Balance & Tranquility 🌻

 

Som mitt DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #240., har jeg lagd to tags (eller bokmerker som jeg oftest bruker tags som), med et nydelig solsikke stempel fra vår sponsor Conie Fong Art & Design. Solsikker har alltid vært favorittblomsten min, men jeg verdsetter den enda mer nå som et symbol for fred og støtte til det Ukrainske folk 💛🌻💙
Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være 😊

 

 

As my DT creation at Creative Fingers #240., I've made two tags (or bookmarks as I usually use them as), with a gorgeous sunflower stamp from our sponsor Conie Fong Art & Design. Sunflowers has always been my favourite flower, but I have come to value it even more so now as a symbol of Peace and solidarity with the people of Ukraine 💛🌻💙
As always we have an Anything goes theme, and you are more than welcome to join our challengeblog with your creations 😊

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I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● QKR Stampede #453. ~ Always AG [Oct.15th.]
● Creative Knockouts #473. ~ AG [Oct.12th.]

● Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday ~ October: AG Crafty [Oct.30th.]
● Arty Divas ~ September: AG 2nd.entry [Oct.19th.]
● Classic Design #10. ~ October: Always AG [Oct.28th.]

● Crafts Galore Encore #104. ~ AG [Oct.30th.]

● Morgan's ArtWorld #10. ~ Always AG [Oct.27th.]
● Stencil Fun ~ October: AG w. Stencil opt. Halloween colors [Oct.29th.]

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  the back of my tags

Stamps/Images: Conie Fong Art & Design Etsy store 'Image2: Sunflower' in the Sunflower Pumpkin Bundle digital stamp.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs (the whole tag). DCWV 'Retro prints' designerpaper stack 12x12.
Embellishments: Re-purposed yellow & orange ribbons from clothes. Panduro Hobby vintage text washitape.
Tools: Sizzix Big Shot SWITCH plus electric machine. Fiskars Easy Action scissors.
Stencils/Embossingfolders: ClubScrap 'april 2005 balance tranquility' stencil. A Colorful Life Designs 'Doodle Wheels' stencil.
Dies: Sizzix framelits Tim Holtz alterations 'Tag collection 658784' dies.
Essentials/Adhesives: High-Tack adhesive tape Sookwang Scor-Pal tape. Bearly Art precision craft glue. Sharpie 'bronze metallic' permanent marker.
Techniques/Mediums: I used misc. Caran d'ache Neocolor II water-soluble color crayons & Derwent Inktense watercolor ink pencils to watercolor image and papers. To distress the edges as well as stenciling the words and doodleflowershapes at the bottom, I used waxes by Craf-T products inc. Color kit #1. metallic rub-ons blue, emerald & gold.

Computer Friends!

 

I disse selvisoleringstider passer vel dette kule dataskjerm motivet veldig godt på kortet mitt! Det er fra Bugaboo Stamps som er vår flotte sponsor denne gang hos Creative Fingers #190. 
Fordi det er sommer vil den vare i hele 4 uker! Vi har alltid et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema på vår utfordringblogg og alle er velkommen til å delta :) 

Ha en God Sommer! Hold avstand og vær trygg ♥ ♥ ♥
Jeg har også en ny Gorjuss Mini BlogCandy om du vil sjekke den ut!

This awesome computer motif is just so perfect during theese selfisolation times! The digistamp is by Bugaboo Stamps who is our generous sponsor for Creative Fingers #190. 
We're on summer schedule so it will last 4 weeks. As always it is an 'Anything goes theme', and you are more than welcome to join with your creations ♥

Have a lovely summer & stay safe ♥ ♥ ♥
Check out my newest giveaway here ~ Gorjuss Mini Summer Blogcandy!

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I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● Catch the Bug at Bugaboo ~ July: Anything goes [July 11th.]
● Southern Girls ~ July: Always AG [July 23rd.]
● Crafty Creations #411. ~ Always AG [August 3rd.]  
● Word Art Wednesdays #446-447. ~ Anything Goes [July 14th.]
● QKR Stampede #401. ~ Always AG [July 31st.]
● Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper ~ July: AG [July 31st.]
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #135. ~ Always AG [July 11th.]
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EDIT: I won over at Southern Girls! a Neat&Tangled prize! Thank you ♥

Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Nordsalten Hobbyklubb #185. ~ Alt er lov! [31. Juli.]

