Harmony - Harmonia

I really enjoyed making this card! The image is gorgeous and I coloured it with my Polychromos pencils - something I really enjoy as it's very slow to do and thus relaxing. The stamp I used is called Harmony by Penny Black, I stamped it with black StazOn ink onto Neenah Desert Storm paper and coloured it with Polychromos coloured pencils. I then stamped the sentiment from Special Sentiments set. I wanted to keep the card very CAS so I didn't add any embellishments.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Allsorts Challenge: Week 520/1 - Happy Birthday
* AAA Cards: CAS Game #141 - 5th Birthday Bash (Happy 5th Birthday, AAA Cards!!)
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
* CASology: Week 344 - Summer (to me, summer equals flowers :) )

Värikynillä värittäminen on ihanaa, hidasta ja rentouttavaa, ja halusin värittää niillä pitkästä aikaa. Ajattelin, että tämä Penny Blackin Harmony-leima on juuri sopiva tarkoitukseen, joten leimasin sen korttipohjaan ja väritin Polychromoksilla. Tekstileima on Special Sentiments -setistä. Halusin pitää kortin simppelinä, joten en lisännyt siihen koristeita.

Graduation card - Ylioppilaalle

I have a made to order card to share. I was asked to make a graduation card for a young lady graduating from Finnish sixth form college using this exact stamp and lots of rose pink. So here it is! The stamp is Curvy Girl with a Heart Wreath by Stamping Bella, I coloured it with my Copics and die cut it out. The frame is die cut using Stitched Stackers dies by Penny Black. For the background, I used patterned papers by Lili of the Valley. I stamped my sentiment on a strip of vellum using Concord&9th alphabet stamps (it says 'Congrats Siiri!' in Finnish) and placed it behind the frame. After adhering everything together, I embellished the card with a few clear sequins. Now I just hope Siiri will like her card :)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Frame It
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Bright Colours Moodboard (the flowers on her wreath remind me of all that colourful candy in the first pic)
* Addicted to Stamps and More!: Challenge #342 - Make Your Mark

Tämän kortin tein tilaustyönä. Minulta tilattiin valmistujaiskortti tulevalle ylioppilaalle tällä leimalla ja roosalla värillä. Leima on Stamping Bellan Curvy Girl with a Heart Wreath, väritin leimakuvan Copiceilla ja stanssasin irti. Kehykset stanssasin Penny Blackin Stitched Stackers -stansseilla. Kuviopaperit ovat Lili of the Valley'ä. Tekstin leimasin Concord&9th:n aakkosilla vellumvyötteelle ja kiinnitin kehyksen taakse. Kun kaikki oli paikoillaan, koristelin kortin kirkkailla paljeteilla. Ja nyt vain toivon, että Siiri pitää kortistaan :)

Penny Black Full Bloom - Friendship

I have a friendship card to share that I made with the new products from the new Penny Black release called Full Bloom. This card uses the sweet doggos from the set Friendship that comes with its matching die, Friendship Cut Out. I stamped the image on X-Press It blending card and coloured it with my Copic markers before die cutting it out. I then die cut the light blue panel with a die from the Stitched Nested Frames set before diecutting an opening to it with the Friendship Cut Out die, I thought the light dent that the die makes on the outside of the opening would give a nice shadow kind of mark around the image, giving it a more 3-D look. I stamped the sentiment from the Friendship set onto a banner that I cut from white cardstock and used the cute paper clip from the Just a Note die set to 'adhere' it. I cut a thin strip of patterned paper from the Wintertime paper pad and adhered it to the side of the panel before adhering the panel to the cardbase. I then adhered the coloured image to its place with foam adhesives and added a few splashes of "water" with clear Nuvo Crystal Drops.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #342 - Make Your Mark
* Crafting by Designs: Feature a Creature
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: May - Anything Goes
* Uniko: Challenge #53 - Anything Goes

Here's a side view of the card showing the die cut opening behind the stamped image.

