Happy Sunday!

I am popping in with a slightly different but fun Valentine's Day card, once again I have used Katzelcraft´s Les Rats des villes stamp set. I think I'll give it to my husband, ha, ha :)

I colored the little rat just slightly with my Copic pens and then die-cut using Die-namics Inside/Out Stitch Oval. I created the lover part of the card using an old Reprint text stamp, a part of a stencil with a heart that was sponged in red/pink Distress inks. I cut out some hearts from red glitter paper and arranged them over the rat. And that´s about it, I think.

As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered challenges:

Kitty Bee Designs - Love & Valentines

Daisy Chain - Have a Heart

Brown Sugar - Love and/or Valentine´s Day

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes/ Use Hearts

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/ Valentines Colours

For You, My Heart

Hi everyone!

Today´s card is round and I can hardly remember when I did such one. I got my inspiration from Make My Monday, they have a challenge called "Going Around In Circles" so I thought it was fun trying to stick to it.

 In addition, I picked up an old Magnolia stamp which have not been used for a long time and colored it up with my Copics. I cut the image out by hand and created a background using a Nellie Snellen "Hearts" stencil, Distress inks and Spellbinders Nestabilities "Heart Circles" die set. I also die-cut the bow using a Craft Emotions die, and for the sentiment a Lawn Fawn "Scripty For You" die. Old Prima Meadow Lark papers was used. Assembling the card I popped the image and the heart circle with foam tape for a bit of dimension. I added a small silver bird charm, a red heart, lace and finally finished of with some glitter Stickles and Glossy Accents.

That´s all for today! As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

Deep Ocean - Love is all Around

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes

Everybody Art - Circle or Square

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/All Loved Up

Hugs

Hello there crafters!

Just a quick post today. I´m sharing a CAS shaker card created with Spellbinders Classic Hearts dies for Valentine.

I used a sentiment stamp from Bildmålarna and a couple of Copic pens.

Whishing everyone a happy day!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m linking up with the following challenges:

CAS(E) this Sketch - I used the sketch

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

CAS on Friday - Love

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Cupcake Inspirations - Creame, Rose, Black

With Lowe

Hello there crafters!

I didn´t have time to show you this card on the blog here before Valentine's Day, therefore, I show it for you now instead.

For this card I used two embossing folders, to the background, one of the We R memory keepers "Gemstone" folders. I hope you see the texture on the lower photo. The heart is made with one of the folders from "Sizzix Scallop Heart Doily Set" that I first dyed in with Momento Love Letter ink before I run it thru my embossing machine. I then cut the heart out by hand and adhered it with foam tape. The Whimsy Stamps "Film Strip" sentiment was framed with a little doodling and added with heart brads. I finished of by tying a ribbon around the card.

That´s all for today. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m linking up with the following challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - I used the Sketch

Cupcake Inspirations - Color insp. carmine/white/black

Tuesday Throwdown - Say it with Words

Deep Ocean - Hearts

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Roses are Red

Allsorts Challenge - Hearts and/or Flowers

The Ribbon Girl - Anything Goes

With Love

Hello there crafters!

Valentine´s are abounding in card land and I have another one with a little different folding using old Graphic 45 papers.

Inside, there will be both words of love and a few winning tickets (at least I hope it will be so). The Whimsy Stamps Film Strip sentiment was cut with a Teramo Labels die from Memory Box.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered challenges:

Through The Purple Haze - Valentine/Love

Aud Sentiment - Valentine or Love Sentiment

The Paper Players - Will You Be My Valentine

Frilly and Funkie - Be My Valentine

Sending You Love

Hello there!

Today I want to share a very clean and simple card created for Less is More, which by the way are celebrating birthday number 6, with a color wheele challenge.

I used the colors purple, pink, and red from the wheel. The background is made with Spun Sugar Distress ink and the "On the Diagonal" stencil from My Favourite Things.

I cut out the hearts with Penny Black´s "Soft Caress" die, then added red inks and Glossy Accents. The small stamped sentiment in black is from the MFT "Fly-By Friends" stamp set, and the big one in purple and pink is from an old Autumn Leaves stamp set "Love With A Fluorish". I couldn´t resist adding some Glosy Accents there too.

Okay that´s all for me. Whishing all of you a wonderful day!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

Paper Creators Craft - Love is in the Air

Craft For The Craic - Something With Two On It

Simply Create Too - Love

Simon Wednesday - The Color of Love

Love

Hi everyone!

How are you today? I myself had very hard to sleep tonight because we have the Norwalk virus in this house and I imagined myself constantly that I probably was going to get sick myself, but so far it have passed me. Ok, enough of that. Here I show a card for Valentine's day with almost no heart at all.

The flowers are a digi stamp (unknown designer) that I have colored up with copics, added some Gold Stickles and then cut out by hand. I used the chalkboard technique to the sentiment from Autumn Leaves "Love With A Fluorish" stamp set. Behind it, I placed a piece of embossed leftover paper from another project. I also used one of Spellbinders Shapeabilities Floral Fluorishes dies and finished of with a few heart-shaped bling stones.

