Snowman - Copic Norway inspiration

 Hi, 

As usual- this advent you can find lots of inspiration for your Christmas cards and other tings over at the Copic Marker Norway blog and Facebook page. 

Today is my turn to inspire you, and I have colored up this adorable snowman from Whimsy stamps. 

When coloring snow it’s still important to add some color to get those light and dark (shades) contrast and also to add some structure. Here I have dotted the markers in the darker areas to get some structure and life to my snowman. 

You can find the colors listed here at the original blogpost to Copic Norge. 

Thanks for stopping by, and create yourself a happy day crafting❤️

Hugs, Christine 

Mistletoe Fairy

 Hi everyone, 

Today it’s my last day to share some inspiration over at this year’s Copic Marker Norge Christmas calendar and I’m excited to share today’s card with you. 

I have colored up Whimsy stamps Mistletoe fairy with my Copic markers and cut her out on an oval shape before trimming it as to frame the colored image. I added some dimension tape to the back to pip her up a bit. I went for a shaped card base this time.

Copic Markers I used:

Skin: E04-11-21-00-000 and R20

Hair: E35-51

Wings:

Outfit: B99-97-95-91 and E77-75-71

Leaves: G99- YG 67-

I used liquid pearl on the berries. 

I’m entering this to:

Thank you so much for stopping by today and throughout this last year. I really appreciate it❣️I hope you liked it and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones. 

Hugs,

-Christine 🎄♥️

Birthday in December

Hi everyone, 

Today it’s my turn to inspire you over at the Copic Marker Norge Christmas calendar again. Be sure to pop over and take a look while enjoying some pretty Christmas music while you look at all the amazing cards the other DT members have made so far.

My son is turning 8 years today and Stich is a big favorite these days. So I tried to draw him as best I could using a reference picture to look at. 

I colored him with my Copic and these are the colors I used: 

Dark blue: B39, 97, 24, 23,21

Light blue: B05, 14, 12, 02, 01, 000

Ears: R22, 20, 00, YR000 and BV 02 for shadows 

Tracksuit: T7, T5, T3, W1, W0 and R24, 22, 20

Headset: C9, C7, C5, C3

Ground:W3,W1, W0

I hope both him and you liked my card even I my drawing skills aren’t the best. But I had lots of fun challenging myself and I’m pretty happy with how he turned out. 

I`m playing along at:

The Male Room: Challenge 193 - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by, 

Hugs, 

Christine 🎄

Bella bear Christmas card

Hi,

So today is my last inspiration for Polkadoodlesthis year and I made a Christmas card using Door wreath Bella Christmas bear from the Bella bear collection. 

This image makes such a great focal point. As I want this card to be able to go flat in the mail I kept the design and embellishment simple. I played with my Copic markers as usual, and I`m so happy with how this turned out. 

Merry Christmas to you all, and I look forward to share new projects with you next year.

Colours I used:

Fur: E11-E13-E15-E18-R20-R22, E49 E18 for the nose

Outfit: R22-R29-R46-R59-C5

Door: E21-E25-E29-E49

Door knocker: Y35-Y38-E15

Stone:C1-T3-C5-T7

Holly leaves: G21-G94-G99

Background E41-E51

Snow: BG0000-B000-0 Blender

Merry Christmas to you all, and I look forward to share new projects with you in the coming year.

Im playing along at:

The Male Room: Challenge 193 - Anything Goes

Hugs,

Christine

Birthday - Helga hippo ballerina

Hi, 

Today I have made a sweet little birthday card using Polkadoodles  cute Helga hippo Fairy ballerina tutu image. 

I made the background using Distress inks, blending brushes and a stencil from Memory box. Starry night i believe it`s called. I also created a border using masking strips from Gina K. 

Copic coloures used:

Skin: W1-T3-W5-W7, E93, R20-R22

Outfit: RV10-RV11-RV21-RV23-RV25

Wings: B0000-B000-B02- O Blender

White gelpen and Stickles for the star

I hope you like it, It was such a fun image to colour and a quick and easy card to put together. Hope you`ll give it a try.

I`m playing along at:

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

My IG: CKNDesign_craft

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you liked it and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Christmas card

Hi,

We have a new challenge over at Copic Marker Norway, and I have made acard coloring up this sweet image from Bildmålarne, a Swedish company that unfortunately doesn`t exist anymore.

I have colored with my Copic markers, and these are the colors I used:

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 and R20

Hair: E29, E25, E21

Dress: W5, W3, W1, W0 og R27, R24, R22, R20

Letters: E31, E30 and W1 and 0 (blender)

Birds: T5, T3, T1 and R 22, R20 and Y38 og YR27

Branch and bag: E79,E77, E74, E71

I also used Stickles in Star Dust to add some sparkle 

and I used Snow tex to create some winter snow on the branch.

I`m entering:

Simon Says: Anything Goes, featuring Gina K Designs |

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Witch Way - Halloween card

Hi,

It`s all about autumn over at the Copic Marker Norway blog, and I have had my eyes on this amazing image from Molly Harrison Art  "Witch Way" for quite some time now.

I still have some of my all time favourite Halloween papers An Eerie tale from G45 left so was happy to get to use some of them again.

Copic colors I used to color this image:

Skin : E04, E11, E21, E00, E000

Hair: W9, W7, W5

Dress and hat: G99, G94, G21

Yellow details: E09, YR27, Y35, Y11

Cape: T9, BV29, BV23, BV20, BV02

White Sakura gel pen

I`m entering this to:

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=36786

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/challenge-680-anything-goes-optional.html?m=1

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you liked my card and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. Don`t forget to share your Copic coloring with us ower at the Copic Norge FB group.

Hugs,

-Chrisitne

The Mermaid`s greeting

 Hi,

Today I`m sharing my second inspiration card over at the Copic Marker Norway blog.

Summer is slowly going to an end where here where I live, so I wanted to make a really summery card holding on to that summer feeling as long as possible. And what better image to use than a mermaid creating that under the sea vibe to achieve that.

The image is from Aurora Wings, Starfish mermaid, and I used the Mermaids lagoon background set from Sweet November Stamp but you can only see it at the top corner after I changed my mind on the card design having to cut most of it off.

Copic colors used:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-04

Hair: B12-14-24-18-39

Starfish and pearls: Y02-35, YR14-27 and I think E15

Coral: V01-04-09 

(I got a little ink blob at her skin, but I camouflaged it with a little pearl. Shhh.. It`s our little secret.. 😉)

Seashell: E01-E41, E15

Plants: BG70-72-78 og  BG39

Background: B41, BG0000, 0 (blender)

I`m entering this to:

Challenge #605 - Holiday Time ~ The Paper Shelter

Simon Says: Happy Birthday, featuring Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Products! | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

I hope you liked my card and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Boho wedding card

 Hi everyone,

I`m excited to share this boho inspired wedding card with you. Not your typical wedding card but it fits the couple perfectly and nothing beats a personal card, right? 

My inspiration for this card was a dream catcher that I first intended to use. But I wanted to get more contrast and at the same time calm down my focal point since my pattern paper is rather busy. So when I found the heat die from Spellbinder in my heart I thought it would do perfect as my dreamcather-ish center. I glued down some feathers as they would hang down and all my paper layers are distressed around the edges and glued onto cardboard between the layers to get some dimension and interest.  

Lastly, I printed out the couple`s names and the date. I was debating on whether or not to add any bling or more embellishments but opted to keep the design clean only tying a small twine bow to play even more on the dream cather theme. The papers I used are from P13 "There is no planet B" 6*6 paper pack. 

I love how simple jet finished this boho weddingcard came out.

I`m entering this to:

Simon Says: Anything Goes, featuring Pinkfresh Studio! | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz challenge #677 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you liked this project and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Cool Dude - mini slimline card

 Hi everyone.

Today I`m sharing a mini slimline card I made as my inspiration for the Polkadoodles challenge blog. We where asked to make a "back to school" themed card and here is my take on it.

As my focal point I used this little Cool Dude digistamp and as a bonus you get some great sentiments and three digital pattern papers to go with him.

For my background, I applied Distress inks in salty ocean and faded jeans with a soft blending brush. Then using the same colors using a heavier hand I went over a stencil on top. To finish up my background I added some splatters of water that I dried up with a paper towel. Love how it turned out. 

I colored this cool little guy up with my Copic markers. Here are the colors that I used:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-04

Hair: E11-13-15-18

Pants: G99-94-21

T-Shirt: E15-18, Y35-38

Beanie and shoes: W5-7-9

I`m entering this to:

Simon Says: Anything Goes, featuring Pinkfresh Studio! | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz challenge #677 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you liked it and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

 

Hugs, Christine 💮

 My IG: ckndesign_craft  

Unicorn Cheer shaker card

 Hi everyone,

I`m so excited to share this cute and fun shaker card I made for this weeks challenge over at the Polkadoodles challenge blog. The theme is, as always Anything Goes, so make sure you pop over after you read this blog post to get lots of more inspiration and to join in on the fun.

This Cheer Unicorn made me smile thinking of my sons girlfriend, so I just had to have this one. Not only is she coaching cheerleading, but she is as sweet, fun, kind and bubbly as I imagine a unicorn would be. 

For my card base I used Simon Says Stamp Twinkling Stars embossing folder to add some interest and make the card look even more cheerful. I cut out a scallop circle from my cardstock before using the same dies in two sizes cutting out a ring in black glitter foam sheet to frame my shaker opening. I printed out the sentiment from the same Sparkeling Unicorn collection in the black/white edition, and used it as the background for my shaker elements. I made sure to glue some sequins and some sparkly bling around the sentiment before adding the rest of my mix so that everything doesn`t fall to the bottom in my shaker holding the card upright.

I colored this cute unicorn with my Copic markers and these are the colors I used:

Skin: T7-5, W1-0, E41, R20-000

Hair: B21-23-24

        Y00-11-13-17

        RV42, YR00-000, R0000

        BV000-00

        RV11-55-66

        BG000-11-15

Shoe: T5-7, C1-3, R42

White Sakura gel pen

She got a couple of sweet blossoms in her hair and some tiny Star dust Stickles dots here and there, and my card is done.

I`m entering:

Simon Says: Emboss It, featuring WOW Products! | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

(1 Facebook Copic marker Norge

Crafty Catz: Challenge # 674 Make it Masculine (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com) ATG

Thank you so much for stopping by, I love how playful this card looks and I hope you like it as much as I do. Hope this inspired you to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Shaylee - Copic and card

Hi everyone,

Today I have the most exciting news to share - I`m joining the amazingly talentet ladies over at the Copic Marker Norway DT! You know I love my Copic`s and I`m so honored and thrilled to join in on the team.

This months optional theme is  #153 Yellow/Orange, but as always on Copic Norways challenge, anything goes, but if you follow the challenge theme you get an extra entry. I have colored up the sweet fairy Shaylee from Art by Miran from her Etzy store. Organge is one of my favourite colors, so I really enjoyed this month`s theme.

To make my colored image really pop, I decided to go with a clean card design and mat the image on black cardstock to really make it stand out. I run my white cardstock in an old embossing folder from Cuttlebug to add some interest but still keep it clean. I kept my card base in black, and the size of this card is slightly bigger than an A2 card. The beautiful colors and the butterfly is from Prima.

Copic colors used:

Skin: E000-00-21-11-04, RV42

Hair: W3-5-7-9

Eyes: B21-24-29

Dress: E13, Y11-15-17 og YR00-02, RV42, R35-37

Wings: E13, Y11-15-17 og YR000-00-02 and white gel pen

Sky: B0000-000-21, Y000-00-11, YR0000-000-02

Bushes: YG03-11-67, G94-99

I also added clear Wink of Stella to the wings to make them sparkle even more.

I`m entering this card to:

Simon Says: Bright & Cheerful | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Simon Says: Let The Music Play | (simonsaysstampblog.com) -The music of the fairys -  A Midsummer Night Dream

Crafty Catz: Challenge # 674 Make it Masculine (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com) ATG

Classic Design Challenge Blog : Classic Design Challenge #06-2024 Jun/Jul - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Fancy Folds

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hope you liked this card as much as I did.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Men Garden Gnome - easy fun fold card

Hi everyone,

Today I`m sharing my latest card for Polkadoodles DT team and today it`s all about fathers day.

In Norway we actually celebrate fathers day the second Sunday in November, but many places like in the USA and UK they celebrate fathers day 16.th Juni this year so here is some inspiration for you. Make sure to check out what the Polkadoodles design team has made for this weeks challenge.

For this card I decided to use this fun little gnome gardening. I used the digital bundle Lawn Mover Gnome where you get lots of extra digital items to use on your card. 

I wanted to build a cute little scene so I decided to make a side step fun fold card that I decorated with a few images from the bundle that I colored with my Copic markers. I printed out a few trees in slightly different sizes, and did the same with the pots with plants. Next I fuzzy cut all the images I used befor I glued them on to create my scene, adding pop dots on some of the elements. My sentiment is also from the same bundle. The pattern paper is from the Gnome men gardening digital papers. 

Copic colores I used:

Skin: E04-11-21-00-000

Beard: W5-3-1-0

Outfit: B99-97-34-32,  E44-43-42-41

Lawn mover: R89-27-24-22-20

Grass and trees: G28-14-07, YG03, E29-25, R27

Pots: E97-25-23-21

I`m entering this card to:

Simon Says: Masculine | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Simon Says: Masculine | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

The Paper Shelter (shades of brown on gnome and trees)

Crafty Catz: Challenge #673 Plus redraw winner for #671 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

CopicMarkerNorge: Utfordring #153 - GULT/ORANGE -  Alt går/ ATG

Classic Design Challenge Blog : Classic Design Challenge #05-2024 May/Jun - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Masculine

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really hope you liked my card and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Romantic card

 Hi, 

Today I’m back to share a card I made for a colleague’s daughter Confirmation. I also made the placements cards so I wanted this card to have the same look and feel with matching colors and embellishments. 

I just love how this card turned out and I was so happy to gift the card to my collueage as a little somthing as a thank you for ordering the placementcards from me!

I started applying modeling paste on the beautiful stencil from Finnabair keeping it diagonal. The card front was glued to a white card base leaving a small boarder. Then I added some beautiful lace appliqué. I cut out the die Triple Tear S4-490 from Spellbinders and popped it up by gluing thicker cardboard on the back. This beautiful horse topper is just perfect for any horse loving girl, and I got this clip art from NightingaleCraftery on Etsy and just printed it out at the desired size. You want to make sure you use a thicker copy paper when printing something like this. I use HP Color choice. 

I added some crochet flowers and opposites I made a large flower cluster in different sizes. I also added some pink seam binding ribbon and twine. Some flat back pearls to add my finishing thouches.

Here’s a peek at the placement cards, ready to print and glue on the names. 

                                       

I’m entering this card to:

Simon Says: Lots Of Texture | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Simon Says: Anything Goes | (simonsaysstampblog.com)

Crafty Catz: Challenge #673 Plus redraw winner for #671 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Classic Design Challenge Blog : Classic Design Challenge #05-2024 May/Jun - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Masculine

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you liked it and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too. 

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Cool music gnome - card for boy/men

Hi everyone,

Today I`m sharing my latest Polkadoodles DT card, and this time it`s all about these masculine cards for man/boy. Being a mom of boys myself, I have three, those cards sure come in handy. 

For today`s card I used the cool Music Record Collector Gnome digital stamp. I think he`s so fun and I loved coloring him with my Copic markers. The pattern papers are from the Gnome for men Music Record printable pattern papers. If you are looking for something to use for a masculine card, you should check out the Gnome for men collection. There are so many fun and cool images both precolored and images ready to be colored with your favorite coloring medium along with matching papers and sentiments.

Copic colors used:

Skin: E04-11-21-00-000

Hat: BG49-13-000

Outfit: BG78-75-72-000

Beard: T3-1, W1-0

Headphone: W9-7-5-3-1 and E09, YR27-24

 Records: T9-7-3   

I`m entering this card to:

Crafty Catz: Crafty Catz Challenge #671 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Challenge #595 - A Bit of a Giggle ~ The Paper Shelter

Facebook Copic Norge 

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you got some inspiration to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

Christine💮

Theatre inspired confirmation card

 Hi everyone,

Today I`m sharing a confirmation card I made for a son of some friends confirmation last weekend. I`m so happy with how this card turned out.

I made the card into a double gate fold card, getting the inspiration from the theatre curtains opening up to begin the show. This young man loves the theatre and is also a talented actor at the local youth theatre, so that`s where I got the inspiration for the theme of the card.  

For the card front, I used an old paper from KaisercraftsOn Stage collection. The striped blue paper is a digital pattern paper from Polkadoodle Gnome music bundle. The pattern paper with blue stars is from Papirdesign. The edge star die from Tim Holtz are cut out in black glitter paper and I used the same die and just cut the stars into smaller pieces to decorate inside my card making sure to place them as to help guide the eyes across the card.

This sentiment is from Papirdesign and it says: "Some people make the world special just by being in it".

The pictures are printed to the desired size at home and the main one is placed in an Insta frame that I stamped and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The sentiment says: "You are amazing".

On the backside of the card, there is a nice space to write a personal note.

I love how this card turned out, and thank you for letting me post this card here on my blog with pictures in it. 

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs,

-Christine💮

Absolutely the best mom ever

 Hi everyone,

Today I have some really exciting news to share. I`m so happy to have joined in on the Polkadoodles design team! I have been loving to play along on their challenge blog for a while, so why don`t you head over and  play along too?

For this weeks challenge I have made two cards. Mother`s Day is around the corner in many European contries and also in the USA, so here is some inspiration for you. For my first card I chose this cute Butterfly Tree Fairy and colored her up with my Copic markers. For my pattern paper I used three different sheets from the Alcea Hollyhock Flowers bundle. 

This was actually my first time using digital papers, and I must say I really like to use them. Not difficult at all. I printed them with my non fancy Canon Pixima printer on 120 gsm copy paper. I just used HP color choise 120 gsm that I got from my local bookstore. What I like is that you can scale your paper to size befor you print it or you can choose to scale the paper bigger than you actually need and the pattern on your paper will increase all depending on how big you want your pattern to be. I believe the paper is originally designed for 8*8 inch printing, but for most part I printed the paper to my desired layer size.

The sentiment is from Spring Flower-Mothers Day-Friend sentiments bundle.

Copic colors I used: 

Skin: E04-11-21-00-000, R20

Hair: E49-59-44-43

Outfit and wings: BG49-13-000

Shoes: W5-3-1

Butterflies: R05-22-30-11 Y00-11

BG49-13-000-0000 Y11-00

YR:02-000

Plant and Leaf: E49 G99-94 YG03

Pot: E43-44

Ground W5-3-1

To make this fun fold card I followed a tutorial from Wendy Lee on Youtube

My second card is a personal one, this is the card I made for my mom`s birthday earlier this month. I found this super cute and versatile digital stamp from Polkadoodles Winnie - Missed You a while ago and just had to have it. So I have been saving it`s first time use for this card.

The pattern papers I used are from the Pretty Winnie Daisy collection. The sentiment is from the same bundle as my last card, Spring Flower-Mothers Day-Friend sentiments.

Copic colors I used to color up my image: 

Skin: E04-13-11-21-00-000, R20
Hair: W7-5-3-1            
Outfit: R89-85-83-81                                                                                                  B99-97-95-93-91

Skin 2: E13-11-21-00-000 R22                                                             
Hair 2: E29-25-23-21                                                
Outfit 2: G46-43-21                                                                                                        B97- 95-93-91

I decided to make a box frame card to frame this lovely image and sentiment. Since this will be a hand out card, I didn`t worry about the 1/4 inch bulk of the frame. If mailed, I would sturdy the envelope with some thin cardboard or make a small box to go with the card.

I`m playing along:

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/ (Butterfly Tree Fairy card)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

Crafty Catz: Craftycatz Challenge #670 plus redraw for #669 (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com)

Colorful Options: April 2024

Facebook Copic Norge

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you liked these cards and that you got inspired to create yourself a happy day crafting too.

Hugs,

-Christine💮