Lawnscaping Winter Blog Hop

Ready for some (more) Winter Fun with the Lawnscaping Winter Blog Hop?

You should have come from Christine's blog on your way here (if you missed it, you should go back and check her blog out - she is doing awesome videos in December!)

This hop is all about Winter - is it Winter in your part of the world? Do you have snow yet? No snow here I am affraid and it looks very unlikely that we'll have a white christmas here in Denmark.  So sad, really... But wait, something to cheer us up maybe??... 

... there are prizes for the hoppers !! Yay! 

So I would encourage you to comment on each of the Blog Hop posts as there will be lots of prizes!! Please check out the fabulous sponsors and the details about the prizes on the Lawnscaping blog.

I am sharing a fun winter tag using one my favorite owl stamps from Lawn Fawn - I just love this little guy and I made him winter frosty.

I used a die cut vellum snowflake to make the shaker background with sequins, stars and a heart for a cool friend ;)

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Winter Owl & matching die, Lawn Fawn Making Frosty Friends

Papers: Bazzill cs, My Minds Eye, Bazzill vellum

Other: Lawn Fawn Twine, Sequins, MFT snowflake die.

A lot going on on this tag, huh!? So the next one here  is a very simple and clean winter card with another winter favorite - namely the bunny. I adore that stamp with the fun scarf  and I absolutely love the coordinating die, which also makes it possible to make some extra dimension to a clean card, like the one here on the card.

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Winter Bunny and coordinating die

Papers: Bazzill

Other: Copics, Wink of Stelle glitter pen.

Now I want to thank you so much for hopping by today! 

Don't forget to comment for a chance to win. 

The deadline for commenting (to be considered for the prizes) is 
 Sunday, 12/15 at 11:59PM EST.

I will now send you off to the next one on the hop.  

The very talented Christiana Reuling and her wonderful blog. 

Have Fun!

A HUGE Moxie Fab Thanks to Cath

I am not sure how to begin this post today. I am joining the biggest blog hop in history ( I think!) to say a huge THANKS to the ever so Moxie Fab Cath Edvalson!! 

It is for sure with mixed feelings that I see Cath leaving Paper Crafts Magazine - and I want to thank Cath from the bottom of my heart for bringing years of inspiration to crafters and cardmakers, for writing great product reviews, for spotting trends, for bringing all the moxie fabulousness to our attention, each day on the wonderful Moxie Fab World blog.

 

This is my card for you, Cath! 

You just totally rock, girl! 

I wish you all the best in your new adventures to come! 

Added some stenciled modelling paste  & a little brad 

- to indicate the 5 years of Moxie Fab blogging with loads of inspiration!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts CL301 Hugs & Hearts

Papers: Bazzill, Pink Paislee, Bazzill vellum

Other: Modelling paste, sequins Avery Elle, May Arts Twine, MME Brad, Tim Holtz Stencil

I you have time today - go back in history to check out the very first post on the Moxie Fab World blog and read about the story behind Moxie Fab! 

Now, the next on the list is the very talented and sweet Nina Bracket from Croatia ! She will for sure have something awesome up her sleeve ! 

You should have arrived from Megan's blog. If you got lost or missed any of the hops,please check out the list of ALL the 285(!) participants at the Moxie Fab World Blog

My dear friends, I hope you'll have fun hopping today. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

  !

WOW - isn't this just MOXIE amazing! ?? 

No one deserves this more than  YOU, Cath!

Tuesday Trigger: Enthralled with Fall

Playing along with this weeks Tuesday Trigger - inspired by the gorgeus colors and autumn leaves!

 

 The paper with the fun chevron on an angle is from last years Studio Calico Dearling Dear paper pad! Just found this paper pad among my stash - I have been hoarding it - now it was time to put it to use!

I layered a piece of vellum ontop of the chevron piece to create a more "quiet" background for the stamped leaves from Ali Edwards' Autumn Afternoons.

