DT Ett trykk: one more pop up card

Hello friends and followers,

Here is a nother one of the pop - up cards I made for Ett Trykk Magazine.

You can find a picture tutorial right HERE on my blog and a video tutorial right HERE.

I used papers from Bildmålarna- a cup of tea, the sentiment is byNorsk Stempelblad AS, The stamps around the image is by Stempelglede. The image is Joyful Tilda (fra A christmas story collection 2012) by Magnolia. I colored it in sepia with my Copic markers: Clothes and hair: E44-43-42-41. Skin: E13-11-00-000, Shadow: W5-3-1-00.
 The roses are by WOC, I used Magnolia- Doohickey's heart die, Spellbinder- romantic oval die, Cheery Lynn Designs Pine Branches dies, Pearls by Melissa Frances and pearl ribbon and shabby seam binding in cream from the Live & Love Craft Store.

I used UTEE (Ultra thick Embossing Enamel) and distress ink to create that old vintage look, the talented Jill Hansen has a tutorial on how to do this on her blog HERE.

Wishing you a creative weekend!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! 

Crafty hugs, 

Midweek Magnolias #67

Good morning friends and bloggers,

I would like to welcome my new followers, so happy to see you here! 

Today is Wednesday and time for a new challenge over at the Midweek Magnolias. This week we have something sweet in store for you:

Make it girly with ribbons and pearls

So get your Maggies out and join us!

I used my Pippi Longstocking for this card. I just love this stamp.
As a child growing up, Pippi (a character from books by Astrid Lindgrens) was one of my heroes. She was a strong, independent girl who could do anything ! She had a big bag with lots and lots of gold coins to spend, and when she rode her horse (the withe one with the black dots) with her pet monkey on one shoulder she used to whistle the Pippi Longstocking- song melody.
This is such a happy childhood memory for me...lol. Every time I see this stamp I start humming this melody to myself...lol.

I used papers from Bildmålarna, ribbon and lace from the LLC store and Papirpikene, the pearls and pearl brad are from WOC, the flowers are by WOC and the charm is from LLC and the music note clip is by Tim Holtz. The sentiment is by Norsk Stempelblad AS, and the die used is a spellbinder die. 

I colored the Pippi Longstocking image from Magnolia with my Copic Markers. Colors used: 

Skin: E13-11-00-000, W3

Hair: E77-74-71-70, W7, E35-37-30,

Clothes: E77-74-71-70, W7-5-3-1-00

Dots around the image: W1-00, C1-00, E 71-70

I used Frantage- Shabby White-  around the image too.

Here it is again. Hope you like it.
Please stop by the Midweek Magnolias to see the beautiful creations by the rest of the DT
and join in for a chance to win a fabulous surprise gift from Magnolia in Sweden.


I would like to enter the Totally Tilda challenge with this card: Going for a song.
My song is "Pippi Longstocking" a well known children's song in Scandinavia.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today,
wising you a wonderful hump day!

Crafty hugs,  

Live & Love Crafts 1 year anniversary Blog Hop

Good morning friends and followers.

Today I'm part of a celebration. The Live & Love Craft inspiration and challengeblog is having a Blog Hop to celebrate the store's one year anniversary! As a former DT member and huge LLC fan, I am delighted to join in. 

 If you’re here for the hop, you should have arrived from the talented and supersweet Louise

Otherwise, please return to the LLC Blog and start the hop from there.

 Blog Hop Order:

LLC Blog

Becky

Tina

Karita

Eulanda

Elin

Alyce

Tracy

Louise

Elizabeth - You are here! 

Sandy

LLC Blog

The theme of this fabulous hop is "LLC favourites”, and let me tell you 
I had lots of fun splurgeing into my LLC stuff- how to choose what my favourites are? 
Sooooo hard because I love everything in the store...lol.. 
For my project I chose my all time favourite the Alecon lace- it's gorgeous, so soft and delicate! I also had to use one of my newest additions to my stash: Frantage- goes perfectly with every vintage project I make. And the Maya Road pearl pins and Creative Charms Pearl brads I could not live without. Same goes for the Kort og Godt rolled roses and berries and of course the Shabby Seam binding. And last but not least the Pion Design papers. I could go on, but I think it's time to show you my project.

