Ystäväpariskunnan toinen osapuoli täytti 40 vuotta, joten synttärikortille oli tilausta. Ja mikäpä sitä paremmin tällaiseen korttiin sopisi kuin tämä Art Impressionsin suloinen setä? :D Käytin korttiin luonnosta CAS(E) this Sketch! -haasteesta, pyöräytin sitä vain hieman. Leimakuvan väritin Distress Markereilla ja numerot on stanssattu Timpan stanssilla. Paljon muuta siinä ei olekaan!
A friend of ours turned 40 and we needed a birthday card for him. I decided to use this Art Impressions stamp again - I seem to use it pretty much every time I make a 40th birthday card for a male friend... I just hope they find it as funny as I do! :D I used the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge, I just rotated it a bit to get the focal point to the corner on lower right. I coloured the image with Distress Markers on watercolour paper and die cut the numbers with a Tim Holtz die.
Haaste/Challenge:
* CAS(E) this Sketch! #86
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos jaksat kommentoida. Helteistä tiistaita! :)
Thanks for your visit today and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Enjoy your day! :)
tiistai 29. heinäkuuta 2014
maanantai 28. heinäkuuta 2014
Valokeilassa - In the Spotlight
Tein tämän kortin jo viime viikolla Simon Says Stampin haasteeseen, mutta ehdin vasta nyt sitä bloggaamaan. Ajattelin siis pitkästä aikaa kokeilla spotlight-tekniikkaa. Embossasin korttipohjaan Hero Artsin Large Flower Backgroundin valkoisella jauheella ja tein sitten saman vesiväripaperille. Vesiväripaperista sitten stanssasin ympyrän ja väritin siitä kukan ja taustan Twinkling H2O-vesiväreillä. Embossasin vellumille FinnStamperin tekstin (tuo fontti on niiiin ihana! :) ), kiinnitin sen korttipohjaan, ympyrän päälle kohotarroilla ja sitten vielä kulmien pyöristys.
I made this card already last week for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and I thought I'd better blog it before the challenge closes! :) I've tried the spotlight technique previously (some years ago, I think?) and I thought I'd try it again. So I heat embossed the gorgeous Large Flower Background by Hero Arts on my card base and did the same on some watercolour paper. Then I die cut the circle from the heat embossed watercolour paper and colour it with some Twinkling H2O watercolours. I heat embossed my greeting (it says 'Congrats') on a strip of vellum and adhered to my card base, and then adhered the circle with some foam adhesives. Lastly, I simply rounded the opposing corners with my Corner Chomper.
Haaste/Challenge:
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Emboss It
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos kommentoit. Aurinkoista maanantaita! :)
Thanks for your visit and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Have a happy day! :)
I made this card already last week for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and I thought I'd better blog it before the challenge closes! :) I've tried the spotlight technique previously (some years ago, I think?) and I thought I'd try it again. So I heat embossed the gorgeous Large Flower Background by Hero Arts on my card base and did the same on some watercolour paper. Then I die cut the circle from the heat embossed watercolour paper and colour it with some Twinkling H2O watercolours. I heat embossed my greeting (it says 'Congrats') on a strip of vellum and adhered to my card base, and then adhered the circle with some foam adhesives. Lastly, I simply rounded the opposing corners with my Corner Chomper.
