Something amazing just happened...

Good Evening,

I've had this little secret for a while and today I'm able to share it with you. Jennifer contacted me a a few months back and she asked if I wanted to make a guest video on her channel.. I think I literally stopped  breathing for a while while reading that email. I think this is the biggest achievement in my crafting "career" and I felt so honoured just to be asked.  

I've been following Jennifer for a long and she is the kindest person I know in the crafting community. I think she is just an angel on Earth and I believe we all should follow her by giving away a little bit of kindness every day. Thank you so much, Jennifer! Hopefully I made you proud with my guest video. 

I made this card here:

Supplies:

Stamps: Lacy Scrolls and Fresh Freesia fby Altenew

Dies: Pierced Rectangles by My Favourite Things

Inks: Black Soot Distress Ink, Versafine Onyx Black

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers: English Lavender, Dull Blue

Card Stock: Daler and Rowney Cold Pressed Aquiline Texture Watercolour Paper 140lb, Simon Says Stamp Smoke Card Stock

Detailer Zig BrusH2O Waterbrush by Kuretake

White Vellum 

Superfine Clear Embossing Powder by Ranger

Tombow Multi Mono Liquid Glue

3M Scotch Foam Tape

Irresistible by Image Crafts: Tuxedo Black and Silver

Thank you for stopping by today and sharing this wonderful day with me! I think I can't stop smiling tonight.. :)

Hugs,
Marika

Chloe from Purple Onion Designs

Hello my crafting friends,

Today I have a card made with Purple Onion Designs stamps. I'm so glad I finally got this video edited and ready for you. I used Chloe - a bunny with a flower - and Bloom No.2 stamps to create my card today. In the video I am concentrating on how to colour a fur and add texture to it to make it look more realistic. I used my go-to colouring technique: copics combined to coloured pencils. Here's my card:

I made this into a video tutorial, you can watch it here or in HD in Youtube.

Supplies:
Stamps: Chloe (bunny with flower) and Bloom No.2 
Inks: Memento Desert Sand, Versamark
Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder by WOW!

Copic markers: Chloe: E40 - E41 - E42, Shirt: R00 - R21 - R32, Flowers: E000 - Y21 - YR21 - YR23, Leaves: YG91 - YG93 - YG95

Faber-Castell Polychrome Pencils: Chloe: Ivory (105), Burnt Ochre (187), Raw Umber (180), Burnt Sienna (283), Shirt: Light Flesh (132), Medium Flesh (131), Dark Red (225), Flower: Cream (102), Dark Cadmium Yellow (108), Van-Dyck-Brown (176), Dark Cadmium Orange (115), Cadmium Orange (111), Leaves: May Green (170), Earth Green Yellowish(168), Olive Green Yellowish (173)

Thanks for stopping by!

Marika

Altenew 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop

Hello!

Today I'm so thrilled to be part of Altenew's 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop Celebration. You know, I'm a newbie in the crafting world and I'm kind embarrassed to let you know that I wasn't even crafting at the time of their first blog hop. My hubby went to the US in June that year and I placed my first order for Simon then. I remember that I long went back and forth whether should I order Magnolias for her- set or not. I was so drooling over the beautiful flowers but I wasn't sure if I could ever colour them properly. Well, I decided to order them after all and it has become one of my all time favourites from Altenew. 

A year later, Tasnim took me under her loving wings despite of my inexperience in crafting and ever since Altenew has felt like home to me. Thank you so much Tasnim and Jennifer for letting me be part of your Team! It's really been a blast and I've loved every moment of it! Hopefully we have many more years to come ahead of us.

To celebrate Altenew, I made a card with my favourite stamp set and had a blast in colouring it. Hope you like it! 

I made this into a video tutorial, you can watch it here or in HD in YouTube. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Magnolia for her, Wild Hibiscus and Winter Cardinal
Dies: Magnolia for her die
Inks: Altenew Frosty Pink, Morning Frost and Evening Grey Crisp Inks, Versafine Onyx Black

Copic markers: RV00 - RV91 - RV93


Faber-Castell Polychrome Pencils: Light Magenta (119), Magenta (133), White (101), Warm Grey I (270), Warm Grey III (272), Warm Grey (275), Cold Grey (233)


GIVEAWAY

Leave comments along the way for the opportunity to win one of THREE prize packs valued at over $100 from Altenew!

There are 8 awesome companies who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

• Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate
• WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack
• Simon Says Stamp : $30 Gift Certificate
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack
• Ellen Huston : $50 Gift Certificate
• Freckled Fawn : Gypsy Kit valued at $27
• My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI
• StampNation : Three 3 Month Subscriptions

Be sure to leave comments on each stop by Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win! 13 winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the hop list and will be announced on the Altenew blog on Apr 14th.

ALTENEW SPECIAL OFFERS

• First 100 orders : 1 free mini stamp set (Starting April 7th at 9:00 AM EST)
• Orders over $75 : 1 free mini stamp set (Now through Sunday, April 10, 2016)

GET HOPPING

Hopefully you arrived wonderfully talented Melanie Deasy's blog, if not please start at the beginning from Altenew blog. Next on the hop is Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. 

Altenew

Kristina Werner

Anna Kossakovskaya

Simon Says Stamp

Agnieszka Malyszek

Melania Deasy

Marika Rahtu

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Nicole Picadura

Darlene DeVries

Pamela Ho

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Marika

Sending Mini Blossoms on your way..

Hello,

I'm over at Altenew blog today. I made this first card and I kinda liked it so much that I redid it and made it to an video tutorial. On the second one I used Shimmer Mist and sprayed that to my entire background and that gave it really beautiful shine. 

I made this into a video tutorial, you can watch it here or in HD in YouTube. I also have visitor on this one.. turned out to be a less of a hassle than I thought it would be. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Mini Blossoms and Thinking of You from Altenew
Inks: Altene Soft Lilac, Morning Frost, Evening Grey and Moon Rock Crisp Inks, Versafine Onyx Black and VersaMark
Clear Matt Dull Embossing Powder from Wow!
Black Copic Multiliner 0.5
Sakura Gelly Roll Pen
Sheer Shimmer Spritz Sparkel from  Imagine Crafts
Glossy Accents from Ranger
Tomboy Multi Mono Liquid Glue
EK Tools Powder Tool

Copic Markers: V20 - V22 - V25 - V28


Thank you for stopping by today. Have an amazing day!

Hugs,
Marika