Birthday card for my sister

Yesterday it was my sisters birthday, and since we could not go and celebrate her, the least I could do, was send her a card. Only thing is, that she didn't receive it on time, since the only get mail delivered once a week, so she will not get it until Monday.

Materials used:

Scrap and Me - Blossom Blue collection

Lemoncraft - cut out leaves

White cardstock

A handmade foamiran flower

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

NHH Design die for the white leaves

Spellbinders dies - the tags

Stamp - unknown brand

Memento ink - Summer Sky

Halfpearls from my stash

Mint and peach birthday card

 Back in July I made this card for a friend of mine, since it was her birthday.

Materials used:

Mintay - Celebrations 6x6 paper pad

Lemoncraft- Yesterday collection
Marianne Design - banner die
Tattered Lace - Congratulations die
China die - Leaves
Flower from WOC
Straws, half pearls and yarn from my stash

Spring birthday card for my Godmother

May 4th it is my Godmothers birthday, so today I made this spring inspired card for her:

Materials used:

Lemoncraft papers:

Melody A4 paper pad, Leaves paper pad, Violet Silence Basic and Everyday Spring

White cardstock

Dies:

Marianne Design – banner

China die – branches

Spellbinders – biggest circle

Card Making Magic – smallest circle

Flowers from WOC, on the daisies I replaced the centers with gold stamens

Embroidery thread and buttons from my stash

Lindys Stamp Gang – Golden Sleigh Bells

A punch from my stash to cut round corners

Stickles – Golden Rod

A good bye card for a dear colleague

Back in November my company decided to let some people go, so we had to say good bye to a very sweet colleague. We gave her a farewell present and I made this card for her:

Materials used:

Lemoncraft - House of roses collection & Gossamer Blue collection + butterflies

Anemone chipboard

China dies

Flowers - WOC and my stash

Dusty green card stock

Ribbon

Ranger Liquid Pearls - Ballerina

It's been a long time...

...since my last blogpost. The reason for this is, that back in November we had a water damage, and it did absolutely nothing good for my creative mojo. The repairs are still going on, but at least they are almost done now, tomorrow the last thing will be done in our shower and the last floor put down in our hallway. This means that on Thursday for the first time in 3 months we will be able to shower indoor again. AND we can finally get rid of the toilet/shower wagon that has been standing in our driveway for 3 months. It has not been a fun experience and I would never have guessed that it would take so long, but the floors had to dry for a very long time, before anything else could get done. But now we can finally see an end to it, and my creative mojo has started to come back. I did however make a few things during the last few months, and here is a birthday card I made for a colleague:

Materials used:

Lemoncraft papers - Yesterday collection

Kraft/recycled paper, white and dusty pink card stock

Anemone chipboard

China dies

Lace and lace flowers from China

Dusty pink buttons

Birthday card for Anja

My friend Anja recently celebrated her birthday, so still inspired by Lemoncrafts moodboard from my previously post I made her this card:

Materials used:

Lemoncraft papers – Heart Painted Basics + Just Love Me collections

Laserowe Love chipboard

Flowers from China, WOC and homemade

Spellbinders die – Foliage Flourish

China die  (white rose)

Halfpearls from my stash

With this card I participate in Scrap from your heart's 35th challenge - Anything goes - which you can read more about HERE.

Birthday card for Kirstine

My friend Kirstine's birthday is coming up, and for this card I was inspired by Lemoncrafts July challenge, which you can read more about HERE:

The card I made:

Materials used:

Lemoncraft papers - "Just love me" and "Everyday Spring" collections

Green and white cardstock

Marianne Design dies - Banner (COL1398) and Branch (LR0256)

China dies - Roses and leaves

Anemone chipboard

Distress Ink - Bundled Sage

Lace, half pearls, sticker from my stash

With this card I participate in Lemoncrafts July challenge, and also in Scrap from your heart's 35th challenge, which you can read more about HERE.

