Grand Christmas Bows

The Grand Bows from The Ton are a super fun stamp set I got a long time ago, having a birthday card in mind. Then we went on a holiday for three weeks, so I forgot about them and never got around to trying them out until now. I came to think of these stamps again when I saw this challenge inspiration picture at the Heart Desires blog.



















One uses whatever one has got, as we say in Scandinavia. I didn't have ink to match the exact colours in the inspiration picture, but after lots of experimenting I found some that were close enough. I don't own that many ink pads, so I used Color Box pigment ink, MFT dye ink and Distress Ink.

The bows were stamped on white cardstock from Neenah.


















Glitter cardstock from DCWV makes a nice frame for the cards.
The cards are made from Simon Says Stamp cardstock.

Stamps: Grand Bows - The Ton, German text stamp from Gummiapan


I've submitted these cards to the following challenges:
The Heart Desires: Challenge #7
Sweet Stampers: Challenge #2 - Anything Goes
Kort o Mania: Utfordring #165 - La det glitre og blinke
Cards und More: Challenge No. 7 - Anything Goes with Sparkle


Have a nice day!
Lillian :)

One More Nativity Card

Here's another nativity themed card.

I thought the nativity scene would look nice as a Christmas ornament, besides the earth and a fitting sentiment.














The round ornaments were made with a home made stencil, I drew around a tape roll and cut out a circle from masking paper.

I stamped, embossed and painted the ornaments.

The long branch above was made by stamping a small branch several times over.

The ornaments behind were stamped using masking paper and cut out with a scalpel, to make the glitter cardstock show through.








Stamps: Silent Night - Echo Park, Ornaments - Simon Says Stamp, Happy Holly Days - Hero Arts, Atlas - Altenew


I've submitted this card to the following challenges:
Papirplanten: Utfordring #12 - Jul
Kreativ Scrapping: Utfordring #12 - Jul 
Sweet Stampers Challenge #2: Anything Goes


Have a nice day!
Lillian :)

Glitter Town Border

I was inspired by the Cas-ual Fridays challenge called Glitter and Snowflakes when I made this Christmas card.

I used this lovely glitter cardstock I purchased recently, which makes a nice contrast to the white snow and the blue sky. The little houses are really cute!

The card was fairly painless to make, as it mostly consists of die cut parts glued together with tape. It's the kind of card one can easily make plenty of in one go.






I started by stamping the snowflakes on watercolour paper and embossing them with white powder. Then I blended Distress Ink over the piece.

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink and embossed with silver powder.

I die cut the houses from red glitter, white and steel grey cardstock, then removed the white houses and adhered the red piece behind the white one.

The front piece was adhered to the card with foam tape to add a little dimension.







In the end I cut out roofs for the houses from steel gray card stock and adhered them with liquid glue.


Stamps: Sky Full of Snowflakes - Memory Box, Julestjerne - Papirdesign

Dies: Little Town Border - Lawn Fawn


I have submitted this card to the following challenges:
Cas-ual Fridays: Challenge 162 - Glitter and Snowflakes
Kort o Mania: Utfordring 165 - La det glitre og blinke
Simon Says Stamp: Work it Wednesday November 2016 - Use Dies
Kreativ Scrapping: Utfordring #12 - Jul
Kaboks: Utfordring #08 - Snøkrystaller
SugarPea Designs: Mix It Up Challenge 26
Cards und More: Challenge No. 7 - Anything Goes with Sparkle


Have a nice day!
Lillian :)

Nativity Card

I really like the nativity theme for Christmas cards. They are different from the funny Santa Claus style cards, more serious and traditional, in a way.

There are so many lovely nativity cards around. I recently bought two border dies and decided to use them both in one card. I used mostly foiled cardstock, to make a shiny card. For this reason it turned out to be quite tricky to show the card properly in a photo.

The different layers were die cut and put together with liquid glue. The silver scene was adhered with foam tape, to create dimension. It was a bit fiddly to put tiny pieces of foam tape behind the details of the scene, but the result looks better for it.

I removed the baby Jesus part from the background piece, as the one in front plays the main part.

Finally I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and heat embossed with silver powder. Then I cut the sentiment part into a fishtail and adhered it to the card with foam tape.
















Dies: Starburst Cover - Mama Elephant, Nativityscape - Sugarpea Designs, Nativity Border Die - Taylored Expressions, Stitched Rectangles - Simon Says Stamp

The German text stamp is from Gummiapan.


