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søndag 8. september 2013

A Working Windmill - The European Scrap Battle - An altered project

I have entered the European Scrap Battle.

This is my altered project for round 2. There was supposed to be a vote to get on to the third round, but we all go on to the next round this time.

This windmill was a challenge I got from a friend - Gunn-Eirill a year ago. I was challenged to make a windmill that would produce enough electricity to lighten a small bulb! Those who knows me, know that eventhoug I am Norwegian - I really love Australia. Therefore I thought this had to be an Australian type windmill (actually used to pump water) and an Australian outback house - where the windmill makes a light come on, on the porch.


The house and the windmill is my own design. The papers I have used on the house is Prima - Yesterday lifetime and Fabscraps: Angelic 1 - Angelic Christmas. For the porch, I used Kaisercraft: Recycled - Base Coat. The roof tiles are light gray bazzill from Panduro. I have cut each tile with a silhouette, distressed them with gesso, and glued them on - one by one. The insect netting is cut with a silhouette. The bike on the porch is from Korthobby. Inside the windmill, I have made a small nest out of thin branches and placed tiny eggs and feathers in it.


The Didgeridoo Tilda and Tilda with her Kookaburra are stamped on Kraft and coloured with Prismacolors. The flowers are from Prima and Hobbykunst (Mathia roses). The leaves are from Hobbykunst (Mathia). 


The Koala Hug Tilda is also stamped on Kraft and coloured with Prismacolors


The Windmill from the side. In between the flowers and leaves are pearls, white clay hearts and thin ribbon.


The light will only light when the windmill is turned. The generator is made from an old altered computer fan. These fans need to go so quick to make the led bulb light. Therefore, I made a pulley system. The windmill is connected to a cardboard tube (Inside of a Washi tape roll). This cardboard tube is connected to a smaller plastic bobbin with a rubber band. The altered computer fan (generator) is pulled quicker than the windmill goes round.


The windmill will produce light when it is turned around.



This is how to alter an old computerfan to make a windmill

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fredag 2. august 2013

Mission possible - A pink paper helicopter

Kort O Mania has a new challenge. I made a different birthday treat for the challenge, a paper helicopter. A lot of things have been crafted out of paper. I was looking for something new, and a helicopter was something I had not seen before. I thought this would not be a "a mission impossible". The inspiration came from the pink papers and the Swedish song "Rosa Helikopter" (Pink Helicopter) by Peaches.


 The helicopter was made from scratch. I have used acetate in the windows in front. The rotors rotate when you blow on them. The base has also been made from scratch.




For the helicopter, I have used white Bazzill and papers from Maja design - Sofiero - Exuberance of flowers in bloom and Vintage Summer Basics. The gras is from Basic Gray



The stamp is Craft Star from Kenny K. The stamp is coloured with promarkers.


All the flowers are handmade from Washi tape. They have also got some gesso on them for effect. The bling is from Panduro. The little button has the text "Believe in yourself"


The Butterflies are from are from Graphic 45.


The small jar was bought in Melbourne. The crone is from Hobbykunst and the charm of the hand is from KortHobby. The buttons are random mix of leftovers.


Template for my helicopter is published here: Template


I am entering these challenges:

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onsdag 20. mars 2013

A paper gramophone


This year, one of the tasks in the competition at Ski treffet was to get inspired by chocolate. I bought a box of chocolates, "Gode ønsker" from Freia, and decided to decorate the box. The project started with crafting a cardboard draw for the chocolate box, and ended with crafting a vintage gramophone. The draw with chocolates fits inside the gramophone. And this was the result.


The gramophone box is made of a cardboard box.  It is is covered with paper from  "Melissa Frances - C'est La vie - Newsprint". The draw and the top (under the gears) is covered with "Melissa Frances - C'est la vie - Green Honeycomb paper".


The legs are "Tim Holtz Ideaology: Foundations". The nob on the drawer is from Biltema. The nob was clear silver, and has been distressed with a stamp pad.


 The text "Gode ønsker" has been made by taking a photo of the text on the chocolate box and cutting it out of silver paper with a silhouette machine. The silver paper has been distressed with a stamp pad.


The gramophone tube has been made of  "Pion Design - Till Mor - Klänningar" on the outside and gray Bazzill cardstock on the inside.



 Some of the flowers and leaves are Mathia design from Hobbykunst. Some of the roses are from Minnehjørnet,



The gold paper has been cut from gold card stock from Søstrene Grene.



I have seen several gramophones made out of paper, and several scrapped ones. I made the decision to make a gramophone that could work (in theory). Therefore, I made a paper crank connected to two gears - so the record could turn around. I also covered the gears with blank plastic - to make the gears visible. This gramophone does not work at the moment - but with small adjustments - it should in theory be able to work, and play the record, just by turning the paper crank.




I am entering these challenges:






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torsdag 18. oktober 2012

Steampunk Christmas - a Christmas card with handmade steampunk googles and lights!



I entered a card competion at “Ski treffet” last weekend. The task was "Steampunk and Christmas".  I have never made any Steampunk before - had no metal gears to use - and did not really know where to start. I tried to find out what Steampunk really is - and found, that it`s a combination of Victorian vision of the future and science fiction. I thought the idea was just creasy - so I decided to just make the card/project completely crazy.

Without any gears - my search for gears started. Someone told me to go and find old watches - although new watches have few gears. 




Then I found this "Pandoras box” of a clock at a second hand shop - and it made my day :)

After looking through a lot of steampunk pictures - I decided that - in almost all of them - the people in the digistamps or pictures had Steampunk goggles. Then I decided to make a set of goggles to put into the card - just like tea lights in a tea light card.




The goggles are made of the cardboard center of a roll of kitchen cloths - but the cardboard center of a toilet roll or kitchen roll can also be used. The thicker the cardboard roll is - the better.  The cardboard roll has been cut to shape, and covered with paper.


The nose bridge on the glasses, is a recycled part of a draw handle (the nob has been removed). The straps are med from fake leather - and a recycled watch strap buckle has been used to close it.





The glasses are actually made of small sea though acrylic makeup containers. I also made a small draw for them, to place inside the card. 

OK - As if the goggles were not crazy enough - I decided to take it further. I wanted to place battery operated lights inside the card - with a switch that turns on the lights when you open the card!

So this is the inside of the card - with the lights, and the glasses.




The draw can be placed inside the box in the card. The motive is from Dulemba, coloured with promarkers



Wiring diagram for the lights



The switch itself, is a screw on the side of the card and a metal ring slotted inside the edge of the front of the card. The metal meets when the card is opened, which turns the switch on.



The front of the card.  A mixture of old clock parts, pars from a sewing machine and gears, cut with the silhouette.



The front of the card also has a working iris made ut of paper! I had a good look an the net for templates, however, the templates I found - were a bit wrong - so I redid it to make it work. 
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Templates and Copyright - Please read.




This is my own template. The inspiration is from pictures of several metal Steampunk mechanical irises. You are free to use my templates, and publish your own craft. However, it would be nice if you link back to me. Please do not sell or publish my templates, as they are or edited! My templates are copyrighted by law.


Dette er min egen mal. Inspirasjonen er hentet fra bilder av flere mekaniske metall Steampunk iriser Du kan fritt bruke malen til å lage dine egne arbeider. Du kan også fritt publisere ditt eget arbeide. Jeg ville imidlertid satt pris på om du linket tilbake til meg. Du har ikke lov til å publisere eller selge mine maler, som de er eller redigert. Mine maler har copyright under  Åndsverksloven.


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The motive is from Dulemba, coloured with promarkers




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mandag 10. september 2012

A Ferris wheel - a friendly challenge

For noen uker siden fikk jeg en ny utfordring fra Helle - Utfordringen lød "Pariserhjul"! Jeg visste ikke helt om jeg skulle ta imot den utfordringen. På en tur innom Hobbykunst møtte jeg Connie. Connie hadde akkurat kommet hjem fra scrappemesse og kurs i Amerika (ikke misunnelig i det hele tatt.... ) og var full av inspirasjon. Hun lurte på om jeg ville lage et WOOW prosjekt til butikken. - Jeg tok utfordringen på strak arm og spurte om hun hadde litt bildeinspirasjon. Bildeinspirasjon fikk jeg - og der var det blant annet et pariserhjul. To like utfordringer av to personer som ikke visste om hverandre omtrent samtidig! Dermed ble det Pariserhjul til Hobbykunst.

Etter noen ukers arbeid er det endelig ferdig:


Pariserhjulet og bunnen er bygget av gamle pappesker. Pappen er dekket med mønsterark - alt er fra Hobbykunst. Connie ønsket et fargerikt hjul - litt utfordrende - men det fungerte. Langs kantene har jeg brukt el-tape. El- tape er ikke beregnet på papir og limet henger ikke mer fast enn i noen minutter. Løsningen ble å lime tapen på med Rx-lim. 


Stempel som er brukt her er "Tilda – Teddy Bear Love" fra Magnolia Inne i billettkiosken har jeg klippet til av et stempel fra Art Impressions Golden Oldies "Girlfriends". Begge er farget med Promarkere.


De små rosene er fra Prima, mens de store rosene har jeg punchet og formet til selv. Den gule store blomsten i bakgrunnen er en origamiblomst. Brads til den gule blomsten er fra Lost and Found



Denne er brettet av ark som er punchet med Martha Stewart "punch around the page"


Pariserhjulet har også en sveiv som gjør det mulig å sveive på det slik at det går rundt som et pariserhjul.
Alle delene på hjulet er laget av papp og papir. Det er kun noe pynt som ikke er av papir. 



Alle kurvene er brettet med origami. Fuglene er fra Hobbykunst. 


Den andre siden av hjulet ble pyntet med et gjerde og en liten blomstereng. Gjerdet er skåret ut med Silhouette maskin etter et bilde jeg tok for et år siden av gjerdet på Brighton Pier.


Det lille treet/stilken med roser er hjemmelaget. Bladene er skåret ut med Silhouette maskin etter bildet av bladet på en rose. Sommerfuglene er fra Melissa Frances


Stempelet er fra Magnolia sin Australia serie, Tilda with her Kookaburra - en herlig fugl med en herlig "latter". Dette er fargelagt med Promarkere


Stempelet her er enda et stempel fra Magnolia sin Australia serie - Kangeroo Tilda, også dette farget med Promarkere.


 På sveiven har jeg prøvd meg på å brette enda mer mønsterark med kantpunch fra Martha Stewart.

Mønsterark (Noen av arkene):
Basic Grey: Hello Luscious - Dazzling
My Minds Eye Fine and Dandy - Tickled Pink-cherry
My Minds Eye Fine and Dandy - Tickled Pink-lovely
My Minds Eye Fine and Dandy - True Blue - Daydream
My Minds Eye Fine and Dandy - True Blue - Dapper
MME: Honey Pink - Follow Your Heart Be Happy


Jeg deltar på disse utfordringene:






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