Författare: Mickaela


jul
2011

Fruti Fun in gray and antique yellow

kategorier: Okategoriserade

I have made another card for House Mouse and Friends 100ed challenge and this time i tried some new papers out. I used this week Sketch Saturday sketch for the layout.

The Image is Fruity Fun from House Mouse and i colored it with only gray (N-series) and skin-tones (which i coated with Y21 to get a more yellow tone). The background have been distressed with Antique Linen so it won’t be any harsh white. I paper pierced around the edge for a bit more dimension.

The Paper that is used is from Making Memories Paper Reverie collection. I love them, they are so delicate and soft and yet have a depth to them, As embellishments i used Martha Stewart’s borderpunch Modern Garland to mate the lacy borders. I used some beige buttons and a black satin ribbon. The flowers are made with Fiskar’s punch Retro flower (medium) and flower power. I put them together and put a pearl in the middle.

Copic: N9, N7, N5, N3, N1, E43, E41, Y21, 0

Punches: Martha Stwearts Modern Garland, Fiskars Retro Flower Medium and Flower Power.

Other: Distress Ink Antique Linnen

House Mouse and Friends – #100 Buttons, Bows and Bling

Simon Says Stamp – Use Newspaper

Sketch Saturday – #165 (Mine is tilted to the right)


jul
2011

House Mouse with lots of buttons

kategorier: Okategoriserade

Among all the buttons i got in the bag from grandma and grandpa’s old store there were some with a pearlshine and some with stars is them that i just loved so i decided to make a card with them, and luckily for me this weeks House Mouse challenge is one featuring buttons.

The stamp is House Mouse’s Brithday Cupcake that i have in my Birthday: Ice Cream-set. I have colored i with Copic and i just fell in love with this very light green combination. I used Glossy Accent on the frosting to make it more shiny (se the picture to the right). The sentiment is from Gina K’s Fanciful tags i just stamped in black.

The paper is from an unknown brand as decoration i used a doilie, lots of buttons and pearls  and a ribbon. I used this week Mojo Monday again for my layout.

Copic: E00, E11, E13, YG11, G12, YG41, B00, N7, N5, N3, N1, E41, E40, E04, E13, E35, E39 and 0.

House Mouse & Friends – Buttons, bows and Bling

Mojo Monday – #200


jul
2011

Superman-card

kategorier: Okategoriserade

This card is for my friend that LOVES superman and batman, and he happens to have his birthday this weekend.

The papers that i used  is from DCWV’s All about Boys stack, that i actually bought just because these two sheets. Both papers had parts of glossy images, the superman is glossy on the yellow paper and the red words are glossy on the word-paper (and thats why it’s hard to get a good photo of it). I did follow this weeks Sketch Saturday layout and keept very true to it.

The tag on top is created with regular cardstock, Double Do’s alphabet die and Quickutz tag toppers die. The letters are yellow foam, but it was a bit to light to i colored the surface with Y08 to make it darker. I then punched out three holes with my Fiskars handpunch. The word that is put at the tag is the Swedish word for congratulations..

The embellishments on this cards is simple different kinds of ribbon and some minibrads.

Paper: DCWV All about Boys-stack (6×4″)

Copic: Y08

Dies: DoubleDo alphabet, Quickutz tag toppers

Other: Fiskar’s hand-punch

Sketch Saturday – layout

A spoon full of suger – # 161  Create a tag


jul
2011

Max and Whiskers: Gray Cat

kategorier: Okategoriserade

When i was playing and making yesterdays Max and Whiskers- card i got inspired so today i finished of a second one, this one ia bit darker color.

The image is from Recollections Meow Meow set and have been colored with some Natural Gray Copics. The Background in the ovals is distress inks, and i masked of an area for the ground using a torn post-it.

All the papers is from Basic Gray’s Max and Whiskers collection and its the 12×12 single papers that have been used. The buttons used as embellishments is half a snap-button (no idea of its real English name) and i found them in my sewing-box some time ago. I did attach the ribbon on the Nestabilities Oval with a regular stapler.

I tried to keep the inside on the same theme but i made the lower part a bit lower. The paw-stamps is from the same Recollection’s set.

Copic: N9, N7, N5, N3, N1, E04

Distress Inks: Broken China, Antique Linen

Nestabilities: Oval (small and large)

Stamp: Recollections

Paper: Max and Whiskers

Simon Says Stamp– Anythings goes

Basic Gray Challenges – Doilies and Ribbons


jul
2011

Bright and light: Max and Whiskers

kategorier: Okategoriserade

This card is ordered by a work-friend to my mom and the directiv was: a birthday card for a woman that loves cats, 15X10cm. So this is what i ended up with, i hope she gets happy and will approve of it.

I tried to keep the layout pretty simple sense the papers have a lot going on on them. The papers is from Basic Greys collection Max and Whiskers and i used my 6×6″ paperpad.I used a cream cardstock for the base and a golden shimmering one for the framing. Without seeing the shimmer i think it had the exact color as some of the yellow/light orange tones on the background-papers so i was thrilled finding it in my stash. I also like the edge it give the card when the light hit the shimmer. I got even more thrilled when i realized that i usually are thinking of putting it away sense it never seem to fit any of my projects. I have to use it more times with these papers!

The image is from my new stamp-set Meow Meow from recollections and i did the kitten very bright to keep a light look on the card. The cat is colored with Copics (I so love it, i didn’t spend much time when i needed it to be done quickly but it’s still way better then lots of time with promarkers!). On all the areas with colors, like the necklace and the pendant i colored a thin layer of N3 to dull out the color a bit to really match the backgroundpapers. The cat and the scalloped and regular circle, the circles are  nestabilities, have both been put up bit foam tape, and the backing in the circle have been slightly distressed with Broken China.

I tried to mirror the inside with the front with the exception that the inside scalloped Circle is bigger (more room for writing) and that the proportions on the patterned papers therefore got a bit smaller.

Papers: Max and Whiskers (Basic Gray)

Stamps: Recollections

Pens: E43, E41, E41, E04, E00, BG15, BG13, Y17, N3 and 0

Other: Broken China, Scalloped Circle and Classic Circle (Spellbinders)

Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes


jul
2011

Handmake Copic Storage

kategorier: Förvaring och arbetsplats

Yesterday i spent all evening making a storage-solution for my new and beloved Copics. In the morning me and my fiancée was out to building stores looking for things for him. In one of the, Hornbach I think, i stumbled over a container of empty boxes. And after some measuring, that was overlooked by a very surprised workers, i found out that the boxes would be a perfect base for my pen-storage. I asked the lovely people there and i could take as many boxes as i wanted. SO i picked up 4 of them, thinking that one wil be the base and that i could use materials from a second one and in this way making two stands.

So with a lot of duct tape, a craft knife and my boxes i started to play around. I only did one, when i discovered it was enough for the pens i have now, but i have saved the boxes for a later one. Unfortunate the duct tape ran out before i had made my finishing touches but i don’t think it matters sense it’s only me that gonna see it up and close. But when i get my hands on more I will fix the insides so they are all covered in black and perhaps decorate the outside with some nice patterned paper.


jul
2011

First Copic try – Breezy

kategorier: Papperspyssel, Uppstämplat/färglagt

Jag plockade lite fräckt med mig mina nya fina Copic-pennor och lite snabbt uppstämplade motiv till husvagnen och jag ägnade gårdagen åt att öva lite. Jag lyckades göra en riktigt trevlig version med hudfärger på Sweet Novemvers Breezy. Ursäkta allt kladd runt om men detta var som sagt mitt träningspapper. Jag är grymt nöjd med den och jag tycker att den är riktigt bra med tanke på att det är första gången jag färglagt ett helt motiv och med mer än en färg.

Jag fick både färgkombinationen och en massa råd från Suzanne J. Dean’s youtubesida. Just denna Breezy är inspirerad av hennes video om hur man målar hudtoner i distress typ med sina copics, klicka här. Hennes blogg heter ScrapBitz och är värd ett besök eller fyra.

For a few days ago i sneak in my new pens and some stamped papers into my bags on the way up to the caravan. I did some doodeling and i manage to come up with this Breezy (from Sweet November). I got the color-combo and some very useful tips from Suzanne J Dean (ScrapBitz) on her youtube site. The specific viedo i was watching was one were she showed some ways of coloring skin with copics to look like distress inks, click here to view it.

I’m very happy with this try, it got the shadowing visible and i mostly got it blended together so I’m very happy about my first time!

  • Fur: E11, E13 and E00
  • Tail: E39, E35
  • Hoves and wing: E40, E41
  • Mane: N7, N5, N3

jul
2011

Goodies from USA

kategorier: Shopping

Som tidigare sagt så skulle min kära mor och far till USA och det var därför jag beställde mina Copic-pennor. Jag gav även mamma en lite lista med saker som jag skulle vilja ha i fall att hon skulle se nåt när hon var ute. Det visade sig att hon åkte till Michaels och några andra ställen och hittade en hel del. Hon hittade bland annat en kopia på Making Memories Desktop Carousel, tim holtz shears, en massa stämplar och en massa embossingfolders! Titta bara på skatten hon kom hem med! Hon bar ut en stor påse, som hon knappt kunde ha i famnen, som hon plockad upp en massa godsaker över. Nu ska jag bara sortera in dem och leka lite med dom!

As said before my mother and father went to USA so i ordered my set of Copics. But i also gave my dear mother a list of things i would like if she could find them. She did find some and bought alot other too, and i mean a lot! SHa carried in a big bag from wich she started to show me what she found. Here comes some photos of the treasure.


jul
2011

Some new arrivals: masking tape and copic-papers

kategorier: Shopping

Jag fick mig en underbar överaskning när jag kom hem från semestern igår. Två fina paket väntade på mig i hallen. Det första var papper för att måla Copic på som jag köpt av Jessica (Coffeeaddicted). Hon gjorde en liten utfällsäljning genom Svensk Scrappbookings forum och jag kunde ju inte låta bli nu när jag får hemma mina pennor, imorgon! Pappret är Stora Enso 4CC och det var 250g papper.

Det andra paketet var en maskeringstejp från All that Scraps. Tejpen är Eclips Tape Roll och jag fick nys om den på Amy Rysavy’s youtube sida, klicka här för att se inlägget. Jag har tidigare använt mig at Scotch post-it-lim men jag har inte varit helt förtjust då det har varit svårt att få ett jämt lager samt att det ibland fastnar bitar av lim på motivet vilket är mycket irreterande så jag ser verkligen fram emot att använda den nya tejpen!

Och imorgon ska jag över till mamma för att hämta det pyssel hon fått tag på i USA, bland annat mina pennor!

Yesterday when i came home from my week on Öland i happily found two packages waiting for me at home. The first one was some Copic papers that i bought from Jessica at Coffeeaddicted. So now i just cant wait until tomorrow for my Copics to arrive! The Paper is Stora Enso 4cc and 250g.

The second package was from  All that Scraps and is the Eclips Tape Roll that i will use for masking. I have been using Scotch post-it-glue but i think that it somethings leaves residues on the stamped image and it takes some work to get the intended paper covered. I first saw the tape on Amy Rysavy’s youtube video, click here to view it. She does also make beutiful cards, often using Basic Gray’s papers so check her blog out.

Tomorrow I’m going to see my mother and will receive the goodies that she have bought during her trip to USA, among that my pens! I can’t wait!


jun
2011

New dividers and vacation

kategorier: Okategoriserade

Today i have been making some dividers for my post to make it easier for my Swedish and non-Swedish followers and readers. I hope it will be easier to find the information that is sought after. My new layout for the post will be:

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photo of the project

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And now to the bad news for my cardmaking but good news for the soul. This saturday-morning i will go on vacation for a week, and until that I’m working and making preparations so i might not be any more projects until I come back.