First mini Monday of August

Morning and hello!

I am back in the house and want to show you a mini card for you. I know that it will look pretty much like many of the small cards I have shown before. 

But as I use the same images does it look pretty much the same even if I have variations of the cards. I have some images left but we'll see if I will use them or not. I have used a mix of stamps from Lawn Fawn and some no name trees from my stash. I love how charming the card looks just because of the little snowman, he makes the whole card in my mind!

Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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It's Christmas time again!

 Morning and hello!

I am back again, and this time a Christmas card! It is July and I have made 6 Christmas cards this month. Totally crazy but they are my fave to make. Using snow and winter images were tried to make me feel cooler during the heat waves that have been on visits lately. 

I don't feel very well in the heat and high temperatures. Me and my Maine coon Hilde have been living in the basement where it is cooler. During the warmest days have we been without any cooling system as we have bought new heating and cooling pumps but they were not installed during the first heat wave. It was horrible!

For this card have I used an image from hÄnglar and Wings. I don't remember what it's called but it is cute, right? There is so many happy and sweet images for winter and Christmas in the hÄnglar and Wing shop. I have paired the image up with designer papers from Maja Design. Found some mushrooms in my stash and put them into my flower cluster. A wood weener, some pearls, lace and a charm finish the whole thing off. Hope you like what you see!

Have a good day and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Three of something over at Passion for Markers

Morning and hello!

It is a new week and we have a new challenge up for you over at Passion for Markers. This week's theme is set to

Three of something

A lovely and fun challenge, a little to think about, but not too much. 

Our lovely sponsor this week is 

All dressed up which offer one lucky winner two digital images of winners choice. Thank you for that!

For my card have I used a sponsor image called As sweet as a melon. A lovely image that gave me both trouble and joy when colouring it.. Took me a while to get the melon colour right, got there in the end, at least fairly good. This time did I use a mix of copic and promarkers to colour my image. 

I picked the image with a special paper pad in mind as I remembered it having a water melon paper in it. Was nice to being able to use some of that paper pad. I also got to remember why I find it hard to use. The papers are more like cardstock and the print have some shine in it. Don't like that at all. 

Anyhow, I used three designer papers for my card and I also used three different embellishments on my card: Ribbon/bow, nuvo drops (on the panel with the image, got lost in my photo) and black pearls to that. 

Now is it your turn to be creative. I look forward to come and visit you and see what you have come up with for this challenge!

Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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It's mini Monday again!

Morning and hello!

Last Monday of July, wasn't it just Christmas? The time passes by so quickly. I have many mini cards to show off, but only one today. :) 

This card have I made many versions off, and I still have images left to play with. The images are from Lawn Fawn. I have totally fallen in love with their penguins and mices. I buy them every now and then and add them to my collection. :) The designer papers are from Dovecraft I think. I only have small pieces left of these papers as well. Glad and happy for everything that I can use up!

Have a good day and play with something that you enjoy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Morning and hello!

After a little break  am I now back with a little card to brighten your day. I have been playing with my promarkers and a lovely image from Di's digistamps. I am sorry but I don't remember the name of the image, but it is sweet.

 I have paired my image with some designer paper from a bunch of Echo park. There is only a little left of these paper pads and I have mixed them up to get some more project out of the expensive papers. It might not be a combo I normally would have made but it feels good to use up as much as possible of the designer papers. 

Anyway, take some time and do something just for you. Play with your markers and images, create something just for the fun of being creative!

Love n hugs

Marie

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CAS over at Passion for Markers

Morning and hello!

It'S Thuesday again and we have a new fun challenge up for you over at passion for markers.

This weeks theme is set to

CAS

Our sponsor sre the lovely people over at Dies to die for which offer one lucky winner a gift voucher worth

Thank you for that!

For my card have I used an image from my stash from different brands. I am not a CAS girl but i have done the best for my card. I couldn't help myself and added a few little snowflakes to my creation. 

Anyway, I hope thar you like what you see and I hope even more that you will come and play with us. Looking forward to what you come up with.

Love n hugs

Marie

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Transport over at Passion for Markers

 Morning and hello!

New week and a new challenge is up on the PFM blog. This week's theme is set to

TRANSPORT

It will be fun to see what you come up with for this theme. 

Our sponsor this week is RAM stamps and they offer one lucky winner a gift voucher worth £10. Thank you for that!

For my card have I used a sponsor image called Space rocket. You find it in the RAM store. I had fun colouring this image as well as putting the card together. I had a perfect paper pad to use for the card.. It's called something like For the boys or something in that way. It's an old paper pad that came to use this time. 

I have used a piece of ribbon and some die cut arrows as decoration for my card. After that did I finish the whole thing with some transparent pearls and stars as well. All of the bits and bobs are nail art that I have started to use as decorations. They have a good size for my cards. 

