Pyzzlot

onsdag 9 januari 2019

Everybody loves a good story

With some stamps you can compose a story, like an illustration for a fairy tale. Lavinia is perfect for those kind of projects and maybe that is the reason why I love them so much. In this card maybe I had a little of game of thrones in my head too. ;-) It is supposed to be a card giving strength and hope to the receiver.

I used Distress oxides to color the background and then for or five different Lavinia stamps. I participate in with this card in the Lavinia challenge #1901 "A story to be told". It's ending the 25th this month.

Hope you see the story in this card and like it!

//Pyzzlot

Recycling is the new black for everything

When I saw it I just couldn’t resist it. Fab n funky’s challenge no 421 “Recycling your Christmas cards”. It felt a bit taboo but of course I didn’t use a handmade one! But if you think about it it’s a really good idea. And I’m quite satisfied how the card turned out.

Especially with the text stamp I never used before... though it’s been in my stash for maybe ten years. It’s from a clearstamp set bought in my favorite shop by that time. That same shop is long gone. But it is funny that I think it is the same person who sold that stamp set to me who shared the link to this particular challenge. Funny how things end up making full circle sometimes... Maybe that’s why there’s (beside the obvious need for it) a beauty in recycling.

I used a snow globe die from Crealies, a pine tree embossing folder from Leane Creative and the bird is from a brand called Ultimate Craft. As you can see I'm quite fond of Nuvo Chrystal drops so I dotted with the bottle as snow in the globe.

Hope you got inspiration and maybe dare to recycle a card you too! It was fun!

//Pyzzlot

Go bananas with CASology

What do you do when life give you lemons. Make lemonade?? Naaahh. Go bananas instead. I love this textstamp. I think it is from Magnolia stamp. And the cute critters from Clearly Besotted goes so well with it. This time I'm participated in last week Casology Challenge - Fresh.

I coloured the little mice with Distress Oxides. Same as I used for the background. I like the way the stencils turned out with the sour drops for the lemon and the hears for the sweet banana.

//Pyzzlot

tisdag 8 januari 2019

Wonderful winter with the Lawn Fawn fox

Yet another little CAS-card! Big enough projects for me right now. This time I used Lawn Fawns winter fox. I love this little cute fellow. Wonder if he’s having a cup of cocoa or coffee? I Colored him up with Prima Watercolor pencils. And it’s a delight on brown cardstock. This card too is about 10x10 cm. And once again you see the pine trees from what I think is Magnolia stamps. The text is from a clear stamp set from Crafts Emotions. I used a white Posca pen for the bright white places and the dots.

I entered Lawn Fawn’s Wonderful Winter Challenge with this card. Hope you get some inspiration from it to your own projects.

Christmas all year around - Let it snow

A crafting friend tipped me of some blogs that have Christmas challenges all year around. What a great way to avoid stressing about the cards in november/december! I actually started in January last year to making the cards and had around ten I think come december. But participating in these challenges will better that number I think.

So if you think I'm crazy and greatly tired of Christmas cards - ease up this is more of a winter card anyway... In the blog Christmas cards all year around the January challenge theme is “Let it snow”. This is how my card turned out:

This is a quite small card, 10x10 cm. I recently started to enjoy making those. The circle is a rest product from a background I made for another project, using Distress inks. I used a Hero Arts stamp set I bought maybe a year back. The trees are some very old Magnolia stamps I think. Finally I had som Nuvo Chrystal Drops dotted over the card for snow.

Hope you like it and feels the joy of the moment illustrated... now I long for snow and taking a ride downhill with my kids. I scream more than they do of course...

//Pyzzlot

Three of a kind - CAS style

Starting the year with a terrible cold ending up with a penicillin cure. 2019 could have started better. So the only thing that keep my mood up is of course crafting. Done mostly from bed actually... So this state leaves me to styles that is more clear and simple. I actually love that style.

Spending a lot of time in bed also means spending a lot of time with my phone and social media. That’s how I found out about these crafting challenges.

What better way to spark creativity?

First out was AAA Cards challenge - Three of something. This is how my card turned out:

I used these three cute critters from clearly besotted. I "cut out there arms" so they could hold the hello-sign. I painted them with Prima watercolor pencils. I put the animals and the sign on 3D-glue dots to create a space between the cardstock and make them pop out a bit. Finally I used Nuvo Chrystal Drops for the white dots here and there.

Hope you enjoyed it!

//Pyzzlot

onsdag 29 mars 2017

Våren är här: live laugh love

Hej,

Det är kallt. Det har snöat. Denna vecka tvekar våren. Det är då man måste frammana den med full kraft tänker jag! Idag åt kollegorna trotsigt pinnglass på fikat. Och som ett led i detta uppmanar jag er alla: gör vårkort nu så skrämmer vi tillsammans bort de sista resterna av vinter!!

På dagens kort har jag använt många små tekniker och material så jag sammanfattar inte det steg för steg utan mer som en lista på tips vad man kan göra:

1. Använd en mixed media platta för att skapa en cool bakgrund. Mixed media plattan funkar lite som en stämpel-platta som man färgar in tex med Oxcide Distresser. Först ett lager färg sedan har jag använt en stencil för att skapa prickar. Sen trycker man pappret mot den och skapar ett avtryck. Sedan stämplade jag Lavinia motivet på. Och stämplat fjärilar och text på och stencilen igen vid sidan om.

2. Skapa höjd och struktur på en stämpel genom att använda 3Dlack och Peel-offs.

Först har jag målat den söta körsbärskvisten med distresser. Sedan lagt på 3Dlack på blommorna och sedan adderat gyllene extra-blad

3. Lek med OH-plast eller annan genomskinlig plast.

Jag bestämde mig för att göra ett stafflikort och ville förstärka 3Dkänslan genom att kunna se igenom. Så jag stansade ett hål och fäste oh-plast för hålet och satte på fjärilar. En stor fjäril satte jag på OHplast och klippte ut och fäste högst upp på kortet.

4. Hörn med Peel-off och strukturpasta på dies

I hörnen har jag använt Peel-odds m rutmönster. Sååååå cooola! Blomhörnen är utstansade av en ram som jag klippt till . Sen har jag smetat vit strukturpasta på dem så ser de lite mera shabby chic ut.