Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #4

MMSC just keeps getting better, check out their latest prize of money!

Anyway, here's my take on the weekly challenge. I'm not 100% satisfied - I think I should have put one more layer of patterned paper under everything, it looks a bit bland like this. Oh well, too late now!

I made the frame from Fimo polyclay and stamped it over with Distress ink Vintage Photo before baking it - then after baking I coated it with glossy varnish. The flowers also have some Vintage Photo on them + glossy varnish. The photo in the frame is a vintage piece printed from the computer. The background is made with Distress inks, Fired Brick and Vintage Photo, over a cream colored card, sprinkled with water and stamped over with water moistened acrylic stamp.




Recipe
Papers: Cream colored card stock
Images: Vintage photo printed from the computer, Scrappy Cat flourishes
Ink: printer ink, Distress Ink Vintage Photo and Fired Brick
Other: Fimo polyclay, flovers, brads

And one more for this evening!

At the Greeting Farm there's a black and white challenge with a sketch, and here's my entry:

Black and white was tough, but I think this 50's couple goes really well in a monochrome card :) They were fun to color too! I used watercolor pencils in 2 shades of gray and black for the coloring. The "Swing" is actually from the Wild Things -set. The b&w paper is a freebie from the wonderful Summer Driggs, from the Angel Mother -set - I just printed it in gray scale. Oh, and note the girl, she has some white Sakura Gel on her eye makeup :D

I continued the sketch to the inside too. Note the lovely ribbon - it is actually cut away from a top: you know those wide neck ones that have long loops attached so they can be hanged in the store without stretching...





Recipe
Papers: Black card stock, Summer Driggs Angel Mother
Images: The Greeting Farm, 50's couple (digital download), "Swing to it" from TGF's Wild Things -set, La*di*dah Clear Labels
Ink: printer ink
Coloring: Watercolor pencils, white Sakura Gel pen
Other: recycled satin ribbon

2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Showdown #2

2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Showdown #2, week 1


My second card is vintage inspired, and I really like how it turned out! The image is vintage photo printed from the computer, metal brads are again from Denise and the purple band is recycled gift wrapping ribbon. I continued the sketch inside the card too.





Recipe
Stamp: Scrappy Cat flourishes
Ink: Distress ink Vintage Photo, VersaColor Burgundy
Coloring: Marvy Le Plume II no. 64 Plum
Other: Recycled gift ribbon, metal brads, pattern scissors
Paper: 12x12 scrapbooking paperstock from a local dollar-store, vanilla colored card stock

2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Showdown #1

2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Showdown #1, week 1


I made two cards for this challenge, and here's the first.

This is a very plain card material wise - I used no fancy papers. The purple paper is origami paper, and white inlay is plain watercolor paper. I sponged the edges and the patterned strip with purple acrylic paint - oh and can you notice I picked up a pair of pattern scissors? The two layers I stitched together by hand, bookbinding type thing. I am planning to write to the inlay, so that's why it is mostly just plain white. The brads I used were from Denise's blog candy lot and the sentiment means "For a friend" in Finnish, handwritten.




Recipe
Papers: purple colored card stock, purple origami paper
Images: Scrappy Cat flourishes, Basic Gray: EVA - Whisper Bitsy Clear Stamps
Ink: VersaColor Burgundy
Coloring: Marvy Le Plume II no. 64 Plum
Other: purple bling brads

Sny... Eiku...

Tarja,

se tuli!

Nyt menen avaamaan :) Oli vaan pakko raportoida heti laatikolta palattuani :)

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Siis vau...




Ihanan violettia Grignascon merinovillaa, aivan MAHTAVAN upea itse tehty kissatilkkulaukku, salmiakki-Pätkiksiä (mmmm....), 3mm sukkapuikot, Addit tietysti <3, kissa-aiheinen muistikirja, maskottikynä ja pillerirasia!

