Card for this months challenge - Anything Goes - over at High Hopes Rubberstamp

Hi everybody :)

I was happy to be asked to join High Hopes Rubberstamp as a guest designer this month and here's the first card I created for this months challenge Anything Goes.

I used this cute Panda stamp from High Hopes :)

I used bazill cardstock and the panda was stamped on white Fabriano bristol paper and colored with copic sketch markers. The other elements on the card was diecut using different dies. the grass and the panda was popped up using pop dots.

Hope you find it inspirational and join the fun challenge over at high hopes :)

Thanks for visiting my blog today :) 

Have fun creating!!

hugs and smiles,

Linda

Christmas Card for the High Hopes December Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone :)

Here's a card I created for the December challenge over at High Hopes Rubber Stamps :)
they provided a wonderful sketch for us and I used it as best I could :)

Here's the sketch:

And here's the card I made using the beautiful rubber stamp Bubble Love

I colored the sweet image using copics. the shaker card was created using a sissix bauble die. the white twigs are a Creative Expressions die. I added some small punched out hears, some bling and The tag with the words God Jul, Merry Christmas in norwegian.

hope you like my card and don't forget to join the fun over at the high hopes blog :) If you don't have a stamp from high hopes, they generously share some digi stamps to use in your project.
Thanks for stopping by my blog today :)
have a nice day,,
hugs and smiles,
Linda

Card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, Ice Inspiration

Hi everybody :)

Here's a 5,5 x 4, 1/4 inch Christmas card I made for the fun challenge over at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge Blog There's still time to join the challenge, so head over and join the fun :)

They challenged us to use My Favorite things products if we had any, and I used what I could for my card :)

The base of the card is black bazill prismatics cardstock, the silver glitter cardstock is Best Creation, and I absolutely Love it!! The glitter stays on the cardstock and doesn't come off even when diecutting or rubbing it :)

For the background I inked up some white cardstock using my ink dabbers and distress inks in chipped sapphire, black soot, blueprint sketch, peacock feathers, mermaid lagoon, squeezed lemonade and twisted citron. I inked up enough for the back panel, which was cut using MFT double stitched square rectangle die, the largest in the set :)

The shaker element was created using a fun polaroid frame die from Mama Elephant, fun foam to pop it up and acetate for the window. The back panel is from the same background paper as for the card. the icicles was cut using a Joy crafts die and glued to the back panel inside the shaker. The shaker was filled with various bling and sequins from my stash. And the text on the polaroid frame is a norwegian stamp, and translates to Christmas Greetings :) it was heat embossed in silver.

The snow drifts on the shaker and at the bottom of the card is torn American Crafts Duotone white glitter paper. (this paper sheds glitter, but the rough glitter surface gives an awesome snow effect for your cards :)

The tiny silver snowflakes on the background panel and the front of the shaker was diecut from the Best Creations silver cardstock using dies from the snow globe die set from Your Next Stamp.

The fun little piglets are from the MFT stamp set Hog Heaven, and I just Love those cutiepies. The hats are from some other stamp sets, as I don't have any MFT santa hats :) but they worked just fine :)
The piglets and hats were colored with copics and glitter was added to their hats :)

Hope you like my card, and that you're inspired :)
thanks for watching,
hugs and smiles, Linda

High Hopes Rubber Stamps - Crystal Snowlady Christmas Card

Hello everybody :)
Thought I'd enter the High Hopes Rubber Stamps challenge for November with this Christmas card I made using their super cute

  Crystal Snowlady stamp :)

And here's my Christmas Card :)

This card turned out to big for my standard envelopes at 6,5x7 inches :) So I had to make one for it.

I used Bazill orange peel white cardstock for the base of this card and the patterened paper I used are from the Kaisercraft mix and match 12x12 paper pad, I cut the doily at the top and the hearts from that paperpad. The stitched hearts in the center of the doily hearts were diecut using a stitched heart die from memory box.

The doily snowflake behind the Crystal Snowlady and the strip at the bottom of the card was diecut using a die from spellbinders.

The Background paper was embossed using an embossing folder. There's a strip of venice lace at the bottom and all the flowers and leaves are from Wild Orchid Crafts. And the cute flatback Snowflakes in the center of the flowers are from this Ali Express seller :)

The XO was cut using an Alphabet die from Spellbinders and the God Jul, norwegian for Merry Christmas, was also diecut. 

Hope you like my card and that you're inspired to join the fun challenge over at High Hopes Rubber Stamps!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today,

I truly appreciate your kind comments,

hugs and smiles,

Linda

Card share - Kaisercraft Barber Shoppe, masculine cards

Hi there :)

Hope you're all having a wonderful day :)

Here are some masculine cards I created today, using the wonderful papers and diecuts from the Barber Shoppe, Kaisercraft collection.

I ran some craft cardstock through my bigshot using different embossingfolders. I then rubbed some distressinks over the embossing to highlight it, I used a variety of browns and greys.