I made a suitcase gift box using a tutorial I found in a 2011 Magnolia Ink magazine. I used Pion Papers, Almas sewing room collection, and a vintage image by Pion. The beautiful Alecon lace, Kort og Godt rolled roses and berries, Creative Charms Pearl brads, some blue Shabby Seam binding, Maya Road pearl pins, some WOC roses.  I added crackle paint to the corners and wires of the suitcase to make it look like leather. 

 I used shabby blue Frantage on the image and on some of the flowers.

 I used pion papers on the inside, and put some yummy LLC goodies in:

Your next stop is Sandy. 
Don't forget to leave her lots of love. She's been working so hard this year to build the store and the blog, and she is so talented- go have a look! 

Finnally, here's a peak at the prizes:

The main prize is a gift certificate for the LLC store.

If you leave a comment on every stop on you hop, you will also be in the draw for one of these goodies! 

Thanks for stopping by,

Have fun hopping!

Crafty hugs, 

Tutorial: Decorating a chocolate box

Hello friends and bloggers, 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I've been busy crafting with a bunch of wonderful ladies all threw the weekend! Lots of fun and laughter, cardmaking and chatting. Soulfood!

 I'll show you some of the things I made later on.

Here's a tutorial I made for Ett Trykk Magazine earlier this year.
It's a simple how-to-decorate-a-chocolate-box- tutorial.

Hei,

Håper du har hatt en fin helg! Jeg har sittet sammen med en gjeng med herlige damer og scrappet og skravlet hele helgen, det er virkelig balsam for sjela! Jeg skal vise frem noe av det jeg laget senere!
I dag nøyer jeg med å vise frem en trinn- for- trinn jeg laget til Ett Trykk 02/2013. 

Hvordan dekorere en Toffefee eske.

The papers are Pion Design, the stamp is Little Tilda by Magnolia- I colored her with distress inks. I used a Martha Steward punch, and most of the stash is from the Live & Love craft store. I distressed all the edges with distress ink and used my sewing machine. The metal corner is painted with white spray paint.

Jeg har brukt Pion Design papirer, tekststempel fra Norsk Stempelblad, Magnolias Little Tilda som er malt med distress ink. Jeg har også brukt Martha Stewart punch og Shabby seam binding Greta Garbo lace, Perlebånd og Metallhjørner fra Live & Love Craft Store.  Alle kanter er svertet med distress ink, jeg har sydd med symaskin langs kantene på mønsterarket. Metallhjørnene er malt med hvit sparymaling. 

Step by step/ Trinn for trinn:

 1. What you need: 2 x boxes of Toffifee chocolate, cardstock, patterned paper, scoreboard, embellishements, a colored image if you want to use one.
Du trenger: 2 Toffefee esker, kartong, mønsterark, Scoreboard, pynt og ferdig fargelagt stempelmotiv eller annen pynt.

 2. Start by using your sticky tape to glue one box to the other. 
 Start med å lime sammen sjokoladeeskene.

 3.You need one piece of 6 7/8'' x12'' (inches) cardstock.
Use your Scoreboard to score at 4 ¼'' og 6'' og 10 ¼ ''
Mål til kartong 6 7/8'' x12'' (inches)

Skår med Scoreboard ved 4 ¼'' og 6'' og 10 ¼ ''

 4.The cardstock will fit your box perfectly.
Lim kartongen rundt eskene.

 5. Measure up a piece of cardboard that is slightly smaller than the box, mine is  6'' x 12".
Score at 4 ¼'' and 6'' and 10 ¼''
I used a punch on two of the edges (the 12")
Mål til kartong som er litt mindre enn eskens bredde, jeg har brukt 6'' x 12". 

Skår ved 4 ¼'' og 6'' og 10 ¼ ''

Jeg har brukt utstanser på kantene. Lim på.

 6. I used 3 pieces of design papers.  Cut patterned paper for the top and sides (front and rear).
Select the appropriate size, I have one in size. 51/2'' x4'' and 2 in size 5 ½'' x 1 ¾''
Kutt mønsterark til toppen og sidene (foran og bak). 