Penny Black products used:
* Friendship (30-566)
* Friendship Cut Out (51-540)
* Just a Note (51-531)
* Stitched Nested Frames (51-535)
* Wintertime (80-012)


Nämä kaverukset ovat Penny Blackin uudesta leimasetistä Friendship ja niihin kuuluu stanssikin Friendship Cut Out. Väritin kuvan Copiceilla ja stanssasin irti. Taustan paneelin stanssasin Stitched Nested Frames -setin stanssilla ja stanssasin siihen myös aukon Friendship Cut Out -stanssilla, ajattelin, että stanssin jättämät painaumat lisäisivät 3-D-fiilistä korttiin. Leimakuvan kiinnitin kohotarrapaloilla. Bannerin leikkasin valkoisesta kartongista ja leimasin siihen tekstin samaisesta leimasetistä, bannerin "kiinnitin" klemmarilla, jonka stanssasin Just a Note -stanssisetin stanssilla. Punavalkoraitainen paperi on Wintertime-paperikosta. Lisäsin korttiin muutaman vesipisaran kirkkaalla Nuvo Crystal Dropsilla.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Blushing

I love this gorgeous flower from the new Full Bloom release by Penny Black! It's called Blushing and it comes with a matching die, Blushing Cut Out. I stamped the flower onto X-Press It blending card, coloured it with my Copic markers and die cut it out. I used the sentiment from the Critter Celebration set and heat embossed it in white onto a strip of black cardstock which I embellished with a bit of string tied into a bow. For the background I added a strip of patterned paper from the paper pad Beau Jardins. I also rounded the upper corners with a corner chomper.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 520/1 - Happy Birthday (Happy 10th birthday, Allsorts!)
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #342 - Make Your Mark
* Uniko: Challenge #53 - Anything Goes

Penny Black products used:
* Blushing (30-564)
* Blushing Cut Out (51-536)
* Critter Celebration (30-542)
* Beau Jardins (80-011)


Tämä kukka on vain niin ihana! Se on nimeltään Blushing ja siihen sopiva stanssi on Blushing Cut Out, molemmat Penny Blackin uudesta kokoelmasta Full Bloom. Väritin kukan Copiceilla ja stanssasin irti. Tekstileima on Critter Celebration -setistä, sen embossasin valkoisella mustalle kartongin palaselle. Taustalle laitoin kuviopaperia Beau Jardins -paperikosta, pyöristin kortin yläkulmat corner chomperilla ja koristin kortin pienellä rusetilla.

Penny Black Full Bloom: You Make the World a Better Place

I love circle cards but don't make them that often for some reason. Now I decided that this cute little mousie deserves her own little circle card! :) So I die cut a circle card base out of card stock, die cut the circle frame with Penny Black's Stitched Square & Circles die and placed a bit of patterned paper from Beau Jardins paper pad underneath the frame. Using the new Just a Note die set, I then die cut the little note pad page out of cream card stock, die cut the ripped edge and also the cute little paper clip (just how cute is that paper clip!). I stamped the sentiment from the new Family Sentiment set onto the note pad page. The mousie is from the new set It's Your Day, I stamped her onto some watercolour paper, coloured with my Zig markers and die cut her out. I then attached everything in place (the mouse is attached with foam adhesives) and added some sequins to embellish the card.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: May - Anything Goes
* Penny Black and More: May - All Things Feminine with Anything Goes option (my 3rd entry)
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #341 - Anything Goes
* Double D Challenges: Frames

Penny Black products used:
* It's Your Day (30-553)
* It's Your Day Cut Out (51-537)
* Just a Note (51-531)
* Family Sentiment (30-555)
* Stitched Square & Circles (51-422)
* Beau Jardins (80-011)


Tein pitkästä aikaa pyöreän kortin. Stanssasin pyöreän korttipohjan, kiinnitin siihen kuviopaperia ja stanssasin kehyksen Penny Blackin Stitched Square & Circles -setin stanssilla. Just a Note -stanssisetillä stanssasin vihkon sivun, siihen revityn reunan ja klemmarin. Leimasin sivuun tekstileimalla Family Sentiment -setistä. Hiirulaisen leimasin It's Your Day -setistä, väritin Zigeillä ja stanssasin irti. Lopuksi vain kiinnitys paikoilleen ja jokunen paljetti koristeeksi.

CAS(E) This Sketch! #322 - Guest Designer

I have the absolute honour of being the Guest Designer over at CAS(E) This Sketch! challenge this week - thanks for having me, ladies! It's CAS(E) This Sketch! #322 and you can see the sketch below. For my card, I used the stamp Bed of Roses by Winnie & Walter, I coloured it with my Copic markers. The sentiment is from the set Snippets by Penny Black and I heat embossed it in white on a strip of black cardstock. I then adhered it to the panel and the panel onto my card base.