Exploding box wedding card

And here is the second vedding card which I made as an exploding box. This one was for the present from his department:

The lid

The outside

Materials used:

ScrapAndMe – Pink Blossom collection

Light green, cream and pink cardstock

Anemone chipboard – wedding rings

Laserowe chipboard – Heart and the couple

Lemoncraft – butterfly on the lid

Flowers – foamiran and WOC

Sue Wilson die – Happily ever after

Marianne Design – Banner COL1398

China die – heart

Lace, pearl ribbon and ribbon from stash

Gold embossing powder

Purple wedding card and box

My colleague Kris got married May 11th, and I made 2 cards for the wedding. Today I will show you the first one, which went with the present from the company, employee association and a collection we had for him:

The box for the card

The card 

Materials used:

Lemoncraft – Violet Silence collection + butterflies

Anemone chipboard

China dies

Feathers, lace, pearl ribbon from my stash

Flowers – WOC

Bike card

One of my colleagues, who's also a spinning instructor on one of our teams, has unfortunately decided to quit, since she got a new job. The people from her Tuesday class (me among others) decided to get her a farewell basket with some goodies, and I made a card for her as well. This is probably the closest I get to make CAS cards, since I usually decorate them more. Here is the card:

I have used grey, pink and white cardstock plus paper from Lemoncrafts "Daydream" collection. I think the picture is from Google, the squares are cut with Matting basics 6x6 from Spellbinders, the frame is a die from China, and the bike is from DixiCraft. The card is decorated with grey and pink halfpearls.

Confirmation card for Katrine

For this card I used papers from Lemoncrafts "Heart painted" 6x6 collection, plus brown and white cardstock. I used dies from Joy Craft (letters), Spellbinders D-Lites (cross) and Tattered Lace (border). The stamps are from DixiCraft. The image is from Pinterest, soccer ball from Google, flowers from WOC, lace from China and my stash and halfpearls are also from my stash. Here's the card:

With this card I'm participating in Scrap from your heart's challenge no. 21 "Confirmation". You can read more about their challenge HERE.

Confirmation card for Mathilde

For this card I have used papers from Lemoncrafts "Violet Silence" 6x6 collection, white and purple cardstock. I have used dies from Nellie Snellen (Konfirmation), Studio Light (doily), Dixicraft (letters) and Marianne Design (banner). I used stamps from DixiCraft (text on banner) and Søstrene Grene ("like" stamped on the background paper) and used "Lulu Lavender" from Memento Ink. I also used a spray from Lindys Stamp Gangs Flat Fabio series (Frenchy's pink pouf) for coloring the cheesecloth. Flowers are from WOC and China, frame is from China, cheesecloth, halfpearls and cross are from my stash. And here's the card:

With this card I'm participating in Scrap from your heart's challenge no. 21 "Konfirmation". You can read more about the challenge HERE.

Confirmation card for Cecilie

Since the confirmations are over now, I guess it is time to blog about the cards I made. For this card I used papers from Lemoncrafts "Daydream" and "Just love me" collections. For the cross I used white craft foam and Spellbinders D-Lites Crosses 4. The letters are made with Dixi Craft dies and Konfirmation is a Nellie Snellen die. The lace is from China, roses are from WOC, the image with the horse is from Google, halfpearls and tuille are from my stash. Here is the card:

With this card I participate in Scrap from your heart's challenge no. 21: Confirmation, which can be found HERE.

Card for Sofie

A few weeks ago our media graphics trainee went to her final exam and when she came back to work we had bought a big bottle of Asti and some chocolate for her, and I made this card to go with the presents:

For this card I used papers from Lemoncrafts "Gossamer Blue" collection and some blue cardstock, and I disrespect all the edges. I have used tulle, lace from China and Lemoncraft, flowers from China and WOC, the little frame is also from China and the halfpearls are from my stash. The two tags was die cut using dies from Nellie Snellen and are tied together with some ribbon I had in my stash.

