{Re}kreasjoner

I've been on holiday and completely mixed up the dates for the new challenge at Charisma. And when I realized it the Turkish Internet wouldn't let me access Blogger. But better late than never, right? So here it goes, my inspiration for the buttons and bows challenge.

My sweet friend, Elin, came up with the idea for a tag pocket easel dresser card and I've been thinking about trying it since the first time I saw it, but I haven't had the opportunity to do it until now when I needed a card/present for a christening.

The cute little box has an easel on top, made with GoKreate die and gorgeous Inkido papers. When I took a closer look at the papers I realized that they were propably ment for weddings, but it wasn't all that obvious, so I guess it will be ok.

The top card is sewn with machine around three edges to make a pocket for the tag. I've die cut a Spellbinders Stately Circle and stamped a text with a stamp from Papirdesign. A few flowers from WOC and some pearls are the only decor apart from the seambinding and Divine Twine bow and button from my stash on the tag.

To make the easel stand I die cut an oval with Spellbinders Floral Ovals where I put the name of the baby and the date of the christening and adhered it with foam pads.

I had planned to use a TH knob on the drawer, but since this was finished on holiday and the handles was at home, I had to improvise and ended up with just a piece of seambinding to open the drawer.

Here I've taken the tag out of the pocket and stamped it with another sentiment from Papirdesign. I've also left room for a personal greeting.

Inside the drawer is the room for the gift.

I made a card slightly wider than the drawer to  make the card bend up and partially cover the knot for the handle.

It also makes a nice display for the little bracelet we gave her. And I stamped a sentiment from Papirdesign on the background.

When the gift card is removed it shows the bottom of the drawer with another piece of the same paper from Inkido.

And that's it. Super cute if I may say so myself.

Now I hope you'll join in the challenge at Charisma, even though it's just a few days left of the challenge.

Challenges:
Ett Trykk - Trykkpressa August - Esker
Crafty Creations #269 - Flower Power

Charisma har ny utfordring ute i dag og nå er alt lov! Så la sommer være sommer et øyeblikk og sleng deg med på morsom konkurranse og flotte premier du også!

Sommer er bryllupstid og jeg har vært så heldig å bli invitert i et bryllup forrige helg. I den forbindelse fikk jeg i oppdrag å lage et kort på vegne av familien min, som spleiset på et gavekort til brudeparet. Null stress, tenkte jeg, men så kom kriteriene. Det måtte ha plass til papirene som skulle følge med gavekortet. Javel, avlangt format skulle vel ikke være det største problemet. Og helst burde det matche gavekortet. Ok, hvilken farge hadde gavekortet? KNALLgrønt! Oi...
*Charisma has got a new challenge out today and now anything goes! So let summertime be summertime for a while and get on board with a fun competition and great prizes you too! 

Summertime is wedding time and I was so lucky to be invited to one last weekend. And I got the mission to make a card on behalf of my family who all chipped in on a gift certificate for the couple. No stress, I thought. But then came the criterias. It had to room all the papers that followed the gift certificate. Sure, rectangular format shouldn't be a big problem. And it should preferably match the gift certificate. Ok, what colour was the gift certificate? Shocking GREEN! Oh...*


Av en eller annen merkelig grunn var jeg veldig opphengt i farger og kunne ikke med min beste vilje se for meg et bryllupskort i knallgrønt. Jeg tror jeg må ha vært i feriemodus eller avsvimt i øyeblikket, kanskje fordi jeg har scrappet lite den siste måneden? Det falt meg liksom ikke inn, før jeg begynte å gå igjennom arkbunkene mine, at jeg kunne gå for noe så nøytralt som hvitt!
*For some strange reason I was really caught up in colours and couldn't for the life of me imagine a wedding card in strong green. I think I must have been in vacation mode or fainted in the moment, maybe because I haven't done much crafting the past month? It didn't occurred to me until I rummaged my paper piles that I could go for something as neutral as white!*


