Christmas card

Hi,

We have a new challenge over at Copic Marker Norway, and I have made acard coloring up this sweet image from Bildmålarne, a Swedish company that unfortunately doesn`t exist anymore.

I have colored with my Copic markers, and these are the colors I used:

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 and R20

Hair: E29, E25, E21

Dress: W5, W3, W1, W0 og R27, R24, R22, R20

Letters: E31, E30 and W1 and 0 (blender)

Birds: T5, T3, T1 and R 22, R20 and Y38 og YR27

Branch and bag: E79,E77, E74, E71

I also used Stickles in Star Dust to add some sparkle 

and I used Snow tex to create some winter snow on the branch.

I`m entering:

Simon Says: Anything Goes, featuring Gina K Designs |

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Christmas cards and double slider gift card holders

Hello everyone.

I made these Christmas cards and double slider gift card holders a while back, I just haven`t had the time to post them here. I love how they turned out and the colors are so elegant and beautiful together.

I went stash diving when making these cards. I love the beautiful grey, red and off-white paper from Riddersholm, I kind of hoped I could get a few sheets more, but no such luck. The Christmas sprig and the red flowers from WOC just made these projects come really nicely together.

I used the biggest circle from Spellbinder Royal circle die set and popped up for some dimension and the sentiment stamp is a Norwegian Christmas stamp.

The gift card got a "to and from" stamp at the back and a small Christmas sentiment on one of the sliding card panels. I followed the same tutorial that I did with my Foxy latte coffe gift card.

I`m entering this to:

Simon Says: Christmas, featuring Pink & Main |

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz challenge #681

Challenge #615 - Squares/Circles ~ The Paper Shelter

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Sorry about the poor photo quality. These came out dull and kind of dark. I do hope you still got some inspiration, and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine 💮

Witch Way - Halloween card

Hi,

It`s all about autumn over at the Copic Marker Norway blog, and I have had my eyes on this amazing image from Molly Harrison Art  "Witch Way" for quite some time now.

I still have some of my all time favourite Halloween papers An Eerie tale from G45 left so was happy to get to use some of them again.

Copic colors I used to color this image:

Skin : E04, E11, E21, E00, E000

Hair: W9, W7, W5

Dress and hat: G99, G94, G21

Yellow details: E09, YR27, Y35, Y11

Cape: T9, BV29, BV23, BV20, BV02

White Sakura gel pen

I`m entering this to:

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=36786

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/challenge-680-anything-goes-optional.html?m=1

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you liked my card and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. Don`t forget to share your Copic coloring with us ower at the Copic Norge FB group.

Hugs,

-Chrisitne

Cupcake Birthday Card

Hi everyone,

I have made a birthday card using this lovely Cherry Cream Cupcake that I colored with my copic markers. 

This is the perfect stamp for birthdays all year around. The pattern paper is from the Pretty Winnie Daisy digital paper collection. These papers are so soft, pretty and versatile as backgrounds for cards. 

Copic Colors I used are:

Ising: R85-83-81, RV000

Cherry: R59.38,29,24,20 and white gel pen

Cupcake: E37-35-33-31

Wrapper: G99, YG67-63-03

Thank you for stopping by, 

Hugs,

Christine

Sympathy card

Hi everyone,

Our summer weeks inspiration is over at the Copic Marker Norway challenge blog, and we are back to our regular schedule. Our first challenge theme is " Milestones in life". We may often think of weddings, baptismn or other big and happy events like birthdays a.s.o, but since my family unfortunately had the loss of an uncle of mine recently I decided to make a condolence card. 

I went with a mini slimline card, and this is a card size I love to do. These beautiful flowers are a digital stamp from Alex Syberia called Fabulous floral slimline card panel. I decided to print out the stamp in its original slimline size, but only use part of the image fussy cutting out two of the flowers.

I colored up this image with my Copics using BG 78-75-72-70 and going blending tip to tip between the gap of BG72 to BG 70 as the last color is so much lighter.

