Sunday Watercolors! Birch trees and archipelago

I also share my watercolors and cards here:  My Instagram
If you want to see more of my watercolors, you can view them HERE

Have a great Tuesday, hugs, Karin

Want to learn how to incorporate more watercolor in your cardmaking and papercrafting: I have a 50% off code (FIRSTDIBS)  for the Creative Watercolour Techniques  class:

Winner of the GIVEAWAY for the Creative Watercolour Techniques class

Hi Everyone!
I'm just popping in here to announce the Winner of my GIVEAWAY for the Creative Watercolour Techniques class :

It is :

Big congrats Jeanne - please e-mail me your full name and e-mail address so I can forward that to Angela!

Thank You so much everyone else for you super sweet comments - how I wish I had a spot to give away to all of you!
But remember:

Creative Watercolour Techniques is priced at $59 USD, however until November 18th, you can get the course for $29 (50% off) using the discount code FIRSTDIBS 


Have a great Tuesday, hugs, Karin

Sunday Watercolors + GIVEAWAY !

It's Sunday again and here's this week's watercolor:

I'll share this with the Pink Challenge at Simon Says stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog and I was inspired by the Fusion Challenge photo.

I also share my watercolors, Papercraft and cards here:  My Instagram

If you want to see more of my watercolors, you can view them HERE

Have a great Tuesday, hugs, Karin

Also I want to remind you that I have a watercolor class to give away - check out all the info HERE (but hurry - I will draw the winner on Tuesday morning)

Post for Lawnscaping - Happy Halloween

Hi Everyone! Post for Lawnscaping Challenges
It's Karin here to share some inspiration for the Lawnscaping Challenge blog.

I started out by spattering my background with frisket/Masking fluid and then inked my  background . I used distress ink Tumbled glass and Faded Jeans. I then stamped and colored my images with watercolor pencils. I diecut the grass and created a Little scene Before trimming it and adding it to at black piece of cardstock to create a frame for my panel.
For the sentiment I used the Dymo font and printed it from my computer.

The Lawn Fawn supplies I used for my project:
Stamps;  Into the Woods , So Thankful
Dies; Grassy Border
Paper; Watercolorpaper from Canson



Pop over to the Lawnscaping challenge to be inspired by my talented teamies or play along in the latest challenge.

I'll share my card here; Bastel Traum, Stamping Sensations
Heart Desires, Papirlosjen: Høst/høstfarger 
Scrap from your Heart: Høst

Have a wonderful Halloween everyone, hugs, Karin

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PINK - Thanks for all that you do - Hero Arts

This is a card made for the Pink Challenges at Simon Says stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog and the color (pick at least 3) challenge at Seven Hills  (I chose the two yellows and one pink from the middle swatch ) and inspired by the Fusion Challenge photo.
The flower and sentiment is from the beautiful set : Happy Mother's Day

I will also share this with Createalicious , Scrappelyst: Skarpe farger, Papirdesign: Lag på lag ,


Have a great day, hugs, Karin

A Halloween Hello !

Here's a card for some challenges I wanted to play along with!

To get the "no line coloring look" I used Antique distress ink when I stamped the image and then colored it with copic markers.

Bastel Traum
Stamping Sensations
Heart Desires
Copic Marker Norge: Røff og tøff
Papirlosjen: Høst/høstfarger 
Scrap from your Heart: Høst


                                                       Have a great day, hugs, Karin

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Merry Christmas - Layered Cardinal

I'm playing along with Hero Arts  new Challenge with Another card! I really enjoy their challenges !!! I used resist for my snowflakes Before I inked the bg so it is also for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge; Resist

I'm also playing along with these challenges:
Virginia's View: Focal point
KaBoks: Vinter
Papirdesign: Lag på lag

Deep Ocean - favorite season (to create cards for at least (-: )

                                                       Have a great day, hugs, Karin

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Lawnscaping Challenge # 140 Color Challenge

Lawnscaping Challenge #
Hi Everyone!
I'm here today to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time it is a      Challenge!!!

For my card I used the following Lawn Fawn Supplies;
Stampsets: HERE
Dies: HERE
Patterned Paper;

Our fabulous sponsor for this challenge is; Lawn Fawn!!! You can win a stampset of your choice YEAH!!!

If you want to see more of my Lawn Fawn Projects you can follow my LF board on pinterest; or follow me on Instagram HERE

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

Getting Ready for Christmas anyone!?

Getting Ready for Christmas anyone!?

I also share my cards, watercolors and papercraft projects on  Instagram.
Have a great day!  Hugs, Karin

New Class + Giveaway! : Creative Watercolour Techniques for Cardmakers and Art Journalers !!!

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COME join an inspiring class called CREATIVE WATERCOLOR to learn lots of new watercolor techniques that  will improve your cardmaking, art journaling and watercolorpainting!

I am so excitied to be a guest artist for this class !

Until the 18th of November you can get it half price off by entering the code  FIRSTDIBS when checking out 

Info:

Creative Watercolour: Techniques for for Hobbyists, Art Journalers, Paper Crafters, Calligraphers and the Enthusiastic Amateur
Watercolour isn't just for single-minded painters! In this course, artist Angela Fehr demonstrates watercolour techniques and applications for using watercolour in your creative pursuits, whatever they might be!

Covered in this course:

• basic techniques and an overview of watercolour terminology
• tools and materials recommendations and how to use them
• using watercolour with masks & resists
• wet-in-wet techniques
• watercolour special effects
• product demonstrations: pigment markers, pigment powder, watercolour pans, masking fluid, pen & ink, watercolour pigment sheets & more

4.5 hours of video content in 12 lessons.​

With Lessons by Guest Authors:

Lindsay Weirich (The Frugal Crafter on Youtube)

Karin Akesdotter (Peppermint Patty's Papercraft) Me!


