my piece of paper

Hello!

My mission lately has been to incorporate more color on
my cards and these particular ones I am very pleased
with, as this is as colorful as it gets!

A really clean and simple design. I heat embossed the sentiment,
colored the panels with Distress inks using my ink
blending tool and splashed droplets of water on to the Distress ink. 

I added strips of black and white striped paper.
The cute elves were colored with Copic markers,
 no fussy cutting as I used my Scan n Cut! 

I then popped the elves on to foam pads on to the panels. Finished!

Both the elf stamp, "BB Santa´s elves" and the sentiment stamp,
"Merry Christmas Greeting" are from My Favorite Things!

Thank you for stopping by!

Tina

Hi there!

 These 30 days have gone by so fast! These past month has been intense,
as I have been coloring and commenting as one of the ambassadors!
I have seen so much creativity, so many beautiful cards, tags and coloring!
And I have "met" so many sweet and kind people during these thirty days!

Here are my five last tags from the last week of Kathy´s challenge! 

Day 26, stamp: Mama Elephant

Day 27, stamp: Whimsy Stamps

Day 28, stamp: Mama Elephant

Day 29, stamp: Kraftin´Kimmie Stamps

Day 30, stamp: Mama Elephant

All images were colored with Copic markers, the background
on the reindeer tag was colored with distress inks!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Tina

Hi there!

I have seven new tags to share from last week´s coloring!

Day 19, stamp: Whimsy Stamps

Day 20, stamp: Penny Black

Day 21, stamps: Mama Elephant

Day 22, stamp: Stampendous

Day 23, stamp: Stampingbella

Day 24, stamp: Lily of The Valley

Day 25, stamps: Mama Elephant

All images were colored with Copic markers, the poinsettia
as well but I also added a coat of Wink of Stella for some beautiful shimmer!
If I had time to re do it I would probably heat emboss the image
using gold embossing powder, I just have to try that next time! 

Just a few days left of the challenge, hosted
by the lovely, super inspiring Kathy!

Five more tags, then I really
have to get on with my Christmas cards!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Tina

Hello!

A few days ago I was asked to make a wedding card, 
the request were Uptown girl with handsome guy and a wedding cake!

Some masking and a bit of altering took place before I could
start to color! I used two stamps from Stampingbella,
"Brett and Brenda" and "Bianca has a big cake", without Bianca
as I was only interested in her cake for this card! 

I got to chose the colors myself, and light pink, light grey
and white were a perfect match for this occasion! 

I colored the images with Copic markers,
added a few coats of Wink of Stella to the frosting
on the cake for a beautiful, elegant shimmer!

Thank you for stopping by!

Tina

Hi there!

When I die cut my tags for this challenge and started to take
a look at what stamps I had that have some sort of Holiday feel
to them it was hard to cover the magic number of 30!

So...I have used stamps I have had for a while,
some brand new and some that I borrowed!

Day 12, stamp: Kraftin´ Kimmie Stamps

Day 13, stamp: My Favorite Things

Day 14, stamp: Mama Elephant

Day 15, stamps: Mama Elephant

Day 16, stamp: Stampingbella

Day 17, stamp: Purple Onion Designs

Day 18, stamps: Neat & Tangled

All images, background glow and shadows were colored with Copic markers!

Thank you for stopping by!

Tina

Hi there!

Second week of the 30 Day Coloring Challenge has gone by!
I have been busy coloring and finishing my tags and
being one of the ambassadors! I have spotted so many
beautifully colored projects and cards, found so much inspiration
and kind, sweet people in our card making & coloring community!

Day 5, stamp: Stampingbella

Day 6, stamp: Purple Onion

Day 7, stamp: Mama Elephant

Day 8, stamp: Kraftin´ Kimmie Stamps

Day 9, stamp: Stampingbella

Day 10, stamps: Mama Elephant

Day 11, stamp: Heffy Doodle

All images and backgrounds/shadows were colored with Copic markers!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Tina 

Hello!

The first couple of days of the 30 Day Coloring
Challenge have rapidly flew by!

Below are the tags I colored for the first
four days of this challenge!

Day 1, stamps: Mama Elephant

Day 2, stamp: Lily of The Valley

Day 3, stamps: Mama Elephant

Day 4, stamps: Clearly Besotted

All images and shadows were colored with Copic markers!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tina

Hi there!

I only made one Halloween card this year!
Halloween is not a big event in Sweden, and I just haven´t
had the time to make a bunch to send to my friends overseas.
I am focusing on making and sending out Christmas Happy Mail instead! 

I have had this idea for a while, for my one and only Halloween card!
I wanted this little bunny, one of the "Party Animals" from
Mama Elephant to fly holding bat balloons!
I tried giving him fangs too, but decided not to!

I had this idea of black grass too and that turned out great!
Using one of the grass dies from the "Grassy Hills"
die set from My Favorite Things.