Ja nyt minua hävettää, kun en osannut edes ajatella, että olisit ehkä itse tehnyt sen taannoisen neulatyynyn! Minä en ole ikinä tilkkutöitä tehnyt, vaikkakin mummoni niitä tekee urakalla - käsin tikkaaminen ei ole ikinä ollut lempipuuhaani. En oikein siksi osannut edes odottaa, että se olisi itse tehty... Ja tuo kassi on aivan mahtava! Olenkin kaipaillut kaunista ja isoa projektikassia itselleni - Novitan julkaisun aikaan lahjana jaettu nyöripussi on ruman tummansininen, eikä nyöriratkaisu oikein miellytä minua muutenkaan. Kyllä mua ensi viikolla neuletapaamisessa kadehditaan :D

Noista ihanan pehmeistä keristä tulee ranteenlämmittimet - hukkasin omani jonnekin Gardemoenin lentokentälle Suomen-reissulla. Ja täällä todella tarvitaan niitä tällä hetkellä! Vaikka viime viikon lopulla oli suorastaan helteistä, tällä hetkellä lämpötila hipoo juuri ja juuri 10 astetta ja tuuli piiskaa vettä naamalle.

Aasinsiltana Suomi-reissusta - todella hauska sattuma, nimittäin minä hypistelin juurikin tuota (ja niitä muita kissa-aiheisia) metallirasioita pitkään Kauppahallissa! En kuitenkaan ostanut itselleni, kun oli jo muilta tiskeiltä päätynyt yhtä sun toista mukaan ja yritin pitää ostovimmani edes jotenkin kurissa... Ja siellä sisällä olleen "Uskollinen ystävä" -teepussin tuotetta tässä hörpin kirjoittaessa, mukavasti lämmittää :)

Ai ja kukas se SNY:ni oli? Tarja SiniHelmi
-blogista. Olen kyllä vieraillut blogissasi ringin kuluessa, mutta en yhtään arvannut sinun olevan salainen ilahduttajani :) Tämä kevät on mennyt ihan liian nopeasti - pakettisi ovat tuoneet suunnatonta odotusta ja iloa joka kerta! Ja onhan niistä langoista valmistakin saatu, Presto Chango ja Springtime Swirl Shawl :) Hiukan surullisin mielin tämän viimeisen avasin, kun hauskuus on tältä erää ohitse :/ Mutta blogissasi aion vierailla säännöllisesti! Kiitos näistä ihanista kuukausista, ja blogistaniassa tavataan!

ps. Ei se mitään, vaikka se oikea kissa puuttuikin paketeista - muutamme tämän kuun lopussa uudelle paikkakunnalle turskan työn perässä, ja uudessa asunnossa saa pitää lemmikkejä! Olemme jo tutkailleet paikallisten löytökissatalojen sivustoja: haluamme antaa kodin aikuiselle kissalle, joka sitä todella tarvitsee.

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Short recap in English: I received the final revealing package from my Finnish Secret Knitting Pal - you see that wonderful cat themed quilt bag? My friend made it herself! I have such a huge respect to quilters, and I never thought to own something this lovely :)

Stash buster!

I had a huge stroke of luck and won in Denise's blog candy, and here's what the post boy delivered yesterday:

I think my stash just tripled in size! The Basic Gray -paperpad is just fab + the coordinating brads, but how do I dare to use such fancy stuff? Newbie-problem, huh... "I got this really COOL thing, but I just save it and look at it, 'cause it's so COOL!" Note that I have some sock yarn in the same tradition... *snicker*

Dear Denise also owns WhimsyStamps -online stamping store :)

Anyway, the Stampin' Up -butterfly kit is marvelous - it took me a while to realize how great it is though. When I was assembling it, I figured the layering options, and here's what I stamped just to try them out (clicky on the picture to be able to zoom in):

Subsequent colors are shown above - the background layer is stamped with the Marvy Le Plumes and the top layer with Distress inks. Now I just need to cut them out (ouch...) :)

Thank you Denise! <3

Eat Cake Graphics (totally unpaid commercial)

I found a stamp site with the cutest cat stamps I've ever seen!

Eat Cake Graphics

Now friends, feel free to order me the whole collection! Mmm-kay?

And seriously, their text stamps are hilarious too... :D

Sny-postia odotellessa...

SNY:lleni raportoin, jotta ei tullut paketti vielä tänäänkään :( Täällä Norjassa on vielä luvassa pitkä viikonloppu, eli maanantaina on pyhä, joten kuumeinen odottelu jatkuukin sitten tiistaille :/

Oliko paketti samanlainen kuin aiemmat, siis postin pussukassa? Oliko se kooltaan suurempi? Aiemmat ovat nimittäin niukasti mahtuneet meidän pieneen postilaatikkoomme - mutta jos ei sitä tiistainakaan kuulu, niin voisin käydä kyselemässä postissa sen perään, jos on posteljooni vain unohtanut jättää noutolapun.