Innsiden er altså lik på sjokoladekortene jeg har laget tidligere, bare med litt andre mål. Og her får det nydelige mønsterarket fra Making Memories spille hovedrollen. Jeg har kun brukt en ørliten kant av grønn Bazzill under, for å hente frem det grønne temaet, uten at grønt skulle bli en veldig dominerende farge.
*So the inside is similar to the chocolate cards I've made before, only with slightly different measures. And the gorgeous design paper from Making Memories really gets to play the lead here. I've only used a tiny edge of green Bazzill underneath to pick up the green theme without making green the dominating colour.*

For slik ser det ut når gavekortet er plassert i lommen. Det kunne liksom ikke blitt grønnere, så da var det greit å holde resten rimelig nøytralt. På kanten av lommen har jeg brukt MS Cherish punchen og skrivefeltet er stanset ut med Spellbinders Labels Ten.
*Because this is what it looks like when the gift certificate is placed in the pocket. It couldn't get any greener so it was nice to keep everything else fairly neutral. On the edge of the pocket I've used the MS Cherish punch and the text plate is die cut with Spellbinders Labels Ten.*

Som så altfor ofte med mine kort, hadde jeg ikke nok mønsterark til å dekke baksiden også, så jeg måtte finne på andre kreative løsninger. Her har jeg stanset ut mitt personlige stempel fra Rox stamps med en søt liten tekst fra Kort og Godt inni. Syns teksten passer helt perfekt til baksiden av et bryllupskort. Stempelet er montert på en rest av den grønne Bazzillen og så har jeg stanset ut Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish i samme farge Bazzill og delt den opp før jeg monterte den under og rundt stempelet. Enkelt og dekorativt.
*As so often with my cards, I didn't have enough patterned paper to cover the back too so I had to find other creative solutions. I've punched out my personal Rox stamp with a cute little sentiment from Kort og Godt inside (...and they lived happily ever after). I think the sentiment fits perfectly for the back of a wedding card. The stamp is mounted on a scrap piece of the green Bazzill and I die cut Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish in the same colour Bazzill and divided it into separate parts before I adhered it under and around the stamp. Simple and decorative.*


En liten bonus var det å oppdage at kortet kunne stå helt fint av seg selv, selv med mengder av blomster fra WOC og noen søte hjerteformede perler fra Europris på fremsiden, som gjorde det litt "front-tungt". Alt i alt ble jeg rimelig godt fornøyd med resultatet, tatt i betraktning at mine tanker i utgangspunktet florerte om helt andre løsninger og farger.
*A little bonus was to discover that the card stood nicely on it's own even with loads of flowers from WOC and a few cute heartshaped pearls from Europris on the front that made it a bit "front heavy". All in all I was pretty pleased with the result concidering that my thoughts initially flew around totally different solutions and colours.*



Challenges:
Love to Scrap #33 - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #329 - Pretty Papers

Til runde 6 i Kort-O-Mania skulle vi lage tryllekort og jeg syns det var så gøy at jeg lagde ett til straks jeg var ferdig med bidraget mitt. Jeg var fortsatt i konfirmasjonsmodus og dette er en bestilling jeg fikk på et kort som skulle være litt funky og ha plass til et smykke eller armbånd inni.
*For the sixth round of Kort-O-Mania we were challenged to make "magic cards" and I thought it was so much fun that I made another one as soon as I finished my entry. I was still in confirmation mode and this is a commision I got for a card that was supposed to be a little funky and have room for a necklace or bracelet inside.*

Jeg har brukt ark fra My Minds Eye til dette, Spellbinders dies til tekstsirkelen og en tekst fra Kort og Godt.
*I've used a paper from My Minds Eye for this, Spellbinders dies for the circle behind the sentiment and sentiment from Kort og Godt.*

Det er vanskelig å se på bildene, men mønsterarket har glitter på de mørkrosa blomstene, så jeg har kjørt på med Stickles Diamonds for å "blinge opp" uttrykket på resten også. Både blomstene fra lageret mitt, chipboard scroll'en fra Dusty Attic, diecut'en og MS Doily Lace kantene har fått Stickles på seg. Splittbindersen i midten av blomsten glitrer fra før, så den har ikke fått noe ekstra. *lol*
*It's hard to see in the pictures, but the patterned paper has glitter on the dark pink flowers so I went nuts with Stickles Diamonds to bling up the expression for the rest too. The flowers from my stash, the chipboard scroll from Dusty Attic, the diecut and the MS Doily Lace edges have all got Stickles on them. The brad in the middle of the flower is sparkling already so I didn't give it any extra. *lol*

På innsiden har jeg gjort samme trikset som på KOM-kortet, med utstansede paneler og laget snitt for å henge smykket i.
*On the inside I've done the same trick as the KOM-card, with die cut panels and made incitions to hang the necklace in.*

Panelet til smykket er festet med 3D-puter, slik at det er plass til kjedet bak panelet. På grunn av vingene står kortet fint av seg selv, både med fronten frem, eller på baksiden som her.
*The panel for the necklace is adhered with 3D pads so the necklace will fit behind it. Because of the wings the card will stand nicely on it's own both with the card front or folded in the back like in this photo.*

Baksiden er nesten like dekorativ som resten og mitt personlige stempel med en Kort og Godt tekst inni er nå ganske standard på kortene mine.
*The backside is almost as decorative as the rest and by now my personal stamp with a sentiment from Kort og Godt is pretty standard on my cards.*


Også her har jeg påført Stickles Diamonds på den turkise diecut'en, men dessverre er det vanskelig å fange glitter på skjerm.
*I've put Stickles Diamonds on this diecut too, but unfortunately it's really hard to catch on camera.*

Skulle du ha lyst til å prøve deg på dette selv, finner du malen til Marianne her.
*If you wanna have a go at this yourself you'll find the tutorial from Marianne here.*

Challenges:
Sentimental Sundays #210 - Anything goes
Kort'O'Mania #109 - Alt går
Ett Trykk - Trykkpressa Juni - Kort med blomster
Kreativ Scrapping #6 - Blomster

Another Thursday, another Charisma challenge. And this fourtnight we want to see flowers.

I made this card earlier and it was apparently a big success among my customers, because this sold really fast followed by TWO commisions for similar cards. So I just had to go out hunting for the same papers to make it happen. Now I don't normally lift myself, at least not to this degree, but how can you say no to pleading customers? *lol*
Like I said, I had to hunt for the papers I used on the previous card. It's from Linda Design, previously known as Ladybug and Friends, but it's really hard to get. Finally I found it in the store where I bought the first ones, after rummaging through all the paper shelves three times, and I snagged the last six papers that were left.
I couldn't and wouldn't do the embellishments the same way as on the other card, but it's not far from it. A seambinding bow, blue and purple flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and a few pearls. The sentiment is the quote from J. W. Goethe about magic, and it's a stamp from Stempelglede.

The biggest difference from the last card are the insides. On the top page I've used the same paper as on the other one, but at the bottom I used another paper from the same collection in 12x12, instead of the 6x6 papers.

I die cut a circle from Spellbinders Stately Circles set and stamped a sentiment from Kort og Godt.

The backside is the same paper as the inside and the same die cut, stamped with my personal Rox Stamp and a little sentiment from Kort og Godt.

Now, go find your May flowers and join the challenge over at the challenge blog. I'd love to see your creations! Meanwhile I'll be joining a few challenges myself:

Challenges:
Through the purple haze #41 - Anything goes
Crafty Creations #263 - Recipe (flowers, die-cut, ribbon, purple)
Simon Says Wednesday - Die Crazy

Charisma is back with a new challenge and it's my two favorite colors packed up in one yummy color challenge! Be sure to stop by the challenge blog to check out our sponsors and great prizes!


I also wrote an article about this (in Norwegian) for scrapping.no that can be read here.

Now it's your turn to upload your purple and blue creations to Charisma. Looking forward to seeing some wonderful creations!

Challenges:
Creative Card Crew #60 - Girly
Crafty Catz #227 - B is for (blue, butterflies, bow)

Ny utfordring hos Charisma i dag og jeg skrev en artikkel for scrapping.no om akkurat dette kortet. Jeg har brukt en av mine favoritt teknikker, nemlig emboss resist. Artikkelen, med trinn for trinn beskrivelse, kan du lese her.

New challenge out at Charisma today and I wrote an article for Scrapping.no about this very card. I've used one of my favorite techiques for this card, the emboss resist technique. The article with step by step instructions can be read here (in Norwegian).


Ikke glem å hoppe innom Charisma-bloggen for mer informasjon og inspirasjon, og bli med på utfordringen du også!

Don't forget to hop on over to the Charisma blog for more information and inspiration and join in the challenge too!

I've had a little break from Charisma for a while now, but now I'm back in the game and ready for a challenge! And what a challenge it is this time! Do you have any peel off stickers tucked away in the bottom of a drawer somewhere? I thought I'd gotten rid of all mine, but fortunately for this weeks challenge, I found some and got them to good use.

I made a fairly simple card with scraps from my ever increasing pile, and a brand new image from one of our generous sponsors, Time for Tea Designs. This one's called Beanie Girl. I've colored it in with my ProMarkers as always. Colours are listed below.

I've mounted the peel off letters on a scrap piece of cardstock. The colour matches the patterned paper a lot better than it looks like in this image. It's really hard to get good pics of shiny silver letters! *S*
I've seen this way of putting on sentiments over the image several times, but I've never done it myself before and I'm not sure I like it. But gotta try everything, right??

And now you try to find those neglected peel off stickers and join in our challenge too! Don't forget to hop on over to the challenge blog to check out our fab sponsors and the other DT's great work!

Colours:
Skin: Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush, Ivory
Cheeks: Rose Pink, Pale Pink
Eyes: Hearthstone, Rock Pool, Cool Aqua
Hair: Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Sandstone
Purple: Slate, Lilac, Lavender
Grey: Cool Grey 1-5
Shadows: Satin, Linen (FM), Blender

Challenges:
Kort 'o' Mania #100 - Noe nytt (nytt stempel, ny måte å plassere tekst på)
Passion for ProMarkers w232 - Anything goes
Scrappin All Over #1 - Alt er lov
Cute Card Thursday #306 - Something new (new digi, new way to place the sentiment)
 

I really hadn't intended on my blog to die these past few weeks, but I've been in and out of the ER and on bedrest most of the time in between. Seems that every time I think that things are getting better, something worse happens to throw me off. Who is that Murphy-guy and why did he have to go make that stupid law!? But there has been a few moments of good times in between and those moment has of course been spent in my craft room, I just can't show the projects just yet. *wink, wink*

Aaaaanywhooo, it's Thursday again which means another challenge at Charisma Cardz. And as always we have some great sponsors with us:

I have made a card whith an image from one of our sponsors, Dr. Digis House of Stamps, called BBQ Bill.

The image is as always colored in with my ProMarkers. I've used a strip of an old patterned paper from Basic Grey and a tiny strip of green Bazzill in between. Topped it off with som Baker's Twine, a button and a tiny tag. I was gonna stamp a greeting on the tag, but I had no idea what it would be, so I just left it blank. Maybe I'll put in something later. We'll se where it goes.

Now you hop on over to the challenge blog, check out the prizes and the other DT's fab creations and then you get crafty with your food related images and stuff and upload it for us to see. Right? Go on then, happy crafting! ☺

Challenges:
Fussy and Fancy Friday challenge #99 - One for the boys
2 sisters #165 - Anything goes
Through the Puple Haze - Anything goes with a hint of food
Inkspirational #41 - Anything inkspirational

I love bingo! Especially papercraft bingo. And that's what's happening over at Charisma today. You'll have to pop over there to see your board and while you're at it, check out the prizes from our fab sponsors.

Here's my bingo card for today.

(I have absolutely no idea what's going on with Blogger today, cuz the photo didn't look this blurry until I uploaded it! If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!)

