Congrats! Congrats! - Onnea! Onnea!

I made a little birthday card with this cute Stamping Bella image from the Daisy Floral set. The colouring was done with Copics and there are tiny white Gelly Roll dots on her top and some clear Nuvo shimmer on her wings. I wanted to keep the card simple so I just added some pretty patterned paper die cut with a Penny Black die, a circle frame die cut with an MFT die and sentiment strip along with a couple of enamel dots. I stamped my sentiment twice on the strip, it says 'Congrats! Congrats!' in Finnish.

I'm entering my card to the following challenges:
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
* Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes
* Watercooler Wednesday: WWC256 - All About Occasions
* Addicted to Stamps and More: #374 - CAS

Synttärikortti syntyi tällä ihanalla Stamping Bellan leimalla setistä Daisy Floral. Väritys Copiceilla ja vähän valkoista Gelly Roll -kynää paitaan ja kimalletta siipiin. Taustalle kuviopaperia, jonka stanssasin Penny Blackin stanssilla sekä kehys ja tekstibanneri. Koristeina pari enamel dotsia.

Simple - Yksinkertainen

A quick little CAS card I made with a floral stamp from the Daisy Floral set by Stamping Bella. I coloured the image with my Copics and die cut it out with its matching die. I then die cut a panel with Penny Black's Stitched Nested Frames die, masked a rectangle on it and sponged some grey ink on the panel. Then I adhered the flower in place and stamped my sentiment ('Congratulations' in Finnish) before adhering the panel onto my cardbase.

Entering my card to the following challenge:
* Stamping Sensations: January - Favourite Stamps (florals :) )

Nopsa CAS-kortti Stamping Bellan kukalla setistä Daisy Floral. Väritin leimakuvan Copiceilla ja stanssasin irti. Paneelin stanssasin Penny Blackin Stitched Nested Frames -stanssilla, maskasin siihen suorakulmion ja mustetin. Sitten kiinnitin kukan paikoilleen, leimasin tekstileiman ja kiinnitin paneelin korttipohjaan.

Monsters - Hirviöt

This is the second card I made for my son for his 7th birthday, this was given to him by his grandparents. It's quite an unusual card from me as there is no stamping at all! For the monsters I used Monster dies by Paper Smooches and did a quick Copic colouring to colour them in. I added some googly eyes for them and notice the green monster's smile - it's similar to my son's smile at the moment as his front baby tooth fell out just in time for his birthday! :D I die cut the circle windows into a panel of patterned paper and the frames for them out of cardstock, and added some patterned paper behind the windows. Lastly, I die cut the number '7' and attached everything in place.

Entering my card to the following challenges:
* Paper Smooches: January 2020 - Anything Goes
* Watercooler Wednesday: WWC255 - Anything Goes with a Masculine Twist
* Happy Little Stampers: January - Anything Goes with Dies

Tein toisenkin kortin pojalleni, tämän hänelle antoivat isovanhempansa. Hieman erilainen kortti minulta, sillä en käyttänyt tähän ollenkaan leimoja! Hirviöt stanssasin Paper Smoochesin Monsters-stansseilla, väritin Copiceilla ja lisäsin nuo silmät. Vihreän hirviön hampaisiin on selityksensä - pojallani on nyt samanlainen hymy, kun etumaitohampaansa irtosi :D Taustan tein stanssaamalla ympyrät kuviopaperiin, stanssasin niille myös kehykset ja lisäsin kuviopaperia taakse. Lopuksi stanssasin numeron ja kiinnitin kaiken paikoilleen.

Seven - Seitsemän

My son is turning seven soon so I made him this birthday card. I chose the stamp Friendship by Penny Black as he loves dogs and would like to have one. However, we have two 'senior citizen' cats, so I think it's best not to shock them with a puppy just now.. Anyways, I coloured the image with my Copics and die cut it with its matching die, Friendship Cut Out. The sun is die cut with a die from that set too. I then die cut a couple of circle frames and adhered a bit of vellum behind them, and placed a bit of patterned paper in the background. Lastly, I adhered everything in place and added a number 7 to the sun.

