Fairy Sweet Friend 🧚

 

Da jeg var på scrappetreffet arrangert av Bikuben (se forrige bloggpost) lagde jeg også denne tag'en som jeg ga bort i går 💗 Er veldig glad i å lage slike tags fordi de er perfekt til å bruke både som gavelapper, bokmerke eller som pynt! Jeg har masse tags til bokmerker for jeg leser opptil 4-5 bøker samtidig alt etter hva humør jeg er i 😊 Jenta som fikk denne ligner faktisk litt på alven 💗 like nydelig med langt lyst hår!

 

The front of the tag,
and the back of the tag
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When I was at at the Bikuben scrap event (see previous blogpost) I also made this tag wich was given to the new owner last night 💗 I'm very fond of creating tags because they're perfect to use as gift tags or as bookmarks, or just a pretty decoration! I got plenty tags I use in the books I read, wich is typically up to 4-5 at a time. I pick up the book I am in the mood for, or want to get in the same mood as 😊 The girl who got this tag actually looks a bit like this fairy 💗 same long blonde hair and just as pretty!.

 

I enter my 🧚 Tag in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on](checked 24/7)
● A Bit More Time to Craft ~ March 15th.: Always AG [April 14th.]
● Arty Divas ~ March: Always AG (2nd.entry)[April 19th.]

● Creatalicious Ch. #232. ~ AG opt. Easter [April 14th.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #98. ~ Always AG [April 29th.]
● Love to Craft #67. ~ Always AG (2nd.entry)[April 15th.]

Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Bikuben Online Scrappetreff ~ Nattugle utfordring #1. inspirasjon (fairy)[27/3]
(crop event on fb, the event was private - not open for public, link goes to the shop.)

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Stamps/Images: The Paper Shelter 'Winter Goddess' pre-colored digital stamp image. Lazy Daisy Designs Wordart 'LDD_wordart_0069s'. Kraftin' Kimmie 'Isabelle' (fairy sweet friend text) pixie collection rubberstamp ~ by artist Annie Rodrigue aka Moonlight Whispers.
Papers: The fairy motif was printed out on photo paper. Panduro Hobby 'Stora Manila tags ivory' 9x16 cm. Maremi SmallArt free thank you papers with purchase, I cut off the wings of a butterfly to use for the fairy!
Embellishments: CC Hobby 'Happy moments - light turquoise satin ribbon'.
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. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'. Panduro Hobby scalpel and self healing mat.
Stencils/Embossingfolders: Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations 3D Texture Fades 'Botanical' Embossing Folder.
Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities 'Labels 22' dies.
Essentials/Adhesives: High-Tack adhesive tape Sookwang Scor-Pal tape &/or Red tape.
Techniques/Mediums: I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads 'Salvaged patina' and 'Vintage photo' to distress image and papers.

Jurassic Dinosaur card! 🦕

 

Jurassic Park serien av filmer er en av mine absolutt favoritter, spesielt den orginale trilogien, men jeg elsker Chris Pratt filmene også! ♥ Sommern 2021 kommer den tredje Jurassic World filmen, og jeg tror det kommer til å bli helt EPISK bra! Spielberg er tilbake og skal produsere, og Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill og Laura Dern er på rollelista! 
Har du fått med deg 'Battle at Big Rock' kortfilmen? Den handler om hva som skjedde etterpå at dinosaurene slapp fri fra fangenskap inne på fastlandet...

Mitt dino kort er DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #178. Angelique er vår sponsor denne gang, med et dies-sett til vinneren! Så vi hadde fire tøyler til å bruke fra våre egne stempler og stæsj. Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være :)

Kjenner du igjen disse designerarkene? Har hatt dem gjemt unna i årevis! Basic Grey lagde utrolig flotte kolleksjoner med ark som var helt unike ~ og desverre fins de ikke lengre. Så jeg har vært veldig sparsommelig med å bruke av de jeg har. 'Måtte' ta noen til å dekorere dette kortet da, bare helt perfekt match!
Stempelmotivet er fra the Greeting Farm og jeg har drodlet sirkel rammen selv og gjort det til et digitalt stempel. Syns det lignet litt på steiner og sånne sedimenter under jordskorpen!

