Special Moments with you... 🌹

 

Godt Nyttår!!! 😊 Mitt første kort i 2022 har stort sett gamle ting, ettersom jeg har lovt meg selv at jeg skal bruke mer av mine neglisjerte stempler og stæsj.

Kortet er (ett noe forsinka) DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #222., som er sponset av vår DT Angelique med et flott clearstamp stempelsett! Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være 💗 =^..^=

{Fått med deg Jule-BloggCandyen vi har gående hos CF? Delta innen 22jan.}

Gultonen på bildene mine er borte! Yay! Det var en spotlight i enden av rommet som var synderen! Har tidligere brukt såå mye tid på å redigere bort den gule tonen og få tilbake riktige farger på bildene, skjønte ikke hvorfor jeg var så plaget ~ kjøpte et fint lite foto telt, og kameraet på mobilen skal være helt supert, men bildene nektet å se fine ut... Tusen takk Anne (på designteamet) for tipset om varme lyspærer. Du kan si 'det gikk opp et lys for meg' ... LOL 😅 Tenkte jeg skulle nevne det her, i tilfelle noen andre trenger det rådet. 👍

 

 Norwegian text is loosely translated into:
('For you' circle) 'This is a card with good memories..
for all the days that you're missing home.
I also wish you were here'.

 

Happy New Years!!! 😊 For my first card of 2022 I have used pretty much only old stuff from my stash ~ as one of my newyears resolutions (and this year it's going to stick.. lol) is to use more of my sadly neglected old stamps and papers.

My DT card (wich is added a day late, whoops!) is for this fortnights challenge #222. at Creative Fingers. We're sponsored by our DT Angelique with a fab clearstamp set, and as always it is an 'Anything goes theme'. You are more than welcome to join with your creations 💗 =^..^=

{Have you seen our CF Xmas BlogCandy? You can enter it within Jan.22nd!}

The yellow hue on my photos is gone! Yay! It was a spotlight at the other side of the room that was the culprit. Earlier I have used sooo much time editing every photo I take to adjust into correct colors - didn't realise why it was such a hassle, when I had a great camera on my phone and even bought a photo tent! .. Thank you so much Anne (fellow DT) for the tip about warm toned lightbulbs. ..You might say a 'lightbulb went off' in my head! LOL 😅 Just thought I'd mention it in case someone else might need that advice. 👍

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❄️ 💨 ❄️🌨️❄️ 💨 ❄️

 

 

I enter my 🐾 🌹 card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on](checked 21/2)
● Penny Black Saturday ~ Jan.: Anything goes opt. New! [Feb.4th.]
● Word Art Wednesdays #wk.525-526. ~ AG with words! [Jan.18th.]

● Shopping our Stash #461. ~ Something Beginning with letter S! [Jan.17th.]
Special moments, Spellbinders die & Splatters with Salvage Patina!
● Through The Craft Room Door ~ Jan.4th. Always AG [Jan.17th.]
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #173. ~ Always AG [Jan.15th.]

● Critter Crazy #58. ~ AG w. Critter! [Jan.25th]

● A Perfect Time To Craft #1. ~ Always AG [Jan.28th](winners:27/2)
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Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Scrap the Rainbow (FB) ~ Januar: Alt er lov! [30.Jan.]

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Stamps/Images: Penny Black 'Critter Party' Clearstamp set. Wink Wink Ink 'cupcake' digistamp. Scrapmagasinet 'til deg' fra plate 42B text rubberstamp.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Designerpapers: Prima Marketing inc. 'Almanac' & 'Songbird' Collections A4 Paper stacks. Misc. paperscraps/stationary unknown.
Embellishments: ...
Tools: I always use my Scor-Pal to score & 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: .
Dies: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Labels 8 - S5019'. Nellie Snellen 'Magic Stamping Card Die Set - Heart' die.

Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. High-Tack adhesive tape  Sookwang Scor-Pal tape &/or Red tape. Rangers Glossy accents. Tonic Studios Nuvo Jewel drops 'Sea Breeze'.
Techniques/Mediums: I used misc. Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads to watercolor and distress image and papers, and also Distress Oxide ink spray 'Salvage Patina'.

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..'

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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.

Squirrel Summer Greeting

 

Så, endelig er sommern kommet til Nord-Norge også... Men huffameg, det så varmt at jeg smelter vekk! Hetebølgen fra Russland kunne jeg gjerne ønsket søringene fikk istedenfor oss.. Kroppen min tåler ikke 26+ grader (og 35 i sola!), er allerede plaget av hormonelle hetebølger, så jeg må bare beklage til alle som er hoppende glade ~ for jeg ønsker denne hetebølgen var over NÅ ;) 
Huff. Rett fra kjøleskap-tempraturer til sydenvarme.. Glad jeg har en isbit maskin og ei svær elektrisk vifte ♥

Kortet mitt er DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #132. fra vår sponsor Wink Wink Ink. Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være :)

The summer has finally arrived in northern Norway, and I am not well pleased... It is too darn hot! It's a russian heatwave sweeping over us, and beeing used to refridgerator-and-freezer-temperatures so far this year (wich suits me just fine having hormonal hot flashes and issues), it is too much to take in. 26+ degrees in the shade and about 35 degrees on the sun-lit porch (not going out that way for sure)... I am melting! Could not have preservered without my big electric fan and ice-cube-making machine ♥

My DT card for this fortnights challenge #132. over at Creative Fingers has a supercute squirrel motif from our sponsor Wink Wink Ink, and as always it is an 'Anything goes theme'. You are more than welcome to join with your creations ♥

I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● Addicted to stamps #149. ~ Animals! [June 10th]
● Crafting With An Attitude #28. ~ Anything goes [June 25th.]
● WOW Embossing Powder Ch. June ~ Heat embossing! [June 30th.]
● Crafty Gals Corner #126. ~ Emboss it! [June 13th.]
● Happy Little Stampers Watercolor June ~ Masking [June 30th.]
● Lemon Shortbread #43. ~ Anything goes! [June 18th.]
 

