'Look Book' for Papirdesign.

Hi there! I hope your day started out great. In this part of the world we can see the sun promising to shine on us today and another beautiful spring day on the way.
And here is a Spring-inspired page from me...

I mixed a few sheets from different collections on this page. That is one of the very best things about Papirdesign; that all can be so easily matched.

 

 This page was originally made for the PaperHaus magazine, but alas recently it was decided it will no longer be published. I mixed the lovely flowers from Papirdesign with some other brands.


 

 I fussy cut the tiny butterflies from one of the lovely patterned papers.

That's all for now. Enjoy life 'til  next time!!

Forventning; 

En Ny Vår, Sommerfugl i solskinn

 Julehilsen:

 Julebakst

miniroser, 

rosenknopper,

peoner,

kakeservietter; rosa,vit

halvperler; rosa mix

alfabetstickers; lilla

buttons; strikk

New collection *Forventning* from Papirdesign layout 'Family'

Idag har jeg laget en side i nydelige lilla toner med de nye arkene fra serien 'Forventning'.

De droppet ned i postkassa igår og jeg var jo selvfölgelig nödt til å 'pröve dem' med det samme. 

-Det blir kanskje litt som når mannen får en ny bil eller noe sånt.
-Og en flott måte å feire bursdagen min i dag!!

I hvert fall er det sånn att duften av nye papir er noe helt spesiellt :-)

Today I want to share a page with you that I made with the fresh from the printers new 
collection 'Forventning' I picked some papers in a fave shad of purple/lilac.
I received these yesterday and just 'had to' use them right away. 
What a great way to celebrate my birthday today!
There is something very attractive about the smell of newly printed papers.

Dessuten fikk jeg rotet litt blandt blomsterstäsjen og fant mye fint som passet.
Men det er jo ikke så rart med det enorme utvalget fra Papirdesign!!

I even dived into my flowerstash and came up with some beauties. papirdesign really 
has a large selection!!

Ett chipboardord  fikk utgjöre tittel for min layout og jeg synes at den passer veldig godt til både blomster og herlige papir.

The chipboard title is also by Papirdesign and I love the font that goes so well with the 
feel of my page.

 Jeg brukte ett lilla flöyelsband fra en Papirdesign båndpakke.

I used a piece of lilac ribbon also by papirdesign for my bow.

Nytt for denne sesongen er att papirdesign også har kakeservietter, som også kalles doilies.
De finns i to störrelser og den lille pakken har ti styker hver av fargene rosa, röd og hvit.
Den större störrelsen finns med 30 herlige hvite doilies.

New this season from Papirdesign is also that they have doilies. They are available in two sizes and each have ten pieces each of the colours pink, red and white.

Jeg tar med ett par extra blder på de fine dekorasjonene her.

A couple more close ups of my embellishments.



Takk for at dere tok en liten titt in her og forhåpentligvis har der fått litt inspirasjon!!

Thanks for dropping by and hopefully you were able to find some inspiration here today!

Dette er hva jeg har brukt/ These are the PD products that I have used:

Forventning -En ny vår

Forventning -Sommerfugl i solskinn

chiboardark - Baby

halvperler -lilla

gardenia -lilla 

miniroser/aster forskjellige farger

doily -10 cm

peoner -hvite, lilla

stempelplate -Strikk

lilla bånd

rosenknopp -lilla, rosa

grönne blad

buttons -Stjerner og hjerter

You are fabulous! -for Papirdesign

  When I  was first invited to the Papirdesign DT  I received a huge box of paper collections old and new as well as an enormous pile of gorgeous embellishmnt of different kinds. For the page in todays post I decided to dive deep into my box and pick a mixture of all the different papers. All those beautiful designs really deserve to get on a page now and then and not be forgotten!

 I love this light blue girls page with my youngest DD.

I made this page with inspiration from the gorgeous sketch at Life. Paper. Scrapbook.

I really like the look of this paper with the weathered boards. Makes me think of Summer :-)
It actually was produced as part of a Winter-collection ... So versatile!

 I layered several patterned papers with my photos on top. The embellishments are mainly from Papirdesign,...of course,...there is so much to choose from!!

 

 The cute banners were cut from a patterned paper with banners and jeans-pockets.

 I used popdots to lift my stars up from the page.

 I used:

 Vintertid - Iskrystall (woodboards)
Herman og Emilie - Lillebror
Lykke till
Konfirmant, gutt
Chipboard ord rosa,
Chipboard stjerner blå og rosa
Båndpakke, blå
Halvperler, blå/vit
Miniroser, diverse farger

Alfabet, rosa

A closer look at my GD page for Scrap Around the World.(And some bragging :-) )

This is the page I made recently as a guest designer for

 Scrap Around the World. 

Inkido was a previous sponsor and we were delighted when Helen asked us to interpret the September mood board. This is such a fun challenge!
I promised I would post some close ups of my page today so here goes .-)

And here is a picture of the mood board and sketch for Gayle's challenge.

Isn't it just gorgeous?!!

 I started out taking inspiration from the stripes (background sheet), the words 'flying' out from the head (my butterflies), the large title (also a quote) and the black and white photo of a person. 

I also did a loose interpretation of the available sketch, picking just a few  of the elements.

 I fussy cut a lot of tiny flowers from one of the sheets in the 'Beautiful Memories' collection.

I believe the flowers are are poppies.

 I picked Inkido's  small butterfly stamp  and combined it with some other butterflies that I cut out. They were all embellished with some bling and pearl stones. Inkido do these in several colours and they are so great to add to all kinds of projects.
 
  I find the internet is such a great source when you are searching for various inspiration, and for
this challenge I decided I needed a good quote. This was just one of several quotes that I found.
 
