Tonight we are young again

Vampire freebie -
Vampire attack mode

I have submitted this sketch to the challenge at Haunted Design House: Halloween costume because I have been a vampire before (although most often a combination of vampire and witch, as seen in my earlier post).

Coffin break

I wish that I knew someone who actually celebrated Halloween, so I could send Halloween cards to that person. Instead my Halloween cards will go one of two ways: to my trash-can or to the pile of thousand cards which I do not have room for any way. But yeah, that's a very tiny problem. Anyhow, if anyone wants one of my Halloween cards, I will be happy to send it to you (for free).

For this card I made a vampire, but it ended up looking like half a witch with the hair. So, it's a witch vampire. Or a vampire witch. I guess that the reason that I have this distorted idea of a vampire is because I couldn't decide if I wanted to make a vampire or a witch. Since I so seldom have had the opportunity to dress out in a fancy costume, I haven't been able to decide if I wanted to dress out as a witch or a vampire. Therefore I have done both - at the same time. I haven't been invited to that many masquerade parties though, cause I'm a pain in the neck (pun intended). 

Card recipe

Metallic sand paint (silver): Panduro
White acrylic paint: Pysselmakaren
Red acrylic paint: Panduro
Font: Bloodthirsty by Jonathan Harris
Image: Wiola's vampire witch/witch vampire

Vampire witch freebie

500 days of shimmer

A card for The Sisterhood of Crafters 25/09. 
The challenge is TAG IT. 

Card recipe
*Digi stamp: Kat the Pinwheel Fairy - Paper Makeup Stamps
*Flower fabric: Syhörnan (Helsingborg)

*Green paper with flowers: Panduro
*Green dotty border + Pink dotty border: issue 57 of Let's make Cards
*Pinwheels: issue 115 of PaperCraft Inspirations
*Tag: Free Printables Online
*Turquoise dotty paper: Pysselmakaren

*White paper with flowers: Pysselmakaren

I have submitted this card to the following challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers: Winged things
City Crafter Challenge: Flower Power 
Cuttin and stampin: use your scraps 
Eureka Stamps: Tag - you're it
Inky Chicks: Pretty in pink 
Sparkle N Sprinkle: Anything goes with glitter
Tuesday Taggers: Going dotty

May the horse be with you

A card for {PIN}spirational Challenge #76 (wow we are getting closer to 100!).

This is the week's {pin}spiring photo.

We are sponsored this week by Delicious Doodles. 

I have used the image Friends Forever by Teresa Sherman. 

Card recipe
*Background image: from magazine (Ölands Skördefest 2013)
*Border - kraft: Simon Says Stamp
*Border - stitched: magazine
*Crafts Paint used: Sun gold 
*Nail Polish used: Brown (for the horse's hair), Apricot (for the digi  girl's lips)
*Promarkers used: Buttercup (hair), Cocoa (jacket, horse), Sandstone (horse), Almond (skin)
*Ranger Liquid Pearls: Buttercup (hair)
*Ranger Stickles used: Green (eyes), White Diamond (buttons)

That's so you

Just... I don't know. A self-portrait. Lol.

I'm sick (have fever) and too much time on my hands. And I feel sad (but I most often do). 

I have submitted my portrait/drawing to the following challenges:
All That Stickles: Fall Harvest Linky Party
CAS-ual Fridays: Fall colors & leaf
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything goes
CMC Copic Challenge Group: Anything goes
Creative inspirations: Anything goes
Fab 'n' Funky: Leaves
Make My Monday: Flowers or Trees 
One Stitch at a Time: Anything goes 
Sunday Stamps: We're going with gold (I used golden acrylic paint as a final touch on the coral hair and mint green clothing)
The Corrosive Challenge Blog: Maiden 
Top Tip Tuesday: Leave a tip 
Tip: Try to make cards during the day, or buy a daylight bulb for your craft room. This will cut down on eye strain and make it easier to match colours. 
613 Avenue: Anything goes

Card-recipe 

*Background: Page from a fairytale book named Godnattsagor by Förlaget Kärnan Ab Helsingborg
*Copics used: Chamois (hair)
*Craft paint used: white (over the eyes), red + golden (for cheeks), golden (for hair + clothing)
*Promarkers used: Almond (for skin), Mint Green (clothing), Cocoa (hair), Burnt Orange (hair), Pumpkin (hair), Buttercup (hair), Sandstone (hair)
*Red rose: Panduro 
*Stickles used: Waterfall (eyes), Fruit Punch (lips)

Wiola - digital stamp (freebie)

Ps. Oh my golden hair, look at what an amazing card Kaija did with this image.

