This was a long wait!

Hmm, Mr Blogger has been playing with me again and wouldn't let me write my post until now. Long wait from the morning. I have just been playing around again, trying to get the amouth of Christmas cards that needs to be done to a just little fewer. Long way to go here, about 70 more or so. LoL

This time I followed a very lovely and nice sketch from The sweet stop sketch challenges. I have used one of the lovely christmas stamps from last years collection from LOTV, coloured with copics and papers from Dovecraft. Some snowflakes made with a MS punch and Woodware, some golden pearls from BunnyZoe and a rose from WOC finish the whole thing of. My sentiment is from Magnolia I believe.

With love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
Aud Sentiments - Anything goes
Sweet Shop Sketch Challenges - Sketch
Try it on Tusedays - Anything goes

OK, so water melons isn't your thing...

...how about this one then? This week we want you to share a scrapbook page with a stamp on it over at For Fun Challenges We want to see fun events may be a visit to the beach, a picnic in the park etc. We are sponsored by the lovely Wee stamps this week and there is so many cute images for girls especially.

Well, since I got to boys I went a little different with my LO, (and I don't want to have their pictures on the net). I guess most people are scrapping summer, sand and beaches by now. Myself? I can't wait for the winter to come and the last one was a great one when it came to snow, so that is what my page is about. Snow! I love snow, it keeps me relaxed and I feel warm and cozy too. Do I have to ad that I really love Christmas as well? Living by the coast we don't get much of the white stuff normally but last winter was both long and white. It started already 28th of November and didn't leave until the end of March, beginning of April.

I have kept my page very simple, just as I normally do. Yes, I do my pages every now and then but I don't want my kids pictures up on the net so I never show them. I love the clean simple look with straight lines and I adore all people who can put tons of stuff on their pages without it looking cluttered. I have not mastered that art yet. This was new to me, to use a stamp and especially a digital one on my page but I love how it brought life to a very dull and dark photo. This will be done more than this time that's for sure. My DP are from Dovecraft, the letters from Sassafrasslass if I'm correct and the picture is taken from my office window. Some lace is used to ground the photo and give some dimension to the LO as well.

Oh well, I better keep quiet now and let you all get back to your crafting space. I can't wait to see what you all come up with for this challenge. Give it a try! It doesn't have to be a big page, just a little one.

Love n hugs
Marie

Christmas time

I thought I better get started on all those Christmas cards that needs to be done. So I took some time Saturday and checked for some nice sketches to get me started. Hurried slowly and finished a card today. Not a master piece but at least I got it done. I'm happy that I made it so far as my vrists continue to play games with me. A new doctor's appointment tomorrow and hopefully I will get into the three week of rehab period. Would be great to get some new energy and input. Feel that I need that.

Oh well, Christmas it was...

A Lili of the Valley image from last year and a paper pack from Dovecraft matched up with some flowers from WOC and lace of corse. Some dark red pearls from BunnyZoe and I was done. Nice and simple! I have followed the wonderful sketch from Two Sisters Challenge.

With love n hugs

Marie

Another long night...

...and what do I do then? Oohh yes! Another card! This time I used one of the sooo adorable LOTV stamps. I love them all but the ones for the boys are my faves. This one is probably my all time fave and believe me when I say I have many of them. This little guy is coloured with aquamarkers from Letraset and paired up with papers from Dovecraft, tickets from T.H, string from Pagoni and so is the charm, netty thing is from BunnyZoe, dew drops from stash. Now of to the gym and work out, hopefully the knee will be better after that.

I thought I enter this card to the challenge over at LOTV which have the theme of fun and games! Guess what I and my friends used to do when I was a kid and lived on an island? LoL

Stay crafty!

Love n hugs
Marie

Here is another one for the PaperShelter

Hello there! Another week has passed again and we have a new challenge up for you over at the "Shelter". This time we are seeing Spots and Dots on our cards and we hope to see them on your as well.

