Another Butterfly Card!

Hi friends!

I created another butterfly card with the same set I used in Sandie's birthday card yesterday. I absolutely love how this turned out! I think this stamp and die set is going to be one of my favorites. My color inspiration comes from CAS on Sunday . 

I was also inspired by current Butterfly Challenge where we are asked to use something recycled. If you look at my third photo you can see the net-like fabric under the butterflies -that's my recycled item! It comes from an old table cloth project. I put turquoise colored card under the net so the texture could be seen even better. I partially colored the butterflies with Copics and dry embossed my card base for added interest.

I'm also entering a2zscrapbooking May Challenge: CAS. The stamp&die-set I'm using is actually from their store, I chose it after winning a challenge! Thank you so much for the awesome prize!

Hope you like and thanks for popping by.

Happy Birthday Sandie!

Hi everyone...

... And especially Sandie, who is turning 50 today! Woo hoo! Congratulations my dear friend! We are celebrating Sandie at TIME OUT with an extra challenge, do join us in the fun! You could win a 25$ gift voucher to Simon Says Stamp. All the details here . 

In my card I've used my all time favorite Spellbinders embossing folder. I lost it and was spending many lonely months without it... But now I have a new one! :) The butterflies (and sentiment) come from a Hero Arts stamp and die set that I'm trying here for the first time. My die cutting went a bit off but I still think this set is amazing and I hope Sandie won't mind my slight mistake in attaching the die! Sorry hon! It would be lovely with the butterfly right in the middle of the cut, grrr... I had it right in my first attempt but then I wanted to have the butterflies embossed with white and made another version.. And made a mistake with the die. Anyhow, what a great set and I hope Sandie will like her card! She is spending her birthday in the beautiful Budapest with her hubby and I hope she is enjoying her trip.

Now I hope you'll head on over to TIME OUT Challenges and join us in our special birthday challenge for Sandie. The theme is CAS With the Optional Twist of Purple. Happy crafting!

Also... Kylie is having a birthday linky party for Sandie too at her blog here. I'll of course link my card there and you should too! :)

I'd like to join:

http://craftingwhenwecanchallenges.blogspot.fi CAS

Having Fun with MISTI and Textured Card!

Hi friends!

First: if you were following my old blog Korttikarkuri- Runaway Cards and have missed that I've moved... This is were I blog nowadays! Please click the followers button or follow by email or bloglovin if you'll want to see what I'm up to. :)

My crafty friend Anita from My Papercraft World sent me some textured card bases to try -she often uses this card with fantastic results and I was eager to try it out. To my luck my new MISTI stamping tool arrived about the same time and I was now able to 

1) play with some of my solid stamps that don't stamp too well 

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2) use my old, not so juicy ink pads..

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3) Still get perfect stamping results! 

I'm quite in love with this MISTI. I pondered for a long time weather to get it or not -it is pricey- but right now I'm just so happy these old stamps could get inked with (old...) inks! 

I'm playing along at Less Is More: Pastel Shades and CASology.: Tear (my leaves are tear-shaped)

Hope you like and thanks for popping by! 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi everyone!

We have a new challenge for you at Inkspirational Challenges. It's a color challenge: Mint and Navy. Such a pretty combo!

I used a s magazine freebie feather die, a white heat embossed Finnish sentiment and navy + mint colored card for this one. This is so simple that I'm a little bit embarrassed! :) But it does look quite pretty too, the white card is textured, it doesn't show too well in the photo. 

I'd like you to head on over to Inkspirational Challenge blog now for all the challenge details and DT inspiration.  Our guest designer this time is TaeEun whose style I absolutely admire. She is super talented at creating her own images and coloring them so artistically... Don't hesitate to visit her blog! 

New Challenge at TIME OUT!

Hi everyone!

We are CASEing a wonderful designer called Kay Miller at TIME OUT. Please click here for all the challenge details + wonderful cards by our guest designer Marlena and DT members! A photo of Kay's card is above this text, under my card.

I CASEd the layout Kay used and also used a splatter stamp for the background like she did. My color palette is slightly different but I tried to go for a similar soft look as Kay's card has. I used a decorative Spellbinders die that looks lovely... But is a pain to use!! ... And some feather die cuts I've received as a gift. Small rhinestones finish up the card. Oh and I used a tiny bow die too... That has been a magazine freebie and I love it, I use it all the time! :) Hope you like my card and do join us at TIME OUT! Happy crafting! 

Using Designer Paper CAS Style

Hi friends!

The first card of this post is for for the latest Less Is More Challenge: Designer paper. My second card has designer paper too but it isn't so very less is more... I do however hope it will qualify for CAS Mix Up May Challenge! I used spray mists as my third element. 

In the first card I cut a strip of brown patterned paper and heat embossed Chocolate Baroque flowers on it with white powder. The card base is dry embossed for added interest. A Finnish sentiment finishes up the card.

The second card features flower and leaf stamps by My Favorite Things + a Simon Says Stamp sentiment. The background is stamped with small Prima background stamps and also misted with green ink mists. Some drops and a punched leaf to finish it up. I'll call this collage CAS. ;)

Hope you like, thanks for popping by!

Inky Butterflies

Hi friends!

I've just had a super fun weekend: Marina from My Perfect Life has been visiting me here in Finland and we had such lovely time! Yesterday evening (and night...) we got quite productive and made several cards together. This is the first out of the 3 cards I made in one evening, I'll post the 2 other cards tomorrow. 

For this card I first created two "ink smooshed" backgrounds with inks, plastic sheet and water. I dry embossed the other bg to be my card base and then stamped some Sizzix butterflies to the other bg and die cut them out. The Simon Says Stamp sentiment was also stamped and added to the card front.  This turned out very pretty in the end but me and Marina had a good giggle about my other background (the one where I ended up stamping the butterflies) because the red ink splashes looked like blood... So we called the butterflies "the massacre butterflies". :) Luckily the finished card looks nothing like those images we had in our mind! 

I'll enter a new to me challenge, Butterfly Challenge. The current theme is to add texture and my dry embossing and the ink splashes work perfectly for the challenge, yay!

This is only my second post for this new blog of mine... If you are coming from my old blog and haven't yet clicked the follower button, please do! :) Happy crafting, everyone!