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Color Combos # 221 "Longing for Spring"

2012-03-08T08:57:00.001+01:00

Hi all!

I am having a hard time catching up here.

Yesterday Janet posted the new colours on the CCG blog, (now on Blogger btw).

You may wonder; 'already..?', but we have some catching up to do and I hope you'll have a chance to do one or two of the recent challenges.
There is still time. You can find them HERE

This is the beautiful inspiration board that Janet designed for us:

And this is the page I made about us looking forward to Spring after this long grey Winter.

Because we had some catching up to do I did not have much time for my page and made a few 'bloopers'.I wanted to paint my wooden letters from Pink Paislee in green. I found a pot of beautiful perfect green colour and did the job. As I was in a hurry I glued down my letters before they were dry.

I shouldn't have...!

I looked at my page a couple of minutes later and the letters were screaming at me,:
"we are the wrong colour!!!"

Lesson learnt: Paint will change it's colour after it is dry. I knew that!!

Ok, so what to do...?

I grabbed my white ink pad and used it all over the letters. It took down the very green colour but it still isn't the green I needed. Oh well, it will have to do.
I learned to wait for the paint to dry, but really,
Who likes to stand around watching paint dry,...LOL?

For wooden elements I used the wooden sticks that are really for stirring your coffe, and the cat shape I bought from a Polish online store. And of course the 'Woodshop' wooden letters from Pink Paislee.

We are all looking forward to Spring. Our little kitty has refused to go outside all Winter even though she was outdoors all Summer and Autumn. She thinks it's too cold and grey.

I love the latest dies I bought from Spellbinders.They are so so pretty!

And the doily ones are my trusted friends from Cheery Lynn.

Most of the papers I used here are from Les Papiers de Pandore. And I have used a mix of three different collections.

I am off to work now and I wish you all a wonderful day!

CCG #219 "Kitty Love" "Authentique" "Uncommon"

2012-03-05T08:54:00.000+01:00

Finally it's time again for a new colourful combination from Color Combos Galore.
Due to Janet suffering some very sad family events we have had a couple of weeks delay in posting the challenges, BUT NOW WE ARE BACK!! So sorry for your loss Janet!

We have some new colours for you this week as it is layouts/altered item/mini album week.

The news around CCG since we moved to Blogger is that we work with the same colours for two weeks, but have different design prompts, and week two is cards week.

This is the layout I created with the new colours.

And this is the inspiration board that you will need to take a closer look at :

I used one of my favourite collections lately called "Uncommon", which was made by "Authentique Paper". I also used some embossed white paper for my background and that green paper making up a frame is from "Echo Park" "Victoria Gardens"

I made a few lollipop flowers as this was the designers challenge this time. They are so easy to make, but I did not have a ny material in the right shades so I took the easy way out and made mine white.
At least you can say it goes with everything!

I used an older premade die cut title from MME as it was the perfect colour match for the pink.

I just added the word kitty in some "Doodlebug" stickers

The journalling is just a few words about Beatrice still keeping interest in her little pet after more than a year. I did not expect anything less but, hey,..it's still good news!!

We all have a soft spot for that little furball!

Take care 'til next time!

My layout "Beauté" and a sketch from the webzine.

2012-03-03T10:16:00.000+01:00

I made this layout a little while back and it was in the latest webzine from Les Papiers de Pandore.

I used the new collection called "Perfum de Camélias", and I think I used a bit of almost every piece of the collection.

I may have gone a bit overboard here with my flowers and my fanfolds,...LOL!

I cut the frame from one pattered paper and placed it over the green paper.

I used a heart punch from Martha Stewart for the border on the pink paper.

I wanted the hearts to stand out more so I backed them with a darker colour.

After layering the pink paper on top and glueing it only down the middle so the sides would be loose, I added my doilies down each sideunderneath the heart border edges.

I love doing fanfolded rosettes with a striped paper because hey all turn out so different.

If you have not tried it I think you should, because it is great fun!

Of course I ad to add some pretty flowers to my page. These are a mixture of Prima and others from my stash.

I love this photo of Beatrice with her long braids. It was one of the last ones we took before she cut off most of her long lovely hair. (Although some would maybe say it is quite long still...)

Finally I will share the sketch that Julie made for this page, The picture is a page from the webzine:

Enjoy your day! Today is a wonderful cold Spring day here.

Thanks for any comments in advance. You know we all love reading them!!

March 1st challenge at Once Upon A...Sketch. Meet our guest designers.

2012-02-29T22:18:00.001+01:00

March 1st Challenge + Meet our Guest Designer Iris Babao Uy

Well hello everyone! How are you all going? I hope you all enjoyed the switch up with Get Creative last month as much as we did. Thank you all for embracing the concept and our new sister blog and I am so happy to see that many of you played along with both challenges. We are back to normal this month, and this is actually our 12th month that we are posting challenges and next month it will be our one year anniversary. Unfortunately this is the last month for some Design Team members who will end their term here at the end of this month, but we will talk about all that plus some new changes on April 1st!

For the time being a new month is upon us which brings a new challenge for the next 2 weeks.

The current challenge is one that will push you out of your comfort zone because you have to scrap a layout or create a project about YOU. Many MANY people find this daunting...I can understand that. I personally do not have a problem scrapping my self as I want my children and those I leave behind one day to know the real Nadia. But I was SO SO SO surprised to learn that my Design Team really struggled with this. This saddened me...it saddened me as I see SO many wonderful qualities in all of them, yet it astounds me how hard us women are on our selves. We truly are. I think one thing we are ALL good at for certain, is just being WOMEN in this day and age!!

SO I am particularly keen to see you all find something that you are good at, as little or as big as that might be and be confident enough to share it with us here. I cannot wait to see your entries!! Come on ladies..its time we believed in our selves and put our selves first just this one time..!

March 1st Challenge

Journalling Criteria/Theme:

All About Me!

The focus of your journalling and the theme of your layout has to be based on YOU and something/s that you are really good at. Don't be shy! We are all good at something as small or as big as it might be.

Ideas for journalling: being a good mum, cooking, talking, understanding people, organising, cleaning, gardening, studying, computers, fashion, exercising, scrapbooking, good at my job, maths, languages, writing , drawing, painting, photography, running, craft, sewing. Maybe you can talk about an aspect of your personality..your sensitivity, your 6th sense, your patience, your strength or bravery, your ability to stay positive.

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and theme and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

You MUST combine our journalling criteria with this sketch..

We have two wonderful guest designers this month.

Iris Babao Uy has made this gorgeous page for us:

And Cathy Cafun who won the previous challenge made this stunning page:

I recommend you visit the Once Upon A...Sketch blog to have a look at all the ten lovely pages made by the wonderful design team mambers.

As always the work is outstanding!!

Thanks for dropping by!!

"Your Smile Brightens my Day" Les papiers de Pandore, -"Cherry Chérie"

2012-02-27T10:26:00.001+01:00

This is my first layout using the more clean/simple line of the two new releases from Las Papiers de Pandore. It is called "Cherry Chérie" and is very versatile. It is a perfect line to scrap the hopefully many beautiful spring/easter pictures we will have soon.

This collection has crisp clean lines and dots combined with script, clouds,bricks and lovely flowers to fussy cut. So yummy!

I used my trusted sewing machine and different border punches for this. I did not forget the fanfold flowers either,...lol!

I cut out the small aqua coloured letters from the elements sheet in the collection and that's where I got the ticket strip,too.

I fussy cut the springlike flowers and added a button with some twine to the centers.

That's all I have prepared for you today in this pre-scheduled post.

I hope you can read it all ok!

Thank you so much for taking the time to come and check out my ramblings!

I'll be back soon!

She's Growing up. -Mixing up the two new collections from Les Papiers de Pandore.

2012-02-23T10:46:00.000+01:00

Hopefully this will work and Blogger will behave well and let me preschedule this post!

I am away for a few days visiting my eldest in the UK.

I am keeping my fingers crossed.... :-)

Lately I have had a lot of fun playing with all the new supplies that sweet Julie sent me from

Les Papiers de Pandore. This time I made a layout combining the two;

"Le Parfume de Camélias" and "Cherry Chérie"

It was snowing as I took my lo outside to photograph it. You can actually see some tiny snowflakes on the brown brick-paper, that had not yet melted,...lol!

The little gate in the lower right hand corner is from Polish manufacturer Scrapiniec.

They come in white and I only inked a little on this one.

I quite like this picture of my little princess.

It's one of the photos from the photoshoot with the sweet and lovely Gisela Ackerup.

Hope your day is a good one!

"Authentique" "Uncommon" - "Remember you are special"

2012-02-20T11:14:00.003+01:00

A while back I oredered three different collections made by Authentique Paper from

the online store Stop and Scrap which only happen to be my very favourite spot to shop for scrappy supplies!!
I will just give you the tip that if you want to shop there do use the code on my sidebar PAPERGLUE to get 12% off your order which normally will be more than you get from the newsletter they send out. Just a tip....

Now for my layout, I actually have several to share but am waiting to get better photos of them.

I did quite a bit of fussy cutting here. Those roses are so pretty. I made a fan fold rosette from the striped paper, I love watching the effect made by the stripes on the rosettes.

As you know by now I am in love with "Imaginarium Designs" chipboard .

They have a beautiful selection of shapes and sizes for all kinds of projects. The 'tinies' are great for cards or as an accent, and the larger pieces make for great focal points on a layout.

Here I have used the flourish and the small frame that accentuates my quote.

The letters for the title are by Prima Marketing and are textile covered.

