Liebster award with questions and answers

SannaLippert send me an Award and has passed on some questions for me to answer. I thought this was a very fun award so I definetely wanted to answer and pass it on (it has taken quite a while, though). I am not very good at English but I have done my best. Before reading my answers you should go and visit Sanna‘sblog. She is a really talented and warm hearted scrapbooker who shares a lot of her tips and tricks with us. There are always something inspiring to find! Thank you Sanna for this reward. Here are my answers:

1.      What is your favorite TV soap?

 

Actually, I never watch TV. I prefer scrapbooking, reading etc. I think life is too short to waste it on watching TV.

 

2. Where would you travel to, if you had an open end budget?

 

In 1995, before I met my husband I spend 3 month in the countryside in Tanzania. I would love to show my husband and our daughter all the places I visited and to meet the people I got to know there. And of course I would go to a place I have never visited before. That would be Angkor wat in Cambodia.

 

3. What was your favorite thing to do as a child?

 

Running and drawing.

 

4. Share a funny story that has happened to you

 

Some weeks ago my 5-year old daughter said. I am just growing and growing. Then she looked at me and said: But you are not, you are just becoming a grandma.

5. Share a photo from where you live – someting typical to your country

 

This is our favorite place:

6. Why do you scrap?

2% to save memories, 49% to relax, 49% to have fun.

7. What would you like to learn, but never did?

Parashouting.

8. What was your dream job as a kid?

I am not sure, but I think I wanted to be a teacher.

9. Who would you like to meet in real life?

My grandmothers aunt Gerda. She chose never to marry, she travelled to foreign countries and was partying back in the 1920’s. I met her when I was I child, but I did not know that her life was so unusual.

10. What´s on your bucket list?

I want a new, huge, balcony on our house. A bit too expensive at the moment. But we will soon build a long pergola in the garden and I have been longing for that for a long time. If you meant something for scrapbooking I need some small text stickers to use for my project life pages.

So now it is my turn to ask questions and I chose these 10 persons to answer them:

 

Charlotte

Dani Cristina

Diane Hasthorpe

Hozzan 

Jane Howden

Jeany 

Julie Short 

Maja Stokk 

Miae Silje 

Tone-Lill

 

1.    Decribe yourself with tree Words.

2.    What is your favorite thing to do except for scrapbooking?

3.    Why do you scrap?

4.    What is your favourite scrapbooking product?

5.    What is your Dream?

6.    Where would you travel to, if you had an open end budget?

7.    Who would you like to meet in real life?

8.    What is your favourite book?

9.    What would you like to learn, but never did?

10. Share a photo from where you live – someting typical to your country

Please feel free to answer in any language you want! 

 

Mother and child

This month challenge at ARTastic is about motherhood and flowers. There is also a painting by Robert Hagan to be inspired by. Here is my take on the challenge:

 

And here is the painting:

 

 

My photo shows me and my daughter. She tells me every day that she loves me more than space (lucky me!). I am not allowed to respond with the same words so I answer that I love her more than universe. I wanted to save it to the future so I wrote it in two speech bubbles.

I only had one stamp with a speech bubble but I wanted one on each side. What to do? I stamped it on cardstock, turned it around, held it against a window, draw the mirrored speech bubble with a pencil and filled its lines with a black pen.

On the background I made some flowers using water colors. If you want a tutorial on how to make them you will find one here at ARTastic.

Here is a close up of the flowers:

 

Thanks for looking! I hope you want to join in on the challenge at ARTastic! I am donating a RAK this month. :)

Burlap and a tutorial on Pan Pastel and acrylic paint

Today Allt Om Scrap shows some inspiration on how to use burlap on your layouts. I chose to use one of those gorgeous burlap embellishments that you can find on the market at the moment. To make it fit better with the theme of the layout I added some black ink at its edges to make it look Dirty.

Here is a close up:

 

I also did a tutorial on my background:

I first added modelling paste on a template using an old putty knife. After it dried I added Pan Pastel  in yellow and red using a sponge. You can see how the Pan Pastel makes the dots more visible at the photo. Finally I added black acrylic paint. I added the paint…

 

…And spread it where I wanted it using the same putty knife as before. After the paint has dried you can stamp, add embellishments or whatever you want.

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this! :)

Take care, everyone!

Fantasy lego cars

Here is my DT layout for Punky Scraps this month. Punky Scraps is celebrating spring with a spring inspired moodboard. I was inspired by the colors and the playfulness in the picture. To get as intense colors as in the picture I used acrylic paint.

 

 

I first added grey watercolour, then acrylic paint, and finally splashed on some black mist.

 

I thought tis tape from Glitz was perfect in its colors but I wanted some texture to the page. To achieve that I taped it on cardstock, cut it out and fastened it on the layout using 3D-dots.

Thanks for looking! Take care!

On her way to a party

This layout is a DT layout for Allt Om Scrap. The challenge is to use chalkboard on your layout. I used a chalkboard patterned paper behind the photo and a chalkboard stickers.

The photo shows DD on her way to her first party. Looking tuff, isn’t she?

I used watercolours on the background. I also splashed some acrylic paint and added three hearts to accentuate the splashes.

 

Thanks for looking! Take care!

Loving YooHoos

I just noticed that I forgot to show you my DT layout for Kraft It Up! this month. It’s a fun (and easy challenge). This month you are asked to create a layout using Kraft and at least 5 of the following six items...Layers, Sequins, Mists/Paints/Gelato's, Tearing or Disressing, Stamping, Arrows or Triangles. I have layers, sequins, watercolours/mist/paint, stamping and triangles on my layout:

 

Here’s a close up:

 

Thanks for looking! I have some more layouts that I have forgotten to show so I will be back soon. Until then, have a wonderful weekend!

