Midsummer girl

This layout is made just for fun. I used a photo of DD with flowers in her hair taken last Midsummer Day. I thought the photo looked romantic and it inspired me to make a more romantic layout than usual.

To create my background I used watercolour, mist and ink. I also tore apart some romantic 3x4 cards. Here are some close ups:

 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a nice day!

CSI Case File # 131

I did another layout for CSI as a guest designer. It is for Case File # 131. Not my kind of colors, but I think it is fun to do something different once in a while. Here is my interpretation:

 

And here is the Case File:

This week there is a sketch too:

My evidence are: wet medium, wood (patterned paper), cloud, polka dots, eye glasses (DD is wearing eye glasses on the photo), brads.

My testimony is: Journal about an outdoor activity.

We went to a museum for cars a couple of weeks ago and the journaling is about how we loved this old caravan trailer and our dreams about having one in the garden that we could use for pick nick, hiking, playing etc.

Here are some close ups:

 

I used water color (yellow), Pan Pastel (yellow), acrylic paint (brown and yellow), and mist (black) to create the background. I also used ink in different colors.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a nice day! :)

Lazy mornings

This is a DT-layout for Punky Scraps. I have not done many layouts in pastel colors before, but I love it! The challenge is to get inspired by a mood board and to use white space.

 

As usual I used watercolour and ink to create my background. Here are two close-ups:

 

I hope to see you play along! Hop over here to learn more about the challenge and take a look at the other DT examples.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

A hop with a difference

I have been invited to join an international blog hop called “A hop with a difference”. It is my scrapbooking friend Sanna Lippert who asked me. I know a lot of you know her already as she is, and have been, part of a lot of design teams. For those of you who don’t know her you should visit her blog. She is a very talented and ingenious scrapper. I bet there are not one thing you can do within scrapbooking that she has not shown in a tutorial. So if you are looking for inspiration Sanna’s blog is the place to go. :)

My English is not the best, but I will try to answer the questions that follow with the blog hop the best I can.

1. What am I working on right now?

For once I had time to do something else than DT assignments and I did a layout just for fun to show in this post. I took some photos along the way so you could follow the process. You can read more about the process in question 4.

First step was to add water color on a white cardstock.

 

Then I chose patterned papers and did some layering.

 

 

Next step was to stamp with different stamps in different colors, add some washi tape and embellishments. This is a typical layout for me - except for one thing - I have not used black. Here is the final result:

 

And here is a close-up:

2. How long does it take to create a project?

It depends, but I never do any quick layouts. Normally I start with a “thinking period” and when I have an idea the creative process takes approximately 3-6 hours. Most often it is split in two sections. (You can read more about it further down.)

3. What are my fave things I love to create with at the moment?

Watercolor, acrylic paint, mist (for splashes), stamps, washi tape and different embellishments like word stickers, flairs, brads, wood veneers, and any kind of Arrows.

 

4. How does my writing/creating process work?

I almost always create for different challenges. Most often I start by choosing a photo that suits the color scheme or the theme. Thereafter I have my “thinking period” (It can be before I chose the photo as well.) When I start creating I look for suitable patterned papers in my stash and cut them to fit my layering underneath my photo. Sometimes I also chose some embellishments at this stage. After that, I create a background that fits the photo and the layered patterned papers. Most often I use watercolours and acrylic paint. I prefer to let it dry without a heat gun as I think it gives a better result so this is when I go to bed. ;) Next evening I continue stamping, fastening the patterned papers, adding washi tape and fastening the photo. The last thing I do is to find some (more) embellishments and let them finish the design.

5. How do I become inspired and stay inspired?

I am hooked by trends and new products and new products are one source of inspiration. Another inspiration is the photos I take (mostly of our daughter) and my passion to document her childhood. The third source of inspiration are all the different challenges that makes it a little bit trickier and more fun.

6. What is my signature style?

I guess you can say that I create bright, happy layouts in a… I don’t know… a modern and simple style with a lot of watercolours and paint? I can’t describe my own, neither someone else’s style but I think it’s boring not to try. ;) At least I can say that I always try to mess it up. I’m not attracted of creating perfect, cute and beautiful layouts. I prefer a tough and non-perfect look.

Here are some close-ups of some of my recent projects:

 

 

Next thing I should do was to send this blog hop on to 2-3 persons. I’m sorry to say that I couldn’t find anyone who had time to do this. Some didn’t answer at all, and those who answered were either at vacation or were on their way on vacation. I guess those who didn’t answer were at vacation as well…

If any of you who read this wants to continue this blog hop and have time to post next Monday, please send me an e-mail! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Driving a submarine

I found a sketch over at Let’s get sketchy that I just had to play along with! I just loved the colors and the diagonal line. Here is my take on it:

 

I used neon green paint to create the diagonal line. I also used black water color bottom right of the photo as in the sketch-Picture.

