'Fly Away' for Les Papiers de Pandore

I made this page for Les Papiers de Pandore using mainly the Carte Postal collection. 
It has so many lovely elements! You decide what direction the page will take, and this time I wanted to take the more clean and simple route. I still used more or less my usual techniques so it still feels like me, if you get what I mean... :-)

I used gesso, mist and paints on my background as well as my watercolour crayons by Prima.. The 'travel words' were added using a stencil by Tim Holtz and I must say I quite like the effect. I bought a couple of similar ones,but with other words and  you'll be 

seeing more of those come Christmas-time :-)

I cut out the cute hot-air balloon from one of the papers. The orange paper-strips with the sayings on were also from one of the patterned sheets. (But from the Sunny Bay  Happy Mail kit)

I used a die by Sizzix called Block Talk Bigz alphabet to cut out my title. The word 'Away' was first glued to a piece of plastic backing so it could sit slightly elevated from the page. The word 'magic' is from another set by Sizzix  'Holiday Script 2'.

That ends it for today. I hope you enjoyed my simple page :-)

See you soon! <3

New autumn-winter collection from Les Papiers de Pandore

 Ahhhh!! Finally the moment has come to share with you the latest beauty created by my friend, Julie Blanc, of Les Papiers de Pandore. I find it hard to keep my patience until I'll see it in real life....

It's called WINTER SONG

This is what Julie has to say about it (Google Translated :-D )

 'Hello! I am pleased today to present Winter Song ... the sweetness galore for this collection based on wood, foliage and pampering! Friends, resellers, leaders and associations, you will get in contact with  Kirel Craft, and all other you will find this collection verysoon at your retailers as well as version Scrap Lyon ...'

'In addition to the mixture of all the leaves whose harmony is absolutely perfect, I have in mind several specific combos with this collection I am delighted to exploit ... From all mint-chocolate on nature ...'

'Or how about femininity, with a combo light peach, chocolate and ecru ...'

'This little introduction will give you a good idea of the overall versatility of this collection. We love it so much! You can now win this collection by taking part on Facebook, or on the Pandore blog. That means you have double the chance of winning it! :-)

What you do is comment on the posts and share on FB and your blogs.commenting on this post and share it on your blog ... On October 1 we will see who are the winners! 

Good luck!' 

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!! 

'My Beautiful Family', using 'Invitation' by Les Papiers de Pandore.

Hello and Happy Week End to you all!

Today I have a page for you that goes to show that 'oldie can be goldie'.

I used an older collection by Les Papiers de Pandore for a collection of pictures of my girls amd me. It's called Invitations and it was just lying there in my drawer, still looking so pretty,... I had to pick it up and do something with it. 

Just to let the papers shine I tried to do a version of 'clean and simple here :-) I don't know how much I succeeded though,...

I cut apart the callingcards and placed them on a sheet of patterned paper as frames for my photos.

I used a metallic copper-coloured sheet and one of the papers from the collection to form my title cutting it with a Sizzix alphabet called Alphanumeric. 

This alphabet is fabulous and you get several letters of each so you can cut out long words in one go. Just look at it HERE  (There is also a 'marquee' variation of it...)

I am actually quite into the recent trend to use gold and other shiny metallics on your pages. 

I find it looks very pretty, although here it looks more orange than copper :-)

Just look at the cascade of pretty flowers down the center of the layout. Most are by Prima Marketing, but there are also some from  Norwegian Papirdesign, I Am Roses and others from my stash. The resin key is Ingvild Bolme for Prima and the small green/black stickers are by Basic Gray. 

The word 'remember ' is also a die cut using my Sizzix die set 'Friendship Words', which I really love!! You can see it HERE

Do enjoy your Saturday and Sunday as much as you can and hug your dear ones!

See you soon!

XOXO

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 ... :-)

'Winter' for Les papiers de Pandore.

Hello again!! 

I hope the week end has been wonderful and that you have been able to charge those batteries so you are ready for the week ahead! I have been working this week end, so as soon as I get a couple of hours I want to start a new scrappy project! This one here is my latest page and it was made for 

Les Papiers de Pandore using the Scandinavia collection.

When I was in the UK visiting with my daughter last year we went shopping (of course) at the local Hobbycraft store and I bought some gold cardstock. I used it here to make some accents for my page.

Both the large snowflakes and the smaller rosette snowflake were made with Sizzix dies.

The larger one is  Sizzix Bigz die Stacked Snowflakes by Tim Holtz and the smaller one is by 

Paula Pascual and called Winter Borders and Rosette.

I added some of Prima Finnabair's gold mica flakes and gold micro beads. I even used some Color Bloom in gold  for extra golden accents and drops.

The cute little wooden accent  Be Free is by Prima and the round gold-rimmed tag is by 

American Crafts. I added some liquid pearl dots here and there ,-in gold of course :-P 

I hope you like my black and golden Winter page and that I'll see you here soon again! 

Take care!

'Hello Summer' for Les Papiers de Pandore.

Hello there, I hope your week is off to a good start!

It feels really great to be here sharing a page with you again. 

For a few years now I have been part of the designteam at Les Papiers de Pandore and they always manage to create the most gorgeous collections. One of the fun things about this latest one  (apart from it being gorgeous of course :-D...) is that it is called Scandinavia. Many of you will know that

 I live in Sweden , ie one of the Scandinavian countries. I love the names of the different papers. 