Silliness at ARTastic

April starts with April Fool’s Day and “in honour of pranksters and joke loving people, the inspiration piece at ARTastic comes from the Alice in Wonderland series of painting by Charles Blackman". Criteria is anything goes but your photo must depict crazy antics, silliness or just having loads of fun.

I chose a photo of DD and her grandfather posing in a silly way. When he does something silly (happens very often) she is immediately copying him. :)

 

I used yellow watercolour, purple acrylic paint and green ink on a template (to match the pattern from the chess board) to create the background.

 

I thought I should start to show you some small tips and tricks/ideas when I have some. On this page I show a way to create embellishments that you can use in the same way as flair buttons. I have used two different stamps, cut them out and fastened them with 3D Foam. In this way you add texture to your page and get an embellishment in exactly the shade you want! If you use a lot of wet media to create your background this might also be the only way to add it as the layout is wrinkled…

I hope you enjoyed this!

Thanks for stopping by! Take care!

Happy birthday!

For once I found some time to join in on a challenge between the DT assignments. I really should try to do that more often! I choose That’s just so cute who are wishing for stars on your project. Here is my take:

 

I used watercolours and splashes of mist on my background. And of course I added a lot of stars! :)

 

I also used some olive green ink and did a lot of stamping. The picture is taken at our daughters birthday.

 

Thanks for looking! Take care!

Make a list… DD’s favourite things

I almost forgot to show you this one. Kraft It Up! March challenge is to create a layout based on a “list”. I chose to ask DD what she loves most and list that on my layout. A perfect memory to save for the future in an album. For those who cannot read Swedish (or cannot read my handwriting) no 1 is hammerhead shark and no 2 mummy… She has never seen a hammerhead shark… ;)

 

 

The paint on the background is watercolour and mist. Here is a close up:

 

 

Thanks for looking! Have a wonderful day!

Texture at ARTastic

There is a new challenge up at ARTastic. The inspiration piece is a painting by Lyn Butchart and the criteria is texture. I used blue and white as in the painting and I also added a bird. I made some textured dots with modelling paste and a template. I also used a lot of water color. Part of the black and white paper used as a photo mat is colored with Neo Color II.

 

Here is a close up:

 

Thanks for looking! Don’t forget to pop over at ARTastic for some awesome inspiration! Take care!

Flowing paint at Allt Om Scrap

This week we want paint to flow at Allt Om Scrap. I used watercolours to create a soft look. Here is my DT layout:

 

I had a lot of fun creating this one. And it is really easy too. Here is a close up:

 

Thanks for looking! Have a wonderful day!

Silver, black and white at Allt Om Scrap

This layout is made for a challenge at Allt Om Scrap. The challenge is to use silver, black and white – and only those colors. I edited the photo to make the colors softer to fit the color combination. I loved working with these colors! Here is my DT layout:

 

And a close up:

I really recommend you to join in on this challenge! It is very inspiring.

Have a nice day! Take care!

Using up old alpha stickers

Allt Om Scrap has a challenge to use up old alpha stickers. I chose to use numbers (they are always left.) The layout is about DD and a friend having a little talk about ages. It was so funny I wanted to save it for the future.

Jump over to Allt Om Scrap to have some more inspiration on how to use up old alpha stickers.

I wish you all a wonderful day!

Birthday morning

Punky Scraps goes red, pink, grey and black this month. You should also include tree of these: staples, masks, misting, feather and flair. I used a mask (with red acrylic paint), pink mist and a flair.
 

Mood board:

Here is a Close up:

Thanks for looking! Take care!

We love Daylilies

This month Kraft It Up! wants you to create a layout about something you like. My DT-layout is about Daylilies (Hemerocallis). We have a lot of different Daylilies in our garden and in July DD and I start each day looking for new ones (each flower only bloom for one day). They are really our favourite flowers!

 

I used watercolour, acrylic paint and mist on the background. Here is a close up:

 

Thanks for looking! Have a nice day! :)

Paint and ink at ARTastic

Have you seen the new challenge over at ARTastic? I always love their challenges but this one is even more cool than usual. It is a painting by Joshua Miles and the criteria are paint and ink. I loved the colours so I stuck to it. I also used a portrait photo. Here is my DT layout:

 

I used watercolours, Neo Color II (with water) and ink on my background. I had a lot of fun!

Here is a close up:

And here is the inspiration painting:

I hope you feel inspired to join the challenge! Have a wonderful day!

Neon at Punky Scraps

I always love our challenges at Punky Scraps. Probably because they are "always" colourful. This time it is more bright than ever. We go for neon colors in January! I love to create with neon colors. This time I wanted them to really show so the only thing I added was black and white. I used neon acrylic paint in yellow, orange and red. They are really bright IRL, but it does not really show in the photos...

Here is a close up:

Thanks for looking! If you love neon colors jump over to Punky Scraps and join in on our challenge! :)

Triangles and diamond shapes at ARTastic

ARTastic has as always an amazing piece of art as an inspiration piece. This time it is a street art by Vexta. You should also use triangles or diamond shapes. Here is my interpretation:

 

 

I used both diamond shapes (stamped on the background) and triangles (stamped like arrows). I also stuck to the color scheme in the inspiration picture (not required). Here is a close up:

Thanks for visiting! Take care!

Summer at Kraft It Up!

Happy New Year to you all! A new year means new challenges. I will start this year with a DT layout made for Kraft It Up. This month we have a sketch for you. You should also use a summer themed photo, washi tape and a number.

 

I really enjoyed creating a summer themed layout after all Christmas layouts. I hope you will too. ;) Here is a Close up:

Thanks for visiting! Have a nice weekend!