Time to say good bye.

Hi there friends.

Today is my last post on the Blue Fern Studios blog, It's been fun but of course everything has an end. I have enjoyed every minute of working with their gorgeous products. You will definitely see more of Blue Fern Studios around here in the fiture as well.

Today I want to share my first page using one of the pretty new papers from the  Vintage Christmas collection.

I also have some close ups of the details:

I used the Petal embossing enamel to treat my chipboards. That gorgeous round piece is called Twilight Garden Frame. I gave the Shabby snowflake (part of a set) the same treatment. 

I love the look of those tiny half pearls that I added to it!

On my background I used the Winter Mint and Cotton Candy Imagine Ink mists. I also used gesso and microbeads as well as a few paints.

For a title I used one of the designs on the Christmas cards sheet together with the word Christmas from one of the bottom strips.

I love the look of the strict stripes with the soft colourful blooms. 

These adorable pink larger blooms are the from the Bel Canto colletion by Prima Marketing.

They are surely one of my all time favourites!!

Thanks for dropping by! I'll have a couple of free days around Christmas so hopefully I will be back again with not too much of a delay this time :-) 

But just in case I don't see you again before X-mas I wish for you:

<3 <3 <3

Guest designing with Ruby Rock-It

Hi there! I am a little behind with posting  my assignments for different design teams lately. 

I've been busy scrapping up a storm and discovered that I have so much I did not share!

Today I want to show you some different projects that I made as a guest designer for the Australian based manufacturer Ruby Rock-It.  (Here is the post on their blog)

First a page in the mixed media style that  kept pretty light and more in my ususal style.

I was given a collection called 'Handi Scandi'. 

It was way out of my comfort zone so I did my best to adapt it to my style.

Page number two is not in my usual style, but I tried to take my cue from the papers and from my cute pictures of DD and our little kitty. I used some of the cutesy elements that came with the collection. The papers are of excellent quality andd I love that one side is kraft (many with glitter ;.)) and the other side 'regular'. The embellishments are great too and fabulous for cards.

Here are a couple of close up of some embellishments:

I loved the wooden embellishments they sent me. Here I used the deer to embellish the front of a mini album. I made a raised frame/box using cardstock and pop dots 

Finally I made some cute cards using some of the layered diecuts from  the  'Handi Scandi' collection.

Thank you so much Ruby Rock-It for having me and thanks to you all for dropping by to take a look!

Hugs!

Putting my new dies to good use!! Sizzix Sunday!

Hi there all you scrappy friends. 

A few days ago I received a big box of lovely shiny Sizzix dies in all sizes from the awesome Bigz dies down to the tinyest little framelits die with its matching stamps. 

Truly happiness in a (very large...) box! :-)

I took out all the new dies and looked at each and every one of them for a looong time. 

After that part of the ritual was over I opened up a few and started cutting. 

I picked all different kinds and did some 'trial cuts' and 'trial stamping' too. 

Today on the Sizzix blog I have shared three cards made with different bits from these initial trials. They look cute and go to show that things don't always have to be so very complicated. 

You will love that quote that you only see part of here. So true! 

If you would like to see the entire post just click the link below.

Bente's Sizzix Sunday post 

'Life Made Simple' Sunday post.

Hi there friends!

So happy to see you here even though the posts are a little far apart,.... I am hoping to be able to post more often now that I have finished some chores that has to be done and I'll hopefully have some more 'me-time'.

 Bente's Sunday post for Sizzix.

This is of course just a little sneak. Please visit the Sizzix UK blog for the full reveal of my cards :-) 

Today I would like to tell you about some new cool dies from Sizzix that came to shops in April. 

If they are not already at a store near you they will be soon. They are called 'Life Made Simple' and are perfect for the pocket scrapbookers, but also for the rest of us who can use them as embellishments or for making cute cards.

There are several sets to choose from, but here are two of my favourites:

This is the Basic set consisting of 8 pieces.

And this one is called Smile for the camera.

If you want to see the cards I made just follow this LINK!

More 'Floral fantasy' from Scraps of Elegance / FabScraps

Hi friends! It's getting a little late here but I realized I have to do a  post now to make good use of the fact that the internet is actually working att the moment :-)

I have another page and a couple of cards to share from Scraps of Elegance latest kit  'Floral Fantasy'. I have already used quite a few of the abundant Graphic 45 sheets from the kit and this page uses the FabScraps collection 'French heirloom'. The large cabbage roses on the papers are so exquisite!!