The background was made using Distress Inks, Shaded Lilac,
Wilted Violet, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot,
the moon is just the white cardstock!

Bat balloons and bunny were colored with Copic markers!

 Thank you for stopping by!

Tina 

Hi there!

It is time for another 30 day Coloring Challenge,
hosted by the lovely Kathy!
And it starts tomorrow November 1st! 

"It’s supposed to be a stress free 30 days.
WHAT IS THE GOAL of the challenge: To color something
daily even if it’s a few minutes but, certainly not required.
IN A NUT SHELL … it’s anything goes challenge …
and whatever you feel inspired to do.
Any medium of your choice including “coloring” with ink.
Some days you will have more time than others but,
it’s just about adding more time to color
and carve out a little time for you."

 I am going to color tags this time too, but I will
go for Holiday themed tags this time! 

I will post one tag per day on my Instagram account
and here on the blog I will post the tags once a week. 

This is going to be so much fun, and by
December 1st I´ll have thirty Holiday tags! Yay!

And what is even more fun...
I am one of the Goodwill Ambassadors during this challenge!
So excited and honored!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Tina

Hello!

One of my Instagram friends and I have a card making
challenge, that is we exchange cards! 
Fall was the theme for our latest challenge!

These little happy guys are from the "Fall Fox" set from SugarPea Designs.

The images, the grass and the sky were colored with Copic markers.

I colored the yellow/orange/red background using Distress
Inks and some droplets of water for a fall feel!

How about a colorful envelope! Love this A7 size stripe
envelope from Park Lane, purchased at Jo Ann´s.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tina

Hi there!

I shared this card I made a few days ago on Instagram but
haven´t had the time to share it here on the blog!
Well, here is the angel thank-you card, made for a customer.

This is my favorite angel, "Celestina" from
Kraftin´ Kimmie Stamp, unfortunately I believe the stamp is retired.

 I die cut a circle on a piece of scrap paper, three little
clouds were die cut off masking paper, the angel was also stamped
and fussy cut off masking paper. The sky background was colored
with Distress Ink "Tumbled Glass" using a mini blending
tool to apply it, hence all the masking!

I colored the angel with Copic markers, I added just a tiny
amount of Stickles to her wings to make them glitter.

The sentiment is from Gummiapan, saying
"Just wanted to say Thank you!", in Swedish.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Tina

Hi there!

Christmas cards in the making!
For this card I used the Lawn fawn "Winter Penguin" stamp
and the "Merry Christmas Circle Die"  from MFT. 

It was my first time using the "Merry Christmas Circle Die".
I colored a piece of cardstock using Distress Ink "Candied Apple",
splashed some droplets of water on it and die cut the circle frame.

Note to self... let Distress Inked cardstock dry before die cutting next time...

I tucked the die cut circle behind a drift of snow as I wasn´t happy
with the way it looked just placing it around the penguin.
I think the drift of snow helped to achieve some dimension!

The penguin was colored with Copic markers,
background was made using Distress inks and the falling snow
was made using the Simon Says Stamp "Falling Snow" stencil,
clear embossing powder and a heat tool!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Tina

Hello!

During the last "30 Day Coloring Challenge" one of the tags
I made was this one below. I saved it for a special friend and occasion!

I wanted to incorporate it on to a card. My first idea was to
adhere the tag on the card, ribbon, twine and all, adding patterned paper etc,
but I tried several different ways and weren´t happy with neither of them...

I ended up trimming the tag to a rectangular shape instead
and matted it to a piece of black cardstock.

In my head I had this idea of a fun new card design, but it turned out
as a regular card of mine, but I like the fact that I used a lot of color!

The stripes in the background were made using the
"Watercolor Stripes" stencil from Altenew and Distress Inks!

Image was colored with Copic Markers!

Thanks for stopping by!

 Tina

Hi there!

I have had this kraft card stock lying around for a long time
but never come to use it. When coloring this bear warm grey I
thought it would be a perfect match. 

Ok, looots of different steps making these cards.
I stamped and colored the image, used a stencil making the
falling snow, heat embossed the (white) snow, masked the
image and colored the background with Distress Inks. 

I wanted to try frosty grass and used one of the grass die cut
borders from the set "Grassy Hills" from MFT and sponged it very
light handed using Distress Ink Tumbled Glass.
I stamped the sentiment and added a little heart!

Bear and mouse "Polar Bear and Mousy Stuffies" are from
Stampingbella! Colored using Copic Markers!

How cute are these little guys!!!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Tina

Hello!

For these set of cards I used on older poinsettia
stamp from a set from Stampendous!

As much as I love making cards and tags using the cutest of critters
I also enjoy making CAS cards with few details, straight lines with
a beautiful, simple focal points.

I have chosen turquoise and pink/red-ish for the poinsettias.

Images were colored with Copic markers,
sentiment stamps (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year)
are from Gummiapan.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Tina