DT Sketchy Colors - Challenge #143: Sketch

Good Morning!

Sketchy Colors is having Challenge #143 up and running :)
This time we have prepared a new sketch for you, and Letraset is sponsoring us with another awesome price!
The DT have made some beautiful projects for your inspiration, so check them all out at the SC blog ;)

I've made an advent calendar this time, and this is actually the project we made at the latest class I held at Unik Hobby!
The cute image and beautiful papers are from Bildmålarna - of course :)

Advent Calendar
Size: 6,75" x 8,5"
Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee, Distress Ink - Weathered Wood.
Stamp: Bildmålarna - LWF "Christmas Fun".
Colouring: Distress Ink - Refills (tattered rose, tea dye, worn lipstick, weathered wood, stormy sky, barn door, aged mahogany, pumice stone, vintage photo, walnut stain, scattered straw & forest moss).
Papers: Bildmålarna - Frosty Christmas "Blue Christmas" & "Mr. Snowman", Bazzill - blue cardstock, Canson - Montval aquarell paper 200g.
Tools: Spellbinders - square dies, Martha Stewart - Aspen Snowflake patp, EK Success - snowflake punch.
Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Panduro - foam letters.

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

DT Ett trykk: Issue 05/10 - Advent Calendar & A early sneek peek

Each DT-member of Ett trykk, made a sample of a Advent Calendar in our issue 05/10 of Ett trykk.

I got the idea to make a Norwegian mail-box system - with 24 mail-boxes, and here it is :)

Size: ca 30 x 40 cm

Ink: Distress Ink - Pumice Stone to ink the edges.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - "Build a Snowman" (Sneekpeek - image to come in 2011).

Colouring: Distress Ink - Refills.

Papers: Maja Design - Gammaldags Jul "Julbak" & "Pyntat o fint", Bazzill - red & white cardstock, Canson - Montval aquarellpaper 200g, sketch paper, cardboard.

Tools: Marianne Design - CreaTables LR0112 dies, Spellbinders - Nesting Classic Circles, Classic Squares & Labels 1 (for the top of the mail boxes), Quick Kutz - CC Mademoiselle Alphabet (numbers), Martha Stewart - Eyelet Lace punch around the page, small leaf punch.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Gypsophilas, Aster Daisies, Pearl Spray, Open Paper Roses 10 mm, 15 mm & 25 mm, Rosebuds 4 mm & Self Adhesive Pearls, Tattered angels - Glimmermist "Pearl" (on the white flowers), Shimmerz - Spritz "Mudpie" (on the red flowers), Stickles - Frosted Lace, Creative Cafe - "Lucky Oyster" glitter glue, Ranger - Glossy Accents, glass glitter, Kuttut - pearl string, pon-pon ribbon, Unik Hobby - sheer ribon.

I made the template for the mail-boxes myself, and each mail-box measures 4 x 6 cm.

The mail-box wall is made of a whole 12" x 12" cardboard, and the ridge of a half.

The "roof" is made of two stripes of cardstock measures 3 cm wide, folded in the middle,

after punching the one side.

Happy 1th December everyone!

Be sure to stop by my blog later today - I'll bet you don't wanna miss that next post :)

Hugs, Lena Katrine

My advent calendar contended..., a KAOS and some other awards :)

As you may remember, I got an amazing adventcalendar from my best friend Maya :)
And it also contended a whole lot of georgeous crafting stuff too *happy*
Do you wanna see?
Well, here's a pic of all the jummy stuff I got in it:

Am I lucky or what?
I think I must have the best friend ever :)


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Some time ago, I got this georgeous KAOS-award from the very sweet and talented Kaia!!!

I was so supprised, and so happy, by reciving this KAOS - thank you so much, my friend, it really means a lot to me!

As you may remember, I did recive a KAOS earlier too, so now I have to make 6 of them myself...
But I know who's gonna get them...
So, during a couple of weeks, I'll let you know :)

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A couple of days ago, I also recived these great awards from Astrid - thank you so much sweetie!!!

The awards goes right back at you :)

The Happy Award wants us to make a list over 10 things that makes us happy :)

There's a lot of little things that makes me happy, but here is  

the first 10 things that popped up in my mind, in random order:

1. Friends and family

2. Time for blogging

3. Reciving comments about my crafts

4. New crafting supplies

5. Crafting together with friends

6. All sorts of compliments

7. Give away cards and presents to people I care about

8. Travelling

9. Watching a great movie or reading a good book

10. Lots of sparetime, chocolate and coffee

Now, I would really like to give this to all of you - because you all make me very happy, but I'll try to cut it down to a list of 10 people this time:

Nina

Camilla S.B.

Jannhild

Kim

Anne

Ida

Hanna

Camilla

Jorunn

Nancy

I've recived The Lemon Award a couple of times before, so that one is for all of you that bother visiting me - thank you so much!

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And I also recived this great award from Merethe - thank you so much sweetie!

The award goes right back at you as well:)

I'll pass this award to Maya, Marianne and Anne Kristine, who always inspire me

with lots of beautiful creations, great ideas and just being who they are!!

I wish you all a terrific day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

STM's Christmas Workshop

STM on Norwgian has a Christmas Workshop Challenge going on.

You can make anything you want, just as long as it's something related to Christmas.

I've made an Advent Calendar for my mum and dad, using the very talented Åshilds's calendar-idea, and some of 3ndy's georgeous Christmas-papers :)

The beautiful papers from 3ndy are called "Pepperkakefest" (Gingerbread-party), and I've used both sides on it.

I've also used some left-over papers with the saying "Merry Christmas" on it, and some Bazzill Craft Cardstock - punched with a Fiskars border punch.

The bottom are made of coasters, punched out with a spellbinders nestie, and dressed with 3ndy-paper.

The "hatches" are made of stars and the gingerbreads, punched out with QK CC's. I've embellished them - along with the borders, with pearls from Kort & Godt, and faux stitching made with a white pen.

On the back of each "hatch", there's fatened a roll of stripped paper, with a quotation on it.

The "hatches are fatened on the candles with handmade headpins.

The ribbon can be bought, along with most of the other supplies I've used, at Unik Hobby.

Thank you for visiting and leaving me sweet comments :)

 ♥ Hugs, Lena Katrine ♥

GDT Unik Hobby November

Get ready for a looong post - and some looong pictures :)

My first GDT-contribution for Unik Hobby is finally finished!

I've made a advent-calendar for my very best friend - the one and only; Maya :)

I'm so exited to find out what she thinks about it!!

At first, I was supposed to make a christmastree-calendar, but that did'nt work out the way I wanted ;(

So I had to twist my head, and find something else to make...and after twisting and turning my already-mad- 24-calender-pieces, it suddenly struck me :)

Please exuse the bad pictures - the calender is 1 m long, and the day light now days really suck!

Click on the pics, and it'll make them bigger, so you can take a better look at the details :)

A diamond shaped, lanterne-like, hanging calendar!

The calendar is made out of 24 triangle shaped cornets, in 4 different sizes - glued together into 4 diamond shaped storeys. The diamonds are mounted together on a long peece of ribbon, with a image on the top (with a christmas carol on the back), and a snowflake at the bottom (with my signature on the back).

The idea to the triangle shaped cornets, did I find in a paperpad from K&Company - Paper Boxes.

All the materials I've used to make the calendar, can be bought at Unik Hobby, and are marked with a link, to where it can be bought in the web-store!

All the patterned papers are from Kaiser Craft - Dear Santa & Belle Collections, and are used together with 2 shades of red Bazzill cardstock, 2 shades of green cardstock and 2 shades of beige cardstock.

The cute image from Stampavie; Gillian Roberts' "Nativity", is masked together with a christmas carol stamp from Stempelglede. All stamps are stamped with Archival Ink - Coffee.
I've coloured the image with Distress Ink Refills on 200 g Aquarellpaper, and mounted it on brown Bazzill cardstock. All the circles are punched out with Spellbinders dies.
I've embellished "every" peece of the calendar with beautiful roses and rosebuds, georgeous charms and pretty pearls (from Kort & Godt). The ivory coloured roses and the "cutie's" halo, have got some golden glitter on too ;)

The numbers are cut out with QK Mademoiselle Alphabet, in brown Bazzill cardstock. They're painted with Ranger Crackle Accents, and mounted on circles of patterned paper and beige Bazzill cardstock.
For the handles on the hatches, I've used some red satin string.

On the bottom circle, I've stamped a beautiful snowflake from Stempelglede, and it's also embellished with a rose and some pearls.

Both the top and the bottom of the ribbon, are embellished with pearls and spacers from my own stash.

Hope you like what you've seen?

Now, head over to the Unik Hobby Web-store, to do some serious shopping :)

♥ Thank you so much for visiting! ♥

Hugs, Lena Katrine

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Sketchy Colors Challenges

2 more days to go before the first challenge :)
1 more day before the candy-drawing ;)