CAS(E) this Sketch #116

Hello Everyone!

This is my entry to the CAS(E) this Sketch #116.
This card got Honourable Mention at the challenge.

I've been quite busy lately and haven't had time to play along at the CAS(E) this Sketch so today I decided that when the sketch aired, I will immediately make it into a card. Love the sketch from Leigh Penner- very versatile and of course I was drawn into the flower in the middle. I had this rose for half coloured so I finished it and made it into this card. 

Here is a close-up: 

Close-up where the shimmer from Wink of Stella can be seen.

I started by inking the rose and the stem and the leaves from Sketchy Rose with light water soluable ink. I believe, I used third generation stamping with the stem an the leaves. I watercolored them with Distress Inks. I created a mask from post-it notes and mask off the frame and left a rectangle to where I stamped the woodgrain background. Before that I inked the edges to get some contrast for the white space. After that I heat embossed the background and I wasn't quite patient enough and the embossing powder was stuck.. pretty much to everywhere. I kind of liked the effect so I decided to leave it as it was. The sentiment from was inked with black pigment ink and then heat embossed. I cut the flower with scissors and craft knife and it was then adhered with liquid glue and foam tape onto the card base.

Here is the sketch:

Supplies:

Stamps: Sketchy Rose and Label Love by Altenew

Inks: Tattered Rose, Fried Brick and Peeled Paint, Antique Linen Distress Inks, Versafine Onyx Black

Embossing Powder: Clear Matt Dull and White Pearl by WOW!

Card stock: Canson Watercolour paper 180g/m2, Neenah Solar White 80lb

Card base: Papermania A6 300g/m2

Thank you for stopping by today! And thank you for your comments and ideas for the videos. I loved reading them and got some ideas. So thank you very much! See you soon!

Marika

A rose for Her

Hello Everyone!

Today is my first DT post at Altenew blog and I am beyond excited about it. I thought about it a lot what to make and I decided to go for a little older stamp set and used Sketchy Rose as the focal point of my card. So here it is:

Stamps used: Sketchy Rose, Wood Pallet Background
and Birthday Greetings

I started with stamping the flower, the stem and the leaves from Sketchy Rose set with light water soluble ink onto a watercolour paper. I watercolored the rose with Distress Inks. Before cutting the rose I stamped the flower again with Versamark and heat embossed it with Golden Highlight embossing powder to get more interest. Then, the rose was cut with scissors and a craft knife. I used Versamark to ink up the Wood Pallet Background stamp and stamped it onto a little smaller peace of white card stock. The background was then heat embossed with White Pearl embossing powder. The sentiment is from the Birthday Greetings set and was inked with black pigment ink onto a peace of textured card stock.

Here is a close-up from the rose:

Supplies:

Stamps: Sketchy Rose, Wood Pallet Background and Birthday Greetings by Altenew

Inks: Spiced Marmelade, Gathered Twigs and Peeled Paint Distress Inks, Versafine Onyx Black

Card stock: Canson Watercolour Paper 180g/m2, Neenah Solar White 80b, WHSmith Linen Effect Paper 150g/m2

Embossing Powder: White Pearl Regular and Clear Golden Highlight by WOW!

Scotch Foam Tape

Scotch ATG and tape

Tools:

Hanart Watercolour Brush no.0

Acrylic blocks

Paper Trimmer

I start to make video tutorials next month for Altenew's blog and I would more than appreciate if you could let me know if there is a particular technique or colouring medium that you would like me to feature in those videos. Please leave your requests in the comments below and I try to make them come true. Thanks again and see you soon!

Marika

ColourQ Card Challenge #283 and Time Out Challenge #27.

Good Morning!

This is my entry to the ColourQ Card Challenge #283 and 
to the Time Out Challenge #27.
This card got ColourQ Courtier at the challenge.

Here is a close-up of a mother mouse.