They are called Stockholm, Göteborg, Uppsala,.....and there is even one with 'my town' Malmö. 

Isn't that great!!!?

I picked a few  matching sheets and got to work. I prepared my background with gesso, mists and paints.That is always such fun and decides a whole lot the direction of the page. I cut into some of the papers and layered my design pretty central on my page. The doilies were also fussy cut from one of the sheets. Isn't that bird cute? I cut that one from one of the 15x15 papers in the collection.

In this shot you can see how I covered part of the painted chipboard from Blue Fern Studios with gold microbeads. That is a favourite trend at the moment. Love the micas and the beads a lot!!!   

I am also a big fan of the Simple Stories Photo Stickers I used next to my photo. Fun!!

I love the little cursive words that I cut using the Sizzix Thinlits dies by Tim Holtz. It is called Friendship Words, Script. You can find it HERE. 

The  flowers are from I am Roses and of course Prima Marketing as are the leaves. I added a little washi tape here and there . I love to buy washi but I dont seem to be using a whole lot,....

Finally a closer look at some of the detail I hope you like it!

In any case that's all for today. 

I will be back soon with some more Pandore goodness, and other stuff :-)

Bloghopping with Paper Issues. (...or Top 15 from 2015.)

Hello friends!! Welcome to this fun and relaxed bloghop! 

What a great way to start off the NEW YEAR!!

Some time ago I was part of the fun design team at Cassie's Paper Issues! Loved it!!

Paper Issues and Friends have joined together for this carefree hop and I 

decided I'd love to participte. Alas, with so many disruptive things happening in my life the last year

 it has not been a productive one. To be honest I have struggled to keep up with my DT obligations. 

But here are some of the pages I made and I hope you like them :-)
(At the end of the post you'll find some more links to more of the Friends & Fans participating)

The layouts are in no particular order. 

Smile

I made this one for the Polish Lemoncraft designteam using House of Roses collection and 

some lovely painted chipboards from Blue Fern Studios. The flowers are a combination 

of Prima Marketing and I AM Roses.

Music of the Soul

The second one was made for Blue Fern Studios and I have used a gorgeous round frame that I painted and laquered to frame a cute pic of my DD.

 Memories

This third one was also made for Blue Fern Studios showcasing papers and chipboards. I really love this picture of the girls with their grandmother celebrating her birthday.

Everyday Moments 

Another one for Blue Fern Studios. I whitewashed all the chipboards on my page. 

This one was for the release of the Deja Vu collection.
Beatrice and our little cat Lady look so cute here.

Summer Souvenirs

Les Papiers de Pandore from France is such a big favourite. I love the collections that Julie Blanc comes up with and this summery beauty called Sunny Bay is no exception. 

 Perfect Memories

This page shows off the Autumn Anthology collection from Blue Fern Studios. One of my fave collections from them for sure. 

 Frolic in the Sun

Loving the Frolic collection from Blue Fern Studios,and I think it goes perfectly with this 

summery photo of DD. I really love the colours here!!

Happy

This page is a combination of fabulous dies that I got from Sizzix UK and papers from Polish manufacturer Lemoncraft. I die cut two sizes of PL cards and arranged them on my page. 

Alpha, greenery and butterflies are by Sizzix/Tim Holtz as well.

Alex 

Here I have used a combination of Lemoncraft and Blue Fern Studios  as well as a few dies 

from Sizzix UK.

Celebrate Every Day

I really had so much fun creaqting this next project for Blue Fern Studios. It's a round canvas that first of all received a thorough mixed media treatment, -which I then proceeded to almost entirely cover up. -But I loved every minute :-)

  A Perfect Moment

Design team layout for Blue Fern Studios with lots of colourwork and using some of their stamps for my background.

Here Comes the Sun

One more summery page using  Les Papiers de Pandore's delightful collections Sunny Bay and Cocktail collections. Such a light and happy page.

 Memories 

This next page is a souvenir of a very special day. My eldest daughter graduated  from her
university in the UK and I wanted to make a page for her. I use the Blue Fern Studios
Paisley & vine collection.

Keep Creative and Take Pics

Another page made for Les Papiers de Pandore and using chipboard from Blue Fern Studios as 

part of the decorations.

This was my first Home

This is one of my most fave pages for the year. It has a nice layered feel to it achieved in part by the Blue Fern Studios chipboard frames.I am also quite pleased with the mixed media background. 

And who does not love flowers....?

Smile

I used the Montage  collection by Blue Fern Studios and some  beautiful BFS chipboard as well.
This was for my very first post on this design team :-)

Adore

To round this off another page using the Deja Vu collection from Blue Fern Studios. Lots of soft and pretty colours.

It's been ages since I took part in a blog hop so this is FUN!! Ok so there are a couple more than 15 layouts, but it was kind of hard to leave some out as I liked them equally much... :-)

Thanks for dropping by and for any comments you make. I'd love to be able to visit back and 

see what you are up to!
Please hop along and see what the rest of the participants are sharing today!

Visit the blogs and check out all of the projects from our Friends & Fans here, the inspiration from these ladies is endless: 

Sandi Pressley | Jennifer Holowaty | Zsoka Marko | Heather Robertson | Kimberly Lund | Devra Hunt | Ann Tamimi | Renee Timmerman | Lyne Schnable-Blodgett | Stacie Dietz | Tania Ballestrin | Heather Conklin | Alison Fitton | Bente Fagerberg | Stacia Brandt

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!