Tag card. just for fun (Card week day 7)

So, this is the end of my card week - I hope you have enjoyed it. But fear not, there will be more cards coming later, at least one on Wednesday :-)
I have played at the Paper Issue Online Crop and some of the challenges were: cards!

I have this large, old stack of K & Company tags, and in my opinion they are perfect for cards:

Tag: K&Company. Patterned papers: Glitz Designs (blue), Lemon Owl (white/green). Butterfly:Websters pages. Trim: MME. Bling & ribbon: unknown

Some times mixing up manufactorers works perfectly!

Thank you for taking your time to stop by - you know it means a lot to me!

Black/blue masculin card

As I promised in my Sunday post, I have more masculin cards for you this week.

Like this one:

Papers: b/w background: American Crafts, b/w tag: Glitz Designs, blue: LYB. Twine: The Twinery.
Rubon, epoxy tie & ribbon: unknown

This card is simple (like all my cards) and made in a minute, and the design is taken from sketch #114 at Feeling Sketchy.

Close up of tag:

This card is in traditional masculine colors & patterns: black & blue, stripes & hexagons. Please return on Thursday when I'll show a masculine in less tradional colors & patterns :-)

Why Christmas almost got cancelled..

Because Mercedes killed Santa...

Patterned papers: Glitz Designs, AC, MME. Brads: MME. Dies: Lifestyle Crafts. Alphas: Echo Park, Crate Paper

This layout is made for the latest challenge at The Studio Challenges:

As its so close to Christmas we want you to create Christmas layouts, easy right?! But there is a little twist, we want you to use non traditional colours for your layouts! Which colours will you pick?

I figured a depressive photo and theme needed depressive colors *lol*

And yes,  I know there is  a typo in the title - I just din't have time to make it up before the release! Can you find it?

Need inpiration to scrap Christmas photos, but not a fan of traditional colors? Please head over to The Studio Challenges blog to see the DT's take on the challenge, and to play with us. You have until Jnauary 4th (2015) to play along!

Friends: Cliff, Guiness & I

Guess where we are, the hubby & I ?

Petterned papers: Basic Grey, Crate paper, unknown (green). Die Cuts: Glitz Designs, MME, AC, Ampersand & paper clip: Freckled Fawn. Alphas: Jilliebean Soup, Echo Park & Basic Grey. Beer stickers: Paper House. Camera brad: Eyelet outlet. Overlay &button: unknown

Yepp, that's correct: Dublin, Ireland. June 2014. You can't go to Dublin for the first time without visiting Guinness, the famous brewery!


I got the idea for this layout when I saw the October Challenge from Scrapfriends, three scrappers who cooperate about challenges - you can pick either one of them or combine two or three. I did all three.

Let's start with the sketch from Brenda:

I followed the sketch pretty close with just a few adjustments to make it my own.

Then Rochelle has a Tic-Tac-Toe board to inpire you:

I chose the horizontal line on top - here is some details to prove it :-)

Die cut & camera:

More die cuts & paper clip:

There are die cuts scttered all over this layout.

Finally, Kelly is throwing a word challenge

I picket the word Friends and used it as the title on my layout.


OK, Guinnes is a tourist trap, I knew it before we went there, but it was still interesting to see the beer making process! Do you visit tourist traps, too?

Celebrating You (card)

I was lucky and won a grab bag full of Chic Tag yummies in December: tags, journaling cards etc.
I have played a lot with in on layouts, but I thought it was time to try them out on cards, too.

Background paper: Glitz Designs. Journaling card, tags & cutouts: Chic Tags.
Wire: my local florist. Owl & ribbon: unknown

 3D foam adds depth to the card, and the wire structure.

The design was taken from Cardabilities sketch #94.

 Isn't this a fun one?


Thank you for taking time to stop by :-)

One challenge - three cards!

Hello fellow card makers and scrappers.

I stumbled upon the card challenge blog Fusion the other day - what a fun site! here is this week's challenge:

I needed some boys' cards for upcoming birthdays and the sketch was perfect for the purpose.

