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Throughout the December Riikka and me shared some inspiration to you in the form of Countdown to Christmas blog event. We had five posts in total, four with giveaways and then the fifth was a challenge. You can see the original challenge post here (link).
We want to thank everyone who participated to the whole event and even more those of you who participated to the challenge. So thank you PiHi, Kirsi, Lena, Ewelinkag, Kathy, Jaya, Päivi, Piijja and Lea! What beautiful pieces of art you created and shared! If you haven't seen all the beautiful art already, here's a screen shot of the linky tool in all it's glory! Just look at those colors and textures and details! Stunning!

And now some drum roll, please! We have a winner to announce! You remember the prize we have to giveaway? It's not from one but from two manufacturers! A kit from 7 Dots Studio and a whole paper collection from 13Arts! And the lucky winner is...

...Lea! Congratulations!

We were impressed with the gorgeous layers in your page! Great details and impressive use of Liquid Pearls! So please send your address to either one of us and we'll get your prize to the post and on it's way to you!
But wait, there's more! We loved all the works so much that we decided to give out another prize! Fun, right? I put together a splendid prize pack and the random.org provided us the winner. So congratulations are also in order for Kirsi! Please, can you also send your address for me so I can send the prize to you?
We also want to take this chance and once again thank our gracious sponsors. Extra special thanks are in order for 7 Dots Studio and 13Arts for the grand prize! Then we also had great giveaways from Scrap FX, PanPastel, A Flair for Buttons and Create A Smile!

Most of the winners have contacted us by now, but there's still one winner missing. So if you see your name underneath and haven't send out your address yet, please do so! All of you winners have now a week time to contact us and claim your prize! If we don't hear from you, we'll re-raffle the prizes!


Thank you for your visit today and we wish you a splendid, inspiring 2016!
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Throughout the December Riikka and me shared some inspiration to you and also had four great giveaways. Now it's time to give those gifts away! Don't you just love gifts after Christmas?
Thank you all who participated to our blog event and left such inspiring and kind comments! We loved reading your words! It's you, the readers, who actually make the event! We are grateful for your support and hope to inspire you even more during the new year!
We also want to thank our gracious sponsors - Scrap FX, PanPastel, A Flair for Buttons and Create A Smile - for their support and providing some fun prizes for the giveaways!

Above are the lucky winners, raffled with random.org. Congratulations! So Siiri Viljanen, Kristen Pratt, Diane J and PiHi, please send a mail to either me or Riikka to claim your prize! My email is tellimaria (at) gmail . com.

If you have an urge to participate, you still can! The last post with the challenge is still open. And what a prize it has - kit from 7 Dots Studio and collection from 13Arts! You can read more from here in my own blog (link) or from Riikka's blog (link). We would love you to join in!

We want to wish you the very best 2016! Thank you for your visit!
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HO HO HO and Merry Christmas!
Today it's the final post in the event as it's Christmas Eve! So happy Holidays to everyone and joy to the world! I hope you've been following the "Countdown to Christmas" posts here in my and in Riikka's blogs.

There's still time to take part to previous giveaways as well.
Countdown To Christmas, part one - Scrap FX
Countdown To Christmas, part two - Pan Pastels
Countdown To Christmas, part three - A Flair For Button
Countdown To Christmas, part four - Create A Smile

But as it's just some hours before the Santa Claus starts giving away the gifts here in Finland it's also time to give you a gift. And it's in the form of a challenge.
Riikka and me put our heads together and above you can see what we came up for you as inspiration! There's a sketch by Riikka and a colorful mood board by me! You can create anything you like with the duo - a layout, a card, an of the page project, a canvas... We just hope to inspire you!
As it is the Christmas Eve we have a big prize for you to win! To be in for the draw, you need to make something inspired by our duo, the mood board and the sketch. Then you need to do a blog post and using the linky tool to add the link to your post to the challenge.

You have until January 6th 2016 11.55 pm CET to participate and add your link. Then Riikka and me put again our heads together and raffle the winner. But be warned that there might be a something extra to entries we really like! The winner or winners will be then announced on both of our blog's on January 9st 2016. So be sure to stop by then to see if you've won!


Materials used: 13arts

For this big prize we don't have one but two sponsors! The price of this challenge is huge! From 7 Dots Studio we have the "December Memories" kit with some exclusive supplies and from 13arts we have the whole Winter Tales collection! How awesome is that? So get your project started and join in the fun! We can't wait to see what you make!



13arts is a Polish manufacturer specializing in scrapbook papers, embellishments and mixed media products. The company ships worldwide so you can go shopping whether you are from Europe or Asia! Please visit them on http://13arts.pl and look the amazing projects of the DT in the company blog http://13artspl.blogspot.fi.



7 Dots Studio is an European scrapbooking manufacturer of high quality scrapbooking products – papers, stickers, die-cuts, chipboards, stamps and stencils. Company's collections vary from clean, graphic designs to mixed-media grunge. All the 7 Dots Studio papers are perfect for mixed media. Please visit the company here 7dotsstudio.com and go for some additional inspiration in the company blog herehttp://7dotsstudio.com/archives/category/blog.


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Hi and happy fourth Advent - just couple more night until Christmas! Today we're continuing the
Countdown To Christmas blog event with fourth part, you'll find the previous ones here:
Countdown To Christmas, part one - Scrap FX
Countdown To Christmas, part two - Pan Pastels
Countdown To Christmas, part three - A Flair For Button.

For this Sunday we chose the theme "stamping", I made a little video of using stamps in other than usual ways. I hope you like it and inspired by it!
But now to coolest part - our giveaway! You have a possibility to have two tickets to each giveaway by leaving a comment to both of our posts - a comment here gives you one and comment on Riikka's blog gives you another. Each of our Sunday giveaways is open until 30th December 11.59 pm CET and the winners of these raffles are announced on both of our blog's on January 1st 2016. So be sure to stop by on the first day of the new year to see if you've won!

Materials used: Create A Smile, 13arts, Prima Marketing, American Crafts.


Today's giveaway is sponsored by the one and only, super lovely Create a Smile. The name says it all: Create a smile stamps are made for cardmakers, scrapbookers, stampers - people, who like to create things that make others smile. The company's stamps are made from high quality photopolymer and are produced in Germany. Fun designs, cute images and punny sentiment are exactly what Create a Smile loves - and they create a smile! Please visit company site at: www.createasmilestamps.com and the blog over at: createasmilestamps.blogspot.de.

The price is a gift certificate worth 15 euros. Imagine how many smiles you could create with that! So leave a comment here and on Riikka's blog to be in for the giveaway. We wish you best of luck!
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The happy journey continues here in mine and in Riikka's blog - time for another Countdown To Christmas post!
Previous posts are here:
Countdown To Christmas, part one - Scrap FX.
Countdown To Christmas, part two - Pan Pastels.

Today we have nice and super challenging theme, using items you find from your home. No mixed media products, but of course patterned papers, thickers, glues, tapes and embellishments were allowed.
Before starting, I was quite sure I'd go with natural theme. Leaves, grass and branches from the garden and lots of browns to be the color scheme. But instead, I took my daughter's watercolors and played with them. White cardstock on the background is a little wrinkled because of wet colors and no gesso, but I found watercolors really inspiring. The color is matte and much lighter than with any paints or mists. Black was a practical choice for a layout telling about my sweet husband. 
To use household things, I added some tissue paper to give texture, and bolts and nuts to embellish. There old neckless as well, cut in pieces and give more sheen.
Some of the papers are regular patterned papers, but I also used paint sample papers from local hardware store. And to list some other supplies, there is staples, pen marks, other office supplies and and and... There are so many thing in every home what can be used in a craft project! Just try and discover, it's so much fun.

And to to coolest part - our giveaway! You have a possibility to have two tickets to each giveaway by leaving a comment to both of our posts - a comment here gives you one and comment on Terhi's blog gives you another. Each of our Sunday giveaways is open until 30th December 11.59 pm CET and the winners of these raffles are announced on both of our blog's on January 1st 2016. So be sure to stop by on the first day of the new year to see if you've won!

Materials used: American Crafts, Tricksart, this and that.


