Aspiring to Creativity's 2nd Glimmer Challenge!

Hi there!
Its still raining here in Denmark. It is unbelievable how much water the sky can hold. Eventhough it rains a lot in Denmark it is always "moderate" - at least compared to what we see right now. Denmark doesn't have any rivers so flooded streets and houses are very unusual for us. Normally we have 67 mm of rain in August - but just today fell 70 mm in 2 hours - and worst is right now in the city Billund (maybe you better know it if I write it is the city where "LEGOLAND" is located) - 140 mm of rain the last 24 hours - and it is still raining !!!!

Anyway - enough about rain.

Dana from Aspiring to Creativity mentioned that there was a new Glimmer Challenge and of course I want to play along. You can play too - just read more here.

The challenge is to find inspiration in a pretty picture of Dana's daughter - that wasn't hard at all - she is super cute! More difficult was that I also had to use a tool or supply which I never used before. You can see the photo here.

I found some Embossing powder from Ranger which was unopened - so I settled for that, also because it was green! (Look at the Picture at Glimmer Challenge and you will know why that was good ;))

Here is the card I ended up with:


Here is a close up so you can see the embossing powder - it is a distress embossing powder, I am not sure I used it correctly. I thought there would be more crystals in it. I heated it and then rub lightly on it as indicated on the little plastic tin ... well maybe my expectations were too high for that powder.



Supplies:
Cardstock: standard white card from a local supplier, PTI Vintage Cream (for the butterflies)
Ink: Versamark watermark (for embossing), VersaColor Split Pea, PTI Smokey Shadow
Stamp: PTI Butterfly Dreams, Sentiment from PTI Mega Messages
Tool: PTI Butterfly Die
Other: small perls, Distress Embossing Powder Shabby Shutters

Happy Birthday again

August is a month full of birthdays for my family. So here is yet a birthday card.

When I started working on this card I only knew that I wanted to use my new Pure Poppy buttons, and since I really like cards with stitches I wanted that too. But 1: I don't have a sowing machine, and 2: I have always been really bad at sowing. So I ended up just "imitating" stitches - not too sure how well that turned out....
If you have a good suggestion / technique of how to make the stitches look more real / better I would love to hear that from you.


Then I tried a new technique "masking", so my area for the frame was free of background stamp. It seemed to work ok - but I don't think you can see that on the photo.



Supplies for this card are:
Cardstock: standard cream card from local supplier, PTI Pure Poppy
Stamps: PTI Text style I, PTI Everyday button bits, PTI Fillable Frames #1
Ink: Hero Arts Shadow Ink Soft Sand, PTI New Leaf, VersaFine Satin Red, VersaColor Bark
Tools: Martha Stewart Doily Punch

Unexpected Colors

A new day - a new challenge!
Today I saw that the blog "Simplicity" host a one layer challenge using unexpected colors - from what I understood it is an ongoing thing with a new challenge every wednesday. But I have to admit - I didnt read it carefully through. Just thought "YEAH - I am going to participate in that" - you can participate too - just look here

I decided to make a dreamy card of a summer tree in unexpected colors. I love those colors mixed together.



Maybe the photo is not the best - it does seem a bit unclear/blured...Sorry about that!

My supplies are:
Cardstock: PTI Vintage Cream
Ink: PTI Hibiscus Burst, VersaColor 38 Sky Blue, PTI Enchanted Evening
Stamps: PTI Through the Trees, PTI Sentiment Everyday Button Bits

Its a wonderful world

Hi to you!

Today I was reminded that the world is wonderful and it can end to soon!
Remember to charish every day and those amongst you....

I am sharing a card I made using Hero Arts and PTI stamps. The small pink flowers are embossed and the peacock image is distressed a lot. I like how the card turned out, what do you think? There is no sentiment - because I didn't have any sentiment stamp suitable for the card's purpose.

My supplies for this card is:
Stamps: Hero Arts Peacock, PTI Text Style, PTI Out on a limb
Cardstock: PTI Vintage Cream
Ink: PTI Raspberry Fizz, VersaColor Brown 54, PTI Tea Dye Duo
Embossing powder: Filigree Clear
Other: Small Perls

Happy Birthday

Juhuuuuu...its me again with a Birthday Card posting.
I made it for my aunt who has her birthday later this month.

I wanted a purple-ish card for her, so the pattern papers from Papertrey Ink were just great for the purpose.



My supplies for this card are:
Cardstock: PTI Kraft
Pattern Paper: PTI Guide Lines Patterned Paper Collection (6" x 6") and for the ballones I snatched some flowers from PTI Pattern Paper Beautiful Blooms.
Ribbon: PTI Saddle Stitch Ribbon Plum Pudding
Stamps: PTI Everyday Button Bits and sentiment from PTI Fillable Frames #1
Ink: PTI Fresh Snow
Other: EK Success transparent plastic stickers ... no idea what they are called.

Happily Ever Challenged #9

Hi there,

So it is sunday today and the weather is grey. Hmmmm - hope the sun will be out later.

A couple of days ago I saw that Happily Ever Crafter posted a challenge (you can play along here - the challenge is to create an easy card, using only one layer of stamping. I wanted to make something simple - but enden up with a colorful card. Those lovely fruits just wanted to be inked up :)

Here is my card:


My supplies for this card are:
Cardstock: PTI Soft Stone
Stamps: PTI Fruitful
Ink: PTI Green Leaf, PTI Ripe Avocado, PTI Orange Zest, PTI Raspberry Fizz, VersaColor 54 Brown, VersaColor 12 Marigold, VersaFine Satin Red

Live your bliss

HI to everyone reading this blog post :)

I have decided to share a card with you today - I have made quite a few lately and the one I am sharing today is made specifically for my dad who loves old stamps (no not stamps for papercrafting ... stamps for letters). I like to think of the stories old stamps have with them - just imagien them travelling around the world on ships and trains while carrying important messages of love, life and politics.

So I have tried to make him a birthday card which captures a sense of stamps and travelling.

The print inside the card is Happy Birthday.





Supplies:
Cardstock: Cream standard card, brownish Bazill paper
Stamps: Hero arts Branch Background, PTI Text style I, Sentiment from PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Ink Versamark watermark, Hero arts shadow ink soft sand, VersaColor red
Pattern Paper: Grafic45 Communique