Samples of my watercolors:

Want to win an enrollment for this course? I have a spot to give away! Just comment below and I'll draw a winner next Monday!

But don't hesitate to enroll HERE right away, because if you have already purchased the course, and win you will have your payment refunded. 

Doodlewash blog: Charlie O’Shields
Scarlett Damen (video post)
Kimberly Crawford’s blog
Guest Author: Lindsay Weirich, the Frugal Crafter
Nina Brackett’s blog
Enter to win the grand prize here! (Contest closes November 18th)

Creative Watercolour Techniques is priced at $59 USD, however until November 18th, students can get the course for $29 (50% off) using the discount code FIRSTDIBS 

                                           4 of about 30 cards I'll be sharing in my video in the course.

Use THIS LINK to sign up for the course and don't forget the 50%off code; FIRSTDIBS !

Have a great day and a wonderful hop!

Hugs, Karin

You can view more of my watercolors in my Watercolors Gallery or by following me on Instagram.

Guest designing for Hero Arts : A Vintage Christmas

Hi Everyone! I am so super excited because I am guest designing for Hero Arts today.  I've had a wonderful time playing with Hero Arts beautiful new vintage sets: 

 

For the first card I simply stamped the beautiful mistletoe stamp from the Happy Holly Days set two times and colored them with Copic markers.

I then fussy cut them and tied them together with a thin piece of red ribbon. (I actually didn’t have red ribbon, but white that I colored with my Copic markers — a super fast and easy way to get ribbon in exactly the color you want!) The sentiment is from the beautiful Snowy Tree set.

For my second card I started out by stamping the fir twig from the Vintage Christmas Post set with green ink and then diecut the panel using the Rectangle Infinity Dies. I diecut it two ways to get it wider than it is from the beginning. I then stamped my cones with dark brown ink and colored them with Copic markers before fussy cutting them.

The cone stamp is from Happy Holly Days. I then added them to my panel with foam adhesive along with some red pearls. The sentiment is from the Holiday Messages and Tags set.
I also share my cards, watercolors and papercraft projects on  Instagram.

Have a great day!  Hugs, Karin

Sunday Watercolors; Flamingo and Hedgehog

You can view more of my watercolors in my Watercolors Gallery or by following me on Instagram.

Tuesday Watercolors!

Just poping in here to share anothe watercolor today - this one is from the archipelago south of Gothenburg.


I also share my watercolors and cards here:  My Instagram
If you want to see more of my watercolors, you can view them HERE

Have a great Tuesday, hugs, Karin

Hero Arts Holiday Challenge!

Hero Arts is back with a new Challenge and I'm so happy - I have Always LOVED their challenges!!!

For this card I stamped the Beautiful Holly stamp from CL998 Happy Holly Days in White on vellum and colored with copic markers. I then added some Glossy accent for extra dimension.

The sentiment is from the set CM103 Holiday Animals

                                                       Have a great day, hugs, Karin

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Congratulations on Your Baby !!!

Hi!
Today I'm playing along with the challenge at CIC called Oh Baby and this is my take:

It is also for the layer upon layer challenge at Papirdesign and since it is for a baby boy I will share it here too;

Hjerteboden: Maskulint
Hobbygarasjen: Maskulint eller til mannen
Papirplaneten: Maskulint
Scrappegarasjen: Less is more

 

 

I will also share it at Virginia's View Challenge called Focal Point.

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

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Sunday Watercolors: Seagull

For today's Sunday Watercolors I have a seagull for you!

I tried two different versions but they came out too alike - I wanted to get a looser version and it usually helps to paint a second painting of the same subject - when you "know" the subject well - but not this time )-: 

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If you want to see more of my watercolors, you can view them HERE


Have a great Sunday, hugs, Karin

CIC #379

Hi!
Today I'm playing along with the challenge at CIC called Oh Baby and this is my take:

It is also for the layer upon layer challenge at Papirdesign

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

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Masculine

I'm playing along with some fun masculine challenges with this card:

Hjerteboden: Maskulint
Hobbygarasjen: Maskulint eller til mannen
Papirplaneten: Maskulint
Scrappegarasjen: Less is more
Scrappelyst: Skarpe farger

                                                       Have a great day, hugs, Karin

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Sending You Love - Hero Arts

I have returned to one of my favorite dies from Hero Arts - the the celebrate-tag-stamp-cut-by-lia and am playing along with Sketch challenge at CAS(E) this sketch the Anything goes challenge at Createalicious  - inspired by Sending You a Love Song - Jeffery Osborne.
I'm entering this for the challenge Word Art Wednesday which is Anything goes and at the SSS Wednesday Challenge it is Clean and Simple so I'm entering this there as well (-: !!!  Also I embossed my diecutting for A Blog named Hero's Texture challenge #HeroArts

Have a great Sunday, hugs, Karin

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Lawnscaping Challenge # 139 Pinterest Inspired

Hi Everyone!

I'm here today to introduce a new challenge at Lawnscaping. This time it is a   Pinterest Inspired   Challenge!!!

For my card I used the following Lawn Fawn Supplies;
Stampsets: HERE
Dies: HERE


Our GREAT sponsor for this challenge is Ellen Hutson!!! You can win a 25 $ giftcertificate to the store YEAH!!!
Pop over to Lawnscaping for all the info you need and to join the challenge and to check out some Amazing Projects by my super talented teamies! Hope to see you there!

I want to play along with some fall challenges too: Penny Black and More, Stamping Sensations and at Ribbon Girls' it is "Anything Goes".

Have a great day, hugs, Karin

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Have a great day, hugs, Karin