I have used the most adorable little guy riding with a ballon. Looking at his face, I'm pretty sure this was not what he had in mind. The papers are from Dovecraft, back to basic II. Stars are made with spellbinders, pearls from BunnyZoe. The ballon is covered with glossy accent and of some reason the shine got a little strange this time. I have not coloured so totally bad. LoL

The chance you have of winning a $15 voucher is to use a PaperShelter image, if you don't, you can still win a digi of your choice. Our challenge is open to everyone, so come on and play with us!

Love n hugs
Marie

A tiny bit lost in the days...

Ok, they say it's Wendsday again and I was about to forgot to post. My gosh! What shall I do about myself. Confused is just my first name! The theme over at For Fun this week is

End of the school year

As I don't have any kids going to school nor any graduations around me this year I kind of went for a summer look. We are at least having some vacation from daycare in the beginning of July. A "a few" weeks left, but it will probably pass by fairly quick. We have a long weekend this one with national day on Monday and there is a few extra red days as well in the end of this week. Will be nice to have everyone at home for a little longer, especially since Mats has been working way too much lately.

So this week we are sponsored by the lovely people over at Di's digi downloads. I have colored with my copics this time, in the darkness in the TV sofa, hope it doesn't show too much, or it might be a good thing. :) My youngest doesn't sleep too well, and sometimes the TV sofa is the only place that he can sleeps. Much due to the brace he has to wear when he sleeps.

Anyway, back to the card, colored with copics...some string to represent some boating life, and a few "exotic" flowers, some pearls and leafs and to top it all of a charm from BunnyZoe. The net thingie is also from her lovely store. The dp are from Dovecraft "Back to basic 1" if I'm not totally lost here.

So with this rumblings I end this post here and wish you all the best. The link to the challenge is up in my sidebar, just click it and join the fun!

Love n hugs
Marie

I'm going double with the PaperShelter this week! Two challenges in the same post!

This week over at For Fun Challenges we are looking for cards

made for mum and/or flowers

You can do both or just one of them. Me and my family doesn't celebrate these mum and dad days very much so I went for a flowery card instead. Can be used at any time you know. :)

This week we are sponsored by the lovely people Pedro and Veronica over at The PaperShelter. They are offering a lovely prize for those who enters our challenge this week. Also the DT has been given a bunch of sweet images to work their magic with. OK, I try to make my magic with them every week as I'm also a part of their wonderful DT. So this week I got to do two cards with these lovely images. For the first one I have worked with the cheerful sunflower. I've have played a little with the computer and turned one image around and used three of those bright flower for my card. The DP and ribbon is freebees from some old crafting magazines. Pearls from Bunny Zoe as always.

Normally I would break here and start up a new challenge just right after this one but I thought since I have used images from the same place this week. I make a joint post this time. I might even save myself some little time infront of the PC as it's a horrable day to be me. So much b....d pain. Only a few more days now if I'm lucky. Keep your fingers crossed!

Anyway, the challenge we have for you over at the PaperShelter this week is

BLING IT ON!

Yeah! That's right! Make your card shine! Nice and easy isn't it? I thought so. I've used one of the sweet cat images for this card. They are so adorable. You will be seeing more of those in the future that's for sure. :) I've used bling stones of various kind, glitterglue on the flowers to make the card a bit shiny. The little kitten is coloured with promarkers and so is the flowers above. Flowers are from WOC, a hat pin from whiff of joy. DP are from Dovecraft this time, and lovely blinged up bug is from Altheas Mix. I adore those and was so happy to find some more of them. -smile-

Ok my lovely friends. Time to hit the bus to go to the hospital again (third time this week). Life is so fun! Thank heaven for crafting! The web behind the image is from BunnyZoe by the way. And the chandeler is from WOC.  I better put my hands down now before I talk too much. Anyway, it would be lovely to see you all over at both FOR FUN this week and over at THE PAPER SHELTER. You could even combine the two challenges. Bling it on with flowers for mum wouldn't that be something?

