{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

Nok en gang har jeg kost meg med herlige produkter fra Papirdesign og Kort og Godt, som jeg har skrevet en arktikkel om for scrapping.no. Hele artikkelen med flere bilder, kan leses her.
*Once again I've enjoyed myself with wonderful products from Papirdesign and Kort og Godt, that I've written an article about for scrapping.no. The entire article can be read here.*

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

Junior er invitert i barneselskap igjen. Denne gangen hadde jeg litt bedre tid på meg enn sist, så da kunne jeg leke meg litt mer.
*Junior is invited to another birthday party. This time I had a little bit more time than the last time so I could play around a little more.*

Jeg har brukt ark fra Graphic45 på Vanilla Bazzill base. Ballongene er stempel fra Papertrey Ink settet Balloon Bash, stemplet med Hero Arts Shadow Inks Soft Stone, klippet ut for hånd og festet en snor av Bakers Divine Twine til dem. Chipboard tallet fra lageret mitt har jeg trykket i embossing ink og embosset med hvitt embossingpulver fra Inkido. Bokstavene er fra Panduro og stjernene fra Cosmo Cricket.
*I've used papers from Graphic45 on Vanilla Bazzill base. The balloons are stamps from the Papertrey Ink stamp set Balloon Bash, stamped in Hero Arts Shadow Inks Soft Stone, hand cut and attatched a string of Bakers Divine Twine. The chipboard number from my stash I've pressed in embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder from Inkido. The letters are from Pandura and the stars from Cosmo Cricket.*

Challenges:
Crafting when we can #66 - For a child
Simon Says Wednesday - Happy Birthday
Allsorts w253 - No flowers
Crafty Creations #260 - Color challenge blue and Yellow

Jeg er fortsatt opptatt med ting som ikke kan publiseres enda, men i går skulle minstemann i sin aller første barnebursdag og jeg hadde ingenting i lageret som kunne passe til en gutt på fire år, så da ble det et skikkelig kjappiskort med rester jeg hadde liggende på pulten.
*I'm still busy with things I can't publish yet, but yesterday junior was going to his very first birthday party and I didn't have anything in my stash suitable for a four year old boy, so I had to do a super quickie with scraps I had on my desk.*

Restene er av Bazzill kartong, ark og dotter fra Papirdesign og litt Divine Twine i Blueberry. Stort enklere kan det ikke bli. Kartongen er egentlig mørkeblå, men uten skikkelig lys med mobilkamera ser det ikke akkurat sånn ut.
*The scraps are from Bazzill cardstock, paper and dots from Papirdesign and a little Divine Twine Blueberry. Doesn't get much easier than that. The cardstock is actually dark blue, but without proper lighting and with my cell camera it doesn't exactely look like it.*

Challenges:
Love to create #106 - Anything goes
Crafty Creations #258 - Happy Birthday
Fussy and Fancy #109 - Birthdays

På dette kortet brukte jeg ganske enkelt et mønsterark fra en Vibeke Spigseth Poppydesign blokk, med teksten og reinsdyret på. Men jeg syns det ble litt tomt på venstre side, så jeg la til et par banner fra baksiden av arket.
*On this card I simply used a patterned paper from a Vibeke Spigseth Poppydesign pad with the text and the reindeer on. But I thought it was a bit empty on the left side, so I added a few banners from the back of the paper.*


Som på alle de andre kortene er innsiden helt enkel med bare en punchet kant med MS Cherish punchen.
*As all the other cards the inside is simple with just a punched edge with the MS Cherish punch.*

Challenges:
Hjerteboden #11 - Jul
Fab 'n' Funky #194 - Anything goes
Crafty Creations #249 - Ready for the holidays - American Thanksgiving or Christmas

Det går utrolig fort å lage disse sjokoladekortene og som den utålmodige sjelen jeg er, så passer det meg helt perfekt! Jeg har en hel haug ferdig, men fortsatt en haug igjen for å nå den nye målsettingen på 20 kort innen tirsdag. Her er i alle fall ett til:
Alle disse kortene blir enkelt dekorert, siden jeg masseproduserer. Arket jeg har brukt her er Vibeke Spigseth Poppydesign for Panduro. Stempelet er fra Norsk Stempelblad og dekoren er puncher og dies fra Martha Stewart, Marianne Design og Magnolia.
*All these cards are decorated simply since I'm mass producing. The paper I've used here is Vibeke Spigseth Poppydesign for Panduro. The stamp is from Norsk Stempelblad and the decor is punches and dies from Martha Stewart, Marianne Design and Magnolia.*

It's Thursday again and we're ready for a new challenge over at Charisma and it's a fun one too, and as always we have some great sponsors.



So here's what I did for today:


Unfortunately I was in a bit of a hurry to upload, so I didn't have time to get pictures of the inside, but I'll add them here later today.

Challenges:
Simon Says Monday challenge - Anything goes
Crafty Creations #246 - Make it Yourself
Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Anything goes

   

This weeks challenge is absolutely no digi stamps.

I haven't used many stamps at all, digis or other. Just the pennant stamp from Panduro. I filled it in with my son's name. My little man turned four a couple of days ago and this was the card he got.

The papers are really old ones from Melissa Frances that I've teamed up with white and kraft Bazzill cardstock. The edges are slightly inked with Distress Ink Walnut Stain and I added some faux stitching with a Zig marker. I painted the chipboard number with gesso and acrylic paint and overheated it on pupose, to get a little more texture to it. I also inked it a little bit with Walnut Stain.

And that's just about it for today. Hop on over to the challenge blog to get more inspiration from the other gals and join in on the challenge too. Be sure to check out the prizes from our lovely sponsors too.

I'll enter this card for the following challenges:
TPE #199 - Masculine birthday theme
Crafty Catz #182 - Anything goes
Simply Create Too #37 - Anything goes
Totally Papercrafts #166 - CAS
Crafty Creations #222 - KISS (Keep it simple)

Motivet er Easter Carly fra Mo Manning. Og jeg må innrømme at utfordringen var mer enn jeg hadde forventet da jeg begynte. Jeg er ikke flink med folder, men etter et lynkurs i fjor hos Yasmine, Copics-mesteren, trodde jeg at jeg skulle få det til. Det tok noen forsøk, men til slutt endte jeg med en blanding av Copics og ProMarker-teknikk for å få foldene sånn som jeg ville ha dem.
Litt kantstempling med et stempel fra Kort og Godt og et lite påskestempel fra Papirloftet og påskekortet mitt er ferdig. Se liste over farger brukt under.
*The image is Easter Carly from Mo Manning. And I have to admit that the challenge was more than I expected when I started. I'm not very good with folds, but after a crash course last year with Yasmine, the Copics champ, I thought I could do it. It took a few trials but I eventually landed on a mix of Copics and ProMarker techniques to get the folds the way I wanted them.
A bit of stamping on the edges with a stamp from Kort og Godt and a little easter stamp from Papirloftet and my easter card is done. See the list of used colours below.*

Skin: Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush, Ivory, Pastel Pink (cheeks), Baby Pink (lips)
Hair: Mustard, Saffron, Vanilla, Buttercup, Primrose
Flowers in the hair: Budding Rose, Fresh Meadow, Tulip Yellow
Dress: Olive Green, Marsh Green, Apple Cider, Morning Mist, Blender
Stockings and Shoes: Morning Mist, Grey Squirrel, March Hare, blender
Bunny: Budding Rose, March Hare, blender
Basket: Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Sandstone
Eggs and bow: Primrose, Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Sky Blue, Lilac, Soft Green, Cool Aqua, Budding Rose
Grass and ground: Grass, Meadow Green, Forest Green, Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Sandstone, Umber
Outline: Soft Aqua (FM)

Challenges:
Passion for ProMarkers w191 - Bingo (diagonal: Ribbon, Free, Blooms)
Card and Scrap - ekstrautfordring Påske
Crafty Creations #215 - Easter
Creative Inspirations #207 - Easter Wishes
Creatalicious #46 - Lovely Easter

Det er utrolig hvor mye litt organisering og noen små innkjøp gjør for inspirasjonen av og til! Det har gått litt trått med kortlagingen her i det siste. Som den store prokrastinatoren jeg er, så tok jeg heller noen runder i nettbutikker og organiserte både papirrester, stempler og blomster i stedet for å lage kort. Jeg fant ark jeg hadde glemt at jeg hadde, som jeg kunne kombinere med nye lekre blomster som kom i posten. Og før jeg visste ordet av det, så hadde jeg flere ideer enn jeg kunne lage og TRE halvferdige prosjekter på bordet på en gang!
*It's amazing how much a little organizing and a few new buys will do for your inspiration sometimes! Cardmaking has been a bit slow lately. As I am a major procrastinator I rather did some online shopping and organizes paperscraps, stamps and flowers instead of making cards. I found papers I forgot I had that I could combine with some new gorgeous flowers that came in the mail. And before I knew it I had more ideas than I could make and THREE half ready projects on my table at once!*

Dette kortet skulle være et bestillingskort, laget etter en skisse fra Mojo Monday. Bakgrunnsarket er faktisk et juleark fra The Paper Loft. Jeg håper ikke noen syns det ser veldig julete ut? Det er i alle fall kombinert med et noteark fra Inkido og kartong fra Bazzill, selvfølgelig.
Blomstene er fra Wild Orchid Crafts og jeg er SÅ stolt av meg selv som endelig klarer å kombinere noe annet enn bare roser! Disse liljene fra WOC er jo bare helt herlige og den store tofargede Trellis rosen er til å spise opp! Tallene er stanset ut med Quickutz Winter Wishes. Både blonden og båndet bak har vært i lageret mitt lenge og jeg aner ikke hvor de kommer fra. Tekststempelet er fra Staz og har aldri vært i bruk før.

Deilig å endelig føle at inspirasjonen kommer litt tilbake! Håper bare det varer denne gangen. :)

*This was supposed to be a commision card, made after a sketch from Mojo Monday. The background paper is actually a christmas paper from The Paper Loft. I hope no one thinks it looks very christmasy? Either way it's combined with a sheet music paper from Inkido and cardstock from Bazzill, of course.
The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I'm SO proud of myself for finally being able to combine something other than just roses! These lillies from WOC are just gorgeous and the large two-coloured Trellis Rose is just eadible! The numbers are die cut with Quickutz Winter Wishes. Both the lace and ribbon have been in my stash for ages and I have no idea where they're from. The sentiment is from Staz and has never been used before.

It's so great to finally feel that the inspiration is returning! Just hope it'll last this time. :) *

Challenges:
Really Reasonable Ribbons #67 - Show me the green and ribbon
Crafty Creations #212 - Green
Simply Create Too #32 - St. Patricks Day [or use mostly green]
Creative Card Crew #31 - Ribbon
Papertake - Anything goes
Simon Says - A bit o' green