Friday, June 19, 2009

Vinner av hobbyrom utfordringen ~ Winner of the scrap space challenge

Tusen takk til alle som har lagt inn bilder av sine hobby områder! Vi har kost oss masse med å titte inn til dere, og siden alle oss i StampARTic elsker å besøke hobbyrom og hente gode tips og idèer kommer vi nok til å titte innom flere ganger!

Vi kommer til å beholde snarveien til denne utfordringen i sidemenyen, så om du også har lyst til å ta en ny runde rundt i de ulike hobbyrommene så er det enkelt for deg å finne veien dit..

Vi håper dere har kost dere med å titte innfor hos andre bloggere og kortmakere, og nå er det tid for å trekke en heldig vinner......

Og en heldig vinner får hele 5 valgfrie stempler fra Motivets kolleksjon med de skjønne Dexter og Doraline motivene!


Thank you all that has participated in our little scrap space challenge! We have so enjoyed peaking inside your area, and since all of us girls in StampARTic loves to peak inside scrap spaces after great ideas for our own spaces, we can assure you we will be back to take another look later!

We will keep a shortcut to this challenge in the sidebar menu so if you want to take another stroll around the scrap spaces later, it will be easy for you to find your way...

We hope you enjoyed the challenge and the peaks inside the scrap spaces to other bloggers and card makers, and it is now time to randomly draw a winner......


And one lucky winner gets to pick 5 stamps by choice from Motivets collection with adorable Dexter and Doraline images!




Drum roll please.....

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The random.org has decided that
Leenamummin ajankulut

is the lucky winner!

Gratulerer ~ Congratulations!

Leenamummin please e-mail us at stampartic@gmail.com for information about the prize!

Her ser dere rommet til Leenamummin ~ Here is Leenamummin's scrap space




Takk til alle som deltok i vår lille uformelle konkurranse!
Tusen takk til Motivet for en herlig premie!

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Thank you all that took part in our little informal challenge!
Thank you so much Motivet for the wonderful prize!

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Dags för några shoppingtips!

Åter dags för några shoppingtips på produkter
som vi i designteamet har köpt och som vi gillar.

Time again for some shoppingtips some products
that the designteam have bought
and also likes.


Rikke har funnit dessa undrbara blommor på
Unikscrap.

Rikke has found these wonderful flowers at
Unikscrap.

Här visar Rikke också hur fint det kan bli med
blommor och pärlor på det här kortet som hon
har gjort.

Here Rikke shows how great it appears with
flowers and pearls on this card of her.

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Petra puffar för dessa läckra pennor som ger
en fluffig dekorationseffekt. Färgen växer och
fluffar till sig när man värmer den med embossing-
fönen. Det finns många fina muffinsstämplar och
det blir en kul effekt med lite fluffig grädde på!
Petra har hittat dem på Overstock.

Petra is puffing for this georgeous pens that gives
a flyffy decorationeffect. The colour grows and gets
fluffy when you heat it up with a heathingtool. There
is several sweet cupcakestamps and it is a nice effect
with some fluffy cream on! Petra has found them at
Overstock

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Marianne har hittat den här underbara
stämpeln på Scrapmagasinet.
Stämpeln är fylld med bläck, och du kan välja
vilken design du vill. Den är enkel att använda,
tryck bara ner stämpeln och du är klar. Ingen
rengöring! Mariannes stämpel har ett praktiskt
handtag, men du kan välja bort det om du hellre
vill spara utrymme.


Marianne has found this adorable stamp at
Scrapmagasinet.
The stamp is filled with ink, and you can choose
any design you like. It is so easy to use, just push
down the stamp, and you are done. And no cleaning!
Mariannes stamps have a practical handle, but you
can also choose not to have a handle, if you rather

want to save some space.


Här kan du se exempel på hur stämpeln
kan se ut:

Here you can see some examples of how
the stamp can look like:



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Lillemors shoppingtips den här månaden
blir Mini misters från Ranger. Jag använder
dem till att blanda Opalite med distress ink
refiller för att göra mitt eget glimmermist.
Det fungerar perfekt! Jag har köpt mina på
Arkivet.

