'On My Own' using Marion Smith Designs 'Posh' collection

Hi there! I  hope you are all well and rested after all the Christmas festivities :-) 

I am sorting out 'my house' and throwing things away and the whole place is a bit of a mess at the moment, but hopefully things will be better soon,....

I have a page to share today that I made with a previous kit from Scraps of Elegance. 

The papers and some of the embellishments are by Marion Smith Designs. 

It's all very yummy, and the collection is called 'Posh'.

I have mixed up the patterns quite a bit and added beautiful Prima Marketing flowers in matching colours. The small hanging clock,(that I painted with gesso) is by Marion Smith as well as the fresh white resin rose above the photo. ( Junque & Gems collection)

You may have noticed thet I have scrapped quite a few photos of me lately,........ 

They are all from a photo session we had over in Wales when I was invited to the Sizzix European HQ. Paula Pascual, who is a Sizzix blogger as well as designs dies for them,offered to photograph myself and two of the other girls. We had a good laugh and a thoroughly enjoyable time! I am pleased with how the photos turned out.

 Talking about Sizzix,...I used the 'Scalloped circle' here as well as the greenery from 'English Garden' framelits set.

Most of the Prima flowers here are from the 'Cigar Box Secrets' collection.

As you may have seen, I will be part of the awesome Blue Fern Studios team for 2015 

and I have used some of their chipboards on this page.  As you can see I used the clock and clockhands as well as the butterfly.

I did a lot of layering on this page and it was quite fun to make.

I painted around some of the design elements with gesso to calm the patterns a little and in that way make certain parts stand out more. 

I hope you like my page and  I really enjoyed making something that has nothing whatsoever to do with the season. -Actually today was the first day we had  'real Winter' this year. 

For the first time we woke up to some snow and it was actually 10 degrees below zero (centigrade), -so really cold for us here in the southern parts of Sweden :-)

Take care and I'll see you soon again!

Feminine page for Scraps of Elegance kits using Marion Smith 'Posh' collection.

Hi, I hope you are all well!

Today I have a page to share that I made with the November kit from Scraps of Elegance . 

I am eagerly waiting for my December kit to come any day now. 

I just love the beautiful kits that Melinda puts together for us!! 

I used some of the yummy Marion Smith Designs papers in the kit to make this page. They belong to the 'Posh' collection. To further enhance my page and photo I fussy cut flowers from on of the Blue Fern Studios papers from the beautiful 'Montage' collection.

The pretty blooms are mostly by Prima Marketing and were in this kit or the previous one. The SOE kits always have beautiful embellishments and you have the option of a flower add on which I love.

I raised som of the layers with pop dots to add some extra airiness and dimension.

The beautiful scalloped circles were made with one of my fave Sizzix dies at the moment. 

They come in a set of several sizes as you can see here in my background.

The journalng card and 'Happy' chipboard are by  Blue Fern as well. 

I hope you enjoyed my page and I recommend you go check out these gorgeous kits :-)

Have a lovely day!

Scraps of Elegance are guesting at Scrap Around the World.

Hi! Today I am happy to share that my fave kit club Scraps of Elegance is guesting at  the awesome
Scrap Around the World .
We are a permanent sponsor for 2014 and this is the month that we get to show our stuff :-) 

The members of the design team have prepared a page each with inspiration from the lovely mood 

board prepared by Marilyn Rivera. We have all used material from SOE kits.

I used the July kit , Chasing Rabbits, to make this page and the papers are by
Marion Smith Designs and Kaisercraft.

August 2014 Challenge 16 - An Elegant & Textural Mood Board by Marilyn Rivera.

And HERE is a link to the challenge.

I even prepared a few 'closies' for you:

The little cutie is my nephew and I took this shot of him last Summer when he was just a few months.

One of the things I love about SOE is that I get to use an abundance of beautiful flowers and other great embellishments that come with the kit and the various add ons.

The teal and the pink flowers are by Petaloo and the orange and black ones are made by Prima Markting. And that cute tiny resin frame just makes me smile.

 The red cherry blossoms are also from the kit/add on but the large pink bloom was hand made from cardstock using the Sizzix Bigz die Tattered Florals.

I hope you enjoyed my page and also the pages of my talented DT sisters.