They are my go to letter stickers at the moment.

The fence-chipboard is by the Polish manufacturer Scrapinec.

I cut out the large round background and glued it to my base after distressing it.

To stress the feminine nature of the layout I added some lace all around the edge.

The lace was made by "October Afternoon".

I painted the flourish with some dimensional paint or snow paint.

I pressed the little frame onto my white stamp pad to colour it and I like the effect I got.

These are the chipboard pieces I have been using from ID:

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I like to cut this swirl in two and use just half of it.

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The tiny frames will add interest to any scrapbook project!!

Ok enough from me.

Thanks for dropping by. (Any comments you feel like leaving are very welcome.)

Keep safe!

Some "Authentique" card inspiration and a feature at "Imaginarium Designs!"

2012-02-19T14:20:00.001+01:00

I have edited this post with better photos of the badly lit cards.

I was so happy a couple of days ago to see that one of my layouts had been chosen as a feature over at the Imaginarium Designs Ning site. That is so cool!!

Thank you so much to those who picked me.

I am so lucky to be working with the best chipboard around!!

Here you can see who else was featured too:

Yesterday I went to lunch with one of my daughters and my MIL.

We went to a lovely place by the sea.

One of my MIL's helpful and friendly neighbours recently had his 60th birthday and I said I would make some cards for her to choose between ( and to keep the rest of course...)

As it is rather late in the afternoon I could only get some crappy shots, and the colours are not good either,...but still... -If she has not picked up the cards by tomorrow I will most certainly take some new photos and replace these.

I used the blue collection from "Authentique Paper" called "Journey"

I love the chevron pattern on this paper.
For three cards I only used just one sheet of paper and some of my scraps.
A very economical way to creat cards!
Take care un til next time!

Get Creative - Once Upon A...Sketch mix it up for the second time! New "Les Papiers de Pandore"

2012-02-14T20:08:00.003+01:00

Hi friends!

How are you? -Ready for a new challenge yet?

Today the second half of the designers at OUAS get a chance to play along at Get Creative ,

the awesome Greek challenge blog and brainchild of Irini Liolia !

This is the beautiful sketch created by the talented Elina.

Normally if you joined in one of the challenges over at OUAS we'd have a journaling prompt for you.
Get Creative doesn't have taht but hey,...why not keep up the good work? I have gotten so used to doing journaling now, so this time I put plenty,- on the back of my layout.

This is the layout I made. I tried to keep faithful to the sketch,but will admit to having executed a bit of artistic freedom,...lol.
I used the gorgeous new collection from "Les Papiers de Pandore" for this.
It's called 'Perfume de Camélias' and as you can see (and as I have said many times already,...)
it is beautiful!!

To create the 'brick' background I used the Crafter's Companion 12x12 mask. It is just great to work with, but it does feel like it 'swallowing half a bottle of mist every time I use it!

It is great to use with paints too, by the way.

After spraying the mist and letting it dry, I traced the bricks with a pencil, and then painted with gesso in between each brick. I find that creates the impression of mortar.

I embellished mostly with Prima blooms and some others from my stash. I used two different punches from Martha Stewart to make up the large cross element in the sketch. I added some lace to to soften it up.

Lately I seem to have a fanfold flower on most of my los...

.... -And a banner,too...lol!

To create a space for my title I cut off a piece of corrugated cardboard from a box laying around as evidence of a recent shopping spree. I painted this too, with gesso and inked the edges.

A gorgeous piece of lace then serves as a mat for some of my favourite alphas at the moment.

These are also from Prima Marketing.

The pretty little chipboard butterfly in th lower left corner is by Imaginarium Designs.

You can find it HERE.

They have some gorgeous product. And they have started a new Ning site too.

I had another welcome surprise these last few days,too.

Sweet Laurence from France decided she wanted to award me this:

It was such a sweet and unexpected pleasure.

The award is for blogs that have less than 200 followers and the giver thinks that maybe they deserve to have more,.... :-) Thank you so much Laurence.

Now I have to decide who I want to give it to. There are so many great blogs around.

I will be back with that news soon!

I hope I have not forgotten anything.

I am writing this I between running the kids to all the different activities.

I hope you have a lovely evening and a sweet Valentines Day, even if you are not celebrating with that special someone.

My hubby went to China last Friday and will not be back for another couple of weeks.

But I am enjoying having at least two of my girls at home with me!

Le Parfum de Camélias "Mots Doux" New Les Papiers de Pandore.

2012-02-09T19:52:00.002+01:00

This evening I will share the first of the pages I have made using the new collections from Les Papiers de Pandore. I started with "Le Parfums de Camélias"

As we are nearing Valentines Day it is quite appropriate to use a photo of my eldest brother and his wife.. I snapped a few shots of them last time I went to Norway to visit with my family.

Here are also the usual close ups:

I am running back and forth between computer and kitchen (running very late with dinner ;..lol , as we always have so many activities to run to ,..today 2 X violin and 1 X Youth Club..)

So I do not feel the need for so many words today.

I think the close ups speak for themselves. You will absolutely see that this collection is gorgeous and so lovely to work with.

Sometimes I get nervous I will not do it justice,...lol!"

I think the feather adds a sweet softness to all those flowers.

I also love the big clock that says Paris and comes on the cut out sheet.

Thanks for dropping by and for any comments you may leave me.

I love reading them!!

TWO new collections from Les Papiers de Pandore. Terribly beautiful!!!

2012-02-07T19:17:00.001+01:00

And I mean really, really, terribly beautiful!

Instead of doing one collection per release like she has done in the past,

Julie Blanc of "Les Papiers de Pandore" has done a whale of a job and produced no less than TWO absolutely stunning collections.

(And I am lucky enough to have been creating with them already!!!)

Today I will give you a peak at the two collections.

The first one is called "Cherry Chérie" (isn't that darling...?)

Don't you just love the freshness of this? I think it is a collection that works very well for boys but can be equally lovely for creating pages about girls. Look at that paper with the cute clouds , or the lovely soft flowers,...or the brick wall.....or..or....

These are the stamps that come with the collection.

You can buy them on one larger sheet instead of several small ones.

I can see many great uses for these.

Happy I already have them in my stash,...lol!

And all this goodness is only half of it....

The second collection is called "Le Parfum des Camélias".

Just say the name out loud,...it is so so romantic and a perfect name for this feminine shabby chic collection with revishing overtones of pink, purple, lilac and green.
I just love that one,too!!.....I think you can tell lol :-)

There are plenty of cute designs like butterflies and flowers to be fussy cut and used on your projects.
And both collections have a large sheet of cut-outs to match.

I particularily love the butterfly stamp in two sizes and the nifty set to make your own banner.

This is such a sweet layout with Julie's little girl.

If you love these collections it might interest you to know that there is a candy on the blog.

If you post about the releases on your own blog and check back at the Pandore blog with a comment on each post there, you may be eligible to win. Good luck!!

Julie has decided that some of the revenue from these collections will be donated to the organization Doctors Without Borders.

Tomorrow I will have more to share. I will at least show you the first of my pages I made with 'Camelias'. My second page still lacks a title,....

This is where you go for the candy

Enjoy the rest of your evening!

Lovely Valentines inspiration at Color Combos Galore #217. "Authentique" Uncommon

2012-02-05T23:32:00.000+01:00

Valentines Day is quickly approaching and maybe you want to make a sweet project for a special someone...
At Color Combos Galore this week we have the perfect combo for you to apply to such a project. Check this out:

Pretty isn't it?

For the designers challenge I decided to focus on my gorgeous first born who is now away in the UK at university. Of course we miss her lots and worry about her, but with all the wonderful qualities she has I trust she will be fine. In March she is coming home for a break again, and we can't wait.

Actually, I hope we will be able to go and visit her before then...

I used the Collection "Uncommon" by "Authentique" and had a lot of fun cutting out all the roses from one of the patterned papers. They are so feminine and I just love the pretty colours!

The large photo corners that have painted with dimentional paint are by Imaginarium Designs and they have a similar one that looks like this before it's painted.

I also have some close ups to share:

From the challenge board I was inspired to use a heart punch for my border and also to look for letter stickers that were similar to those in the photograph. I punched a border on the white Bazzil paper to mimic the wavy plate in the picture,too.

I hope I have inspired you to try this challenge.
Thanks for dropping by!!

Once Upon a ..Sketch and Get Creative mix it up for the month of February!

2012-02-05T16:03:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone! A new month means a new challenge and we have something pretty interesting for you this month.

At Once Upon A...Sketch, we are nearing the end of our first year and during this time we have noticed a huge amount of support from many countries around the world. We are incredibly lucky that our challenges are supported by so many people from all different parts of the globe.

One of these countries is Greece, and we have come to realise that we receive many entries from such a small country where scrapbooking is so new, so we had a think and decided to team up with another challenge blog based in Greece and run by our very own Irini Liolia called Get Creative. How exciting!!

We have decided to become "sister" blogs, because let's face it...most of us scrapping are women and is there anything stronger than a sisterhood? So for this month only, the Design Team from Once Upon A..Sketch are guests over at Get Creative and taking part in THEIR 1st and 15th of the month challenges and the Design Team from Get Creative are guests on Once Upon A..Sketch! Thus a new bond is formed between 2 challenge blogs.

So head on over to Get Creative to see what our team did with the challenges and maybe play along too.

Oh and never fear! We have been keeping an eye on some other countries and their blogs too and we will do this again with some very popular blogs from other countries.

