TIME OUT Challenges Reminder

Hi friends!

I'm here to share my DT reminder card for the current TIME OUT Challenge

Christmas with an Optional Twist of Glitter/Shimmer

Click HERE for all the challenge details + fabulous inspiration from our talented guest designer Valentyna and DT members! We are sponsored by Uniko so do not hesitate to play along, the fab prize could be yours! 

I've made a simple card with a stamp set I've had for almost a year and only used it now for the first time.. I ordered this online to practice on my watercoloring but after receiving the stamp it was clear for me some details were way too tiny for coloring (at least with my patience...) -like the bricks in the house, the fence and the bench... So I've been wondering how to add color to this image. In the end I did end up water coloring but with a more simplified style + I used an old wink of stella brush as my water brush (you can easily fill the pen after it's empty) and was able to turn my Distress Inks into sparkly watercolors. :) Thank you Anita who has once made this and the idea stuck in my head! :) The background I "brushed" with brown DI and an old make up brush. I wanted it to be very soft and water coloring and ink sponging both failed, I think this looks nice. :) After the image was all done I die cut the panel and heat embossed a sentiment from the same stamp set. Hope you like and thanks for popping by! 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

https://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.fi Christmas Dimension (I've popped up the stamped panel with 3d foam and I think the coloration gives some dimension too!) 

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Anything Goes

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.fi Christmas

http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.fi Make Your Mark

Christmas Card for Challenges

Hi friends!
I'm here to share a quick card I made for challenges.

My sketch comes from Can You Case It Challenge

I was also inspired by the current City Crafter Challenge, use gold (gold heat embossing + gold Stickles used here)

and I'm also entering

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.fi Clean and Simple Christmas

http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.fi CAS Christmas

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/ Use 3 of something (3 sequins)

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.fi Christmas with Stamping (I hope my stamped and heat embossed Penny Black sentiment qualifies!) 

This is not the CASest of CAS cards but I think the overall look is still clean. Or is it? Let me know what you think! Thanks for popping by! 

Guest Designing at CASology!

Hi guys!

Today I have the great pleasure to be guest designing at CASology, woohoo! I won their "team" challenge with my card here and was naturally over the moon happy! Thank you everyone at CASology for this amazing GD opportunity!

The cue card this week is "soft"

My design defined is:

"Add interest to your CAS designs with texture and techniques: paper with soft velvet finish and extremely light stenciling used here”

So, what I did: I cut a square out of beautiful card that has dark brown velvet swirls on it -it feels so soft and nice to touch! I attached a Penny Black die cut flower on top of the velvet card using foam tape and 3d stickers -the card has lots of dimension which I also find adds interest to clean and simple designs. I stenciled a fish tail pattern very very softly to the card base to the top part of the card base, fading it out completely (I used an old  make up brush for this) and stamped a greeting by Altenew. I hope you like my card, I think it turned out very soft and pretty! :) Thanks again for having me as guest designer,  CASology 

I'd like to enter:

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.fi Vintage 

( I think that swirly velvet paper is perfect for vintage look!)

http://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.fi/?m=0 Inspiration photo 

(I used the colors of the photo)

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi guys!

Welcome to a new challenge at Inkspirational! Our challenge this time is "chill" -such  a fun word for this time of year and very appropriate for those Christmas cards many of us are in need of!

I went with "chill-cold-cool" kind of thinking process and made a simple card with Lawn Fawn stamps. I masked the snowbank and sponged the sky and then stamped some snow with white pigment ink and a background stamp by Marianne Design. I colored in my arctic critter with Copics, die cut it and added a sentiment. Love my frame dies by MFT too! A couple of die cut snowflakes finish off this little card.

Please head on over to our challenge blog for inspiration from our DT and guest designer Teresa. Loved her winter scene, so pretty! Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you joining us! 

I'd like to join:

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Christmas critters

http://sevenhillscrafts.blogspot.fi/p/blog-page.html Inspired by Christmas song (Baby it's cold outside) 

TIME OUT Challenge Reminder!

Hi friends!

