DT Sketchy Colors - Challenge #49 & GD 3ndypapir

Sketchy Colors is ready with our Challenge #49, and this time Marianne has made a great sketch for us to play with! I was so inspired by all your georgeous red and white creations from the past week's challenge, so I ended up making another gift bag, with the same color theme this week too :)

Again I've combined my inspiration creation with my GD 3ndy creation:)
I can't seem to lay those beautiful 3ndy papers a side for very long :)

You may also visit the 3ndy blog, to read what Gudrun has wrote about my creation - in norwegian :)

Size: 9 x 16 cm

Ink: StazOn - Jet Black, Distress Ink - Pumice Stone.

Stamp: Papirloftet - text circle.

Papers: 3ndypapir - "Julie" & "Felicia", Bazzill - red & cream cardstock, white paperbag, craft tag.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Mega Ovals & Classic Ovals, Crop-A-Dile, eyelets, Polyshrink Plastic, Heat Gun.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Poinsettias, Unik Hobby - methal & ribbon, Kort & Godt - pearls, Ranger - Glossy Accents, glitter.

I'm also entering this in to these following challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - #6 "Christmas...but not a card"
Sir Stampalot - "Christmas Traditions"
Stamp and Create - #7 "Tis the Season"
Whoopsi Daisy - "Holiday"
ABC Christmas - "X is for Xmas"
Scrappekammeret - #19 "Ventetid"

 Thank you for visiting - have a love 1th Sunday of Advent!
♥'s & hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Lili of the Valley - Challenge #75 & GD 3ndypapir

Lili of the Valley is ready with our Challenge #75, and this time Bev's made a great sketch for us to follow :) Please pop over to our challenge blog to take a look at the sketch, the price and the other fairies amazing inspiration work this week!

I've combined my LOTV inspiration creation with my GD 3ndy creation again, and this time I've used Bev's awesome sketch to make a small gift bag :)
I love playing with Gudrun's amazing 3ndy papers, and the papers are so versatile, that you can make anything you want out of them :)
If you prefer to read this post in norwegian, you may do that at the 3ndy blog :)

Size: 9 x 16 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black, Distress Ink - Pumice Stone.

Stamps: LOTV - James the Bear "Christmas Cracker", North Star Stamps - text.

Colouring: Letraset - Promarkers.

Papers: 3ndypapir - "Nicolas", "Felicia" & "Mathilde", Bazzill - red & cream cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Paper.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Petite Ovals, Polyshrink Plastic, Kort & Godt - magnet, Unik Hobby - white paperbag.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Wild Roses 25 mm, Paper Roses 15 mm, Paper Roses 10 mm, Heather Stem Flowers & Self Adhesive Pearls, Unik Hobby - silver bells, Minnehjørnet - lace (had this laying around for years), Ranger - Glossy Accents, Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist "Pearl", Martha Stewart - glitter, silver tread.

I'm also entering these challenges with this creation:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - "Christmas...but not a card"
A Spoon Full of Sugar - #131 "Anything Goes"
Creative Card Crew - "Treat Boxes/Goodie Bags"
Papertake Weekly - "Cut it out"
Passion for Promarkers - #79 "Old and New"
Crafty Creations - #95 "Christmas is coming"
Fab 'n' Funky - #50 "Going with the flow"
I ♥ Promarkers - #42 "Anything Goes (with a bit of sparkle if you like)"

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

DT Sketchy Colors - Challenge #48 & GD 3ndypapir

Sketchy Colors is back again with Challenge #48, and a new Color Challenge!
 This time we would like to see you using the colors;
Red & White :)
Please visit the Challenge Blog to see what my DT fellows made this week, and remember to check if your one of the 2 lucky price winners, or maybe among our Top 4 contenders :)

I'm soooo lucky to be a GD for 3ndypapir this month, and have again been able to play with Gudrun's georgeous Christmas papers :)
This time I've made a Tea-light card, but in a different size than before. The card is a bit smaller and squarer, and the box has room for 3 tea-lights insted of 4.

Size: 12,5 x 13 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee, Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap.

Stamp: Stempelglede - text.

Papers: 3ndypapir - "Mathilde" (DP) & "Julie" (image & frames),
Bazzill - red & white cardstock.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Classic Circles.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Poinsettias, Paper Roses 10 mm & Pearl Stamens,
Kort & Godt - Pearls, Unik Hobby - Methal & Ribbon,
Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist "Pearl".

