Sitting on the wire

Heehoo peeps :O)

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I had a shocking pink moment! Lol

It has to be had every now and then!

The motiv is the Gorjuss sugar Nellie stamp -

' A little birdie told me'

She is sitting on a peice of silver wire.

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Paperscraps from MME,

ribbon from Riga-Thanks wenche :O)

M.S kant punch- Vintage lace,

flowers - storyteller, half pearls Kaiser and

rub-on's from Basic Gray.

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I have sewn round the edge too.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Sugar Bowl - challenge # 56 - Kikis sketch.

Sukkersött - Challenge # 118- Spring card featuring a bird.

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge # 73 - Spring is sprung.

ABC Challenge Q - Q is for quilting/sewing .

A Spoon full of sugar - Challenge # 144 - Ribbon, pearls/rhinestones and flowers.

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Nina xx

Nostalgic/Vintage christmas - GDT- Totally Gorjuss

My 3 month guest designer stint for Totally Gorjuss has sadly come to an end,

Time flys when you're having fun!

This is my last card.

I'm so flattered that they chose me to join them!!

Its been great being part of such a talented team of card designers, they have been so supportive and very inspiring!

I will miss you all :O(

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Thank you :O)

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This weeks challenge is called 'Christmas in September'

sponsered by 'Cupids clear stamps'!!

and I have gone all nostalgic....

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Recipe:

Inks:

Encore - Gold, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Vintage Photo.

Stamps:

Inkido

Papers:

Gudrun Loennecken, gold paper scraps. Green and brown Bazzil, watercolour paper 200g.

Tools and Equipment:

Marvy snowflake punch -medium & small, Crop-a-dile, Martha Stewart edge punch.

Embellies:

Eyelets - American crafts, hemp string - Minne Hjørne, 3D tape.

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The text stamp is in Norwegian and says in English 'Merry Christmas'

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I am also entering this card for the following challenges:

Raise the bar - Bundled up.

One stop craft challenge - Snowflakes in September.

Sew many cards challenge blog - Christmas.

Christmas card challenge #42 - Distressed cards.

ABC challenge blog - D is for Distressing.

Karber christmas challenge - make a new christmas card.

A Spoon full of sugar - Anything goes

Charisma Cards - Anything goes.

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Phew! Hope everybody has a happy creative week :O)

I will be continuing on my shop order of christmas cards, almost there!

Bye for now

Hugs Nina xx

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #48 GDT.

Its that time again this week for a new challenge from

Totally Gorjuss,

Our challenge this week is called 'wild thing' and is to include an animal,

the lucky winner will recieve a £10 voucher from

Crafters companion

( such a great place, they have so much to offer!!)

Without further ado here is my effort as Guest Designer:

And I decorated the inside a bit too :O)

An unusual card for me this week, its not really my style I don't think. I mean its ok, but I don't love it!

I hope my Great Aunt and Uncle like it though as I am sending this to them, they have been married for 60 years this October! How NUTS is that?!

I mean its great! But dang, thats along time, and they are so sweet to each other...

it must be love :O)

Recipe: (sorry, not for a long marrige ;O)

Inks:

Versafine-Onyx Black

Catseye-purple (for distressing edges)

Painted with Reinkers - Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain, Tea Dye, Antique Linen, Bundled Sage, Barn Door, Tattered Rose.

Stamps:

Text stamp - Waltzing Mouse

Hedgehogs - Penny Black

Papers:

Roses are Red - Vibeke Spigseth

Sheet music - The Exclusive

Watercolour Paper 200g

Tools and equipment:

Nice New Pink Cuttlebug ;OD

Spellbinders, Creatables-Marianne Design, Shapeabilities - Fancy Tags

Embellies:

Flowers - Story Teller

Purple Rhinestones - Kaiser

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Penny Black at Allsorts September Challenge - Punch away!

Saturday Challenge - Anything goes.

Kreativ Hobby - Card with a coloured motiv.

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #40 - Fur or feathers, use an Animal on your card.

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Thank you for all of your lovley comments, I love reading them :o)

Have a great weekend!

Hugs Nina x

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GDT Totally Gorjuss - Challenge nr 47 - Flowers.

