Kurs på Pyssloteket!!

På lördag den 23 november håller jag kurs på Pyssloteket i Stockholm! En beskrivning av kursen och info om hur man anmäler sig finns här. Vi kommer att kladda och kleta och förhoppningsvis ha väldigt kul! :)

A monster...

...came visiting last week! :) Of course I had to scrap him and I made this for Pyssloteket. I used Glimmer Glam, Distress Paint, Glimmer Mist and Dylusions Spray Ink before die cutting the circles. For a complete list of supplies, visit Pyssloteket's blog.

A couple of more...

...layouts using the November kit from Cocoa Daisy - Stargazing.

I made this for my own challenge - to be inspired by a cd cover. You can find the challenge and the covers here and the deadline for all the challenges isn't until Friday, so there's still time to play!

This was made for MandyKay's challenge... the girls are playing hide and seek and counting together. :)

The crop was so much fun... it always is! And it's so wonderful to see all the beauty filling up the Cocoa Daisy Gallery as the submissions are being uploaded...!

Stomach bugs and happy news....!

This blog has been quiet because this house has been busy surviving an attack from the evil stomach bugs! Phew... I think we made it, but it was a close call... ;) I haven't been working for 7 days (+3 days of vacation before that) because I've been taking care of sick kids and then I got sick myself. It feels like we've been living in an alternative universe and I really hope we'll be able to return to the real world very soon!

To talk about something a lot more fun...! I am so happy to be joining the design team over at Pyssloteket! Yaaay!

They have an inspirational blog - with so much fabulousness - and here is their news blog with news from the store and lots of useful tips and tricks.

Here's a layout I made about Tuva and her favourite song, using supplies from the store.

Colourful...

Hello Thursday! And happy Valentine's Day! :)

How is your week? I am looking forward to three days off next week, when the kids have their school break. Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze some scrapping and painting in. :)

I've made this page for Pyssloteket. The feathers and the thickers were coloured with Chalkboard mist and Glimmer mist. I used my sewing machine to attach the feathers to the cardstock and then I glued everything else down.

Tattered Angels Love...

Yay, I finally found the time to write a blog post! :)

I've created this small canvas for Tattered Angels. For the background I used gesso together with a stencil from Crafter's Workshop. I then covered it with the white Chalkboard Glimmer Mist Chalk. When the chalkboard was dry I dripped and splattered Glimmer Mist Party Pink on top.

The hearts were cut from a 12x12 canvas sheet from Canvas Corp. I painted them with some gesso and then covered them with Glimmer Glam Chandelier.

The chipboard wings were painted with gesso and covered with Glimmer Glaze Icicle.

 

In this second image you can see a glimpse of what the Glimmer Glam does to the canvas hearts... on the top of the hearts... do you see the sparkle? :)

 

I hope you're having a fun and relaxing weekend!

My thoughts about this new year...

First of all - thank you soooo much for all your sweet comments regarding my video for the Creative Jump Start! Each and every comment is sooo appreciated and you are making me a very happy girl! :) Also, a huge thank you to Nat for inviting me and for putting so much hard work into organizing the event! I'm really looking forward to the rest of the videos. There's still a whole lot of January left!

Now onto some art journaling...

I was very happy to be invited as a guest at the Art for myself blog! The January theme is "my thoughts about 2013" and this is what I created.

Daycare, a flat Anna, fabric and mist...

Helloooo! It's Friday! It's been a crazy week. The big kids have gone back to school and my baby girl has started going to daycare! She spent three days there together with her Dad and today he left her at 9 am and picked her up at 2 pm. On her own for the first time. She did so well! I'm sort of expecting a setback next week, but I guess we can't know what will happen. Perhaps it'll all be good. It's both amazing and fantastic to realize what she is capable of and a bit sad, that she is growing up so quickly...

I am so excited for everyone attending CHA-W this year! A whole bunch of the Cocoa Daisy girls are meeting up and I am a bit sad that I'm not joining them, but very happy to be there in a flat version. =) You can follow the adventures of the flat CD designers by following @CocoaDaisyKits on Instagram! :)

This is a layout I've created for Tattered Angels. I covered my entire background with fabric, applied some gesso and then misted with Glimmer Mists Blarney and Key Lime Pie, and Chaklboard Mists Teal High Heal and Seven Seas. I've also used Glimmer Glam and Glimmer Glaze and the heart was made out of cardstock, covered with cheese cloth.

Misting, stamping and adding some glossy...

