Steampunk Owl ~ Slimline card!

 

Ble litt vanskelig å ta bilde, så mye gull og glimmer! Slimlinekortet mitt her er DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #212., og det flotte ugle motivet i steampunkstil, som kombinerer to ting jeg er veldig glad i ❤️ ~ det er fra vår nye sponsor LC Waterworth. Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema ~ og med hele 4 uker frist! God Sommer! ~ velkommen skal du være! ☺️

 

 

(norwegian text = Happy New Year)

SHINY! (Firefly fans will understand lol) It is no secret I love owls & all things steampunk/mechanical vintage ❤️ So I made a slimline DT card for challenge #212. at Creative Fingers, wich this awesome steampunk owl motif from our new sponsor LC Waterworth! As always it is an 'Anything goes theme', and you are more than welcome to join with your creations ~ extra long challenge of 4 weeks summer schedule! ☺️

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LC Waterworth links ~ Etsy shop, Facebook,
CraftsUPrint, Instagram, Twitter & RedBubble!

 

 

 

I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● Country View Crafts ~ July: Use a stencil or two! [July 31st.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #89. ~ July: Anything goes [July 30th.]

● Crafter's Cafe #269. ~ Anything goes [July 13th.]
● SanDee & Amelie's Steampunk ~ July/Aug: AG Final challenge! [Aug.31st.]
● Crafty Creations #423. ~ Always AG [Aug.2nd.]

● Word Art Wednesdays #499-500. ~ Always AG w.sentiment [July 27th.]

● Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2127. ~ Anything goes [July 11th.]
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Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Scrappelyst ~ Juli: Alt er lov! [31.juli.]

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Stay safe, happy & enjoy the summer!
 

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Stamps/Images: LC Waterworth 'Steampunk Owl' digistamp.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Plain white cardstock. The clock is a cutout from Prima Marketing inc. 'Almanac collection' A4 Paperstack DCWV 12x12 'Sweet Chocolate Frosting GLTR' Designerpaper.
Embellishments: ...
Tools: I always use my Scor-Pal to score & 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.
Stencils/Embossingfolders: Prima Marketing inc. Finnabair 'Swirly florals' stencil.
Dies: Mama Elephant Creative Cuts 'Slim Card Basics'. Lawn Fawn Cuts 'Fancy Wavy Banners', 'Large Slimline with Sliders' & the ♥ is from 'I Scream You Scream'. Die-Versions 'A Hint Of Lime DVF-3x3-083' alphabet die. Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Labels 18'.
Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. High-Tack adhesive tape Sookwang Scor-Pal tape &/or Red tape. Ranger ink Glossy accents on details.

Techniques/Mediums: I used misc. Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Mica Watercolors paints, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads (regular & oxides) and markers to watercolor and distress image and papers. I had printed out the owl on plain copy paper also, fussycut and used that as a mask when stenciling the background around the owl. The alphabet diecuts are cut out from a piece of cardstock with Viva Decor Inka Gold wax 'Gold' heavily watercolored on, and backed with sookwang sticky tape before diecutting.

Christmas Card & Blogcandy winners!

I got some blogcandy winners announced in this post! 

Scroll on down to see if you won a digistamp from my etsyshoppe :)

Elsker denne lille fuglen fra Beccy's Place ~ Jeg har laget et kort tidligere med den her, men hadde veldig lyst å se hvordan den ville bli som vår egen kjære dompap ~ i sort, grått og rødt :) 
Om du synes kortene ligner veldig, joda de gjør det! Ofte når jeg lager et kort så fargelegger jeg to eller flere like motiver  samtidig. Og når jeg kutter/samler sammen 'ingrediensene' til et kort, så gjør jeg klart for et likedant kort samtidig, og samler alt inni kortbasen, ofte med en zip-lock pose til småtterier. Kjempekjekt å ha alt klart til et kort når det trenges! :) 

Jeg har også noen heldige vinnere fra mine siste blogcandies som får velge seg et digistempel fra min etsyshoppe! Beklager at det tok litt tid, ting har vært ganske hektisk den siste tiden ♥ Rull et stykke ned for å se hvem som vant! :) 

First of all I wish to announce some lucky winners from my last blogcandies, who all will receive a free choice of one digistamp from my etsyshoppe!
Sorry it took me awhile, things have been quite hectic this past month ♥

Winners from my 'Xmas Blogcandy': 

Kim Rippere, Dr Sonia S V., & Conny Hillgaard!

and from my previous blogpost candy: Nikki C.!