Haaste/Challenge:
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Emboss It
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos kommentoit. Aurinkoista maanantaita! :)
Thanks for your visit and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Have a happy day! :)
lauantai 26. heinäkuuta 2014
Upotettu stanssaus - Die Cut Inlay
Blogissa on pitänyt pientä hiljaisuutta, mutta kesä ja kuumuus ovat ajaneet kortteilun edelle. Myös askarteluhuoneen muutto vei aikansa mutta on nyt valmis (jee! :D ). Tässä näytille ensimmäinen uudessa askarteluhuoneessa (ent. vaatehuoneessa...) tehty kortti. Olen jo pitemmän aikaa ajatellut kokeilla upotettua stanssausta ja nyt, kun se on P*skarteluhaasteessa aiheena, sain kokeiluni käyntiin. Stanssasin Memory Boxin Arboscello Tree -stanssilla puun valkoiselle kartongille ja samaisen puun violetista kartongista ja istutin sen valkoisen kartongin aukkoon. Sitten vain tekstileimaa (FinnStamper) vellumille ja kiinnitys kohotarralla korttipohjaan. Puuhun laitoin vielä muutaman tirpan istumaan (stanssasin ne Memory Boxin Resting Birds -stanssilla ja laitoin päälle vielä kirkasta Wink of Stellaa). Siinäpä se :)
It's been a bit quiet here on the blog lately but I've been busy enjoying summer and the warmth (or should I say 'heat' as we have +28 degrees in the shade... phew!). Also my craft room move took its time but that is now over, done and finished - I've officially moved my crafty room with all its belongings from one room into another (read: into a walk-in closet :D ). I've had time to craft in my new room as well and I made this card. I've wanted to try the die cut inlay technique for a while now and finally did so (prompted by the current challenge over at P*skarteluhaaste blog). The die I used is called Arboscello Tree and it's by Memory Box as is the Resting Birds die I used to die cut the little birds on the tree (there's some clear Wink of Stella on the birds so they look pretty and glittery :) ). The sentiment on the strip of vellum says 'Best wishes on your birthday'. The textured cardstock is by Papermania and American Crafts. The white panel is raised as it is attached with foam adhesives.
Haaste/Challenge:
* P*skarteluhaaste: #240 - SannaS: haaste - Upotettu stanssaus
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos kommentoit. Aurinkoista viikonloppua! :)
Thanks for your visit today and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Enjoy your weekend! :)
It's been a bit quiet here on the blog lately but I've been busy enjoying summer and the warmth (or should I say 'heat' as we have +28 degrees in the shade... phew!). Also my craft room move took its time but that is now over, done and finished - I've officially moved my crafty room with all its belongings from one room into another (read: into a walk-in closet :D ). I've had time to craft in my new room as well and I made this card. I've wanted to try the die cut inlay technique for a while now and finally did so (prompted by the current challenge over at P*skarteluhaaste blog). The die I used is called Arboscello Tree and it's by Memory Box as is the Resting Birds die I used to die cut the little birds on the tree (there's some clear Wink of Stella on the birds so they look pretty and glittery :) ). The sentiment on the strip of vellum says 'Best wishes on your birthday'. The textured cardstock is by Papermania and American Crafts. The white panel is raised as it is attached with foam adhesives.
Haaste/Challenge:
* P*skarteluhaaste: #240 - SannaS: haaste - Upotettu stanssaus
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos kommentoit. Aurinkoista viikonloppua! :)
Thanks for your visit today and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Enjoy your weekend! :)
perjantai 11. heinäkuuta 2014
Kohotettuja unikoita - Raised poppies
Tein tilauksesta rippikortin tytölle. Vaikka kyseessä onkin rippikortti, en laittanut siihen mitään uskonnollista symboliikkaa vaan menin ihan kukkalinjalla. Korttipohjan stanssasin Spellbindersin Curved Rectangles -stanssilla Papermanian kartongista, sininen suorakulmio on niinikään Papermanian kartonkia mutta My Favorite Thingsin stanssilla stanssattu. Ihanat unikot on leimattu ja stanssattu Penny Blackin värkeillä ja väritetty Distress Staineilla, kukissa itsessään on kirkasta Wink of Stellaa. Lisäksi vähän tekstileimaa vellumille, muutama puolihelmi ja nauha rusetille. Kun väritin unikkoja, alkoi paperi kupristua Stainien vaikutuksesta ja sen sijaan, että olisin yrittänyt suoristaa sitä, annoinkin kukkien kupristua ja kiinnitin ne tarrapaloilla korttipohjaan (varret ja siemenkodat on kiinnitetty multi mediumilla). Näin ne ovat siis hieman koholla korttipohjasta.
