Pakke, pakke pakke...

I det siste har jeg lagd endel pakkelapper, det er en tendens for at man trenger det i desember....

Den første er det bruk en vanlig tag, osteklut, blomst og en blomst klippet ut av et klippebilde fra et ark fra AB Studio. På den andre har jeg brukt rester som jeg har hatt liggende i årevis. Her er det et klipebilde som er kombinert med bånd/tråd og finerbokstaver.

Disse ble laget til Scrap the Rainbow-bloggen.

Så var det pakkelappene jeg lagde til Hobbygarasjen:

Av og til er rett og slett det enkleste det beste...

Julekort og pakkelapper!

Da var vi jammen i desember, og de fleste julekortene burde være klare (jeg skriver, burde, vet jeg har mange som må lages enda, selv om noen heldigvis er levert allerede).

Her er et julekort jeg har laget til utfordringen som er i Scrap the Rainbow i desember, det er bruk juleark fra Echo Park, en liten bit rødrutete bånd og så et snøfnugg i finer, kanskje jeg gir kortet en lett dusj med Glimmer Mist før jeg sender det avgårde? Hmmm

Man må lapper til pakkene og da passer det vel fint å vise fram noen jeg har laget i det siste? Mønsterarkene er fra samme serie fra Echo Park, men diesen og stemplene er fra Papirdesign. 
Først et bilde av en pakkelapp i bruk på en pakke.

Her har vi en samling av "Julestrømper"

Oppsummering av høsten 2020 i kort-form

 ... i form av mine DT-bidrag på Hobbygarasjens blogg og Scrap the Rainbow.

Hobbygarasjen:

I oktober var utfordringen "Høstfarger hos Hobbygarasen, og mine bidrag ble slike:
Jeg har tatt utgangspunkt i høstfarger og lagd en galaksebakgrunn med Distress Oxides. Galakser er jo midt i blinken til en konfirmant som liker Star Wars, og da er det fint at Papirdesign har ei stempelplate med konfirmanttekster i Star Wars font.

Oktober er tid for Halloween, og med Halloween kule, kraftige farger. Jeg har denne gangen lekt meg med Distress Oxides og lagd en inkblendet bakgrunn, som ble svertet rundt kantene. På toppen har jeg stemplet og embosset et spindelvev, siden jeg ikke hadde noe edderkoppstempel, tegnet jeg en selv med en svart tusj. Så skvettet jeg litt vann på kortet og tørket vekk flekkene for å lage litt liv i bakgrunnen. Hilsningen stanset jeg ut med akfabetdies og monterte mosegummi bak bokstavene for å få litt dimensjon. Alt ble montert på et svart kort.

I november var det Jul som var utfordringen:

Jeg lagde et julekort som enkelt lar seg masseprodusere med produkter fra Papirdesign

                                       

Scrap the Rainbow:

I oktober var det en skikkes som var utfordring i regnbuebloggen.

Jeg har lekt meg meg gelliplate og dies, og fulgt skissen ganske slavisk. 

Det viste seg a diesen jeg brukte, var et bomkjøp fra kina, for sekskanten var ikke symmetrisk...

Det andre kortet ble marginalt bedre

Denne gangen er det et såkalt slimline kort, de er blitt så populære i det siste. Nok en gang har jeg lekt med gelliplate og akrylmaling i blått og gull. Dies er brukt for å kutte ut sekskantene som først ble stemplet med stempler fra Tim Holtz.

I november var det tid for jul igjen:

Jeg har hevet meg på Slimline-bølgen og lagd to ganske like julekort med bruk av nye dies fra simon says stamp og Papirdesign. Papirene er fra årets julekolleksjon til Papirdesign

DT-bidrag etter sommeren

 Nå er det lenge siden sist jeg delte noe her i bloggen, har vært mer opptatt av å dele på de to stedene hvor jeg er med medlem av DesignTeamet, nemlig Hobbygarasjen og Scrap the Rainbow.

Da kan

Augustutfordringene:

Hobbygarasjen:

Det er på tide å vise frem litt inspirasjon til temaet denne måneden "Alt er lov", og hvorfor ikke vise et kort som jeg ble inspirert til å lage? Så nemlig et skikkelig stilig kort hos Ranger, helt "Clean and simple". Jeg ville gjøre litt mer utav det, så her er det:

Legger med et bilde av kortet sammen med produktene som er brukt:

Materialliste:
Stempler: Papirdesign - Vipps og Papirdesign - Ha en fin dag
Blekk: VersaFine Clair i fargene: Tulip Red, Summertime, Cheerful, Verdant, Paradise (kan erstattes med Blue Belle), Fantasia, Purple Delight og Morning Mist
Kortbase: Creotime

Vi er på god vei inn i konfirmasjonssessong og siden Maja Design akkurat har kommet med den nydelig serien Miles Apart tenkte jeg å bruke de til et konfirmasjonskort til en gutt.

Inni kortet stemplet jeg et at Papirdesign sine "Vipps" -stempler

Selve arket er så fint at man fint kan bruke det til å pynte baksiden også. Jeg fant fram et gammelt stempel med stjerner og stemplet litt her og der for å pynte opp litt

Materialliste: 

Mønsterark: Maja Design - Miles Apart Stay Home

Dies: Bølger Elisabeth Craft og Papirdesign Konfirmant

Stempel: Papirdesign Vipps

Stempelpute: Versafine Clair Acorn

Kartong: Bazzill Java og Vanilla

Blomst: Prima - Naples Shore/Capri

Scrap the Rainbow

Jeg har laget bursdagskort til ei god venninne som fylte 50 i juni, hun er ei «fresk dama» som liker sterke farger. Det er brukt Distress Oxides, stensil fra Aall&Create og Giogiocraft og dies fra PapirDesign og Sizzix.

Så jeg lekte meg med en gelli plate og lagde bakgrunnen selv med akrylmaling, et par stensiler og en bit bølgepapp. Pyntet med et par buttons, litt glittertråd og en Primablomst.

Septemberbidrag:

Hobbygarasjen: Det er ikke så lenge siden Maja Design kom med en ny kolleksjon som bl.a. passer ypperlig til konfirmasjonskort til jenter.

Så her har jeg brukt Creotime kortbaser, Maja Desing Miles Apart møsterark Have Faith og Thninking of you, stempel av kjole fra Elisabeth Craft, dies av kjole fra Elisabeth Craft, og "Konfirmant"-dies fra PapirDesign, rose fra Prima.

Jeg har denne gangen laget et slimlinekort hvor jeg har stemplet en blomst flere ganger på mørkeblå kartong, embosset med gull og malt med oransje glitterakrylmaling (Starlights).

Scrap the Rainbow

Growing in Unity-Bloghop

Hi there and welcome to the Unity blog hop.
If you have been hopping already, thank you for continuing. If you started here, please visit the other blogs on this hop. Remember to leave a comment on each blog for your chance to win a price from Unity.

I´m curretly on summer vacation, so I have very limited cardmaking supplies with me, but still brought a few Unity stamps with me, and here are the results:

The first card is made with the stamps in the «Good vibes only», and it´s so fitting, since this is the first year we are on holiday with our new (old) caravan.

We are currently visiting my Mum, and she was in need of some condolency cards. Now, I didn´t bring any sentiment stamps specifically for those occasions, but the motif and the sentiment in the «Trust it will be okay»-kit was rather fitting. I stamped withblack ink and coloured with Infusions in the colour «Rocky Road».

The third and last card is also one made for condolency, and here I made a 3-layer card with the Beautiful Birthday Wishes set. Sometimes no words are needed.

Thanks for looking, now hop on to see what Trudi has made :)


Here are the list of hoppere:
1. Dawn
2. Angela
3. Marica
4. Doreen
5. Trude - you are here
6.Trudi
7. Alaine

Caffeinated card for challenge

Coffee loving cardmakers are hosting a bloghop to celebrate spring summer, and I've made a couple of coffee cards to enter the challenge, here's a couple of pictures:

I've used coffee stamps from Unity stamp co and Papirdesign, and the background is made with Distress Oxides in Hickory Smoke and Ground Espresso

Growing in Unity Friday

It's Friday! I can't believe how quickly this week has gone. Today I've got a couple of coffee cards for you. I took the cue from the coffee stamp included in the April 2020 Kit of the Month.

