Course Result at Unik Hobby & A little bit of Easter Candy :)

Hi folks!

On Saturday I held a course at Unik Hobby for 8 people - 1 gentleman and 7 ladies!

Thank you so much for participating, and for giving me lots of positive credit :)

We started the course with colouring a Sarah Kay image from Stampavie with Distress Ink refills.

The intension for the colouration part, was that the participants should learn a bit about light and shadow, and how to work with the brush, to get the best possible result.

The colours we used for the image, was the same as the colours in the papers we used to make the basket.

The participants also learned how to mask the image, and make a shadow around it with ink.

Colours used on this image:

Skin: Tattered Rose and Tea Dye

Cheeks:  Tea Dye + Fired Brick

Hair: Scattered Straw and Brushed Corduroy

Hat-ribbon, sweather, pathes and "chicken": Scattered Straw and Mustard Seed

Hat and pants: Dusty Concord

After colouring, the participants learned how to make a braided basket -
this time a little easter basket in the colours of yellow and purple.
The edges on the purple paper stripes are inked with Distress Ink - Dusty Concord, and
the yellow ones with Antique Linen or Scattered Straw.
Then the basket where embellished with the image, ribbon, lace, charms, flowers and pearls.

Everything I've used for this basket, can be bought at Unik Hobby :)

Supplies:
Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee, Distress Ink - Refills og Distress Ink Pads - Dusty Concord and Antique Linen.
Stamp: Stampavie - Sarah Kay "How sweet you are".
Papers: Kaiser Craft - Lilac Avenue Collection "Wisteria", "Dandelion" and " Sweet Pea", Bazzill - Chiffon and purple cardstock.

Tools: Martha Stewart - Deep Edger Punch Garden Trellis and Doily Heart Lace Border Punch,
Spellbinders - Nestabilities Petite Ovals and Petite Scalloped Ovals Large.
Embellies: Unik Hobby - roses, rosebuds, daffodils, purple heartshaped pearls, golden heart charm and ribbon, Kort & Godt - pearls 3mm, lace and a eyelet.

Quantity and mesurments:
Half a sheet of each of the yellow patterned papers for the basic basket; cut into 14 stripes in 2 cm.
10 cm of the purple patterned paper, cut into 1 stripe in 4 cm for the handle, and 3 stripes in 2 cm to the borders inside and outside the basket.
One stripe in about 2,5 cm of Bazzill - Chiffon is used on the backside of the handle to make it stronger.
A bit of purple cardstock is used for the scalloped oval behind the image.
A tutorial with pictures and english text that I made, can be found here!

And if you want to read this in norwegian, you can head over to the Unik Hobby Blog :)

I'm also entering this basket for the following Challenges:
Stampavie Challenge #20 - Easter
Papertakes Weekly Challenge #38 - Open Theme
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge #35 - Easter
Timbroscrapmania Challenge #1 - Osterkorb/Easter Basket


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Did I mention A little bit of Easter Candy?
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Okay, because I've been a bad visitor to all of your blogs lately, and because it's Easter,
I do have a little Easter Candy for you :)

What can you win?
My Easter Basket filled with:
1 Magnolia Ink Stamp
1 Sheet of Silver Rhinestones (Basic Grey)
3 m of White Lace (Kort & Godt)
20 White Rosebuds 6mm (Papirloftet)
10 White Roses 2 cm (Wild Orchid Crafts)
5 Yellow Daffodiles (Unik Hobby)
And materials to make your own basket as well :)

Would you like to win this?

What do you have to do to take part in the drawing?
1. Copy the first candy picture and put it in your blog/sidebar with a link to my candy post.
2. Come back and leave your name and blogadress to Mr.Linky below.
That's it :)

The candy stays open until midnight (my time) on thursday 8th of April, and
I'll announce the winner sometime on friday the 9th!

♥ Happy Easter to all of you! ♥
Hugs, Lena Katrine

Sketchy Colors Challenge #17

A new challenge is ready for you at Sketchy Colors!!!

For our Challenge #17, we would like to see projects in the colors of white, brown, turqouise and orange :)

Head over to our blog, to get some inspiration from the rest of the team, and take a look at the great price - the last one sponsored by Unik Hobby!

As I've mentioned before, I'm going for a wedding theme this month (at SC), and here's my 4th w-card, in the non-traditional wedding colors of white, brown, turqouise and orange!!!
I've followed a great sketch at Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog, so I'm also entering theire Challenge #72
with this card :)

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink for coloring and inking the edges.

Stamps: Whiff of Joy - image & sentiment.

Papers: K&Company - Wild Safron Paper Pad & DCWV - The Rustick Stack.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nestabilities Labels 13.

Embellies: Flower arrangement from Unik Hobby, Kort & Godt, Papirloftet & Prima, Ribbon from Minnehjørnet, Pearls from Kort & Godt.

Thank you for visiting!

♥ Have a lovely sunday! ♥

Hugs, Lena Katrine

GD Sketch Saturday Week #96

For this Week #96, Sketch Saturday has another great sketch for you to play with,

so head over to the blog and take a look at it! 

And remember to take a close look at all the DT's georgeous work too ;)

This is my 4th - and last card as a GD at Sketch Saturday...

Thank you so much for letting me be a part of your amazing team, girls - 

I truly enjoyed myself making cards after your fab sketches :)

And thank you so much, to all the rest of you, for all your sweet comments on my SS cards!

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Refills for colouring, Distress Ink - Pumice Stone & Victorian Velvet for inking the edges.

Stamps: Susanas Custom Art & Card Design - Elisabeth Bell "New Friends", Papirdesign - text.

Papers: Panduro - Tilda Paper Stack, Bazzill - brown and pink cardstock, Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g, sketch paper, coffee napkins.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nestabilities Circles.

Embellies: Inkido - big blue flowers, WOC - Cherry Blossoms, Prima - bling swirls, Kort & Godt - pearls, Inky Wings - ribbon, Unik Hobby - lace.

Now I'm on my way, to hold a course at Unik Hobby :)

Have a great day everyone - take care!

♥ Hugs, Lena Katrine ♥

GDT Unik Hobby March

Til mars-prosjeketet mitt for Unik Hobby, fikk jeg en nydelig stempelplate fra Inkadinkado, og fant ut at de passet helt perfect til å prøve ut mine nyanskaffede Perfect Pearls :)
Alt av materiale jeg har brukt på kortet, kan kjøpes hos Unik Hobby.
Alle DT-bidragene mine for Unik Hobby, og selvfølgelig alle prosjektene til de andre i DT,
kan også beskues i Unik Hobby's blog :)

As my March asigment for Unik Hobby, I got a beautiful stamp kit from Inkadinkado, and tought they where perfect for my newly bought Perfect Pearls :)
All the materials I've used for this card, can be bought at Unik Hobby. 
All of my DT-projects for Unik Hobby, and ofcourse all the projects from the rest of the DT, can now be seen at the Unik Hobby's blog too :) 

Stemplene jeg har brukt, er 2 fra platen "Fluid Motion" fra Inkadinkado.
På framsiden har jeg brukt den nydelige sommerfuglen :)
Jeg har stemplet både motiver og tekster med VersaMark - Watermark blekk, og kostet på Perfect Pearls på alle sammen, i fargene "Rust", "Blue Patina" & "Interference Violet".

The stamps I've used are 2 of the "Fluid Motion" Collection from Inkadinkado.
On the front, I've used the georgeous butterfly :)
I've stamped the images and texts with VersaMark - Watermark ink, and used Perfect Pearls on everyone of them, in the colours "Rust", "Blue Patina" & "Interference Violet".

På innsiden har jeg brukt et tekststempel fra Stempelglede, og
bie-stempelet fra Inkadinkado-platen.
Det nydelige mønsterarket er fra BoBunny's Snowy Serenade Glitter Paper kolleksjon, 
og heter Winter Night.
Andre papirer jeg har brukt er prikkete turkis kartong også fra BoBunny, og
svart og mørk lilla kartong fra Bazzill.
Alle papirene er svertet i kantene med Distress Ink - Black Soot.

On the inside, have I stamped a sentiment from Stempelglede, and 
the bee stamp from the Inkadinkado collection.
The beautiful patterned paper is from BoBunny's Snowy Serenade Glitter Paper collection 
called Winter Night.

Other papers I've used, are dotted turqouise cardstock also from BoBunny, and 
purple and black cardstock from Bazzill.
All the edges on the papers are inked with Distress ink - Black Soot.

De svarte ovale panelene er stanset ut med en Spellbinders - Nesting Petite Oval Large,
limt oppå en Spellbinders - Nesting Petite Oval Scallop Large i turkis kartong.
Ovalene er festet oppå 6 stk utstansede pedanter av typen
Spellbinders - Shapes Pendants "Fleur De Lis", med 3D-puter.
Pedantene er festet oppå mønsterpapiret med litt tynnere 3D-puter,
for å løfte de litt ut fra mønsterpapiret.

The black ovale panels are punched out with a Spellbinders Nesting Petite Oval Large,
glued to a turqouise cardstock punched out with a Spellbinders - Nesting Petite Oval Scallop Large.
The ovales are fastened on top of 6 punched out pedants of  
Spellbinders - Shapes Pendants "Fleur De Lis", with 3D-pillows. 
The pendants are fastened on top of the patterned paper with a bit thinner 3D-pillows, 
just to lift them a bit from the patterned paper. 

Som pynt på kortet, har jeg brukt forskjellige roser og roseknupper fra Unik Hobby - i fargene
lilla, turkis og svart,
turkis bånd også fra Unik Hobby (ikke i nett-butikken), og
3 mm perler fra Kort & Godt i fargene turkis og creme.

To embellish the card, I've used several different roses and rosebuds from Unik Hobby - in the colours of purple, turqouise and black, 
turqouise ribbon also from Unik Hobby (not in the web-store), and  
3 mm pearls from Kort & Godt in the colours turqouise and creme.


Hvis du ikke har prøvd Perfect Pearls før, så anbefaler jeg det på det sterkeste :)
Utrolig morsomt å jobbe med, enkelt å bruke, og gir utrolig flott effekt!

If you have'nt tried Perfect Pearls before, I strongly recomand it :)
It's fun to work with, easy to use, and makes an amazing effect!

Tusen takk for at du tok turen innom meg i dag!
Ta vare på deg selv, og ha det gøy!

Thank you so much for visiting me today!
Take care & have fun!

♥ Hugs, Lena Katrine ♥

DT Ett trykk: Issue 01/10 - Sketch

In every issue of our mag Ett trykk, we present a sketch for our readers, and 

here's my inspiration card for the sketch in issue 01/10.

Recipe:

Size: 10 x 17 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Peeled Paint for inking the edges.

Stamps: Stampavie - Sarah Kay image, Norsk Stempelblad AS - text.

Paper: Laura Ashley - Love song, Bazzill - green cardstock, sketch paper.

Tools: EK Success - sircle punch for the corners, QK - CC label.

Embellies: Unik Hobby - roses, rosesbuds, heart pearls & ribbon, Kort & Godt - heart shaped flatbacked pearls, golden tread.
The image is coloured with the MCP-technic.

Remember to look out for our new issue 02/10 of Ett trykk in our web store in the near future - 

I can promise you, you'll find lots of inspiration in it!!

Thank you for visiting  - have a great day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Ett trykk: Issue 01/10 - Embossing & A reminder

In the issue 01/10 of our mag Ett trykk, we also had a technic article about embossing; or how to use watermark ink in different ways, and here's my card for that article :)

Recipe:

Size: 9 x 20 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Weathered Wood & Broken China for inking the edges, Versamark - Watermark.

Stamps: Whiff of Joy - Melinda hugging heart, Norsk Stempelblad AS - text, Prima - corner stamps.

Paper: My Minds Eye - Bella Bella Collection patterned paper, Bazzill - dark brown & white cardstock, sketch paper.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nestabilities - Long Squares, EK Success - border punch (to make the frame), Stampin'Up - Word Window Punch, Kort & Godt - silver transparent embossing powder, Colour Pencils.

Embellies: Unik Hobby - Rose and Charm. Prima - bling, Søstrene Grene - ribbon 

(that I got from "little" Ida).

The image is coloured with the MCP technic.

Wishing you a great day!
♥ Hugs, Lena Katrine ♥

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Kurs på Unik Hobby

Dato: 27.03.10 kl 10.00 - 13.00

Flettekurv med Distress motiv

Siste frist for påmelding i dag:

Bindende påmelding hos Unik Hobby; via e-mail, telefon eller i butikk 

innen kl 17.00 i ettermiddag. Du finner all informasjon du trenger her!

  Velkommen skal du være!

DT Ett trykk: Issue 01/10 - Mothers Day

Another card I made for the 01/10 issue of the magazine Ett trykk - a card for Mothers Day.

Recipe:

Size: 11 x 18 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee and Plum for stamping, Distress Ink - Refills for colouring, 

Distress Ink - Weathered Wood and Walnut Stain for inking the edges.

Stamps: Whiff of Joy - Womens Delight Collection image, Stempelglede - text.

Papers: Maja Design - patterned paper, Bazzill - burgundy and white cardstock, 

Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nestabilities - Circles, QK - swirls (to make the frame around the image - 

inspiration from Yvonne's great work), EK Success - border punch, Fiskars - Corner Punch hearts.

Embellies: Unik Hobby - ribbon, roses and heart shaped pearls,  

Kort & Godt - pearls, Panduro - hat pins.

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A new issue of Ett trykk (02/10) is soon available in our web store;

here's a sneek peek:

Thank you for visiting - have a great day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Sketchy Colors Challenge #16

Yet another sunday, and yet another Challenge #16 is ready for you at Sketchy Colors!!!
This sunday we have a new sketch for you, made by Anne Kristine.

As I promised, I'm still making those wedding cards, only this time it's more like a wedding anniversary card (even though older people also gets married :)

And therefor I'm also entering this card to the Cute Card Thursday Challenge 104,
where the theme "still" is "Anniversary", and Creative Card Crew's Challenge 46 - Going Dotty :)

♥ Is'nt this couple just adorable? ♥

Recipe:
Size: 12 x 18 cm
Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Refills for coloring, Distress Ink - Weathered Wood and Frayed Burlap for inking the edges.
Stamps: Stampavie - Mo Manning's "Jack and Ginger", Papirloftet - text on the front,
North Star Stamps - text inside.
Papers: Inkido - dotted patterned paper, g.c.d - Ella Blue Collection "Georgia", Bazzill - white and
light brown cardstock, Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g, sketch paper.
Tools: Martha Stewart - Doily Heart Lace border punch, silver tread and a needle for sewing by hand.
Embellies: Kuttut - charm. Unik Hobby - ribbon, Kort & Godt - pearls, several different flowers from
Unik Hobby, Kort & Godt and Prima.

♥ Thank you so much for all your sweet comments - you really make my day! ♥
Take care and have fun!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

GD Sketch Saturday Week #95

For this Week #95, Sketch Saturday has yet another sketch for you to play with :)

This week SS  is sponsored by:

So head over to the SS blog and take a look at the great price, and

remember to take a look at the DT's georgeous work too :)

Here's my 3rd card as a GD at Sketch Saturday -

a birtday card  for my grandmother who celebrates her 80th birtday today.
I'm also entering this card at Cute Card Thursday Challenge 104 where the theme is "Anniversary"!

