Men Garden Gnome - easy fun fold card

Hi everyone,

Today I`m sharing my latest card for Polkadoodles DT team and today it`s all about fathers day.

In Norway we actually celebrate fathers day the second Sunday in November, but many places like in the USA and UK they celebrate fathers day 16.th Juni this year so here is some inspiration for you. Make sure to check out what the Polkadoodles design team has made for this weeks challenge.

For this card I decided to use this fun little gnome gardening. I used the digital bundle Lawn Mover Gnome where you get lots of extra digital items to use on your card. 

I wanted to build a cute little scene so I decided to make a side step fun fold card that I decorated with a few images from the bundle that I colored with my Copic markers. I printed out a few trees in slightly different sizes, and did the same with the pots with plants. Next I fuzzy cut all the images I used befor I glued them on to create my scene, adding pop dots on some of the elements. My sentiment is also from the same bundle. The pattern paper is from the Gnome men gardening digital papers. 

Copic colores I used:

Skin: E04-11-21-00-000

Beard: W5-3-1-0

Outfit: B99-97-34-32,  E44-43-42-41

Lawn mover: R89-27-24-22-20

Grass and trees: G28-14-07, YG03, E29-25, R27

Pots: E97-25-23-21

I`m entering this card to:

Simon Says: Masculine | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Simon Says: Masculine | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

The Paper Shelter (shades of brown on gnome and trees)

Crafty Catz: Challenge #673 Plus redraw winner for #671 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

CopicMarkerNorge: Utfordring #153 - GULT/ORANGE -  Alt går/ ATG

Classic Design Challenge Blog : Classic Design Challenge #05-2024 May/Jun - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Masculine

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really hope you liked my card and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Cool music gnome - card for boy/men

Hi everyone,

Today I`m sharing my latest Polkadoodles DT card, and this time it`s all about these masculine cards for man/boy. Being a mom of boys myself, I have three, those cards sure come in handy. 

For today`s card I used the cool Music Record Collector Gnome digital stamp. I think he`s so fun and I loved coloring him with my Copic markers. The pattern papers are from the Gnome for men Music Record printable pattern papers. If you are looking for something to use for a masculine card, you should check out the Gnome for men collection. There are so many fun and cool images both precolored and images ready to be colored with your favorite coloring medium along with matching papers and sentiments.

Copic colors used:

Skin: E04-11-21-00-000

Hat: BG49-13-000

Outfit: BG78-75-72-000

Beard: T3-1, W1-0

Headphone: W9-7-5-3-1 and E09, YR27-24

 Records: T9-7-3   

I`m entering this card to:

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz Challenge #671 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Challenge #595 - A Bit of a Giggle ~ The Paper Shelter

Facebook Copic Norge 

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you got some inspiration to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

Christine💮

Masculine Valentines card

 Hi,

Today is finally the day I can share some exciting news! I am a guest designer at The Male Room Challenge, and this month`s theme is valentine/ use a heart. 

I really enjoy playing along on The Male Room as this challenges me to make masculine cards. After all, I have three sons, and the challenge themes are fun to play along with. You should head on over and play along too. Lots of great inspiration from the DT as well as the other participants. 

For this card I decided to make a 6*6 card base in a very light brown/beige color. I backed my patterned paper with a dark brown cardstock as to double frame the image. I went stash diving for this pattern paper and found this from the old Time Machine collection from Kaisercraft. I`m so happy with this, it gave the exact feel I was going for with this card.

For my focal point I used heart strings embossing folder from Elisabeth craft that I`ve had forever. But I`m sure you can find something similar. I just used this embossing folder on another card, and I love how totally different cards you can make with the same products. I cut out a scallop heart with the nesting dies from Xcut and used foam dots to pop it up. The sentiment is actually a part of the papers zip strip and I glued it on a strip of the other side of the pattern paper so it matches perfectly in color. 

The metal leaves are from Prima and the light brown and brown dots are from Papirdesign. To grunge it up a little I punched holes and put in some eyelets in brass on each side of the sentiment. I love the saying:"The best things in life are the people we love". How true is that!

You can join the challenge here: 

I`m playing along:

Simon Says: Love Is In The Air | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz Challenge #664 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you like my card and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine

Valentine card - emboss resist technique

 Hi,

Today I have played with emboss resist. This is such a fun technique and the result you get is so cool. 

