#3 Juli

Stamps by Magnolia Sweden

If you can not find this stamp in the web shop, try over at Sir Stampalot, UK

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Hello and welcome to my blog. Well.. today something different than a Christmas or Winter card. :-) iam sooo ready for some other colors. So for my card today i not only wanted to use something fresh.. i also limited myself not to use any Designer paper. I have simply added color by using flowers and some ribbon. I think the idea works well with this cute Tingla stamp or any baby card. Just nice and whimsical in white and pink :-).Here is what i have done. I used my circle Creative Memories shape and cut from Bazzill textured Cardstock my card base. You can see where i have not cut the top all the way around. Than i opened the card and cut a window with a smaller ring out. I than embossed a shimmery white paper with cuttlebug Embossing folder and adhered my ribbon to that and than layered it into my frame (of course from the inside i have covered up the ribbon ends with a piece of white paper)

The flowers have a nice coat of Stickles on it :-) and around the inner circle as well. I like to leave some ribbon ends farily long and the one end from the left was not really cooperating with me, so i just sat Tingla right over that piece. Just a bit more decoration since the card does not have any patterns going.

All those very cute Magnolia stamps you see in my artwork can be purchased in Sweden - link is in blog roll!

Thank you for visiting me today i appreciate your time.

Baby card

So this is my card i made for today. I do not know how many pictures i took of this card.. iam not happy with the light i got this morning. The picture really does not show well how pretty the colors are. I used the patterend paper to work sort of as "sentiment" but than the card looked so empty but i also did not want to add too many flowers. So this clear "Heidi Swapp" flower underneath the yellow flower lets you still read all the words without overpowering the layout. Simple sewing on all layers.

oh and if you wonder how i "shortened" the swing so i can fit it into the circle??? i stamped the swing twice. Once on the circle using a post-it note to cover the bottom and a second time on an other piece of paper and than i cut it out and added it to the circle. Tingla is on pop-up dots to give the card dimension.

Magnolia Sweden at Magnolia

Paper: Celery Green, Pretty in Pink, Nanna Nursery pack -Girl-

Ribbon: Rasberry Ribbons

Eyelet: Making Memories

Coloring: Copics

Last night i browsed some blog' s and i saw that Debbie has some super sweet blog candy to offer. So do not forget to check Deb's blog candy (Crafty cards i higgins)!

Baby Girl Doorhanger

Hello.... ususally i do not talk so much about the weather but seriously this year the changes in Michigan are driving me NUTS. So many thunderstorms... my friend Heidi was already twice without power for more than a week.. -can you imagine??? And today it is sooo muggy and cloudy it is not nice.

This doorhanger is quite simple.. one side says "Playtime" and one says "Naptime". I was able to use scraps from my stash. I think this one is my favorite :-)

Sweden at Magnolia

Doorhanger by Debbies Die Cuts

Close up

and the "Naptime" side

Okay hahaha.. by now you know that Bea and i became very good friends?? She sent me this wonderful card. She made this card for an Ismaki Sketch. Thank you so much Bea for sending me this gorgeous card. I really dont know how you can do this. Laugh..iam having a hard time part of my cards and you spoil me all the time with your gorgeous creations. Love ya! oh and she made the other day a very very adorable baby boy card. check it out

A Little Birdie Told Me...

.... that you are having a baby.
This is my work for the MagnoliaChallangeBlog. The task was to create anything baby related. Last week had just a few Magnolias , so my choice was very limited, but i thought i can make the girl with the bird on her hand work.

Now there is a little story about this card. When i scored the card i thought i do not have to look for the scoring measurements anymore, cause i made already a few that day. So i scored the last score the one on the tip at 3" instead of 3.5. When i was folding it toghether, i noticed the mistake and how ugly it looked. The paper was ruined. No way i could leave it that way. But on the other hand i could not throw a entire sheet of DP just yet in the trash. So i covered the front flap with a piece of Cuttlebug embossed white paper (Textile Texture) and tied a ribbon around, which covered the scoring line in the inside, a little strip of double sided tape holds the ribbon in place. I was one happy girl :-) To make the swirls behind the girl i used Stampin up's "Bronc Buster" , a glue pad and some Stampin up Dazzeling Diamond Dust Glitter. The sweater she is wearing is paper pieced with Noteworthy DP.

Funny thing is... my son Lucas former pre-school teacher told a friend of mine (officially) that she is pregnant. Since Niklas is going to the same school i can give this card to her tomorrow :-)

Stamps: ont-size:85%;">, Crafty Secrets, Stampin up

Embellishments: Silver Brads, Pretty in Pink Ribbon, Dazzeling Diamond Dust

Tools: Piercing Tool, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Scoring Tool