Maybe-not-really-20-something-anymore from Norway who likes to scrapbook and take photos documentarystyle and dreams of photojournalism when not working as a photojournalist and that's pretty much what this blog is about. And I like it this way.
Been scrapbooking since late fall 2005. Currently fortunate enough to be a part of the design teams for Hambly Screenprints, Fancy Pants Designs and Pencil-Lines. ♥
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The funny thing about visiting relatives?
Look into old photoalbums and find little gemstones like this one..
..where my mom had her perm.
good old days, indeed..
Well…suppose I should wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and stuff..
2013 shapes up to be an interesting year..but then again..don’t they all..
So long for now..:)
Got inspired by the December PPP over at Prima that I decided to base my box for my mom on these colors :)
Such pretty colors, no?
It’s a chocolate box. Again. I know. I just really enjoy decorating these & giving them away :)
And the color combinations fit perfectly well together (probably wouldn’t have thought of combining these colors myself)
If you look close you can see how I added crackle detail to the well resin (see through candy rock crackle paint on the rocks and the roof, and picket fence white crackle paint on the logs and bucket.. I like adding subtle & sneaky details like that..
And see that little bird made of sequins? Sort of didn’t like it at first, but now I am getting worried cause I’m running out of these! They sort of are handy for such altered boxes & the style they’re made in/of (?) after all!
Sooo I normally dislike being on the other side of the lens, but this time it was sort of ok. My stepfather snapped a few photos of me doing my sisters hair for my nieces confirmation. Can you believe I totally forgot to snap a photo of her hair myself!? Ugh! Glad my stepfather loves taking photos himself too! :)
If you hurry on over to the Maya Road blog, there’s a Tombow swap thingie going on now, with prizes and stuff. Hurry hurry! The inspiration is amazing (I’m sharing blogpost with Ronda…her tag? WOW! Love it so much!)
I have had mixed experience with tape runners and chipboards. Usually the tape runner adhesives are too strong, they easily “rip” off layers of the chipboards…I got to try two different tape runners from Tombow for this blog swap thingie, and while the stamp runner was like, yeah, regular chipboard experience, the vellum runner worked like a charm – not too strong so it didn’t tear off layers, but still strong enough to make the papers I used stick properly…and even the glitter :)
Oh and look! I’m using zipper trim! Whee! (I have had a hard time using them before..but think they’re growing on me now!).
Oh, and the stuff are mostly Maya Road, while the paper’s My Little Shoebox but the ones on the chipboards – that’s ooooold leftover scraps from Fancy Pants Designs :)
As usual. I’m the one sitting on the fence while everybody else gets swept away w/one trend after another while I go hummm, I dunno….then when I decide that ok, it’s actually cool it’s usually at the time when everybody else’s got something new to obsess over. Doilies, feathers…and now..the ombre trend…
Ahwell. At least I’m here now ;) I made this chocolate box for my grandma dearest using mostly Maya Road stuff… like this white organza rose ribbon which can be customized with mist and ink and stuff…
You can find the Maya Road blog post here by the way..
Just paint a whole length of ribbon with some mist and water (I used popsicle blue maya mist, love that one), dabbing lots of pigment on the first lengths then just keep painting the ribbon as the pigment fades..
Love sprinkling dots of liquid pearls and sparkling gems all over …:)
I love the Maya Twine Cording – mostly because they’re thick and solid..however..it also makes it difficult threading it through button holes and stuff…well…unless you have that handy little eye needle thread thingie, you can just use regular sewing thread…
Voila. Or something like that.
(I know – it’s a very simple trick, and one I should have thought of like, long, long ago, and not just now…duh..hope I’m not the only silly one out there, hence me sharing this tip ;) )
The paper’s from Prima by the way..and the chocolate hearts are yummy :)
Even snuck in a piece of Chatterbox on top, see that? And as always when doing babycards – had to add the onesie from Hambly Screenprints… :)
(did you see the news that Allison is now designing for Webster’s Pages? Awesome!)
Right. Have a sick little boy at home :/ And as usual, lots on the todo-list! RIiiight…off I go..
So. When realizing there still were time to join the Prima 12 days of Christmas Cards challenge I figured why not – I need to create a couple boxes anyways. I picked Leslie Ashe’s card, boggled for like three minutes then off I went.
Seriously. Once I figured how I’d like the boxes (love my Scor-Pal!) & which main papers to use, it only took me like 15 minutes to pull together the focal point of this box. And yeah, once again I’m late joining the trends – I’ve only recently (like, last week) started thinking hey, this feather thingie? Awesome!
All the paper’s from the Melody collection – love, love that one…unfortunately my stash of papers from this collection is dwindling! A pair of leaves, a large flower as focal point, some bling bling and smaller flowers and voila. Hmm. Might stick some more smaller flowers in between here and there, hmm….ahwell. Tomorrow I’ll fill this box with homemade chocolate nuggets :)
The twine’s from Maya Road, by the way.
Right. Bed then work this weekend! got a couple of projects I have to work on as well, whee..
With Christmas follows lots of Christmas looking stuff. I doubt I’ll create too many Christmassy project this year…but I suppose you gotta do a little Christmas, hm?
Well, enter these matchboxes which’s the perfect hostess gift this Christmas…everybody needs some extra long matches to light up all the Christmas dinner lights and stuff…
All the bits and pieces are from Maya Road…it’s easy to just grab whatever scrap that’s lying on your desk…
And you may say hey, butterflies aren’t Christmassy. Well…they can be if you sprinkle cherry red glitter on them. Notice the Christmas tree on the spine. Clever, if I may say so myself….*smirk*
The paper’s from a 6x6” pad of Authentique by the way. Handy size. Pretty traditional & Christmassy papers. And it’s even doublesided.
Pretty pretty snowflake-chipboards adorned w/white paint & sparkly glitter :) Oh, and see the yellow stars? It’s apparently discontinued at Maya Road…booo! (ok, I’m pretty sure I’ve had it for a good long while now, but only until recently started to find more and more uses for these stars…dang, isn’t typical :/!)
Pretty spines!
Now peace out (oh ha.ha.ha.)
:)
Prima’s doing a 12 days of Christmas card inspo thingie. I needed to create a number of cards real quick, so I figured I’d check in on Prima for some quick inspo…picked a card by Gerry van Gent (day 9) & created a card inspired by hers :) The card is for a newborn baby by the way…need to send off the pressie asap, so am really glad I finally got around to get the card made..am soo behind on stuff! :/
The card itself is created by a 12x7” strip, folded so it’d make a 5x7” card..the patterned paper is quite “blocked”/covered in blocked sections..I think it makes the card more interesting when cutting the paper so the different blocks are evident in the paper..hard to explain, you gotta see the paper/card itself I suppose…
Right. A few days of blindness & more days of being severly impaired by a pair of glasses is no good for my timetable and todo-list related to work, privately or for scrapbookingstufff..sigh…gotta jet, trying to wrap up as much as I can for the rest of the Sunday!
So when someone’s on a sick leave, you like, send flowers to them sorta…although….flowers are pretty and nice, but hum, personally I think I’d appreciate chocolate more, hm? Or even better…flowers + chocolate! Tah-dah! 2 in one, and I even threw in a lil’ butterfly just for good measure…
So…the inspiration…the Prima november color palette…lovesit!
Waddayathink? Wrapped a huge bar of chocolate in a neutralish color, added grey Maya Road ruffled ribbon as a background for the gorgeous flowers from Prima…
Honestly, I don’t really do flowers a lot…at least not on my layouts and stuff…I like dimension, but most flowers have way too much dimension sort of….for layouts and most cards…it’s just a personal preference….but for altered projects….I don’t mind going wild, adding lots and lots of dimension to the projects…it sort of feels ok then…I mean..altered stuff is supposed to be bulky! It just makes it look more prettier sorta, haha.
Right.
Got a slight drawback today..causing me to sleep lots and lots, and still I think I’m gonna hit bed again now…I had hoped to get lots done, esp at work and all, and at home with the upcoming CHA projects…but right now…both my head and eye aches so bad and everything’s just bleh. I think I’m gonna give up & just hit bed for tonight! :/
So. Have you seen the Maya Road + Jillibean Soup Craft Swap? If not – hurry on over! You can even win a pack of goodies PLUS the other ladies creations are nothing short of amazing!
Here’s my contribution – I got to play with the Winter Tortellini & Spinach Soup collection. Love the turquoise hues here! And although I feel the layout is “done”, it still feels…unfinished to me…I mean..I tucked lots and lots of bits and pieces here and there methinks, but yet….I feel like I should have done more to the layout – but what?? Hmmm
It’s adorned w/my fave ornate vintage butterfly stamps, measuring trim, and LOOK NEW YELLOW STAR! LOVESIT!….some of you might love the colored linen burlap roses..I am on the fence myself…but gotta admit..it IS pretty cool looking!
Love using trinket pins…! And notice the transparency tickets tucked behind there..
And that vintage rabbit piece is such a favorite! (and matched the papers darn well :) )
Speaking of favorites – I’ve got a new Maya Mist favorite! Buttermilk Cream!! Omg…it’s so mellow, so gorgeous, so milky….perfect!! Here I let the more vivd colored mist dry somewhat before adding buttermilk cream – love how it subdues the vividness… and oh, saffron yellow twine! Loves!
The photo was perfect btw. I just hoped I had enough yellow ink for just another sheet of photos. Turned out half of the sheet was perfect – but not the half one this photo sat at. Missing yellow ink = unique filtered photo *wink*
Ahwell. Am off this weekend on a seminar/conference, attending a few courses..among them…how to write better titles & lead paragraphs…so so need that, so whee…! :)
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