I think this background stamp from Penny Black is so pretty and it`s perfect for this technique. I stamped and heat embossed with Lindy`s white embossing powder. For my colours I used Distress ink in Tumbled glass, Peacock feathers, maybe a tad of Salty ocean and Vintage photo. I layed down the ink going diagonal. Then I lightly went over with a baby wipe to remove any excess ink on top of the embossed pattern. If you want to give the card a more feminine feel, you can just use different colors of ink. 

Next I cut down my panel to size and I also cut out a heart before I used foam tape to glue down my panel to my A2 card base. This turns the cut out heart into a kind of window, and it also gave my card some dimension and interest.

I stamped the sentiment from an old club kit from La la land and the stitched banner is also from them. I glued on some flat back pearls from Papirdesign as my finishing touch.

I love how this card turned out, this sure is a fun technique.

I`m playing along at:

Simon Says: Have A Heart | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Simon Says: Anything Goes | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz Challenge #664 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Simon Says IG Challenge (@simonsayschallenge) • Instagram-bilder og -videoer

 February theme: ink blending

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you like my card. Why don`t you make your own valentines card and create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Quick and fun birthday cards perfect for kids birthday party

 Hi, and welcome back to my blog in 2024.

Today I have some quick and fun birthday cards to share that I made for my son to gift to some friends at school who celebrated their birthday together. I like to make the cards similar just playing around with colors and pattern papers when multiple kids celebrate together. These cards are quick to make, and you can easily replicate the idea using different shapes for your card base. 

I used the biggest star from the nesting star set and cut out a star as my card front. For my card base, I scored and folded my cardstock leaving the tip of the star die outside my cutting plates on the folded edge so that the star shape is partially cut, making it a foldable shaped card. Then I glued the star ontop to get a whole star shaped card.

I kept the card design very basic since they probably will be thrown away right away - I mean that`s fine, they are 7/8 year old boys. But since my son is gifting money I just wanted to put it in something a little extra for him to hand out. The circle birthday sentiment is from Kort og Godt and is backed on some scalloped circles for added interest. On the blue cards, the sentiment is heat embossed in silver, and for the other pattern paper I used gold embossing powder from Simon Says Stamp. 

I`m entering this to:

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz Challenge #663 - Anything Goes plus optional twist (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Classic Design Challenge Blog : Classic Design Challenge #01-2024 Jan/Feb - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Blue and White

Colorful Options: January 2024

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine 💮

Another Dream Catcher Card

 Hi,

I`m back with another dream catcher card. This time I made an A2 size card in blue and white, and I`m so happy with how this card turned out. 

I am still trying to use up some of the papers I`ve been hoarding and I think this starry night paper was perfect for this card. To darken the edges and draw the eye to the center of the card, I used Distress ink in Faded Jeans and then Black soot being careful not to go in as far as I did with the dark blue ink. 

The dream catcher die and the feathers from Marianne design is cut out of smooth white cardstock, the same as my card base. I added some white feathers together with the die cuts and I love how it looks. The sentiment is embossed with silver embossing powder to pick up the little silver touch from the silver pearl treaded into my bow. I also added some white flat back pearls at the end of the sentiment banner and in a couple of stars on the background. The beautiful blue sprinkles with glitter are from Doodlebug.

And here is another look at the card. 

I like to enter this to:

Simon Says: Thinking Of You | (simonsaysstampblog.com) 2.nd entry

The Male Room: Challenge 180 - Feathers (themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com) 2.nd entry

WOHOO I WAS THE LUCKY WINNER The Male Room: Winners #180 - Feathers (themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com)

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz #658 -Make it Sparkle (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

I hope this dream catcher card inspired you to get crafty and create yourself a happy day crafting too. I sure had fun today.

Hugs,

Christine💮

Dream Catcher card

 Hi,

Today I`m back with a quick post to share my latest card with you. I made a dream catcher card using an older die from Marianne design. I colored a panel using Dylusions orange and yellow paint applying it with a baby whipe. Then I cut out my feathers trying to get a two tone effect on them to add some more interest.

The text is actually a stamp from Visible image that I love to use. This time the stamping was too light and since I don`t have a stamping platform I decided to just write over with a pen. I really, really want to invest in a stampingplatform, however, when I`m ordering there is always so much fun stuff I really, really want so I`ll have to wait for that one and just embrace the imperfections in the meantime. I darkened my edges with Distress ink in black soot, and I also went around my dream catcher with this to make it stand out more from the background. 