February 1st Challenge

Journalling Criteria/theme: LOVE

February 14th is Valentines Day here in Australia and in many parts of the world. For this challenge we would like you to create a project about the one MALE you love. And we do not mean just your partner or spouse. We mean any male in your life.

Ideas for journalling: You could journal about the love you have for your son, father, grandfather or a special person in your life or any pet.

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

You must combine our journalling criteria/theme with this sketch

Apart from layouts by the awesome Get Creative team we have some inspirational guest designers too.

Trina McClune from New Zealand and our previous winner Jeanette Lee have beautiful projects to share on the blog.

Welcome to join in the fun!!

I have not had a chance to finish a layout for ths sketch yet but when I do I will share it. Please come back and share yours with us at OUAS!!

Enjoy the rest of your week end!!

Les Papiers de Pandore. New Webzine No.11, a sketch and a couple of layouts.

2012-02-01T20:47:00.001+01:00

A new month, and imagine,...February already!!

I always have a lot to share at the beginning of a month so I had better start with one of my recent pages for Les Papiers de Pandore.

I used one of the photos from the photo shoot we had with a photographer in the garden. I will be scrapping more of those...

I love the subdued colours of this collection. It is so versatile you don't have to use it just for

Winter layouts.

Well from these photos you can tell that sometimes the conditions are far from ideal for photographing layouts. Just look at the rain outside my window!

When I complain about the conditions, this is what it is like...

I used a tiny frame fromMelissa Grances. Sooo cute...!

For my title I used the awesome chipboard from Imaginarium Designs. They have a wonderful choice of shapes and styles and I can wholeheartedly recommednd them!!

The word shapes I used you can find HERE

I dripped some mist and some small splashes of paint and voilá it's inished!!

The flying bird was cut with a Quickutz die.

I am so looking forward to sharing the latest papers fromLes Papiers d Pandore. They are so full of beauty. I think it may actually be the best until now!!

While we are waiting to reveal Julie Blanc's stunning new release we can entertain ourselves with the latest webzine.Some of the talented ladies in the design team are sharing projects mixed up with beautiful submissions from her readers.

If you are interested in her Webzine there is only one way to receive it, and that is by signing up for the newsletter HERE. You will find it on the right hand side. Just fill in your e-mail to start with.

I am quite thrilled with the sketch Julie created from my page!

Here is a larger version of the sketch in case you want to use it.

Ok friends, I am off to have my dinner. I am starving!

Take care!

A mini album using mainly Pink Paislee goodies.

2012-01-30T08:58:00.001+01:00

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                                as well, when it comes to ordering their warehouse boxes.
                         They are so brim filled that it is difficult to find ways to use it all up. I

I have long wanted to start making more mini albums and this is the first one ever that I started and finished!! LOL!

I had a whole bunch of cute photos of Beatrice and little Lady, and decided to use those for my project.

I made a collage in Picasa with some of the inside pages so as not to overwhealm you with too many detail photos,...I know I do that sometimes....lol.

Thank you so much for taking the time to check out my little album. I have to rush off to work now, and hope your day turns out wonderfully!!

Take care!!

Another layout with "The ScrapCake" "The Bright Side of Life" and a feature at The Paper Variety!

2012-01-27T19:05:00.005+01:00

As I told you recently I managed to finally get hold of the previous collections from "The ScrapCake" by Karola Witczak. I have so enjoyed playing with my papers and tags.

I have spent a little time the last few evenings to finish my scond layout that want to share with you.

I love using my Cheery Lynn doily dies at the moment, or should I say I love them still...

I added a lot of blooms, mostly Prima, but also others from my stash.

The title letters are from American Crafts Thickers. I used parts of a thin metal decoration as embellishments too.I found it in the sale and there are a lot of little branches to be cut off.

I fussy cut the roses off some of the papers. What looks like tags with the journaling on is what was left of one of the half sized papers after I cut away the roses from the other side.

There are quite a lot of useful elements for example to cut out.

A close up of some of my layering.

My flower cluster with a close up of the metal twigs. I also added some vintage lace.

I love those Prima blooms. They are so soft and feminine.

This afternoon I took my layout ouside briefly to get a better photograph. Unfortunately one of these flowers was not stuck down properly and just ble away....

I looked for it for a while but the wind took it!

That is so typical :-)

Before I go I am happy to tell you that another layout I made with The Scrapcake papers

was featured today at The Paper Variety.

Made me smile!!

I hope all of you find something to make you happy too!!

TGIF!!

Color Combos Galore # 216. "Pour some sugar on me".

2012-01-25T18:07:00.007+01:00

Blogger is playing tricks, but if you press the title of the post you will see it. Sorry

Color Combo Challenge #216

Hello everyone! We are back for CARDS and TAGS Week. That means for this challenge you are creating those projects only. Our Layouts, Mini-Albums and Off-the-age Challenge for these colors can be found here in Color Combos Galore Challenge #215.

The deadline for BOTH Challenges is January 30, 11:59pm USA/EST.

ETA: Please note that due to the delay in this week's post,

Challenge #216 has been extended by two days to January 30.

This week's theme is sweets! January 23 is National Pie Day and International Creativity Month, so we are celebrating with the following Challenge. Check out all the details in our new Inspiration Board! Have fun with it this week!

This is the beautiful inspiration board that Janet compiled for us this week.

I made a shaped card for this challenge. i had a hard time finding the right supplies in my stash,

and ended up using some mist and paint to try and arrive at the right colours.

i am not so used to mists yet as I am recently starting to play with them. I got a bit too much of the yellow mist on my one flower, but that will have to do.

I used mostly Prima on this card.

I cut out a template for the card in ordinary printerpaper and then just cut off a liitle bit around the margine to make the next smaller shape for the light blue paper.

Have a great day, and don't forget there is an extended due date on this one.

Hope to see some of you play along!!

Paper Variety and Scrap Cake layout. -And a Scrap Cake give away!

2012-01-21T23:20:00.003+01:00

Today I have a layout to share that I made with "The Scrap Cake" collection "Life on the Bright Side"

The collection is not easily available here in Sweden so it has taken me some time to get hold of it!!

I also made it for the challenge over at 'The Paper Variety' to use fanfold flowers on a layout.

I added some raspberry coloured cardstock that matched the Scrap Cake papers very well. It shows up a bit brighter in the pictures though.

I an doing the 'violin-run' in a few minutes so I will more or less post and run this time.

I am taking a couple of girls to a week end workshop two hours there and two hours back!!

But I trust the pictures are self explanatory :-)

Before I go I just want to tell you about this Scrap Cake giveaway:

They have new collections debuting and would like some help posting about it. If you do you can win some of the lovely new product!

You post this picture of the new collections write a little something on your blog about the giveaway and then check back in at the Scrap Cake blog to let them know you posted.

Ok, I am off to drive the girls!

Have a great week end!!

Color Combos Galore #215 Puttin' on the Ritz

2012-01-19T11:28:00.002+01:00

Welcome to the latest challenge over at Color Combos Galore!

We have a lovely colour combination for you this week that's perfect for those birthday pictures that you maybe never got round to scrapping. Or perhaps the lovely shots from this Spring. They are even perfect for those beautiful Winter photos that you like so much. If you like pastels this is definitely a challenge for you!!

Do you want to you have a closer look?

All the information that you need is on the inspiration board. Please read carefully!

And here is my layout.I still feel there is something missing on it but I will work it out un due time.

While I ponder what I can do to make it better I will share some close ups:

I love this photo of Victoria. i have scrapped it before and probably will again,... :-)

I had so much fun with the fan pleated flowers, but they took more time to do than I had expected.

And they were quite tricky to stick down on the page to in the right way.

The paper flowers go diagonally across the page. I used a combination of papers fro Echo Park,and Prima. The chrystal flower center is also by Prima marketing.
I used a combination of mists, in a small dosis though as I am just starting on that road. I used Mr Hueys, Tattered Angels and OA Sprinklers. To the rosettes I added dots of gesso to tone them down a bit.

So I guess by now :-) you can see how I was inspired by the hats in the photo... How about you?

I am looking forward to seeing your interpretations soon!

Finally I would like to toot a tiny little bit because I have been in the Top 3 again at Two Peas In a Bucket.

Please indulge me...The first of these was some time ago.

Yesterday I was lucky again.

And this one I had really forgotten about..

It was mentioned over at the Echo Park blog quite some time ago.

To those still with me... have a glorious day!!

Come and pick up your special discount code at Stop and Scrap!!

2012-01-17T21:49:00.002+01:00

Today I have some good news for the shoppers among us!

There is a new promotion going on over at Stop and Scrap!

I was so pleased that the nice people over at my favourite scrapstore invited me to take part!

They have been making alot of changes over there lately.

They have always had the best prices in the business,but due to a huge workload (they were only a team of two people) thay have sometimes taken a little longer than others to deliver. This is now a thing of the past. I ordered just over a week ago and today I tracked my parcel to the local post office, that is pretty impressing I would say!

Stop and Scrap are expanding at the moment and have taken additional partners to be able to keep up this new exceptional service.

They are determined to make 2012 the best year yet!

They are committed to commit to the best pricing and shipping speed possible.

For you to be able to experience first hand their service they want to give the readers of this blog a

general discount of 12% off everything in the store!

I would say theat is great news considering the prices are low to begin with!

They have a large Pre-order section where they will offer the very newest collections long before they reach the shelves in the local stores. Especially for us living in other countries!

(Of course that means that these cannot ship before they have come from the manufacturers.)

Today is the Grand Opening of the Prima Marketing Pre-order sales.

Why not pay a visit to STOP AND SCRAP to see all the collections they have for pre-order and also check out what is left in their large clearance and sales sections.

