Christmas Basket with a Tutorial

The day before Christmas!
Just one day to go - at least here in Norway :)
I'm looking soooooooo much forward to some Holiday freetime now!

But first, I thought I'd show you a Christmas Basket that I made for one of my classes lately - a basket that can be filled with any goodies you'd like, and then it makes a great gift for someone you care about :)

Supplies:
Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black.
Stamps: Kort & Godt/Camelia - Christmas sentiments.
Papers: Magnolia - "Sweet Red Poinettia" & "Holly Christmas Song", Bazzill - white & red cardstock.
Tools: Spellbinders - die, Martha Stewart - Swirling Lace edge punch, Magnolia - DooHickeys tag die.
Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Poinsettias, Open Paper Roses 15 mm & 10 mm, Rosebuds 4 mm, Satin Ribbon and Self Adhesive Rhinestones, charm, silver tread.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:
Crafting for all Seasons - Christmas Cards/Projects
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Merry Christmas
Little Darlings - Christmas
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Holiday Gifts
Stampavie and More - Red
Little Red Wagon - Inspiration Photo (colours)
Simon Says Stamp - Bingo (ribbon/twine, punches/die cuts, multifold)

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How to make this Christmas Basket:

Dette trenger du/This is what you’ll need:
1 Kartong/Cardstock + 1 stripe i str/strip of size 4,5 x 30 cm
1 Mønsterpapir/Designer paper
Dobbeltsidig tape/Adhesives
Flytende lim/Glue
Linjal/Ruler
Skjærebrett og/eller pregebrett/Scoreboard
Saks/Scissors
Bordutstanser/Edge puncher
Spellbinders sirkel el. Doily e.l./Spellbinders circle or doily or something similar
Pynt/Embellishments

Kurv/Basket:
Kutt til 6 firkanter i kartong i str. 10 x 10 cm/Cut 6 squares of cardstock in size 10 x 10 cm.
Kutt og brett etter malen/Cut and fold like the template says:

Stans mønster på toppen av hver del med en kantutstanser/Use the edge puncher on top of each part.

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Kutt til 6 stk rektangulære paneler mønsterpapir I str. 7 x 7,5 cm/Cut 6 panels of designer paper in size 7 x 7,5 cm.

Klipp til etter malen/Cut as the template says:

Lim panelene av mønsterpapir til kartongdelene/Glue the pieces of designer paper on the parts of cardstock.

Lim alle delene sammen, slik at de danner en sekskantet kurv/Glue the parts together so they become a hexagon shaped basket.

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Bunn/Bottom:

Konstruer en sekskant I kartong slik: Tegn en sirkel med radius på 4 cm. Sett passerspissen i et punkt på sirkelbuen – med samme radius, og merk av et nytt punkt på sirkelbuen. Sett passerspissen i det nye punktet, og merk av et punkt til. Fortsett til du har seks punkter. Trekk rette linjer fra punkt til punkt, og klipp ut sekskanten.

Lim denne sekskanten til bunnen, på insiden av kurven.

Construate a hexagon like this: Draw a circle with a radius of 4 cm. Mark a point on the circle, then a new point 4 cm from the first, a new one 4 cm from the second…and so on, until you have 6 points on the circle. Draw straight lines from point to point, until you have a hexagon. Cut out the hexagon, and glue it to the bottom of the baskets inside.

Stans ut en Spellbinders form etter ønske, og lim denne på undersiden av kurven, som bunnplate.

Punch out a Spellbinder shape and glue it underneath the bottom of the basket, as a plate.

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Håndtak/Handle:

Kutt til en stripe av kartong i str. 4,5 x 30 cm/Cut a strip of cardstock in size 4,5 x 30 cm.

Bruk kantutstanseren på begge sidene av stripen/Use the edge puncher on both sides of the strip.

Kutt til en stripe av mønsterpapir i str. 2,5 x 30 cm, og lim den på remsen av kartong/Cut a strip of designer paper in size 2,5 x 30 cm, and glue it to the strip of cardstock.

