeggete vikingen fra Avery Elle, han barske på innsiden er fra MFT, og jeg har også flere vikinge digis og gummistempler fra mange forskjellige ~ som jeg selvfølgelig enda ikke fått lagd kort med... Jeg er ikke veldig produktiv, men er veldig glad i å kjøpe og samle ;) Men om du klikker her så kommer det iallefall opp et par kort med C.C.Designs Roberto's Rascals & Saturated Canary Vikinger!

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Almost every time I spot a viking stamp or set ~ I 'MUST' own it... I'm norwegian after all so I think it's superfun with viking themed cards! And they're always perfect for boys & men too.

I got this bearded viking from Avery Elle, the burly one on the inside is from MFT, and I have lots n lots of other vikings too, both in rubber & digi stamps. But I have ofcourse not used most of them yet... I'm more of a hoarder crafter and less the productive crafter ;) However I got a couple cards here on my blog with vikings by C.C.Designs Roberto's Rascals & Saturated Canary if you click here!

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The white signo uniball pen is awesome to make dots & glass/window effects!
And the Pigma micron felt tip black markers are great for doodling, 
like lines in the beard, clothes & other details, waterproof so no bleeding!

I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on](checked 27/3)
● Catch The Bug ~ March: Make a Scene! (non-bugaboo entry)[March 16th.]
● Color Crazy Craft Ch. wk#9. ~ Always AG w. Coloring! [March 21st.]
● Cute Card Thursday #572. ~ Anything goes! [March 13th.]
● QKR Stampede #338. ~ Always AG! (non-QKR entry)[March 14th.]  
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #101. ~ Always AG! (entry#2.)[March 16th.]
● Word Art Wednesday wk.#376-377. ~ AG w. sent. +GD! (entry#2.)[March 12th.]
● Simon Says Wednesday ~ Create a Scene! [March 12th.]
● Pile it On #152. ~ Your Favourite color = Brown! (entry#2.)[April 6th.]

EDIT: I got TOP 5 picked at QKR Stampede! Thank you ♥
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Stamps/Images: Avery Elle Clear Stamps 'VIKING Set 023451'. Hero Arts MMH January 2019 kit stamps. My Favourite Things 'MFT Viking' clearstamp. Hero Arts clingstamp by Lia Griffith 'Woodgrain Bold prints Background'. Creative Stamping Magazine #39. A4 stampset 'Truly Scrumptious' (2017?).
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Plain white cardstock. Creotime cardmaking cream white cardblanks. DoCrafts - Papermania Craft Coll. 'Pastels' 12x12 paperpack.
Embellishments: ...
Tools: My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'.
Stencils/Embossingfolders: ...
Dies: Hero Arts MMH January 2019 kit die. Stitched square dies ?
Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. Gluedots. Double sided tape. 3D foam/mosegummi. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle tape). Rangers Glossy accents, stickles. Signo uniball white pigment ink pen. Amos silver grey glitterglue. Ranger Stickles 'sprinkled sugar'. Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal drops 'Dark walnut' & 'Gloss - Simply white'. Pigma micron felt tip black marker.

Techniques/Mediums: I used misc. Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads & markers to watercolor and distress image and papers. To heat emboss the 'I vike you..' sentiment I used a Versamark inkpad, a heat gun tool & Top Boss white embossingpowder. Using some post-it notes as masks for my window to stamp the sweet jars inside, and to make the banner before stamping the woodgrain.