Supplies:

Stamps: Ali Edwards Autumn Afternoons

Inks: Shadow inks (soft cantaloupe, red royal, orange soda, buttercup, pale tomato, cup o joe

Other: Studio Calico Darling Dear paperpad, vellum, twine, wood button, bazzill cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by today!

One more ...

... card for the Avery Elle October Challenge right here.

Gotta love that tippee in the Home Sweet Home set!  :-)

I paired up 2 sentiment stamps in the set to create the sentiment for the card.

The 2 tippees are "hitched" together using some Lawn Fawn Twine. I used a bit of Claudine Hellmuth Studio Medium Matte to make the curls stay put.

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle Home Sweet Home

Inks: Hero Arts Shadow inks butterbar, charcoal, archival black ink.

Other: Misc pattern papers, Lawn Fawn Twine, foam sqares, Claudine Hellmuth Matte Medium.

Avery Elle October Challenge

Another challenge card here today. I've decided to play along with the AEI♥U October Challenge.

See the details here.  I love their stamps and one must have (for me at least) was the "Home Sweet Home" set - I love that tippee, the cute camper and also the igloo used for this card here. Just a perfect set for lots of occasions.

I die cut a circle using a Spellbinders die and sponged the background using Hero Arts Mint Julep Shadow inks.

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle Home Sweet Home

Inks: Hero arts shadow ink mint julep & red royale, Memento Tuxedo Black

Other: Spellbinders die, Lawn Fawn twine, Copic Markers, CB embossing folder, MS heart punch.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great Sunday!

Color Media

I wanted to play along with the color media challenge also and last night I saw there was still time ;) So here are a few cards I made,  using inks as my color media.

The cirle was the flip side of a very large flower cirle from the Hero Arts set Big Circles. I inked it up with two neo hero arts inks and the new gold shadow ink, also from Hero arts.

 The same kind of design - using hearts instead of circles.

I quite like the uneven edges created by the flip side of the circle stamp ...

 Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Big Circles CL294, Hero Arts Many Dots CL519, Hero Arts Many Birthday Messages Cl611, Lawn Fawn Into the Woods, Lawn Fawn Summertime Charms.

Inks: Hero Arts gold shadow ink, Hero Arte Neon inks, Versafine black ink

Papers: Hero arts layering + Bazzill.

The colors of my beloved Kate Spade bag inspired me this time! :-))

Party Animal

The CAS-ual Friday challenge CFC117 is all about stitching. I love sewing on cards - so here is a simple birthday card, stiching the balloons on to that cute Avery Elle balloon doggy.
Love the sentiment in that  same Avery Elle stamp set - isn't it fun!?

I am sorry about the bad photo - I have a hard time photographing in the evening - so if you have any good tips on taking card pictures in the evening - especially camera settings (I have a Canon EOD 450 SLR), I would much appreciate it!

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle Party Animal, Hero Arts Many Dots

Inks: Hero Arts Neon inks, Archival black ink

Paper: Bazzill Cardshoppe cs.

I am also entering this into the Pinspired Challenge #19 , I was triggered by the bright colors in the pinterest photo! Go check out that fun challenge site, if you don't know it already.

I always love a good challenge and to see the inspiration from the design teams. 

Have a good one!

A spring card in October?

I made this for a submission call - but did not submit it as I realized I had misunderstood the category - oh well ;) So here is a spring card for you in October!

I used a range of different hero arts shadow inks for the flower stamping around some cloud masks (MFT cloud die cut out of masking paper) .

One of the clouds was die cut directly out of the front panel and I used the negativ part when sponging the background (using hero arts soft pool shadow ink).

Supplies: 

Stamps: AE April Showers by Technique Tuesday, Ampersand stamp by Amy Tangerine

Inks: Hero Arts Shadow inks

Paper: Bazzill

I ended up submitting 3 cards for Cards Creation Vol. 12 - my first ever submission for a magazine!
And one of them got accepted - I am so thrilled! ;) I will show you the 2 cards which did not get accepted,  on a later ocassion.

