We Love Stamping; March 2023

Hello. With the card below I'll enter in the following challenge: 

We Love Stamping; March Challenge - Spring Inspiration

This double z-fold card is celebrating spring. The sentiment wishes a "Joyful Spring" to the recipient (in Finnish) . The daffodil stamps are from the stamp set that was a free gift in Simply Cards & Papercraft mag issue 240. I stamped them on a white card stock, which I brushed lightly with Broken China Distress Ink to soften the cold white. The bushes, bunnies and the small flowers are cut with dies. The daffodils are coloured with TriColour Aqua Markers.

Stamping Sensations; February challenge 2023

Hello. Please find below my entry in your February challenge. The image is stamped and I have tried to follow the sketch that was given as an option. The stamped sentiment is in Finnish and it means "Today is your day", so this card is kind of an "all occasion" card. I have also used nesting dies (plain and scalloped circles), embossing folder (leaves), glitter pen and rhinestones for the card.

The link to the block and also the logo and the sketch of the challenge:

Stamping Sensations; February challenge

Stamping Sensations; September challenge

Hello. With this card I'll enter in your following challenge:

Stamping Sensations; September challenge - Feminine

This is a feminine and autumnal BD card. All sunflowers and the sentiment are stamped and one sunflower on the cover is also die-cut once stamped.  I have also added some texture by embossing the corner pockets and inside layers. The pocket on the right hand corner is keeping the card closed, the left hand corner is just for the symmetry.

Items used: 

John Next Door autumnal cardmaking kit (sunflower stamps+die & leaves embossing folder)

Sentiment (Onnea=congrats) by Korttipaja, Finland

Several challenges 2022-08-16

Hello. With this card I'll enter in the challenges listed at the end of this post. There you can also find the links to the challenges as well as the challenge and blog images. The card is a birthday card, it is CAS and OLC (lots of white space, no layers, no embellishments, no die-cuts, no embossing). This Uniko's peony cluster stamp is really big so I stamped only less than half of it on the card base to keep the card CAS. Of all the flower stamps in my stash it is my fav. Peony is also one of my fav flowers and I have a big bed of peonies in my garden. Once I had stamped the cluster I coloured it with coloured pencils. Then I swiped yellow Distress Ink around the cluster and stamped the sentiment with black VersaFine ink. The sentiment is Finnish and it means that "Today is your day". The inside page is yet white as I will handwrite the personalized birthday message later.

The challenges with the challenge images and the blog images:

"Less is More" Challenge #471 - OLC+Favourite Flower

AAA Birthday; Game #40 - Anything Birthday Goes

Several challenges 2022-06-17

Hello. With the card below I'll enter in the following challenges:

AAA Birthday; Game # 38 - Flowers

Addicted to Stamps and More!; Challenge # 431 - Make Your Mark

🎂🎂🎂HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY TO THE WHOLE TEAM!!💐💐💐💐

We Love Stamping; June Challenge - Anything stamped w. the option of Roses

 

This is a BD card for a young woman. The sentiment is in Finnish and it means roughly: "To the birthday girl". The rose stamp I used is printing also a shadow of the rose so in order to avoid the image getting all messed up when inking with several colours I first stamped the rose with gray, then masked the shadow part as much as I could and stamped the leaves with green and the flower part with red. The first three pics of the card are taken using the flash as the sun was hiding today. The last pic of the rose is taken without the flash.

The rosestamp and the inks I used:

+a sentiment stamp, a frame die and some sequins 

AAA Cards; Challenge # 215

Hello! With the card below I'll enter the following challenge:

AAA Cards; Challenge #215

Introducing Hugo the Gnome. He's real name in Gnomish is 21 letters long, I can't pronounce it and no use trying to write it. He's favourite time of the day is when the sun has just risen, birds are singing and the bees are buzzing. He's a very busy gardener. Today he is planting flowers. He has already dug a pit for them and fetched some fresh mold. Hugo's motto is stamped inside the card. This card is designed for a person who loves to plant/grow flowers.

There are no layers so everything is stamped and/or inked straight on the cardbase. I also tried to keep the card CAS.

The Flower Challenge # 68; Use a number

Hello! With the card below I'll enter the following challenge: 

The Flower Challenge #68; Use a number

Say it with flowers they say.  So I made a simple birthday card to my good friend who likes orange color and bubbly drinks. I let the flowers tell her age. All the flowers are first stamped and then coloured with several ink pens. The background is coloured lightly with yellow ink. To the flowers I finally added some Stickles. The Finnish sentiment is stamped with black VersaFine ink and it says roughly:  "Congrats ...and now it's time for the champagne".