I was asked to make a confirmation card for a girl and this is what I made. Eventhough the card is for a religious occasion, I chose to omit any kind of religious symbolism and simply made a card with a flower motif. I die cut the cardbase with a 'Curved Rectangles' die by Spellbinders from Papermania cardstock and the straight rectangle with a My Favorite Things die. I stamped and die cut the poppies with Penny Black stamp and die and coloured them with Distress Stains. I also added some clear Wink of Stella to the flower heads. I stamped my sentiment (it says 'On your confirmation day' in Finnish) on a strip of vellum and added some sticky back pearls and a piece of ribbon as finishing touches. While I was colouring the poppies, the paper started to go a bit wonky because of the amount of Distress Stains I was adding but instead of trying to flatten it, I let it do so and just used some foam adhesives to adhere them to the card (I used some multi medium to adhere the rest of the flowers so the stems lie flat).
Hieman lähikuvaa, josta toivottavasti näkyy, miten unikon kukat ovat kaarevasti koholla.
Here's a close up so you can see how the flowerheads are raised.
Kimaltaa, kimaltaa :)
See the lovely shimmer from the Wink of Stella brush pen?
Haaste/Challenge:
* Virginia's View Challenge #5 - Die Cut (my 2nd entry)
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos taas, jos kommentoit. Aurinkoista päivää! :)
Thanks for your visit and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Have a fab day! :)
I was asked to make a confirmation card for a girl and this is what I made. Eventhough the card is for a religious occasion, I chose to omit any kind of religious symbolism and simply made a card with a flower motif. I die cut the cardbase with a 'Curved Rectangles' die by Spellbinders from Papermania cardstock and the straight rectangle with a My Favorite Things die. I stamped and die cut the poppies with Penny Black stamp and die and coloured them with Distress Stains. I also added some clear Wink of Stella to the flower heads. I stamped my sentiment (it says 'On your confirmation day' in Finnish) on a strip of vellum and added some sticky back pearls and a piece of ribbon as finishing touches. While I was colouring the poppies, the paper started to go a bit wonky because of the amount of Distress Stains I was adding but instead of trying to flatten it, I let it do so and just used some foam adhesives to adhere them to the card (I used some multi medium to adhere the rest of the flowers so the stems lie flat).
Hieman lähikuvaa, josta toivottavasti näkyy, miten unikon kukat ovat kaarevasti koholla.
Here's a close up so you can see how the flowerheads are raised.
Kimaltaa, kimaltaa :)
See the lovely shimmer from the Wink of Stella brush pen?
Haaste/Challenge:
* Virginia's View Challenge #5 - Die Cut (my 2nd entry)
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos taas, jos kommentoit. Aurinkoista päivää! :)
Thanks for your visit and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Have a fab day! :)
torstai 10. heinäkuuta 2014
Väriä kraftilla - Colour on kraft
Pikaisena postauksena näytille pikainen kortti. Leimailin/maskasin tähän Altenew'n Hennah Elements -setin kukkia ja lehtiä valkoisella musteella, kuivatin kuumailmapuhaltimella ja väritin päälle Prismacoloreilla. Sitten vain kerrostus värilliselle kartongille ja kiinni korttipohjaan.
This is a very short and sweet blog post to show you my card. I stamped and masked some of the flowers and leaves from the 'Hennah Elements' set by Altenew with white ink on kraft cardstock, heat set with a heatgun and coloured on top of the ink with some Prismacolor pencils. Then I simply matted it onto some coloured cardstock and adhered to the cardbase. Oh, and the sentiment says 'Congrats' in Finnish.
Haaste/Challenge:
* A Blog Named Hero: Challenge #47 - Colour It In
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos kommentoit. Mukavaa päivää! :)
Thanks for your visit and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Enjoy your day! :)
This is a very short and sweet blog post to show you my card. I stamped and masked some of the flowers and leaves from the 'Hennah Elements' set by Altenew with white ink on kraft cardstock, heat set with a heatgun and coloured on top of the ink with some Prismacolor pencils. Then I simply matted it onto some coloured cardstock and adhered to the cardbase. Oh, and the sentiment says 'Congrats' in Finnish.