Jurassic Park is one of my absolute favourite series of movies, especially the original trilogy, but I LOVE the new Chris Pratt ones too ♥ really looking forward to next years Jurassic World movie! It is going to be EPIC with Jeff Goldblum back together with Sam Neill and Laura Dern, as well as Spielberg producing!
Have you seen 'Battle at Big Rock', the short story movie yet? Its about what happens when a bunch of dinosaurs are let loose on the mainland!

see Battle at Big Rock on Youtube

This dino themed card is my DT creation for challenge #178. at Creative Fingers. Our DT Angelique is kindly our sponsor this time with a die set for the challenge winner! So we had free reigns on the designteam to create with our own images and stash :)
As always it is an 'Anything goes theme'. You are more than welcome to join with your creations ♥

I have had theese papers (see inside also) for ages, not willing to 'spend' them as they are quite unique. Do u remember all the awesome papers collections from Basic Grey? So sad they quit making papers.. but I had to use at least some of them for my dino card. So perfect match for it!
The little boy is a Greeting Farm stamp, and the doodled bubble circle frame is a digistamp I made myself. Looking very much like stones or sediments below the ground right? :)

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I enter my 🦕 card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● Cute Card Thursday #618. ~ GREEN! [Jan.29th.]
● As You Like It ~ Anything Goes! [Jan.29th.]
● Creative Moments #183. ~ Anything Goes [Feb.5th.]
● Ellibelle's Crafty Wed. ~ Jan.: New Goodies/Old faves!=Basic Grey (#2.)[Jan.31st.] 
● WaterCooler Wednesday #255. ~ Masculine [Jan.27th.]
● Papercraft Business Ch. #25. ~ Anything Goes! [Jan.27th.]
● Crafty Cardmakers #248. ~ Anything Goes [Jan.26th.]
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EDIT: Thank you so much for picking my card as one of The Watercooler Rockers!

🦖 Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Kreativ Scrapping #1. ~ Lag-på-lag! (jeg har 6 lag!) [29.jan.]...

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inside detail

Stamps/Images: The Greeting Farm 'Happy Day' rubberstamp set. Hunkydory For the Love of Stamps 'Dino Friends' CS. Tindaloo Digi Doodle Stamps 'Bubbly Circle Frame Doodle'. ..''.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Basic Grey Designerpapers '..', '..', '..' & '..'.
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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.
Stencils/Embossingfolders: Hunkydory - For the Love of Masks 'Dino Friends' and 'Enjoy the Journey' stencils. 13@rts ~ Maremis Small Art 'CELLS mixed media art journaling' 6x6 stencil.
Dies: Hero Arts 'DI650 Jungle Frame Fancy Die F addon'. Craft Dies by Sue Wilson - Finishing Touches 'Stitched Hills and Clouds CED1495'. Crafts Too Presscut 'Circle Nest Dies PCD46'. Nellie Snellen Dies 'Round Scalloped MFD079'.
Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. Double sided tape. 3D foam/mosegummi. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle tape). Rangers Glossy accents, stickles.
Techniques/Mediums: I used misc. Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads & markers to watercolor, distress and stencilling papers and the stamp images.

Art Journal ~ Leafy Sea-Dragon Mermaid

 

Det er ganske lenge siden jeg lagde en 'art journal page' i boka mi, og da jeg så denne nydelige havfruen tenkte jeg at det måtte bare bli et mixed media prosjekt heller enn et kort.. Ville jo beholde henne selv! ♥

Havfrue-siden er mitt er DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #162., og motivet er fra vår nye flotte sponsor MeadowHaven. Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være :)

a double Art Journal Page spread
my work process explained further down :)
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Closeup of the Leafy Sea-Dragon Mermaid,
Oh my, that was a whole lot of details to watercolor!

It's been a while since I last made a page in my Art Journal book, so soon as I saw this beautiful leafy mermaid I knew I had to make one something mixed media with her.. and because I wanted to keep her for myself ♥ 

It's my DT creation for this fortnights challenge #162. at Creative Fingers, and the mermaid is a motif from our new & awesome sponsor MeadowHaven.
As always it is an 'Anything goes theme', and you are more than welcome to join with your creations :)

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~ MeadowHaven.net ~

~ DeviantArt ~ Instagram ~

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I enter my art journal page in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on](checked 23/5)
● Bleeding Art ~ April: Add Stenciling! [May 15th.]
● Crafty Creations #388. ~ Anything goes [April 22nd.]
● We Love to Create #4. ~ AG Creative Mixed Media (entry#2.)[April 24th.]
● Crafting with an attitude #50. ~ Anything goes (entry#2.)[April 28th.] 
● Love to Craft LTCCB #33. ~ April: Anything Goes [April 30th.]
● The Creative Crafters #15. ~ Anything goes [May 8th.]
● Pile it on #153. ~ Lots of Layers! (entry#2.)[May 4th.]
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EDIT: I was one of the Top picks at LTCCB! Thank you ♥


Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Scrap from your Heart #32. ~ Bruk dies! [April 28th.]
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Now for the artsy ingredients!

I'm using an old second-hand illustrated fairytale book,
and I have saved some of the pages that has cool 
images for projects such as this one.
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The story told here is an Arabian Nights ~ 1001 nights tale about a fisherman who befriends a mer-man. He is given a magical cream so he can breathe underwater, and he visits King Neptuns home and sees many marvellous things...
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After I added gesso to the bookpages, I dry with a heat tool and start to color in the places I want to hide. When it's completely dry I add my papers. To avoid too much airbubbles I use super tacky tape on the backs and add matte medium glue to the edges. I add texture with Inka Gold through stencils, and then go nuts with ink sprays and dabbers ~ inside a huge cardboard box ofcourse.  
Mixed Media is superfun to do ~ but very messy ;)
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The steampunk cogs have gotten several coats of Finnabairs Trio of Rust Texture pastes, and also touches of Inka Golds. And I used some black gesso to add shading around the elements on the pages. Here is a link to Finnabairs Art Files on the Rust Paste++, she explains it much better than I would do, theres videos too! :)

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Stamps/Images: MeadowHaven digistamp 'Leafy Sea-Dragon Mermaid'. Stampers Anonymous ~ Tim Holtz rubberstampsets 'Mariner Blueprints' & 'Bitty Grunge'. Visible Image CS 'Stay Strong'.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. DCWV 'Once Upon a time' Designerpapers. Vivi Gade Creotime Gold Glitter/Metallic speciality paper.
Embellishments: Panduro Hobby Washi tape.

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. Panduro Hobby scalpel and self healing mat.
Stencils/Embossingfolders: Maremis Small Art 'CELLS' mixed media art journaling stencil 6x6 ~ 13@rts.
Dies: Sizzix Tim Holtz Bigz Dies 'Gadget Gears' & 'Gadget Gears 2'. Marianne Design Craftables Punch Die 'Seashells & Starfish CR1363'.
Essentials/Adhesives: 3D foam/mosegummi. Sookwang High-Tack Double Sided tape from Sor-Pal. Aleenes clear tacky glue. Panduro Gold metallic marker. Permanent black marker. Liquitex Matte Gel Medium ~ glue. Finnabair Art Basics Mixed Media silicone brush.

Techniques/Mediums:  I used misc. Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Watercolors, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads to watercolor and distress motifs. Amsterdam Royal Talens Black Gesso. White Gesso. Several brands of spray inks ~ Distress Spray Stains, Tattered Angels Sprays, Tsukineko Walnut Spray Stain inks, as well as some Distress Stain dabbers. Viva Decor Inka Gold wax ~ Copper & Gold. Finnabairs Prima ART EXTRAVAGANCE 'Rust Texture pastes'(Brown, Red & Gold) from Prima Marketing inc.