Little Corner of Ania

So, CHA-S ended a while ago, which means..it’s about time to share what I did with the new Prima-stuff, no? :) I’ll admit, to create stuff for Prima feels a bit overwhelming because there’s so many talented gals on the team who’s like, really “prima”…so good at using especially the flowers and multitudes of embellishments from Prima, while I…well, I’m usually more sparse when it comes to using embellishments on my pages methinks. I’m not a C&S scrapper, but hmm.,..somewhere in the middle maybe? Anyways…the photos I used for my projects were photos from my trip to my family last Spring, which’s been sitting on the desk waiting for an opportunity to be scrapped…yay! Here’s my grandmother trying to copy the “trick” my daughter is trying to learn her..haha..so heartwarming and funny to watch in real life..I used the Pixie Glen-collection for this one.

Oh and look, the white felt leaves are one of my favorites! So lovely and versatile..and notice the new twisters? Just curl it around your knitting pin or whatever thin and round thing you have at hand, and you’ll get extra “stems”/decorations :)

This powder puff flower was one of my favorites too, and I think it fit well with this bird on top of it..

Oh, and seen Ingvild Bolme’s resinpieces? Lovely stuff! I think I prefer it raw-looking like this, but you can also paint and ink and spray’em…

Another layout from the same visit to my grandma, this time made with the Printery-collection.

My mom and grandma..:) And look, more white felt-leaves, another (raw) resinfigurine and also one of the Antique Mirror-pieces (the clock).

Love these blocked letters!

And I adore the new gems from Prima, they’re doing a huge range of circles and hearts in various looks..

I also did another of these star-shaped cards for their booth – a very simple one using the North Country-collection, the awesome & handy-sized canvasletters, the blank gems and some gesso for the edges.

It’s a beautiful paperline..a bit folk-y in feel hm?

I didn’t decorate it much. One, because I still am not sure how to decorate such cards, and two, because I think it looks “enough” by its own hm?

I’ll share the last batch (which’s also my faves mehtinks) next week! :)

Oy! Just wanted to share my Maya Road CHA samples now that I got the greenlight to share them! Hooray! =)

First, there’s this accordion-mini which’s my favorite methinks, had great fun pondering and figuring out what to do and what to add to this one. And uhm, lemme tell you – it might look quick and easy and it sort of is, but all the filing and waiting for drying and small details and stuff made this take quite a while to complete still! There’s lots of photos for this one, so I figure I’ll just link the 2peas-gallery post and additionally, embed the galleryslideshowthingie here for the complete images..

The thought behind this? Well, A is for Arrows, B is for Bird, C is for Cup of Tea, D is for Dame, E is for Edible (the pumpkin :p) and F is for flower….I used mostly Pink Paislee, lots of the new stuff from Maya Road and quite a bit of paint, glitter, crackle glossy stuff and hm yeah…that’s it I think.

And then we have this, the wellies boots mini album, dressed up in Crate Paper and lots of Maya Road bits and pieces. 2peas-link here.

This canvas wallet is pretty awesome, but I had no good ideas as to what I’d do with mine I’ll admit. But – just look at Rondas – I’ll try that next time! :)

Lovelove the bejewelled button here…! And the houndstooth-flower!

Then they made us all like, make a canvas about ourselves. Or well, canvas w/pic of ourselves on it. I’m like, whaa…I hate the camera….but hey, look at me – I slapped 8 piccies of me on this one! Haaa! *wink*

Looks pretty easy uh? Well, I’ll tell you – I love these minialphas, they’re superb and perfectly sized for my use – but honestly? All this fiddling with the paint and spray and glitter and stuff and drying stuff? Makes it take oh so long time (sure sure I know – heating gun…well sure, but I’m also lazy – so I just do each word then let them dry while doin other stuff :p Nevertheless. Papers – various Pink Paislee-papers (I whitepainted the background, love the look!).

Some more closeshots:

Hmmm that’s it when it comes to my Maya Road stuff this CHA! Had like 4 or maybe 5 days to complete’em all so I’m happy with how these turned out that considered!