On Saturday I had time to craft and I went through some challenge blogs to get inspiration. I wanted to colour and I found the colours at ColourQ very very pretty and they fit very well for the idea that I had in mind. A very good friend of mine is expecting her first child and I wanted to make a card for her. Well, I know you shouldn't brake the illusion of the future mothers that the fact of having children isn't always only tickling little toes and looking at them sleeping smilingly.. Unfortunately children grow much faster than we really realize and those snuffling little swagglings aren't so tiny for long and they turn into these "little smiling and adorable perishers". At least one of them lives in our household and does what little mouse is doing in the card - every day! I really thought these two stamps work so very well together to create this scene - so familiar for us.

I stamped images from Purple Onion Designs with light brown ink. I should have chosen a light gray ink but I wasn't thinking at the time. I watercolored the scene with my Inktense Pencils. To finish the card, I adhered a lime card stock underneath and stamped the sentiment with black pigment ink.

I will enter this into these Challenges:
ColourQ Challenge #283 - Basic Black, Going Gray, Kraft, Kiwi Kiss + neutral
Time Out Challenge #27 - CAS with optional twist of plash of one colour - mine is only CAS

Here are the graphics' :

Supplies:
Stamps: Wishing, Charlotte and Blossoming Perch by Stacey Yacula from Purple Onion Designs, Birthday Greetings by Altenew
Inks: Mementon Desert Sand and Versafine Onyx Black
Derwent Inktense Pencils: Spring Green (1550) Light Olive (1540) Fern (1560) Sun Yellow (0200) Saddle Brown (1740) Willow (1900) Indian Ink (2020) 
Derwent Metallic Pencils: Pewter (81)
Card Stock: Canson Mix Media 200g/m2, Primeco 220g/m2 Olive card stock
Copic Multi Liner Black 0.1, Copic Multi Liner Gray 0.3

Tools:

Derwent Waterbrush no.2

Acrylic blocks

Paper trimmer

Stamp-a-magic

Scotch ATG & tape

Thank you for stopping by today. See you soon!

Marika

The Card Concept #31, CASology - Blossom and Wplus9 Throwback Thursday Challenge #2

Good Afternoon!

I had the whole day yesterday time to do what ever I wanted. My husband spend the day with the kids and gave me time to myself. So, I am back today with a card that I made with a few challenges in mind and mainly inspired my Michelle from Amusing Michelle. If you haven't admired her work already, please go and visit her - she is truly amazing!

This is my entry to the Card Concept #31,
CASology - Blossom and Wplus9 Throwback Thursday Challenge #2.
This card was one of the winners at the Card Concept.

I've had this stamp set called Pretty Peonies by Wplus9 since last November. I've admired and adored Dawn's beautifully watercoloured peonies and watched her tutorial many times. Also Michelle is very very talented in whatever she does and she had made so many beautiful cards with this stamp set. Every time when I've seen her cards, I've tried to stamp, colour with Distress Inks, traditional watercolours, copics... But I was only able to make a huge mudy mess with it and even though I've heard that you should just make something that reminds you of a flower so that your brain can see it as a flower. Not even my husband couldn't see the flowers in those previous attempts of mine so it wasn't just me.. Michelle did this card for the CAS(E) this Sketch this week and gave me enthuasism to try again and this time I was determined to make this into a flower. And this time I am able to see the flowers and I am very very happy with the outcome - finally!

I used Dawn method but I changed it a little. After so many attempts I realized that I couldn't see the shape of the flower just stamping the middle layer. So, I stamped the base layer with Spun Sugar and then added the second layer with Worn Lipstick on top. And then added the water and the details. 

