Charms this time at DW.

Well, I am the hostes of this challenge and it goes like this: This week, I really do it simple. Use two charms and a brad on your card. And ofcours you have to include a download, that`s the major rule in these challenges.
*Gunn:-)




I used this charmed download, think she is so cute on her bike. You can find her in this collection- Sugar and Spice. Paper are Bazzill. I used some tuill and lace, lace is colored with glimmer mist. Flowers are prima. I also used MS punch.
My brad is in the star of the sentiment. My charms are the butterfly and the sun.

So head over to Dotties World and take a look at the rest of the creations.

Christmas with a twist over at DW.

This week Karen has sat the challenge and this is her words about that:


This is the time we all make a start on our huge pile of Christmas cards - if it isn't then it should be as you surely don't want that last minute panic :-) To get you started we would like you to create a Christmas card, the condition here is that you must not use traditional Christmas colours, so I don't want to see any reds or greens, anything else is good to go. The only absolute must-have is of course one of the gorgeous Charmed downloads.




I didn`t almost manage to do this challenge, so I am really late with my card. I wanted to use this little bird- it is so cute, and I really think these colors go so well with this bird. My cutie is from the Mixed Christmas Collection.
Papers are Bazill and Panduro, heart Panduro- sentiments. sorry, can`t remember.

So head over to the main blog and take a look at the other cards.

Great outdoor- Dotties Challenge this Week

Opps, I forgot the image :-(

Adele has set this weeks challenge and she has this to say about that subject.


I cannot believe how quickly this year has gone, children going back to school and the thought of Autumn ahead already. Let's make the most of the weather whilst we can!

THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Please make a card, project with an outdoor theme. That's the only requiremnt apart from obviously using one or more of the fabby Charmed Downloads.

XXXX

So with this theme I had to get my favorite Pixie out of the dark, I really love this one. Colored her in with colors that goes for the autum. And I really have the autum feeling, it is raining like crazy here, and the fog is coming down from the hills and the colors are all shades now.

Papers are Bazzill and Maja Design., flower is retro punch and storyteller, leaves are prima and I took a bit of this and a bit of that from my stash and Voila- here is my card.

This beauty you can download from Charmed Card and Craft- the Mixed Christmas collection
So head over to Dotties World and see the rest of the creations, and we would appreciate it if you took part in this challenge.

Over at DW- on the beach

Well it is a bit late here in Norway for summer, the autum has arrived. But over at Dotties World we still have a bit of summer. Lou has sat this challenge and in her own word se tell what this is all about:

Hello Folks, Louise here. As this challenge goes live I will actually be sunning myself in Turkey! So I think it would be a fitting plan to make a beach/vacation themed card - make it sunny please! Don't forget your Charmed download!

So I started to play and pretend that summer is not over yet, or is this my dream for next summer?


I cut out the card with my Silhouette, using StampinUp cream paper. Then I used ink direct to paper for these colors.
Sentiment in the middle is a ClubScrap stamp and the sentiment in the upper corner is a printable from House of 3.
Pattern paper is from my scraps. I also used some Karen Marie klipp flowers. Charms are from my stash.
My charmed one is from this collection.
So head over to Dotties World and take a look at the other creations, they are beautiful.
Enjoy your sunday.

Be inspired- that`s the issue over at DW

This week Lou has set this challenge and she has this to say about that:

Hello Guys and Gals, Louise here,
We haven't had a photo inspiration challenge for blummin ages! So here we go, use this picture as inspiration to make a card (or even something else!)- maybe it will be the colours, maybe the flower, maybe the romantic feel of it - there are no rules with inspiration challenges, it's how the picture effects and inspires you. Oh actually there is one rule! The rule is -and believe me some people still forget this one - USE A CHARMED DOWNLOAD!


Well, this is a great picture and I really got inspired, so I made this little box with the Sweet little Dreamer. I used bazzill paper and the pattern paper is Olivia from BG. Punched the tab with my Stampin Up punch.
I used some big flowers I bought ages ago, and I can\t remember from wich company. The rest of the embellishment is from Storyteller.
The dreamer is from the Pixie collection at Charmed Card and Craft. She is colored with copics. I also used a Pink Paisely border.



So head over to the main blog DW and take a look at what the rest of the team has done. Why not play with us and be inspired.
Wish you all a great sunday.

Your Favorite over at Dotties World

This week I am the hostess for the challenge over at Dotties World, and my words goes like this:

This week I thought you can get an easy challenge. We have to admitt to ourselves at least, that we often get favorites.
That can be a book, a flower, movie, friend a family member or whatever....
This week I want you to take your favorite Charmed One- a new or old and just make a card or project with it. You can do whatever you want, just have fun. But your favorite has to be a CHARMED DOWNLOAD.