I love this adorable old woman with the big but - just perfect for my grandmother who also has a big but :)

Recipe:
Size: 15 x 15 cm
Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Refills for colouring,
Distress Ink - Weathered Wood and Victorian Velvet for inking the edges.
Stamps: Stampavie - Mo Manning's "Mummu", Papirloftet - texts.
Papers: Panduro - Tilda patterned papers, Bazzill - white and light turqouise cardstock,
Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g, sketch paper.
Tools: Spellbinders - Nestabilities Labels, Martha Stewart - border punch.
Embellies: Unik Hobby - Ribbon, roses and rosebuds, Kort & Godt - pink flowers, Prima - Mini Gypsos, Kuttut - charm, feathers, rihnestones that I won in Anne's candy.

Thank you for visiting - have a lovely day!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

Ski-treff-kort

Vårens Ski-treff var koselig, inspirerende og ufattelig morsomt - tusen takk til alle dere herlige damer, som gjorde helgen til en fest! Utrolig koselig å hilse på både "gamle og nye" fjes!
Treffet ga faktisk også noen få kreative resultater denne gangen - jeg fikk laget hele 4 kort :)

Her er 3 av dem; kort i str. 10 x 10 cm, laget til kortkonkurransen.
Noen av kriteriene var å følge 3 ulike skisser, og bruke pastellfarger, bånd og håndsøm.
En morsom, men tidkrevende oppgave :)

I'm entering these cards for the Secret Crafter Challenge #74 "Anything goes", and
Creative Card Crew Challenge 46 "Going dotty"

Recipe:
Sizes: 10 x 10 cm
Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Refills for colouring, Distress Ink - Antique Linen & Chrushed Velvet for inking the edges.
Stamps: Precious Moments - Images (borrowed from my friend Maya), Norsk Stempelblad AS - texts.
Papers: Maja Design - patterned paper, Bazzill - Swizz Dots cardstock in dusty pink &
white canvas cardstock , Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g, sketch paper.
Tools: EK Success - border punch, Spellbinders Nestabilities - classic and petite scalloped circles,
needle and tread.
Embellies: Unik Hobby - roses, rosebuds, ribbon & silver hearts, Prima - mini gypsos flowers, rihnestones from the candy I won at Anne's blog.
The stiching around the patterned papers are made by hand.

Thank you for visiting!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

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Kurs på Unik Hobby

Dato: 27.03.10 kl 10.00 - 13.00  

Flettekurv med Distress motiv

Fortsatt noen få ledige plasser igjen :)

Eksempelbilde  

Bindende påmelding hos Unik Hobby; via e-mail, telefon eller i butikk 

innen utgangen av onsdag  24.03.   Du finner all informasjon du trenger her!          Da håper jeg vi ses ;)         Varme klemmer fra Lena Katrine

Sketchy Colors Challenge #15

A new challenge is ready for you at Sketchy Colors!!!

For our Challenge #15, we would like to see projects in the main colors of white and beige :)

As I mentioned last time, I'm going for a wedding theme this month, and here's my second w-card - in white and beige, with a touch of gold:

Recipe: Most of the supplies I've used, can be bought at Unik Hobby

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Distress Ink - Refills for coloring, Distress Ink - Antique Linen for inking the edges, and

Embossing Ink.

Stamps: Unik Hobby Design - Image, Papirloftet - texts.

Papers: EK Success - Overton House Designs "Caramel Toffee Toile", Bazzill - White cardstock and beige Dotted Swiss cardstock, Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g, Sketch paper.

Tools:  QK - CC Label, Embossing powder - dark brown and gold

Embellies: Unik Hobby - Roses, rosebuds, charm (the ladybug brings the happy couple lots of luck), ribbon & heartshaped table napkins, Kort & Godt - Pearls and methal corners, Flower Soft, Stickles.

Each stamp is embossed with dark brown embossing powder. The couple is colored with Distress Ink, and the boquet is covered with Flower Soft and a springle of gold embossing powder.

The hearts and the flowers also got a touch with gold embossing powder. 

Thanks again for visiting - have a lovely day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine