DT Sketchy Colors - Challenge #81: Blue Tones

Happy Sunday!

Sketchy Colors is ready with a new challenge again - Challenge #81, and this time we'd like to see creations in BLUE TONES!
My DT-fellows have all made such georgeous creations, so check them out at the challenge blog, along with the great price that's offered by Papirloftet!

I've made a Criss-Cross Card this time, using one of the adorable "Attitude" girls from hÄnglar & stÄnglar :)

Size: 15 x 15 cm
Folding: Criss Cross Card.
Ink: Adirondack - Espresso, Archival Ink - Cobalt, Distress Ink - Faded Jeans.
Stamps: hÄnglar & stÄnglar - Attitude Girl, Kort & Godt - Sentiments.
Colouring: Prismacolor Premier Pencils.
Papers: Maja Design - Life in the Country "Spring Seeds" & "Close to the Lake", Bazzill - blue & white cardstock, copy paper 280g.
Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Label, Stampin'Up! - Word Window Punch, EK Success - Corner Rounder Punches.
Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Lace, Seam Binding Ribbon, Self Adhesive Pearls, Pearl Spray, Open Paper Roses 25 mm, 20 mm, 15 mm & 10 mm, Rosebuds 4 mm, Eyelets, Silver Tread.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:
Just Magnolia and hÄnglar & stÄnglar - Sentiments
Crafts 4 Eternity - Flags/Tickets/Tags
Craft Ann's - Scallopes/Fancy Borders
The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me - Blues or Blue/Greens
Stampavie and More - Girlie
Scrapbook Sisters - Blue
Truly Scrumptious - Lace it up
Try It On Tuesday - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Bingo
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes
Stamp 'n Doodle - Fancy Folds

Thanks for poppin' in - enjoy your day!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Sketchy Colors Challenge #69

Happy Sun-Day!

Sketchy Colors is yet again ready with a new challenge, and for this Challenge #69 we have a new sketch for you to play with, made by me :)

The DT-girls have made some beautiful samples once again, using the sketch, so be sure to check out their work along with the sketch, at Sketchy Colors!
Oh, since it's May 1th today, we have a new sponsor with us - My Scrapbook Nook is sponsoring us the whole month with some great prices :)

This time, I've made a man's card for once...

My hubby ordered this card from me some time ago, for a collegue that turned 40 this winter.

The guy works as a chef - so I felt like digging out some old hÂnglar images again for his card :)
I think this image must be one of my favourite boy images from hÄnglar - he's soooo cute!
And I even digged out my Distress Inks again to colour him!!!

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Folding: Joy-Fold Card

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee & Jet Black, Distress Ink - Weathered Wood & Stormy Sky.

Stamps: hÄnglar & stÄnglar - Recept Collection (image & kitchen bench), Norsk Stempelblad - sentiments, Papirloftet - framed sentiment inside.

Colouring: Distress Ink - Refills.

Papers: Papirdesign - "Treverk" (Wood), Bazzill - smokey blue & black cardstock, Canson - Montval aquarellpaper 200g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Rectangle.

Embellishments: Tim Holtz - clasps, 7gypsies - paper clips, skrew brads, eyelet.

The backside is made as a pocket, to hide a gift certificate :)

I'm also entering this card in to these challenges:
Lovely hÄnglar Only - Your favourite stamp
Totally Stampalicious - Food
Tuesday Throwdown - Brads/Eyelets
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Times - Anything Goes
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
Crafty Ann's - Fancy Folds
Creative Friday - Open Theme
Crafty Catz Weekly - Congratulations
Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes
Ellephantastic - Birthday/Party

Thank you for stopping by - have a lovely sunny day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

PS! To see who won my WOC Blog Hop Price - check out the post below this!!

DT Sketchy Colors Challenge #45 & WOC news

Another Sunday - another challenge at Sketchy Colors :)

Marianne has prepared a great sketch for you to play with for our challenge #45, so head over to the

SC blog and have a look :)

Remember to also take a peek at the DT's awesome work this week, and the great price sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps :)

This time I've made a box out of the sketch - a box to be filled with chocolate & tea-lights and autumn hugs (as the text says), for a great friend maybe :)

Some of you may reconaise the box, since I made it at the scrap-gathering in Ski earlier this month.

I got the 3rd place in the card competition there with this card-box :)

Size: 16 x 16 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee, Distress Ink - Antique Linen & Pumice Stone.

Stamps: hÄnglar & stÄnglar - image & text (autumn), Kort & Godt - text (hugs),

Vilda Stamps - background text.

Colouring: Distress Ink - Refills.

Tools: EK Success - border punch, Martha Stewart - Eyelet Lace edge punch.