I used a light grey wooden pattern paper under the flowers that I popped up on dimension tape to add some interest to my card. I stamped the word condolences on vellum paper and added some clear crystal bling to my card. For the flower centers I decided to go with Black diamond Stickles from Ranger to add some elegance and also to pick up the black from my card stock panel.

On the inside I stamped a very sweet norwegian message translating ruffely into " Life will never be the same after a drear smil fades away"

I`m really happy with how this card came together and I wish the pictures would make this card justice.

I`m entering this card to:

 Simon Says: Anything Goes, featuring Hero Arts! | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Thank you so much for stopping by, 

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Foxy Latte Coffee - Double slider gift card

Hi everyone,

Today I have a fun double slider gift card to share with you for the Polkadoodles challenge blog. You pull on the ribbon /string, and both the slider panels slide out at the same time. Fun and super cute. I have made the same slider card for my son to bring to birthdays for his friends at school, making a band to slide money into instead of a gift card, letting him color the digi image for a more personal gift.

I have colored up the adorable Foxy latte coffee that I fussy cut and popped on to my slider card front. The papers I used are from the Autumn fall pattern papers 2. I love all the fall colors and the season we are getting into.

For the sentiment on the bottom panel, I used a sentiment from the Serenity Fairy Wishes Sentiments

Copics colors I used to color up this cute little fox: 

Fur: E08, YR12-14-18 and E000, R11-20 ears and cheeks
Hat: YG91-93-95-97-99
Straw: B93-95-97 and W0-1

To make my Double slider gift card I followed a tutorial on YT from The Paper Pixie. 

I`m entering my card to:

Simon Says: Anything Goes, featuring Hero Arts! | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Thank you for stopping by,

I hope you liked this fun gift card and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Besties - Fun fold featuring the Ruby collection

 Hi everyone,

It`s time for a new challenge over at the Polkadoodles challenge blog and I`m excited to share my card with you today. The DT inspirational theme for this weeks challenge was friendship using images from the Ruby collection. The timing for this theme came perfect for me since one of my closest friend is born in August. 

For my card I used two images from the Ruby collection, flipping one of them so the direction of the girls standing together came out right. I placed one of the images slightly overlapping the dress of the other to make it more natural looking and more pleasing to the eye. The digistamps I used are Ruby Oo-la-la and Ruby Frou Frou and as usual I colored them up with my Copic markers.

Copic colores I used, listed from light to dark:

Ruby Oo-la-la:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-04, R20

Hair E21-25-49

Outfit: BG10-11-13-49   (I went lightly over with BG 70-72 to mute down the color)

           RV32-34

Ruby Frou Frou:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-13-04, R20, RV42

Hair: 53-43-57-59-49

Outfit: B32-34-99-39 

           RV32-34

 

I made my card into a pop up Z- flod card and at the pop up I used the sentiment Besties that`s from the Winny daisy sentimet bundle. Perfect for my card!

I hope you liked my card and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. 

Why don`t you head on over and join in on the fun over at the Polkadoodles challenge blog this week. Thank you for stopping by.

I’m entering this card:

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge

Hugs,

-Christine💮

LIVE- Mixed media canvas with Copic

 Hi everyone.

Today is my last day of my summer inspiration week over at the Copic Marker Norway. This time I created a mixed media canvas using a big Copic colored image as my focal point. I love to play around like this mixing the best of two worlds, Copic coloring and playing around with mixed media. Dont forget to pop over to our Facebook group Copic Norge to share your Copic coloring. 

My canvas is 25*20 cm and my image from Mariola Budek Art Perl in Roses is printed at around 20/21 cm in height. For my background I used Tim Holtz Distress oxide sprays in Speckled egg, Stormy sky and Vintage photo. Next, I stamped randomly around the edges of my canvas with a crackled background stamp from Stamperia and the script stamp with the little post circle stamp saying Oslo from Inkado is a favourite.

