my piece of paper

Hello!

I got a request to make a very special birthday card...
featuring a handyman, a boat, a dog and archipelago!
I managed to tick three boxes out of four! 

At the time I was asked to make this card I had
just ordered the "Hard working dudes" stamp set from
Kraftin´Kimmie, talk about coincident!

The handyman was the easy one, just stamp and color! 
The archipelago and the dog took me a while to figure out,
but after some googeling I came up with a few photos as
inspiration and then started to  draw free hand.

All images were colored with Copic markers!

 Thank you for stopping by today!
Tina

Hi there!

This is my second card made using one of the traveling
bunnies from the "Bon Voyage" digi set from Isabel Cristina!

This digi stamp set comes with lots of cute & fun travel
related images, you´ll find it in Isabel´s Etsy store!

For this card I used the hiking bunny and a signpost,
I added the sentiments "only pack the necessary"
and "safe travels" to the signs! 

I wanted my bunny to hike among rolling hill sides and I
made this little scene by using one of the border dies from
the "Landscape trio" set from Mama Elephant, to
create the path, hills and the sky. The different pieces were
colored with Distress inks and some water droplets!

I added a few clouds, from the "Photo mat" die from Avery Elle.
The patterned paper is from Lawn Fawn.

The images were colored with Copic markers.

 Thank you for stopping by today!
Tina

Hello!

 Today I share a card made using some of the adorable critters
from the "Banner buddies" set from Hello Bluebird! 

On my wish list is some kind of collage frame die,
to add interesting details to a card without taking
away focus from the images. As I at the moment don´t
own such a die I just took one of my stitch rectangle
die and cut out a smaller piece.

I colored the background, sky and grass, using Distress inks,
leaving the smaller cut out rectangle in its place, the little detail
added to this card is basically a stictched smaller rectangle!

I saw someone on Instagram (sorry to say I can´t remember who to
give credit to) using what I belive was a cloud die to make a tree crown,
such a great idea that I had to try! I am so pleased with how it turned out! 

The images were colored with Copic markers!

The sentiment stamp is from the "Brushed wishes" set from
Stampendous, perfect for a just because or birthday card!

 Thank you for stopping by today!
Tina

Hi there!

I have made two cards for Isabel Cristina, using one of the new
digi stamp sets called "Bon voyage"! This is one of my favorite sets
from Isabel, super adorable traveling bunnies, hiking, taking selfies
(groupies?!), and items like a map, a hat, a camera and a passport!

For my first card I choose the little group of traveling bunnies
taking a selfie! I added a photo frame made using the "Photo mat die"
from Avery Elle, some clouds and a piece of a map as backdrop!

I love this  set, these traveling bunnies are the cutest!
You´ll find them in Isabel´s Etsy store!

I have had this map laying around forever
and now was the right time to use it!

The bunnies were colored with Copics, the blue sky was Distressed Inked!

 Thanks for stopping by!
Tina

Hello!

For today´s card I have been using one of the
images and one of the sentiments from the "Pretty peonies"
digital stamp set from Isabel Cristina.   

These peonies are one image, no layering. To make this super
easy card I just printed the image out on my printer, colored
it with Copics and cut it out with my Scan n Cut. This time I choose
to cut along the out lines, not leaving any white space. I also
printed one of the sentiments to go on my card.

This pretty digi set can now be purchased in Isabel´s Etsy store,
she has designed so many cute stamp sets, if you
haven´t visited her store yet, I suggest you do!

I wanted a glow coming from behind the flowers and figured
I try a new way...I placed the flowers where I wanted them to go on
my finished card, moved the image about 5 mm towards the
black and white striped paper, traced very carefully with a pencil
along the upper contour of the flowers, to mark where I
would start to color my "glow". I started with Copic marker B02, then B01,
B00 and finally B000, from dark to light to fade out the glow!
I then applied double sided tape to attach the flowers to the panel.

 Thanks for stopping by!
Tina

Hi there!

