Isabellas birthday card

June 5th it was Isabellas 17th birthday, and as usual I made her a card, this time at the very last minute, since I had been pretty busy the week up to her birthday. Because of the Christmas stocking I had made for her, I had to get my sewing machine fixed, and so now that it is working again, I wanted to try to use it for stiching a card. I think it turned out okay, and I might use it again. Here is the result:

Materials used:

Craft-o-clock - Morning Dreams II, 6x6 collection

Grey and white cardstock

Gittes Eget Design - Tillykke die

NHH Design - leaves

Flowers from WOC

Grey soft tulle

Playing with Distress Ink

For this card I was playing with my Distress Inks to see if I could blend them together in a nice way, I think it worked out okay, but I would like to get my hands on some Distress Oxides since it should be easier with them. I think the card turned out okay, so I will try to make in colors suitable for males as well.

Materials used:

White cardstock

Gittes Eget Design dies – Frame and Tillykke

Distress Inks – Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Candied Apple

Halfpearls from my stash

Birthday card for my husbond

Today it is my husbands birthday and so I made him a card. I always find it difficult to make male cards, but he was pretty happy with it, so I guess I didn't do so bad 😀.

Materials used:

Scrap and Me – Something Else collection

Simple and Basic – Frame and letters dies

Gittes Eget Design – Tillykke dies

Kaisercraft – chipboard gears

Brown and white cardstock

Distress Ink – Walnut stain
Metal embellishments from my stash

Birthday card for my Godmother

Today it is my Godmother's birthday and for her card I wanted to try to test some dies in order to see, if I could extend them, so they would fit a slimline card and I think it worked out okay.

Materials used:
Craft Sensations (Soft Sweet Pink collection)
Pink and white cardstock
China dies (leaves and frames)
Gittes Eget design (rectangle with stitches)
Marianne Design die (banner)

Signature dies (butterflies)
Spellbinders hot foil pink
Spellbinders hot plate
Flowers from WOC and my stash
Half pearls from my stash

Birthday card for my daughters boyfriend

Back in January my oldest daughters boyfriend turned 18, so my husbond and I decided he should get a little present and so I made a card to go with it, mainly out of Maja Design scraps:

Materials used:

Maja Design – Denim and Friends collection

Marianne Design – COL1347 (numbers)

Simple and Basic – SBD098

Intricut Dies –Intriciate Doilies (the "frame" for the 18)

Hot foil plates – Spellbinders Everyday Sentiments II

Distress Ink – Tea Dye

Hot foil – Spellbinders Silver GLF-003

Half pearls from my stash

Card with hot foiling

I am still playing around with my hot foil machine, and the last card I made was this one:

On the below picture I was able to catch the green foil better.

Materials used:

Light peach and white cardstock

Spellbinders hot foil plates - frame and leaves

Simple and Basics hot foil plate - Knus

Spellbinders hot foil - gold and green

Flowers - Spellbinders (came with the hot plate frame)

Spellbinders frame

Gittes Eget Design - the 2 square frames

Butterflies - China

Halfpearls from my stash

 

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

Using scrap leftovers for cards

Another colleague quit his job and so we got together and chipped in for a little gift for him, and I made the card. I always find it hard to make masculine cards, so this time I chose to use some scraps from Maja Designs Denim & Friends collection.

Materials used:

Maja Design - Denim & Friends collection +  matching monochrome collection

Kraft and white cardstock

Simple & Basics dies

Gittes Eget Design dies

Crealies Star dies

Memento Paris Dusk

Stamp - unknown brand

A card and a cake for a 90th birthday

A colleague asked if I wanted to make a card and a cake for her mothers 90th birthday party. And so I did.

The cake consisted of:
Hazelnut cake

Raspberry mousse

Coconut mousse

Cream cheese frosting

Homemade fondant

Materials used:

Maja Design - Little Street Café collection

White and green cardstock

Spellbinders Matting Basics 6x6

Sue Wilson - Heraldic Square

Marianne Design - COL1347

China Dies

Flowers from WOC

Halfpearls

Butterfly card

In the fall I purchased a hot foil machine, and when I started to play with it I unfortunately discovered that I needed a new die cutting machine, since the one I had didn't put an even pressure on the plates. So recently I bought a new die cutting machine and since then I have made several cards with hot foil on them. This one I think turned out really pretty.

Materials used:

White cardstock

Rose gold mirror card

Simple and Basics dies

Gittes Eget Design dies

Spellbinders hot plates

Simple and Basics hot plates

Spellbinders Rose Gold hot foil

Spellbinders Prism hot foil

Using your leftover scrap pieces

I have a tendency to save pretty much all of my scrap pieces, because you never know, when they might come in handy. And then about a week ago I saw on Facebook this really cool card made out of leftovers, so I had to try that myself. It is super easy so I made both a birthday card and a Christmas card.

