Rockin Snowman

Hello.  Welcome.  I wanted to make a quick Christmas card and decided to make it rock, cos they are fun and I haven't made one for a while.

I chose two papers from Marianne Designs Woodland Christmas pack.  I cut the top of the green one with a pretty shaped pierced border die stuck it on my base card and rounded the bottom so it rocks.  I cut the star garland Marianne Design die from the red paper and Marianne Designs Snowman from white card, leaving all the pretty negative cuts in place.  I inked the card edges with black archival and added a strip of patterned tape across the bottom of the card.  I like that the pattern below shows through.  I also stumbled over some sticky crystal stars so I added them to the star garland.  They are self adhesive so it was really quick and easy.  No messing with glue. 

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Joining the fun at
Marianne Design Challenge 209 LR0343, LR0126, CR1285, PT2320, CA3113, PB7044
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Let's Get Ready for Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 405
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge October
ABC Christmas Challenge U and V - Very Quick 

Hobby Horse Fun

Hello.  Welcome.  It's a hot and sunny Sunday here in Norway.  Taking a break from the garden to share a birthday card I made using a fun tutorial by Sandy for a rocker card.  Usually I use dies to make these but this was so simple and fun to do without my bigshot. 

Yee Haw!  How cool is that little cowpoke.  This is DRS Saddle Up Cowboy.  So cute.  Coloured with distress inks.  I used two MME patterned papers.  They are shades of blue, but you wouldn't know from this photo!!  My man says the camera is blind and doesn't actually see colours.  I mean, who is going to make cloud paper with yellow clouds and green sky???  Just squint and think blue.  Please.  

I made the happy birthday banner by bending MFP happy birthday stamp from the Tiger set on my acrylic block and repeatedly stamping on the cloud paper.  Then I fussy cut and inked the edges.  This is the first time I have remembered that you can curve clear stamps.  Usually I am trying to make sure they are dead straight.  Love this effect.  Expect to see it again soon.  

Action shot!!  Poor man's video!!!!  Yeee hawwwww.......

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MFP Stamps Wild West Blog Hop
AAA Cards Game 66 - Watercolours
The Craft Barn Challenge - Two Papers
Hobby Garasjen Utfordring 38 - Alt Er Lov 
Creative With Stamps Challenge 3 - Manly/Masculine Cards 

Rocking Horse Rock

Hello.  Welcome.  I've just had a lovely pasta dinner made by my friend Elin and, whilst waiting for the chocolate cheesecake, I made this card.  Well, you got to exercise a bit to work up an appetite....

I cut my base card in kraft using Cheery Lynn English Tea Party Angel Wing.  Then I cut Cheery Lynn Spring Flower Burst Doily Angel Wing from MME paper.  I stamped, embossed and fussy cut Whipper Snapper Rocking Horse from MME paper and added some colour with promarkers.  I added embelishments cut from Cheery Lynn BAF#1 and green rhinestones.  The little orange border was cut using some decorative scissors.  

My rocking rocking horse is joining the fun at
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 172 - Shaped Card
Stampotique Designers Challenge 181 - Oranges Lemons Use Citrus Colours

Thanks for dropping by.   Hope you are having a great weekend.  I'm off to check out the chocolate cheesecake.  Hmmm, yummy......  Hugz 

Red White and Blue Rock

Hello.  Welcome.  I've made a card that rocks.  No really, it's a rocking card.  It really rocks.

I've gone all red, white and blue because, along with many other countries, those are the colours on the Norwegian flag.  It's confirmation time in Norway.  Nearly everyone gets confirmed at 15 in Norway.  I've used a stamp from Kort og Godt called Engel Gratulerer, that's Angel Congratulations.  She did have wings but, if you are squeamish look away, I cut them off and now she looks like a confirmation candidate in her white robe.  Although they don't usually have hearts on LOL.  I cut Cheery Lynn Spring Flower Burst Doily in red, the angel wing in white and Cheery Lynn English Tea Party Doily in blue.  Then I backed with a white circle and folded a circular card in half to make her rock.  The silver metal roses are from Korthobby and I used silver star brads.  

Joining the fun at
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 131 - Lots of Layers
Korthobby Utfordring Mai - Konfirmasjon 
Papertake Weekly- Anything Goes 
Crafting Musketeers - Anything But A Square 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Five  five layers

Thanks for your visit and your comments.  Happy happy to you all.  Hugs