Music time

Morning everyone and happy May to you all! Hope you are doing fine and having a good day so far. Well, mine has just started, but I think I will do a restart on it and go and rest for a bit. It was a late night the other one with tons of pain and really lots of thoughts running around in my head. At least I had my "crafting cat" with me. It's he who normaly walks right into the paints and glitter and make me start all over or drown my creations in more flowers and glitter.

Today however have left the glitter out of the card and worked with some crackle paint instead on the cello. Had a friend in school who played that instrument with such a joy. And her cello was old and a bit cracked in the varnish. I always found that beautiful for some reson. It look like it had character and had lived a life of it's own. So the image used for this weeks challenge over at the Paper Shelter is called Cecilia and is a real classy one in my mind. The image reminds me of my friend.

Will try to retake the photo later. 

Having a really sunny start of the day and it got a little bright, and yes I was running late with this card, even if I started it weeks ago. LoL

I have paired the image up with some designer papers from Glitz called "Hello Friend". I loved the soft colours in this pad, but being me I couldn't help making them a bit more dramatic by using a dark coral coloured card stock together with pink. And even if my photo doesn't show it, they actually match really well. I have used a bunch of flowers from Kort och godt together with a mix of flowers from WOC and I am roses as well. Some Prima swirls, pearls, lace, charms, glas leafs from Magnolia and a feather from stash complete the whole creation.

The prize up for grabs this week is a gift voucher worth $30 if you play with a TPS image and three (3) digis of your choice if you play with another brand.

I hope that you will come and join us in our new challenge which is set to "Music Maestro" this week. We want to see some music on your card. A musical image would be great but we settle for designer papers and embellishments as well. We are not that picky but if your creation doesn't follow our theme it will not be put into the draw for the chance of winning our lovely prize.

And something else that really doesn't have anything to do with my creation today. I just want to say thank you one more time to all of those that left my kid Willy a comment on his card the other day. He was thrilled and embaressed at the same time as he doesn't like being in focus. When he made the card he said I want to try to win something, and then he is so lucky that he does just that. Got picked as the winner over at High Hopes that also offered him a guest designer spot. My heart is warmed, thank you to all of you.

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
Papertake Weekly - Sketch time (Have used the new sketch, but turned it upside down)
Crafts and me - Floral Frenzy
Digistamps4joy - For a special lady / mothers day (This card is for my cousin on her upcoming birthday)
The sisterhood of crafters - Anything goes
Digital Tuesday Challenges - Distressing (all the edges done with distress ink walnut stain)
Everybody art challenges - Pearls
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything goes

Spring time

Hello and welcome back to my little corner of the world. Hope you're fine and ready for what ever life has in store for you. Despite this cheerful greeting this morning, I feel sad. It has been a hard time as one of the kids over at my youngest day care passed away about a week and half ago. It was very sudden and unexpected. So at the moment are we both here at home and over at the day care spending a lot of time with working with the grieving process. Here it shows in tantrums, anger and sadness. If I only know what to say...

This is how it looks when I look out this morning. The question is: Is this spring? LoL Snowing again, well at least it's not that bad as they said on the weather report that it would be. Best yet to come maybe?

It felt good to get that out, and now I will try to write something about this little card of mine. I have not been very inspired to make cards as you understand, but have done my best in this hard period. We have a new challenge up today over at the Paper Shelter and the theme is "Spring". And since I have always felt that spring starts with Easter here in Sweden, I made another Easter card with this fun and cheerful image called Easter Masterpiece. Nice and easy to colour and this time I have really kept my colouring really simple. To get a little more life in the empty corner of the image I used chicken wire stamp from Magnolia and a sentiment stamp from LOTV. Should have used brown ink, I know but it can't always be perfect, can it?

Once again I have used the Paper Pad from First Edition called Spring Drop. Love the colours in this pad, but I hate, or maybe dislike the glittery ones so by now I have torn all of the most glittery stuff out from the pads I have and gave them to the school. Kids in the age of 7 or so loves their glitter and they will be put to good use.

