Som sendt fra himmelen...

... kom disse to utfordringene i dag, da jeg skulle lage et kort til ei som har flyttet inn i ny leilighet :) Jeg hadde noen strimler med fargeprøver på maling som jeg hadde tenkt til formålet, men fant ikke helt ut av hvordan jeg skulle bruke dem - og så håper jeg dere kan lese litt på engelsk...

Laura's sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You was from heaven sent! I had some colour test sheets for painting, which I wanted to use at a card, but no idea how to do it. I just said "yess!!!" as I saw this sketch! Normally I get my ideas out of a sketch, but this time it was the opposite!

Then I started looking for the perfect pattern paper. I didn't find it. After an hour, frustration was the only thing I had come up with *haha* I needed a break, and found this great theme at Arty Girlz; no pattern paper! Today it was a perfect theme! I picked a sheet from an old calendar, with pictures by the Greek photographer George Meins :) and the card turned out to be like this:I made this card for a girl who has recently moved to a new apartment, just like this HS girl is ready to do :) Painted with Distress Ink 'tea dye' and 'faded jeans'. I've sponged the edges of the Bazzill with 'red mahogany' and some Fluid Chalk 'creamy brown' and 'ice blue'.

Så her står den nyinnflyttede, med nøkkelen til både hjerterom og husrom :) Idéen med tak som går ut fra kortet fant jeg inne i Karis krok :) Brukte slit-punchen min for å lage takstein med tre ulike brune Bazill-kartonger.

I've lifted this idea with a roof out from the card from Kari. I used my SU slit punch to make tiles at three layers of different Bazzill. The tiles are sponged with Fluid Chalk 'vanilla'. I've used sandpaper to get a rustic look. En liten detalj som pirkehøna absolutt skulle ha med, enda den ikke vises særlig godt under taket - kanten oppe på bildet måtte få kalenderkant... SU-punch til denne også :)

Just a "silly" detail that doesn't show very well... I've punched a calendar edge at the top of the picture. Sånn. Da har sola forsvunnet for i dag, og jeg skal kose meg med en laaang bloggerunde :) Ha det riktig så fint, alle sammen!

So long, everybody, take care :)