A shaped Magnolia card

This is another card made for StampARTics summer challenge

I wanted to make an easy summer card. The stamp is an old Magnolia stamp, Explore Tilda. The motive has been painted with watercolours. The background paper with musical notations is an old paper from Minnehjørnet. The green butterfly paper is an old paper from Graphic 45. The butterflies are die cuts from a Memory box dies.

The back of the card is decorated very clean and simple.

I am entering these challenges:

Trykkpressa - Kort med blomster

crafts pot by kimberly - Shaped card

Tildas town - Punches or dies

Fussy and fancy challenge - Things with wings

All sorts challenge - How does your garden grow

Cute and daisy - Summer

Time 4 scrap - Anything goes

Fantasy stampers - Summer - Top 3

Paper crafting challenges - Summer

Creative fingers challenge - Anything goes

A summer card

We have a new challenge over at StampARTic. This time, the challenge is Summer.

This card was created using mostly old stash. The patterned paper is an old paper from Prima. I have also used old book pages to create the background. The fence is my own silhouette design. The Tilda stamp, is from an old collection. The stamp has been coloured with Promarkers.

I always decorate the back of my cards. They are often decorated clean and simple.

I am entering these challenges:

• 7 kids challenge blog - Anything goes
• Magnolia down under challenges - Pink
• A creative romance - Anything goes

"The Cure" fan card

I got the task to create a card for a fan of  "The cure". 

The silhouette is taken from the album "Boys don't cry" from 1980. The rest of the card is a mixed media card, where I have used different bits of metal, charms and also small roses. The background is made with stencils, stamps and distress ink. The audio cassette is an old chipboard from Prima. I have used a thin strip of a plastic bag, to create the tape.

The back of the card is decorated in "black metal" style, with black paper and silver gear diecuts.

I am entering these challenges:

• Nordsalten hobbyklubb - Alt er lov
• kreativ scrapping - Blomster
• Lisa somerville - Flowers
• Trykkpressa - Blomsterkort
• Bunny zoes crafts - Layers
• Crazy 4 challenges - Stenciling
• Crafting from the heart - Anything goes
• Craft your passion challenges - 3 or more embellishments
• Fitz town challenge blog - Masculine
• Love to create challenge - Anything goes
• Besties challenge - Flowers
• Simonsays stamp - Anything goes
• Time 4 scrap - Anything goes
• Acreative romance - Anything goes
• Sunflower field designs - Anything goes
• Creative Fingers Anything goes
• Challenge 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Through the craft room - Anything goes
• Crafting From the Heart - Anything goes
• 7 kids challenge blog - Anything goes

A card for a rapper

I was asked to make a card for a male rapper. I went through all my digital and rubber stamps and found the Anime DJ digital stamp in my collection. This stamp is a girl, however, by cutting away the pigtails - it appears as a boy.

The stamp has been coloured with Promarkers.

I have woven the background from bazzill, and stitched the woven strips together. I have used stencils, distress paint,  distress ink and glimmer mists to create the effects on the woven paper.

Patterned strips of paper on the top is from Prima.

• Bunny zoes crafts - Layers
• Digi sket chchallenge - For a man (digi)
• Paper makeup stamps - Stiching
• Fitz town challenge blog - Masculine
• Imagination crafts challenges - All that glitters
• Incy wincy designs Bright, funky colours
• Crazy 4 challenges - Stenciling
• I love promarkers - Stripes
• Love to create challenge - Anything goes
• My besties uk - Anything goes with a sparkle
• Nordsalten hobbyklubb - Alt er lov
• Simonsays stamp - Anything goes
• The papernest dolls challenge - Anything goes
• Time 4 scrap - Anything goes
• Acreative romance - Anything goes
• Sunflower field designs - Anything goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything goes - Top 3 
• Through the craft room - Anything goes
• Crafting From the Heart - Anything goes
• 7 kids challenge blog - Anything goes

A flower card

I have made a new card. Most of the embellishment is handmade, from paper diecuts, and made from paper leftovers. I have used dies, punches and the Silhouette. The background paper is from Fab Scraps, Organic Strawberries and from Pion, Almas Sewing Room, Purple rose.  

I am entering these challenges:

• Trykkpressa - Blomsterkort
• Fussy and fancy - Outdoors
• 2 sisters challenge blog - Handmade embellishment
• Open minded crafting fun - Things with wings
• Crafts and Me - Wings
• Bunny zoes crafts - Layers
• Scrappinallover - Shabby Shic
• Hobbygarasjen - Dies
• Time 4 scrap - Anything goes
• Acreative romance - Anything goes
• Cute and daisy - Anything goes
• Sunflower field designs - Anything goes
• Creative Fingers Anything goes
• Challenge 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Crafty Girls - Anything goes
• Through the craft room - Anything goes
• Crafting From the Heart - Anything goes

A pop-up mini album

We have a summer inspiration over at StampARTic. This time, I have created a pop-up minialbum. I will hold a class in creating a similar pop-up album, at a craft gathering in the northern part of Norway.

I have mostly used Prima papers and embellishments. The photos are family photos, most of them from the UK.

We are geocachers. We are often "Out and About" and looking for caches behind road signs and telephone boxes.

Marmite is something you either love or hate, our family is split in this discussion...

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The grass has been cut with a Silhouette.

The pop-up bench is my own design.

The London Eye is also my own design. The ferris wheel goes round.

I have made a short video to show some of the pop-up pages:

I am entering these challenges:

• Prima PPP - June
• Trimmies craft challenge - Paper Piecing
• Fussy and fancy challenge - Outdoors
• Crazy 4 challenges - Summer vacation (school's out)
• Simon says stamp blog - Pop-up Magic
• Hobbygarasjen - Dies (Marianne design leaves)
• Crafty sentiments - Anything goes
• Crafting at the weekend - Anything goes
• Crafting From the Heart- Anything goes
• Altered Eclectics- Anything goes
• Crafty Girls- Anything goes
• Hiding in my craft room - Anything goes
• Crafty catz weekly challenge - Anything goes

The winner of the RAK

There has just had a Bloghop with StampARTic- and Projectlifeinorge. The Design teams has also had RAK in their blogs. I had 56 people in the draw......

I have used random.org to to a random draw,

and the winner is.....

Maryann Laursen

Congratulations!