The prize offered over at the TPS challenge is either one digi of your choise if you don't use a TPS image. If you do use it, you have the chance of a voucher for $15 in the store. How good isn't that? I'm not 100% sure but I think you have a shot at a voucher of the same value in the For Fun Challenge. So what are you waiting for?

Take care and love n hugs for you all

Marie

A birthday card for a little gal

Good evening everyone! Hope you had a wonderful weekend with lots of fun. (Read crafting). My card for today is made for a little friend of my oldest son. He was at her birthday party today. She turned four. Now he is tired and watches so cartoons while the other one is runing like crazy. He had a good nap after we baked some cookies for his upcoming birthday. He loves to cook and bake so it was a good substitute for a party. He will probably be a super chef when he grows up. LoL

For this card I have used a digi from CC designs. All in pink of corse. Designer papers from Dovecraft this time. Long time since thoses were used. I have gone digi so much lately that I forget about my other stash. I kind of croped the girls ballon and used it to spell the name of the little friend. Some bakers twine to give the ballons some stings to be hold on at.

Now it's time to read bedtime stories. I'm guessing Bob the Builder will be the choise of this evening. Daddy bought him a book about that little guy yesterday.

For all of you, love n hugs
Marie

Challenges I enter this card in
Passion for Promarkers - Suger Rush (fluffy, girly etc.)
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Ribbon and brads (brads in the flowers in my creation)
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Anything goes

It's time again!

Time for another card to show off that is. Todays challenges is Bah! Humbug! with the theme of presents, and the sketch is from Friday Sketchers once again. I keep going with the X-mas cards as I love to make them. This one goes in blue, purple and grey and a little touch of silver to pop it up a little. I have no clue of where the papers are from. I have replaced the package somewhere and it refuses to show up. May be I have gosts here? ;) It might be Dovecraft...

The image is one of Lili of the Valleys wonderful Christmas stamps. So cute and sketchy looking. Love that look. Snow flakes made with create a flake from Spellbinders, half pearls from Bunny Zoe's as well is the "webby" ribbon. And some snow from flower soft (polar white). :) Sorry about the pic, it's almost imposible to get a good one in this darkness.

Enjoy your day and I hope it is a brighter one than here. Rain, rain, rain, dark, dark, dark...

All the best,
Marie

The third card from last night

Oh yes! Three cards it was and this is the last one. I decided to enter a Swedish challenge (at Altheas Mix) yesterday and this week there is a theme of buttons and brads. So this is used for this card, no buttons but a few brads which should be enought. Brads on the Snowy belly and the snowflakes. Snowy is coloured with copics and I try to learn how to handle them as well, not just the aquamarkers and promarkers. So far the promarkers are winning big. :) I find them easier to colour with, maybe the harder nib I don't know. But practise make perfect so in the end who knows.

Snowy is from last years Winter collection from Magnolia and the DP are from Dovecraft. Did some cutting in to it to get the swirls out but keept it very simple. That's me for this period of time, simple. I have also used some flowersoft in polar white to get some effect of snow on both the ground and on Snowy.

And as I saw the Winter wonderlands challenge, (walking in the Winter wonderland is the theme) right before I started this post I will enter my card to that challenge too. Snowy must fit there, doesn't he?

Take care! It's time to eat something and then pick up the boys from daycare. It's a short day today.

Hugs for you all!
Marie

Then there was another one

I actually have made two cards to day. This one involves no stamping at all. It's a freebee from Ladybug and Friends that I have used. I love this vintage style and it's such a sweet image. The best part is that I have a couple of others laying around that have not been used yet. DP are from Dovecraft and from Bearly Mine design. Pearls from BunnyZoe. Have used "some" copper glitter from T.H. I do love that colour and it was such a good match to this image. Hope you like!

Hugs from
Marie