Tuesday 12 November 2013

Snow and ice

Hello and g'day to you all. It's Tuesday and I have a brand new creation for you to look at. It happens that I was lucky enough to get picked as a guest designer for Papertake Weekly, so I will be spending my Tuesdays blogging cards for that wonderful challenge blog that I have been following since I started my own blog. There was three of them I always took part in: Passion for Promarkers, Papertake Weekly and Just Magnolia when that was around. At this point I am a member of the PFP team and now I get to guestdesign for the Papertake Weekly challenge blog. I am really happy, humble and happy again for this chance. And I feel so blessed and thankful for this chance.  Thank you ever so much for bringing me on to the team for the coming three months. I hope to make you all pround and myself  not least. I feel it will be a change making cards for the same challenge every week, but I also feel the joy it will bring and hopefully it will help me get some better routines to my days, instead of just sitting in the sofa sorting out all the photos for the kids. LoL

So this weeks theme is very fitting for this period of time and it is snow and ice - blue and cold. Nice theme isn't it? So luckly for me I had an image coloured up in the fitting colours and just needed to get it down to card which was a lot harder than I had planed for. Lol However, one of the best things with the Papertake Weekly challenges is their little library of sketches they have on an extra page. I really love that. I go there all the time when I have no inspiration to get a kick start and I did so this time as well. I started off with sketch #73, took away an element and got the card done. Unfortunatly the weather has been horrible this weekend so it was not easy to get a good photo of this card. Anyway I have done it and I so happy I could find the time to fit it in as I have been away for a few days. Got back a day early as Willy started to feel better with his cold.

Mats will be home later on tonight from Istanbul and it will be good to be two adults in the house again. But don't tell anyone, It has been great being alone even if it was over at my parents house. Kind of like the old days, I loved that. Times like this gives me flashbacks to when I was young living at home with mum and my brothers. And when I had it, I took my bike and rode it up to my grannys apartment and stayed there for a few days. Best time of my life! She was my best friends and I will miss her forever, even if I know she is with me every single day. ;)

Maybe I should say something about my card as well. A bit of lack of time and I still ended up with this little creation of mine. Two Magnolia images merged together for a little winterscenery and coloured it with my Letraset family. Then I used some of the really stunning and high quality designer papers from Bildmålarna. I love the colours of those papers. I also used some silver colored corrugated paper as backing for my image. Some adorable snowflakes from Joy Crafts bought at Moa Pysell. For my little flower cluster did I also make a little backing page with some snowflakes and then added the lily lookalike flowers. Added a few pearl stars in to that and topped it of with a snowflake silver charm and some silver sprays to that. Edwin and Jasper has also gotten a few pearl stars to keep them company. Gemstones in blue comes from Bo Bunny and I had them for ages. The time will come for everything, doesn't it?

Ok, I probably should shut up by now so I better do that. But I see you soon again. Lots of crafting will be going on here the coming weeks busy, busy as I will soon start school again I hope. They just seem to be able to find a place for us to be. And this is a big ecducational company that has these kind of troubles. Just amazing. For a full control of the challenge, theme and the rules of the blog, why don't you drop by and have a look for yourself.

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
Hobby Cutz - Winter wonderland / glitter and sparkle (winter wonderland here)
Stamping Sensations - Christmas
2 Sisters - Christmas Sparkle
Sweet Stampin' - Christmas is coming
A creative romance - Winter blues
Tildas Town - Christmas
C is for Challenge - winter is coming
Dutch Magnolia Lovers - Lights to make it cosy
Fashionista Challenge - Christmas bling

18 comments:

Marjorie said...

Awh! This is lovely Marie, I love the blues, and that image is so sweet...
Congratulations on your GD for papertake weekly, enjoy:)
Hugs,
Marjorie xx

maria said...

Hej, jag har äntligen tagit mig i kragen och kikat runt lite. Du är otrolig och levererar fantastiska kort på löpande band. Kanske fel att säga så när man vet vilket jobb det ligger bakom =) men mycket fint blir det i alla fall. Hoppas kunna kika in snart igen. Ta hand om dig, maria

coops said...

so gorgeous marie.really stunning image and i love your icy colours and design :D

xx coops xx

Nannieflash said...

Hi Marie, love your card that image is fabulous and your whole card design is stunning. hugs Shirleyxxx

Unknown said...

Adorable! Thank you for sharing with us over at Hobby Cutz, Hugs Kerry DT xx

Louise said...

Very pretty card, love these 2 images together. Thanks for joining us at Tilda's Town for our challenge
hugs Louise

Tamara said...

Lovely. Great colours and great masking. I really like these two together!
Thank you for taking part in the Tilda's Town challenge blog this week. Hope to see you again soon!
Hugs,
Tamara

Babi Kind said...

Beautiful card!!! I love the images you've used and the soft colors. Thanks for joining us at Tilda's Town. Hugs Babi

Sandra said...

Lovely card.
Thanks for sharing with us at Sweet Stampin'
xxx

Kim said...

Just adorable, sweet colors. thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin' this week.

Anonymous said...

A gorgeous card. Thanks for joining in at Hobby cutz x

Gail said...

What a beautiful card! I love the blue and white and the soft pastel look. Great papers and embellishments with two adorable Magnolia image! Nice to see you enter this challenge! Thanks for joining us at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge! Hugs, Gail

Bridie said...

Fabulous card! I love the sparkly stars

Thank you so much for leaving a lovely comment on my blog

Have a great weekend!

Hugs

Bridie@BGPayne Crafts

Heather said...

Hi Marie, hope all is well with you!!! Your card is gorgeous - wonderful papers and colours with the fabulous sketch. Your images are beautiful an gorgeous embellishments!!

hugs
Heather xx

Marianne Reijgersberg said...

Beautiful card Heather! Love the colours. Thanks for joining us at DML, and good luck.
Hugs Marianne

Unknown said...

Beautiful card, so festive. I would like to thank you for entering my ‘C… is for challenge’ blog and I wish you good luck in the draw.
Hugs,
Anna xxx

Eret said...

I absolutely love it! the colors are amazing and your embellishments are so pretty. Stunning card! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful Christmas card with us at Stamping Sensation.
Eret x

Christy Designs said...

Beautiful christmas card !! Love the soft colors you used.
Thanks for joining us at Fashionista challenge.
Hugs,
Christy