Haaste/Challenge:
* A Blog Named Hero: Challenge #47 - Colour It In
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos kommentoit. Mukavaa päivää! :)
Thanks for your visit and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Enjoy your day! :)
lauantai 5. heinäkuuta 2014
Sheikkaa, sheikkaa! - Shake it!
Askarteluhuoneen siirtämisessä on se hyvä puoli, että siinä tulee samalla käytyä läpi värkkejä ja tarvikkeita. Olen koko siirto-operaation ajan laittanut tavaroita "myydään"-, "roskiin"- ja "hmm..."-pinoihin, ja nämä lumihiutalepaljetit olivat tuossa "hmm..."-pinossa. Ajattelin jo alunperin, että koitan tehdä niistä muutaman shaker-kortin ja nyt, kun Simon Says Stampilla on shaker-haaste, niin rupesin korttia väsäämään. Ongelmaksi meinasi muodostua heti alussa se, että minulla ei ole kohoteippiä, vain kohotarrapaloja ja niistä kortin väsääminen olisi vähän turhan työlästä. Mutta kerrankin välähti ;) ja leikkasin sellofaanipussista (siis sellaisesta, johon valmiit kortit laitetaan, jos ne esim. myy) pienemmän pussin, teippasin leikatut reunat ja sujautin pussiin paljetteja. Sitten vain teippasin pussin tuohon kehykseen kiinni ja kiinnitin kylämaiseman ja taivaan kohotarrapaloilla kehykseen niin, että pussin ja maiseman väliin jäi hieman tilaa. Näin sain tehtyä ihan kelvollisen shaker-kortin vaikkakaan paljetit eivät ylettömästi pääse pussissa liikkumaan, jonkin verran kyllä. Ja ehkä parempi näin, sillä nyt kaikki paljetit eivät makaa pohjalla vaan osa jää "leijumaan" taivaalle. Kuvasta ei ehkä ihan täysin näy, mutta "debossasin" stanssilla tuohon kehykseen reunat "vähän jotain ekstraa" -periaatteella. Kaikki valkoiset kartongit tässä on Papermanian tekstuuripintaista kartonkia, maisema on stanssattu Memory Boxin stanssilla ja tekstileima on Stempelkellerin.
I've been busy moving my craft room from one room to another and while doing that, I've been going through my crafty stuff and purging, purging, purging. Some things are going to be sold, some went straight to the bin and some went to my "hmm..." pile. These snowflake sequins were in my "hmm..." pile and at first I wasn't sure what to do with them but then I thought of shaker cards. And whaddayaknow, Simon Says Stamp has shaker cards as their theme in the Wednesday challenge! So off to crafting I went! :) I don't have any foam tape, I only have those little foam squares and I already thought that I can't do a shaker card, bohoo, but then I had one of those light bulb moments and I thought of sellophane bags. You know, those little clear bags you put your cards into if you're selling them. I took one of those, cut it smaller, taped the cut edges with some washi tape to form a tiny bag and put my sequins into the bag. Then I just taped the bag to the square frame, and attached my die cut scene and the sky with foam squares to the frame, and adhered the whole thing to the card base and I had myself a little shaker card! The sequins move around a bit but not too much which might just be a good thing, this way they don't all lie on the "ground" but I have some snowflakes floating in the air as well. The scene is die cut with a Memory Box die and the square frame is die cut with some Spellbinders dies (I also did some 'debossing' with a square die, I'm not sure if you can really see it in the piccie but there's a debossed line going round the frame), the sky is inked with some Distress Inks. All the white cardstock is textured white cardstock by Papermania and the sentiment wishes 'Peaceful Christmas' in Finnish.
Haasteet/Challenges:
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Shake it!
* Virginia's View Challenge #5: Die Cut
Tästä postauksesta tuli melkoisen monisanainen, joten kiitos, jos jaksoit tänne asti lukea :) Ja vielä jos kommentoitkin, niin aina parempi :D Mukavaa viikonloppua!
