Christmas tag in traditional colors

Hello everyone.

We have a fabulous new challenge for you at House of Cards this month!  You can be inspired by the colors or include the holiday theme on your card or be like me and use both.

To day it is the first day with snow here, and I have been in real Christmas mood here. So this months challenge was just all joy. And I wanted to start making some tag for the Christmas presents later this season. And here are the first one.

So here is my lovely Christmas Santa tag, or Nisse as we say here in Norway.... our nisse are small and lives in the barn or in the woods and are all kind to the animals and do tricks on us humans these weesk before Christmas. So if anything goes wrong, blame it on the Nisse. :D

I always have enjoy to color since childhood. And for this tag I use one of my very first stamp ever, one I have very dear and want more of the same style. So if you know of any let me know ;)

This one is from Ladybugs and Friends, and I don't know the designer of this. So if any know the desinger, I like to know. 

This one I have used a lot, and used with my Promarkers and watercolor on, but never my Prismacolor. So of course this one had to be done with my pencils and on my craft cardstock. 

I just use the pencils, and no mediums needed when blending on craft or sketch paper. Started to ink it up with Memento London fog, a ligth gray and then colored it.

Die cut it with a tag die from Die'desire. Inked up the edges with the same ink. It needed some more so I used my Martha Stewart branch punch and punched out some branches in green scrap papers and added some red half pearls and a dark green ribbon.

So hop over to the House of Card challenge this month and enter your craft and enjoy the first of winter and snow. I know I will.

Here is the graphic for the challenge

Holiday and/or Colors

Happy crafting everyone. 

 (✿◠‿◠) Ma (Merethe)

Autumn colors / Høst farger

Hello again. 

Are you ready for another challenge over at the HOUSE OF CARDS?

This months theme is about CAS Halloween and/or Colors.

Here are my cards :)

I randomly inked a sheet of paper with distress ink i orange, soft green and grey colors. 

I did diecut the leaves from this. The tree is diecut out of some black cardstock.

1.st card I just randomly glued the leaves on the frame and tree, before I glued it all on the base card.

2nd card I cut a circle from a postit note and inked the grey area, I also teared up a paper edge as I inked for some clouds. Removed the postit note and inked the moon. Glued the tree frame on this and cut around and glued to the basecard. At last the leaves where glued on.

I used Distress ink, Impression Obsession - Tree Frame and Tattered Lace Die - Mini Blooms.

Scrap papers for the base and the tree.

Happy with my cards, and hope you got inspired to make one or more too....

 (✿◠‿◠) Ma (Merethe)

Fun Folded Twist Card

Hi everyone.

Ready for another month for the challenge at the House of Cards. 

This month it is all about flower or and lilac/purple colors.

I struggle to find my inspiration, rather beeing out in the sun and enjoy the summer right now. 

But looking around I found this Fun Folded Twisted Card at the The Paper Crafting - Scandinavian edition. HERE a link for a Youtube tutorial I used.

 Here is how mine turn on this Fun Folded Twisted Card.

I folded it in the opposite directon so my front got just one panel, and the pocket is on the left when you opend the card.

It is an easy and quick card to make, just remember if you use two sided pattern paper, do cut with the side you want too use up, otherwise your panels pattern can be upside down. 

I think this card will work great as invitations too, as you can make 3 out of an 12x12 background and an pattern paper.

That's why it is rose pattern on all the large panels at mine. I also glued it down so it stayed as an pocket card. And I made a little note card for the pocket but it dissapeard between my craftroom and my outdor photosession. Sorry.

I have used Bazzill craft for my base and two sided pattern paper from Maja desing.

Used dies from Tattered Lace and Marianne design.

And my stamps are from Norwegian Storyteller, and are all about friendship.

Rinestones from Staz.

Used a Sakura clear glaze gel pen on the sentiments to let pop a little.

The flowers got a sprinkle of mist from Tattered Angel and 13@arts, and shaped before gluing.

So that is my card, hope you enjoyed it, and enter your card for the challenge.

Here is our graphic for the Challenge

Happy Crafting

 (✿◠‿◠) Ma (Merethe)


Enter these challenges:

15/8-17 Scrappiness - #7 Lag egne blomster  

26/9-17 Kreativ Scrapping - #8 Stempel 

Spring card and Sequins

Hello again. 

We have a fabulous new challenge for you at the House of Cards, add sequins and/or colors. You can be inspired by the colors or include some sequins on your card or be like me and use both! And here is my ispiration card.

I am ispired and by KittieKraft and have followed her blog for years. Her diecut cards with the tinies 3D flowers are stunning and I thougt it would be nice to use one of the dies I have with those tiny flowers this time. 

