Guest designing at Lillblomman Skissar. Inkido layout.

Hi peeps! Today I have a lovely sketch to share with you and also a layout to go with it. 

A good while ago I was asked by my double team mate Ulrika aka Lillblomman if 

I would like to be the October guest on her sketch blog Lillblomman skissar. 

Those who have been around for a while know that I love me a good sketch so of course I said yes!!

This is the beautiful sketch that Ulrika made just for me! :-)

I used papers from Inkido one of the DT's that Ulrika and I share and they are also this months sponsors.The base paper is called Cartas de Amor, royal red. The rest of the papers are from the ''Beautiful Memories'' collection.

Firstly,...I don't know what makes this lo so hard to photograph, 

I took pictures three days in a row without any improvement and finally ended up sending 

the first set to Ulrika in the end . Personally I think it looks a lot better IRL :-)

I used a mixture of flowers here , both Prima and others from my stash and some mini roses etc from Inkido. The bling stones and the  lovely embroidered sheer ribbon is also from Inkido.

I used Rangers distress ink for my pink bricks and as you can see I put my sewing machine to good use again as well. :-)

There are several round design elements in this sketch and I used my Silhouette to make different corresponding shapes that I added to my page.

I love the delicate and feminne touch that you get from adding liquid pearl in different areas 

of a page. They are such pretty accents.

 I hope you liked my page and feel tempted to try this sketch.

You have got the whole month to join in and I would be delighted to see you there. 

The lucky winner will receive the new lovely new Christmas collection from the sponsor:

called ''Happy Christmas''and a meter of glorious lace.

 

Hugs!! :-)

Guest designing at 13 Arts!!!

I was delighted a few weeks ago when I was offered to be a guest designer at 13 Arts, the trendy Polish manufacturer of beautiful scrapbooking papers.

I knew of their two collections and also of their awesome and very talented owner/designer Aida Domisiewicz aka Ayeeda in the scrapping world, from among other places the CSI site. She makes the most beautiful textured pages. -And as you will see she even designs lovely papers.

The latest news is that she is brancghing out into mists, gesso etc for mixed media work.

Here is the first of three pages I have made so far, and I have a couple more in the pipline so to speak...

 

I primed my paper with gesso and used a mask with large dots. I used different mists and ink on top and blended them. I wanted to accent the pink colours in the paper and show that they can easily be adapted to a romantic style.

The pretty yellow flower is by Manorhouse Creations as well as the pink one.

The white rose is from 13 Arts. I cut my title from the accessories-sheet which has a lot of great elements like banners and stuff.

I love the look of the brick patterned paper. I cut a frame from it to go all along the edges of my page. I added some cute pink buttons from Doodlebug as a contrast to the paint and shabbiness of the overall page.

The cute frame was made using a Sissix framelits die. It is one of my faves at the moment.

And for the fence I used a die by Cheery Lynn.

That's all for today my friends. I make this a quick one as I am having internet trouble (...again..!) and am typing this at work after hours....

I hope you like my page and will be back to see the rest of what I made for 13 Arts.

Soon I'll be back to share the new colour combo from Les Papiers de Pandore and my take on it!

Hugs, and thanks for any comments!

The November sketch at Les Papiers de Pandore,..-and a sweet win for me...!

Good morning and happy Sunday to you all!!

It's been a busy week here again and quite a few days between updates....

Still, I am very happy to see you here and want to share my latest layout that I did for Les Papiers de Pandore and that is also the base for this months sketch.

 I used the newest collection called "Little Winter Circus" which is so full of cute whimsy! 

In my previous layout 'Skating Fun' a couple of posts down, you can see the papers 'clean' with no gesso or paint on them. But for this layout I wanted to show that these papers can look shabby too, with some mixed media added.

This is the beautiful and versatile sketch:

 

On the Pandore blog you can see lovely interpretations from  DT members Helen and Jennife,too.

 The flowers are recent ones from Prima Marketing. And to add to the wintery feel I punched a bunch of snowflakes from the pp. I used a chipboard snoflake as a template for my oversized yellow one and added glitterglue to the edges. I used two different masks from Crafters Workshop, - bricks and diamonds.

