Honored Copic Marker Sweden gdt

Hi there! 

Im back again and this time Im actually a little nervous as its my second and last posting as a gdt over at the lovely Copic Marker Sweden blog.

This time the blog will be all "mine" for the day and if you feel a little curious and  would like to know more about me and Copics or which markers I used for this card you should head on over and take a look. THANK you so much to all of the lovely and hugely talented ladies of the Copic Marker Sweden blog for having me this april. 

Ive used one of the latest Magnolias Ive bought, gosh Im just not at all up to date at the moment but I really love them and I feel I must use them. The card is made for one of my colleagues at work that will be quitting early may. Her name is Giggi. The sentiment I placed onto the black board is also from Magnolia. The papers are Maja Design and then I used some utterly gorge stuff from my fav supplier, The Ribbon girl. If you click the links Ive listed below it will take you right there. 

Lilac Organza ribbon

Emily embroided lace

Cheese cloth fabric

Cameo small oval lady

Natural botton twine

Lilac 30 mm wild rose

Stickles star dust

I rarely show the insides of my cards. I tend to make my insides really clean and simple, not to say easy ;) This time I choice two sentiment stamps. The english one - magic- is from Stempelglede and the utterly amazing swedish one is from Gummiapan and says "This is not just a card, its also a folded hug" Too cute ha!? 

Thank you so much for being here today! 

Lots of love, 

Angels exist - you're one of them

Good morning! 

 Have you been missing me? ;) God knows, Ive missed you all! Ella has been sick on and off for quite a while now. I feel so sad for her, its been everything from a cold, to another cold to feeling ill and throwing up to "just" having a fever..

This is why I haven't been around much lately. I just wanted you to know where I was at. Im not going to stop making  cards I'm just busier that I normally am. This is why Im so thankful to see some of you are still around! Warms my heart. 

     My mother asked me to make a card for one of her friends. I have some favorites that I will never give up on and this sure is one that I keep retuning too. Her name is melinda and she was illustrated by Elisabeth Bell for Whiff of joy a couple of years ago. If you want to know which colors I've used you need to go to the Copic marker sweden blog. I also added some stickles star dust to her cute wings. 

The sentiment I placed on the heart is from one of my fav stores, Gummiapan, and says "Angels exists - you are one". I thought it worked really well with Melinda. 

I hope you like my creation and please know Im super happy you stopped by! 

Love, 

Tilda with her cat for LLC

Good morning friends and followers :) 

Im very exited to tell you all about this weeks inspirational post in the LLC blog. 

Our theme this week has been "Animal Antics" and Id like to showcase a card I made featuring my very first Tilda from Magnolia. She was bought about four years ago and isn't she adorable holding that cat? She reminds me of Signe, my oldest daughter as she carries our neighbors poor cat...;) 

I colored her with distressers on 300 g watercolor paper and can you see the new lush Frantage color fragments I used? They are soooo lush and Im so happy to finally have them in my hands ;) 

The frantage embossing powder is the aged rose one and its the first time I used it, loved it! 

In the picture below you get a better idea of what Im talking about, see those little lovely flings? 

Before I leave you Id like to show you some more pictures of my card. As always I have the products I used listed at the end of this posting via Inlinkz. 

Thank you so much for looking in today :) 

Lots of love :) 

We are going green at MDUC

....so I bet now you're wondering why my card is...blue??

Ha, ha, ha! 

This week at Magnolia Down Under we would love to see you join in with something Magnolia featuring something recycled. As some of you may know monday last week was my birthday and I received a lovely package from my very good friend Camilla and you can never guess what she wrapped it in?? Some corrugated paper - Ive been looking for that at Magnolia several times because the had it near the registrar when I first came to the store. So thank you so much my dearest Camilla! I love it, just as much as the beautiful handmade card and goodies! Love you! 

Now that I look at the card I realize the corrugated paper hardly shows but it is there, right underneath the cheesecloth. Ive used an all new Tilda and she is a ballerina dancer. Isn't she cute with the crown a little to the side ;) Here she is in a close up. Ive used Frantage shabby blue around her. As always I colored her using di pads and I also added loads of stickles here and there. 

