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Challenge in Blue, Red, Yellow and White

Just in time for Midsummer, I participated in a challenge on Facebook. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the rules, but I think it was:
Using the colors blue, yellow, red and white (or if it was green)
Two handmade strawberry
The text Glad Midsommar (Happy Midsummer)
A little more advanced folding

I chose to do a Criss Cross card in a little more elongated version than the square.
The card body is light blue Cardstock and the Patterned paper are from a 6×6” paper pad from Maja Design.

Around the card runs a red ribbon with red swirls. I have done my strawberries with shrink plastic that I’ve colored with ProMarker (Berry Red, Black) before I shrank it.

My image comes from Far Far Hill and one of the kits with Pin-Ups. It was a good substitute when I didn’t had the inspiration to color my own.

There’s room for a greeting on the big tag that’s made of blue and white cardstock and decorated with lace, bow and my second strawberry.

Material list

: Cardstock

: Cardstock

: Pattern paper

: MC- Blossoms

: Ribbon

: White Lace

: Punch

: Shrink plastic

: ProMarker.

: Charms

: Roses

: Die

: Punch

: Pin-Up

Christmas Card #3 2015

I didn’t do this card for a challenge, but just because I bought a nice die and wanted to use it at once.
It was, in all honesty, a little difficult to punch out, but with a little practice I got to the hang of it.

The card is 6×6″ and the body is white cardstock. I have used three different patterned paper with snow theme.

In addition to my new die with a snowman I used dies with ivy and pine cones that are embossed and colored with a ProMarker, Tea green.
The border is made with a edge punch and a strip of one of the patterned papers.

I’ve put the pine cones on 3D pillows to give the card a little life. The ivy is just glued under the pine cones and then a little upturned.

My lovely snowman! You can use it both with and without the background.

The snowman was given a little sparkels with a sparkly Sakura pen. I you look close you fins some blue snowflakes in the background. Thees are also sparkling but with some silver glitter glue.

: Cardstock

: Pattern paper

: pattern paper

: Paper Pad

: Punch around the Corner

: Die

: Die

: Punch- Snowflake 1,5″ from Panduro

: Die

: Gelly Roll

: Stickles from Ranger – Silver

Play with dies

I have rediscovered all my dies and has begun to use them in new ways and way more often. I think I can thank my new storage for it. More about that storage a bit later.

Card with coffee cups

When I made this card I sat and played with a die from Marianne Design that I have had in over a year but never used. I tend to either start a card with a paper or an image or stamp. This time it doesn’t came out like I had imagined it at all.
The card is 6×6″ and has a frame of white cardstock.
I’ve only used a pattern paper, but both sides.

One of the corners got a whole bunch of flowers and some butterflies. The half beads are milky-white and faceted rather than completely round.

The cups are trimmed to look as if they are in each other. I’m not to happy with the result, so next time I will probably cut a gap in the blue cup and insert the white etc.

Material list:

: Cardstock

: Pattern paper

: Pattern paper

: Metal corner from PyHobby – copper 3,5 cm

: Die

: Die

: Punch

: Roses

: Rhinestones

: White satin ribbon

: Pink Flowers

: Pink rose buds

: Light pink roses – 10 mm