Pink, Grey & Silver combo ~ Confirmation easel card

 

Jeg er veldig glad i å lage staffeli kort som dette, spesielt til anledninger som konfirmasjon, dåp og bryllup. Det blir alltid en hit hos mottakeren og gjestene på festen ~ og et slikt kort passer perfekt som dekorasjon på et bord med gaver og kort :)

Likte veldig godt fargekombinasjonen rosa, grå og sølv ~ blir nok flere kort med disse fargene sammen :) Konfirmant kortet er mitt DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #159. Vi er sponset av Angelique for denne utfordringen, så vi har hatt fritt valg å bruke hva vi allerede har av motiver. Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være ♥

I love making easel-cards, especially for events like confirmation, baptism or weddings. They always go over very well with the recipients and the people at the party ~ and is a nice decoration piece on the table where all the cards n gifts are displayed :) 

The pink, grey & silver combo is a pretty one, wich I really liked alot. Thinking of doing more cards with theese colors! My confirmation easel-card is my DT creation for this fortnights challenge #159. at Creative Fingers. We're kindly sponsored by our Angelique this time, and as always it is an 'Anything goes theme'. You are more than welcome to join with your creations ♥

I was asked to make this card for the grand-daughter of one of my mums friends. And whenever I get requests like this, I want to know about special hobbies/interests and favourite colors, and if the card shall have a money/giftcard pocket or not. For example, this girl is a bit of a tomboy, loves the color grey, silver & pink, football, singing and music. And I got a photo of her as a child, wich I edited with a pretty photomask to remove the 'noisy' background, and used as the main image. It gives it a special meaning for the giver and the recipient. (Image is censored).

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I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations #101. ~ For the Girls! [March 31st.]
● Classic Design Team Open Ch. #3. ~ Always AG DTs! [March 28th.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #61. ~ Always AG (2nd.entry)[March 30th.]
● Creatalicious Ch. #158. ~ AG + opt. CAS (2nd.entry)[March 14th.]  
● Die Cut Divas ~ March: Anything goes! [March 31st.]
● Do-Al(l) Kreatives #27. ~ Fancy Fold! [March 31st.]
● Crafty Creations #385. ~ Always AG [March 12th.]
● More than One Score at Scor-Pal #57. ~ Soft and Subtle! [March 31st.]

Attention please, challenge moderators/commenters: my card was made quite a long time ago, but has never been shown online. Forgot about it (as some time had to pass before showing it so the recipient would not see it..) and I only found and edited the photos now. So in that sense I regard it as still 'new' ~ but I will understand if you think it disqualifes my entry ~ if so just skip it :)
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Made my bow with the Bow-easy-tool I L♥VE that thing!
See a video tutorial by Kraftin' Kimmie here :) 

Stamps/Images: Kort & Godt stamp sets 'S-142' & 'M-143'. Scrappers Choice CS 'Konfirmasjon'.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Pion Design 'Grey I' designerpaper. American Trad. Designs - Elegant Wedding coll. 'Gray floral & hearts'. Best Creation inc. Silver Glitter cardstock. Panduro Hobby 12x12 paperpad 'Circus'.
Embellishments: Pink ribbon from Whiff of Joy.

Tools: 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. Bow-easy-tool.
Embossingfolders: Simply Cards & Papercraft #161. 'Elegant occasions'. Crafters Companion Embossalicious 'Seasonal Music'.
Dies: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Labels One s4161' & 'Grand Dies - Labels One'. Elizabeth Craft Designs Die 'Stand Up Helpers 1-792'. QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/WRMK) 'Storybook 4x8 Mini Alphabet', 'RS-0003 heart swirl', 'RS-0457 treble clef', 'RS-0456 notes'. Joanna Sheen Signature Dies - Set of 5 Narrow Edger Dies set 'Classic Arch SD483', 'Bubble SD181' & 'Decorative heart SD485', and All Occasion Dies 'Set of 3 Corners #153.' (football). Marianne Design Folder DF3413 Hearts border die.

Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. Gluedots. Scor-pal Sookwang Double sided tape. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle tape).
Techniques/Mediums:  I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad 'hickory smoke' to distress image and papers. It doesn't show very well in the photos, but I stamped the girl stamp inside the card with the grey ink, then heat embossed with a Versamark inkpad, a heat gun tool & clear embossingpowder from Ranger.
The easel card is simply scored in half twice, once to make a folded card, then a second time on the middle of the front flap. I diecut the stand-up helpers two thirds of the way down on the second cover of the card. A formula that has worked well for all my easel-cards, either with stand-up helper dies like here, or with a barrier like flowers or other 3D elements to keep the easel in a locked position.

