New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the new challenge at Time Out where we challenge you with a theme Tropical!

Please head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and lots of DT inspiration!

I combined several products in making this card. The parrot is by Altenew and I colored it with Copics. The gold heat embossed background is made with a Uniko stamp and the sentiment, white heat embossed on vellum, comes from SSS. Hope you like and thank you for popping by! I look forward seeing what you'll create for us!

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Add a sentiment

We Love Stamping UK: Anything stamped

 

New Challenge at Less Is More!

Hi friends!

It's time for a new challenge at Less Is More: 

 For example an elephant and a mouse, a large sentiment and a tiny image, a big flower and a small flower, a large square, a small square... Something like that! 

I went with big and small butterflies from our sponsor Uniko. 

I've had this set for a couple of years already and it's just so beautiful! I simply stamped the butterflies and colored them with Copics and added gold and black paint splatters. I made sure my paint brush was pretty dry before I splattered so I got these very tiny spots of paint - I first splattered on a scrap piece of paper until I had gotten rid of most of the moisture. Love how this simple little one layer turned out!

Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you playing along at Less Is More! Lots of more DT inspiration in our blog! 

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Inspired by music (Mariah Carey: Butterfly) 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Time Out Challenges Reminder!

Hi friends! 

I'm here to remind you of our current challenge at Time Out where we have one of our Inspired by Words challenges for you:

You can be inspired by the whole phrase or just choose one word/some words for the inspiration of your project. Our phrase today was especially chosen as we are celebrating the 8th Birthday our wonderful sponsor Uniko. Congrats Uniko and thank you for all your support! Check out the celebrations going on there by visiting their blog here. The words of this challenge are also celebrating the 'Random Act of Kindness Day' that was celebrated on 17th Feb.

In my card I've used one of my favorite flower stamps in my stash: Pure Florals: Peony by Uniko. I really love how this turned out! I've heat embossed the images with white powder and then sponged the base with pink and purple distress inks. I then used the exactly same inks to water color the images. The Verve Stamps sentiment is simply stamped. I think this might be one of my favorite cards I've ever made! Hope you like it too. Lots of more inspiration from our DT and super talented guest designer Sue in our blog! 

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Add a sentiment

Uniko Challenge Jan/Feb: Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations: Feminine (my 3rd entry)

New Challenge at Less Is More!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the latest Less Is More challenge:

Use lots of small images/words/sentiments but keep the card CAS
how many small images/shapes are you able to incorporate to your design but still keep your card cas? For example tiny flowers, stars, snowflakes etc

We are continuing with our February sponsor Uniko. It's also the birthday month of Less Is More -full 10 years next year! :) 

In my card I've used a Christmas stamp by our sponsor Uniko which is pretty perfect for the challenge theme! I've simply stamped it with Memento, colored the outline images with Copics and added some Wink of Stella and white gel pen details. The heat embossed sentiment is by STAMPlorations. Hope you like and thanks for popping by! Lots more DT inspiration in our challenge blog. :) 

Time out Challenges Reminder!

Hi friends!

I'm here to remind you of our current challenge at Time Out:

You can be inspired by the whole quote or just some word/words.

Play along for a chance to win a fabulous prize by STAMPlorations and to be called to guest design for us in a future challenge! This time our guest designer is the fabulous, talented Helen. Don't miss the wonderful inspiration by her and our regular design team members! 

I was inspired by the whole sentiment -I made a bold look birthday card with a sentiment that also goes well with dreaming and setting goals. The parrot is by STAMPlorations and the tropical leaves background is by Uniko. I colored the parrot with Copics and added some Stickles for sparkle. Hope you like and thanks for popping by! 

Merry Christmas everyone and I hope to see you playing along at Time Out next year as well! xxx

Time Out Challenges Reminder

Hi friends!

I'm here with my reminder card for the current Time Out challenge:

The card looks very wonky in the photo, sorry about that, don't know what happened! All the edges of the base are all straight IRL, you can trust me! :) 

This challenge is sponsored by Uniko and I had fun using their stamps in my card. The background stamp is called Scandinavian Christmas and the sentiment is from a tropical, summery set called Paradise.

Our guest designer at Time Out this time is the very talented Angie! Play along for a chance to guest design as well... All the challenge and prize info, along with plenty of DT inspiration, HERE! I hope to see you playing along!

In my card I've use faux watercolor look designer paper for heat embossing my background with white powder. I've added some Stickles for the open images and some small rhinestones as well. I used Christamssy red card to frame the focal panel and used the same card for heat embossing the sentiment. I quite like the fresh look this has and the faux watercolor paper is great for stamping or heat embossing vivid looking backgrounds! 

I'd like to enter:

Uniko November/December challenge: Anything Christmas goes 

CASE This Sketch:

Christmas Card Throwdown: Any challenge from 2019 ( I chose heat embossing from January) 

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Stars 

( I hope you can see the cute little stars in this background stamp!) 

Time Out Challenges Reminder!

HI friends!

I'm here with a quick post for reminding about our current challenge at Time Out, still running for about a week:

This challenge is sponsored by Uniko and I had fun using their background stamp (by it HERE) in my card! The panel I stamped with it seems to be all crooked but I promise it's just the photo, it's straight IRL. :) I decided to make a thank you card so I was inspired by the "be grateful" part of the inspiration sentiment. This turned out pretty masculine and CAS but I guess masculine thank you cards can be needed sometimes too! :)

Please head on over to our challenge blog for more inspiration from the design team along with all the challenge details. 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

HI friends!

I'm here with a DT card for the new challenge at Inkspirational:

I interpreted this with using a mask in creating the design in my card but there's many different ways to be inspired by this word prompt -have a look at all the amazing DY samples in our blog!

I'm using wonderful products from the UK in my card: the peony stamp is by Uniko and the stencil is by Funky Fossil Designs. I've watercolored the flower, then masked it, and created the stenciled background with a pretty much dried out black Memento ink that is a nice neutral grey now in it's "new life". :) I've added some white and gold splatters because I seem to have a problem, I can't leave my flower cards without them these days! 

I'd like to enter:

Uniko Challenge #55: 

Anything Goes (my 4th entry... I hope there's no limit in the amount of entries! Couldn't find a mention about that so let's hope it's ok to play along many times!)

Simon Says Monday:

All Things Pink

Hope you like and thanks for popping by! 

New Challenge at Less Is More!

Hi guys!

It's time for a color challenge at Less Is More and this time it's Rainbow!

You can choose bright rainbow colors or pastel rainbow colors, just as you wish!

In October we are sponsored by Uniko . Play along for a chance to with a fabulous prize + to be called as a guest designer in a future challenge! 

In my card I've used fun flowers stamps from Uniko stamp set called Paradise. I thought the tropical feel of the flowers went well with the rainbow colors! I've colored the flowers with Copics and splattered black and white paint on top for a more artsy feel. The heat embossed sentiment is by Altenew.  Hope you like! Lots of more DT inspiration and all the challenge and prize details in our challenge blog HERE. 

I'd like to play along:

Uniko October Anything Goes Challenge

The flower challenge: CAS

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the new challenge at Inkspirational: 

Our DT member Pia has chosen this fun topic, very suitable for the summer months when many of us are traveling on our vacations! A good friend of mine travels to different lighthouse islands every summer to stay there for a week or so and  to help to restore the lighthouse with a group of volunteers -quite an unique hobby! She is also one of my regular dog sitters an will come to help next week when I'm working my butt off.... So I made this card for her as a thank you card. All the dies came free with a papercrafting magazine and the sentiment stamps are by Uniko.  Hope you like and thanks for popping by!

Head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and more DT inspiration. :)

All the die cutting is made with bits of left over card stock so I'm entering Pixie's Crafty Snippets #358! Also entering Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: die cutting. 

New Challenge at Less Is More!

Hello friends!

A new Less Is More challenge is here again... This time with a color combo!