I added some string and pearls to my dream catcher and also used some old Prima bling from my stash.

I like to enter this to:

The Male Room: Challenge 180 - Feathers (themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com)

Simon Says: Thinking Of You | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

I really like how this turned out in the end, and I hope you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Birthdaycard and fun surprise pop up ball giftbox

 Hi,

Today I`m back to share a gate fold card with bellyband and a matching gift box with surprise pop up balls that I made for my sons birthday. 

It was finally time to use these gorgeous papers from Wild Rose Studio, Man About Town that I have been hoarding for years. 

For my cards closure I made a belly band and popped up the scallup circle aswell as my sentiment on pop up dots to add some dimension and a little intrest. I added som Ranger stickles in Black diamond that have glitter in it. The birthday sentiment is in norwegian from Kort & Godt (M-180) On the inside a stamped an old sentiment that I love and find so beautiful. Its from Bildmålarne but I don`t think it`s available anymore.

I kept the gift box plane on the outside, just decorated it with the pattern paper. I used some black ribbon for my pull to open the box.

My son just moved to do a one year " Soccer in Europe" on a boarding school. He has always loved to play soccer and when I went to Karen Burnistons YT channel to see how to assemble my new pop up ball die, I got inspired to do a surprise football pop up balls gift box when I saw a snowball in a box assemble tutorial. This was so fun to gift and my son loved it and found it very cool.

Inside the box I made a little pocket where you can put a gift card, money or a tag to write a personal message. 

And here is a small clip from our birthday picknick outside his school opening the pop up ball gift box.

I`m entering this to :

Simon Says: Anything Goes | (simonsaysstampblog.com) - I was the lucky winner!     

Winner – Anything Goes Challenge | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: SEPTEMBER 2023: Challenge #115 Crafts Galore Encore (cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com)

Knutsels en Kadootjes: We gaan pockets maken bij Knutsels en Kadootjes...

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you liked it and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too :)

-Christine💮

Easy mini slimline birthday cards

 Hi,

Today I`m back with a quick post to share these easy and fun cards I made for some school friends of my son. They celebrate their birthday together so I made all cards simular just playing around with colors and the pattern papers on each card. It was so quick and easy to do and I had great fun creating them. I decided to go with the size of a small slimline card and the stripes from my 6*6 inch paper pad covered the card base easily even when they where glued on diagonal. I don`t have many typical younger boys pattern paper, but I found this old Authentique Suave collection that I`m really happy with.

I stamped and diecut my sentiments backing them on differets shapes of matching cardstock. I kept my cards very basic since they probably will be thrown away right away - I mean thats fine, they are 7 year old boys. But since my son is gifting money I just wanted to put it in something a little extra and so on the inside I made a small pocket to insert the money he will give.

This stamp set is an older stamp set in Norwegian from Kort og Godt were you get different sayings on the circles so I chose to use a different sentiment for each card. 

I`m playing along :

The Male Room: Challenge 177 - Dots and/or Stripes (themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com)

Wohoo! So excited to be among the honourable mentions at the male room this week.

Hope this quick and easy jet very striking way of creating inspired you to create yourself a happy day crafting too :)

Thank you for stopping by,

-Christine💮

Masculine card - Sir Vagabond in Japan

 Hi,

Today I`m sharing a masculine card made out of the amazing papers Sir Vagabond in Japan from Stamperia. I fussy cut my focal point from the Collectables pack and I just love the look of the samurai used on this card. 

The background is also from the same collectable paper pad. I stamped the film strip using Stamperias Create happiness leaves and movie stamp set and cut out the pictures from the papers. The circular birthday sentiment stamp is from Papirdesign. To finish of my card I used some black glitter stickles from Ranger but the sparkle doesn`t show up that well on the pictures I think.

I love how this card turned out and I hope you like it as much as I do.

I`m entering this card to 

Simon Says: Anything Goes | (simonsaysstampblog.com) 2nd entry

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz Challenge #648 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: Wk 30 - Card making & paper craft challenge - Anything Goes creative craft challenge at Polkadoodles

The Male Room: Challenge 176 - Travel (themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com)

So happy my card is among the Honourable mention 

I hope you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too 😊

Thank you so much for stopping by,

-Christine💮