My first post for Polish company Lemoncraft

Today I am happy to share the two very first pages I made with the delightful products from the Polish manufacturer Lemoncraft. I made two pages for this inaugural post and they are pretty different in style and execution. Mostly I used the latest collection 'Forget Me Not'.

I created a shabby page with a picture of our family cat. She is such a cutie!

 I cut strips of paper and stitched them to the patterned paper. Then I painted them with mist and gesso  as well as distressed them.

   

On my background I used gesso and a stencil as well as mist and paint. For extra decoration I added liquid pearls.

And now for my second page which is more romantic and 'elegant' compared to the previous one.

The detailed Lemoncraft papers are excellent for fussy cutting. That is one of the things I like so much about them,...apart from being beautiful of course... I took advantage of the patterns of the different papers to create this page. The different designs really go so well together.

Some close ups of this page:

 I layered elements from different papers in the 'Forget Me Not' collection and used pop dots between some layers. I used one of the new Sizzix dies to make some flowers and butterfies as well.

I cut out one of the labels from the A4 sheet with matching designs.
Then I emellished it with some liquid pearl and used it as my title spot.

One of my buttons had a pretty butterfly on it so I thought it would look good with all the other butterflies.

 Thank you for visiting us here on the Lemoncraft blog today! Hope to see you soon again!

Zestaw papierów "Nie zapomnij mnie"
 

'My Beautiful Girl' for Inkido/Sizzix

 Today I have a sweet page to share that I made for both the Sizzix and Inkido design teams. The pictures were taken the other evening at the nearest beach and I decided to convert them to black and white. I love working with black and white photos because they blend in so well with the coloured papers and embellishments. They match with everything!

I primed my 'Beautiful Memories' paper with gesso and a little mist using a stencil as well for added texture.

I cut two large circles using decorative scissors and stitched them to my paper. With a paintbrush I added gesso diluted with water to tone down the background music pattern. It could esily look very busy. I cut and embossed a smaller circle and used it as a mat for my two photos.

I made these gorgeous flowers in two sizes with the Tattered Florals die set that I love. It is just soo good for when you need some flowers to tone in with your papers.

I made my flower clusters tying in a swirly chipboard piece and also a light blue lace ribbon rosette.

I fussy cut some pretty butterflies from a matching patterned paper using the Susan's Garden Tool Kit which has become one of my absolute favourites to use when I craft.
All the tools in the kit are really very useful!

I love the texture added by the sweet handmade blooms made with Inkido papers.

-And being the same collection they are a perfect match!

Here you can see I layered different mediums too.
-Diluted gesso, modeling paste through a stencil and Prima Color Bloom mist.

I used these Sizzix products for my page:
Sizzix Big Shot starter kit (Powder Blue and Teal)
Sizzix Accessories Susan's Garden's Tool Kit
Sizzix Bigz Die, Tattered Florals
Life Made Simple, Sizzix thinlits basic set (I used the small heart)

Patterned papers: Inkido Beautiful Memories, Spring Time
Mini roses: Papirdesign
Lace: Papirdesign
Other flowers Prima, Petaloo

Thanks for visiting and hopefully you'll take some inspiration with you when you leave :-) !

Hugs!

Two more pages for 13 Arts and a small toot.

Hi friends, today I just want to do a quick share of two pages  made a little while ago for the Polish brand 13 Arts. Aida, aka Ayeeda is the multitalented owner and she has designed two very cool collections so far. You can see the entire collections on the 13 Arts blog.

For my pages I have used a  combination of both collections and they are a perfect match.

 

I scrapped a cute photo of my niece and god-daughter.

I distressed the papers and cut a frame from the brick-paper. I added bits of the brick paper to different areas of the background as well. I  misted cheese cloth to tie in with my colours, and used mist and gesso as well.

 

The small roses and the pink 'twig' is by 13 Arts and the large pink bloom is by Manorhouse Creations.

 

My second page has photos of Beatrice and our kitten Lady.

I used a mask with gesso on top of the patterned paper and also a some chartreuse coloured mist. I painted around the edges with some  green acrylic paint. I recycled a piece of corrugated cardbard as a backdrop for my photos. 

 

 

The large part of the flowers are by Prima Marketing and some others are from my stash.

The title is cut from one of the patterned papers.