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m linking up this card to the following challenges:

Time Out - "Love is the flower..." inspired me

Creatalicious - Love is in the Air

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy´s - Hearts & Flowers

Paper Creator´s Crafts - Must Be Love

Brown Sugar - Valentine/Love

With Love

Hello crafters!

I´m popping in super quick to show today´s card that is made for Less is More - White on White challenge, but also to some other challenges with love/CAS theme. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps - Film Strip Sentiments

Dies: Penny Black - Soft Caress 51-092

Gold Glitter paper

A little touch of black Distress ink for shading

Have a great Monday!

Hugs, Birgit

I´m also linking up with the following challenges:

Addicted to CAS - Bloom

CAS on Sunday - Valentine

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Clean and Simple

Valentine Hearts

Happy Valentine´s Day everyone!

I hope that you´re having a lovely day and are able to share it with those you love.

I needed one more valentine card for my son so this says: "I love you with all my butt. I should say heart but my butt is bigger".

I used a sentiment stamp from K-designs and a heart die from Penny Black.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a marvelous long weekend!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - Any Occation other than Birthday

The Stamping Boutique - Hearts

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card - Anything Goes

As You Like It - Favourite CAS or Fussy (It is CAS nowadays, my taste has changed over time)

Valentine Minialbum

Hi everyone!

Several days ago, I started on this minialbum after I saw a challenge over at Ett Trykk, now finally I'm done with it! It took much longer than I had counted on, it was very much cut and paste...

I covered all the edges with washi tape, and used papers from Panduro the Country Red Paper Stack and some other leftovers from my stash.

I also added a resin swirl, a butterly and some flowers.

I put together the album with a couple of eyelets and a piece of natural twine.

That´s all from me today, bye for now...

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Simon Monday - Red+Pink

Make My Monday - Valentines

En Liten Butik - Kärlek, Rött och Rosa

Ett Trykk - Minialbum

Crafting by Designs - Love is in the Air

Sweet Hearts

Hey there!

I´m dropping in to share a super fun card with a love theme and beautiful die cuts made by transparent acetat and and alcohol inks.

After I colored the acetat with alcohol inks I cut out the hearts with the Soft Caress die from Penny Black. 

Then I put them in my card that I made with my new "pop it ups" die Rectangle Pull Card by Elizabeth Craft designs. Then, I pimped up the Paris Flea Market paper from PION design with some more stamps and added a heart on the Eiffel Tower. It almost feels like a little spring in the air....:)

I used sentiment stamps from Whimsy Stamps and Inkido.

Okay, I hope you like today's project...I love it:) Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Crafting By Designs - Love is in the air

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Sweethearts and Roses

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Use some Red

Tuesday Throwdown - Love is in the Air

Papertake Weekly - Hearts and Flowers

Deep Ocean - Love is all around

We Do Doobadoo - Hearts and Flowers

It´s Valentine´s Time

Hi everyone!

Here comes another card with the love/valentine´s theme, it feels hot right now;) I started with an old bear stamp and painted it with watercolors, then I added a frame round the image by embossing with one Nestabilities Enhancing Elements Gold Squares One dies.

I couldn´t resist using one of Tim Holtz chitchat word stickers and a little heart to finish it of with.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

CAS-ual Friday - Must Love Watercolor

The Paper Players - Critter-Tine

Addicted to CAS - Hugs and Kisses

True Love

Hi there!
It's Friday already and the whole of January has passed, almost! How did it happen, I wonder?:) I don´t think anyone have missed that it is Valentine's Day in February, the blogs are full of Valentine´s cards and even I have done a couple.

Here is one that I love myself...those eyes say it all!

I colored the image from Nicecrane Designs with Copics and cut it out. Then I adhered it over a heart made by coloring in one of the embossing folders from Sizzix Scallop Heart Doily Set with Distress ink and then run it through the machine. Thereafter it was cut out and laid over papers from Fabscraps. The Autumn Leaves sentiment was stamped and embossed on vellum.
Okay that´s all for me...have a great weekend!
Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:
Simply Create Too - Valentine´s Day (or use hearts)
C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Valentine´s Day/Love
Little Miss Muffet - All You Need is Love
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Love/ Valentine´s Day
Creative Card Crew - Shabby Chic
Cute Card Thursday - Stamping Mad
Fairy Tale - Something With a Heart

Loveliness

Welcome to a bit of romance!

I´ve used a little stamp from Prima Marketing and colored it up with my Copics. I then cut it out using  the "out of the box" technique.

I added some Glossy Accents on the hearts and stamped a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps Film Strip Sentiments collection.

Thanks so much for your visit here today!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Through The Purple Haze - Love is in the Air

Less is More - I used the Sketch

We Do Doobadoo - Romance

My Sheri Crafts - Valentine´s Day

Wags´n Whiskers - Hearts

A Big Heart

Hello everyone!

Today it will be just a very short post, I want to watch a bit of the TV broadcasts from the the Olympic Winter Games. I think it's great fun with winter sports!