 Some cards requier a hard working dude! 

These super cool guys are from Kraftin´Kimmie
Stamps and perfect for those masculine cards
where a cute little bunny won´t do!

There are two different kind of dudes in this set, one
handyman with a tool box and a wrench and one office/business
dude with a take away coffee and a briefcase! 

I made four CAS cards. The images were colored
with Copics, cut out with my Scan n Cut. 

The rectangle backgrounds were colored with
Distress inks, the sentiment stamp, that says "Congrats"
in Swedish is from Gummiapan.

 Thanks for stopping by!

Tina

Hello!

Yesterday was Isabel Cristina´s birthday and to celebrate
she has made a free digi; the cutest of birthday bunnies!

Head over to Isabel´s blog to get it, you´ll also
find other cute free digi stamps on her blog! 

The bunny and balloons were colored with Copic markers,
the circles in the background were made using the
"Circles stencil" from MFT and Distress ink, Picked Raspberry.

Those balloons are so much fun, I applied a thick coat
of Glossy accent to them to make them really shiny!

Thanks for stopping by!
Tina

Hello!

Sent and recieved! I needed a birthday card a
few days ago and what a great occasion
to play with one of my new Curvy girls!

Loving this gorgeous lady, and how fun is her macaron 
dress! This is "Curvy girl with a cocktail", from Stampingbella! 

I colored her with Copic markers, the background
was colored with Distress Inks and some droplets of water.

Sentiment stamp is from Gummiapan.

Thanks for stopping by!
Tina

Hi there!

  This is my third card this week as DT for Isabel Cristina, using
the ”Flower friends” digi stamp set. This digi set has lots of cute
images and sentiments for so many different occasions!  

This set is now available in Isabel´s Etsy store.

For this card I used the cute little mouse sitting in a wooden
bucket surrounded by flowers! This is what the image looks like,
I haven´t layered it at all. I colored the image with Copic markers.
When finished coloring I let my Scan n Cut do the cutting!

 I used the ”Hello gorgeous” sentiment that comes with the stamp set.
To finish off the card I applied some Stickles to the flowers for some sparkle!

The image was adhered with foam dots for dimension!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Tina

Hello!

This is my second card this week as DT for
Isabel Cristina, using the ”Flower friends” digi stamp set. 
You´ll find it in her Etsy store.

 I just had to make a card using the cute tipi tent!
I have used the same bunny and raccoon friends from card
no.1 and I wanted them to sit inside the tipi! 

I layered the tipi, bunny and raccoon, as one image,
to see how I layer images in a Word document on my PC, 
please see my blog post from a few months ago. 

I then printed the tipi again, to be adhered on top of the first to
make the bunny and the raccoon sit inside the tipi!

I colored the images, the grass and the blue shadow
behind the tipi with Copic markers. The clouds are
from the ”Photo mat” die from Avery Elle. 

I didn´t use any sentiment on this card as it can
be used for all sorts of different occassions!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Tina

 Hi there!

 Wedding season is here and today I have a custom order
Wedding card to share, another one is in the making!

 The request was...rockabilly! This digi from Kenny K is one
of my favorite bride & groom and I immediately thought
of it for this special occasion and couple! 

 White, black and red, the perfect color scheme to go with this rock theme!

When I was asked if the groom could have a beard and a
mustashe I gulped a little... I so didn´t wanted to ruin this image!!!
But I was so pleased with how it turned out!

 The banner and lettering with the  names were hand drawn by me! 

I colored the images with Copic markers and the soft
”background” were colored with Distress Inks.

The huge heart shaped brad is one of a kind and is such
a great detail, I have this packet I purchased several years ago,
I think I have about six brads left, I use them for very special
cards only, as I haven´t found similar brads since!
For the heart underneath the heart shaped brad
I used a heart die from the ”Tag along die collection” set from
Clearly Besotted, and replaced the white die cut heartwith a red!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Tina