Miss Cupcake Gift-box & beeing Thrifty!

ArtByMiran er sponsor denne gang hos Creative Fingers, og som vanlig har vi 'Lag hva du vil' med et valgfritt tema på utfordring #24, som er 'Alt annet enn et kort!'. Jeg fikk dette kjempesøte digi-stemplet for mitt DT-bidrag, og dekorerte ei helt enkel eske jeg fant på salg på Notabene, for å romme en liten gave til min enda søtere niese! ♥

My DT creation for the Creative Fingers Challenge blog ~ This time around our sponsor is ArtByMiran, and I got this sweet cupcake-girl to color up! If you want to join us in Challenge #24, it's Anything Goes with an optional twist of 'Anything But A Card'! 

I've altered a giftbox I found on sale in the local bookstore. Dressed it with an owl fabric I found to be very cute, got five metres of for about 4$! And I actually stitched the sides of the box ~ wich ended up really ugly looking and my fingers hurt like... *bleep*.. But it will make a nice present for my sweet niece who's been asking me for a secret box to hold her keepsakes in ♥ and to give her the Hits for kids CD I also found on sale! 
 
Don't u just love shopping AFTER the holidays? Everything is so much cheaper, calmer and stressfree ~ I've even stocked up on lots of birthday and friend gifts to give away during the year, alot of this years christmas pressies too! 
I also swipe a good deal of free gift wrapping papers after shopping in a store ~ even if I just buy something for meself, so I don't have to buy expensive paper-rolls to wrap in when a gift is due! *Hush hush*... 
So that's my Top tip for today ~ be thrifty and save yourself some time and money.. so that you can buy more sweet crafty stuff for yourself! 
.. And to please find out how to sow before stitching away on your project ;) Top Tip has a great list ~ I really wish I'd printed out and looked at while before I started sowing *lol* Been several years since I last tried :)

I enter my creation into theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]

● Top Tip Tuesday ~ Stitching! (by hand) + (TIPs above) [March 3rd.]
● Feeling Crafty #25. ~ Dies and/or Punches! [Feb.28th.]
● Live & Love Crafts #20. ~ Love N' Lace [Feb.28th./tops later this month]

detailed images ~ and how bad stitchwork looks like...
 

Stamps/Images: ArtByMiran digistamp 'Miss Cupcake'. Scrap Orchard Collab 'Our Life' owl digi element from Snips and Snails Designs, and SO Collab 'Winter Woodland' journaling digi element from Bella Gypsy Designs.

Papers: Canson Watercoloring paper, and misc scrap pieces of paper. (Keen eyes might recognize the stripey paper as the backingsheet behind the magnolia stamps when u buy them! Nothing nice gets wasted here!).

Embellishments/Tools: the BowEasy tool. Notabene cardboard gift box, adhesive pearls. JYSK Owl fabric. Marianne Designs Creatables 'Frame LR0293'. Spellbinder Nestabilities 'Petite Ovals Large'. Nille Memories washi tape, satin ribbon. Lace unknown. Dymo tape machine. I used Twinkling H2o's and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads n markers to watercolor and distress image and papers.

a Hug for you ♥ Playing with my INKs!

Har lekt meg med noen ny-innkjøpte Dylusions blekk sprayer fra Ranger, og er helt hekta! Super kvalitet på disse, og så moro å bruke! Er helt blå på fingrene, ser ut som jeg har most 10 liter blåbær med hendene.. men det er verdt det :)
Du kan finne You-tube veiledninger fra Dyan Reaveley ~ dronninga av crazy kruseduller, drodling og flekkete fingre her ♥ og link til kongen sjøl, Tim Holtz og 'trollmannen' Brett Weldele ligger litt lengre ned i posten, på 'english' ;)

Dilly Beans er ukens sponsor i utfordring #23. hos Creative Fingers. ~ Lag akkurat hva du vil, med mulig twist: Mer enn ett lag papirer og/eller tema Kjærlighet! ♥ Håper dere hadde en fin Valentinsdag! ♥

