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

 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!

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

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!

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

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!!