5 Cards with Die Cuts!

Hi friends!

Five cards in one post, I know what you are thinking... Me getting the Cuttlebug has turned me into a card-making maniac! Truth being told I needed last-minute cards for friends who we are visiting during the holidays and playing with my new toy motivated me to make these. Let's get started!

Card one:

This is made for CAS-Colours and Sketches Challenge. The challenge was to choose a previous double challenge (containing both inspiration colours and a sketch) and I went for Challenge #40. Very inspirational DT makes in the blog. I used a large snowflake die from PTI I've got as a gift from Sandie along with small snowflakes I've cut with a die I got to borrow from Marika. Thanks friends!! The blue card has shimmer on it and the white snowflakeS are covered with Versamark and heat embossed with WOW clear sparkle embossing powder. Gems and sentiment from SSS finish this card.  

Card two:

This one started with the half snowflake I had as leftovers from the first card. The colors are a bit wild with blue, red AND green but I do like the layout! I love these big snowflakes -I can use them as doilies and everyone knows I love doilies. :) The poinsettia and leaf are gifts I got last year from Loll. I used all the poinsettias I had left in the next 3 cards. They are truly beautiful, thank you Loll for giving these to me! 

Card three:

Another one with Loll's poinsettia and leaf swirl. This time I was able to throW in a doily. ;) I quite like how easy it is to combine die-cuts with patterned paper. I have loads of paper waiting to be used! 

Card four:

Poinsettia, leaf and patterned paper again... This time combined with another large die cut snowflake from PTI. White and red always look very fresh together I think. 

Card five:

My last card has two ornaments cut with a die I bought second hand for 4,50 euros... I think it was a good price for two different ornaments (only one used here).  Surprisingly there's a doily and some gems in this card... Not repeating myself am I... But there's a fun heat embossed panel, stamped with an Impression Obsession background stamp. This is a bit too busy for my taste... But it's growing on me. 

Well done if you made it all the way here! Thanks for reading this very long and photo-heavy post. I hope you are all enjoying Christmas preparations. 

Photo Inkspiration!

Hi friends!
It's time for a fantastic photo inspiration at Inkspirational. Goosh I want to be that woman in the photo! She is gorgeous... And so is her dress! Blue is SO my favorite color at the moment. The Ink DT has made various interpretations on the inspiration pic, please check them out in the challenge blog! Our guest designer this time is Pauline (Cotnob). She has used the perfect stamp for this challenge! Welcome to Inkspirational, Pauline.

When I started to think about my DT card the feathers of the peacock brought this background stamp from Impression Obsession to my mind. I heat embossed it with gold powder and used mists to give it colour -my normal method would have been to sponge the background but I decided I should be brave and give those watery (scary, scary water!!!) mists a chance. In the beginning I didn't like the look but it has grown on me and now I think I'll mist some other backgrounds in the future too! I heat embossed part of an old favorite stamp (see cards I've made with it here) from Crafty Individuals with gold powder and added some lace, ribbon and gems for embellies -this has some vintage-feel I think. When I started making cards vintage was my favorite style and some of my latest cards seem to be leaning to that direction again. There's something in this card that "doesn't do it" for me and I was staring at this for several days... But in the end there was not much else to do but decide it was ready. :)

I wish you all a fun weekend! Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you playing along at Inkspirational! 

Contrasts at CASology

Hi friends!
The cue word at CASology is Contrast: the DT has "CASified" some of their old cards or made two new contrasting projects. Such a cool challenge! I made a CAS version of the card you see below (see the original post here) using just part of the large Impression Obsession background stamp and a very dramatic color scheme. The colors turned out quite wild if you ask me... Let's decide this looks like a (retro) Moroccoan floor tile... Or maybe I was inspired by colors of some football team? :) Anyways, thank you for popping by to check my card and have a great weekend!

Sketch Challenge at STAMPlorations!