I will enter this into these challenges:
The Card Concept #31 - The theme there is Cupcakes but I used the colours of their inspiration picture. I will enter this into Clean and Layered category
CASology - Blossom - Hopefully this is still CAS
Wplus9 Throwback Thursday Challenge #2 - Vintage Flowers

Here are the graphics:

Supplies:
Stamps: Pretty Peonies by Wplus9, Birthday Greetings by Altenew
Inks: Spun Sugar and Spiced Marmelade DIs, Milled Lavenler and Worn Lipstick Distress Markers, Versafine Onyx Black
Cardstock: Langton Watercolour Paper 300g/m2, Neenah Solar White 80b, Exotic Paper White Silk

Tools:

Hanart Watercolour Brush no.0

Acrylic blocks

Paper trimmer

Scotch Foam Tape

Scotch ATG & tape

I wish that you like this, I like it a lot and it is very dear to heart since it took a lot of time and effort to make. Thank you for stopping by today and have a great Sunday! 

Marika

WINNER: Altenew March 2015 Bloghop

Good Afternoon! 

I am back as promised to announce the winner of the Altenew March 2015 Blog Hop. There were 183 comments in total and I have read all of them! Thank you for your kindness and encouragement. 

I used Ramdom.org to draw the winner and here is the result:

And the winner is  Melissa F who said:

Melissa F17 March 2015 at 06:21

Love your elegant cards and your copic coloring is stunning! Thanks for the giveaway. 

Congratulations, Melissa! Please, send me an email how to claim your prize. 

Thank you to everyone for participation! See you soon!

Marika

Hero Arts Nature Challenge

Good Morning All!

Just a quick post to submit this card into Hero Arts Nature Challenge. I saw this challenge when it started back in February and wanted to participate. Then I forgot about it and remembered it yesterday. Yaiks! I went to my stash of half made things and hope to find something that I could use to make card very very quickly. No time for colouring. All the supplies that I used in this card was found from there except the sentiment. Flowers were coloured with Distress Inks and the woodgrain background was embossed to get some detail.

This is my entry to the Hero Arts Nature Challenge.

Here is challenge's graphic:

Supplies:

Stamps: Delicate Blossoms by HeroArts, Wood Pallet Background and Bejeweled by Altenew (sentiment)

Dies: Blooming Branch by Memory Box, Spellbinders Nestabilities Distress Edges 

Inks: Spiced Marmelade and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks (flowers), Versafine Toffee (background) and Vintage Sepia (sentiment)

Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 80lb, Neenah Desert Storm 80lb, Papermania Textured Cardstock

Embossing Powder: Regular White Pearl by WOW!

White Paper Twine

Tools:

Acrylic blocks

Paper trimmer

Sizzix Big shot Machine

Tomboy Multi Liquid Glue

Scotch Foam Tape

Scotch ATG & tape

Thank you for stopping by today and have a great day! I will be back later today to announce the winner of the Altenew bloghop! See you soon!

Marika

Paper Players Challenge #236 and Fusion Card Challenge - Floral Fusion

Hello Everyone!

Today I am back with this card that I made for a few challenges in mind.

This is my entry to the Paper Players Challenge #236 and
to the Fusion Card Challenge- Floral Fusion.

Last week when I looked up current challenges there where just amazing inspiration pictures: flowers, violets, purples and more flowers. All where yelling at me, make me into a card. Unfortunately I missed the deadline at Card Concept even though that beautiful flower bouquet really inspired me to use this Sketchy Rose for my card. I also took the colours from Fusion challenge and at the Paper Players there is going on a floral challenge and the DT over there has made such a beautiful cards.

I started with stamping the rose from Sketchy Rose and the biggest butterfly Painted Butterflies onto a white card stock with light grey ink. I just purchased my first copics and I have been playing with them for a about a week now. It was very difficult at first but then I kinda got hang of it but still lot to be learn. The butterfly was then cut with scissors and adhered with liquid glue and foam tape onto the front panel of the card. I die cut the "Hello"-window with Halftone Hello die and stamped the sentiments with black pigment ink. Sentiments are from Halftone Hello and Sketchy Rose sets. 

Here is what this card looks inside.

I will enter this into these challenges:

Fusion Card Challenge - Floral Fusion: I was inspired by beautiful shades of purple and flowers of course.

