Frost Rose

I'm not sure if that is the correct term in english for the snowflakes, but in Iceland we call these beautiful snowflake forms frostroses. I did this layout for a purple challenge and ladies, did I need to dig deep into my stash for some purple things. I love purple, but somehow I don't have lots of stuff in that color. I used my long overdue prima paintables and painted them with Tim Holtz distress inks. MS punches and a few flowers and blings and voila.  Thank you so much for looking. 

a little detail :D

Altered tincan - brush holder

I still have some papers left from my PION papers I got for my guest design projects for Skrappoggaman.is.

It is so simple and fun to alter cans into brush or pencil holders. I've done I few in the past for nieces and nephews who are starting school. So cute!

This paper is so elegant I thought it was perfect for brushes in a bathroom or a scraproom (they are so elegant too).

Everything is pretty basic about this. You just clean your can and decorate. One cool tip is to glue paper on the back of a clear crystal, using any type of clear glue. I used glossy accent glue, it dries so quickly :D

I am still enjoying my summer vacation. Only one week until I go back to work. It will be good to get into routine again. :D

....and then there was a card

Continuing on my design projects for Skrappoggaman. Here is a card I came up with, using some of the leftovers of the paper I got for this assignment (and I still have some left ;o) ). I used my slice for the notecard under the chipboard letters and a the bigger flowers, the smaller ones are punched. The angel is hand cut from one of the paper sheets and then I just added a little sparkle to it. I love these prima pebbles, they look so jummy :D

Have a great day everyone! :D

Pion design and prima

I am so lucky to be a guest designer for a local scrapstore Skrappoggaman . They have all the latest and coolest stuff in their online store. Fabulous stuff I tell you!  Their latest brand is the PION design. oh my goodness it is so beautiful and I got to play with it! YAY!!!! So here is what I came up with using these gorgeous papers, lots of prima goodies and few other splendrous things! :D Thank you for looking!

oh and the photo, my dear daughter on her day of confirmation. I LOVE that photo of her!

Ladies night

I was so lucky to be invited to a "ladies night" last night.  The hostess needed a guestbook and on a 7 hour notice I made this one for the party. I used brown paper bags and my bind-it-all machine to bind it. Some of the bags I used as pockets and put a tag in it for the ladies to leave comments and wisdom :D

I am back

Exhausted but happy after a 4 day crafts fair. Here is a photo of my booth. And a few close ups of my goodies :D

Sneak peak :D

I am preparing for an annual design/craft fair that will take in two weeks. Here is a little sneak peak of what I am making.

I love messing with my inks

This is a layout of my dd too busy texting her friend to have me take a single decent photo of her at one of the most scenic places in Iceland, Jökulsárlón - a glacier lagoon.

First I used my Tim Holtz inks and made a good mess on white cardstock. Then I decided to cut up the photo. While I was placing the mosaic photo I discovered the background working with me. So I carefully placed them with consideration of the ink splatters. Neat huh! well... can I tell you a secret.... the reason I ripped up the paper was because there was a fault in the misting I needed to hide :Þ Sometimes things just happen by accident. I love that I am learning to loosen up a bit. :D

Thank you for looking, and I would love a comment if you have one :D

Second thoughts

Sometimes I have second thoughts about layouts I am making. Usually I don't do much about it if I am overall happy with the page. This time I had serious doubts about the photo. I took some guts to rip up that cute photo, but I think it payed off. I like the new version even more :D

Mellow Yellow

All my life I think yellow has been my least favorite color. But lately I´ve grown a little more fond of it. Maybe it's because of the lack of sunshine these past months. I challenged myself to do a layout with yellow as the main color! I was surpriced by the result AND it was fun to work with. This might be the beginning of a friendship with the much dreaded color yellow :D

The layout is about the ribbons my dd used in her hair. The yellow ribbon on the page is a ribbon she actually used around the age of 2. Thank you for looking :D

Popup Twirling Card

How sweet it is to give someone a fun card, especially to kids. It made my day when my 4 year old nephew saw the butterfly spin when he opened the card. SWEET! :D

It is difficult to show a moving card in still photos but you can find a great video of the tutorial I used here.