Just a card....

Good morning! It's been a while since my last post... I don't really feel much like blogging lately. Don't know what it is... I guess I just feel like I don't have anything to say/write about, and second there is soooo many nice blogs to read out there, so I spend a lot of time reading other blogs....

I haven't done much card making lately either. Only one card the last couple of weeks... where did my mojo go?? For the firs time in, like, forever I've made a card that isn't for a challenge. A while ago I saw a really cool flower digi stamp somewhere. I can't remember where, and I couldn't find it again, so I decided to draw my own flowers resembling what I think those flowers in the digi looked like....
I've used my ProMarkers to colour them in with. The flower panel is mounted on 3d foam.

I also wanted to try to make my own flower embellishment. I used a circle punch to punch out a few circles from an old book. I then tore off the edges to get different sized circles and also to get a rougher edge. I crumpled the circles and then added a bit of colour with a felt tip pen. Then I layered them and fastened them with a golden brad. After I had fastened them together I spritzed them with water and then crumpled the whole thing together and left it to dry. The water also made the felt tip run a bit and therefore softened the colour. I think the flower turned out ok, and it was good fun making it.

Well, I better go and do a bit of dusting and grocery shopping... my inlaws are coming to stay for the weekend, and also spend 17th of May (Norways national day) with us. The girls are all excited to see them again, and can't wait for them to arrive.

Friday Sketchers #99

Oh, that's my weekend started already... It's so nice not working fridays... Don't know where this week has gone though. Time flies too fast. I can't wait until tomorrow night when my parents will come for a visit. The girls are soooo excited!

Maja is going to a birthday party this saturday, and I made this card for her to give to her friend. I'm also entering it into the Friday Sketchers challenge no 99.
The image is coloured with ProMarkers. I made the flower in the corner with a couple of punced daisies for the top flower and then I made the bigger one in the back from a couple of punced circles and a corner rounder, and then added a gem for the centre. I also used my ProMarkers to colour the flower.

Thanks for looking!

CPS- card sketch #163

Oh, it's a nice day out there today, so I'll be quick. I want to go outside with a book, a cup of coffee, my girls and their bikes and enjoy the sunny weather. We've been indoors for days since my girls haven't been feeling well most of the week... and it's been snowing as well this week, but today it's all good!

My card today is for this weeks sketch challenge over at CPS (Card Positioning Systems). I've done paper piecing for the first time on this one (the dress), and I'm quite chuffed how it turned out.
Image is by Panduro and is coloured with ProMarkers (blush, dusky pink, lemon, canary, apple and forest green). Image is also mounted on foam tape for some dimension.

I made the flower using two punched daisies that I coloured with ProMarkers, folded the petals and glued together. Easy peasy and very nice....

Have a nice day, everyone!

Two more robots...

I'm having so much fun with my Spot's botz stamps... I just had to make some more cards with them. I made this one for Maja to bring to her friend's birthday party the other day. I used the Pixie Cottage challenge #14 - buttons and a sketch.
The metal button is something I found in my stash... and I thought it was perfect for this card. The ric rac and the bot is coloured with ProMarkers.

This next card I made for the Stamp with Fun challenge no 52... a while back.... just forgot to blog it.... Gave it to my mum for her birthday at the end of march...

I guess I should have blogged a bit from our easter hols, but I don't feel like I have the time and energy to be blogging much at the moment...

Card Patterns challenge 57

I just really enjoyed playing with my new Stampendous Spot's botz stamps, so I had to make another 'bot card... I have used sketch no 57 from the Card Patterns challenge blog for this one.

Image and sentiment are mounted on 3d foam for dimesion. The bot is coloured with Promarkers (Cool Grey 2, Blossom and Rose Pink)
Thanks for looking, and HAPPY EASTER to all my readers!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #38 and some robots

This card is for the Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge this week.
The 'bot is coloured using my new Promarker pens (apple, forest green, china blue, cornflower and some cool grey 2 for the shadow under his feet).

Isn't that robot the cutest?? I have used my new Stampendous Spot's Botz stamps for him. I just bought them the other day, and I can tell I'm going to have lots and lots of fun with them, making different robots.... This is what the stamp set looks like;

Just bits and pieces so you can build your own robots. Here are some more 'botz I've made up (click on the picture to view it bigger);

The bottom ones are coloured with my new ProMarkers. I'm still a newbie to these and I can see that I need a LOT of practice... the top one is coloured with watercolour paints (no, not my trusted pencils...)

Friday Sketchers #94

We just had some more snow this morning... can't really say I like it... but the word is, that it will dissappear before this week comes to an end. Can't wait to put on some lighter shoes and not put on so much clothes...