I have been a bit lazy and used the left overs from my last TPS card when I also made an Easter card. It was all I had energy for. A string is also added to the card and a little charm. Some die cuts from the Spring Drop pad is used to decorate the card with as well. Pearls from Bunny Zoe's is also used.

As always we have the gift voucher worth $30 up for grabs if you play with any TPS product. Playing with another brand gives you the chance of winning three (3) digis of your choice.

So this week's theme over at the Paper Shelter is "Let it be Spring". So all and everything that you connects with spring time will fly this week. Pastel colours, Easter, sunshine, etc. Just bring it on and make the world a little lighter.

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
Paper Take Weekly - Easter treats
Digistamps For Joy Challenges - Celebrating Easter
Simon Says Stamp - Easter / Spring
Celebrate the Occasion - Easter
Digital Tuesday - Easter

Happy Easter

Can you believe it? I am back again. LoL This time with spring feelings. For the first time in years I think, I have made an Easter card. I don't celebrate that very much, it's normally just a few free days off together with the family. However, this is one of the newest images from the Paper Shelter and it's both sweet and fun at the same time, so how could I resist it?

I really had a messy day yesterday. Called the doc for my ear that still isn't well. Got there and he found nothing, but was kind enough to worry about me when I told him that I feel sea sick and have a truck in my right ear. LoL Well it sounds like it at least. He called the Ear Nose Throat Clinic to check with them what to do. I who never managed to be any lucky at all got an appointment an hour later. Of course I had forgot my phone at home and having a kid that needed to be picked up... What to do? Take the bus to my dad's work, to use his phone and got the hold of Mats, my partner so he could pick up P. while I spent the rest of the day at the ENT clinic. Sounds like fun? Well, at least there was no nerve damage to my face as the first doc had feared (not telling me about it). And my ear will heal, it will just take a little longer than it normally does as I am having some "healing trouble". It takes quite a long time for a tiny little wound to heal for me as I have over mobilty syndrome. Have no clue what it can be called in English. It makes it harder for the broken parts to heal among other things. And the best part is that they will check my hearing in a month or so. It has been a bit strange the last couple of months. I am grateful, but very tired. :)

I managed to find some spring papers in my stash that is way to big and I probably should not buy any more designer papers for the coming next two or three years, just to get down to a "normal" standard of designer papers. What is it about papers that you just want more and more? This collection is from First Edition if I remember right and is called Spring drop. I am not a big fan of the messed up papers, that means the ones that is covered in glitter and and other strange stuff. But as long there is kids around they always come to use anyway. After all, every now and then I give away stuff that I don't use anymore to the school and day care where my kids spend their days and they put it all to good use. And I get a little room for some new stuff, but still, I really shouldn't get any more new designer papers...

Back to my card, I never stay on track do I? LoL The image is from Paper Shelter, I wrote that, yes? It's called Easter Mischief and of course you find it in the Paper Shelter store. It's coloured with my normal Letraset family and the sentiment is made in the computer. It says "Happy Easter" in Swedish.

Some die cuts is used from the paper pad (the eggs), a grass die from CC Designs and a border punch from Fiskars is also used. The flowers is also made with a punch, maybe from Woodware.  And why am I telling you all this you ask? Well, our theme this week over at the Paper Shelter is punches and dies, so why don't you come and join us? Some buttons from Joanna Sheen and pearls from Bunny Zoe is used for the flower centers. For the first time since forever have I also made some paper distressing with a T. H. tool.

As always for our wonderful challenges over at the Paper Shelter we have a gift certificate up for grabs worth $30 if you play with a TPS product. Using another brand gives you the chance of winning 3 digis of your choice. So an easy challenge punches and dies, and some new wonderful teamies is joining us from this week. So pop by and come play with us, the challenge is easy!

