Confirmation Easel Card & BlogCandy Winner!

 

En tid tilbake ble jeg ble spurt om å lage et konfirmasjonskort for en gutt som er glad i biler, ATV, moped ~ ting som sier vrooom! altså :) Jeg spør alltid etter hobbyer og favoritt farger, spesielt når jeg ikke kjenner mottageren. Også om det skal være plass for et gavekort eller penger, og det er det her. Jeg fikk flere foto av gutten fra han var liten, og brukte et baby foto som hoved motiv, etter å ha redigert ut en litt rotete bakgrunn - ikke at de hadde det rotete altså! Nei, det passet bare ikke med stoler og kjøkken innredning liksom.. Fant papirer i blå og bruntoner og stempler som passet. Å bruke deres egne bilder og interesser gir kortet en spesiell betydning, og slår alltid godt an ♥

Om du titter her etter vinneren av bloggcandyen.. så rull litt lengre ned :)

 ~ Good luck or Congratulations/Felicitations on the Confirmation ~

 
I was asked to make this card for a young boys confirmation day a while back. And whenever I get requests like this, I want to know about special hobbies/interests and favourite colors, and if the card shall have a money/giftcard pocket or not. For example, this boys interests are music and things that go vrooom! Colors were browns and blues. I got several photos of him as a child, wich I printed out on watercolor paper. A baby photo was edited to remove the 'noisy' background, and used as the main image. Using their own images gives it a special meaning for the giver and the recipient ♥

Now.. You were perhaps looking for the Birdy BlogCandy winner? Look no further! The winner is chosen via inlinkz to be #2. ..wich is... 

Denise Bryant!

 

 Congratulations! ♥ I will send an email to you shortly.

Thank you so much everyone for entering! Unfortunately no other winners as there were so few entries, but I will have another sweet blogcandy up next week! Do try your luck again then :)
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I wish to enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on] (checked 17/8)
● Word Art Wednesdays #386-387. ~ AG w. Sentiment (entry#2.)[May 22nd.]
● The Male Room #111. ~ Anything Goes/Opt. origami! [May 28th.]
● Get Creative ch. #80. ~ AG/no twist (entry#2.)[May 31st.]
● The Creative Crafters #16. ~ Anything Goes (entry#2.)[June 8th.] 
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Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Scrap from your heart #33. ~ Konfirmasjon [29. mai]
● Kreativ Scrapping #5. ~ Bursdag/feiring [26. mai]
● Scrappelyst ~ Mai: Feiring [31. mai]
● Scrappiness #5. ~ Feiring/anledninger [14. juni] 
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inside and back detail

(The photos are censored out because it was a
commissioned card and I don't know the family.)

Stamps/Images: Kort og Godt Stempel S-142 (flourish confirmation text stamps). Scrappers Choice CS 'Konfirmasjon'. Staz CS 'Motor'. Stempelglede 'Grunge coll 1' (splatter stamps). North Star Stamps CS 'Grunge - listen to the music'.
Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Button & Papers from Createwings Designs digital kit 'Everyday Snippets Issue 2 Bundle', 'Boyhood and Tomboy w. MLE Designs' & 'Now Showing minikit' printed out on cream white cardstock & the edited photos on Canson Montvale aquarelle/watercolor paper (200 g/m coldpressed) - I used the back side to have a smoother surface. 

Underneath the card >

Embellishments: Washi tapes from Panduro Hobby.
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', and 'Inverted Corner Punch'.
Stencils/Embossingfolders: QuicKutz (now branded as LifeStyle crafts/WRMK) 'QK Nesting Stars CC-5-020' die cut out on a cardstock then used as a stencil!

Dies: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Curved Rectangles S5006'.
< Elizabeth Craft Metal Die 'Stand Up Helpers 1-792', super die sets for helping you make your easel cards stand up neatly!
 
Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. 3D foam/mosegummi. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Miracle tape). Rangers Glossy accents.

Techniques/Mediums: I used Tim Holtz 'Vintage Photo' & 'Tea Dye' Distress Ink pads plus sandpaper to distress images and papers. The photos were edited in Photofiltre (a free photo editing program) and I used Createwings Designs both as backgrounds and masks.