Today's sponsor is cute like a button! It's the Etsy store A Flair for Buttons! The store is owned by Shelley Haganman and here's what she tells: "I love scrapbooking and fell in love with flair buttons years ago. They have so many fun uses! You can pin them and wear them. Add them to a card or project, the possibilities are endless. I enjoy designing and hand making these fun little embellishments!" Please visit the store here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/aflairforbuttons. You can find a lot of flair button inspiration in the Buttons blog: http://scrappergirl.typepad.com/aflairforbuttons, so please come and say hi!
The price is two lovely sets of Christmas flair buttons. So leave a comment here and on Riikka's blog to be in for the giveaway. We wish you best of luck!
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Hi all! Just wanted make a quick reminder about Countdown To Christmas - a little giveaway and inspiration we are making during December with my friend Riikka Kovasin.
Above you can see the tags I made for last Sunday's PanPastel party, hope you like the close-ups.
Video is available too, above or over at my Youtube channel.

Giveaway one: http://tellimaria.blogspot.com/2015/10/countdown-to-christmas.html
Giveaway two: http://tellimaria.blogspot.com/2015/12/countdown-to-christmas-pastel-party.html

Thank you for stopping by!

Materials: PanPastel, American Crafts, Ranger
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Hello and happy Sunday! It's time to open our second part of Countdown To Christmas, and we are giving away something today as well. Yey!
If you skipped the first part, you'll find it here (link) - there's a giveaway still open so hop on and leave a comment.
Today, as the title says, we're focusing on pastels and not to any pastels - PanPastels! I made a video (above) of how to use PanPastels, some basics and some advanced techniques with these nice little tags. Just to show you how easy, quick and nice it is to use PanPastels in any of your projects. 
The layout above is a sample I made using PanPastels as well. There's light layer of gold PanPastel first, then more over a stenciled gesso layer. Great example how different same color can look on
different surface. Really interesting effect which always inspires to do more and more.

Now it's your time to join our Countdown. Simply leave a comment here to my blog, as well to Riikka's blog! Read more below.

Thank you for joining us!

Materials used: PanPastel, American Crafts, 13arts, Prima Marketing


This time our sponsor is no other than PanPastel - Ultra Soft Artists’ Painting Pastels for Painting, Drawing & Mixed Media. PanPastel Colors are professional artists’ quality soft pastel colors packed in a unique pan format (cake-like). The special qualities of PanPastel Colors mean that artists can blend and apply dry color like fluid paint for the first time. All PanPastel Colors are made using a unique manufacturing process requiring minimal binder and fillers, resulting in rich, ultra soft and super-blendable colors. PanPastels are easy to use, blend, layer and apply like paint. Please visit: www.panpastel.comto learn more about the medium!

The price is a set of five PanPastel colors in a palette with some Soft Tool. The best part is that the winner can choose the colors! So leave a comment here and on Riikka's blog (link) to be in for the giveaway. We wish you best of luck!
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Christmas and the Holiday season is all about giving and gatherings, right? It's about the Holiday cheer and that warm feeling inside. With this in mind, Riikka and me thought to arrange a blog event or a Christmas calendar to ease with the anticipation of the Holidays. It's also to give you inspiration and ideas and most of all to thank you all for your visits and comments. It's about giving back to you who give us so much with your excitement towards our projects! And there's even more to give - we have lovely giveaways in all our posts!
The event starts today, November 29th and there's a new "Countdown to Christmas" post in every Sunday on both of our blogs all the way to Christmas. So that's December 6th, 13th and 20th. There's also an extra post on Christmas Eve, like a gift under the tree.

So welcome on board and hope you'll enjoy!

On this first post we are playing with chipboards! What we also have in each Sunday is an inspirational video either on my or on Riikka's blog. Today, Riikka has a very inspiring video for you to watch - here (link).

Materials used: American Crafts, Creative Embellishments, Studio Tekturek, 13arts


Our first sponsor is Australian Scrap FX. Scrap FX is a leading wholesale laser cutting business that designs and manufactures chipboard words and shapes, stencils and stamps, for the scrapbooking and craft industries. They just celebrated their 10th anniversary and continue to release a new collection of unique designs every month. Please visit them on:www.scrapfx.com.au and see what the design team has in store in the company blog:http://www.scrapfx.com.au/blog/.

The price is a selection of chipboards. So leave a comment here and on Riikka's blog to be in for the giveaway. We wish you best of luck!
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If I were you, I would come back here this Sunday.
Me and my dear friend Riikka (link) have prepared something fun ;)

See you soon!
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