Thank you for being there ~ Whimsy DT card

God morgen! Her har det vært kort- og bloggetørke en stund, men nå stikker jeg i hvert fall innom med et kort med den nye Whimsy-sjiraffen! Kul typ?! Dette kortet hadde verken mål eller mening da jeg begynte å fargelegge den langhalsede, men blikket gjorde at det ble som det ble :)

Good morning! After some time off from cards, papers and blogs I've finally managed to create something... Here's a DT card I've made with the new Whimsy giraffe! Isn't he (or is it her?) cool?! I had no plans with this card as I started painting, but the thoughtful look in his eyes made it a thank you card :)

Here's what I did to create this image:

I started with stamping, painting and masking the giraffe (he's painted with Distress Ink 'tea dye' and 'walnut stain'). Then I sponged the aqua paper with Distress Ink 'broken china'. To create the background tree I used a Tattered Angels stencil (from the Blossom Glimmer Screens). I sprayed Glimmer Mist 'walnut gold' at the stencil and "stamped" the tree. You can find this and many other tips at the Tattered Angels web site :) Finally I stamped some grass and flowers using a SU stamp and three different colours of green Fluid Chalk.

To mirror reverse the the giraffe head I stamped it on a left over piece of rubber before stamping it on aqua paper. It didn't get perfect, but at this little image I just drawed the lines with a filt pen after colouring :)

I used a paper knife to make slices for the ric rac, so it could run behind the legs ;)

The sentiment is a ticket from Melissa Frances ticket book.

Da skal jeg ut og jobbe litt - håper dere alle får en finfin dag!

I wish you all a lovely day - take care!

Sukkersött # 43 - en skisseutfordring

Litt forsinket - men på Sukkersött har vi en skisseutfordring denne uka, og her er kortet mitt. Det er et bursdagskort til ei apekatt i Tønsberg, som fyller fem år i morra :) Helt nytt stempel fra WS fikk jeg brukt også!

A little late - but we have a sketch challenge at Sukkersött this week, and I used the occation to make a birthday card for a little monkey boy, who turns five tomorrow :) 

This is also my first car with this new monkey from Whimsy Stamps! Isn't he cuuute?

I've been playing with DP's from 3ndyPapir at this card - here's the inside...

... and the back :)

Some monkey (and monster) business for the weekend - hope you all will have a great one! Thanks for visiting my blog!

Takk for besøket - og god helg!

2S4Y ~ 1st Annual Ultimate Card Showdown!

Det er ettårsbursdagfest så det holder på 2 Sketches 4 You! Reneste cupstemninga, med en premie man bare kan sikle drømmende etter... det er verdt et forsøk! (sa hun optimistisk...)

Laura and Kazan are celebrating 2 Sketches 4 You's 1st Anniversary in a fabulous way! The prize is overwhelming, I just had to give it a try... Laura has made a gorgeous sketch for participating the first week - and here's my card.

This chipboard heart is a part of an album from Kort&Godt. I painted it with a mahogany red acrylic painting, then I mixed some of this painting with Distress Crackle Paint 'Tattered Rose' and added it with a cloth. Finally I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist 'Walnut Gold'.

Thought I shouldn't be such a chatterbox today ;) just let the pictures talk...


For this card I've used: 

• Cardstock: Bazill Dotted Swiss (white)
  
• DP and tag: Graphic 45 "Baby & Bride Collection"
• Sentiment stamp (says happy birthday btw), lace, mulberry roses and gardenia flowers from Papirloftet. All the flowers are sprayed with Glimmer Mist 'Old Lace'. 
• QuicKutz butterfly
• Corner stamps from Stempelglede's Grunge collection

Have a lovely day, everyone! I'll keep my fingers crossed ;)

50-årskort til StampARTic sin juniskisse

God kveld i stugu! Etter en sommervarm pinse er hverdagen og vinteren tilbake her, fyttify så surt og kaldt det har vært i dag! Men surt og kaldt vær gjør at man kan sitte inne og kose seg, og jeg har laget et 50-årskort til senere i sommer (ute i god tid, faktisk) ved hjelp av den flotte skissa som Marianne har laget til StampARTic sin juni-utfordring! 

Marianne has made a fabulous sketch for the June challenge at StampARTic! I've used it to make a card for a 50 years anniversary coming up this summer (can't belive I've made it already *haha*) The entire card is made of Graphic 45's "Baby & Bride Collection" - I just LOVE these papers, they are so beautiful I find it hard to cut them :) The text is hand written and says "A little bird told me..."

Denne nydelige sommerfuglen som jeg har fått av snille, gode Marte, er hul inni "kroppen", så den er knytt fast med lintråd. Den er svampet med brun StazOn.

This beautiful silver butterfly brad, which is a present from my sweet friend Marte, is tied on the card with linen thread, because the "body" is hollow. It's sponged with brown StazOn.

Jeg har fullstendig dilla på Glimmer Mist for tida, og sprayer det på alt jeg kommer over *fnis* Her har jeg dusjet litt Old Lace rundt kanten, så fikk den Distress Ink- malede Gorjussjenta skimrende hår samtidig :)

I'm really hooked on Glimmer Mist at the moment, here I've used "Old Lace" at the edges. Then the Distress Ink painted Gorjuss girl got some shimmer in her hair as well :)

I've used the same colour at the edges around the card, and on the crackle painted swirl. The Prima roses were too blue, so they were sprayed with some green "Garden Fairy" glimmer...

The inside looks like this...

... and the text from the front continues on a tag (still Graphic 45). The numbers are chipboards, painted with Crackle Paint "Tattered Rose", sprayed with Glimmer Mist "Old Lace" (I told you I was hooked) and finally I added Glossy Accents.
Sånn. Dette kortet er laget med høy inspirasjonsfaktor fra det kortet Jorunn laget til skissa, og det bringer over på neste tema; nemlig den helt nye bloggen "Sukkersøte kreasjoner"! Der skal vi jentene i Sukkersött sitt Design Team legge ut godsaker vi kommer over i bloggeland - og de trenger nødvendigvis ikke ha noe med de sukkersøte utfordringene å gjøre! Så ta en titt innom der, så finner du helt sikkert noe som kan inspirere deg! Eller noen. Som for eksempel Jorunn :)

The girls in Sukkersött's Design Team are now running a new blog! Take a look and be inspired!

Sukkersött # 42 - finn fem stempler...

... eller flere. Ukens utfordring på Sukkersött er å bruke fem stempler på forsiden av kortet ditt. Du må gjerne bruke flere, men altså ikke færre. Jeg har brukt fem nøyaktig, og sånn ble det...

This week's challenge at Sukkersött is to use five stamps at your card. Here's my card.

Stempel 1 & 2; motivstempel og maskerte blomster, håper det er greit med engelske detaljer...

Stamp 1 and 2: The motife is the lovely "Good Book" designed by Elisabeth Bell. After colouring and distressing the background, I masked her and stamped the SU! flowers.

Stamp 3 & 4; embossed swirl from making memories "passport" sheet and the sentiment from I don'y know - but the text is so suitable for this card, I think...
Stamp 5; butterfly from Inkido.

I stamped this one twice, at vellum. I embossed the one on the top, and coloured it with several colours frim Fluid Chalk afterwards.

Det ble litt engelsk bildetekst her, håper det går greit. Og så må dere ha en fin pinsehelg! Hvis man rører på seg mye denne helga, kan man være en del av Pinsebevegelsen før man vet ordet av det, så derfor er det best å finne frem et stempel eller fem og sette seg rolig ned :) 

Have a lovely weekend, everyone :)

Weeeee-he-heeeeeeee-um-um-buway

In the jungle, the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight. In the jungle, the quiet jungle the lion sleeps tonight...

If you want to listen to this song while looking, you can find it at the YouTube clip to the right :)

Måtte bare få inn litt Lion King-stemning her, for å presentere en ny skapning fra Whimsy Stamps! Han kan kanskje se litt trett ut, men så er det jo slitsomt å være konge, da! Stilig er han åkke som! Denne løva, en sjiraff og en apekatt hopper ut fra jungelen 1. juni, så da kan de bestilles hos Whimsy Stamps! Design Teamet viser sniktitter denne uka, så hvis du vil se hvordan de andre ser ut, tar du en titt i resten av DT sine blogger!

I just had to get some Lion King mood in here, to present a brand new image from Whimsy Stamps! He might look a bit sad or tired, I think all kings feel that way from time to time :) But look how handsome he is! This lion, a giraffe and a monkey will be jumping out of the jungle at June 1st, to be released at Whimsy Stamps! The Design Team have a Sneak Peek week going on, and you should definately take a look in the blogs for the rest of the team!

Well... enough talking... here's the card I've made with this gorgeous lion. I've used Heidi's sketch at Friday Sketchers to put it together. Heidi hasn't only made a fabulous sketch, she has also given med the half pearls that I've used :) That gives me the opportunity to join in for the ABC challenge as well, where P is for pearls. The prize at ABC is the new monkey from Whimsy Stamps, so I will highly recommend you to participate on that challenge this week!

I've painted the lion with my Distress Ink refillers, using the colours 'tea dye' and 'scattered straw', and 'vintage photo' for the shadows.