So let me see lots of favorites this week, and have fun.
*Gunn*


For my card I used this Sweetie in the Boy oh Boy collection- he is really a favorite even tough I don`t play much with him.
I made it a birthday card for a litle boy later in the fall.

Paper are Bazzill, and Basic Grey Oliver.
Frame- fun stuff is from House of 3, I printed it out on sticker paper.
Sentiment is Norwegian and is a birthday sentiment.
I also used my QK and Spellbinder die.

So be sure to visit Dotties World and see what the other girls made. So be brave and take part in this challenge and have fun.

We got a new challenge for you at DW this sunday

Hello you ........ all.

I been trying to make a page in my AJ, but I am so tired my mind slip avay. I am playing in my craftroom. But my eyes are just about to close for tonight. I suddenly rememered next weeks challenge, so i better pre-post this card before i go to bed.

Thise week Karen is the hostess and she just put out this about this challenge:

This week we would like you to frame something on your card. It could be framing an element, an image or indeed the card itself. Along with the frame I would like to see a few dots, how you present them is up to you. Please don't forget the most important part - a Charmed Download, which must feature somewhere on your card :-)

Well, here is my card.

I used lots of glimmermist, frame cut out with Silhouette. I also used some Martha Stewart puncher. and ofcours ordinary puncher. I have some ribbon and lace( got them on my locale store). Stash is from my stuff- I got a lots of stuff in my crafting room , thats for sure.
This image is starting to be one of my favorite stamps, i think one can use her for several different ocations. She can be found in this store, and this colledtion- Once upon a time are here.
Head over to the main blog and see what the other girls has done. Great work.

Wish you a great sunday.

Manly with a twist

This is Adeles wish over at Dotties World. So I just post what she said about this challenge:

Whilst looking through my stock box I noticed I am incredibly short of cards for men so I thought it would be a good idea to get a few in there rather than keep putting myself under the pressure of having to make them at the last minute - cards for men can be tricky enough as it is!

You have loads of images to choose from the Charmed Download collections so lets see what you can come up with........Now for a little twist, I want to see some ribbon on your manly cards!!

Great challenge, Me like... :-))

Here is my card.

Papers are from my stash, real old one and I am sorry but can`t remember from where.
Some bling that came in a kit long ago.
Sentiment is a PXS stamp.
My charmed one is Mickey from THIS collection.

So head over to DW and see what the other girls have done, and ofcours it would be fun if you joined us.
Wish you all a great sunday.

Movie at Dotties world.

Sheila has sat this challenge and it is a difficult but yet fun challenge.
And this was her last challenge over at DW and I am so sorry she is leaving the team, but I can fully understand her reasons. Sometimes one need to take time to live the life.

Well this is what she said about this challenge:

I love going to the cinema with my grandsons.. gives me the perfect excuse for seeing all the latest kids Disney/Cartoon movies so with this in mind my theme for the challenge this weeks is....

LETS GO TO THE MOVIES!!

So find your favourite Charmed Crafts download and turn it into a movie/movie character or relate it to a movie/character - simples no? :-).

I had a hard time making this card, but this is the result. I have used paper from DWD- Once upon a time and this image is from Charmed Card and Crafts, the newest collection- Once Upon A Time by Lou. I have been waiting to play with it.
So head over to the main blog and read all about this challenge and see the other girls card.

Vintage style over at Dotties World.

This week I am the hostess for the challenge and I have to admitt that I was not sure what to say, but this is what I came up with:

Time for a new challenge. This time I would love to see Vintage style on your cards, and be inspired by summer. It could be the colors, flowers, time of year and so on. Make the card or project in Vintage style and you are good if you - REMEMBER TO INCLUDE A CHARMED DOWNLOAD, that`s the most important thing with these challenges.

Looking forward to see what you can do when creativity is in summer modus...

*Gunn :-) *

Well, so far so good. Since I am on vacation and don`t have the opportunity to get all my stuff with me, I just made a simple card this time.
I wanted to use some from the new collection, but since I can`t get it printed before I get home, I had to use one of my old favorites- he is so cute and you can find him here.

The colors are so much brighter and beautiful in real life and it shows on this photo. I took it with my cellphone in the bad lightning. I was inspired by the warm sun as for the color on the main card. And the rest of the colors also remind me of summer in a way, and I tried to make it a bit vintage, not sure if I really made it.

Head over to Dotties world and take a look at what the other has done. I am sure there will be cards with images from the new collection.

