The Shambles - A shaker card

 This time, I have made a British shaker card. The background papers are from "Grandma`s School Book - 6 Tum - Blue Wings". The two ladies are part of a rubber stamp from Art Impression "Picture Perfect". They are coloured with promarkers.

  I have used a photo stamp of The Shambles in York behind the window. The fence is a homemade cut file, made from a photo I took of a fence in Brighton. The lamp post is a homemade cut file made from a photo I took  in Sweden. The bike is also a homemade cutting file made from a photo of a bike.

The papers inside are from Prima - Botanical collection.

I have left space for a message on the back of the card.

I am entering these challenges:

• Ett trykk - jubileumsutfordringer - uke 3 - Utfordring 8 - Fotostempel

• Art impressions stamps - Challenge 108 - Layer it up

• Crafts and me - Challenges 129 - Bling it up

• By the cute and girly - april - April

• Bearly mine - Challenge 82 - Spring flowers

• Carabbie moments of craft - Spring

• Milk coffee challenge - Spring

• Riley and co - Spring

• Shellys images - Challenge - Flowers

• Picture and scrap - udfordring 53 - Dies

• Inky impressions challenges 105 - Punches and/or dies

• Cards galore challenges - Vintage

• Cupcake craftroom - Summer blooms

• Flat friends - Challenge 7 - Stiching

• love to scrap - challenge 4 - Cut if out

Altered distress ink storage

I have altered a box, and made a distress ink storage out of it. The box was painted black. Then I used aquarelle paper for the panels, sprayed with dylusions spray.

I have made individual shelves tor the distress ink pads inside the box. The shelves have been made from black chipboard. I have also marked each pad with the right colour on the side. This box has room for 10 ink pads.

So for all of you who wants to know where you can get a box like this from....

This is the box, and I found it at a flea Market last weekend. I think it originally was a box for a wine bottle.

The outside panels were sprayed with dylusions spray. Then I added pattern using gesso and handmade stencils. The text is from Tim Holtz - Stuff 2 say. The gears are also from Tim Holtz - Mini Blueprint 3.

The man with the umbrella is a dies from Tim Holtz - Umbrella man. I have cut the man in craft foam and stamped with it. I have used acrylic paint to stamp with. The gears are cut from gold paper with a silhouette.

I have also cut some gears with a Gear dies from Tim Holtz, coloured them with my distress inks and named them. 

Because the dylusions sprays are water soluble - it will give colour quite easily  Therefore, I have spray coated the finished box with clear lacquer.

 I am entering these challenges:

• Ety trykk - jubileumsutfordringer uke-3 - utfordring 7 - Skumstempler
• Simon says stamp and show - Background stamp
• Inky impressions 105 - Punches/dies
• Crafts and me challenges - Challenge 129 - Bling it up
• 7kids challenge blog - Challenge 71 - Anything goes
• Crafty boots challenges - Recycle
• Anonyme scrapper - Minst en hjemmelaget mønsterark og en gjennbruksgjenstand - Top 3
• Papirdokkene - Utfordring 46 - Alt er lov

A baby card with a spring theme - DT Kort O Mania

I have made a baby card with a spring theme. The paper is from "Kort og Godt -  Blomsterglede - Roser". The background has been painted with Gesso, using a homemade stencil. I have also coloured the background with distress ink - using a paper doily as a stencil. I have added a tatting doily behind the baby. The stamp is a digital stamp from Mo Manning - "Teacup Fairy".  The flowers are from different manufactures - I have just had a dive in my flower draw. I have added Gesso to the flowers to give them a shabby look. The butterflies are cut out from the background paper and added to make a 3D effect.

I am entering these challenges:

• Craft spot by kimberly - Challenge 95 - Anything goes
• Bearly mine - Challenge 82 - Spring flowers
• Scrap creations - Flower Power
• Whimsy inspires - Challenge 58 - Pink theme
• Dilly beans challenge - Pastels
• Totally gorjuss - Challenge 179 - Spring shades

A bottle tag

I have made a bottle tag in an Art Journal - Collage style. The tag was cut in aquarelle paper and was sprayed with dylusions sprays and color shine. Then I sprayed it with water and added salt. I left the tag to dry. Then I drew the fishes and cut them out of different left over papers. The sea weeds are cut from green bazzill and painted with Metal Mica. The white leaves where stamped on, then painted with gesso and the black lines were drawn back on leaves. 

I am entering these challenges:

• Ett trykk - Jubileumsutfordringer uke 2 - Utfordring 6 - Collage
• Inky impressions challenges - Paper piecing
• Aud sentiments challenge - For a guy - Top 5
• The sisterhood of crafters - Animals

The Wild side

Last weekend I took some steam punk photos with some friends. I wanted to challenge myself and make a LO out of one of my photos. I really don't blog a lot of LOs, and I have often found it difficult to make a LO with lots of layers and making my own background - so I made the decision to have a go.