 After cutting out the words with my Silhouette Cameo I backed them with pink paper, except for the words black and white that I wanted to stand out against the background.

As you can see from this close up I also added some freestyle sewing with my machine. I find it adds a lot of interest without being intrusive or  taking anything away from the design.

Talking of design,.... I was very pleased to finf out this page was a winner in the latest challenge over at Scrap & Music. I have hardly taken part in any challenges lately but that is something I would like to change ,.)

Thanks for checking out my page today. :-)

There is still a lot of time to take part in the challenge at SATW, or why not Sabrinas September challenge at Inkido to use layers and borders?

Hugs!

A blue page for DT Inkido 'Hello Sunshine'

Hi, I hope you enjoyed looking at my gorgeous peonies in yesterdays post.
It's such a shame they don't last forever....

First a little reminder that today is the last day that the Blogger following gadget will be active.
I decided to follow the example many of my friends and join Bloglovin.

If you are fast today you can import all the blogs you are following with Blogger to Bloglovin'.
I  imported each and every one of my fave blogs with not much more than a click of a button. Apparently tomorrow it'll be too late.

I hate change and I don't like this either.
I have added a Bloglovin gadget like this one to my sidebar

and by clicking the sidebar one you will be able to stay a follower of this blog.


Now I'd like to share my latest page made for my Sunday's post at Inkido

I have done so many pinkish romantic layouts lately that I felt like making a different kind today. Conveniently I had a couple of photos laying on my desk from when my youngest sister and her family was visiting here. So I did a boy page,...( still with flowers mind you ;-) )

I cut out the word Sunshine in my title with the Sihouette Cameo and placed a dark and a light version on top of eachother, but slightly off, to create a shadow effect.

 And here are some shots of the details:

I decided I wanted to try a different combo. Normally I might still have combined the blue with pink or white or something. Instead I decided to use some of those tan coloured leaves and flowers I received in my latest Inkido kit. I think they work pretty well with the boyish blue.


Those cute butterflies that I don't seem to ever get enough of, are cut from an Inkido paper.
They really have so many that are great for fussy cutting if you are into that.
The pretty rosebuds are made by Norwegian brand Papirdesign and they have the most amazing range of colours in their flowers. I love them!!

 The woodgrain in the background was done using a bought mask. 

If you still have not tried let me tell you it is so very easy and you could start trying with a mask that  you make yourself, or maybe a leftover from a chipboard sheet. 

I promise you it is great fun!!

The little chipboard decoration is from Polish Wycinanka. I like the styles they make.


Finally, there is a sprinkling of half pearls in the right hand corner. The three colors come from the same package. I think they look so pretty and add an extra dimension to the page.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and I will be back in a day or two to share more pages that I prepared for assignments for the beginning of the month.

Hugs!!

'You and Me', - A valentine style layout using Inkido.

Hi!

I am back to share a new layout I made for Inkido, Papercraftsscandinavia.

Their sweet, romantic, feminine papers are a perfect fit for all those Valetines projects we like to make this time of year.

Here is what I made:

I love this cute photo of  Beatrice and me taken by my sweet and talented sister Sylvi when she visited us in  Provence a summer ago. We look so happy and natural.

Being a flower girl I love the abundance of roses in the patterned papers, and also the great variety of paper flowers in different sizes. The stick pins can be had in different styles and colours as well as all the half pearls and bling.

I wanted to add some of this exquisite lace to help make my photo stand out. I think it looks so good with the pattern on my rose paper.

I decided to go with a Valentines theme and besides using the heart punch by Martha Stewart I picked a mask by Panduro to add a small sprinkle of hearts on my page. 

The large pink peony is from an assortment pack called Harmony flowers and come in a variety of matching colours and sizes.

I hope my mojo will be returning soon as I have received such beautiful new collections from Papirdesign and Les Papiers de Pandore that I am itchng to use as well. 

Finally I would like tominvite all of you to take part in a Blog Hop for the upcoming issue of PaperHaus Magazine starting on March 1st. So much FUN!! I hope to see you then!!

Hugs to you all!

"Skating Fun" "Little Winter Circus"

Yesterday I received the new collections that Julie sent me from France. 

The latest "Les Papiers de Pandore" are so cute and the colours very happy.

You can sroll down a couple of posts and you can see the collections there.

I just had to start making something with them right away. 

This one is my first and I have one more on my table.

I wanted to do something fun and in keeping with the spirit of the collection.There is a childlike abandon about it and I feel it should not be 'overworked'. I tried to keep things on the clean and simple side to let the pretty papers 'shine'.

Lately I have my sewing machine out and use it on almost all of my pages. 

So even here to add some texture to the edges and borders. I used a die from Marianne Design to make the different snow flakes.

The cute little penguin here is cut from the papers and layered on a die cut journalling spot.

I wanted my title to be on the fan folded border but had some difficulties making the small letters stick. I cut a bit of hard plastic from some packaging and added my letters to it. 

Now sticking down my title was much easier! 

I was so lucky these older letter stickers from Pink Paislee were just the right colour!

As you can see there is not a single flower in sight here,...Shocking I know!.... :-)

I used the snowflakes as  substitute blooms and added leaves and some bling. All the snowflakes in different sizes have been fastened using pop dots to make them stand out and add some dimension.

Ok that was a fairly quick post today. 

I wanted to do it now as I am going to the theatre tomorrow evening to see the musical EVITA and probably won't have time then.

I saw it many years ago with Elaine Paige in London when I lived over there,and that was fabulous.

 Lastly, I would like to tell you that the next International Guest Designers have been posted on the Pandore blog and you can read it HERE. Big congratulations to all of them!!

Hugs!