Welcome to the Paperhaus Spring Fling Hop!! -

Hello and Welcome to the PaperHaus Spring Fling Blog Hop!
 You should have arrived here from Rommel's blog.

We are excited that you joined us in celebrating the release of the Spring Issue of PaperHaus Magazine! We are so happy to share all of the amazing projects and inspiration in it with you!

I must say the editors and contributors have outdone themselves one more time. 

I may even be so bold as to say this could be the best one yet......

I am sure you'll all agree the cover is yummy and now you are all longing to have a look inside!

HERE's the link.

Look carefully among all the amazing pages in the magazine and you may see a name you recognize,..lol! Yup,..me! And I am in very good company...

I am so happy to be one of the contributors to PaperHaus Magazine and I have three projcts in this issue. I have a layout for the Paperhues on page 38, one for the Dreamsketch on page 51, and also on page 57 a framed something for the TrendyHaus article about washitape.

I hope you like them,... and there is so much MOOOORE!

I have a layout to show you that I made for Les Papiers de Pandore. I used the delightful collection Little Winter Circus. I made it in a more clean and simple style than my usual one, but I like to mix things up and not always do the same kind of layouts.

Below you can see a close up of what the stitched 'beams' look like.

Below you can see a photo of my giveaway for the hop.
For a chance to win to win it I would like you to:

1. Leave a comment on this post

2. Be or become a follower of my blog

THE BLOG HOP WILL RUN FROM MARCH 1ST - MARCH 7TH

and we have a loong list of fascinating blogs for you to visit

The Spring Fling blog Hop starts at the PaperHaus blog: 

PaperHaus Blog – www.thepaperhaus.com

Frank Garcia – www.hausofw.com
Ivana Camdzic – http://www.papergirlcrafts.blogspot.com/
Trina McClune – trinamcclune.typepad.com
Jodie Lee – www.jodieleedesigns.blogspot.com
Lisa Gregory – http://what-a-beautiful-mess.blogspot.com
Stacey Young – www.staceyeyoung.blogspot.com
Maiko Kosugi – www.maimaipiano.blogspot.com
Fun Stampers Journey – www.myfunstampersjourney.com
The Piece by Piece – www.thepiecebypiece.blogspot.com
Corri Garza – http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com

Shellye Proctor McDaniel - http://www.shellyemcdaniel.com

DeeDee Catron – http://umwowstudio.blogspot.com
Audrey Yeager – http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com
Sabrina Alery – http://www.sabrinaalery.blogspot.com
Patricia Roebuck – www.roebuck-adventures.blogspot.com
Jess Mutty – www.scrapgoo.blogspot.com
Anna Sigga – http://annasigga.typepad.com/scrappalicious
Susan Tutt – http://susanscrapbooker.blogspot.com
Rommel Okuma – http://risqueerabisque.wordpress.com 
You are here-----> Bente Fagerberg – http://paperandglueheaven.blogspot.com
Izzy Anderson – http://writesnapscrap.blogspot.com
Jennifer Grace – http://jennifersjumbles.blogspot.com
Christina Heeren – http://christinaheeren.blogspot.com
Gina Rodgers – http://gingerbread.typepad.com
Lori Hairston – http://www.lorihairston.blogspot.com
Paper Issues – http://www.paperissues.com
Peg Hewitt – http://pegsplaytime.blogspot.com.au
Georgia Heald – http://startingtoscrap.blogspot.com.au
Leah Crowe – www.leahscraftylife.com
Jodi Baune – http://www.dancingintherainjb.blogspot.com
Heather Leopard – http://thespottedleopard.blogspot.com
Diana Fisher – http://designbydiana.blogspot.com
Kate Vickers – www.scrapsation.com
Sarah Andreotti – www.vintagepearstudio.com
Leah Farquharson – http://www.bluebirdchic.com/blog
Cathi O'Neill – http://celticknotted.blogspot.com
Missy Gener – http://www.missygener.com
Marilyn Rivera – http://marilynrivera.blogspot.com
Julianne McKenna – http://julestheblingprincess.blogspot.com
Vivan Keh – http://contadinak.wordpress.com/
Jelissa Mei – http://jelibeanz.blogspot.sg/
Sara Zenger – www.sarazenger.blogspot.com
Emilia van den Heuvel – http://few-favourite-things.blogspot.com
Linda Brun – http://favoritspotonearth.blogspot.no
Lisa Duke – http://theshabbyhorse.blogspot.com/
PAPERHAUS FACEBOOK – www.facebook.com/thepaperhaus

We would love if you could take some time to like PaperHaus on Facebook

There will be giveaways on the vast majority of blogs, possibly all.

So get  hoppin' :-) to win those prizes.

 Next stop on the hop from here is Izzy's blog.

GOOD LUCK and ENJOY!!

My Sunday post for Inkido, 'Big Hug' using 'Rosehage'.

  Today I want to share a lo made using 'Rosehage', a pretty collection from Inkido.

I love the pretty peachy colours of the papers..

This is what I made:

I used a lot of gorgeous flowers from Inkido and placed them in clusters. 

Even if I love beautiful embellishments I still want to make the photo the main attraction on a page and clusters help do just that.  This particular photo was taken by my sister Sylvi while we were on vacations in the South of France.

I have stitched around edges, inked and used dripping paint on this one to mention some of the techniques I have applied. All of them very simple but they help add more 'life' to a page, 

together with the dimension added by the dcorations.

 Some more close up shots:

Now I am off to the office on this Sunday afternoon to try and get some order to the enormous  amount of new products we brought home from Frankfurt on our trip to source new accessories for our company yesterday! Almost as fun as scrapping!!

Thanks for dropping by and for any comments you may leave me <3 !!

Hugs!

Combo du 20 fevrier. 'Cool' for Pandore

Hi 

Today I have a lo for you that I made as an example for the current colour challenge over at Les Papiers de Pandore. I used the latest collection 'Lovely Birds' as well as the white  (now misted) background sheet from 'Promenons Nous' and the pink from 'En Attendent'.

I must confess this lo turned out a little 'messier' than I had planned but sometimes that's the way of things in the crafty world,...LOL! Some things can not be controlled :-)

 I actually had some fun with this one using all the mediums and masks. 

I even made a tiny rolled flower, which I haven't done in a long time.

The string framing my photo was white originally, but I poured some paint into my hand and rubbed the string in it to change the colour....-See, I told you I had fun...  Now my hands are all pink!

Almost all papers have been stitched to my page. I usually put a dash of glue in the middle to keep them in place,-but far from the edges so as not get my sewing machine all clogged up.

 The chipboard cogs/clock is from Imaginarium Designs and I gave it a lick of white paint and some blue ink before sticking it to my page.

I used lots of punches here from Martha Stewart and EK Success. 

I've wanted one of those notebook punches from EK Success for the longest time and now I have both the one making round holes and the one making square ones.

I'm happy you came by to have a look at my latest page and thanks so much for any comments you feel like leaving me. They are greatly appreciated!

Hugs!!

Some feminine cards, -mixed media 'light'.

I did a couple of cards last week that I'd like to share with you today.

I used papers and embellishments from Norwegian brand "Papirdesign".

The first photo thoughis just for fun. It's our smallest family member Lady, checking my card to see if it is ok to go on the blog :-) She always takes such an interest when I try to photograph my projects.
She is such a cutie!!

I used a lot of gesso, paint, and mist on these to create a textured background for my flowers and sentiment. I stitched the patterned paper to a Bazzil background .
 

I used my Martha Stewart punches to" pretty up" the bottom edge of my cards.
The diecut frame is by Sizzix.

Flowers and leaves of different sizes and shapes as well as half pearls are by Papirdesign.
 

 

 

On this second card I used a light green paint through two different masks by Panduro.

 

In addition to the Prima hydrangeas and the Inkido flower center the embellies here are by Papirdesign. I used part of a white swirl and some pretty mini roses in addition to the lilac chipboard heart.

I hope you enjoyed my two cards and feel insired to create yor own!
As always thank you so much for visiting me here and for your kind comments that I so love to read!
Hugs!!