Christmas Critters over at Passion for Markers

Morning and hello!

It's that time of the week again, when a new challenge starts over at Passion for Markers. This week do we wish to see "Christmas Critters". A nice and charming theme, don't you agree?

This week's challenge is sponsored by Clearly Besotted Stamps. They offer a gift voucher worth £15 for one lucky winner. 

I have not used a sponsor image this time as I have a wee bit of struggle with my medications and never know how I will feel. So here comes some Christmas Critters from Lawn Fawns Penguin Party. A super lovely stamp set. 

I made two cards for this challenge as they are fast to colour and and I need the cards for my pen friends around the world. I have taken plenty of inspiration for my cards from Carrie Rhoades fantastic YouTube channel.

I have used a bunch of dies from Lawn Fawn and a few from PY Hobby as well. Distress Oxide is used for the back ground and some watered gesso for the snow splattered around my card. 

For this last card have I also used a wonderful die making a  starfilled sky. I have had it for some years in my stash but never used it. I am so happy that I dug it out and actually used it. It gives a lovely detail to the card. 

I had so much fun creating this card and now is it up to you to take some time and play along with us. You know you can use any markers for our challenges at this point. 

Looking forward to see what you all comes up with for this challenge!

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes

 

Christmas Cheer 11-21

Morning and hello!

We have now come to the end of month 11 of the year. Tomorrow is it December again and the lovely time of Christmas begins. How nice and cosy isn't that? After today will I show way more Christmas cards here on my blog. Have you started to decorate your home yet? Here is the stars up in the windows and that is the best part of the year when the Christmas lights are up and shining in the windows. Just love it!

I have been playing with my distress inks for this card. It's a Magnolia image. Pretty sure you see that. They do have a special look don't they? They were one of my first loves when it comes to stamped images. I still love them when it comes for Christmas images. 

I have used up a bunch of designer papers from Dove craft if I am correct. It might be called Happy Christmas or something like that. Some Nuvo drops  finish the card off together with a mistletoe stamp from Magnolia as well. The sentiment stamp is from Bildmålarna.

Take good care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes 

 

Just for Fun 53-21

Morning and hello!

I have another card for you this week. This is also made with a hÄnglar and Wings image that I love. I happen to love sunflowers as well, just as my sister in law. So always when I see them I think of her. This image is the boy version of the image, there is a girl in the set as well. And I used her for a card a few weeks back. The set is called Höst i trädgården. Two large images and two sentiments in English.

The designer papers comes from Authentique and is called Accolade. It's a paper pad with brown and creamy colours which is perfect for male cards. There is some images with students finishing school with the typical American hat. Those ones will not come to use here but luckily for me there is a print on both sides so I will find use for all the papers.

I have used some layers for this card both with designer papers as well as brown cardstock (Java from Bazzil). To that have I only added some gemstones from Honey Bee Stamps. They have a whole bunch of different collections with these lovely gemstones. I have used them a lot during this fall. 

Well this is all from me for today. I wish you a happy weekend and please do take some time to do something for just you!

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes option ribbon or twine

Colour Crazy Craft Challenges - Anything goes

Creative Fingers Challenges - Anything goes

Crafty Creations Challenges - Anything goes

Through The Purple Haze Challenges - Anything goes option For Him

 

Just for Fun 52-21

Morning and hello!

Time for a new card from my little crafting studio. This time have I be

en playing with a new stamp from hÄnglar and Wings. It's called Solrosor and also come with a flower without the stem. It's a really lovely set of stamps. Just love them!

For this card have I chosen to make a CAS card. Playing with my homemade circle stencil, just cut out the shape with a die in thick card stock or acetate and use as you do with a bought one. Works great for simple designs. I used some distress oxide ink but can't remember what colour it is. Have been using quite a few last weeks. I really should write down what I do, shouldn't I? ;)

Anyway, some fussy cutting of the image and raised the flower part with foam dots and glued the stem straight on the card. Cut a golden frame for the image and die cut the sentiment saying "Kram" (= hugs) about two times one in golden cardstock and one in foam from my stash. A bit hard to glue together with the thin end of the sentiment but it worked out OK. Some watered down gesso is used for some white splatter.

It's the first time in a very long time I am happy with a CAS creation and I hope you like it too.

Take good care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes option ribbon or twine

Crafty Sentiments Design challenges - Anything goes

Crafting Happiness Challenges - Anything goes option Thank You

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything goes

 

Just for fun 51-21

Morning and hello!

I am back on track with my fall cards. I have used a Bugaboo image and paired it up with some Honey Bee Stamps designer paper pad called Summer stems. I have used a some off cuts from other projects and I have made a smaller slim line card. 

