Newton is taking a bath

I received #happymail from Newton's Nook the other day with stamps and stencils. I decided to use them directly for this edition of the Inky Paws challenge which is a sketch challenge;

This is how my card turned out. I used stamps from Newton's Summer Vacation and the Ocean waves stencil. The window die is from My Favorite Things. I used Zig clean color real brush markers to color the images.

The window is mounted with foam tape for a little dimension. I added some clear droplets from Pretty Pink posh for some extra detail.

The scuba kitty also have some Spectrum Noir sparkle pen on them for some extra glitter.

Challenge
Inky Paws Challenge #70 - Sketch challenge

Guest-DT for Pyssloteket, starting off with a trifold

I've been asked by my local craft store Pyssloteket to guest-DT for a little while. Feeling so grateful! My first post is today and I've made a trifold inspired by the lovely Nicole Sphor and I used the cute unicorn stamp set from My Favorite Things.

You can see the whole post here;
http://blogg.pyssloteket.se/2018/04/20/farglaggning-av-en-hel-trifold/

Trifold Newton birthday card

I was really inspired by a couple of cards I've seen in my Instagram feed the last couple of days. One of them is an inspiration card by Andrea for the current Inky Paws Challenge and the other is a really cute trifold by @craftawaywithme.

I wanted to make a trifold that had diecut holes for the main image which was mounted on the final panel. I went with the design by Andrea and then created the following card.

I usually make my card bases from 12x12 cardstock and then it's a little piece over measuring 12" by 3½". I used that left over piece as the cardbase for this. I started by scoring the card base at 4" and 8" and folding it. I had to cut a sliver off of the second panel to make it fold nicely. I then took the die and placed it on the folded card and ran it through my Big Shot. It cut through the first panel and made a huge impression in the second and a smaller impression on the last panel. I replaced the die on the second panel only and ran that through again and then had two diecut holes.

Then I got to inking the second panel. I chose Distress ink Seedless preserves and Picked raspberry. I also used a star stencil. A bit of Post-it tape helped protect my back panel.

I then wanted to add some gold sparkle so I used Rangers Gold tinsel embossing powder (inking through the stencil with Versamark). I also stamped the front panel with the confetti stamp from Newton's Nook Newton's Birthday Bash in purple, pink and grey ink from Lawn Fawn.

The inside panel also got some ink. The left and right panel I used the same stamp as on the front with the same colors. The middle panel I used a diecut cloud stencil (Lawn Fawn) and the distress inks once again.

I then colored the cute Newton with his balloon with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I also used a sparkle pen from Spectrum Noir to blend the balloon. I have also added some gold tinsel embossing powder to the front as well as the sentiment. The kitty is die cut and then glued to the bottom panel (through the second one in order to line them up correctly).

This is the finished result;
First panel

Inside, second panel

And this is what it looks like when you fold it out completely.

If you want to see it live in action;

And a short video of the trifold #newtonsbirthdaybash card. #papercrafting #cardmaking #newtonsnook

A post shared by Marianne Elfving (@melfving76) on Apr 11, 2018 at 4:36am PDT

I'm entering this in the following challenge.

Challenge
Inky Paws challenge #69 - Birthday theme

Set of birthday party invitation cards

Soon my little boy turns 4 and it's time to create some birthday party invitations. I wanted something that was fairly easy to create lots of so I opted for this;

I started by cutting a panel with Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle die and then I used two different balloon dies from Lawn Fawn. The string also comes from the same set. I then ink blended directly on the card base and chose two different hues of green, purple, blue and aqua (distress ink). I mounted the panel directly on the card base and the glued the little string. I finished off with the sentiment "Kalas" which means party in Swedish which is heat embossed in gold and a black strip of card stock.

The inside will be a pop-up fold where I used Lawn Fawn watercolor wishes paper that match the balloon color. To see how to do cards with that fold, check out Nina Maries video on YouTube.

I'm entering these cards in the card set Lawnfawnatics challenge.

Challenge
Lawnfawnatics #26 - Card sets

A little birdie told me...

Using the super cute "Newton's birthday flutter" from Newton's Nook I created this card. Tons of masking for the balloons but it was fun.

I used Zig clean color real brush markers to color the birds and balloons. The clouds were made with distress ink with a diecut cloud border (using a Lawn Fawn cloud border stencil).

The black and white is washi tape (from IKEA no less *smile*)

This is the inside of the card;

And here you can see the card in action;

Finally done with my #newtonsnook #newtonsbirthdayflutter card. Poor birdie 😉 #papercrafting #cardmaking

A post shared by Marianne Elfving (@melfving76) on Apr 8, 2018 at 11:17am PDT

Challenge
Seize the Birthday - Birds
Inky Paws Challenge #69 - Birthday theme