I'm entering my card to the following challenges:
* The Male Room: Challenge #127 - Anything Masculine Goes
* Inkspirational: Challenge 204 - Fauna

Tämän kortin tein pian 7 vuotta täyttävälle pojalleni. Penny Blackin Friendship-leiman valitsin, koska poika pitää koirista ja haluaisi sellaisen itselleenkin. Meillä vain on kaksi kissavanhusta, joita ei viitsi järkyttää koiranpennulla... Leimakuvan väritin Copiceilla ja stanssasin irti. Auringon stanssasin Friendship Cut Out -stanssin mukana tulevalla 'ekstra-stanssilla' ja siihen lisäsin numeron 7. Sitten stanssasin pari ympyräkehystä, joiden taakse kiinnitin vellumia. Taustalle hieman kuviopaperia ja kaikki osaset kiinni.

Penny Black Share the Love: Potted Passion

Potted Passion is what this new stamp by Penny Black is called. A really lovely image, I think, and suitable for all kinds of cards, not just Valentine's or love themed. I coloured the image with my Copic markers and added a tiny bit of white gel pen to it before die cutting the panel with Stitches of Love die. I matted the panel onto kraft cardstock as I did to the patterned papers (from the paper pad Beau Jardins) in the background. The sentiment is from the same Potted Passion mini stamp set, I stamped it onto a strip of kraft cardstock. I embellished the card with a bit of twine tied into a bow and some hearts die cut with Bear-y Much Cut Out die.

Entering my card to the following challenges:
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #372 - Make Your Mark
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: January - Anything Goes, optional Something New

All stamps, dies and patterned paper used are by Penny Black and available in their online store:
* Potted Passion (30-659)
* Stitches of Love (51-597)
* Bear-y Much Cut Out (51-598)
* Beau Jardins (80-011)

Tämän Penny Blackin uuden leiman nimi on Potted Passion. Väritin sen Copiceilla, stanssasin paneelin Stitches of Love -setin stanssilla ja kerrostin kraftille. Taustalle kuviopaperia Beau Jardins -paperikosta ja kerrostus kraftille. Tekstileima on samasta minisetistä kuin kukkakin, sydämet stanssattu Bear-y Much Cut Out -stanssilla. Kaikki leimat, stanssit ja paperit on Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit yllä.

Penny Black Share the Love: Up and Away

I'm sharing the love again with a new stamp from the new Penny Black release called - yes! - Share the Love. This time I decided to make a friendship card with this sweet heart balloon image called Up and Away. I stamped it onto a panel of kraft cardstock, masked the circle around it and sponged some Distress Oxide ink to the panel to create a circular frame. I then coloured the image with my Copic markers. I heat embossed the sentiment from Snippets sentiment set onto a strip of dark brown cardstock, attached it in place and added a couple of hearts as embellishments. The hearts I die cut with Bear-y Much Cut Out die. Lastly, I adhered the panel onto a white square cardbase.

I'm entering my card to the following challenges:
* Stamping Sensations: January - Favourite Stamps
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: January - Anything Goes, optional 'Something New' (new stamps)

All stamps and dies used are by Penny Black and available in their online store:
* Up and Away (30-653)
* Bear-y Much Cut Out (51-598)
* Snippets (30-283)

Ystävänpäiväkortti uudella Penny Blackin leimalla Up and Away. Leimasin sen kraft-kartongille, maskasin ympyrän ja mustetin Distress Oxide -musteella. Leimakuvan väritin Copiceilla. Tekstileima on Snippets-setistä, embossasin sen tummanruskealle kartonkisuikaleelle, jonka koristelin parilla sydämellä, jotka stanssasin Bear-y Much Cut Out -stanssilla. Paneelin kiinnitin valkoiselle korttipohjalle. Kaikki käytetyt leimat ja stanssit ovat Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit yllä.