Here's the sketch this week.

Thanks again for having me as a Guest Designer, ladies, I had so much fun with the sketch!



Tällä viikolla minulla on kunnia olla Guest Designerina CAS(E) This Sketch! -haasteessa. Menossa on CTS #322, jonka luonnos on tuossa yllä. Käytin korttiini Winnie & Walterin Bed of Roses -leimaa, jonka väritin Copiceilla. Tekstileima on Penny Blackin Snippets-setistä, embossasin sen valkoisella mustalle kartonkisuikaleelle ja kiinnitin kaiken paikalleen.

The Flower Challenge #32: Reminder - Muistutus

We are midway through our challenge for the month of May over at The Flower Challenge and I'm here to remind you that you still have time to join in, please do! We are sponsored by the lovely Altenew who have kindly promised a stamp set for our winner - now that's worth playing for, right!? The challenge is to use embossing (either heat or dry) on your floral card.

For my card I chose to use the set Bamboo Rose by Altenew. I heat embossed the flowers with white embossing powder before colouring them with my Altenew watercolours. I also heat embossed my sentiment (it says 'Congrats' in Finnish) on a strip of light grey cardstock. I die cut the panel with a Penny Black die from the set Stitched Stackers and adhered it onto my card base before adhering the sentiment strip and the flowers onto it. I embellished my card with clear sequins.

So now it's your turn! Hop over to The Flower Challenge blog, be inspired by my very talented team mates, check out the prize from Altenew ;) and get creating! We're looking forward to seeing your floral creations :) The deadline for the challenge is May 25th.


The Flower Challengen toukokuun haaste alkaa olla puolivälissä, mutta vielä on reippaasti aikaa osallistua. Palkintona voittajalle on Altenew'n leimasetti, joten kukkakortin tekeminen kannattaa nyt jos koskaan ;) Haasteen aiheena on kohokuviointi/embossaus. Omaan korttiini käytin Altenew'n Bamboo Rose -settiä. Embossasin kukat valkoisella jauheella ja väritin ne Altenew'n vesiväreillä. Tekstileimankin embossasin harmaalle kartonkisuikaleelle. Paneelin stanssasin Penny Blackin Stitched Stackers -setin stanssilla ja kiinnitin korttipohjaan, minkä jälkeen kiinnitin tekstisuikaleen ja kukat paikoilleen. Koristeina käytin paljetteja. 

Nyt vain kukkakorttia tekemään! Inspiraatiota löytyy The Flower Challenge -blogista, sieltä löydät myös kuvan palkintoleimasetistä ;) Aikaa osallistua on 25.5. asti. 

Penny Black: Hanging Planters - Amppeli

I'm on the SIMPLICITY At Its Best blog by Penny Black today with a card that has very little stamping on it and no colouring at all! Something a little different from me.. :) To see the card in full, please visit SIMPLICITY At Its Best.

Olen tänään Penny Blackin SIMPLICITY At Its Best -blogissa kera kortin, jossa on hyvin vähän leimailua eikä ollenkaan värittämistä! Hieman erilaista siis tällä kertaa.. :) Jos haluat nähdä kortin kokonaisuudessaan, klikkaa itsesi SIMPLICITY At Its Bestiin.

Penny Black: Happy Birthday! - Hyvää syntymäpäivää!

I love a good floral stamp and this one definitely fits the bill! All those gorgeous blooms are just lovely to colour. The stamp is Rose Garden by Penny Black, I stamped it onto Ranger watercolour cardstock and coloured with my Gansai Tambi watercolours. I cut the card base a bit narrower than the stamped image is and then just fussy cut the flowers that "grow" outside the card base. The sentiment is also by Penny Black, from the set Special Sentiments.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
* CAS(E) This Sketch!: #321 (I realise there should be more empty space above the sentiment according to the sketch but I could not leave any more as it wouldn't fit an envelope if I did! Hope it still qualifies)
* Stamping Sensations: May - In an English Country Garden
* Penny Black and More: May - All Things Feminine
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: May - Anything Goes
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: For a Special Lady

Tämä kukkaleima oli ihana värittää - kukkia ainakin riitti! Tämä on Penny Blackin Rose Garden, leimasin sen vesivärikartongille ja väritin Gansai Tambi -vesiväreillä. Korttipohjan leikkasin hieman kapeammaksi kuin leimakuva ja ulkopuolelle jäävät kukat leikkasin saksilla. Tekstileima on Penny Blackin Special Sentiments -setistä.

