Christmas Basket with a Tutorial

The day before Christmas!
Just one day to go - at least here in Norway :)
I'm looking soooooooo much forward to some Holiday freetime now!

But first, I thought I'd show you a Christmas Basket that I made for one of my classes lately - a basket that can be filled with any goodies you'd like, and then it makes a great gift for someone you care about :)

Supplies:
Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black.
Stamps: Kort & Godt/Camelia - Christmas sentiments.
Papers: Magnolia - "Sweet Red Poinettia" & "Holly Christmas Song", Bazzill - white & red cardstock.
Tools: Spellbinders - die, Martha Stewart - Swirling Lace edge punch, Magnolia - DooHickeys tag die.
Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Poinsettias, Open Paper Roses 15 mm & 10 mm, Rosebuds 4 mm, Satin Ribbon and Self Adhesive Rhinestones, charm, silver tread.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:
Crafting for all Seasons - Christmas Cards/Projects
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Merry Christmas
Little Darlings - Christmas
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Holiday Gifts
Stampavie and More - Red
Little Red Wagon - Inspiration Photo (colours)
Simon Says Stamp - Bingo (ribbon/twine, punches/die cuts, multifold)

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How to make this Christmas Basket:

Dette trenger du/This is what you’ll need:
1 Kartong/Cardstock + 1 stripe i str/strip of size 4,5 x 30 cm
1 Mønsterpapir/Designer paper
Dobbeltsidig tape/Adhesives
Flytende lim/Glue
Linjal/Ruler
Skjærebrett og/eller pregebrett/Scoreboard
Saks/Scissors
Bordutstanser/Edge puncher
Spellbinders sirkel el. Doily e.l./Spellbinders circle or doily or something similar
Pynt/Embellishments

Kurv/Basket:
Kutt til 6 firkanter i kartong i str. 10 x 10 cm/Cut 6 squares of cardstock in size 10 x 10 cm.
Kutt og brett etter malen/Cut and fold like the template says:

Stans mønster på toppen av hver del med en kantutstanser/Use the edge puncher on top of each part.

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Kutt til 6 stk rektangulære paneler mønsterpapir I str. 7 x 7,5 cm/Cut 6 panels of designer paper in size 7 x 7,5 cm.

Klipp til etter malen/Cut as the template says:

Lim panelene av mønsterpapir til kartongdelene/Glue the pieces of designer paper on the parts of cardstock.

Lim alle delene sammen, slik at de danner en sekskantet kurv/Glue the parts together so they become a hexagon shaped basket.

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Bunn/Bottom:

Konstruer en sekskant I kartong slik: Tegn en sirkel med radius på 4 cm. Sett passerspissen i et punkt på sirkelbuen – med samme radius, og merk av et nytt punkt på sirkelbuen. Sett passerspissen i det nye punktet, og merk av et punkt til. Fortsett til du har seks punkter. Trekk rette linjer fra punkt til punkt, og klipp ut sekskanten.

Lim denne sekskanten til bunnen, på insiden av kurven.

Construate a hexagon like this: Draw a circle with a radius of 4 cm. Mark a point on the circle, then a new point 4 cm from the first, a new one 4 cm from the second…and so on, until you have 6 points on the circle. Draw straight lines from point to point, until you have a hexagon. Cut out the hexagon, and glue it to the bottom of the baskets inside.

Stans ut en Spellbinders form etter ønske, og lim denne på undersiden av kurven, som bunnplate.

Punch out a Spellbinder shape and glue it underneath the bottom of the basket, as a plate.

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Håndtak/Handle:

Kutt til en stripe av kartong i str. 4,5 x 30 cm/Cut a strip of cardstock in size 4,5 x 30 cm.

Bruk kantutstanseren på begge sidene av stripen/Use the edge puncher on both sides of the strip.

Kutt til en stripe av mønsterpapir i str. 2,5 x 30 cm, og lim den på remsen av kartong/Cut a strip of designer paper in size 2,5 x 30 cm, and glue it to the strip of cardstock.

Fest håndtaket på innsiden av kurven/Glue the handle to the inside of the basket.

Kurven er nå klar til å dekoreres etter eget ønske/The basket is now ready to be embellished.

Thank you so much for all your sweet comments - they are such a great inspiration to me!
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Hugs, LenaKatrine

WINNERS of my 12 Days of Christmas Give Away

Ho-ho-ho!
First of all - thank you so much to all of you that entered my 12 Days of Christmas Give Away!
This has been so much fun, so I think I'll do it again next year too :)
Then I'd like to thank everyone who's left me a comment during my 12 Days of Christmas Give Away, and  a big thank you to all of my new followers!!!

Okay, here are the winners Mr.Random selected:

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Day 1: No 24 - Linda

Day 2: No 13 - Heidi SG

Day 3: No 4 - Alethea

Day 4: No 29 - Elin

Day 5: No 31 - Christy 

Day 6: No 10 - Frea

Day 7: No 38 - Yvon

Day 8: No 43 - Wenche

Day 9: No 14 - Ulrike

Day 10: No 31 - Sylvia

Day 11: No 49 - Kitty

Day 12: No 22 - Angelique

Congratulations everyone!

Please pop me an e-mail with your name and address before December 31th, and mark your mail with YOUR Christmas Give Away winner day (ex Day 8), so I can post the candies to you!

More candies are coming up in a while, so be sure to check back every now and then :)

Have a lovely day, sweet visitors!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

Christmas came early this year!

Look!

I've become an aunt again this evening, to the sweetest little prince ever (again :)

He looks just like his brother Benjamin did, when he was born 5 years ago :)

Name: Adrian

Born: 4.57 pm on December 18th 2011

Lenght: 55 cm

Weight: 3815g

I already love him with my whole heart, and can't wait to meet him ♥

Big congratulations to my brother Raymond, my sister in law Elisabeth and my dearest nephew Benjamin!

Love you to bits!

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12 Days of Christmas Give Aways - Day 12

Ho - ho - ho!

Today is my 12 Days of Christmas Give Away's last day :)

This is the last day of my 12 Days of Christmas Give Away, and it's been so much fun!!!
Of course this will be open for entries until 11.59 am tomorrow - so you'll still have 24 hours to enter!

All you have to do, to be in the chanse of winning the price, is to post my "12 Days of Christmas Give Away" button somewhere on your blog linking back to me, and add your info to Mr. InLinkz below :)

All the winners will be announced December 20th.

Today's Give Away:

1 Stamp from Sweet Pea Stamps
1 selection of Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts
1 bottle of Ice Stickles - Crystal

Thank you, have fun and best of luck to all of you!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 12

1.	Neha	22.	Joyce	43.	Sanne
2.	alethea	23.	angelique	44.	Vipera
3.	Marita S	24.	linda dekker	45.	Christy Beans
4.	Anne	25.	Bashful	46.	Алла
5.	petra	26.	Anne H	47.	Regena
6.	Uta	27.	Sny_Smymrik	48.	Sylvia
7.	Stine	28.	Riina	49.	Berit C
8.	Panna Pandka	29.	Carissa	50.	Tonje B.
9.	JorunnB	30.	Annelie	51.	Regina
10.	Hlora	31.	MereteN	52.	Wenche
11.	riliska	32.	Jill	53.	Kaia
12.	Larisa	33.	Screppa	54.	Jette Munkbøl
13.	iruha	34.	An	55.	Ksenia
14.	Pamela	35.	Yvon	56.	Heidi SG
15.	Lisbeth B	36.	Astrid G	57.	Theresa
16.	Frea	37.	karka00	58.	Linda
17.	Lisbeth K	38.	Eveline	59.	Rosalee M.
18.	elka	39.	Helena	60.	Aluna
19.	Герцогиня	40.	Meretekj	61.	Outi
20.	-Ulrike-	41.	Anne	62.	Anji
21.	Diana	42.	terriavidreader	63.	Nina

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12 Days of Christmas Give Aways - Day 11

My 12 Days of Christmas Give Away continues :)

These posts will go on the air at noon (my time) every day, and each Give Away will be open for entries until11.59 am the next day - so you'll have 24 hours to enter each Give Away!

All you have to do, to be in the chanse of winning the prices, is to post my "12 Days of Christmas Give Away" button somewhere on your blog linking back to me, and add your info to Mr. InLinkz below :)

All the winners will be announced December 20th.

Today's Give Away:

1 small selection of Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts
1 bundle of Satin Ribbon from Wild Orchid Crafts
1 small bundle of Natural Cotton Lace from Wild Orchid Crafts
1 sheet of Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Thank you, have fun and best of luck to all of you!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 11

1.	Joyce	20.	Astrid G	39.	bettina
2.	Anne Sofie	21.	iruha	40.	Sanne
3.	angelique	22.	Kaia	41.	-Ulrike-
4.	Annelie	23.	alethea	42.	Vipera
5.	Uta	24.	Pamela	43.	Sylvia
6.	JorunnB	25.	Stine	44.	Rosalee M.
7.	Panna Pandka	26.	Anne H	45.	Anne
8.	Hlora	27.	Алла	46.	Riina
9.	riliska	28.	Helena	47.	Frea
10.	An	29.	elka	48.	divinity
11.	Larisa	30.	Yvon	49.	Kitty
12.	Ksenia	31.	karka00	50.	Regina
13.	Screppa	32.	Anji78	51.	Regena
14.	linda dekker	33.	Lisbeth B	52.	Sissen
15.	Jill	34.	Lisbeth K	53.	Heidi SG
16.	Diana	35.	Герцогиня	54.	Outi
17.	Turid	36.	Meretekj	55.	Andreja L.
18.	Marita S	37.	Sudha	56.	MereteN
19.	petra	38.	Berit C

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12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 10

My 12 Days of Christmas Give Away continues :)

These posts will go on the air at noon (my time) every day, and each Give Away will be open for entries until11.59 am the next day - so you'll have 24 hours to enter each Give Away!

All you have to do, to be in the chanse of winning the prices, is to post my "12 Days of Christmas Give Away" button somewhere on your blog linking back to me, and add your info to Mr. InLinkz below :)

All the winners will be announced December 20th.

Today's Give Away:

1 Embossing Folder "Vine Label" from Quick Kutz
1 box of Fine Glitter

Thank you, have fun and best of luck to all of you!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 10

1.	Jill	19.	Guri	37.	Nina
2.	Lisbeth K	20.	Алла	38.	Kitty
3.	Hlora	21.	Meretekj	39.	Yvon
4.	riliska	22.	-Ulrike-	40.	Frea
5.	Larisa	23.	Герцогиня	41.	Anji78
6.	petra	24.	Marita S	42.	Rosalee M.
7.	JorunnB	25.	Joyce	43.	Astrid G
8.	Vipera	26.	kittirin	44.	Outi
9.	alethea	27.	Tracy	45.	Regina
10.	Carissa	28.	Sudha	46.	Anne Sofie
11.	Pamela	29.	Winnie	47.	angelique
12.	Diana	30.	Anne H	48.	Anna Kristine
13.	Annelie	31.	Sylvia	49.	Stine
14.	iruha	32.	elka	50.	Berit C
15.	Uta	33.	Anne	51.	Kaia
16.	linda dekker	34.	Linda	52.	Lili
17.	Bashful	35.	agneta	53.	Jette Munkbøl
18.	Turid	36.	Panna Pandka

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12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 9

My 12 Days of Christmas Give Away continues :)

These posts will go on the air at noon (my time) every day, and each Give Away will be open for entries until11.59 am the next day - so you'll have 24 hours to enter each Give Away!

All you have to do, to be in the chanse of winning the prices, is to post my "12 Days of Christmas Give Away" button somewhere on your blog linking back to me, and add your info to Mr. InLinkz below :)

All the winners will be announced December 20th.

Today's Give Away:

1 Stamp ("Slow and Steady") from Little Darlings
1 bundle of Divine Twine from Wild Orchid Crafts
1 sheet of 3D-Glue Pads 1 mm

Thank you, have fun and best of luck to all of you!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 9

1.	Lisbeth B	22.	Lisbeth K	43.	Anne
2.	JorunnB	23.	Sudha	44.	Kitty
3.	Carissa	24.	elka	45.	Vipera
4.	Helena	25.	Marita S	46.	Stine
5.	AstridG	26.	karka00	47.	Turid
6.	Герцогиня	27.	Natalie Z.	48.	Berit C
7.	angelique	28.	linda dekker	49.	Heidi SG
8.	alethea	29.	An	50.	Carole P
9.	Uta	30.	Frea	51.	Sylvia
10.	Nina	31.	Pamela	52.	Katharina
11.	Meretekj	32.	bettina	53.	Panna Pandka
12.	iruha	33.	Sissen	54.	Kaia
13.	Jill	34.	Yvon	55.	Wenche
14.	-Ulrike-	35.	Rosalee M.	56.	Linda
15.	petra	36.	Anji78	57.	Jo
16.	Ank	37.	Алла	58.	Neha
17.	Riina	38.	Hlora	59.	Screppa
18.	Joyce	39.	Larisa	60.	Winnie
19.	Regena	40.	riliska	61.	Jette Munkbøl
20.	Annelie	41.	Regina	62.	Scrapalajen
21.	Neltine	42.	milena60

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12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 8

My 12 Days of Christmas Give Away continues :)

These posts will go on the air at noon (my time) every day, and each Give Away will be open for entries until11.59 am the next day - so you'll have 24 hours to enter each Give Away!

All you have to do, to be in the chanse of winning the prices, is to post my "12 Days of Christmas Give Away" button somewhere on your blog linking back to me, and add your info to Mr. InLinkz below :)

All the winners will be announced December 20th.

Today's Give Away:

1 bag of Small Gardenias from Wild Orchid Crafts
1 Sassy Stamp from Sugar Nellie

Thank you, have fun and best of luck to all of you!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 8

1.	Annelie	21.	Sylvia	41.	Hlora
2.	lisbeth B	22.	Nina	42.	riliska
3.	Joyce	23.	JorunnB	43.	Wenche
4.	Turid	24.	karka00	44.	neltine
5.	Stine	25.	Ksenia	45.	Elin
6.	Sabine	26.	Regena	46.	Screppa
7.	Carissa	27.	Marita S	47.	Frea
8.	iruha	28.	Jill	48.	angelique
9.	Riina	29.	Lisbeth K	49.	Katharina
10.	kittirin	30.	Алла	50.	Titti
11.	Anne H	31.	leMonaDe	51.	Yvon
12.	linda dekker	32.	Zehavit Shaked	52.	Panna Pandka
13.	Kaia	33.	KjerstiF	53.	Berit C
14.	Uta	34.	Vipera	54.	Sissen
15.	alethea	35.	Anita Kouwenberg	55.	Linda
16.	fabiola	36.	Pamela	56.	Kitty
17.	Герцогиня	37.	Heidi SG	57.	Jo
18.	Tracy	38.	Regina	58.	Outi
19.	Meretekj	39.	elka	59.	Carole P
20.	Rosalee M.	40.	MereteN

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12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 7

My 12 Days of Christmas Give Away continues :)

These posts will go on the air at noon (my time) every day, and each Give Away will be open for entries until11.59 am the next day - so you'll have 24 hours to enter each Give Away!

All you have to do, to be in the chanse of winning the prices, is to post my "12 Days of Christmas Give Away" button somewhere on your blog linking back to me, and add your info to Mr. InLinkz below :)

All the winners will be announced December 20th.

Today's Give Away:

5 m of Ribbon from Kort & Godt/Camelia
1 bottle of Stickles - Frosted Lace
1 sheet of 3D-Glue Pads

Thank you, have fun and best of luck to all of you!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 7

1.	linda dekker	16.	Panna pandka	31.	Lisbeth B
2.	Uta	17.	Lisbeth K	32.	Frea
3.	Anita Kouwenberg	18.	Nina	33.	karka00
4.	Герцогиня	19.	Kaia	34.	Andreja L.
5.	petra	20.	Turid	35.	Anji78
6.	Vipera	21.	Anne H	36.	Linda
7.	iruha	22.	Ksenia	37.	Berit C
8.	Joyce	23.	Sylvia	38.	Yvon
9.	angelique	24.	Riina	39.	Meretekj
10.	Annelie	25.	Rosalee M.	40.	Jo Draper
11.	Neltine	26.	Regena	41.	Neha
12.	Carissa	27.	Heidi SG	42.	Outi
13.	Sanne	28.	Ank	43.	Jette Munkbøl
14.	Screppa	29.	Pamela	44.	Guri
15.	Regina	30.	-Ulrike-	45.	Carole P

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12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 6

My 12 Days of Christmas Give Away continues :)

These posts will go on the air at noon (my time) every day, and each Give Away will be open for entries until11.59 am the next day - so you'll have 24 hours to enter each Give Away!

All you have to do, to be in the chanse of winning the prices, is to post my "12 Days of Christmas Give Away" button somewhere on your blog linking back to me, and add your info to Mr. InLinkz below :)

All the winners will be announced December 20th.

Today's Give Away:

1 bag of 20 mm Open Paper Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts
1 Versa Magic Ink Pad

Thank you, have fun and best of luck to all of you!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 6

1.	Yvon	17.	Joyce	33.	Uta
2.	alethea	18.	Ani	34.	Turid
3.	Natalie Z.	19.	Ank	35.	Elin
4.	Diana	20.	Rosalee M.	36.	Anita Kouwenberg
5.	Lisbeth B	21.	Lisbeth K	37.	Linda
6.	Герцогиня	22.	Katharina	38.	valou250809
7.	-Ulrike-	23.	Vipera	39.	Sylvia
8.	JorunnB	24.	linda dekker	40.	angelique
9.	Nina	25.	Regina	41.	Guri
10.	iruha	26.	megha jain	42.	Wenche
11.	Frea	27.	Panna Pandka	43.	Stine
12.	kittirin	28.	Christy Beans	44.	Neha
13.	Screppa	29.	Ksenia	45.	Outi
14.	Andreja L.	30.	Berit C	46.	Kitty
15.	Annelie	31.	Brigadier	47.	Carole P
16.	Meretekj	32.	Regena

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DT Sketchy Colors - Challenge #97: Black and White V:S Scrapbook Stamp Society/Addicted To Stamps

Happy Sunday Sweeties!

Today we're ready with a new challenge at Sketchy Colors, and for our Challenge #97 we have a classic colour combo for you:
BLACK & WHITE!
Sweet Pea Stamps is yet again sponsoring us with a great price, and the DT did another marvelous job using this colours, so check out the SC challenge blog :)

For my card today, I've used another beautiful digi-stamp from Scrapbook Stamp Society/Addicted To Stamps, called Cameo 5 :)
These images are just so easy and fun to colour, so head over to the store to get your own!
Todays image is coloured in mainly black shades, with a touch of pink, using my beloved Prismacolor Pencils :)

Standing Card/Regular

Size: 6" x 6"

Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black, Distress Ink - Black Soot.

Stamps: Scrapbook Stamp Society/Addicted To Stamps - Morgan Fitzsimmons Cameo 5 (digi-image), Whimsy Stamps - Treasured Moments Tickets (sentiments).

Colouring: Prismacolor Premier Pencils.

Papers: BoBunny - Enchanted Collection, Bazzill - black & white cardstock, copy paper 280g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Classic Rectangles & Label Tag, Martha Stewart - Flourish edge punch.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Wild Rose 25 mm, Open Paper Roses 15 mm & 10 mm, Sweetheart Blossoms, Heather Stem Flowers, Pearl Brads, Self Adhesive Pearls & Lace.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything goes
Whimsy Stamps Inspirations - Patterns and pearls
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Pink Ink Sketch - Sketch

Thank you for taking a peek at my card today!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 5

My 12 Days of Christmas Give Away continues :)

These posts will go on the air at noon (my time) every day, and each Give Away will be open for entries until11.59 am the next day - so you'll have 24 hours to enter each Give Away!

All you have to do, to be in the chanse of winning the prices, is to post my "12 Days of Christmas Give Away" button somewhere on your blog linking back to me, and add your info to Mr. InLinkz below :)

All the winners will be announced December 20th.

Today's Give Away:

1 wheel og Heart Pins from Wild Orchid Crafts
1 bundle of Lace from Papirloftet

Thank you, have fun and best of luck to all of you!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 5

1.	Annelie	16.	iruha	31.	Christy Beans
2.	Lisbeth B	17.	angelique	32.	Vipera
3.	Yvon	18.	Anne	33.	Outi
4.	karka00	19.	Sylvia	34.	Katharina
5.	Герцогиня	20.	Regena	35.	Uta
6.	Lisbeth K	21.	kittirin	36.	Tonje B.
7.	Anne Sofie	22.	Frea	37.	Anne H
8.	Regina	23.	Larisa	38.	Heidi SG
9.	Elin	24.	riliska	39.	Meretekj
10.	JorunnB	25.	Screppa	40.	alethea
11.	MereteN	26.	Hlora	41.	Kaia
12.	Joyce	27.	Nina	42.	Luz
13.	Kitty	28.	Rosalee M.	43.	Kate
14.	linda dekker	29.	Berit C
15.	Zehavit Shaked	30.	Turid

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12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 4

My 12 Days of Christmas Give Away continues :)

These posts will go on the air at noon (my time) every day, and each Give Away will be open for entries until11.59 am the next day - so you'll have 24 hours to enter each Give Away!

All you have to do, to be in the chanse of winning the prices, is to post my "12 Days of Christmas Give Away" button somewhere on your blog linking back to me, and add your info to Mr. InLinkz below :)

All the winners will be announced December 20th.

Today's Give Away:

1 bag of Mixed Summer Blooms from Wild Orchid Crafts
1 Match Box Kit from Melissa Frances

Thank you, have fun and best of luck to all of you!

Hugs, Lena Katrine


Thank you so much for all your best wishes on blogger and face book, phonecalls,  sms's and gifts due to my birthday yesterday - I feel so blessed having such wonderful friends all over the world!

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 4

1.	iruha	15.	Ank	29.	Elin
2.	Uta	16.	Debbie	30.	Katharina
3.	alethea	17.	Screppa	31.	Kitty
4.	Carissa	18.	Guri	32.	Berit C
5.	linda dekker	19.	angelique	33.	Anne Sofie
6.	Jan ltc	20.	Anne H	34.	Frea
7.	Turid	21.	Regena	35.	Kaia
8.	Annelie	22.	Lisbeth K	36.	Linda
9.	Герцогиня	23.	kittirin	37.	Outi
10.	JorunnB	24.	Sylvia	38.	Ani
11.	Lisbeth B	25.	Neha	39.	karka00
12.	Joyce	26.	Meretekj	40.	detenish
13.	Yvon	27.	Vipera	41.	Pauline
14.	Ksenia	28.	Nina

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12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 3

My 12 Days of Christmas Give Away continues :)

These posts will go on the air at noon (my time) every day, and each Give Away will be open for entries until11.59 am the next day - so you'll have 24 hours to enter each Give Away!

All you have to do, to be in the chanse of winning the prices, is to post my "12 Days of Christmas Give Away" button somewhere on your blog linking back to me, and add your info to Mr. InLinkz below :)

All the winners will be announced December 20th.

Today's Give Away:

1 Transfer Text
1 Stamp ("The Architect") from Little Darlings

Thank you, have fun and best of luck to all of you!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 3

1.	Winnie	15.	Yvon	29.	Anne Sofie
2.	Sumsibine	16.	Kaia	30.	Elin
3.	Neha	17.	JorunnB	31.	Stine
4.	Uta	18.	Lisbeth B	32.	Meretekj
5.	Pamela	19.	Joyce	33.	Berit C
6.	angelique	20.	Sylvia	34.	kittirin
7.	alethea	21.	Guri	35.	Ani
8.	Annelie	22.	Nina	36.	Turid
9.	Герцогиня	23.	-Ulrike-	37.	Frea
10.	Anne H	24.	Lisbeth K	38.	Carole P
11.	iruha	25.	miss odezanir	39.	Beth R
12.	linda dekker	26.	Jan ltc	40.	Regina
13.	Vipera	27.	Screppa	41.	Outi
14.	Anne	28.	Anne-Eddie	42.	julie

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DT Lili of the Valley - Challenge #124: Pink, White & Silver

Happy Thursday Sweeties - and Happy Birthday to moi *lol*

Yep, it's my Birthday today - not celebrating it though, 'cause I'm going to work later on ;(

But that's not what I was going to write about *lol*

Today Lili of the Valley is ready with our Challenge #124, and we have a new colour theme for you:

Pink, white & silver!

The B-team girlies have all made such georgeous work using these colours, and of course we have a great price on offer, so head over to the LOTV Challenge blog and have a look :)

* Lili of the Valley is going to do some changes about the Challenge Blog and the Ideas to Inspire blog starting in January - you can read all about that at the Challenge Blog *

I've made a Joy-Fold Card this time, using one of the cutest new LOTV images ever (I think this one might be one of my new favs ;) called "Never To Old For A Hug".

Joy Fold Card

Size: 6" x 6"

Ink: Adirondack - Pitch Bløack, Distress Ink - Victorian Velvet.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - "Never To Old For A Hug", North Star Stamps - Sentiment, Stampendous - Definition Friendship.

Colouring: Prismacolor Premier Pencils.

Papers: Panduro/Vibeke Spigseth - DP's, Bazzill - white & pink cardstock, copy paper 280g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Eyelet Squares & Classic Squares, Magnolia - DooHickeys "Flourish Hearts", Martha Stewart - edge punch.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Hydrageas, Metal Corners, Pearl Brads & Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Stickles - Star Dust, ribbon.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:

Mami Doodles - Make it shine
Sir Stampalot - Bingo (brads, flowers, ribbon)
Ooh La La - Lots of sparkle
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes with glitter
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping here today - have a wonderful Thursday!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Announcement

CardMaker Magazine and Little Darlings news!