As a background, I have used Prima paper - Orchestra Lyric,  box office lyric and Prelude Lyric. Inside the split at the top of the page and on the banners, I have used Prima - Botanical - My Darling. I have also worked on the background to get some texture. I have used a handmade stencil and gesso to make the brick pattern. The bricks have been coloured with distress ink. The edges of the page has been coloured with gesso and Stewart Gill Meta Mica Verde Gris. 

 Some of the flowers are made from Mathia flowers, some are from Prima and some are from Penny Lane. Some of the gears are cut with gear dies by Tim Holtz. I have used old soda cans and cardboard. The gears have been painted with gesso, Meta Mica and Alcohol ink. Some of the gears have been cut in gold paper using a silhouette.

The chicken wire pattern has been made with a homemade stencil and distress ink. 

The tag frame - is a dies from Tim Holtz. The tag has been cut in cardboard, painted green and then I have added a thin layer of gesso.

The text - The wild side - is a digital stamp, that I made. I am giving it as a freebie.

I am entering these challenges:

• Ett trykk - jubileumsutfordringer - utfordring 5 - Bakgrunner med struktur
• Scrap creations - Flower Power - Top 3
• Dilly beans challenge - Pastels
• One stop craft - Challenge 224 - Pastels
• Fussy and fancy - Challenge 86 - Faux technique (bricks and gears)
• Totally gorjuss - Challenge 178 - Anything goes with sparkle
• 2 sisters challenge blog - Challenge 139 - Hats
• Deep ocean - Challenge 49 - Flowers and Fantasy
• Nordsalten hobbyklubb - Utfordring 71 - Punch and dies - Top 3
• Crafting for all seasons - challenge 49 - Floral delight

Diamonds are a girl's best friend - A paper bag purse

As a challenge from Hobbykunst, I got a paper bag to create something from. I made a purse out of the paper bag.

The background paper is white bazzill. I have uses Yes paste and a diamond stencil (my own design) to create the pattern. Then I have used dylusions spray to add colour. The handle is made from a plastic tube from Biltema. I have added an old plastic bead necklace inside the plastic tube.

The flowers are made from an old can. The flowers are punched out using a flower punch, colours with alcohol ink, shaped and mounted together as flowers. I have also added gesso to the edges of the roses. 

I have also added some bling to the side of the purse. 

I have printed the text "Diamonds are a girl’s best friend" on a sheet of overhead paper. Then I have added some thick acetate to the back of the diamond tag. The acetate was embossed in a diamond pattern and coloured using alcohol ink. The acetate tag was then edged with silver paper. The diamond rings are made from silver paper. I have also added a handmade charm. This is an oval large bead, with a rose charm and wire, covered with metal tape and shaped. I have added alcohol ink and gesso to the charm. The butterfly is a metal butterfly, coloured with alcohol ink and with half pearls. 

The back of the bag has a metal swirl and my name.

This bag is exhibited at Hobbykunst in Vestby

I am entering these challenges:

• Etttrykk - Jubileumsutfordring uke 2 - Utfordring 4 - Metallpregering på gammelt vis
• Crafty boots challenges - Diamonds
• Crazy challenge - Challenge 142 - Add a charm
• Bearlymine challenges - Challenge 81 - Anything goes
• Cinspirations - Anything goes
• 2 sisters - Challenge 138 - Anything goes
• Totally gorjuss - Challenge 178 - Anything goes with sparkle
• Divas by design challenge - Flowers
• Nordsalten hobbyklubb - Utfordring 71 - puch/dies

Broom parking sign

I have tried Yes paste on a small canvas on a wooden frame. The paste was applied over the canvas, then I put I brick stencil on the top of the canvas and added a thin layer of more Yes paste. Then I left the paste to dry. I then spray painted the canvas with dylusions spray. The edges of the canvas have been painted black. 

The letters has been cut from bazzill, using a silhouette. The broom has been made with a small stick with black string. I have added golden silver wire as handlebars. The seat has been made of card board, painted black and fixed with metal wire (and super glue) as suspension. I also added some metal gears on the broom.

I have also decorated the inside the wooden frame of the canvas. I made this in a totally different style, with paper from Pion, handmade roses and a small troll.

I am entering these challenges:

• Simon says stamp and show - Fly
• Trimmies craft challenge 201 - Recycle (old gears from a clock and a troll from a key ring)
• Fussy and fancy challenge 86 - Faux technique (bricks and one of the gears)
• 2 sisters challenge blog - Anything goes
• Crafty cardmakers - Challenge 88 - Humour
• Kreative verden utfordringsblogg - Alt er lov