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Today I made a card using some of my own stamps from back when I made PapilioStamps. I've rarely been using them, as I guess I just feel done with the motifs after drawing them. But it's been so long, so it did feel better now. Quite simple card without any patterned paper or other stuff. Just stamps, markers and pencils.

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Happy New Year!

Hi all!

Wow, not much creativity going on in this blog lately! Weird, I actually made quite a few cards this christmas, but they were all made for a fair, and I guess I just didn't take the time to snap photos and posting them online. But they were all pretty clean and simple... no wow-factor really.

I made these two cards today. Some of my oldest digital stamps for PapilioStamps - and I still love these images. Actually, these were the first stamps I drew, because I made these before I produced any rubberstamps, and I never had the guts to send them to production. I just didn't know if anyone would like them. After years, I released them as digis instead...

Coloring was done using a mix of Copics, Promarkers and Derwent pencils. I resized the images to fit the small (8,5 x 13,5 cm) cards.

Sentiment by: Stempelblad
Swirl stamp by: Autumn Leaves

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Cute Steampunk?

I had tons of fun making this card today. The stamps are digital, Countess Palatine Dahlia and Steampunk Porthole. Both are colored with Promarkers. The paper is by Sandy Lion (I believe), and the sentiment is... hmm... Crafty Individuals(?). Blue flowers and leaves are colored with glimmer mist, and there's also some old clock parts, brads and bling :)

These stamps are both really detailed, and it takes some time to do the coloring. But I love detailed stamps, and I find them really fun to work with. :)

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Sweet girl and sweet cupcakes.

 I finished this card today, with the lovely cherry-papers by October Afternoon. I adore this paper! The stamp is Teen Billie (PapilioStamps Digi), colored with promarkers. (I also colored the cherries with red promarker, to match the image). I used my Cricut to cut the shape of the card - wow, I really should use that machine more often :)) Thanks for visiting!

Creations this week :)

Yey! A new card again! I just finished this one with the cute Teen Millie (digital stamp by me and PapilioStamps :)) Always fun to create in girly pink, and there are always birthdays coming up when these come in handy.

I also made a bunch of placement cards for the christening of the neighbours' dauther. They asked me for 40 cards, but I didn't have a lot of time, so I made some really clean and simple ones. I think they look cute though.  

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Lida with Toy Boat

One more card with a stamp by PapilioStamps (Lida with Toy Boat), and papers by October Afternoon (Ducks in a row). Coloring done with Promarkers and Derwent pencils. Thanks for visiting :))

Birthday card (Flowers for Mommy)

Wasn't really happy with this card, but happy about being able to make something. I heart all the papers by October Afternoon - they are so pretty, pretty, pretty. These are from the Ducks in a Row-line. The stamp is Flowers for Mommy, colored with promarkers and pencils. :)

Sandy and Candy. And what to do with all those buttons...?

I've had these really old papers by Christina Cole for ProvoCraft laying around. I've always loved this line of papers, both for the pattern and the colors. It's my kind of colors i guess. But I can't save 'em for like forever, can I? I need to use some stuff (and make room for new stuff). But it's crazy just how little stuff you can put on one card. Three buttons? Hey, I need to make a couple of hundred cards (with three buttons on each) just to empty that one box! Guess I should hurry up and create... Stamps are Sandy and Candy (digistamps) :))

Papilio Teens, Mandy.

I finally got around to clean up my scrapspace. Not that it's perfectly clean now, but at least I got enough space to sit down and make a few cards. I sorted all my stash, and put it in see-through boxes - making it easier to spot what I need when I need it.

These cards features my own digistamp Papilio Teens, Mandy. The papers are mostly scraps I found in my mess, so I have no clue what they are. I spot some old Basic Grey and some Kaisers, but the rest... I'm clueless.

Fairy Snow - Christmas in July

Only five months until christmas! These months will probably fly, so I better get started on the christmas cards :) Felt like doing some real distressing today, it's been less of that lately. And I played with glimmer mist again. Always fun, but a bit hard to capture on photos.

The stamp is Fairy Snow. I'm kind of happy about how she turned out. Pink is really a great color for winter and christmas, and I think I will use it more often. Not sure where the sentiments are from, but papers by Melissa Frances and MME (Signature Life), a page from an old book, felt snowflakes by Little Yellow Bicycle

Coloring: Inktense pencils by Derwent mixed with water

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Fairy Kitty

Ever had metal roofing on your house? This old house got a metal roof some years ago, and it's cold in the winter, and too hot in the summer, and it gets really green of moss and dirt. But the one good thing about it is that when it rains, it's very, very cozy upstairs in my room. I guess I'm more creative when the rain is pouring down on my metal roof, so loudly that I can hardly hear myself think.

And that's why I spent today making cards too. And even though I might own somewhere about a million fairly new papers, it gives me some satisfaction to use my very old stuff. So I found this 6x6 paperpad from K&Company (I've had it laying around since the beginning of time I think), and I managed to use some of them for the very first time.

