GD Inzpira Magazine October Issue - Project 1

Merry Christmas!

Okay, I know I'm being late, or maybe I'm just being early?
Anyway - here a card I made for Inzpira Magazine as a Guest Designer back in October Issue 5 2012 :)

Pocket Tag Card

Size: 6" x 6"

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee, Distress Ink - Pumice Stone.

Stamps: Bildmålarna - BWF image, Magnolia - background image (masked together).

Colouring: Distress Markers.

Papers: Maja Design - Fröjdefull Jul "Virkad Strumpa" & "Ringdans", Poppy Design - Tradisjon, Bazzill - red & white cardstock, Canson - Montval aquarell paper 200g.

Tools: Martha Stewart - Aspen Snowflake & Doily Heart edge punches.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Poinsettias, Lace, Satin Ribbon & Self Adhesive Pearls, Decodan - Glimmer "Transparent White" glitter, Crackle Acents.

Thank you for peeking in - enjoy your day!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Sketchy Colors #140: White, Green & Tuqouise

Sunday, Sunday People!

Sketchy Colors is once again ready with a new challenge :)
For our Challenge #140 we have these colours for you to play with:

WHITE, GREEN & TURQOUISE!

The DT have made some georgeous samples for you to have a look at, and Kreativ Hobby is yet again sponsoring us with a great price, so pop on over to the SC blog and have a peek!

This time I've made a sort of a scenery card on an Easel Card ;)
I've masked together a beautiful Mimosa image with a great bench stamp, from Bildmålarna, and mounted it together with some clouds and a tree (dies).

It may seem that the bad photos of my card, is showing a more blue colour to it, but I can assure you that it's light tuqouise in real life ;)

Easel Card
Size: 6" x 6"
Ink: Adirondack - Espresso, Distress Ink - Weathered Wood & Iced Spruce.
Stamps: Bildmålarna - "Mimosa So Lovely" & "Garden Bench", North Star Stamps - sentiment.
Colouring: Promarkers & Prismacolors.
Papers: Bildmålarna - Flowers of Spring "A heaven of Flowers" & "Birdsong", Bazzill - light turqouise & white cardstock, copy paper 280g.
Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Label, Marianne Design - CreaTables tree die, Martha Stewart - Mini Heart & Swirling lace edge punchees, Memory Box - clouds dies.
Embellishments: Bildmålarna - Charm, Wild Orchid Crafts - Seam Binding Ribbon & Self Adhesive Pearls, Stickles - Star Dust.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:
crafty catz - sparkle
hotshot crafts - butterflies
c.r.a.f.t. - fabric
charisma cardz - cool colours
dutch dare card - dimonds/sparkle & pearls
milk coffee - more than 1 fold
paper crafting journey - anything goes
creative moments - anything goes
divas by design - anything goes
penny's paper crafty - anything goes
craft room - punches & dies
papelitos - anything goes

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

GD Make It Crafty

Good Morning!!

I while ago, I got an email from Tracy & Zoe from Make It Crafty, asking if I would like to be their guest designer in Septhemer :)

A bit scary, since there's a lot of amazing artists on their DT, but I couldn't resist trying, since there's so many beautiful items in the Make It Crafty range ;)

Thank you so much, Tracy & Zoe (and the rest of the DT) for having me as your guest - I'm so honored to get this opportunity!

I was so lucky to get two awesome images from Make It Crafty to work with, called "Geeky Love" & "Tree of Love". 

I masked the images together to make a scene, and coloured it with Distress Markers.

I made a Map Card suitable for a (young) couple in love, containing some "Mini Love Hearts" (sweet candy) with a cute tag on inside ;)

Some of the corners on the card, are embellished with "Ornate Corners" some georgeous chipboard embellishments - also from Make It Crafty.

Map Card

Size: 6" x 6"

Ink for stamping: Archival Ink - Coffee & Jet Black.

Ink for the edges: Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass & Pumice Stone.

Images: Make It Crafty - "Geeky Love" & "Tree of Love".

Colouring: Distress Markers.

Colours: Tree & Grass - Forest Moss, Brushed Cordoroy & Walnut Stain.

Skin - Tattered Rose & Tea Dye + Worn Lipstick (cheeks).

Hair - Scattered Straw & Brushed Cordoroy.

Boy's clothes - Pumice Stone, Tumbled Glass & Stormy Sky.

Girl's clothes - Victorian Velvet, Walnut Stain & Pumice Stone.

Sky - Tumbled Glass.

Sentiment on the front: Papirloftet - "The best times are the ones we have together".

Sentiment inside: Heartfelt Design - "The smile in the eye, is the light in the window, that tell you that you're home".

Sentiments on the tag: North Star Stamps - "The flowers of tomorrow, are the seeds of today" & Heartfelt Design - "Like the flowers needs sun, does the humans need love".

Papers: Maja Design - Vintage Summer Basics, Bazzill - teal & brownish cardstock, Canson - Montval aquarell paper 200g.

Tools: Martha Stewart - Doily Heart edge punch, Whiff of Joy - Tag die.

Embellishments: Make It Crafty - Ornate Corners chipboard, Wild Orchid Crafts - Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Seam Binding Ribbon, Guipure Lace, Paper Doilies, Sweetheart Blossoms, Rosebuds 4 mm, Open Paper Roses 10, 15 & 20 mm, Bildmålarna - charm.