Big Congrats everyone! Please email me (contact info on my About Me page) with the name/link of the digistamp you wish for ♥ I get a ton of mails each day, so please put the txt 'blogcandy winner' in the topic, thank you :)

On my card today I have a little birdy from Beccy's Place, SO cute ♥ not sure if we got this in Norway, but the shape and look very similar to our 'Dompap' that has black, grey and red colorings and is a finch-bird, so I have made him in theese colors!
If you wish to see a similar card with this bird (in his natural colors), see this post back in 2014. And yes, it IS some of the same papers n embellishes I used here, one thing I often do when I make cards is at the same time cutting and coloring everything ready for a other cards, and then I leave every cutout/image etc. inside the card base (ziplocks are handy if there's many small items), and set aside for another time. This is also a great timesaver for those 'oh no I need a card - now' moments *lol* :)

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

● Beccy's Place January ~ Anything goes [Jan. 31st.]
● A Snowflakes Promise #14. ~ Anything goes [Jan. 24th.]
● The Artistic Stamper ~ Jan.: AG w. rubberstamping! (2nd. entry) [Jan. 31st.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #25. ~ Anything Goes [Jan. 29th.]
● Craft Your Passion #295. ~ Always Anything Goes [Jan. 24th.] 
● The Crazy Ch. #214. ~ Ribbons! [Jan. 31st.]
Scandinavian challenges:
● Kreativ Scrapping #1. ~ Alt er lov! (2nd. entry) [26. Jan.]
● Nordsalten Hobbyklubb #131. ~ Favoritt Årstider ♥ VINTER ♥ [31. Jan.]

 

Stamps/Images: Beccy's Place 'Baby Robin' digistamp. Kort & Godt 'M-130'. Lazar StudioWERX Inc rubberstamp 'Funky Holidays' (swirl). Magnolia 'Helylle Hjärta', 'Julflingor', 'Tomte i måne' & 'By siluette'.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white and brown cardstocks. Panduro Hobby 'Vintage Christmas' and others designpapers. Misc digital frame n papers.

Embellishments/Tools: Brown misc. buttons. Marianne Design 'Circle and Flower Stitch CR1248'. Scrapmagasinet NorDies 'ND God Jul'. Martha Stewart 'Flourish Edge Punch'. Whimsy Stamps Shapeology Die 'Double Scallop Doily'. QuicKutz (LifeStyle crafts/We R Memory Keepers) 'REV-0130 Cookies and Milk'. Die-Versions - Sweet Petites 'Bells DVP-042-2'. Nille memories 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 to details on motif.

Santa got Cookies ~ Stair Step Cards

Ukens utfordring hos Creative Fingers #58. er sponset av Rick St.Dennis! Jeg endte opp med å lage to DT-kort, siden det var så mange flotte motiv! Denne gangen er det 'Anything Goes' som betyr 'Lag-hva-du-vil' :) 

I ended up making two step-cards as my DT project for this weeks challenge #58. at Creative Fingers. Rick's motifs were so awesome I wasn't able to just do the one!

Rick St.Dennis is our sponsor, (Rick's blog) and the Theme is 'Anything Goes', no optional twist this time, create whatever you wish! You are most welcome to join in! :)

EDIT: WOW! Such fun to discover I made Pick of the Week on Rick's blog!  POTW Nominees for week of Nov. 30 It's the santa with cookies card that's nominated :) You can go there and vote for your favourites, I picked my fave ♥ And I not voting for myself, that would be weird! LOL!
 

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

● Crafty Catz ~ Anything goes! [Dec.3rd.]
● Addicted to Stamps and More #123. ~ Holiday! [Nov.30th.]
● Not Just Cards #7. ~ Anything goes! [Dec.3th.]
● Outlaws ~ Twisted Thursday: Winter Sparkles At Xmas! (nap card) [Dec.3rd. NOV]
● Outlaws ~ Friday Coloring: Christmas twist! (jolly card) [Dec.4th. NOV]
[I was one of the Outlaws Nov. Site-wide winners! Got me 3 x Rick St. Dennis]
● 4 Crafty Chicks #222. ~ Die Cuts! [Dec.2nd.]
● A song in your He{ART}- #21. ~ Christmas song inspiration! [Dec.9th.]
● Crafty Creations #277. ~ Embossing! [Dec.8th.]
● Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything goes! [Dec.3th.]
● Just Inspirational ~ Winter! [Dec.1st.]
 

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 close-up frantage

Stamps/Images: Rick St.Dennis Digistamps 'Cocoa and Cookies', 'Holiday Cottage Scene' & 'Santa Nap Time'. Lazar StudioWERX Inc rubberstamp 'Funky Holidays' (swirl). Kort & Godt CS 'M-130' & 'S-198'. Panduro Hobby 'CS God Jul 6 stk'. Scrapper's Choice (Lundeby AS) CS 'God Jul journaling'.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Bo Bunny spiral journaling 'Noteworthy Noel'. Misc scrap papers, tags.

