A card just for the love of creating

 Morning and hello!

Hi there! I have been playing with paper and markers again. The image is from Lili of the Valley. Love these supercut gals! They are fun to colour and play with. I managed to wash out the colours of the card for some reason. It is much more sparkly IRL. 

The designer papers are from Simple stories but I can't remember what the paper pad is called. It's a very colourful paper pad at least. The old punch from Martha Stewart have been working again. I have a big butterfly in sparkly colours and some fabric flowers is also added as details for the card. Some gemstones finish the whole thing off. Hope you like what you see and maybe get some inspiration to create something as well.

Love n hugs

Marie

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Layers over at Passion for Markers

 Morning and hello!

Marie in the house again. We have a new challenge for you over at Passion for Markers. This week's theme?

Layers

A lovely one to play with. I always have tons of layers on my creations, I should try having less of them some time, but not today.

Our sponsor is 

Clearly Besotted, offers one lucky winner a gift voucher worth £15 to one lucky winner! Thank you for that!

For my card have I use a hÄnglar and wing image from my stash. I believe it's from one of my images from last years last images. I have coloured with my promarkers for this one. I have used a paper pad from Echo Park called Fall Fever.

Sorry about the wash out colours. Me and my eye are not friends at the moment. I am having a bad period with my fibromyalgia and it goes on both hearing and sight. Very annoying. At least I got a card together. I have used golden pearls to decorate with and as well a ribbon and a bow. A little extra here and there. 

Now time for me to get back to bed and hope that I will feel better tomorrow.

Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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It's mini Monday

 Morning and hello!

Hello again! I have been in my little bin with my collection for making mini cards for my penpals. I try to use up what I have coloured and die cut as I don't  like the die cutting part. So yet another one with a kind of look a like look. I will soon have to colour up some new images. 

It's nice to have them made and I look forward to prep some new images up for new cards. Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Last day of August and the final Mini Monday for this month.

Morning and hello!

Time for a little card again. Yet again have I used a topper from Maja Design and I have also paired it with designer papers from Maja Design. 

I have use a mini die saying "Merry Christmas" in Swedish and I have used a small heart as a decoration on my card. Some snowflakes is also added to the card. I have also used some Nuvo drops as well. I hope that you like this little card.

Take good care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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We have time for a little Christmas Cheers

Morning and hello!

I am back with you all again. And yet again have I made a Christmas card. I have been busy creating Christmas cards during these warm days. Every now and then does it feel a little cooler when working with snowy and winter cards.

 The card is made with designer papers from Pink Fresh studio or what the brand is called. Something like that at least. She have gotten some suntan in here face, but hey ho! We are all different! :)

I have added some pearls and some lace ribbon to decorate my card. A paper rose is also added to the card. I am not sure what I feel about the paper pad... Too busy I think, anyway, I had fun creating! Take yourself some time to be creative, you know it will make you feel good!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Ribbon and/or bow over at Passion for Markers

Morning and hello!

It's time for the last challenge of August over at Passion for Markers. This weeks theme is set to 

Ribbon and/or bows

We are sponsored by the lovely people of Uniko and they offer one free product to a lucky winner. Thank you for that!

For my creation this week have I used an image from hÄnglar and Wings for this challenge. They are sadly closing their doors in December. I will be missing them, that's for sure. Any idea of a different stamp brand that I can fall in love with?

I have paired the lovely image up with designer papers from Echo Park and the paper pad called Fall Fever. I love the rich colours that belongs to autumn are wonderful. They are so warm!

I have played with a burgundy coloured ribbon and tied a bow with it. I have also used some paper flowers, gemstones in gold finish my card off. I had great fun creating this card as I have had a short break from my paper craft and have spent most of my time crocheting my tiny little toys for kids at the hospital. I have also used a glitter pen that kind of leaked on my card. More glitter to the people!

Now take some time and play with markers and papers and ribbons and decorations and... Have fun and enjoy what you do!

Love n hugs

Marie

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It's Monday again!

Morning and hello!

I know it is August and I keep showing Christmas cards. I have been making plenty of them them during the warm days of this summer. Once again are the images from Lawn Fawn.

 The star/snow designer paper are also from Lawn Fawn. Love it and they have it in many colours. My faves are the black and the white ones. I have coloured with my promakers and I have made a little snowball war scene at this card. Charming images makes the card kind of cute, don't you think? Wonderwhat new images will come out for the Christmas this year?