I'm also entering these challenges with this card:
ABC Christmas Challenge - "X is for Xmas"
The Pixie Cottage - #45 "Ribbons& Bows"
Tuesday Taggers - "Peace, Love, Joy"
Stamp and Create - #7 "Tis the Season"
Sir Stampalot - Christmas Traditions
Thanks a lot for visiting - have a lovely sunday!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Lili of the Valley - Challenge #74 & Winner of my LOTV Blog Hop Candy stamp & GD 3ndypapir

A new Thursday has arrived, and we're ready with another LOTV Challenge :) This time the theme for our Challenge #74 is: Glitter & Glitz!

But before I go on with my Challenge creation, I'll bet you're all eager to know who won my Blog Hop Candy Stamp - "Hello Cupcake" :)

And the winner is - drawn by Mr. Random...

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That's you ELAINE!
Congratulations sweetie! Please e-mail me you full name and address, so I can forward it to Lisa & Laila at LOTV, and you'll soon recive your price :)
To all the rest of you that participated in our blog hop - thank you so much!!! We got a huge number of entries, and we're so grateful to each and one of you!
Remember to check out the rest of the fairies blogs, to see if you're the lucky one to win one of the other candy stamps - or maybe the grand price :)

For my challenge creation this time, I've made another card-box, using one of the cute little LOTV Christmas' James the Bear images :)
I've combined it with my second creation as a GD for 3ndypapir - I'm sooo in love with Gudrun's georgeous Christmas papers - and this time it's "all" green :)

Size: 12 x 12 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black, Distress Ink - Pumice Stone.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - James the Bear "Wrapped in Tinsel", North Star Stamps - text, Stempelglede - sentiment.

Colouring: Letraset - Promarkers.

Papers: 3ndypapir - "Tiril" & "Mathilde", Bazzill - green & white cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Hevyweight Paper.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Classic & Petite Circles, Nellie Snellen - Multi Frame, Martha Stewart - Heart Lace edge punch.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Cherry Blossoms, Poinsettias & Self Adhesive Pearls, Unik Hobby - Methal, Kort & Godt - Ribbon, Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist "Pearl", Ranger - Glossy Accents, Martha Stewart - glitter.

I'm also entering this in to these following challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Craft - #6 "Christmas...but not a card"
Kort & Godt - "Christmas & Punches"
Stamp and Create - "Tis the Season"
ABC Christmas Challenge - "X is for Xmas"
Kort o Mania - #28 "Inside Out"
Mami Doodles - #14 "Fuzzy"
Simon Says Stamp and Show - "Whatever makes you happy"
(decorating for Christmas)
Anonyme Scrappere - #10 "Magi/Magic" (Christmas is Magic to me)
Crafts and Me - #17 "Glitter"
Crafty Creations - #94 "Beautiful Insides"
Simon Says Stamp - "Sparkle"
The Creative Cottage - #27 "Someone special at Christmas"
The Pixie Cottage - #45 "Sketch and/or Ribbons & Bows"

Thanks for stopping by today - take care!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Wild Orchid Crafts - Challenge #10 & WOC News

Wild Orchid Crafts is again ready with our WOC Challenge #10, and this time we're challenging you to make creations with the theme; Blue Christmas :)

I've made a gift-box again, filled with tea-lights, and a card on top :)

Size: 12 x 12 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black.

Stamps: Mo Manning - "Kai in the Snow" (digi), Norsk Stempelblad - texts,
Stempelglede - Christmas Carol, Kort & Godt - sentiment.

Colouring: Letraset - Promarkers.

Papers: Kaiser Craft - Prairie Lane "Lacey Bay", Bazzill - white & teal cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Hevyweight Paper 170g, sketch paper.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Classic Circles, Martha Stewart - Glacial snowflake punch, sewing machine, Cuttlebug - "Swiss Dots" embossing folder, Acetate.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Poinsettias, Stamens & Self Adhesive Pearls, Kuttut - Doilies, Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist "pearl", Ranger - Glossy Accents, Martha Stewart - glitter, Papirloftet - ribbon.