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inside detail

Stamps/Images: Bugaboo 'Computer Friends' digistamp & text.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Creotime Cardmaking cardblanks. Prima Marketing inc. 'Youth collection' 6x6 paper pad. Catherine Designs, and Createwings ~ printed paperscraps from digital papers.

Embellishments: ...
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: Crafters Companion Embossalicious 6x6 emboss.folders 'Chevron'. Creative Embossing folder - Cascading Collection 5x7 'Hearts'.
Dies: QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/WRMK) 'REV Cookie Cutter nesting SQUARES-01', and other square nesting dies.
Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. 3D foam/mosegummi. Sookwang Scor-Pal double sided tape.

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 marker, a heat gun tool & Ranger 'Liquid platinum' embossingpowder. Prima ~ Ingvild Bolme 'Black coal' chalk ink. Kuretake Zig Wink of Stella 'clear silver' brush tip pen.

Altered Candy Box ~ Frosty mixed media magic!

 

Har dekorert en sånn ORO lakris godteri boks som man får kjøpt på rema for å gi til moren min ♥ Ble veldig fin syns jeg! Mixed media boksen er mitt DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #186., som Angelique er sponsor for denne gang med et flott stempelsett! Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være :) Og jeg har en ny BlogCandy om du vil sjekke den ut ~ her!

For my DT project this fortnights challenge #186. at Creative Fingers, I altered a candy jar with some mixed media magic ~ it looks all frosty and wintery after some drybrushing of white gesso! It's my favourite mixed media technique right now ~ see my Stamperia Jewellery Box here! On that blogpost you will also find links to many of the wonderful artists that has youtube channels where you can watch how to do this magical mixed media technique! :)
The Creative Fingers are sponsored by our DT Angelique with a fab stampset! As always it is an 'Anything goes theme', and you are more than welcome to join with your creations ♥

Have you seen my new Blogcandy? Check it out here or see the sidebar!

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Step-by-step Mixed media box / candy jar:

First I gessoed the jar in black, and when dry, I adhered the metal ribbons. Then adding the modelling paste and artstones, using a stencil on the lid. And then covering everything in black gesso.

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When the gesso was all dry I used a stippling brush and added several kinds of waxes to all the surfaces. Inside every nook and cranny, leaving only a little of the black gesso as a shadow bottom layer.

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Now, I could have left it there and only highlighted a little bit, but my mum is more a light romantic style person ♥ So next I dry-brushed on white gesso (using the heat gun to keep it dry), on the raised surfaces only. 
Stippling the brush against the surface everywhere makes the gesso look like frost or snow! Leaving the waxes to peek through in the recessed areas. 

Finally I added some shine and glitter glaze/pastes. It doesn't really show well in photos, but it is very noticible sparkly when it catches the light. See the detail photo at the bottom of the blogpost!
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♥ The finished frosty-looking box/jar ♥

I enter my mixed media project in theese fab Chall.: [Ends on] ok
● Get Creative #91. ~ Make it SPARKLY! (se detail photo below)[May 31st.]
● Creative Artiste #60. ~ AG Mixed Media! [May 31st.]
● We Love 2 Create #5. ~ Always AG Creative/Mixed Media! [May 25th.]
● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #131. ~ Anything goes! [May 16th.]  
● More Mixed Media ~ AG Mixed media opt. Pink! [June 5th.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #75. ~ May Always AG (entry#2)[May 30th.]
● Crafter's Castle #29. ~ Anything Goes! [May 31st.]
● Crafty Creations #409. ~ Anything Goes [June 1st.]
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❤️ Stay safe & Take Care! ❤️
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Stamps/Images/Papers: ...
Embellishments: Unknown Pearl & metal ribbons.
Stencils: A Colorful Life 'Delicate Doily' 6x6 stencil.
Embossingfolders/Dies: ...
Essentials/Adhesives/Tools: Heat gun from Panduro Hobby.
Prima Marketing inc. Finnabair Art Basics silicone spatula, and 'Heavy Body Gel transparent'. Liquitex matte gel medium. Stiff paint/stipple brush.

