'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 :-)

Sizzix offers beautiful free Fathers Day papers.

    June 21 st all fathers will be celbrated on their special day in the UK, the US, and Canada.

To celebrate Father's Day, Sizzix has just released a new range of printable papers on its website.

The good news is: you can download them for free on the Sizzix website! 

FREE PAPERS

(click here to go to the download page)

Some of the new June releases from Sizzix.

The people at Sizzix (click on link to go to store) with friends have done it again! 

Again they present gorgeous collections for us to drool over!!

I added some examples for each collection,and this is what they have to say:

''Botanical Bloom – The Botanical Bloom collection has a mixture of technologies for you to explore, from Thinlits and Bigz to a Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. All beautifully designed to create both intricate and bold floral shapes, these can be used to create cards, gift wrap, layouts and even embellishments for clothes, bag and even home décor items!''

''Best Friends – This collection features two adorable little characters; a polar bear and a penguin on Thinlits dies which are perfect for adding to cards and gifts for all ages. There are also friendship expressions and tags which are great for gift tags and adding to layouts.''

''Rachael Bright Textured Impressions™ Plus Embossing Folders – We are very excited to introduce to you the brand new Textured Impressions™ Plus Embossing Folders designed by the talented Racheal Bright. Both of these folders are designed to be used with our new Big Shot™ Plus Machine as they boast an A4 size.''

''Stephanie Barnard – This set of Thinlits featuring layers of florals and leaves are perfect for adding detail to cards, scrapbook layouts, frames and much more!''

I hope you enjoyed, and HERE is alink to the Sizzix catalogue.

WIN the new BIG SHOT PLUS including starter kit!

Yes, that's right. What an awesome chance to get hold of this terrific new machine! 

I received it last month and have fallen completely in love with it!

Join us on our social media pages for a fantastic giveaway where you could be the lucky winner of a Sizzix Big Shot Plus machine complete with a Starter Kit which features florals, butterflies and heart designs on Thinlits™ and Bigz™ L along with a Framelits™ die to create a cute box. Along with a new A4 sized Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to add more detail to your bespoke creations and patterned paper pads!

To enter ‘LIKE’ our Facebook page and ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ our competition post. You can also enter by following our Twitter account @Sizzix_EU and ‘Retweeting’ us! This competition is open to all UK and EU residents. Entries close at 4pm on Friday 8th May. Good luck!

See the complete starter kit HERE!

Some gorgeous new releases by Sizzix.

Today I want to tell you about some great releases that came  recently from Sizzix.

It seems I can never get enough of all the diecutting goodness they provide.

Tim Holtz® - Feb 15

Tim Holtz® latest collection is perfect for creating heartfelt projects for family and friends, as it features hearts on Bigz™ and loving words such as “beautiful” and “love” on Thinlits™. There’s also an alphanumeric die, which is great for personalising your projects as well as butterfly and feathers on Bigz™ with Texture Fades to add even more detail to your creations! Use on cards, gifts, scrapbook layouts and even home décor items for adorable detailing.

Here are some pictures of the goodies:

(The links under the pictures will take you to the specific article for a closer look :-D )

Alphanumeric

Sizzix Bigz Die w/Texture Fades - Feather Duo

Sizzix Bigz Die w/Texture Fades - Butterfly Duo

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Scribbles & Splat

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Mixed Media

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 7PK - Handwritten Love

Homegrown and Handmade by Stephanie Ackerman – Feb 15. 

Stephanie Ackerman’s latest collection Homegrown and Handmade combines a Sizzlits® Decorative strip with a scalloped edge and delightful little houses on an Originals™ die. These dies are perfect for embellishing cards, gift wrap, scrapbook layouts and even home décor items. There’s even a Bigz™ XL box die to pop small gifts inside for loved ones!

Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die - Scallops #2

Sizzix Originals Die - Houses

Sizzix Bigz Die - Heartfelt

Sizzix Bigz XL Die - Box & Card

I cannot wait to start playing with some of these.:-D
Have a nice evening!

''Art chain'', Day 1 showcasing some fave pages etc made for Papirdesign.

Hi, I hope you are all well!

...Still Winter here even if we are starting to experience a few tiny signs that Spring will come to Sweden even this year...Birds are singing and the days are slowly getting longer.