Lillemors shoppingtips this month will be
the Mini misters from Ranger. I uses it
to mix opalite and distress ink refills to
make my own glimmermist. It works
perfect! I have bougt mine from Arkivet.




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Jorunn sin nye dille er å lage border på kort med clearstamps, og har bl.a funnet dette vakre settet fra Melissa Frances, som hun har kjøpt hos Frantic Stamper

Jorunn's new addiction is to make borders on her card using different clear stamp borders. She has amongst others found this beautiful sheet of clear stamps from Melissa Frances. She bought it at Frantic Stamper.




















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Vi kommer tillbaka med nya shoppingtips
i augusti.

We will be beck with new shopping tips
in august.



Monday, June 15, 2009

Second Challenge june...

Tiden springer rent av förbi. Snabbare än en gepard eller en gasell... Snart är det semester och det längtar nog de flesta efter. Jag är en av dem...:)
Men ett par till tävlingar ska vi nog hinna med innan det.
Kan ni gissa vad dagens tävling går ut på..? Har redan lämnat ledtrådar... Gepard, gasell....

Jo, temat är djur! Tänk djur, bli ett djur och skapa med djur..!?
Skoja bara, det räcker att du har ett djurmotiv på ditt kort.
Vad tävlar du om då...? Jo detta härliga stämpelpaket från Stämpelfabriken.
Till denna tävlingen använder vi Random.org för att få fram en vinnare.


Time really running by fast. Quicker then a cheetah or a gazelle.... Soon it´s summerholiday and I think most are longing for that. I´m one of them...:)
But we´ll have time for a few more challenges before that.
Could you guess what todays challenge is about..? Have already left some clues... Cheetah, gazelle...

Yes, the theme is animals. Think animal, be an animal or craft with animals..!?
No kidding, it´s enough that you use a animal motif on your card.
So what are the prize for this challenge then..? Well this lovely stamp package from Stämpelfabriken.
For this challenge we use Random.org to deside a winner.






Priset innehåller:
* 3 djur/zoo-stämplar
*1 ark Tack-n´-peel
*1 versa colour
*1 burk Embosspulver
*1 Stickles
*1 Personlig stämpel

The prize contains:
* 3 animal/zoo-stamps
* take and peel
* 1 versa colour
* 1 Embosspowder
* 1 stickles
* 1 personal stamp.

Lite om Stämpelfabriken...
Nya Stämpelfabriken Carl J Gunn AB är ett familjeföretag grundat redan 1911. Idag är det den fjärde generationen Gunn som driver företaget. Vi har i snart 100 år tillverkat kontorsstämplar i egen fabrik. Sedan ett 10-tal år ingår även motivstämplar i vårt sortiment.

Stämpelfabriken erbjuder ett brett sortiment av produkter för korttillverkning. Vi har ett stort utbud av motivstämplar för alla smaker både monterat och omonterat. Hos oss hittar ni alltid kompletta färgskalor av alla färgdynor som vi lagerför, såsom Versa Color, Versa Magic, Versa Mark, Encore metallic, Memento, Brilliance, Distress Ink och Tsukineko embossingpennor. Över 50 olika embossingpulver finner ni också i butiken. Tillbehör såsom band, brads och blommor ingår givetvis också i sortimentet. Vi har inga förbeställningar av varor utan lagerhåller alla våra artiklar för snabba leveranser. Vi tillverkar även personliga stämplar såsom monogram för bröllop, fotavtryck till dop etc.

A little about Stämpelfabriken...
The New Stämpelfabriken Carl J Gunn AB is a family business founded already in 1911. Today we are the 4th generation Gunns that runs the company. We have in almost 100 years made office stamps in our own factory. In the last centuries we also have added our own line of image stamps to our company.

Stämpelfabriken can offer a great line of products for card making. We have a large selection of image rubber stamps, both mounted and unmounted. You`ll always find the complete color scheme of all ink pads we have in our selections, like Versa Color, Versa Magic, Versa Mark, Encore metallic, Memento, Brilliance, Distress Ink and Tsukineko embossing pens. You can finde more then 50 different embossingpowders in our store too. Embellishments like ribbons, brads and flowers also have a place in our selection. We offer no pre-ordering of our merchandise, as we stock all our merchandise for quick delivery.
We also make personalized rubber stamps like monograms for weddings or footprints for baptism.
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Och så för Designteamets tolkningar... Du finner länkar till allas bloggar genom att trycka på var och ens foto i vänster marginalen. Här kommer nu djur på både höjden och bredden
..