I also dicut a variety of gears to use as embellishments here and there, and I added metal gears on some of the cards.

I used glossy accents on some of the details.

The birthday greetings are in norwegian, and was heat embossed using white embossing powder.

I had lots of fun creating these cards and I hope you like them!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today,
hugs and smiles,
Linda

Fun Quirky Cards using stamps from QKR Stampede

Hi everybody :) Hope you're all having a wonderful day!!

I've made som fun and quirky cards using stamps from QKR Stampede :) Hope you like them!!

Here are the links mentioned in the video :)

Here's a link to the QKR Shop

The bird stamp: 

The large sun stamp: 

The small sun stamp: 

Here's the link to the wonderful UK based shop I mentioned in thevideo: seven hills craft

And here's a link to the stitched alphabet die I used: 

Here's the link to the polymer nail decor fruit :) 

Thanks for stopping by my blog :)

Hope you enjoyed my cards,

Have a wonderful day,

hugs and smiles, 

Linda

Card made for Your Next Stamps Sketch and Color Challenge #34

Just wanted to share the fun little 4x4 card I made for the Your Next Stamp challenge. I went with the color combo where you choose three colors + neutrals :)

Here are the yummy colors we could chose from

If you pop over to play along there's also a sketch you can use for this challenge :)

And here's my card :)

I used stamps from the fun stamp set Perfect Chemistry from Your Next Stamp, you can also get a matching die for this set :)

I colored the professor using copics, I fussy cut him out and glued him to my card. The Cu Te stamp was fussy cut and popped up for some added dimension. The heart over the professors head is from the stampset Winter Home, also form Your Next Stamp :)

Why not join the fun over at Your Next Stamp follow this link to find the challenge details :)

Hope you like my fun little card, I always appreciate your kind comments!!

hanks for stopping by my blog today

have a wonderful day,

hugs and smiles, 

Linda

4x4 Cards - Your Next Stamp

Today I made some cute 4x4 cards using stamps from Your Next Stamp. Love their super cute stamps, and I'm having so much fun making cards using them!! 

All three cards were colored using copic markers, and sequins, flat back pearls and bling embellishments were added. 

Hope you like my cards :)

This card says Congratulations in norwegian :) I used the fun cupcake stamp from the  Cute Foodies Stampset from Your Next Stamp

This card says You deserve a flower in norwegian :) I used the cute flower from the fun stampset Cactus and Flower Fun from Your Next Stamp

This card also says Congratulations in norwegian :) Here I used the Cake stamp from the stampset I Love Chocolate and the same cupcake as on the first card from the stamp set Cute Foodies, both sets from Your Next Stamp

Thanks for stopping by my blog today :) 

I truly appreciate your kind comments,

have a wonderful day,

hugs and smiles, 

Linda

Valentines- and Baby Cards using Clearly Besotted Stamps

Hi everybody :)
I've made some cards using some of the wonderful Clearly Besotted Stamps :)  The images were colored using Copic markers. The stamps used are linked under the pictures :)

The Youtube video showing the cards....

Cupcake stamp from Impressions Obsessions and the animal toppers from the Petite Plushies, Clearly Besotted

 

 This card was made using a cupcake stamp from impression obsession and the bunny from Woodland Kisses, Clearly Besotted

 Stamps from Feeling Sheepish, Clearly Besotted

Cupcake stamp Impression Obsessions and sheep from Feeling Sheepish, Clearly Besotted

 Stamps from Feeling Sheepish Clearly Besotted

 Cupcake Impression Obessions and sheep from the Feeling Sheepish, Clearly Besotted

 Stamps from Arctic Animals, Clearly Besotted

Squirrel stamps from the Nutty but Nice, Clearly Besotted

Hope you like my cards, I'm very grateful for your kind comments,

Thanks for stopping by my blog today :)

Have a wonderful day, 

hugs and smiles, 

Linda

Tutorial - Shabby Chic Doily Flower Ornament

Hi,
I've been making some quick and easy Doily flower ornaments lately and just wanted to share how I made them :)

Here's my tutorial :)

Hope you like my ornaments :)

thanks for watching,

have a wonderful day!!

hugs and smiles, 

Linda

Tutorial - Shabby chic shaker ornament

Hi everybody :)
I've got a tutorial to share with you :) I've created a shaker ornament

and here's the video showing how it was done and how I decorated it.

Hope you enjoy my tutorial on the shabby chic shaker ornament :)
Here are the links to my friend Annie's blog, shop and channel for gorgeous laces, embellishments and inspiration :)

And here's the link to my friend Vandana's channel for inspiration :)

The link to Your Next Stamp for the die :)

The link to the coordinating stampset :)

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial,
Thank you for always leaving me such kind comments, I truly appreciate it!!
Have a wonderful day everybody,
hugs and smiles,
Linda

Chirstmas Cards Share :)

Hi everybody :)
I've made some cute Christmas cards using the stamp set Sweet Holiday Greetings from Your Next Stamp. Hope you like them. There's a supply list at the bottom of this blogpost :) I used my copics to color the images.

