For a Friend

It is Monday again. Where did the weekend go! Here is a Valentine's card for today. I decided to use this large and sweet sentiment stamp. It has a small poem in Finnish about friendship, and I think its so beautiful. I chose to decorate the card with some small butterflies, because the poem is about friendship and a butterfly.
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Kylläpäs viikonloppu taas hurahti ihan ettei huomannutkaan! Tässäpäs yksi ystävänpäiväkortti. Päätin käyttää tätä kaunista ystävyydestä kertovaa runoa ja koota kortin sen ympärille. Runon sanoman ja sisällön mukaan piti kortti myös koristella tietty pikkuperhosilla.

With this card I'd like to enter to the following challenges: Simon Says Stamp - Love Is In The Air, Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Valentine, Stampin' For The Weekend - St Valentines Day, Cute Card Thursday - Banish the Blues, Flutterby Wednesday - Anything Goes and Crafty Calendar - Love

Spreading Love

Here is my card for today. For this image I tried Prismacolour pencils just as they are. They do give a nice oldie look for the image, but I still find coloring with OMS better although I don't really enjoy the smell. Anyway these do blend together easily. Tilda is from Magnolia's latest collection You Are So Special.
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Tässä tälle päivälle tuotos. Tilda on Magnolian viimeisimpiä kokoelmasta You Are So Special. Värittelyt on Prismacolors kynillä, joilla sai aikaan ihan kivan, vähän vanhanaikaisemman tunnelman. 

Vielä pari päivää Leimailutaivaaseen... Täpinää! Onhan tulevaa lauantaitakin jo odotettukin, eikö?

I'd like to enter to the following challenges: Paper Sundaes - Valentine's, Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes With Flowers, Wild Orchid Challenge - Love Is..., Pear Tree Challenge - Flowers, Totally Tilda - Tilda With Lots of Hearts and Crafty Catz - Flowers

Magnoliahaaste #41 - Feikkiompeleita

Magnoliahaasteessa oli tällä viikolla aiheena feikkiompeleet. Alla korttini haasteeseen ystävänpäiväteemalla, vaikka kyllähän tämä kävisi ihan tavallisenakin onnittelukorttina :) Värittelyt on Promarkereilla. Tykkään tuosta hauskasta sydämen mallisesta hattuneulasta kovasti. Tildan vaatteiden röyhelöt saivat hieman Sticklesiä ja paketin lahjapaperi Glossy Accentia.
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Finnish Magnolia Challenge had a theme to make a project with fake stitches on it. First card with Valentine's theme for the year, too. Tilda is colored with Promarkers. I also wanted to add some sparkle on Tilda's ruffles with Stickles and some shine to the gift wrapping with Glossy Accent.

Mermaid's Swim

Happy Monday to you all. I hope you'll have a very nice week ahead of you! Today I made this mermaid card using my Sweet November stamp Ocean Wavedancer. To me she's just so cute and magical and well, I've always fancied mermaids. Anyway I think she just looks like she's enjoying her swim and it makes me smile too! I colored her with my Promarkers and added some bling here and there.
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Mukavaa maanantaita kaikille. Toivottavasti kaikilla on edessä oikein mukava viikko! Tänään tein merenneitokortin Sweet Novembering leimakuvasta Ocean Wavedancer. Mielestäni tosi nätti kuva. Olen kyllä muutenkin aina tykännyt merenneidoista, ovat niin ihanan taianomaisia. Värittelin Promarkereilla ja lisäilin dimangeja ja kimalletta vähän sinne tänne.

I'd like to enter to the following challenges: I ♥ ProMarkers - Keep it Sweet & Simple, Papertake Weekly - Ribbons & Pearls, A Gem of Challenge - Ribbon and Lace, Pear Tree Challenge - Blue, Paper Sundaes - Distressing and Simon Says Stamp - Bingo (Lace-Flowers-Embossing)

Pink Fairy

Here is a card I made to the sketch at LOTV challenges this week. I used this beautiful new fairy stamp Garden of Wishes from their collection and colored it with Promarkers. I tried to make her look even more magical by adding some glitter to her wings.
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Tässä kortti tämän kertaiseen LOTV haasteen luonnokseen. Käytin LOTV:n uutta kaunista keijukaisleimasinta Garden of Wishes jonka värittelin Promarkereilla. Siipiin lisäilin glitteriä ja mekon helmaan vähän Sticklesiä. Kyllähän nyt keijukaisen pitää vähän kimallella ;)

  

With this card I'd also like to take part to following challenges:  Paper Sundaes - Favourite challenge (I chose #24 Birthday Card), Flutterby Wednesday: Open Theme, CES Challenge - Angels & Fairies, Pear Tree Challenge - Free for All, Bunny Zoe's - Love is in the Air, Wild Orchid Crafts - Lets get Sentimental and to Stamp Something - Cute Something.

P*skarteluhaaste #73 - Pyöreitä Muotoja

Mukavaa lauantai-iltaa kaikille. P*skiksessa piti tällä viikolla tehdä kortti jossa on pyöräitä muotoja. Alla tähän teemaan sopiva kortti ystävälle. Leimakuva on Motivetin söpö Bunny Hug. Värityksen tein Distress Inkeillä ja lopuksi lisäsin vähän varjostuksia kuivapastelleilla. Mielestäni ihan hyvä tulos ottaen huomioon, että tämä oli ihan ensimmäinen kerta kun värittelin leimakuvaa Distresseillä :D
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Finnish P*skarteluhaaste challenge had a theme to make a card with round shapes. I used this cute stamp called Bunny Hug from Motivet and colored it with Distress Inks and also with dry pastels to give some more depth for the shadows. By the way, this was my very first time ever to use Distress Inks for coloring.

Whiff of Joy Challenge #95 - Jane's Sketch

Here is my card to WoJ Challenge sketch this week. I used this cute Henry the Mouse stamp on my 'get well soon' -card. With this I'd also like to enter to Stamp Something challenge. This time they have an open theme as long as there's something stamped on your project.
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Tässä korttini WoJ haasteeseen, jossa kortti piti tehdä luonnoksen mukaan. WoJ:n Henry-hiiri pääsi tähän 'parane pian'- korttiin tällä kertaa.

Kitten With Flower and Warm Wishes

Here is my card following the sketch of Friday Sketchers Challenge this week. Thank you for the nice sketch! :D I used this sweet kitten stamp from Motivet, colored with ProMarkers and added some glitter to the petals and hearts.
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Tässäpä korttini Friday Sketchersin tämän viikon haasteluonnoksen mukaan. Leimakuva on Motivetilta (tämä taitaapi muuten jostain päin nettiä löytyä myös jaossa ilmaisena digikuvana).

With this card, I would also like to enter to: I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge - Punches, Paper Sundaes - Circles, Stampavie & More - Sparkling, Secret Crafter Sat. Challenge - Tons of Texture, CES Challenge - All Creatures, Pear Tree Challenge - Circles and The Fuzzy Wuzzy January Challenge - Anything Goes (with animal). Thanks for the inspiration!

Fairy Card With Matching Gift Box

Here is my creation for the day. As on the Fussy and Fancy Challenge had a theme to make a gift and matching card to celebrate their first birthday, I wanted to make a gift box with a card. Sweet fairy stamp is Make a Wish from Sugar Nellie and I've colored the images with ProMarkers. On Cute Card Thursday this week the challenge was to make a card using stuff from your old stash. Well I have used some older digipaper and flowers. Also the board is made with MS punch which I have owned for a while now and it is actually the first Martha punch I have purchased.
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Tässäpä Fussy and Fancy- haasteblogin haasteen innoittamana kortti ja siihen yhteensopiva lahjalaatikko. Keijukaisleimasin on Sugar Nellien Make a Wish.  

 I would also like to enter these creations to the following challenges: Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (+ optional extra to use lace), Stamp Something - Something With Glitter, Flutter By - Open Theme and Bunny Zoe's - Sparkle and Shine.

Magnolia Haaste #38

Ihan ensiksi tahdon toivottaa oikein onnekasta ja iloista uutta vuotta 2011 kaikille! 

Vuoden ensimmäisessä Magnolia haasteessa oli aiheena luonnos ja alla tekeleeni siihen. Värittelyt on tehty ProMarkereilla.

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First of all, I'd like to wish every single one of you very happy and joyful new year 2011!

First Finnish Magnolia Challenge for this year had a sketch. Below is my card to the challenge. Tilda is colored with ProMarkers.