You still have about one week to enter our current TIME OUT Challenge here! We are being inspired of the fantastic photo above. You could be inspired of the colors, the flowers, the shapes and patterns, the gorgeous golden wings... You name it!

The beautiful mirror in the left corner of the photo caught my eye and somehow it reminded me of a die I have. The pattern is not really similar but that's how this card started! I then decided to just follow the color palette of the photo and see what else I could find in my stash to go with the feel of the photo... And a feather die seemed really appropriate due to the giant wings over the sofa. :) This card has no stamping (well, the heat embossed sentiment of course, by STAMPlorations!) and it was quite fun to make a card just out of dies. I wanted my sentiment to be sparkly so I heat embossed it with glittery WOW embossing powder and added shiny sequins too. This color palette sure is wonderful!

Our very talented guest designer Hazel and our DT members have created fantastic cards for your inspiration. Don't miss them, click here! Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you joining us! 

Card Kit Swap Final Round -Pia's Materials

Hi friends!

Very photo-heavy post ahead... It's time to post cards made with a card making kit Pia sent. Me, Marina and Pia have been enjoying of altogether 6 rounds of crafting material exchange and I think we have all enjoyed this swap a lot and have all inspired each other in many ways. I want to thank Marina and Pia for this fun fun fun swap! 

My first project is a Christmas tag where I used patterned paper, deer and wreath die cuts from the kit. I was inspired by two tags in Tracey McNeely's Christmas Tags- Day 3 :

Samantha Mann's tag

Naki Rager's tag

My sketch inspiration comes from Sugar Pea Mix it Up Challenge #22

and I would also like to join the Holiday TAGplorations linky party happening at STAMPlorations here . My sentiment comes from STAMPlorations.

Then, my second project that I posted already yesterday for some challenges... Here it is again as part of all the cards that I made with Pia's materials. In this card I used a silhouette die cut from the kit. 

The 2 next cards are made using the embossed cards Pia sent. These where so fun and pretty! I had great time sponging, heat embossing, inking, playing with water, adding glitter... Let me know if you want to read more details about how I created these looks. In the green card I also used the big, die cut sentiment Pia sent. I heat embossed it with gold. I'd like to enter the card with the blue sky to the ombre challenge at Addicted to CAS here. My card is not super super CAS... But still sort of clean and simple I think. Is it? :) 

My final project is a cute shaker card where I used a stamped image and patterned paper form Pia's kit. I colored the image in with Copics, heat embossed a sentiment with gold powder, cut the frame, Stickled the frame with gold Stickles and created the shaker with sequins that complemented my color palette. I wanted to create a shaker card with more "grown up", traditional Christmas colors and I think it worked well. Adults can enjoy some shaking too, can't they! :)

Pia sent so much (fab!) stuff that I can still make at least 1 if not 2 cards with the left over die cuts and patterned paper. Thank you so much Pia for this generous kit, I enjoyed creating with this a lot! Thank you everyone who made it to the end of this post! :) 

Sneak Peak of a Set of Christmas Cards Coming Up Tomorrow!

Hi guys!

Tomorrow I'm posting Christmas cards made with materials Pia sent to me and Marina. I'm taking a small head start here today with this card that focuses on the beautiful silhouette die Pia sent. I combined the silhouette die with a die cut tag I had first masked with a self-made snow bank mask, then sponged with DI:s and stamped with a background stamp using water as my ink for a wintry night sky. Absolutely love how this turned out! I used a card base where I had dry embossed some poinsettias -the folder came as a freebie with a crafting magazine. The simple stamped sentiment is just "Merry Christmas" in Finnish. 

I'd like to enter this card to a couple of challenges:

The cue word at CASology is TEAM and I think these kids show some good team spirit in their small group don't they! One helping the others to ride on their sleigh! :) 

I'd also like to join the CAS Mix Up November challenge 

Masking, Sponging, Stamping (with water), Die Cuts, Dry Embossing

Thanks for popping by and do come back tomorrow for all the rest of the cards I made with the wonderful materials Pia sent! Thanks so much Pia!