And so for the Designteams interpretations... You find the link to everybodys blog on their photos in the left sidebar menu. Now here comes animals both high and low...


Lillemor

Aija

Marianne

Petra

Carola

Lene

Jorunn

Rikke


SasSa

Tiden för att deltaga går ut den 25 juni midnatt StampARTic tid .

För att delta kopierar du in länken till ditt kort i din blog och klistrar in den i Mister Linky.
Glöm inte vår enda regel.... Inte kombinera med någon annan tävling eller utmaning. Men du får gärna lämna flera bidrag;)


Deadline for participating is June 25th, midnight StampARTic time.

To participate copy the link to your card in your blog and paste it in Mister Linky.
Don´t forget our only rule... Don´t combine with any other competition or challenge. But you are allowed to participate with more then one card;)



Friday, June 12, 2009

The sketch winner of June.

Det er tid for å kåre en vinner av skisseutfordringen, men først vil jeg nok en gang TUSEN TAKK for alle de fantastiske bidragene dere sender inn!!

Utfordringens flotte premie er også denne gangen sponset av Stempelglede. En nydelig stempelplate med bryllupstekster. Om du vil vite hvor du kan finne stempler fra Stempelglede, så ta en titt her.

It is time to choose a winner of the sketch challenge, but first I once again want to say THANK YOU for all the amazing cards you give us! The great price for this challenge is once again sponsored by “Stempelglede”. It is a beautiful stamp sheet, with wedding texts. If you want to find more stamps from “Stempelglede”, you can take a look here.






Og så til ukas vinner. Det var som vanlig en tøff oppgave for oss, men stemt har vi gjort, og vinneren er:



And now, this week’s winner. As always, this was a difficult decision to make, but we have voted, and the winner is:




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HANNE

som har laget dette vakre kortet.

HANNE

that have made this beautiful card.





Gratulerer så mye Hanne!!!
Premien kommer til deg i posten, hvis du legger igjen din adresse her: stampartic[at]gmail.com


Many congratulations to you Hanne.
We will send the prize to you, if you leave your address here:
stampartic[at]gmail.com



Jeg håper dere alle husker “scrap space” utfordringen vår. Det er slett ikke for sent å vise oss et bilde av hobbyplassen din.

Og bli med på vår neste utfordring som kommer her på StampARTic den 15. juni.


I hope you all remember there is a “scrap space” challenge going on. It is still not too late to show us a picture of your scrap space.
Please join us in our next challenge that will appear here at StampARTic 15th of June.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Tutorial; Making paper beads






Jokaisella meistä on varmasti pieni laatikko, ellei jopa iso, paperisilppua. Silput laitetaan laatikkoon, koska ei hannota hienoja papereita laittaa roskiin, ja ajatellaan että jossain vaiheessa ne tulevat käyttöön. Usein kuitenkin käy niin, että laatikko vaan suurenee ja suurenee, eikä silppuja tule käytettyä-näin kävi minulle.Eräänä päivänä sitten törmäsin ongelmaan. Halusin tehdä helmipiikkejä, muttei minulla ollut sopivan värisiä helmiä, koska en harrasta korujen tekemistä. Niin sitten päätin kokeilla paperihelmien tekemistä ja yllätyin, kuinka helppoa ja nopsaa se olikin ja ennenkaikkea-nyt minulla on monenvärisiä paperihelmiä ja silput tulivat käyttöön. Myönnettäköön, että huomattavasti halvemmaksi tämä myös tuli, kuin että olisin ostanut laatikollisen helmiä.
Tarvitset siis vain paperisuikaleita, sakset tai paperileikkurin, liimaa (minä olen käyttänyt Glossy accent koholakkaa), puutikun.Koristeluun voit käyttää esimerkiksi koristehileitä, mikrohelmiä, pelkkää Glossy accenttia tai mitä ikinä mieleesi tuleekaan. Hileet ja helmet kiinnittyvät hyvin Glossy accent lakalla.