Pink happy thoughts

Fanny with her precious smile
- digital stamp/image (freebie)

Photo (no freebie)

A sketch of my darling little sister who is turning 18 (!) this week.

I have submitted my digital stamp/image to the following challenges:
Craft My life: Anything but a card
Craft your Passion: No coloured in images
The Paper Girls: Make your own stamp (I made a digital stamp)

Ps. Here's a colour sample

Grape deal

It's my time to guest design for Fitztown Challenge Blog this Sunday. I have made a card with an image from the Stardust and pumpkin collection.

Card recipe:
*Image: Fitztown - Snp2 
*Paper sheets: local craft store Pysselmakaren
*Shiny borders (pink with dots + pink, green, white stripes): issue 57 of Let's make Cards
*Yellow lace: local haberdasher Ronnys Symaskiner
*Light purple ribbon: local haberdasher
*Pearls: Old necklace which I have "recycled" for card-making etc. 
*Flower with pink pearl: local craft store Pysselmakaren
*Floral border: Simon Says Stamp 

I thought that it was about time to create a purple card. I decided to combine the purple with some other fun colours as well. I dyed the yellow lace with yellow paint to make it bright yellow, since I thought it would be a fun detail to go along with the yellow dots (which you can find on the purple paper background). 

I have coloured the flower with nail polish and Stickles. Nail polish has also been used for the floral border. The sentiment has been covered with Stickles, so you can barely see the font (LT Chickenhawk) lol. I have made a border with Stickles around my card with the following Ranger Stickles: Diamond, Eucalyptus, Fruit Punch, Green, Lagoon, Magenta, Mystic Green, Orange Peel, Starry Night, Thistle, Tropical Tangerine, Turquoise, Waterfall, Yellow. I have also added some Stickles to the image's dress (see the dots) and her hair and head-band (or do you say hairband?). For the fairy's skin I chose Promarker Almond. For the hair I went with different orange, brown and red Promarkers. 

I have submitted this card to the following challenge blogs:
Alphabet Challenge: P for Paper piecing (see dress)
Crafts 4 eternity: Cute kids 
Crafty Cardmakers: Winged things
Creative Craft Challenges: Use ribbon
Flutter By Wednesday: Anything goes with fairy/butterfly
Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything goes
My Heart Pieces: Beads, glitter and lace
Scrap Creations: Polkadots
Sweet Stampin': Glamour and glitz
Totally Gorjuss: Dotty
2 Sisters: Recycle (I used pearls/beads from an old necklace to decorate my card)
Wags 'n Whiskers: Sparkle

Thanks for stopping by! Good night (or good day) wherever you are.

Autumn flowers

Albert Camus once said: Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. 

I think he was right about that. Actually I think he was right about many things. Camus is one of the reasons I have been an existentialist for almost a decade now. Read more about my existentialism here. (I must not confuse my crafts blog with my writing blog.)

Anyway, for this autumn card I used one of Hannah Lynn's images, named Cali Girl. I colored the image with Promarkers and added some leaves to her hair. Some of the leaves come from a template pattern pack for Crafts Beautiful September 2010, while the other leaves plus pumpkin have been cut out from various magazines. I have found the gorgeous autumn frame here.

I have used lots of Stickles for the leaves, pumpkin and frame. You can find the following Stickles in my card: Cinnamon, Diamond, Eucalyptus Green, Fruit Punch, Orange Peel, Tropical Tangerine and Yellow. 

The background has been hand marbled by me, with Marmoreringsfärg. 

Finally I have submitted this card to the following challenges:
ABC Challenges: Fall
All that Stickles: Fall  
Craftin Desert Diva's: Autumn/Fall
Craft Your Passion: Autumn/Fall
Crafty Sentiments: Fall/autumn
Fab 'n' Funky: Leaves 
House of Gilli: Anything goes/fall
I <3 Promarkers: Anything goes  
My Craft Spot: Favorite technique (marbling paper) 
The Paper Nest Dolls: Happy fall ya'll

You had me in stitches

I have finally made a card with a stamp by Teresa Sherman. :) The image that I used here is named Thorne and can be found here at Sweet Pea Stamps.