Here are some close-ups:

 

 

The photo shows our daughter driving a submarine at a museum.

Thanks for stopping by! Take care!

ARTastic and Collaborating Agent for CSI

This month ARTastic is collaborating with CSI! I’m very excited about this as I think CSI’s challenges are so fun. (That I love ARTastic’s challenges you already know). Here is my interpretation:

ARTastic’s challenge is to get inspired by the picture and use some striped patterned paper. CSI has a fun concept with a case file containing a scene, a scheme with a palette of five colors, evidence and testimony. If you are not familiar with CSI you can read more here. Below you'll see Case File No. CC-2 that is open until July 31. You can take part in both challenges with the same layout.

My evidence are: stripes, floral print, polka dots, labels, and maybe the shadow in the photo can be taken as a silhouette?

For my testimony I documented our vacation last week and used stripes as journaling lines.

Thanks for stopping by! Don’t forget to take look at the inspiring DT samples at both ARTastic and CSI. I also hope to see you playing along! :)

Watercolor at AOS

This month Miae is guesting us at Allt Om Scrap. She has been kind enough to make a tutorial on how she use watercolors on her backgrounds. She has done a fantastic and very inspiring film that you must see! Take a look at her tutorial and the design team’s interpretations here.

As I love watercolours so this challenge was a lot of fun to me! I have taken some photos of my background during the process to make my creative process visible. Here is the final result:

The first step was to add watercolour on my white cardstock. I used blue, green and red. I also splashed on some yellow and blue. You can see the watercolours I use on the photo. I use the brush closest to the cardstock (with a fine tip) to add color on the cardstock and the other one to create splashes.

Next step was to stamp with different stamps in different colors.

Finally I added some embellishments. Here are some close-ups:

Thanks for stopping by! It is always a pleasure to read your comments. I do however wonder if you want me to show my creative process like this or only the final result. Please let me know!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Lego

This layout is made for a challenge at Allt Om Scrap where we were supposed to create something using coloured wire. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any in any of my favourite web shops so I was forced to be creative. What to do? I found some wire with green plastic that I use in our garden… and it worked perfectly. As you can see I used it to form the word Lego, which is the name of the toy our daughter is playing with in the photo.

This time I added gesso on my background using a template before adding water colour. That creates a pattern on the background. I had a hard time blending different water colours to achieve the exact shade for the background – the same as our daughter’s trousers on the photo. And when I finally managed I was a bit proud. But that is what I love about water colours – you don’t have to buy every shade because you can blend it yourself. :) Here is a close up:

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! Next time I will show some photos of how I created my background (I finally remembered to take some photos.) Until then… take care and enjoy Life!

Dance show

You must take a look at Punky Scraps challenge this month! This time we have a gorgeous color combination and inspiration picture and it worked perfect with this photo of our daughter in a professional dance show. :)

 

 

I used water color, splashes of mist and stamps to create the background. I also added some embellishments on the dance theme and (of course) some bling.

 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a nice weekend!!

Baseball cap

This layout is made for Allt Om Scraps latest challenge. This time we have a photo as an inspiration. I loved the intense colors in the photo! Here is my interpretation:

 

And here is the inspiration photo:

 

And finally a close up:

 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a nice day!

Our new lamp

A new month means new challenges! This month I have made so many DT layouts I better start showing them right away. I’m starting out with ARTastic. This month we are inspired by a painting by Max Mannix and the criteria is to use distressing on your work. I used a cardstock made for sanding behind my photo. I also tried to capture the ruff feeling in the painting.

To create the background I first added pink and beige watercolour. After it dried I added black acrylic paint. I know I promised to show some tips and tricks together with my layouts but unfortunately I keep forgetting to take photos along the way. It is like I fly away to another planet when creating and when the layout is finished I land in my scrapbooking room thinking I should have taken photos… Anyway… here are some close ups on the finished layout:

 

The photo shows our daughter with our new lamp on her head. I LOVE that lamp!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a nice day!

Purple and green at Punky Scraps

Today I want to show you my DT layout for Punky Scraps May challenge. We have an awesome color combination for you – purple and green. We also have an inspiring sketch. Here is my interpretation:

 

I used watercolour to create a background inspired by the sketch using purple and green. I also doodled circles to frame one sticker, one flair button and one heart.

Here are two close ups:

 

I really loved this color combination! I hope you do too. Welcome to play along!!

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!