Bubbly Best Friends!

Har prøvd meg på en litt 'CAS' stil denne gangen ~ noe jeg finner utrolig vanskelig! Å ikke lesse på med stæsj og la det være igjen rene og åpne flater på kortet er jo nesten umulig! ...vel jeg bare 'måtte' bruke distressinks på kantene, det er et must ;) 

Det kjempesøte fiskemotivet er fra KJArting som er en av våre to sponsorer i denne ukens utfordring hos Creative Fingers #105. All Dressed Up er også sponsor, og om du blir med kan du være så heldig å vinne en premie fra en av dem! Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema :)

I have made an attempt to do a CAS card, which is the most difficult style for me to do ~ to NOT use a lot of stamping and embellishes, and to do open areas on the card is almost impossible *lol* I did try, but I just 'had' to add some distressinking to the edges, that is sort of compulsory on my cards ;) 
As you see I have added lots of glossy accents to one fish and it made taking a photo of the card a bit difficult, this was the best out of twenty!

When diecutting all the circles for my card I decided to make some of them be openings into the card for a fun effect! It can be tricky to geet the bubbles that fit exactly fitted on the reverse side, but I found that covering the holes on the front with removable tape/washi, then placing the cutouts into the holes and putting glue on the backs, and closing the card ~ made them adhere exactly where they should be!
 
We have two fab sponsors this fortnights challenge again at Creative Fingers challenge #105. ~ All Dressed Up, and KJArting who gave me this sweet fishy digistamp to work with ♥ As always our theme is ~ Anything goes, and you are welcome to join with your creations! :)

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

● Unicorn Challenge #7. ~ Clean & Simple! [March 31st.]
● Crafting from the Heart #103. ~ Anything goes [March 20th.]
● Simply Papercraft #25. ~ Anything goes [March 24th.]
● The Sisters of Craft ~ March: anything goes! [March 31st.]
● Simon Says Stamp Monday ~ Use Some Lucky Stars! [March 20th.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #27. ~ make a card! [March 30th.]
● Card Mania #78. ~ Polka Dots &/or stripes (2nd entry) [March 31st.]
● Pile It On #103. ~ Green and Two Other Colors [March 20th.]

EDIT: Crafting from the Heart picked me as one of their design team favourites! Thanks :)
 

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'Good friends is worth all the gold' 

Stamps/Images: KJArting digistamp 'Pretty Fish Bubbles Friends'. The doodle frame on the back is one of my own drawings ~ Digi Doodle Stamps by Tindaloo 'Bubbly Circle Frame Doodle'. Panduro Hobby - Poppy Design by Vibeke Spigseth 'Best friends' Clearstamp.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock and aquarelle paper. Sassafras Lass 'Tickled Pink Tags'. Panduro Hobby - Be Creative coll. by Vibeke Spigseth 'I have a dream'.'.

Embellishments/Tools: Crafts Too Presscut 'Circle Nest Dies PCD46'. QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/We R Memory Keepers) 'RS-0398 star doodads'. EK Success® Whale Of A Punch 'Large Circle 1.75' and 'Inverted Corner' Punch. I used my ProvoCraft Silentsetter to make the smallest dots.
Techniques: I always use my Scor-Pal to score n fold my cards. I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed). 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 DI Spray stains and Distress Ink pads to watercolor and distress image, background and papers. I also used a toothbrush for a spatter effect with water first, then with Dylusions InkSpray 'White Linen'. Glossy accents and Perfect Pearls. And as u can see I have made some elements pop out with gluedots and funfoam.

Faery Magic ♥

Har vært lite blogging og internett på meg i det siste, for ikke å snakke om kortlaging, mye helseplager :( Ikke så moro når hodet er fylt med idéer, men resten av kroppen ikke orker.. Det er da man trenger litt magi i hverdagen! ♥
 Mitt hovedmotiv 'Beauty in all things' er et nydelig digistempel fra Scrapper's Delights er vår sponsor i denne ukens utfordring hos Creative Fingers #103. Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema :) 

I've not been able to do as much blogging & crafting as I'd like, my head is full of ideas, but my hands and body is working against me.. too much aches and pains :( I'm in need of some faery magic! ♥ 
 The beautiful silhouette fairie on my easel card is from Scrapper's Delights, our fab sponsor of this weeks challenge at Creative Fingers #103. And as always the theme is ~ Anything goes :)

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

● Scrapper's Delights blog #52. ~ Anything goes [Feb. 28th.]
● Paper Shelter #236. ~ Make it digital [Feb. 23rd.]
● Scrapper's Delights FB group ~ February 2016 chall. [Feb. 29th.]
● Bunny Zoe's Crafts ~ Things with Wings! [March 13th.]
● Inspiration Destination #73. ~ Anything goes [Feb. 23rd.]
● Crafty Girls Creations #14. ~ Anything goes [Feb. 24th.]
● Crafting With An Attitude #12. ~ Anything goes! [Feb. 28th.]
● As You like it ~ Favourite Fold or Shape & Why [Feb. 24th.]