Now am I ready to start visit you and your blogs to see what you come up with for this lovely challenge. See you around! Now back to my desk and start creating some Christmas cards. I hope that the sight of snow flakes will help me cool down a bit. I hate the heat we're having right now. Don't forget to visit the challenge blog and see what my teamies have been up to.

Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Things with wings over at Passion for Markers

Morning and hello!

Hi there! Time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers. Our week's theme is set to 

Things with Wings

We have the lovely Leanne's world sponsoring us this week. They offer one lucky winner two digital images of winner's choice. Thank you for that!

Today have I not been using any sponsor image, instead have I been using an image from hÄnglar and Wings. The image is from the set called Humle och Humla. A charming set with lovely images to play with. I have coloured with my promarkers this time and the designer papers are left overs from a spring paper pad from Echo Park or Carta Bella. 

I might be able to make one more card from what is left from that paper pad. Why is it so hard to get rid of the leftovers of paper pads? I have used some die cuts to makes this card.. A border die and some circles to that. The large butterfly is also made by a die from my stash. I think that it is from Magnolia, Sweden. Some pearls, flower in rubber from my stash and some nail art butterflies, a charm and some die cut leafs finish it all off. I hope that you like what you see and that you will come and play with us over at Passion for Markers.

Love n hugs

Marie

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Playing with paper again

Morning and hello!

Time for a new card just for the joy of creating.. This time have I been playing with an image from Dr Digis House of stamps. I don't remember what it's called but I enjoyed colouring it. 

 In my stash did I find a paper pad with fairl masculine designer papers which I decided to use for this card as it is a good match with my image. I have coloured with my promarkers. It was fun to give the guy a lovely purple pink hair. I also loved to use my die cut gears and cover them in metallic colours with makers from spectrum noir. 

It was great to play for a while and then get some time to think about bits and bobs and to that empty my head to be able to sleep for a while. 

All the best and do take some time to do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

Summertime over at Passion for Markers

 Morning and hello!

Welcome back to my little corner of the blogging world. How are you all? Enjoying the warm weather or spending your time inside crafting? I am keeping myself in the basement where it's more chill. My fibro is no fan of the heat we have at this point. 

We have a new challenge for you today over at PFM. I have set the theme to

Summertime

And right now does it feel very fitting. This week do we want to see summer inspired creations from you all. Summer images, designer papers that get you thinking about the lovely time we have in front of us. 

We are sponsored by the lovely people over at Colour of love and they offer one lucky winner 3 digital images. Thank you for that!

For my card have I used an image from our sponsor called Rory Summer Flower Fantasy. You find it in Colour of loves store. I have coloured with my promarker and paired the image up with designer papers from Echo Park. It might be called Groovy summer or something like that. I love the retro summer colours in the paper pad. The happy colours make me smile!

I have decorated with some silk flowers and some nail art butterflies that I find very useful when I need to decorated a card. Some odd gemstones are also used for some extra bling for the summer creation I made. 

Now is it your time to create something with a summer feeling to it. I hope that you will play along with our challenge this week!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Mini Monday is here again!

Morning and hello!

Time for a new month and a new Monday. I have a huge collection of these mini cards and they keep my blog busy, which I love!

This card have I made with leftovers from bigger cards once again. There is some die cut trees that I have covered with glitter to show of some frost to my trees. A sweet little image with one of my sweet snowmen that I adore. The letters says Merry Christmas in Swedish. The glitter background is a Lawn Fawn designer paper with stars and snow in gold. Just love it.

This card will be sent to one of all my dear pen pals when that day comes. Great to be prepared!

Take care and do something that make you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

 

Christmas cheers and soon will the summer be here!

 Morning and hello!

Here is a new Christmas creation with snow and everything. I have not got out from my Christmas bulb. It is fun to make Christmas cards even if the summer is around the corner. The image is from RAM, I don't remember what it's called but is a sweet image. 

The designer papers are from a freebee from a very old scrapbook magazine. I believe that it's a digital paper pad made from a company that produce digital paper pads. I can't remember the company's name at the moment. 

I have decorated with some die cut flowers, trees with snow on them, some snowflakes and gemstones to that.

Hope you have enjoyed what you see and find some inspiration from this little creation.

Love n hugs

Marie

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Mini Monday with a snowball war

Hi and hello!

Here comes yet another mini card with Christmas theme, or at least winter theme. The stamps are from Lawn Fawn and they images is leftovers from cards I made a couple of years ago. It's great to be able to use up saved stuff that you have not been able to throw away. 

This one have I made a sky with some ordinary cardstock. I have use both an white gel pen, some die cut snowflakes and some gemstones to that. I have also used a peal cardstock at the bottom of the card. 

Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Just for fun with happy colours!

