Sketchy Colors Challenge #26

A new Sunday, a new Challenge, a new Sketch, a new Price, and a new Card :)

Could it be better ?

For this Sketchy Colors Challenge #26 there's a new sketch for you to follow (made by me :), and hopefully this sketch will inspire you scrapbooking people to join in too :)

I'm not a scrapper (yet), so I decided to make a card - again :)

And it became a boy's/man's card this time again - and my first easel-card for a boy/man!!
And this is actually the birthday card my hubby got on his birthday May 23rd :)

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping the image and text, Distress Ink - Pumice Stone & Weathered for inking the edges, Bundled Sage for stamping the corners, and Refills for coloring the image.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - Boys "Gone Fishing", Papirdesign - text circle, 

Stempelglede - Grunge Collection corner.

Papers: MME - Lush "Blue Damask" & "Blue Large Polka Dots", 3ndypapir - "Blomstereng", Bazzill - Vanilla & Turqouise cardstock, Canson - Aquarell paper 200 g, sketch paper.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Squares, Rectangles, Circles & Inverted Scalloped Circles.

Embellies: Tim Holtz - paper clips, Karen Foster - Scrappers Floss white, Basic Grey - buttons,  rhinestones.

I'm also entering this card into these following challenges:
A spoon full of Sugar - Challenge 105 "Celebrations" 
Creative Inspiration - Challenge 34 "Punches or Diecuts"   
 Simon Says Stamp - Challenge "Pink/Blue with Green & Brown"
 Colour Create - Challenge 45 "Soft Green & Light Aqua"
 C.R.A.F.T. - Challenge 52 "Blue & Green"
Sweet Stampin' - Challenge "Pimp your Card"

Thanks again for visiting and giving me lots of lovely comments!

♥ You're the best ♥

Hugs, Lena Katrine

GD LOTV Challenge #11

Wooohooo!!!

My first card as a GDT member of the Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog!!!

I feel so honoured to be on this team for the next few weeks - thank you so much Jacqui 

and the rest of the team, for asking me :)

I looove the LOTV stamps - they're simply georgeous, right? 

So being able to play some more with them than usual, is just perfect!!

But now on the the LOTV Challenge #11 :)

We have a great sketch for you to play with, and an awesome price up for grabs!!! So head over to the LOTV Challenge Blog and take a look!

Remember to also take a look at the DT's georgeous work this week too :)

I've made a weeding card (that a sweet friend ordered from me some weeks ago:), 

and got to use my favourite LOTV stamp :)

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Refills (for colouring) & 

Antique Linen (for inking the edges).

Stamps: LOTV - Wedding Couple, Kort & Godt - "Lykken er..." 5178 (text & sentiment).

Papers: DCWV - The Rustic Stack patterned papers, Bazzill - Chiffon & dark pink Dotted Swiss cardstock, Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Classic Circles & Scalloped Circles, Martha Stewart - border punch,  Bow-Easy (bought at Bunny Zoe's Crafts).

Embellies: Kuttut - Charm (Ladybug for luck) & round napkins, Kort & Godt - methal flowers, pearls & berries, Unik Hobby - roses, Stickles, ribbon (bought at Minnehjørnet).

I'm also entering this card for these following challenges:

Stamp Something - Challenge "2 of Something"  (2 patterned papers) 
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 105 "Celebrations"
Stampin' for the Weekend - Challenge #39 "Post Pals" 
Sew Many Challenges - WK #15 "Anything Goes"
Creative Inspiration - Challenge 34 "Punches or Diecuts"   
 Stamptacular Sunday - Challenge #60 "Pearls & Swirls"

 

Thanks a lot for visiting - have lovely day!

♥ Hugs, Lena Katrine ♥

GDT hÄnglar & stÄnglar 2

My second and last GDT contribution for hÄnglar & stÄnglar ;(
This time I made 2 cards - one for a boy and one for a girl, to go with the box I made last time :)
Hope you enjoy!

Card recipes:

Sizes: 13 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Refills for colouring.

Stamps: hÄnglar & stÄnglar - Sittande Bug & Bugga, North Star Stamps - text ("Happy Birthday")

Papers: Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology "Vintage Shabby", Bazzill - Vanilla cardstock, 

Canson Aquarellpaper 200 g.

Tools: Martha Stewart - Eyelet Lace border punch, Spellbinders - Mega Long Ovals & Hearts, Marianne Design - Creatables LR0117 leaf, Bow - Easy (all bought at Bunny Zoe's Craft),
Polyshrink Plastic.

Embellies: Unik Hobby - roses and ribbons, Kuttut - Charms, rhinestones.