Card #1

Striped paper: Glitz Designs. Printed paper: unknown. Chipboards: AC/Amy Tangerine
Stars: Pretty Little Studio. Button: unknown

Card # 2

Emossed "metal" paper: Harley Davidson. Printed Paper: Lemon Owl. Others: from
 my pile of scraps. Numbers: AC. Metal rings: the local hardware store

We're celebarting Mother's Day in Norway today, and I was inspirated by the colors and dots in the challenge to make my mum this card:

Star paper: Panduro. Cutouts; MME. Ribbon: unknown

Thank you for stopping by - your visit means a lot to me :-)

Forget- forgot - forgotten (CSI #109)

It seems like our family always forget something at home when we're going places, stuff which usually is easy to replace, but you still need to go out shopping for them: socks (Paris), lip balm (London), toothbrushes (any place and it's the kids who  forget them) etc etc.

When we went on our ski brake a  month ago, I was so busy remembering the kid's tooth brushes, that I completely forgot my own. And hubby his. Youngest kid managed to even forget his winter jacket...
This is what the journaling in this layout tells about.

Background paper: Scraphouse. Other papers: LYB, MME, BG, AC. Cut outs: October Afternoon, Glitz Designs. Tags: Chic Tags, Fancy Pants. Flair: The Paper Bakery. Paper clip arrow, epoxy stickers & fabric badge: Freckled fawn. Overlay frame: MME. Alphas: WP, OA, AC. Photo anchors & brads: unknown

Close ups:

..

Here is this week's challenge from CSI:

How I sold the case:
*Colors: all used
*Evidence: Stack something (papers on botm left side), silver accents
*Testimony: Frame your story


Are you good at remembering anything when you leave the house?

LAN party hangover (CSI Case file #106)

DS11 has it.
But a good couch cures it!

Background paper: Glitz Designs. Tags/journaling cards: Chic Tags. Tab: Basic Grey. Vellum speach bubbles: Studio Calico. Badges: The Paper Bakery/American Crafts. Metal clips: Freckled Fawn. Alphas: Websters Pagers (small), American Crafts (Large)

Fro an elven year old, it's not so much about which game they play, but about how long they stand before the fall asleep. This specific LAN, this kid had been up until 6am, but he spent most of the following day on the couch...

Some detail pictures:

Here is this week's CSI case file:

How I solved the case:

*Colors: all five used
*Ombre effect (stripes along the sides), arrows, grid design, speach bubbles, numbers, circles
*Testimony: six word memoir (title)

Do you want to play with us this week?

3 kg pure fun (CSI #105)

Our youngest cat Mercedes is such a personality. Even if she's 15 months old she's still pretty much a kitten - she does the most silly things:

background paper: Glitz Designs. Other papers: Lemon Owl, Echo Park, LYB, MME.
Tags: Chic Tags. Sticker: Echo Park. Vellum speach bubble & wood stars: Studio Calico. Aplhas; Basic Grey.
Flair: The Paper bakery. Ribbon: Unknown

 Close up  of the speach bubbles:

Journaling:

She loves to sleep in the box we collect old newspapers:

This layout is my example for this week's CSI case file:

How I solved the case:

All colors used.
Evidence: stars, stripes, speach bubbles
Tetimony: 3 quirky things, speach Bubbles



Please head over to the CSI site to see the DT member's and GDT's lovely example and to learn how to win awesome prizes!

Born On Christmas Eve - CSI special Case File

We at CSI are excited to reveal our third special Case File created for our collaboration with Scrap365, UK's biggest scrapbooking magazine.

This special Case File will be open for investigation for the entire month of December. CSI will have a new Scrap365 Case File every other month, with the publication of a new issue of the magazine. After this Case File closes, we will be selecting our five favorite layouts to feature, and those people will be invited as CSI Deputies (guest designers) for February.

We hope you will play with us this month. One lucky winner will win the latest copy of Scrap365.


Here are the colors and requirements for this special file:

And this is my take on it, featuring my dog, Scoobie, born on December 24th 2004:

Yellow paper: Basic Grey. Other papers: SEI. Yellow trim: Glitz Designs. Fabric tag: Websters Pages

Not my usual style, but when it comes to anything with pink I totally forget about "Less is more" *lol*

 Details/Close ups:

Large flowers: Petaloo. Small paper flowers: Prima. Resin flowers: Freckled Fawn
Pink trims: unknown

Large snowflake: Indiska. Snowflake brads: unknown.
Pink metal frame & pearls: unknown

Alpha: American Crafts/Amy Tangerine

 How I solved the case:
*All colors used
*Evidence: Flowers, pearls, silver accents, ribbon, snowflakes
*Testimony: Write four random things about your subject:

-Kenel/breed name: Timanka's Christmas Wonder
-Nickname: Scoobie
-Born: December 24th 2004
 -Color: Originally black & white, nowadays more grey & white

Left photo is taken last week, right photo taken in 2008 when she was true b&w.


Now, please head over to the CSI site to see the rest of the DT member's and the GDT member's lovely take on this challenge

Time flies - tic tac toe challenge at The Studio Challenges

The Studio Challenges runs fun scrapbooking challenges and sketches every other Sunday of every month to inspire you.

Today we have a tic tac toe challenge for you - its' very easy: All you need to do is pick a line from the gird, any line straight or diagonal and create a layout using them, easy!:

Here is my take on this cool challenge - I picked the bottom horizontal line for my layout: Chipboard, triangles, gold.

Mask: The Paper Bakery. Washi: Freckled Fawn. Raw chipboard: Imaginarium Designs. Colored chipboards: AC/Amy Tangerine. Rubons: Pink Paisley (stars, arrows), Glitz Designs (dots), Jenni Bowlin (October). Twine: The Twinery.
 Silver spider accent: unknown

Chipboard: a mix of raw, unpainted chipboard (title) and ready made patterned chipboard (Arrows and "documented)
Triangles: There are triangles in the mask I used for my inked backround
Gold: On top and bottom: wide washi with golden dots. Gold rubons (Arrows, circles, stars, month tag)

Please head over to The Studio Challenges blog to see the DTs lovely example and to see how you can win a GDT spot :-)

Zzz - CSI Case File #96

DS14. As a baby he was an early morning bird, but not any more.

Journaling says: "M has all a teeneager needs in his room - a TV, a computer and a bed. If he had been a kitchen and a bathroom there, too, he would have stayed there 24/7"

Background Paper: Bella Blv. Label stickers: Basic Grey. Other stickers: Glitz Design, Heidi Swapp.
Alpha: Fancy Pants. Rhinestone Arrows: Prima. Rhinestone "flower": Petaloo.
Clock, metal embellies, ticket, ribbon, note paper: unknown

Details:

Here is this week's lovely color combo, and fun ideas at CSI:

How I solved the case:
*all colors used
*evidence: clock, Music sheet, rhine stones, gold metal
*testimony: document a favorite room

What's Your favorite room?

Feathers! (The Studio Challenges Pinterest Challenge)

Wow, there is so many ways to get inspired by the October Pinterest Challenge at The Studio Challenges (TSC): the colors, the deco, the mask themselves etc etc. What is the first thing that comes to Your mind when you see this?

My first though was "feathers"! We have two budgies at home, and you have no idea how much feathers they leave!

In fact, I often use real feathers from the birds if I make a layout about them, but this time I din't have any on hand, so I used a large one from Bella Blvd. 

Backround pp: Glitz Dsigns. Other pps: MME. Jourmaling Cards, bird trim & fabric bird: Websters Pages.
Chipboard: Maya Road. Wood frame: Kaiser Kraft. Flair: The Paper Bakery. Washi & other trim: unknown
 

Bird trim, fabric bird, journaling cards with a bird on, bird chipboards, wings chipboard - birds are all over in the scrapping industry, so it wasn't hard to find the right embellies for this layout.

What did come to your mind first when you saw the Pinterest image? Please head over to the TSC blog to see how the other DTers were inspired, and Our followers, too!