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!!

Den hemmelige vinneren/The winner of the secret blog hop prize from Papirdesign is,.......

Hej, Nå er Papirdesigns blogg hopp over og det er på tiden å fortelle hvem som ble den lykkelige vinneren av den hemmelige premien (som bare tilfeldigvis fanns hos meg.) 

Jeg har brukt Random.org som jeg har på min blogg for å velge.

Hi, The Papirdesign blog hop is over and it's time to reveal who is the winner of the secret prize on my blog. Not even I knew it would go to one of my visitors.

I used Random.org on my blog to pick the winner.

The winner of the surprise prize

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is......... JONNA!!!!!

Ett kjempestort GRATTIS til deg Jonna. Så kul att du var med og 'hoppet'. 

 Skriv et e-mail til post@papirdesign.no og si at du har vunnet den hemmelige premien i Bente's blogg 

så kommer det snart en overraskelsen snart i postkassa!!

Blog Hopping with Papirdesign in the Christmas spirit

Welcome!! :-)

We are so delighted to share some news aout the new goodies at Papirdesign!! That's why we decided to have a hop starting today.

At the end of the post you will find an  explanation in English 

Vi er så hoppende fornøyde med alle de nye produktene som har kommet i høst!!

Først kom alle julepapirene, så kom det et lass med nye flotte stempler, og sånn helt på tampen av høstsesongen, så kom det både trefigurer og 14 nye design med klistremerker  - både bokstaver og småord.. Ikke så rart at vi til tider har hoppet av glede - og nå er det deres tur. Vi har nemlig laget en aldri så liten blogghopp til dere.

Reglene er veldig enkle:

1. Start øverst og hopp deg nedover på listen som du finner litt lenger ned i innlegget.

2. Legg igjen en kommentar hos hver enkelt av jentene på listen.

3. Når runden er unnagjort, legger du igjen en kommentar i dette innlegget..  

4. Bli følger av Papirdesignbloggen - eller følg oss på Facebook hvis du ikke har egen blogg.

I tillegg til hovedpremien, har vi også tre "hemmelige" premier gjemt i noen av DT sine sider. For å være med på trekningen av disse premiene, må du også være følger av den bloggen som inneholder premien - (eller følge vedkommende på facebook/instagram). 

Hvis alt dette er gjort - blir du med i trekningen av denne herlige premien:

Pakken består av følgende:

8 nye alfabetklistremerker

6 klistremerkepakker med småord

6 stk washitape

5 pk trefigurer

1 båndrull

I received these new goodies yesterday and I at the moment I am enjoying creating some more cards with them. I will add some of these to this post during the day. Papirdesign has so many gorgeous collections and I will mix old and new colllections to give you an idea.

For det förste kortet har jeg brukt nye papirene 'Stille Natt'.

For the first card I used the new patterned papers from 'Stille Natt'.

- Og her er en jeg har lagd med eldre kollksjoner.

-And here is one I made with lder collections.

Da gjenstår det bare å si happy hopping og du starter øverst på lista her:

Papirdesign 

Cathrine

Lise

Marianne

Renate

Ulrika aka LillBlomman

Elisabeth

Bente Fagerberg (you are here)

Papirdesign

Hoppen varer ut lørdag 22.november, og vi annonserer vinner den 23.november.

We have a bloghop that lasts until 22th of November. To get a chance of winning the main price, you need to:

1. Start at the top of the list and follow it from blog to blog

2. Leave a message at all the blogs you visit

3. Come back here and leave us a message that you completed the hop

4. Become a follower of this blog, or follow us at Facebook if you don`t have a blog.

There are 3 secret prices as well, hidden in some of the girls`s blogs. To get at chance at winning those prices you have to follow their blogs or fb-pages or at Instagram.

Welcome to the SOE/SOD and SOUS joint blog hop .

Hi and Happy Valentines Day to all my dear friends out there!!

I am very happy to see you here for the  Scraps of Elegance/Scraps of Darkness and  

Stuck on U Sketches joint bloghop . It goes on between the 14 and 16 of February.

You should have arrived here from the talented Stephanie Eakens blog 

(hop order is below.)

This is the lovely sketch we got toplay with and you have two weeks to play :

This is the page I created:

I used the beautiful February kit from Scraps of Elegance 'Love Always' to make my page.

The papers are by MME collection 'Heirloom'. The chipboard heartframe was made especially for SOE by Leaky Shed. The small 'rose twigs I made with the Magnolia Chandelier Garland Pink & Light Pinkand some Kaisercraft roses in pink and black. 

In a couple of days I will share a picture-tutorial on how I did it. Very easy!!

I painted the frame with gesso and then with gold acrylic paint and my papers got the same treatment.
 

