Kraft-y Christmas

What I *really* love about the different challenges in blogland, is that they really challenge a newbie like me to try new things and therefore develop myself, even though the results naturally at first are not that great, and then slowly I get to expand my repertoire ;)

Rudolph enters the following challenges: CSAYL (Die cuts & Ribbon), CHNC (Going Round in Circles), Fab'n'Funky (Christmas), CHNC Extra March, Winter Wonderland (Get Krafty - the outer frame of the card and the two hearts near Rudolph) and  I love Promarkers (AG).

Påsk-gräs

Igår sådde vi påskgräs med barnen, och även om en hel del av fröna hamnade vart de inte skulle var det riktigt roligt - nu är det bara att hoppas att lite av gräset klarar sig :)

Mitt påskgräs (som tyvärr blev i skymundan bakom kycklingarna) deltar i: Sketchy Color, Brown Sugar (Easter), Artistic Inspirations (Easter Colors /AG) och  CRAFT (Weather / what season your: Spring).

Round round Santa...

Sorry, the Sugababe song got stuck on my mind :) My main inspiration for this car was the *very lovely* card made by Hazel, even though I didn't quite get to the same level of loveliness. However, it was simply wonderful to feel so inspired :)

I'm entering my Santa into the following challenges: CHNC (Going Round in Circles), Fab'n'Funky (Christmas), CHNC Extra March, Winter Wonderland (Get Krafty - some of the circles), I love Promarkers (AG), Paper Crafting Journey (AG), Pinspirational (AG) and Allsorts (Use those dies-  even though boringly enough mostly just the circles).

Morsdag

Detta är mitt första morsdagskort, kanske inte helt traditionellt men mycket feminint i alla fall.

Jag deltar i: Dream valley (Mothering Sunday), Delicious Doodles (Mother's Day / Special female), Totally Papercrafts (Think Pink), Paper Crafting Journey (AG), Pinspirational (AG), Fan-tastic Tuesday (AG), Crafts 4 Eternity (Special Mums) och Glitter'n'Sparkle (Mother's Day).

Vår-fönster

"Jag öppnar fönstret, och tittat ut..." börjar en barnsång vi ofta sjunger hemma.

Jag deltar i följande utmaningar: Sketch Saturday (Sketch #281), Pinspirational (AG), I love Promarkers (AG), Allsorts (Use those dies), Totally Papercrafts (Think Pink), Suzy Bee (Spring), MilkCoffee (Welcome Spring), Cute Card Thursday (Floral Delights), CRAFT (Weather / what season your in as in Spring), 613 Create to Create (Birds of a Feather).

Spring Flowers

The sun is shining, so I think I better head outdoors :)

I'm entering my card into the following challenges: Digi Sketch (Sketch), Love to Create (Bingo: Pink - Die Cut - Ribbon), Passion for Promarker (Embossing), CRAFT (Season where you are, which is spring), Totally Papercrafts (Think Pink), Southern Girls (Floral Frenzy), Crafty Ribbons (Ribbon + Button), Suzy Bee (Spring) and Whoopsi Daisy (welcome Spring).

Bunny and Friends

I was trying to be a clever DIY-kind of gal by colouring the frame behind the Bunny + the text myself with my Promarkers. I tested and came up with a working combo (so not even taking any shortcuts) BUT now when I uploaded the pic, it looks brown like the bunny and nowhere near the fuchsia it is IRL. Well, you can see the colour inspiration below, and then you'll just have to take my word for it that there really is something resembling fuchsia in there.

My Bunny hops into the following challenges: Creative Colors (colours + die cuts), Catch the Bug (Stella Says Sketch), Creative Knock-Outs (Texturize it), Catch the Bug (Pic inspiration: Animal friends & outdoors), Passion for Promarker (Embossing), Clear it Out (Theme: Greens + Stash: Something green), Cupcake Inspirations (Garden) and CRAFT (Season where you are, and that would be spring).

P*skarteluhaaste #226: Villakoira-Bingo

P*skiksen bingoruudukossa rivi Violetti - Raitaa - Pitsi houkutteli entien (myönnettäköön, että osittain myös sen takia mitä olen aikaisemmin tehnyt sekä mitä askarteluvarastosta löytyy), ja pitsikin on uusimpia juttuja mitä olen aloittanut käyttämään, joten pienet treenit sen suhteen olikin paikallaan. Violettiturkiksinen Doodle Pantry koira oli laatikossa odottamassa käyttöä, sa sen taustalle päässyt kartonki on kierrätystä - sen ympärillä oli Halloween-nauhoja mitä tuli Tiimarista ostettua, ja vahingossa huomasin että tähänhän se sopii. Paperitkin ovat uusimman Papercraft Inspirationsin kylkiäisiä.

Värit ovat IRL paljon kivemmat kun kuvassa, mutta sommittelu ei toiminut ihan niin kun piti. Mutta oikeasti, on ihanaa kun on haasteita missä saa haastaa itseään ja oppia, enkä edelleenkään aio aloittaa itse-sensuroinnin :)

Outside in the wild...

... or just my backyard, as green fingers is something is do not possess :)

My city-bunny (Finnish phenomena or just name?) participates in: Cute card Thursday (It's a Wild World -  or at least overgrown garden), Catch the Bug (Pic inspiration: Animal & outdoors), Papertake Weekly (Sketch #84), Clear it Out (Theme: Greens + Stash: Something green, in this case the background paper), Cupcake Inspirations (Garden) and Fan-Tastic Tuesday (AG).