I´m sure we all have a box, small or big, full of pieces of patterned papers. We don´t want to throw those beautiful papers away, so we put paper pieces in a box thinking, that someday we are going to need those papers. I first had a small box, but now it had gotten so big, that I really needed to make something from those papers or if not, I had to throw those papers away. One day I needed decorated pins in my one of my cards, but I had little problem; I didn´t have any pearls, because I don´t make jewelry´s. So I wanted to try making pearls by myself. I was surprised how easy it was to make these paper beads, and now I have a lot of new beads to my pins and I don’t have so much paper pieces anymore. Of course, it´s also much cheaper to make beads, than buy new ones.


Supplies needed:Pieces of patterned papers, scissors or paper cutter, glue or glossy accent, wood stick.You can decorate the beads with glitter, little pearls or only with Glossy accent.



Ensimmäisenä leikkaa papereista suikaleita. Paperin leveämpi pää määrää sen, kuinka leveä helmestä tulee ja paperin pituus määrää sen,kuinka paksu helmestä tulee. Tee näitä siis oman makusi mukaan.


First cut your paper pieces into strips.

Seuraavaksi lähdetään rullaamaan paperia puutikun ympärille. Tämä on helpompaa, jos paperi on suht ohutta.

Next, start to roll strip around stick. This is much easier, if paper is thin.

Kun olet suikaleen saanut rullattua tikun ympärille, laita liimaa suikaleen loppupäähän ja rullaa lopuksi liimattu alue myös ja näin helmi on valmis.


Put some glue end of strip and roll rest of paper around stick, and you´ll have a finished bead.

Tässä muutama rullattu helmi valmiina.

Here are a few rolled paper beads ready.

Kun paperihelmi on rullattu, sen voi päällystää tai koristella oman mielen mukaan. Päällystämällä pelkällä Glossy accentilla, tulee paperihelmeen kirkas pinta. Toki voi myös tehdä niin, että laittaa Glossy accent lakkaa ja sitten ripottelee hileitä päälle, paperihelmet saavat kivan kimaltavan pinnan.


When you have rolled beads and they are ready, you can then decorate beads by using some Glossy accent, pearl glitter or little pearls.


Tässä kuvassa pelkkää glossy accenttia.

Here I have used only Glossy accent.

Näissä hieman kimalletta.

Here are some glittered beads.Tässä kuvassa on muutamia paperihelmiä koristelun jälkeen kuivumassa. Olen paperihelmet päällystänyt lakalla ja sitten lisännyt hilettä hieman päälle. Tikuissa paperihelmet kuivavat ja kun tikut laittaa näin laatikon päälle, helmet eivät kosketa minnekään ja saavat kuivua rauhassa.


Here you can see some paper beads, that I have done. I have put some glossy accent on and then some white glitter. Beads dry well when you put those beads on stick and then put the sticks on a box like in the picture.

Sitten näytän tässä vielä taustan tekemistä suoraan leimakuvaan. Tarkoituksena siis tehdä pilviä taustalle. Tarvitset valkoista paksua paperia, johon teet saksilla pilvenreunan.Tarvitset myös Distress mustetta , sekä sienen, jolla levität mustetta.

I also wanted to show you, how to make clouds straight into image using Distress inks and sponge. First you´ll have to make a cloud from paper.


Ota mustetta meikkisieneen, ja lähde pyörivällä liikkeellä viemään mustetta pilvestä kohti pilven reunaa. Ensin siis pyörität muutaman kerran pilven päällä, ennenkuin lähdet viemään mustetta pilven reunan yli leimakuvaan. Näin saat tasaisen jäljen, eikä mustetta mene liikaa samaan kohtaan.

When you have done cloud from paper, take some ink to sponge and start to roll sponge first onto cloud and then start to roll over clouds edge. Remember to roll sponge all the time, then ink goes smoothly onto paper.


Kun olet pyörittänyt hetken mustetta pilven reunan yli, on aika ottaa pilvi pois ja siirtää toiseen kohtaan ja taas tehdään sama juttu. Näin jatketaan, kunnes tausta on valmis ja tarvittava määrä pilviä taivaalla.


When you have rolled ink some time and you can see blue ink in image, take cloud off and move cloud little bit to make same thing again.
Tässä valmis kortti, johon tein pilvitaustan sekä samassa kortissa olen käyttänyt itsetekemiäni paperihelmiä, jotka olen laittanut korupiikkiin.

