New Post at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a beautiful pastel colored moodboard for you at Inkspirational for the next two weeks. Make sure to check out all the DT inspiration and challenge details HERE and then play along! 

I decided to work with the peonies of the first photo and also the "frilly edge" of the cake plate in the second photo. My background stamping is also inspired by the pattern in the first photo -I didn't have any swirl stamps to play with so I chose something else but I did want to make a subtle background like in the photo! 

The peony stamp is by Newton's Nook. "Frilly edge" die by Marianne design. Sentiment is by Spellbinders and background stamp is by the Ton. I used white pearl embossing powder for the background, love the look! It's beautifully shiny and shimmery IRL. The peonies are colored with Altenew Woodless coloring pencils. 

I hope to see you joining us!

I'm playing along at:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything floral goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Beautiful Blooms

We Love Stamping UK: Anything goes

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT post for Time Out where we are celebrating the World Book Day for the next fortnight!

"The enjoyment of reading books is celebrated on World Book Day on April 23 in over 100 countries, and  on the first Thursday in March in the UK. It’s a day to celebrate the privilege of being able to read, so head to the library or curl up on the couch and just be a bookworm!"

The Challenge runs from April 13th to April 26th.    

We are generously sponsored by Newton's Nook Designs. Challenge winner will receive a $25.00 store credit and an invitation to Guest Design with us at Time Out for a future challenge. This time our guest is Trina P who is a wonderful CAS card maker and amazing colorist. Do not miss her card or any of the DT inspiration and challenge details, click HERE!

In my card I've used Newton's Nook stamp set called Newton's Book Club along with stencils from Altenew, Jane's Doodles and Create a Smile. I wanted to create a sort of 80's inspired pattern that could appear in a sweatshirt or a hoodie... And I LOVE how this turned out! I want a print shirt like this now lol! I could have been working straight on a card base and could have made this into a one layer card, but I really like the added dimension from using fun foam under the focal point panel. 

I'd like to join:

We Love Stamping UK: Anything Goes with option of birds/animals

Stamping Sensations: Anything Goes with option of CAS

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you joining us!

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at Time Out and it's a nice an easy "anything birthday goes"! We are celebrating our 9th birthday! We have lots of inspiration in the post too, along with the DT projects we have Special Guest Sandie joining us and also Hannelie as our guest designer. Newton's Nook sponsors the challenge with a whopping $25 voucher to our winner! 

In my card I've white heat embossed and water colored Newton's Nook peonies for focal poinst. The heat embossed background is made with a Simon Says Stamp background stamp. Sentiment by Waffle Flower. This card was pretty quick to make, water coloring is so much faster than Copic coloring lol! 

I look forward seeing your cards in the gallery. 

I'm joining:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Emboss it

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Frame it

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a very unique and inspiring photo challenge beginning at Inkspirational:

Don't hesitate to head on over to our challenge blog to learn more about all the challenge details and DT inspiration!

In my card I was inspired by the white backdrop with large red circles on it... And I also chose pink for the color of my flowers due to the overall color scheme of the photo. I used peony stamps by Newton's Nook and colored them with Copics. The stamped sentiment is by Waffle Flower. I quite like this slimline card trend! 

Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you joining us!

I'd like to join:

The Flower Challenge: Summer

Penny Black and More: In the Garden

Guest Designing at Flower Challenge -My Reminder Card!

Hi friends!

I'm the happy guest designer of the Flower Challenge in the month of May and am here with my second card for the May theme -Monochrome! 

I went with blues this time. Blue is my favorite color so I had to choose that for my second monochromatic card!

This card has pretty much going on... The edges of the base card are stenciled with a geometric pattern (very hard to see this in the photo), the second layer is dry embossed and then die cut for creating the square window. The Newton's Nook flowers are colored in with Copics and pencils and then die cut.  I colored the white edges of the die cut flowers blue for even more blue look. :) The stamped sentiment is by Waffle Flower. I've finished the card with some splatters of shimmering pearly white gold paint and some clear drops. 

 I'd like to play along at:

Stamping Sensations: Say it with Flowers

Thank you for popping by and thank you Viv and all others from the Flower Challenge for the warm welcome! I truly enjoyed being a guest designer in this fabulous challenge! 

Time Out Challenges Reminder!

HI friends!

I'm here with my reminder card for the current challenge at Time Out where we challenge you to be:

This challenge is sponsored by Newton's Nook and I'm using their fabulous Peony Blooms stamps and dies in my card. 

I've colored the peonies with Copics, die cut them and formed the card with the help of Marianne Design square dies. I just love these dies, the stitch is super detailed and I love how it's on both sides of the die cut edge! The sentiment, heat embossed with white powder, is by Catherine Pooler.

Please head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and more DT inspiration! This time the talented Shawna is our guest designer -play along and you could be called to guest design too! Thanks for popping by and happy crafting.

Time Out Challenges Reminder

Hi friends!

I'm here to remind you of our current challenge at Time Out. We have one of our theme challenges for you and this time the theme is Relaxation. If you choose to use our Optional Twist and make a one layer card you have a chance to win a $25 voucher to our sponsor Newton's Nook! 

In my card I'm using Newton's Book Club stamps and Newton's Book Club dies. I find reading very relaxing and even more so when reading next to someone you really like! :) For the background I used an Echo Park backgorund stamp, stamped with white pigment ink on navy card for a subtle night sky. The Newton image is colored with Copics.  I added a paper strip with black lines to the left edge of the card, I felt it needed some black. :) I hope you like it, I think it turned out very cute!

Please head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and for more inspiration from our design team and guest designer Marieke . Play along and you could be chosen to guest design as well! Happy crafting! 

Penny Black and More August: For Boys/Men 

This card is made for a special someone in my life! 

Inky Paws Challenge: Summer theme 

When July turns into August here in Finland the evenings begin to darken again... a good way to enjoy those dark nights is to curl up with a good book with someone you love! 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

HI friends!

I'm here with my DT card for our new challenge at Inkspirational. I have been taking a small break from Ink due to busy work situation but now I'm finally back, yay! :)

The next fortnight we have a gorgeous photo inspiration for you:

In our blog you'll find lots of inspiration from our design team! I'm very happy to let you know that my good friend and super talented card maker Milla is our guest designer for the month of June! Very happy to create cards to same challenges with Milla! 

I believe it's pretty obvious that I tried to mimic the look of the beautiful jumpsuit by stamping a colorful, sort of dotted background with a stamp by Marianne Design. I did want to bring something else to the card as well and decided to use my new Newton's Nook stamps and dies but to not to color the flowers in -I thought the background was already so busy that something more simple would do better. The sentiment is by Simon Says Stamp. Hope you like and thanks for popping by! I look forward seeing you at Ink!