This is  a very layered page with soo many fussy cut elements and I have raised all the cut-out roses 

with pop dots to emphasize both the layering and the texture. 

I also embellished with lots of tiny Bisque-coloured pearls from a small bottle of liquid pearls.

The gorgeous flowers are from Prima Marketing and are called Adelynn/Ageless.

They are in the beautiful flower add on. I have pre-ordered it to make sure I don't miss out as these add ons sell out quickly!!

I love the trellis design of the green burlap papers. It lends itself to the interesting look of cutting away a few of the 'diamond shapes' to reveal a different colour. I like how it lightens the mood a bit on these  papers soo laden with grandeur of yonderyears.

 I used some Prima alpha stickers from my stash for the title.

I made it fairly simple as the papers were enough in themselves. I remember so well all the 

magical fun we had spreading dandelion seeds all over the garden :-)

 I raised all the fussy cut elements with popsdots for a layered and textured page.

 I also made two cards with this kit. 

The papers on these are by Graphic 45 and are called 'Botanical Tea'.

The flower on the card is the same kind as those on the layout an the stickers as well.

The large journaling cards and the stamps are cut out from the different patterned papers. 

That was all for now!! I hope you liked what you saw and if you have the kit; Happy Creating!!

Hugs!!

The last batch of Christmascards

Hello again, today I'm here to share the last batch of  X-mas cards.

There is still time to send off some homemeade cards before Christmas is uponus.

Maybe these can get you in the right mood?

I made these for todays post at the Papirdesign blog and used loads of gorgeous Papirdesign products.

Below you can see each of these cards on their own and also some more designs.

I used both older and newer collections from Papirdesign and some of the lovely sheets with gorgeous vintage Christmas motifs to cut out. It's just what's needed to get in the creative spirit.

I used:

Miniroser diverse farger.

Chipboard med God Jul.

Rödt band.

Mens vi venter:

PD 12711 Juleströmpe

PD 12715 Munter melodi

PD 12713 Nissegröt

PD 12707 Vennlig hilsen

Julehilsen:

PD 13836 Nostalgisk jul

PD 13831 Gledelig jul

Vintertid:

PD 11592 Frost

PD 11593 Blåfjell

Julens gleder:

PD 11590 Juletags

PD 10603 Juleglede (vintagebilder)

Lots of hugs and good luck with the cards!!

Welcome to the Winter Frolic 12 Days Of Christmas Blog Hop! Day 7.

" Welcome to the Winter Frolic 12 Days Of Christmas Blog Hop! 

We are celebrating the release of the Winter Issue of PaperHaus Magazine but also inspiring you each day with wonderful holiday projects, giveaways and inspiration! Our blog hop will run from December 1st to December 12th! Be sure to stop each day and leave a comment each day to win some fabulous prizes by our lovely sponsors! Don't forget to check out the Winter Issue for additional inspiration, holiday cheer and some amazing projects from our contributing team!" 

Here is my contribution to the hop:

I needed some fast  cards to send far away and as I have quite a few to make I wanted them to be pretty simple and straight forward. I used dies and vintage pictures and embellished with pearls. I raised the different layers with popdots.

I used a combination of beautiful Christmas collections from Papirdesign.

Thanks for hoppning by!!

Your next stop om the hop is the talented 

Jess Mutty www.scrapgoo.blogspot.com

Pandore 'Focus on woodgrain paper' and a PaperHaus blog hop to come!

Hi there and happy Friday to you!!

Well, I found this post among the drafts on my blog supposed to be published months ago. :-)

I actually made these cards for a special feature on how to use the beautiful woodgrain paper belonging to the 'Lovely Birds' collection from Les papiers de Pandore. My cards are more on the simple side than my normal style,but I had limited time and wanted to take part. 

HERE s a link back to the Pandore blog and you can see the very beautiful projects of my fellow DT members.

I'll be back in a day o two to share one more of my projects that were up on their respective manu blog this week but that I have yet to post here.

Before I go I just wanted to share this graphic with you:

I hope you will stay tuned and join us.
The whole set up will be a little different this time to make it less monumental!!


 Hugs, and enjoy the week end!!

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!!