Sukkersøtt - Bursdagskort

Fredag og ny utfordring i Sukkersøtt-bloggen. Denne uka utfordrer vi deg til å lage et bursdagskort hvor datoen er et sentralt pynteelement på kortet. Ekstrautfordring: Inkluder et gavekort. Its Friday and time for a new challenge at Sukkersött. This week we challenge you to make a birthday card where the date is a made as an inportant part of the decoration/embellishment. And, if you want to - include a gift certificate.

Jeg har laget et dorullkort. Og som du ser, så jobber jeg fortsatt med å få rosa/rød-restene til å minke... Men, jeg er jommen redd for at de er evigvarende... Datolappen er fra utklippskortene våre. I made a card based on the cardstock cylinder that's in the middle of a roll of toiletpaper. And, as you can see - still using the red/pink scrap... I'm actually worried those pieces will last for ever... The piece with the date is from our own Cut out cards. Jeg laget tag'en dobbel slik at jeg kan putte inni et gavekort - eller bruke innsiden til å skrive en hilsen. I've made the tag double, to make it possible to place a gift sertificate in between. Or you can use the space to write some nice words...

2 veggbilder - 2 wall hangings

Jeg har vært stor fan av Misty Mawn lenge, og denne uka er jeg med på hennes daglige utfordringer. Og det er SÅ stas! Istedenfor å lage kort eller vanlige AJ-sider, har jeg satt igang med å dekorere lerreter. Jeg huller dem på toppen, slik at det blir hengebilder. Vil du se flere bilder, kan du besøke AJ-bloggen min. I've been a fan of Misty Mawn for a long time, and this week I'm joining her daily challenges. So far I totally love it! Instead of making cards or regular AJ pages, I'm decorating canvases. I've also punched wholes and turned them into wall hangings. You'll find more pictures in my AJ blog if you're interested :)

2S4Y - Kazan's sketch #18

First of all: The newest issue of our mag is soon to come! For those of you that are subscribers, you'll have your mag in just some days. For the rest of you - the mag will hit the shop's stands at February 1st. We're so pleased to have Kazan & Laura as our Guest Designers this time. They've made some fabulous sketches and cards for us. Thanks a lot, girls! You rock :)

As a thank to the Cover Girls, I've made a card using Kazan's sketch. And I have to admit it - this sketch was a tricky one... The card didn't at all turned out the way I wanted it to.

I've used Thickers to write the word "Thank you".

This text is a stamp from Stempelglede. I've added Glossy Accent on it in order to make it look like glass. The black frames are hand stiched.

The flowers are made of beads.

Thanks for looking :)

Art Pieces #4 - My bad habit

Jeg er en skikkelig datanerd. Opplest og vedtatt. Jeg har ikke peil på hvor mange ganger jeg sjekker mail, blogger og Facebook daglig... Men jeg vet at det er alt for mange... Jeg er veldig glad i laptop'en min - og jeg hater den. Kompliserte greier, dette... Hva om jeg klarte å bytte ut 50% av tiden jeg bruker på nettet til å være kreativ istedenfor? Da hade jeg hatt tonnevis av kort og Art Journaler... Jeg sier ikke mer... I'm a nerd. End of discussion. I don't know how many times I check my email, blogs or my Facebook site each day... Just know that it's way too many... I love my laptop - and I hate my laptop. Complicated stuff... What if I managed to use 50% of the time I usually spend on the internet on making art instead? I would have tons of cards and Art Journals... Say no more...

ATC'n er laget til ukens utfordring i Art Pieces-bloggen: Min last... I've made the ATC for this week's challenge at Art Pieces: My bad habit...

Art Pieces #3 - Noe jeg er stolt av

I finally managed to make an ATC for the new Norwegian ATC challenge blog "Art Pieces". Their #3 challenge had the topic: Something you are proud of. This is my entry... I had no plan at all - exept a challenge to myself: DO NOT use flowers! (I've been using flowers on all my latest creatitons and wanted to see if I remebered how to make something without 'em...) The stamped text is from ClubStamp, the rest is printed. The picture is one from the row of pictures taken of me as a kid. Thanks for looking :)

(I'll try to catch up on the two first challenges too... I'd love to have a complete set, you know... *lol*)

Sukkersøtt - selvlaget mønsterpapir

The text on the ribbon is rubons.

I've hand stiched with silver thread.

Anita Thorsen is our Guest designer at Sukkersött this week, and she's challenging us to make our own patterned paper. Actually she doesn't allow us to use any not selfdesigned paper at all :)

This is how I made it:
I used white paper, masking tape, ink in soft pastell colors, a background stamp, a swirl (from Stempelglede.no) and a text from ClubStamp.

First of all I have to give Anita some credit, because she's the one that inspired me big time this time. Thanks :)

I placed the masking tape and used the background stamp.

Then I stamped the swirls with a slightly darker colored ink pad.

To make the stripes more visible, I used a sponge along the masking tape edges.

After removing the tape, I stamped the text. (It was supposed to be in light blue, but since I'm the worst stamp cleaner ever, it turned out a bit darker than planned... *lol* I hate cleaning stamps...!)

Voila - my homemade patterned paper is finished!

and all trimmed for my card.

Two pages for my "24 weeks Art Journal"

Hvis du vil se flere bilder og en trinn-for-trinn, kan du ta turen innom Kreativ Dagbok-bloggen. To see more details and a tutorial in pictures, visit my AJ blog.

Sukkersøtt - Vintage

Denne uken utfordrer Sukkersött oss til å lage et eller annet i Vintage-stil. Jeg har laget en hjemmesnekra boks, basert på coveret til en gammel bok jeg har revet ut ark fra enn stund. This week Sukkersött challenges us to make Vintage stuff. Cards, altered art, boxes... you name it. Just make it Vintage :) My entry is a selfmade box, made of an old book cover.

Sommerfuglbilde - Butterfly picture

Og så mitt siste restepapirprosjekt :) Et sommerfuglbilde montert på lerret. Sommerfuglene er stanset ut og limt på med limputer. Teksten er printet. And my last 'left over papers'-project :) A picture of butterflies. I've used a punch and mounted them with glue pads on a canvas. The text is a print.

Minikort - Tiny cards

Disse små kortene (7 x 7 cm) laget jeg også med restepapir. De er kjappe å lage og koselige å legge ved små gaver eller en blomsterbukett. These tiny cards (7 x 7 cm) are also made of left over papers. Easy to make and perfect for small gifts.

En ny AJ-utfordring *** A new AJ challenge

"24 weeks"

Jeg har bare lyst til å fortelle dere at jeg har startet en ny rekke med Art Journal-utfordringer i Kreativ dagbok-bloggen. Vil du være med, så heng på! Just wanted to let you know that I've started a new row of Art Journal Challenges in my AJ-blog. Feel free to join :)

En hjertekalender - an advent calendar

Jeg laget en adventskalender av restepapir og Quickutz-hjerter til en god venn før jul. I made an advent calendar for a friend of mine, using leftover papers and Quickutz hearts.

Jeg skrev noen gode ord på 24 lapper, rullet dem sammen og bant et bånd rundt. I wrote a quote on a piece of paper, rolled it together and tied it with a ribbon.

Bokstavlek - Playing with letters

Til julenummeret av Ett trykk laget jeg en artikkel om morsom bruk av alfabetklistremerker. Her er kortene jeg laget som illustrasjoner. For the last issue of our mag I wrote an article about funny use of alpha stickers. These are the cards I made as illustrations.

På det første har jeg faktisk brukt 'bakarket' til klistremerkene. Jeg hadde brukt opp de fleste bokstavene, men som vanlig var X'n igjen - helt perfekt for et julekort! On this one I've used the sheet of paper the stickers are originally mounted on. I'd used most of the letters, but the X remained (as usual...). But just perfect for a X-mast card!
Det går an å sprite opp streite skumgummibokstaver ved å stemple på dem. For this one I stamped on foam thickers. An easy way to jazz up the plain letters.

Eller du kan bruke bokstaver til å lage en ramme rundt motivet. En av bokstavene i ramma har jeg brukt som første bokstav i setningen på kortet. I also made a frame of the letters, using one of the letters as the first one in my greating.

Heldigvis er ordet 'jul' både kort og skrevet med de ikke mest brukte bokstavene. Det gjør det mulig å lage en restecollage av ordet skrevet med mange forskjellige fonter. Luckily the Norwegian word for 'Christmas' is a short one, not based on the most commond letters. That made it possible to use the letters for a collage made with several types of types.

Og det siste - det går ikke an å leke med bokstaver uten å lage en kryssordvariant! And the last one - no playing with letters without making a real crossword!