Papers: Maja Design - DP's, Bazzill - brown & cream cardstock, Canson Montval aquarell paper.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Wild Roses 25 mm, Open Paper Roses 10 mm & 15 mm, Guipure Cream Lace & Self Adhesive Pearls, Hobbyhimmelen - lilies, Unik Hobby - ribbon,

Martha Stewart - Glitter, tiny cones.

Technics: Paperpiecing and masking.

I'm also entering these challenges with this card:

Whoopsi Daisy - "Lets paper piece"

Crafty Calendar - "Autumn birthdays"

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - "Autumn love"

Scrappekammeret - "Girly"

Mami Doodles - #13 "Anything but...a card"

Double Dutch - #55 "Fall has fallen"

Craft your passion - #29 "Glitter/sparkles"

Incy Wincy - #65 "Lace & pearls"

Riley & Co - "The colours of autumn"

Creative Card Crew - "Let's punch it"

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #127 "Let's get punchy"

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Tomorrow Wild Orchid Crafts is launching their latest flowers - georgeous Hellebores!!

If you check out the WOC blog, you may see some georgeous creations made by some of the DT-members, using these beautiful new flowers :)

And by visiting the blog, you also get the chance to win this amazing candy:

Take care & have fun!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

WOC New Product & StampARTic Challenge

Wild Orchid Crafts is launching a new product today - Paper Poppies!!

These are so cute and beautiful, and you can get them in eighter white or red in the shop HERE!

The whole team has made some beautiful creations today - showing off these amazing POPPIES, so please pay them a visit and give them some looove!

I've made a round card today, for the october challenge at stampARTic, using their sketch and the colours blue and brown :)
And of course the card is showing off those cute POPPIES in white, and other beautiful items from WOC :)

Size: 15 cm

Ink: Adirondack - Espresso, StazOn - Timber Brown.

Stamps: hÄnglar & stÄnglar - image, Norsk Stempelblad - text, Kort & Godt - sentiment.

Papers: Papirdesign - DP's, Bazzill - white & blue cardstock, Letrazet - Cartridge Paper,
sketch paper.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Classic & Petite Scalloped Circles, EK Sucess - corner punch.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Open Roses 25 mm, Paper Poppies, Paper Roses 15 mm, Paper Roses 10 mm, Pearl Stamens & Self Adhesive Pearls, Kuttut - charm, Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist "Pearl", Ranger - Crackle Accents.

Colouring: Letrazet - Promarkers.

Take care - have fun!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Sketchy Colors Challenge #41 V:S DT Unik Hobby October Stamp Challenge

Sketchy Colors is back with a new challenge - Challenge #41 and a new sketch made by me!
It's a new month, and that means we have a new sponsor with us - Tickled Pink Stamps, that will be sponsoring us with some pretty great prices this month!
Head over to the challenge blog, to take a look at the great price and the DT's awesome work this week!
Oh, and have you heard? We've got a new team mate - Kaia! She's a really nice and talented lady, so remember to stop by her blog, and give her some loooove :)

Again, I've combined my SC challenge with my Unik Hobby challenge;
For my October challenge, Malene at Unik Hobby, gave me this cute "Little Witch" stamp from Whiff of Joy with a sentiment attached.
I imediately thought of the words "Halloween" and "candles" when I saw this stamp, so I decided to make a Halloweenish giftbox out of it :)

I've made a tea-light box with a card on top this time - hope you enjoy!

Size: 12 x 12 cm

Ink: Adirondack - Espresso, Archival Ink - Jet Black, Distress Ink - Black Soot & Tea Dye.

Stamps: Whiff of Joy - "Little Witch" + Sentiment (inside), hÄnglar & stÄnglar - text.

Papers: My Minds Eye - The Spiders Web "Pumpkin Patch", BoBunny - Beau "Jardin Harvest", Bazzill - Yam & Raven cardstock, Letrazet - Cartridge Paper, sketch paper.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Classic Circles & Squares, Martha Stewart - Iron Gate edge punch, Cuttlebug - Spiderweb embossing folder, Stampin'Up! - Word Window Punch, transparancy.

Embelishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Paper Rose 15 mm, Paper Roses 10 mm, Rosebuds 4 mm & Self Adhesive Pearls, spider charm, Kort & Godt - black sheer ribbon 15 mm, tull.

Colouring: Letrazet - Promarkers

The box is made like a pizza-box, with a card on top. Inside there's room for 9 tea-light candles.