Pink, Grey & Silver combo ~ Confirmation easel card

 

Jeg er veldig glad i å lage staffeli kort som dette, spesielt til anledninger som konfirmasjon, dåp og bryllup. Det blir alltid en hit hos mottakeren og gjestene på festen ~ og et slikt kort passer perfekt som dekorasjon på et bord med gaver og kort :)

Likte veldig godt fargekombinasjonen rosa, grå og sølv ~ blir nok flere kort med disse fargene sammen :) Konfirmant kortet er mitt DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #159. Vi er sponset av Angelique for denne utfordringen, så vi har hatt fritt valg å bruke hva vi allerede har av motiver. Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være ♥

I love making easel-cards, especially for events like confirmation, baptism or weddings. They always go over very well with the recipients and the people at the party ~ and is a nice decoration piece on the table where all the cards n gifts are displayed :) 

The pink, grey & silver combo is a pretty one, wich I really liked alot. Thinking of doing more cards with theese colors! My confirmation easel-card is my DT creation for this fortnights challenge #159. at Creative Fingers. We're kindly sponsored by our Angelique this time, and as always it is an 'Anything goes theme'. You are more than welcome to join with your creations ♥

I was asked to make this card for the grand-daughter of one of my mums friends. And whenever I get requests like this, I want to know about special hobbies/interests and favourite colors, and if the card shall have a money/giftcard pocket or not. For example, this girl is a bit of a tomboy, loves the color grey, silver & pink, football, singing and music. And I got a photo of her as a child, wich I edited with a pretty photomask to remove the 'noisy' background, and used as the main image. It gives it a special meaning for the giver and the recipient. (Image is censored).

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I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations #101. ~ For the Girls! [March 31st.]
● Classic Design Team Open Ch. #3. ~ Always AG DTs! [March 28th.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #61. ~ Always AG (2nd.entry)[March 30th.]
● Creatalicious Ch. #158. ~ AG + opt. CAS (2nd.entry)[March 14th.]  
● Die Cut Divas ~ March: Anything goes! [March 31st.]
● Do-Al(l) Kreatives #27. ~ Fancy Fold! [March 31st.]
● Crafty Creations #385. ~ Always AG [March 12th.]
● More than One Score at Scor-Pal #57. ~ Soft and Subtle! [March 31st.]

Attention please, challenge moderators/commenters: my card was made quite a long time ago, but has never been shown online. Forgot about it (as some time had to pass before showing it so the recipient would not see it..) and I only found and edited the photos now. So in that sense I regard it as still 'new' ~ but I will understand if you think it disqualifes my entry ~ if so just skip it :)
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Made my bow with the Bow-easy-tool I L♥VE that thing!
See a video tutorial by Kraftin' Kimmie here :) 

Stamps/Images: Kort & Godt stamp sets 'S-142' & 'M-143'. Scrappers Choice CS 'Konfirmasjon'.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Pion Design 'Grey I' designerpaper. American Trad. Designs - Elegant Wedding coll. 'Gray floral & hearts'. Best Creation inc. Silver Glitter cardstock. Panduro Hobby 12x12 paperpad 'Circus'.
Embellishments: Pink ribbon from Whiff of Joy.

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. Bow-easy-tool.
Embossingfolders: Simply Cards & Papercraft #161. 'Elegant occasions'. Crafters Companion Embossalicious 'Seasonal Music'.
Dies: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Labels One s4161' & 'Grand Dies - Labels One'. Elizabeth Craft Designs Die 'Stand Up Helpers 1-792'. QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/WRMK) 'Storybook 4x8 Mini Alphabet', 'RS-0003 heart swirl', 'RS-0457 treble clef', 'RS-0456 notes'. Joanna Sheen Signature Dies - Set of 5 Narrow Edger Dies set 'Classic Arch SD483', 'Bubble SD181' & 'Decorative heart SD485', and All Occasion Dies 'Set of 3 Corners #153.' (football). Marianne Design Folder DF3413 Hearts border die.

Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. Gluedots. Scor-pal Sookwang Double sided tape. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle tape).
Techniques/Mediums:  I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad 'hickory smoke' to distress image and papers. It doesn't show very well in the photos, but I stamped the girl stamp inside the card with the grey ink, then heat embossed with a Versamark inkpad, a heat gun tool & clear embossingpowder from Ranger.
The easel card is simply scored in half twice, once to make a folded card, then a second time on the middle of the front flap. I diecut the stand-up helpers two thirds of the way down on the second cover of the card. A formula that has worked well for all my easel-cards, either with stand-up helper dies like here, or with a barrier like flowers or other 3D elements to keep the easel in a locked position.

Christmas card in June!