One of my favourite colour combinations in the Distress Oxide range is Ground Espresso with Hickory Smoke and I created the background by using the "smooshing" technique, you smoosh the ink pad on a piece of acetate or glass, mist it with a little water and press the paper in to the ink. Heat set and repeat with a different colour, build as many layers as you want. I usually find that if I don't really like the background after a couple of layers I haven't added enough, so I keep going. If I in the end find I really don't like it, well it's just paper.
The small coffee cups stamped on the background is from the December 2019 Kit of the Month and I used VersaFine Clair ink in the Acorn colour.
I added some old lace and a ribbon to give the card an "old café feeling".

If you leave a comment, you are eligible to win a grab bag of 25 wonderful Unity stamps.

Come back tomorrow for a peak at the next project I've got to show you.

Growing in Unity - Thursday

Wow, Thursday already! It is amazing how quick the time flies. This time I want so show you two cards with the Donna Poppies. I cut the panel first and mounted the stamp in my Misti stamping tool, stamping first one flower in the corner and then turning the paper 180 degrees and stamping again. VersaFine Onyx black was the ink used and the poppies were coloured with Dylusions Postbox red spray ink. Splatted the card with water and lifted off some of the colour to create more life. I made black frames with my Gina Marie Designs wonky rectangles and mounted the panel with 3D foams strips on the card. The diecut is from Papirdesign and is the Norwegian word for Congratualtions

The second card was made more or less the same way, but this time I fuzzy cut the blooms and mounted them on the frame. The sentiment is from the January 2020 Say it with Love sentiment kit the orange butterfly is from the same kit

If you leave a comment, you are eligible to win a grab bag of 25 wonderful Unity stamps.

Come back tomorrow for a peak at the next project I've got to show you.

Growing in Unity Wednesday

Hello all! Today I've got a couple of butterfly cards, I simply adore butterflies.

 This card started with little piece of white paper where I played around with when I first got my blending brushes from Picket Fence: I grabbed a butterfly stencil from Prima, some Distress Oxide stamp pads and went to town. I stamped the small butterflies from the April 2020 Kit of the Month, cut a small panel from the test paper, added the big butterfly from the July 2019 Kit of the Month that I stamped, coloured and fuzzy cut before I glued them on top. The sentiment is from the April kit.

If you leave a comment, you are eligible to win a grab bag of 25 wonderful Unity stamps.

Come back tomorrow for a peak at the next project I've got to show you.

Growing in Unity - Tuesday

Today I have two similar cards to show you. I just love galaxy cards, there's just something so dreamy about them, and I thought it would be perfect with a galaxy background for the stamp of the woman looking out on the stars and planets from the February 2020 Kit of the Month. All the stamps used on these cards are from that kit.

On this first card, I made the background, and after I made sure it was dry I stamped and embossed with white embossing powder the motif. The text is stamped with white pigment ink on black cardstock

This second card was made the same way as the first, but here I limited the number of colours for the background to 3, the first one was a full rainbow 7.

If you leave a comment, you are eligible to win a grab bag of 25 wonderful Unity stamps.

Come back tomorrow for a peak at the next project I've got to show you.

Growing in Unity (GUI) Monday

If you've come by my blog earlier you might have an inkling that I like the Stamps from Unity Stamp co. Well you might say that i LIIIIIIKE them, and some of them I do love. So when I got the opportunity to be Growing in Unity Girl I was more than happy.
Yesterday was Norways Constitution day which usually is celebrated with childrens parades, marching bands, and lots of fun and people in the streets. Due to Covid-19 the celebrations were a bit different this year, but we celebrated all the while. So to mark the national holiday (and my sisters birthday), I'm showing a floral card today.

I have combinedthe floral motif from You are forever beautiful with one of the Congrats from the May 2019 sentiment kit - Say it big. I stamped the images with VersaFine Onyx ink on Fabriano Hotpressed water color cardstock and coloured with Dylusions inks (water brushes filled with coloured ink). The frame was made using nested Wonky rectangles from Gina Marie Design, cutting out of Bazzill white cardstock.

I'm rather fond of keeping it clean and simple and want the beautiful floral to shine on its own.

If you leave a comment, you are eligible to win a grab bag of 25 wonderful Unity stamps.

Come back tomorrow for a peak at the next project I've got to show you.

DT Contributions May 2020

My design team contributins for May.

Hobbygarasjen

I made a layout with a picture from Constitution day 2018 when my daughter and I visited my mother. My eldest sister knitted the national costume my daughter is wearing, combined with the patterend paper made this the patterns from that costume, I though it was just fitting

Materials:

Paper: Papirdesign Vårstemning Nordlandsbunad, Bazzill Marshmellow

Dies: Papirdesign Doilie, Tall, Alfabet (Thickers)

The challenge for May is to be ispired by the national costumes of Norway (we have many). I made a minialbum using leftover envelopes.

Materials:

Papir: Bazzill Marshmallow, Papirdesign, Vårstemning - Nordlandsbunad

Envelopes: Creotime hvite kort

Dies: Papirdesign Konfirmant, Hjerteklem

Scrap the Rainbow

The May challenge is "Rainbow greetings)

I love Rainbows and this time I wanted to change it up a little, so I grabbed my favourite Distress oxide colours a brand new stencil from Giogiocraft and went to town. The text die is from Papirdesign.

The second inspiration card is made with the same supplies, I just changed the stencil for one from Altenew and used the colours in rainbow order.

DT contributions for March and April

I realise I've been a bit lacking in sharing some of the cards I've made the last couple of months, so here are a few.

March:

For Hobbygarasjen I made a kids card using a  turnabout stamp from Concord&Ninth, aren't they the coolest.

Materials

Paper: Fabriano akvarellark

Stamp: Concord&Ninth

Ink: VersaFine Clair Yellosw, Grenn, Blue, Twilight

This set of masculine cards were made using a Gelliplate to make backgrounds that were then cut out using circle dies. The paint used was PaperArtsy Fresco in turquoise tones. The stamps are from Kort og Godt and are suitable for gentlemen.

Materials
Card: Creotime kortbase m/konvolutt
Stamp: Herrestempel fra Kort&Godt
Ink: VersaFine Clair - Warm Breeze
Paint: PaperArsty Fresco Calypso og Cerulean Maling
Dies: Elisabeth Craft Nested Circles

Scrap the Rainbow:
The challenge for march in Scrap the rainbow were colourful childrens projects.
Here's one were the background was made pushing distress Oxide Ink through an Echo park heart stencil. The kitty stamp is from Unity stamps. The text stamp is from Papirdesign

This is a mixed media style card with a varity of media like molding past, sparkle medium, acrylick paint and stamps with VersaFine Clair coloured inkpad. Stamp from Unity

This was initially though of as a Valentines card, but hey, kids need to know they are loved too. Stamps from Unity Stamps, ink from VersaFine Clair and  coloured with Dylusions spray inks.

April DT contributions:

My brother in law will celebrate his 70th birthday this Autumn, So why not make a card in steampunk style, and forutnately Stempelglede made a set of stampsin that style.

The backgroundwas made by gluing aluminium tape on cardstock and embossing it with a Sizzix embossingfolder

Materials:

Stamps: Stempelglede

Dies: Spellbinders (numbers), Papirdesign (text), Sizzix (embossingplate)

Ink: StazOn and VersaFine

Cardstock: Bazzill

Cardbase: Creotime

I used the bunad patterend papers and dies from Papirdesign to make a card featuring the  Nordlandsbunad. The edge punch I used is one of the oldes in my stash the Martha Stewart Doily Lace 

February DT-submissions

I just realised that I've totally forgot to show the various cards I've made for the two challenge blogs where I'm DT, first up Scrap the Rainbow:
The challenge was to make something red or pink and I pulled out the cute kitten from Unity Stamps. Paper: My Minds Eye, cardstock from Hobbygarasjen