I've made a fall card with an image from our lovely sponsor Time for Tea Designs, called Fall Leaves. As usual colored in with my ProMarkers. And as usual there had to be some Maja Design paper on my project. This time it's the green background paper from the Ska vi ta en Fika collection. I've teamed it up with another paper from FabScraps, didn't notice the name of it though.

I followed a sketch from Sketchy Colors and kept the decorations simple. Just the brown satin ribbon from The Ribbon Retreat, a few leaves underneath a seambinding bow (from Wild Orchid Crafts) with twine from Waltzingmouse Stamps, a button and a charm from my stash. The pearl lines are from Vivi Gade.
Easy peasy and I have BINGO! *S*

Now it's your turn to shout bingo when you upload your project to the challenge blog. Me and my teamies will be over to check the results. ;-)

Challenges:
Sketchy Colors #180 - Skisse 
Fab 'n' Funky #187- Ribbon
Simply Create Too #47 - Fall/Autumn

Yup, it's that Thursday again. Time for another challenge at Charisma. Should be an easy one too, but first take a look at our sponsors:

And here's what I made:

It's no secret that I have a purple passion, and especially purple with green. Not too much green on this one. Can you believe it, I was almost out of all kinds of green papers to go with the purple one I'd chosen! *lol*
Anyways, the papers are from Kaisercrafts Lilac Avenue. The image is from our lovely sponsor The Stampfairy, as usual colored in with my ProMarkers.
The ribbon is from American Crafts and looks pink on this photo, but it's really more lilac. The sentiment is from Norsk Stempelblad.

Now, that's it from me today. Make sure you stop by the challenge blog and check out the other lovely ladies fav colors too.

Challenges:
I ♥ ProMarkers #186 - Anything goes
The Pink Elephant #217 - Digital images or papers
Kort'O'Mania #93 - Bruk dine to favorittfarger

Another Thursday, another challenge over at Charisma Cardz Challenges. And as usual we have some great sponsors:

My mojo's gone missing again, so I really struggled with this challenge. I had a few ideas, but once I started it didn't work out so I scratched it all several times before I got to a finished result. And here's how it turned out.

I used a plain white cardstock base and a paper from Kaisercrafts After Five collection. The border is from the 6x6" paperpad. My fancy flourish is a Cheery Lynn die cut and the sentiment is from Verve Stamps, stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa. The rolled paper flowers are from Kort og Godt and I've misted them with Glimmer Mist Graphite.
And that's it, nice and easy (although it took me quite some time to finish it!). Now I just hope I'll get a mojo kick soon, or my procrastination list will be growing faaaar too long! If you got some mojo to spare, then send some this way, but be sure to make your own fancy flourish project first and link up in the challenge blog. Looking forward to seeing some fabulous works!


Challenges:
Love to Scrap #13 - Anything goes
Papertake - Anything goes
 

The large tag with the image on keeps the card closed. Unfortunately she didn’t have any tutorial or links to templates, so I had to think twice before I understood how it was done. But it really wasn’t that hard. It’s made out from a 12x12” cardstock, scored at 3” on all sides. Get it? Let me know if you would like to see a tutorial on this, and I’ll see what I can do. ;-)

 

I really liked the look on this folded card, and I loved it even more when I got to combine it with some of my favorites at the moment, Maja Design papers and Saturated Canary digi stamps. The gorgeous paper are from the “Ska vi ta en Fika”collection. I'm purple passionate and I just love the colours on these papers, totally yummy! The Fika-collection is by no means new, but for some reason I never got around to buying them. But now, with my Maja-madness and purple passion I just had to have them and they came just last week. (And I do believe I need another refill pretty soon! *S*)

 

 

Challenges:
Totally Papercrafts #180 - Favorite Colors - Purple! ♥♥♥
Allsorts w220 - Use your new stash - New papers and digi stamp
Love to Create #79 - Fancy Folds
Passion for ProMarkers w212 - Favorite color combo - again, purple! ☺
Papertake - Flower Power