A tag with D'Arcy

Good morning!

After showing you the other day the card with the stamp from Kort og Godt that I made for the Norwegian magazine Ett Trykk, I thought I should show you the tag I made with the same image.

This time I paired it with a digi image from D'Arcy's Diaries that I have coloured with Copics

 

make quite a different look when you use the stamp as a background instead, but I really like this one too :)

Hopefully this has reached my friend when she sees this ;)

 

Have a wonderful day

Hugs hugs

 

An easelcard for D'Arcy's Diaries

Good morning friends :)

This card was really finished in a rush last night before I went to work, so I am sorry that the photos ain't the best... But I just wanted to show the card I made for the reminder at D'Arcy's Diaries as I think it turned out quite cute :)

This fortnight at D'Arcy's we are having our Anything Goes challenge and I really hope you will join us :)

I have used an older D'Arcy image for my card and I have paired the sweet image with my new Marianne Creatable die from Kreativ Scrapping and a tree dies also from Marianne Creatables.

The Oval Anja die can be found here and the tree you can find here

I made an easelcard this time and I think it looks ok even without any designpaper on the front as both the dies are just so beautiful!

The only decoration is some flowers from stash and a few pearls.

Image is DARCYSDIARIES_012

from the shop here

Coloured with Copics

Pearls from Storyteller, found here

Hope you like my card today

I have only one more nightshift before I have a whole week off again,

and I really looking forward to try out a few new things and some new Copics that I got in the mail today.

And of course my birthday...

Enter here:

StampARTic - Use dies, how perfect :)
Dream Valley - punches and die cuts

MAWTT - Shaped card

Charisma cardz - monochromatic

Take care my friends

Hugs

Anything Goes at D'Arcy's Diaries

Good morning blogland :)

I have a new card to share with you today and I don't think I have made a blue card like this in ages, and I really like it :)

I have a lot of beautiful blue flowers from WOC and I just had to use them :)

The papers from Maja design fits almost everything and I just loooove them too!

We have a Anything Goes starting today at D'Arcy's Diaries and my card is made with one of the first D'Arcy's Diaries images and also one of my favorites.

This image is the one I coloured for the header of the blog in striking red, so this time I made her in blue and I like them both :)

 FAIRYD_TB_GIRL_02 found here

Coloured with Copics, added a TON of glitter...

Papers from maja design and some leftovers

Flowers WOC

Magnolia swirl

A fantastic pin made of a fantastic crafter and friend Susan

-You can buy your own in her Etsy shop here-

Lace and ribbon from Panduro

Wonderful sentiment strip and matching die from MFT....love them!

I think this image is gorgeous!

And while I was cleaning up my scraps in the evening I found this lovely bookmark I got in the mail by my sweet friend Tammy Louise and I thought I would make a bookmark to with the card. A perfect gift together with a book to a friend who has a hard time..

 This is my set :o)
The bookmark is one you can put a picture on the top if you like, but I'm not sure if my friend want a picture of me there so I just stamped the text on the dp and put under :)
But she can always change it with a picture of me or a hunky man,- her choice :o)..lol

The wonderful text inside the bookmark says:

-Be strong when everything seem to be going wrong-

Also from MFT

I printed out a tiny D'Arcy on the dp on the front to match the card even better and added some Prima bling,- my favorites and a charm from Hjerteboden.

I would love to enter my card and bookmark here:

Anonyme scrappere - 2 års jubileum :)
Lag 2 matchende ting og bruk brunt og hvitt og en valgfri farge (min er blå)
Scrap'a'long - flowers
Papertake weekly - anything goes
Mad for Markers - anything goes
Joanna sheen - try something new (my new bookmark)
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb - Anything goes
Creative inspirations - Anything goes
Crafts and me - Use a digi
Bearly mine- sparkle and shine
Card and scrap - use a digi or rubber stamp

Sorry for another long list, but I just loves all these challenges!!

Have a wonderful day and I hope you will head over to D'Arcy's Diaries to check out my wonderful teamies work :)
Back in the weekend with a MAGNOLIA card :)
Woohoo, after not using them for almost year I have made a card with THREE images on...