Stamp: Papirdesign (text), Unity Stamps (kitten)

Ink: VersaFine Clair pinecone

Paint: Nicholsons Peerless Watercolor

The second blogpost I had for Scrap the Rainbow was a series of cards for children using a patterned paper sheet I got from a good friend of mine. I used red cardstock and red glittercardstock in addition, as well as dies, stamps and buttons from Papirdesign (and the kitten from Unity).
It's so fitting with colourful, clean and simple cards for kids, and if there is one thing I know is that it is never wrong to include a unicorn or a kitten.

Materials:
Paper: Cardbase from Craft Emotions, Hero Arts patterend paper, red cardstock from Craft Emotions, red glitterpaper from Best Creations
Stamps: Unicorns from Papirdesign and kitten from Unity Stamps
Dies: Papirdesign
Embellishments: Buttons from Papirdesign, bling from unknown
Ink: VersaFine Clair Nocturne
Water colours: Nicholsons Peerless watercolors

My card for Hobbygarasjen

Here the challenge was to make something for someone you love and I chose to make a card for my Mother, since second Sunday of February is Mothers Day in Norway. Her favourite colour is blue, but I so liked the red patterend paper from My Minds Eye, that I think she forgives me. Besides, red is the colour for love.

Paper: My Minds Eye, cardstock from CraftEmotions

Stamp: Papirdesign

Dies: Nested hearts (unknown)

Colour medium: Red Velvet Glimmer Mist, VersaFine Clair pinecone blekk

MerkMaten - Matkort

Hobbygarasjen er blitt valgt til å samarbeide med MerkMaten og de flotte matkortene deres.

 Kortene er til hjelp for de mange som har Matallergi, Intoleranse, Cøliaki,eller Matoverfølsomhet

Kortene ser slik ut og kommer med 10 stk i pakken

Designteamet hos Hobbygarasjen er utfordret til å være kreative med kortene for de mange forskjellige anledningene/festdagene vi har i løpet av et år.

DT Jorunn Elin

har laget kort til en barnedåp og har valgt å bruke kun fremsiden av kortet med teksten.

Laget så et større kort som passet sammen med mønsterark og en fin krone. Kortet skal stå på kakebordet.

DT Trude Julie

har laget sine kort til julekakene og pyntet med blomst og en swirl rett på kortet.

Kort pakkene kan bl.a kjøpes hos Meny, Joker og Bunnpris butikkene. 

Finner du dem ikke, så spør betjeningen om å ta dem inn i akkurat din butikk.

January inspiration

Happy New Year everybody, thought I'd kick off this years inspiration with a couple of cards from the two challenge blogs where I'm a design team member.
Godt nyttår folkens! Tenkte jeg skulle starte inspirasjonen for 2020 med to kort som er brukt som inspirasjon i de to utfordringsbloggene hvor jeg er med som designteammedlem.

First Scrap the Rainbow:

The challenge is to use a picture already coloured or taken from printed paper.
I've used papers and picture from Maya Design. The text diecut and roses are from Papirdesign.
Først Scrap the Rainbow:
Denne gangen har jeg valgt å bruke et klippeark fra Maya Design sammen med koordinerende papirer fra samme produsent. Jeg har komplettert med diecut fra Papirdesign og blomster fra samme produsent.

The second card is from Hobbygarasjen, and here I've used stamps from Hero Arts, a wreath builder template from Gina K. and Misti stamping tool with inks from Versafine Clair and embossing powder from Nuvo.
Det andre kortet er for Hobbygarasjen og her har jeg kombinert stempler fra Heroarts, kransbyggestensil fra Gina K. og Misti stempelplattform med ulike farger blekk fra VersaFine Clair og embossingpulver fra Nuvo

Materialliste

Kartong: Bazzill Raven og Fabriano hot press akvarellark

Stempel: Hero Arts stempelsett

Blekk: VersaFine Clair (Twilight, Medieval Blue, Blue belle), VersaMark

Embossingpulver: Nuvo