Love n crafty hugs

Marie

Ps: Also a big thank you to the lovely crafters over at PFP that picked my round card as one of the top fives for last weeks challenge. Love to you all! xx

Challenges for this card
Creative Card Crew - Ribbon
Digital Tuesday Challenges - Buttons or bling (have both but the glitter on the eggs doesn't show that well)
Paper Take Weekly - Anything goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Die cuts
Lexi's creations Challenges - Easter

A new lovely image

Hi there! It's busy week here at Kompis-kort. Second posting in two days and this week has been a struggle to get everything done in time. Two sick kids, myself getting the b-y bug again and feeling really heavy in my head. Oh well, it's still a fairly new year and I am still trying to meet what ever life brings with a smile. So not easy at this time, but it can only get better. Smiles!

I have messed this card up so many times during the colouring prosess. Nothing has worked out, and when it has, of course I have been there one too many times and had to throw it away. That's how good things goes right now. Anyway, after all that struggling I got a card together using the wonderful sketch over at CLP challenges for Februay. I so do love their sketches. Take a look if you haven't been around and play along. You always have a month to complete your card, so plenty of time. Sorry, went off the road here.

Back to my card. I have used Spring Mist and Rose's Dream to create this card in soft pastel colours. My Bildmålarna image (isn't she the cutest) is called Mimosa Gitarr. The text stamp used inside is also from Bildmålarna. All their new images are so lovely and cute. Love them. She is coloured with my normal Letraset family and a dash of Prisma pencils. I'm so happy my new blush arrived in the mail the other day so I could do my normal skin colouring. How addicted can you be to a single marker?

A set of a stamp and a die

Four digis of winner's choice

We have some lovely prizes to be won over at Bearly Mine Challenges as well this week. Marianne Designs and Meljen's is sponsoring us this time around. And our theme? It's Anything goes this week. So plenty of cards and other creations to look at I hope.

Time to go and finish off tomorrows creation for the Paper Shelter, and there we have a little harder challenge. Drop by tomorrow to find out!

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
CLP - Sketch
Bildmålarna - Use at least three hearts
Crazy Amigo Challenges - Hearts
Digital Tuesday challenges - Hearts (The designer papers are digisets)
Loves Rubber Stamping - Anything goes

A little card again

A good morning to you  all! Hope you are feeling a lot better than I am today. My shoulders are killing me and therefore I have not been very active on my blog lately. Just breathing hurts... I am so tired of this and today, I have a meeting with the employment office as well. Oh, how much I long for that and so inspired I am. Not! I have no clue on what to do with all this pain and the doctors as usual finds nothing, and still I can hardly move.

Ok, feeling better now when I have been complaining a bit, a tiny bit at least. It's time for a new challenge over at Bearly Mine Challenges, and this week we have a simple one for you Add a sentiment! Yep! You only have to add some text to your card to be able to play with us.

For my card I have used Bearly Mine Design's Christmas Light digi set and let them be a card together with the lovely Christmas Shopping from Kenny K's. As always a joy to colour in with my Letraset family. My sentiment is from You Do! and says Happy Christmas in Swedish. Flowers and ribbon are from WOC, snowflake die from Whimsy, doily made with Cheery Lynn die.

Our sponsor this week is Kenny K's and the prize up for grabs is 5 digis of winner's choice. Wonderful prize isn't it? So what are you waiting for? Come on and join us for our challenge this week.

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
Make it Monday - Always anything goes
CLP Challenges - Sketch

Digital Tuesday Challenges - Say it with flowers
Try it on Tuesday Challenges - Lots of layers (tons of different dp and CS on this one)

Just a qicky note to let you know who won...

Two weeks ago we had the start of our bloghop that ended last night over at the Paper Shelter.
The winner of one digi of her own choise is Karen C! Congratulations to you! Go to the Paper Shelter blog and find out how to claim your prize!

And while I'm at it I can't help showing another Christmas card made with a TPS image. Are they not the cutest? I love these little birdies and they are so fun to colours. The papers are from NitWit collections. There is also a new challenge up today over at the Shelter. We are doing the lace look and this week it's the A team who host the challenge. That's why I'm without any lace. LoL

OK, it's time to get back to the sick kids again. High fever and dizziness. How fun is that around this time of the year?

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

Papertake weekly - Last Christmas --- card of the year

Digital Tuesday Challenges - Winter Wonderland

Craft Your Passion - Things with wings