4 new layouts

I’m here to show you four new layouts.

I’m starting off with a layout that I have made for a sketch challenge at Veckans skiss. The sketch is dominated by a lot of hexagons but I’m all into triangles at the moment so I switched the geometrical figures into triangles instead. I hope that’s okay.

Sketch:

The second layout is a DT layout for Punky Scraps. It’s a sketch challenge and we are asking for a LOT of yellow and some feathers or other eastery stuff. I have used a patterned paper with feathers and a photo of DD dressed like an Easter witch.

Sketch:

The third layout is a DT layout for Allt Om Scrap. This too is a sketch challenge. (I really love sketch challenges. :)) I used this one to create a feeling that DD is jumping out of the layout.

Sketch:

The last one is my DT layout for ARTastic. We have a cool Mandala painting as an inspiration piece this month. It’s made by artist Trevor Nickolls. The criteria is to use the colors in the painting. You doesn’t have to use the mandala pattern but it can be a cool effect if you want to. :)

Have you noticed that my layouts have become lighter lately? Well, we just renovated our house and my scrapbooking room went from this…

… to this. (The windowsill has not arrived yet.)

This has affected me so that I have begun to make lighter layouts using more white. I asked DH what he thought of it and he first told me that they were too white, I continued experimenting and then he said that there were too many straight lines. Then his opinion was that there was too much empty space. But now it seems like he likes it. Of course my aim is not that he shall be satisfied with how it looks, but sometimes it’s easier to find your own path when listening to what other people think. Then you suddenly know if you agree or not and you know in what direction you want to go. It would be really fun to hear what you think too! And maybe you want to share some thoughts about what you think of using white on your own layouts?

I wish you a wonderful weekend full of scrapbooking and nice “little things”!!

Recycling at KIU!

There is a really cool challenge up at Kraft It Up! this month. Mel writes that “This month we want to recycle some of that product packaging and use it on your layout, the only must have is that you use Kraft Cardstock or Kraft Patterned Paper!” My DT-layout looks like this:

 

 

I went crazy using product packaging from different brands. In fact I only used product packaging as embellishments (except for two feathers). My attempt was to include all my favorite brands but I guess I missed some... The photo shows part of my scrap room after it was renovated.

 

And a close up:

 

 

Thanks for looking!! I hope to see you play along!

3 layouts for Allt Om Scrap’s web magazine

I’m behind showing DT-layouts. Last Sunday there was a new web magazine published at Allt Om Scrap. I had three layouts published.

The first theme was to use washi tape. I love washi tape so I did a LO using only that. Even the Polaroid frame is made of washi tape. I just cut out a template and covered it with washi tape.

The second theme was called “Getting’ messy”. I covered the whole background PP with gesso, and then I added some mist and a lot of acrylic paint. I didn’t use any embellishments as I wanted the message to stand out. The only decoration is some doodling. DD often say things like: “Mummy is the best” and “I always want to be with you, mummy”. The massage on the layout is that I never want to forget about that.

The last LO is about spring. I used a patterned paper as a background. Behind the photo I added gesso, acrylic paint and some ink.

Thanks for popping by! Don’t forget to take a look at the web magazine. There are a lot more to look at!!! In addition to the other DT-girls’ awesome contributions there are an interview with Ronda Palazzari!

So cool to be able to write

I managed to squeeze in a layout at Scrap Perra’s March challenge. The challenge was a sketch combined with an inspiration picture. Here’s my layout:

Sketch and inspiration picture:



I followed the sketch quite closely and I picked the colors, geometrical pattern and the messy feeling from the inspiration picture.

The photo is taken the first time DD managed to write a message herself, sent it to grandpa and find out that he was able to read the message. How cool is that! The message was that she wanted him to come and try her new RC car – and he came.

A close up:

Don’t forget to pop over at Allt Om Scrap to read our new web magazine!!! It’s an awesome inspiration! I have three layouts in it and I will show them here at my blog in a couple of days.

Thanks for looking!!! Take care!

Happy Easter

I just want to wish you all a Happy Easter! I show you some crafts I have done for Easter. They are both kits from Panduro Hobby so they are not my idea. But as they are easy to make out of stuff that you might have in your stash I wanted to show them anyway as an inspiration.

I also suggest you have a look over at Allt Om Scrap tomorrow. They will publish a brand new issue of their web magazine full of inspiration. (It’s one of my layouts on the cover – and I felt quite honored when I found that out!)

I hope you’ll find a lot of time to scrap during the weekend! Take care!

Mulle

This layout is made for Scrap Friends Sketch Challenge # 11. I wanted to mix the autumn colors in the photo with some "springish" pastel colors. The bird paper from Crate is my new fave.

A close up:

The feathers are chipboards that I stamped with a feather stamp. The cute little metal bird from Prima is another fave.

Thanks for looking!!! Take care!

Braids

Hello, I’m back! You haven’t noticed anything but the truth is I haven’t done any scrapbooking for five weeks. We’re renovating our house and I have had all my scrapbooking stuff packed. It’s not all finished yet, but I could finally unpack my stuff. But then I found it hard to begin… I almost had to force myself to start again. But now I’m back and I love it just as much as before! This is the second layout I’ve made (the first one is a DT-layout that I can’t show yet). It’s made for a challenge that Chantal Vandenberg is hosting over at That’s Just So Cute! The challenge is: “GO BRIGHT! GO FUN!! You don’t have to use neon colors like Chantal – but I love bright colors (the brighter the better) so of course I added some neon too!