Paper Players Card Challenge #236 - CAS Floral

Copic Marker Europe Challenge #37 - Things with wings

Here are the graphics:

Supplies:

Stamps: Sketchy Rose, Painted Butterflies and Halftone Hello by Altenew

Dies: Halftone Hallo die by Altenew

Copic Markers: RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, YG91, YG95, YG97, YG99, W1, W3, W5, W7

Card Stock: Neenah Solar White 80lb

Inks: Memento London Fog, Versafine Onyx Black

Card Base: Papermania A6 300gsm

Tools:

Acrylic blocks

Paper trimmer

Tomboy Multi Liquid Glue

Scotch Foam Tape

Scotch ATG & tape

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a lovely day!

Marika

Altenew March 2015 Blog Hop

Hello Everyone!

EDIT: You can see the winner of the giveaway here.

Today I'm participating Altenew March 2015 Blog Hop to celebrate the release of Dies and Antique Trims. You probably just came from Jocelyn Olson's blog, if not please start from the beginning at Altenew blog and see what other members of Altenew's design team have come up with. 

Within this release, Altenew brings coordinating dies and some lovely trims into their selection. I played a little with my copics, Lacy Scrolls stamps and dies and the new trims from Altenew. 

Stamps and dies used: Lacy Scrolls and coordinating dies, 
Wood Pallet Background and Birthday Greetings.

I started by cutting a circular window mask and then stamped the wood grain from Wood Pallet Background with grey ink. I added a little bit of shading with black ink to get more defined edges. Then I stamped the flowers and leaves from Lacy Scrolls with light lilac (flower) dye ink and light green ink on to a white card stock. I added shading with my new (yey!) copics and die cut the flowers and leaves with the coordinating dies. I adhered the elements onto a card front and stamped the sentiment with black pigment ink from Birthday Greetings.

Stamps and dies used: Lacy Scrolls and coordinating dies,
Wood Pallet Background, Label Love.

Inspiration for this card comes from sauna. Well, sauna is very very important part of Finnish culture and way of living so when I saw the wood grain I immediately thought of sauna. During midsummer, when the sun shines during the night, flowers bloom and fresh scents of early summer are mixing with mist... just sitting and relaxing on your front veranda after sauna. Just love summer! Techniques used in this card are the same as in the first one. 

For the third card, I was inspired by Altenew March Challenge. This month's theme is From places Abroad: Masjid Sheikh Zayed, Abu Dabi. I was drawn into those beautiful, repeated patterns and designs in the photo and used them as my inspiration for this card.

Here is one of the inspiration photos for this
month's Altenew monthly challenge. 

Stamps and dies used: Lacy Scrolls and coordinating dies,
Label Love and new Fenstone Decorative Element.

I started with stamping the flower from Lacy Scrolls with light grey ink onto a white card stock and added shading with my copic markers and a little bit highlight with clear glitter pen. I stamped the curls from the same set and the sentiment from Label Love with Versamark onto a craft card stock and heat embossed using white embossing powder. I adhered all the elements with liquid glue and foam tape onto black card stock. At the end, I added a few golden and white sequins in order to get some details.

Supplies: 1st and 2nd card

Stamps: Lacy Scrolls, Wood Pallet Background, Birthday Greetings, Label Love

Dies: Lacy Scrolls coordinating die set, a circle die - manufacturer unknown

Inks: Memento Lulu Lavender and New Sprout, Black Soot Distress Ink, Versafine Onyx Black and Smoky Grey

Card Stock: Neenah Solar White 80lb, Canson Vivaldi 185g/m2 Black

Copic Markers: RV91, RV93, RV95, YG91, YG95, YG97, W1, W3, W5

Copic Multi-Liner 0.1 and 0.3 Black

Card Base: Papermania A6 300gsm

Supplies: 3rd card

Stamps: Lacy Scrolls, Label Love

Dies: Lacy Scrolls coordinating die set

Card stock: Neenah Solar White 80lb, Canson Vivaldi 185g/m2 Black

Inks: Memento London Fog, Versamark

Copic Markers: W1, W3, W5

Copic Multi-Liner 0.1 and 0.3 Black

White Gelly Roll Pen
Clear Wink of Stella Pen 

Embossing Powder: Opaque Vanilla White by WOW!