Vintage photo as the main image and tried to layere the card for some dimension. Shaped the flowers and and added some micro star shaped sequins here and there.

Papers are from BoBunny Soirëe Collection and some scrap paper.

Tiny flower die from Impression Obsession, branch die from Marianne Design.

Stikles baby blue in the eye of the flowers. Have no clue where the sequins are from.Vintage photo from Pion papers. All layerd on some premade cardbase from Staples with thick foam tape.

Hope you got some inspiration and want to add a card for our challenge.

Happy crafting and take care.

(✿◠‿◠) Ma (Merethe)

Acetat and vellum card

Hi again.

New month and and a new challenge at the House of cards. This month it is about clear papers. (Like vellum and acetate). 

I had a struggel with this, not short of ideas but they did not came out the way I wanted. So at last I made this. And I am pleased with this card. It is more purple than the photos shows

I am inspired by Jennifer McGuire and lots of her tutorials for vellum and acetate card. Also little inspired from Kittie Caracciolo.

I had this tree die from Impression Obsession, and diecut it out of vellum. 

I have got some alcohol inks and playedwith them on a clear binder cover. When dry I diecut som mini flowers. Did shape them e little, and random placed them on the branches of the tree. Little crystals in the center of each flower. 

The sentimen is also from Impression Obsession, and machted the card well.

The base is a binder cover sheet folded, and a smaller note card inside. 

The sentiment is placed on the note card inside. 

Hope you have a little isnpiration from my card here. And hop over to the challenge and see all the other girls creations.

Happy crafting.

(✿◠‿◠) Ma (Merethe)

Konfirmasjons tid - jenter

Hallo igjen.

Fikk bestilling på konfirmasjons kort og da ble det noen bler i samme stilen. Utgangaspunktet var et kort jeg har laget tidligere, da til gutt.

Her er kortene.

Brukt vintage motiv fra klippeark, blomsten er av samme mønster papir som bakgrunnen. Revet strimler av papireet og en kontrast farge. Bånd ble laget av fibervev i match ende farge. Metall og perlepynt i blomsten. 

Inni er det en konfirmasjons tektst og en skjult pengelomm bak skrive feltet. Baksiden er lignene som inni.

Her er orginalen.

Og her er flere til jentene:

Lagde flere i rosa og lilla toner, men disse er de jeg likte best.

Deltar i disse utfordringene:
Papirdukkene - konfirmasjon

 (✿◠‿◠) Ma (Merethe)

Blått stjerne kort med julestjerne

Hei igjen.

I høst laget jeg dette Stjerne kortet etter å ha sett leser oppgaver i ett trykk. Og bestemte meg for å sende inn. Sia dette var første gang jeg sendte noe inn, regnet jeg ikke med å bli valgt ut men det ble jeg. Stolt, glad og ydmyk, ble og er jeg. Fikk til og med en hel side med seks bilder og et lite sneak peak på forsiden. Så dette var over alle forventninger. 

Ett Trykk

Ligger mange maler på nette til Stjernekort og jeg fulgte denne fra God Tid bloggen

Brukt Bazzill kartong og mønsterpapir fra Papirdesign. Stemplene er fra Norskt Stempel blad.

Julestjernen er fra Tim Holtz/Sizzix og er montert på en dekorativ sirkel, denne er fra Tonic studio.

Julestjernen ble kuttet og embosset. Så brukte jeg to toner i blått og grønt fra Disstress ink og sverta embossingen på julestjernen med disse. Forment og montert med en raindrops i midten. 

Bånd festet på baksiden av sirkelen og knytes rundt når stjernekortet er foldet sammen.

God plass til å skrive en hyggelig julehilsen inni kortet. 

Det var alt for denne gang. La kreativiteten blomstre til neste gang.

(✿*‿*) Ma (Merethe) 

Desember 2015 House of Cards Blog hop

Oh gosh, December already... have you been noty or nice... hihihi

Hello all you wonderfull cardmakers and crafting peeps.

Hope you all are in the Christmas mood, and will join us in this blog hop for the 

Hose of Cards. 

Here is my inspiration cards

I have used digis from our sponsors MHKDesigns and stamps from Great Impressions.

With the papers and brand new digi from MHKDesigns, I made this rosett card. Love makeing these and it worked well with this digi and worn pinkish paper. You know I love work with craft paper, so our inspiration photo for this bloghop was just a joy for me. Have used an egde punch Ek success, and die from Tonic studion and the Poinsettia are from retired Boss Cut.
Picked up the pink, white and craft, and some hits of gold on the poinsettia and some gold strings. The digi is colored with Distress markers and covered in ice glitter. 
You find this great digi here:MHKDesigns

 From Great Impressions I fell in love with this "dreamy" tree stamp and just had to have it.
And in my stash i found my old flock kit, and have not used it for agedes. So why not use that together with som gold glitter and and a glue pad. Flock is this velvet print on cards, and was super hot when I started makeing cards. Wanted them to have a simple and clean look. Do not have many English greetings, but found this in a set I had and used it here. 

As you know I am a sucker for snowflake, can't get to many of them, dies stamps punches... whatever as long theres some snowflake I am fine. So this to ended up in my basket. Did the same with this, like the other one. And both got a layer with gold glitter at the egde. Did not have any gold glitter paper. And yes I do have gold glitter all over my house. Even my dog is sparkling. 

Hope you found this all inspireing and want do do this fab bloghop. Enjoy hoppin.

Some detail photos

This hop will run FROM June 1ST AT 6:00 AM CST THROUGH June 15TH AT NOON CST, ANY CARD STYLE is welcome and we've got a gorgeous photo inspiration for your crafting enjoyment! 

You should have arrived here from Lisa's blog.

Here's our photo inspiration~

Here's your hop order~

House of Cards Challenge Blog

Mynn

Sue T.

Barbara

Cohenna

Daen'Ys

Donna N.

Donna T.

Dotty Jo

Em

Emily

Heather

Jane

Joni

Judy

Karen

Katy

Lilian

Linda

Lisa

You're here ----->Merethe<-----You're here

Michele

Monika

Mrs Duck

Pat

Rocky

Ruza

Shawna

Sue N.

Tammy

Toni

Now get to hoppin'! Your next stop is MICHELE! 

Don't forget to link up a project with us after completing the hop for an extra chance to win a mystery prize from one of our fabulous sponsors, too! 

HUGS and happy stamping to you all! :)

MHKDesigns

Prize: Choice of 1 digital stamp set and 1 paper pack

DeeDee's Digis

Prize: Prize package from store

Inspired By Stamping

Prize: TBA

Great Impressions

Prize: Stamp Package

Thanks for playing along with this BlogHop at House of Cards

Ma (✿*‿*) HOC DT

Enter these challenges:

10/12-15 Scrappegrasjen - #17 JUL  
13/12-15 Scrappiness - #10 JUL 
15/12-15 Hobbygarasjen - #32 JUL
15/12-15 Kort'O Mania - #142 Glittrende Jul 
26/12-15 Kreativ Scrapping - #12 Alt er lov 
28/11- 15 Card and Scrap - #108 Alt er lov 
31/12-15 PapirPlaneten - #1 JUL  
31/12-15 Live and love crafts - #42 Sparkle  
31/12-15 Hjerteboden - JUL 
5/1-16 Papirlosjen - #12 Jul/Vinter 

Overflødighets horn i 3D - Cornucopia

Hei igjen.

Her går det i juleting, selv om det ikke er mye som minner om vinter snø og snart advent her. Mørkt og vått her for tiden.

Da er det kjekt å kunne sette seg ned å kose seg med hobbyen vår.

Denne gangen har jeg brukt Silhouetten og laget dette overflødighets hornet jeg fant i Silhouette store.

Selve hornet er kuttet i kraft kartong og grønn jule kartong. Kuttet også ut en del blader og julestjernene er fra Tim Holzt/Sizzix.

Laget en base til denne da jeg synes den ble stødigere. Fylles med godsaker til jul.

Brukte tre julestjerner på denne.

Julestjernene er kuttet i hvitt papir og svertet med div Distress ink.

Ble fin synes jeg og er nok ikke den siste jeg lager.

Silhouetten er et utstyr en må bruke å jobbe med, for å bli venn med har jeg funnet ut. Og det må ikke gå for lang tid i mellom hver gang en bruker den heller. Føler nå at jeg begynner nå å få litt kontroll på hva jeg gjør med den. Og veldig artig når en får det til.

Ha en fin fin dag og helg.

(✿*‿*) Ma

Deltar på disse utfordringene

28/11- 15 Card and Scrap - #107Jul (xBxC) Topp 3

30/11-15 Kreativ Hobby - November JUL (xBxC) 

10/12-15 Scrappegrasjen - #17 JUL  (5BxC)MFD 

13/12-15 Scrappiness - #10 JUL (3BxC)V

15/12-15 Hobbygarasjen - #32 JUL (?B?C)FD25-15

31/12-15 PapirPlaneten - #1 JUL  (xBxC) 

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