Here are some pictures:

This is the super cute stamp set I used :)

And here's the video showing the cards :)

Here's the die list:

I've added links to where I got the dies, you can of course find them in a variety of other shops as well :)

I used some red, green, white and cream Bazill cardstock, not linked.

My Favorite Things STITCHED TRADITIONAL TAG Stax Die-Namics MFT MFT525: 

Memory Box Stitched Heart Layers Die: 

Stitched Heart Border Die - WPlus9 Design Studio: 

Lea'bilities Cutting and Embossing Die - Pine Trees: 

Fiskars GRASS Punch Border 03749: 

Mama Elephant Femme Frames: 

Thanks for watching,

have a wonderful day,

hugs and smiles, 

Linda

Happy Halloween - Halloween card tutorial, how to

Hi everybody, 

Today I've got a how to video on this cute Halloween card to share with you :)

Here's the tutorial and you find the supply list at the bottom of this post :)

Hope you enjoy my tutorial :)

Supply list:

Not all products I used are linked, but that's because I don't know where I bought them, or the exact name/brand, sorry about that, but just do like me, use what you have :)

The links are to the shops where I bought my products, or to shops where I know you can get them if they've not run out :), but if you want to buy them somewhere else just search online to find the supplier you want.

Scotch quick dry adhesive (I've put a fine tip on my bottle, they don't come like that)

Waddles Trick or Treat from Your NextStamp: 

Halloween cuties from Your Next Stamp:

Fun Faces from Your Next Stamp: 

Watercolor paper if you want to color with distress markers like I did.

My favorite things hybrid ink in blacklicorice: 

Spellbinders halloween die S4-297, retired die, but try ebay...

Bazill black, white and dark green cardstock, use any cardstock in colors you have and like :)

Distress Markers: Black Soot, Gathered Twigs, Twisted Citron, Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac: 

Distress Ink: Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot, Mowed Lawn, Seedless Preserves:

Water brush or just a normal brush dipped in water :)

Grassy fields die from My FavoriteThings: 

Big shot die cutting machine

Cutterpillar paper trimmer

MISTI stamping tool: 

They also have the MISTI on Simon SaysStamp: 

Femme Frame Dies from Mama Elephant: 

Mama elephant landscape trio of dies:

DCWV- glitter paper from the twinkleglints stack; 

Memory box cosmic star die, might be a retired die set so try ebay...

Pick up tool, the Quick Stick 

pop dots, just use what you have :)

masking tape

Link to Anne's (Xannero1)brilliant fussy cut tutorial: 

Thanks for watching,

have a wonderful day,

hugs and smiles,

Linda

Birthday card for mamaelephant Challenge - STAMPWITHMEOctober2015

Here's a card I made for the Mama Elephant october challenge :) I've used the scalloped frame die from Mama Elephants Femme Frames and the Stitched Cloud die from Mama Elephant's landscape trio boarders. 

I don't have any stamps yet from Mama Elephant so I used some of the cute stamps from Your Next Stamp :)

The umbrella snowflake is a My Favorite Things die that I folded in two, to create the top of the umbrella. The rest of the umbrella and Waddles is from the stamp set Summer Fun and the iglo is from the Happy Brrr-thday stamp set.

The background was inked using stormy sky distress ink and so was the diecut cloud. the second layer of clouds is vellum, and both layers were cut using the Mama Elephant landscape trio die.

Hope you like my card!!

Just follow the link to play along in this fun challenge :)
Thanks for watching,
have a wonderful day,
hugs and smiles,
Linda

Waddles Happy Brrr-thday shaker card for Your Next Stamp's Sketch and Color Challenge #25

Hi :)
I'm back with another cute card using some fun stamps from Your Next Stamp.
This is for Challenge nr 25 over at the Your Next Stamp blog and I was inspired by this fun sketch provided by Julie Elak :)

I made this fun winter birthday themed shaker card...

The links provided for the products I used are just links to where I bought them, you can find them in other shops for sure :) I used the Femme frames die set from Mama Elephant, the double stitched circle die set from My favorite things, One of the double stitched rectangle dies from My favorite things and a couple of the snowflakes from a wild rose snow flake border die was used as the balloon Waddles is holding.

I used stamps from the stamp sets Happy Brrr-thday! The sentiment and Waddles holding the snowflake, (in the original stamp he's holding a balloon) and Santa's Helpers. The little Waddles pointing up at the larger Waddles.

The images were colored using Shin Han Touch Twin Brush Markers, and I used small seedbeads, glitter and sequins inside the shaker.

Hope you like my card,
Have a wonderful day,
hugs and smiles,
Linda