Imagine.. Alien Love Monsters!

..We come in Peace.. / ..Vi kommer i fred..

Hehe! Det Måtte bare bli et sci-fi kort med dette motivet! Hadde med meg favoritt kruset mitt inn på scrapperommet for å få inspirasjon til fargeleggingen. En tidligere brevvenninne fra Riga i Latvia sendte meg det over 15 år siden ♥ Hadde faktisk over femti brevvenner en stund.. men så begyndte jeg med scrapbooking og ble hekta på kortlaging, så ble det dessverre ikke tid til brev lengre... dessuten var det så lite å skrive om etter jeg ble ufør ;)
Noen av diecuts'ene og det ene monstret blir et senere prosjekt.

De morsomme monster motivene er fra Bugaboo Stamps, vår sponsor i denne ukens utfordring hos Creative Fingers #112. Og som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema :)

 

My DT card for this fortnights challenge #112. at Creative Fingers is full of alien monsters! As always it is an 'Anything goes' and you are more than welcome to join with your creations.
I luv all things sci-fi and just one look at this fun image from our fab sponsor, Bugaboo stamps ~ I saw cute little aliens! :)

If you take a look above in my scraproom pic, u will see my fave mug from an old penpal (a girl in Riga, Latvia), which inspired the bright colors. It's actually more than 15 yrs old, the mug! Once I had 50+ penpals, but the crafting took completely over as my main hobby ♥ ♥ ♥

Had a few leftover monster and aliens I didn't end up using, so there will be a similar themed project soon I think!
 

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

● Cardz 4 Guyz #125. ~ Movies: Close encounters of the 3rd kind! [June 28th.]

● Simon Says Wed. ~ add Shimmer (H2O twinks+Wink of Stella) [June 28th.]
● Crafting With An Attitude #16. ~ Anything goes [June 26th.] 
● Pile It On #110. ~ Old (clearstamps) New (memorybox) Blue (paper) [June 26th.] 
● As You Like It ~ Fave Die: the Crafts Too Circle die set [June 29th.] 
It is my most used one at the moment. Don't know how I managed before this awesome set of 24x dies! The largest of the dies I can't fit through my BigShot, but there are 20+ that does! I've used the dies on theese cards, and u can get it from the GlitterPot and lots other shops :)
 
Scandinavian challenges:
● Card and scrap #120. ~ Dies [28.Juni]
● Hobbygarasjen #38. ~ Alt er lov [25.Juli]
● Kort o Mania #155. ~ Puncher eller dies [30.Juni]


EDIT: Got picked in the TOP3 over at As you like it & at Cardz 4 Guyz!

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Stamps/Images: Bugaboo Digi Stamps 'Love Monsters' (and colored not used My Lil Monster Cute'). Cats Pajamas CS 'I ruff you'. Scrappy Cat CS 'Inspirations Sayings'. Pink Cat Studio 'Robot SROB' rubberstamp set.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Prima Marketing inc. 'Youth' collection 6x6 paperpad.

Embellishments/Tools: Crafts Too Presscut 'Circle Nesting Dies PCD46'. Memory Box Dies 'Groovy Symbols'. QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/We R Memory Keepers) 'UFO RS-0638', (and not used diecuts 'ALIENS KS-0641'). Bosskut die 'Flying Saucer 0945'. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'.
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. Glossy Accents. Wink of Stella 'clear'.

Spoil yourself silly!

Utfordringen hos Charisma Cardz #30. er 'noe med en hale!', og hos Totally Stampalicious er det 'innsiden av kortet' som gjelder. Creative Inspirations tema for utfordring #71. er 'Dyr', og Rosie-D's #76. har samme tema - 'Alle dyr, små og store'. Så jeg har faktisk et kort som passer i fire utfordringer denne gangen *lol* :)
I rarely make a card to fit several challenges, but Maxwell (the cutest of the HouseMouse bunch) just wanted to show off! *lol*
Charisma Cards #30. Something with a tail!
Creative Inspirations #71. Animals.
Rosie-D's #76. All creatures Great And Small.
Totally Stampalicious - Inside Out! (inside of the card).

Stamps/Image: House Mouse 'Feeling Rosy'. Penny Black Clearstamps set 'Micey day' & 'Bubbly'. The cupcake is from the cats pajamas clearstampset 'Loving Mew'.
Paper: Bazzill & Notabene cardstock, papers. And a piece of wallpaper!
Embellishments: Spellbinder Borderabilities Petite - Lattice. Quickutz - Flowers RS-0349. Inverted cornerpunch from EK Success.

Happy New Year 2010!!!