I've forgotten to post this little tag that I made a while ago. It was created using Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (colours Marmalade, Candy Corn and Sun Sisters), the Cocoa Daisy Mod Leaves stamps, my old MM magnetic stamps set and some Glossy Accents. I love the effect of the Glossy Accents on top of the mist!

Splattering Glam...

Happy new year to all of you! I hope 2013 will be a fabulous year!

Today I'm sharing a layout that I've created for Tattered Angels. I've been splattering some Glimmer Glam to create the background - so much fun! :) I used the colours Caspian sea, Macadamia and Organic Garden.

I just love the glam! :)

I used a stencil designed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer for the Cocoa Daisy Art Journal Every Day December kit, together with gesso, to add some texture to the tag. I then misted it with Glimmer Mist Key Lime Pie and Simply Sheer Teal.

Pemberley...!

I love opening a new Cocoa Daisy box... and the January kit - Pemberley - is one of my favourites so far. No doubt! The kit goes on sale on January 1st.

For this layout I used lots of gesso and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist to create my background. I used the patterned paper add on Netherfield Park, and also some bits and pieces from both the the Mr Darcy add on and the Elizabeth add on.

 

My second layout is quite different from the first. I love that the kit is so versatile and works so well with different scrapping styles. I used the main kit, the Mr Darcy add on and the Elizabeth add on for this layout.

For my third layout I scrapped two photos from New Year's Eve - 2010 and 2011. It's so fun to compare and see how the kids have grown (even if I realized that Linus has the same shirt in the two photos!)  and of course, the addition of Tuva to our family!!!

I used the main kit and the Elizabeth add on for this one.

 

I loove the date stamp that I used on the photos. It comes with the main kit.

 

And the house is empty...

We've had a full house for a few days and it's been wonderful but very intense. We've been eating a lot, playing games, laughing, chasing the small kids, eating again, opening presents, playing in the snow and then I think we also had some more food... :) Now when all the guests have left, I believe all five of us enjoy having some quiet time to ourselves. I have some scrapping on my schedule and I am very much looking forward to finally digging into the January Cocoa Daisy kit!

Have you been checking out the Creative Christmas Calendar over at the Paperliitin blog? Riikka invited a whole bunch of fabulous scrappers to contribute and I was so happy and honored to be asked to join in.

I created this layout using lots of Tattered Angels Glimmer mist and you can check out Riikka's blog for some step-by-step photos and some info about how I created my layout.

Painted background...

I created this layout for Tattered Angels, using one of my favourite techniques. I made the background using gesso, a stencil from Crafter's Workshop, acrylic paint and Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam. I covered the entire background with Glam and I LOVE the way it glitters and sparkles.

I used Glimmer Mist on the threads (Cupid), on the thickers (Sun Sisters) and on the flower (Aquamarine) and I painted the sun sticker with Glimmer Glaze.

I misted the rose ribbon with Chalkboard Glimmer Mist Polka Dot Pink.

Lego builder...

I created this layout for Pyssloteket, using papers from Jenni Bowlin, a stencil from Crafter's Workshop, lots of gesso and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. Check out the Inspiration blog for more info on the supplies.

I painted the letters with Glimmer Glaze...

Big heart and small heart...

I created a couple of hearts for Tattered Angels this month. I got a set of heart shaped cookie cutters and decided to alter them. I wrapped fabric strips around one of them and painted the other one with gesso and Glimmer Glam.

This was the largest heart and I used one of the smaller ones to trace a heart onto a piece of cardboard to hang in the middle. I attached the heart in the middle using thin sewing thread. The fabric wrapped heart was misted using Glimmer Mists Silver Sugar, Electric Blue, Iridescent Gold and Chalkboard Mist Chalk and the cardboard heart was painted with gesso and Glimmer Glam Caspian Sea and Calm Before The Storm.

I also misted the flowers, the flower ribbon and the lace for the hanging. The letter stickers (god jul means "merry christmas" by the way :) were painted with Glimmer Glam Icicle. Check out the Tattered Angels blog for more info and also some photos I took along the way.

I added a flower to the center of the smaller heart and used cord from Canvas Corp for the hanging. The Glimmer Glam I used is called Smooches.

Have a wonderful day...!!!

Wall hanging...

I created this wall hanging for my class during the Cocoa Daisy Crop. The full instructions and step-by-step photos are still available, on the Cocoa Daisy message board. I LOVED creating this project!

I used the Cocoa Daisy November kit + the Embellishmet pack, to complete my wall hanging. I also used lots of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and some Glimmer Glam.

My third project for the crop was made for Lisa's music inspired challenge (deadline is the 4th, there's still time to play!) The topic of the layout is how Tuva gets very excited when her siblings return home, after being out. :)