It’s Summer CHA 2011 and here’s some of my favorites from “my” manufacturers, namely Maya Road and Prima Marketing :)

Actually, I’ve created myself my very own Pinterestboard with my faves from CHA this summer, only..I sort of arrived late to the party so I’ve probably missed out on a lot of stuff….ahwell..I only pinned the products, not the stuff created w/them…feel free to share if you think I’ve missed out on great stuff from the various manufacturers out there! :)

Nevertheless…here’s one of my favorites from the papercollections from Prima:

It’s originally a Christmas/Winter-collection, but I think it looks more versatile than that..love the colors!

So many gorgeous flowers …like these..and the leaves in felt…lovely…perfect..versatile…! (image taken from the Londonerry collection)

I have so many favorites from Prima I’m not even sure where to begin..but…I try to pin my most fave stuff to the board, soo… (like, so many gorgeous flowers and leaves (the felt ones are the best!) and resins (which’s designed by Ingvild, how cool is that!) and metal charms and blah blah blah and oh the buttons and the bling….loves…and so much more!

As for Maya Road – check out this peek from their catalog!!

Umm..two of the images here are my stuff! Wohoo! (Sorry, I think it’s sort of thrilling and fun seeing my own stuff in a catalog!) I could let you guess which’s mine, but ok..it’s the left one in the 2nd row and the right one in the 3rd row :)

They feature two of my favorite stuff from this release:

This stamp set – mind you – I’m totally NO stamper, and I guess I can count on one hand the times I’ve stamped this year – but hey, I’ve actually used this set at least six times, which’s WOAH considering we’re talking about me. So.very.cool.stamps! Loves.

And this chipboardset! Love it! teapots and cups and spoons! So very cute and perfect for cards methinks!

Right.

Back soon with images of actual samples. I hope! (I’m dying to share the full images mind you..haha…soon!)

I’ve been buried deep in my CHA-assignments when time has allowed – just today I’ve been misting, gessoing, sealing, painting, glossy accenting, crackleing – and watching all this dry all.day.long. and with my fingers in a permanent yucky dried adhesive-state. The final deadline is Tuesday though – so after that I’ll take a lil breather and uh, I dunno…clean up this mess maybe? :p Don’t get me wrong, I love this phase, love to create intensively…it’s truly fun….I just wish I had more time to do this properly! :)

Nevertheless, I see that Prima posted this image already, so I figured I could share it here too. I’m not allowed to share the closeups and opened image yet though, so…there’s lots more to come! :)

Edited to add: Ahh didn’t see they posted two of the images of this one, so here’s the other one =) You can find a tutorial on this book-box at my excellent fellow 3ndy-DT-member Wenche Stenshagen here :)

Jan Said,

8:08 PM

Great projects! Do you get to go to CHA or are just your projects going this year?

Ahh I wish I could go – it’d be intriguing methinks…but alas… nope, I’m not going, only my projects… :)

~Sasha Farina~ Said,

6:58 AM

just driving by to say i love you...

Nothing’s better than drive-thru-love! =)

Eli Said,

7:30 PM

Heldige de lærerene som har dine barn i klassen sin; vanker alltid like fine gaver :) Og hm....øl for pupp, eller pupp for øl (hvordan det nå var :P) - kjekt at dere to tuppene fikk mulighet til å gå ut bare dere to og kose dere på byen :) (og hva er dette med groupon i Oslo i forhold til Bergen egentlig? Myyye bedre der?!)

Oftere bedre tilbud synes jeg, men det kommer jo an på hva en er ute etter – for min del er jeg mest interessert i gode spise-ute-deals, og de er det mange av i Oslo! Selvfølgelig klarte jeg å gå glipp av matdealen som var her i Bergen nå nylig, sukk….

pattyo Said,

1:39 AM

I bet the recipients loved those gifts! Thanks for sharing your photos--it's nice you and your sister got to spend some alone time together.

Staci Taylor Said,

2:27 AM

Love the teacher gift and the wrapping (and the polish)!! what fun you had with your sis and nephew, can't believe you'd never been out on a girls date with her before ;-) Glad you had fun!

Indeed! I can’t believe that either, that’s pretty ridiculous! *hugs* glad to see you around :)