Penny Black Share the Love: Fur-Ever Yours & Bear-y Much

I have loads of bear-y cuteness to share today! I made two cards with two different stamps from the new Penny Black release called Share the Love, both feature a very cute bear. The circle card below features Fur-Ever Yours stamp, I just love that cute bear declaring his love with all his might! I watercoloured him and cut him out with the matching die, Fur-Ever Yours Cut Out. I stamped the sentiment from Bear-y Much stamp set, half of it onto the heart and half of it onto the white sentiment strip. I then die cut the circle cardbase and the patterned paper (from Painted Blooms paper pad) circle with regular circle dies and the white doily-looking circle with Penny Black's Stitched Square & Circles die. I tied a bit of baker's twine around the smallest circle and attached the circles and the bear in place. Using Bear-y Much Cut Out, I die cut different sized hearts out of pink cardstock and attached them in place. Lastly, I added some sticky back pearls to the hearts.

I'm entering my card to the following challenges:
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: January - Anything Goes, optional Something New (new stamps and dies)
* Watercooler Wednesday: WWC253 - Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist

For the second card, I used the new stamp Bear-y Much. I coloured it with my watercolours as well and die cut it out using Bear-y Much Cut Out. For the background, I used some patterned paper from Beau Jardins paper pad and a panel that I die cut with the new Stitches of Love die. I used sentiment from the new sentiment set Hug Me (I only used a part of it, the whole sentiment says 'Be mine. Hug me. Kiss me.') and stamped it onto a strip of white cardstock. I embellished the card with a heart die cut with Bear-y Much Cut Out and a paper clip that I die cut with Just a Note die set.

I'm entering my card to the following challenges:
* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Something New (new stamps and dies)
* Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge: January - Anything Goes

All products used are by Penny Black and available in their online store.
Circle card:
* Fur-Ever Yours (30-652)
* Fur-Ever Yours Cut Out (51-604)
* Bear-y Much (30-657)
* Bear-y Much Cut Out (51-598)
* Painted Blooms (80-009)
* Stitched Square & Circles (51-422)

Rectangle card:
* Bear-y Much (30-657)
* Bear-y Much Cut Out (51-598) 
* Hug Me (30-668)
* Stitches of Love (51-597)
* Just a Note (51-531)
* Beau Jardins (80-011)

Kaksi nallukka-korttia tällä kertaa. Ylemmässä ihana Fur-Ever Yours ja alemmassa Bear-y Much, molemmat vesiväritettyjä ja stanssattuja. Ylemmässä tekstileima Bear-y Much -setistä ja alemmassa Hug Me -setistä. Ylemmän doilyn näköinen ympyrä stanssattu Stitched Square & Circles -stanssisetin stanssilla, alemman suorakulmio uudella Stitches of Love -setin stanssilla. Ylemmän paperi Painted Blooms -paperikosta, alemman Beau Jardins -paperikosta. Molempiin stanssattu sydämiä Bear-y Much Cut Out -stansseilla, alempaan lisäsin klemmarin, jonka stanssasin Just a Note -stanssisetin stanssilla. Molempiin kortteihin käytetyt tuotteet ovat Penny Blackin, linkit tuotteisiin yllä.

Penny Black Share the Love: Winsome Wreath

I'm sharing the love again with new stamps from the new Penny Black release called Share the Love. This time I used the gorgeous floral wreath called Winsome Wreath - it's such a beautiful stamp and so lovely to colour. For the first card, I used the whole stamp and coloured it with my watercolours before die cutting the panel with a square die from the set Stitched Square & Circles. I then stamped the sentiment from the new Only You sentiment set inside the wreath, and matted the panel onto some dark pink cardstock before adhering it onto pale grey cardbase. I didn't add any embellishments as I wanted the stamped image to be in the spotlight.

I'm entering my card to the following challenges:
* Penny Black and More: January - Make It Feminine
* Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge: January - Anything Goes
* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Something New (new stamps)

For the second card I folded my cardbase out of sturdy watercolour paper and stamped part of the wreath on the upper right hand corner before colouring it with my watercolours. I sponged some Distress Oxide ink around the stamped image and splattered a bit of purple watercolour on the card front. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from the Grateful Sentiments set.

All stamps and dies used are by Penny Black and available in their online store:
* Winsome Wreath (40-721)
* Only You (30-666)
* Grateful Sentiments (30-547)
* Stitched Square & Circles (51-422)

Tämä uusi Penny Blackin Winsome Wreath -leima on i-h-a-n-a! Todella kaunis ja kiva väritettävä. Ensimmäiseen korttiin leimasin sen kokonaan näkyville, väritin vesiväreillä  ja stanssasin paneelin Stitched Square & Circles -setin neliöstanssilla. Tekstileima on uudesta Only You -setistä, leimasin sen kranssin keskelle. Sitten kerrostin paneelin tummanpinkille kartogille ja kiinnitin vaaleanharmaaseen korttipohjaan.

Toiseen korttiin taittelin korttipohjan vesivärikartongista ja leimasin vain osan kranssia näkyviin yläkulmasta. Väritys taas vesiväreillä, hieman Distress Oxide -mustetta leimakuvan ympärille ja perään muutama vesiväriroiske. Tekstileima on Grateful Sentiments -setistä ja sopii hyvin ystävänpäiväkorttiin. 

Kaikki käytetyt tuotteet ovat Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit tuotteisiin yllä.

AAA Birthday: January - Tammikuu

The first challenge of the new year and the new decade is starting at AAA Birthday and we have a fun one for you - a shaker card! As our Guest Designer, we have Vita Thai. I encourage you to check out her Instagram account and leave her some crafty love!

Instead of playing with foam adhesives, I decided to make a sort of a faux shaker card again. So I took a small cellophane bag, cut a piece of patterned paper that fitted inside it, and added my sequins in there. I really like it this way as the sequins won't fall to the bottom of the shaker part but instead 'float' around the cellophane bag. The stamped image I used is Curvy Girl Gardener by Stamping Bella, I love it and bought it for myself as a birthday treat :) I coloured it with my Copic markers and used the matching die to die cut it. For the background, I used patterned paper in pretty rainbow colours. The sentiment I used says 'Congrats' in Finnish, I stamped it onto a banner die cut with an MFT die.

Here's a close up of the Gardener.

I hope you'll join us on our first challenge of 2020! Please visit AAA Birthday for the details on how to play along and to view the gorgeous cards created by my fab teamies.


On vuosikymmenen ensimmäisen haasteen aika AAA Birthdayssä ja teemana on shaker-kortit. Guest Designerina meillä on Vita Thai.

Sen sijaan, että olisin tehnyt perinteisen shakerin, päätin huijata hieman. Otin pienen sellofaanipussin, leikkasin sinne sisälle palan kuviopaperia ja lisäsin paljetit sinne. Tällä tavoin paljetit pysyvät "leijumassa" eivätkä putoa shaker-osion pohjalle. Raamit sille stanssasin Hero Artsin stansseilla. Leimakuvana käytin Stamping Bellan Curvy Girl Gardener -leimaa, jonka väritin Copiceilla. Taustalle hieman sateenkaaripaperia ja tekstileima MFT:n stanssilla stanssattuun banneriin ja kortti oli valmis.

AAA Birthdaystä löytyy ohjeet osallistumiseen ja DT-porukan inspiraatiokortit. Kannattaa käydä kurkkaamassa ja osallistua! :)

Penny Black Share the Love: Key to Kindness, part 3

Well, I did tell you that I love the new Key to Kindness stamp set by Penny Black, didn't I? So much so that I made a third card with it! This time I used the wreath from the set, coloured it with my Copics again and fussy cut it out. Then I stamped the sentiment from the new Only You sentiment set inside the wreath and added a tiny heart inside the O, I die cut it using Hearts Galore die. I added a doily behind the wreath (now that I found them again, I'm using them all the time!) and a bit of patterned paper from the Gentle Whisper paper pad which I matted onto pale pink cardstock before adhering it to my square cardbase.

