Hello crafters!

This is a new baby card for a new little girl, a granddaughter who is very dear to me:) I tried to make a rattle using Spellbinders Nestabilities Heart Circles and attaching a baby image from a Inkido cut out sheet in the background.

I filled the shaker with a few gold sequins. Then I designed the handle by free hand, cut it out and glued the pieces together. I die cut the oval behind using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Floral Ovals die, and used a bunch of pattern paper scraps from Pion Design and Inkido. On this card, I also wanted some flowers, ribbons and some bling, I want it to be sweet and cute:)

That´s it from me today, thanks for visiting my blog!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:
Dream Valley - Recipe (Flowers, Pink, Die Cuts)
Creative Corner - Baby
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Robyns Fetish - Square or Rectangle Cards
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

More Christmas

Hi everyone!

Another quick post from me - much needs to get done so I'm in a hurry today.

This card is for Muse:CristmasVisions and a few other challenges in which I think it can fit. This is what I've used: Tim Holtz Festive Stencil, various Distress inks, Sizzix embossing folders Birds&Reindeer set, sentiment stamp from Bildmålarna, gold embossing pouder, one gold sequin.

I wish everyone a wonderful Sunday!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m linking up to the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Holiday

Make My Monday - Nature

Simon Wednesday - No Designerpaper

 613Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Christmas Greetings

Hello everyone!

Oops, Friday again ... where did the week go? Well, I don´t know but anyway, I want to share a Christmas card with you today.

I have used the Birds&Reindeer embossing folder set from Sizzix to create the background (great texture) and the reindeer.The image comes from an old cut-out sheet of paper and the sentiment was made with a Vilda Stamps stamp. I choose to cut out some white branches with Tims Holiday Greens die and added them together with flowers and berries topped with embossing paste. And then...glitter, it´s Christmas:)

Okay that´s all from me. Have a great weekend!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m linking up to the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - It Will Soon Be Here

Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Glitter It Up

Cute Card Thursday - Things With Wings

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Sparkle

Wags´n Whiskers - Glitter/Sparkle

Christmas Wreath

Hello crafters!

Today I have a new card for Muse:ChristmasVisions to show you, I love Betty Wrights card so I tried to make a similar.

First I stamped a background wreath using Distress Markers and a Reprint stamp from the Julflicka set. Then I let my die cut machine work and used the Memory Box Frostyville Wreath die, Tim Holtz Alterations Holiday Greens dies, Poppy Stamps Small Blooming Poinsettia die and Mandys sentiment die. I mounted them all as shown. To finish of, I added a few pearls and a little gold glitter for sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

Penny´s Paper-Crafty - Use a Bow and/or Christmas

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Early Holiday Wishes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Autumn Leaves

Hello again!

It's time for Autumn here with me, whatever one thinks about it, it´s nothing to do about. Anyway, I love those leaves...topped with Glossy Accents they get so amazing rain-drenched colors.

I used Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Leaves die and some Distress inks to create the leaves. After they were cut out, I crumpled them together before I added the Glossy Accents. The same inks were used for the background. The sentiment is from K-designs and was white heat embossed. To finish of the card, I added a few golden sequins.

Thanks so much for your visit here on the blog today!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m linking up with the following challenges:

En liten butik - I used the Sketch

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Photo Inspiration

Addicted to CAS - Leaves

Creative Knockouts - Happy Fall YÁll

Creative Card Crew - Fall

Clear It Out - Theme:Autumn Stash Stash:Leaves/Foliage

Simon Wednesday - Die Crazy

Dream Valley - Autumn Colours

I Wish You Flowers

Hi there!

I´m just quickly stopping by to share a card I made for the latest Less is More challenge which is about One Layer cards and also have a Wishing theme. I had intended to use that particular word, but then it turned out that it didn´t fit in my tiny square. So I had to find another stamp which was better suited (Congrats), I hope it goes anyway.

I used the Blooming Buds stamp set from STAMPlorations and my Copic pens to colour up the image. Then I made a embossed frame around it using one of the Spellbinders Nestabilities Gold Squares One dies.

I think you can see the little sparkle that I added to the flowers.

Okay...that´s all from me today.

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

Copic Marker Sverige - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Everything Goes With An Image

Time Out - Make Your Mark

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes

Tag - Only For You

Hello there!

Today I have a quick made tag to show with a splash stamp from Norsk Stempelblad the Art Journaling 5 set, and a sentiment from Rox Stamps.

I also used stamp stickers from FabScraps that I added to a piece of vellum, and to finish of I adhered a bling stone.
Okay, wishing you a happy day!
Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:
Crafts and Me - Tags
Craft for the Craic - Anything but square or rectangle
Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes

Wonderful Handmade Paper

Hello crafters!

I´m back again and this time, I have a really simple card in a wonderful material to show. This paper is handmade and therefore it has wonderful structure with rough edges and creamy color.

I die cut a heart on the front, then I folded and stitched it together with a white inner paper. Next I added a die cut Feather from Spellbinders which was sponged with Black and Vintage Photo DI, and using the Tim´s Celebrate dies I cut out the words Happy Birthday in black CS.

On the inner paper I used a heart as a stencil and stamped inside it with a Inkido text/butterfly stamp. To finish the card, I added a bling stone on the feather.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful Sunday!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes, Love Me Do

Creative Knockouts - Clean and Simple

Simon Monday - Stamp And Punch/Die Cut

Through The Purple Haze - Happy Birthday

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Words Of Wisdom

Hello crafters & happy Friday!
Today I show a birthday card that I have made to a man. "It's not the years in your life that counts, but the life in your years".

I found the K- designs book paper and decided to use it as inspiration. Using the Crafters Companion Basket Weawe embossing folder and some Distress inks I created the panel behind the tag.

The sentiment on the tag is from an old Slöjd-Detaljer stamp set. Next I used my new Spellbinders Feathers dies and cut out three sizes, added gold and copper embossing pouder to parts of them and heated in. I finished of with natural colored ribbon/twine and a brad.
That´s it for today...thanks for stopping by!
Hugs, Birgit

I´m linking up with the following challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches - I used the Sketch
Penny´s Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps - Die Cuts
Ett Trykk - Lag et maskulint kort
As You Like It - Favourite Die (right now it's my Stitched Rectangle Stackables dies from Lawn Fawn, I use them often, and here both for the background papers and the tag.

Honoring Christmas - Be In A Good Mood All Year

Hi everyone!

I hope you've had a good week so far, a god thing for me is that my cold has become a little better:) Here is one more Christmas card because I've had Christmas in my mind all the time after my last post here on the blog, ha, ha...

I really like the natural colors and tryed to make a wintry scene for my crazy bird. Besides the bird stamp and die, I also used a Mama Elephant border die, Tim Holtz Holiday Greens dies, paper and cone stamp from Panduro, Vilda Stamps sentiment and a "today" paper clip from Freckled Fawn.

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful rest of the week!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Get Ready For Christmas

Papertake Weekly - Things With Wings

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Peace For Christmas

Hi friends!

Just a quick post from me today, I've got a cold and I feel not so alert. My card has been inspired by Kimberly Wiener over at Muse:ChristmasVisions...

...here is my take...

I used an old Reprint stamp to create the trees, both as a stamp and as a stencil. The stamped one is adhered with 3D foam. I used Old Gold embossing pouder from Stampendous for the bird and tree (love that pouder) and the sentiment is from Bildmålarna.

Okay, that's all from me today...thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up to the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - Christmas

Christmas Card All Year Round - Country Christmas

Winter Wonderland - Add a Sentiment

Less is More - Green & Gold

I Wish You Love

Welcome back crafty friends!

Today´s share is a christening card made with the Rectangle Pull Card die from Elisabeth craft designs.

To create this card, I first embossed the cardstock with a Cuttelbug embossing folder. Next I used the Baby Boy paper from You Do and cut out some details that I wanted to use. And for some fun, I made a window where the baby can peek out.

I also used the Baby Script die from Memory Box, and the Soft Caress die from Penny Black to create the lovely heartflower. I finished of with a few gold sequins.

I apologize for the translation but I hope you understand the lovely poem Carin Hertzberg has written.

"We wish you no gold, my child

nor money and power.

We wish you the courage to be yourself

and stand up for what you have said.

We wish you not a stone-free road,

but the power to walk the road.

We wish you love in abundance

and friends to trust on."

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Simply Create Too - It´s a Special Occasion

Penny´s Paper-Crafty - use a Sentiment

Deep Ocean - For the Boys

Paper Creators Crafts - New Baby

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

A Gift Chosen With Care

Hi everyone!

I have one more gift box to show that I have recycled/upcycled. This time, I wanted to give it a bit more classic and elegant look.

Oh, I love these red berries...I want to eat them up:)

I used stuff from my stash, and a sentiment stamp from Vilda Stamps that I gold heat embossed. The leaves were cut with the Fresh Foliage die from Memory Box.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m linking up to the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes, Recycle/Upcycle

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Clear It Out - Theme: Anything Goes Stash: Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes