''Art Chain'' Day 2/5, showcasing some fave pages made for Inkido.

Today I have another batch of pages to share with you.   

This is day 2/5 of sharing my projects on FB, Instagram and blog for #Art Chain

Nothing new, but pages that are still among my faves after a couple of years.

These are from the good old days of Inkido. The DT  were a bunch of lovely ladies and I still see their inspirational creations all over the internet. 

I was tagged by Anupama Choudary from India and Stephanie Papin from France who were also on the Inkido team, and the lovely Kathy Mosher from Alaska who was on the Scraps of Elegance kits team with me.

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

Here are my pages for today:

Thanks for your visit and also any comments you may leave me. 

I truly appreciate each and every one of them. :-)

I'll see you tomorrow with some more favourites,....

Last pages from Scraps of Elegance Jan kit using Kaisercraft 'Key to my Heart' and Heidi Swapp 'Mixed Company'

 Today I want to share my two last pages made wih the Scraps of Elegance January kit 'Delightful'. The kit is as always jam packed with papers and pretty embellishments and a true 'delight' to work with apart from the suitable name .-)

For the first page I used papers from the  Heidi Swapp collection .......
I cut away paper inside the 'diamonds' to make the design more interesting and individual.
I love how it turned out, and the stitching as well.

I fussy cut flowers from another patterned paper and layered them as an additional embellishment. 

I also added a couple of faux tags to get a more layered look, and as a mat for my title.

 I had some geraniums in my stash, but they were the wrong colour. I used the paint from the colour add on (Silks; Pink Grapefruit) to change the look of the flower so it would go with my design.

Some of the flowers here (mini roses) are from the Norwegian manufacturer Papirdesign.

I added a little gesso here and there for a more shabby 'aged' look.

This second page was done after the monthly sketch at SOE and I used one half of two different Kaisercraft papers and some elements from the sticker sheet.

I used some of the solid papers from the cardstock add on. 

I love the look of my punched holes as part of the sketch design. So simplistic.

I cut off part of the light blue journaling spot as I felt it was too large for me and added the 

border piece back on so it would not show :-)

My page is quite simple, but in real life there are a few more touches to it. For example I used 

pop dots to raise some page elements to make it more interesting. I backed a couple of 

the stickers with cardstock to make them stand out.

The pretty ice blue pearl brads are also in the lovely 'Delightful' January kit at Scraps of Elegance. 

Yesterday the February kit was revealed at the SOE blog, and HERE is the link.

Hurry up if you would like to buy the kit because the kit and add ons are selling out  

REALLY fast!!

Thanks for visiting and for any comments you may leave. 

I so love reading them!!

'Carpe Diem', for Papirdesign

Once again I enjoyed pulling out my collection of lovely papers from Papirdesign to make a page for my regular post there. I had some photos taken last Summer that went very well with that rose paper.

 I incorporated into my design some tags made from other patterned paper and also cut out a doily with my Silhouette Cameo. I cut the doily in two and used both above and underneath my photo.

 I used lots of the Papirdesign mini roses in my clusters. I just love them!

Actually everything on this layout was made by Papirdesign except for two of the flowers. 

Have you noticed the dainty blue gardenia flower in the lower right hand corner? It is a new style for PD and they come in a lot of different pretty colours.

 Love the bling swirl too. Papirdesign have awesome swirls and they are so huge you can divide and use them on several projects. This time I kept the backing foil and just cut around the bling. I like the effect it creates and I find it adds more texture.

Lately I go through a lot of thread on my sewing-machine LOL! I do a lot of stitching and so even on this page. It actually takes quite a bit of time but I like the look.

Thanks for dropping by to check out my page!

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!!

My fifth and last week as Special Agent at CSI. Case file # 35.

When Debbi asked me quite some time ago if I would be Special Agent for August, I did not jump at the chance straight away. I have quite a lot on my plate and I had to think wheather I would be able to fullfill my obligations. I said yes at first thinking I would do 'a few case files'. 

Turned out I did them all! I was a little late posting all but one case file but Debbi being a very gracious lady gave me some extra time when I needed it. Tonight I just managed to finish my lo in time to take a picture of it before darkness fell. Lucky for me the US is six hours behind,...LOL!

Here it is:

I so love the added depth of that fabulous frame!
This is what the lo looks like without the frame:

 I absolutely do not like the messy handwriting part here. To me that is the most prominent feature on the page. I did not, however, have time to do the journalling on my pc this time. It'll heve to do!

Here are some close ups:

This is a lovely photo of my two eldest daughters. 

We were on vacations in the South of France and we were happy we'd found  fields and fields  of gorgeous sunflowers!

I used a white Bazzil as a base and smudged some of the paint colours on there. I layered a blue paper on top and fastened my bits with stitching. I painted a thick layer of gesso. After cutting the blue and green paper with pinking scissors, just a little larger than my doily, I layered the two on top as well. Then I painted around the brim of my circular shape with yellow to symbolize a very abstract sun.

 My evidence this week is: paint, flowers, sun

And for my testimony I am documenting a vacation.

 I love the look of he beautiful sewn border here. I cut it from an older specialty sheet by Prima. I still have some of the machine stitched papers that they came out with about three years ago. 

Actually I have been hoarding them,...There; I said it!!...But now the time has come to use them!

I used a mixture of all 'possible' brands of flowers on this. -But mostly Prima's and Petaloo's. 

The green tag is by Les Papiers de Pandore and I cut the yellow one with a die.

I quite like the mix of paint and stitches in this corner. It looks so layered. 

The letter stickers are by October Afternoon.The blue and green patterned paper is by Lily Bee, and the green title is a chipboard from Prima.

I am leaving you with a view of the kind of layering I have used on this page. I think there are about nine layers around the photo.

It is not as bulky as some of my pages but there is still  lot of texture.

 Thanks so much for dropping by. 

I recommend you head over to CSI Color Stories Inspiration to have a peek at what the other guest designers and the awesome DT did. It is well worth it.

I would like to say a big thank you to Debbie for having me as a 'Special Agent' for the latest five case files. I have enjoyed it very much!

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