Especially for you - monochromic for LLC

Welcome friends and followers and a good morning to you all! 

Im so exited about todays posting :) I have had LOADS of fun creating this little gift set and I have been dying to show you all week ;) lol! 

Since its sunday you probably guessed its for my new dt position at Live and Love crafts and you can see this post at in the wonderful LLC store blog too. The theme for us in the DT this week is monochromic and my word..as I heard that I nearly choked..I have never done anything of the sort  before but as I told you earlier theres nothing like a good challenge! I enjoyed every second ;) 

I decided to go with black and heres my gift set: (Ops...its pretty picture heavy, hope you will bare with me to the end ;)) 

Valentines is soon right around the corner and I must say I rarely make cards like that to send to my friends because usually still exhausted from the chrissy cards ;) However I always make something special for my mum and dad and my mums fav color is black so it wasn't a hard decision.  The gift set contains a heart box where I will place a little something for them and of course a matching card. I cut both box and card with my silhouette Cameo. Easy peasy! I also chose to work with one of my fav Magnolia images. I treasure her so much! She was part of a christmas release about two years ago but she is so veritable, don't you think? Now Id like to share some more pictures with you and I will also let you know you will find all the products I used last in this post using Ink Links. Just press the picture and it takes you right to the very product in the LLC store. 

Creative Charms Vintage Pearl Brads	Maya Road Wood Butterflies	Maya Road Vintage Pearl Pins	Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue	Tim Holtz Paper Distresser Tool
Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint	Round Doilies 5.5"	Tulle Pleat Trim	Berries Pins	Prima Velvet Trinkets "Zephyr"
Shabby Seam Binding	Gardenia Flowers - White	Maya Road Organza Roses Trim	Maja Design Words fly away 12*12	Especially for you
Poppies	Snow Tex	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads	Kort & Godt Rolled Paper Roses	Maja Design � Vintage Summer Basics
Melissa Frances Self Adhesive Pearls

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If you made it all the way here, Im very thankful! ;) lol! 

Hope to see you in your blogs! 

Lots of love! 

Latest Magnolia Ink and more exiting news

Hi friends and followers! 

I have no new card to show you all today, but I need to spill two great news :) 

So have you read the latest Magnolia Ink? First of all, I think the special edition truly rocked! Its beautiful :) 

Well, if you read it you might have thought about who made blogger of the month this time? Im so humbled and deeply honored to learn it was little old me!! I am so happy, I feel like I´m on cloud nine and I don't want to ever get off ;) Thanks to the ever so amazing DT for the awesome work in the Magazine but I would also like to send a special thanks to Yulis, Irene and Susan for choosing my blog.
It really do mean the world to me especially considering Im such huge fans of yours too ;)
YAY! YAY! YAY!

I also am very proud and honored to tell you that I received an email from the gorgeous Thea, owner and founder of the amazing dutch webshop Krea Teja. She asked if I wanted to be a GDT throughout 2013 and I didn´t even have to consider that answer, of course it was a big YES! I will be guesting the Krea Teja blog on six occasions - March 26th, july 23rd, aug 20th, sept 3rd, oct 1st and nov 12.

Thanks for checking in with me today, see you in your blogs :) 

Friendship - the poetry of life (DOC)

Hi there friends and followers!

Time for me to let you in on the new challenge theme at Deep Ocean that went live just now! 

And it´s...

WHOOP WHOOP!! 

Anything but square!

I made a circular birthday card for yet another lovely friend that celebrates her birthday in january. Im saddened to say Im sure this wont reach her in time..but better late than never right? ;) 

The  lovely sentiment is one of my favs, comes from Norwegian stamp makers, Stempelglede. Tilda is an all new from the latest collection and I have colored her with my di´s as always. 

Now, do not forget to head on over to the gorge challenge blog to check out the marvelous work by my cute teamies. So many lush creations for you to inspire from. 

Thank you so much for checking in with me today! 

Lots of hugs xXx

Tis the season to be jolly!

Hi there friends and followers! 

Today I want to show you my winter wonderland card for Live and Love Crafts and its also my dt card for Magnolia Down Under where we posted a new theme last night and that is FLOWERS.

I used some winter alike kind off frosty flowers me thinks to suit both themes. ;) 

The lovely dp´s are by Pion design and I´ve used two for my card. They are from a 6*6 paper named Blue Pansy. Im such a sucker for anything Pion, if you´re in the market for shabby papers, look no further ;) The stamped image is a Magnolia Tilda from an old christmas collections and she´s inked with  di ink from pads , which is currently on a reduced price in the LLC store. Ive used Pumice stone, Weathered wood, Vintage photo, Black soot, Walnut stain and Tumbled glass for her clothes and shoes. The skin is colored with Tattered rose and Vintage photo. For the cheeks I used a hunch of Spun sugar, Worn lipstick and barn door. The shadows behind Tilda is Tattered rose and Vintage photo. You can see it fairly well in my picture below:

To embellish my card I choose to work with white jute ribbon. The lovely lace is named Jolie and is placed on top of the jute. You can also see one of the ever soooo cute Vintage wood mini sewing spools. I was ecstatic to find those in my dt pack ;) 

Besides that I have sewn all edges and also used Crackle paint Picket fence a little here and there and also on the acetate I added to the spool. The alphabet stickers are by Prima. The flower is a Kort og godt rolled rose in creme. 

The big lush flower is a gardenia in creme that I placed together with some more rolled roses and the Kort og godt decoration berries.  

I made a tag using a heart spellbinder that I added some Vanilla cream shabby seam binding and Jute twine too. Look at the gorge love hanger and the charm named round vintage photo frame pendant. However I didn't add a photo to it, instead I chose to cut out one of the roses from a white organza rose trim. 

Hey, do not forget to head on over to the LLC inspiration blog to check out what my teamies have done with this theme earlier this week. And of course you wouldn't want to miss out on the lovely creations over at the MDUC blog. 

Lots of love 

Jute Ribbon (40mm)	Kitchen Craft Cheese Cloth	Maya Road Love Hangers	Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue	Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint
Tim Holtz Paper Distresser Tool	Round Doilies 5.5"	Maya Road Organza Roses Trim	Maya Road Vintage Wood Mini Sewing Spools	Lace "Jolie" (32mm)
Shabby Seam Binding	Gardenia Flowers - Cream	Kort & Godt Decoration Berries	Round vintage frame pendant	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads
Snow Tex	Kort & Godt Rolled Paper Roses	Pion Design Blue Pansy	Jute twine

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With all my love

Hi there friends and followers! 

Today its my turn to showcase this weeks card in the Live and love crafts blog. I will be doing the same every sunday, Im hoping you will hop along on my journey together with Live and love crafts .  

This week us ladies in the dt are creating something with christmas leftovers in mind. I have promised myself to make at least two christmas cards each month but Im not quit ready to start just yet cause Im still a bit tired of them ;) I made a valentines card that is actually for a very special friend in blogland that is celebrating her birthday in january. I have once again put my Silhouette Cameo to good use and this time I chose to make a tag pocket card. So fast and easy to fold! Im loving it! 

   So now I got you thinking: wheres the christmas leftover on this? Well, the dp´s are from Maja designs collection Its christmas time 12*12 and Ive used two sheets, the back of Santa and the tree and also The perfect gift. I think they are amazing because they are so versatile. Looking at them like this I bet you couldn't have guessed they were christmas leftovers, ha? ;) Here´s a closer look at the pocket itself: 

The image is from Magnolias latest collection and I think she´s just adorable! She is colored with my di´s as usual, mostly using these ink pads: antique linen, tattered rose, vintage photo, weathered wood, pumice stone and walnut stain. The sentiment is also a Magnolia and reads With all my love. I love the amazing rhinestone lace, its available in three colors and I chose Heather pink. The shabby seam binding are also a new fav of mine. I added it to the MF tag and my own tag in ash rose and vanilla cream. Underneath the image I place a round doily, cheese cloth and a piece of jute fabric. The flowers are white poppies and a Hortensia Petal pink. 

As you can see I have also stamped a love sentiment around the edges of the spellbinder and then embossed it with white embossing powder. Besides that I have also added some white pearl string around the same. You get a glance of the amazingly shabby bark heart here as well. You can see it even better here: 

I wanted to make it look even more shabby and to do that I added some distress crackle paint in white. 

The sentiment on the tag reads You are so sweet and is also a Magnolia. (it´s on sale, hurry up!! ;)) 

Look at that amazing vintage button! It was so up my ally ;) I have some more close up for you to look at if you'd like :) In this picture you can also glance an amazing metal decoration that I also added to the seam binding, the Prima velvet Trinkets. 

Thanks for checking in with me today! 

I´d be happy if you had the time to write me some words! 

Lots of love