Materials used:

Scrap leftovers and gold cardstock

Simple and Basic dies

Gittes Eget Design dies

Halfpearls

Birthday card for my Godfather

My Godfather turned 86 on February 1st, but due to the pandemic and all of the restrictions we couldn't go visit, but a card is always allowed, so at least he got that. When he was younger he often went fishing on the weekends and sometimes I went with him, and since I had some paper in my stash with fish on it, I thought it was perfect for him. On the picture some of the paper look brown, but in real life it is actually more of an olive green, that was just very hard to capture.

Materials used:

UHK Gallery - Wabi Sabi collection
Distress ink - Faded jeans

Spellbinders Matting Basics 6x6 dies
Gittes Eget Desing - Tillykke Midi & Maxi
Halfpearls from my stash

Birthday card for a friend

A friend of mine just turned 40 so that required a card. I really love to make slimline cards, so that is what I did again.

Materials used:
Scrap And Me - Nice Moments
Chipboard - Laserowe Love
Simple and Basic die - SBD098
By Lene die - BLD1232
China die
Flowers from WOC and China
Hot Foil texts and rose gold foil from Spellbinders
Distress Ink - Victorian velvet
Halfpearls 

Birthday card and survival kit boks for Kim

Back in September my colleague Kim turned 50, but it happened right after we all got sent home to work from our home offices again, so we didn't get a chance to give him his gifts and celebrate him until here in October, where we all had to go to the same company course. To make him feel old - I know, we are such nice colleagues 😁 - I had made him a survival kit box which contained items that will come in handy when you get old. Inspiration to the items I found on Google, and then I found a wooden box at Søstrene Grene to hold all of the things. Of course I couldn't pass up the chance of decorating the box, so I found some papers from UHK Gallery to decorate it with. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures from the side, so you can only see the lid of the box. Here is how it turned out:

Materials used:

UHK Gallery - Weekend collection (Friday Dinner, both sides)

Kraft cardstock

China dies - 50

Dixi Craft dies - alphabeth

I also made a birthday card for him. As always I think it is hard to make cards for men, but I am happy with how it turned out.

Materials used:

Pion Design - Mr. Tom's Treasures

Simple and Basics - Slim card set

Gittes Eget Design - Tillykke, Basis Rektangler & Flag

Marianne Design - numbers (COL1347)

China die - frame around picture

Inspired by a card from Hobbybodens blog

Today I saw a card on Hobbybodens blog (link), which inspired me to make something similiar but with a little more splash, which I did by just adding one color to each card. I am pretty pleased with how they turned out, even though they are very CAS compared to what I usually make:

Materials used:

Dies - Gittes Eget Design (Strips Vandret, Midi & Maxi tillykke, Basis Rektangler & Flag)

Cardstock - white, black, turquoise and shiny lime green

Embossing folders - Cuttlebug and Sizzix

Stamp - La Blanche (Sheet metal)

Birthday card using Maja Design scraps

Again I have been trying to use some of my Maja Design scrap pieces, this time I think they are all from the Summertime collection except the green matte that is from a piece of monochrome paper. 

Materials used:

Maja Design - Summertime 6x6 paperpad + Monochrome

Dies - Gittes Eget Design (Basis Rektangler & Flag)

Dies - Tattered Lace (Happy Birthday)

Halfpearls and red cardstock 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

Birthday card

Lately it has been really nice weather here in DK, so I must admit I haven't spend much time at my craft table, when it is this warm I prefer to be outside, and it can be a bit tricky to sit with paper etc. outside, so instead I have being working on my chrochet skills, because that is easy to do outside, but today I will show you this birthday card I made for a friend:

Materials used:

Maja Design - Denim and girls collection

White cardstock

China die (round frame)

Sue Wilsom butterfly die

Flowers from WOC

Halfpearls and sticker from stash

Birthday card for my husband

My husband celebrated his 53rd birthday last month, so I made him this card, which for me is a CAS card. I was able to use some old scraps of paper with alcohol ink, that I made in a class a while back:

Materials used:

Scrap piece with alcohol ink

Dusty blue cardstock

Spellbinders D-Lites – Make a Wish

By Lene Design – Dagens mand

Lindys Stamp Gang spray – Blazing black

A card and a cake

Recently one of my nephews turned 20 and his parents and girlfriend arranged a surprise party for him. And no party without a cake, so I made him a naughty cake with big boobs 😉.

The cake consisted of 3 layers of vanilla cake (drømmekage), 1 layer w/elderflower mousse and 1 w/strawberry and rhubarb mousse. It was iced with IMBC and covered with homemade fondant.

I also made a card to go with the present for him and that turned out this way:

Materials used:

13@rts – His & Hers Remastered collection 6x6

UHK Gallery – Old Fashioned Christmas collection

White and kraft cardstock

Crealies – Star die

Marianne Design – COL1347 (numbers)

Spellbinders – Triple Tear and Matting Basics 6x6

Dixi Craft – Alphabeth

Banners – cut by hand