Mamma'n til Øyvind!

Jeg fikk en forespørsel fra en god venn om jeg kunne lage et kort til hans mammas 80 års dag, og gjett om jeg sa ja! Det er ingenting jeg synes er koseligere enn å lage kort på bestilling, og det blir spesielt når det er en mann som spør for det hender ikke så ofte.
Jeg fikk frie tøyler, det var bare 80 og mamma som skulle med og her er resultatet:

Jeg koste meg skikkelig med fargelegging av dette herlige Lily of the Valley motivet og Distress re-inkers. Jeg har ikke blitt helt fortrolig med markerne enda, liker fortsatt best re-inkere og stains til fargelegging av motiver. De herlige papirene er fra Glitz, klokken er Fx-design, blomstene Prima og dies fra Sizzix, Magnolia, Spellbinders og Tim Holtz. Seam binding båndet er fargelagt med Distress stains.

Innsiden er laget til å matche utsiden, også her med Spellbinders dies.

I got a request from a good friend to make a birthday card for his mom, and I imediately said yes! He gave me freedom to do whatever I wanted, just include that she turned 80 and mom. Papers are Glitz, flowers are Prima and the stamp is Lily of the Valley, colored with Distress re-inkers.  Dies from Sizzix, Spellbinders, Magnolia and Tim Holtz. The tag says "The worlds best mom" and the stamp on the side is the first sentence of the Norwegian happy birthday song.

Takk for at du tittet innom!/Thank you for stopping by!

Klem/Hugs Celia

40 yrs of marriage!

My friends parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and I made a card for the occation. Inspired by the ever so talented Yasmin, you can find her blog here, and the wonderful Fleur, her blog is here, I made this card. I love the way Fleur uses the Marianne design English roses, so I had to borrow some inspiration there.

One of the things I'm really happy with here is the coloring. I feel that I'm starting to get a hang of my Copics and I love the colors I used.

I made an easel card and used the lovely papers from Maja Design and xxx. Cardstock is TH Adirondack. The motiv is from Lily of the Valley and as I said, colored with Copics. The dies for the flowers and leaves is Marianne design, the swirl die is my all time favorite Doohickey from Magnolia. I used some cheesecloth behind the motiv and cut out the numbers on the Cricut with the "Plantin Schoolbook" cartridge. The label inside is made with a new Cuttlebug die cut-and-emboss set.

The text inside translates: "We don't find happiness, we create it."

Well, I might have found me a new favorite Doohickey; this set of labels that i use for my signature stamp are just adorable and so versatile.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday - You choose

Craft Your Passion - Double up with pink

My time to craft - Punches & dies 

Top Tip Tuesday - Layer it

Totally Papercraft - Layer upon layer

 

 

Takk for at du tittet innom!/Thank you for stopping by!

Klem/Hugs Celia

Suitcase full of gratitude.

I've talked about this amazing girl before, my sweet sweet niece, and this time it was her "confirmation" day. She is such a mature and loving person and not at all like any other 15 year old I know, and she decided that the gifts was not a good enough reason to have a confirmation, (and here in Norway, that's pretty much the only reason people do it - I know that was my reason once upon a time...)
So the family decided that a better reason to throw a party is hard to find. She gave it up for all the right reasons and because of that she deserved it even more.
She was also the toastmaster at our wedding 1 month ago and we wanted to give her something as a thank you from us. 
We got her a gift certificate and I made a suitcase to put it in, a hard challenge, but really fun too.

I found the totorial for this amazing little gem in the last issue of the Magnolia Ink Magazine. I've used cardstock from Biltema and design papers from Papirdesign. The motif on the outside is Lily of the Valley, colored with Copics. Inside is a mini Magnolia, also colored with Copics. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and Prima. The dies used are Spellbinders. Embellishments are from Kort og Godt, Tim Holtz and Scrappiness. Bling swirl is Prima and butterfly punch is EKSuccess.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Stamptactular Sunday Challenge - Just sayin'

Simon Says Stamp - Dies to die for

Die Cut Dreams - Flower Power

Fab 'n 'funky - It's a hard theme

My time to craft - 'L' is for ; Lily of the valley, lock, "leather", leaves

OLLCB - Punches/dies

One stitch at a time - Punch it

One stop Craft - Girlie

Takk for at du tittet innom!/Thank you for stopping!

Klem/Hugs Celia! 

Edit 29.09.2011: 

This project was selected Top 3 in The One Stop Craft challenge, with the theme; Girlie, and I'm proud to post their banner here!

 

 

Sweet 18!

LONG TIME NO SEE!

A summer filled with getting married in Spain in May, getting a little puppy in July and a big wedding party in August sure makes time fly, but now I'm back!!

My husbands daughter turned 18 this summer and we decided to chose one image each. I picked the one on the front of the card, and he picked the one inside... :-D
I think the card turned out beautiful and personal.

Here I've used cardstock from Bazill and design papers from Bo Bunnys Gabrielle Collection. All the edges are distressed with Walnut Stain. The gorgous stamp on the outside is from Whiff of Joy and the one inside is Lily of the Valley, both colored with Copics. The butterfly punch is from Martha Stewart, flower punch EKSuccess, banner die Tim Holtz and the other dies Spellbinders. Fabric flowers from Prima, pins from Søstrene Grene, numbers are Tim Holtz grungeboard, colored with gesso and ink. Tim Holtz ticket, brads from Nille and Scrappiness. The watch face charm is from The Girls Paperie and I got it on eBay.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Hanna and Friends - Lily of the Valley
My time to craft - Here come the Girls
Papertake Weekly - Dies to DIE for
Totally Gorjuss - As you like it
Tuesday Throwdown - Dimension & Texture

Takk for at du tittet innom/Thank you for stopping by!

Klem/Hugs Celia

 

Two in one day...

Så glad over endelig å få vært kreativ igjen, etter nesten to ukers med smerter etter å ha fjernet mandlene -AU AU AU AU AU !!! Nå kan jeg endelig spise, puste, svelge, gape og gjespe igjen og har dermed overskudd til kreativitet! Hurra!

Så var det det andre kortet til gode, snille mamma. Dette var fra både oss og min bror, svigerinne og deres barn - og kjær kvinne har mange navn...
Jeg fant ideen til dette kortet i en annonse til Marianne Design på Crafts U Love, og har scrapliftet uhemmet og tøylesløst. Jeg syns resultatet ble herlig! :)

Jeg har brukt Bazill cardstock og fra Marianne Design kommer designpapir og dies. Bladpunch fra Martha Stewart, snøre fra The Ribbon Girl og det herlig stempelet er fra Lily of the Valley og er fargelagt med Copics. Kanter er svertet med Distress Walnut Stain. Bokstavene er punchet ut med bokstavpunch fra Claes Ohlsson.

So happy to finnally be creative again after almost two weeks of intence pain from having my toncilles removed - AOUCH! Now I can eat, breathe, swallow, yawn and open my moth again, and therefore have the energy to create again. Yey!


Here's the second card to my sweet wonderful mom. This one was from us, my brother and his wife and their kids.
I found the idea for this card in an ad for Marianne Design at Crafts U Love and I've scraplifted shamelessly! I think the result is great! :) 


I've used Bazill cardstock and both the patterned paper and the dies are from Marianne Design. The leaf punch is Martha Stewart, the thread is from The Ribbon Girl and the wonderful stamp is from Lily of the Valley and is colored with Copics. Alle the edges are distressed with Walnut Stain. The letters from a letterpunch from Claes Ohlsson.

 

  
I'm entering this card in the following challenge:

Craft your Passion - Two by two

Takk for at du tittet innom / Thank you for stopping by !

Klem / Hugs Celia