EDIT: I was the winner at Nordsalten Hobbyklubb, thank you so much! ♥ 
I will be so happy to receive gorgeous designerpapers from their sponsor PapirDesign!

Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Nordsalten Hobbyklubb #158. ~ Embossing! (bidrag#2.)[30.Juni]
● Hjerteboden ~ Juni: Gå planken! [30.Juni.]

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Stamps/Images: Wink Wink ink 'So Blessed Squirrel'. Kort & Godt 'S-176'. Papirloftet cs 'sommerhilsen tekst segl'. Lazar StudioWERX Inc rubberstamp 'Funky Holidays' (swirl). Magnolia 'BakgrundsSwirl bröllup' & 'Tildas bi'. Hero Arts 'Woodgrain' Bold prints Background by Lia Griffith. All-occasion 'Elegant Occasions' stamp set. 
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock.
Embellishments/Tools: Panduro Hobby 'bordeaux dekor kit' (bling and paper flower). Prima 'Got flowers?'. Sandylion tapeworks butterflies washi. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75'. Creative dies 'Ornate frames DIOB0049' matching the 5x5 embossing folder 'Elegant occasions' set from All-occasion (free in a Simply Cards & Papercraft #161.)
Marvy Uchida punch 'corner rounder small 1'.
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 image. I masked the squirrel and added a tree texture behind him. Then doodled a lot with my Pigma micron felt tip black marker. Rangers Glossy accents, and clear embossing powder. Colorbox cats eye inkpad 'Chestnut roan'. Wink of Stella glitter brush pen 'clear silver'.

Alien invasion?

Hvis du kjenner meg eller følger bloggen min så vet du at jeg elsker sci-fi ♥ Dette er absolutt ikke mitt første alien kort, og definitivt ikke det siste, de er så moro å lage! :) Hadde masse galakse-akvarellbiter liggende fra et tidligere kort ~ Greetings Earthling ~ og selve hovedfiguren var ferdig-fargelagt fra Wink Wink Ink, så dette gikk kjapt å lage. Har tilogmed enda flere galakse fargede biter igjen så det blir nok snart enda et alien kort! 

Lagde Alien kortet som mitt bidrag som DT på Creative Fingers utfordringblogg #130., hvor Angelique er vår generøse sponsor denne gangen! Som alltid er det 'Anything Goes', som betyr 'Lag-hva-du-vil', og du er hjertelig velkommen til å delta :)

(utfordringen blir litt forsinket!)

Har du forresten sett den nye BlogCandyen min? Mye flott å vinne der, og min måte å takke alle som følger bloggen min og titter innom og legger igjen så koselige kommentarer til meg. Trekker en heldig vinner etter den 25 mai!

If you know me and read my blog, u know that I LOVE sci-fi ♥ And this is not my first alien card, they are sooo fun to make! And it is very fun to make galaxies, actually this background is just a scrap watercolor leftover from a previous alien card ~ Greetings Earthling ~ and was super quick to do as the alien figure from Wink Wink Ink was pre-colored. I still got some fun circles left for another futuristic card too :)

My alien card I made as DT creation for Creative Fingers challenge #130. with Angelique ~ our supreme team leader & blog owner ~ as the generous sponsor this time. The theme is as always 'Anything Goes', create whatever you wish, and you are most welcome to join in! :) ~ (it's a bit delayed ~ check back later)

And btw., did you notice my pinned BlogCandy up for grabs?! Loads of yummy gorgeous goodies for a lucky winner! Enter before the 25th. of may :)  
 

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

● Simon Says Monday ~ It’s A Frame Up (2nd.entry)[May 14th.]
● Color Crazy #Wk.18. ~ Anything goes! (2nd.entry)[May 19th.]
● Artistic Inspirations #178. ~ Always Anything Goes (2nd.entry)[May 14th.]
● Craft Rocket #37. ~ Fantasy! [May 29th.]
● Love to Scrap #97. ~ Anything goes! [May 31st.]
● Crafting By Designs ~ Fantasy [May 16th.]
● Simon Says Wednesday ~ Going dotty! [May 16th.]

Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Scrappiness #4. ~ Noe fargerikt! (bidrag#3.)[14. Mai.]

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Stamps/Images: Wink Wink Ink 'little green man' & text digistamp. Dustin Pike 'spacesign' & 'star' digistamps. Indigoblu 'Circle Dot Background' A6 Red Rubber Stamp.

Papers: Bazzill cardstocks. Plain white cardstock. Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed).

Embellishments/Tools: Nellie Snellen Dies 'Round Scalloped MFD079' & 'Straight Dotted Round MFD085'. Crafts Too Presscut 'Circle Nesting Dies PCD46'. Cardlover.ch washi tape 'summer marbles'. Nille Memories scrapbooking dekor misc. epoxy stickers.
Techniques: I always use my Scor-Pal to score n fold my cards. My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use as well ~ 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 images and papers. White acrylic paint watered down a bit to do the splatter stars effect.
If you wish to know how to create a similar background, check out 'How to Create a Galaxy Background' by TheCraftBunny and Jennifer McGuires 'Inked Shaker Cards' :)