For the layout i followed the gorge sketch over at The sketchy challenges. Thank you girls, I had loads of fun. Heres what it looks like: 

Before I head off I want to remind you to visit the MDUC blog the see the stunning creations by my lovely friends :) 

Im hoping you will like this and maybe have the time to play along whilst recycling something. Thats always good for the environment.

Lots of love! 

Monthly LLC challenge: a game of BINGO

Welcome to the our Live and Love crafts april challenge which is something any crafter can hardly resist ;) A great game of BINGO! To enter all you have to do is use three items from one line. 

Here´s our BINGO chart: 

I chose to work with PINK - Two dp´s - Pearls

I decided to use an image from Make it crafty called Cynthia in rubber. Im was so happy to learn Zoe decided to release her images in rubber too! Thanks, sweetie! Very good for us di peeps ;) 

I have once again used those amazing papers from Maja design Vintage spring basics pad. They are all so lush! Im also thrilled to finally have tried out the memory pins from Tim Holtz. I placed my Magnolia sentiment in that. I will definitely use them again. Its a good thing Sandy stocks so many gorge items! AND...I wanna tease you all a bit too! You still have a day left to grab the easter voucher that Sandra is offering all customers til midnight. So hurry up! 

As always Ive listed all the goodies Ive used for my card at the end of my post. Just click the pic and it will take you right there. 

Thank you all so much for looking today! 

Hugs

Thank you for being my friend

Hi there friends and followers! 

I hope you all celebrated the most awesome christmas ever! Maybe Santa even brought you some crafty goodness? ;) I didnt get any...but Im not to complain, hubby buys me all kinds of craftyness all the time 

Oh, I just LOVE this time of year! Exept the fact we reflect more on what we have, what God sacrificed for us and being thankful for being alive and well we also get to spend time together in our little family. Johan is at home with us for about two weeks and that is something I really treasure too :) Besides him being home with us that also means more scraptime for little ol me ;) He, he, he! LOL! 

All the teams Im on currently is on a little break over the holidays so Im showcasing you a little just for fun today! 

I have probably told you about my love for Saturated canary stamps right? ;) I know so many times! Sorry...but Im in love! This little girly is a saturated canary named Bella and she is a rubber-stamp, I dont know if shes only released in rubber because I cant find her in the illustrator, Krista´s shop. 

Anyways although she is in rubber I decided to have another go with my Copics. It still far from perfect but I guess that´s the way it is when you take them out to play like once every third months. I really need to better that! Here´s an extreme close up: 

Isn´t she just gorgeous beyond words? 

The sentiment was a christmas present from my dear teamie in Magnolia Down Under, Tanja. So is the stunning pearl I placed on the metal flower up in the right corner. Thank you so much, sweetie! I treasure them! 

With this card I´d like to join in the current challenge over with the amazing team over at Saturated Canary challenges. Take a look at the stunning creations they made for us to inspire from and I sure did! They would like us to be inspired by a photocollage this week. Its gorge, to see it, head over there ;) LOL! 

Thank you so much for checking in with me today! 

I wish you a splendid ongoing holiday! 

Lots of love, Louise xXx

Tilda comes carrying thanks!

Hi there my lovely friends and followers! 

My mission to send my stunning friends thank you cards as a token of our appreciation for the amazing cards and gifts we were sent from all over the world continues with the card Im showcasing today. 

I love the Tilda Ive chosen for this card, I think she's beautiful! As almost all Tildas I own ;) She is inked with Copics. The heart pierced with a love speer is also from Magnolia. So is the cloud die, lace and the lovely lilies. The corner adornment is actually grungeboard from Tim Holtz that Ive painted with di crackle paint Picket fence. The sentiment is one of my personal favs and is from Lily go the Valley. Papers are a mix from Maja Design and Kaiser Kraft. All other flowers are WOC.

With this card I´d like to join in with the amazingly talented and always hugely inspiring dt over at Midweek Magnolias were they are offering us to join in their distressed theme. (I find it a bit ironic that Im joining with a card Ive colored with Copics and not di´s like I almost do all the time but I have used the technique on various other places on there ;)) 

At Just Magnolia and hÄnglar stÄnglar challenge blog they wish to see us use pearls and die cuts or punches. Lovely theme so had to join of course! 

