CAS Christmas card with Distress

Christmas is coming up, way too fast!

I'd loooooove to spend time making advanced Christmas cards, but this year I'm running out of time..

Thus I have made a CAS cards with few "ingredients" that a lot of us already have at hand: 

I've folded the tag in half and stamped it on the front. The stamp is coloured with Distress Markers. Then I've inked around the image using ink blending tools and Distress Ink Vintage Photo, Festive Berries and Walnut Stain. I used a mister  to spritz a bit of water on there and carefully dried it. When doing this some of the ink gets lifted off and the card looks more vintage.

I also put an eyelet in, in order to tie it shut with jute string from Rayher. This little finish makes the card looking a bit more advanced than it really is... Neat, huh?

It was a lot of fun getting the Distress inkpads out again! I'd almost forgotten how fun and easy they are to work with! Maybe you'll get yours out too, or visit Hobbykunst to stock up?

Thanks for stopping by!

Siv xxx

A couple of ATCs - European Scrap Challenge

Here are the ATCs from round 2 and 3 in the European Scrap Challenge I'm currently participating in. Round 4 is now open for voting, and I'm entering in the categories ATC, Alter, Card and Mixed Media! I'm really honoured to have gotten this far in all the categories I entered!

Anyways.. Here are the ATCs!

Here's the one from round 2. It's made from this great ATC stamp from Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous. The background is made from Dylusions (I used the new Dylusions ink spray pad).

 

This one's from round 3. I used a TH stamp here too. I inked it up with various Distress markers. The star and rays got some Distress stickles Clear rock candy for an extra sparkle.. I'm not really super satisfied with this last one, but who cares - I got the votes I needed to go on to round 4.. lol

Can't wait to show you what I made in this round (can't do that until the voting closes)! Stay tuned!

Also, today is the first day of Creative Chemistry 102! Can't wait to get started! Whoop whoop!!

 

 See you in class?

Siv xx

SGC #52 ~ Flowers

It's time for another challenge over at the Southern Girls, and this time we want to see projects with flowers! Not a very hard task, right??

Feeling a bit dylusional..

Yesterday I made three tags using different deliciousness from Dylusions. 

They are for three lovely ladies who work in my oldest son's kindergarten as he is leaving for another one after his summer break.
These ladies are so caring, enthustiastic and brilliant that they certainly deserve a special thank you.

Here are the three tags!

An art journal page

Ever since I saw Dyan Reaveley demo at Bikuben, I've been aching to get my own art journal up and going. Now I've finally got started, and this is my first page.