Spread the Kindness

Hello,

I'm at the Altenew blog to today to share a card with Wild Hibiscus set. I coloured it with Copic Markers and coloured pencils - my favourite colouring medium at the moment. Hopefully you'll like it!

Supplies:
Stamps: Wild Hibiscus and Lace Up from Altenew
Inks: Sea Glass , Forest Glades and Jet Black Altenew Crisp Inks
Paper: Canson Bristol 250gms 

Copic Markers used: Blue: B91 - B93 - B95, Green: YG11 - YG03 - YG67, Grey: N0- N1 - N3 - N5
Faber-Castell Polychromo Coloured Pencils used: Phetalo Blue (110) - Pressian Blue (246) - Ligth Green (171) - Leaf  Green (112) - Pine Green (267) - Cold Grey II (233) - Cold Grey II (231) - Black (199)

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

Hugs,
Marika

Freshly Made Sketches #200 Challenge Celebration

Hello!

Today I'm participating in Freshly Made Sketches #200th Challenge Celebration. I've a big fan of sketches - they are a great starting point for a card. FMS is an awesome challenge and today they are celebrating their 200th sketch! How amazing is that?!? Congratulations!! 

Freshly Made Sketches is celebrating their awesome milestone with tons of sponsors.   Please, join the fun with us and have some fun in your craft room and be eligible to win awesome prices. So here is the sketch first and then my take on it!

Supplies:
Stamps: Figure Effects by Altenew
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Altenew Crisp Ink Ruby Red
Paper: Neenah Solar White 80lb
Copic Multiliner 0.5 Black

Hopefully you find time to play along with us. Thank you for stopping by today. See you soon!

Marika

White Lilies for her

Good Afternoon,

Today is my turn to host Altenew blog. I made this card with Layered Lily set. I wanted to colour these beautiful lilies into white. I really like how the colouring turned out. Here is my card:

Stamps used: Layered Lily and Birthday Greetings.

Stamps used: Layered Lily and Birthday Greetings.

You can watch my tutorial here or in HD in Youtube.



Supplies:
Stamps: Layered Lily and Birthday Greetings from Altenew
Inks: Pumice Stone and Antique Linen Distress Inks,  Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Daler and Rowney Aquafine Texture Watercolour Paper 300gms/140lb, Cold Pressed, Black card stock
Superfine Clear Embossing Powder by Ranger
Vellum

Thank you for stopping by today. Have a great week! 

Marika

ColourQ Card Challenge #283 and Time Out Challenge #27.

Good Morning!

This is my entry to the ColourQ Card Challenge #283 and 
to the Time Out Challenge #27.
This card got ColourQ Courtier at the challenge.

Here is a close-up of a mother mouse.

On Saturday I had time to craft and I went through some challenge blogs to get inspiration. I wanted to colour and I found the colours at ColourQ very very pretty and they fit very well for the idea that I had in mind. A very good friend of mine is expecting her first child and I wanted to make a card for her. Well, I know you shouldn't brake the illusion of the future mothers that the fact of having children isn't always only tickling little toes and looking at them sleeping smilingly.. Unfortunately children grow much faster than we really realize and those snuffling little swagglings aren't so tiny for long and they turn into these "little smiling and adorable perishers". At least one of them lives in our household and does what little mouse is doing in the card - every day! I really thought these two stamps work so very well together to create this scene - so familiar for us.

I stamped images from Purple Onion Designs with light brown ink. I should have chosen a light gray ink but I wasn't thinking at the time. I watercolored the scene with my Inktense Pencils. To finish the card, I adhered a lime card stock underneath and stamped the sentiment with black pigment ink.

I will enter this into these Challenges:
ColourQ Challenge #283 - Basic Black, Going Gray, Kraft, Kiwi Kiss + neutral
Time Out Challenge #27 - CAS with optional twist of plash of one colour - mine is only CAS

Here are the graphics' :

Supplies:
Stamps: Wishing, Charlotte and Blossoming Perch by Stacey Yacula from Purple Onion Designs, Birthday Greetings by Altenew
Inks: Mementon Desert Sand and Versafine Onyx Black
Derwent Inktense Pencils: Spring Green (1550) Light Olive (1540) Fern (1560) Sun Yellow (0200) Saddle Brown (1740) Willow (1900) Indian Ink (2020) 
Derwent Metallic Pencils: Pewter (81)
Card Stock: Canson Mix Media 200g/m2, Primeco 220g/m2 Olive card stock
Copic Multi Liner Black 0.1, Copic Multi Liner Gray 0.3

Tools:

Derwent Waterbrush no.2

Acrylic blocks

Paper trimmer

Stamp-a-magic

Scotch ATG & tape

Thank you for stopping by today. See you soon!

Marika

Paper Players Challenge #236 and Fusion Card Challenge - Floral Fusion

Hello Everyone!

Today I am back with this card that I made for a few challenges in mind.

This is my entry to the Paper Players Challenge #236 and
to the Fusion Card Challenge- Floral Fusion.

Last week when I looked up current challenges there where just amazing inspiration pictures: flowers, violets, purples and more flowers. All where yelling at me, make me into a card. Unfortunately I missed the deadline at Card Concept even though that beautiful flower bouquet really inspired me to use this Sketchy Rose for my card. I also took the colours from Fusion challenge and at the Paper Players there is going on a floral challenge and the DT over there has made such a beautiful cards.

I started with stamping the rose from Sketchy Rose and the biggest butterfly Painted Butterflies onto a white card stock with light grey ink. I just purchased my first copics and I have been playing with them for a about a week now. It was very difficult at first but then I kinda got hang of it but still lot to be learn. The butterfly was then cut with scissors and adhered with liquid glue and foam tape onto the front panel of the card. I die cut the "Hello"-window with Halftone Hello die and stamped the sentiments with black pigment ink. Sentiments are from Halftone Hello and Sketchy Rose sets. 

Here is what this card looks inside.

I will enter this into these challenges:

Fusion Card Challenge - Floral Fusion: I was inspired by beautiful shades of purple and flowers of course.

Paper Players Card Challenge #236 - CAS Floral

Copic Marker Europe Challenge #37 - Things with wings

Here are the graphics:

Supplies:

Stamps: Sketchy Rose, Painted Butterflies and Halftone Hello by Altenew

Dies: Halftone Hallo die by Altenew

Copic Markers: RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, YG91, YG95, YG97, YG99, W1, W3, W5, W7

Card Stock: Neenah Solar White 80lb

Inks: Memento London Fog, Versafine Onyx Black

Card Base: Papermania A6 300gsm

Tools:

Acrylic blocks

Paper trimmer

Tomboy Multi Liquid Glue

Scotch Foam Tape

Scotch ATG & tape

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a lovely day!

Marika

CAS(E) this Sketch #109

Good Afternoon!

This is my entry to the CAS(E) this sketch #109 and
Runway Inspired Challenge #77 - Jenny Packham.
This card got Honourable Mention at the CTS.

I made this card for the CAS(E) this Sketch and I took the colour theme from Runway Inspired Challenge. I saw that challenge inspiration photo and it was so gorgeous that I had to take part. This card ended up being totally different what I had in mind in the first place, so it is not quite what the inspiration was for. 

I started with stamping the Peony Scrolls by Altenew and Pretty Little Peonies by Wplus9 with Versafine Smoky Grey onto this grey card stock. I coloured the flowers with Derwent Coloursoft Pencils. After, I stamped the sentiment from a stamp set called Sketchy Rose by Altenew with Versamark and heat embossed it with Vanilla White Embossing Powder. I added the paper twine, a few sequins and that little light blue border.

I will link this card into these challenges:

CAS(E) this Sketch #109 - the sketch

Runway Inspired #77 - Jenny Packham - The colour theme

Here are challenges' graphics:

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you are a having a wonderful day!

Marika

Inkspirational #75 and Card Concept Challenge #27

Good Evening Everyone!

This is my entry to the Card Concept Challenge #27
and Inkspirational Card Challenge #75.

I made this card and filmed it while making it. It was made with the same technique as one of the cards at the Altenew Guest Design post and I was asked to make a tutorial to show how I coloured it. Well, I don't have a video you, unfortunately I was only able to film my head.... although I tried to avoid it. Maybe next time. :) 

The inspiration for this card comes from these two challenges. Valentine's Day is coming up and love is in the air. In Finland, we celebrate friendship at Valentine's day and that is why I need more "friend" cards other than "love" cards. I loved the colours at Card Concept and wanted to participate with this friendship card. Hopefully it is ok. I also made this card Inkspirational's colour challenge in mind. I only read the key word - Rose - and started to make it. After I was done I noticed that there was no craft card stock at the neutrals list.. Hopefully it is ok too? If not, please delete my card.

I started this card with stamping the sentiment from Altenew with Versamark and heat embossed it with Vanilla Opaque White embossing powder. After, I stamped the flowers and leaves from Whimsical Flowers set by Altenew with Memento Desert Sand ink. I coloured the flowers with Derwent Coloursoft and Faber-Castell pencils.

I will link this card into these challenges:
Inkspirational Card Challenge #75 - Use rose colours
The Card Concept Card Challenge #27 - Love, I was inspired by the colour combo

Here are the challenges' graphics:

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day! 

Marika