Et riktig godt nytt år alle sammen!!! En hektisk mnd. er over for de aller fleste - er glad jeg slipper unna meste julekaoset siden jeg ikke har barn. Jeg har bare en pusekatt som er så livredd nyttårsraketter at jeg måtte sitte i et par timer med ham på fanget - inntullet i et pledd! 'Beibien' min.. *lol* :)
Det har vært litt tungt de siste mnd. etter at pappa døde, han fyllte opp så mye tid, at det virker nesten tomt i huset nå, med bare meg og moren min. Så vi har planer om å flytte - kansje iløpet av det nye året :) Isåfall skal jeg innrede verdens beste scrappe-rom!!! Har sett utrolig mye flotte løsninger både på scrapping.no og på twoPeas gallery > Scrap rooms > slik som DETTE helt fantastiske rommet! *sukk* Skal definitivt ha meg en slik vegg å henge ting på :)

I slutten av januar skal jeg og moren min til Thailand sammen med storebror og niesen min - Det blir helt herlig!!! Har ikke kunnet slappe av eller gjøre som vi vil på tur - siden hmmm... aldri? Først hadde vi Siljesnuppa vår boende, så kom bestefar og når han gikk bort, så var altzheimer'n til pappa allerede blitt for ille til å ha mer glede enn stress ut av feriene. Skal sørge for å ta med stempeltrykk og alt av male-remedier, så kommer det masser nye kort fra meg på nyåret!!
I denne posten er det derimot mange 'gamle' kort - som bare har blitt liggende på pc'n og ventet på å bli blogget om. Bare klikk på bildene for å få opp en større utgave ;)




Happy New Year everyone!!! Hoping you've had a wonderful Christmas :) December was pretty hectic for most I'm sure, but I don't have any kids so I didn't stress much. However on newyears eve I sat with my cat Tamlin bundled up in a blanket oon my lap - for almost two hours!! He's afraid that the rockets will get him I think *lol* All panic, but safe inside the blanket :)

The last months has been heavy emotionally since my dad died, but me and my mum are coping good now, and soon we're off to Thailand for a much needed vacation! My eldest brother Pit, and my little niece Ariel are going with us. I'm taking with me lots of stampmotifs and my aquarelle paints, so I will have lots to create when I get home! January 24th is the date & three weeks in paradise :)

Our house is now too big for just me and my mum, so sometime this year we'll move into a new home, close to my uncle and his family. And he live in the house he and my mum grew up in, so she'll feel right at home!!! And the view there is gorgeous, all mountains and the sea below! My mind is already occupied finding solutions for my new scrap-room!!! Ikea will be my ruin I fear - there is so much great stuff to buy ;) And I've been browsing through the twoPeas gallery > Scrap rooms > and found awesome scraprooms like this one! *I wish*
Main Stamps/Images: Webimages printed out on bazzill. Heart stamp from Hänglar & Stängler. Toves Design stamp "Skøytekari". Magnolia "BakgrundsSwirl Bröllup".
PaperPiecings I made of a cat - recipe found on the web (let me know if u know where!). Cats Pajamas cat stamp. Cornish Heritage Stamp by Kim Hughes "Owen the Owl". Cornish Heritage 6x6Stamp "Distressed circles". Kreativ Hobby "Diva" stamp. Disney Clearstamps.
Misc Text stamps used: Kreativ Hobby, Norsk Stempelblad - Ett Trykk, Scrapmagasinet, Lazar StudioWERX Inc, Stempelhobby/Kin Flicks + unknowns.
Papers used: Bazzill, Misc cardstock & Designer papers - Panduro, DCWV, Basic Grey, Prima Journaling papers.
Embellishments: MM brads, QK & Spellbinders dies, Prima, dentalfloss, stickers, rubons, felt ++

Angus the Love Muffin!

Har dere sett de nye Manga-stemplene som ankommer FunkyKits snart??? Wow, et par er bare-må-ha! Håper jeg vinner denne challengen (as if..), for da får jeg dem alle! ;) Sugarbowls challenge #15 er en skisse av Gayle, som du kan se her. Super-enkel skisse, men utrolig flott og anvendbar. Kommer nok til å bruke den flere ganger ja! Challengen må også inkludere 'Ribbons & Bows'. Og jeg har iallefall prøvd :) Ikke akkurat den fineste sløyfen, mye krøll for å få den til, gluedots på bordet og fingrene...
The last sketch-challenge at SugarBowl was great! #15 by Gayle. But I'm not a wiz at making bows... and the gluedots was not so much in the bow, than sticking to my fingers & table afterwards! *lol*

Stamps/Image: Angus the dog with bone from Sugarnellie. + Cat's Pajamas stamps. And inside: Dexter the Bear by Little Cotton Rabbits also Sugarnellie.Paper: Bazzill cardstock. Love papers from Your crafts beautiful.
Embellishments: Prima flowers and MM brads. The patterned Ribbon is from CraftLover - Fancy. I've used the Spellbinder Nestabilities - Small Labels - on the stampmotif. And an corner puncher from EK success.