When you have filled your cart make sure to use the code PAPERGLUE so you get your 12% discount !!

This code you are welcome to use for the whole first month. I have not got exact dates, but will definitely let you know when things change.

I already went to the store and have stacked up on ALL the new Prima collections

and a lot of the gorgeous news from My Minds Eye,too. I went early so I would not miss anything.

The Prima stuff always sells out fast!!

I hope you enjoyed my news.

See you again soon!

Time again for OUAS!! "Crate Paper" " Peppermint"

2012-01-15T23:00:00.001+01:00

Have you seen the new sketch over at OUAS?

It is a beauty! Have a look here:

January 15th Challenge

Journalling Criteria:

HELLO 2012 or GOODBYE 2011?

For this challenge, the journalling theme is new beginnings, upcoming adventures but also saying goodbye to yet another year.. Are you glad 2011 is over? Are you looking forward to starting fresh in 2012? What are your goals or resolutions for the year ahead? What are you most looking forward to? Or maybe you can journal about your thoughts for the new year. You must combine the sketch and the journaling criteria.

Things that you can journal about: a new job, house, baby or new scrapping adventures or Design Teams. Are you taking time off work? Are you planning a holiday somewhere? Maybe your children are starting school or you are getting a new pet. Or you could tell us why you are glad 2011 is over or why you will miss it. Anything goes really!

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

This is my take on the sketch:

I used the new collection from "Crate Paper" for this. It is called "Peppermint" I seem to love all things Crate, and this is no exception!

At first I was going to use a diecut piece of paper for the round shape in the sketch. Instead I decided to punch small rounds from the different patterned papers and sew them to form a circle. That way I could avoid covering up a large part of the woodgrain paper.

I think the diecut pieces in the collections are so cute. I find they add a homely feel to the layout.

In the same way a log cabin would... :-)

I used a Martha Stewart border punch and papers from the collection to make the mat/strip for the title. The red letter stickers from American Craft, Thickers have little hearts on a red bottom. I found them in a small scrapbooking shop in France last Summer

My journaling is about how much fun we have when we go away and do things as a family and that I am hoping for more time like that in the coming year!

How about you? I would love to hear yout thoughts on this topic and to see some stunning layouts of yours over at OUAS!!

Nice to see you, hope too see you again soon!!

Les papiers de Pandore "En Attendent" It is early spring I believe!!

2012-01-13T17:30:00.000+01:00

Today we have had lovely sunny weather. It is still too cold though,for the cat to want to be outside. We are laughing a little at her, because the whole winter she has refused to go outside. In warmer conditions we cannot keep her inside,...

Well actually I have been feeling a bit reluctant to go outside myself....

We have had so many storms, gales and rain, rain, rain lately that the rays of sun we got today felt like a true gift!!

It was so nice to be reminded that we actually do get sun up here in beautiful Scandinavia,too....

We just have to wait for it...But the wonderful Summer, shiort as it is ,..is SO worth waiting for!

Today I was standing at my scrapdesk in the sun and this time I reached for the beautiful winter collection from Julie Blanc.

It is called "En Attendent" and is a real gem.

In a couple of weeks I am hoping to share the new magic that Julie has created for her company "Les Papiers de Pandore". I have seen the designs for the new collection on our DT forum and it is AMAZING!!

I can't wait to start creating with it!!

This is what I made today:

I had some cute photos on my desk that I printed out a while ago and wanted to scrap.

These were just the right papers to get the job done.

Recently I bought a new mask that I wanted to try.

I added light turquoise 'bricks' in the background with the mask.

I outlined the top of each brick in pencil and then added a little bit of dimentional snow paint to the 'bricks'

I cut a frame from one of the papers and distressed it. I sewed it to my background adding a strip of gray paper from top to bottom.

I fussy cut a lot of snowflakes from pp and decided where they should go. I embellished them with some glitter and liquid pearls.

To make my photo stand out more I added a narrow mat the same colour grey that I used in the strip.

I also cut out a red round piece of pp and fastened both together.

I used my sewing machine again to make sure all the layers were securely fastened to the base.

Then I picked out some awesome chipboard from Imaginarium Designs that I really love.

I used the small alphabet (HERE) and half of a swirl (HERE). I painted them with the same dimentional snow paint I used for the bricks. I find it adds such a lot of texture.

I used a fussy cut journaling spot together with the chipboard for my title. The tiny letter stickers are from "Making Memories".

I picked a Prima flower and some more flowers and leaves from my stash as extra embellishments.

I used some pink Tattered Angels glimmer mist to colour the small pink bloom in this picture.

Lastly I have one more photo of the whole layout to share.

I have been waiting so long for a little light and in this photo, although not the best of shots admittedly, you can really see that the light is back! Hurray!

I like the way the sun casts shadows on my page.

Take care my sweet bloggy friends, Come back soon!

Color Combos Galore #214 . National bubble bath day!

2012-01-09T07:04:00.000+01:00

Welcome to the new challenge at CCG. This time it's number 214!

The new set up means that the same combo goes over two weeks but with a slightly different challenge. Challenge #213 from last week is a layout/off the page challenge and that one is still on.
Both the challenges will finish next week end so there's plenty of time if you still haven't started the first one.

This week is a cards/tags week and this is what I made:

I decided I would make tags to fit in the box for scrap resolutions I prepared for

the challenge last week.

I used a Spellbinders die to cut out the shapes and glued two pieces together to make one tag.

Then i decorated them mostly using chipboard from

Imaginarium Desugns and white letter stickers from Rose Moka. The small resin angel is from Panduro and the feather is from my easter decorations... :-).

I painted some of the chipboard pieces with dimentional paint and I embossed the dressform with silver powder. I added a small piece of rose ribbon to embellish it further.

On the back of my tags I wrote little messages for myself with some goals for the year to come.

For example on the back of "Organize" I wrote "I will clean up my scrap space and organize all my stuff".

On " Be a better blogger" I simply wrote "I will blog more regularly and write better texts".

I wanted to keep it simple.

This is how the tags fit inside the box. You can see the box HERE.

And here you have a closer view of the small chipboard frame that I used to embellish my "Photograph" tag.

You can find the frame HERE
The dressform is HERE
The swirly flourish that I cut in half is HERE

And the vine flourish can be found HERE:

And finally a layered 'gateau' of tags.

And with that little dessert I say goodbye for now.

Thanks for dropping by!!

A new challenge at OUAS, and a preview of my new mini album.

2012-01-04T16:13:00.000+01:00

Our very first challenge for 2012 is here.

January 1st Challenge

Journalling Criteria/theme: New Years Eve!

Our theme this time is New year's Eve. We would like you to journal about your feelings around this time of year, or tell us about your most memorable New Year's Eve. Where were you? Who were you with? What did you do? Why is this one memorable? Note: the photo that you use for this challenge does not have to necessarily be from New Years Eve. For example, if you spent New Years Eve with your family you can have a photo of your family taken ANY time of the year.

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

You must combine our journalling criteria/theme with this sketch.

If you need to have a closer look at the rules of the challenges please take some time to visit

the home of Once Upon A...Sketc HERE!

Remember, the MOST important thing is to include the journaling!!

I am not scheduled to make a layout for this challenge, but I decidd to use the sketch for a different project I have been working on.
A couple of weeks ago we had a photo shoot here with our youngest DD Beatrice.
Super sweet Gisela Ackerup came to our house for a photo shoot.
With all the cute photos I got I decided to make a small album showcasing some of them.

I started out using the sketch for the cover but then I kind of got carried away....

Here is a small preview of my album you can have a look for yourself:

Those gorgeous chipboard pieces are of course from Imaginarium Designs.
This time I painted with a dimensional paint that looks a little like snow, and then added some
glitter for extra bling.

I plan on sharing the rest of my album soon, I have a couple of pages left to finish!

So long, take care!!

Color Combos Galore is back !!

2012-01-01T14:50:00.003+01:00

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!!

I am sure many of you wondered what happened to Color Combos Galore when it just disappeared over night!...You may even have missed us...

Well, I have some good news for you, magically, almost overnight again; we are back!

I know many of you have found other favourite places to be during our absence but I hope that you will come back and check out the beautiful challenge that Janet has prepared for us.

For this festive combination of colours I created a boxed album. Or rather I decorated a silver box that I will use to house a small tag album with my scrap resolutions for this coming year.

This is my box;

I used some paper from my stash that is so old I don't even know who made it, but the series was called Domestic queen it seems,..

I covered the lid with the pp and cut a strip to cover almost the height of the side of the box.

I wanted some of the original colour to show. I added a Maya Road rose trim to cover some of the dents I made in the paper.

That gorgeous butterfly that I painted white with my dabber is one of the exquisite pieces that Imaginarium Designs produce. I am absolutely in love with their chipboard!!

You can find the butterfly HERE

I added a doily, some flowers (Petaloo and stash ) and voila the finished box. I wrote 'Scrap Resolutions' in 'CosmoCricket' tiny letters.

Now I have to go off and think a little more about what are my scrap resolutions are. I do know that I want to start submitting regularly both to magazines and design teams,

I have just been a bit lazy so far!!

Thanks for your visit.

I hope you will visit Color Combos Galore to see what changes Janet has made and as always to read the fine print.

My Good Girl

2011-12-30T22:06:00.000+01:00

Hello all, are you ready for some champagne and a clean slate,...?

Not long now until we sing Auld Land Syne and toast our near and dear ones.

