"Combo de mars" on the Pandore blog. I loved the gorgeous colours!!

Hello and good morning to all my friends!!

Today I have a beautiful combo to share and a layout I made for it.

Instead of making the monthly combo,sketch and tutorial a part of the webzine as until now, Julie has decided everybody should have a chance to take part and not only the ones subscribing to the newsletter.

To achieve this there will be a schedule on the blog as follows:

On the 10th of each month a sketch 

On the 20th each month a colour combo

On the 30th each month a tutorial.

This is the first combo for the blog

I made a layout with a sweet photo of our eldest DD Alexandra and the youngest member of our family, my gorgeous little godchild, Nicole.

 I mixed up a few of the recent collections from Les Papiers de Pandore . (If you press the link Julie has added a list of the supplies underneath  my layout.)

And also on the Pandore blog you can see the beautiful and stunning cake ornament creation that Parvati made for the combo. She is a real paper whizard!

I chose this title as it reflects the fact that Alex is the oldest and Nicole is the smallest/youngest of the cousins. I used some older Thickers from Ameican Crafts for it.

There is a slight glitter effect to the surface. (And if you look closely you will see that the glue had not yet dried when I took the picture,...it was getting dark quickly!)

I didn't want this page to feel as layered and 'heavy' as some of my other pages. 

I wanted the focus to be on the sweet photo and of course the combo.

To avoid it looking too clean and simple I decided to make an ornamental grill of papers with some 

half pearls added. I quite like the look and may take some pictures next time to show how easily 

it can be made. I just cut strips of paper and added to the page, cutting more as I went. 

I did it all freehand but next time I might use the ruler to make it look more tidy.

I hope you like it!

I have been so busy lately with work and travelling that I have a backlog of things I should be blogging about.

Since the end of February I have been to the UK, Frankfurt in Germany and Milan in Italy!

 And last Friday I had a dinner date with my lovely friend Eila here in town. Lucky me!

(I will tell you a secret; she's like me...we both looked at the desserts first,...LOL!)

 Oh well, I will be back tomorrow. 

-And I still have not blogged about who will receive my Liebster awards. I will be giving it to 20 fabulous blogs, but maybe not all at the same time,...

Take care and be good!!

"Pink Paislee" "Vintage Vogue" for Your Scrapbook Stash, and a small toot at the end!

I must confess I am really looking for my mojo these days.I stand at my scrapdesk but have not produced anything of value for two weeks, which is  ages for me....

I am waiting around to see what happens to one of the sites where I am on the team, but right now it is all hanging in a limbo, and that is not good for me.....I love the site though and the lovely community, and that's why I'll hang in there for a little while longer...You gotta hope...

As I am not very productive at the moment I am glad I have some more layouts to share that I made a while ago for Your Scrapbook Stash, where I am Octobers Guest Designer.

Like the layouts in last weeks post I used the gorgeous collection "Vintage Vogue" by "Pink Paislee"

A small warning; this is not a very short post!

I wanted to make a grid design to showcase the pretty papers and embellishments.

I cut nine pieces and put a little glue in the middle on the back of each. With all my bits securely fastened I got my sewing machine out and stitched all the nine pieces to my black cardstock.

I then decided in which areas I wanted my photos to go.
I added my ephemera and some lovely bling  lovely buttons. I also love those adorable spool buttons. They add such a touch of whimsy to this grid design. .

The layout is about when Victoria cut off her long air. I think it was maybe five years ago and she looks really young in these photos.

"Vintage Vogue" even comes with a card of it's own matching trim. 

I used the purple lace on this one. 

To finish off my purple theme I decided to paint my "Timber" wooden alphabet in a matching purple tone.

oooooooOOXOOooooooo 

I also made a Halloween layout with this colllection....

I know it was not meant for that , but the colours lend themselves to my photos from last years celebration.

The spiders are made usig a QK die and the white stuff is cheese cloth, or gauze as some call it.

Very fun stuff to work with!

I used the ephemera on this as well as the versatile wooden letters.

We spent the whole day at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. Everything was so beautifully done up with pumpkins and decorations everywhere. There was a large team of actors dressed up as different witches etc,and we watched a show as well. And in the evening there is a large Halloween procession with all the characters and a marching band in it.            

Even I had a little fun dressing up and it seemed the witches appreciated it! LOL!

Before I go I would like to toot a little as one of the layouts I made for YSS and posted on TwoPeas yesterday was quite well liked.
I am really pleased!!

It is the first time I have been number one in all the categories

That's all for now...I hope you enjoyed my "Vintage Vogue" layouts as much as I did creating them!!
I also have a couple of layouts I made with a line from "Simple Stories" to share  one day soon.

And to those of you who made it all the way to the bottom; thanks for looking !