Oh, and the stamp is Fairy Kitty (by PapilioStamps. Surprised?) It's my first card with this stamp. I think Kitty loves her kitten as much as we love our little cat. Our cat is a year old these days, and her name is Silke (Silk). She's the cutest, kindest, best cat ever :)

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Sail away...

Yeah... wish I was gettin' ready to sail away. Sail away to a place where the sun always shines. But then... how on earth would I manage to fit all my craft supplies in a tiny sailboat?

But this little fellow (or is it a girl? Your choice...) is Ready to Sail.

Not too happy about how this card turned out, but as long as we're creating and having fun, who cares?

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Maya doesn't mind some rain.

Maya's Swim

Heavy rain today, and no weather for Boop to go swimming. But Maya doesn't care about some rain. -So what? she says. -You'll get wet anyway.

But she didn't expect this, did she? Moahaha, I'd rather spend the day in the craftroom, than having to deal with an octopus on my head.

Hope you all are enjoying summer, and I do hope you all have better weather than we have :)

Fairy Penny loves Peonies. So do I.

Peonies are my favorite flowers, and that's exactly how Fairy Penny feels too. She lives in a lovely Peony garden, where the flowers could be of any color you'd like. Papers by Basic Grey, and coloring done using Promarkers and Inktense pencils. :)

Luckily for me, my mother has the most beautiful peonies in her garden every summer. Even when I used to live on the other side of the country, she brought me some when she visited. I even remember some years ago, she wrapped them in wet paper, and mailed them to me.

Also: If you own a stamp by PapilioStamps, you can enter this challenge: "You could be the Winner!" Be sure to enter before 7 July. :-)

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Fairy Auburn

Hi, again! It should have been a card filled with sunshine and colors today, as we're still in June. But every time I looked out the window during the day, it felt like autumn was already here. Grey skies and rain all day. But I really don't mind that much. I love autumn - it's my favorite time of the year. And the best thing about rainy days is that you can do the things you like to do indoors, without having to feel bad for not enjoying the outdoors.
 

So I made this card, pretending September was knocking on the door, bringing a thermos of coffee and asking me to join her for a walk in the woods to collect mushrooms. Stamp is "Fairy Auburn", colored with Promarkers and Inktense pencils.

I will enter this one too into the challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar, as it fits this week's theme :) Check them out!


Also: If you own a stamp by PapilioStamps, you can enter my challenge over at the Papiliostamps-blog: "You could be the Winner!" Be sure to enter before 7 July. :-)

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Fairy Bliss

Feels wonderful to be creating again, even if it's just a simple card or two. Who cares if the stash fills up the whole livingroom, dining table, coach and half of the ground floor. The cat is having a ball trying to get my ribbons out of the Pull-EZ, and trying to have little naps on top of my papers.
 

Well, this is what I made this afternoon. A card with the stamp "Fairy Bliss", and papers by Basic Grey. I'm not sure about the brand of the sentiment... sorry about that. I made this for the challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar, please check out their wonderful challenges, sponsors and designers. This weeks challenge was to make a "Good Luck"/"Best Wishes"-card. My card is colored with Promarkers and Inktense pencils - as usual.
 

Also: If you own a stamp by PapilioStamps, you can enter my challenge over at the Papiliostamps-blog: "You could be the Winner!" Be sure to enter before 7 July. :-)

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My new webshop is open!

I finally opened my webstore today! yiiihaaa! Also releasing my new line "Papilio Fairies" this friday evening. The webstore is open for customers in Norway for now, while I'm working on a solution for customers abroad. I hope this will be in place very soon.

Feel free to browse the store at www.PapilioStamps.com
Wishing you all a wonderful friday night :)

Lida, My Princess

Another motif from the latest PapilioStamps. This one is called "Lida, my Princess". Still using those gorgeous papers from Webster's Pages. I just love their papers! I've used Promarkers and Inktense pencils on this one too.

Lydia's Party

I finally managed to make a few cards. Wohoo... After carrying a ton of my stuff downstairs to the livingroom, I spent a few hours doing the things I love to do. I don't know why I can't seem to find the time and energy more often.

Here's a card featuring the stamp "Lydia's Party" from my latest collection by PapilioStamps. Hope you all like it. Coloring: Promarkers by Letraset and Inktense pencils from Derwent. Patterned paper by Webster's Pages.
Actually, I made a bunch of cards earlier this spring, but they were all given away without having their photos taken. I haven't been too eager updating this blog, have I? Let's hope I will be a good blogging girl from now on...

More cards

Here's even more cards from me :-)

Stamps by PapilioStamps, paper by Basic Grey.

Stamp by PapilioStamps, Sentiment by Ett Trykk/Stempelblad, paper by KaiserCraft, Cardstock by Bazzill Basics.

Stamp by Sugar Nellie, papers by Making Memories.

Stamp by Whipper Snapper, papers by Basic Grey.