Take time to smell the Coffee...

 

Den ekstremt kaffe-tørste uglen på shaker-kortet er mitt DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #141. med vår generøse sponsor som denne gang er Wink Wink Ink. Teamet tar en pause til over nyåret, så dette vil bli den siste utfordringen for i år. Som vanlig kommer det en takke-bloggpost for sponsorer og følgere til jul med inspirasjon fra designteamet.

De nydelige rosene og cupcakes motivene er freebies som du finner på bloggen til Wink Wink Ink ♥ Og de kommer også i en ferdig fargelagt versjon for kjappe kort! Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være :) 

... NB: Ikke gå glipp av min 'X-mas Surprise BlogCandy' med masse flott scrappestæsj jeg gir bort! :) 

'For a Coffee-Lover'

My DT card today is for our last challenge of this year at Creative Fingers #141. as we will take a break for the holidays. But we'll have a thank-you-blogpost for all our sponsors & followers at christmas with some creative inspiration ♥ 
As always it is an 'Anything goes theme', and you are more than welcome to join with your creations :)

I've made a shaker card with an extremely coffee-thirsty owl from Wink Wink Ink, our generous sponsor for this challenge. The pretty cupcake and roses are freebies wich you can find on their blog here, and they come pre-colored as well as digistamps, so an easy motif for those quickie cards! 

... And don't forget to enter for your chance to win my 'X-mas Surprise BlogCandy' with lots of awesome goodies! 

I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● Crafts Galore Encore #46. ~ November AG [Nov. 30th.] 
● Crafty Awesomeness ~ Nov/Dec. ~ AG Coloured image (entry 1/3)[Dec.31st.]
● Crafty Animals #8. ~ Always Anything goes [Nov. 28th.]
● Classic DT Open Ch. #19. ~ Always AG! [Nov. 27th.]
● 613 Avenue Create #203. ~ AG/Opt.Twist – 3D Card! [Dec. 1st.]
● Crafting With Attitude #33. ~ Anything Goes [Nov. 26th.]
● Card Mania #98. ~ Anything goes (2nd.entry)[Nov. 26th.]
● Pile it on #136. ~ Large Sentiment! [Dec. 2nd.]

EDIT: I was very happy to see I was named a DT Favourite Winner on Classic DT Open Ch. Thank you ♥

'Nothing is quite like the smell of fresh drawn coffee and a piece of chocolate..'

 inside detail

Stamps/Images: Wink Wink Ink digistamps 'Night Owl - with coffee mug' & 'Cupcake + Roses' freebies. PapirDesign 'PD 16188 Kaffe'. Impression Obsession 'IO CL156 Smell the Coffee'. Lazar StudioWERX Inc rubberstamp 'Funky Holidays' (swirl).
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Misc Bazzill cardstocks. Plain white cardstock.
Embellishments/Tools: Nellie Snellen Dies 'Straight Dotted Round MFD085'. CottageCutz Elites Die 'Fall Owl Border'. Martha Stewart 'Flourish Edge Punch'. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'. Panduro Hobby gold/brown round sequins.
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 misc. Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Watercolors, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads & markers to watercolor and distress image and papers. 
Misc Mica sprays (The background is actually a piece of scrap paper used to catch leftover ink when doing some spraying for another project, and I thought was too pretty to toss away!) Rangers Glossy accents. 3D foam/mosegummi and other adhesives, Stix2 Red Ultra Clear High-Tack Double Sided Tape.

Northern lights & Star gazing

Jeg må bare bekjenne.. jeg lider av scrapomani... Ser jeg et stempel jeg syns er fantastisk, bare MÅ jeg ha det i samlingen min, som er blitt tusentalls av etterhvert som årene går.. og jeg vet jeg ikke er alene om det. Det er nok mange av oss som har denne 'hemmelige' lasten ;) 
Og dessverre for oss er det alltfor mange flotte motiv som hele tiden blir lagt ut som fristelser .. oi oi oi så fint! Dermed har jeg mange flere jeg ikke har fargelagt og brukt enn de jeg har lagd noe med, og det er på tide å gjøre noe med! :)  Herved erklærer jeg at minst annenhvert kort eller prosjekt skal ha et hittils ubrukt motiv på! Og minst ett år gammelt!

Papirplanetens utfordring for November har 'Jul - Blå, Sølv og Hvit' som tema! Og det er lov med andre farger også. Vi håper du blir inspirert til å delta! ♥ 

Mitt motiv stempel er to små søte snømenn ♥ 'Star gazing' fra Impression Obsession som du kan finne her. Har også brukt et av kantstemplene fra Autumn Leaves settet 'Stampology - On the Edge' for første gang, det er ni flotte stempler der og selvfølgelig har jeg bare brukt et av dem før, selv om det er mer enn 5 år siden jeg kjøpte det... Har brukt sølv embossing pulver for å lage en fin ramme rundt. 