I'm also entering these challenges with this tealight-card-box:
Crafts and Me - #17 "Glitter"
Crafty Cardmakers - #33 "Stitching"
Crafty Calendar - #14 "Winter Snowflakes"
Stamp and Create - #7 "Tis the Season"
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - #6 "Christmas...but not a card"
ABC Christmas - "W is for Winter Wonderland"
Kort & Godt - "Christmas & punches"
Sweet Stampin' - "It's all about Snowflakes"
Sukkersött - #101 "Christmas/Advent"
Stamp Something - "Digi Something"
Mo's Challenge - #57 "Vellum/Acetate"
I ♥ Promarkers - #40 "Icy Colours"

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WOC News

Have you seen it? Wild Orchid Crafts launced some new flowers yeasterday :)
 Wild Orchid Crafts is now stocking small flat gardenias - and they are just fantastic!!!
I'll bet all you cardmakers (especially, I think) will love these, because they measure just over an inch in diameter, and work really well with the other WOC flowers.
I know I love them already :)
Jacqui and Bev already managed to make some samples using these new beauties, so please
pay them a visit to have a look :)

Just click on the pic, and you'll go right to Small Gardenias section at WOC :)

WOC also has a BLOG CANDY going on HERE!

Thanks a lot for popping in - take care and have fun!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Sketchy Colors - Challenge #47

Sketchy Colors is continueing our anniversary month, and have our Challenge #47 set up for you today :) It's time for another sketch - this time made by me :)
Remember we have 2 sponsors this month - and 2 prices each week!!!

Lemonade kindly sponsored the whole DT with some georgeous papers and stamps too this month, so for my card today, I've used some cute images and some georgeous papers from Lemonade!
Check out the Sketchy Color blog to see what the other girls made this week :)

Size: 15 x 15 cm
Ink: Adirondack - Espresso
Stamps: Lemonade - images (girl & tea-cup masked together), Kort & Godt - text
Colouring: Letraset - Promarkers
Papers: Lemonade - Grandma's Attic 04 & 08, Bazzill - teal & beige cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Hevywight Paper 270g, sketch paper
Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Petite Ovals, Magnolia - Doohickey Lace
Embellishments: Kort & Godt - rose, ribbon & pearls, Hobby Himmelen - lilies, Wild Orchid Crafts - Heather Stem Flowers, Kuttut - charm

I'm also entering this card in to these challenges:
Kort o Mania - #27 "Flower Power"
Craft Your Passion - #31 "Recipe - Two of something" (2 DP's/2 images)
Cute Card Thursday - #138 "Anything Goes"

Thanks for stopping by - I'm wishing you a creative & happy day!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT LILI OF THE VALLEY CHALLENGE #73 AND A BLOG HOP

This week the Lili of the Valley Challenge #73 is being combined with a Blog Hop to celebrate

the release of the Tea and Chat, Party Girls and Sentiments Collections!

Full details of the Challenge and Blog Hop can be found on the Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog .

If you have arrived here from Kathy you are in the right place, if not, then hop over to

Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog to get started.

There will be a separate prize for the Challenge #73 entries as always,
and for the hop each DT member is giving away one of the new LOTV stamps.
If you stop and leave a comment at each blog on the hop, along with making a card for the challenge,
you're in for the grand prize draw of
3 sets of the new Sentiment Collections :)
So make sure you enter on each blog, there are LOADS of stamps up for grabs!!

The winner of the grand prize of the 3 sets of Circular Sentiment Stamps will be announced next Thursday.

As I've already mentioned, all the DT-members have one of the new images to give away,
and to win my Candy Stamp:
Tea and Chat - "Hello Cupcake";

Please enter your name in the Inlinkz below!
The winner of my Candy Stamp will be drawn by Mr.Random and published here next Thursday,
along with my new LOTV Challenge creation.

The next stop on the Blog Hop is Claire - Best of luck to you all!

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This week the Lili of the Valley Challenge #73 has a theme:
ANYTHING GOES,

and here is my card showcasing the georgeous image you can win:
Tea & Chat - "Hello Cupcake"

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Adirondack - Pitch Black, Distress Ink - Pumice Stone & Broken China.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - Tea & Chat "Hello Cupcake" & Circular Sentiments "Calendars".

Colouring: Letraset - Promarkers.

Papers: Lemonade - Grandma's Attic 03, Bazzill - Vanilla & Turqouise cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Hevyweight Paper 270g, sketch paper.

Tools: Marianne Design - CreaTables dies, Spellbinders - Nesting Classic Circles.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Open Paper Roses 25 mm, 15 mm & 10 mm, Cherry Blossoms & Self Adhesive Pearls, Unik Hobby - Ribbon, Kuttut - Charm, Rainbow Glitter.

