Mechanica ~ the Steampunk girl

Art By Miran og Scrapper's Delights har sponset utfordring #120. hos Creative Fingers, og jeg har vært så heldig å få denne søte steampunk jenta fra ABM ♥ Du er hjertelig velkommen til å delta. Det er alltid 'Lag-hva-du-vil' som tema! :)
 
Bare ELSKER å fargelegge steampunk og vintage! Da kan jeg bruke mine favoritt farger og stæsj! Jeg har brukt en ny Creative Expressions dies som kom i posten igår, og jeg tror den kommer til å være min favoritt-ramme-dies fra nå av! Ordntlig lekkert ble det.

 
For this fortnights challenge #120. at Creative Fingers, we have two lovely sponsors, ArtByMiran and Scrapper's Delights! 
I have been so lucky to get this cute steampunk girl from ABM to ink up as my DT project ♥ The challenge is as always themed Anything Goes, and you are most welcome to join in! :) 

I just absolutely LOVE coloring in steampunk and vintage images, as I can use my fave colours and stash. I got this fabulous Creative Expressions frame die in the mail yesterday, and it will for sure be one I'll use very often, it looks really elegant ♥

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

● Simon Says Monday ~ Sparkle & Bling! [Nov. 13th.]
● Crafting With An Attitude #21. ~ Always Anything Goes [Nov. 27th.]
● Crafty Girls Creations #29. ~ Always Anything Goes [Nov. 16th.]
● Southern Girls #148. ~ Anything Goes [Nov. 24th.] 
● Deep Ocean #141. ~ Die Cuts or Punches [Nov. 14th.]
● Lemon Shortbread #28. ~ Anything goes! [Nov. 21st.]
● Retarte #89. ~ Anything goes [Nov. 14th.]  
● 613 Avenue Create #191. ~ Anything goes! [Dec. 1st.]

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Stamps/Images: ABM ArtbyMiran 'Mechanica 279 digi girl'. Scrappers Choice Clearstamps 'Konfirmasjon'. Panduro Hobby CS 'Vintage resor'. Lazar StudioWERX Inc rubberstamp 'Funky Holidays' (swirl). Kort og Godt 'M-260'.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white and brown cardstocks. Cretewings digital 'moth' element. Scrap Orchard Collab 'Woodland' (owl digital print out).

Embellishments/Tools: Creative Expression Craft Die by Sue Wilson Background coll. 'Swirly Vine CED7106'. Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Labels One' and Grand Dies 'Labels One'. Sizzix Framelits Die Frames with Sprigs and Stamps by Hero Arts. My Mind's Eye - MME Bohemian 'Barefoot' gold gems. Scrapmagasinet bling, and Nille Memories rhinestone stickers.
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 & markers to watercolor and distress image and papers. Inka Gold from Viva Decor 'Gold' & 'Copper'. Distress ink crayons for some shading.

Mystica's Magical day

Ukens utfordring hos Creative Fingers #87. er sponset av Art By Miran ~ og som alltid er temaet 'Anything Goes', som betyr 'Lag-hva-du-vil' på vår utfordringsblogg, og du er hjertelig velkommen til å delta :)

This week our sponsor is Art By Miran for challenge #87. over at Creative Fingers! The Theme is always 'Anything Goes', create whatever you wish, and you are most welcome to join in! :) I have made a card with the lovely fortune teller Mystica, the text says 'Wishing you a Magical day' ♥

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

● Art By Miran #36. ~ Anything Goes! [July 23rd.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #19. ~ Use a stamp or Digi Anywhere! [July 31st.]
● Not Just Cards #22. ~ July: Anything Goes! [July 31st.]
● Inspiration Destination #41. ~ Anything Goes! [July 15th.]
● Crafting from the heart #67. ~ Anything Goes! [July 12th.]
● Inspired by Stamping IBSIC#95. ~ Color inspiration! [July 14th.]
● Sister Act Card #114. ~ Anything Goes! [July 16th.] 
 

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Stamps/Images: Art By Miran 'Mystica digigirl133' digistamp. Panduro Hobby clearstamps fairies.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. DoCrafts Santoro Gorjuss 6x6 paper stack.

Embellishments/Tools: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Petite Ovals Large'. Cheery Lynn Designs die 'Kitty Kitty Meow Meow'. Whiff of Joy 'XOXO' Border Die. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'. Marianne Design rhinestone flowers, and Papir Design half pearls. Memory Box stencil 'Tessatina 88516'. MayArts 'Chenille Dots' ribbon.
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 & markers to watercolor and distress image and papers. Glossy accents. Sakura hobby markers with glitter.

Fairy Shaylee Card

Ukens utfordring hos Creative Fingers #50. er sponset både av ArtByMiran & PPinkyDolls! Motivet på mitt DT-bidrag er den nydelige feen 'Shaylee' fra ArtByMiran ♥ Som alltid er det 'Lag-hva-du-vil' med et valgfritt tema som denne gangen er å bruke 'Tekst/setning' :)

Card text: The World's Best Sister!

ArtByMiran & PPinkyDolls are both sponsoring us this week! For my DT project for Creative Fingers this week, I've inked up the beautiful fairy 'Shaylee' from ABM ♥ Challenge #50. is as always themed Anything Goes, and we have an optional twist of using a 'Sentiment' on your project. You are most welcome to join in! :)

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

● ArtByMiran #15. ~ Anything Goes! [Sept.30th.]
● Cute Card Thursday #340. ~ Dies and Punches [Oct.1st.]
● Scrapy Land Ch. #2. ~ Dies & heat embossing! [Sept.28th.]
● Simon says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes! [Sept.30th.]
● Cuttlebug Mania ~ Anything Die Cut! [Sept.30th.]
...Supplies used ~ Spellbinders dies etc. listed below :)

This is how it looks when the card is displayed standing ~ if the light is just right you can kind of see through the sentiment on the inside, to the fairy image on the front.. Not intentionally, discovered it when I took photos of the card for the blog! Cool effect :)

This Winnie the Pooh sentiment is just the cutest ever! I think it's this quote that's been translated here: Some people care too much. I think it's called love ♥

 

Stamps/Images: ArtByMiran 'Fairy Shaylee' digistamp. Kort og Godt clearstamps 'M-188', and 'M-193'. Hot off the Press 'Dressform'. Echangeable ClearStamps 'Courage ER-A11'. Lazar StudioWERX Inc rubberstamp 'Funky Holidays' (swirl). Magnolia 'BakgrundsSwirl Bröllup'.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white and dark brown cardstock. Digipaper inside '..'.

Embellishments/Tools: Anna Griffin 5x7 Emb. Folder Border 'Wildflower Gate'. Panduro Hobby 'velvet vine ribbon'. ScrapLovers rhinestones, and Basic Grey 'Bling it'. Washi from Søstrene Grene & Jekta Libris (Tromsø). Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Labels 8-S5019', and Frameabilities 'Scalloped Edge Frame'. QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/We R Memory Keepers) A2 Emb. Folder 'Label'. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75', and round corner adorner.
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, the shimmer is really fantastic with theese! And Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads & markers to watercolor and distress image and papers. To get the gold flecks, I saturated a brush with H2O inka gold + water, and flicked the brush against a wooden stick, so it spattered the image.
Added Glossy accents to some details. The die-frame is heat-embossed with 'unknown bronze' embossing powder.

Miss Cupcake Gift-box & beeing Thrifty!

ArtByMiran er sponsor denne gang hos Creative Fingers, og som vanlig har vi 'Lag hva du vil' med et valgfritt tema på utfordring #24, som er 'Alt annet enn et kort!'. Jeg fikk dette kjempesøte digi-stemplet for mitt DT-bidrag, og dekorerte ei helt enkel eske jeg fant på salg på Notabene, for å romme en liten gave til min enda søtere niese! ♥

My DT creation for the Creative Fingers Challenge blog ~ This time around our sponsor is ArtByMiran, and I got this sweet cupcake-girl to color up! If you want to join us in Challenge #24, it's Anything Goes with an optional twist of 'Anything But A Card'! 

I've altered a giftbox I found on sale in the local bookstore. Dressed it with an owl fabric I found to be very cute, got five metres of for about 4$! And I actually stitched the sides of the box ~ wich ended up really ugly looking and my fingers hurt like... *bleep*.. But it will make a nice present for my sweet niece who's been asking me for a secret box to hold her keepsakes in ♥ and to give her the Hits for kids CD I also found on sale! 
 
Don't u just love shopping AFTER the holidays? Everything is so much cheaper, calmer and stressfree ~ I've even stocked up on lots of birthday and friend gifts to give away during the year, alot of this years christmas pressies too! 
I also swipe a good deal of free gift wrapping papers after shopping in a store ~ even if I just buy something for meself, so I don't have to buy expensive paper-rolls to wrap in when a gift is due! *Hush hush*... 
So that's my Top tip for today ~ be thrifty and save yourself some time and money.. so that you can buy more sweet crafty stuff for yourself! 
.. And to please find out how to sow before stitching away on your project ;) Top Tip has a great list ~ I really wish I'd printed out and looked at while before I started sowing *lol* Been several years since I last tried :)

I enter my creation into theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]

● Top Tip Tuesday ~ Stitching! (by hand) + (TIPs above) [March 3rd.]
● Feeling Crafty #25. ~ Dies and/or Punches! [Feb.28th.]
● Live & Love Crafts #20. ~ Love N' Lace [Feb.28th./tops later this month]

detailed images ~ and how bad stitchwork looks like...
 

Stamps/Images: ArtByMiran digistamp 'Miss Cupcake'. Scrap Orchard Collab 'Our Life' owl digi element from Snips and Snails Designs, and SO Collab 'Winter Woodland' journaling digi element from Bella Gypsy Designs.

Papers: Canson Watercoloring paper, and misc scrap pieces of paper. (Keen eyes might recognize the stripey paper as the backingsheet behind the magnolia stamps when u buy them! Nothing nice gets wasted here!).

Embellishments/Tools: the BowEasy tool. Notabene cardboard gift box, adhesive pearls. JYSK Owl fabric. Marianne Designs Creatables 'Frame LR0293'. Spellbinder Nestabilities 'Petite Ovals Large'. Nille Memories washi tape, satin ribbon. Lace unknown. Dymo tape machine. I used Twinkling H2o's and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads n markers to watercolor and distress image and papers.