Bakgrunnen har jeg lagd med distress inks, og her oppe i nord har vi stadig slike flotte farger på himmelen. Nordlys teknikken med distress inks kan du se mere om på youtube! Linker til dem lengre ned i den engelske blogg-teksten. Det var også en artikkel i Ett Trykk nr.3 side.67, fra i år, om du har det bladet :)

I have something to confess... I am a stamp-o-holic... that means my guilty pleasure is the cronic hoarding of rubberstamps, clearstamps and digital stamps.. and yes I hoard scrapping supplies such as design papers as well.. I know I share this with so many of you.. and Gollum! As him I am a lost cause.. ;)  ... My preciousss!
Unfortunately there is not enough crafting hours to be able to use all those fabulous stamps, so most have never even been taken out to play! That is super sad.. and something that I have to change! 

I solemnly swear to at least have one old stamp never to have been used and one year old or more, on every other project from now onwards on my creations! Like this super cute snowman duo gazing up at the stars and the northern light ♥ This christmas card is my DT inspiration for PapirPlaneten, a norwegian challengeblog and craft shoppe.


I used the pine trees die and a circle die to draw a frame for my distress inked northern light sky. Shades of green are the most usual aurora borealis up here in the northern parts of Norway, it very active all winter, and I live in a rural area, so there is not much light-pollution, not managed to get good photos of it though :)
I can't find the video I once saw how to create such a background now, since it's so long ago, but it is a similar technique as Jennifer McGuire uses here: Starry Night Sky Stamping & Inked Shaker Cards. Just make it go diagonally instead, and use colours for northern lights! How to Create a Galaxy Background is also a cool technique for a night sky by TheCraftBunny :)

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

● Winter Wonderland ~ Frosty or well wrapped up! [Nov. 3rd.]
● Crafting by Designs November ~ Anything goes! [Nov. 26th.]
● Artistic Inspirations #166. ~ Anything goes! [Nov. 6th.]
● Allsorts #387. ~ Let's Make A Start On Christmas! [Nov. 4th.]
● Craft your passion #366. ~ Always Anything Goes! [Nov. 6th.]  
● Simon says Wed. ~ Anything goes (2nd. entry)[Nov. 2nd.]
● Pile It On #120. ~ Use scraps! [Nov. 12th]
 (the trees are cut out on a leftover piece of unknown green paper)

EDIT: I got Top 3 picked at both Winter Wonderland and Craft your Passion! Thank you :)

Scandinavian challenges: [innen]

● Scrap from your heart #3. ~ Jul/Christmas! [28. Nov.]

inside detail
(colors went wonky, not as bright blue as it looks!)
 

Stamps/Images: Impression Obsession - 'Star gazing F6748'. Autumn Leaves 'Stampology - On the Edge'. Panduro Hobby 'God Jul'. Kort & Godt 'S-198'. Prima the Goods 'corner stamp four/clearstamps 2'. Hot off the Press 'HOTP just a note'.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Unknown green paper. Prima Marketing inc. 'Madeline' 6x6 paper pad.

Embellishments/Tools: Marianne Design Creatables die 'Horizon Pine Trees LR0283'. Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Labels One' die. Crafts Too Presscut 'Circle Nest Dies PCD46'. Crafters Companion Embossalicious 6x6 Embossing Folder 'Vintage Decorations'. Marvy Uchida corner rounder punch. Misc. adhesive pearls 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 & markers to watercolor and distress image and papers. Heatgun tool with Misc. embossing powders, silver/white, clear and a pewter. Rangers Perfect pearls (a teaspoon in a little mister spray with water). Wink of Stella 'Clear' glitterpen. Scalpel and self-healing craft mat.

The Distress Ink recipe for my northern lights background are: Blend swipes of Tumbled glass, Twisted citron and Cracked Pistachio for the northern lights. Add Salty Ocean for definition, and fill the rest of the sky. Then blend Black soot on top of some of the blue and a lot of black towards the edges. I sprinkled/flicked with fingers water droplets onto the surface several times, drying in between, and finished it off with a light mist of perfect pearls, as well as some spatters/blobs flicked with a watercoloring brush off from an acrylic block.

▫ Christmas Holly Pixie ▫

Mitt tredje bidrag til That's So Cute's JuleExtra 2011 utfordring, og siste julekortet jeg har å blogge ~ nå blir det lang pause til neste :)

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This card is my third entry for the norwegian challenge blog That's So Cute's Christmas Extra 2011, and my last christmascard to blog!

Detail image from inside & back of the card:

Stamps/images: Charmed Cards and Craft - Digital Pixie Chicks Collection 1 'Holly Pixie-coloured'. Magnolia rubberstamp 'Bryllups swirl' & 'Vilda Tilda' (inside). North Star Stamps CS A5 Juletekster 09. Impression Obsession - Star gazing F6748 (inside stamp). 

Papers: Bazzill. Panduro Hobby - Dalecarlia 'Country needlework' & Vintage Christmas 'Cherished'. Nille Memories scrapbookark kit FOT850 'Christmas'.

Embellishments: QK / Lifestyle Crafts - REV-0226-D 4x4 Journaling Block scallop square. Panduro Hobby epoxy brads 'Merry Christmas' & 'Heart felt ribbon'. Hero Arts green & red gemstones. Nille Memories green rhinestones. I used my heatgun & white embossingpowder on the swirl stamp, and Glossy accents on the pixie image.