Here is the finished card, where you can see the clouds that I just made, and also the paper beads I have made.Tässä sitten vielä toinen kortti, jossa tekemiäni paperihelmiä korupiikeissä. Näihin korupiikkeihin olen lisäksi laittanut muutaman valmiin helmen.


Here is another card, also with paper beads, that I have made. Here I have used also few ready pearls with paper peads.

Toivon, että mahdollisimman moni teistä ottaisi esille paperisilppunsa ja kokeilisi tehdä näitä paperihelmiä itse. Huomaatte pian, kuinka helppoa ja nopeaa paperihelmien teko on. Mahtavaa olisi myös nähdä valmiita paperihelmiä korteissanne! Askarteluniloa!


I hope you´ll get inspired of this tutorial, and you´ll take your paperbox where your paper pieces are, and start to make your own paper beads. You´ll soon notice, how easy is making these paper beads, and also guick.

And it would great to see paper beads in your cards! Enjoy crafting!

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Brette teknikker ~ Folder techniques

Bretteteknikker får vi aldri nok av, og jeg har lyst til å vise dere tre enkle, nesten like
bretteteknikker, som allikevel gir tre helt forskjellige resultater.

We never get enough of different folding techniques. I want to show you three techniques that are easy to manage. They are almost the same, but the results are still very different.












Kort som er brettet litt annerledes blir alltid lagt litt ekstra merke til, og selv de enkleste brettinger gir eksklusive resultater. Mange har lyst til å prøve, men lar være fordi det ser vanskelig ut. Kom igjen alle sammen, for disse kortene er i alle fall ikke vanskelige!

Her er mal til de tre kortene. Midtpartiet er likt, det er klipp og fasong på sidene som utgjør forskjellen. Klipp vekk de markerte feltene, brett ved de stiplede linjene, det er det hele. Nå er du klar til å dekorere kortene som du ønsker.



Cards folded a special way, always get some extra attention and even the easiest folding techniques, can give your card an exclusive look. I know that many card makers don’t try this, because it looks difficult. Now there are no excuses, cause these cards are really easy to make.

Here are the templates for the three cards. The middle of the cards is all the same, it is the cut and shape of the sides that makes the different. Just cut out the marked areas, fold by the stippled lines, and you are ready to decorate your card the way you like.




Nr.1






Nr.2





Nr.3



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Mitt første kort ble et baby kort, med motiv fra” Ladybug and Friends”, og tekst fra ”Kreativ Hobby”. Her er kortet lukket.
My first card is a baby card. The image is from “Ladybug and friends”, and the text is from “ Kreativ Hobby”.Here you can see the card closed.



Her er kortet halvåpent.
Here the card is half open.







Her er kortet helt åpent. Swirlene inni kortet er fra ”Stempelglede”.
Here the card is wide open. The swirls inside the card are from “Stempelglede”.






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Kort nr to er et konfirmasjonskort. Motivet er fra ”Sugar Nellie”, og teksten er fra Stempelglede.
My second card is a confirmation card. The image is from “Sugar Nellie”, and the text is from “Stempelglede”.







Her er kortet halvåpent.
Here the card is half open.







Her er kortet helt åpent. Swirlene er fra ”Stempelglede”, og teksten er fra ”Ett Trykk”
Here the card is wide open. The swirls are from “Stempelglede”, and the text is from “Ett Trykk”.








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Her er mitt det tredje kortet. Motivet er fra ”Sugar Nellie”, og teksten er fra ”Kreativ Hobby”.
Here you can see my third card. The image is from “Sugar Nellie”, and the text is from “Kreativ Hobby".






Her er kortet halvåpent.
Here the card is half open.








Her er kortet helt åpent. Tekst og swirler er fra ”Stempelglede”
Here the card is wide open. Text and swirls are from “Stempelglede”.









Dette er tre bretteteknikker som alle kan mestre. Nå håper jag at jeg får se masse brettekort i bloggene deres i tida fremover. Lykke til!

These are three folding techniques that everyone can manage. Now I hope to see a lot of folding cards in your blogs in the time to come. Good luck to all of you!