We are three families who have been enjoying eachothers company on New Years Eve for many years now. Most of our children are old enough to want to celebrate with their own group of friends and only the youngest ones remain with us the entire evening.

We alternate preparing a beautiful meal with everything and then we talk and laugh until midnight when we all go outside to look at the special fireworks that are normally fantastic.And we also spend some time talking to our neighbours as they are also out and about.

But before that I have one last layout to share. It is another one that I made some weeks back, actually for a combo at CCG that was not revealed.

The shape is round even though the iron bench underneath almost looks like part of the lo.

I used some bits and bob I had on my scrap table at the time. The flowered paper is from Prima and the gingham is October Afternoon.

The red branch with leaves on is part of a larger one by Prima.

This piece was left over from an earlier layout.

The gingham ribbon was in my stash and also the textile chipboard letters from Prima Marketing.

To make the the frilly edge of the outline I used my favourite Martha Stewart lace border punch to punch several strips that I then pleated at random. Of course the pleats will look a lot neater if you use a ruler to measure exactly, but I don't do that!

I used a pearlmaker to get the tiny pears along the green edge.The tiny letter stickers here are by Glitz

The title refers to the fact that Beatrice is always such a good girl. we are curious to see what happens in a couple of years. Will she still have her sweet disposition?

Ok friends, Thanks to all who made it this far and I will wish you

a HAPPY NEW YEAR

and much love

in case I don't post again this side of New Years Eve.

A sweet Summer layout.

2011-12-26T22:23:00.001+01:00

Even though I enjoy the cosy warmth of Christmas with its many lights and candles, it is no big secret that I am a Spring/Summer girl at heart!

I guess that after eating a whole lot of heavy foods, at least we do that in this part of the world, you may be ready for a small dose of sun and Summer. I know some of you are spoilt with sunny weather right now, but we are definitely not!! I heard from my family in Norway that they have been having storm/hurricanes and are flooded in large areas. Boats have flown up onto the beaches etc.

Recently I found this layout that I made quite a while ago but forgot to share here on the blog.

I love the sweet photos. I snapped Beatrice wearing a happy face because she received a new pink camera all her own.I forgot to bring my camera with me to London, and being without one is not an option. Luckily for my youngest I bought a pink one that turned out to be perfect for her!.

I used a mix of papers and embellies on this. The houndstooth paper is MME I think and the rose patterned light blue one is by Norwegian Tilda. The buttons are from my stash.

I rolled up pieces of patterned paper to make that sweet kind of flower that look so gorgeous on other people's layouts,...lol!

Banner in a combo of October Afternoon and Tilda. I used a doily and apart from distressed paper you can see I used the lace borderpunch here.

Those lovely blue chipboard letters that I have been hoarding were made by Pink Paislee. I seem to love everything they do!!

I am off to watch a couple of episodes of NCIS with my DD.Don't you just LOVE it when you have days off?!! No need to get up early tomorrow morning and we have all been in our pj's for hours!

Take care 'till next time!

Winner of the Stop and scrap gift certificat!

2011-12-24T14:54:00.002+01:00


Today is Christmas Eve and that is the 'big' day to celebrate for us living in the northern countries
of Scandinavia.
In a couple of hours we will join our families for a delicious Christmas dinner and afterwardes we are hoping for a visit from Father Christmas. Especially the children are very much looking forward to opening their presents!

I will therefore just hurry to let you know who won gthe gift certificate that I had to give away.

The winner is::

Eila Sandberg said...
: Hallå i stugan! som du vet är jag redan ivrig följare av din blog och Stop&Scrap kikar jag mer än gärna in på med jämna mellanrum. Vad kul med en give away och att du haft en liten specialöverenskommelse med dem! tjohoo! Uuuunderbara lager på denna LO Bente, och söta lillpluttan på fagra sommarbilder. Huvva, vad jag längtar till ljusare tider. Inget mer flängande på tunnelbanan till jobbet innan 9 januari för min del, har en massiv hög med sidor som ska scrappas innan dess. Njut av ledigheten, sköt om sig! kramkram E
.CONGRATULATIONS to you my sweet friend.
I wrote little notes with numbers of your comments and Eila won the lucky draw!
I wish for you all PEACE and a lovely time with your families how ever you spend this Christmas!!
Much love, Bente

Giveaway!! Win gift certificat to Stop and Scrap

2011-12-20T14:06:00.001+01:00

Hello all my bloggy friends.

The cold is creeping up on us here in the northern hemisphere and the days have become much shorter in only a few weeks. It is hard getting used to the small amount of daylight we get and that it is dark at four in the afternoon. It is often dark when I leave the house to go to work and dark when I get back home again.

It is nice just to stand at my scraptable knowing I can not do any outside jobs kin the garden etc. But I can be scrapping!

Today I have teamed up with the wonderful Stop and Scrap web shop in the US.

They are generously offering a discount for everybody of $5 off a $25 order.

THE CODE IS PAPERGLUE

This code is for Tuesday shopping only and it will be valid from 12am Eastern time until 3 am the following night (12am Pacific time).

They have also given me a $25 off coupon on a purchase of $50
as a prize for my giveaway.

To be in the draw to win you have two ways to enter:

1: You can comment on this post for one ticket, and

2: You can become a follower of my blog to receive one more ticket.

So you can get two chances to win by commenting and becoming a follower.

Stop and Scrap is my absolute favourite US shop for scrap supplies.

They always have a great selection and the prices are astonishingly good!!!

They have wonderful sales and right now they have their Countdown to Christmas Sale

offering delicious deals every day.

So make sure you take advantage of your discount code and fingers crossed you will win the $25 gift card!!

I will draw the winner on Christmas Eve.

Ok, so how about a scrappy share too,today? I found a couple of layouts I made a while back that

I have not yet shared here on my blog so here is one of them!

I used a lasercut sheet from Basic Gray and a lot of different BG scraps that I had laying around.

Ok, that was all for now I think!

I am off to find some good Christmas presents!

Beautiful new sketch up at OUAS!!

2011-12-19T18:04:00.016+01:00

We have already reached the middle of December and Christmas is quickly approaching.

This year I am not in charge of the preparations so I can allow myself to feel more

relaxed about it.

I still have quite a few gifts to find but hopefully today will be my last day of work

before the holidays ,..so I will get there...

On December 15 the lovely Nadia presented us with a new sketch, and it is a beauty.

I hope you will all visit the OUAS blog to read all the fine print, but apart from following the sketch

you are encouraged to write about what you do on December 25, even if you do not celebrate Christmas.

This is the sketch:

And this is my take on it:

I used the beautiful collection "En Attendent" from "Les Papiers de Pandore".

Don't you just love the soft icy wintery colours?

I know some of you'll have difficulties finding these papers where you live,

and that means there's more reason to enter the OUAS challenge this time as you can win,

...not one ,but TWO gorgeous collections from Julie Blanc.

I even used some gorgeous chipboard pieces from Imaginarium Designs.

Here is the links to the flourish I used :

http://www.seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au/products/embellishments/chipboard/florish-1-3-per-board-

I glittered the pieces and I divided the flourish in two pieces and used one half on each side of my photo.I could not find the link to my other chipboard piece but it is also from imaginarium,.

Good Luck to all who decide to take part!!

Bye for now!

Joy,.Les Papiers de Pandore and OUAS

2011-12-15T16:38:00.000+01:00

I am a bit behind with my blogging lately!

Those of you who are frequent visitors here will know that it is due to my PC acting up on a regular basis.

Last period I was not required to make a lo for Once Upon A Sketch,

but I loved the sketch so much I had to give it a go anyway.

There is a new sketch up as of today and I will get back to that one in my next post,but decided that first things come first and I will start with my lo for Dec 1st. I already shared the sketc in a previous post.

Yesterday I could only share a sneak and this is what the whole page looks like:

Don't you just love the beautiful new collection from "Les Papiers de Pandore"?

It is called "En Attendent" ( Waiting ).

For those of you who live far away from France and don't know how to get hold of it I have some news.

Julie is sponsoring the current challenge over at OUAS.

Go over there and check out what you have to do to be eligible to win no less than TWO whole collections from "Les Papiers dePandore"!!

We were supposed to journal about what we love and look forward to in December.

I chose to write about spending time with family and seeing the happiness shared by my children

enjoing time together.

This holiday will be precious as Alexandra is coming home for the first time since going away

to University in the UK.

The cute flowers I made using a die from Marianne Design, a Dutch manufacturer. And the doilies were made with a die from Cheery Lynn Designs.

I love the little cut-outs and journalling spots from "En Attendent".

Together with the gauze and felt snowflakes they add a lot of dimension to my lo.

I chose to only add glue to the center and thus have the possibility to keep sticking things underneath

(and on top...) as my lo evolved.

I hope you enjoyed a little Christmas Joy here and that you also will experience a lot of that in your lives!

Thanks for dropping by!

From Rapunzel to ordinary princess,...and a sneak...

2011-12-14T19:53:00.000+01:00

Last week Beatrice finally had her wish and we booked a date with the hairdresser.

I had promised that after we had a 'proper' photographer round to take pictures of her she could

cut off her very loooong hair.

The previous Sunday we had the sweet Gisela round for a photoshoot and from the sneaks she posted on Facebook the photos look great! I can't wait to see them,

She has had no second thoughts about cutting off such a large chunk of her hair. I think she enjoys being able to comb her own hair in the mornings. I know she must feel more independent and self sufficient now!

And now a little sneak peak of my latest lo.

It is not that I cannot show it yet,of course I can.

It is just that being without a PC it is difficult to print out the journalling and therefore I have no photo of the finished lo.

I made it because I was so tempted by the December 1st sketch at OUAS.

I wll share the whole layourt soon if you are curious.

I used Les Papiers de Pandore "En Attendent"

Thank you so much for your welcome visits.

As always I really appreciate you dropping in on my little blog!

BRB!

Hugs!

A Prima "Pixie Glen" layout for Sketchabilities and TCR.

2011-12-08T15:40:00.000+01:00

It has been a while now since I posted, I think actually a whole week has passed!!

I hope you are all well on the way with all the Christmas preparations.

I now I am really, really looking forward to some quiet (hopefully....) family time soon!

I have not had much time or inclination to scrap lately, but I wanted to share this page that I made for Sketchabilities sketch #60.

I also combined it with the palette #87 from TCR this time.

Here you can see the colours of the palette.

And this is the sketch I used.

I chose pretty papers from Prima Marketing called "Pixie Glen" and "Alla Prima"

I also used the chipboards from the "Alla Prima" coolection.

I don't have a lot more to say as I am still waiting for my PC to be returned from the repair shop and working on this borrowed laptop takes too much energy....

I will talk to you son again. Actually, I will post some photos of Beatrices new do tomorrow!!

"Snow much fun" "Les Papiers de Pandore" "En Attendent"

2011-12-01T23:59:00.000+01:00

Tonight I have another page to share that I made using the new "Les Papiers de Pandore".

I like the slightly untraditional Christmas/Winter colours alot!

I used the different elements from the cut out sheet as decorations and added some glitter to enhance the wintery feel. The long strips are the pieces at the bottom that you would normally throw away, but here you cut them off to save them as they are the perfect colour accent.

I cut some circles and layered them. Around the outline I fastened a length of pretty white lace.

Again I used my new "Shape Boss" to help with the pleating to make the rosettes.

I layered the photo mat on top of the gauze to mimic snow. On both sides I stuck a journallingspot underneath the mat.

The gorgeous chipboard letters I love to use are from Imaginarium Designs. They are an Australian manufacturer with some awesome products. I used white acrylic paint to give a touch of Winter to the letters.Here and there , like on the small snowflakes I added some pearl dots.

You can find the alphas HERE

Here are some more close ups for you.......

The photos were taken last February when the whole family went to Norway, where I am originally from,

It was Beatrice's first time skiing. At first she was very excited, but then despaired when she disciovered it was hard. But when time came to call it a day she did not want to go home...The youngest learn very fast!

It's almost Friday,folks......I hope you'll have a lovely weekend.

Thanks for dropping by!

Time for a new challenge at OUAS!!!

2011-12-01T22:56:00.002+01:00

What do you think?....-Don't you just love this sketch...?

I think it is supernice, and although it is not my fortnight to contribute to the blog I think I

shall have to give it a go .

December 1st Challenge

Journalling Criteria/theme: The thing I look most forward to in December.

Write at least 2 sentences on what you look forward to in the next month. December is a festive month so your journalling could be about the Christmas season, the holidays, the presents or if you do not celebrate Christmas what does December bring for you that you look most forward to? Note:You layout DOES NOT have to be about Christmas! It can be about anything December brings.

Other ideas for journalling: an annual holiday or celebration, a specific event such as putting up the Christmas tree or pre Christmas traditions you might have leading up to Christmas, family time, snow covered fields or warmer weather, time off work, school holidays, change of weather, new season fruit.

We have Ivana Camdzic as a sponsor guest and Rachael Funnell as the winner of GDT position this time, They do beautiful work as does the team!

Hope you can find some time to join in the fun!

Finally the storm is over!!

2011-11-28T23:39:00.000+01:00

Yesterday was supposed to be a cosy day in our local town, with all the shops opening on the Sunday afternoon to start the Christmas season/shopping. The kids were looking forward to seeing Father Christmas arriving in his sled pulled by a horse.

It is a big shame that a huge storm approached and hardly anybody could go outside. I feel sorry for the local shopowners who had a lot invested in this.

A lot of roads were cut off and the buses and trains were immobilized. We also had powercuts.

In the aftermaths I am having internet problems, I'll have to check with the experts tomorrow, but for now I have borrowed a laptop.

We were quite lucky in our household that nothing much happened to our house etc.

Our trampoline has seen better days though,...

And if you look in the background of this photo you can see a huge fallen tree.

It is the same one in the photo below.

We have had two other large storms in the last ten years and have had one tree like this one fall down in our garden. We have been very sad to loose the trees, but extatic that they did not fall on our house....

And as I ran out the door to work this morning I discovered these little guys in my garden!...

I callede the owner and by the time I got home he had taken care of it and they were bak in their field.

I hope I shall be able to post a lo tomorrow.

It all depends on my computer cooperating!

Take care and goodbye for now!

Imaginarium Designs and New "Authentique" "Blissfull"

2011-11-25T19:03:00.001+01:00

Today I have a layout to share that uses a lot of the beautiful chipboard by "Imaginarium Designs".

I know I've told you before how awesome ID chippies are and how easy to work with. You can paint, glaze stamp, mist etc to customize your pieces in so many ways.

This is the page I made:

Today I have painted my chipboard embellishments white to match my layout. I have inked the top parts of my alphas so the letters will stand out more against the background.

These are the chipboard pieces I used: ( if you click on the link it will take you to the right article)

OBS!! I was not able to access the Seriously Scrapbooking site so will add links later!

Alphabet, caps

Alphabet, lower

Corner swirl

Flourish

I made this made using a sketch from "Sasya sketches" a Russian sketch/challenge blog that I happened upon. The sketch is really beautiful!

I layered and sewed my papers according to the sketch. I decided to use two photos in the space of the photo mat as I had a matching pair of Beatrice as a cat.

The papers I used for this lo is one of the latest collections from "Authentique" and it's called "Blissful".

The predominantly yellow and taupe colour scheme is really beautiful and feminine.

Again I used a doily die from Cheery Lynn to make this.

The flowers are "Prima Marketing" and some mulberry flowers from my stash.

The saying "Exuberance is beauty" is also from the collection kit by "Authentique",

as are the tiny yellow letter stickers.

The photos of Beatrice as a cat was of course taken at the same time as the ones in my previous post.

Thanks for taking a look at my layouts. I so enjoy all your little comments.

Hugs, B

Sweet Lady has been with us for a year.

2011-11-22T23:23:00.000+01:00

I do not have any layouts to show today, but Bea wanted me to write about our sweet cat that has now been with us for a year.

She could not be any cuter and we are so happy to have her. I will admit I was not an 'animal person' but having a cat sure agrees with me....

And some shots of our other sassay girl cat. I think she had been dressed up for a school play this day.

Hope you are enjoying your week so far. Mine is terribly busy!!

Take care!

"Crate Paper" " Random" for Once Upon A...Sketch Nov 15 challege

2011-11-19T21:20:00.003+01:00

Good afternoon to those who do me the pleasure of dropping by here on a Saturday.

I have been working today as we have a sale at our warehouse this weekend and the next.

We sell out at wholesale prices items that are almost sold out or may have a small damage that makes it impossible to sell them to our discerning customers.

But now I am back and I have a little share for you.

I am a little late posting my layout for Once Upon A...Sketch November 15th challenge,....But voilà,..here it is!

I have turned the sketch sideways and omitted half a circle to the side, but apart from that I have been pretty faithful to Nadia's beautiful sketch that you can see here together with the criteria:

November 15th Challenge

Journalling criteria: This time the journalling criteria focuses on YOU as a woman

OR ANY female in your life.

What is the best thing about being a woman?

Motherhood? Shopping? Make Up? Girls nights? Gossip?

Your journalling can be as long as you wish and in any language,

but you must journal at least 2 sentences on the best part of being a woman.

You must combine the journalling criteria with this sketch.

I used one of the new collections from "Crate Paper" for this.
It is called "Random"

and looks really pretty with all its quirky elemets.

I have some closeups of the embellishments etc for you.

The beautiful ribbon with pearls and sequins I found at A Million Memories, and they have

been selling out a lot of their stock lately with a discount of 50%.I received a large box a

couple of weeks ago! The ribbon has a coral shade that is also found in the Crate papers.

I used one of the dotted papers to die cut some pretty doilies.

I think I told you about my new "Cheery Lynn" dies that I bought online.'

I am very happy with them.

You will see some sweet little crocheted doilies peeking out from behing the flowers.

These shy creatures are a gift from the generous Leeann Pearce, who also happens to be

one of our sponsors this month together with the Canadian kit club "Scrap That!"

As if that wasn't enough this inimitable scrap godess is also our guest designer this month.

We are so happy to have her!!

The journalling prompt this time is to focus on aspects of being a woman.

I was going to do a lo about myself, but did not have any suitable photos.

I used a photo of my eldest DD Alexandra, and scrapped a little about her

at this time in her life.

Feel free to take a look at the gorgeous projects from the DT

and guest artists over at OUAS.

There are so many gorgeous takes on the sketch.

And you might want to have a little peek at the awesome prizes we have for you!

We also have some new members of our design team;

the super talented Maiko Kosugi, Goergia Heald and Larissa Albernaz. Welcome girls.

I think that covers it all,...If not I'll be back!!

Check this out! Win Melissa Frances kit from OUAS!

2011-11-18T07:52:00.002+01:00

Good Morning ladies.

Today I will tell you about a wonderful opportunity to win a magical kit from Scrap That!

If you read this and then visit the OUAS blog you have a chance to win it!

Wow, isn't that great!!?

Check this out...

There is a giveaway happening at Once Upon A...Sketch.

You have a chance to win this gorgeous album kit featuring Melissa Frances

5th Avenue collection...

"Limited Edition Melissa Frances" Kit Contents

(kit by Scrap That! - Canada's best kit club)

Envelopes and Tags Book

5th Avenue 6 X 6 Paper Pad

5th Avenue Sticker Book

5th Avenue Diecuts

2 Mini Envelopes and Tags

Trinkets & Baubles

Diamond Chandelier Drops

“Mom” Expressive Transfer

Vintage Architectural Molding Appliques

Crepe Paper - Light Blue, Pale Pink, Cream, Pastel Green

4 ZVA Pink Transition Mini Roses

6 ZVA Cream Mini Roses

Vintage Seam Binding

All you need to do is:

1) Be or become a follower of the Once Upon A...Sketch blog

2) post about this give away on your blog or Facebook page or wherever you like,

together with this picture and a link back to Once Upon A...Sketch

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on the bottom of the giveaway post at Once Upon A...Sketch using the

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The details

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*you have 1 week from today - this giveaway will end on midnight

Friday November 25th ( Australian Eastern Standard Time)

Good Luck to all of you!!!

"Snow magic" using Les Papiers de Pandore "En Attendent"

2011-11-15T15:30:00.000+01:00

Just a quick pre-scheduled post to share a new layout with "Les Papiers de Pandore" as I am out of town for work.

It is my second one using Julies "En Attendent". The papers are more subdued than I am used to , but really a pleasure to work with.

-And so pretty,too!

This is what I came up with:

I cut out the large wings and glittered them with glitterglue.that makes them look a little more wintry.I layered them on top of two of my new doilies with pop dots to make them stand out a little. Then I tied a red gingham ribbon for softness.

I also added some liquid pearl, but I think it is maybe too old because when I looked at my dried 'bead's they were not really pearls any more. The liquid was too runny I guess.

I wrote my title on one of the cut out journalling spots in the collection.The glitter letters are Pink Paislee and the red letter stickers are October Afternoon.

I cut out snowflakes and also punched some. I stuck them on pop dots for dimension and a shadow effect.
I added some journaling on the back as I did not leave much space for it on the front.

That's all for now. I'll see you when I get back!!

A "Tilda" "Winterbird" layout with lots of doilies and flowers.

2011-11-14T07:16:00.000+01:00

Some time back I bought a stack of pretty floral Tilda papers. The collection is called "Winterbird".

I am always a sucker for rose-patterned papers and these have roses in abundance.

I had not used the papers yet, but last week when Beatrice and I went to Stockholm we visited the large Panduro hobby store with Eila and now I felt inspired to put the papers to use.

This time I used some of the papers that did not have a floral pattern as I was going to add a lot of flowers and use a floral die cut.

This is the page I made with the Tilda collection.

I distressed the edges of my base and border cut the dotted paper using a Martha Stewart punch.

I also painted with a little gesso around the outlines .

I bought these gorgeous doily dies from Cheery Lynn Designs and I really feel like using them on all my projects at the moment. They are just so pretty! The title stickers are from Prima Marketing. I just made hem black instead of brown, and added some red glitter glue.

Even the black swirl is a Prima Marketing one.It came off a big sheet with three or four, and it was pretty neat because you could cut off just bits as the swirls were so large.

The doilies are from a packet of mulberry flowers and doilies from Prima marketing.

The photo was taken one afternoon at the beach nearby. Journalling says that we did not swim even if we had planned to, because it felt a little windy and too cold.

So we went to the canal and had some ice cream there instead.

I would also like to share that the winter layout in my previous post was quite well received at Two Peas and reached the Top 3.
I have been very fortunate lately on Two Peas!!!!

Thanks for taking the time to visit me and check on my creative endeavors.
It is so much appreciated. Take care until next time!

Some new photos and a fun questionnaire for Beatrice @11 years of age.

2011-11-13T12:03:00.002+01:00

I am so being lousy at blogging lately.
I will say it again,.. I do not know where time goes,...anybody else know...?

Last week was the 11th birthday of Beatrice, my youngest daughter.

She had been looking forward to it for weeks.

She had a long wishlist but most of the things we could tick of were really sensible stuff.

This is a shot of her wearing a cat hat that she got from Victoria her sister. Cute hat!

Cute 11year-old!

She wanted to go on a trip,so the two of us went to Stockholm.
She wanted a laptop,but we told her that would be too expensive. Then we decided that now that my PC is on the mend again and all the others have laptops already she can have the *family laptop* as her own.
One happy camper there,..-and that was even before she started opening her 'real' presents.

She was so excited to receive two parcels in the mail from big sis Alexandra over at Warwick,and Victoria really spoiled her with filling up almost almost half the dinner table with all her gifts.
We had the family over for dinner and cake. All in all I think/know she had a good day!!

Of course her best gift ever was little Lady, the kitten she got on her birthday last year.

This is a shot of her wearing a cat hat that she got from Victoria her sister. Cute hat!

Cute 11year-old!

Then one of my sweet girls with their morning faces.

This was her look when she opened the first of Alexandras presents.

We have a soft spot for Doctor Who in our family, and this little girl is no exception!

OK so these were just a few photos from the morning.

I found this questionnaire on Lisa McGarveys blog and thought it would be fun to see

Beatrice's responses.

If she were a month, she'd be August,because it's warm and summery.

If she were a day of the week, she'd be Wednesday because she has so many great activities then.

If she were a time of day, she'd be morning because she loves to get up early.

If she were a planet, she'd be Mars because she loves marzipan ( :-D....!)

If she were a sea animal, she'd be a gold fish because they are so sweet.

If she were a direction, she'd be South because we live in the south of Sweden.

If she were a piece of furniture, she'd be a sofa because she likes to be lazy.

If she were a gemstone, she'd be a diamond because they are so special.

If she were a tree, she'd be our small apple tree with the best apples.

If she were a tool, she'd be a SONIC SCREWDRIVER (from Doctor Who...tihi..)

If she were a kind of weather, she'd be sunny so it's nice to go outside.

If she were a musical instrument, she'd be violin.

If she were a color, she'd be purple, because she just loves it!!

If she were an emotion, she'd be happy.

If she were a fruit, she'd be an orange.

If she were a sound, she'd be an old fashioned train whistle.

If she were a car, she'd be an old Volvo PV

If she were a food, she'd be stuffed filet of chicken like Alexandra makes it.

If she were a place, she'd be London. Just so so COOL!

If she were a body part, she'd be the heart!

If she were a song,she'd be 'Tänd ett ljus för livet'

(Normally she does a solo in the church, special song for St Lucia celebration here)

I realize this may be a post most interesting for friends and family,

but you could use the questionnaire to find out silly stuff about your child,too.

I will be back later today to share a project ,too, I just needed some more light to photograph it.

In the afternoon we have another family birthdayparty to go to.

Bye for now!!

Les Papiers de Pandore's winter collection and my layout.

2011-11-06T18:35:00.002+01:00

I am starting to get my mojo back and last night I actually scrapped a couple of layouts. That felt great and today I wish I had time to do some more, but I have other more pressing matters to attend to.

It happens to be Beatrices birthday today and we are preparing to receive the relatives for dinner and coffee.

That's why I will do a little "post and run today"

A while back Julie Blanc of Les Papiers de Pandore revealed her new winter collection called "En attendent"

Thant means "Waiting" and we all know what we are waiting for....

It is a bit early for snowy pictures this season but I found some of Beatrice from earlier.

The collection has some subdued colours matched with some lovely pink, red,aqua and turquoise.

This is my first layout made with the new papers.

I hope you like it!

These are the beautiful patterned papers.

And these are the stamps to go with them.

I cut the banner from the sheet containing bits and bobs and also the journaling spot.

I cut the corners off the papers and layered them. Some machine sewing holds them together.

I used my new Martha Stewart punches to make the snow flake strip.

Beatrice was so proud.

She had made a feeder for the little birds at school and could not wait to hang it up in a tree in the garden.

I admit I went a bit wild with my new Score Pal. Making these rosette flowers is a blast and is done in a minute with that great tool.

That is all for now my friends.

Thanks for stopping by!!

"Simple Stories" "Baby Steps, my last two layouts as YSS GDT

2011-11-01T11:02:00.006+01:00

Hi!

I am back to share some more of that I made as a guest designer at YSS for October. Your Scrapbook Stash blog.

This time I will show you a couple of layouts I made using the "Baby Steps" line from"Simple Stories"

As I don't have any babies at home any more I used the papers in a different way, just like 'any old general papers with soft patterns'. The colours are very sweet and likeable and for those who do have babies or toddlers at home they can be used for both boys and girls.

I loved the darker paper with dots on them together with the lighter ones.

For my first layout I cut out a frame and wrinkled it, then fastened it to my page using my sewing machine. I grounded my photos with a circle of black cardstock . As a base for my title I used a couple of the journaling cards.

You may notice too, that I painted with a lot of gesso on my base using a mask with small holes.

I quite like the texture from it!

There are so many nice bits to cut out here. You can do fussy cutting, or just cut out the different squares and use them as page elements.

In the photo below you can see some of the gesso.

The little black painted piece of chipboard peeking out from behind the photo mat is from "Imaginarium Designs"I love it!!

I know banners are ooold by now, but I can't help myself; I still love 'em....

I cut out triangles from the pp's and stitched them together. I recommend you use a thinner thread/twine than I did though...lol! I had a few of my flags tear.

Then for my next layout:

I had these sweet photos of my youngest DD on my scrap desk and thought they would go well with this collection.

