First Aid Kit Band...

This blog-post has nothing to do with scrapbooking but I just wanted to celebrate that my favourite band "First Aid Kit" (two young Swedish sisters) got their first gold record in Sweden, three weeks after "The Lion's Roar" was released! So happy for them:) Their genre is folk/country/indie-pop I guess.

Making Quick Cards for Valentine's Day...

I realized the other day that it's soon Valentine´s Day (or All Hearts Day as we call it in Sweden). So what to do when you're in a hurry and can't find any suitable stamps? Well, luckily I happened to read a recent blog-post by pro card-maker Jennifer McGuire, she had made the cutest hybrid cards with a pair of owls AND she's got a link to a free PDF-file that you just can print out on white card-stock. Makes it all super easy! You can find her blog-post here.

Here's my version of the card, not especially original as it's rather similar to Jennifer's card, but a really quick card:)

I've stamped the Kraft card-base with a background stamp from Hero Arts; Designer Woodgrain, pink paper from Echo Park.

A Birthday Card and some Christmas Tags...

It's the day before Christmas Eve and I'm sitting here listening to Spotify (Christmas music) and making the last arrangements for the gifts, wrapping them and making tags. I'm quite enjoying myself, DH has brought me some sweets too:)

I've made a birthday-card also as we're going to celebrate my mom on Christmas Day. I've used Kraft Card-stock (Bazzill) and stamps from Martha Stewart (Doilies), a Swedish sentiment stamp and a pink felt flower.

Here's a pic of one of the gifts with a tag I've made. I've used a background stamp with hearts (YouDo) and papers from Echo Park.



Some of the other Christmas tags I've made.

Wishing you all a great holiday:)

More Christmas Cards...

Thank you so much for the all the kind comments I got after my last blog-post. Hugs to you all! I've finally finished the last Christmas card and mailed them all today...

Here are some of them.

First a Kraft card-base that I've stamped with different stamps, the houses comes from clear stamp-set "City by the bay" by My Little Shoebox, the snowflakes from Nellie Snellen. I've used Clearsnaps Color Box in Frost White, it's perfect for stamping on Kraft! Small self adhesive pearls are the finishing touch. Clean and simple:) 

These cards are also very simple, I made a couple with similar design (you have to simplify things when you have a lot of cards to make). Patterned papers and chipboard accents from "Season's Greetings" by Echo Park. You can blame Designer Kristina Werner for my frequent use of white pens, LOL.

Here I've used clear stamps from Martha Stewart for the background, Versa Mark and then clear embossing-powder. ("Doilies" by Martha Stewart). Also  a clear stamp by Inkadinkado; "Decorating Rabbit Mini". Snowflake and brad by Echo Park.

Finally the last card... Here I've used a grey card-base and embossed with silver embossing-powder. I really like the effect of silver on grey card-stock! I've punched out the circular stamped greeting with a circle-punch 2" and I've also used a heart-punch and some Christmas red Stickles.


Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Finally some Christmas Cards...

Sorry about my long absence...
I haven't been blogging for a long while due to health issues but now I'm finally doing something creative... I've done a couple of Christmas cards these last few days.

I love working with kraft cardstock (bazzill) and I thought these stamps from Nellie Snellen was really cute. I stamped the snowflakes with Color Box pigment brush pad Frost White Ink.



This card was inspired by one of Kristina Werner's designs (shown in "Sketchpad" by Kelly Purkey). Papers from Echo Parks "Season's Greetings".







And finally a glimpse on what I'm currently working at... Stamp by Inkadinkado; "Decorating Rabbit Mini". I'm using Dove blender pen and ZIG brushables. I've put on some glitter too, but it's hard to see:(



Now I'm looking forward to light the first candle on Sunday, celebrating Advent with my family. Wishing you all a great weekend:)

Another Folded Card...

Here's another folded card, the idea comes from Kristina Werner's latest Friday Focus. She's such an inspiration! I used papers from Echo Park's "Summer Days" again and their "Dots and Stripes" 6x6 paper pads. Circular clear stamp from Martha Stewart, "Doilies", and a Swedish sentiment stamp, Carpe Diem.

I thought it would make a great card for a package of homemade cookies that I
planned to give away.

So, enjoy your day. Thank's for looking:)

A card for a dear friend...

Here comes another card with inspiration from Kristina Werner, I wish I had a small portion of her creativity. I'm amazed every time I visit her blog!
Anyway, this is my take of a card she made a while ago. The sentiment says, "You're the best in the world!". My stamping skills aren't the best obviously as I managed to press a bit to much on the left side of the journaling line stamp I used.

The patterned papers comes from Echo Park, Dots & Stripes, from both Candy Shoppe Collection and Metropolitan Collection. I can really recommend these 6x6 paper pads, they're great basic papers for card making.

The sentiment is stamped with Versamark Ink and then embossed with white embossing powder.

Thanks for looking:)