Handmade Paper Hugs

  Hi friends! Shring more Christmas cards from last year for the Danish Operation write home. I used one of my favorite sets for Christmas - My favorite things Happy pawlidays along with Simon Says Stamp Christmas background, Simple and Basic dies, Altenew inks and Copic coloring. As you can see I added a bit of glossy accents to highlight the baubles and eyes. These pups are just too adorable. Don't you agree? Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it! Let me know in the comments which is your favorite. Stay safe, and happy crafting! Tina

  Hey everyone! Hope you're all well. Today I'm shaing a cute Krista Leigh SMith fairy, that I colored in fall colors. I kept it really simple and added a bit of "pixie dust" by dotting my markers. I cut it with a Simple and Basic frame and popped it up on a piece of patterned paper. I think it's from an old Reverse Confetti pad. Sentiment is from My Favorite Things. E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 G99, G94, G24, G43, G40 W7, W5, W3, W1 R89, R85, R83, R81 RV95, RV93, RV91 Thanks so much for stopping by. Tina

  I know Christmas is long over, but I still have Christmas cards to share. Hope you don't mind. So I couldn't send off Christmas cards for the Danish operation write home without using my favorite set - My favorite things Secret santa. I kept them really simple, and honestly my starting point was using just one marker for everything colored. But then I changed my mind and I did use a little more. I used pinks for the girl cards and reds for the boys cards. The Simple and Basic Julekram (Christmas hug) die is died with Distress ink smooshing.  And the matte? Totally cheating there and added a thin line with a Copic marker. Thanks for stopping by! Let me know in the comments what your favorite Christmas stamp set/die is. Stay safe, and happy crafting! Tina

Hi guys! Today I'm sharing a custom made anniversary card. Here in Denmark we celebrate big at 12½ years. Copper anniversary we call it. So you see why there had to be copper on this one. I white heat embossed the Simon Says Stamp Heart to Heart background stamp, spritzed with water and added Nuvo shimmer powder. The pink one. So gorgeous! Don't play with these often enough! I love the different shades from very suttle to very bright, and the SHIMMER! Doesn't show here too well, you'll have to take my word for it. The happy couple (Creative expressions/Sue Wilson) was cut from some Tonic white shimmering cardstock (that I've had for ages). I thought it would give it just a bit of uuumpf! The edges of the base and that Danmore hobby 12½ circle on vellum was heat embossed using WOW! Copper sparkle. Both sentiment and banner die are from Simple and Basic, heat embossed using Altenew Golden peach embossing powder. Thanks for stopping by! Stay safe, and happy crafting! T...

  Hey everyone! Today I'm sharing a custom made birthday card for a friend of the family. Meaning my Mom asked me to make it for someone I've known most of my life. So I wanted it to be special. The recipient is a joker, it's always fun to be around her. My Mom asked me to include that  - she plays golf  - has a wiener (dachshund)  - has worked for SAS (the airline) for a lifetime and  - "plumeria, the flag of Thailand or something else Thai" since she's married to a Thai (a prince none th eless) and travels there a lot. Oh, and by the way, if you think the tag looks familiar that's because the tag was in my post for AAA Birthday card for september, which is still running, so check that out HERE . So these happy ladies are from the Art Impressions Girlfriends series, the Laughing set. I love them! And it was absolutely perfect for this card! I totally picture my Mom and her friend like this rolling over with laughter. I can almost hear them, lol! The wiene...

  Hey everyone! Today we're kicking off the September challenge at AAA Birthday and this months theme is - Not a card! I may have gone a bit overboard here, but I have had these dies for a loooong time and never used them. What's up with that, lol! So now was the time. I'm delighted to say most of the dies and stamps are from Danish brands. Dies and stamps used: Simple and Basic SBD008 wine bottle tag Simple and Basic SBD028 wine bottle tag add-on Simple and Basic SBD012 double tag Simple and Basic SBD055 Pocket tag builder Simple and Basic SBD055 Pocket tag builder add-on Simple and Basic SBD015 Tillykke Simple and Basic SBD005 Pierced Fishtail tags Gitte's eget design Glade hilsner Gitte's eget design Fantasy flower My favorite things Good time to wine My favorite things Party like a pirate The first set are wine bottle tags, and to one of them I used the pocket tag builder to add a pocket. It's meant to fit a gift card but you can also add a tiny note or sim...

  Hi all! I made a couple more CAS cards using the adorable Beary special birthday bears from My favorite things. I really like this look.  As always I colored with Copics. The main sentiment was cut with a Simple and Basic die. Thanks for stopping by! Stay safe, and happy crafting! Tina The cards are entered into: https://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - birthday https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-summertime-blues/ https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/ https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

  Hi everyone! I'm just in time to join this weeks challenge at MFT. I've used the Flamazing stamp set and coordinating dies. I die cut first in order to place legs and beaks correctly. When I bought this set I loved all the layers and possibilities in it, but I've learned I'm not a stamping guru. I simply much prefer coloring than fidling with stamps and matching inks etc. I must try to color them instead. By the way, I used mainly Altenew inks. So once I got started I wanted to make sure I would benefit from correct placement and cut and stamped a huge bunch while I was at it. Thus this set of 12 Flamazing flamingo cards. The background was masked off and ink blended with Tumbled glass, Mermaid lagoon, Squeezed lemonade and Worn lipstick Distress oxide inks, and then cut with a stitched wonky rectangle die. From there it was simply up to placement and gluing the pieces down. Then I added a sentiments. They are from the set and stamped on a flag from the Simple and Bas...

  Hi friends! Sharing a couple more cards featuring digital stamps from the Alex Syberia July release. I just applied reaaly simple coloring to these, because in thruth the designs speak for themselves. This is the Pretty butterfly, find it here .  I added some gems to this one, just to spice it up. The sentiment is from Birch Press Design You are awesome. This is Night Garden . Isn't it gorgoeus? Again I went for really simple coloring. The Tillykke (congrats) die is from Simple and Basic. I cut it from black cardstock, added glossy accents and lots of Lawn Fawn chunky glitter. I hope you like these, and I strongly recommend you check out the new cut files from Alex Syberia Design as well - here . They are all gorgoues! Sadly, I don't have a machine for cutting. But now I definately need one! Thanks for stopping by! Stay safe, and happy crafting! Tina The cards are entered into: https://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/ - inspired by words ...

  Hello everyone! I'm back to share a couple of cards that I made for the current color challenge at MFT. This is the palette: So I actually shared another card for this challenge on Instagram the other day - check it out here . When I posted it to MFT facebook I was inspired by this card by Ruchi's Crafeteria. And since lately I'm always coloring multiple images I thought I'd use her idea for my background as well. Thanks for the inspiration, Ruchi! Products used: My favorite things Beary special birthday My favorite things Celebrate with cake Tim Holtz Peacock feathers Oxide ink Simple and Basic Pierced tag Copic markers: E77, E74, E71 + RV11 BV04, BV17, BV11, BV02, BV01 BG49, BG15, BG23, G00 By the way, can you tell I used the balloon tutorial from the supernaturally talented Alberto Gava? Hope you're feeling inspired! Thanks for stopping by! Stay safe and happy crafting! Cards are entered into: https://www.mftstamps.com/blogs/news/cc166 https://www.simonsayssta...