Party Animal

Hi friends!
I made a cute little card for some challenges... Less Is More wants you to choose an old challenge and I chose week 12, Off Centre. I quite like Off Centre CAS cards and really enjoyed looking through the old collection at Less Is More. CASology calls for party cards and that puppy is certainly partying -he has a glittery hat and all! :) Finally, Some Odd Girl Challenge asks for self made background -mine is very CAS but it's however hand stamped! :)

I had a lot of fun coloring this cutie from Some Odd Girl with warm grey copics -I added some extra shading with a black Inktense pencil too. I wanted to have a bit more color to the card so I stamped arrows from Chevron and Arrows by STAMPlorations, I'm very happy to be part of the STAMPlorations DT and STAMPlorations is actually sponsoring CASology this week, yay! Our DT Call is still running for a couple of days so if you haven't entered yet but would want to, click here for details!

Thanks for popping by!

One More Card Influenced by the Orient

Hi friends!
One could mistake me for being Japanese after all the Asian influenced cards in my blog this week but no, I'm still Finnish! :) I saw Vicki using this background in one of her latest cards and I had to give it a go -you'll find the tutorial here. I think this is such a cool way to use stamp sets -so often the smaller stamps are neglected but in this technique you can easily show off all the stamps in the set of your choice. I've used Distress Inks in my sponging and the actual stamping is done with Emerald Green Adirondack Ink. I added blue as my accent color because the card was starting to be a bit overly green! :) Thanks for popping by!

I'd like to enter:
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Free and Easy -Anything Goes

Trees and Mountains

Hello friends!
I've been enjoying the Holidays and just being home with hubby, relaxing and crafting! This is a card I ended up giving to my husband because he liked it a lot -he said it reminds him of woods somewhere in Asia where the leafy trees are surrounded by mountains... I think I accidentally created a scene from the land of the rising sun! :) I hope you have all had wonderful times during Holidays and you have been able to craft and chill out. We all need it!

I created the scene by stamping with Tree Silhouette Stamps by STAMPlorations and using die cuts from Crimson Clouds as masks, I've received the die cuts as a prize from a card making challenge already a while ago. My card is highly influence by Heather Telford who I think is the queen of creating beautiful sponged and stamped scenes. If you don't know her blog, do check it out, her cards are very artistic and inspiring.

I masked the mountains, the "snowy trees" and the sun first and after that was all sponged, I stamped my trees using only one green ink but "many generations" of inking. This is my first attempt on creating a scene like this and I loved making it -the version that made it to the card is maybe my 4th or 5th attempt, I learned a lot on the way. I sponged with Distress Inks and stamped with Memento. I'd love to get some feedback on how to make a scene like this even more realistic -I think the size of the sun is a bit out of proportion and the sponged snowy trees furthest away are also a bit too big -but I thought they could be interpreted as very sharp mountain tops as well. :)

I'd like to enter:
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.fi/ Free and Easy - Anything Goes

I hope you liked my scenic card! Thanks for popping by!

From Christmas to Oriental Spring!

Hi guys!
After all the Christmas cards I took a leap and jumped right into spring and colors of the sun! The fun sketch at Retro Sketches inspired me on how to use this beautiful stamp from Pink Cat Studios. Isn't she beautiful? I colored her with Copics and added golden Stickles for her outfit -you can see the glittery effect quite well in the close-up photo. I have new blending card called "Make It Colour" and it was a dream to work with, I can't wait to color in again!

Happy Holidays, everyone! I'm enjoying the freedom after the very busy time I've had for last two months and have now been crafting a lot. There's some X mas cards that I haven't posted yet too so those will be up some day soon. Now I was just too eager to show this lovely Geisha to you... :)

Have a very Merry Christmas!

I'd like to enter:
http://retrosketches.blogspot.co.uk/ Sketch
http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.fi/ Anything Goes with Glitter

Winners of my Christmas Challenges!

Hello dear blogging friends,

Christmas is here and that means it's time to announce the winners of my Christmas Card Challenges! There was a fantastic amount of entries: 116 entries in total! So, let's see who are the two lucky crafters that will receive It's All About You stamp sets by STAMPlorations! Mr Random.Org selected the winners and they are

#15 Asha

and

#9 Karen P

Congratulations ladies! Please contact me at korttikarkuri @ gmail. com  (without the spaces) with your address information.

Now it's time to wish very Merry Christmas to all of you! Thank you for the fun card making company this year. Let's continue to have crafty fun 2014!

Anything Goes at Inkspirational Challenges!

Hi friends!
Christmas is getting closer and closer... Many of us are lucky to have some free time during the Holidays and in the end of December -a perfect opportunity to craft something you love for the currant Anything Goes Challenge at Inkspirational Challenges! In making of my DT card I followed a tutorial by Shery, one of the coolest crafters in blogland! Click here for her tutorial for mixed media. I've used Trendy Feathers by STAMPlorations, tiny scripture stamp by Prima + Asian influenced stamps from a Pink Cat Studio set. I decoupaged a doily I had stained with mists but the other embellies are attached "normally" -when decoupaging my doily I remembered why I don't use that medium too much -so messy! :) The color of the doily is more muted in real life than in the photo -it's maybe the shine of the mists and decoupage medium that makes it look all yellow in the photo :) However, I quite like the look of this card and I want to try this kind of backgrounds in CAS cards too. Do check out Shery's tutorial for the instructions on how to make this kind of background!

I hope you'll now head on over to the Inkspirational challenge blog to see all the beautiful DT makes. You'll find all the challenge details there too. I'll look forward to visiting your blogs. Happy crafting!

New Release at Sami Stamps!

Hi guys!
The wonderful Sami is having the last release for 2013 at Sami Stamps. As you see, the release is SO cute, I bet you can't resist those owls! I had super fun making this card -first coloring the image and then stamping some snowflakes to embellish the card. I added a ribbon and some gems too -I must say I quite like how this turned out!

Unfortunately, this will be my last DT make for Sami Stamps -at least for now. I've really enjoyed working with Sami's images and I've learned a lot about both working with digis and about coloring. I want to thank Sami for the opportunity to be in her DT and also wish her and the DT girls a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the future! I know I'll be having an eye on Sami Stamps blog so this is not a goodbye. Thanks for popping by and have a lovely weekend preparing for the Holidays!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.fi/ Anything Goes
http://alwaysplayingwithpaper.blogspot.fi/2013/12/merry-monday-88-use-animal-on-your.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+AlwaysPlayingWithPaper+(Always+Playing+with+Paper) Use an animal on Christmas card
http://www.sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.fi/ Create your own background