Hi everyone!

Just popping in to share a sweet card I created today for Ett Trykk - Paper Piecing, and some other challenges.

Papers to be happy about from Echo Park, the Hello Summer collection.

The Penny Johnsson image was stamped on water color paper, and then colored with Distress Markers.

It was cut it out with one Nestabilities Fleur De Lis Squares die.

Ribbon, lots of flowers, pearls, swirls, sentiment stamps from Inkido and You Do finished of my easel card.

Okay...off now to enjoy this warm and sunny weather we have here in Sweden.

Hugs, Birgit

Challenges:

Card Crafters Circle - Floral Cards

Delightful Challenges - Add Ribbon

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Use Stitching

Charisma Cards - Shaped Cards

Little Miss Muffet - Pieced Off

Inky Impressions - Spots and/or Stripes

Crafts and Me - Floral Frency

Lady Anne´s - Anything Goes

Critter Sketch - Flowers

Time For Tea?

Hello friends!

Thank you for your visit...and Happy May! The month of May has started with a long awaited warmth, spring flowers and grass comes at once. I love this season!

New challenges over at Ett Trykk and I hang on...this was easy - Vintage.

For this card I chose to use papers from several different producers and mix them together.

I also used an old freebie sentiment (on the tag) I had saved on my computer.

I love the old lace that is authentic vintage!

The flower was made of a small piece of soft plastic packing and a bag clip.

I found some more challenges for my card:

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Frilly and Funkie - There is no Time to waste

Celebrate The Occation - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes

That´s all from me today, but I'll be back soon...

Hugs and goodnight all! Birgit.

Wish...

Happy Monday!

This weekend I have been at the scrap meeting with Hobbyhärvan in Västervik.

First, some photos from there. Then I show you a new card that I have made.

It is full of activity and concentration.

Here are some project ready for the challenges.

I started my card with stamping on cardstock and then heat embossed it.

The stamp are from Vilda Stamps, thereafter I sponged over with a couple of Distress Inks.

Using one Nestabilities Fleur De Lis Squares die, I made a embossed frame pattern round the image.

Then I sponged it slightly with Silver and Graphite Inka-Gold.

At the top I attached a chain with brads.

For the background I used papers from Echo Park and coordinations paper that I tore, crumpled and sanded. A couple of stamps finished of this project.

Thanks Mia and all the other participants for the enjoyable past weekend.

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Passport to fun

Challenges4Everybody - Anything Goes

Card Crafters Circle - Masculine Cards

Dream Valley - Things With Wings

Her It Comes Yummie!

Hello everyone and welcome!

Thank you for joing me today. As you can see I made a tag this time for Ett Trykk and their Masking challenge.

The background  coloring, and the stamped image from Bildmålarna was created with some Distress Inks.

I used an old note stamp from You Do for masking the muffin.

The sentiment on the little tag was made with one K-designs stamp.

I added Glossy Accents on the strawberries so they looks really yummy out.

Hope you like it.

Hugs, Birgit

More Challenges:

Little Miss Muffet - Food, Glorious Food

Craft Room - So Sentimental

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

You Look Lovely Today

Hello friends!

I have a new card to show you today...

I'll try to take time for a couple of creations for Ett Trykk this week also, and the first up is about Dry Embossing.

I am using this weeks Sketch N Stash sketch.

For the embossing have I used one of my favorite folders right now from Mpress with swirls.

I started with Pretty in Pink papers from Glitz design. After embossing, I sponged it with Weathered Wood Ink.

The sweet girl image were cut out from one old Slöjd detaljer paper.

I also used Glossy Accents for the text to highlight it. 

For the lower panel, I brushed white Gesso onto cardstock that I first glued on jute fabric. Once dry, I cut it and sponged the edges with Vintage Photo. The swirls was made out of vax paper with one Shapeabilities Floral Fluorish die.

The butterflies was cut out of a Pion design paper. I finished of with some buttons, flower, ribbon and natural twine.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great week!

Hugs, Birgit

I found some more challenges to enter:

Party Time Tuesday - Tic, Tac, Toe. ( Buttons,Twine,Flower)

Critter Sketch - Buttons

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Embossing

Dream Valley - Things With Wings

Photo Of An Angel, Is It Possible?

Hello, thanks for your visit here today on my blog!

I´m back with another sample for Ett Trykk and their challenges. This time it´s about photo stamps and this is the best I can do.

The stamp I have used is from La Blanche.

I think they have amazingly beautiful and detailed stamps.

I have only used one designer paper this time, and it´s from Primas Meadow Lark Collection.

That's what it takes this week at Papertake Weekly and I was going to combine it with the sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

I cut my angel out with one Nestabilities Labels Twelwe die and sponged the edges with Dusty Concord.

A broad black lace complements and highlights the image.

I found three more challenges to enter:

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Lace and Pearls
Paper Crafting Journey - Use a Sentiment

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

And that's all for today, hope to see you again!

Hugs, Birgit

Boys And Their Toys

Hi there!

It´s time for a new jubilee challenge over at Ett Trykk.

The first challenge this week is about foam stamps and I was stunned!

I have no foam stamps, and at first I could not think of anything to make one of either. (sigh)

Then I realized that makeup sponges perhaps would do to stamp with.

So I started stamping with a couple of blue shades of Distress Inks on cardstock.

Then I splashed on some water that I mixed with a bit Inca Gold Platinum so it got a lovely silvery finish.

I used a small swirl stamp, and painted round dots around the edge of the card.

For the sentiment and the wings I used Autumn Leaves stamps from the Love With a Flourish set.

It's always fun to find new uses for old or leftover things, and this time I thought that these LEGO pieces could fit the "Boys and their toys" theme of my card

The wings was cut out and placed behind the car after I cut out holes in the paper with a sharp knife.

I sprayed a piece of resist canvas with a few Dylusions sprayes and adhered it together with a button and some twine.

Other stuff that I used: Washi Tape, Metal corner, Rhinestones, Ribbon, Pearls and a piece of braided Leater strap.

I think that´s all from me today.

Have a great week!

Hugs, Birgit

Entered Challenges:

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Recycle

Cards For Men - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Backgrounds

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - No Machine Sewing