I added some mist here and there, and as always it sprayed in directions I had not anticipated and left large splashes all over my photo...! Luckily for this post I was able to remove them digitally, but they are still left on my photo so I may try to exchange it for a 'clean' one later. 

Feels like it's the second lo in a row that happens to me...

 Underneath my flower cluster I matted with one of the 'petit coupons' from the cards sheet.

The pretty washi tape with golden dots was used to hold together the packaging on a DT-kit I received from the States. Don't you just love recycling.. :-) ?

A couple more close ups and I'm done...

I hope you enjoyed my wintery layout. For those of you with papers from Les Papiers de Pandore, and any collection is ok not just the latest ones please join in our challenge and post your layouts on the Pandore Facebook page. Who knows,..might be your lucky day!!

Oh, I almost forgot (I actually posted before I remembered...LOL )....

 I won the Mix and Match challene over at Websters Pages with this layout!
My first ever posted there. Talking about some serious beginners luck .. :-)!
I am delighted, and I will receive a kit of my choice. Isn't that great!?
Here's a screen shot:

All for now!
Hopefully I will get some creating done today!

Hugs!

'Love my big Girl' Les Papiers de Pandore

Hi all. 

I hope your week end has come off to a great start and that the sun is shining on you. 

We are experiencing both subshine and rain, but that's only to be expected this time of the year in these parts...

Today I have finished a lo I started a while ago for the Oct 10th sketch feature at Pandore. 

Unfortunately I did not have time to finish it in time so I did it today instead. 

I ended up not following the sketch at all.

In just a couple of short weeks we will all be able to scrap with the new beautiful papers etc that Julie has created for us. Of course I have already seen what she has in store for us, and you are going to love it just like I do!!

I used *Invitation* for this simple page and I still enjoy scrapping it a lot, even if I have 

done so many layouts with it already. -I think it is lovely!

 Flowers are by "Manor House Creations". I managed to get hold of some now that they had a warehouse sale. Usually they are very hard to findaround here. And wildely expensive!

The picture is one of Alexandra taken this Summer on our vacations in Provence. 

We enjoy our little photo shoots in the nice weather down there!

I sprayed here and there with some yellow Glimmer Mist and used a Crafters Workshop mask with gesso.

Now I am going to watch NCIS with the girls. It is one of our favourite shows! 

Have a lovely week end!!

"So Proud" - Page in "Invitation" from Les papiers de Pandore.

Hello my dear friends!

I told you before that this Summer I developed a love for using strips of patterned papers on my layouts. Here comes one more example of that!

I used the beautiful 'Invitation' by 'Les Papiers de Pandore'. I admit I grunged it up a bit but of course you you will still recognize the beautiful colours and patterns.

Here are some close ups:

 Thanks for dropping by to have a look at my work. It is much appreciated!!

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CSI Color Stories inspiration # 34. Prima "Nature Garden" and "Pixie Glen". Creative Scrappers # 221

Time again for a new reveal at CSI and this way Debbi is offering us a case file with soft pastel hues 

to make any 'shabby heart' sing with joy :..:-) Truly a beautiful combination!

This is the layout that I made for case file # 34:

And this is all the necessary info concerning the present challenge:

 For evidence I used different wet mediums like gesso and paint. I also used water based paint if that counts as 'watercolour',.. :-) I even used birds on my layout. My two flying birds were made by 'Dusty Attic'. I gave them a lick of paint and spruced them up a bit with ink and a promarker.

My testimony is to use the five W's.

Friday until almost eight o'clock and today until a short while ago I was at a local fair/market where we had a stall. As I got home I had time for a sandwich before two little visitors arrived. I am baby sitting the girls' youngest cousins who are almost one and six years old. So I guess my evening will be pretty busy too, and tomorrow aswell until the little darlings are picked up. 

At the moment Victoria and Beatrice are looking after them for a little while. 

I will have to keep this post short and sweet!

Here are some close ups:

I used Nicole's beautiful sketch over at Creative Scrappers as a base for my page design.