Oct 20, 2020

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


Oct 3, 2020

Kaisercraft Christmas cards

 Inspired by some cards I saw on Facebook, I have made the following 2 cards, these must definitely be CAS cards since they are very simple and very fast to make:



Materials used:
Kaisercraft 6½" paperpad - Yuletide
Dies - Spellbinders Matting Basic 6x6
Dies - Simple and Basics (Juleknus)
Shiny gold cardstock

Sep 30, 2020

Christmas cards made of scrap pieces

I am a huge fan of Maja Design and use their papers for a lot of my cards and so I also have a lot of scrap pieces, because I don't have the heart to throw away all those left over pieces, even though some are very small. So I have made two Christmas cards where I have used some of my scrap pieces.



Materials used:
Maja Design - Various Christmas papers
Dies - Gittes Eget Design (Basis Rektangler & Flag, Strips Vandret)
Dies - Marianne Design (Snowflake LR0125 and Pine branch CR1378)
White cardstock
Halfpearls and hearts from my stash

Sep 28, 2020

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)

Sep 16, 2020

More crochet dish cloths

During the summer I made several dish cloths to learn different techniques, now that I am a newbie at that, and here are some more of them:









Sep 13, 2020

Congratulations card

This week I bought something I have wanted to buy for a while - a hot foil machine from Spellbinders, and so when I received it Friday I immediately had to test it. I had before hand watched several YouTube videos about it and how it was also possible to use regular dies, and since I had also bought some new dies, I chose to try that. And I am pretty pleased with the outcome.


Materials used:
Spellbinders Rose gold hot foil
Rose gold cardstock from Tonic Studios
White cardstock
Prima Marketing - Apricot Honey collection
Gittes Eget Design dies - all frames and word
Sue Wilson dies - flowers
Halfpearls from my stash

Sep 8, 2020

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