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.

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

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.

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

Three ways out of this world =)

Space cards in three way with Lawn Fawn Out of this world stamp set.

Testing out the new pivot popup die from Lawn Fawn

I was totally crazy about Lawn Fawn's spring release since it contained a die for a type of card that I really wanted to make for a while. It looks very plain on the outside but on the inside, that's where you have all the action. If you want to see it spin and popup, check it out on my Instagram-post.

I used Lawn Fawn patterned papers from Perfectly Plaid Chill collection. The little alpaca is also Lawn Fawn as welll as the Happy birthday which comes from the Happy happy happy stamp set and die. The snowflakes are Sizzix dies.

The card when it unfolds. Just love this die set. The panel is colored with distress inks in Wilted violet, Salty ocean and Blueprint sketch. The sentiments and snowflakes are heat embossed in white. The critters are colored with Zig clean color real brush markers.

Challenge
Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #23 - Try a new technique

Seal popup surprise card

I saw a video a year ago with the talented Nina-Marie Trapani and I was totally intrigued and had to try it out. I liked it so much so I had to do it again this year. I used the little Lawn Fawn seals on the front. The inside is done with distress inks and a 13Arts stencil.

Go check out the video for how to make them. Remember to crease the folds REALLY well. To get the first measurements correct I score the first lines in my paper trimmer. That helps the fold to be truly symmetrical. I use my bone folder for all the folds.

The card folded up.

The card folded out.

Trifold birthday card with flying elephants

I saw such a cute video with Nicole Sphor the other day with the new release from Mama Elephant with flying elephants on or with balloons. I don't have that stampset so I thought I would recreate it with what I have at hand. I dug out the Adorable elephants set from My Favorite Things and also a cute set from WPlus9 and went to town.

I used Bristol Smooth paper and stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink since I would be watercoloring this panel.

Laying out the images before hand to space them out

The whole panel fully stamped, now with erased pencil lines so they wouldn't get trapped under the ink.

The whole panel colored. The clouds are done by sponging with distress ink in Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean. I used a Lawn Fawn cloud border die cut card panel as a stencil.

The front panel of the card, sentiment die cut from Gummiapan and stamped sentiment from Slöjddetaljer. It reads Congrats on your birthday in Swedish.

The panel folded out.

Pop-up birthday card with Newton and birdie

This stamp set from Newton's Nook just begs to be used with a pop-up element inside. The sentiment on the front and the really punny on the inside is just perfect.

I wanted to try my hand at some masking with the balloon image in the stamp set and this is what became of it. I'm quite happy with how it turned out. The balloons and birdie are all colored with Distress Inks on Canson watercolor paper. I finished it by splattering everything with some black acryllic paint (after everything was dry). I however covered the balloons, birdie and the sentiment before splattering.

The inside is created with dies from Lawn Fawn (Stitched clouds, stitched hillside and the pop-ups). The trees are from My Favorite Things. I used Lawn Fawn Rainbow plaid paper as well as the yellow in Watercolor wishes.

Challenge 
Seize the birthday - Balloons

Explosionskort med alla hjärtans dag tema

Mer inspiration via YouTube. Denna gång av en video av Nina-Marie Trapani som visade hur man kunde göra "explosionskort", alltså kort som har en sida som vecklar ut sig (och vecklar ihop sig). Tyckte de var jättesöta och ville testa.

Använde mig av en stencil från 13Arts för att göra bakgrunden med hjärtan. Distress inks så klart. Så enkelt att jobba med detta. Använde mig av några söta mönsterpapper för sidan. Även där har den vita baksidan fått hjärtan på sig med hjälp av samma stencil.

Framsidan. Ska tänka på att inte använda border die med korsstygn när jag ska göra alla fyra sidorna. Så enkelt att man förstör ett hörn eftersom det blir en överlappning.

Så här ser korten ut på insidan. Under förutsättning att man inte använder för tjockt papper på insidan och gör alla vikningar ordentligt, gärna med en "bone folder" så viker kortet ut sig och ihop sig väldigt enkelt!

Skjortkort

Hittade en underbar förlaga med beskrivning på Pinterest. Dessa två fick bli avslutningskort till sonens förskolefröknar.


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