Copic Marker Calender

 Hi, 

It`s time for CMN Christmas calender, and today it`s my turn.

I have made two rosettes that can be used as gift tags, or you can use them as Christmas decoration. 

These are approx. 12 and 14 cm in diameter

The cute little bird is from Conie Fong Art while the unicorn is from Papirdesign.

What I like about rosettes is that you can use up your leftovers from your pattern paper that may not be large enough to use  for other projects. For the largest rosette, you`ll need a 2 1/4 inch wide strip that is 16" long. I have used two 8" strips and on the blue I used a 12" and a 6". Use an edge punch one one side and fold mountain and valley folds. I have scored at every 1/4 inch. Gather the end and shape into a circle. Glue down the inner ends of the rosette to a circle. Glue down your ribbon under the circle on the back. I also punched out a smaller circle in white for the backside with space to write names or a short personal message on.

 Copic colors I used:

Christmas bird:

Grey: W0,T1,T3,T5,T7,T9 and 100 Black

Red: R00, R01, R20, R22, R24, R46, R59 and C 5 to deepen the shades

Fur on hat: W0, W1, W3 og 0 Blender

Leaves: G21, YG 25, YG67, G28

Snow: BG0000, B000, B02

Feet: YR24, YR27 og E09

Stickles and white paint in dots

Unicorn:

Hat: B21, B24, B28, B29

Mane: B01, B21, B24 Noen steder har jeg brukt V01 

Fur: W0, E41, W1

Pink: RV21, RV23, RV 25

Green: YG67

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you liked these projects and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine🎀

I am resilient - art journal layout

 Hi,

Today I`m back with another art journal layout. I really do enjoy sitting down with some "me- time" and just letting creativity flow, playing around with colors, textures and fun techniques. Today I got my inspiration from the napkin that I used on this layout. The colors and the beautiful flowers are right up my ally. And I do love the black background even though I ended up tearing away most of it for this project. I actually got these napkin somewhere eating out, making sure not to spill so I could take it with me😂

I saw that Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge blog theme this week was texture and they were showcasing Tim Holz products. So I wanted to really challenge myself limiting myself to use mostly products from him. Why the challenge? Because I have like one old stamp set and a few stencils from him. But I just got my new distress paints that I`ve wanted for a while, and I also got the Opac Distress crackle paste. Lots of products I never tried before, so this was fun.

For my background, I used distress paint in Dried marigold, Ripe persimmon, Wild honey and Rusty hinge, applying the colors randomly with a dry flat brush. After drying this first layer, I applied a mix of wild honey and dried marigold with a sponge dabbing it over the Harlequin stencil from Tim Holtz to add some texture to my background. Next, I applied a thin layer of the Distress Opack crackle paste using the Clockwork stencil. I added some white splashes with acrylic paint and used a black marker to draw a black frame around the page.

Finally time to add my napkin flowers, leaving one layer of white as to not have the flowers disapeare on my painted background. I kind of wish I left all layers, but it turned out clear enough. I used clear gesso to glue my pieces down, also adding a coat on top of the flowers. The butterfly is from an old Stampers Anonymous Tim Holz stamp set that I`ve had forever called Fairytale Frenzy CMS 058. It`s the only stamp set I own from him today, but I really do love it.

Sorry for the bad lighting in this last photo. The colours are shown more accurate above.

For my sentiment I typed out the text on black strips on my printer, and the word resilient is stamped using a stamp set from Papirdesign. (PD2100365) The words strong, kind, loving, beautiful and hopeful are stickers from Tim Holtz Big chat. I run my finger over the edges of the word stickers lightly with some clear gesso on before I sprinkled SSS ultra fine embossing powder in Antique gold just to add something extra to them. I also added a bit of Finnabair true black glitter on some of the black areas around the flowers, but it was hard to catch on photo with my phone. I created this double page in my stone paper art journal from Stamperia. 

I had so much fun creating this layout. It was kind of personal and I do love the way it turned out.

I`m entering this to:

Simon Says: Add Some Texture | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

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

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

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💮

Coffee with my Bestie

Hi,

Lets just start todays blogpost with a few seconds pause to think about the little things in life that gives us joy and makes life beautiful. For me meeting a friend enjoying a good cup of coffe is one of them. But a good cup of coffe is enjoyed well alone too😁

This adorable image is Fluffy Frannie from My Besties. I love how cute and versatile this image is. I colored her with my Copic markers and I`m so happy with how this card turned out. 

My sentiment is stamped using Archival ink in coffee and the sentiment translates into "Enjoy your day" and is from a local craft store. The leaves are die cuts using Marianne design and La La Land dies. The papers are from Maja design.

Copic colors that I`ve used:

Skin, listed in the order used: E000- E00- E21- E11- E04, R20

Hair: E43- E44- E47- E49

Outfit: R000- R00- R30- R32, B91- B93- B95- B97- B99, 0 blender

Hat: E30- E31- E33- E43

Flowers: Y11- Y15- Y38, E43- E44- E47- E49

R30- R35- R37- R39

R20- R22- R35

Y11, YG03-YG17- YG99

Stool: T1- T3, W3, C5

Grass: G94- G99

On the inside I stamped a little positive saying and I stamped it off center to leave some space for a personal message. It`s about how positive thinking breeds positive things in life. The norwegian stamp is from Papirdesign.

I`m entering this card to:

Simon Says: Stamp It | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Simon Says: Stamp It | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

(2) Facebook Copic Marker Norge 

(2) Facebook Bikuben Hobby

Thank you for stopping by, have a nice day and enjoy life one cup at the time.

-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💮

Sweet blossom - Shaped card

Hi,

I have been enjoying myself with some Copic coloring and had fun finally putting this layered shaped card together. We are still taking things slow at the cabin so I actually had the papers for this card die cut at home before we went on our vecation. I`m kind of impressed with my planning ahead....😜

Since I`m still on a mission to use up papers from my stash I found this pretty paper from Maja Design, "a day in May"  from an older collection for my first layer and a pattern paper with flowers and butterflies from Papirdesign for my second layer.

The papers are so pretty and together with my colored image Sweet blossom from Whimsy stamps this card turned out super cute I think.

I used foam dots to add some dimension to my card. The butterflies are cut out from another pattern paper and the flowers are from WOC. I made a small bow with some pink seambinding. 

Copic colors used:

Skin: E000-00-04-11-21, R20

Hair: E21- E25- E29

Clothes: BV21, BV23, BV25, BV29, W0, W1, W3

Bear: W0-1, E11-E13-E15-E18

Flowers: R81-83-85

Leaves: YG61-63-67

Stippled Background: BV000-BV21-BV23, 0

Here is another look at my card. I added som stickles and some doubledot from Bo Bunny in Tutu as my finishing thouch.

I`m playing along:

Simon Says: Anything Goes | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Besties International Challenge : July Challenge (bestieschallenge.blogspot.com)

I was the winner 

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: Wk 29 - Card making & craft challenge - Anything Goes creative craft challenge at Polkadoodles

So happy to be among TOP 3  

Summer Break Anything Goes Challenge ~ The Paper Shelter

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

-Christine

Stairway to heaven

 Hi,

The Mixed media Art journal page I`m sharing today was actually finished ower a week ago but since the screen on my phone is broken and I forgot the charger to my laptop on the cabin I had to wait to upload it until we came back here. 

So on the 25th of June it was 8 years since Tim passed away and I wanted to make an Art journal page about the loss of a loved family member and also my best friend. 

For my background I used acrylic paint in two shades of blue, a touch of purple and some white applied with a dry flat brush. I used some modeling paste and this beautiful stencil from Tim Holtz called Crossed on the top and bottom of my page. Next I used a script and a circle stamp from Stamperia and stamped randomly around the page to add some interest to my background. I used a more muted mat black ink pad, I think its called midnight sky or something. I will check when I get home. I love the muted effect this ink has and how it was perfect for my heavenly sky. I also darkened the edges on my page as to frame it and make my focalpoint pop more.

My first idea to this Art journal page was to print out the girl letting go of the red balloon from Banksy`s street art and having her stand on top of a stairway to heavnen. When Stamperia came out with the Vintage library collection and I saw the page with this stair I knew this was perfect for my page. But no laptop no printing so I decided to do things a bit different and used a La la Land Wings die that I cut out in a blue-grey cardstock and a bling white one and placed them on top of each other.

The flowers are from Stamperias Blue dream Ephemera pack and the sentiment is a mix of hand writing and for the word heaven i used an alphabet stamp from Papirdesign and just stamped it on a yellow post it note and teared the edges. I used Stickles from Ranger on the flowers and on the dots in the middle of the stencil to add som bling and sparkle to my page.

In loving memory :                          Tim Nandrup-Johansen 

                                                 23th. May 1964 to 25th. June 2015

I`m really happy about how this Art journal page turned out, this page means so much to me 💗         So I`m glad I was able to get it up here even if it got uploaded a little late.

Thank you for stopping by,

-Christine