BIG hugs
Jill

Monochromatic

We are still having our Monochromatic challenge at D'Arcy's Diaries even if the boss is down with an infection and is missing in action!
Hopefully Gayle will find the way back to her laptop soon and change the linky at the challenge blog, but head over and take a look at the DT gorgeous creations and join the fun :)

I have made another birthday card for one of my friends with the lovely "Flower girl" image and this time I have made a pink card... Not often I do, even tho I love pink!

One of my favorite DD images, looks so dreamy standing there behind the fence...

I made the inside to compliment the front, but didn't take a picture of it as it was so little light inside and the photos so hard to take...

Image is D'Arcy's Diaries 064 found here

Coloured with Copics

Papers from Maja design

Magnolia swirl and Magnolia fence

Sentiment from Create with TLC

Flowers from my stash, a bit from here, a bit from there...

Charm from Kort og Godt saying Happy birthday

Enjoy your day my friends and thanks for the lovely comments you leave me, it means a lot to me!

Hugs, hugs

Enter here:

Papirpikenes verden - monokromatisk

Charizma card challenges - Pink and one (white)

A corner bookmark for D'Arcy's Diaries

Hi friends

I have made  a corner bookmark that was featured in the Complete Cardmaking magazine which is the UK's first magazine dedicated to digital crafting. It's published every two months, and each issue gives you a cd rom packed with craft kits and soft ware. The latest magazine gives you a lot of D'Arcy's Diaries images, uncoloured, pre coloured and some sentiments to go with them.
I have already showed you the card I made, but I made a bookmark too and both my creations made it into the magazine :)

Here you can see it together with a fantastic card that my friend Nicole did with one of the images:

This is the first time I am featured in a magazine and I think it is super fun :)

Fab image!

In the magazine there is a step by step description of how I have done it.

I have used some left overs papers from Pion design that, a bit of lace and some flowers.

A super quick project and a nice little gift to recieve together with a book

Have a nice day friends

Lots of hugs

Jill <3

I have been featured! Woohoo :)

A while ago some of the D'Arcy's Diaries and Teddy Bo DT members designed cards for Complete Cardmaking magazine. Our issue finally came out this month and as well as showcasing our cards, there are step by step instructions, and, the magazine comes with a free CD which contains all the digi stamps used as well as the coloured versions, papers and some word art. The disc also contains digi images and papers from some other companies too.
I made one card and a bookmark and I can't wait to get my own copy of it! :)

Here is the card I made

I think this card turned out very nice and I hope you like it too ;)

inside

front and back

Some lovely papers from Pion Design

flowers from WOC and kort og godt

Fanciful flourish from Cheery Lynn inside and the key is a Marianne Design die.

The fabulous sentiment is a freebie from create with TLC.

The beautiful image comes from the CD and is a D'Arcy Diaries image made by Gayle Cook.

Thanks for visiting today and I wish you all a wonderful day

Lots of hugs <3

Enter here:

The ribbon girl challenge - colour challenge

Scrap'a'long - summer

Bikuben - sommerkonkurranse

Cheery Lynn design - celebrate

Craft 4 eternity - brilliant birthdays

A gift for you

Another fantastic thursday is here and we are having a new challenge at D'Arcy's Diaries!

I don't know about you guys, but for me this one can be a little tricky sometimes :)

Monochromatic creations

I guess you don't have a problem with that theme and I must say, having this wonderful dreamy image called Victorian dreams it wasn't really that hard :) Thanks to Gayle for drawing all this wonderful images! You find your own here in the shop

Okidoki, here it is

Again I have made quite a clean card, but I think it is lovely this way :)

Showing a bit of the inside wich is made to compliment the front.

Front and back. Aren't those papers just wonderful?!

Close shot of the lovely image

Image is DARCYSDIARIES_062 found here

Coloured with Copics

Papers from FabScraps, so looovley

Magnolia swirl

Seambinding and twine from WOC

Bling from Prima and sentiment stamped on a cloud from MFT

Hope you find the time to join us this time and I can't wait to see your Monocromatic D'Arcy card!

Until next time my friends, take care

Hugs, Jill

D'Arcy's Diaries

Today I want to show you the card I made after my colouring tutorial for colouring White with Copics. You find the tut here, or if you like it in norwegian you can visit the CMN blog here.

The lovely image is "Flower girl" from D'Arcy's Diaries

Isn't she just the cutest??

We are now halfway through our current challenge at D'Arcy's and the design team has created some more wonderful inspiration for you. Head over to the challengeblog to drowl over the beautiful pearls and swirls creations from the team.

This is my card

I have used one of my newer dies for the swirl and it is really wonderful!

My back(yeah well not my back! lol) with my personal stamp. I have bought this at Scrapmagasinet, a Norwegian store with fabulous service and great prices.

And the inside

Image is DARCYSDIARIES_064

Coloured with Copics

Papers from Maja design

The wonderful swirl is a MB die and the butterflies from Cheery Lynn

Rolled flowers, charms and pearls from Kort og Godt

That was all for today my sweet friends!

Thank you for visiting me today and have a wonderful summerday :)

Lots and lots of hugs

Jill

 

Enter here

Nordsalten hobbyklubb - Noe til et barn

Papertake weekly - AG

Dream Valley - Things with wings

Card and scrap - Wings

Bikuben blogg - sommerkonkurranse

Allsorts - Flowers

 

Tutorial, colouring white.

Good morning my friends!

First of all I have to remind my Norvegian readers about the summerchallenge at CMN, still some days to enter! Read about it here

I have made a tutorial for Copic Marker Norge and want to share it with you here today.

Earlier I found it very hard to colur white to make it look natural, but then I found this Copic combination and I just love it :)

I use E81 as my darkest, W0 as my middeltone and 0 blender to blend it smoth together.

I have used the beautiful new image from D'Arcy's Diaries for my tutorial today. This one is called Flower Girl and you find it here if you want your own :)

Isn't this a lovely image!

Here I have coloured my image except from the white areas that I will show you.

List of Copics on the end of post :)

Start to fill in your darkest areas with your E81.

Blend the E81 with your blender 0 without taking to much colour away. Just to remove some of the harch lines.

Go over again with your E81 and blend with your W0, and then go over with your blender.

You don't want to use to much colour, so be sure to stop in time! Otherwise the white will look only grey.

This is my finished image.

I have added some shadow around here just to make the image pop a bit.

I often use C3-1-0 for white too, but I prefere this one :) And I know some use the lightest blue colours too as white, B0000 and B60. Good combination if you are colouring a snowman for example.

Here is my list of Copics:

Skin: E21, 00,000, R 93 for rosy cheeks

Hair: E55, 53, 51, 50

Blue on flowers and dress: B97, 95, 93, 91

Green on the leafs: BG 96, 93, 90

Basket: E59, 57,55, 53

Shadow: BV 20 and C0

Will show you my finished card another day :)

Hope you liked this and I would love to hear your thoughts.

Have a wonderful day my friends

Big hugs, Jill

For my niece

Good morning blogging friends :)

I have a birthdaycard for my lovely niece Sofie to show you today. The image is from D'Arcy's Diaries and released today together with some other wonderful images! I love them all and think they are really perfect for beautiful girls in all ages

Together with the release there is a start of a new challenge at D'Arcy's and this time it is my alltime favorite! wooohooo :)

Pearls and swirls

Wonderful combination, don't you think?

 I hardly can't make a card without both of them thats for sure

Here is my card

I think she will like the card, or at least I hope so!

Image is DARCYSDIÀRIES_063

Coloured with Copics

Papers from Maja design

Magnolia swirl

Charm from Kort og Godt

Flowers from WOC and Kort og Godt

Pearls from MF, seam binding coloured with Copics

And a picture of the lovely girl

My Sofie :)

Have a wonderful day

I am off to do some shopping with hubby and the kiddos

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for all your sweet comments, you really brighten my day!

The new release today:

So beautiful!!

Enter here:

Card and scrap - roses

Crafts and Me - birthdays

Moving Along With The Times - happy birthday

Bearly Mine - anything goes

hugs and kisses

More Gabriella cards

I have another card to show you with the image made of my daughter.

The image is called Gabriella and comes from D'Arcy's Diaries. You find it here

Here is my card

Image is Gabriella, DARCYSDIARIES_057

papers from maja design and Prima

Flowers WOC, pearls from stash

Spellbinders megaoval and scalloped mega oval

MS corner punch (love it!)

Magnolia swirl

Charm from Edna

 

We have our challenge going and the theme is set to

Dies and punches

-use one or both on your project-

Check out the blog here, like always the design team has some fabulous inspiration for you

 

And this is the girl irl ;)

MY Gabriella

 Busy planing flowers with her grandmother, always with a little smile on her face

Couldn't resist showing you this as it is so typical my Bella

My love

Have a nice day my friends and tanks for taking the time to visit me today

Hopefully the sun is shining wherever you are

Big sunny hugs

 

My darling princess

I have a gorgeous princess named Gabriella who is four years old.

In about two weeks the vacation starts and I need to make some cards for the lovely ladies in Gabriellas kindergarden.

So I asked Gayle, the big boss of D'Arcy's Diaries and Teddy Bo if she could draw me an image I could use for my cards. Since Gayle is the most wonderful of all bloglands bosses she did that and I just love it :)

At D'Arcy's Diaries this time we are having a new challenge starting today

The theme is set to

-Punches and dies-

use your favorites on your project

Here is my card

Image is DARCYSDIARIES_057

Coloured with Copics

Papers from Prima

Punch from Ek success

Magnolia swirl die

Butterfly die from Cheery Lynn

Flowers from WOC, pearls from stash

 

And here you have my princess:

The picture is taken this winter when we were in Thailand

 

Here you have the whole release from D'Arcy's Diaries from today:

 

Ok my friends this was all for now

I have my MIL here for a week so there wont be as much crafting time as usual, but I am sure we will have a really good time :)

Lots and lots of hugs

Jill

 



A summer card!

Good morning blogland cuties :)

I have made a really summerly card today with more of the lovely Maja design papers paired with the gorgeous new image from D'Arcy's Diaries called shopping queen!

We are noe half way through our menu challenge at D'Arcy's and you still have until tuesday 12th june to get your entries in.

You can check the challengeblog for details here

Here is my card:

I picked these dishes for my menu:

Starter: Pink and green

Main: Birthday

Dessert: Ribbon

Side dishes: Flowers and swirls

The lovely personal stamp I got from Tammy

Inside to compliment the front

Image is DARCYSDIARIES_052

Coloured with Copics

Glitter here and there and dotty purse with a white gel pen

Maja design papers

Magnolia swirl

Flowers WOC and my last ones from Maritha!

White seam binding

Sentiment by Create with TLC

Ok that was all for today friends

Se ya!

hugs

Enter here:

WOC - bingo (pink, ribbon, flowers)

Papirpikenes verden - Sommer

D'Arcy's Diaries and another birthdaycard

Good morning my friends and thank you for visiting me today :)

Welcome to my new followers, thank you for taking time to follow my crafty journey and I hope you find something that can inspire you :)

We have a new challenge at D'Arcy's Diaries today as we are opening our resturant and having
a MENU-challenge for you.

Starter - Lilac and Turquoise, Pink and Green, Navy blue and Red
Main - Birthday, Thank You, Anniversary
Dessert - Ribbon - Lace - String
You may also pick two side dishes from - Gems, Pearls, Swirls, Charms, Glitter, buttons, tag, flowers, Stitching (real or faux), butterflies.

Here is my card after the menu:

Image is DARCYSDIARIES_051C

Starter: Pink and green

Main: Birthday

Dessert: Ribbon

Side dishes: Flowers and pearls

The wonderful sentiment is a freebie from the very talented lady behind Create with TLC and I think it was so perfect for this image. The card is a birthday card for Sofie, my oldest niece to give to one of her friends.

My back, simple like always :)

But look, I have used another personal stamp! This one is made by my sweet friend Tammy.

Thanks honey, I love it!

The lovely image is coloured with Copics and the wonderful papers comes from Maja design. All flowers from WOC and white seam binding from Bikuben.

Here is the new release:

Head over to the blog and drowl over my teamies creations, like always they are wonderful!

Until next time, take care.

I am working my five nightshifts now, so I will be watching you while you are sleeping :)

Back in a few days to show you a MAGNOLIA card! LOL, that was a year since the last one, so pretty much about time!!

hugs