Holiday Penguin

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First I'd like to give a big, warm hug to all of my visitors! So glad to have you stopping by, thanks a bunch!

Today I made a card with one of my favorite stamps, Holiday Penguin by Whipper Snapper Designs, he's just too cute!

When I was making this card I got to thinking; where would our card making hobby be without all the wonderful cutting devices that are available to us? On this card I used five different ones, QuicKutz leaves, Martha Stewart snowflake, Nellie Snellen flower, Cuttlebug border and Nestabilites label (cutting out the image), including my Fiskars paper cutter, it makes six.

When I look back at the cards I made in the beginning of my "card making career" - I like to think I have developed my skills, and of course I have, but without all these nice tools, my cards would have been pretty plain and dull, I think...

Have a wonderful Sunday now!

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PS!
For all you Elisabeth Bell lovers, there will be a new release
of fabulous fresh images
at the SCACD store this upcoming week!


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TIOT on a Friday!

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TIOT (Try It Out Tuesday) on a Friday! We were to make a card using the fab sketch provided by Suzanne, fun to do!
I used the cute Skater from the Victoria Case for SCACD - Winter Wonderland Collection, colored with Prismacolor pencils and cut out with Nestabilities dies. The sentiment is by Whipper Snapper Designs, and the swirl stamp is by Stempelglede.

On the company blog Follow Your Heart you can see all the wonderful cards by the rest of the DT ladies!

This is my second post for today - yes, I know, it's not 'normal' procedure for me! ☺
Please scroll down a bit to see my DT card for the Friday Sketchers blog.

Enjoy a wonderful weekend everyone!

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If you look closely on my card, you can see that I have played with my newest 'toys', floral punches with embossing 'punches' from Nellie Snellen. It's so much fun to see how the flowers turn out using these, it depends on the paper if they show a good embossing or not.

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Friday Sketchers #77

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Friday, lovely Friday - with a new fun challenge at the Friday Sketchers blog, this week it's Jacqueline's wonderful sketch we have played with!
I've used this cute bear by Card Craft-UK, colored with Prismacolor pencils. Sentiment is by Purple Onion Designs.
I put glitter on the snowflake, it sparkles like crazy in all the colors of the rainbow, but that's hard to capture in a photo...

I hope you'll take a look at the wonderful cards made by my DT sisters over at the Friday Sketchers blog, and that you'll find inspiration to make a card and take part in the challenge, there's a great prize to win sponsored by Digital Delights.

Thank you all for stopping by, I'm so happy to have you visiting my blog!

See ya'!

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I'd like to send a hug and a thanks to my good friend Marit who made several snowflakes for me with her electronic cutting machine. I wouldn't have been able to finish my card the way I wanted without a helping friend!

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Published!

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I made this card for the Norwegian rubber stamping magazine Ett trykk, and it got published in the October issue!

I used the wonderful image called Autumn from the Hearts and Hugs Collection Series #2 by Victoria Case for SCACD. Colored with Distress Ink and cut with Nestabilities dies. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

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Friday Sketchers # 76

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This is my first time as a host and sketch designer at the Friday Sketchers blog!
On my card today I used a stamp by The Greeting Farm, Megan, she's my favorite TGF image! I think she is suitable both for a light and a darker skin tone, and her hairdo is fantabulous! =0)
The circle tag is by Catslife Press, and the sentiment is by Whipper Snapper Designs.

I hope you'll take a look at the wonderful cards made by my DT sisters over at the Friday Sketchers blog, and that you'll find inspiration to make a card and take part in the challenge, there's a great prize to win sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs.

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Here's the sketch I made:

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Winner of my blog candy!

So nice to get so many to join my small blog candy!
Thanks for playing girls!

Time to tell who won...

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The Winner is: # 115 Ameis

CONGRATULATIONS!

Please contact me to let me know your address, so I can send the stamps to you!
(My e-mail addy is in the sidebar) --->

TIOT # 41

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Tuesday is here with a new challenge for the SCACD DT! Today we were to use metal on our cards.
Today I chose the wonderful Santa and Friends stamp from the Victoria Case for SCACD - Winter Wonderland Collection, colored it with Prismacolor pencils, cut him out with Nestabilities dies. Found this velvet ribbon and golden buckle in my stash, and I think it suited the card very well. ☺ Pluss there are 7 brads and 3 metal snowflakes on my card, think I did pretty OK on the challenge...

On the company blog Follow Your Heart you can see all the wonderful cards by the rest of the DT ladies!

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Blog Candy ~ SCACD & hÄnglar! CLOSED!