We have a new fun challenge up at Creative Fingers! You are most welcome to come join us ♥ Dilly Beans is our faboulous sponsor on #23. Anything Goes (as always) with optional twist of: More than one Layer and/or LOVE this week! :)

A Hug is like

a Handshake

from the Heart

♥ ♥ ♥ 

Can you tell that I've been playing with my awesome Dylusions ink sprays by Dyan Reaveley? If Tim Holtz is my King, then Dyan Reaveley surely must be the Queen of Scrap!!! Have you seen her videos on YouTube? I've been totally addicted to Tims tutorials for years ~ never been able to craft like him.. Keep on trying though! *lol* Go to his blog > here < for tons of inspiration and videos!!!

I've found some seriously talented artists on YouTube over the years, Dyan is one (LOVE her cheery fun personality!), and Brett Weldele is another AMAZING artist! He's the one who's drawn the vintage gentlemen in hats that Tim Holtz have taken in his line of awesome stamps! Got a tag to ink up on my craft desk right now with the guy in Brett's Steampunk Distress ink painting seen > here < Enjoy! He's a magician with the ink ♥ I know you'll be just as addicted as me, to watching theese You-tube videos, if you're not hooked already that is! ;)

♥ ♥ ♥ 

I'm entering my card into theese fab Challenges!: [Ends on]

● 613 Avenue Create #58. ~ Anything Goes / Create Your Own Challenge! 
I have used Column 1 ~ Image, Sentiment, Patterned Paper. 2 ~ Die Cut & Paper Punch. 3 ~ Glossy accents, similar - spray inks. 4 ~ Pearl/Bling, Button. 5 ~ Twine! [Feb.15th.]
● Dilly Beans ~ Hearts & Love! (mr.linky has gone walkabout?) [Feb.27th.] --Top 3--
● Brown Sugar Challenge #81. ~ Use a Die Cut or Punch (=both!) [Feb.19th.]
● Digi Haven ~ Valentines Day - Love/ Cherish/ Adore! (my 2nd. entry) [Feb.12th.]

Heads up everyone! Brenda is having a 5th blogoversary and celebrates with the most generous candy I've ever seen! Spellbinders galore! :)
● Floral Fantasies ~ My favourite item(S) is Tim holtz' Distress inks! [March.5th.]
Shared 1st place with Twinkeling H2O's!!! I absolutely couldn't live without them ~ 99% of my creations is watercolored with theese inks! ♥ 

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Stamps/Images: Dilly Beans '410-heart fairy framed' digistamp. Norsk Stempelblad ett Trykk 'Clearstamps tekst07'. North Star Stamps 'CS Bursdagstekster A5'. Magnolia 'BakgrundsSwirl Bröllup'.
Elements like the tag and owl are from the Scrap Orchard Collab 'Our Life' - Snips and Snails Designs and Sugarplum Paperie. 

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Prima Marketing Inc. 'Night Owl' from Little Boo collection. Marmite Mamie - DeviantArt Digi freebie 'Vanity Fair Paper Pack' and 'Scientific Frills Paper Pack'...
Dies/Punch: QuicKutz (aka. Lifestyle Crafts) 'REV Cookie Cutter nesting SQUARES-01' and 'Nesting Lace Squares DC0158'. EK Success Corner Adorner Medium Round Punch.

Embellishments/Tools: Ranger Ink Dylusions ink sprays by Dyan Reaveley 'after midnight' and 'dirty martini'. Panduro Hobby - waxed linen thread/twine, and misc. blue beads. Heart bead from Nille, unknown pink Button. Rangers Glossy Accents. Scrapmagasinet 'half pearls bling'. Gluedots, foam 3D dots n tape. 
I used Twinkling H2o's and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads to watercolor and distress image and papers. 
I masked the girl on the digistamp before adding the sprays as not to get anything on her - a little blob went under the mask however, but turned out as a happy accident :)