Handmade Paper Hugs

  Hello everyone! I'm up on the Poppystamps blog today with a Nuvo colorburst watercolored roses and butterflies card. Please hop on over for all the details. Don't you just love to watch the colors move 😍 And a closeup of the shimmery galaxy like flowers.  Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting! Tina

Hello everyone! I'm up on the Poppystamps blog today with a challenge reminder. Since we recently lost our old boy I just had to use this Whittle dog with that sentiment. How true is that?! I've paired them with the Hearts trio die and some alcohol ink for a cas card - who knew I could do that? Lol! Have you joined in the challenge? It's an easy one - Anything goes! It can be any project and you just need to use one Poppystamps stamp or die to enter. You could win a $20 gift certificate, so get your creative hat on and add your project here ! Thank you for stopping by, and happy crafting!

Hello and welcome! Today we are starting a new challenge over on the AAA Birthday challenge blog. It's the blog's 4th challenge and since we celebrated girls last month, the theme for game #4 is "For the boys" and you can find it here:  Game #4 For the boys So today i am sharing this cool interactive dinosaur card with you! Grab a large cuppa, 'cause this has lots of details! To create the background I made a couple of stencils from Post-It's. I find this the easiest and if the stick isn't enough I add Tombow Mono Multi glue and let it dry until it's sticky. First I used the large My favorite things Grassy egdes die. I meassured out where the slider panel should be, and then placed the top of the cut paper to mask off the top of the panel. I used Twisted citron and Moved lawn Distress inks for the grass. I also cut a piece of cardstock with the smaller grass die and colored it with the same inks. Keep in mind - this piece must be ta...

Hello, Summer means ice cream, right?! Well actually, that goes all year round for us. The only real "weird" pregnancy perk I had was an undeniable craving for ice cream. In my defence, my daughter was born in August and it was one of the warmest summers in Denmark to date (sadly we broke the record again last year). Needless to say, I searched for ways to cool down and ice cream helped. The funny thing is, this craving or addiction for ice cream - it wasn't mine, it was my daughter's. And it still is. She it's her fair share of ice cream 😋 I guess this is emboss resist. However, I prefer to make the background first and then emboss. So I ink smooshed a panel using Distress oxides in Twisted citron, Squeezed lemonade, Dried marigold, Abandoned coral and Festive berries. I will say, if I was going to do this again I would leave out the festive berries, bevause it's very vibrant and overpowering. But I still like how this came out. I the...