Made this card for challenge #94 at Friday Sketchers. I used a few new things on this one... The scalloped edge was made with my NEW Martha Stewart Scallop Two Dot punch and the pink flower border was made using my NEW Martha Stewart Daisy border punch on each side of a 1' strip of paper. I also coloured the flower borders with one of my NEW ProMarkers (can you tell I had my birthday not too long ago...??). The stamp isn't really new, but I've never inked it up before, so I count that as new as well...

The image is mounted on 3d foam for some dimension and I've added some extra flowers for added interest.... oh, and I've used my trusted watercolour pencils for the colouring in (I didn't have any paper or ink that worked well with my new Promarkers....)

Thanks for looking!

A crocheted necklace and some mittens

I've wanted a fairly long necklace for a long time now, but haven't been able to find one I liked, so when I saw this "Coral" pattern over at Ravelry, I decided to crochet myself a necklace....
I wasn't quite sure how it would turn out so I just grabbed some old old old old wool from my stash to start with. It turned out I didn't have enough to make the necklace as long as I wanted it to be, so I had to dig through and see if I could find some more of the same. I found a wee bit in a darker shade... never mind. I think I like the necklace anyway... even though it's not as long as I wanted it to be. I might even have to make another one. A longer one. I have some shiny yarn I bought years ago that I think would look nice...

I have also been knitting a bit lately. Another Ravelry pattern.... These are called Aili's mittens. They were really easy and fun to knit. And I do loooove lime and turquoise together. The mittens are also very thick and warm.

Knowing Maja, it was only a matter of knitting half a mitten for myself before she wanted some too.... So she got to choose colours for hers. Pink and dark blue.

And now Susie has started asking about when she will get mittens like that too... I better take her wool shopping sometime next week....

Sketch Saturday week #93

I think spring must be right around the corner... the weather has been brilliant for days now. Today I took my coffee and a book with me outside, so I could sit and enjoy the sunshine while Susie was playing in the big heaps of snow still in the car park outside our house. And it was actually sunny all through Maja's riding lesson this afternoon. Weeheee! Maja's class has just started galloping now (2nd time today), and I don't think I have ever seen anyone with a smile as BIG as Maja's when the horse picks up some speed... lol...

Well, over to my card... The sketch I have used is from this weeks challenge over at Sketch Saturday.
The image is a digi I found on the net a while ago, I didn't note down from where... It's coloured with watercolour pencils.

Thanks for looking and taking the time to leave me a wee comment!

Friday Sketchers #91

Finished this card just in time to enter it into the Friday Sketchers challenge this week.
This is just a quick post as I need to find my bed now... nite nite!

Happy birthday, Susie!

Three years ago I had a baby girl at 22:23....I can't believe she is 3 already! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUSIE!

Papertake Weekly Sketch #34

Just a quick post from me today. I made this card last week for my neighbour who was 5 on Saturday. I used this weeks sketch from Papertake Weekly Challenge blog, and have until tonight to enter it into this weeks challenge....

Thanks for looking!

Sketch Saturday Challenge #89 & Charisma cardz wk 6

Ahhh... I just put the girls to bed, and it's already quiet! Bliss!! I had to bring Susie with me to Maja's riding lesson today, that may have tired them both out... lol...

The challenge over at Charisma cardz this week is "Think male" and I have used this weeks sketch from the Sketch Saturday challenge blog for this card. It's for my brother's birthday on Saturday. Hope he doesn't look at my blog before then... I should have mailed something to him a few days ago, but you know how it is... leave everything to the absolutely last minute... I'll put it in the post tomorrow...
I usually find it really hard to make cards for men, but this one came together surprisingly easy, for a male card that is...

Just a detail of the card. I used silver gel pen to make the line on the black flowers and around the circle and sentiment. The sentiment and image are also popped up on 3d foam. The blue paper is pearlescent, so it shimmers real nicely in real life...

Thanks for looking. And I really appreciate all your nice comments.

Kellie's candy

For a chance to win these gorgeous stamps, go and have a look at Kellies blog HERE. You have until 18th feb to enter the draw (my Susie's 3rd birthday!!).

Friday Sketchers #87

A morning post for a change. Maja is at school, Per is at work and poor Susie wasn't feeling well yesterday and is still asleep. Better use my time well though 'cause she'll probably wake up soon...

Work is still fine even though some days are really challenging.... Teaching isn't always a walk on the bright side... Well, enough of that... here's my card for the Friday Sketchers challenge this week.
I finally managed to ink up my "Me Time" Anya by The Greeting Farm. I won the "Me Time" set on a blog hop at Amy's blog (you better go and have a look, she's awesome!) ages ago and have just waited for an opportunity to ink her up....

I used some shimmering water colour for the foam and her head band and slippers. I guess you see it a bit better on the bottom picture.