Baby cards Part II

As I promised a while a go, I'm going to show a baby card in non tradtional colors. They don't all have to be in pink or baby blue do they?

Here they are - all materials from my huge pile of scraps, cut files from Silhouette.

Green& yellow - why not?

3D foam adds dimension as well as enamel dots

 The same design in traditional pink

Cards are great for using left over embellies like the owl pebble

And a card for boys

I just love how different these cards look by use of various papers and embellies, even if they all are the same design.

Thank you for taking time to visit!

Baby cards (part 1)

I don't make baby cards often, so I find cut files very handy when I need to.
For these cards I have used cut files from the Silhouette shop:

Teddy bear cards:

Papers: Papirdesign. Ribbon & "gratulerer" sticker: Unknown

3D foam adds dimension/depth

Papers: Papirdesign. Enamel star: Freckled Fawn. "Gratulerer" sticker: Unknown

3D foam adds dimension/depth

 Pram cards:

Cardstock: Bazill. Papers: Papirdesign. Button, "gratulerer" sticker & ribbon: unknown

I just love the pink/brown color combo

Cardstock: Bazill. Papers: Papirdesign., "Gratulerer" sticker & ribbon: unknown

I have had this ribbon for years. I knew it come to use one day :-)

 Pink and blue are, in my opinion, very traditional baby colors. Please come back next week where I hvae som baby cards in less traditional color for you :-)

Wedding cards

I often use sketches as a starting point when I make cards, but not always. For these three wedding cards I let the couple (cut file from Silhouette) be it, and I played with papers, design and colors.

All materials are from my pile of stash, so in general I have no clue about manufactorers.

Card #1

Croched doilie adds so  much structure!

Card #2

Simple but yet stylish (in my opinion :-). 3D foam adds depth!

Card #3

Not so traditional colors, but still a wedding card. Torn edges soften up the design

Thank you for taking time to stop by! Could you pick a favorite?

One sketch - three cards

Welcome back for another examplewhere I make three different cards using the same sketch.

The sketch I have used this time is this one from Retro Sketches:

For my first card I kept close to the sketch:

All materials are from my scrap box/bag of leftover embellies, so I have no idea about manufactorers

I chose to do the second card landscape orientation, but it's still close to the sketch.

Papers unknown. Stars: Studio Calico. Star overlay: Bella Blvd

 3D foam adds dimension to the card:

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After two cards in masculin colors, I felt like doing a more feminin one:

All materials are from my scrap box/bag of leftover embellies, so I have no idea about manufactorers

Details:

Thank you for stopping by. Please come back next week when I will give another example on how to make three different cards from one sketch.

Let's start the new year with some cards!

Happy new year, people!

This blog has been dead since April, and I have hardly done any paper crafting since then. It startet with beeing busy doing other fun stuff, like gardening, renovating our house, horseback riding etc etc, and then I got the biggest Scrap.Block.Ever.

Then I got this big card order (60 cards) and I just had to force myself to picking up card making/scrapping again. How on earth do you attack a 60 card order, all of them need to be different?
I always return to sketches.

My card order is complete, and I got the inspiration to do three of the last ones from this great sketch at "Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge".

Here is my first card:

I chose to do my card landscape oriented, but you can still see the elements in the sketch :-)

I often make three cards with one sketch, as I often get new ideas when creating. I even did it easier for myself by sticking to the same paper collection for all the three cards, the Bella Blvd Color Chaos.

Next card:

 Close up:

And my third card - this time I flipped it and chose landscape again:

I often use 3D foram on some parts of my cards to make more dimension/depth.

Thank you for stopping by. Please come back on Tuesday for a layout featuring the newest member of the family zoo: our kitten Preben Mohammed. I also will show three new cards made from one single sketch on Thursday.

Have a fabolous week!

Yellow/black masculin card

As I promised on Tuesday, when I showed a card in traditional masculin colors & patterns, I have a card today with less tradtional ones. What about yellow and roses on a man's card?

Papers: AC (b/w stipey), Crate Papers (yellow w/roses). Moustache clip: Tiger. Cardstock, riobbon, button & twine: unknown

The design is from Feeling Sketchy's DT call sketch:

Close up of card:

What do you say - still masculin, even with yellow & roses?

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 :-)

Masculin hybrid cards

I never seem to have masculin cards enough - not that strange actually, as I work with men and live with men (in this case I consider my kids men *lol*). So I have decided to stack up on men cards and here are my first this week:

Digital designs: The Nifty Pixel. Button: Jillibean Soup.
Patterned paper, cardstock, twine & dots: unknown

I have used the "Plus Side" free printables from The Nifty Pixle for all these cards. The designs are printed on patterned papers and overlays, and assembled as traditional cards. Digital designs + traditional card making = hybrid cards.

Digital designs: Nifty Pixel. Washi: Panduro. 
Patterned paper, cardstock,, note sign & dots: unknown

 Overlays are always difficult to photo, because of the reflections!

Digital designs: The Nifty Pixels. Button: Jillibean Soup. 
Patterned paper, cardstock, twine & dots: unknownt

Thank you for stopping by, and please come back on Tuesday for another masculin card!
Tell me - do you ever make hybrid cards?

Two masculine cards - just for fun

One of hubby's uncles was 85 on Saturday, and one of his cousins (said uncle's oldest son) 50 on Tueasday, so we needed cards for their birthdays. I dug into my pile of scraps, and played with my new Cameo, which sweet hubby gave me for Christmas. Here is the result:

Card for the uncle:

Close up of layers:

Card for th cousin:

  Close up of layers

The paper materials are a true mix of manufactorers, all cut files from Silhoutte.


Thank you for taking your time to sto by - you know your visit means a lot to me!

A cute critter Christmas card - just for fun

Ohhh, this blog has been so neglected lately. Why? Because I am preparing for the upcoming holidays and has put scrapping away for some weeks - I'd rather make candy, bake and do other fun stuff! I have beeen making cards, but have not bothered to take photos of them. Not because they were ugly, but because the light conditions were lousy and I was too lazy to fight for decent images.... Bad me.

But this one was photoed - a card I made just for fun:

All materials are scraps/one-of-a-kind items - I have no idea about manufactorers.

Have you made any Christmas cards this year?

The first Christmas cards this year :-)

Phew, I have never started this late before :-)
But with good help and inspiration from some of my favourite challenge blogs, I'm in!

Here are my first Christmas cards this year, and the challenges they are inspired from. Actually none  of the cards are very complicted, and they are not even made with tradional season papers or embellies (snow flakes, as I live in Norway, don't mean Christmas for me, but winter season).


This one is made with card sketch #37 at Sketch-N-Scrap:

The second card is inspired by the Tag It Challenge at Scrap Africa:

Please ccme back later this week, as I have more critter Chrsitmas cards for you - a soin of from the second card on this page.