I coloured some white mini roses using Luminarte colours and they came out beautifully coloured and slightly shiny.

 I just adore that beautiful deep aubergine coloured flower by Prima Marketing!!

 

Finally I would like to share a small toot. Another page I made for 13 Arts was noticed by Karen at Manorhouse Creations and is part of their monthly 'Spotted' feature.

 

Here it is:

Thanks for looking in and thanks for all the kind comments you leave me.

 

'Play' -for the new combo at Les Papiers de Pandore.

Yay, time for a new beautiful colour combination at Les papiers de Pandore. Lovely springy colours to try and make us forget this apparently eternal winter we are experiencing at he moment. Last night we got about 8 new centimetres of snow at our house....

Here is my page for the combo:

I wanted to use a different photo for this originally but had ran out of ink for my printer so I had to use this older, but cute photo of Beatrice as a cat :-)

Here is the photo of the gorgeous combo we use as inspiration:

I am also entering this into the challenge over at Berry72Blue to use paint on your lo.

I tore the paper to add texture and together with the mask gesso and mists I used I think I created a pretty shabby atmosphere for the photo. I painted and doodled on everything, even the flowers.

The little threads you can see are drawn from cheesecloth and misted yellow. I have used a mix of older and newer collections on this; Lovely Birds, Little Winter Circus and Invitation.
These are all beautiful well made collections by Julie Blanc who is a really wonderful artist
and designer. I absolutely love her work!!

Of course I had to add some pretty flowers here as always.

These are from my stash and by Prima and Petaloo. The tiny ones are by Papirdesign.

I thought it would be fun to incorporate some of my humongous washi-tape collection on this lo. After some thinking I decided to make small pennants and use as a banner with some string. 

I picked tapes that had the colours of the combo and cut off pieces of ca 5 centimetres. 

I made sure the string was in the middle of the tape before  sticking the two sides of the tape together.Then with some scissors I just cut the right shape. 

It could be quite fun to use scalloped scissors for this as well.

I used a ribbon holder chipboard from Dusty Attic as a base for my title. I gave it a lick of gesso and let it dry. Then I used the same gesso through a script mask and misted with yellow glimmermist.Then all thet was left was to doodle with a slick writer from American Crafts around the edges. The letter stickers are fabric ones by Prima.

That was all for today. Why don't you pay a visit to the Pandore blog to see what the others made....? I wish you all a wonderful week end!

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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August Guest designer at CSI Color Inspiration. "Boulistic Fun"

Hi and welcome. 

Today I am so happy to share that I am the Special Agent for August at Debbi's awesome 'new' challenge site Color Stories Inspiration. How cool is that!!

I received this Case File,which is number 31, to work with. The colours have a lovely Summery feel to them, and they certainly helped brighten my day here in the rainy southern parts of Sweden. We can definitely use some gorgeous Summer brightness at this time!!

For evidence I used liquid mediums, both paints , gesso and mists this time. I also used repetition: I added liquid pearl to my doilies and to the bird cage and I used doilies, both die cut wit my trusted Cheery Lynn dies and crochet ones. The turquoise and the white doily are gifts from the inimitable Leeann Pearce.You can see her fabulous work at Thepaintbrushgoesspotty . I just adore her work!! She has a shop on Etsy where she sells doilies and other super cute embellies.
Oh yes,-and I also used parallel lines.At the bottom of my page you can see I made lines with my sewing machine.

On the back of the page I have jotted down my testimony. I have documented this fun vacation in the South of France. The photos were taken two years ago when my lovely sister came down from Norway  to spend some time with us. I used the words bright and vacations in my journalling.

The papers I have used here are by the French manufacturer "Toga" (gingham) and the rest is "Pink Paislee", "Spring Jubilee". The flowers are from the new collections by Prima and some from my stash.

I love these textile chipboards from Prima Marketing.

A few more close ups: As always I used a lot of distressing and layering. 

I just love how the colours came together in this case file. I am above all a 'colour junkie' ,...lol!

I hope you will pay a visit to CSI Color Stories to see all the inspiration that Debbi and her team provide week after week. So much eye candy too!

I am keeping this 'short and sweet' as I am on vacations with my family in Norway. 

I am looking forward to sharing the next CSI case file with you next week!!

Thanks for dropping by!