Morning and hello!

Hi there! I have been playing with this lovely sponsor image that I used for a challenge over at Passion for markers earlier this year. I had fun colouring it and wanted to use the image again. 

 I have been using an old paper pad from First Edition, but I don't have the front of the paper pad anymore and don't remember the name of it. The flowers are made of fabric and I have used some nail art butterflies as details for my card. 

It was fun to create this and have some happy time with colours and markers!

Thanks for watching!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Anything goes over at Passion for Markers

Morning and hello!

Hi there! It's time for a anniversary over at Passion for Markers and our theme for the week is

Anything goes

A lovely and nice theme for a challenge like this. I will add all our sponsors for this challenge later. It's a long list!

For my card then. I have played with my new stamps from hÄnglar and Wings, it's called Konstnärer and is a set from the pre summer kit. I love this stamp set! It's fun and charming and even more fun was that I had a paper pad that matched the images very well as it has a crafting theme. 

I have coloured with my Promarkers and matched my colouring with the paper pads. I have fuzzy cut some elements from the stamp set; the colour tubes, the brush and the color palette. The sentiment is also from the stamp set.

I have added some pearls as details and to match the black cardstock I have used to give a bold contrast and detail to match the patterned papers. I love how this turned out! The black to the bright colours and it makes me smile.

Now bring out your crafty stash and start creating for our celebration challenge! Plenty of chances to win some lovely prizes. Look forward to come and visit your blogs!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Mini Monday once again

Morning and hello!

Here I am again! Have used some Maja Design designer papers and card topper as well. A nice and easy way to get creative when you don't feel like colouring or just want to play with paper and glue.

 This designer papers are from the latest Maja Design paper pad for Christmas. Sorry doesn't remember the name at this point. However, it is really sweet santas in the paper pad. The sentiment is made with some die cut letters. Some nuvo drops is used in the corners of the card with some sparkle in them.

Love n hugs

Marie

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Christmas cheers in May

Morning and hello!

I am back with a new creation with Christmas card again. This one have I made with some new leftovers that I found laying around. This is an image that I have gotten from hÄnglar and Wings. It's a favourite image of mine and I can colour it over and over again. 

The designer papers are from Dove craft and Magnolia if I remember correctly. Sometimes does it work to mix brands, other times not at all. I am happy every time it works out. The sentiment is also from hÄnglar and Wings. Some die cut snowflakes are also used to decorate my card.

Do something that make you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Masculine over at Passion for Markers

Morning and hello!

Hi there! It's Tuesday again and we have a new challenge up for you to play along with. Our theme is set to 

Masculine

Our sponsor is Dr Digis house of Stamps that offers one lucky winner one digital stamp of winner's choice. Thank you for that!

For my card today have I used an image called Dunderton Abroad. A fun and charming image that makes me smile. I have coloured with Copics and Promarkers. A little mix of the markers as I can't find a good skin tone mix in my collection of copics. and I am kind of lazy when it comes to try them out. :)

I have been in my stash and dug around and found an old My Minds Eye paper pad that I haven't used in years. The colours are amazing in this pad but I have had trouble getting balanced designs with them. Therefore am I happy when I get a card together here and there. 

My stars are made in cork and are also from way back, found these in my stash as well. I am trying to use up some of my old stash but it is a forever project that I probably won't be able to finish. But I can always try, right?

 I hope you take some time to play along with us and I look forward to come and visit your blogs. 

Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Mini Monday in May

Morning friends!

I have a few more mini cards ready to show. This is another one I have used some leftovers from a couple of years ago. Feels great to be able to use up stuff that is already prepared for a creation.

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 I don't use a lot of distress inks or oxide inks but this background have I used my inks for. I have even used a stencil for the stars and snow storm in silver. Love this card with all it's colours!

Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Playing around with some stamps and markers

Morning and hello!

Hi there! I have had fun again with some digital stamps and designer papers from Maja Design. These papers are from last years spring paper pad from Maja Design. I think it's called Spring time or something like that. Tons of pretty pink and fluffy blue colours. What's not to love?

The image is from Lili of the Valley and I love the clean charming look of the image. I have made this card with a sketch from Bev Rochester's challenge from way back in the days when I started my blog and card making journey. 

I have used some rhinestones to the flower centers and pearls on my die cut border. Some rolled flowers are made with dies from my stash. There is also a polka dot ribbon used and tied as a bow. A fun and spring felt creation made by me when I wasn't able to sleep once again!

Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Mini Monday

Morning and hello!

I know, it's the beginning of May but I am in the middle of my Christmas creations for my pen pals. Once again have I used some images that was left from earlier creations. 

This time have I mixed gold and silver. The background is a Lawn Fawn designer paper, and the ground is made with some leftovers from when I have die cut ovals in the same paper. Perfect! Two dies in one move. 

