Christmas Lights

Hi again. I just bought this stamp and I've been looking so much forward to using it on my Christmas cards. Whiff of Joy stamps are always beautiful, but this instantly became a favorite of mine:

 

I wanted to combine the Whiff of Joy stamp with a stamp from North Star Stamps that I bought to go with it. Obviously you internationals don't understand the meaning, but it's the lyrics to a Norwegian Christmas carol which in a loose translation would go like "And we light our candles as it darkens, and as all sounds are wrapped in wadding, yes we light our candles as it darkens, perhaps they'll shine until the evening says good night."

For this card I've used these supplies:

Paper: The card base is bazill bling. I've used the following patterned papers: Graphic 45 "Christmas Past collection - Let it Snow" and K & Company "Handmade Scripty".




Stamps: Whiff of Joy Willow with Christmascandle stamped with Tsukineko Versafine "Onyx Black" and colored with promarkers and Northstar Stamps Og vi tenner våre lykter  stamped with Tsukineko Memento "Rich Cocoa" are shown on the front. On the inside I've stamped "Rund God Jul liten", "Den beste tiden er juletiden" og "God Jul (gammel)" from Kreativ Hobby, and I've used Large Poinsetta Candle from Heartfelt Creation. I've heat embossed all the images on the inside using Ranger Embossing Ink pad and Ranger Super fine details gold embossing powder.

Dies: Spellbinders Deckled Mega Rectangles.

embellishments: Store Gardeniablomster from Papirloftet in the color Coco.

 I'm entering the card to these challenges:
My Time to Craft Challenge: L is for (in my case light).
Freshly Brewed challenges: Use something new (All the stamps except the poinsetta candle are new).
Simon Says Stamps: Use dies and/or punches
The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop: Monochromatic card
Party Time Tuesdays: Sketch or monochromatic (I chose the latter)
Creatalicious Challenges: Anything goes
City Crafter: Let's face the music (I hope that lyrics suffice)
Wee Memories: Use patterned paper.



Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas approaching

Well, I know it's still almost 3 months until Christmas, but that time goes fast and I need to get started with my Christmas cards. Here's this years first:

 

These are the supplies I've used:

Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, Papirdesign "Hjertegod", Papirdesign "Julebukk", Graphic 45 "The Holly and the Ivy" and Panduro "Vintage Christmas - Faithful".

Stamps: The church is  from the set " Worship the Lord" by Our Daily Bread Designs. It was stamped with Tsukineko Versafine "Onyx black" and colored with promarkers. I've also added some white Flowersoft. Around the edges I've distressed with Ranger "Vintage Photo" distress ink. The little round stamp is called "Rund God Jul liten and is from Kreativ Hobby, and I've used another stamp from Kreativ Hobby on the inside called  "God Jul (gammel). Both were stamped with Tsukineko memento "Rich Cocoa". I've also stamped some Christmas carols from the set Julesanger by North Star Stamps, as well Heartfelt Creations' Elegant Corner. I stamped these with Ranger distress Embossing Ink, added some Ranger "Super fine detail -Gold" embossing powder and heated them up with my heatgun. 

Dies: Spellbinders Standard Circles LG, Spellbinders Labels One

 This is how it turned out on the inside.

I'm adding this card to the following challenges:
Simon Say Stamps Challenge: Used dies and/or punches.
Wee Memories: Use patterned paper.
Freshly Brewed Challenges: Use something new. (I just got the God Jul stamps and the Julesanger stamps).
Creatalicious Challenges: Anything goes.



Thanks for looking!

Well, I know it's still almost 3 months until Christmas, but that time goes fast and I need to get started with my Christmas cards. Here's this years first:

 

These are the supplies I've used:

Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, Papirdesign "Hjertegod", Papirdesign "Julebukk", Graphic 45 "The Holly and the Ivy" and Panduro "Vintage Christmas - Faithful".

Stamps: The church is  from the set " Worship the Lord" by Our Daily Bread Designs. It was stamped with Tsukineko Versafine "Onyx black" and colored with promarkers. I've also added some white Flowersoft. Around the edges I've distressed with Ranger "Vintage Photo" distress ink. The little round stamp is called "Rund God Jul liten and is from Kreativ Hobby, and I've used another stamp from Kreativ Hobby on the inside called  "God Jul (gammel). Both were stamped with Tsukineko memento "Rich Cocoa". I've also stamped some Christmas carols from the set Julesanger by North Star Stamps, as well Heartfelt Creations' Elegant Corner. I stamped these with Ranger distress Embossing Ink, added some Ranger "Super fine detail -Gold" embossing powder and heated them up with my heatgun. 

 

Dies: Spellbinders Standard Circles LG, Spellbinders Labels One

 This is how it turned out on the inside.

I'm adding this card to the following challenges:
Simon Say Stamps Challenge: Used dies and/or punches.
Wee Memories: Use patterned paper.
Freshly Brewed Challenges: Use something new. (I just got the God Jul stamps and the Julesanger stamps).
Creatalicious Challenges: Anything goes.



Thanks for looking!

A birthday card

It was just my aunts birthday, so I wanted to make her a card and this is what I came up with. I got the idea for this card from the user Beate on the Splitcoast Stampers webside. Although my card and hers is slightly different, I guess you can say I "CASEd" her card, so click here to see her original.

Supplies used:

Paper: Bazill cardstock

Stamps: HCPC 3324 Daisy Patch Swirls PreCut Set from Heartfelt Creations and  "Gratulerer Drodle" from Kreativ Hobby on the front. The Daisy Patch Swirls stamp was stamped with Tsukineko Memento "Rich Cocoa" ink and colored with promarkers. The sentiment was stamped with Ranger distress Embossing Ink, and I then added  Stampendous "Jeweled Gold" embossing powder and heated it up. On the inside you see "Amy R Butterflies" from All That Scraps (Discontinued) and "Tea Rose Background" from Flourishes (discontinued). The butterflies were also stamped with "Rich Cocoa", and the Tee Rose Background was heat embossed like the sentiment on the front. Sadly I don't remember where I got the little bugs and the sentiment stamped on the inside. I also added some distressing to the card with Ranger "Vintage Photo" distress ink. I also used Inka Gold "Cobalt Blue".

Dies: Spellbinders Nested Hearts

Punches: Martha Stewart Double Loops Punch Around the Page Set

Embellishments: Flowers from Kort & Godt.

 

On the inside there's room for a little message:

I'm entering this card to the following challenges:

Stamps 'r Us Challenges: Happy birthday challenge
Crafty Sentiments: Birthday theme
Paper Sundaes: anything goes
Anything Goes Challenge: Anything goes
Creatalicious Challenges: Anything goes
Crafty Boots Challenges: Things with wings




Thanks for stopping by!

Den Fyrste Song - a Baptism Card

This following card I've made for my nephew's baptism. I had been really looking forward to using this stamp from Kort&Godt - It's a Norwegian childrens song I'm really fond of. So this is what I ended up with:





The text "Til dåpsbarnet Håvard" was just printed from my computer. I really like how this card turned out, It's very babyish, I really like the blue and all the flowers. I'm also really happy about the dress. I guess this is the only time you can put a dress on a card to a boy. I'm sure I'll get to use this folding technique again sometime on a wedding card. I learned how to do it on youtube, and you can do so to by clicking this link: How to make a Pretty Dress - Origami.

These are the supplies I've used on this card:


Paper: Bazill cardstock.


Stamps: On the front I used M-107 Den Fyrste Song by Kort&Godt, and I stamped it with Tsukineko Memoto "Rich Cocoa". I also did some distressing on the front with "Ranger Tumbled Glass" Distress ink. On the inside I did some heat embossing, and the stamps I used was HCPC 2254 Leafy Swirls Precut Set by Heartfelt Creations and Cherub Tree Trio by Stampendous. To heat emboss I stamped with Ranger distress Embossing Ink, added Bridal Embossing Powder and heated it up with my heatgun.

Dies: Ribbon Tags Trio Two by Spellbinders


Punches: Martha Stewart Doily Lace Edge Punch.

Embossing folders: Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls

Embellishments: Flowers from Kort&Godt.

 I like playing along in challenges, so I'm adding this card to the following:
Kort & Godt: Use die cuts. Not many dies here, but at least one managed to sneak in.
Shopping Our Stash: No coloring allowed (don't color an image)
Wags 'n Whiskers: Lace (I used a MS Lace punch)
Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge Blog: Get punchy
Polkadoodles: Distress It
One Stitch at a Time Challenge: Punch It
The Corrosive Challenge Blog: Punches and/or Dies
Fussy and Fancy Challenge: Try a new technique (this is the first time I'm doing origami)



I think that will be it for now. I will be back soon with more to show.

The Lord is my Shepherd

I came across a tutorial for a post-it easel card at StampARTic, and I really wanted to try and make one myself. I had been planning a "Psalm 23" project for a while, and for this card I pull out my stamps and started creating.

It took some time to make it, but I liked the result.




These are the supplies I've used:

Paper: The card base is made of Bazzill Bling paper. I've used 3 different patterned papers: Kort & Godt "Fryd Oliven", Fancy Pants "Wishful Thinking Corsage" and Melissa Frances "Eleanor".

Stamps: "Psalm 23" from Our Daily Bread Designs stamped with Tsukineko Memento "Bamboo Leaves" Ink, and I used "Peeled Paint" Distress Ink from Ranger to distress around the paper. "Hold them Dear" and "Lamb" by Heartfelt Creations on the front, stamped with Tsukineko "Versafine Onyx Black" and colored them with Letraset Promarkers. I did some distressing with "Fired Brick" Distress ink from Ranger. For the inside I made a background by using the following Ranger reinkers: "Shabby Shutter", "Peeled Paint", "Crushed Olive" and "Forest Moss". I then stamped HCPC 3324 Daisy Patch Swirls PreCut Set from Heartfelt Creations on the background with Ranger Distress Embossing Ink. I added Bridal Embossing Powder and heated it up with my heatgun.

Dies: Curved Rectangles, Labels Three and Classic Ovals LG by Spellbinders.

Embellishments: Basic Grey "Bling it!" rhinestones and "Swish" half pearl embellishments. Flowers from Kort&Godt.


This is how it looks laying down:

On the inside there's room for a little note.

I'm adding this card to the following challenges:
Sew Many Challenges: Ovals.
Stamps&Fun=Creativity: Use shapes and/or diecuts.
Stampin' for the Weekend: "What  a Cutie"
Simon Says Stamps Challenge: Dies to Die for
Creatalicious Challenges: Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Creature comforts


Thanks for looking!

Thank you for being my friend

I have another card to show today. I’m adding this to City Crafter Challenge Blog ~ Week 41 Sew Fun! This is the first time I applied sewing on my card, and although I need some more practice, I really like the look. I’m also participating in Paper Sundaes Challenge 53
These are the supplies I used:

Stamps: I don’t know the name of the stamp with the dancing figures, but I got it from Kort & Godt. The butterfly is Heartfelt Creations’ HCPC 2264: Swirl Mystique Butterfly precut set. I stamped the butterfly with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad. I then added Bridal Embossing Powder and heated it up with my heatgun. The sentiment is from AmyR Stamps Friends Sentiments from All That Scraps.

Dies: Spellbinders Nested Hearts Shapeabilities. Spellbinders Nested Butterfly Shapeabilities.


Thanks for looking!

A Snowglobe Christmas

This is the other card I made today. I feel so inspired seeing all the Christmas cards being made, so I keep making more myself as well.
Front:
Stamps: Snow Globe from Heartfelt Creations, colored with Letraset Promarkers.

Dies: The small flowers are from Spellbinders Lotus Borderabilities Petite. Their centres were made using Tim Holtz Liquid Pearls Silver.

Punches: Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Layered Arches.

Embellishments: Ribbon, brad.
Inside: 
Stamps: Stampendous Cling Classic Peace.

Dies: Spellbinders Classic Lace Border Grand and Classic Ovals LG.


Thanks for stopping by my blog today!


- Kaia -

Christmas in blue and white

I’ve made 2 cards today. This first one is about as simple as I get. I’ve wanted to try using this cuttlebug folder, so now I did. I realize now that my bow didn’t photograph well – I should have taken a picture of it from the front, but then the embossed picture didn’t show. So bear with it.

Front: Stamps: The only stamp I used here is HCPC 3345 Snowflake Medley PreCut Set from Heartfelt Creations. I had to add some heat embossing, so I stamped the sentiment with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad and added Bridal Embossing Powder before heating it up.

Dies:  The snowflake was made from Spellbinders Snowflake Wonder Shapeabilities and the small flowers from Spellbinders Lotus Borderabilities Petite. The flowers have gotten a dot of Tim Holtz Liquid Pearls Silver in their centres.

Embossing folders: Cuttlebug Winter House

Embellishments: Ribbon, brads.

Inside:
Dies: Spellbinders Classic Lace Border Grand.


Thanks for looking!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

I just checked in at Wee Memories, where I entered the Challenge #30 - Its time for a BIRTHDAY BASH!!, and was very happily surprised to find that I was chosen as one of the Fav 4! It really made my day, especially since I’m so fresh in this game. It’s a huge inspiration to keep creating.



I have a new card to show today. It’s getting close to Christmas, so those cards are the ones I’m focusing on as of now.

There are 3 challenges I’m adding my card to: One of them is Crazy 4 Challenges C4C63, where you’re to make a Christmas card. The other two is Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge FTTC92, where the requirement is to use glitter, and Caardvarks where you’re to make a holiday card using die cut(s). Stop by the challenge blogs to see all the beautiful projects.

Front:Stamps: I used the Holiday Ornament from Heartfelt Creations and colored it with Letraset Promarkers. I used some then added some Smooch Silver Fox and also some glitter.
The other stamp I used is the Stampabilities Glory to God rubber stamp. I stamped all my stamps with Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black.

Dies: Spellbinders Labels Three and Labels Six.
Punches: Martha Stewart Doily Lace Deep Edger Punch.

Paper: Bazzill cardstock.
 Inside:
Stamps: Large Poinsetta Candle from Heartfelt Creations, colored with Letraset Promarkers.
I really do hope you can see this, but I stamped HCPC 3345 Snowflake Medley PreCut Set from Heartfelt Creations with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad, and added Bridal Embossing Powder. I then heated it up with my heat gun and the result is stunnishing! I really hope you can see it, as it was very hard to photograph.


Dies: Spellbinders Curved Rectangles.

Punches: Martha Stewart Doily Lace Edger Punch.

Embossing folders: Cuttlebug Winter Borders.

Well, I guess this is it for now. It’s getting late over here, so I should end this post here.
Hope you had a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

Kaia

Getting closer to Christmas

It’s about time I start making Christmas cards. I love Christmas, and as soon as I saw this stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs I fell in love with it. It will surely be seen on many of my holiday cards this year.
Front:
Stamps: Worship the Lord from Our Daily Bread Designs, colored with Letraset Promarkers. Snowflake Medley and HCPC 3344 Single Snowflakes PreCut set from Heartfelt Creations.

Dies: Spellbinders Snowflake Wonder Shapeabilities, Labels One and Classic Lace Border Grand.

Embossing folders: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Punches: Martha Stewart Layered Arches

Embellishments: Brads, silver pen and ribbon.

Happy birthday lilies

I made this card for a friend’s birthday, and as the topic for the Party Time Tuesdays Challenge #19 is “anything goes”, I’m adding the card to the challenge. The only requirement is to use birthday wording on the front, and I have that covered.

I’m also adding this card to Wee Memories Challenge #30 - Its time for a BIRTHDAY BASH!!, where the challenge is to make a project with a Birthday Theme.

I learned to make this type of card at Heartfelt Creations webpage, and the full tutorial on how to make this can be found at Cheryl's blog.
Front:
Stamps: I used HCPC 3315 Lily Petals PreCut Set to make my lilies. Before I stamped out the lilies I sprayed some Tim Holtz Peeled Paint Distress Re-inker on white paper and dried the paper with my heat gun. I also stamped out two leaves from HCPC 2252 Stem and Leaves Pre Cut Set. They’re not really the leaves I wanted for this project, but they’re the ones I had. I then stamped out the sentiment. Sadly I’ve forgotten where I bought it, but I’ll try to figure it out. In the mean time – please let me know if you recognize it. I stamped all the images with Tsukineko Memento Bamboo Leaves Dye Inkpad.

Dies: I used two of the dies from HCD 704 Perfect Petals Diecuts – the lily petals and the background. I also used Spellbinders Doodle Parts and Labels Four.

Paper: Bazzill Bling String of Pearls and Inkido Sommar Text Vanilj.
Embellishments: Ribbon and shiny brads.

Inside:
Stamps: I stamped HCPC 3323 - Large Elegant Word Background PreCut Set with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad and used my heat gun to dry it. It’s so hard to get this to show in the pictures, but you can actually tell in this one. I also used the same Happy Birthday sentiment as in the front, and again I used the Tsukineko Memento Bamboo Leaves Dye Inkpad. I used the smallest butterfly from HCPC 2264 Swirl Mystique Butterfly PreCut Set from Heartfelt Creations to make the details around the sentiment.
Dies: Spellbinders Labels Five Nestabilities


Well, it’s nearly bedtime over here in Norway, so I’ll end this here. Thanks for stopping by!

For a sweet friend

This is the card I’ve been working on most recently. I’ve finally included the supplies I’ve used. My favorite is the sentiment: “A friend is somone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words”.
Front:



Stamps: to make the background I used the stamp “Floral Swirl” from Clear Dollar Stamps. I stamped the image with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad. I then used my heat gun to dry the ink. Afterward I dipped the sheet of paper on my crafting mat, which I had sponged with Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad (also from Tim Holtz) and sprayed water on with my minimister. I then dried the paper with my heat gun.

For the sentiments, they both came from AmyR Stamps Friends Sentiments from All That Scraps. Both sentiments were stamped with ink pads from Tsukineko Memento. ”For a sweet friend” was stamped with “Rich Cocoa”, and the other sentiment was stamped with “Rose Bud”. I bought the inkpads from Joann.com. I also added some Victorian Velvet Distress Ink around the rectangle.

The little leaf under "A friend” is from the Rosebud Scrolls set from Clear Dollar Stamps. I’ve sadly forgotten where I got the two other small decorative stamps next to it, so if anyone recognize them, let me know so I can give credit to the company.

Dies:I’ve used several dies from Spellbinders, including a little die from the Renaissance Hearts Shapeabilities Pendants, a die from Labels Nine Nestabilities and one of the Large Decled Mega Rectangles. The flowers were made using several sizes of the Peony Nestabilities. I used a pink stamp pad from Colorations to color them, called the “jumbo washable ink pad”. I bought this ink pad at a dirt cheap sales price at the local book shop, and it was definately worth the very little money I spent. After finishing the flowers, I added some Tattered Angels Glimmer mist (Color: Pink Bubblegum).

I also used a die from Heartfelt Creations called HCD 702: Decorative Butterfly-Border Diecuts. To add some color to the butterfly I used the jumbo inkpad, and also added some color from the Brilliance Pigment Ink Stamp Pad (color Pearlescent Orange), and some Smooch ink (color: Molasses) by Clearsnap.

I bought the ribbon at a local store and I don’t remember the name of the company.

 Inside:

Dies: The flowers were created just like the ones in the front. Using glue dots I fastened them to a Spellbinders die, the Large Decled Mega Rectangles. I cut out 2 of these, just one size bigger than the one at the bottom. That way I can write a note to my friend in the middle.

At last I decorated a bit with a few rhinestones called Basic Grey Bling It! Rhinestone Embellishments (Color: Pink).

That’s it for now, but I’ll hopefully be back soon!

My first card!

After fumbling a bit around with my new Big Shot die cutting machine, I finally made a card. It has a rather simple design, and I’ve used one of my favorite color mixes – pink and green. I’m also a big fan of plain white, I just love the looks of embossed lines on white paper.




These are the supplies I used for my card:
Front:


Flower: The two smallest flowers from Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Florals. I used plain pink paper, and sprayed with “Pink Bubblegum” Glimmer mist afterwards.
Leaves: I stamped the middle size leave from Heartfelt Creations “HCPC 2252 Stem and Leaves PreCut Set”. Heartfelt creations is my favorite stamp company – they have so many wonderful stamps, I wish I could buy them all. I stamped the leaves with Versafine “Olympia Green”, and colored them with Tim Holtz Distress re-inker “Peeled Paint”. I added some Distress Stickles too, also of the color “Peeled Paint”.
Background: I took a white paper, 5”x5”, and punched around the page with Martha Stewart’s “Layered Arches” punches. I then used my ScorBuddy to emboss a pattern.

Inside:
I didn’t want to add any stamps here, I just felt like making a border. I first punched 3 “squares” using MS “Layered Arches” and the right angle punching technique. I then cut out the Spellbinders “Lotus Border Petite”, first on white paper, then on pink. I colored the border with “Peeled Paint” to resemble the color of the leaves in the front. Then I put the parts together using regular glue and glue dots. At last I added some rhinestone embellishments

Back:


I cut out one of the Spellbinders “Large Octagons” dies, and colored it with “Peeled paint” ink. I’ve filled an “Inkssentials Minimister” with water and a few drops of ink from the re-inker, so I can get an even sprayed surface. Then I also embossed a few lines using my ScorBuddy. Afterwards I stamped out Stampendous “Worth It” clear stamp with Tsukineko Memento’s “Bamboo Leaves” inkpad, and cut out the stamp with one of the dies from Spellbinders “Labels Nine”. I then placed the shape on top of the octagon.


That’s all for now. Thanks for looking! :)