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

Whiff of Joy Challenge #25

Another giftbag, but this time made for a boy - a friend of my son, who turned 9 before easter. The giftbag is also made for the Whiff of Joy Challenge #25, after a sketch made by the great Katharina Frei :o)

Front of the bag:


The back:


Closeup of the star-embellies:


The cute "Oakley-boy"


Sentiment: "The worlds best friend"


Size: 13x13 cm
Ink: Archival Ink - Black for stamping, Distress Ink - Faded Jeans and ColorBox Fluid Chalk - Charcoal for the edges, and Distress Ink for colouring.
Stamps: WOJ - "Oakley with Slipover" and "Tree stump", Stempelglede - Sentiment
Paper: Rusty Pickle - Chocolate Bunnies "May Flowers", Bazzill - Creme and Blue Cardstock
Embellishments: Unik Hobby - Bicycle-Charm, Norsk Stempelblad - Rubons (Congrats), brads and eyelets
Tools: Martha Stewart - Embossed Zig Zag Punch, Stampin Up - Word Window Punch, QK - Star, BossKut - Stars, Spellbinder - Nestabillities, Black pen, Gluepads in different sizes - for mounting the stars and the circles.

Sugar Bowl - Sugar Sugar April

Another paperbag inspired by Maya's Gift-bag-tutorial at Inkywings, made for the Sugar Bowl Challenge Blog. This months Sugar Sugar Project for April , is to make something other than a card, with the easter/spring theme. This is a spring-themed bag (here in Norway the foxes are coming out of their winter lair now:), that I'm gonna fill with some small goodies and give to a friend! I've used the Stampavie Challenge Sketch #2 for the layout on the bag. I even challenged myself into using three different patterened papers - woohoo!!

The front:

The back:

Some close-ups:




Size: 10 x 16 cm
Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee (for stamping), ColorBox Fluid Chalk - Dark Brown, Warm Green and Prussian Blue (for the edges), and Distress Ink (for colouring).
Stamps: Sugar Nellie - Gurjuss Girls, Stempelglede - Sentiment ("Friendship makes the soul blossom")
Paper: Maja Design - Mina Vänner "Carina 2, 6 and 7", Bazzill - Turqouise and Offwhite Cardstock.
Embellishments: Prima - Flowers, Papirloftet - Ribbon, Unik Hobby - Charms, Norsk Stempelblad - Rubons ("To you" and "From me"), brads and eyelets.
Tools: Martha Stewart - Floral Lace and Frond Punches, StampinUp - Word Window Punch, Spellbinder - Nestabillities, Tim Holtz - Distresser.

Sukkersøtt Challenge #35

Another paperbag, this time made for Sukkersøtt's Challenge-Sketch #35. I've covered the bag with bright, fresh green Bazzill Cardstock, and leftover-papers from Maja design in warm yellow, creme, and a dash of orange!

Front of the bag:
The image is from Sugar Nellie - Gorjuss Girls, the corner-textstamp (that was perfect for this challenge!), is from Norsk Stempelblad, and says: "You and me", "My friend", "Friendship", "Big hug", and "I care about you".

The back:
The textstamp is from Stempelglede, and says: "Good friends are lifes real treasures".

I even got to make a matching card for the paperbag...


Front of the card:
The textstamp on the little card is also from Stempelglede, and says "My friend, I thought i would write some words, and bring you a big hug. Wishing you a great day!"

Back of the card:
A spot for some journaling to a good friend!

Size: 9 x 14 cm
Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink for colouring, ColorBox Fluid Chalk - Creamy Brown for the paperedges.
Embellishments: Papirloftet - Blingbrads, Prima - Flowers, Unik Hobby - Charms, May Arts - Ribbon.
Tools: Unik Hobby - White, small Paperbag, Spellbinder - Netabillities Labels, Martha Stewart - Frond Punch, StampinUp - Word Window Punch.

Kortskissen Sketch #53

I've made a small paperbag for this week's sketch #53 at Kortskissen! I just turned the rectangel the other way ;)
The inspiration for the paperbag and the colours I've used, I got from my friend Maya ;o) She has a easy-make-tutorial of paperbags over at the Inkywings blog! I think I've never used the colours purple, violet and lilac for my crafts, but this is definetly lilac!!


The stamped text says: "Good friends are lifes real treasures". The rubons on the tags says: "To You" and "From Me". I'll put a little something in the bag, and send it to a dear friend :o)

Size: 10 x 16 cm
Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee (for stamping the image), ColorBox Fluid Chalk - Charcoal (for edging the lilac cardstock), and Distress Ink - mostly Dusty Concord and Milled Lavender (for colouring and edging the light cardstock and the patterened paper).
Stamps: Sugar Nellie - Gorjuss Girl, Stempelglede - Text.
Paper: Paper Pizzazz - Patterened paper, Bazzill - Lilac and Creme cardstock.
Embellishments: Purple organza ribbon, Prima - flowers, Punch Bunch - Fern, Norsk Stempelblad - Rubons, Unik Hobby - Charms, eyelets and brads.
Tools: Unik Hobby - Small white Paperbag, Spellbinder - Nestabillities Labels, Martha Stewart - Doily Lace Punch, StampinUp - Word Window Punch.