Blog candies are fun, so I thought I would do one more!
This time you can be the lucky winner of two cute girls. Cocoa Puff by SCACD and Hiphoptjej by hÄnglar & stÄnglar.

All you have to do is to leave your blog link with Mr. Linky below. If you do not have a blog, write a comment to tell me, and I'll add your name to Mr. Linky.
I will pick a winner on October 29th 10 PM CET, (using Random.org) so you have 5 days to get on the list!

THIS IS NOW CLOSED
Thanks for joining!

THIS IS NOW CLOSED
Thanks for joining!

Friday Sketchers #75

Finally that wonderful day of the week again! And a new wonderful sketch to play with at the Friday Sketchers blog! Today it's our fabulous Claudia that has made the sketch for us.

I used the cute HG - Snuggle from The Greeting Farm on my card, colored with Prismacolor pencils.

I hope you'll take a look at the wonderful cards made by my DT sisters over at the Friday Sketchers blog, and that you'll find inspiration to make a card and take part in the challenge, there's a nice prize to win.

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Ya' all have a wonderful weekend now!

Lockhart Blog Hop with Prizes to Win!

Now the blog hop contest is over,
and I can show my card without the 'hidden' hearts...

Today we are having a new fun blog hop at the SCACD's DT blogs!

We have all made cards/projects with stamps from the fabulous
Christmas collection by the Lockhart Stamp Company,
you can find them here at SCACD.
If you came hoppin' over to my blog from Carolyn's, then you
are right on track.
If you came here 'by accident' you might want to start at the beginning
of the hop,and that is at Suzanne's blog.


On this blog hop you can win nice prizes, they are two signed stamps by
Karen Lockhart, gold Inspiration Paint, vintage x-mas Flower Soft
and white Sparkle Fluff and a $15 gift certificate at SCACD!
In order to win the prize, you have to take a good look at all the projects
in this blog hop,count all the hidden hearts and leave a comment at
the store blog Follow Your Heart.
The contest runs thru Saturday night at 11 pm  EST.
One winner with the correct answer on how many hearts were 'hidden'
will be announced on Sunday on the store blog.

On my card I've used the wonderful stamp called Trumpet Angel. 
The sentiment is a Susanament from
the Special Edition Ornament Collection by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD.

Your next stop at this blog hop is fabulous Susan!
Thanks for stopping by!





The complete blog hop list:

-Suzanne
-Dianne
-Jennifer
-Lorelie
-Anki
-Carolyn
-Me
-Susan
-Danni
-Follow Your Heart blog

TIOT # 40 ~ Table Time

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The Try It Out Tuesday challenge for the SCACD's DT today is Table Time, to make something for the holiday table. I made a place setting card and a bottle tag.
I used two of the totally wonderful images from the Winter Wonderland Collection by Victoria Case for SCACD. Colored with Prismacolor pencils, and used Nestabilities dies to cut out different parts to create this small set.

On the company blog Follow Your Heart you can see all the wonderful creations by the rest of the DT ladies!

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On the bottle tag I've used the cute image called Kringlet.

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On the place setting card I used fabulous Cocoa Puff, I cut her off from her fence.

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SCACD release and Friday Sketchers # 74

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Today is the release day of a fabulous new stamp collection at SCACD; Winter Wonderland Collection by Victoria Case!

I was so lucky that I had both a wonderful sketch and stamp to use today! Over at the Friday Sketchers blog we have a great sketch this week made by our talented Carole.
I hope you'll take a look at the wonderful cards made by my DT sisters over at the Friday Sketchers blog, and that you'll find inspiration to make a card and take part in the challenge, there's a nice prize to win, sponsored by Quixotic Paperie.

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Now, back to the wonderful Winter Wonderland stamps! On my card today I used the oh-so-cute stamp called Snow Fun, colored with my Prismacolor pencils. I stamped snowflakes on the light blue matting, the beautiful snowflake stamps are part of the full set of the new stamps, they will not be available as single stamps. The sentiment is a Susanament from The Special Edition Ornament Collection by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD.

All my fabulous DT sisters at SCACD will have new cards to show you today featuring these fabulous stamps. Check them out, you'll find links to their blogs in my sidebar.

These fabulous stamps are now available at the SCACD store, you do not want to miss them!

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Winter Wonderland Release Blog Hop

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I've been sooo looking forward to this release, now you all can get to see these fabulous stamps!
I just LOVE them, Victoria Case is one of my favorite stamp designers, and this time she's outdone herself!

Today we have a fun blog hop on the SCACD's DT blogs! We have made projects this time, not cards, so perhaps you'll get some nice ideas on what to make before the holidays. The starter point of our blog hop is at wonderful Susan's blog.