Creative Chemistry 102 - Day 5 - Embossing Shabby Chic

When Tim taught the technique of using the distress paints over clear embossing, I just had to try this out myself. I am not much of a vintage girl as many of you might know - but I do like to make a shabby card once in a while ;)

I tried to use the technique on the front panel - but I think I wiped off too much of the paint and I was left with a leathery purple look. I decided to make a quick card anyway...

I used some black hero arts layering paper as I did not have any black paint to start off with. I mixed two paints (picket fence & ripe persimmon) - but somehow the look turned out purple.



I just made a die cut of my 2nd try - using  only the ripe persimmon distress paint. I think the amount of paint on this piece is better.

Supplies:

Stamps: Tim Holtz Damask, Tim Holtz Acorn Blueprint

Other: Ranger distress paints, Hero Arts embossing powder, Hero Arts layering paper, Prima alphas

 

It is incredible how the fabulous Ranger / Tim Holtz products could be used for so many techniques! Don't you think?

 

I am still very much behind on trying out some of the other techniques taught in the class - so I'll probably be back with some more to share later on.  Untill then - have a great weekend!!

Creative Chemistry 102 - Day 1 - Marbling

I am still working my way through day 1 ;)

On this card I used the marbling technique - again with distress paints. I used 4 colors on my marbled banner (picket fence, pickled raspberry, ripe persimmon & gathered twigs)

What a fun effect that gives! And I personally like the mat look that comes from these paints!

Other supplies: 

Stamps: Tim Holtz Papillon stamp set, Hero Arts It's Your Day

Paper: Hero Arts Layering papers, Bazzill

Other: MS twine, MFT banner fishtail dies

Inks: Ranger Distress Walnut Stain

Creative Chemistry 102 - Day 1

I signed up for the Online Class Creative Chemistry 102 which started Monday this week. I loved last year's 101, so naturally I had to sign up for the 102 with the fabulous Tim Holtz.

I was in Copenhagen (far away from my scrapdesk) for the first 2 days - so I am running a bit behind with the classes and trying out the different techniques!

Today I am sharing  a card using a technique from day1 - stamping resist. Stamping with distress paint - love the mat look! I chose the wonderful Trick & Treaters stamp which is actually a solid stamp (see the last card (from last year) - but somehow I applied the paint in such a way that I ended up with an outline image of that stamp (a ghost like look) - and I just love that!! What do you think?

After heatsetting I distressed the background using scattered straw, evergreen bough & black soot.

I love this outline look so much!

And here is a card I made last year using that same stamp! (A more feminine kind of card!)

Now, I can't wait to try out the other techniques! Are you joining, too??

Thanks for stopping by ! Have a great day/evening!

I love fall

A very simple card today! 

Supplies:

Stamps: WPlus9 Dockside backgrounds, Lawn Fawn Into the woods

Papers: My Minds Eye, Bazzill

Inks: Hero Arts Shadow inks (wet cement & cup o joe).

You!

Stars are really my favorite and I've had those  Studio Calico wood veneer stars for ages and as I was  packing for the scrap club last week, I found them ! I started on this card that evening & finished it today! ;)

Love that wood stamp which is from the WPlus9 dockside backgrounds.The tiny star background is this one from Hero Arts.

Supplies:

Stamps: Dockside Backgrounds, Wplus9, Tiny Stars Background Hero Arts, Sundrifter Love this Hero Arts.

Inks: Hero Arts shadow inks (navy, cup o joe, wet cement)

Other: Wood veener stars Studio Calico, Lawn Fawn Twine, tag from a local supermarket.

I am entering this into the Moxie Fab World Metal, Wood & Cork Challenge.

It may not be the most innovative way to use wood veneer - but I really like how the wooden stars complement the stamped stars ;))

Have a fantastic weekend!

Nutty for you...

Just sharing a Paper Smooches card I made this evening at the scrap club! I used a favorite PS stamp set called "Falling for you".  Love this set for fall cards.

Usually I don't bring so much stuff to the club, so I chose to paperpiece the stamped images.
The papers are from an older My Mind's Eye paper pad. The tag used for the center piece, is a die from MFT.