I know my tangerine looks a bit washed out but it's more vivid IRL! :)

The month of August is sponsored by the fabulous Funky Fossil Designs. Play along for a change to win a fun prize and to be called to guest design for us! Lots of more DT inspiration in our challenge blog HERE. Even Funky Fossil designer and owner Sarah is joining us in this challenge along with guest designer Alli C. 

In my card I've used stamps stamps by Uniko. Everything is just simply stamped (some minor masking included), a super simple card. Very quick and CAS! :)

Hope you like and thanks for popping by. I hope to see you joining us! 

New Challenge at Less Is More!

Hi friends!

We have a wonderful new color challenge for you at Less Is More:

Unfortunately I had time to make only one card this time but I'm sure you'll find a lot more inspiration in my design team mates blogs! Click HERE for the challenge post with all the challenge details. 

We are already in September which means we have a new monthly sponsor and this time it's CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. Play along for a chance to win a fabulous prize! Do note the 20% code for Less Is More players!

I decided to play with my Polychromos colored pencils to create ombre pink colored flowers (we allow ombre in this color challenge). I heat embossed a Clearly Besotted flower stamp on black card and spent a nice hour or so coloring in the cute flowers. I finished the coloring with a coat of Wink of Stella. The sentiment, simply stamped, is by Uniko, and the dies I've used come from Winnie and Walter. The rectangle has dotted details in the edge -the photo unfortunately didn't really catch the dots. 

Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you playing along! 

Time Out Challenges Reminder!

Hi friends!

I'm here to remind you of our current challenge at TIME OUT:

A fun and easy one for you this time! We are sponsored by Uniko and the winner receives a stamp set of their choice from Uniko store. In my card I've used stamps from Uniko set English Country Garden - Butterflies. All of our DT has been playing with Uniko stamps -don't miss any of the inspiration, click HERE!

My card is fairly simple. I've stamped the butterflies with Memento ink and colored them with Copics. I added Wink of Stella details and white gel pen details. I splattered some black and gold paint on top for extra interest and shine. I die cut a square from the right top corner (die by Marianne Design) and popped it up with fun foam for extra dimension. Couple of sequins finish off the card. 

Hope you like and thanks for popping by!

Guest Designing at CAS Watercolor!

Hi friends!

Today I have the great joy to join CAS Watercolor Challenge as their March guest designer. Thank you Loll for inviting me, I really enjoyed creating my projects and love your challenge! You can read all about the challenge details and have a look at the DT inspiratoion HERE. The challenge theme for the month of March is "Garden".

In my card I've used stamps by Uniko Studio. This sentiment is perfect for the challenge, isn't it! I love the size of these butterflies -they are very large but not too huge! :) My watercoloring is made with distress inks. I've first added color with the " pressing wet ink with acetate to your card"-method (I now this technique has a name but it has escaped my mind!!) and after that watercolored some parts of the image old-fashion way with a brush and in the end added splatters with the distress inks and also with white acrylic paint. I love how this turned out, I hope you do too! The sentiment is heat embossed with white on black card... My favorite way to add a sentiment. :)

Thanks for popping by and thanks again Loll for having me! Happy crafting everyone!

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Monday Challenge: In My Garden

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a nice and easy word prompt for you at Inkspirational Challenges:

Our talented guest designer Shawna and regular DT members have lots of fun inspiration for you, don't miss any of it but visit the challenge blog using the link above! 

In my quick and simple card I've used a sentiment stamp by STAMPlorations, background stamps by Uniko and flower by PTI. Coloring with Copics, white gel pen and wink of stella. Easy peasy!

I had to take my photo in unnatural light and it makes the white "overly" white... The background stripes are a lot more visible IRL for example. My camera settings should be ok and the light bulb I'm using is the kind they recommend for taking photos like this -if anyone has any tips for this, I'd love to hear them! Maybe I should just have the light more far away?!? Or it's coming too much from above maybe?

Edit. a couple of hours later... I now took a new photo outside in natural light... No sun in Finland... Now my card base looks blue! Oh man! :) This is hopeless!