Fest håndtaket på innsiden av kurven/Glue the handle to the inside of the basket.

Kurven er nå klar til å dekoreres etter eget ønske/The basket is now ready to be embellished.

Thank you so much for all your sweet comments - they are such a great inspiration to me!
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Hugs, LenaKatrine

Norwegian Mail-Boxes with Templates

Do you remember this?



Last year before Christmas, I made a Norwegian Mail-Box as my DT-project for Unik Hobby in December.

I recived quite a few e-mails from people asking me for a template/tutorial, but unfortunately I didn't have time to make one for you then...

But now I did, so here's the template for you :)
You may see the whole post I did of this Mail-Box last December here!

Today I'm holding a class at Unik Hobby, in colouring with Prismacolor Premier Pencils, and at the end of the class, we're going to make a small Mail-Box for Christmas-Tags!

Mail-Box for Christmas-Tags
Size: 5 x 8 x 13 cm
Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Distress Ink - Weathered Wood.
Stamp: Bildmålarna - Mimosa "Snowflake".
Colouring: Prismacolor Premier Pencils.
Papers: Bildmålarna - Jul "Flinga", Bazzill - blue & white cardstock, copy paper 280g.
Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Scalloped & Classic Squares, Martha Stewart - Glacial snowflake punch, EK Success - snowflake punch.
Embellishments: Self Adhesive Rhinestones & Alpha Stickers.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:
Little Miss Muffet - Girly Girl
The Pink Elephant - Scoring
Christmas Card - Stickers
Christmas Inspirations - Die Cuts/Punches
Crafting When We Can - Christmas
Sentimental Sundays - Fancy Folds

I thought I'd share the template for this Christmas-Tag Mail-Box with you also, so here you have it :)

Hope you enjoy my templates - have fun!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Lili of the Valley Challenge #85 & Square Envelope Card "Template"

Hi again folks :)

Lili of the Valley is having their Challenge #85 up and ready for you today, and this time we want you to play with YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR COMBO!!

We have our first GDT this week too, so check out her georgeous creation, along with the Dt's beautiful samples this week!

You may think that I've made a purple and turqouise card today, since I've made a LOT of those lately, but...GOT YAH!

I've made a BROWN and TURQOUISE card insted :)

Turqouise seems to be my favourite colour of all times, and almost any combo with that colour

works for me :)

I've played with my new georgeous Pion Design papers, and finally got to try out colouring on Kraft cardstock. I've made another Square Envelope Card, and if you stay with me till the end of this post, I'll tell you how to make those fun and decorative folding cards ;)

Hope you enjoy!

Size: 6" x 6"

Folding: Envelope Card

Ink: Adirondack - Espresso, Distress Ink - Broken China & Walnut Stain to ink the edges.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - "Pom Pom" & General Greetings.

Colouring: Prismacolor Premier Colour Pencils & Sansodor on Kraft cardstock.

Papers: Pion Design - Sagaen om Våren "Fjäril" & "Vårdikt", Bazzill - kraft & turqouise cardstock.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Eyelet Circles & Classic Circles, Martha Stewart - Flourish & Cherish Hearts edge punches, EK Success - petite scalloped edge punch.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Open Paper Roses 15 mm, Semi Open Roses 8 mm, Rosebuds 4 mm & Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Hobbyhimmelen - lilies.

I'm entering this card in to these challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Week 142  "Sketch"
Bunny Zoe's - #9 "Spring...flowers everywhere"
Whoopsi Daisy - "Free and Easy"

Totally Stampalicious - "Bling"
Creative Card Crew - "Friendship"
My Time To Craft - #128 "Going round in circles"
Papertake Weekly - "Putting on the Glitz"
Crafts and Me - "Spread Your Wings"
Creative Cottage - #33 "Fabolous Florals"
I Did It - #42 "Bling it up"
Catch the Bug - "A different fold"
Make it Colourful - #6 "Shadow and depht"

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Since I've had a few questions about how I make these Square Envelope Cards, and what measurements I use, I decided to share it with you today ;)



Start out by cutting a square of cardstock in size 9 1/4" x 9 1/4".

