Apologizes for late post

happy Sunday to you all

I been up early today to watch the Lucia concert

it´s so pretty...

later today is making a gingerbread house on the schedule

if it goes well I´ll show you some picks...

but before the baking I would like to share my card for 

the new challenge over at

CRAFTY CATZ

it´s started last Friday but if you have missed it I can calm you with that you still got plenty of time to enter. This is our last challenge for 2015 so please join us in this!

Our talented and sweet Naomi has picked

SPARKLE AND SHINE

as our theme this week, perfect for those winter holiday cards or for any celebration.

our sponsor this week is

Fitztown

read more about them on Crafty Catz blog and find out about the great prize you can win

This is what I made

I used an image from DigiDesigns. I love these cute little images she makes.

I have coloured it with ProMarkers.

I decided to keep the card very simple. Only used a sparkly shiny pattern paper and some gold paper to frame the image and pp with. Added a little 2016 medallion as well.

Now please pop over to CRAFTY CATZ to check out my talented team mates beautiful sparkly and shiny projects. 

I would like to enter this card into following challenges

Really Reasonable Ribbon #131 - Shimmer and sparkle with ribbon or trim

The Stamping Boutique - add sparkle

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #December - AG

The Craft Rocket Challenge #5 - AG

Crafting with an Attitude #10 - AG

Inspiration Destination #63 - AG

Crafty Girls Corner #49 - AG

I(heart)ProMarkers #298 - AG

The Crafty Addicts #5 - AG/Celebration

Passion for ProMarkers #326 - Let´s celebrate

Bunny Zoe´s Challenge #November/December - Sparkle

Craft Your Passion #291 - AG

  

Happy Birthday dear...

Mother

Happy Birthday to you!!!

Here is a card I made for my mother´s 60th Birthday.

She loves cats so it was a certain motif. Her favourite colour is red so that also had to be part of the card.

I used paper from Maja Design. I used a red cardstock under the pattern paper and also for some die cuts like the music notes and the number. It looks quite dark but it´s red. Please click at the photo to see better.

I coloured with ProMarkers. Isn´t the kitty cute? I love it, the image comes from Di DigiDesigns.

I would like to enter this card into following challenges:

Di DigiDesigns - use ribbon/lace or twine

Die cutting divas #229 - Celebrate it - any celebration

Papertake Weekly - to die for

TTCRD - AG

Artistic Inspiration #138 - AG

Crafting from the Heart #73 - AG

Love to Scrap #60 - AG

Melonheadz Friends - Hand coloured image

Crafts Galore Encore #August - AG

Digistamps4Joy #115 - AG

TTPH - add flowers

I heart ProMarkers #283 - AG

Penny´s Paper Crafty Challenge #241 - AG

Take a nap...

When I saw this image at Di´s Designs I thought it would be perfect for a male summer card. My dad has recently retired and to be able to do whatever you feel like must be nice, don´t you think? My Dad is so important to me and I wish him all the best.

I kept the card very clean and simple since I wanted the picture to be the main focus! Only added a few black buttons and rhinestones and the sentiment. All papers and sentiment come from En Liten Butik.

I have coloured with ProMarkers only this time. Tried to make some fur by doing dots. Don´t know if it turned out ok. What do you think? But I made the pattern on his t-shirt and I love how that turned out! Did some stitches around the edge with a black pen.

I would like to enter this card into following challenges:

Di´s Design - Make it Masculine

I heart ProMarkers #222 - Digi Does It (must use a digi stamp)

Baffies Creative Shop #32 - For a man

The Crafter´s Cafe #66 - Masculine

Crafting for all Seasons #78 - Boys will be boys

Penny´s Paper Crafty Challenge #180 - Bears or Mice

Simon Says - Fathers Day/ Masculine

Cardz 4 Guyz #21 - Fathers Day/Man in your life (I picked the last one)

Digi Chooseday - All about the Men

Incy Wincy Desing - Something for the Men in your Life

Love to Scrap - Mind your Banners

Craft and Smash - Buttons

Fairies Challenge #27 - Boys

Kreativeinkauf - in the garden

Glitter n Sparkle - Cute

Allsorts #261- For the Guys
Loves Rubberstamp #106 - Anything Goes

Girly Birthday...