Edit. One day later! :) I can be quite persistent sometimes... Don't know if it's a good or bad quality! ;) A bit less grey in Finland today and here's my third attempt to get a decent photo of this card. Getting there slowly but surely! :)

My card was inspired by the sketch at CASE this sketch and colors at CAS colours and sketches. I'm also entering: Simon Says Monday: Shimmer and Shine + Simon Says Wednesday: Pop it Up (my flower is popped up!). 

Thanks for popping by!

August Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers

Hi friends!

It's already August... Time to get busy making Christmas cards, only 4 months to go! :) The August Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers is Anything Christmas goes with the optional twist of Poinsettia. Most of the team went with the twist and there's fantastic inspiration on offer HERE. We hope to see you playing along! Click HERE for information about the prizes. 

My card is a very simple CAS design. I've simply stamped an Uniko poinsettia to a die cut rectangle, colored it in with Copics and added lots of golden Stickles for details. I love Stickles in Christmas cards! The sentiment is from the same Uniko stamp set. 

Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you playing along at Happy Little Stampers!

New Challenge at Less Is More: Shimmer!

Please click on the photo to make it larger: you'll get a better look of the shimmer!

Hi friends!

One week flew by again and it's time for a new challenge at Less Is More. We have a recipe week ahead of us and we'd like to see CAS cards with shimmer! This week I unfortunately have only one DT card for you but I'm sure the other lovely LIM ladies have several samples for your inspiration. Have a look at their cards and all challenge details HERE. We are very happy to be sponsored by Uniko Studio and to celebrate that I'm using my most favorite Uniko set in my stash called Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum. 

I'm afraid for one month from here on I'll only have one LIM DT card per challenge: I'll be very sadly parted from my crafting supplies! Yes... It's a tragedy! What will I do all days when I can't craft?!? Well, for most of this time I won't be at home so I think I'll survive. In the end of June I'll be back on my normal card making track. I'm already looking forward to that time... Then I'll be on holidays for 6 weeks! :)

So, my card this week:

I've stamped my flower- leaves cluster with the help of some masking and then colored in the images with Copics. I'm not going to lie, coloring this in took a long time... The chrysanthemum is pretty detailed and I stamped lots of leaves! My shimmer is in the leaves and in the sentiment die cut -I simply used Wink of Stella shimmer pen on top of my Copic coloring. This must be my favorite way to add shimmer to my cards. I couldn't resist using the hidden sentiment die technique again... Love it! I was holding my breath when die cutting my colored panel... It would have been NOT FUN if I would have messed up the die cutting! Luckily all went well and I love the outcome. 

I'd like to enter:

Stamp Ink Paper: Card Maker's choice

I used my favorite red and green Copics for my coloring... And in general I just love coloring + am at the moment obsessed with the hidden die cut technique!

Thanks for popping by and happy crafting -I can't wait to see all your wonderful shimmer CAS cards!

Spring Card for Challenges

Hi friends! 

I'm here to share a quick CAS card I made using W+9 Hello Sunshine dies, MFT frame die + Uniko sentiment, heat embossed with FANTASTIC Hero Arts white embossing powder. I purchased this embossing powder a couple of weeks ago and I tell you it beats all the other white embossing powders I've ever tried! Fantastic product. My original plan had no embellies, just the die cuts, but I had done bad job parting the cloud dies from their "strings" and the edge of the smaller cloud cut a small hole to my paper. The clear drops came to rescue... One looked a bit lonely so I gave her a friend too. :)

I'm entering:

Less is More : Spring Walk

Today there hasn't come anything from the sky yet but being a dog owner (I have a soon 3 years old schnauzer) I've experienced both rain and snow lately! Finnish spring is very unpredictable. :)

CAS Mix Up: Inlaid Die Cutting

My smaller cloud is inlaid to vary the dimension of the clouds even more. My own choices are "normal die cutting" + heat embossing the stamped sentiment + using clear drops.

a2z Scrapbooking April challenge: Getting to Know You (favorite Hero Arts products)

This white HA embossing powder might me my favorite embossing powder ever! I need to try other colors of HA powders too! 

Thanks for popping by and have wonderful Easter Sunday!