Score diagonally as showed on the picture, at 3 1/4" in every corner, so you'll have 4 equal flaps to fold.

Cut off the little triangles where the flaps cross (on the middle of each side of the square), so you can fold the card nice and flat. I keep the card closed with magnets, but you may use ribbon too.

Hope this made sense to you :)

If you make any Square Envelope Cards using my recipe, I'll be very happy if you let others know about it, and I would love for you to show me your beautiful samples too :)

Wishing you a happy day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Ett trykk: Issue 04/10 Tutorial Tea-Light Card

In the August issue of Ett trykk/Norsk Stempelblad, I made a tutorial on how to make a tea-light card.

The brain behind the original tea-light card, is actually German, but we couldn't manage to find out who,

so I started out by drawing a new template with "wings" to close the "box" :)

You're welcome to try out my template and tutorial, but I'll appreciate if you'll link back to me, if you publish a tea-light card where you've used my kind of template!

Start by cutting out the template in a piece of cardstock that messures 22 x 30 cm. Cut and score as the template shows.

Punch/cut out panels in the shapes/sizes/papers you want for your card, stamp and ink.

Glue the panels in DP to the cardstock, and remember to cut out the stripe where the candles will show.

If you want the card to be held together with ribbon, you must cut a small opening where you want the ribbon, in the line where the "tea-light box" will be glued (you can take a closer look at where I've placed the cut further down).

Panels on the one side...

...and the other.

Fasten the images/texts, and fasten the ribbon on the backside, by gluing your perconal stamp over it.

When all the pieces are glued to the card, you can glue the "box" to the card, by adding glue on the left 1cm stripe of the cardstock (on the front side of it - this pic is showing the backside of the "box").

Now you can fill the card with tea-lights, and embellish it the way you like :)

Recipe for my tea-light card:

Size: 12,5 x 16 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black for stamping, Distress Ink - Victorian Velvet for inking the edges.

Stamps: Norsk Stempelblad AS - sentiments.

Papers: Maja Design - DP, Bazzill - antique pink cardstock, sketch paper.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Mega Long & Scalloped Ovals.

Embellishments: Kort & Godt - pearls and ribbon, Storyteller - hvite flowers, Hobbyhimmelen - lilies.

I'll be very happy to hear what you think of my tutorial - have a great day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Template Tea-Light Card

Hi everybody!

I've got a couple of questions on how to make my tea-light card, so I drew a template for you :)

And I wrote down the instructions (in english) on how to make it as well :)

You may still watch Anetth's tutorial here!

Instructions:

Start with a cardstock in size 16 x 30 cm, then score at (from the left) 1 cm, 3 cm, 7 cm, 9 cm and 21,5 cm. The part that is left, should now be 8,5 cm.

Decorate all sides with panels of patterned paper, and cut out a stripe of 1-2cm x 12 cm in the space of 4 cm = the top over the tea-lights).

Then the card is ready to decorate :)

 Good luck! 

♥ Have a great day! ♥

Hugs, Lena

Make'n Take at the Stamp & Scrap - Mil & Mar, and some exiting news ;)

As I told you before, I was spending last weekend at the Stamp & Scrap - Mil & Mar at Lillestrøm, together with the whole Ett trykk's DT! We had so much fun during the weekend, and the Mil & Mar was awesome! Thank you so much, to each and everyone one of you, that stopped at our place ;)

As I also told you, everyone in the DT where having a Make'n Take. I did promise a few people who did'nt get the chance to join my demo, that I would publish my little "purse" together with the template, here in my blog.
So here it is - Please feel free to use my template, whoever that wants to ;)

Front of the purse:

Back of the purse:

The simple template:

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Exiting news

Remember this card - that I made for the Kort Cup (Card Cup) at Papirgleder???

Yey! I made it to the final!!! I'm so happy!!
*dancing around*

♥ Thanks for stopping by my blog today - I wish you all a fantastic day! ♥