Sending you a latte love! ☕

Et kaffe kort i vintage bruntoner og med utrolig flotte dies og stempler fra Hero Arts ♥ Kan ikke si nok go'ord om HA sine månedlige kits! Hver måned får jeg et kit i posten, rett på døra - og 9 av 10 ganger elsker jeg det! Absolutt verdt å abbonnere! Om du ikke vil legge ut så mye penger på en gang, kan du alltids håpe på at det ikke selger ut på release-dagen og kjøpe bare et kit. 
MEn det er alltså kun Hero Arts selv som selger disse, og de kommer ikke tilbake når de er solgt ut.. (bortsett fra det som blir kåret som årets favoritt) så det er ganske eksklusive stempler og dies. I begynnelsen av hver mnd. er det snik-titt på månedens kit så man kan bestemme om man vil ha det, og man kan også vinne kits på bloggen deres! Gleder meg masse til mars kit'et kommer, akvarium og tropisk sjø og korallrev tema :)

A coffee themed card in vintage brown colors and awesome stamps & dies from Hero Arts ♥ I cannot say enough praise for HA monthly kits! Every month I get a kit in the mail, delivered straight to my door - and 9 times out of 10 I'm absolutely loving it! It's SO worth it to be a subscriber. If however you don't want to spend as much money at once, you could always hope that it doesn't sell out right away on the release day (many kits have done so in the past) and you could buy just the one kit. 
BUT it's only Hero Arts themselves who sells theese, and they're not coming back once they're sold out.. (except for the one that's voted for as the most wanted kit of the year), so it's quite exclusive stamps &  dies. You can also try and win a kit on their blog! I'm so exited for this months kit, aquarium and tropical sea & coral reef theme :)

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I enter my ☕ card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● Creatalicious Ch. #158. ~ Anything Goes + opt.CAS [March 14th.]
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #101. ~ Always AG! [March 16th.]
● Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything goes [March 5th.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #61. ~ Anything goes [March 30th.]
● Word Art Wednesday wk.#376-377. ~ AG w. sentiment [March 12th.] 
● Love to Scrap #119. ~ Anything goes [March 31st.]
● Crazy 4 Challenges #473. ~ Coffee or any hot beverage! JFF[March 8th.]
● Pile it On #152. ~ Your Favourite color = Brown! [April 6th.]
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Stamps/Images: Hero Arts 'Woodgrain Bold prints Background' clingstamp by Lia Griffith. MMH August 2018 Coffee kit stamps & dies. Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine Issue #177. 'Coffee break' stamps.
Papers: From the Hero Arts Coffee kit, a tea & coffeestained textured paper. Creotime cardmaking kraft A6 cardblanks & C6 envelopes. Unknown, possibly Panduro, roll of  oldfashioned pictures kraft paper. Plain white cardstock & paper scraps.
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Tools: My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'. Marvy Uchida 'Corner Punch'.
Stencils/Embossingfolders: Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine Issue #177. 'Coffee break' stencil.
Dies: Hero Arts MMH August 2018 Coffee kit cafe window fancy die. MMH March 2018 kit 'Hello' die. Nellie Snellen Dies 'Straight Dotted Round MFD085'.
Essentials/Adhesives: Scor-pal Sookwang double sided tape. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape. Hero Arts lacquer glue pen. Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal drops 'Chocolate fondue'.
Techniques/Mediums: I used Tim Holtz Oxides ink pads 'Walnut stain' & 'Vintage photo', and the 'Vintage photo' regular Distress Ink pad to watercolor and distress image and papers. Splattered some of the inks with a brush onto the card as well.