Thanks for looking!! Take care!

Birthday party

There’s a new challenge up at Punky Scraps! The inspiration photo is a “bright, fresh, colorful party photo”. Here’s my take:

The photo is taken at DD’s birthday party last autumn. It shows a bunch of cute children but underneath it there’s another photo when they are a bit more wild playing with their party hats… I fastened the photo with some metal hinges so it would be easy to look at both the photos. The background is made with Dylusions Ink Spray, stamps and some acrylic paint.

I also want to say a big thank you for rewarding me for the Liebster Award. I have been awarded three times! during the last month and I really want to say THANKS to these kind and talented ladies. I feel SO honored and you are SO worth the award yourself!!! Thank you Diane Harsthorpe, Elaine and Di Garling!!! I really recommend you to pop over to their blogs to get inspired!!!

Thanks for looking!! I hope you want to join in on the challenge and I wish you a FAB weekend!

She doesn’t like unknown photographers

There’s a new challenge up at ARTastic! This month the criteria is portrait photograph. As I love to do layouts that tells a story I did a layout about DD saying that she doesn’t like to be photographed by strangers. All three photos are taken at her kindergarten by a professional photographer. When she was two years old she looked terrified. When she was three she didn’t want to look at the photographer at all. When she was four she was a big girl and did what she was told but she didn’t like it and she didn’t smile no matter how they tried… Quite fun to save on a layout as it captures her personality. (If you visit here regularly you know how happy and cheerful she looks when it's me who's behind the camera...)

Challenge picture: Julia Sattout, Girl in pink

I wanted the layout to look a bit like a billboard so I chose a cork-patterned paper as a background. I added some gesso, ink spray and acrylic paint. I also stamped a lot of cameras.

I hope you want to play along!! Thanks for looking!!! Take care!

Sweet

Today I want to show you a layout that I made for Allt Om Scrap. It’s a bit different from what I usually do and that’s because it’s a scrap lift. The team was asked to scrap lift Janna Werner and I wanted to catch the feeling in her layouts but yet do it my way. Here's my interpretation:

And here's Janna Werner's layout that I scrap lifted:

Thanks for looking! Have a wonderful week!!

Those I love

There’s a new challenge up at Punky Scraps! Nat writes: “It's the month of love so let's go with it this year......pink, flowers and butterflies with a vintage twinge.” There are two different pictures to be inspired by. I chose the first one – for “the arty amongst you”. I LOVED that picture so my interpretation is quite close to the inspiration piece. I just had to find out if I could do anything like it – and yet make it look like a layout.

And here’s the amazing inspiration picture:

The background is made using Dylusion Ink Spray. I stamped some flowers and doodled some diamond shapes to make it more interesting. The butterflies are chipboards colored with Dylusion Ink Spray to fit the background. To highlight the photo I put two different kind of punchinella behind it. The one with dots is orange and the one with hearts is cerise, but it’s hard to show in a photo…

I really enjoyed doing this!! I hope to see you play along!!! Take care! :)

A Valentine layout for DD

DD asked me the other day if I could create a layout for her as a Valentine’s Gift. Of course I wanted to! :) That’s the reason why I chose a photo of both of us. I also wanted to create something that I know that she likes. She loves when I spray different shapes and when I splash colors so of course I did that. She also loves when it’s happy and colorful.

To create the hearts Iused a toilet paper roll that I bend to the shape of a heart.

There’s a love theme over at Allt Om Scrap today and I show this layout over there too. I really recommend you to go here to find some awesome Valentine inspiration!

Thanks for looking! I hope you will all have a wonderful Valentine's Day on Thursday!

A summery layout for ARTastic

The inspiration piece at ARTastic this month is a painting by Charles Meere called Australian Beach Pattern. Here’s my take on the challenge:

Maybe it’s a bit too much of everything but I couldn’t help myself. It was SO fun to pick up a photo from last summer and scrap a summery layout in the middle of the long, dark and cold winter! (When I did the layout it was -20 Celsius degrees over here - and we were NOT eating ice cream on the beach…). :)

I used gesso, acrylic paint and some stamps on the background. And there are a lot of summery details – flowers, strawberries, flies, bottle caps and ice cream brads…

Mmm… I long for a warm day at the beach…

Thanks for looking!! I hope to see your interpretation over at ARTastic!!!

Take care!!

The day after...

There’s a new challenge up at Kraft It Up! This month you are supposed to use stickers on your layout! I haven’t used any stickers lately so this was fun to me! :)

This photo was taken the day after Christmas. (Santa Claus visits us on the 24^th so I finally got some use of embellishments with the number of 25). When DD woke up to all the new toys that were waiting for her all over the house she was SO happy. I got the feeling that this might be even better than Christmas Eve and that’s what the layout is about.

The flowers, some of the stripes and the alphas are stickers.

I also want to share the news that I was asked to pick my three favorite layouts and write some words about some different techniques that I have used over at Svensk Scrapbooking. I'm very honored and I really recommend you to hang around over there!!! If you want to have a look at my favorites you can go over here.

Thanks for popping by! Take care!!