I've submitted the card to the following challenges:
Sweet Stampers Challenge #1 - Weihnachten / Christmas
Bastel Traum: Herausforderung "47 - Weihnachten / Christmas
Papirplaneten: Utfordring #12 - Jul
Sugarpea Designs: Mix It Up Challenge 26
Kort o Mania: Utfordring 163 - La det glitre og blinke
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 455 - Stars and/ or Sparkles


Have a nice day!
Lillian :)

Julesauer

Sauer er ålreite dyr, heter det. De er veldig koselige. Selv er jeg oppvokst på gård, vi hadde mange sauer da jeg var liten.

Sauer er kanskje ikke typiske juledyr, i Norge pleier de å holde seg innendørs hele vinteren. Uansett, disse to har tykk og varm ull, så de fryser nok ikke selv om det snør.

De passer også perfekt til et julekort i blått, hvitt og sølv, en kombinasjon som egner seg godt til mer elegante kort.











Jeg begynte med å stemple sauene i lyst blekk på akvarellpapir og maskere dem. Treet er stemplet med Distress Ink.

Snøen på treet og snøkrystallene er embosset med hvitt pulver.

Sauene er malt med Zig Clean Color Real Brush, himmelen er farget med Distress Ink.










Jeg kom nylig over noen smale juletekster fra Papirdesign. De passer perfekt når man vil ha en tekst som ikke stjeler for mye fokus fra motivet.

Teksten er embosset med hvitt pulver og festet med foam tape. Perlene er også fra Papirdesign.


Stempler: Ewe Are the Best - My Favorite Things, Color Layering Christmas Tree - Hero Arts, Sky Full of Snowflakes - Memory Box, Juleord - Papirdesign

Dies: Stitched Rectangles - Simon Says Stamp

Papir: Kraft-Core Metal Collection - Tim Holtz


Jeg har sendt kortet til følgende utfordringer:
Hjerteboden: Utfordring for november og desember - Jul
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Christmas Critters
Papirplaneten: Utfordring #11 - Blått, hvitt og sølv
Kreativ Scrapping: Utfordring #11 - Jul
Bastel Traum: Herausforderung #47 - Weihnachten/ Christmas
Sweet Stampers Challenge #1: Weihnachten/ Christmas
Kort o Mania: Utfordring #163 - Alt er lov
Scrap From Your Heart: Utfordring #3 - Jul / Christmas
Simon Says Stamp: National Christmas Card Day


Ha en fin dag!
Lillian :)

Julenostalgi

Her er et julekort jeg laget først og fremst for et par skandinaviske utfordringer som dreier seg om henholdsvis metall og fargekombinasjonen blått, hvitt og sølv. Det er en stilig kombinasjon som passer ypperlig til mer elegante kort.

Dette er et velkjent klassisk motiv, silhuetten av julenissen i en slede som trekkes over himmelen av reinsdyr.

Kortet er stort, forsiden måler 6,5x6,5 tommer, ca. 16,5x16,5 cm. Nesten alle materialene er fra Tim Holtz.














Jeg begynte med å stemple skogen og julenissen i Versamark og embosset dem med sølvpulver.















Bakgrunnen er farget med Distress Ink og svamp.
Alle stensilene er hjemmelagede, de er klippet ut av pappemballasje.

Jeg brukte en papplate med revet kant for å lage detaljene i månen.

Egentlig hadde jeg tenkt å ha en norsk tekst, men de jeg hadde var så store og ville tatt for mye plass på kortet. Derfor tok jeg teksten "believe", tro på julens magi, som passer godt til motivet.

Teksten er festet med foam tape.










Stempler: Christmas Nostalgia - Tim Holtz, Large Tree Line - Tim Holtz, Christmas Delights - Poppystamps

Papir: Tim Holtz Kraft Core Metallic Collection 6x6



Jeg har sendt kortet til følgende utfordringer:

Papirplaneten: Novemberutfordring - Jul - blått, hvitt og sølv
Papirlosjen: Utfordring #11 - Metall
Kaboks: Utfordring #07 - Jul i november
Sweet Stampers Challenge 1: Weihnachten / Christmas
Kreativ Scrapping: Utfordring #11 - Jul
Hjerteboden: Utfordring for november og desember - Jul
Stamping Sensations: November - Christmas Greetings
Penny Black and More: November Challenge - Anything Christmas
Scrap From Your Heart: Utfordring #3 - Jul / Christmas
Simon Says Stamp: National Christmas Card Day

Riktig god helg!
Lillian :)

Det snør, det snør

Nå er vinteren her, i alle fall hvor jeg befinner meg. Det er kommet en god del snø som lyser opp mørke novemberkvelder og lager julestemning.