Every king needs a crown! My kind friend Kristine has given me this one of chipboard :) I've painted it with Distress Crackle Paint and then sponged it with Fluid Chalk 'Creamy Brown'.

I love these embellisments from making memories. The YO! star is placed on the circle with 3D foam.
Hush my darling, don't fear my darling, the lion sleeps tonight :)

And with nothing to fear; have a lovely day!

Et sukkersøtt kurskort :)

Dette kortet ble laget i vinter, da jeg holdt kurs for nybegynnere på Penelope. Har helt glemt å legge det ut i bloggen, men ukens sukkersøte utfordring (å ikke bruke fargelagte stempeltrykk) satte fart på hukommelsen... og bedre sent enn aldri, vettu ;)

This card was made for a card class for beginners, as I had this winter. I've completely forgotten to post it in my blog, but this week's challenge at Sukkersött (don't use any coloured stamped images) was the reminder I needed - so here it is :)

The image is fastened in the corners with glue dots, so the tag can be placed under it...
At this class I tried to use several ways of decorating a flower - metal stars, brads, and buttons.

We didn't use the time for colouring, so to put some "life" in the image, we stamped the butterfly at green cardstock and curled it a little. I thought it turned out to be a lovely effect, because the hedgehog  seems to be looking at the butterfly :)

At the inside there's more hedgehogs ~ two cuties on their way to celebrate :)
A segment from the back, where we used some left overs and a lovely stamp :)
Have a lovely Tuesday evening, thanks for stopping by :)

Takk for at du stakk innom på en tirsdagskveld :)

pssst...

... jeg oppdaget nettopp at hos andre bloggere som har meg på lista si, ser det ikke ut til at jeg har lagt ut noe i bloggen siden fredag. Derfor prøver jeg å legge ut dette detaljbildet - resten finner du i innlegget under ;)

... I just found out that my previous posting isn't visible for those who have my blog at their blog lists, so I'm just making this posting to tell you to scroll down for the rest ;)

En dekorert og publisert tåteflaske

For en stund siden fikk jeg idéen om å dekorere en tåteflaske, og så fikk jeg sannelig satt den ut i livet (idéen, altså) akkurat tidsnok til å få den med til Ett Trykk sitt "nyfødt"-tema, der den kom med :) Det var slett ikke vanskelig, og en morsom variasjon til et kort?

I got the idea of decorating a feeding bottle some time ago, and managed to get it finished just in time for the Norwegian stamping magazine "Ett Trykk", as they had a "newborn" theme in the last issue. It wasn't difficult to make at all, and a funny variation to a card?

I tur og orden måtte papiret legges rundt flaska før jeg dekorerte den, ellers ble det bare stygge folder og tulliball. Først la jeg altså den grønne kartongen rundt, så den hvite og til slutt mønsterpapiret . Deretter satte jeg maljer i kantene og knøt sammen med et rutete bånd.

The cardstock and the design paper (Ben's Clothesline from Flair Design) had to be wrapped around the bottle, one by one, before I decorated it, to avoid folds... Then I fastened eye lets, and tied it together with a ribbon.A beautiful silver shoe charm (present from my daughter), fastened with a safety pin and some scrapper's floss :)

The bottle is only 9 cm from top to bottom, so I needed some small size stamps. The baby boy is from Tilda Paper Craft (Panduro). He's painted with Distress Ink, cut out and placed on two shipping tags. The small circle stamps are from Papirloftet, and the text says "beautiful baby". I've also used a detail from one of these stamps (the crown and the text "a prince") at the head :)

This stamp, 100% loved, is also from Papirloftet. It's stamped with StazOn at lining silk. I put some glue at the edges to get it run-resistant.
Glittering chipboard heart from Melissa Frances, a gift from my friend Kristine, with a silver charm foot, how cute...

... and another one...

Det var flaska utenpå. Da gjenstår bare innholdet :) Denne søte MF-boksen har jeg også fått fra Kristine *smask* Jeg syntes den passet perfekt til å putte oppi.

The feeding bottle contains a MF sentiment box - also a gift from Kristine :)

Melissa Frances has made a folder book for this box. I used it as a template for a new one :)

The inside of the book looks like this. Amandus is the name of the new born boy :)

Jaja, nyfødt og nyfødt... han fikk den hvertfall før han lærte seg å gå *fnis*

Nå håper jeg alle får en fin søndag! Her er det et fantastisk vær om dagen, det er bare å nyte det så lenge det varer... Tusen takk, vil jeg også si, til alle dere som tar dere tid til å legge igjen noen ord her, de betyr veldig mye for meg! 

Have a lovely Sunday, everyone! Thanks for stopping by :)