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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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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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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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 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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For the love of creating!

Morning and hello!

Hope you are having a lovely week. I have spent some time in my studio playing with some markers and paper and this is the result of an hour of fun. I have played with my favourite stamp brand and paired it up with another Swedish brand, Maja Design. 

I believe that this paper pad from Maja Design is called Hygge or something like that. it's a paper pad with fairly much browns and some blues. I have fun making my own paper flowers and used some wooden stars. Have also used a die saying congratulations in swedish. I love the text dies that have a back drop which makes it possible to change the look of the sentiment. 

Time for me to play with a crochet hook and some yarn again. Take some time to do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Mini Monday 7-24

Morning and hello!

Monday and I have another little mini card to show off today. I have once again used one of the toppers from Maja Design and used it together with leftovers from another projects I have made. 

It's a fun way to use up little pieces and feels so good. And even the tiny toppers from the 6*6 paper pads get used. At least one set of them., there is three in each 6 * 6 paper pads from Maja Design. They are perfect to send together with letters or to put in a bouquet of flowers. 

Enjoy your day!

Love n hugs

Marie

 

Flower Friday 5-24

Morning and hello!

I am back once again this lovely spring week. It have been around 20 degrees Celsius they whole week. And it's wonderful. I hope it will stay this way for a while now. Fine with rain during the nights but sun during the day would be perfect in my mind!

I have used one of the toppers from a Maja Design Paper pad together with some designer papers from the same collection to put this card together. Good with a nice and easy creativity every now and then. I also want to use the toppers from time to time and sunflowers are just lovely are they not?

Some gemstones that looks a bit wired on the photo is used for decoration together with a paper doily and a die cut border to give the card some fun details. It was great tun to make this card.

Do dig out your toppers and use them from time to time. It's a nice and easy way to get your creativity going! Give it a try!

Love n hugs

Marie

 

Mega challenge over at Passion for Markers!

 Morning and hello!

It's time for our yearly mega challenge during december at Passion for markers. Our theme is set to "USE DIE CUTS" which is a nice and easy theme to follow. I start with telling you a little about my card and there after can you read the text from the challenge post with all our fantastic sponsors that are joining us for this monthlong challenge.

For my card today have I used one of the new snow men set from hÄnglar and Wings. The set is called Snöskoj and you find it here. I have coloured with a mix of different branded markers and it's a joy to colour these fantastic snowmen. I have paired the image with the new Maja Design paper pad called Christmas Wonderland. It's a lovely collection of papers, just as always when it comes from Maja design. 

As our challenge says we are supposed to use die cuts on our creations this time and I have used a bunch of old spell binder dies, dies from PY Hobby, Lawn Fawn and hÄnglar and Wings. For the first time in years have I made an easel card which was great fun for a change. Some pearls, metallic snow flakes, a clay Santa and a bow have been used to decorate my card. I hope you like what you see and come and join us for this last challenge of the year 2022. You can enter up to three project for this challenge and in two weeks will you see some new inspiration from our second team. 

Take care and remember to enjoy all the fun in December.

Love n hugs

Marie

And here comes the info about our sponsors this time!

This week we are launching our very special “Mega Christmas challenge” which runs for a whole month and ends on 3rd January 2023!  I’m sure you’ll agree that both design teams have worked extremely hard once again this year and they deserve a little break to catch up on their last minute gifts and cards.  However to make up for the lack of challenges we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs!

Our theme for the Mega Christmas challenge is “use die cuts”.  We don't mind what you create for this challenge, as long as you use some die cuts and colour with your markers!  You are welcome to make Christmas creations but as the challenge will still be running after the ‘BIG’ day you can of course make any type of creation.  As time is precious for our DT at this time of year we are limiting the number of entries you can make to just 3 for this month long challenge.  Please remember to be eligible for our prizes you must use your markers such as Promarkers, Copics, Spectrum Noir, Karin, Zig Clean Color etc

So now for the exciting bit – the prizes!

Dies to Die For are offering 1 lucky winner a £20.00 gift voucher

Uniko Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 1 stamp set (must be in stock)

Leann’s World 101 are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

Crafty Sentiments Designs are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

Colour of Love digis are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

All Dressed Up stamps are offering 1 lucky winner 2 digi images

Polkadoodles are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

Di’s Digi Stamps are offering 1 lucky winner a $6.00 voucher

Sheepski Designs are offering 1 lucky winner 3 digi images

Wow we are sure you’ll agree our sponsors have been super generous once again this year!  We are so grateful to have their continued support. 

Just 4 the fun of it 27-22

 Morning and hello!

Here comes another card for the fun of it from me. This time is the card made of products from Maja Design. I have used one of the toppers instead of a coloured image. I do it from time to time, but not that often. 

The products are from Bohemian Harmony paper pack. I have also used two colours of cardstock Java (brown) and wheat (almost white). Some dots from Nuvo drops is also used, it's vintage brown colour if I remember right. A Martha Stewart punch is also used to give some more details to my creation. 

This is all from me for today. Do take some time and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

Just 4 Fun 15-22

Morning and hello!

Time for another card made with the lovely paper pad Bohemian Harmony. This one is filled with layers just as I love it. Maybe a bit too many squares on this one, but still. 

I love the colours in this paper pad and even if I have used lots of layers is it very basic. I have only used some Nuvo Drops and some gem butterflies as decorations on this one. From time to time is it wonderful to just cut and glue without thinking very much at all.

Love n hugs

Marie

 

Just 4 Fun 14-22

Morning and hello!

I am back again. This time with a non colouring card. I have used one of the toppers from Maja Designs Bohemian Harmony. The paper pack has such lovely colours and warms my heart! I totally adore them!

  I have spent some time distressing the edges of the cards, both with a distressing tool as well as some Vintage Photo distress ink. It was a long time since I did that and it felt like it was a good idea for this card. I suited the paper and card design. I have only used some Nuvo drops in a light golden colour, a brown ribbon and a fussy cut butterfly to decorate my card. I have also used my spectrum Noir glitter pen on both the topper and on the butterfly. 

Over and out for today! Time to take care of the hurting fingers again. Enjoy your week!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Use some dies or punches over at Passion for Markers

Morning and hello!

It's Tuesday again and time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers. It's my time to host the challenge and I have chosen the theme of Dies and or Punches. Hopefully will many of you play along with the challenge. 

I have dug out an old image from Sugar Nellie. I saw something that reminded me of these images a while ago and decided to dig them out from my stash. I have used two different dies from Magnolia and a rectangular die from PY Hobby. I have coloured with my Promarkers and on the dies have I used some glitter snow. I have also used it on the ground for Santa to stand on. My designer papers are from Maja Design and the paper pad Traditional Christmas from last year.

Well then, time to do some crafting. I wish you a good day and hope that you take some time to play along with us over at Passion for Promarkers. We are now open for all kind of markers. 

Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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TTCRD - Anything goes

 

Just for fun 36-21

Morning and hello!

Hi there! Happy Friday to you all. Hope your week have been good and that you have a lovely weekend ahead of you. I have been using up another one of my pre coloured images from when I am able to colour. 

 

My image is from hÄnglar and Wings and is from the stamp set called Prins och Prinsessa. It was as always with this brand a lovely image to colour and this time did I went for my beloved grey markers. I have paired him up with some designer papers from Maja Design. It might be from Autumn vintage Basic. The border die is from Magnolia, Sweden. The stars is made with a die that could be from Gummiapan but I don't have the package left. My flowers are from Prima as well as the golden gemstones.

Hope you liked what you saw! Take good care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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TTCRD - Anything goes

The Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes option

 

Christmas in August over at Passion for Markers

 Morning and hello!
It's time for a new challenge over at Passion for Markers. Our theme is set to Christmas in August. You know you will need these cards sooner than later, so get creative. We accept all markers to our challenges now, come and join us!

Our sponsor this week is 

Colour of Love digis which offer one lucky winner three digis from their store.

For my card today have I used an Edwin image from Magnolia Sweden. I don't have the name for it but I believe it was new last year. I have coloured with my Promarkers.

My designer papers are from Maja Design and so is the die cuts. Both the fabby snow man in glitter card stock and the snow flakes. The border die cut is also from Magnolia. I have also added a snow flake charm, some twine, flowers from my stash. Some golden dots made with stickles in a golden colours. 

I have used many layers on this card to make the image pop do I have two layers of card stock. It was a little pale without the red card stock. Anyway, I hope you like what you see and come and play with us over at PFM this week.

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas challenge - Anything goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes option 

Get Creative Challenges - Anything goes

Christmas cheer 7-2021

Morning and hello!

Time has come to say good bye to July and say hi to August which will be here tomorrow. The kids have three weeks left of their Summer break and then we will go back to normal again. 

I am hoping that my meds starts to  work and that I can start to feel better and have less pain which is totally draining for me.

This image is from hÄnglar and Wings as well as the sentiment. I am so in love with these lovely images. They are fun to colour and are very cute, don't you think?

I have used some die cut snow flakes, a green ribbon and some lovely pearls in matching colours. The designer papers are from Maja Design once again.

Take care and do something that you enjoy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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TTCRD - Anything goes

 

X-mas in July 3

Morning and hello!

I am back with my final card for my Christmas in July series. This is also a card made with one of my beloved hÄnglar and Wings' images. I don't have the name of it at the moment. 

The designer papers used are from Maja design. And after that did I add some flowers, gem stones and a lovely red ribbon to give the card some interest. The fancy frame is from Spellbinders from way back in the days, but it's still lovely.

Now is it time for me to finish for today. Writing on the computer makes my joints hurt even more than other times. Still I need to do something that I enjoy once in a while.

Take care and do something that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes option 

 

X-mas in July 1

Morning and hello!

It's already Mid July and time to start getting the Christmas cards going for real now. At least if you have a bunch to make like I have. :)

The Paper pad I have used for my card is from Maja Design. The image is from Magnolia, Sweden. Some of the snow flake dies are also from Magnolia. The ribbon is from my stash but I think I have bought it from either Kristinas Scrapbooking or PY Hobby. The smaller dies are from Magnolia Designs like the scarf and the small leaf. This was a fun card to create.

Time to go to bed! I hope you enjoy a little Christmas inspiration from me in the middle of the summer heat!

Love n hugs

Marie

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TTCRD - Anything goes

 

Christmas Cheer 5-2021

Morning and hello!

It's the end of the month again and I show a Christmas card again. I have a small collection of Magnolia cards made for the lovely winter and Christmas time and I thought that I would show one of them today.

This is from last years Christmas stamps if I remember right. It was a while since I made this card. Anyway, the image is coloured with my Promarkers and paired up with some lovely designer papers from Maja Design. The lovely scarf die is also from Magnolia, so is also the leafs under the flowers. Well, I believe that all the dies are from Magnolia this time. 

The good thing about starting early with the Christmas cards is that more get done, the bad thing is that I don't blogg them right away and forget what I have used. Well, I actually forget almost everything at the moment. My head is not really with me. 

I love the lovely ribbon used on this card and I hope I have enough for this years cards as well. It goes so well with Maja Designs papers. I have also used a few gem stones in the corners.

I hope I can inspire you to make a few Christmas creations before the winter is here. Remember how fun it is to make these cards. :)

Take care everyone and do something that make you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

TTCRD - Anything goes

Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes option

Just for fun 14-2021

Morning and hello! 

Time for me to show a new just for fun card here in my little bubble of joy. This time have I created with my hÄnglar and Wings stamps. This is from the newest set of Pure Happiness/Ren Lycka. She is coloured with a mix of markers from Promarkers, Copics and Spectrum markers. 

It looks like I have been heavy with the light on this card when taking the photo. My eyes are a bit messed up after stop taking a few of my pills. It's the same every year. But it will get better later on, in a month or two. I am also struggling with headaches at the moment and they are not fun at all.

The designer papers are from Maja Design, I am pretty sure this is Denim and Friends, the boy version. It can also be a mix of a few pads. It's Maja Design that am I sure of. :) Some ribbon, some gloss, some paint and a charm in the middle of all that is what I have used on my card. The border die used is from Lawn  Fawn.

This is all from me for today. I wish you a lovely day and keep crafting if that makes you happy!

Love n hugs

Marie

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