gift box

made a small gift box just in case I might need one (R:s best friend turns 20 in a couple of days so...)
First picture has the actual colour right but the second picture shows more clearly that it is actually a box :)

And this box matches the ABC challenge this week which is P for Pearls.

Cuttlebug butterfly

Made a simple card for the cuttlebug challenge. A bit too easy for my taste but it at least took a while to get the butterfly distressed in the right nuance :).

Backpack

It's been a gorgeous day here, really sunny and warm and I managed to give all my potted plants new soil today. In the afternoon it got a bit cloudy and chilly so I made a backpack (mainly because I didn't want to take responsibility for the laundry). I really like the Maja Design papers with the tiny white flowers, very fresh and with a nice summer feeling.

PB tag

This week's Penny Black challenge is "buttons galore" and I've made a tag to attach to a flower bouquet or a parcel. I actually think it might qualify for the Secret Crafter's "new beginnings" as well since the single candle on the cake means the tag can be used for anniversary gifts (me and hubby are celebrating 10 years of marriage this July, let's hope for his sake he remembers)




Today I went to town cause eight - yes 8 - scrap companies had put their goods up at a local school for a scrap event this weekend. Pittying my poor, neglected garden I had decided not to dedicate this weekend to crafting - other than with garden gloves on - but I never promised myself not to shop today :), so I came home with a new flower punch, more perfect pearls from Tim Holtz, papers (of course) and some bits and bobs from the pearl shop. I had to try it out and decided on the Just Magnolia challenge which is "getting in shape" this week. I made a gift box using the flower punch and the newly purchased flower center part, spraying it with home made glimmer made from the perfect pearls. You can't really tell from the picture but the flower is very sparkly in reality.

Sketch challenge

This is my take on this week's Sketch something challenge. Digipapers all through =)

new cards

Finally got some time to bury myself in the dungeon again. Made a card for an upcoming birthday and the blue/lilac card is a Postpal card. Both the blue lace paper and the green flowery paper are digipapers and since I recently bought a new printer I wanted to try it out - all excuses for crafting are good excuses =)

And I got the Whiff of Joy summer stamp set yesterday so I'm itching to try those out too...



This card below is also a go for the MDU challenge 12.

renovation

I have been really busy with real life, hence no real blogging for too long. Me and my mum put up new wallpaper in the master bedroom, cause I was really fed up with the lavender wallpaper with a chest-high border with Chinese signs on.
I love the finished result and I absolutely adore the brick wall-lookalike. Even the texture feels real. And on one of the white walls I painted the saying yesterday. I can now totally sympathize with Da Vinci cause painting almost upside down, head leaning backwards in a very odd angle is NO child's play! And I spent a long time at the paint shop trying to explain to them that I wanted a colour for the saying that you could sense when you entered the room, not a colour that's in your face...
But it's done now :)

My first post pal card

After reading about the Post Pal idea and looking at their site I have decided to make cards and send some children to cheer them up. This first card is a combo card, it suits the Just Magnolia stiching challenge, the Magnolia down under Thinking of You-theme, the Colour Create green & blue challenge and the Secret Crafter Saturday challenge that has brads to include this week. Phew! Showing you and then off with the postman it goes.

The background paper is actually an Outlook stationary set printed on cardstock, I love the teddy bears!