This last minute Valentine's Day OLC card is made ​​with a few different stencils and distress inks.

That´s all folks! Have a great Day!

Hugs, Birgit

I enter it into the following challenges:

Crafting By Designs - Anything For Love

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Love You

Less is More - OLC-Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Sentiment as main Focus

Papertake Weekly - With a Heart

He Makes You Smile

Hello friends!

Where you least expect it, there may be a warm heart, and here's a guy who can warm up any heart!

This is maybe a little different Valentine´s day card:)

He looks a little crazy, but he seems to have a heart of gold.

Today I'll make the post short and just list the products I've used:

Washables papers "Antique Feel" Stamps Away Collection

Distress inks, Distress Stain -"brushed pewter"

Phineas Pinchbeck stamp from The Artistic Stamper

Butterfly and Swirl stamp from Inkido

Sentiment stamp from Kaisercraft

Diamonds stencil from Wendy Vecchi Studio 490

Embossing Paste white Wendy Vecchi Studio 490

Lace, Natural twine, Bloom application and one leftover heart from a die cut.

So that´s it for today, thanks for your visit!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Charisma Cardz - It´s a Boy Thing

Delightful Challenges - You Have My Heart

Winter Wonderland - Butterflies

Frilly and Funkie - The Warmth of Winter

Totally Papercrafts Friday - One for the Boys

More Love

Hello there!
A warm thank you to everyone who visited Hobbyhärvans blog and to those of you who have left comments and became followers. And thanks so much for stopping by today!
Here is another Valentine's Day project, this time I have decorated a box of chocolates.

I used an old favorite stamp from Magenta. After I stamped the image I used Rangers Sticky Embossing Pouder and adhered Glitter over it.

Then I painted the butterfly, and around the heart just a little bit in soft colors with Copics

The word Love is computer made, then cut and embossed with one Shapeabilities Fancy Tags die.

The tag ends were sponged with red Distress ink.

The papers are from Inkido´s Is This Love Collection. I also used one Die-namics die for the swirls, one metal charm and corners, as well as some other stuff from my stash.

I hope you can see a little of that glitter.

I enter this Love box into the following Challenges:

Craft Your Passion - My Valentine

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Design - Valentine´s

Everybody Art - Metal

Celebrate The Occation - Valentine Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Hearts and Flowers

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Timeless Tuesday - Put Your Heart On It

Crafty Creations - Love and/or Hearts

Wags´n Whiskers - Love

Have a great Wednesday!

Hugs, Birgit

From My Heart

Hello!

Today I would like to show you a gift I have made for Valentine´s day.

I filled a bag with goodies for a sweetheart.

The heart in the middle is made of a PR pin in metal that my husband got from a salesman.

Now I've transformed it totally by using red and white Alcohol Inks on the bottom, and Glossy Accents over for a shiny look.

In the middle where there previously was a tractor name, is now a compuder made sentiment instead.

I layered it over a lace heart. The other supplies were found in my stash.

Thank you for seeing me today!

Hugs, Birgit

Challenges:

Card Crafter´s Cicle - Love is in the Air/Valentine

Paper Crafting Journey - Love

Cute Card Thursday - Love Struck

Charisma Cardz - Love

Simon Says Stamp - Have a Heart

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Winged Things

Morning blogfriends!

I have a new project to share. There´s a new challenge on Divas By Design blog called: Winged Things.

So I made this card using the sketch over at Timeless Tuesday.

At last I have been using the black furry fabric that I saved from an old vest that I once had. So fun!

I dressed a cut out heart with it, then layered it over Tristan and Cloe Butterfly die cuts from Memory Box.

Do you see the stitched pattern on the fabric?

I used papers from Prima Meadow Lark Collection and the sentiment stamp are from K-Designs. (Warning! A hug can jump out when you open ...)

I also used laces, flowers, a metal corner and Seam Binding dyed in with Distress ink.

I´m also entering this card into the following challenges:

Simply Create Too - Valentines Day (or Hearts)

Deep Ocean - Love and Lace

Stampin With The Dragon - Love is in the Air

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Lace

Robyns Fetish - Have a Heart

The Ribbon Girl - Love You or Valentine

Kreative Stempelfreunde - With Hearts/Valentinesday

Craft Room - Handmade Embellishments

Thank you for your visit and, Have a great day!

Hugs, Birgit

Lovely Pink Roses

Hello, and welcome everyone!

I have a card to share with you today.

After I pondered a while, I decided to make a card with three sides.

The card stock that I had, I thought it was way too blue to match the Pink Roses on the paper I wanted to use. So first I painted it with a thin layer of Gesso.

These beautiful hearts are from the Inkido Forever Collection no 5, 6x6 sheet.

Now you have got a dose of romance here today. I hope you will take it with you into the weekend and spread some love around you.

Thanks for your visit today, until next time...

Hugs, Birgit

 

Entered Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Metallica

The Shabby Tea Room - Aqua, Pink, Neutrals and Flowers

Craft Your Passion - Die Cuts and Punches

Stamp With Fun - Favorite Colors

Crafty Friends Challenge - Use Two Die Cuts