A couple of gorjuss cards ;)

Et par kort med et av de herlige stemplene fra Gorjuss, som man kan få tak i på FunkyKits, UK.
Det første kortet har jeg laget etter skissen til Sugar Bowl challengen #13 Sketch by Lilian.Two more cards made with one of the Gorjuss girls from FunkyKits!
The top card is made after the The Sugar Bowl – Challenge 13 – Sketch by Lilian.

Stamps/Image: SugarNellie - Gorjuss - Purrfect Friend. Texts from Stampendous - Love my Cat, & Cats pajamas - Loving Mew. The bottom card txt reads something like: 'Good friends prolongs the smile'.. from Kreativ Hobby. Magnolia - BakgrundsSwirl Bröllup.
Paper: Bazzill & Kraft cardstock. Basic Grey Skate Shoppe - pop-shuv-it, and a Noteworthy diecut journaling paper from M.M.Embellishments: On the bottom card I made a striped paper with lots of sticky glue & bazzill scraps, leftovers from cutting & scoring the card itself. Then using the Cuttlebug & one of the dies from Spellbinder Nestabilities Labels One I cut the frame. Flower is from Prima, brad unknown. I paint my stamp-motifs with a mix of aquarelle paints, distress inks & H2O.

Valentine's Day Card

Snart er det Valentins Dag, så jeg må vel begynne å lage noen sukkersøte kort ;) Men jeg er ikke så glad i rosa akkurat... men man MÅ vel ikke ha rosa eller rødt med? *lol* Dette er laget etter skissen hos den nye challengebloggen The Sugar Bowl. Challenge 1 - Sketch by Tiets.
Lovely sketch at the new challenge blog The Sugar Bowl, Challenge 1 - Sketch by Tiets. Looking forward to the next challenges here. This time the prize is awsome!!! I've made this valentines day card with one of my fave Rachelle A. Miller stamps :)

Stamps/Image: SugarNellie 'Simon & Lola' by Rachelle A. Miller. Magnolia 'BakgründsSwirl bröllop' stamp. Valentine textstamp by Cat's Pajamas.
Paper: Misc Bazzill cardstock, & Scrap papers.
Embellishments: MM Brads. The paint on this stamp-motif is H2O - but the glittery effect doesn't show up onthe scan - imagine it ;)

"I do believe in fairies, I do, I do, I DO!"

Mye engler og alver for tiden... sitatet over er forresten fra Peter Pan ;) Cute card Thursday har en challenge gående #35, med en Fairie + Angels theme. Så jeg hentet frem et av stempeltrykkene mine, og printet ut en kjekk 'engel' fra webben :)

At Cute Card Thursday there is a perfect challenge for me, #35 - as I do LOVE fairies and angels :) However - I do believe in fairies, angels... not so much! *lol* ;)

Stamps/Image: The sexy angel is found on the web, and printed on cardstock. 'Fairy on Daisy' from Stamps Happen Inc. I've used See~D's 'Bella Flora' from Inque Boutique. Text stamps are from Cat's Pajamas (valentine) and Paperartsy (fairy).
Paper: Bazzill ofcourse, and DCWV patterned paper; On the fairy card - from Nana's Nursery pack - Baby Boy. On Sexy angel card I've used 'Glitr BW stripe'. Also the red text backing paper is from Prima - Cherub.
Embellishments: The ribbon is from Creative Imaginations - Marah Johnson collection. QK Cupid with bow & arrow. Prima painterly Petals - Harmony. Making Memories - Brads, and 'Pearls' from Kaisercraft.

Pakke Pakke Pakke!!!

Har nettopp bestillt meg masse stæsj fra Papirloftet, og stempelpakker kommer fra fjern og nær... Fikk bla. disse herlige clearstemplene i postkassen igår! Fra Cat's Pajamas! Og idag kom Whiff of Joy stemplene jeg forhåndsbestillte :)

Elisabeth Bell har laget utrolig flotte stempler - igjen! Og Katharina gir bort 4 av dem i bloggen sin: 100 000 hits Blog Candy - Elisabeth Bell Guardian Angel Collection
Og på Magnolia Inspirasjons bloggen så kan man vinne de nye skole-stemplene!

Theese clearstamps from Cat's Pajamas arrived in my mailbox yesterday, and today I got my Whiff of Joy stamps!!! (see my post on July 30th). And soon I'll get a couple more stamp-parcels from overseas - and a BIG packet from Papirloftet :) Oh Joy!!!

Ooooh! So gorgeous stamps!!! *in love* This is a GREAT blogcandy! 100 000 hits Blog Candy - Elisabeth Bell Guardian Angel Collection

And you can win all the new stamps from Magnolia school Collection, if you go to Magnolias Inspiration blog!