Then I added Finnabair modeling paste on a script stencil and I also used Finnabair 3D matt clear on a Prima square stencil to add some subtle different textures and interest to my background. 

I glued on some cheesecloth before gluing down my image backed with thick cardboard to give it some dimension. Then I glued on some Prima flowers and some Finnabair metal leaves. The lightbulb from Tim Holtz with the sentiment "Live" became my title for this canvas, and I just love how it came together at the end. To finish my canvas I glued on some flat back pearls in different sized and splattered with some white gesso.

Copic Colors used:

Skin: E04-11-21-00-000 R20

Mouth: E04-20
Hair: E29-57-25-21-50 

then, not beeing too happy with how it looked, I went over with E49-59-53-51

Animalskull: T7, E44-43-42-41, W5-1-0

Pearl: C5-3-1

Flowers: R89-85-83-81

Leaves :G99-94-21, YG23

I colored the eyebrows and eyes with pencils

I added some highlight with a white gel pen, and I also added some clear Wink of Stelle to the pearl necklace and to some of the canine teeth.

I`m entering this to:

The Male Room: Challenge 189 - Mixed Media (themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com)

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge Blog: Welcome to Creative Artiste Challenge #107

Wohoo!! I made TOP 3!

Classic Design Challenge Blog : Classic Design Challenge #07-2024 Jul/Aug - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Summer Holiday / Vacation

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you got some inspiration to create yourself a happy dat crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮 

The Mermaid`s greeting

 Hi,

Today I`m sharing my second inspiration card over at the Copic Marker Norway blog.

Summer is slowly going to an end where here where I live, so I wanted to make a really summery card holding on to that summer feeling as long as possible. And what better image to use than a mermaid creating that under the sea vibe to achieve that.

The image is from Aurora Wings, Starfish mermaid, and I used the Mermaids lagoon background set from Sweet November Stamp but you can only see it at the top corner after I changed my mind on the card design having to cut most of it off.

Copic colors used:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-04

Hair: B12-14-24-18-39

Starfish and pearls: Y02-35, YR14-27 and I think E15

Coral: V01-04-09 

(I got a little ink blob at her skin, but I camouflaged it with a little pearl. Shhh.. It`s our little secret.. 😉)

Seashell: E01-E41, E15

Plants: BG70-72-78 og  BG39

Background: B41, BG0000, 0 (blender)

I`m entering this to:

Challenge #605 - Holiday Time ~ The Paper Shelter

Simon Says: Happy Birthday, featuring Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Products! | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

I hope you liked my card and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Love you mostest - Wedding card

 Hi everyone,

This week it`s my turn to give you some inspiration over at the Copic Marker Norway blog, and you can find my blog post here.. You can find the Copic markers I used on this image listed there.

My first card is a wedding card using Tiddlyinks "Love you mostest" digistamp. You get two different versions of this image, one with and one without the flowers. As you can see, I went with the one with flowers as I wanted to pull in some of the colors and elements of the beautiful flowers on this beautiful pattern paper from Maja design.  Since the backside had this very subtle word happiness written on it, I made sure to cut my panel so I could use this as a subtle title to my card. 

I looked through my stuff and I actually don`t own a single stamp or die that is wedding themed so better get that creative juices flowing and use what you can. I like how it pushes you creatively and I love the soft look and feel of this card, but let`s be honest, its another thing on my wish list😂 

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you liked my card. If you are into Copic coloring, make sure to share it with us over at the Copic Norges Facebook group.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Boho wedding card

 Hi everyone,

I`m excited to share this boho inspired wedding card with you. Not your typical wedding card but it fits the couple perfectly and nothing beats a personal card, right? 

My inspiration for this card was a dream catcher that I first intended to use. But I wanted to get more contrast and at the same time calm down my focal point since my pattern paper is rather busy. So when I found the heat die from Spellbinder in my heart I thought it would do perfect as my dreamcather-ish center. I glued down some feathers as they would hang down and all my paper layers are distressed around the edges and glued onto cardboard between the layers to get some dimension and interest.  