Yee hoo :O) Another week, another challenge and another wedding card made for an order!
Its been quite a busy time for me on the wedding card front :O)

This weeks challenge over at Totally Gorjuss has the theme 'Flowers' so you have all week to come up with a project to do with flowers or with flowers on it or in a flower shape... the list could go on and the choice is yours :O)

Here is my DT card:

Thanks  for looking and to those who take the time to leave comments :O)

Nina x

GDT Totally Gorjuss - Challenge - 46 sketch

This week its challenge # 46 at Totally Gorjuss,
we have a sketch challenge for you ......

A nice and easy sketch drawn by Net.
This weeks sponser is Joanna Sheen, she is very kindly giving away a £10 gift voucher to spend in her online shop and craft place!
Free postage aswell so you actually get to pick goodies for £10!





Here is my card as Guest Gorjussette:

Ohh I love this Tilda stamp, and I have really enjoyed myself making this card. I have a love for everything oriental although this dosn't always show through in my work. I just had to order her as soon as I saw her, She arrived last week and here she is already inked up :O)
The text stamp has such a beautiful message, which translated into English from Norwegian roughly says, and I LOVE it.....



"Those who only crave sunshine have never kissed in the rain"


Recipe:
Inks:
Archival Ink - Coffee ( white with 2 sugars please, Ha ha). Painted with Reinkers - Old Paper, Mustard seed, Dried Marigold, Tea Dye, Black Soot, Frayed Burlap, Barn Door, Walnut Stain, Distressed with Vintage Photo ink Pad.
Stamps:
Chinese Tilda, North star Stamps.
Papers:
Papermania, Paper Design, Page from a vintage songbook, Shiney and Vanilla - Bazzil, Watercolour paper 200g.
Tools and Equipment:
MM. Distresser and sandpaper, Die Frame - Marianne Designs, Crop-a-dile, Sewing Machine, Embossing Pistol, Tim Holtz Distress Embossing powder - Vintage Photo.
Embellies:
Retro flower punch Medium and small, Brads from American Art, Old peice of string.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Stamp something - Something cute

Wild Flower Wednesday 3o - Fall colours

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #75 - Distress-it.

Stampin' for the weekend #46 - Shabby or Vintage

Creatalicious Challenges # 13 - Vintage

Paperplay Challenges week 35 - In stitches

Simon says stamp and show your layers

All That Scraps Blog - Anything Tilda

Have a good week

Hugs Nina

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 44- GDT - You're a star!

You're a star! Is the theme challenge over at Totally Gorjuss this week,

Its a great theme and can be used for a whole range of ideas, check out the other fab design team members for inspiration!

I am also entering this card for the following challenges:

Kort o Mania - Favourite stamp. Chosen cos its one of the few boy stamps I have ever used :O)
Papertake weekly - Layout.
Stampin for the weekend - Anything goes
Charisma cardz # 33 - Die cuts.
ABC Challenge - 'B' is for Blue.

Recipie:

Inks: Archival Ink - Coffee (i'll take a Latte thanks) Reinkers - Tea Dye, Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Wild Honey, Bundled Sage, Broken China, Pumice Stone, Faded jeans.
Stamps:hÄngelar and stÄnglar ( Hannemor Takk :O)
Papers: Bazzil - Middle blue, Dark blue, and Pommagranite red.
Tools and equipment: My new Crop - A - Dile! Thanks Kim and Scott :O) Quick cuts.
Embellies: Ribbon - Bikubben, pussy cat sticker - Accessorize, eyelets - Memory Keepers
Chipboard Star sticker - Sassafras.



Wishing everyone a lovley weekend :O)

My Boys and I are going to the park and to feed some ducks at a local pond today as my husband gets the day off to go and oggle VW cars at a show!

A trip to the beautiful seaside village Son is on the cards for sunday, visiting family, so not much of a crafty weekend ahead, shame cos I can't wait to try out some of my new stamps I got for my birthday this week, but looking forward to it none the less! :O)

Thanks so much to all of you lovley people who are kind enough to leave me comments I really do love reading them :O)

Hugs Nina xx

hÄnglar and stÄngler kort GDT- Totally Gorjuss

Having recovered from the Champagne and Prawn party I attended last night, I now get round to posting this card and
Yeehaaa! I have been thinking about and wanting to try out a different kind of folding card for AGES and have finally gotten round to doing something about it!!
What do you think? I found the card was quite heavy so it kept on sliding out at the bottom, so I glued in a peice of paper joining the front and back together that folds neatly away when the card is closed. Is there anyone that has any tips of doing that another way? I can't be the first on to have problems with it sliding open??