CLOSEUP: I love the dry-brushing of 
white gesso! Looks so pretty ♥
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Techniques/Mediums: (see the photos above for the steps)
Empty ORO liquorice chocolate candy jar/box in plastic with screw-on lid.
Royal Talens Amsterdam Black + White Gesso. Pébéo modeling paste. Prima Finnabair Art ingredients 'Art stones' & 'Mini art stones'. Prima Art Alchemy wax 'Cire cera - Peacock'. Viva Decór Inka gold waxes 'Steel Blue', 'Silver' & 'Platinum'.

I made the flower embellishment for the lid with DAS paper modelling clay in the Nille memories 'Home - Mimosa' flower mould.
For the final touches I added some shine and glitter with Viva Decor 'Mondstein-irise 904' glitterpaste and Panduro Hobby 'Glitter glaze'.

Hello dear Friend ♥

 

Disse kortene er DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #154., som er sponset av Angelique denne gang. Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være ♥

Designteamet fikk bruke fritt av hva vi allerede har av motiver, og jeg har prøvd meg på clean & simple kort ~ men som vanlig endte jeg opp med noe som ikke ligner den stilen, da jeg ikke klarer å bare ha 'bittelitt' mere distress ink og detaljer på kortene ;)

~ ♥ Hello, my dear friend ♥ ~
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My DT inspiration for Creative Fingers challenge #154. wich is sponsored with a great prize by our Angelique this time. 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 have tried to do clean and simple looking cards... but as always I fail big in that I always just need to add that little extra distress ink and a bit more detail ;) Oh how I wish I was able to copy Jennifer McGuire! Her cards always look so cool! ♥

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inside detail of the cards
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there is a definition of friendship text on the inside,
and supercute printed images from Rachelle Anne Miller :) 

I enter my cards in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on] (last checked 7/12)
● The Creative Crafters #9. ~ Anything goes [Nov.8th.]
● Crafty Creations #377. ~ Always Anything Goes [Nov.13th.]
● WordArt Wednesdays wk.#358-359. ~ Anything Goes [Nov.6th.]
● Lemon Shortbread #79. ~ Anything goes [Nov.4th.] 
● A Bit More Time to Craft #79. ~ Always Anything Goes [Nov.14th.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #57. ~ November: Always AG [Nov.30th.]
● Creatalicious Ch. #150. ~ AG opt. wet or dry embossing! [Nov.14th.]
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EDIT: I won at A bit more time to craft, thank you :)  

Scandinavian Challenges: [innen]
● Scrappegarasjen #49. ~ Embossing! [10. november.]

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back detail of the cards

Stamps/Images: Hunkydory Crafts - Kaleidoscopes stamps 'Perfect Petals FTLS147' & 'Lavish Leaves FTLS149' CS sets. Norsk Stempelblad Ett trykk 'CS A04 Venn' (friend clearstamp set). Kort & Godt CS 'M-188' (friendship definition). Basic Grey Gamma Series limited Ed. Stamp Kit sta-1842 (owl, love swirls, & hello retired cs mini sets). Hero Arts Clear Design stamp set 'Live Simple'.
The images inside are printed onto semi-glossy photopaper from the Crafters Companion 'Rachelle Anne Miller Papercrafting CD-ROM'.
Papers: misc. Bazzill cardstocks. Plain white cardstock. Panduro Hobby 12x12 paperpad 'Circus', and 'A4 papir Konfirmasjon Rosa'.
Embellishments: Ribbon. Washi.
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: A Colorful Life stencil 'Delicate Doily 6x6'.
Dies: QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/WRMK) 'Magnolia' Grand Alphabet CookieCutter dies. Creative Expressions Craft Dies by Sue Wilson 'Frames and Tags Collection - Sophia CED4346'. Joanna Sheen Signature Dies 'Abigail Detail Corner SD446'. Crafts Too Presscut 'Circle Nesting Dies PCD46'.
Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. Double sided tape. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle tape). Crafts Too - Sponge Daubers.


Techniques/Mediums:  I used misc. Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads, markers & crayons to color & distress image and papers. To heat emboss I used a Versamark inkpad, a heat gun tool & Hero Arts fine detail black embossingpowder. It's maybe difficult to see in the other photos, but there is a lot of shine on the cards, using some Cosmic Shimmer mica powder in a water spray bottle. 

Oh, and see the stray black dots? I forgot to use my anti-static tool before embossing! Darnit! One should always do that, especially with dark or black embossing powder ;)