Technic: Sewing.

Thanks for stopping by!

Remember  to leave your name and link to the Blue Froggy beneath, if you want to win this stamp, and that you have to make a stop at all the DT-members blogs, if you want to be in for the chanse to win the grand price, when you have ended the Blog Hop at LOTV Inspiration Blog!

Now - hurry over to the next stop on the Blog Hop: Claire!

I'm also entering this card in to these following challenges:

Crafts and Me - #17 "Glitter"

Fab 'n' Funky - #48 "Going around in circles"

Kort o Mania - #27 "Flower Power"

Crafty Cardmakers - #33 "Stitching"

Timbroscrapmania - #14 "Cupcake"

Have a great day!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Unik Hobby - November Stamp Challenge

For my November challenge Malene at Unik Hobby gave me a fun and cute stamp from Art Impressions.

The image was quite long, so I thought it would suit a rectangular box - that probably will be filled with some delish chocolate :)

Size: 10 x 17 cm

Ink: Adirondack - Espresso, StazOn - Timber Brown, Distress Ink - Pumice Stone.

Stamps: Art Impressions - Jingle Tots, Kort & Godt - texts & sentiments.

Colouring: Letraset - Promarkers.

Papers: Maja Design - Gammaldags Jul "Tradition" & "Pyntat och Fint", Bazzill - Barkley & white cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Hevyweight Paper 270g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Long Squares & Scalloped Long Squares, Martha Stewart - Paper Trimmer, Scandinavian - & Glacial Snowflake punches.

Embellishments: Martha Stewart - Glitter, Deco Art - Snow Writer, Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist "Pearl", Ranger - Glossy Accents, Kort & Godt - pearls, ribbon.

I'm also entering this box in to these challenges:
Kort & Godt - "Christmas & Punches"
Crafty Calendar - #14 "Winter Snowflakes"
Whoopsi Daisy - "It's Christmas"
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - #6 "Christmas...but not a card"
Mami Doodles - #13 "Anything but a card"
A Spoon Full of Sugar - #129 "Snow/Snowflakes"

Thanks for stopping by - have a great day!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

Kurs hos Unik Hobby Mandag 22.11.10/Work Shop at Unik Hobby

Kurs Unik Hobby 22.11.10.

Teknikk: UTEE & Bretting

Tema: Jul & Telys

Innhold:

Vi leker oss med 2 ulike typer UTEE og lager krakkelert glass, pyntenåler og støpte figurer

Vi lager ferdig et kort med gate-fold bretting og telys-eske

Inklusiv ferdig materialpakke med innhold av bla:

Ferdig tilkuttet mønsterpapir

Ferdig tilkuttet kartong

Motiv

Pynt; Blomster, perler og bånd.

Telys

Mal

Deltakerne må selv ta med:

Arbeidsunderlag (gjerne et som tåler varme)

Saks

Pinsett

Flytende lim som tørker blankt og sitter godt

Dobbeltsidig tape

Embossing blekk-pute

Akrylkloss

Blekkpute til stempling av tekster; f.eks Archival Ink – Coffee

Blekkpute til sverting av kanter; f.eks Distress Ink – Pumice Stone

Svamp til sverting av kanter

Varmluftspistol

UTEE - Clear

Glitterlim

Kursholder tar i tillegg med:

Melting Pot

Hvit og klar UTEE

Støpeform i Melt Art - Mold-n-Pour leire

Varmluftspistol

Øvrig info og påmelding hos Unik Hobby!

OBS! Få plasser igjen!!

Velkommen til kurs!

Klem, Lena Katrine

DT Sketchy Colors - Challenge #46

Sketchy Colors is again ready with a new color challenge; Challenge #46, and this time we would like to see projects in the colors of: Green & Silver!
It's a new month, and that also means we have a new sponsor - only this month we have TWO!!
Sketchy Colors is celebrating our 1 year birthday this month, and we are so lucky to have
LILI OF THE VALLEY from the UK & LEMONADE from Poland,
sponsoring us with some pretty amazing prizes the next 4 challenges :)
So what are you waiting for? Head over to the challenge blog and have a look at the challenge & the prices! And don't forget, the girls have made some pretty great creations again, to hopefully inspire you to join our challenge :)

By the way; here's my project in green & silver - a gift-bag for Christmas :)

Size: 13 x 18 cm
Ink: Distress Ink - Pumice Stone
Image: Hobby Himmelen - Vintertid (Die-Cut paper)
Text: Hobby Himmelen - Gledelig Jul (Die-Cut paper)
Papers: Kaiser Craft - 'Tis The Season "Choir", Bazzill - vanilla & green cardstock
Tools: Nellie Snellen - Multi Frames, Martha Stewart - Eyelet Lace edge punch
Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Wild Roses 25 mm, Aster Daisies, Gypsophilas, Chrystal Stems & Guipure Lace, Unik Hobby - brown paperbag, charm & ribbon, Ranger - Stickles "Silver", rhinestones, magnets.

I'm also entering these challenges with this bag:
Craft your Passion - #30 "Anything goes"
Critter - #38 "Christmas"
A Spoon Full of Sugar - #128 "Relish to embellish"
Crafts and Me - #16 "Christmas gift"
Charizma Cards - #44 "With love at Christmas"
Treehouse - #074 "Old olive & Ivory"
Scrappiness - "Vintageinspirert julekreasjon/Vintage Christmas"
Kreative Krumspring - #5 "En julehilsen/A Christmas Greeting"
Kort o Mania - #27 "Flower Power"
Mami Doodles - #13 "Anything but a card"

Thanks for visiting - have a great day!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Lili of the Valley Challenge #72

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Lili of the Valley is ready with our Challenge #72 and a new theme: One for the Girls :)

The fairies have made an exellent job with theire DT cards again this week, and some of them are even showing sneekpeeks from the new amazing stamp collections that will be launched on the site on 12th November, so don't hasitage to pay the challenge blog and my DT fellows a visit today :) 

I've made an easel-card with one of my favourite stamps from the christmas range, and one of the new Circular Sentiment Stamps coming the 12th!

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - "All Wrapped Up" & Circular Sentiments "Christmas", Kaiser Craft - Flourishes

Colouring: Distress Ink - Refills

Papers: Maja Design - Fröjdefull Jul "Glada Skratt" & "Broderat Duk", Bazzill - Barkley & Dawn cardstock, Canson - Montval aquarell paper 200g, sketch paper

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Classic & Scalloped Squares and Classic & Petite Circles, Stampin'Up! - Word Window punch

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Poinsettias, Open Paper Roses 15 mm, Heather Stem Flowers, Pearl Spray & Self Adhesive Pearls, Unik Hobby - charm, Kort & Godt - ribbon, Martha Stewart - glitter

I'm also entering this card in to these challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Week #127 "Sketch"
Kort & Godt - "Christmas & Punches"
Sir Stampalot - "Christmas Traditions"
Scrappekammeret - "Girly"
ABC Christmas Challenge - "W is for Winter Wonderland"
The ABC Challenge - "G is for Glitter"

Thanks for stopping by - have a great day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

3 in 1 DT-challenges: WOC - Launch of the Hellebores, Trykkpressa - November Challenge & Unik Hobby - X-tra Challenge

I'm ready with a 3 in 1 challenge:
Wild Orchid Crafts: Launch of the new Hellebores flowers
Ett trykk - Trykkpressa: Folding & Masking
Unik Hobby: Whiff of Joy images

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Adirondack - Espresso for stamping the images, Distress Ink - Pumice Stone & Victorian Velvet and ColorBox Fluid Chalk - Azurite for inking the paper edges.

Stamps: Whiff of Joy - "Business Willow" & "Handsome Oakley", Magnolia - Boutique & Lantern.

Colouring: Letraset - Promarkers.

Papers: Maja Design - Sommartider "Blommor i sitt hår", Bazzill - teal, pink & white cardstock,

Letraset - Cartridge Paper.

Tools: Martha Stewart - Paper Trimmer, Spellbinders - Nesting Scalloped & Classic Squares.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - HELLEBORES, Open Paper Roses 15 mm & 20 mm, Pearl Stamens & Self Adhesive Pearls, Martha Stewart - Glitter,Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist "Pearl".

Technics: Frame Card Folding & Masking.

I'm also enetering this card in to these challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - #75 "Theme: Best Friends"
Let's Ink It Up - #5 "Make a Scene"
Pollycraft - #68 "It's chill time"

Thank you for stopping by again today!

Hugs, Lena Katrine