Hi guys!
At STAMPlorations we always have 3 challenges for you every month: a monthly challenge (this month's challenge Stamps and Feathers is here) and 2 fortnightly sketch challenges starting every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. It's time for the first sketch challenge of the year  and isn't this sketch a fun one? Very simple sketch you can do a lot with. You have a chance to win 3 digital products from STAMPlorations sister store All About Scrapping so it's worth trying your luck in the challenge! :)

In my DT card I used a sentiment from VIGNETTE: Chevron and Arrows and swirls from Distressed Floral Swirls. I also added interest to the background by stamping a background pattern with an Impression Obsession stamp. I used some scraps for banners, added a flower and pearls as my focal point and voila, my card was done! I quite like this color combo of white, black and beige. I hope you'll now head on over to STAMPlorations challenge blog for the rest of th DT projects -you'll love them -and then start thinking what to do with the sketch! Happy crafting! :)

Two Cards With Background Stamping!

Hi there!
Here's two cards that are both inspired by Darlene DeVries. If you don't know her, do check out her fabulous card video blog -she posts a new video every Wednesday. The video that inspired these cards is here. In both cards I've heat embossed an Impression Obsession background stamp with white embossing powder. In the first card I stamped on kraft and in the second card I stamped on grey card. The catch of these cards is that I've colored in some of the details -in the first card I used black marker and in the second card I used dark green marker + green pencil in the flowers. Both sentiments come from STAMPlorations.

My first card is for The Shabby Tea Room (white, kraft and black) and the second card uses a sketch from Try Stamping On Tuesday. Thanks for popping by!

Dreamy Blues

Hiya!
Time for Addicted to Stamps and More! We are continuing our August challenges with a twist, there's 3 ways to play along. This is how you can enter:
1) enter a card inspired by a photo

2) enter by using a product from Nicecrane Designs
3) combine both ways: use a Nicecrane product and use the photo as your inspiration!

I chose alternative nr 2 and used this cute vintage girl from the Charming Children Illustrations by Nicecrane Designs. I did not want to use designer paper for a change and did my own background by embossing an Impression Obsession background stamp with clear powder and spraying the background with blue Stardust mist. It turned out beautiful! I tried to keep my design simple and let the background be seen so all the other elements are in the center of the card. The little flowers are punched with a Fiskars punch -I like them, they look a bit like starfish to me!

That's all from me now... Do head on over to the ATSM Challenge Blog: there's plenty of DT inspiration for you and all the challenge details and rules too. As you probably guessed, Nicecrane Designs is our generous sponsor! :) Happy crafting!

Faux Linen And Glossy Resist

Moikkis!

Vielä on pari Tekniikkakympin korttia bloggaamatta, tässä niistä kaksi, Faux Linen (ohje täällä) ja Glossy Resist (ohje täällä). Etenkin tuo Glossy Resist oli minusta ihana tekniikka ja aion ehdottomasti käyttää sitä pian uudestaan! Faux Linen-tekniikkaa taidan kokeilla seuraavaksi ihan ilman leimakuvaa, vaikka tuo Impression Obsessionin sudenkorento-leimasin kaunis onkin. Kiemurat meni vähän överiksi tässä... Glossy Resist-korttiin olen aika tyytyväinen, siitä tuli mukavan simppeli ja söpökin. :) Mukavaa toukokuista viikonloppua ystävät ja kiitos kun piipahdit!

Hi guys!

Those of you who visit me more regularly have seen cards made for "TechniqueTen", it's a really cool technique challenge that has been running for the month of April at Finnish card making site Koukussa Kortteihin. I still have a couple of cards that I haven't posted and the ones that you see here now are made for "Faux Linen"- (tutorial here) and Glossy Resist (tutorial here) challenges. These were both fun techniques, my Faux Linen card is not my favorite (I went a bit crazy with those swirls...) but I loved the effect of Glossy Resist -I'm definitely going to be using that technique soon again. I hope you liked these cards and thanks for popping by!