CardMaker Magazine is launching a new blog, and today they are starting a cross-marketing campaign together with Love To Stamp,  promoting their new blog and Little Darlings stamps :)  

Little Darlings is also being included in the “Our Favorite Products” section, in the January issue of CardMaker Magazine - currently on sale!

Angie is generously giving away a bundle of LD stamps to a random commenter on her  announcement post today, due to celebrate the cross-marketing, so head over to her blog and check it out!

  

The giveaway includes 5 Little Darlings stamps, one from each of the first 5 releases!!!  

The prize winner will be drawn  on December 15^th

Here's a small selection of cards I made with some of the cute Little Darlings images, during my time on the DT:

Thanks for stopping here today - now head over to Angie and make your comment :)

Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 2

My 12 Days of Christmas Give Away continues :)

These posts will go on the air at noon (my time) every day, and each Give Away will be open for entries until11.59 am the next day - so you'll have 24 hours to enter each Give Away!

All you have to do, to be in the chanse of winning the prices, is to post my "12 Days of Christmas Give Away" button somewhere on your blog linking back to me, and add your info to Mr. InLinkz below :)

All the winners will be announced December 20th.

Today's Give Away:

1 sheet of "Family" Chipboard
1 sheet of 3D-glue pads 1 mm
1 bundle of Lace 

Thank you, have fun and best of luck to all of you!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

12 Days of Christmas Give Away - Day 2

1.	Annelie	15.	Kaia	29.	Katharina
2.	Lisbeth B	16.	Vipera	30.	Uta
3.	Герцогиня	17.	Screppa	31.	Yvon
4.	Anne	18.	Meretekj	32.	Turid
5.	angelique	19.	Ksenia	33.	Ank
6.	linda dekker	20.	Rosalee M.	34.	Frea
7.	JorunnB	21.	Kitty	35.	Anne Sofie
8.	alethea	22.	Joyce	36.	Stine
9.	Carissa	23.	Pamela	37.	Carole P
10.	iruha	24.	Elin	38.	Sylvia
11.	AstridG	25.	Anne H	39.	Theresa
12.	Tonje B.	26.	kittirin	40.	Linda
13.	Heidi SG	27.	Guri
14.	Lisbeth K	28.	Ani

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DT Unik Hobby - December Challenge: Flower Soft - Image

Good morning sweeties!

Today I'm showing off my December challenge for Unik Hobby, and it's with a heavy heart, cause this is my last project as a DT-member for Unik Hobby ;(

Thank you so much to Malene & Dan for having me on your team for the last 2 years!

I got this cute stamp from Flower Soft called "The Gift", coloured it with my beloved Prismas, and mounted it on a new lantern that I made :)

Lantern

Size: Ca 12 x 18 cm

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Distress Ink - Weathered Wood.

Stamps: Flower Soft - "The Gift".

Colouring: Prismacolor Premier Pencils.

Papers: Bazzill - white canvas cardstock, copy paper 280g.

Tools: Spellbinders – Shape Frames ”Scalloped Edge”, Marianne Design - tree dies, Martha Stewart – "Deco Flowers" Punch Around The Page Set, "Aspen Snowflake" Punch Around The Corner Set & "Glacial Snowflake" punch.

Other things: Ribbon & Self Adhesive Rhinestones.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:

Trykkpressa - White
Crafty Boots - Anything Goes
Forever Friends - Christmas
Hooked on Craft - Winter Wonderland
The Ribbon Reel - Anything Goes
Pile It On - Bling it up
Challenge Up Your Life - Packaging/Box
Craft Your Days Away - Buttons OR Bows
Crafty Calendar - Cold and frosty
One Stop Craft - Let it snow
Fun With Shapes and More - Cold as ice
Totally Papercrafts - Let it snow
Winter Wonderland - Christmas/Winter birthday
Bling it On - Christmas
By the Cute and Girly - Let it snow
CRAFT - Christmas present
Crop Stop - Punch your way around Christmas
Delightful Challenges - Let it snow
Southern Girls - Ribbon madness

Divas by Design - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - Photo inspiration

Thank you so much for all the sweet comments about my DT work for Unik Hobby during my DT-time!

Hugs, Lena Katrine