I'm entering my card to the following challenges:
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Something New (new stamps)
* Cute Card Thursday: Challenge #615 - Anything Goes
* Stamping Sensations: January - Favourite Stamps (this stamp set is my new favourite)
* Penny Black and More: January - Make It Feminine

All stamps, dies and patterned paper that I've used are by Penny Black and available in their online store:
* Key to Kindness (30-665)
* Only You (30-666)
* Gentle Whisper (80-008)
* Hearts Galore (51-492)

Tästä uudesta Penny Blackin leimasetistä on tullut varma suosikkini, tämä on jo kolmas kortti, jonka sillä teen. Setti on siis Key to Kindness ja tällä kertaa käytin siitä tuota ihanaa kranssia. Väritin sen Copiceilla ja leikkasin irti. Kranssin sisälle leimasin tekstileiman setistä Only You ja lisäsin pienen sydämen O:n sisään, se on stanssattu Hearts Galore -stanssilla. Kranssin taustalle taas doily ja hieman kuviopaperia Gentle Whisper -paperikosta, kerrostus vaaleanpunaiselle kartongille ja sitten kiinni korttipohjaan. Kaikki käytetyt tuotteet ovat siis Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit tuotteisiin yllä.

Penny Black Share the Love: Key to Kindness, part 2

I love the new Key to Kindness stamp set by Penny Black so I made another card with it. I coloured the image with my Copic markers and fussy cut it out. I die cut the frame with the new Stitches of Love die set and used some patterned paper from the Gentle Whisper paper pad for the background. I stamped my sentiment from the new Hug Me sentiment set directly onto the patterned paper. I've found my love of doilies again :) so I used a doily and a bit of twine behind the stamped and fussy cut image that I adhered with foam adhesives. I finished the card by embellishing it with some sticky back pearls.

I'm entering my card to the following challenges:
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: January - Anything Goes, optional 'Something New' (new stamps and dies)
* Time Out Challenges: Challenge #152 - Photo Inspiration (the heart, the frame and the pattern on the vase)
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Something New (stamps and dies)
* Allsorts Challenge: Week 553 - Soft Pastels

All stamps, dies and patterned paper used are by Penny Black and available in their online store:
* Key to Kindness (30-665)
* Hug Me (30-668)
* Stitches of Love (51-597)
* Gentle Whisper (80-008)

Tämä Penny Blackin uusi leimasetti Key to Kindness on sen verran ihana, että tein sillä toisenkin kortin. Tähän käytin setin kukkasydäntä, jonka väritin Copiceilla ja leikkasin irti. Kehyksen stanssasin Stitches of Love -stanssisetin stansseilla ja taustalle käytin kuviopaperia Gentle Whisper -paperikosta, ja leimasin tekstin setistä Hug Me siihen suoraan. Leimakuvan takana käytin doilya ja hieman narua ja koristelin kortin vielä puolihelmillä. Kaikki käytetyt tuotteet ovat Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit yllä.

Best cards of 2019 - The Flower Challenge

It's time to look back on last year and the cards I've made and choose my favourite cards that I made for The Flower Challenge during 2019. I love all styles of cardmaking but tend to lean towards the clean and simple (or clean and layered, depending on the definition) style and I think my cards reflect that. And looking at the cards I chose, I think we could also play a game called 'Guess my favourite floral colour'... LOL!

Here are the original posts for the cards, clockwise from top left corner:
Challenge #34: Pretty Pastels, Reminder
Challenge #28: Colour Pink & Grey
Challenge #36: Anything Goes, Reminder
Challenge #36: Anything Goes

Thank you so much for looking, I hope you can join us and play along in the new challenges of The Flower Challenge this year!



On aika katsoa vuoden 2019 kortteja ja erityisesti The Flower Challenge -haasteeseen tekemiäni DT-kortteja. Valitsin neljä itselleni mieluisinta korttia ja ajattelin, että samalla voisimme pelata helppoa peliä nimeltään "Arvaa Milla lempiväri", ha ha! Linkit kortteihin löytyy yltä, mikäli haluat katsoa niitä lähemmin. Toivottavasti osallistut myös tuleviin haasteisiimme!