I made this card for my dd to bring with her to her best friends Birthday party tomorrow. As you might guessed the Birthday Girl loves horses.... So I thought this stamp from DiDesign would fit perfect. I have coloured with ProMarkers and Faber Castel pencils.

I made some stitches around the image. Used a thick ribbon behind the image. Thought the natur look with the blue matching the papers looked really good. Also used some flowers, little pearl stars, die cut horse shoes and some dropplets as decoration.

I decided to play along with the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. It looks like this:

 

and this is how my card turned out:

I would like to enter this card into following challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches #250 

DigiDesign Challenge - Use those Markers

Brown Sugar Challenge #95 - Anything Goes

Fun with shapes and more #161 - Animals (use a die cut)

Stampin´for the Weekend - For the Girls

YNS #12 - Inspiration picture (Colour from the vase, ribbon and the flowers)

Charisma Cardz Challenge #11 - May flowers

I heart ProMarkers #220 - Anything Goes

Passion for ProMarkers #248 - Use your die cuts

Whimsy Stamps #70 - Anything Goes

Have a fantastic Weekend

Happy Easter

I love this image from DigiDesigns. It´s the cutest Easter image I have. I coloured it with my ProMarkers and Faber Castel pencils. I also added a bit of "white fluff" on his tail. 

The sweet flower patterned paper comes from my local scrap shop called Scrapbutiken. I think I did quite well with the colours this time it does feel like spring, don´t you think?

I would like to enter this card into following challenges:

Loves Rubberstamp challenge #99 - Easter or Spring Theme

DigiDesign Challenge - Easter

Delightful Challenge - Bloom (include a flower)

MilkCoffee Challenge - Easter

Passion for ProMarkers #243- All creatures great or small

Crafting by Design - April Anything Goes

Hobbybook Design - Easter

Inky Impressions #155 - Easter

Little red wagon #233 - Easter

Scrapper´s Delight #20 - Blooming Lovely

Animal Friend´s #13 - Easter (has to have an animal)

DT card for Sparkles Monthly Challenges

I loved all the wonderful creations entered to "my" theme - heart, pearls and lace/ or ribbon last month at Sparkles Monthly Challenges. I had a hard time picking Top 3.

Now,

 the new challenge is picked by Shaz

 and I love it.... since I have decide to actually 

send some hand made Easter cards this year....

This months theme

 *Easter Parade*

For this month our fabulous sponsor is 

With this great prize for 1 lucky winner

This is what I made

This little cute image is from Di Design. I have coloured it with my ProMarkers and Faber Castel pencils. I also think the patterned paper is great for an Easter Card. Bright and fun. 

Don´t forget to pop over to Sparkles Monthly challenges and have a look at the parade....

I would like to enter this card into following challenges

I heart ProMarkers #210 - Let´s get spotty.

Craftitude #60 - Anything Goes / or add a little bit of green

SweetPea Stampers -Easter

DigiDesigns Challenge blog - include an animal and a person

Addicted to stamps and more #86 - Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamps #69 - Easter

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #186 - Stitching

DT project for Crafty Catz

Hi Everyone

It´s Friday and this week has flew.... I have had the week off and it has been wonderful! Hope your week been good.

We got a new challenge for you over at 

Crafty Catz 

Our them this week is

a colour challenge

we want you to use

green, cream + one other colour

Our lovely sponsor this week is

ALOTA STAMPS

• Alota Rubber Stamps is know for "The cutest little bugs in Town"

Search our web site for cute and whimsical rubber stamps. We also feature background scenes in full size and miniature and we have a large selection of tea bag folding stamps. For great inspiration be sure to visit our card gallery

This is what I made:

I used ProMarkers to colour this cute image from Di Design. I also used green, cream and yellow. DiDesign has a fun bingo challenge this week.

I picked : Digi, Die Cuts and Flowers.