Rules for the hop

-Visit and comment on each blog

-Follow Stuck on U Sketches

-Follow Scraps of Darkness/Scraps of Elegance

-Return to SOUS, leave a comment and let us know you've completed the hop!

Candies for the hop are offered by both Scraps of Elegance/Scraps of Darkness and 

Stuck on U Sketches.

Blog Hop Order just in case you get lost on the way:

Charlotte Brochu Scrapsational

Karen Zueger-Brownell Lost Coast Scrapper

Mayra Duran-Hernandez Mayra's Designs

Stephanie Eaken Bits & Pieces (& Scraps)

Bente Fegerberg Paper and Glue Heaven

 Annette Gearside moment in time

 Patricia van Gelder Patricia's layout 

Laura Gilhuly AngelScraps

Tracey Gregory A lifetime of Pages

Helen Gullett Creating Joyfully 

Connie Hall Times To Cherish

Renea Harrison Renea Bouquets

Nanne Harry  Nanne's Creations

Tracey Kelly Trace-Elementz

Julie Kight Cards By Cricut

Nicolle Kramer NicolleLovesScrapbooking

Monica Lowrance  Happy Scrappn2

Neela Nalam MemorableScraps

Rosie Neustaedter As Seen In My Scrapbook

Lisa Novogrodski Living In Color

Erica Ortiz Mimi's Paper Dreams

Wendi Robinson Scrappy Day in Paradise

Sarah Routledge -Scattered Pictures and Memories

Leah Schaeffer  http://leahschaeffer.blogspot.com

Sandi Smith Paper Memories

Jane Stirling  Scossie Jane

Caroleanne Wright The Pretty Paper Patisserie

Elisabetta Colavero Scrap-colors

Scraps of Darkness

Finish hop back at SOUS

Your next stop will be at the talented Anette Gearside's blog.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy your hop!!

Inkido blog hop!!

         

Hi there and welcome to our first bloghop of the 2014 Inkido design team.

We are hopping not just because it's fun but also so we can all get to know eachother a little better.

First of all I have a photo with all the pretty faces on the team. And as you can see there are quite a few of us!

You should have arrived here from from the lovely Anita Nosova's blog

Our bloghop will take place from January 2nd until  January 4rd.

I am ecxcited to tell you about the great prizes we have for three lucky participants.

We have a full new collection, (so new we cannot share a picture of it yet!...), 

we have a set for vintage cardmakers 

....and last but not least we have a suprise!!

You can pick 12 papers from any collectionbut the latest (which is another prize).

We ask our participants to look for secret words inside out hop posts. Not every designer's post will have one. With all the words you find you will make a sentence. Do not write it in the comments section because then we loose some of the fun. Please write an email to:

marketing@papercraftscandinavia.com

We would also like you to leave a comment on the different blogposts and hopefully you would like to become folloowers of our blogs as well!

My secret word will be at the bottom of this post. 

Three things you did not know about me,...or maybe you did LOL!

1.I was actually born in Norway but have lived more than half my life in Sweden.

I still feel very Norwegian though and have a lot of family left there.

2. I am crazy about watching sports. I love all the Nordic wintersports and am planning 

to spend February on the couch in front of the telly watching the Sotchi olympics.

3. I love the arts and enjoy  musicals and the opera. Last year I was able to go see 

Placido Domingo even though it cost me an arm and a leg,...LOL!

Another thing I can tell you is that my scrapspace is a total mess right now. At the moment I can hardly find enough space even for a 12x12 paper,....I know what I'll be doing tomorrow LOL!!

Just look at my table!!

       

Here is the whole hopping order for the Inkido team:

Agnieszka Bellaidea  

Anita Nosova

Bente Fagerberg ------You are here 

Cathrine Sandvik

Elena Smoktunova

Heidi Augustson 

Helen Tilbury

Hera Sugitani

Irena Kowalczyk

Karin Zander 

Karita Vainio

Lindy Gillespie

Nataliya Serova  

Petra Gustavsson  

Renea Harrison

Romy Veul   

Sabrina Sulaiman

Stéphanie Papin

Stina Westbom

Ulrika Blomfelt  

Yasmin Tölche   

Don't forget to send an email with the secret sentence.

MY SECRET WORD IS: IMPORTANT 

Your next stop on the hop is the delightful Cathrine.

Welcome to the Winter Frolic 12 Days Of Christmas Blog Hop! Day 10

" Welcome to the Winter Frolic 12 Days Of Christmas Blog Hop! 

You should have arrived here from the PaperHaus blog. 

We are celebrating the release of the Winter Issue of PaperHaus Magazine but also inspiring you each day with wonderful holiday projects, giveaways and inspiration! Our blog hop will run from December 1st to December 12th! Be sure to stop each day and leave a comment each day to win some fabulous prizes by our lovely sponsors! Don't forget to check out the Winter Issue for additional inspiration, holiday cheer and some amazing projects from our contributing team!" 

Many of you have probably already checked out the fab magazine. 
But just in case; HERE is a link to it. 

I only had time to prepare two pages for the magazine this time and you'll find my contributions

 on pages 40 and 62. One is a shabby page using Papirdesign products and the other one more clean using products from another favourite; Les Papiers de Pandore. I hope you like them both. I am not supposed to share them on my blog for a month so you'll se more of them here at the beginning of the new year.

Here is my contribution for the hop:

This is a page I made for Inkido as part of their DT and I used the delightful collection 'Happy Christmas' 

I used an older photo of my youngest and her BFF. 

(These are both very sensible girls but will occationally get up to some mischief :-) )

The title was made using red glitter Thickers and some older stickers from Pink Paislee (Old School).

The flowers are from Inkido. I used both Harmony flowers and Fashion Flowers (red).

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut most of these shapes and borders. For an accent I added some 

red Viva pearl maker to the vine underneath the picture.

 Finally a shot to show some of the dimension I was trying to add to my page.

I love using black and white photographs on my pages as they are so neutral and permit adding a lot of bits and pieces that us scrapbookers love!

Here is a full list of todays stops:

DAY 10

• PaperHaus Magazine www.thepaperhaus.com
• Bente Fagerberg www.paperandglueheaven.blogspot.com
• Eila Sandberg www.dollopsofscrap.blogspot.com
• Shellye McDaniel www.shellyemcdaniel.com
• Authentique www.blog.authentiquepaper.com

So your next stop will be my delightful dear friend Eila and I am sure she has prepared a treat for you!!

Hugs!!

Welcome to the Winter Frolic 12 Days Of Christmas Blog Hop! Day 7.

" Welcome to the Winter Frolic 12 Days Of Christmas Blog Hop! 

We are celebrating the release of the Winter Issue of PaperHaus Magazine but also inspiring you each day with wonderful holiday projects, giveaways and inspiration! Our blog hop will run from December 1st to December 12th! Be sure to stop each day and leave a comment each day to win some fabulous prizes by our lovely sponsors! Don't forget to check out the Winter Issue for additional inspiration, holiday cheer and some amazing projects from our contributing team!" 

Here is my contribution to the hop:

I needed some fast  cards to send far away and as I have quite a few to make I wanted them to be pretty simple and straight forward. I used dies and vintage pictures and embellished with pearls. I raised the different layers with popdots.

I used a combination of beautiful Christmas collections from Papirdesign.

Thanks for hoppning by!!

Your next stop om the hop is the talented 

Jess Mutty www.scrapgoo.blogspot.com

Day 14 of the PaperHaus release party!! 'Sweet Summer' for Inkido.

Heellooo all you PaperHaus fans!! 

Welcome to day 14of our blog hop in honour of the newly released Fall Issue.

We are also celebrating the 1 year anniversary of PaperHaus Magazine! I am so delighted to be part of this wonderful publication! Below you'll find the link for the magazine.

 The Fall Splendor event is filled with inspiration from the  PaperHaus blog  and all the blogs taking part on the different days of the hop., so make sure you click through all these blog for inspiration! 

Also comment on every blog to get a chance to win an amazing daily prize! We sure hope you enjoy this inspirational blog hop. Do remember the Fall Splendor Blog Hop runs from September 1st to the 15th so just a couple more days to be inspired!

HERE is the link to the magazine.

 You should have arrived here from the PaperHaus blog.

And of course I have made a little something that I hope will give you som inspiration along the way.

 I played around with my Inkido supplies to make this page. 

I started out with a plain page with a tiny inconspicious pattern. After using stamps, gesso, masks and Ranger Distress Ink this background is far from plain ;-)

  I wanted some chevrons but didn't have any at hand so I decided to make some from some chipboard backing I received a while ago with some goodies. I measured and cut and I am actually thrilled with how they turned out. -Chipboard shapes economy style :-)

 I also used my sewing machine quite a lot for this background. 

First I stitched all around the edges. Then I made some zig-zagging in some areas along the edge, and finally I made some 'dents' into the sides of the page.

 The cute corrugated tag is also from Inkido and it received a treatment with paint and ink before I finally added my title to it. The stickers are textile ones from Prima.

Above you can see the stitching a bit better:

Sunday in a week I will have some step by step photos included in my post at the Inkido blog.

'Viva Las Vegas Stamps' is the sponsor of today's hop

Thanks so much for looking!

Don't forget to leavea comment to be in the draw for our prize!

Your next stop on the hop is the talented Trudi Harison.

Hugs!!