I'm a card maker, and when I am to do other kinds of paper crafting, I really don't come up with any genius ideas, so here's another version of a gift bag... Again I was inspired by my friend Elin, she's the best at making gift bags!

I've used the super cute BFF'S image (Best Friends Forever) from the Victoria Case for SCACD - Winter Wonderland Collection on my bag, colored with Prismacolor pencils. Cut her out with Nestabilities dies, and I think the Nestabilities Label 9 made a perfect handle to the bag! I've used the Poinsettia die by Boss Kut to make the flowers.

The Winter Wonderland stamps will be available in the shop tomorrow, Friday 16th, so get ready to shop, these stamps will be perfect for your holiday and winter cards!

Thanks for stopping by my blog,
your next stop in this blog hop is the fabulous Jennifer.


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The back of the bag:

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The complete blog hop list:


* Susan
* Danni
* Suzanne
* Lorelie
* Me
* Jennifer
* Anki
* Dianne
* Carolyn
* Follow Your Heart blog

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Blog Candy and sneak peeks at SCACD!

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New Release on Friday 16th!
Victoria Case has designed Winter Wonderland stamps for SCACD,
they are wonderful and too cute!

Today there's a new yummy blog candy up at the Follow Your Heart blog.
You can win one sheet of the New Release Stamps by Victoria Case for SCACD and 6x6 pads of BasicGrey's Eerie and Indian Summer.

To take part, there's a simple question for you to answer in your comment over at the Follow Your Heart blog, you have until Thursday night. (Comments made here on my blog will NOT count!)

On Thursday 15th you will get to see all the new stamps on the DT blogs, as we do a fun blog hop, so be sure to come visit us all!

9 to 5

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Finally I found some time to play with one of these wonderful gals designed by Victoria Case for SCACD! This image is called 9 to 5 and is one of four lovely ladies in the Every Day Gals Collection.
I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils, and cut her out with a Nestabilities die.

Some great fun news! If you, like me, love the designs of Victoria Case - you have something to look forward to! On Friday 17th there's a new release at SCACD of the cutest winter stamps you have ever seen! There will be candy and sneak peeks at the store blog Follow Your Heart on Tuesday, and you will get to see all the fabulous images later in the week on the DT blogs!

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Friday Sketchers # 73

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A new fun sketch challenge at the Friday Sketchers blog, this week we've played with a wonderful sketch by our fabulous Beatrix.
I think the new stamps from The Special Edition Ornament Collection by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD is perfect for this sketch. I colored with my Prismacolor pencils as usual, and was happy to find yet another chance to use my Morocco lace punch, love it! The sentiment is by Whipper Snapper Designs.

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I hope you'll take a look at the wonderful cards made by my DT sisters over at the Friday Sketchers blog, and that you'll find inspiration to make a card and take part in the challenge, there's a nice prize to win, sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!

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TIOT # 39 ~ Forever Friends

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First, sorry for being so late getting my card up on the blog today, I tried to finish it yesterday, but my hand is still in pain, so I had to put it aside last night and then finish it today...

Well, for today's Try It Out Tuesday at the SCACD's DT we were to use the new Elisabeth Bell for SCACD "The Special Edition Ornament Collection" stamps in a way that showcases their versatility. Fun challenge! I used two of the stamps, 3 French Hens and 2 Turtle Doves. (Yes, like in the carol!)
I colored them with my Prismacolor pencils and cut them out, left out one chicken and the doves, and put the cute girls together for a Friendship card. The sentiment is a Susanament from the the Hearts and Hugs collection.

On the company blog Follow Your Heart you can see all the wonderful cards by the rest of the DT ladies!

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Other supplies I've used: Prima flowers, Kaisercraft pearls, Morocco lace punch by EK Success, Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug embossing folder, QuicKutz leaves, June Bug paper pad by BasicGrey.

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World CardMaking Day!

This weekend you can take part in a fun challenge over at
the SCACD company blog Follow Your Heart!
It's a combined one, a sketch and a color challenge!
Very nice prizes for the winners! Go check it out!

Sketch # 72 at Friday Sketchers

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My talented DT sister Tanja made this wonderful sketch for the 72nd challenge at the Friday Sketchers blog.
I'm so sorry that I haven't been able to make a card this week, because of my injured hand...
I really love this sketch, I'll have to use it for a card later on, when I can start making cards again.

I hope you'll take a look at the wonderful cards over at the Friday Sketchers blog, and that you'll find inspiration to make a card and take part in the challenge, there's a nice prize to win sponsored by dreams2stamp!

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