I would  like to enter this card into following challenges:

Di Design - Tic Tac Toe

Sentimental Sundays #194 - Pack a Punch

4 Crafty Chicks # 182 - Things with wings (ladybird)

Aud Sentiments Challenge #100 - Bingo I picked Two word sentiment, 3 d items (flowers), something shiny (rhinestones and rhinestone flowers)

MilkCoffee Challenge - Girly

Stampavie and More #205 - Lots of flowers

ColourQ #229

DT card for Ruby´s Rainbow

Hi everyone,

it´s time for a new challenge over at

Ruby´s Rainbow!

This fortnights theme is

Spots and Stripes

For this challenge we want you to use both Spots & Stripes.

Don't forget you can make anything you like as we are a multi crafts challenge so long as you keep to the theme, that could be Cards, Scrapping, Tags, Fat pages, Atcs, Knitting etc.

This is what I made

I used this cute image from DiDesign and the papers are BoBunny. 

I have coloured with ProMarkers and Faber Castel pencils. 

Pop over to Ruby´s Rainbow and have a look at my team mates wonderful projects and play along with us. We love to come and visit you and give some love....

I would like to enter this card into following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More #81 - Anything Goes

Crafting By Design - February Challenge - Anything Goes

Cards and More #99 - Men cards only

Loves Rubberstamp Challenge #89 - Anything Goes

Passion for ProMarkers # 233 - Spots and Stripes

My DT card to this weeks Crafty Catz Challenge

Can´t believe how quick the days go past! It´s Friday again!

I love Fridays, it´s my day off, a get to spend time with my son and today we are going to a Christmas fair. 

 I also love Fridays since it means that we start a new challenge over at 

Crafty Catz

This weeks theme is picked by our lovely Christine and the theme is

Anything NOT Square

We got a great sponsor with us this week

Alota Rubber Stamps

• Alota Rubber Stamps is know for "The cutest little bugs in Town"

Search our web site for cute and whimsical rubber stamps. We also feature background scenes in full size and miniature and we have a large selection of tea bag folding stamps. For great inspiration be sure to visit our card gallery

and the winner receive a

This is what I made for the challenge:

 I am not sure what shape this is but I am pretty sure it´s NOT square!

I have used one of Di Designs new images. I love the 20´s so this one went straight into my heart. I have coloured her with my ProMarkers and Faber Castel pencils.

I used a lot of flowers on this on for being me, but for once I think I managed pretty well with them. Also used a little white plastic bird and a white button.  I have tried to keep the colours on the card sepia to fit the stamp.  

The banner says Happy Birthday and comes from Skogstokiga Rubberstamp. A Swedish digi stamp company who makes so cute images.

Also used a pearl thread, cheese cloth and a doily.

I would like to enter this card into following challenges:

DiDesigns challenge blog - Show us those girly creations

Love Rubberstamps challenge #78 - Black, white & Sepia challenge

4 Crafty Girls Challenge #6  - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz #45- Vintage

Size the Birthday - Texture

The Crafter´s Cafe Challenge #37 - Embellish like a crazy person

Lady Anne´s Challenge #8 - More than one layer

Rhedd and Rosie Challenge # 19 - Birds and blooms

A last BOO...

Here is my last Halloween project. I have used this cute stamp from Di Design to make this card. I wanted the image to be the main point so I kept the rest of the card pretty simple. Only added black mesh ribbon, some black rhinestones and alpha stickers. 

I have coloured with ProMarkers and Faber Castell pencils.

I would like to enter this card into following challenges:

DiDesignChallenge - Halloween

Love Rubberstamp challenge blog # 77 - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything goes with Smeared ink

Creative Moments #29 - Anything Goes / Halloween

Divas by Designs - Use a digi

Creative Card Crew  #48- Teddy bear picnic

Card Mania #33 - Anything Goes

The Crafty Place - Halloween + DT CALL

Yumi & Fumi #27 - Color combo (orange, green, purple and black)

An autumn tag

Haven´t put a sentiment on this tag yet. Are not sure if I am going to use it as a gift tag or as a bookmark yet... Anyway, used up a bit more of this wonderful pumpkin paper from Bo Bunny and used another sweet digi from Di Designs. I love this tree dies too, with the cute owl...