One of the fun things happening at this moment to brighten up the cold grey days are the many posts on FB, Instagran  and on blogs showcasing beautiful artwork as part of  ''Artchain''.

I have been nominated by a few sweet friends; 

Anupama Choudary from India,  Stephanie Papin from France  and Kathy Mosher from Alaska.

All these ladies do inspirational work as well as are real sweethearts!

I thought that since I did not find time in January to make a post sharing my favourite pages for 2014  (nor 2013 actually :-D ) I would post a few favourites each day for the five days that I'm supposed to do the ''Artchain''. 

Today I have focused on pages that I made for  Papirdesign 

Close ups  HERE

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                                                                        Close ups HERE

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Close ups HERE

Close ups HERE

Thanks for looking!
Welcome back again tomorrow!

Two pages and a card for Lemoncraft

Hello again. 

I am so glad to be back to share some projects with you.

First I have two pages that I made in the mixed media style. 

I used the 'Forget Me Not' collection and the 'Just Love Me' collection as well.

Here is the mainly 'blue' page I made:

I used some dies to make the round shapes and added some fussy cut elements from the A4 sheets.

I also made a page in mostly pink tones:

I used a stencil and a mix of mists and paints here. The title is 'Technical Cousins and you can see they are all playing with their phones and electrical games, even at a young age :-)

Finally I have a card that I made for the Sizzix blog using beautiful Lemoncraft products from the 'House of Roses' collection.

Thank you for looking!

Bente

'Thanks' for Sizzix Sunday!

Hi all my blog friends!!

 This Sunday I have a sweet little something to share with you on the Szzix UK blog.

Here is a close up of my project:

Click HERE for the full reveal.

I used:

Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal) 
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 7PK - Circles, Scallop 
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 12PK - Ornate Labels

Papers and ribbon are by Lemoncraft.

Thanks for looking in today!!
Hugs!

A summery page in December.

Hi to all my sweet internet friends!

Today I have a new post up on the Sizzix blog and this time it is a page. I used papers from the Polish manufacturer Lemoncraft and also a chipboard word by Blue Fern Studios.

Click on the link below the picture to see the full reveal:

Follow THIS link to see my page

Thanks for looking and any comments that you leave me. I LOVE reading them!!

Some last minute Christmas cards

Hi there! 

Today I am sharing some quick simple Christmas cards on the Sizzix blog. 

Below is just a taste of them...  I used pretty Lemoncraft papers.

If you'd like to see all my cards, please click on THIS LINK!

Hugs!!

Two pages using 'House of Roses' from Lemoncraft.

Hi there! :-)

Today I have a couple of pages that I made with the lovely 'House of Roses' collection 

from Lemoncraft. I know many posts are about Winter and Christmas at the moment, but I made so many Christmas cards already I wanted to do something else.

The feature of this layout is a gorgeous photo of one of my beautiful sisters.

We often spend vacations together and this year we met up here at my home and made small excursions. This pic was taken on the beautiful Swedish island of Öland.

I fussy cut a lot of beautiful flowers from one of the 12x12 papers and also used the  A4 papers to cut out beautiful designs. There are lots of sweet butterflies, too. 

I even used the ribbons and the brads that belong to the 'House of Roses' collection. 

I used the ribbon as a frame.

I used a few awesome pieces of chipboard that are by Blue Fern Studio. I painted the hinges and the 'arrow-word' fabulous  brown by dabbing them with my ink pad.

I used some pop dots to lift up a few of the flower designs from the page. 

And I also used one of my favourite Sizzix dies here, the scallop circle.

And here is my second page:

I used a photo of the lovely view from my window. 

This is what I see when I am at my scrap-table too. :-)

Here are some close ups:

Even for this page I cut out a lot of beautiful designs to use as decoration. 

I made a tag for my title and added some brads from the 'House of Roses' collection

 to the center of my white hydrangeas.

I diecut some scalloped circles and used them to frame my layered design in the middle. 

Together with the lovely pink roses it looks very soft and feminine.

That was all for today I hope you like my two pages and that it was a little inspiration 

for you.Thanks for dropping by! :-)

Hugs,

Supplies: