Poppies with Unity stamps

Holidays went; we had a lovely peaceful time

and I felt like coloring ...  so I took my InkTense pens and

beautiful poppy stamp from Unity Stamps,

and used very traditional colors for poppies, warm and pretty.

I'd like to enter to few challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - AG

Creative Craft Cottage - AG

The Corrosive - AG

Through the Craft room door - AG

Simon says Wednesday - AG

Crafty Gals - AG

Majestic deer.

The word "majestic" comes to my mind when

I look at this fabulous image by Unity Stamps.

Love the look!!

I embossed the deer with glittery gold embossing powder

and it goes perfect with Dovecrafts "Time to Sparkle" papers.

I'd like to enter to some challenges:

613 Avenue - Christamas / Winter

Try it on Tuesday - Twinkle Twinkle

Addicted to Stamps and More - AG

Fan `n`Funky - All tied up

Glitter `N`Sparkle - AG

Time Out - Photo Inspiration (Deer, snowflakes...)

Creative Craft Cottage - Christmas is coming 

Crafting with Attitude - AG
Creative with Stamps - Reindeer

Falalalalaaa ....

I made a few X-mas cards using a bit different stamps, 

before moving into traditional ones.

First ones I posted in Dream in Darkness

December challenge HERE. And here's

the second ones I made using Stampotique stamps.

Different  ... funny ... wicked ... Falalalala...

I'd like to enter to some challenges:

Stampotique 288 - Christmas

Butterfly Challenge - The Fairies, Elves, Pixies, Gnomes

The Male Room - Christmas

And talking about Dream in Darkness,

here's what will be going to the December

challenge winner:

So do do the link and let us see your art

X-mas KATZ

Have you ever looked at the image 

and right a way knew that you want to

use it in a "different" way...

Well, well, when I saw this set in Sin City Stamps,

I didn't see a cat with the toilet paper ...

I saw a cat

with a warm long scarf , X-mas hat came with the season, LOL.

I'd like to enter to some challenges:

Delicious Doodles - traditional X-mas colors

Sweet Stamping Christmas- AG as long as Christmas

Show us your pussies - AG with Cats

Fab n Funky - masculine touch (well, it's not a girly card...)

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas

Dis digi designs - Things with wings, tails and/or feathers

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge - Christmas

Simon Says Wednesday - Furry Friends

I also made another kitty, but I'm not too happy about coloring.

Black is a difficult color to color to me :(

And those TH papers are perfect with this fun cat, :=D

Joulukortit samoista materiaaleista by Apris, Armiidan ainekset

Niin se vain tämäkin hauskuus pyörähti loppuun. 

Viimeinen setti Apriksen, TiinuLiinun, 

Armiidan ja minun joulukottiringissä.

Armiida pisti tälläiset siniset ihanuudet meille tulemaan:

Ja tulihan niistä tehtyä, ensin lumiukkokortti

Sitten pukkikortti:

Sitten nappasin jäljellä olevista ringin aineksista materiaallit

ja tein lumiukkokortin:

Ja vieläpä olkipukkitagin:

Joten paljon sain aikaiseksi tässä ringissä,

lämmin kiitos kaikille ja erityiskiitos emännälle.

Jos on toinen rinki tulossaan jossain päin,

niin mielelläni lähden mukaan :)

Joulukortit samoista materiaaleista by Apris, TiinuLiinun materiaalit

Se on kolmas setti menossa Apriksen, TiinuLiinun, 

Armiidan ja minun joulukottiringissä. 

Nämä ihanuudet tulivat TiinuLiinulta:

Tuli suorastaan nostalginen olo, Mankuillahan tämän korttiharrastuksen

aikoinaan aloitin ja vieläkin niitä laatikollinen löytyy ... taitaa

vaan olla lähemmäks vuosi kun olen viimeksi käyttänyt.

Ja sen kyllä huomasin väritellessä, ei ole taito tallessa.

Ensimmäisen kuvan pilasin tyysin, oineksi toinen sentään "säästyi"

Materiaaleja jäin toisenkin kortin verran ja taidampa napata niihin

kuvan Armiidan kauniista setistä joka tulla tupsahti tänään.

TiinuLiinu: lämmin kiitos ja mielelläni jatkaisin minäkin

toisen ringin verran, just kerkiisi ennen joulua :)

Muutamaan haasteesee tällä kortilla:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

A Gem of A Challenge - Ribbons

Crafty Hazelnut's - X-mas

Artistic Inspirations - AG

Joulukortit samoista materiaaleista by Apris, omat materiaalit

Apriksen, TiinuLiinun, Armiidan ja minun

joulukottiringissä oli minun vuoroni

tuikata kuoret postiin ja kun ne minulla tietenkin

jo olivat, ovat tuloksetkin jo näytettävissä, :)

Tälläiset materiaalit kasasin:

Ja joo, oisinko vähän innostunut ... enhän noita yhteen korttiin

saanut millään mahdutettua, mutta kun kaksi tein, 

niin jäljelle jäi vain pari paperisoiroa.

Tällä kortilla osallistun KK vintage haasteeseen, 

jossa aiheena "helmeilevää".

Ja toinen kortti näyttää tältä:

Kuviopaperit olivat kaksipuolisia, joten jännään kyllä,

miten muut rinkiläiset ne pyöräyttävät.

Treat for Dream in Darkness challenge

Soooo ... new month and new challenge at Dream in Darkness ...

Dark and cold season has arrived ...

And what would be better than log-fire and some chocolate??

White chocolate re-shaped with a Panduro's silicone mould, yammmmm.

And these treats are served on

a wooden cup I found from flea market (only 1€) and altered

it using black gesso, black paint, some Inka Golds, pearls, ribbons, skulls 

... you know pits and pieces that are on your crafting desk, LOL

I'd like to enter my altered bowl and candies to some challenges:

Not Just Cards - AG

Simon Says Wednesday - AG

Make my Monday - Anything but a card

Use your stuff - Halloween

If you give a crafter a cookie - monsters

Through the Craftroom Door - AG

Shopping Our stash - Halloween

Altered Eclectics - AG

Joulukortit samoista materiaaleista by Apris, Apriksen materiaalit

Siis aivan ihanaa, 

pääsin piiiiiitkästä aikaa rinkeilemään

samat materiaalit rinkiin.

Emäntänä toimii Apris, jolta myös nämä ensimmäiset

lämpimän kauniit materiaalit saapuivat.

Aika hyvin sain käytettyä maateriaalit,

vaikka niitä olikin runsaasti.

Korttipohjaksi valkkasin kraftin, ajattelin,

että ruskea käy papereiden ja leimakuvien

 lämpimään värimaailmaan.

Kuvaa väritin vain hiukan Inktenseillä ja reunoihin sipaisin

Vintage Photo DI mustetta.

Apriksen ja minun lisäksi ringissä mukana

TiinuLiinu ja Armiida. 

Seuraavaan korttiin onkin sitten minun materiaalit,

jotka vein tänään postiin, :=)

Itsy Bitsy Spiders...

My second Halloween card this year,

very CAS and fun to make.

Using my new spider stamp from Sin City Stamps, sentiment is from my old set of Tim Holtz stamps, vellum is cut using my old STAMPlorations die and the "webs" are made using my new dies.

And why am I telling what's old and what's new; well, because I want to join the Use your stuff "old and new" -challenge.

Also would like to join Come and Get it - AG, QKR Stampede - embossing, HLS AG with dies and Craft Stamper Magazine - AG with stamping

Syyskettu

Jostain syystä värittely on nyt jäänyt

vähemmälle, olen käyttänyt valmiita kuvia.

Tällä kertaa kettulainen Gecko Galzin setistä.

Lämpimät syksyiset sävyt ja Sizzizin stanssi käytössö.

Pariin haasteeseen jos kelpaisi tämä repolainen:

Creative Craft Cottage - Thinking of you

Through the Purple Haze - in the woods

Koukussa kortteihin - syksyn värijuhlaa

3D dragonfly

Love how well this Gecko Galz dragonfly

image turned in to 3D image...

just printed it 3 times and cut the layers, :)

And here it is in a card

Great image to play with.

I'd like to enter to some challenges:

Aud Sentiment - AG+ sentiment

Crafting From the Heart - AG

Digi Choosday - AG

Crafty Creations - AG

Creative Knockouts- AG

A Bit more time to craft - AG

A Gem of a challenge - Fun outside

Harvest time...

I played with Gecko Galz images and 

Image transfer medium.

My printer doesn't work with heavy paper

so I like that I can broaden ways to use

printed images with this medium.

Using Autumn Colors paper and rub ones on vellum.

And here the other end of the same paper

together with Sizzix die cuts and some bee buttons.

I'd like to enter my first card

Gecko Galz - Harvest time

QKR - AG

Fussy and Fancy - Fall colors

Crafty Creations - AG

Eclectic Ellapu - Floral and Fauna

and the second card

Penny's - AG

A Bit more time to Craft - AG

Corrosive - AG

Use your stuff - Fall

613 Avenue - Distress it

Roses, more roses...

Few weeks ago I made some card

backgrounds using embossing powders,

color powders, alcohol inks and fabulous

stamp from Sin City Stamps.