This post can also be found at the Make It Crafty Store Blog, along with lots and lots of inspiration from the amazingly talented DT :)

I'm entering this in to these challenges:
paper play - flowers & lace
the paper shelter - anything goes
penny's paper-crafty - more than one fold
ruby's rainbow - trees
simon says... - anything goes
whimsy stamps - anything goes
papercraft star - key and/or lock (key on the door charm)
bearly mine - sentiment
creative crafts - anything goes
deep ocean - more than 2 colours
party time tuesday's - anything goes
love to create - anything goes
stamp & create - anything goes
no matter which challenge - die cuts and/or punches
stamptacular sunday - bling it on
the craft place - bling it on
papiravisen - tag
card & scrap - flowers
crafty catz - lace & ribbon
fat pages with attitude - anything goes
stampin' for the weekend - feeling floral
heck of a challenge - anything goes
ladybug crafts - anything goes

Thank you so much for taking a peek at my card today - enjoy your Weekend!

♥'s & hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Unik Hobby - April Stamp Challenge

Eh...A little late again,am I? *LOL*

Well, here's finally my April Challenge card for Unik Hobby :)

Malene sent me this very cute and fun collection of stamps, from Crafters Companion, and I immedately fell in love with those cute mice and the great additions stamps :)

The stamps where all masked/placed together, to make a scene reminding me of our National Day here in Norway - May 17th, when we're all marching and shouting "Hurray" :)

Size: 6" x 10"

Recipe: Paper-Bag Card

Ink: Adirondack - Espresso, Distress Ink - Bundled Sage.

Stamps: Crafters Companion - Cute Companions "Birthday Parade" (images & sentiment), Inkadinkado - Artistic Flourish.

Colouring: Prismacolor Premier Pencils.

Papers: Paper Bag, Bazzill - white & green cardstock, copy paper 280g.

Tools: Martha Stewart - Wild Flowers Deep Edge Punch Arond The Page.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Trellis Rose 35 mm (Classic Colour - Nu Rust), Open Paper Roses 20 mm, 15 mm & 10 mm (Nu Rust, 2-tone blue & white), Sweetheart Blossoms, Cherry Blossoms, Long Stem Stamens & Self Adhesive Pearls, Kort & Godt - ribbon.

I'm entering this card in to these challenges:

Dream Valley - Flowers
Sparkles - Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs - Anything Goes
Bows and Berries - Bold & Bright
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky - NO Designer papers
The ABC - Two (or more) images
Craft Your Days Away - Music and/or dance
Lets Ink It Up - Embellish it
Crafty Sentiments - Flowers
Hanna and Friends - NO Designer papers
Meljen Design - Business Sized Card (long/tall)
Papirdokkene - Anything Goes

Thanks for peeking in today - have a lovely weekend!

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

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

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"

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

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

DT Sketh Saturday Week #118 & Some ;( News

Another Saturday, another challenge at Sketch Saturday :)

For our Week #118 Challenge, Jo has again made an awesome sketch for you to play with - go check it out in the challenge blog!! And of course we do have a great price for you this week too, and the rest of the DT have again made some stunning creations!!

I've had a hard time lately dealing with perconal things in my life, and when one of my dearest familymembers suddenly died on tuesday, my whole world fell apart.
The last few days have been very tough on me, but they have also made me "realize" that there's so much more important things in life - than just crafting.
So, until I'm back on my feet, there's going to be some quiet times on my blog

It is with a great deal of sadness, I'm posting this SS card! I've decided to step down from my DT position at SS, so this is going to be my last DT card for this amazing Challenge blog - and team!

Recipe:

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - Refills for colouring and Weathered Wood & Antique Linen for inking the edges.

Stamps: CC-design - Swiss Pixie "Birgitta" & "Wheelbarrow" masked together, Magnolia - banner, Norsk Stempelblad - text.

Papers: Maja Design - Mina Vänner "Rosa-Marina 2", Magnolia - A Little Yummy For Your Tummy "Blueberry Dot", Bazzill - white cardstock, Canson - Montval aquarellpaper 200g.

Tools: Martha Stewart - Garden Trellis deep edge punch, EK Suksess - Scalloped Diamond edge punch & frond leaf punch, Spellbinders - Nesting Squares.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Wild Roses 30 mm (mushroom/cream) & Paper Roses 15 mm (pale blue) & 10 mm (white), Kort & Godt - pearls, Creative Cafe - "Lucky Oyster" glitter glue.

♥'s & Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Ett trykk 04/09 Set of One Box & 4 Cards

My final creations from the issue 04/09 of Ett trykk!
Everyone in the DT altered an empty box of large Prima Flowers, and made 4 cards to go with it ;) This is my birthday box, and my 4 matching birthday cards:

The front of the box:


The back of the box:


1st card:


2nd card:


3rd card:


4th card:


The cards insides:


The cards backsides:


All 4 cards in a "collage":


Recipe:
Size box: 17 x 18 cm
Size cards: 15 x 15 cm
Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee for stamping, Distress Ink - brown, green, orange and yellow for inking the edges, Distress Ink - Refills for colouring the images.
Stamps: hÂnglar & stÂnglar - Images, Norsk Stempelblad AS - Sentiments.
Paper: Maja design - Skogspromenad "Nâr lôven faller", "Varm nyponsoppa" and "Lônn", Bazzill - Orange, green, brown and yellow cardstock, Aquarellpaper.
Embellies: Panduro - Velvet Ribbon, Prima - Flowers, Unik Hobby - Methal flowers and charms, Tim Holtz - Brads.
Tools: Spellbinders - Nestabilities Labels 2 and 4, BossKut - Daisy Leaves and Ivy Border.
Other things: The images on the box are masked together.

♥ Thank you for visiting - have a beautiful day! ♥