Blowing Bubbles

House-Mouse kortet mitt er DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #187. Vår DT Angelique er sponsor igjen med et flott stempelsett, og som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være ♥

Har hatt mye smerter i ryggen min i det siste, så jeg gjorde det enkelt for meg selv med et ferdig house-mouse motiv ~ decoupage ark er alltid kjekt å ha liggende!

Jeg har også en ny BlogCandy om du vil sjekke den ut ~ her!

My House-Mouse card is DT inspiration for this fortnights challenge #187. at Creative Fingers wich is kindly sponsored by our DT Angelique with a fab stamp set! As always it is an 'Anything goes theme', and you are more than welcome to join with your creations ♥

I've been having much back aches lately, so I made it easier on myself using a pre-colored decoupage sheet a sweet house-mouse motif! Always good to have ready-to-go images in your stash.

Do check out my new blogcandy here ~ double the fun!

the little House-Mouse motifs are so adorable! Did you know they've been around since 1980? Ellen Jareckie is the artist who draws her pets in a whimsical and adorable way, not just mice, but rabbits, cats, dogs, birds n pigs among the creature motifs. Click here < If you want to see a youtube video about Ellen and her art!

Some of first & oldest stamps, some 20+yrs old, are of theese cute mice ♥ Oh, I really need to get out some to ink up soon... Hah! Well, I will try! If you've followed me a while, u know I constantly promise myself that I shall give my old stamps more love instead of only using the newest purchases ;)

So.... Regarding the new blogger.. the text editor looks okay I guess, but there is a major flaw! You cannot wrap text around a photo by simply dragging the photo left or right inside the text anymore.. Neither have they added an alignment tool for wrapping text around an image in the menu. I had to revert back to old blogger just to put the back photo of my card (see bottom of this post) where I wanted it. I really hope the blogger team listens! I found this thread about it here. Not too happy about the way the menu on the right looks, with the tags and publish date.. the tags display too large a font so you can only see a few while your working on your blogpost, and you have to click on the dropdown menu for the date for it to show. On the old editor you could see it all. Oh well, I'll get used to this editor after a while I guess, but that wrap around text HAS to be fixed. I've already complained to their help desk about it! ;)

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Have a great summer & Stay Safe everyone! ♥

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

● House-Mouse & Friends Mond. #317. ~ AG+opt.Gingham/Plaid! [June 7th.]
● Simon Says Monday ~ Going around in circles! [May 31st.]
● Path of Positivity #80. ~ Furry or feathery friends! [May 31st.]
● Use your Stuff #398. ~ Patterns [May 30th.] JFF
● Dare 2B Artzy ~ May: In the Garden [June 7th.]
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #132. ~ Always AG [June 6th.]

● Crafts Galore Encore #75. ~ Always AG (3rd.entry)[May 30th.]

● Papercraft Ch. #58. ~ Spring [June 14th.]

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EDIT: I was a Top Pick winner at Path of Positivity! AND at House-Mouse & Friends! Thank you ♥

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Stamps/Images: House-Mouse Designs Stampabilities rubberstamp 'Mouse feet HMA1002'. Joanna Sheen House-Mouse ez-mounted rubberstamp set 'Love - Smelling the Rose JSHM027'. House-Mouse 'Blowing Bubbles' image from the Joanna Sheen 'New Designs' 8x8" cardmaking collection paper pad. Panduro Clearstamp set 'Hjärtan' hearts. Magnolia 'Crown Kit' mice rubberstamp.
Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. DoCrafts PaperMania Craft coll. 'Pastels' 12x12 paper pack.
Embellishments: Panduro Hobby pink pearls. Prima Marketing inc. Say it in pearls 'siip center pink'.
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'. Martha Stewart 'Vintage Doily' edge punch & corner punch. Marvy Uchida 'Corner rounder' punch.

Stencils/Embossingfolders: Crafters Companion Embossalicious 'Petite Dot' 6x6 Embossing Folder.
Dies: Nellie Snellen 'Magic Stamping Card Die Set - Heart' die & 'Straight Dotted Round MFD085'.

Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. 3D foam/mosegummi. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle tape). Sakura gelly roll pen gold glitter.