Heating up over at Dotties World

Karen has set this challenge, and her word goes like this :

Getting hotter where you are? Summer is well and truly with us. Lets celebrate that by bringing in some fiery colours! So in keeping with the weather I would like you to use hot colours this week, fiery reds or burning oranges and golds, along with a Charmed download of course :-)


So I did that... used red, orange and gold on my card.
Cardstock is Bazzill`s big tag in red. The background is glimmermisted with different yellow and oranges along with some gold.
I used Prima flowers, some Basic Grey bling it. The frame is leftover from a spellbinder nestabilities, can`t remember the name of it.
I used my cuttlebug dotted embossing folder and some red ink to get it "hotter"
My charmed one is from Pixie collection and you can find her here.
So head over to the main blog- Dotties World and see what the rest of the team has done, amazing stuff. I just love it. And there is some sneak peak too.
Wish you a great sunday.
Gunn :-)

I am sorry for the bad photo, the ligthning was terrible since it was taken late at night in our housewagon, we are on vacation these days, so I don`t have my usual place or stuff to take pictures, so this is what you get.

Challenger over at Dotties World

This week Sheila is the hostess, and her word about that is:

Ok this is my first time as a Dottie hostess so be gentle with me :-), I would like the theme for this week to be

NO DESIGNER PAPERS!

You can use as many layers as you like, you can make your own backgrounds, using stamps...inks...chalks.. even embossing.. just don't use any designer papers.

And don't forget you MUST use a CHARMED DOWNLOAD on your creation too.

Have fun crafters

Sheila xx

And if you been around you have seen these new downloads. They are fun, but far away from my comfort sone. So I deceided to go ahead and have fun.
This is what I came up with.


All these papers are background paper I made years ago. I think the main one I used colorwash and baby swipes on i circular motions. The border I used shaving foam and ink. The stars is glimmermist.
I wrote the text in photoshop elements, I got this template from Kirsti Kolle, I just had to make my own text.
Flowers are prima and charm from my stash, I alos used some glitter stickles.
And my charmed downloads is from the new collections Martians.

So head over to Dotties World and take a look at what the team as come up with, and enjoy your sunday.

Time for a challenge over at Dotties World

This week Lou is hostess for the challenge and this is her words about that.

Hi Folks, Louise here,
Well we have Father's day coming up (20th June)so what better opportunty could we have to make cards for our dads! I'd like you to make a Father's day card- don't worry if you have no use for a Father's Day card, please still play along and make any kind of masculine card, I'll leave that up to you. All I say is a MUST is that you use a Charmed download please.

That`s it, make a fathers day card or a masculine one, and enjoy.

Cardstock is Bazzill, the rest is Printables from House of 3. I used some metall from Tim Holtz and flowers are prima. That`s it.
My charmed download is George from Sporty George Collection.
Head over to Dotties World and see what the rest of the team has come up with.

Wish you all a great sunday

Easel Card over at Dotties World

Hello you all.
This sunday Karen has set the challenge over at Dotties World and this is her words about that:
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Hi girls, Karen here. Nicole is taking some well-deserved time out so I will set the challenge for this week.

Have you tried making the very popular, and dead easy, Easel cards yet? My challenge this week is to make one so here's your chance to have a go. There are instructions on how to make an Easel Card on the Charmed site HERE. Theme, colours - anything goes, as long as it has one of the Charmed downloads on there somewhere.

I think this is my second easel card so far. Had fun making this one. There isn`t to much stash on this card. Some pearls and a flower I made of fabric.
Cardstock is Bazzill.
The rest of the paper is digital. I played with it in photoshop elements. I took a digital paper from" Ola la French Kit" made by Rhonna Farrer over at House of 3 as the base, then I used several brushes and added to it- all brushes are also made by Rhonna. Then I added the text.
It took a while, but sometimes I really enjoy playing digital. The Birds are png.file and I printed it out on clear sticker paper and added it to the card.
My charmed one is Holly on tour and she is ofcours in France. You can find her here.
Hope you take time to head over to DW and take a look at what the rest of the team has come up with. Love it.

Thanks a Bunch

That`s the challenge over at Dotties World. Adele is the hostess of this challenge and here is what she says about that.

Hi everyone, Adele here. It's my turn to set the challenge this week and I am trying to think ahead in an attempt to be organised! SO - What with us having a couple of weeks away between now and the end of the school year. I am aiming to be one step ahead with all those thank you cards for the kiddies teachers. Especially seeing as this year my son will be leaving his Junior school for pastures new!EEEK...how old does that make me feel!

THANKS A BUNCH!

Anyway, this week is open to loads themes, images, styles etc. Only two main rules; 1. Your creations must include a thank you greeting on it. 2. It must include a Charmed Download.


So here is my card for this challenge.

This is a new free image from Charmed Card and Craft. This adorable little Pixie is drawn by Lou and her name is Dahlia.
If you want her, head over to Dotties World and see what you have to do....

This time I have used old paper, flowers,ribbons, brads and pearls from my stash. The bird is an Heidi Swap invisible one. And I have used one of the new embossing folders by Tim Holtz.
So go visit Dotties World and take a look at what the rest of the team has come up with.

Sketch time over at Dotties World.

This week Karen is the hostess over at Dotties World, and she has this to say:

Hello hello hello! We hope this Sunday finds you fine and dandy and enjoying the weekend.

Tis time for another challenge, remember that you have a whole week to complete so please do join in. When you have finished just leave a link in the comments and we will come looking :-)

I thought it has been a long time since we had a sketch so here is one I made previously. I simply want you to make a card using my sketch and one of our downloads.
What you use on your card is entirely up to you, as long as you include a Charmed download.

Without futher do, here is my card. I used spellbinder, old scraps,and the rest of the paper is from ClupScrap. Sentiment is Just Rite.
I used this lovely couple from this collection, and you can find it at Charmed Card and Craft.

So take a visit over to DW and see what the rest of the team has come up with.

I need Flowers!

This week I am the hostess for the challenge over at Dotties World. And here is what I want.

Hello folks.

I live in North of Norway and we do have bit to much snow on the ground yet, and inside we do not have water, it is frozen and if we are lucky it may come back in the end of this month. So you see, I need colours and some flowers in my life now.

I want you to use flowers on your card in different colours, so go wild with this one. Any kind of flowers will do. But, the most important thing to remember is to use one of our Charmed downloads.

Looking forward to see what you make of this one.
And when I look out my window, it is actually snowing. I have to admitt that I like snow..... but that is in the winter, not at springtime.

Well, this week I deceided to make a picture instead of a card. I found this frame in my basement when cleaning up after the flood. Can you belive it, water everywhere else but in the water tap where we want it.

I made the background with Glimmer mist, added different kind of flowers from my stash, stamped the word belive and used this sweet Flower Pixie from Charmed Card and Craft. You can find her in this collection.
So head over to Dotties World and take a look at what the rest of the design team has come up with.

All Sewn Up- over at Dotties World

Over at Dotties World Nicole is the hostess for this challenge and her word about this is:

Hi gang! Nicole here with this weeks challenge. I would like to see some stitching on your card this week.....faux, hand or machine stitching is fine. :o) and of course make sure you add a Charmed Download as well!

I had this great fabric and wanted to use that on this card. Tried to make it a bit rinkle to get some "wind" to it.
The frame is a outline from spellebinder frame. I distressed it with cats eye chalk and added some stiches to it by pen.
I added some flowers a button and a bow to it, all from my stash. And the image is my Charmed One and is from the Boy Oh Boy Collection.

So head over to Dotties World and take a look of what the rest of team has come up with.
And enjoy your sunday.

Texture over at DW this sunday

Hello
Today Adele is hostess for this weeks challenge over at Dotties World, and she has this to say:

Hello everyone, it's my turn to set the challenge this week and still in desperate search of my mojo, I thought about what I like to see in a card:

Textures galore!

I would like you to include several different textures on your creations this week please. This could be embossing, felt, stitching, feathers, ribbon etc...as long as you include a Charmed Download, the rest is up to you.

Looking forward to seeing what you all come up with. XXX

I am sorry for the photo, it aint that good, but I did take it with my cellphone and the lightning wasn`t to good. I am away for the weekend and don`t have my stash around me, just had to make this with what I got.
So without further do, here is my card.

Cardstock is Bazzill.
Other: Cuttlebug embossingfolder.
Frame - is journalingcard from Jenni Bowlin I think- not sure.
Bird and not is a printable from House of 3- Rhonna Farrer
Charm from Kort og Godt, flowers are unknown and Magnolia, ribbon from my stasch.
Image is from Charmed Card and Craft, the Sugar and Spice collection.
So take time to visit Dottis World and see what the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope everyone have a great sunday.

Over at DW we have a question: Pastel or bright?

Over at DW this week there is a choice, and Adele is the lady that gives you this choice.

Hi everyone, Adele here. Well today it's my birthday.....21 again and I have a little twist in this week's challenge. This week you have a choice but it's still fairly open. I want you to think;

PASTELS or BRIGHTS!

Make a card or project using a Charmed Download keeping to either VERY pale pastel colours or VERY bright, bold colours. Now if of course you want to make two creations, one of each, that would be fantastic. Perhaps try two versions of the same image.

Looking forward to seeing what you all come up with! XXX

I tried to make one card in pastel, they are not the palest pastel ( sorry, didn`t read the challenge well enough, but it has to do for this time) but the tag is pretty much very bright.
Hope you like them.




I have used some Bazzill cardstock ont these two. The pattern paper are from House of 3 and Basil grey. Flowers are big old Prima and I think I used them like once before. I had them for some years. Sentiment on tag is Stampin Up. These two girls are my charmed one and you can find them here:
So head over to DW and take a look at what the rest of the teamies has come up with.