Penny Black Full Bloom: It's Your Day

These cute little critters are from the new stamp set by Penny Black called It's Your Day from the new Full Bloom release, and they come with matching dies (It's Your Day Cut Out)! I am not much of a fussy cutter so matching dies are always good news to me.. ;) I stamped these critters on Fabriano Mixed Media paper and coloured them with my Zig markers before die cutting them. I then die cut the panel with Stitched Nested Frames and masked a rectangle on it before sponging some Distress Oxide ink in Bundled Sage on it. I heat embossed the sentiment from the set Snippets with white embossing powder onto a strip of black cardstock and assembled the card.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
* AAA Birthday: Game #1 - Anything Goes (my 2nd entry)
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: May - Anything Goes, Optional 'Make Your Own Background'
* TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge #135 - Inspired by Words 'Keep Your Eyes on the Stars and Your Feet on the Ground' (the critters have their feet own the "ground" :) )

Penny Black products used:
* It's Your Day (30-553)
* It's Your Day Cut Out (51-537)
* Stitched Nested Frames (51-535)
* Snippets (30-283)


Nämä ihanat hiirulaiset ovat Penny Blackin uudesta leimasetistä It's Your Day, joihin on myös omat stanssinsa, It's Your Day Cut Out. Leimasin hiiret Fabrianon Mixed Media -paperille, väritin Zigeillä ja stanssasin. Taustan paneelin stanssasin Stitched Nested Frames -setin stanssilla, maskasin suorakulmion ja mustetin sen Distress Oxide -musteella Bundled Sage. Tekstileiman (Snippets-setistä) embossasin valkoisella mustalle kartonkipalaselle ja kiinnitin kaiken paikalleen.

Christmas greetings - Joulutervehdys

It's only May and I've made my first Christmas card for this year! That happened mainly because I recently received my new Winnie & Walter stamps, Happy Owlidays, and had to make a card with this cute little bird. I made this by folding a card base out of Copic friendly cardstock and stamping the bird on it. I coloured him with my Copic markers and added little details with white gel pen. Then I masked a square shape behind him and sponged some Distress Oxide ink to it. Lastly, I stamped my sentiment (it says 'Christmas greetings' in Finnish).

I'd like to enter my card to:
* AAA Cards: CAS Game #139 - Sketch

Tein ensimmäisen joulukorttini tälle vuodelle! Sain hiljattain uudet Winnie & Walter -leimani, Happy Owlidays, ja pakkohan tällä suloisella linnulla oli tehdä kortti :) Taittelin korttipohjan Copiceille tarkoitetusta kartongista, leimasin linnun ja väritin Copiceilla. Taustalle maskasin ja mustetin neliön. Lopuksi leimasin tekstileiman.

Congratulating you - Sinua onnitellen

I had so much fun colouring my new stamp, Curvy Girl with a Heart Wreath by Stamping Bella. I just love the wreath she is carrying! I stamped her onto a panel of X-Press It blending card with Gina K ink and coloured her with my Copics. I die cut the panel using a Penny Black die from the set Stitched Nested Frames and matted it onto dark red cardstock and then onto light blue cardbase. I stamped my sentiment ('Congratulating you' in Finnish) with the same Gina K ink that I used stamping the image. I wanted the image to stand out so I did not add any embellishments to my card.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* AAA Birthday: Game #1 - Anything Birthday Goes
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday!
* Fusion Card Challenge: Butterfly Wreath (I'm using just the photo of the wreath as my inspiration)

Tein kortin uudella leimallani, tämä on Stamping Bellan Curvy Girl with a Heart Wreath. Leimasin sen Penny Blackin stanssilla (Stitched Nested Frames) stanssattuun paneeliin ja väritin sen Copiceilla. Kerrostin paneelin kartongille ja korttipohjaan ja leimasin tekstileiman. Koristeita en laittanut, koska halusin leimakuvan saavan kaiken huomion.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Mother's Day Card with Flower Fantasy

It's Mother's Day next Sunday so I made a Mother's Day card - a floral one, of course! :) I heat embossed in gold a bouquet stamp from the new Penny Black stamp set called Flower Fantasy, I actually stamped and heat embossed it three times to create a bit of fullness to the card. I also heat embossed the sentiment, it's from the Family Sentiment set. I did a bit of messy watercolouring to colour the flowers and added a frame die cut with the Swirly Stitches dies. I then adhered the panel to my card base and added a few gold sequins to finish the card.