This card is made as Guest Designer for the Totally Gorjuss Challenge 43 - Aqua shades.
We are sponsered by Lili of the valley this week!! Such Sweet Stamps so its def. worth having a go! 'Yougottabeinittowinit' Lol
Aqua is one of my fav. colours so I have been looking forward to this theme for a while! Only a shame I can't win that fabby prize :o(
And without further a do... my card...

I am entering it into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations Wednesdays challenge #73 - Pop- up card.

Secret Crafter Saturday challenge #96 - What are little girls made of.

Sweet Stampin Saturday challenge #39 - Use your favourite stamp or image.

Angies great Blog candy contest - Easel card Brown and red - hope this passes muster...

Recipe:

Inks: Archival ink- Coffee (yes please) Distressed edges with Distress Ink pad - Broken China, Painted with Distress Ink Reinkers - Broken China, Weathered Wood, Pumice Stone, Brushed Corduroy, Tea Dye, Walnut Stain, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, Rusty Hinge, Bundled Sage.
Stamps: hÄnglar and stÄngler stamp (takk til oh søte Hannemor.) Scroll stamp- Penny Black, Rub-on text - Basic Gray.
Papers: Melissa Frances - Suzanne, MME "thats my boy", White and teal bazzil, Watercolour paper 200g.
Tools and Equipment: Boarder punch Martha Stewart, Spellbinders ( takk for låne av disse Wenche du er en knupp) BossKut - Leaf flourish.
Embellies: Flowers -Scrapbooking Moments, Ribbon from - Bikubben, Brads from Mona the Brad-Queen (Lol) Takk Snuppa du reddet meg der!

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekends be it in the garden like me or hmm doing something else Lol.

Hugs Nina xx

Tilda Friend card - GDT Totally Gorjuss

Helloooo I'm down here... :OD

Our challenge this week at Totally Gorjuss is a great Sketch sponsered by the lovley

Joanna Sheen The lucky winner will recieve a £10 gift voucher to spend in her shop!

Its been a day in the garden for my family and I, picnic lunch and all.

Hubby cut the overlong grass on our massive lawn ( must make more flowerbeds...) whilst I did a bit of raking and my boys played in the left over rain water from yesterday in a great big muddy puddle at the end of our driveway! They had a ball, and where covered in mud, grass and sand before the day was over! They got a quick wipe down before we went in for spag.bol. for dinner, then they were both orange! The plan of course was bath before bed but the munchkins were so tired out we would have had troubles keeping them awake to do it!

What the heck i'll just have to change their bed clothes and they can have a bath in the morning!

Enough spraff from me and on to my card...

The lovley Tilda stamp and Cuttlebug I borrowed from the very tallented Wenche, so if you havn't seen her work pop over to her blog and be wowed :O)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake challenge - Distress

Cute card Thursday - Whatever

Crafty card makers - Spotlight challenges - Punches

Recipe:

Inks: Versafine - onyx Black, Colourbox Chalk - purple, Silver and black. Tilda is painted with Distress Inks Reinkers - Aged Mahogany, Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap, Tattered Rose, Bundled Sage, Pumice Stone and Barn Door.

Stamps: Tilda from Magnolia, and text from the paperloft (?)

Papers: MME - Quite contrary, Tilda papercraft paperstack, Maja Design, Light purple and light gray bazzil, white cardstock and 200g watercolour paper.

Tools and equipment: Bosskut - leaf flourish, spellbinders - Labels one, Circle small and Petite Ovals. MS punch. Gelly Roll pens - silver and white. 3D foam pads.

Embellies: Flowers from Storyteller, half pearls and silver rhinestones from kaiser.

The stamps says translated into English: 'A friend like you is the best a person can have'.

I have made such a mess in my wee hobby room this week! I am going to have to spend the rest of the evening tidying it up before I am able to embark on my next crafty project!!