The stunning dt over at Tildas Town came up with an awesome theme this fortnight! They invite us to join their CAS or Fussy and Fancy challenge. Well, take a guess which one I think my card is? Yes, fussy and fancy ;) 

Here´s some close ups:

Im so incredibly happy you decided to check in with me although its been a while since I had the time to visit you. Life is pretty hectic at the moment. Ellas baptism was planned for this saturday and because of that we have had house guests, my MIL and BIL. They traveled back home today so Im hoping to hop along a little later.

Big hugs xXx

Tilda with a twinkling star!

Hi friends and followers! 

Today Id like to showcase another thank you card I made as a gift to somebody ;) who sent Ella a beautiful welcome into the world :) 

This "older" Tilda came out for a play - she is so cute, I adore her! And....she is inked with my Copic markers! Im quite satisfied with the results but Id love to hear what all you talented Copic inkers thinks ;) Still don't have the hang of it and I realize I have to try it over and over again before Im truly satisfied. 

I made this one just for the fun of it and browsed some challenges I love to join when I have the time on my hands. I decided I wanted to join in with the ubertalanted ladies over at Tildas town where they want us to create something using autumn colors. These are pretty autumn like - at least to me. Its a color combo I have never tried before! ;) Who knew grey,  lilacs and browns would look good togheter? ;) Its my very first time joining in and Im so happy too because Ive been wanting to ever since they got started. The cute ladies in the Sketchy challenge DT provided me with this lush sketch to follow. 

Its made by my great friend Kylie :) 

Finally over at Simply Magnolia they have an awesome theme running right now - anything goes! You gotta love that! They are all sharing some truly amazing work so go check it out. 

I finally got around to using some of the beautiful papers in my Prima paper pad called Fairy Belle. The lilys are from the Magnolia store in Borås and the other roses are by WOC. I added a sentiment by Lily of the valley and some alphabet stickers from Making memories. Cheese cloth underneath Tilda and some di crackle paint on some of the edges for a more shabby chic look. I have also sewn around all edges. 

Thank you for checking in with me today! 

See you in your blogs! 

Big hugs! 

Free hugs!

Hi friends and followers! 

Oh, I´m such a happy girly today! My new Saturated Canary in rubber arrived from my sweet friend and former DT boss the other day. In case you missed out, lovely Angie Hunt has some of the Saturated Canary images for sale in her amazing store, Love to stamp. I´m so happy they are available in rubber to now! 

As I have told you before I now have some Thank you cards to create for all of the amazing friends that has sent such cute gifts to us when Ella was born! I´m having so much fun with them, keeping each and every one in mind sure makes them truly personal ;) It takes a bit longer but I would´t have it any other way! 

Of course I had to start playing with these awesome girls ASAP and first off is this stunner, her name is Free hugs. I followed the gorgeous sketch over at CLP Challenges, it looks like this for the month of september:

I love to join in! The dt ladies are so talented, they always show off the most inspirational work and one can never play with to many lush sketches me thinks ;) Thanks ladies!  

I´d  also like to join in on the current challenge over at the lush challenge blog Wild Orchid Crafts, where they want us all to layer it up - figured I´d join - got some layers here! ;) 

As usual I have colored her up with my di´s on 300 g watercolor paper. Of course I had to add some stickles on the image (as always ;)) and the papers are from the Maja Design 6*6 paper pad Vintage Summer. Isn´t it lovely to make a card just for the fun of it sometimes? ;) I mean I have fun creating all of my cards but it´s a special feeling to not have a deadline to manage ;) 

I hope you'll love her just as much as I do, thank you so much for checking in with me again today! Three creations in less than one week, thats what I call comeback ;) LOL

Ill see you in your blogs! 

Oh, before I head off I have to show you this gorge card of my daughter Ella whom is soon 2 months old - already! There´s really nothing that can compare to the feeling you get when your baby smiles at you :) 

Have a nice day! 

Love Louise