Lastly, I printed out the couple`s names and the date. I was debating on whether or not to add any bling or more embellishments but opted to keep the design clean only tying a small twine bow to play even more on the dream cather theme. The papers I used are from P13 "There is no planet B" 6*6 paper pack. 

I love how simple jet finished this boho weddingcard came out.

I`m entering this to:

Simon Says: Anything Goes, featuring Pinkfresh Studio! | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz challenge #677 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you liked this project and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Cool Dude - mini slimline card

 Hi everyone.

Today I`m sharing a mini slimline card I made as my inspiration for the Polkadoodles challenge blog. We where asked to make a "back to school" themed card and here is my take on it.

As my focal point I used this little Cool Dude digistamp and as a bonus you get some great sentiments and three digital pattern papers to go with him.

For my background, I applied Distress inks in salty ocean and faded jeans with a soft blending brush. Then using the same colors using a heavier hand I went over a stencil on top. To finish up my background I added some splatters of water that I dried up with a paper towel. Love how it turned out. 

I colored this cool little guy up with my Copic markers. Here are the colors that I used:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-04

Hair: E11-13-15-18

Pants: G99-94-21

T-Shirt: E15-18, Y35-38

Beanie and shoes: W5-7-9

I`m entering this to:

Simon Says: Anything Goes, featuring Pinkfresh Studio! | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz challenge #677 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

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

 

Hugs, Christine 💮

 My IG: ckndesign_craft  

Purse card

• Hi everyone

Today I have a fun different card to share with you that I made as my inspiration for the Polkadoodles challenge blog this week. I made a purse card for my son`s grilfriend`s birthday using the absolutely beautiful digital papers and pre-colored images of the Flower Meadow Collection. I kept my embellishment really clean and simple, letting the design and the papers be the star of this purse card. I love the classy looking pearls and bling though.

If you haven't tried to use digital papers before then go check them out because you are in for a treat. I`m always amazed at how well printing at home turns out. I print my digital papers on my non fancy Canon Pixima printer using 120 gsm copy paper. I just used HP color choise 120 gsm that I got from my local bookstore. 

I started with a 8*11" card stock. On the 8” side score at 0.50” and 7.50”. Turn your paper and on your 11” side score at 3.25 and 3.50” and again at the 8” mark. Cut away the 0.50" fold on both sides on your top and bottom flaps only leaving them in the middle piece. I used an edge die on my flaps but you could also just taper the egdes. Having these small flaps will make the purse look more finished and neat at the edges when closed.

I used a strong magnet for my closure so the purse keeps nice and closed. On the inside I created a little tuck space for a tag to write my personal message on. You could easily add a gift card in there as well. Since we were on vacation traveling, I just printed out a picture of the gift I bought her. The sentiment I used on the inside is from the Winnie Daisy messages bundle. 

I think this turned out so cute and will be doing different versions of this purse card in the future. I hope this got you inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. Go share and play along on the Polkedoodles challenge blog.

I`m entering this to:

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-add-some-sparkle-2/

 My IG: ckndesign_craft  

Thank you for stopping by,

Hugs, Christine💮

Gnome fishing

 Hi everyone.

Today it`s time for a new challenge over at the Polkadoodles, and as always the theme is anything goes. I had lots of fun creating a scene with my little gnome fishing at the lake. If you follow me, you know that I`m loving the Gnome for men collection and I have used several of them in the past. To really make the colored scene the star of my card I kept the design clean, just backing the image on some black cardstock to frame it before I glued it on a white A2 card base.

I had fun with lots of markers this time. Here are the Copic markers I used:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-13-04

Beard: W1-3-5

Hat and bag: YG03-95-97-99

Outfit: YG91-93-95-97

Shoe: W1, T7, YR04-18

Sky: Y00-11-13-15-17, YR68

Lake: B41-32-34, Y00-11-13

Riverbank:21-23

Grass:YG03-63, G94-99

Dragonfly: BG01-09

Chair: E35-37-29

I really enjoy practising on these little colored scenes on my cards lately. I hope you like it and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. Grab your favourite coloring medium and enjoy some stress free "me-time".