Embellishments: Neat and Tangled Pixie Dust Mix- sequins and Fenstone Decorative Element

Card Base: Papermania A6 300gsm

Tools:

Acrylic blocks

Ranger Mini Blending Tool

Paper trimmer

Papermania Basics Heat Tool

Tomboy Multi Liquid Glue

Scotch ATG & tape

GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate this release, Altenew will draw three winners who will each receive a $30 gift certificate to their online store. Please leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Friday, March 20 11:59pm EST in order to have a chance to win. The winners will be announced on Saturday, March 21. 

And there is more! I will randomly choose a winner from comments left on this post and the prize will be $30 gift certificate to Altenew online store. Please leave a comment on this post by Friday, March 20 11:59pm EST for a chance to win. I will announce the winner here at my blog on Saturday, March 21. 

GET HOPPING!

Your next stop will be very talented Yana Smakula. If you encounter a broken link, please go back to Altenew Blog.

I hope you have fun! See you soon!

Marika

Paper Players Challenge #235 and Inkspirational #77

Hello Everyone!

Thank you for your kind comments from my DT spot announcement. I read all of them many times and they really warmed my heart. Thank you!

Today I am back with this card that I made for a few challenges in mind.

This is my entry to the Paper Players Challenge #235
and to Inkspirational  challenge #77.
This card was recognised as A Cut Above at Paper Players.

I had this really cool partly coloured idea in my mind for this weeks Muse. Lovely Michele, is our Muse this week so I wanted to participate but this card ended up being so far from her card that I can't submit this there. Thanks Michele for the inspiration anyway!

I also wanted to participate at Paper Players, they have a colour challenge this week and I love those. This time the colours are so pretty as well and when I saw that colour combo I thought about this really cute image from Purple Onion Designs. I have had this for about a half year but never had the time to colour it. My girl though, have coloured this many many times! At Inkspirational, there is Word Prompt - Sprinkle. I think this image will fits there as well. 

I started with stamping this sweet image with light brown ink onto a watercolour paper.  I did some "partly stamping", I mean I stamped the mouse and the flower separately to get them a little further away from each other. I also made the stem to be a little bit longer. Then I coloured the image with my Inktense pencils. I am not happy with my leaf colouring and this time I really put my mind into this, I went and google  also how to colour the leaves and I think I did better this time. Then I added a little dots with my Versamark pen on top of those "seeds" and added golden glitter embossing powder and heat set it. After my front panel was finished, I stamped the sentiment, and adhered the pink border underneath.

Supplies:
Stamps: Wishing by Purple Onion Designs, Birthday wishes by Altenew (sentiment)
Inks: Memento Desert Sand, Versafine Vintage Sepia
Derwent Inktense Pencils: Saddle Brown (1740), Willow (1900), Carmine Pink (0520), Burnt Orange (0260), Spring Green (1550), Light Olive (1540), Golden Yellow (0230), Sienna Gold (0240)
Card stocks: Canson Multi Medium Paper 200g/m2, Papermania Premiun Textured Cardstock
Card base: Papermania A6 300gsm

Embossing powder: Golden Highlight by Wow!

Tools:

Derwent Waterbrush no.2

Acrylic blocks

Paper trimmer

Stamp-a-magic

I will link this card into these challenges:

Paper Players Challenge #235 - Crisp Cantaloupe, Wild Wasabi, Crump Cake and So Saffron

Inkspirational - Word Prompt - Sprinkle

EDIT:
I will also link this to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Things that Fly
Thank you Bastel-Troll for the hint! 

Here are the graphics:

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day and see you soon!

Marika