Villakeiju-bingoilua

Yhtäkkiä rupesi syntymään eläin-kortteja, ja varmasti on tulossa kohtapuolin ainakin joitain pupu- ja tipukortteja pääsiäisen lähestyessä :)

Osallistun Villakeijun kortteiluhaasteeseen bingo-rivillä: Lintu - Ruutua/Raitaa - Sydän, sekä: Feeling Sketchy #84 (Sketch), Creative Card Crew (Animals), QKR Stampede (A Little Birdie Told Me) ja 613 Create to Create (Birds of a Feather).

Blubb-blubb

Min Doodle Pantry-fisk simmar med i följande utmaningar: Penny's (Buttons & Bows), CRAFT (Picture Inspiration), Tuesday Morning Sketches, Crafty Ribbons (AG w/ ribbon), Crafting by Designs (Use Ribbon), Creative Card Crew (Animal), TTCRD (AG) och Artistic Inspirations (AG).

Dragonflies

Maybe my quota of crappy pictures is slowly getting full, but then again I prefer crafting to taking and editing pictures... Anyhow, this is one of those cards that I was rather pleased with but the looking at the pic I don't feel too pleased...

I'm participating in: Cheerful Sketches, Creative Colors (even though my die cuts boringly enough are only for the frames as the flowers are made by punches), TTCRD (AG), Fan-Tastic Tuesday (AG), Creative Card Crew (Animals), Crafts 4 Eternity (AG), Creative Knockouts (Things With Wings), Crafters Café (Square Card), Passion For Promarker (Embossing) and Divas by Design (Flower power - as all papers have embossed flowers on them).

Bubbelbad

Alltid nu och då saknar jag ett badkar för avkopplande bubbel-stunder.

Jag deltar i: Simon Says Wednesday (Glitter it), Crafty Catz (Bling it Up), Catch the Bug (Stella Says Sketch), Pile it on (Pretty Hair), ABC (H is for Hair), Artistic Inspirations (AG), CWLC (Girly) och Gem of a Challenge (Mothers day / Female).

Seems a Little Sketchy #61 with Aurora Wings

I feel like springtime should be here like *right now*, so that's why I went with a lot of flowers on this one to accompany the cute Artichoke Sprite. The paper on the big flower and the swirl actually stem from a painting my dauther made in Kindergarten that I re-purposed,  but I loved how the green and yellow melted together. So head over to Seems a Little Sketchy for this sketch and a chance to win a $15 Gift Voucher to Aurora Wings, and get some fab inspiration from what my team mates have created.

Take a look too at the new Aurora Wings Challenge Blog that is starting with an Anything Goes-theme.
I would also like to participate in: Milk Coffee (More than two flowers), Divas by Design (Flower power) and Crafts for Eternity (AG)

A little birdie told me...

... that I need for spring to arrive.... I'm participating in: Cupcake Inspirations, Creative Knockouts (Things with Wings), Crafts 4 Eternity (AG), QKR Stampede (A Little Birdie Told Me), 613 Create to Create (Birds of a Feather), Crafting by Designs (AG), Fan-Tastic Tuesday (AG) and Brown Sugar (AG).

Christmas cuties

My Bugaboo-Christmas cuties participate in: Winter Wonderland (Paint the town red), Brown Sugar (AG), CSAYL (Fave color combo: blue -white (aka Finnish colours)+ red, my single favourite colour and a dash of green as fave christmas colour), Sketch Saturday, Inky Chicks (Lace up tour card), CHNC (All wrapped up), CHNC Extra March, Fan-Tastic Tuesday (AG) and ABC (F is for Friends and Family, and in my opinion these two cuties are both).

Cowboy flicka

Jag ville använda pigga färger till min Cowboy-flicka, men en större miss gjorde jag då jag ville ha hästen och lite glittra till och det blev alldeles för mycket, framförallt på fotot...

Jag deltar i: Sketch Saturday, Suzy Bee (Embossing), Creative card Crew (Charms), Fan-Tastic Tuesday (AG), Penny (Buttons & Bows), Gem of a Challenge (Mother's Day/Female Birthday) och Charisma Cardz (Birthday Girls).

Påskhare och vårkänslor

Påsken närmar sig och Bugaboo-haren lockar fram vårkänslorna i mig trots att det IGEN började snöa. Jag deltar i: Tuesday Morning Sketches, Glitter'n'Sparkle (AG), Inky Chicks (Lace up your card), TTCRD (AG), Pinspirational (Pink / wellies + Flowers equal spring / squares instead of dots or stars), Artistic Inspirations (For Kids), Allsorts (Pretty in Pink) och Fairies (Easter)

My Bloodtype...

... is Coffee! I originally followed a sketch from Sentimental Sunday's that I was too late to enter, but was not quite happy with it. I tried tweaking it a bit but without success, but that has never stopped me from publishing the result :) Also, no matter how many pics I took, the green is somewhat distorted...

I'm entering: Cupcake Inspirations, Milk Coffee (Flowers), Simon Says Stamp (Mother's Day /Special Girl), Cute Card Thursday (Girls Girls Girls), Glitter'n'Sparkle (AG), Fan-Tastic Tuesday (AG) and Catch The Bug (Bingo: Ribbon - Bugaboo image - Pearls).

Födelsedagsflicka

Ute snöar det och jag tänker på våren...

Jag deltar i: Friday Sketch , TTCRD (AG), Charisma Cardz (Birthday Girls), Cute Card Thursday (Girls Girls Girls), SImon Says Stamp (Mother's Day /Special Girl), Glitter'n'Sparkle (AG), CWL (Girly), Penny's (AG) och Crafter's Cafe (Flowers).