My creative year 2016 in review

As this is the last day of the year 2016 it is time to look back to see what was happening. This year is was part of quite a few design teams (la-la land crafts, I am roses, C.C. Designs, LDRS Creative, Noor! Design UK, Magnolia-licious, The Ribbon Girl). In late August I made a decision to only keep 3 of my teams (la-la land crafts, I am roses and C.C. Designs) and this gives me more free time to work on the projects I love and with the stamps I love, Magnolia stamps of course.

I made a lot of cards for the shows (Paper Nest Dolls) and was published in 3 magazines this year (Creatief met Carten, Papercraft essentials and .... )

This year I went back to San Francisco to work on a la-la land Palooza craft retreat 2017.

Here's a few of my fav 2016 cards:

Thank you all for following my blog, my fb page and my Instagram. I hope to see you all back in 2017!

Hugs, t.

Chef Edwin

Today I'm sharing with you a card made with Chef Edwin from the lates Recipe card collection, 2016. This whole collection was part of the Advent Calendar, so I have them all ... dies and stamps. wohooo ...

Paper used on this card is from Carta Bella, also the sentiment and sticker (cute little chef). Dies are also from this new release ( DooH Medallion & Cutting Board, DooH Beater and Rolling Pin & Egg and Bread). 

I stamped a few background stamps arround the image. I got those in Vintage club kits.

Colouring was as always done with Distress markers and ink pads.

Hugs, t.

December club kit ❤ la-la land crafts

Welcome to another la-la land club kit post. Today I'm showing you my projects made with December club kit.

You can get your club kit too if you subscribe to la-la land club HERE!

 

 

With this month's kit I made a card and a tag. I coloured World Marci for the card and one of the cute bears for the tag . I used Maja papers for the card and Pion for the tag.

This card has a bit of marine feeling added. Papers are from an old maja collection (Nyhavn). If you look closely you can see ships on the grey paper.

 

Distress inks used:
skin: vintage photo
cheeks: worn lipstick
hair: antique linen, walnut stain
pants: pumice stone, black soot
hat, heart, boots, jacket: stormy sky, victorian velvet, black soot
earth: peeled paint, black soot, faded jeans
shirt: hickory smoke, black soot

On this tag I used one of the old la-la land crafts dies, Stitched Sun and Clouds. I just thought flying between the clouds will look cute and I like how it turned out.

Distress inks used:
bear: vintage photo, gathered twigs, black soot
balloon: mermaid lagoon, black soot, walnut stain

 

 Hugs, t.

Korean Tilda

We have a public holiday here in Slovenia today so we can enjoy Christmas spirit a bit longer. We have some plans for today, a bit of cleaning, but ok. hehe

Here's a card made a few weeks ago. I used Korean Tilda from Capturing moments coll., 2016. I coloured her with Distress inks on Langton HP 300g paper.

Papers used are from Pion Design, Where the Roses grow coll, 2016. lace is from an old stash, roses are from I am roses.

I added a few Scrapiniec chipboards to my card. I stamped some dots arrount the image with one of the Stampelglede's stamps.

Dies used are from Magnolia, CC Designs, Cherry Lynn and la-la land crafts.

Hugs, t.

Magnolia easel card

Today I'm sharing with you an easel card I made with one of the new Magnolia stamps from 2016 Advent calendar. I don't know her name, but she sure is pretty.

I coloured my image using distress markers and ink pads. I added grass and clouds in the background. Arround the image I stamped a few background stamps from Vintage box kits.

Dies used are from Magnolia and la-la land crafts.

Sentiment is from Vintage box vol.3.

Hugs, t.

Mythical cuties ☆ C.C. Designs

Hi!

Today I'm sharing with you a clean and simple card I made using the new December release stamps and dies.

For this card I used yeti from the Mythical cuties clear stamp set. Sentiment "Magical Dreams do come true" is also from the same stamp set.

Image was coloured using Distress inks (Mermaid lagoon, Hickory smoke, Black soot). I cut out the image using the new Shapers #2 die.

C.C. Designs items used on this card:

OK! Mythical Cuties Clear Stamps

C.C. Designs Shapers #2 Die

Make A Card #14 Die

C.C. Designs Cutter Make A Card #9 Autumn Die

C.C. Designs Cutters Birch Trees Die

 Hugs, t. 

Breakfast ☆ C.C. Designs

Today I'm sharing a card made for C.C. Designs. I used one of the images from Roberto's Rascals Breakfast set. Image was coloured using distress inks. Papers are from Maja Design.

C.C. Designs items used on this card:

Breakfast
Layering tags
Make a card #14
Make a banner #15

Hugs, t.

Moose poop presents

Today I'm sharing with you my daughter's Christmas prezzies for her Kindergarten teachers. This year she wanted to give prezzie to her two teachers in her class, her singing teacher, her dancing teacher and her vorkout teacher. Sureeee .... let mommy make them. lolol

So first here is a calendar that I made for her class teachers. I used Magnolia stamp of course. She's called Tilda with star diadem and was part of A touch of love coll., 2016. Papers used are from Pion Design.

Image used was coloured with Distress inks. Dies are from ldrs and Magnolia.

 .... and some ikea jars filled with Moose poop (aka chocolate covered haselnuts) for the other three teachers. hehe

Hugs, t.

Anything Christmas ❤ la-la land crafts

This week the theme of our la-la land chrafts challenge is Anything Christmas. This is our last challenge for 2016, but I still have one more lala post for you this year (December club kit showcase) and then I'm done. 

I made a Christmas card using Inuit Marci. I coloured her with Distress inks and then fussy cut her. 

Distress inks used:
skin: vintage photo
cheeks: worn lipstick
hair: black soot
outfit: gathered twigs, black soot

la-la land crafts dies used on this card:
Winter Branches
Arched Window
Small Scallops Border
Stitched Elements
Stitched Bracket Border
North Pole
Large Snowflakes 2

Gorgeous flowers are from I am roses and papers are from Maja Design.

Hugs, t.

December challenge ❀ I am roses

Today starts a brand new challenge over at I am roses challenge blog. We continue with our Anything goes theme, so that you have the opportunity to be creative and link diferent projects.

 

For this month's challenge I made an exploding box. I used different Magnolia images: 

Me and my Snowman (Aspen Holidays coll., 2016)

Cozy Fox (Aspen Holidays, stamp&cutz, 2016)

Sweet Deer (Aspen Holidays, stamp&cutz, 2016)

Iside the box I put another smaller box, for a little prezzie and decorated it with pretty Maja Design papers and I am roses flowers. I used white and green flowers on this box. It's a bit unusual colour combo for me, but it works really great on this project.

I am roses flowers used on this project:

White Paper Roses R43-15

Small Mixed Green White Daisy Flowers

White Mulberry Paper Flowers

 

Dies used are from different companies: magnolia, cc designs ... Images were coloured using Distress inks.

*Contest Details/Rules:

• Contest runs December 15th - January 8th (Ends 11:55pm PST)
• Theme: "Anything Goes"
• Minimum (2) I Am Roses Products
• One project submission per participant
• One winner will be chosen
• Participants will upload their project to their blog or forum, Label it "December IAR Challenge”
• Participants will add a direct link to their project using the InLinkz tool provided. (*if you are unable to use the tool, leave a comment to this blog post and leave a direct link to your project)
• Must Subscribe/or be a Follower of the IAR Challenge Blog
• Winner will be announced alongside the next NEW monthly challenge on the 15th.

 

  Hugs, t.

Ice Tilda

I'm continuing with posting this year's Christmas cards. I have a few more to post, hehe. On this card I used Ice Tilda from Aspen Holidays collection, 2016. I coloured her with Distress inks and added a bit of chunky white frantage arround her to create a falling snow effect.

Dies used on this card are from various companies: CC Designs, Magnolia, Wild Rose studio. Papers used are from Pion and flowers from I am roses, Thailand.

I added a few chipboards from Scrapiniec - loveeeeee them ....

Hugs, t.

Downhill Tilda

Christmas is getting closer and Winter is almost here so when could be more perfect time to make these cards than now, right? hehe ... Today I'm sharing a Winter card made with Downhill Tilda. This cutie was released in Aspen Holidays collection, 2016. She's so easy to colour and so so pretty.

Image was coloured using distress inks:

skin: vintage photo

cheeks: worn lipstick

hair: antique linen, walnut stain

hat: victorian velvet, stormy sky, black soot, pumice stone

outfit: victorian velvet, stormy sky, black soot, pumice stone

skis: pumice stone, black soot

background: hickory smoke

Dies used on this card are from: Magnolia and By DIEzyne dies. Papers are from Maja Design, lace from LLC and chipboard from Scrapiniec.

Hugs, t.