And here we go again

Hi there! Hope you are feeling better than I am. Tummy flu is back in town and after two days with sick kids it seems like it's my turn. Anyway, I better get on with it.

We have a new challenge up for you over at the Paper Shelter with the new theme of Christmas is coming. This week, well nothing worked out like planed so I have used one of the pre coloured images for my card. It's the same that I had coloured to have on my card but it was kind of big for my card lo, so I save that one til another card. So this week it is NOT my colouring, it's Veronicas who own the Paper Shelter that has coloured it with the computer, looks brilliant I must say. Wish I can learn to do that one day.

I have used a few poinsettia dies from Magnolia, together with some swirl and leaves from them as well. A few snowflakes punched with some MS punches. A few gemstones and some liquid pearls is also put on there, the swirl has gotten a little glitter coating with diamond dust. I put a charm under the flower to balance the whole thing.

Hope you come and play with us and don't forget that you have the chance of winning $30 worth of gift certificate if you play with our brand of stamp, using another one gives you the chance of winning three digis of your choice.

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
make it monday - Always anything goes

A new week begins

Morning and happy new week to you all! Positive thinking here! So happy new week it is! I have made another card and in colours I normally don't use, so this was a fun great challenge. And it came from the new challenge up and running for the Crafty Cardmakers blog. You really should join us for this one. It's an inspirational photo that is our challenge this time around.

I have used the lovely Cookies for Santa for my card this time. It's from last years Christmas images from the Paper Shelter. She is coloured with my normal Letraset family in the shades of blue, green, creamy white and a dash of brown. Lovely colour combo even if I probably would have used it without the greens if it wasn't for the challenge. I took the colours and the tree as my inspiration for this card.

I got a little wild with my decorations; tons of flowers in a wild mix from Kort og godt and WOC, the lace is also from WOC, the charm is from my ever growing charm stash. A M.S punch is also used to give a lovely touch for the edge of one of the panels. Glitter is used on the flowers and all the tree decorations. After all it's a Christmas card and it needs sparkle and shine to it. Designer papers that was as made for this card is from NitWit collection called Holiday Charm.

Our sponsors this week is these two lovely companies that give away so lovely crafting prizes for two lucky winners this time. Be sure to pay them both a visit and look what they have in store for you!

DI'S DIGI DOWNLOADS

$10 GIFT VOUCHER

CROP STOP

$15 Gift Certificate to the Crop Stop Store 

And with all of this said, come on and join us for a fun challenge. You know you need those Christmas cards get going by now, here in Sweden 16th of December is the last date to get your X-mas cards delivered in time, so you better get to work!

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
Make it Monday - Anything goes

Friday is here again

Hello and good evening! Well maybe afternoon is the correct term still, it's only 1600 here but it's already dark. In an hour the ladies team of Sweden will play against France in a handball tournament and my kids are already by the TV waiting for it to start. I love that! And tomorrow does the World Cup for the cross-country skiers start. Life couldn't be any better. LoL But I do need to get some curtains up as well, so we'll see how much of it I get the chance to see in the end. A birthday part is coming up as well, so busy busy.

Donna over at the Bearly Mine Design has a Black Friday sale this weekend. So do pop on over to here store and find yourself some bargins. Lots of lovely stuff there. and that brings me to my card for today. My kids has asked me a long time ago to make cards for their teachers this year as well, only nine this time, and I have not started yet. One is made and this is it.

I have used designer papers from Bearly Mine Design called Winters Swirl. I love the grey papers in this set, they are stunning! And I have matched the papers with my favourite Sugar Nellie stamp called Snowflake if I remember right. She is coloured with my Letraset family in grey tones. Love the warm greys but has also used the light versions of ice grey. My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the blue berry cluster is from Magnolia. I love those berries. Have gotten myself a real stash with them in different colours. LoL

The card is a book card and will get some kind of treat in it for the teacher, but I don't think I will be making nine of these. Way too much work for my hands to do all that folding.

Anyway, have a lovely weekend and "talk to you soon".

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
The Sugar bowl - Sketch
Cute Card Thursday - Girls only
Crafty Creations Challenge blog - Christmas is coming

More of that Christmas spirit

Hi there! Hope you had a good week so far. Myself is preparing to have the window cleaners over tomorrow so everything in the windows has to go. Thank you God for not having me clean the windows as well. LoL Can you believe that we only have about a month before we go in to the Christmas week, again? This year has really passed by so quickly, and this is the best time of the year. Don't you think?

I have a good collection of Christmas cards by now but there is still a few to make and here comes one of them. We have the theme of snowflakes over at the new challenge of the Bearly Mine Challenges. Nice and easy challenge I'm guessing. I have used a image from Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet, very cute and lovely. Last year I used this image for a scrapbook page that I made about the snow we got in November and stayed to the end of March the year after. It's cute and lovely. She is coloured with my Prisma pencils for a change. Have realized that I do much better coloring with them when I don't have a lot of pain in my arms and are more relaxed.

Ok, for my card's decorations have I used some half pearls, snow flakes made with dies from Whimsy stamps and Martha Stewart punches. A ribbon is also used. My designer papers are of course from Bearly Mine Designs and are from two sets: Pastel Christmas and Winter Swirl. I do hope that you will come on over to the challenge and join us for this weeks challenge. Silver mirri board is also used for the snow flakes and that's why my photo wont really work for me.

Sponsors do we have this week as well and this time we have the lovely people from I am Roses as a sponsor and they are offering a gift voucher worht $35 to spend in their store as a price. Isn't that just wonderful?

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Glitter n Sparkle Challenges - Lots of layers
Joanna Sheen Challenges - Cold and Frosty
The Crafty Pad - Christmas

Just had to join in

Hi there! Managed to get a card made to day, just for the fun of it. The challenge this week over at PFP is Moon and Stars and I have wanted to use this little cutie for quite some time now. Isn't she adorable? She is from the Paper Shelter and is called Lullaby Moon.

Of course she is coloured with my Letraset family and the designer papers are from MME. Love the colours in this pad. The card is decorated with some stars made with a Doo Hickey die from Magnolia, a ribbon bow made with ribbon from Joanna Sheen and some chrystal glitter glue from Rangers. Nice and simple, right? Fitting for a kid I hope.

Really sweet and short today. I hope you have had a good start of your week. Mine started very tired, so I have really been taking it easy today. Creating and sleeping, resting my foot that will not let go of the inflammation in it. Still working hard to change my food habits to get rid of lots of trash from my body, but I am getting a little feed up with carrots by now. LoL

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
Make it Monday - Always anything goes
Passion for Promarkers - Moon and stars
Challenges 4 everybody - Always anything goes
Stampin Sisters in Christ - For a child