You can see the blue cards ready HERE.

And here's how the other two turned out:

I'd like to enter my yellow card to some challenges:

Make my Monday - Lazy Summer Days

Di'd Digi challenge - Bright colors

Shopping our stash - Favorite season (summer)

Penny's - Quick and Easy

Crafty Gals - AG

HLS watercolor challenge - Spritz

And the B&R card:

Aud Sentiment - Thinking of you
Try it on Tuesday  - Stitch it
Crafty Creations - AG
Crafting by Design - AG
A Bit More time to Craft - AG

What is the color of your heart? - ATC trio

The idea for this trio came to me when

I was running in the forest ...

It didn't came out just as planned - but then again,

when creating something, the result seldom is 

what you firs had in mind; for me anyways, LOL

Using Entangled Heart from Rubber Dance

I like the blue one most, what's your fav?

I'd like to enter to some challenges with my ATC trio:

Creative Artiste Challenge - Anything MM

More Mixed Media - AG / brights

HLS ATC challenge - Doodle

Through The Craftroom Door - AG

Sweet Stamping - Doodling

Rubber Dance - embossing (heart is embossed and each background also has embossing powder on)

Blue Roses

I made a few backgrounds using awesome

Sin City Stamps "Background Roses" stamp

and embossing powder. The quality of these stamps

is brilliant, you get all the details...

Here's first card from those backgrounds

Added some color powder + water and STAMPlorations die cuts.

I'd like to enter to some challenges:

Butterfly Challenge - AG with butterflu / twist: blue

Rubber Dance - embossing

HLS Watercolor - AG / twist: bloom

CASology - Prickly ( Roses have prickles :D )

And here's the second one

Same ingredients - only this time alcohol inks to color.

I'd like to enter to some challenges with this card:

Try it on Tuesday - in my carden

The Corrosive - AG

Fussy and Fancy - Things with wings

Paper Shelter - Punches and dies

What a difference how the colors behave with embossing:

CAS truck

When I saw the Less is More new

theme I knew I wanted to use my 

Deep Red truck stamp that I have had

a while but haven't used yet.

First idea was to use my DIY watercolor

cardbase's BUT the paper has so heavy 

texture, that this stamp didn't work with it at all...

So instead of coloring, I took my Memento 

Inks and glossy paper.

Sentiment says "Congratulations" in Finnish. 

Stamped with a mask on top of the truck.

And since it felt like it still needed something, 

I took a dark grey ProMarker and a spritser. 

I'd like to enter to some challenges:

Addicted to CAS - one layer

Simon Says Monday - B-day

Addicted to Stamps and More - CAS

Less is More - Vehicle

And, well since I had my stamps and my inks "out"

I made some more, LOL

Background stamp is from Sin City.

and even more:

That was fun!

Vintage tag

I had a pile of DP pieces on my table this morning

and when I looked at them, I thought they would

go nicely with the gorgeous Sin City Jane stamps

(you can find the plates HERE and HERE)

Embossing, die cut, Vintage Photo -ink, paper flowers, charm...

And all those little scraps, :=)

I'd like to enter to some challenges with my tag:

Tag Tuesday - Use your scraps

Sweet Stamping - Flowers

Di's digi design - Flower Fancy

Not Just Cards - AG

Through the purple haze - Vintage

Crafty Gals - Bingo ( Vintage, Free. Metal Embellies)

Deep Ocean - Vintage

CAS lemons

I'm so happy I found these DIY postcard base's.

Very low cost and so fun to use.

And these challenges me to CAS designs because

you can't really embellish a postcard ...

or you'll have to but it in a envelope...

Using stamps from STAMPlorations,

Sin City and Krafting Kimmie.

I'd like to enter to some challenges:

Less is More - Tropical fruits

Addicted to Stamps and More - CAS

HLS watercolor challenge - AG

Craft Stamper - AG

Try it on Tuesday - Postcard

3 ladies

Having fun with Gecko Galz images,

:=D

Here I tested how the Image transfer medium

works with two printed paper ... really like the see-through effect.

Sentiment is embossed with a fine powder.

Entering Use your stuff : Inspired by a Quote challenge

613 Avenue: Shabby chic

Crafty Creations: AG

Don't know if the image is meant to be a beach babe,

but that's how I see her, LOL.

Entering Gecko Galz  By the Shore challenge

Deep Ocean: Vintage

This gorgeous lady in picnic was perfect with my

Graphic 45 papers..

Entering Not Just Cards AG challenge.

Through the Purple Haze: Vintage

Crafty Gals: Bingo ( 2+ DP, free, flowers)

The Paper Shelter: Blooming