Don't forget to check out the challenge at SATW!

Hugs!

'Fabulous' for Scraps of Elegance with July kit.

Are you ready for another page with the July kit from Scraps of Elegance?
 (If you scroll down two posts you can see the kit and everything in it.)

As always Melinda managed to find the perfect ingredients for making many lovely pages. 

All the supplies are so easily matched.

I am actually quite happy with this page, I am just not happy with how it photographed. 

I tried several times but the gesso will stand out too much and disturb the balance of the layout. 

Well, nothing to be done about that....

This is quite a nice shot of my eldest. 

She recently came home from spending a year at Cornell university  in the US and was actually invited to China for a few days just to sing at an event there. 

No doubt in her mind about going, although it was coinciding with exams. 

She talked to her teachers and the trip was arranged. 

She was very well received and really enjoyed being star for a day!

She was repeatedly told she was the most important person there and had three people 

constantly at her beck and call. This shot was taken around midnight when she arrived back in her room  after a long day that started already at 8 o'clock in the morning.

I just adore thes gorgeous large flowers. Both the teal and the pink one are from Petaloo.

The kit also contains some wooden embellishments from Prima Marketing and some cool word/title stickers from Heidi Swapp. The pink wing is made with one of the new dies from Sizzix/Prima.These dies are part of the Flora Grande collection. You can look up all the Flora Grande dies HERE!

I cut out the heart shape and layered it on a slightly larger heart that I cut with scalloped scissors. 

I backed it with some cheese cloth.

That's all for today! I hope you enjoyed my page and please check out the kits at Scraps of Elegance if you are on the lookout for something really special!

Scraps of Elegance July kit 'Chasing Rabbits'. First page.

Hi there ! 

I'm so happy you came over to check out the reveal of my first page made with the July kit from Scraps of Elegance. Melinda always gives us such great kits to work with and as you can see this is no exception! :-)

Here is what I made:

I startede by using some of the Marion Smith Design papers in the kit because I have admired 

their design for some time and not been able to get my hands on them. 

I must say they are really gorgeous up close and IRL!!

But lets start at the beginning and not get ahead of ourselves! Here is the main kit:

 The Mad Hatter: "Have I gone mad?"
Alice: "I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are"
We were certainly mad about Marion Smith Designs' Mad Tea Party collection, and just knew it would be perfect in one of our kits! We hope you will love it as much as we do...

 Included in this month's kit:

Patterned Paper

• Marion Smith Designs: Mad Tea Party Collection:  Tea Party, Rabbit Hole, Wonderland, Roses Are Red, Spot of Tea, Cut n Create Ephemera,
  
• Webster's Pages: Party Time Collection: Sweets Table, This Special Moment
  
• Kaisercraft: Telegraph Road Collection:  Memo, Parcel
  

Embellishments/Other Kit Components
Prima: Something Blue Collection - Save The Date Flowers
Kaisercraft: Storyteller Collection - 12x12 Cardstock Stickers
Heidi Swapp: Buzz Words Epoxy Stickers - Celebrate
Reneabouquets: Our signature hand-crafted butterflies
Heidi Swapp: Color Magic Cardstock Watercolor Tags  - Hearts
Marion Smith Designs: Junque & Gems - Mixed Flowers (resin)
My Mind's Eye: Now and Then Dorothy Journal Stickers
May Arts - Red with polka dots sheer Ribbon - 1 yard
Digital Sketch by Suepup, created for inspiration with our Chasing Rabbits Kit, emailed to you.

There are a large number of add ons too to expand this kit to last you the entire month!

Now for some closeups of my page:

Yup,...I still love me some banners and these were cut from the patterned paper to match exactly. I love the layered effect of the flags and the flowers.

 You will probably recognize these handmade flowers from many of my projects (all?) lately .

I make them with the Sizzix Bigz die Tattered Florals and they are just the best!!

I love this picture of DD we took at the beach a couple of weeks ago. 
A rather chilly day, but the light was gorgeous that evening!

That large velvety flower is by Prima and it's from the flower add on.

Well that was all for now at this  (for me) late hour. It's past midnight and time for bed. 

Who knows;...If I am lucky I will find a friendly comment or two here tomorrow when I wake up... Take care! :-)