Deep Ocean Mail

Here is another colourful envelope with a fun ocean theme. It's nice to get mail, especially in bright, watercoloured envelopes! This letter is for a person with young children, and I hope it will be a fun surprise when they look in the mailbox.

















First I cut a sheet of thin watercolour paper and made scorelines with an envelope board. Then I wrote the address on the envelope with a waterproof pen.
I stamped the different motives in Distress Ink and coloured them with Inktense pencils and Zig Clean Color markers.
I used a stencil to paint the waves.












Stamps: Courteous Cuties - Paper Smooches

Stencil: Waves - Simon Says Stamp


I have submitted this piece to the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Bit O' Green
Seven Hills Crafts Challenge: March - Tic Tac Toe (animals, watercolour, bold shades)
Word Art Wednesday: Challenge #274-275 - Anything Goes


Have a nice day!
Lillian :)

Vegan Mail

I like to decorate the envelopes when I send cards in the mail, here is another watercolour envelope. These Tropical Fruit stamps from Darkroom Door are perfect for a fun and cheerful letter with a bit of a summery feel to it which I am sure will be a nice surprise for my brother when he finds it in his mail box.




















I used a sheet of thin watercolour paper, scored using an envelope board, rounded the corners and wrote the address with a waterproof Micron pen. The fruit was stamped with Distress Ink. In the end I added details with a paintbrush and more Distress Ink.

I put the envelope inside a plastic pocket to protect it in the mail.


Stamps: Tropical Fruit - Darkroom Door


I've submitted this piece to the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Make Your Own Background
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #232 - Make Your Mark


Have a nice day!
Lillian :)

Save the Origami Animals

Here is a card which is somewhat different from the one layer cards I usually make.

The Darkroom Door World Map stamp is one of my absolute favourites. I got this idea of placing origami or geometric animals around on the map as a "save the environment" theme, which is a very important topic that we should all consider more often.












First I stamped the map on watercolour paper.
The animal stamps were a little too big, so I drew smaller versions of them with a black fine liner on patterned paper and cut them out.




















I coloured the map with Distress Ink,  wrote the text on black cardstock with a white ballpoint pen and put all the tiny pieces into my Xyron sticker maker, which made them easy to adhere to the card.

















Stamps: World Map - Darkroom Door, Ori Kami - Altenew, Origami Happy Holidays - Hero Arts

Paper: True Blue Houndstooth - My Favorite Things


I have submitted this card to the following challenges:
Stamping Sensations: March - Close to Nature
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Make Your Own Background
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: For a Special Lady/Girl
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb: Utfordring #155 - Lag barnekort
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #232 - Make Your Mark
7 Kids Challenge Blog: Challenge #6 - Anything Goes


Have a nice day!
Lillian :)

Grønne blader

Her er et bursdagskort som jeg laget først og fremst som svar på Kort o Manias utfordring, monokromatisk.
Jeg ville lage et elegant og stilig kort, ensfarget og forholdsvis enkelt.















Jeg begynte med å stemple bladene med Versamark og embosset med gullpulver på Arches akvarellpapir. Så malte jeg kortet med Gansai Tambi akvarellfarger, som er mer kremete i konsistensen.














Jeg ville ha en tekst som ikke tok for mye plass eller oppmerksomhet fra resten av kortet, men som samtidig vises tydelig. Denne dien fra Papirdesign er enkel og pen, og skyggen gjør at den ikke forsvinner i bakgrunnen. Teksten er festet til kortet med foam tape.

















Stempel: Fallen Leaves - Darkroom Door

Die: Gratulerer - Papirdesign


Jeg har sendt kortet til følgende utfordringer:
Kort o Mania: Utfordring #171 - Monokromatisk
Stamping Sensations: March - Close to Nature
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Make Your Own Background
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: For a Special Lady/ Girl
Seven Hills Crafts: March - Tic Tac Toe Challenge (watercolour, big words/letters, pastel shades)
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday: February 2017 - Green
Double D Challenges: March - Think Spring
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #232 - Make Your Mark
7 Kids Challenge Blog: Challenge #6 - Anything Goes


Ha en fin dag!
Lillian :)

Birthday Cat

This birthday card is a combination of two different styles, the vintage flowers from Tim Holtz and the funky art style cat from MFT.

Birthday cards are so much fun to make! This one is bright and colourful, and would also be suitable for a child.















I stamped all the images in Versafine, embossed them and masked them off before I coloured the background with Distress Ink. Then I coloured the images with Zig Clean Color markers.


Then I die cut the sentiment "congratulations" from glitter cardstock. The text is attached to the card with foam tape.











Stamps: Flower Garden - Tim Holtz, Purr-fect Friends - My Favorite Things

Die: Gratulerer - Papirdesign


I have submitted this card to the following challenges:
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb: Utfordring #155 - Lag barnekort
Sweet Stampers Challenge: #4 - Add a Sentiment
Stamping Sensations: March - Close to Nature




Happy birthday!
Lillian :)

Easter Animals

It's almost time for Easter! I wanted to make a cute card with a touch of Spring to it. The card is one-layer only, nothing is glued onto the card, except the sentiment.

I like using my stamps in original ways. This card was made with Christmas stamps, the Easter egg is actually a Christmas ornament turned upside-down. The fox and the bunny came from another Christmas stamp set, and the chick is a bird from the W Plus 9 Party Animal set.

The background is a photo stamp from Darkroom Door, a scene from Central Park in New York.






First I masked off the egg and animals before I stamped the background and coloured it with Distress Ink.
















Then I stamped the egg in dye ink and the critters in black Versafine and embossed with clear powder.


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












Stamps: Winter Time Fun - Hero Arts, Ornaments - Simon Says Stamp, Party Animal - W Plus 9, Central Park - Darkroom Door, text stamp from Kaboks


I've submitted this card to the following challenges:
Stamping Sensations: March - Close to Nature
CAS-ual Fridays: CFC168 - One Layer Wonder
Hjerteboden: Mars - Påske
Sweet Stampers Challenge: #4 - Add a Sentiment
Kaboks: Utfordring #11 - Påske
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #251 - Anything Goes
Inkspirational Challenges: 129 - Word Prompt "Connect"
Creative With Stamps: Challenge #12 - Easter
Double D Challenges: March - Think Spring


Happy Easter!
Lillian :)

Art Journal Parrots

I recently discovered Darkroom Door stamps. Their style is a bit different from most of the other stamps I own. I went a little bit crazy and ordered a whole bunch of them in one go. The images are lovely! Quite artistic and lifelike. I decided to do an art journal page in bold colours with the parrots as the main motif. The map is also a really cool image, so I wanted to include that as well.

This journal page is all one layer only, nothing is glued onto the paper.










First I glued a sheet of thin watercolour paper into my Moleskine Sketchbook with Mod Podge. inked up the stamp with Distress Ink and stamped. I used a paintbrush and put some more colour on the parrots.
















Then I let them dry and masked them off before I embossed the cherry flowers around the edge. I masked these as well and stamped the background map. Then I coloured everything with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers, Finetec gold and Distress Ink. The sentiment and flying birds were stamped in Versafine and embossed.










Stamps: Map - Darkroom Door, Love Birds - Darkroom Door, Always Cherry Blossoms - The Ton


I have submitted this piece to the following challenges:
7 Kids Challenge: #5 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
Kreative Scrapping: Utfordring #2 - Glede
Sweet Stampers Challenge: #4 - Add a Sentiment
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday: February 2017
Stamping Sensations: February - Animal Magic


Have a nice day!
Lillian