3 Halloween layouts

Halloween is over and we are looking forward to Christmas. But as an scrapbooker you are either late - or you are scrapping last years photoes. I created three layouts with this years photos. 

The first one is my favorite. It is made for a sketch challenge at Let's get sketchy (week 2). The photo shows me and our daughter dressed as vampyres. We have blood in the corners of the mouth, but unfortunately it is not visible in the photo.

I added some dripping blod (red water color), black water color, stamped black branches and black splashes on the background. Here are two close ups:

This is the second layout:

I added black water colour on the background and splashed purple, orange and green acrylic paint.

And the third one:

These photos are taken on a ghost walk. I read a tip in a newspaper that you should take halloween phots without a flash to get a spooky feeling. I tried that, and I like it. The photoes are very blurred but our little girls looks like ghosts, and that is spooky. :-) 

On the background I added black water colour and splashed some mist. Here is a close-up:

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Flowers at ARTastic

In ARTastics November challenge the criteria is flowers. I love flowers, so of course I loved that. You should also be inspired by a painting by Emma Uber. This is my interpretation:

And the inspiration painting:

I made some white flowers using gesso and a stencil, and stamped black flowers on the background. I also used three different patterned papers with flowers, and some flower rub- ons. Here are two close-ups:

Thanks for looking! Don't forget to pop over at ARTastic and have a look at the rest of the DT's awesome inspration.

Favorite playground

This layout was made for a challenge that I wanted to join, but due to computer problems I missed the deadline. But now my computer works again, and I show the layout anyway. I kind of like the childish feeling in it.

To personalize the background I added watercolour, ink on a template, splashed acrylic paint in different colours and stamped in different colours. Here are two close-ups:

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2 new layouts

Today I want to show you two layouts that I did just for fun – one colorful and one in soft colors.

On the first one I splashed a lot of acrylic paint in different colors on the background.

 

 

 

On the second one I added watercolor and mist on the background.

 

 

 

 
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Have a nice weekend!

Gardening enthusiasts

I have had troble with my internet connection, and I have not been able to publish or comment. But now it´s solved I am finally able to publish my October DT-layout for ARTastic. A bit late, but there is still a couple of days left if you want to join in. This month you should be inspired by a painting by E Phillips Fox. The criteria is vintage style.

I never create in a vintage style so this was a challenge for me. But I love challenges and here is my interpretation:

 

And some close-ups:

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Summer layouts for ARTastic

This month I did two DT-layouts for ARTastic's. I have a lot of photos from last summer that I need to scrap. (Who wants to scrap with summer papers at Christmas time?) If you are in the same situation I hope you join in at our September challenge! CRITERIA is a free scrap (anything goes) but you should tell what inspired you. In both cases I was inspired by the colours and the sea. Here is the first of the layouts:

And the inspiration painting by William Knox:

 And some close-ups:

(On this one I stamped splashes in different blue shades on the background.)

 

Here is the second one:

And one more close-up:

(On this one I added blue watercolour and splashed blue mist on the background.)

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A lot of fun

This is a page that I did just for fun. And I had a lot of fun doing it!

I added green water colour on the background and splashed on a lot of acrylic paint.

I thought a lot of bright colours was perfect to highlight these funny photos of DD and DH.

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Bicycle holiday

I am entering this layout to one of the challenges at Scrapbook.com. The challenge is to create something using only green and grey. You are asked to use more than one shade of green. Here is my interpretation:

 I mixed darker leaves from KaiserCraft's Botanica Collection with lighter leaves from KaiserCraft's Say Aloha Collection.

 
 On the background I added green water colour and stamped some flowers.

 
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Zentangle doodling and graffiti

I loved this month challenge at Kraft +! I tried zentangle doodling a couple of years ago and it is a lot of fun. So I couldn’t resist this. First I finished a layout with zentangle flowers. It looked nice, but it was not cool enough for me… (I’m not showing it here). Then I came up with the idea to combine zentangle doodling with graffiti. I find it hard to combine zentangle with layered pattered paper and embellishments so I wanted to challenge myself with that. Here is the result:

 

 

I doodled the letters on kraft paper and colored it with pencils.

 

I also stamped some splashes on the background.

 

And added some chipboard stars colored with an ink pad.

 

(The text says SPLIT! which is the Swedish word for what DD is doing at the photo. I cannot find the English word for it. Maybe you can help me?) 

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2 layouts for pixels and papers August challenge (my layout)

Today I show you a layout that I made for Pixels and papers August challenge. I also show a layout that my 6-year old daughter did for the same challenge (look here)! We really had a great time doing this.

The challenge is to get inspired by the photo below and to tell how you were inspired by the image.

This is my interpretation:

I was inspired by the bright colors on the black and white background. I used a black and white patterned paper as a background. In the centre I added some bright patterned papers, pink water color, ink etc. I also colored some flowers on the background paper with pens.

Here are two close-ups:

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2 layouts for Pixels and papers August challenge (DD's layout)

Today I show you a layout that our 6-year old daughter made for Pixels and papers August challenge.

The challenge is to get inspired by the photo below and to tell how you were inspired by the image.



This is my daughter’s interpretation:

The image made her think of bright colors, which made her think of balloons and birthdays. When she found a photo from her last birthday unwrapping a packet of Rainbow loom, she said that it was perfect as the umbrella in the inspiration image had the colors of a Rainbow. J To accentuate that she crochet a frame with Rainbow loom.

Here is a close-up showing the frame:

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you want to leave some comments for Vendela. It really would make her day!!!

Ice cream and Ferris wheel

After thousands of white cardstocks I have been experimenting with patterned papers as background paper. I always used patterned papers before, but it is about two years ago. And it is quite a challenge for me now. Here are two layouts that I did just for fun. What do you think? Do you like this better? Or white backgrounds?

 

 

 
Here is another one:

The title says "mixed emotions" as you can see by DD's smile that she is frightend at the same time as she loves the Ferris wheel. :-)

 

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Water slide

Here is another page that I did just for fun. As we have summer around here I make a lot of summer layouts right now.

I used yellow acrylic paint and black mist on the background.

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