'Simple Things' using 'Tales of You & Me''

Hello lovelies!!

Did you all have a good (Inter)National Scrapbooking Day celebration yesterday?

There was so much fun happening all over he web!!

I managed to join in the afternoon as I had prior engagements. I could still take part in a couple of bloghops, some giveaways and also enjoy a few hours of Prima Ustream get-together. I stayed up way past my bedtime (US are 7-8 hours behind,....) So today I am tired. But it was all worth it as it was all so much fun! I actually think we should get to celebrate this great hobby/lifestyle 

more than once a year!!  Heck, why not once a month!!?...

I managed to make this page, but other than that I was not very productive. But I loved watching others share their tips on how to do different things.

For my page I used the Tales of You & Me again.I still think it's gorgeous and 

I have many papers left,.... (So you'll see even mooooore,....) I prepared the background with paints, gesso, and stamps as always. I also added more mixed media ingredients in the form of Art Stones, tiny golden microbeads, and gold mica flakes. I used gel medium to stick it all down.

I coloured the art stones with Prima's Color Bloom spray;Tea Stain. The seambinding I used for my bows has the same colour as the Color Bloom mist.

 I did some paper-pleating a few years back and wanted to try it again. 

It adds a lot of dimension to the page I find.

I think it looks pretty neat,.... The flowers are different Prima ones, old and new. 

The die I used to cut the leaves is also by Prima called 'Forest Leaves'.

 Finally a side-shot to show a little bit of the dimension here. 

So many layers and bits tucked in between,...just the way I like it :-).

Thank you for taking a look and for any comments you may leave.

 I appreciae each and every one of you taking the time! <3

Hugs!

'You are my Anchor' using Prima's 'French Riviera'

Can you believe it!!,...? Another post from me already... :-)

Today I have made another page with the French Riviera collection. 

I used an older photo of my two youngest daughters that was laying on my desk. 

We actually have some gorgeous beaches here up north, shame the temperature does nothing 

to make me want to go there,....

The pretty flowers I used are mainly by Prima from the Cartographer collection. 

I decided they were a great match for my theme. The small daisies are from Bedtime Stories.

I actually mixed in some paper from 'Tales of You & Me', between the layers. I wanted to 

experiment and see what that would look like....

 I love the look of the Art Stones that I coloured with Blue Fern Studios mist 'Sky'.

Those die cut leaves are so darn pretty!!

Another close up of the layering and decorations.

This photo was taken a few years back. I have a feeling the girls will probably protest that they don't look their best. You know: 'hair is messy' etc etc,..but to me they always look like princesses :-D

Well done for getting this far,... Only one more close up and I'm done,...LOL!

Actually, I like it when I visit a blog and there are many pictures of the details. 

I feel I can get a closer look at the page, almost as if I were there. 

What do you thnk? Do you like to look at close ups on your blog round?

I will enter this page into the April challenge over at Let's Get Sketchy.

Here's the sketch:

Thank you so much for visiting today. I hope you have a nice and restful week end <3

Hugs!