Inkspirational...

Hi friends!
This card is for Inkspirational challenge blog. I've been following this blog since the challenges started but haven't had chance to participate too often. There's always a monthly rota in the challenges of Inkpirational and I'm determined I'll make a card for all August challenges -so if the Inkspirational DT members visit, watch out, you'll meet me every week for 4 weeks now on! :)

I'm loving this week's Inkspirational color challenge with pink and green -I din't have an exact match but I hope I'm close enough with my colors. I've sponged my inks through and oval stencil and stamped some script through it too. My main image is a beautiful flower from Penny Black, I'm using it first time now. Little gems finish off the card. Hope you like! Thanks for popping by!

Beach Squares

Hi!
Here's a little card I made using a fantastic digi by DigiDarla, I really like the image. My card is sort of CAS since it has nothing else but the colored image and card base... But I'm not at all pleased how it turned out! I cut the image wayyy to close, I should have left a lot more space around it and I should have chosen a bigger card base too, the card looks really tight and cramped now... But since the coloring was quite fine, I decided to blog it anyway. I'd be happy if you would picture some white space around the image... Can you see it?  Looks a lot nicer, right? Thanks for popping by. :)

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
http://paradeyourcrafts.blogspot.fi/ Down by the sea
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.fi/2013/08/challenge-174-all-at-sea.html All at sea
http://withoutwordschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Beach Holiday/ at the seaside
http://happycamperscc.blogspot.co.uk/ Summer
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ Sea/sea shore

Runaway Inspired!

Hi guys,
just a quick post from me! I found a new (new to me that is) challenge blog yesterday, Runaway Inspired Challenges. I immediately loved the inspiration photo (below this text), it reminded me of a designer paper I have. I wanted to make a CAS card though so I had to think a while how to make the busy paper work! In the picture the dress has beautiful movement -that made me add the swirl as detail. That's all from me now, thanks for popping by and see you soon again!

source: style.com

Make Your Mark at Addicted to Stamps and More!

Hi guys!
Here's my DT card for Addicted to Stamps and More -we are having one of our very fun and popular Make Your Mark challenges. Usually at Make Your Mark you'd see me coloring in a stamped image with my beloved Copics but this time I made something different -my "marker" is a white crayon. To create my patterned panel I first stamped the flowers with Stazon to Glossy cardstock. When the stamping had dried I used my crayon to draw highlights to my flowers and then it was time to sponge some Distress Inks -the crayon resists the inks and stays white. I added borders from dotty patterned paper and attached the panel to an embossed card base - a gift from a stamping friend Tuula. This was a quick and easy make!

The design team of ATSM is offering this week's Top Addict a very special prize: our winner gets fantastic two image sheets from Nicecrane:  The Roosevelt Bears 1 and Roosevelt Bears 2. That's 8 amazing digi stamps! So, take out your markers or some other coloring medium, make a project and play along, I can't wait to visit your blogs! You'll find more DT inspiration and all the challenge details in the challenge blog. Happy crafting!

Yummy... Watermelon!

Hi friends!
I tend to think that in August the summer ends here in Finland but usually it's just my summer holiday that ends and the warm days still continue -that's the situation now at least. :) I've created a summery card using paper scraps and a free digi from Jackie Rockwell, you'll find it here in a set of other fruit stamps. The idea how to attach the twine through card spine comes from Kristina Werner's Youtube video here. In addition to that I was inspired by two things: beautiful inspiration photo at Curtain Call Challenge and the layout that Amy used in her cards here. Amy is one of the most talented card makers using Copics that I've seen in blogland -I hope you'll visit her blog and check out the fun cards she makes. I'm always inspired by her Copic color combos! This card is also for  3rd Anniversary Case Study blog hop 1 -it would be fun to do all the three hops but I think I won't make it! I already visited the blogs on the 1st hop list, it was a very inspirational journey. That's it from me now, I hope you liked my card and see you soon again!

I'd also like to enter:
http://cisforchallenge.blogspot.fi/ Fresh and bright
http://eurekastamps.blogspot.fi/ Clean and simple
http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.fi/ Cleand and simple

Sketch Challenge at House of Cards!

New month, my friends... That means we change our source of inspiration at House of cards! For the whole month of August we take inspiration from the sketch you see above... And make different styles of cards every week! We start with fun & cute cards and I tried to choose an extra cute digi for this week... I think she (or he?) does the job pretty well! My card is quite simple: coloring is done with Copics, there's a die-cut frame and some funky paper, little banners as embellishments and a doodled border. For more fun and cute inspiration, head on over to the challenge blog. If you haven't played in HOC before, the house rules are
here. Happy crafting!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
http://onecrazystampercom.blogspot.fi/ Birthdays
http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/cmccopicchallengegroup Pretty Pinks
http://cardcrafterscircle.blogspot.fi Dotty for Spots
http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.fi/ Anything Goes
http://skdigis.blogspot.fi/search/label/FANtastic%20Linking%20Party Anything Goes with SK digis

DT Call + New Release at Sami Stamps!

Hi all!
I have some exciting and fun news.. Sami Stamps is looking for 2-3 new design team members! Would you like to join me, Anat and Nelly in this fun team? You are required to make 2-3 cards every month with Sami's images. We also have a month-long challenge. To join in the DT Call you have to enter our "Anything Goes with Sami Stamps image" challenge that has just gone live -if you don't yet own Sami's images, no problems, there's a freebie provided. Click here for the challenge!

My card above has one of the newest Sami Stamps images as focal point -I love my girl's outfit (the hat and pants are paper pieced) and those birds are just adorable, aren't they? The tweet tweet- texts are hand stamped. All the papers are from my scraps box -it never gets empty... Nelly and Anat made beautiful cards with the new images too, do head on over to Sami Stamps to see their projects! That's it from me now -I really hope to see you all entering the DT call challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
http://eurekastamps.blogspot.fi/2013/07/eureka-stamps-weekly-challenge-50.html Anything Goes
http://www.tammyscrapincorner.com/2013/07/challenge-73-for-tammy-scrappin-corner.html Use a digi
http://fashionistachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Things with wings
http://www.platypuscreekdigitals.blogspot.fi/ Things with wings
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.fi/ Anything goes
http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.fi/ Things with wings
http://www.abcchallenges.blogspot.fi/ Use up your scraps (all papers are from the scraps box!)
http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Show your coloring skills
http://craftinboutiquechallenges.blogspot.fi/ Anything Goes
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.fi/ Anything Goes