Second time this week

Hi! Hope you have had a good day so far and are enjoying life just like it is today. I'm here to bring you a new design team card for the new Bearly Mine Challenges that goes live right now.

Today is the first day when the kids are back in school and kindergarten since before Christmas and it's very silent and strange around here. After this I thought I would sit down and do a card or two as it now has come to I have all my three design team commitments the same week. So every second week for a while now you see me three days in a row. Scary or what?

This time we have a sketchy theme for you to follow and it looks like this. A fun and lovely sketch to work with and not my normal style as I usually work with squares and rectangles on my card designs. The boss, no not Bruce Springsteen, Donna has made this for us all to work with. I really hope you will join us in this adventure. You see it in it's big and lovely glory over at the Bearly Mine Challenge blog

I have used one of the very adorable images from Sugar Nellie to work with this time and she is coloured with my Letraset family. She might have gone a little bright but I like here. I have of course used Bearly Mine Design Papers on my card and these ones are from a few different sets. I just have to remember which ones... Let me get back to you on that one. I love my brown colours and they are so suitable for this old fashinon looking images. Love them to bits!

For decorations on this card I have used a few flowers from I am Roses and Kort og Godt, some half pearls, a butterfly die from Magnolia, some golden stickles and a few leaves. So the designer papers then; they are from Floral Fantasy (the rose paper on the narrow panel), Shabby Vintage (the big one) and the small stripes is from Summer's Roses. See I got there in the end, I really need to start writing down what I use for my cards. LoL

  

Sponsors, that I know about and Donna has been working hard behind the scenes and have found tons of lovely sponsors for our future challenges.This time we have two of them the Paper Shelter who I happen to design for (and tomorrow we have a new challenge up for you) and Little Darlings Rubber stamps. The Paper Shelter is offering a $20 gift voucher as a price and Little Darlings is offering one rubber stamp as a prize for this challenge. Great right?

I really hope you will join us in our new challenge. I am so looking forward to start my design team work again after the holidays even if it now seems like they passed a little too quickly. I for sure hope you had a really lovely time with near and dear ones.

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything goes
Inky Chicks - Anything goes (First Challenge)
Oldie but a goodie - The designer papers, the pin and the image is oldies (but never used - shame on me). LoL

Christmas is coming closer and closer...

Hi there! How are you all doing? Fine I hope. I am happy that it is today and not yesterday. Had a very long appointment with the MRI machine yesterday as they are looking for inflammations in my right foot. I wasn't prepared  on how bad they were with the needle. Two tries this time and every time I ask them not to put the needle in my right arm because it won't work. It's out of order when it comes to this subject. Countless blood test has gone wrong in that arm and it filled with scars. Do they listen? Nope! I really love the health care. I think that if someone knows my body, it would be me right? So really smiling about having that over and done with. Today is a new day. And tomorrow too, then it's time to meet the foot specialist in the orthopedic clinic. Keep your fingers cross that they find something that is easy to fix. 

Oh well, how lucky I am to have this blog to ventilate all my frustrations at. Now time for something more fun hopefully. Taadaa! A new card is up. This time I have used my lovely Santa from Magnolia Stamps, Sweden. I have paired him up with some lovely looking designer papers from Bearly Mine Design. They are called Festive Fun and is one out of three new Christmas sets Donna has out. There is also Christmas Traditions and Pastel Christmas found in the shop. Lovely sets all three of them. If you scroll down a bit you find a card made with the Christmas Tradition set. Yet to come is a pastel Christmas card. :) 

My dear old Santa is coloured with distress inks this time and then I have given him some shining surroundings with some golden rod glitter from Rangers. A doily from Nelli Snellen is used. The text is saying God Jul with means Merry Christmas in Swedish. My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and so is the golden corners. The rest is from my way too big stash, wonder how I will ever use it all up?

It is Tuesday today and it's my turn to host the new challenge over at Bearly Mine Challenges. This week's challenge is Easel cards. The only not so fun part about them is to take their picture. LoL I hope you will come and join us in our new challenge. Maybe make a Christmas card as that time is soon here and I for sure can't wait for it. I look forward to have the cozy evenings at home with candle lights and playing board games. Just wish that P wasn't such a bad looser and makes it not as fun to play. But what can you expect from a four year old? LoL

Our sponsor this week is Fred, She Said Designs. You have the chance of winning a gift certificate worth $20 to spend in their store. It's filled with lovely sweet images. I am sure you find something you love there, so please stop by and check them out.

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card

Make it Monday - Always anything goes

All beautiful Cards challenges  - New to you
Wild Orchid Craft Challenges - Silver or Gold

Hello again

Donna has been at it again and have finished another digi paper set for you. This time it's papers for Halloween that is going up for sale. It's called Happy Hauntings and are filled with scary (cute) designer papers. At the moment it's on a introduction offer for £3,75, it will soon be £5,00 so you migh pop on over to the Bearly Mine Design Store and grab yourself a bargin The 25% save is up until August 31st Midnight UK time.

And while you at it, don't forget about our current challenge over at the Bearly Mine Challenges, Anything that glitters and it goes on til Monday 3 of September.

Love n hugs

Marie