Et julekort i begynnelsen av Juni? Ja hvorfor ikke.. Her hvor jeg bor (Vesterålen) er det nå nærmere vintertemperatur enn sommer, og jeg har flere julekort jeg ikke har blogget enda ;) 

Tror jeg har nevnt det før ~ Penny Black var min første stempel forelskelse ♥ Sånn 10+ år siden begyndte jeg å bli stempelgal.. og de første i samlingen min var PB stempler med bla. nusselige pusekatter, mus og pinnsvin, som kortet jeg viser litt lengre ned. Da fantest ikke clearstempler, de kom montert på tre klosser, og på ezmount eller cling som det også heter. 
Mange scrappere har siden de-montert stemplene fra klossene, for de tar opp ekstremt mye plass.. men jeg har så nostalgiske følelser for dem at jeg klarer ikke gjøre det. Ikke enda iallefall ♥ 

Motivet på kortet under er fra et clearstamp sett som heter 'Christmas Critters', og om du klikker *her* kan du se flere kort og kreasjoner jeg har lagd tidligere med andre Penny Black stempler :)

Har du forresten sett at jeg har en bloggcandy med masse flotte 
dies og stempler ++? Ta en titt her og bli med i trekningen :)
 

A christmas card in the beginning of June? Well, why not.. Where I live (northern Norway) it's closer to winter temperatures rather than summer, and I also have several christmas card waiting to be blogged, so bring on the chill! Lol :)

I believe I've mentioned it before ~ Penny Black was the first stamp company I fell in love with for over 10+ years ago, and that started my stamp hoarding with Cuddly kittens, mice and hedgehogs ♥
🦔 Like this old card of mine from 2007! 👉
Back then there were no clearstamps, they came only on wood mount blocks, later came cling and clearstamps. And many crafters begun de-mounting and throw away the wood-blocks to save space.. I got too much nostalgic feelings for them (and stamp-hoarding-tendencies) too rid of them, for now anyways ♥
The cute caroling mice motif on the christmas card is from a Penny Black clearstamp set named 'Christmas Critters', and if you should want to see more PB stamp creations by me you can click *here* to go to all those I have blogged before.

Oh, and did u see I have an awesome new Blogcandy?

 
I enter my 🐭 card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on] checked july 14th.
● Penny Black Saturday ~ June: Anything goes opt. Masculine! [July 6th.] 
● 2 crafty critters crazies #15. ~ AG w. critters! [June 27th.]
● A Snowflakes Promise #51. ~ Anything goes! [June 11th.]
● Stamping Sensations ~ June: AG w. focal stamps [June 27th.]
● Simon Says Stamp Wed. ~ Anything goes (entry#2.)[June 5th.] 
● Pile It On #143. ~ All sorts of Holidays! [June 30th.]
● Artistic Stampers ~ June: Colour it Blue! [June 30th.] 
● Colour Crazy Ch. #wk.22. ~ AG w. coloring [June 13th.]

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inside detail

Stamps/Images: Penny Black stamp. North Star Stamps CS A5 'Juletekster 09'. Scrappers Choice CS 'God Jul journaling' & 'Julekule'(ornament). Panduro Hobby Clear stamp 'Ginger Party NO' (snowflakes).
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Panduro Hobby blue bling/glitter cardstock. Designerpaper '..added later..?'.
Embellishments: None this time.

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'.
Dies: Creative Expressions - Sue Wilson die Festive Collection 'Christmas Scene mini background'. Marianne Design Creatables 'Horizon Pine Trees LR0283'. Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine #168. with the free 'Scenic Winter' border die set. 
Essentials/Adhesives: Double sided tape. Rangers Glossy accents, Tim Holtz stickles.

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. Versamark inkpad, a heat gun tool & clear embossingpowder. I first heat embossed the mice, stamped off on postit note, fussycut them out and used as masks. Also used a scrap paper I cut in a wavy edge as a mask for snowdrifts and a circle for the halo of the lantern. After stamping the sentiment I misted lightly over the whole image with a mica + water spray. The star is from a Panduro stencil, made with Inka Gold platinum silver paste I think.

Penguin's Winter Fun

 

Det kjempesøte pingvin motivet på julekortet mitt er et stempel fra Whiff of Joy og Alison Acton. WOJ har dessverre har sluttet som butikk, men mange fører fremdeles stempler fra dem (helt til det går tomt).. PapirPlaneten har ganske mange igjen :)

Alison Acton går under nicket @dooomcat på nett, og hun har en helt hysterisk morsom tegneserie ~ Bearnuts ~ som du kan lese helt fra begynnelsen på denne siden. NB: ikke ment for sarte sjeler ;)

The supercute penguin motif on my christmascard is an old rubberstamp from Whiff of Joy, who's webshoppe sadly no longer exists. But there are still many stores who still have them in stock if you search around for it!

The artist behind the motif is Alison Acton, and although I don't believe she's licensing her art as stamps anywhere, she still creates fanart and images you can get on tees, I got a couple cool ones in my always growing tee-stash ;)  
She goes by @doomcat online and also has THE funniest webcomic, super weird and nerdy, so dark sometimes, and absolutely not for the faint hearted.. ;)  Bearnuts ~ wich you can read from the beginning on this page here. 