Almost everything is painted with either acrylic paint and/or Stickles. I have used some red acrylic paint for the background to the left. The skin of the zombie/vampire is painted with metallic sand paint + some turquoise and purple acrylic paint. The golden acrylic paint (my absolute best craft purchase ever) gives the hair some glimmer. I have used some Waterfall Stickles for the lips. I have chosen Starry Night + Mystic Green Stickles for the eyes. The clothing is painted with lilac blue nail-polish and Starry Night Stickles. The stitches/scars are coloured with Magenta Stickles. I have used Yellow Stickles, Thistle Stickles, Starry Night Stickles and Waterfall Stickles for the flowers.

The purple patterned paper comes from the local craft store Pysselmakaren, and so do the corner embellishments. I have found the rest in various magazines.

I have submitted this card to the following challenges:
All that Stickles: Fall
Craft Your Passion: Glitter and gloss
Creative Fingers: Add a sentiment 
DRS Design: That's unexpected (the sentiment adds some humour to my Halloween horror card)
Haunted Design: Halloween in your face
One Sweet Challenge: Brown, Yellow, Orange and Red
Musically challenged: Creepshow
PunkyouGirl: Red & Black 
Sentimental Sundays: Humorous

Ps. I wanted to create a "blood" splatter background for my card, but I changed my mind. Maybe someone somewhere would find this useful? If so, please go ahead and save it. :) And look below for some bloody hands... 

Bloody hands - freebie

Somebear over the rainbow

Card recipe:
Image: Fairy and bear by Diane (Di)
Button/brad: Local crafts store Pysselmakaren
Font: Cookiemonster by Des
Promarkers: Almond, Mint Green, Buttercup, Pumpkin, Burnt Orange, Sandstone
Stickles: Yellow, Diamond, Fruit Punch
Liquid Pearls: Baby Blue, Buttercup
Nail polish: Pink and purple (for flowers) and beige golden (for wings)
Acrylic paint: Traditional Craft Paint S. Gold for the heart (it was originally white) 
Heart: Local florist's shop
Template: Free cute color-filled text frames

I would like to submit this card to the following challenges:
An Inky Situation: Teddy Bears 

Dis Digi Design: Birthday 
I <3 ProMarkers: Use 3 different shapes (1.Template 2. heart 3. round button/brad)
Just inspirational challenges: Animals
Scrapper's Delights: Birthday inspiration
Robyn's fetish challenge: Must use yellow, blue and red
The Crafter's Cafe: No designer paper
Word Art Wednesday: Anything goes  
{PIN}spirational Challenge 74 (Ps. Why don't you come and join us?)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

I'm a guest designer at Fitztown for September. :) This is my first project, which is a bookmark. I created it for the Anything but a card challenge at Fitztown. 

I have used Fae 16 by Morgan Fitzsimons. 

The stitched border is painted with green acrylic paint first and then golden. The left corner is made with the Soap Bubbles technique (soap mixed with lots of water and golden acrylic paint).

Card recipe 
*Image: Fitztown

   - Skin colour: Promarker Almond

    - Hair: Promarker Cocoa, Burnt Orange, Pumpkin

    - Clothing: Promarker Buttercup, Promarker Pumpkin &  

      Promarker Burnt orange, Stickles Diamond & Orange Peel

    -Wings: Stickles Diamond, Stickles Green, Stickles Orange Peel, 

      Stickles Yellow & Stickles Cinnamon

    -Flowers: Promarker Burnt Orange, Promarker Pumpkin,  

     Promarker Mint green, Stickles Eucalyptus, Stickles Fruit  

     Punch and Stickles Orange Peel     
*Border: Green acrylic paint, golden acrylic paint

*Background painted on black paper with golden acrylic paint and
  Chalk-Ah-Lot: lime 

I have submitted this bookmark to the following challenges:
Anything but a card: Hitting the books (book-mark)
Artistic Inspirations: Anything but a card
Gingerloft Challenge: Anything but a card
Penny Black Saturday: Anything but a card
Lexi's Creations: Anything but a card 
The Crafty Bloggers Network: Things with wings