I used three different dies on this tag and two different punches. The tree and owl, the notepaper that became grass and the big leaf up the top. The butterfly and the small leaf is punched. I have coloured the digital stamp with my ProMarkders and some Faber Castell pencils. I love the colours on this tag, don´t you?

I would like to enter this tag into following challenges:

Digital Sweet Challenges #55 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too # 47 - Autumn/ Fall

Di Designs Challenge - Fabulous Fall Colors

Delightful Challenge - Happy Fall Yall

The Crafter´s Cafe Challenge #30 - Die cuts/punches

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Tag your it
Love Rubberstamps Challenge #71 - Show us Your Fall Colours

Beautiful Fall

I  love autumn with all the splendid colours. I have used one of Di Designs cute digital images to make this card. I tried to use a lot of the fall colours, like orange, brown and yellow. I kept it as clean and simple as I could. I wanted the image to be the main focus point. The paper is last years fall collection from Bo Bunny and I also used some flowers from my stash. I coloured with my ProMarkers and Faber Castell pencils.

I would like to enter this card into following challenges:
Di Design Challenge - Fabulous Fall Colours
Love Rubber Stamps Challenge - Show us your fall colours
Created with Love - Fall colours
Lexi´s Creations #99 - Autumn Colours
The Crazy Challenge #154 - Colour inspiration

BACK 2 SCHOOL

Every now and then I think about getting a new job, but then I met a kid who makes me sure I am at the right spot. Teaching children is wonderful! So you see I love making cards for other teachers to make them feel special but also cards to kids going back to school....

This is one of them...

 Been practicing colouring blonds. Don´t know what I think about the result. What do you think?
This little cutie is a digital stamp from Di Digital. I think she is so cute....
Have coloured with ProMarkers and Faber Castell pencils. A great mix of different papers from my stash corner. Great to actually use them...

I would like to enter this card into following challenges:

Di Digi Design Challenge - We are going Back to school

Wags´n Whiskers Stamps #111 - Back to school

MilkCoffee Challenge - Back to school

BLD #54 - Back to school

Crafty Creations Challenge #237 - Use a Number

I heart ProMarkers - Use a number

Love to Create - Back to school

A card to a sweet sweet girl....

on her Christening Day. I have used this sweet stamp from Di´s Digis Design. Some Maja Design papers, made an envelope and put a little letter from me to the girl in it, some flowers, pearls, and a few stitches....

I would like to enter this card into following challenges:

Di´s Design Challenge blog - Stitching (real or faux)

My DT card for CRAFTY CATZ

HI

Hope you all having a wonderful Friday! The summer finally arrived here in Sweden and I been outside getting as much sunshine as I could. I am soon of to a picnic in the park, the kids will enjoy the playground and I will enjoy the coffee. Yes!

Well it´s Friday and that means that the Crafty Catz has got a brand new challenge for you! Thank you for entering my challenge Storybooks or Nursery Rhymes last week. You all did great! This weeks theme is hosted by our wonderful Kim and she has picked lace and buttons!

So pop over here and play along with us. Don´t forget to leave some love to my team mates they done stunning cards this week.

We are sponsored this week by Mei Flower Craft who are offering our lucky winner either £20 of goodies or a £20 voucher.

 

I made this card that I got very pleased with:

 Used a thicker green lace and a big bright red button. I also got to use my newest dies. The tree and owl. Isn´t it great? Made a little scene with some patterned paper I had left in my stash. I have also used a punch to do the little leaves.

I have coloured the pretty image from Di Digital Stamps with ProMarkers and Faber Castell pencils.

I would also like to enter following challenges:
DiDisignsChallenge - Winged things
Lady Anne´s Challenge #9 - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine Challenge#89 - Dies and Punches
Craft-room - Use your scraps
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge #55 - Anything Goes
Paperminutes #272 - mushrooms