I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on] (checked out on April 9th.)
● Happy Little Stampers Christmas ~ March: AG (opt. Reindeer) [March 31st.] 
● Dies R us #93. ~ Frame it! [March 28th.]
● A snowflakes promise #49. ~ Anything goes [April 8th.]
● The Merry Christmas Ch. #11. ~ Always AG + Christmas opt.Grinch! [March 20th.]
● Outlaws Saturday Paper Ala Mode ~ Cute and Cuddly PAM03172018 [March 23rd.]
● 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #12. ~ Always AG with a Critter [March 25th.]
● Crimbo Crackers #154. ~ Always AG Christmas [March 28th.]
 
Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Scrappelyst ~ Grublis for Mars: Eksplosjon av farger! [6. April.]

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inside detail

Stamps/Images: Whiff of Joy - Alison Acton 'WOJ Penguin's Winter Fun' rubberstamp. Scrappers Choice Clearstamps 'Julekule' & 'Journaling' 14x14cm. Panduro Hobby CS A6 'God Jul 510166' & 'Vibeke Spigseth - Merry Christmas NO'. Joanna Sheen & Thomas Kinkade Cardmaking Collection mag. Issue #3. snowman stamp. North Star Stamps CS A5 'Juletekster 09'.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill Bling blue cardstock. Plain white cardstock and cardbase. Misc. designerpapers from Panduro & Nille Memories.
Embellishments: Unknown red lace, and a felt ribbon w. snowflakes wich I cut apart. Notabene red & white twine.

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', and EK Paper Shapers 'Corner Adorner Medium Round Punch'. Panduro schablon/stencil 'God Jul A4' (snowflakes).
Dies: Spellbinders™ Frameabilities 'Scalloped Edge Frame'. Crafts Too Presscut 'Circle Nesting Dies PCD46'. Snowman die from the Joanna S. & Thomas Kinkade Cardmaking Coll. magazine.
Essentials/Adhesives: Gluedots. Double sided tape. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle tape). Rangers Glossy accents, stickles.

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 & Panduro silver embossingpowder. White Pigment Signo Pen to add details.

Victorian Christmas

 

Mitt DT bidrag i årets første utfording hos Creative Fingers ~ #142., er et julekort med motiv fra Scrapper's Delights. Veldig kjapt og enkelt kort siden motivet allerede var fargelagt :) Denne gangen er Angelique sponsor med en kjempeflott die fra Joy! Crafts, og som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema. Velkommen skal du være ♥

Creative Fingers first challenge of the year #142. is sponsored this time by our Angelique with the pretty Joy! crafts die you see here 👉 for the lucky winner! As always it is an 'Anything goes theme', and you are more than welcome to join with your creations :)

The team had free choice to use any motifs we wanted on this challenge, and I did a quick to make christmas card, since the image was so beautifully pre-colored by Scrapper's Delights  ♥


I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● Crafts Galore Encore ~ January: Anything Goes [Jan. 31st.]
● Inspiration Destination #142. ~ AG/Embossing [Jan. 30th.]
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #74. ~ Always AG! [Feb. 3rd.]
● Tuesday Throwdown #TT376 ~ Anything Goes [Jan. 29th.]
● A Snowflake's Promise #47. ~ anything goes [Feb. 5th.]
 
Scandinavian Challenges: [innen] (sist sjekket 9/4/18)
● Scrappelyst ~ Januar: Alt er lov! [31. Januar]
● Papirlosjen #01. ~ Vinter, blå og hvit [31. Januar]
● Kort O Mania #190. ~ Jul (bidrag 3 av 5)[31. Januar]

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inside detail

Stamps/Images: Scrapper's Delights pre-colored digistamp 'Victorian Digi 2'. Autumn Leaves Clearstamp 'Elegant flourishes' by Rhonna Farrer. Panduro Clearstamp Vibeke Spigseth PoppyDesign 'Merry Christmas NO'. Scrappers Choice - Clearstamp Julefryd 'Journaling'.
Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Maja Design - Juletid 'julkort'.
Embellishments/Tools: GummiApan 'Liten god Jul die D160927'. Søstrene Grene 'copper' washitape. Panduro Hobby papertape 'järnek/snöbär'. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'. iStencils 'Repeat 27-00074 R'. Nille Memories green domed stickers.
 
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. Rangers Glossy accents. I used a Versamark inkpad, a heat tool & Ranger ink embossingpowder 'liquid platinum', to heat emboss the swirls on the front of the card.