My favourite type of card is Easel cards, and this fab Sizzix 'Card Center Step' die makes it so easy to get a real cool looking type of fold ~ just by cutting the cardbase once, the creases are all ready to fold, then decorate. No measuring needed! But if you haven't got this die, youtube is full of tutorials!  :) 

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Stamps/Images: Scrappers Delights 'Beauty In All Things Silhouette'. Lazar StudioWERX Inc rubberstamp 'Funky Holidays' (swirl). Kreativ Hobby 'Magi finner du.. øyeblikk'. Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps 'Talullahbelle - fairy sentiment'.

Papers: Bazzill & Panduro cardstocks. Panduro Hobby - Be Creative coll. by Vibeke Spigseth 'I have a dream'. Sassafras Lass 'Tickled pink tags'.

Embellishments/Tools: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Labels 8', 'Labels 4', and Borderabilities 'Petite Lattice'. QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/We R Memory Keepers) 'Flowers RS-0349'. Sizzix Bigz XL Die 'Card Center Step' by Lori Whitlock. Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine #122. 2014 spring themed embossing folders, and #134. 2015 Creative dies dragonfly stamp set. MT Washi tape Kamoi.
Techniques: My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use! ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. On this image and card I have used my new PanPastels, as well as my Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Watercolors, and ofcourse Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads, to watercolor and distress image and papers. Glossy accents. And I also added a bit of doodling with my micron pen.

Burtonesque Lili!

The Burtonesque Dolls sin utfordring var litt vanskelig ~ lette høyt og lavt blandt stemplene mine for å finne noe som kunne 'dobles' ~ ettersom temaet denne gangen er å vise dobbeltgjengere ~ som i Tweedle-dee & Tweedle-dum fra Alice in Wonderland! Med digistempler kan man snu og vende som man vil, så jeg har 'doblet' Lili fra Simply Betty ♥ Er også med i Kort 'O' Manias utfordring #43 - Alt er lov, og Basic Grey utfordring #47. Sying.


The Burtonesque Dolls challenge is to show us your double! Double Burton and double the fun :) So I rifled through my stamps & almost gave up on finding one that would suit the challenge ~ then I gave cute Lili kitty from Simply Betty a twin ~ or perhaps a sweetheart? ♥ I'm also playing along with the Basic Grey challenge #47. Stitching ~ faux! And Kort 'O' Manias #43. Anything Goes :)

Stamps: Digistamp from Simply Betty 'Lili'. Tiddly Inks - Down to My Bones Paper set 'skull' & Love Hurts set - 'lovehurts' digi stamp. Scrappy Cat clearstamps 'Kitty Cat'. Sassafras Lass CS set 'Stitched borders'.
Papers: Bazzill bling cardstock & Basic Grey - Black Tie coll. 'Allegro' (retired paper).
Embellishments: Scrapmagasinet pearl bling. Primas & QK flowers doodads RS-0349. Notabene pink glitter brads.

Square Bookmarks!

Ett Trykk ~ Trykkpressa's mai utfordring er å lage bokmerker! og jeg så engang en youtube film hvor noen lagde slike fine firkantede bokmerker - flere år siden så jeg finner ikke den igjen :( Men jeg hadde noen jeg lagde da, som jeg kunne åpne (veeldig forsiktig) og se hvordan de skal brettes!
Ble ikke bare med ett som dere ser.. Veldig enkle å lage om man bruker scor-pal, men de er ikke fullt så enkle som de lignende bokmerkene jeg ser at Alice på WOJ bloggen har laget ;) Om man ikke har tenkt å lime ekstra ark oa. pynt på bokmerket så blir den bretteteknikken jeg har brukt veldig dekorativ! Har laget en liten tutorial jeg håper er forståelig!
Loads of bookmarks for the month of may challenge at the norwegian magazine blog Ett Trykk. Some years ago I watched a youtube video of someone making this kind of square bookmark - it's not the same technique as recently shown by Alice on the WOJ blog here - that one is more easy to do, and will work best if you're going to have a stamped motif on another paper glued on the bookmark, because it's more flat when finished folding.
If however, you like to make things difficult for yourself (as me *lol*) you should try theese out! I have reconstructed how I made the bookmark from the video - and created some new ones, along with a little tutorial I hope you can make sense of! :)

Stamps/Image: Prima Clear stamp 'Vintage Script'. Cornish Heritage Farm 6x6 Scrapblock 'Love'.
Paper: Leftovers from ~ Cosmo Cricket, Tim Holtz, Sassafraslass & Making Memories.
Embellishments: Lots of Cats Eye chalk inks!

The Love Bandit!

Har brukt et av mine favorittstempler "Love Bandit" fra High Hopes på denne ukens utfordring fra Totally Gorjuss #23: ♥ !
This weeks Totally Gorjuss Challenge is #23 - Hearts! This cutie from High Hopes has absolutely stolen my heart :)

Stamps/Image: High Hopes - love bandit. The text-stamp is unknown, but the heart-tag it's stamped on, is from the hänglar och stänglar's Fall/Winter clubkit 2008.
Paper: Bazzill cardstock & Sassafras Lass - Fawnd of You (doublesided DP from My Dearest collection).
Embellishments: Brads from Making Memories.

Out of this world!

Lagde dette kortet etter en Skisse-utfordring hos A spoon full of sugar: #76. Og den herlige marsboer'n er et 'digitalt stempel' - noe jeg ikke har prøvd så mye før, kjempemoro! Man kan skrive ut akkurat i den størrelsen man vil :)
I made this card after the sketch by Sonja at the A spoon full of sugar challenge #76. And this is one of my first tries at digi stamps - it's so easy & superfun! :)

Stamps/Image: Digital stamp of the UFO's and stars - from artist Dustin Pike! Robots are from Storage Units Ink & More - lets compute, & you compute me. Text-beep-stamp is from the Basic Grey Gamma Series Stamp Kit.
Paper: Bazzill cardstock. Cherry Arte - Arcade 'Alien invasion'. Sassafras - Serendipity Robots 'Back to the future'.
Embellishments: I've painted the images aquarelle pencils + water, and I added a lot of glitterglue & 3Ddots.

Riley the moose cards

Jeg kommer til å legge ut flere kort over de neste ukene som jeg har laget for en tid siden, men ikke har fått tid til å blogge :) Her er et par kort laget med litt til-overs-papir-biter, med motiv fra Hanna Stamps - en herlig liten elg som heter Riley!I haven't had much time to go online during the last months, but i've been crafting some - so there will be lots of cards popping up on my blog from now on :)

Here is another Riley card - he's a cute little character isn't he? The shop u can get him at is Hanna Stamps! I've gotten tons of new stamps, and i can't wait to try them all out, now that I have lots of time to play :)

Stamps/Image: Hanna Stamps - Riley the moose - Coffee riley. Text stamp from Kreativ Hobby.
Paper: Leftover scrap-papers, Basic grey & Sassafraslass, and cardstock.
Embellishments: My Minds Eye - Tres Jolie - Ooh la la 'Sunshine' french borders (flowers sticker). I've colored the stamp-motifs with LePlume pens this time.

Cute Door Signs :)

Tenkte jeg skulle prøve noe nytt! Disse dørskiltene er veldig enkle å lage. Først lagde jeg en mal av papp, 8x20 cm. Jeg bruker en passer til hullene, og skjærer ut med skalpell. Tekstene har jeg skrevet ut fra Word. Det fins SÅ mange flotte fonter rundt om på nett, jeg godt over 1000 fonter på pc'n, det er bare å velge å vrake :) Dafont er et godt sted å begynne å samle fonter, eneste problemet er at man lett kan bli avhengig ;)
Fronts ................. Backs

Fronts ................. Backs

I'm trying out something new, for me that is - I've seen lots of sweet doorsigns others made, so now I'm having a go! The texts reads: 'Welcome' on the front, and 'Stop! Don't disturb' on the backs. I'm quite addicted to fonts - and Dafont is a good place to find them! I got more than a 1000 on my computer - something for any theme :)

Stamps/Image: Winter Elves - Illumination from Pollycraft Designs, & Shine - Anya stamp from the greeting Farm. And the Inque Boutique - Bella Flora mini set.
Paper: Misc. scrapping papers. Bazzill, Sassafraslass - Fawnd of you.
Embellishments: Various stickers & embellies, tattoo images (yes they can be used on paper, not just on your kids skin :) The cute bear is from a 3Dsheet, Panduro. EK success Retro Flower punches (whale of a punch, medium, and small)

Don't Quote me, but... Tag & Card

Tags lager jeg sjeldent, men dette stemplet fra PaperArtsy inspirerte meg! Og jeg trengte en fin liten hilsen til min bror og hans familie når de flyttet inn i sitt nye hus :) PaperArtsy lager utrolig flotte stempler, du kan betale med visa via paypal, og de sender internasjonalt - gode priser også! Fikk meg masse fine stempler derfra for en stund siden :) Jeg lagde disse med tanke på denne utfordringen hos Caardvarks challenge ~ Don't Quote me, but.. Benytt et vers eller sitat på et kort. Caardvarks challenge ~ Don't Quote me, but.. this time is to create a card incorporating a verse or quote, so i've used this fab stamp from Paper Artsy to make my tag and card :)

Stamps: House-stamp from PaperArtsy - Love & Kisses 1. Text stamp - Gratulerer (=Congratulations) I don't know where from. Handwritten is the words 'med nytt hjem!' = with a new home.
Papers: Basic Grey piece of scrap paper - think it's from the Stella Ruby line. And Sassafraslass - Fawnd of you, & Bazzill cardstock.
Embellishments: Prima flower, MM brad, Blondes from my mum :) I made the tag by drawing the outlines to the tag from a BG tag! And i've spritzed it with Tsukineko Walnut antiquing ink & H2O copper Shimmering mist. To color in the house on the card, I've used LePlume markers.