Use your old stuff and create something new!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Christmas time again!

Morning and hello!

Hi, hello! We have the last day of April and that means another Christmas card from me. This time is the card made with a super cute image from Di's Digital stamps. I love this little sweetie!

I have been able to use a couple of old designer papers that I have tons of from Dove Craft if I am not totally lost in my mind. A big die cut sentiment wishing Merry Christmas, a die cut frame from the image, a ribbon bow and some nuvo drops decorate the corners of the card. Loved making this and it was perfect for the newest family member. 

Wish you all the best and do take some time to do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs
Marie

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Heroes (real or fake) over at Passion for Markers

 Morning and hello!

Time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers. And this time do we have a special theme for you all. The theme is set to

 

Heroes, real or fake

This can be interpreted in more than one way. Please help us out and tell us who and why it's your hero.

Our sponsor this week is our dear friends over at Dies to die for. They offer one lucky winner a gift voucher worth £15. Thank you for that!

My project this week is not a card as it normally is, instead have I created a scrapbook page with details coloured with my promarkers. All the flowers, leaf and the letters on the page is coloured with my markers. The flowers are from two different sets from hÄnglar and Wings and I have paired them up together to add some details to my page.

 

The page shows my grandparents on my mum's side. This photo shows them on a day trip they did way back in the days. Both of them are gone since many years. My grandma was a home makers as many women was back in the days. My granddad worked for the swedish railways and his job is why I called this page secrete heros. During the WWII was Sweden known for its neutrality towards other countries. It might have been true but there was also plenty of people helping both sides of the war.

My granddad was a clever guy who used his work to transport and hide jews that needed help to survive. None knew what he was doing until they found a letter he had written to his family if something would have happened to him during this time. It was found when he passed away. There was many people helping out during these hard years and I am impressed by them all. They were true heroes!

It was fun to make this scrapbooking page and it gave me time to think about them both. I miss them alot, especially my granny that was my best friend.. I hope that I will find more photos of these to me special persons.

Time for you to create something for our hero challenge. Look forward to see what you all come up with for our challenge!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Another mini Monday

Morning everyone!

I have a small collection of cards made with my Lawn Fawn mices. My collection with them grows every year and I just love them. This card is one of the ones that I will send to my pen pals around the world. 

These small cards are perfect to use up smaller pieces that are leftovers from other creations. Love to use up as much as I can of my expensive paper pads. A bit cheap even? But they are too expensive not to use up, at least some of the pieces. 

Get some mini stamps and start play with them or print small versions of digital images and you will have some fun moments coming up. 

Take care and laugh every day!

Love n hugs

Marie

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This was fun to create!

Morning and hello!

Here comes a card made for a little baby boy that is the first of a new generation in the family. As it was a while since the Christening took place am I ok with show the card. I have used a stamp set from ? Yep, you guest it! From hÄnglar and Wings. It is really great as you can use it for both boys and girls. Love that!

Inside of the card also made with the stamp set from hÄnglar and Wings. The colours of the clothes is not as bad as it looks here on the photo. Tons of fuzzy cutting, lucky for me that there wasn't that many details on the images. 

Both insides with plenty of space to write what you like to write.

The designer papers are from Maja Design and I think that it's vintage baby or something like that from Maja Design. I have not used much of the paper collection before and have plenty of papers left to play with. I don't do much inside card decorations normally but at special moments do I put a little more details to my creations. 

It was kind of fun to make this creation, a bit special. Orion is the first in a coming generation of extended family that is growing fast.

Have a great week and stay creative!

Love n hugs,

Marie

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Mini Monday

Morning and hello my friends!

Yep, time for some more christmas inspiration for me. This time have i used some pieces from Maja Design. Both the image and the designer papers are from  Maja Design. 

All Maja Design paper pads have some cut out pieces that you can use to make cards with or use as decorations. The ones from the 6x6 paper pads are perfect to use for mini cards. Their back sides does often have a neutral colour that is also nice to use. All the designer paper pads have at least 3 pieces of each designer papers in the pads. As it is that many can you use one paper for card toppers and the rest for other creative purposes.

A piece of ribbon and some nuvo drops finish this little card. Hope you like it.

Do something that make you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Creativity makes life a little better!

Morning and hello!'

Hi there! I have had a day when I long for the fall of some reason. The first fire of the fall, warmth to relax and feel a bit stress free, 

I have used yet another one of my hÄnglar and Wings images. I have not remembered which set this one is from for. But it's probably one of the fall images. After all, he have both a cap and a scarf on. 

I did even found a paper pad from Echo park that have a fall / autumn theme. I love the rich colours. They make me feel warm and cozy. But before I can enjoy the autumn is there a spring and a summer to enjoy. 

Do something that make you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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