I'm also entering these cards in to these following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Gallery - May Challenge "Recipe"

Creative Inspiration - Challenge 34 "Punches or Diecuts"
One stop Craft - Challenge 81 "Birthstones"
Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 31 "Bling it On"
Stampin' for the Weekend - Challenge #39 "Post Pals"
C.R.A.F.T. - Challenge 51 "Celebrate/Birthday"
Stamp Something - Challenge "2 of Something" (2 cards with the same layout)
Sew Many Challenges - WK #15 "Anything Goes"
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 105 "Celebrations"

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Oh, and stay with me tomorrow!!!

I've been asked to be a Guest Designer for Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog
for the next 4 challenges - Whoohooo!!!

So tomorrow I'm gonna publish my first card as a GDT at LOTV, along with the new challenge of course :)

Thanks a lot for visiting - have a great day!

♥ Hugs, Lena Katrine ♥

Some Challenges

Scrappekammeret's Challenge #8 is now on, and this time they want to see projects made in a vintage style.
Create 4 Fun Challenge Blog - C4F's Challenge Week #21 also has a vintage challenge going on, and
I'm also entering this tag for Papertake Weekly Challenge - "Say it with Flowers" and
Secret Crafter - Challenge #84 "No patterned paper".
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Challenge #60 wants to see flowers and pearls, and Creative Inspirations - Challenge 34 wants to see punches or die-cuts this week :)

I've made a small tag - just using a cut-out picture, and some scraps that layed on my working desk :)
I used a pre-cut tag as a base, and embellished it with some ribbon leftovers, flowers and pearls.
The "Thank You" - text is from Stempelglede.

Have a nice day you folks :)
♥ Hugs, Lena Katrine ♥

Sketchy Colors Challenge #25

...and some (other) challenges...

Sundays just come running, don't they :)

Sketchy Colors is ready with another color challenge - Challenge #25, and now we want to see projects in the colors of the earth/nature!!

D'Amour Allure is still sponsoring us with a great price - so go check it out at Sketchy Colors!!

Here's my card in earth colors - I chose mainly colors of brown, orange and dark yellow, and made an easel card :)

Recipe:

Size: 10 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee, Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, VersaMark - Watermark

Stamps: Inky Wings Design

Papers: DCWV - The Rustic Stack (plain orange paper) Bazzill - brown & yellow cardstock, craft tags

Tools: Martha Stewart - border punch, Heatgun & clear embossing powder

Embellies: Kort & Godt - Methal swirls, Unik Hobby - flowers, keys & spacers, Papirloftet - string

The image is stamped with Coffee ink, then masked, before I stamped the crackle stamp and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then it's inked up with Vintage Photo.

I'm also entering this card into these following challenges:
Scrappekammeret - Challenge #8 "Vintage"
Papertake Weekly Challenge - "Say it with Flowers"
Secret Crafter - Challenge #84 "No patterned paper"
Create4Fun - Challenge Week 21 "Vintage"

♥ Thanks for visiting - have a great day! ♥

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Sketch Saturday Week #104

...And some (other) challenges...
Now, weekends just come running along, don't they?

We're ready with our Sketch Saturday weekly Challenge #104 :)
We have a new awesome sketch, ready for you to play with, and a new awesome price up for grabs!!
So hurry over to the SS blog, to take a look, and remember to take a look at the DT's awesome work this week too :)

Here's my card for this weeks SS sketch challenge:

I made a mask of the image, and inked around it on white sketchpaper with Pumice Stone, before I placed the image over it with gluepads.
Just click on the pic to make it larger, and you'll see it better.

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm
Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping the image, Distress Ink - Black Soot & Pumice Stone, for stamping texts and inking the edges, Distress Ink - Victorian Velvet for stamping the corners,
Distress Ink - Refills for colouring.
Stamps: Funky Kits - Sugar Nellie "Manga Girl #2", North Star Stamps - text, Norsk Stempelblad AS - sentiment inside, Prima - corners.
Papers: Maja design - Crea Diem "Kärleken övervinner allt" & "Sann vännskap", Bazzill - pink & white cardstock, Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g, sketch paper.
Tools: Nellie Snellen - Multi Frames MDF 008 (bought at Bunny Zoe's Crafts), Spellbinders - Nesting Long Rectangles, EK Suksess - Fern Leaf & borderpunch, Punch Bunch - butterfly.
Embellies: Kort & Godt - pearls, Wild Orchid Crafts - Cherry Blossoms.


I'm also entering these following challenges with this card:
Papertake Weekly Challenge - "Say it with Flowers"
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 104 "Cute & Girly"
Stamp Something - "2 of something" (I've used 2 different dies)
Stampin' for the Weekend - Challenge #39 "Post Pals" (to cheer someone up)
Sew Many Cards - Challenge #15 "Anything Goes"
C.R.A.F.T - Challenge 51 "Celebrate/Birthday"
Creative Inspirations - Challenge #34 "Punches/Dies"

Thanks again for visiting - you rock!
♥ Hugs, Lena Katrine ♥

Sketchy Colors Challenge #24

A new Sunday has arrived - and it's the day before the Norwegian National Day :)

Today we have a new sketch up for you at Sketchy Colors - a sketch made by Marianne :)

So head over to the SC blog, and check it out!!!

