Kitty in the Christmas tree

If my kitties could do this, they definitely would. Just love this cute set "Ornamental Newton" from Newton's Nook and created this little card for it. The branches are from the Lawn Fawn set Frosty Fairy friends.

I made two cards with this cute image (I need all the Copic practice I can get). I only changed up the patterned paper and the color of the sequins, otherwise they are the same.

I entered this card in the Inkypaws Challenge #85 which was a color challenge and I got picked as a favorite. Yay.

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 34 – My Favorite Place

This is my entry for this round of the Lawn Fawnatics challenge 34 which is all about "My favorite place". I love sunsets. Really. I have a very hard time tearing my eyes away from one. I also love kitty cats so that kind of decided the theme for this card.

I used the Lawn Fawn stamp set "Meow you doin'" for the cats and the sentiment. I used a Versamark pen to only get ink on the outside lines of the kitty so that it could look like they were staring away in the sunset. The hearts and clouds are from "Plane and simple" and are heat embossed on vellum. The sun is from "Out of this world", heat embossed in white on the background.

Distress inks for the background in the following colors;
Mustard seed
Wild honey
Picked raspberry
Festive berries
Salty ocean
Wilted violet

I tried to hide the adhesive behind the heat embossed lines on the vellum but that's easier said then done...!

Half the leaves are embossed in gold and the other half are cut from black cardstock.

The rest of the dies used here are all from Lawn Fawn;
Leafy tree backdrop
Stitched hillside borders
Cloud borders

Challenge
Lawn Fawnatics #34 - My favorite place

Sublime birthday shaker

Used one of my ink smooshed backgrounds to create this shaker card. I used a Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle and also a rectangle to create the frame. The frame is popped up with foam tape and the panel is inset.

 I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to color my images. Some are inside the shaker and some on the clear plastic piece. I used some sequins from Neat and Tangled to fill it up. Love the sound of a shaker card =)

Wedding mermaid popup box

A friend asked me to make a wedding card for a couple that likes partying and sun and swimming. She really liked the scalloped box popup card so I decided to go with the Lawn Fawn set "Mermaid for you" with a couple of drinks and sentiments from Newton's Nook Cocktail mixer stamp set.

Fun fold, take 2

Another card up on Pysslotekets blogg today. I was really in to the fun folds and had to try this fold that I saw on Pinterest. You'll find all descriptions and measurements in the post.

Fun fold, take 1

I wanted to join the Lawnfawnatics challenge for Fun Folds and entered this card inspired by the talented Christy Gets Crafty who did the same fold technique in the inspiration post. I used a ton of stamps from Lawn Fawn from;
You are sublime
Ahoy, matey
Mermaid for you

You can read more about this card on Pyssloteket's blogg today.

I'm also over the moon because this card was picked as a Featured Fawnatic in the fun fold challenge.

You're a treasure

Today I'm up on Pysslotekets blogg with another installment of the #likaolika theme. All of the design team got the same paper pack from KaiserCraft (Beach Shack) where we have all created different things with it. Today I show one card with the sweet Ahoy, matey pirates from Lawn Fawn.

Ahoy matey pirate box popup

It's vacation time and we've been away in Italy for a couple of weeks. It's been great, lots of sun and swimming in the ocean. But, I was definitely missing crafting. I also got really obsessed with getting the Lawn Fawn die Scalloped box popup and checked quite a few videos. When we got back, I could not wait any longer and took a trip to my local store Pyssloteket and acquired said die. This is the first project with it, using Lawn Fawn's Ahoy Matey stamp set;

I love when the card pops up. For this one I used papers from KaiserCraft Beach Shack collection and also a silver glitter paper from Pow.

All images are colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.

The panels with the blue anchor paper has got some distress ink in Blueprint Sketch.

The sentiment "Happy Birthday" is heat embossed on black cardstock.

This is what the card looks like when it's closed. The sentiments are stamped with Lawn Fawn inks.

This is the back of the card with a little place to write a personal message.

Challenges
The Male Room - #90 - Include an unexpected item
Lawn Fawnatics - #33 - Fun folds

Light up my world

Using Lawn Fawn You are sublime stamp set. The background is inked with distress ink. I also heat embossed some bubbles with glitter embossing powder (hard to see on the photo...).

Challenges
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything goes

Happy birthday kitties

Just loving the cute little cat agenda stamps from Mama Elephant. I wanted to use the grid window die with ink blending so I decided to use both positive and negative part of the die cut and this is the outcome;

Here I used the a white frame and put the ink blended negative pieces into it. The sentiments are from Lawn Fawn Tiny tags sentiments and Tiny tags sentiments birthday add-on. The background is inked in rainbow order, I tried to do the same with the kitties accessories as well =)

The sentiments are heat embossed in gold.

Here I used the positive grid window die cut of the inked background and put the kitties inside. I thought it looked a bit empty of the inside so the card base have been inked with a stencil of kitty paws from Newton's Nook. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Happy happy happy stamp set.

A little close up.

And an even closer look at the

Altenew dahlia stencils

I totally fell in love with Altenew's Dahlia layering stencil and had to get it. I cut out some masks with a large post-it note pad (full stick) and could then easily mask off the flowers and leaves and use different colors. I used distress ink and an ink blending tool.

I cut the finished panel down a bit and layered it with a piece of black card stock. The stamped sentiment reads "Thanks so much" in Swedish and is from Slöjd-Detaljer. I also added some Clear Droplets from Pretty Pink Posh and some sequins from a Neat and Tangled pack.

The finished panel was cut with the 2nd largest rectangle die from a Hero Arts set. I also cut a black A2-sized panel with the largest rectangle die in that same set. I offset the panel to one corner for something different. The stamped sentiment reads "Thanks so much" in Swedish and is from Slöjd-Detaljer.

The finished panel was cut with the largest rectangle die from a Hero Arts set. The stamped sentiment reads "A big hug" in Swedish and is from Slöjd-Detaljer. I also added some sequins from a Neat and Tangled pack.

The finished panel was cut with the 2nd largest rectangle die from a Hero Arts set. I also cut a black strip of cardstock and attached it to the left side. The finished card is a bit smaller than an standard A2-sized card. The sentiment is die cut with a Lawn Fawn die.

Challenges
Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge - Stencil it
Simon Says Stamp - Wedneday Challenge - Stencil it

Newton chilling on the beach

Loving the new stamp set I got from Newton's Nook.

Happy village for Pyssloteket

And now it's time for a new blog post at Pysslotekets blog. Today I'm blogging about Lawn Fawn's set Happy village. I have no idea why this set started such a craving but it really did. I created three cards ranging from simple to interactive;

Read more at Pysslotekets blog.

Happy village pivot pop-up

The Lawn Fawn set Happy village really created a huge craving and I've been creating with it for a while now. I wanted to make a pivot pop-up card using these cute little houses and here it is;

I used papers from the Perfectly plaid Spring collection and the stamps and dies from Happy village. The "Bon voyage" comes from another Lawn Fawn set called "Plane and simple".

Challenge

Lawn Fawnatics #27 - 3D cards

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