I have cut the image in three pieces and used some foam tape to raise the image from the card. I also decided to put the pieces in a wonky way. To tie it all together did I use some golden stickle to draw some golden lines to tie the colours together. Even if the card isn't straight or perfect I love how it turned out. The colours are wonderful together. :)

Anyway, take some time to do something for you, that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes

Creative Moments - Anything goes

Crafty Creation Challenges - Anything goes

Creative Fingers Challenges - Anything goes

Colour Crazy Challenges - Anything goes

Anything Christmas over at Passion for Markers

                          Morning and hello!

Back for a PFM post again. It has already been two weeks since last and during this time have all four of us in the family got a visit from Covid-19, with and without vaccine. But now are finally some energy coming back to me. Just wishing that it won't take forever before I can feel different tastes again.

Anyway, back to my card for this weeks challenge which is set to "Anything Christmas" and we have a sponsor from Leann's World 101. They offer one lucky winner two digis of winners choice. 

For my card have I used another image from hÄnglar and Wings. It's from the set called Grantomtar. It's a set with two persons, a tree, a star and a sentiment in English. I have coloured with my Promarkers this time and paired my image up with the new paper pad from Maja Design. It's called Happy Christmas and have some lovely designer papers in lovely brown, green and red. 

To decorate my card have I used a few trees made with a die from Magnolia, a metal snowflake from PY Hobby, some ribbon in a dark lovely red and some buttons in the same lovely red colour. One part of the border is raised on foam dots to give a little dimension on the card. The stamps I have used to the left is a part of the die cut paper in the pad. I just cut away the part that makes them look like stamps. To finish it all up have I used some gem stones from Honey Bee Stamps in a light golden colour. 

For this card have I also decorated the inside, however the photos I took to show it was so bad that I only mention here that the card is also decorated inside. I don't do that all the time but more often when it comes to Christmas cards.

Well, this is all from me for today. I wish you a lovely week and do come and play with us over at Passion for markers. We are now open to all kind of markers.

Take care and do take some time to do something you enjoy!

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes option

Just for fun 50-21

Morning and hello!

It's another day with a little creation that keeps me busy and helps me relax. I have used a Bugaboo image. I am so sad that the brand is not longer around. I loved to colour these images with their bold lines. Totally different from all other brands. I will miss them. Oh well, at least I had this one to play with. I have used some designer papers from Maja Design, Tropical garden I think the pad is called.

 

I used a off cut from a die to frame one of my layers. It gives a new dimension to the layer. I have also die cut some leaves and flowers in golden card stock and green of course. I used up some of the pearl swirls I have in my stash. Some golden drops from Nuvo is also used to give some fun details to my greeting card. I used another colour for the center of my flowers. 

Ok, I am tired now so I finish up here. Take good care and do take some time to do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes 

 

Just for fun 49-21

Morning and hello!

I am back again with a Just for fun card. This one is also one I have made of a bunch of left overs from different brands. I am pretty sure that the pink one is from Pink Fresh Studio but that is also the only one I have the name of. I am not sure from where I have got the image. It might be an image from Tiddly ink or something like that. Not really sure and I can't find the image on my computer either. The card is only 12 x 12 cm, so a bit smaller than I normally make my cards. 

As always the last months have I finished the card off with Nuvo Drops and a tied bow in a lovely light blue colour. It always feels good to use up some left overs from my stash.

Take good care and do take some time to do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes

 

Just for fun 48-21

Morning and hello!

It's time for a new creation from me, just made for the fun of it. Today have I used an image that I believe is from Sassy Sherryl, ages ago. I have saved this image for such a long time, years actually. So better late than never have I now used the image. 

I know that I am totally off when it comes to what kind of card this is. It has summer written all over it, hasn't it? Even the paper pad is named something with summer if I remember correctly. The border is made from Lawn Fawn. And to finish the card of have I used some Nuvo Drops and a white gel pen.

Anyway, it was fun to create something. Take some time to do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes 

Three or more pattern papers over at Passion For Markers

Morning and hello!

It's time for a new Challenge over at Passion for markers. And this week do we want to see three or more designer papers on your creations. A perfect theme for me who loves to use loads of layers on my cards. 

Our sponsor this week is Crafty Sentiments Design who offer one lucky winner 3 digital images from their store. Thank you for that lovely prize.

For my card this week have I used a lovely image from hÄnglar and Wings called Höst i Trädgården. It's a lovely stamp set with two large stamps and two sentiment stamps (English sentiments). I am madly in love with these stamps as you can see on my blog. They are made of great quality and lovely to use.

I have coloured with a mix of markers from Promarkers, copics and Spectrum Noir. I have paired my image with an old lovely paper pad from Maja Design. It's called something with fall and I so wish that I could get some more of this pad. The colours are just stunning. I have to use the left overs with lots of love and make special creations with it. 

The border die is from Lawn Fawn, the sentiment die is from PY Hobby and to finish it all of have I used some golden Nuvo Drops.

Anyway, I hope that you come and play with us over at Passion for Markers. The theme is nice and simple and we look forward to come and visit you all. Remember that we now are open for all kind of markers!

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes option