Last day of school is 'Happy Day'! Page using 'Invitation'

 Another share using "Invitation" by Julie Blanc. The picture I have used is of Bea and a friend chillaxing in the garden after having  waved goodbye to school back in June.

Now eight weeks later , school has just started again and the weeks of sleeping in have come to an end!

I wanted to let the papers shine on this page. It is such a beautiful collection and the colours are lovely!

I have some close ups too, that I made into a collage in Picasa. I have made those for a few pages lately. I don't know if that is better than showing the separate pictures like I used to. I think it might be better because the post doesn't get as looong as they normally do. But maybe some of you prefer to look at a lot of different shots. -Iknow I do sometimes... maybe I will do a little of each even in the future.

The chipboard here is by Imaginarium desig. Love their stuff!!

Thanks for dropping by!

A layout for Sketchabilities using Pandore's "Cherry Cherie" "It Never Rains in Monte Carlo..."

Today I have a page to share that I scrapped with the latest collection from 

Julie Blanc's Les Papiers de Pandore. It is called "Cherry Chérie". 

I scrapped the page using a sketch from Sketchabilities as inspiration.

This is my page:

 And this is the sketch from Sketchabilities:

 My take on the sketch was pretty straight forward and here you can see some close ups.

 As my journalling explains we were in Monte Carlo in Monaco on the French Riviera. We had dinner at the Café de Paris and the rain kept pouring down. I remember very well the noise made by the rain on the wonderful glass roof of the utterly posh restaurant. Outside the restaurant, and next to the famous Casino, they were selling these elegant umbrellas. The funny thing was they had a printed text claiming that "It never rains in Monte Carlo".I can so vouch for that not being completely true,...lol!

 I used a small swirl from Imaginarium Designs that I painted a suitable shade of red using my paint dabber. There will be a link to the flourish at the bottom of my post.

 Underneath my journalling is the trusted Cheery Lynn doily that is so well loved everywhere at the moment.

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog. Have a great week!

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

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!

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

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!

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

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!!

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

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!!

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