Tämä kortti on tehty Koukussa Kortteihin Tekniikka10:n. Koukussa kortteihin yhteistyössä Taika-lehden kanssa.

Tämä kortti on tehty Koukussa Kortteihin Tekniikka10:n. Koukussa kortteihin yhteistyössä Taika-lehden kanssa.

Tekniikkakympin Eka Kortti/ Learning New Techniques

Tämä kortti/työ on tehty Koukussa kortteihin Tekniikka10:n. Koukussa kortteihin yhteistyössä Taika-lehden kanssa.

Heips!
Yllä eka tuotokseni Koukussa Kortteihin tekniikkakymppiin. Tausta on leimattu Impression Obsessionin taustaleimasimella ja leikkasin siitä simppelit ympyrät on Fiskarsin Shape Cutterilla. Kortissa käytetty tutoriaali löytyypi täältä. Itse "imin" vielä embossausaineet pois silitysrautaa käyttäen ja korttiin tuli mielestäni ihan söötti vintage-look. Vuoden eka joulukortti, jei! Ihan satasella en ole tähän tyytyväinen, mutta kiva oli kokeilla uutta tekniikkaa. Mukavaa viikonloppua teille kaikille ja kiitos kun piipahditte! :)

Hiya!
Finnish card making site Koukussa Kortteihin organizes a "TechniqueTen" competition/challenge where you make 10 cards using different techniques during the month of April. This is my first make and the tutorial for the technique can be found here. In addition to the tutorial I used hot iron and some baking paper to "suck out" my embossing, this gave the card a nice vintagy look. The beautiful background stamp is from Impression Obsession. This is my first Christmas card for the year 2013, yay! :) I'm not 100 % happy with this card but trying a new technique was really fun, it's great to learn new things. Thanks for popping by and have a lovely weekend!

Rustic vs. Shiny!

Hiya!

Two cards two show you this evening, they differ quite a lot from each other. The first card, with stamped dragonflies and chipboard butterflies, is for C.R.A.F.T. Challenge, I've followed their recipe of 2 squares (well, my base card is also a square but I hope the base doesn't count!), one circle, one sentiment and use ribbon. My dragonflies come from Impression Obsession and the text is Chocolate Baroque's. I've created the colors myself with Stardust mists -the shine of the card is beautiful IRL. The paper is mulberry paper so it has a pretty texture too. 

My second card is for CAS-ual Fridays where the theme is to use silver. I've stamped my Hero Arts chandelier with silver Embrace Ink and embossed with clear powder. There's more silver in the glittery matting card. I embellished with small half pearls, they have a slight purple tone in them, quite pretty actually! Hip hip hurraa is "hip hip hurrah" in Finnish -pretty close to English. :) 

That's it from me today. I'll be back tomorrow with my DT card for the new Addicted To Stamps And More Challenge, we are going to have a great theme, I hope you'll come and check it out! Thanks for popping by. 

Heissun hei,
toivottavasti suomen kieltä etsivät rullasivat sivun tänne tarpeeksi alas! Muutaman kortin tein eilen yömyöhällä, haastekortteja totta kai, addikti mikä addikti. :) Ensimmäisessä kortissa olen luonnut kuviopaperit itse: pohjana on mulperipaperi, päälle on suihkittu Stardust-misteillä ja leimattu Inpression Obsessionin taustaleimasimella sudenkorentoja. Teksti on Chocolate Baroquen ja siivekkään tyylin viimeistelin chipboard-perhosilla. Toinen kortti on enemmän CAS-linjoilla: leimasin Heron kynttiläkruunun hopealle Embrace musteella ja embossasin värittömällä jauheella. Hiukan kauniin liilan sävyisiä puolihelmiä ja teksti, siinä se! Toivottavasti tykkäät ja kiitos kun käväisit, mukavaa viikon jatkoa sinulle!