A new design team and a new 'Snow Day' layout.

Hi.

Sadly it seems I rarely update anything here at the moment. 

But with December starting, things get crazy here with all the different must do's of the season. 

This  Saturday for example  I spent cleaning my windows.

 In December all families in Sweden put up lights in every window to offset the dark and cold outside. Then at the beginning of the New Year they go back in the boxes again for another year.

On Sunday morning I went to church with the girls. -Also another tradition as it was the First Sunday in Advent. Then home for a little snack and 'fighting our way through the snow' back to town. This time to look around the shops. You see; Sunday was also 'Skylt-Söndag/Sunday'.

That is officially the day to start your Christmas shopping and all the small shops in the center had put up their pretty lights and all their decorations. Loudspeakers play Christmas music and it is generally very pleasant. It is also nice because you will inevitably run into someone you know and you can have a small mug of 'glögg' and a 'pepperkaka''. These are the famous' mulled wine and gingerbread and they are absolute necessities of the season! 

We say that you must have a gingerbread so you'll be 'good' for Christmas.

And this is just the beginning; The whole of December continues in the same manner.

Important to remember that "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!"...LOL!

I wanted to share a layout I made recently. I actually made two rather similar ones for the PaperHaus Magazine and this is the one that was not published.

(To see the Winter Issue of PaperHaus Magazine scroll down to my previous post)

The paper line I used is "Snow Day" by "Pink Paislee". Unfortunately I don't think they sell it anymore. I love these colours for a Winter layout and would buy a line like this any year!

And then on to my exciting news ot the day!!

I was invited to be part of the DT for Scrap for Help. It is a very international challenge blog based in Brazil. And the new team will surely be a great success!!

This is what Cynthia had to say on the SFH blog:

"We are happy to introduce our new design team for 2013!  It is a big team, with 32 amazing designers from around the world. 
 These are the people who will inspire you, month after month, to make layouts and projects that incorporate recycled materials.  You will see many familiar faces here, and many new faces as well. 
 Our team members come from different countries, and they truly represent the international solidarity that is so important to Scrap for Help. 

Since we have so many team members, we are dividing into two groups. The first group will share projects with you during odd-numbered months (January, March, May, etc.), while the second group will share projects during even-numbered months (February, April, June, etc.).  
You can also expect to receive comments from team members on your blog, when you link to Scrap for Help.  We look forward to interacting with you! "

To see all the names accompanying mine on the list go to Scrap for Help. 

And this link will also take you to the latest challenge.(To use string on your layout). I am looking forward to January when the new team will start!

I need to make some cards, so hopefully I will have something new to share soon :-)
Hugs!

Fabulous new issue of PaperHaus Magazine, and I am lucky enough to be in it!!

Hi friends!

I am here to share the fabulous Issue 2  of 'PaperHaus Magazine'.

A while back I was added to the contributors of the magazine and I am so thrilled to be part of this fabulous publication! I would say that if possible this one is even better than the first one!!

 This is the cover of Issue 2:
After taking a peek I tell you; You want to see this!!

 HERE is a link that will take you to the magazine.

I have a Winter themed layout in this issue and without further ado, here is a sneak

You can see my layout on page 69 in the magazine.

I would also like to remind you of the
12 Days of Christmas event taking place on the PaperHaus blog.

There is even a large prize involved.
Read about it HERE

Thanks for taking a peek.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!


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Some easy christmas cards using "Papirdesign".

If you are here for the Paper Issues/Reminisce  blog hop plese scroll down one post!

Just a short one today sharing some  cards I made this week end.

The formula is simple but that is a necessity if you have many cards to make.

I followed the same steps for all the cards; 

Cut cardstock sheet in half and score through the middle.

Cut patterned paper in four and make the squares slightly smaller than the front of your card. 

If you like you can ink around the edges. I framed a vintage image with some pp and also added 

some strips of patterned paper and lace. Not much more needed in way of embellishments. 

I added a few clustered flowers and a "Merry Christmas" sentiment printed on chipboard.

All the supplies here are from Papirdesign.

Thanks for dropping by!!

Holiday Happy. Inspirational bloghop at Paper Issues. Giveaway from Reminisce.

 Hi and welcome to the Happy Holiday bloghop.

At Paper Issues we are happy to be sponsored by Reminisce starting today Nov 18th and going on for the next two weeks.We would like you to link up your projects that go with our theme to our original PI post HERE. Every day DT members will pick three projects to feature from what you link up, and hopefully send a lot of new traffic to your blogs. 

I received a beautiful kit by Reminisce including some lovely seasonal 12 X 12 papers and stickers.

This kit is also what will be offered as a prize to two lucky winners.

It is my first Christmas project of the year,...I am normally a slow starter... But with these very classic and elegant looking papers I could not wait to get started!

I printed some of the photos I took last Christmas and decided to start a mini album.

So far I have finished the cover but I will share the rest of it as I finish more pages.

This is what it looks like:

To win one of the prizes :

I would like you to be or become a follower of my blog and post a comment on this post.

We also ask you to like Reminisce and Paper Issues on Facebook.

For an extra entry to the draw link up a project.

To read all the details on how to link up your projects go HERE.

We have two of these kits to give away! :-)

The  DT members taking part in the hop are:

Audrey

Peg

Anna

Gina

Bente (that's me :-D)

Sara

Here are a few more pictures of my album.

I used a pre-made mini-album  as a base and covered the pages with beautiful patterned papers. 

I added a thin layer of gesso on top of the front page and aged it with some gold paint around the edges. I even used a little tan coloured paint to make it look more 'worn'.

I then added my embellishments; lace, ribbon leaves and lovely flowers. 

I wanted to use one of the stickers for my title and at first I was going to use a really large one. 

I decided against it as it would have covered up so much of the patterned paper . I found an old chipboard frame and put a smaller sticker behind it. I loved the look!

 The smaller sticker words are also by Reminisce...Family, Traditions,...Peace...

I created a soft crackle paint effect on the chipboard frame, -after I painted it and distressed it with

 some gold paint.

I have a code that will let you take 20 percent off your whole cart when you go shopping at 

Paper Issues

Thanks for dropping by and Happy Holiday Hopping!!