Embellishments/Tools: Memory Box Die 'Snowflake Corner-98238'. Britannia Dies 'Christmas Flight-061'. Magnolia DooHickeys Dies 'Tilda Lace' (border), & 'Paris Night' (cat). Die-Versions 'Sweet Petites Bells'. QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/We R Memory Keepers) 'REV-0130 Cookies and Milk', 'KS-0888 Squirrel', 'CC Deck the Halls Exclusive Set' (gingerbread), & 'RS-0457 Treble clef'. Anna Griffin 5x7 Emb Folder and Border 'Foundry'. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'. Tim Holtz idea-ology 'Trimmings - naturals, red/cream'. Panduro Hobby 'Tilda tofsband olivengrön/tassel ribbon'. Bazzill Pom Pom ribbon - white. And other unknown ribbon n twine. Nille Memories rhinestones. Panduro Hobby washi tape 'tickets' & '3pack text/film'. Søstrene Grene washi 'kristtorn'. Stampendous 'Frantage Shabby White' Embossing Enamel/powder.

 

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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. The Frantage embossing enamel has to be heated from under the paper with a heatgun, as it's going to go poof all over your workdesk if you apply heat on top of it like a regular powder! Yep, I did it! LOL :)
The card is a three-step-card, I took a 12x12 cardstock, cut it about 6", and I have scored at 1",2",4",6",9". You fold it alternating ways, kind of like an accordian with mountain/valley folds (up and down). If you go on YouTube, Google or Pinterest and search for 'Stair+Step+Card+fold+tutorial' etc. you will find hundreds of tutorials! Like this one: Stair Step Fold by Beate Johns.

the Roaring 20's!

"An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have: the older she gets, the more interested he is in her". ~ Agatha Christie Quote.

Elsker å lese Agatha Christie ~ eller se filmer og serier ~ fra 1920, '30 og '40 tallet, art deco, arkeologi, kvinnefrigjøring, lovløshet og individualitet på fremmarsj! ;)

Var vel i 12-års alderen da jeg skrev særoppgave om A.Christie, og omtrent samtidig hadde jeg et kjempecrush på Indiana Jones *sukk* ...husker dere forresten serien Unge Indiana Jones? ♥

"Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory."

~ Indy Quote from Temple Of Doom. 

found this cool Indy wallpaper here 

Ble spesiellt fornøyd med dette julekortet, er en helt nydelig digi jeg fikk å arbeide med fra Lacy Sunshine! Sponsor i denne ukas utfordring hos Creative Fingers. ~ Lag akkurat hva du vil for #17. om du vil være med!
Og ikke glem bloggcandyen min med nydelige Gorjuss stempler å vinne! :)

"I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing". ~ Agatha Christie Quote.

~ New Years ~ the Magic of Christmas ~

Whoopee! I LOVE reading Agatha Christie novels, as well as movies and tv-series from the 1920s 30s and 40s ~ archeology, womens liberation & individuality was the bees-knees back then! :) Just think of Egypt in the 20s! The discovery of Tutankhamons toomb.. the valley of the kings and the wonders of the pyramids as they were mostly untouched by tourists... Gangsters and bootleggers. The Wizard of OZ!

Think I was about 12 years old when I wrote a special school project about A.Christie. And I remember my big crush on Indiana Jones *sigh* I wanted to BE an archeologist.. or writer.. Do you remember the tv-series of young Indy? Ab-so-lute-ly LOVED it! ♥

Isn't '1920s Winter Elizabeth' a swanky dame? Can you imagine the tiny 'flapper' dress underneath her coat? :) Lacy Sunshine has some really nice digis, and she's our sponsor this week at Creative Fingers Challenge blog! #17. ~ Always Anything Goes! 

And by the way, I got GORJUSS BlogCandy if you want to join in! No rules :)

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I enter my card into theese cool Challenges:

● 613 Avenue Create #51. ~ Anything Goes! [Dec.29th.]   
● Card and Scrap #66. ~ Jul..lag hva du vil! [28.Desember] 
● That Craft Place ~ Anything Goes! [Jan.4th.]  
● StempelSonnen #105. ~ Anything Goes! [Jan.9th.]  
● Party Time Tuesdays #152. ~ Anything Goes! [Dec.31st.]  

Stamps/Images: Lacy Sunshine '1920s Winter Lizabeth'. Text & decorative stamps from North Star Stamps. Kreativ Hobby. Lazar StudioWERX. Magnolia. Journalnote inside is a digi-stamp from Scrappers Delights 'sentiment-tag-1a'.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Reuse of giftwrapping paper in gold.

Embellishments: Washitape from Panduro Hobby 'Snöstjärnor'. Doodlebug brads. Washi tape from Nille Memories.
Tools/Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities 'Labels 8 - S5019', 'Labels One - s4161', and 'Petite Ovals Large'. Die-Versions - Sweet Petites 'Bells' DVP-042-2. QuicKutz/Lifestyle Crafts A2 Embossing Folder 'Beads', QK REV-0071 'Adornments lim ed'. Tim Holtz Sizzix Big Shot Die 'Tags And Bookplates'. Paper Mania emb.folders - Little Cake Shoppe (Tasty Trims 4PCS).
Techniques: I used Canson Aquarelle paper, & colored the image with Twinkling H2o's and Tim Holtz Distress Ink markers + pads to watercolor and distress image and papers. I used Ranger ink Archival Jumbo pad for the stamping.