I`m playing along at:

Copic Norge #153 http://copicmarkernorge.blogspot.com/2024/06/team-2-utfordring-153-gult-oransje.html?m=1

https://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/07/challenge-188-animals.html?m=1 A gnome fishing

Crafty Catz: CRAFTY CATZ CHALLENGE 675 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/classic-design-challenge-06-2024-junjul.html?m=1

 My IG: ckndesign_craft  

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Unicorn Cheer shaker card

 Hi everyone,

I`m so excited to share this cute and fun shaker card I made for this weeks challenge over at the Polkadoodles challenge blog. The theme is, as always Anything Goes, so make sure you pop over after you read this blog post to get lots of more inspiration and to join in on the fun.

This Cheer Unicorn made me smile thinking of my sons girlfriend, so I just had to have this one. Not only is she coaching cheerleading, but she is as sweet, fun, kind and bubbly as I imagine a unicorn would be. 

For my card base I used Simon Says Stamp Twinkling Stars embossing folder to add some interest and make the card look even more cheerful. I cut out a scallop circle from my cardstock before using the same dies in two sizes cutting out a ring in black glitter foam sheet to frame my shaker opening. I printed out the sentiment from the same Sparkeling Unicorn collection in the black/white edition, and used it as the background for my shaker elements. I made sure to glue some sequins and some sparkly bling around the sentiment before adding the rest of my mix so that everything doesn`t fall to the bottom in my shaker holding the card upright.

I colored this cute unicorn with my Copic markers and these are the colors I used:

Skin: T7-5, W1-0, E41, R20-000

Hair: B21-23-24

        Y00-11-13-17

        RV42, YR00-000, R0000

        BV000-00

        RV11-55-66

        BG000-11-15

Shoe: T5-7, C1-3, R42

White Sakura gel pen

She got a couple of sweet blossoms in her hair and some tiny Star dust Stickles dots here and there, and my card is done.

I`m entering:

Simon Says: Emboss It, featuring WOW Products! | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

(1 Facebook Copic marker Norge

Crafty Catz: Challenge # 674 Make it Masculine (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com) ATG

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love how playful this card looks and I hope you like it as much as I do. Hope this inspired you to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Shaylee - Copic and card

Hi everyone,

Today I have the most exciting news to share - I`m joining the amazingly talentet ladies over at the Copic Marker Norway DT! You know I love my Copic`s and I`m so honored and thrilled to join in on the team.

This months optional theme is  #153 Yellow/Orange, but as always on Copic Norways challenge, anything goes, but if you follow the challenge theme you get an extra entry. I have colored up the sweet fairy Shaylee from Art by Miran from her Etzy store. Organge is one of my favourite colors, so I really enjoyed this month`s theme.

To make my colored image really pop, I decided to go with a clean card design and mat the image on black cardstock to really make it stand out. I run my white cardstock in an old embossing folder from Cuttlebug to add some interest but still keep it clean. I kept my card base in black, and the size of this card is slightly bigger than an A2 card. The beautiful colors and the butterfly is from Prima.

Copic colors used:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-04, RV42

Hair: W3-5-7-9

Eyes: B21-24-29

Dress: E13, Y11-15-17 og YR00-02, RV42, R35-37

Wings: E13, Y11-15-17 og YR000-00-02 and white gel pen

Sky: B0000-000-21, Y000-00-11, YR0000-000-02

Bushes: YG03-11-67, G94-99

I also added clear Wink of Stella to the wings to make them sparkle even more.

I`m entering this card to:

Simon Says: Bright & Cheerful | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Simon Says: Let The Music Play | (simonsaysstampblog.com) -The music of the fairys -  A Midsummer Night Dream

Crafty Catz: Challenge # 674 Make it Masculine (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com) ATG

Classic Design Challenge Blog : Classic Design Challenge #06-2024 Jun/Jul - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Fancy Folds

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

Hope you liked this card as much as I did.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

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💮

Romantic card

 Hi, 

Today I’m back to share a card I made for a colleague’s daughter Confirmation. I also made the placements cards so I wanted this card to have the same look and feel with matching colors and embellishments. 

