New Challenge at TIME OUT!

Hi friends!

We have a new, very inspirational challenge for you at TIME OUT!

We are Inspired by Words:

'A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water' 

 Eleanor Roosevelt

I chose to be inspired by the whole phrase but you could choose just tea, woman or water for example. Head on over to the challenge blog to check out the amazing samples by out DT and Guest Designer Elaine who I'm sure many of you know from her blog Craft E-Place. Fun blog filled with pretty cards! 

I chose to work with the sentiment "I believe in you" and made this as an encouragement card for some woman whose strength is about to be tested in a difficult situation. :) Girls like flowers don't they (at least I do!) so this became a floral card with my all time favorite flower stamp set by PTI. This set and Altenew's Hennah Flowers are constantly fighting to be my number one choice when it comes to creating cards with flowers. :) Anyway, I did some simple Copic coloring and used white gel pen for the flowers too. I also used a Prima background stamp that is becoming a new favorite as well. I predict you'll be seeing a lot of these small dots in future! I used a very pale blue ink so the bg might be hard to see in the photo but take my word that it looks nice IRL. :)

Please join us in the fun. This time our challenge only lasts for ONE WEEK so don't hesitate, take some TIME OUT and craft! 

TIME OUT Reminder

Hi guys!

This is my reminder card for the current challenge at TIME OUT where we are Inspired by Words

'Love is the flower you've got to let grow' 

(This is a lyric from the John Lennon song 'Mind Games')

You can use the whole sentiment as your inspiration or just use some words. 

I chose the word "flowers" and colored in a PTI flower stamp with Copics. The sentiment is Finnish for "For Mum" - I sent this for my mother for Valentine's which in Finland is known as "Friendship Day". I sent a whole bunch of cards today, Friendship Day is great for using the "all occasions" cards one has in the stash! :) In making the card I also used a stencil for the background. This is not my finest Copic coloring, I'm rusty... But my Mum won't mind I think. :)

I was heavily inspired by the current Muse Challenge here where Anita Bowden provided this inspiration card:

I was inspired by the layout and also the idea for using a bg stencil came from this card. I love the subtle bg on Anita's card but didn't want to dry emboss the colored image just in case if I would mess it up somehow! :)

I'd also like to enter Addicted to CAS: Bloom

I hope to see you playing along at TIME OUT! There's a prize for crabs by Clearly Besotted Stamps so do not hesitate, play long! 

New Challenge at TIME OUT!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at TIME OUT Challenges: 

"Take some TIME OUT to Make Your Mark"

We want you to use markers, pencils or other coloring mediums in your project. I hope to see you joining us! We have a sponsor this time too: Uniko Studios. You could win a 15 £ voucher!

We have two new DT members joining us today: Jill and Joyce. I hope you visit these ladies and leave them some blogland love! Our guest designer this time is my good friend and THE coloring queen: Marika. I'm sure you'll love her cute card!

I used an old PTI stamp that I've actually NEVER used before... I'm happy it finally made it's way to a card. My coloring is done with Copics and I've also used clear Wink of Stella pen on top of the images. Hope you like!

Thanks for popping by and see you at TIME OUT!

Lines!

Hi friends!

There's a very cool challenge "POP up" challenge at The Daily Marker blog along with inspirational videos on how to add lines to your card making and incorporate coloring too. Click here for the direct link to the challenge post. I'd also like to enter the masking challenge at Happy Little Stampers (click here for the challenge): my masking is really basic -I just masked off the top half of my card but I hope this qualifies anyway! 

I've used line stamps from PTI and a STAMPlorations sentiment stamp in my card. I colored the spaces between the lines with my Copics -no shading this time. I decided to use a monochromatic color palette. I really like the graphic look of this and am grateful for these inspiring challenges! I had fun! 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm fashionably about half an hour late with my DT card for Inkspirational but here it is! :) Our challenge this time is a color challenge, Anything Goes With Kraft. I always love white with kraft so I went to that direction... But decided to add pops of color with enamel dots. The white heat embossed leaf stamp comes from Papertrey Ink. I hope you like my card! Please have a look what our DT members and talented guest designer Bobby have made for the challenge here. While writing this post I saw Bobby's card for the first time -looks like we've been on the same card making brain wave! ;) Have a good weekend everyone and see you at Inkspirational!

New Challenge at TIME OUT!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at TIME OUT Challenges! We want you to be inspired of the fun photo you see above. I was inspired of "blocks of color" and the overall color scheme. I've used a PTI stamp for the background and stamped an Altenew flower on top of it. I colored half of the flower with Copics and added some Wink of Stella on it too. My card is a very simple one layer but it did take some time for me to find it's form -this was my second attempt, the first want went to the bin and there was a lot of head scratching happening in the middle of the versions! :) 

I hope I've been able to inspire you to take part in our challenge. Please see what the rest of the design team and guest designer Sue from Foleysfriend have made by clicking here. You'll have a fortnight to play along. Take some TIME OUT and craft! ;)

I'd like to enter these challenges:

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.fi/2015/06/challenge-61-one-layer.html One Layer
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.fi/ CAS

http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.fi/ Your style (I love CAS) and Use your favorite craft product: stamps, stamps, stamps! :)

First Ever One Layer Christmas Cards Challenge!

Looking for my CASology GD card? Scroll down or click here.

Hi friends! 

This is already my second post for today... Busy day at Runaway Cards! :)

You might have noticed the new DT badge on my sidebar: I'm very happy to be part of the design team of a new challenge blog called One Layer Christmas Card Challenge! We have 2 challenges for you every month. The challenges are always anything goes with an optional twist -this time it's "red". If you follow the twist you have a chance to win a prize that's drawn once a month!  

I created the ornament in my card by first sponging pink ink through a die cut aperture. I then placed a Simon Says Stencil on top of the sponged ornament (my die cut mask still in place) and stenciled flowers with darker red ink. The string and bow are stamped with stamps by Papertery Ink... And the sentiment (heat embossed with Ranger Liquid Platinum) comes from STAMPlorations set Christmas Flower. Several of One Layer Christmas DT girls used this flower in their cards by the way, don't forget to check them out here! I'm very excited to be in this new design team with all these talented ladies. I hope to see you joining us and playing along!

I'd like to join these challenges:

http://virginiasviewchallenge.blogspot.ca/  Clean Slate

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/ Christmas

TIME OUT Challenges Reminder!

Hello friends!
I'm here to remind you about our current challenge at TIME OUT Challenges! We are CASEing the talented Heather Telford's beautiful watercolor leaves card that she made for our inspiration. In my second CASE of this card I changed leaves to flowers but followed Heather's color palette and layout. I also sponged the stamped edges but left the un-stamped edges white -I think this adds nice contrast. The stamps, apart from Finnish Sentiment "For Mum", come from Papertrey Ink. My mum keeps complaining me that after I got my puppy I don't call her often enough... So hopefully this card will make her happy. :) I hope to see you all playing along at TIME OUT, you still have almost a week to CASE Heather's card and enter! Happy crafting!

I'd like to enter:
http://fusioncardchallenge.blogspot.fi/ Inspiration Photo (Daisies... And rustic feel!)

CASEing Heather Telford at TIME OUT!

Hi guys!

We are CASEing Heather Telford at TIME OUT Challenges and adding our own twists to the design as the challenge name "CASE With Your Own Twist" tells us! Heather is a very inspirational blogger. Her blog is filled with water color and sponging wonders... Don't hesitate to pay her a visit!

The card Heather  made for TIME OUT is brilliant! I love the fall colors and the way she sponged the panel to give an illusion of light peaking through the leaves. I happened to have a patterned paper that has white, subtle leaves in it and I decided to use it in my CASE card -that meant that my twist was going to be changing the color palette! I stamped some PTI leaves and berries to the paper, following Heather's layout, and stamped also a sentiment in Finnish, it translates to something like "Luck and Happiness". After that I used blue DI for sponging the corners of the paper, trying to create the look of light in the center of the card. I think the white leaves of the patterned paper helped in achieving that goal. A couple of half pearls add a bit of dimension, the card looked a bit flat without them!

I'm blown away with the DT projects this week, I think Heather inspired the TO DT to make amazing cards! Do check out all the cards from our challenge blog. You'll also notice that this time Carol is our guest designer: I love her card with sponged leaf die-cuts  and I know you'll love it too! After admiring everyone's work it's your turn to take TIME OUT and craft! :) Have a fun day everyone! 

I'd like to enter:

http://virginiasviewchallenge.blogspot.ca/ CAS (Hmm, is this CAS enough?!?)

You Are #1

Hi friends!
I had time for this quick card last Sunday and I almost forgot to post it!! It's a pretty loose take on the current CASE this Sketch, you might think it has got nothing to do with it but the idea to use the PTI No Strings Attached set completely rose from the sketch! The sentiments are from one of the newest sets at Avocado Arts. I had to flip the sketch to make room for the sentiments. I "double matted" the card with two tones of reds because I thought it looked fun. :) The #1 is heat embossed with white powder, otherwise there's just plain stamping in this card.

This will also be my third (and last, I was a good girl and read the rules!) entry to Darnell's NBUS Challenge #2. I'm especially happy about this entry because I used TWO NBUS sets, yay!

Have a very nice week everyone! I'm writing this from our neighbour country Sweden where I'm spending some days for work. It's always fun to meet Swedish colleagues and they do have better coffee here! We win the bread-competition though... Then again the Swedes have Ikea and H&M, hmmm... But we have the Santa Claus! Never believe someone who says Father Christmas is from Sweden. TOTALLY FALSE INFORMATION!!

Thanks for popping by! ;)

Color Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi everyone!
It's time for a color challenge at Inkspirational again and this time we want to see red, orange and yellow. You can choose two or three of those colors and combine them with black, white, cream and realistic colors for skin, hair and fur. The DT cards are very inspirational so I hope you'll check them out here.

In my DT card I've played with PTI stamps and a stencil. The brick wall is done by stenciling super super super lightly with black soot Distress Ink so it looks grey actually... But I hope I won't be kicked out from the DT for bending the rules lightly. :) I love this PTI set, especially the fun "berries" you can stamp around the leaves -I stamped some black berries too to tie the black sentiment a bit better to the color palette. I hope you like my card and will play along at Inkspirational -our colors are perfect not only for hot summer cards but for cards with autumn feel too! Happy stamping!

Use Markers/Pencils at Inkspirational!

Close Up:

Hi friends!
I've had the privilege to choose the challenge theme for the current Inkspirational Challenge and I chose "Use Markers/Pencils". There's many cool techniques you can use markers or pencils for but my favorite is the old-fashioned coloring in... I love my Copics and I wish I had more time to play with them. Always, after a break, it seems to take more tries to get the images to look the way you want... Even the cutest ones like Henry the Mouse from WOJ! Henry is one of my favorite cute images and WOJ has many Henry themed stamps suitable for adults which I find especially fun. I used this particular Henry for creating a tag for wine bottle. The background is recycled paper from a wine gift bag -it has a photo of wine corks in it. The corks inspired me to go with a monochrome brown color palette with a hint of yellow. I framed Henry with stamps from Papertrey Ink. Not much else was needed for the tag: a doily, some ribbon and pearls were all I added. This will be a fun gift I think!

I hope you'll now head on over to Inkspirational challenge blog for the rest of the DT cards -you'll love them! We have a guest designer too: Greta from GG Creations. She has made a lovely card with water color look -check it out! Have a fun weekend everyone!

I'd like to join:
http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.fi/  Anything Goes
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-6/ Anything Goes

Photo Inspiration Time at TIME OUT!

Hi friends!

Already challenge #10 at TIME OUT Challenges... Time flies! :)

This fortnight we have our Home Sweet Home Challenge for you: it's a photo inspiration challenge with a homely twist -our photos gain influence from interior design. The photo this time is especially fun and versatile -check out all the DT cards from the challenge blog for getting good ideas! In my own card I used a stamps from Papertrey Ink and STAMPlorations (the sentiment).

Our guest designer this time is Sarah G from Funky Fossil Designs, we are thrilled to have her as our guest -she has actually won 2 challenges in a row! :) Welcome to TIME OUT, Sarah.

This is a super quick post, as I said in the beginning, time seems to fly these days... I hope to see you playing along at TIME OUT!

White/Cream + Blue at Inkspirational Challenges!

Hi friends,
It's time for a new challenge at Inkspirational! We have a color challenge for you: use white/cream with blue. These are the colors of the flag of Finland and the national colours of my home country -many Finns love this combo! You may combine these with neutral colors and natural colors for skin and fur. My Inkspirational DT teamies have made stunning projects for your inspiration and I hope you'll check them out from the challenge blog. As always we have a guest designer too and this time it's Laura from LE-Designs. Laura made a stunning shaker card for you, don't miss it!

In my card I've used a medallion stamp from PTI. I heat embossed it with white powder on patterned paper (Papermania) and the result was so pretty I didn't want to cover it up with anything else. :) I added some turquoise rhinestones as accents and heat embossed a Finnish greeting (Congratulations). That's my card in all of it's simplicity! :)

Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you playing along at Inkspirational. Happy crafting!

DIY Notebook + NBUS Challenge #1

Hi friends!
I'm here to share a DIY notebook I made for the Papertry Ink Make it Monday Challenge. It was very easy, quick and fun to make! The challenge was perfect for me: I've been thinking for days that I should have a notebook for Copic combos I come up with -I keep forgetting them! Since this was just for me to use in my craft room I could add some ribbon too -I don't need to carry this around.

This was the first time I used two new (new to me that is) sets from PTI: Beautiful Blooms II and Harvest Berries. I stamped the images with various Memento Inks and added a sentiment from Trendy Feathers Set by STAMPlorations . I used several different colors of cardstock leftovers for the pages so my scarps box liked this project too. :)

Since this was my first time using these PTI stamps I can link my project to Darnell's NBUS Challenge #1. Darnell is celebrating her 500 followers with a fun challenge, congratulations Darnell and thank you for this fun challenge! I'll definitely go through my stamps and find some SUPER OLD NBUS stamp for the challenge too. :) That's all from me now, thanks for popping by and have a great rest of the Sunday!

Thank You Card with Flowers

Hi friends!
I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend. Here in Finland we've been enjoying of nice, warm weather for the first time this spring: if this continues, we get to see leaves in trees soon, yay! I have one week before my summer holidays start so soon I'll be one happy crafter. :)

I'm sharing a quick card I made for a couple of challenges:

Less Is More: Flowers
Addicted to CAS: Off Edge
CASE this Sketch: Sketch below
CASE Study: Red and White color combo, red flowers.




Super simple card, nothing but good old stamping involved here. :) Hope you like... And thanks for popping by!

Photo Inspiration at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'll have to keep this very short this time... I'm popping in quickly to share my DT card for the latest Inkspirational Challenge: Photo Inspiration. Please check all the challenge details from the challenge blog! As always there's fab DT cards there too... And this challenge is extra special because we'll be introducing our new DT members:

Carol

Kim

Pia Larsen

Welcome to Inkspirational, girls!

I went to CAS direction with my card thinking about the colours of the balloons... + things that fly in the air: butterflies. :) Okey, as said, just a quick post, must run! Have a fun weekend everyone!  

CASEing Virginia Lu at TIME OUT Challenges!

My card

Virginia's Card

Hello friends!
Time for another challenge at TIME OUT Challenges! This time we have a CASE challenge for you: we are CASEing the fabulous Virginia Lu. If you are not familiar with Virginia's blog Yes, Virginia I hope you check it out asap -you'll be very inspired! I love the card Virginia created for our inspiration -the colors really make me think of tropical summer... Something we only dream of here in Northern Finland. :)  Needing more ideas on how to CASE this particular card by Virginia? Check out TIME OUT challenge blog for many fun DT cards and all the challenge details.

I used the Doodlie-Do stamps from Papertrey Ink to create my dimensional flower. I stamped the leaves several times and made a 3d "bed" out of them for my flower. All the coloring in is done with Copics. I also added dots with a white gel pen to the flower. The papers are from Graphic45 -I love them and this was the second time I was able to use them -I've had the pad for 2 years soon! The papers are too beautiful to cut. :) I can't wait to see all the CASE cards that you guys make -see you at TIME OUT Challenges!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
http://ablognamedhero.blogspot.fi/2014/04/challenge-42-layer-cake.html Layers

CASE Sandie + DT Call at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!
A new challenge has just seen daylight at Inkspirational and it's very much to my liking: we ask you to CASE my very good blogging friend Sandie. Her blog London Days is filled with inspiration to choose from... Or you can choose to CASE one of the 4 cards we've pre-selected for you, see all those cards here. I CASEd one of the example cards because I wanted to try Sandie's layout with score lines and bold sentiment. The score lines don't show very well in the photo but they are there. :) I also rounded the corners because that's something I think Sandie likes to do quite often! The Papertrey Ink flower is colored in with Copics and white gel pen. The sentiment is Finnish and means Happy Easter. Only one rhinestone embellishes the card -Sandie is a CAS girl and this card is for her honour! I hope to see you all joining us at Inkspirational CASEing her! We offer GDT spots for our winners -this time Sandie (yes, Sandie but not Sandie!) is joining us as our GDT. Happy crafting!

Green and Yellow

Hi friends!
Here's my take on this week's Less Is More: Green and Yellow. Such a pretty color combo with a spring feel! I played with my new Papertrey Ink stamps and was also inspired by a layout in PTI's March Signature Sketches so I'm linking my card to PTI March Inspiration Archive. I stamped the Doodlie-Do flower three times: left one flowers as a base and fuzzy cut the upper two layers from the two other flowers. My coloring is done with Copics (y15, y17, y38) and I also added white gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from STAMPlorations Vignette: Art Deco Border Builders. That's if from me now... Thanks for popping by!

I'd also like to enter:
http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.fi/2014/03/challenge-28-color-me-pretty.html Color me pretty
http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.fi/ Thinking of Spring (my 2nd entry)