Here's the card at an angle so you can see the gold embossing better.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* ModSquad Challenge: Happy Mother's Day
* Penny Black and More: May - All Things Feminine
* Stamping Sensations: May - In an English Country Garden (when I think of English gardens, what comes to mind is fullness, lots of different flowers blooming everywhere)

Penny Black products used:
* Flower Fantasy (30-565)
* Family Sentiment (30-555)
* Swirly Stitches (51-502)


Tein "kukkaisan" äitienpäiväkortin. Leimasin ja embossasin kimpun Penny Blackin Flower Fantasy -setistä kolmeen kertaan ja väritin sotkuisasti vesiväreillä. Tekstileima on Family Sentiment -setistä ja sen embossasin myös. Kehykset tein Swirly Stitches -setin stansseilla. Lopulta kiinnitys korttipohjaan ja muutama paljetti koristeeksi.

The Flower Challenge #32

It's time for the May challenge over at The Flower Challenge and this time we're asking you to emboss! Heat embossing, dry embossing - it's up to you, just please remember to use a floral image on your card. And this time we have a prize for the winner! Altenew has kindly agreed to give our winner a stamp set, hop over to The Flower Challenge blog to see it.

So for my card I used Wallpaper Art set by Altenew. I heat embossed the flower and the leaves in gold, coloured them with Altenew watercolours and die cut them with the matching dies. For the white-on-white background I die cut a rectangle, adhered it to card base, and die cut a thin frame with Altenew's Fine Frames Rectangles die and adhered it to the panel. I stamped my sentiment ('Congrats' in Finnish) with Delicata gold ink and adhered my leaves and flower (the flower is adhered with foam adhesives for a bit of extra interest).

Here's a photo of the card at an angle so you can see that the embossing is actually gold (it's very tricky to photograph golden embossing...).

Now please visit The Flower Challenge blog for instructions on how to participate (you'll have until 25th of the month to participate) and to see the floral gorgeousness that my team mates have created for your inspiration!


Toukokuun haaste The Flower Challengessä on embossaus eli kohokuviointi jauheilla, kohokuviointitaskuilla tai millä vain. Muistathan vain käyttää kukkaleimaa tai -stanssia kortissasi! Ja voittajalle on luvassa Altenew'n lahjoittama palkinto, lisätietoja siitä The Flower Challenge -blogissa.

Omaan korttiini käytin Altenew'n Wallpaper Art -settiä. Embossasin sen kultaisella jauheella, väritin Altenew'n vesiväreillä ja stanssasin irti. Valkoiseen korttipohjaan kiinnitin valkoisen paneelin, johon puolestaan kiinnitin valkoisen kehyksen, jonka stanssasin Altenew'n Fine Frames Rectangles -stanssilla. Tekstileiman leimasin Delicatan kultaisella musteella. Lopulta kiinnitin kukan ja lehdet paikoilleen (kukan kiinnitin kohotarroilla).

Aikaa haasteeseen osallistumiseen on 25.5. asti, lisäneuvot osallistumiseen The Flower Challenge -blogista. Kannattaa käydä kurkkaamassa haaste, palkinto ja DT-porukan kortit blogista - ja osallistua, tietenkin!

Penny Black Full Bloom: Flower Fantasy

I created this one-layer card with a few challenges in mind. To make this, I folded a top-folding card base out of watercolour paper and stamped two different floral stamps from the new set by Penny Black called Flower Fantasy from their most recent release, Full Bloom. I coloured the flowers with my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from the Special Sentiments set.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
* Less Is More: Challenge #394 - OLC Buds or Petals
* CAS(E) This Sketch!: Challenge #319
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #339 - CAS
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday! 
* Allsorts Challenge: Week #517 - Mother's Day/Feminine (going with feminine here)

Penny Black products used (clickable links):
* Flower Fantasy (30-565)
* Special Sentiments (30-574)


Tämän kortin tein muutamaan haasteeseen. Taittelin korttipohjan vesivärikartongista ja leimasin siihen kahdella eri kukkaleimalla Penny Blackin uudesta setistä Flower Fantasy. Väritin ne Kuretake Gansai Tambi -vesiväreillä. Lopuksi leimasin tekstin setistä Special Sentiments.