Du kan også lese dette innlegget på norsk i Unik Hobby Bloggen :)

I'm also enetering this in to these following challenges:

Kort & Godt - October Challenge "Flowers & Pearls"

Scrappiness - October Challenge "Autumn"

By the cute and girly - October Challenge "Spooky"

Scrappekammeret - Challenge #15 "Recipe"

Tuesday Taggers - "Here comes Autumn"

The Pixie Cottage - #38 "Sketch or Orange"

Simon Says Challenge - "Autumn"

Fashionista Friday - #49 "Orange"

Ellephantastic Challenges - #14 "Black & Orange"

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Sketch Saturday Week #112

Yey!!! Do we love weekends or what?
Sketch Saturday is ready with our weekly Challenge #112, and a new sketch lays all ready for you to play with :) Nikki at Bunny Zoe's Crafts is sponsoring us with a great price this week - so check it out, and join in the fun!

The DT has again made some beautiful samples to get you started, and here's mine :)

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Refills for colouring & Victorian Velvet for inking the edges.

Stamps: hÄnglar & stÄnglar - Relax Girl, Norsk Stempelblad AS - text.

Papers: Maja Design - DP, Kaiser Craft - Dancing Jewel DP, Bazzill - white cardstock, Canson - Montval aquarellpaper 200g.

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

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Cherry Blossoms & Roses, Prima - Mini Gypsos, Kort & Godt - pearls & berries.

Take care - have fun!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Sketch Saturday Week #109

For this weeks Sketch Saturday's Challenge Week #109, we have a really cool sketch for you to play with!!!

I used the sketch for my sons birthday card, who turned 9 last Saturday.

Please take a look at the great sketch, the rest of the DT's awesome work, and the great price sponsored by
The Craft Barn here :)

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm

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

Stamps: hÄnglar & stÄnglar - image, Papirloftet - text.

Papers: 3ndypapir - "Alfa Alfa", Ladybug & Friends - Spring has Sprung "Thankful", 

Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g, white cardstock.

Tools: Nellie Snellen - Multi Frames 006 (Bunny Zoe's Crafts), Spellbinders - Nesting Squares, Martha Stewart - Iron Gate border punch.

Embellies: Kort & Godt - pearls, Basic Greay - buttons, Karen Foster - Scrappers Floss, ribbon.

I'm also entering this card in to these following challenges:
Hanna and Friends - Challenge #50 "Favourite Colour" (turqouise)
Sew Many Challenges - Challenge #19 "Anything goes"

Thank you for visiting - Have a great weekend!

♥ Hugs, Lena Katrine ♥

Sketchy Colors Challenge #29

A new color challenge is ready for you at Sketchy Colors - Challenge #29!!!
This time we would like to se creations in blue, green & pink.
Scrapmagazinet is again sponsering us with a great price - check it out!
And remeber to take a peek at the rest of the DT's work too - they're simply georgeous!!

This is my card - Oh, and I love these colors :)

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Black Soot & Stormy Sky for inking the edges, and Refills for coloring.

Stamps: hÄnglar & stÄnglar - image, Papirloftet - sentiment.

Papers: Maja Design - Äntligen "Naturen doftar" & Crea Diem "Sin lyckas smed", Bazzill - white & blue cardstock, Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g.

Tools: Nellie Snellen - Multi Frames 006 (Bunny Zoe's Crafts), Spellbinders - Classic Ovals & 

Petite Scalloped Ovals.

Embellies: WOC - Cherry Blossoms, Kort & Godt - pink roses & pearls, Unik Hobby - roses, 

Prima/Kuttut - Gypsos.

I'm also entering this card into these following challenges:
Stamp Something - Something Summer
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge #108 "Enjoying the Sunshine"
Bunny Zoe's Craft - Challenge #1 "Nice & Girly"
Sentimental Sundays - Challenge #7 "Summertime"

Thanks again for visiting and leaving me such nice comments :)

♥ Happy crafting! ♥

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Sketch Saturday Week #107

Saturday again,  and I'm away on a trip with the Ett trykk DT on the west coast - Woohooo!!

But I'm still ready with my Sketch Saturday card for this weeks challenge #107 :)
As usual we have a great sketch for you to play with, and this is how my card turned out this Saturday:

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm

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

Stamps: hÄnglar & stÄnglar - image, Papirloftet - text.

Papers: 3ndy - "Alfa Alfa" & "Søtt", Ladybug & Friends - Spring has Sprung "Thankful", Canson - Aquarellpaper 200 g, white cardstock.

Tools: Nellie Snellen - Multi Frames 006 (Bunny Zoe's Crafts), Spellbinders - Nesting Long Rectangles & Squares, Martha Stewart - Eyelet Lace border punch.

Embellies: Papirloftet - Lilies, Kuttut - charm, Kort & Godt - pearls & berries, ribbon.

I'm also entering this card in to this following challenge:

A Spoon full of Sugar - Challenge #107 "Floral Delights"

Thanks again for all your lovely comments!

♥ Have a great weekend! ♥

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 ♥