Techniques/Mediums: I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink Oxide pad 'Vintage photo' to distress image and papers.

Fairytale Christmascards!

Her er noen julekort som var utrolig enkle å kjapt å lage ~ noen ganger trenger man det også! Spesielt rett før jul ;) 

Jeg elsker å fargelegge motiver, men her har jeg bare brukt motiver klipt ut fra design papirark eller ferdig farget digitalt motiv skrevet ut på kartong. Og masse resteark og pynt fra tidligere års julekort-laging, som jeg oppbevarer i en egen folder ~ den begynner å bule i sømmene så full er den! 

Det er også alltid en bra ting å resirkulere gamle julekort, så alle disse er gamle kjedelige julekort fra ca 20 år siden som istedenfor å bli kastet blir nye med fine ark og pynt ♥

Har du forresten sett Creative Fingers DTs ~ Christmas blogcandy? Jeg sponser et av de tre stempelsettene man kan vinne der, innen 10. januar! :) 

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Here are some christmascards wich was incredibly quick and easy to create, as most of the cardingredients were ready to add on. Sometimes you need those too ~ especially close to christmas!

I love colouring motifs, but here I've only used pre-colored ones printed out, or motifs cutout from designerpapers. Also a whole lot of scrap papers and embellishments from earlier years of christmas cardmaking. I keep those in a big folder, wich has now started to come apart at the seams... it's that full!

It's also a good thing to recycle old christmas cards, so all of the cardblanks here are generic boring old christmascards that has been sitting in a box since 20 years ago. Better to re-use instead of throw away! All new with some pretty paper and decorations ♥

Have you seen Creative Fingers DTs ~ Christmas BlogCandy? I'm sponsoring one of the three stampsets there! You have until Jan.10th to enter :)

  

I wish to enter my cards into theese fabulous Challenges 😘

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😇 Angel card: [ends on]
● ABC Christmas ~ A is for Anything Christmas Goes! [Jan.31st.]
● Kreativ Scrapping #1. ~ Lag på lag! [29. januar.]
● Nordsalten Hobbyklubb ~ Januar: Alt er lov! (bidrag#2.)[31. januar.]

🧚 Pixie card: [ends on]
● Scrap the Rainbow #19. ~ Januar: Bruk klippeark/bilde! [30. januar.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #71. ~ Always AG [Jan.30th.]
● Your Scrapbook Place ~ January: AG [Jan.30th.]..
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🐦 Birdie & Angel card: [ends on] (checked on 11/2)
● Word Art Wednesdays #420-421. ~ Anything Goes! [Jan.14th.]
● Christmas 24 #001. ~ AG Christmas! [Jan.14th.]
● Creatalicious #178. ~ AG w.opt. Wishes (entry#3/3)[Jan.14th.]

🦌 Bambi card: [ends on]
● Scrappelyst ~ Grublis for Desember: Snø! (bidrag#2.)[6. januar.]
● Ellibelle's Crafty Wed. ~ Jan.: New Goodies/Old faves! =Embossingfolder! [Jan.31st.]
● 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #34. ~ AG with critters! [Jan.25th.]......


Stamps/Images: Pixie pre-colored digital stamp from Charmed Cards & Crafts. North Star Stamps 'Hjørnetekster JUL a6'. Lazar StudioWERX Inc rubberstamp 'Funky Holidays'(swirl & baubles). Panduro Hobby Clear Stamps 'Kongler'(pinecones).
Papers: Printed pixie motif & tags onto smooth vanilla cardstock. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white copypaper ~ misc. printed digital Designerpapers. Prima Marketing inc. and Panduro Hobby scrap papers from misc. collections. Envelopes unknown (norwegian).
Embellishments: Red glitterheart brads and Ribbons unknown. Script Washi Tape - Love My Tapes.
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. Sandpaper.
Stencils/Embossingfolders: Cuttlebug A2 Embossingfolders 'Snow Flakes', 'Number Collage', and Border 'Just My Type'. Cuttlebug by Basic Grey 'Snowflakes' A2 embossing folder.
Dies: Scrapmagasinet NorDies 'ND God Jul'. Magnolia Doohickey's Dies 'Tilda Lace border'. Quickutz alphabet mini unicase dieset 4x8 'QK Dragonfly'.
Essentials/Adhesives: Double sided tape. 3D foam/mosegummi. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle tape). Ranger Stickles glitterglues by Tim Holtz.
Techniques/Mediums: I used sandpaper to distress the edges of the cardblanks. Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads to distress images and papers.