Penny Black Share the Love: Key to Kindness

I'm sharing the love again with a card made with new stamps and dies from the new collection by Penny Black called Share the Love. This time I decided to make a shaker card the easy way so I took a cellophane bag, inserted a bit of patterned paper from the paper pad Gentle Whisper and added my sequins in there (no playing with foam adhesives needed!). I die cut the frame using the new Stitches of Love frame dies and adhered it to the shaker part. The stamped image I used is from the new Key to Kindness stamp set which is one of my faves, the florals in the set are so whimsical and pretty. I coloured the image with my Copic markers and fussy cut it out. I then heat embossed the sentiment from the new Only You sentiment set onto a strip of grey cardstock and added the pink die cut 'you' (die cut with For You die set). For the background, I used patterned paper from the paper pad Beau Jardins.

I'm entering my card to the following challenges:
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: December - Anything Goes, Optional 'Sparkle and Shine'
* Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: WWC252 - Anything Goes
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Something New (new stamps and dies)

 All stamps and dies used are by Penny Black and available in their online store:
* Key to Kindness (30-665)
* Only You (30-666)
* Stitches of Love (51-597)
* For You (51-105)
* Beau Jardins (80-011)
* Gentle Whisper (80-008)

Uusi kortti uusilla Penny Black -tuotteilla, feikki-shaker-kortti tällä kertaa. Feikki siinä mielessä, että en käyttänyt tähän kohotarroja tms vaan pientä sellofaanipussia, johon laitoin palasen kuviopaperia Gentle Whisper -paperikosta ja paljetit sinne sisään. Helppoa ja nopeaa! Kehyksen stanssasin Stitches of Love -setin stansseilla. Leima, jota käytin on ihanasta Key to Kindness -setistä, väritin sen Copiceilla ja leikkasin irti. Tekstileiman Only You -setistä embossasin harmaalle kartonkipalaselle ja lisäsin stanssatun 'you:n' (For You -stanssisetillä stanssattu). Taustalle hieman kuviopaperia Beau Jardins -paperikosta. Kaikki käytetyt tuotteet ovat Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit yllä.

Penny Black Share the Love: Heart Border

Happy New Year and happy 'Roaring 20s'! I'm beginning my 2020 crafting with a CAS card made with new products from the new and fabulous Penny Black release called Share the Love. This is a very clean and simple card with minimal stamping so it's quick and easy to make. I first die cut a panel of white cardstock with the new frame die called Stitches of Love, I love these new frame dies, each size comes with different stitching around the edges. I then die cut the panel with a new die called Heart Border which cuts a sort of negative image on cardstock. I also die cut the Heart Border on pink cardstock so that I could get the hearts in pink. I folded my cardbase out of red cardstock and adhered the white panel on it. I then stamped my sentiment, it's from the new sentiment set called Hug Me, on the white panel and adhered the pink hearts in place. Lastly, I added a couple of tiny rhinestones in two of the hearts.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: December - Anything Goes
* Allsorts Challenge: Week 51/2 - Anything Goes
* Perfectly CAS: Challenge #4 - Celebrate (celebrating Valentine's Day with this card)

All stamps and dies used are by Penny Black and from their latest release called Share the Love which is available in their online store:
* Heart Border (51-592)
* Hug Me (30-668)
* Stitches of Love (51-597)

Hyvää Uutta Vuotta ja uutta vuosikymmentä! Aloitin uuden vuosikymmenen askartelut CAS-kortilla, jossa on hyvin vähän leimailua. Stanssasin ensin paneelin valkoisesta kartongista Penny Blackin Stitches of Love -stanssisetin stanssilla. Sitten stanssasin paneeliin tuon sydänkuvion Heart Border -stanssilla, samalla stanssilla stanssasin vielä pinkkiä kartonkia, että sain pinkkejä sydämiä. Korttipohjan taittelin punaisesta kartongista ja kiinnitin siihen valkoisen paneelin, johon leimasin tekstin uuden tekstisetin Hug Me leimalla. Lopuksi kiinnitin pinkit sydämet paikoilleen ja pariin sydämeen laitoin koristeeksi pienen timantin. Kaikki käytetyt tuotteet ovat Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit yllä.