A shabby mixed media page for Les Papiers de Pandore

Hello there. 

It's really nice to be back with a layout to share again! It's been tooo long since I created a page....I bet some of you wondered if I would post ever again considering how quiet it's been  around here. It has actually been almost three months since my last post....!

I used primarily the latest colletion called Carte Postale, but also a few bits and bobs from other recent collections.  

The large flair button is from the earlier Crochetin collection.

I made the title with a little something I found in my stash and of course the flowers are almost exclusively by Prima :-)

I have been longing to do a little mixed media. On this page I used a light touch but had lots of fun. I have really missed getting my hands messy :-) Lots of gesso, paint, mists and other goodies here on this background that I created.

After almost everything else was in place I decorated with my Finnabair Art Stones. 
To match the darker papers and tie it all together I sprayed the 

stones carefully with  Tattered Angels Graphite mist. 

I love that it is not totally the hard black colour but rather 

a softer dark grey.

  

Ok, so that's it for today. 

I hope you enjoyed my page. I sure loved making it :-) ....

Hope to see you soon again!! 

I must say I'm really looking forward to some free time to visit all 

my favourite blogs soon! 

<3 <3 <3

A mixed media page using Les Papiers de Pandore's 'Carte Postale'.

Hi there!

Today I want to share a page using the new Carte Postale collection from Les Papiers de Pandore.

I love these new papers and also the stamp-set that have matching designs. Soo pretty!

You can see the ollection HERE

This was a really fun page to make. I used many of my mixed media goodies with the Pandore papers.
I started with gesso and some mists, then I added some watercolour pencils and some different media and things for texture. The Finnabair art stones are great for just texture and even the tiny microbeads.

The beautiful Blue Fern Studios chipboard got a lick of white paint and I even stamped with a small script stamp on top. You can see how I added the art stones inside the tiny frames while letting the dotted washi tape underneath shows through.

Here I used the 'Say Hello' from the stamp set and made a kind of a title together with the word 'friend' from the Sizzix Tim Holtz Friendship Script Words.
This is one of my fave  die cut word sets.

The large white flower is by Prima and  the leaves were made with a die also by Prima Marketing.

A couple of more close ups.As you see here;  with just small means you can achieve a lot of texture.

Finally I would like to share with you the challenge at Scrap Africa where I will be entering my page:
I actually took the liberty of adding some yellowy tones to the mix . (Initially I saw the lighter greens as yellow on my screen) My page kind of evolved on it's own. I took my inspiration from the first and last picture of the board. I associated to layering and mixing things up very freely.
And that suited my mood just perfectly

This is the enticing moodboard over there.

I hope you liked my page and maybe even feel a little inspired to create your own version of a mixed media page. They are just so much fun to make!!

Hugs and thanks for looking!! 

New collection from Pandore, 'Carte Postale'.

Today I can finally share with you this beautiful new collection from Julie Blanc and 

Les Papiers de Pandore. Apart from the obvious that it is a very attractive collection, it will also 

come in handy soon when time comes to scrap all those travel and hooliday photos.

This collection has so many lovely designs and it's going to be pretty hard to choose 

what side of the papers to use,... :-) I cannot wait for it to arrive and to see it IRL!!

This is the collection for you if you are looking for something that is great for both 

girls and boys pages. Watch this space ... :-)