Take care and please do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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I have been creating

Morning and hello!

Almost 20 days of August have passed and I am back again with a new creation. I have been playing with some old Magnolia stamps that I love. I have a thing for Ladybugs and butterflies and I have some stamps that have those little bugs in them. 

 I have given this little Tilda a fairly soft colour scheme in blue/lilac. I did actually picked the designer papers first and then coloured with them in mind. I am happy with the look I got with these products. I have been playing with an old border punch from Fiskars and the rolled flowers is cut with a flower die. I have decorated them with some stickles, pearls and some die cut leaf. Some white flower details is also added to the flower cluster. A ribbon bow is also added to the mix. 

This was really fun to make and I hope that you will take some time and do something that you really love!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Another mini Monday

 Morning and hello!

I am back with another card made with some Lawn Fawn images. This card is made with the long side horizontal look. I have yet again used left overs from other creations and made a small happy winter card. 

Bits and bobs have been put together to a little scenery. I have fun playing with these little playful animals. A fun card to make even if I have made a whole bunch looking a bit like the others and still different.

Enjoy your week and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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It's Christmas time again!

 Morning and hello!

Here we go again! It is Christmas in my head again. And once again have I been using a hÄnglar and Wings image. The stamp set is called Luvnissar med etikett. It is a super cute stamp set and fun to play with. I have coloured with my promarkers and kind of like how the colours turned out. I have to learn how to take better photos.

The designer papers are from Maja Design, surprised? :) I have played with a border punch, some pearls, flowers and leaf dies to add details to my card. The sentiment is a also from the stamp set and I love how the sentiment add details to the card. Love how that part tuned out. Now is it your turn to play with some stamps, markers and what more you use to create your cards.

Take some time and do what makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Dies and/or Punches over at PFM

 Morning and hello!

New challenge week for Team one over at Passion for Markers. This week are we playing with my theme

Dies and/or punches

A theme that I have fun playing with and I hope you do as well.

Our sponsor this week is Colour of Love. And the prize is set to 3 digital images of winner's choice. Thank you for that.

I have been using a sponsor image called Eleanor & Pickles country fair treats. I have cut off a lot of the image as I have trouble with the small details. That means that Elanor's friend isn't show on my card. He is a little froggy, her little friend.

I have coloured with my promarkers this time. I didn't have the energy to take out my copics. I have no clue how to store them and have easy access to them. It doesn't help that I do almost all colouring in bed.

I have played with many dies and one punch. The butterflies are made with a butterfly punch from Martha Stewart. The dies I have played with is a rolled up rose die, some leaves to that, Spellbinders have helped me with the image and it's fram, the border die is also from Spellbinders. The border dies get used quite often as I normally precut what I use fairly often.

Anyway, I hope that you will come and play with us over at Passion for Markers. It's a nice and fun theme and easy to play along with. Don't forget that you have to use markers to colour your image. 

Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Mini Monday is here again!

 Morning and hello!

I am back again with a little mini card once again. There is so many tiny card that can be made. I mainly make them for Christmas but every now and then are they with another theme. 

This card however is for Christmas. I have been using small images from Maja Design, they have images in their paper pads with is great to use for mini cards. The 12x12 designer papers have larger toppers or what I shall call them. I like how this little card turned out. Some little details are added in the form of glitter glue from Nuvo and a wood weener star to that. Hope you like what you see!

Love n hugs

Marie

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A card because it's fun to colour

Morning and hello!

I am back and surprise! It's not a Christmas card! :) I have been making many of them lately and I have fun making them, I have always loved making Christmas cards, best time of the year and having it all year around, can't be any better than that. :)

I have been playing with a really old stamp from my stash. It is a Sugar Nellie stamp that I have had for probably 10 years or so. I used to play with their stamps all the time and when I found them in my stash again, it was great fun to find the stamps again. I know that I played with some of their Christmas stamps last year. 

I don't remember what this one is called but I had fun playing with little Miss Sunflower. I have been in my leftover bag once again and managed to get this card made. It's a bit busy but every now and then can I stand that feeling! The thick lines in the image cools all the patterned down a bit.

Now is it up to you, get busy creating!

Love n hugs

Marie

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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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