Remember to also take a look at the great work the rest of the DT did this week, and the great price sponsored by  D'Amour Allure!

This time I've used one of the beautiful images I got from  D'Amour Allure on my card - Is'nt she a cutie?

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee & Jet Black for stamping, Distress Ink - Victorian Velvet for inking the edges, Distress Ink - refills for colouring.

Stamps: D'Amour Allure - "A heart full of sweetness" & text, Stempelglede - sentiment inside.

Papers: Maja Design - Crea Diem "Blomstra", Bazzill - Pink & white cardstock, 

Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g, sketchpaper.

Tools: Spellbinders - Labels 4, BossKut - Leaf Flourish, Punch Bunch - Butterfly punch, 

Crop-A-Dile & eyelets.

Embellies: Unik Hobby - ribbon, Kort & Godt - Pearls, Papirloftet - Mulberry flowers.

♥ Thanks for visiting - have a lovely sunday! ♥

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Sketch Saturday Week #103 features Unik Hobby - May Challenge

Another Saturday - Another sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday - Week #103!

And since I also had to make a project for my May Challenge at Unik Hobby, I turned the sketch into a boys card this time :)

The stamp I got to play with, was this georgeous MoManning stamp from Stampavie - Sumpins wrong!
This fellow is just adorable - is'nt he?

The image is stamped with Archival Ink - Coffee on aquarellpaper, and coloured with Distress Ink - Refills; mainly in the colours of "Stormy Sky" and "Pumice Stone".
The birthday sentiment is from Norsk Stempelblad AS, and says "Hipp, hipp, hurray!"

I've used blueish patterned papers, from Fancy Pants and Papir i hjertet's own design - Heartfelt Design.
The patterned papers are distressed with Distress Ink - Weathered Wood.
I've also used Bazzill - Vanilla and blue cardstock.

I've used Spellbinders - Nesting Squares and Long Rectangles to make some of the panels.
The sentiment inside is also from Norsk Stempelblad AS.

The long hitch fastener from Sissix - Tim Holtz Alterations "Harware Findings", is painted with Distress Crackle Paint - Picket Fence and inked with Distress Ink - Weathered Wood.

The stars are cut out with Quick Kuts - Cookie Cutter "Stars", inked and embellished with silver gemstones.
The seem around the text on the front, is done by hand, with silver tread.

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Weathered Wood for inking the edges, 

Distress Ink - Refills for colouring.

Stamps: Stampavie - MoManning "Sumpins wrong", Norsk Stempelblad AS - text + sentiment inside.

Papers: Papir i hjertet - Heartfelt Design "Blue Music Notes", Fancy Pants - Fancy Free "Cutie Patootie", Bazzill - Vanilla & blue cardstock, Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g, sketch paper.

Tools: Sissix - Tim Holtz Alterations "Hardware Findings", Spellbinders - Nesting Squares & Rectangles, QK - CC Stars, Distress Crackle Paint - Picket Fence, silver tread, needle.

Other embellies: Silver gemstones.

Now, head over to the Sketch Saturday blog, to take alook at the great sketch, the DT's awesome work, and to check out this week's price:)
You may also find my card in Unik Hobby's blog :)

Thanks a lot for your lovely visit!

♥ Hugs, Lena Katrine ♥

GD hÄnglar & stÄnglar

A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to be a guest designer at hÂnglar & stÄnglar the month of may :)

Did I want to? Oh, yes I did!!!

I got some beautiful new stamps in the mail, and was asked to make a couple of projects with them. 

The stamps where SO cute, *smiling all over my face*, and I immediately got the perfect plan
on how to use them!! 

So okay, here's my first project, with my first ever sponsored hÄnglar & stÄnglar stamps:

I've made a card box :) 

The idea for the template to this box, did I get from the Double Dutch Challenge #41, 

but I drew my own template out of it, with my own messurements :)

Recipe:

Size: 14 x 16 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Refills for colouring.

Stamps: hÄnglar & stÄnglar - Minibärkit, Papir i hjertet - Heartfelt Design sentiment.

Papers: Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology "Vintage Shabby", Bazzill - Vanilla cardstock, 

Canson Aquarellpaper 200 g.

Tools: Martha Stewart - Eyelet Lace border punch, Spellbinders - Mega Long Ovals & Hearts, Marianne Design - Creatables LR0117 leaf (bought at Bunny Zoe's Craft), Polyshrink Plastic.

Embellies: Unik Hobby - roses and charm, May Arts - Ribbon (bought at Inky Wings).

The 2 images are masked together with the branch. The branch is stamped both ways.

A big thank you to Maya, who asked me to do this!

♥Tusen takk Maya-vennen♥

I'm also entering Scrappiness' Spring Challenge with this box :)

Thanks a lot for all your sweet comments - you're the best!

♥Hugs, Lena Katrine♥