Well, didn't this turn out to be a very wordy blog post - well done and thank you, if you had time to read it all the way through :) I'd be very happy if you left me a little comment as well, thanks. Enjoy your weekend! :)
I've been busy moving my craft room from one room to another and while doing that, I've been going through my crafty stuff and purging, purging, purging. Some things are going to be sold, some went straight to the bin and some went to my "hmm..." pile. These snowflake sequins were in my "hmm..." pile and at first I wasn't sure what to do with them but then I thought of shaker cards. And whaddayaknow, Simon Says Stamp has shaker cards as their theme in the Wednesday challenge! So off to crafting I went! :) I don't have any foam tape, I only have those little foam squares and I already thought that I can't do a shaker card, bohoo, but then I had one of those light bulb moments and I thought of sellophane bags. You know, those little clear bags you put your cards into if you're selling them. I took one of those, cut it smaller, taped the cut edges with some washi tape to form a tiny bag and put my sequins into the bag. Then I just taped the bag to the square frame, and attached my die cut scene and the sky with foam squares to the frame, and adhered the whole thing to the card base and I had myself a little shaker card! The sequins move around a bit but not too much which might just be a good thing, this way they don't all lie on the "ground" but I have some snowflakes floating in the air as well. The scene is die cut with a Memory Box die and the square frame is die cut with some Spellbinders dies (I also did some 'debossing' with a square die, I'm not sure if you can really see it in the piccie but there's a debossed line going round the frame), the sky is inked with some Distress Inks. All the white cardstock is textured white cardstock by Papermania and the sentiment wishes 'Peaceful Christmas' in Finnish.
Haasteet/Challenges:
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Shake it!
* Virginia's View Challenge #5: Die Cut
Tästä postauksesta tuli melkoisen monisanainen, joten kiitos, jos jaksoit tänne asti lukea :) Ja vielä jos kommentoitkin, niin aina parempi :D Mukavaa viikonloppua!
Well, didn't this turn out to be a very wordy blog post - well done and thank you, if you had time to read it all the way through :) I'd be very happy if you left me a little comment as well, thanks. Enjoy your weekend! :)
perjantai 4. heinäkuuta 2014
Pinkillä kukalla - With a pink flower
Tässä samalla kaavalla (ja itse asiassa samalla kertaakin) tehty kortti kuin tuo aikaisemmin viikolla postaamani keltakukkainen kortti. Leimat on siis Altenew'n Hennah Elements -setistä ja musteet on Heron Shadow Inkejä. Ja eipä siinä paljon muuta olekaan :D
Here's another card I made earlier this week when I made the one with the yellow flower. This is really similar, just the flower stamp itself is a different one. It is from the 'Hennah Elements' set by Altenew and I used some Hero Arts Shadow Inks with them. There's not much to it, just a simple one layer card with some seriously gorgeous stamps :)
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos kommentoit. Aurinkoista alkavaa viikonloppua! :)
I'll keep this short and sweet, so for now I'll just thank you for your visit and I'd be happy if you wanted to leave me a comment. Enjoy your weekend! :)
Here's another card I made earlier this week when I made the one with the yellow flower. This is really similar, just the flower stamp itself is a different one. It is from the 'Hennah Elements' set by Altenew and I used some Hero Arts Shadow Inks with them. There's not much to it, just a simple one layer card with some seriously gorgeous stamps :)
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos kommentoit. Aurinkoista alkavaa viikonloppua! :)
I'll keep this short and sweet, so for now I'll just thank you for your visit and I'd be happy if you wanted to leave me a comment. Enjoy your weekend! :)
keskiviikko 2. heinäkuuta 2014
Kukkia, kukkia - Flowers, flowers
Se tuntuu tuo ruokapöydän kulma olevan varsin inspiroiva paikka - taas innostuin siinä väkertämään korttia! (Ja jos et ole paria aikaisempaa postaustani lukenut, niin olen muuttamassa askarteluhuonettani paikasta toiseen ja tavaroitani on siellä täällä, ja yhä enenevässä määrin ruokapöydällä, johon olen laittanut itselleni hätävara-askartelupaikan ;D ). Ehkä jotain tekemistä intoon on myös näillä ihanilla leimoilla... Kyseessä on siis Altenew'n Painted Flowers -setti, johon ihastuin ensinäkemältä. Musteina tässä on taas Heron Shadow Inkit, kartonki on Papermanian tekstuuripintaista kartonkia ja tekstileima on FinnStamperin. Kaarevan reunan stanssasin Simon Says Stampin Curved Edge -stanssilla.
Our dining room table is proving to be a very inspiring place for crafting - I had to make yet another card there today! (If you've read my previous posts, you know that I'm in the middle of moving my crafty room from one room to another and have my crafty stuff all over the place, and I've made myself a makeshift crafty corner on our dining room table. Luckily it's quite big so we can still eat at it, too... ;D ). And just maybe my new gorgeous stamps have something to do with my sudden burst of inspiration... ;) The stamps are from the 'Painted Flowers' set by Altenew and I love love love them! I used them here with some Hero Arts Shadow Inks, some textured cardstock by Papermania, and with a sentiment stamp that says 'Congrats' in Finnish. The curved edge is die cut with a Simon Says Stamp die called - yes, Curved Edge :)
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos kommentoit. Keveää keskiviikkoa!
Thanks for your visit today and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Enjoy your day! :)
Our dining room table is proving to be a very inspiring place for crafting - I had to make yet another card there today! (If you've read my previous posts, you know that I'm in the middle of moving my crafty room from one room to another and have my crafty stuff all over the place, and I've made myself a makeshift crafty corner on our dining room table. Luckily it's quite big so we can still eat at it, too... ;D ). And just maybe my new gorgeous stamps have something to do with my sudden burst of inspiration... ;) The stamps are from the 'Painted Flowers' set by Altenew and I love love love them! I used them here with some Hero Arts Shadow Inks, some textured cardstock by Papermania, and with a sentiment stamp that says 'Congrats' in Finnish. The curved edge is die cut with a Simon Says Stamp die called - yes, Curved Edge :)
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos kommentoit. Keveää keskiviikkoa!
Thanks for your visit today and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Enjoy your day! :)
tiistai 1. heinäkuuta 2014
Yksinkertaista - Simple
Sain tänään tilaamani Altenew'n leimat ja tein taas ruokapöydän kulmalla pikaisesti, vähillä värkeillä kortin. Ja vähistä värkeistä johtuen tästä tuli melko yksinkertainen "one layer" -kortti. Leimat ovat Hennah Elements -setistä ja musteet ovat Heron Shadow Inkejä. Niin, ja muuta siinä sitten ei olekaan :D
I got some happy mail today - the Altenew stamps I bought came today! I was itching to use them so I made a quick card on my makeshift crafty corner on our dining room table and because I had quite limited supply of materials, this became rather simple one layer card. The stamps I used were all from the gorgeous 'Hennah Elements' set and I used some Hero Arts Shadow Inks with them. The card blank is square 13,5 x 13,5 cm.
Haasteet/Challenges:
* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: W is for White
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything goes
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos ehdit kommentoida. Aurinkoista tiistaita! :)
Thanks for your visit today and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Hope the sun is shining where you are! :)
I got some happy mail today - the Altenew stamps I bought came today! I was itching to use them so I made a quick card on my makeshift crafty corner on our dining room table and because I had quite limited supply of materials, this became rather simple one layer card. The stamps I used were all from the gorgeous 'Hennah Elements' set and I used some Hero Arts Shadow Inks with them. The card blank is square 13,5 x 13,5 cm.
Haasteet/Challenges:
* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: W is for White
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything goes
Kiitos, kun käväisit ja kiitos, jos ehdit kommentoida. Aurinkoista tiistaita! :)
Thanks for your visit today and for any comment you may wish to leave me. Hope the sun is shining where you are! :)
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