Birthday card for Sofie

Another colleague, Sofie, also had a birthday back in November, so I made a card for her as well.

For this card I used paper from Lemoncrafts "Gossamer Blue" 12x12 and 6x6 collection plus som blue card stock. I used dies from Spellbinders "Matting Basics" 6x6 and "Elegant Ovals", and the banner is a die from Marianne Design. The white and brown flowers are from WOC and the blue roses are from China. Halfpearls and sticker is from my stash.

Lemoncrafts new collection "Violet Silence"

Lemoncraft has just released their amazing new collection "Violet Silence".

As the name hints and as you can see, this collection contains a lot of gorgeous purple colors. I definitely have to get my hands on this collection, and I already know which picture I'll be scrapping first with these beautiful purple papers. The collection can be bought at the Lemoncraft webshop.

Star-folded Christmas card

I have seen the star-folded Christmas card several times on blogs and Pinterest, but this is the first time, I have tried to make it myself. I gave it a try because Lemoncraft has a Let's Scrap Together challenge, which you can read more about HERE, and I thought it could be fun to try to make this kind of card. So here it is:

I have no idea which brand the paper is since I have thrown out the front piece. But all the patterned paper is from the same paper pad. For the stars I used a Marianne Design die (CR1226), the pine branches are made with a punch, the stocking is fussy cut from a DixiCraft topper. The snowflakes, which I bought at the local grocery store, are painted with white gesso and after they dried I painted them with some white acrylic paint and immediately afterwards I sprinkled them with some snow glitter. The ribbon is from my stash. All the edges on the star are inked with Distress Ink - Vintage Photo.

Pram card for a christening

A colleague of mine resently got her second grandchild, and for her first grandchild I made a pram card (which I haven't shown here yet), and so she asked if I could do that again. She would like the card to be in green, since the little girl is red haired.

For this pram I used papers from Lemoncrafts 'Everyday Spring' collection and white cardstock, and for the pillow and blanket I used paper from a Joy Crafts 8x4 paper pad called ' Baby bloc'. I have used dies from Nellie Snellen, Presscut, Joy Crafts and Tattered Lace. I decorated the pram with lace, halfpearls and 2 splits from my stash. The little blanket is closed with half a velcro dot, and in there, you can write a little greeting.

Grey and pink wedding card

Another colleague was getting married, and I was asked to make the wedding card. This time it was up to me which colors to use, so I went for pink and grey, inspired by the colors in Lemoncrafts September challenge.

For this card I used papers from Lemoncrafts Heart Painted and Just Love Me collections. I have only used dies from Sue Wilson this time, flowers are from WOC, fat silk ribbon, cheesecloth, halfpearls and lace is from my stash. Around the edges I have made some fake stitching.

Lemoncrafts summer challenge - Christmas in July

This challenge was a bit tricky for me since I don't have any of the Christmas collections from Lemoncraft (yet), so I went through all the Lemoncraft papers I have, and realised that it was possibly to use some of the paper from the Gossamer Blue collection. And there is actually also a sheet from the Heart Painted collection that could also be used, since it has the sheet music for Little Jack Frost. But this time I went for the Gossamer Blue.

The light blue wood pattern is from the 12x12 collection and the other is from the 6x6 paper pad. I used some white cardstock to create the little hills and for the trees, which are cut out with Sue Wilson Christmas Trees dies. The squares are cut out with Spellbinders Matting basics 6x6. For the tag I used a Nellie Snellen die, some snowflake dies from Impression Obsession and the wording is a Tattered Lace die. I used some Frosted lace Stickles for the trees and the hills and decorated with some halfpearls from my stash. Finally I drew with a very fine brown pen around the Happy Christmas wording to make it stand out a little more.

This was the first Christmas card this year, I better get started on making some more, since Christmas will be here before we know it.

You can read more about Lemoncrafts summer challenge HERE.