I just love how this card turned out and I was so happy to gift the card to my collueage as a little somthing as a thank you for ordering the placementcards from me!

I started applying modeling paste on the beautiful stencil from Finnabair keeping it diagonal. The card front was glued to a white card base leaving a small boarder. Then I added some beautiful lace appliqué. I cut out the die Triple Tear S4-490 from Spellbinders and popped it up by gluing thicker cardboard on the back. This beautiful horse topper is just perfect for any horse loving girl, and I got this clip art from NightingaleCraftery on Etsy and just printed it out at the desired size. You want to make sure you use a thicker copy paper when printing something like this. I use HP Color choice. 

I added some crochet flowers and opposites I made a large flower cluster in different sizes. I also added some pink seam binding ribbon and twine. Some flat back pearls to add my finishing thouches.

Here’s a peek at the placement cards, ready to print and glue on the names. 

                                       

I’m entering this card to:

Simon Says: Lots Of Texture | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Simon Says: Anything Goes | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

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

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 hope you liked it and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. 

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Into the woods - Art Journal

 Hi, 

Today I’m sharing my latest art journal layout that I made with minimal products since I brought it with me as I was traveling last week. I already shared this on my IG so I could play along with the SSS art journal challenge that week but didn’t get a chance to publish it on my blog before now. 

The inspiration for this double page art journal was the phrase “and into the woods I go to lose my mind and find my soul”  The last couple of years I have enjoyed and used hiking as a way of self care, exercise and adventures with my dog and also with my sons. I love how quiet my mind goes looking out from a nice view when we reached the top. Norwegian nature sure is beautiful 🤩 

So back to the project, I worked in my stone paper journal from Stamperia and I first applied thin white gesso with a cheap bristle paint brush you typically get in a hardware store to get a streaky finish as my base. Next I applied Dylusion paint I blue and turquoise with baby wipes to get a very transparent color coat. Than I stamped randomly with a script background stamp around the pages. Since I was traveling by plane and couldn’t take lots of fluids with me I did this at home. I also printed out the flowers that are a free Digi paper from Maremis small art. 

On my trip a sat down enjoying and relaxing fuzzy cutting the flowers and gluing them down. Then I wrote the phrase and my page was done. I forgot my white gel pen and my black doodling pen at home but I really had fun crating this pages on the go and that’s the main point. I don’t typically use my hand writing on my pages, and the marker I used wasn’t the best, so I might have another go on a page using the same sentiment some day only because I love the phrase so much. 

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

Hugs, 

-Christine💮

Too Cute 🐝

 Hi, 

It’s time for a new challenge over at the Polkadoodles challenge blog. This week I chose to color the Too Cute Bee digi stamp in a lovely pastel cloudy sky, and I think he just turned out super cute. 

For my card I used an edge die from an old La-La-Land craft club kit to give one of the card side a shaped edge down. I glued down a strip of paper on the inside of my card to make the edge pop out more. 

Copic colors I used:

Sky: 

Y000-00-11,

YR000-00, 

RV42

R000

V000-01

BV000-00 

BG000-11

Bee:

Y11-13-17

W5-7-9

R24

I had written down some of the colors for the sky previously. Unfortunately I just can’t find back to the video I watched that time to give credit to the one who came up with it. Anyway when coloring something like this you would look for the lightest or very light colors in the desired color family then add in a lower number light mid tone to get som depth and definition. 

I hope you liked my card and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. 

I’m entering this to:

(3) Facebook Copic Norge

Simon Says: Fur or Feathers | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz #672 LeAnn's world - Dots or stripes (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com) Stripes on Bee

Thank you for stopping by, 

Hugs,

-Christine 🌸