I hope everyone is (if there is anyone still reading that is!) is having as nice a weekend as I :O)

Hugs Nina xx

Wedding Card Order - GDT

I am a bit late in getting this card out here, I am a Guest Gorjussette for Totally Gorjuss and the challenge that closes this evening is the theme - Congratulations!

Its been an mad week here, all go. We have been away camping as a family for the first time, the trip went to Sweden. The weather was mixed and my two wee boys LOVED it :o).
We celebrated my youngest sons 2nd birthday whilst away and are having his party with family this weekend. My Eldest son ( 3ys) really enjoyed the holiday but misunderstood when morning was ( I don't call 3 am ish when the sun rises morning!!) So we have something to work on before we go camping again! Lol. Luckly when they first fell asleep they slept like logs cos it wasn't the quietest campsite I've been to, it was the opposite!

Back to the point! The card was ordered for a wedding (..no, you don't say!) it was to have a vintage style and be able to hold a rather aqward shaped gift card.
Without further a do, here is a rash of photographs...

Recipe

Inks: Archival Ink - Coffee, Distressed with ink pad - Vintage Photo, floral stamp tinted with reinkers - vintage photo, Victorian velvet.

Stamps: Scrolling along - Penny Black, Text - Minnehjørne

Image: By Gudrun Loennecken for Minne Hjørne.

Papers: By Paper Design - Hjerter (Hearts) Vanilla and dark brown Bazzil.

Tools/equipment: Spellbinders - Classic circle small, Labels four, Distress crackle paint - Clear rock candy. Martha Stewart rose leaf punch.

Embellies: Lace and rings - Minne Hjørne, Swirls - Say it in Pearls, Flowers - storyteller, Prima, stick pins - JBS #18.

The text stamp inside says "sammen er et godt sted å være" - In English: Together is a good place to be".

By the cute and girly - July challenge - warm summer days.

Ooh baby baby GDT Totally Gorjuss # 41

Hello friends,
Here is a card I made as Guest Gorjussette for this weeks challenge #41 over at Totally Gorjuss the theme is Baby baby and I used Baby Millie for this project, such a cute image don't you think? Designed by Rachelle Anne Millen for Sugar Nellie.

Recipe

Size: 15 x 15cm.

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee, Distressed with Ink pad - Vintage Photo, painted with Reinkers - Barn door, Brushed corduroy, Frayed burlap, Weathered wood, Tea dye, Tattered rose, Black soot,

Stamp: Baby Millie, Text stamp - Kreativ Hobby

Paper: My Minds Eye - Be Loved collection, Mat stack Brights, Vanilla bazzil, Watercolour paper 200g

Tools: Spellbinders - Classic squares small, sewing machine Eyelet tool from We Are Memory Keepers.

Embellies: Paper flowers from Storyteller, Vintage buttons, Distress stickles - Scattered straw, ribbon from Bikuben.

I am entering it into:

Skisseboden - challenge #5 - Layout.

Paper Play Challenges - week 40 - Anything goes.

DDCC # 83 - Anything goes.

Simon Says - We are all going dotty ( Hard to see? the back ground papers have faint yellow polkadots )

Thats all for now folks :O)
Hugs Nina xx

Totally Gorjuss challenge - guest designer.

Hey peeps,
Damn its been hot today! I spent it on the beach and in the garden with my boys, couldn't have been better :O)

Below are 2 cards I made for the Totally Gorjuss challenge 38 as Guest designer.
The theme this week is Water Water.

If anyone wonders about what papers,stamp etc I have used then please just ask by leaving a comment. I'm a bit worn out after the days activities in the sun, and I am set for an early start in the morning so i's off to kippsville soon.

The second card I am aslo entering for Trykkpressa Juli utfordring, fun photo challenge, hvor jeg lot meg selv bli inspirert av alle de herlige fargene :O)

Wishing everyone a great weekend where ever you are :O)

Hugs Nina x

Totally Gorjuss Challenge # 18

This challenge is named 'Flower power' Totally Gorjuss

This is my contribution:

I made this card really simple, giving the punched flowers and the stamped motiv of
'sitting gorjuss' all the lime light :O)
The gorjuss gal was stamped then cut out with nestabilities, and framed with Tilda paper.
I used my coloured pencils to colour her and then I slightly distressed the edges (flowers too) with a versacraft pale aqua ink pad. The small blings in the flowers come from Kaiser. Do you liiike?