Her er et kort jeg laget først og fremst for noen skandinaviske utfordringer. Jeg ville lage et kort med snø som tema, og motivet ble denne søte kaninen som snuser på juleposten.

Jeg ville ha røde detaljer på kortet for å skape kontrast til den blå himmelen. Slik ble det også et mer tradisjonelt julekort, en hyggelig julehilsen.














Jeg begynte med å stemple kaninen og postkassen i svart pigmentblekk og embosset med klart embossingpulver. Treet et stemplet med Distress Ink. Snøen er embosset med hvitt pulver.

De ulike figurene ble maskert, og jeg brukte kartong med revet kant for å maskere bakken. Snøen er stemplet med Versamark og embosset med hvitt pulver.











Bakgrunnen er farget med Distress Ink, motivet er malt med Zig Clean Color Real Brush-tusjer.














Teksten er embosset med hvitt pulver og festet til kortet med foam tape. Jeg brukte Nuvo Drops til å lage kulene på treet for å gi kortet mer dimensjon.


Stempler: Winter Time Fun - Hero Arts, Color Layering Christmas Tree - Hero Arts, Snowfall Background - My Favorite Things


Jeg har sendt dette kortet til følgende utfordringer:

Kort o Mania: Utfordring #163 - Det snør, det snør
Kaboks: Utfordring #07 - Jul i november
Hjerteboden: Utfordring for november og desember - Jul
Scrap From Your Heart: Utfordring #3 - Jul/Christmas
Kreativ Scrapping: Utfordring #11 - Jul
Hero Arts: Holiday Cardmaking Challenge
Stamping Sensations: November - Christmas Greetings
Penny Black and More: November Challenge - Anything Christmas
Simon Says Stamp: National Christmas Card Day


Ha en fin vinterdag!
Lillian :)

Vinterdyr / Arctic Animals

This post is going to be in English, as I made this card for a couple of international challenges. I wanted to make a card with a Scandinavian looking winter scene.

Strictly aren't all of these guys animals you could run into here in Scandinavia. Mr. Penguin and the racoon are maybe on a holiday, or they have run away from the local zoo. Anyway, these lovely animals from Hero Arts are perfect for a Scandinavian Christmas scene.

The colour layering trees from Hero Arts have been amongst my favourites since I got my hands on them recently. I wanted to make a background with trees for the Christmas scene, and exchanged the autumn leaves with winter colours.

First I stamped the animals in MFT natural hybrid ink and masked them with masking paper. Then I stamped the trees in Hero Arts dye ink and Distress Ink.

I wanted to make a sky with northern lights, to create an Arctic atmosphere. I used Distress ink and a sponge.
The snow on the tree is embossed with Versamark ink and Hero Arts white embossing powder.
I added a bit of gray colour on the ground for shading.

I must say, making masks for the animals was a bit fiddly, the animals are quite small! For the same reason the details were impossible to see afterwards when I took the masks off, but that's often the problem with no-line colouring. In the end I had to draw the animals, using the stamp sheet pictures as a guide.
The animals are coloured with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.






I thought it would be a fun detail to let the squirrel put the star on the tree. The star is painted with Finetec gold and the ornaments are Nuvo Drops.
The sentiment is embossed with WOW Silver Pearl embossing powder and adhered with foam tape.


Stamps: Winter Time Fun - Hero Arts, Color Layering Christmas Tree - Hero Arts, Fall Trees - Hero Arts


I have sent this card to the following challenges:
Hero Arts Holiday Cardmaking Challenge
Kreativ Scrapping: Utfordring 11: Jul
Kaboks: Utfordring 07 - Jul i november
Stamping Sensations November Challenge: Christmas Greetings
Penny Black and More November Challenge: Anything Christmas
Hjerteboden: Utfordring november og desember - Jul
Papirplaneten, novemberutfordring: Jul - blå, hvit og sølv

Have a nice day!
Lillian :)