I chose a couple of sheets of pp and a matching sheet of cardstock.

I placed a photo in each circle and added a Prima flower vine with a suitable fall feeling to it.

I cut a balloon image from one of the elements sheets and added a balloon sticker as well.

The small green letter stickers are from the same sheet as the balloon. So great to have all the matching letters and some sayings on the same easy-to-grab sheet!

I needed some more dimensional embellishments and reached for my "Vintage Vogue" goodies.

With my green/black theme I think they work well on this.

I used the rosettes, the spool buttons, lace and the ephemera.

I hope you liked my take on the "Simple Stories".

I have really enjoyed being a guest designer at YSS this month and and I send a big thank you to Erica for having me!

Not much to say, I am on a trip to the capital! Just braggin' a little....

2011-10-31T10:02:00.003+01:00

Hi,

When you read this I am on the train on my way to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.
I am going with my youngest DD to see an exhibition at the Technical Museum where they have a lot of original displays from NASA. To be honest she is not the only one feeling a bit excited!
We are away for three days and are bringing comfy shoes and are planning for extremely busy days. She loves museums at the moment and at her age they learn so much from actually seeing things in real life.

In real life we are also planning to meet with the lovely Eila who is such a sweet friend. I know we shares a love for coffee as well as scrapbooking. We met once already at the workshop of Ingvild Bolme,(which I realize I still did not blog about,...goodness me...) I am so looking forward to it all!

I don't have any scrappy shares today, but do you remember that I wrote in a previous post that my lo "She Loves the Sea" was in the top three at Two Peas the other day?.

Now I am so chuffed because three mornings of three possible I have woken up to the same sight.
I hope you don't mind me boasting a little ....

"Pink Paislee" "Vintage Vogue" for Your Scrapbook Stash, and a small toot at the end!

2011-10-27T22:42:00.002+02:00

I must confess I am really looking for my mojo these days.I stand at my scrapdesk but have not produced anything of value for two weeks, which is ages for me....

I am waiting around to see what happens to one of the sites where I am on the team, but right now it is all hanging in a limbo, and that is not good for me.....I love the site though and the lovely community, and that's why I'll hang in there for a little while longer...You gotta hope...

As I am not very productive at the moment I am glad I have some more layouts to share that I made a while ago for Your Scrapbook Stash, where I am Octobers Guest Designer.

Like the layouts in last weeks post I used the gorgeous collection "Vintage Vogue" by "Pink Paislee"

A small warning; this is not a very short post!

I wanted to make a grid design to showcase the pretty papers and embellishments.

I cut nine pieces and put a little glue in the middle on the back of each. With all my bits securely fastened I got my sewing machine out and stitched all the nine pieces to my black cardstock.

I then decided in which areas I wanted my photos to go.
I added my ephemera and some lovely bling lovely buttons. I also love those adorable spool buttons. They add such a touch of whimsy to this grid design. .

The layout is about when Victoria cut off her long air. I think it was maybe five years ago and she looks really young in these photos.

"Vintage Vogue" even comes with a card of it's own matching trim.

I used the purple lace on this one.

To finish off my purple theme I decided to paint my "Timber" wooden alphabet in a matching purple tone.

oooooooOOXOOooooooo

I also made a Halloween layout with this colllection....

I know it was not meant for that , but the colours lend themselves to my photos from last years celebration.

The spiders are made usig a QK die and the white stuff is cheese cloth, or gauze as some call it.

Very fun stuff to work with!

I used the ephemera on this as well as the versatile wooden letters.

We spent the whole day at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. Everything was so beautifully done up with pumpkins and decorations everywhere. There was a large team of actors dressed up as different witches etc,and we watched a show as well. And in the evening there is a large Halloween procession with all the characters and a marching band in it.

Even I had a little fun dressing up and it seemed the witches appreciated it! LOL!

Before I go I would like to toot a little as one of the layouts I made for YSS and posted on TwoPeas yesterday was quite well liked.
I am really pleased!!

It is the first time I have been number one in all the categories

That's all for now...I hope you enjoyed my "Vintage Vogue" layouts as much as I did creating them!!
I also have a couple of layouts I made with a line from "Simple Stories" to share one day soon.

And to those of you who made it all the way to the bottom; thanks for looking !

Guest Designer at Your Scrapbook Stash. Pink Paislee Vintage Vogue

2011-10-20T10:59:00.002+02:00

A while back I was lucky enough to be asked by Erica at Your Scrapbook Stash to be a guest designer there this month.

I received a gorgeous kit filled with "Pink Paislee" "Vintage Vogue" goodness and also some sweet papers and stickers from the "Simple Stories" "Baby Steps" line.

I dug right into my parcel and picked some Pink Paislee to start with.

The colours here look so pretty together and makes me think of a fifties ice cream parlour or an old fifties movie. The colours are quite pastel, but I find they work well for both boys and girls.

On this layout I used the rosettes and the spool buttons as well as the ephemera.

The wooden alphabet that was included in my kit is adorable and so easy to paint or mist in any shade that you like.-Or you can keep it plain.... On my first page I decided to use acrylic paint to make it pink.

In this close up you get a better view of one of the rosettes.

I added a spool button on top and some bling.

And here you can appreciate that alphabet better .

You can still see the wood through the paint.

As a base for my title I used one of the banners.

The second layout I would like to share today is one of my little nephew. He sis such a cutie and alöways up to mischief.

Like a typical little boy he finds his "toys" everywhere.

I cut out a rounded piece from the paper with the letter pattern and picked some of the many pretty flags/banners from the ephemera pack. I cut them in half and stuck them underneath my shaped paper. Then I went for my buttons jar. I added amall buttons all along the edge for a happy look.

This time I used some mist to color the wooden title.

In my kit I even received some pink and lilac twine.

I decided the lilac one would go well with my colours here and decided to write part of my title with it. It turned out pretty cool I think, except I wish I had done it a bit bigger as it was a bit tricky!

One last close up and you have seen it all...

Thanks for dropping by. Your visits mean a lot to me!!

Paper and Glue Heaven

Color Combos # 221 "Longing for Spring"

CCG #219 "Kitty Love" "Authentique" "Uncommon"

My layout "Beauté" and a sketch from the webzine.

March 1st challenge at Once Upon A...Sketch. Meet our guest designers.

March 1st Challenge + Meet our Guest Designer **Iris Babao Uy**

"Your Smile Brightens my Day" Les papiers de Pandore, -"Cherry Chérie"

She's Growing up. -Mixing up the two new collections from Les Papiers de Pandore.

"Authentique" "Uncommon" - "Remember you are special"

Some "Authentique" card inspiration and a feature at "Imaginarium Designs!"

Get Creative - Once Upon A...Sketch mix it up for the second time! New "Les Papiers de Pandore"

Le Parfum de Camélias "Mots Doux" New Les Papiers de Pandore.

TWO new collections from Les Papiers de Pandore. Terribly beautiful!!!

Lovely Valentines inspiration at Color Combos Galore #217. "Authentique" Uncommon

Once Upon a ..Sketch and Get Creative mix it up for the month of February!

Les Papiers de Pandore. New Webzine No.11, a sketch and a couple of layouts.

A mini album using mainly Pink Paislee goodies.

Another layout with "The ScrapCake" "The Bright Side of Life" and a feature at The Paper Variety!

Color Combos Galore # 216. "Pour some sugar on me".

Blogger is playing tricks, but if you press the title of the post you will see it. Sorry

Color Combo Challenge #216

Paper Variety and Scrap Cake layout. -And a Scrap Cake give away!

Color Combos Galore #215 Puttin' on the Ritz

Come and pick up your special discount code at Stop and Scrap!!

Time again for OUAS!! "Crate Paper" " Peppermint"

Les papiers de Pandore "En Attendent" It is early spring I believe!!

Color Combos Galore #214 . National bubble bath day!

A new challenge at OUAS, and a preview of my new mini album.

Color Combos Galore is back !!

My Good Girl

A sweet Summer layout.

Winner of the Stop and scrap gift certificat!

Giveaway!! Win gift certificat to Stop and Scrap

Beautiful new sketch up at OUAS!!

Joy,.Les Papiers de Pandore and OUAS

From Rapunzel to ordinary princess,...and a sneak...

A Prima "Pixie Glen" layout for Sketchabilities and TCR.

"Snow much fun" "Les Papiers de Pandore" "En Attendent"

Time for a new challenge at OUAS!!!

Finally the storm is over!!

Imaginarium Designs and New "Authentique" "Blissfull"

Sweet Lady has been with us for a year.

"Crate Paper" " Random" for Once Upon A...Sketch Nov 15 challege

Check this out! Win Melissa Frances kit from OUAS!

Good Morning ladies.

Today I will tell you about a wonderful opportunity to win a magical kit from Scrap That!

If you read this and then visit the OUAS blog you have a chance to win it!

Wow, isn't that great!!?

"Snow magic" using Les Papiers de Pandore "En Attendent"

A "Tilda" "Winterbird" layout with lots of doilies and flowers.

Some new photos and a fun questionnaire for Beatrice @11 years of age.

Les Papiers de Pandore's winter collection and my layout.

"Simple Stories" "Baby Steps, my last two layouts as YSS GDT

Not much to say, I am on a trip to the capital! Just braggin' a little....

"Pink Paislee" "Vintage Vogue" for Your Scrapbook Stash, and a small toot at the end!

Guest Designer at Your Scrapbook Stash. Pink Paislee Vintage Vogue

March 1st Challenge + Meet our Guest Designer Iris Babao Uy