Velg passelig størrelse, jeg har 1 stk i str. 51/2''x4'' og 2 stk i størrelse 5 ½ ''x 1 ¾ ''

7. Decorate the box as desired.
Pynt esken slik du ønsker.

8. Here's my finished decorated box.
Slik ser den ferdig dekorerte esken ut- klar til å gis bort:)

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Hope you like it!

Wishing you a creative week!

Crafty hugs, 

Midweek Magnolias #65

Good morning peeps, 

I'm checking in this morning to let you know about the new challenge over at the Midweek Magnolias.

This week our theme is:

Favorite colors

Get your Magnolias out and join in for a chance to win a fabulous prize from Magnolia in Sweden. If you pop over to the Midweek Magnolias you will find lots of inspiration made by the talented DT.

A friend of mine had a beautiful baby boy this week, so this is a card I made for the very first visit to the hospital. One of my favorite color combos is blue, beige and white, so here it is: 

 I used my new Silhouette to make the box for the card. I added a few details, and those lovely Pion Papers. I made a little card to fit inside. 

The Magnolia stamp is a Mini baby Edwin. I colored it with distress inks.

The flowers are by WOC and the dies used are Lifestyle crafts.

Here it is again.  The stamp on the card is another mini Magnolia and a sentiment by Kreativ hobby. I also used some of that lovely shabby seam binding from the live and love craft store. Hope you like it!

Don't forget to stop by the Midweek Magnolias to join in our challenge!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Wishing you a wonderful creative day!

Crafty hugs, 

DT Copic Marker Norge- If friends were flowers I would pick you!

Good morning friends and followers, 

It's time for a new challenge over at the Copic Marker Norge blog. 

Today we are enjoying the season with this theme: 

#40 SUMMER 

So get your Copic Markers out and join us for some fun summer coloring! 

Please stop by the CMN blog to see the beautiful creations of the rest of the DT, and join in!

God morgen, 

Det er tid for en ny utfording hos Copic Marker Norge. Denne ganger er temaet SOMMER, og jeg har laget et kort i solgule sommerfarger. Stempelet er en digi fra Saturated Canary, og papirene er fra Maja Desing. Fargedetaljene finner du lenger ned her. Ta turen over til CMN bloggen for å se de flotte kreasjonene fra designteamet og bli med da vel! 

Here's my card.

I used papers from Maja Design Vintage spring basic collection. The flowers are WOC and Kort og Godt. The sentiment is from a Pion Design paper clip out from the vintage garden collection. The pin is by Tim Holtz and the butterfly is Kort og Godt. I used a Magnolia Doohickey die (scalloped dotted lace), and some pearls from my stash. I used my sewing machine along the edges of the DP's and I distressed all the edges with vintage photo distress ink.

I won this cute SC image, This Seasons Springtime, when I was in the top 5 of one of their challenges. I haven't gotten around to using it untill now, but it's perfect for a summer themed card. And I do love coloring the hair on these images!

Copics used: 

Skin: E13-11-00-000, W3 Cheeks: E95, Lips: E95-R32-30, 

Hair: E44-43-42-41-40, W7

Dress: YR20, YR00, R02-00, Y23-11-0000, W7-5-3-1-00

Grass: YG91, G07-02-00,E30, G28, W3

Flowers. W7-5-000, R32-30, YR20, Y11, 

Ground: E33-31-30, W5-3

Clouds: B91, B0000, C1-00 and Blender

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I would like to enter the following challenges.

Die for a sketch:  Sketch #13, by Dunja Ducker and a die (magnolia doohickey's scalloped dotted lace)
Deep Ocean Challenge: #53 For a girl
Hjerteboden: #6 Vennskap

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Thanks for stopping by my blog today! 

Wishing you a wonderful, creative day with lots of summer sun!

Crafty hugs, 

CMN- coloring shadow around the image with Tutorial

Hello friends and followers,

Today I want to share my happy news with you. Yesterday i got the fabulous news I passed my European Copic Coloring Master exam! I'm so excited! 

Only 5 people in Norway own this title so I'm very proud of it...lol.

Jeg er hoppende glad fortsatt, fordi i går fikk jeg beskjed om at jeg nå kan smykke meg med tittelen European Copic Coloring Master (ECCM). Som en av bare 5 i Norge må jeg si jeg er litt stolt! 

Veldig moro! Jeg deltok på en veldig inspirerende og morsom kursrekke hos Siv, du kan lese mer om programmet her: ECCP

I made this card for Copic Marker Norge, if you pop over to the CMN blog you can have a look at my picture-tutorial on coloring a shadow around the image to make it pop (in Norwegian). EDIT: See tutorial at the end of this post.

Dette kortet har jeg laget til CMN bloggen, hvis du tar en tur innom kan du se en trinn for trinn tutorial på hvoran man lager skygge rundt motivet med gråtoner.

Here's the card I made for the tutorial. The fancy folds on Tilda's dress are very much inspired by one of my favorite international copic coloring artists: Alyce. Thank you for the inspiration, hun! 

I used papers from Maja Design Vintage spring basic, some lovely lace and metal corner from the LLC store, and Magnolia Doohickey dies for the flower and branch. the flowers are WOC and the fab note clip is by Tim Holtz. The postmark stamps and the big roses are by Kort og Godt. Sentiment stamp is Norsk Stempelblad AS.  I used a Martha Stewardt punch on the edges and lots of distress inks as always...lol. (sorry about the bad picture quality, I'm not friends with my camera today!)

Here's the tutorial in english. Norwegian version over at Copic Marker Norge

1. Get your colored image.

2. Start  using W5 in corners and creeks. It looks kind of harsh in the beginning- but don't worry, you will not ruin your image! 

3. Next get your W3, using the flickering technique, drag the dark color from W5 just a tiny bit longer with your marker.

4. Swithc to W1. Color from the W5, over the W3 and a little longer. Then go on to make a shadow around the whole image, maybe 1/4 of an inch using the W1. Be careful not to get any of the colors from the hair or clothes on your marker as it will smudge.

5. Next is your W00. Go over all edges around the image. Only from the W1 and out. 

6. Finally, use your Blender around the edges to smoothen. I usually use the flat end of the marker, use circle movements. Be sure to fill your marker before use to get a soft look.

Then I make the ground under her dress. I use the flat end of the marker. 

 7. Start with W5, Draw a thin line under her skirt and where I want the shadow to be.

8. Then on to W3. Drawing on top of the W5 an just a littlebit outside.

9. Next W1. Same thing. On top of the other markers and a little more.

10. Finally I use the W00 and blender.

Repeat the process a couple of time to get darker shadows.

If you find it don't blend well, go over the darkerst parts (W5) with your W00 to soften up. But be careful. If you use your lightest markers on top of the darker ones it will act as the blender and leave light dots.

Here's my finished Tilda in cotton dress with shadows. Copics used: 

Hud/Skin: E13-11-00-000-0000, kinn/ Cheeks:E95, Hår/Hair: E77-74-71-70-W7

Kjole/ dress: Rv95-93-91, V000, E71, W3

Skygger/ Shadows: W5-3-1-00, blender

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I would like to enter the following challenges.

Totally Tilda: #73 Going Postal 

CLP challenge: #59 June Sketch

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Wishing you a wonderful, creative day!

 Takk for at du titter innom bloggen min i dag!

Ønsker deg en herlig, kreativ dag!

Crafty hugs,

For a boy...

Hi peeps. Hope you are all enjoying some sunny days like we are here in Norway! 

Here's a card I made for the April Edition of Ett Trykk Magazine. I used a sketch by the talented Camilla Halseth.

I used Pion Design papers From my heart II collection. The sentiment is by Norsk Stempelblad AS, the dies are  Magnolia- Doohickey's Scalloped dottet lace and a spellbinder sircle die. 

The stamp is one of the Mini Magnolias. I colored him with distress inks. Background: Stormy Sky, Skin: Tattered rose, vintage photo. clothes: Antique Linnen and Walnut stain, Hair: Antique Linnen, Vintage Photo, Scattered Straw, Plane and cheeks: Tattered rose og Aged Mahogany

I distressed the edges with walnut stain distress ink, and used my sewing machine along the edges.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today,

Wishing you a creative week!

Crafty hugs,