Thank You Kitty! 🐈

 

Vanligvis når jeg maler et motiv til et kort bruker jeg det siste jeg kjøpte eller har fått, og det er alltid moro med nye stempler! Men nå har jeg bestemt meg for å faktisk begynne å lage mere med mine gamle stempler ~ allfor mange som bare ligger helt ubrukt eller ikke hatt blekk på seg på mange år! Lovt meg selv dette flere ganger, men nå har jeg stemplet opp flere trykk og begyndt å male dem, så ingen unnskyldning nå når boksen med ferdige motiver står klar på bordet ;) 

Noen av mine gamle, pent brukte stempler og noen nye som jeg finner at jeg har kjøpt dobbelt av kommer i fremtidige RAK/bloggcandy'er her i bloggen ~ faktisk tenkt til å legge ut en ny bloggcandy senere idag eller imorgen, så følg med!

Usually my go-to when making a card is to use a recent purchased stamp or won image... Wich is all good fun, but I have decided to actually start creating more with my old stamps, wich I got way too many of thats just laying around all unused and uninked for years! Promised myself this several times, but now I have stamped up many different motifs and started watercoloring them, so there will be no excuses now that a box of finished motifs sits on my table ;)

Some of my old (nicely used) stamps, some new I find I have duplicates of will end up in future blogcandies ~ I'll have a new Blogcandy today or tomorrow actually! So do check back later on.

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I enter my 🐱 card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● The Creative Crafters #20. ~ Anything goes [Oct.8th.]
● Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything goes [Oct.2nd.]
● Crafty Creations #399. ~ Anything goes [Oct.8th.]
● Word Art Wednesdays #405-407. ~ AG w. Sentiment! [Oct.9th.]
● Show us Your Pussies #46. ~ Cats Furrything goes (2nd.entry)[Sept. 31st.]
● Crafty Cardmakers #242. ~ Add a Critter! [Oct.13th.]
● Brown Sugar ch. #293. ~ September: AG [Oct.1st.]
● Alphabet ch. blog ~ N is for Naughty! [Oct.10th.]
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Stamps/Images: Kraftin' Kimmie 'Kitty Kapers 2' rubberstamp. Magnolia 'Tildas Mure' (Tildas brick wall) and 'Fågel siluetter' (Bird sihouettes) rubberstamps. Kreativ Hobby 'Takk' (Thanks) text rubberstamp. Hero Arts 'MMH May 2018 Tree of Life' kit. Mama Elephant 'The Cat's Meow' clearstamp on the envelope.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Hampton Art white cardblanks and envelopes. Black Scrap papers. I used scraps of digital printed papers from Createwings (moon) & Anne-Valerie (inside).
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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.

Stencils/Embossingfolders: Joanna Sheen Cardmaking Collection #7. 'Giordano Special - Paws stencil'. Cuttlebug Provocraft embossingfolder 'Thanks'.
Dies: Nellie Snellen Dies 'Straight Dotted Round MFD085'.
Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Stix2) and Sookwang Scor-Pal wide tape. Hero Arts lacquer glue pen.

Techniques/Mediums:  I used misc. Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads & markers to watercolor and distress image, background and papers. I used a Core'dinations sand-it gadget to distress the embossed thanks paper, to get the white core revealed. And Prima ColorBloom 'Cotton Candy' spray mist on the envelope.

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.

Blue Fairy Card, BlogCandy Winners & Alcohol ink FREEBIE!

 

First of all, before I show you my blue fairy card ~ I wish to finally reveal my recent Blogcandy winners! Thank you to all for joining in ♥  (hopper over norsk oversettelse idag, blir litt langt blogginnlegg ellers = my text is only in english this time because it would be extremely long otherwise)..

If you entered into our Creative Fingers Christmas Blogcandy ~ the reveal of our three lucky winners is up on the blog!

 Congratulations to
Carol, Marjeta and Sherry!

And now for the Happy New Years BlogCandy 
winner on my blog!    ...*drumroll*...

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...entry number 8 was... 

myasperations!

♥ many congratulations to you ♥

Please email me at tindaloo at hotmail dot com with your address, and if u can also mention you're a BlogCandy winner in the headline topic so it won't get missed :)

There could only be one winner of each of my blogcandies ~ but as thanks for joining in and for all those who visit my blog ~ I would like you all to have my  digital alcohol background freebie for you to print out and use in your crafting! Please before using this image, read my TOU (terms of use) for digis, although this aint a digi stamp lineart, same principles applies. You find this under each of my listings descriptions on etsy. Thank you ♥

 'Tindaloo Alcohol Ink Play freebie'

~ NB: only available here until end of february 2019 ~

after this time it will be listed in bigger quality on my etsy shoppe :)

I made three alcohol ink backgrounds, the largest is my favourite so I digitized it so it could be printed out again and again. Doesn't it kind of look like viruses? Was going for an abstract floral feel, but the more I look at it, the more it looks a bit.. alien.. LOL! Hope you will enjoy it :)

I have used the alcohol ink landscape background on this card ~ Blue Christmas. And the third one, my 'splotchy swirly yupo' (a paper wich is new to me, so we're not quite friends yet..), that was my least favourite one. But I have still used it on the card I'm sharing today! Since the die cover most of it up it is looking good even though I messed it up :)

The fairy wings is paperpieced and she's popped up on 3D foam dots.

I had stamped, then fussycut out all the images from leftover paint splatter sheets, adding shading afterwards with my watercolor pencils. I then diecut the shapes from white cardstock and glued the images on to leave a nice white edge. A super fun card to make, and certainly not the last I make with this awesome Hero Arts kit!

I enter my blue fairy card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on](checked 19/3)
● Crafty Catz #447. ~ AG opt. twist lots of layers! [Feb.7th.]
● Crafter's Castle #14. ~ AG opt. Valentines [Feb.28th.]
● Artistic Inspirations #212. ~ AG opt. Love it up [March 4th.]
● Crafting from the Heart #236. ~ Anything goes [Feb.17th.]
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #99. ~ Always Anything Goes [Feb.15th.]
● Pile it On! #151. ~ Pretty in Pink! [March 2nd.]
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EDIT: Thanks to Pile it On for my Sweet Sprinkles Award :)

Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Scrappelyst ~ februar - glitter og glam! [28.februar.]
● Scrappiness #01. ~ Gjør noe nytt og spennende! (bidrag#2/3)[14.feb.]

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Stamps/Images: Stamps & co-ordinating dies from the Hero Arts 'MMH December 2018 kit' & cute little mouse stamp set gift to subscribers. Magnolia 'BakgrundsSwirl bröllup' rubberstamp.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill Bling pearl white cardstock. Plain white cardstock, and unknown blue cardstock used as base (MM?). Dovecraft 12x12 'Fantasy' designer paper pack. DCWV 'Rockstar' 12x12 stack.
Embellishments: RibbonGirls pink glittery ribbon.
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: none.
Dies: Hero Arts 'MMH December 2018 kit' co-ordinating dies. 'MMH May 2018 Tree of Life kit - Window fancy tree frame' die. Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Labels 4 S4190'.
Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. High-Tack Double Sided (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle) tape and Sookwang Scor-Pal tape. Ranger Collage glue stick.
Techniques/Mediums:  I used misc. Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads to watercolor and distress images and papers, as well as both Derwent Inktense & Bruynzeel aquarelle ink pencils. Hero Arts 'pink glimmer' lacquer glue pen from the january kit, and the Sakura GellyRoll glitter pen that came in the December kit.

I used a heatgun tool and blew some Ranger Ink Alcohol solution &  Alcohol Inks onto Yupo paper: Sail boat blue, Flamingo, Patina, Amethyst. Purple foil added to 'sticky bits' of the alcohol ink background, not showing up so well in the photos though... And I also used my brand new Alcohol Lift Ink pad. See Jennifer McGuire's 'Alcohol Lift Ink Techniques' on youtube, and also ofcourse Tim's own tutorial on youtube, it's a fantastic must have tool if you're into alcohol inks!