Tosin muistaakseni se yksi paketti kesti 9 päivää kakkos-postilla... Että ehkä minä vain olen turhan hätäinen :D

*edit 2.6.*
No ei se tullut vieläkään :/ Tosin laatikossa oli 2 muuta pakettia, joten ehkä se meni takaisin postiin ja jos huomenna tulisi pakettikortti...

Swirly

Allsorts Challenge Blog called for "curly swirly"... What can I say, I LOVE swirls and curls, and have to restrain myself not to use them too much. This is a purely monochrome card, as the stamped image and the swirls themselves are beautiful without any colorful additions.





Recipe
Papers: white aquarel paper, cream colored card stock
Images: Scrappy Cat flourishes, Paperbag Studios "Be Happy"
Ink: Distress Vintage Photo
Coloring: Marvy Le Plume II (rosewood)

Black Bird

Double challenge entry again.

The layout sketch is from Polka Doodle challenge blog

and the theme ("sad flowers") from Corrosive Challenge blog.




As I don't have a proper ink pad for dark backgrounds, I diluted a bit of white acrylic paint to stamp the images :)

Recipe
Papers: black generic card stock, Dovecraft Hint of Pink 8x8 paper stock
Images: Scrappy Cat flourishes
Coloring: white acrylic paint, Sakura gel pen

ROAR!

For Simon Says Challenge the subject was "Animals!". This week I received my The Greeting Farm's Wild Things set - which I had to get just because of that wonderful lion and the "Roar"... Isn't she just the cutest thing... I stamped her twice and layered her hair.




Recipe
Papers: cream colored card stock, scrap papers
Images: The Greeting Farm Wild Thing -set, Scrappy Cat flourishes, La*di*dah Clear Labels
Ink: Distress Vintage Photo
Coloring: watercolor pencils
Other: sequins

Sny-odotusta...

Jos postaan ennen kuin kipaisen vesisateessa postilaatikolle, että ei ole vielä SNY-pakettia tullut, niin eikös se kaikkien universaalisten lakien mukaan tarkoita sitten sitä, että paketti on laatikossa?

Testaan teoriaa.

Tää kipasee nyt laatikolle.

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Ei toiminut :/ Tosin siellä ei enää satanutkaan, joten ehkä se vaikutti tapahtuneeseen. Tai tapahtumattomaan. Onneksi kusti polkee huomennakin...

More Challenges...

A double challenge card again (am I economical or what ;), Little Paper Shop Blog and Polka Doodle.

This color palette is from Little Paper Shop Blog's challenge (pale pink and 2 shades of plum). The layout is from Polka Doodle sketch challenge.




The birdie I colored with Marvy Le Plume II pens, first painting the color on an acrylic block, then dipping my small watercolor brush into water and taking up the color from the block.

Recipe
Papers: 180g white paper, digital downloads
Images: Scrappy Cat stamps from 2 different sets
Coloring: Made solely with Marvy Le Plume II colors 81 pale mauve, 67 bubble gum pink and 64 plum.
Other: tiny craft buttons

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #3 + Creative Card Crew 12

Double challenge today, for Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #3 and Creative Card Crew 12 ("Pretty flowers")





Recipe
Papers: cream colored card stock, digital downloads
Images: Scrappy Cat stamps, vintage printed photo
Ink: Distress Fired Brick
Other: Purple velvet fabric (leftovers from a skirt I made a few years back :) and a purple/metal floral enamel charm.

Springtime Swirl Shawl finished

I never guessed how long it takes to make a sideways knit border to a circular shawl... I think I spent about 2 weeks (evenings that is) in that never-ending task! But all things come to an end, and after some serious blocking on our bed, may I present:
Pattern: Springtime Swirl Shawl by Kristel Nyberg
Yarn: Titan Wool Merino (1400m/100g), consumption 87g
Needles: Addi Turbo Lace 3.75mm
Size: about 140cm





Melkein meni ikä ja terveys ympyrähuiviin reunusta tikutellessa, mutta valmistuihan se vihdoinkin.