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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Apparently I have a twelve year old in the house now (strictly speaking, in one and half hour from like, right now while writing, but still).
I’m like, one year short from being a mother to a teenager. Holy crap! (yep, it’s all about me ofc)
Nevertheless…
Love ya, Adrian!
:)
Made a few boxes for someone turning 60. I suppose I should just have done one big box, but…it sort of looked better like this.
Added lots of Maya Road embellishments to the yellow box…
Love playing with glitter…even though it gets a bit messy…still…can’t let go of using glitter every now and then! And adding clear distress crackled paint to wooden pieces yields a subtle yet lovely effect methinks.
The second box was decorated using papers from ColorConspiracy, stamp from Craft Origine and embellishments from Prima, Crate Paper (that cute brad) and Jenni Bowlin (the tickets).
Every box had room for four of these French macarons (recipe by Banglamarie, in Norwegian. Give it a trry. Makes a few quite yummy macarons :) ). Just ask my coworkers, they seemed to like my Valentines gift this year:
Nevertheless.
The third box was the simplest one of them all. Simple, but elegant, if I may say so myself. Stamp by Craft Origine, patterned paper by Basic Grey (anyone recall that collection? Like, 2006 or so :) ).
Nevertheless. Give handmade gifts a try. Just make a simple box like this:
Hmm. Can’t recall the exact measurements I used, but it seems to be like, 5,5x11 inches..the main point is: Trace around your gift(s) and build your box accordingly...
When you have the basic box, just wrap another piece of cardstock around – then decorate the boxes as you please. Sucky explaination and sucky photos, but still – you get the gist..the idea was just to let you know – this is quite simple really :)
Right! Off to watch Corpse Bride with Amalie…we watched The Nightmare before Christmas last night, and she got so fascinated she wanted to watch “more movies like that” today. So pleased she seem to appreciate Tim Burton on her own! :)
It’s one of my favorite challenges around these days…Prima product picks…I think it’s quite fun to create stuff based on a color palette :)
here’s my January & February PPP :)
Cheers y’all :)
So. Here’s another minialbum created for the Maya Road CHA-W booth…love the mix of different fabrics here – canvas, burlap and tulle! And ofc…lots and lots of trinket pins! :) Stamping on the fabric was hm, interesting…I still have to perfect that technique! Or maybe it’s just luck…?? Nevertheless…seems like the archival stamp pads are the best for such purposes (out of the ink pads I own)…anyone out there w/better ink pad suggestions or tip on stamping on fabric?
The fun part about making minibooks are that they usually turn out like this….even though I try to minimize the layers….can’t help it – it’s so fun adding bits and pieces and tbh, stuffed minibooks are sort of fun just for the heck of it…looks so…fun! (Now, count the times I’ve used the word “fun” in this sentence :p I’m oh, so eloquent, I know!)
I used papers from SODAlicious for my chipboard pages…oh, and see that white doily behind the crackled bird/dove? It’s the new doily stamp set from Maya Road. Loves!
The mini’s about mine and Amalies trip to DNS (the Norwegian theatre)…it’s one of our dearest traditions…to attend plays together once or twice a year. I usually ask my oldest son to come along as well, but he keeps saying naah, not interesting enough, and I don’t want to force him..it has to be something he actually feel like doing (and let’s face it…it’s darn expensive going to the theatre, so better not waste it on someone who doesn’t really want to…but once I find a play I think he’ll like…he’s so coming with! Although..to be fair… he’s been to Annie with us not so long ago.. :p)
Nevertheless…this time we went to see Octavia, the resident ghost of the theatre. She was an actress back when the theatre was new, and still roams the theatre… It was an interactive play where she showed the kids around the theatre, told about the different plays and characters she played when she was alive and showed the kids backstage and stuff…fun fun. Here we found a shoe in the stairs, and Amalie got to try it out..with help from Octavia..
Amalie thought it was hilarious when Octavia told them that the most boring character she ever played was Princess Vilikke (roughly translated to Dontwantto). She didn’t wanna do anything!
Notice the kraft butterfly? I stamped it with the peacock clear stamps in deep rose pigment ink (Maya Road).
Oy. Playing with homemade ombre & measurement ribbon!
I figured I’d add photos and kraft stuff to the chipboard-pages, and do a little more artsy stuff to the burlap-pages, btw.
More ombre…& popsicle blue maya mist…pwetty!
Fun coincidence: The play that was rehearsed on the stage while we wandered around was “Snow Queen” (Snødronningen, by H.C. Andersen)….which was the next play me and Amalie went to a few months later :)
Bye!
Haha, loved when the girls used the gate-thingie to get some peace from poor little Kasper…
Love this polka dot background from October Afternoon, wanted a lil pop of red against it..the red measurement tape is perfect cause it’s about differences in sizes too, sorta :) Theyre using his little size against him :)
Maya Road has a lot of kraft pins out atm, among them this heart shaped one…I wanted to fold the hearts out & stamped it with vintage wallpaper stamp sheet in w/clear embossing :) Oh, and notice the wooden ruler/angle thingie in the upper edge of the photo…love it :)
More pop of red with the new tulle flower from Maya Road :) Also appreciate that Maya Road comes w/thinner wooden rulers now, I liked the original ones but often felt they were too thick for my purposes..
Made this layout for the CHA show by the way :)
Playing with different styles…this one’s for the inspiration challenge over at ColorConspiracy, which can be seen here.
Love that graphic papers seem so perfect for cards for youths and stuff…
Which brings me to this: Happy birthday to my oldest nephew! :)
Seems like yesterday this little kid was so eager to show me the signs he had learned in kindergarten…awww! Later he and his little brother thought I looked like the Asian girl in Power Rangers….kick ass!
The heart is a complicated thing. Like, literally.
A colleague of mine recently had to undergo surgery because of her complicated heart. I immediately thought of the Maya Road canvas hearts and how it would be the perfect focal point for a dressed up chocolate gift for her (selfish, I know).
I put a lot of Maya Road goodies to good use here..like the measure ribbon, which I have grown to love (took me a while, though!) – it curls so perfect…
Add pleated satin ribbon….vivid mists on gessoed canvas….a tucked in vintage key…trinkets and other bits..
And ofcourse…the ornate vintage butterfly stamp – love it!
Right…atm busy renovating the kitchen…or rather..throwing away the old kitchen & getting in a brand new kitchen…am taking a few days off work to get stuff done….with no time for creative endeavours so far, cry….despite me having a lot of brand new papers I’m itching to use..….sigh…
Ahwell..will get right back to scrapping once the kitchen’s ready!
Soo…I mentioned in last post that I’m now part of the ColorConspiracy design team…and I’ve now played with their papers for real…love the subtle graphic patterns… most of them are my fave kind of patterned paper – monocromatic or duotones..I find such papers quite easy to use :)
And, since there’s CHA going on atm (you probably do not want to miss the sneak peeks & chances on giveaways on the Maya Road blog by the way) I usually drop by TwoPeas to join their CHA challenges…which I did this weekend as well, putting my ColorConspiracy papers to good use :)
First out is this layout of my lovely niece…
Love the cleaniness of this layout, if I may say so myself *smile*.
The challenge was to use five photos on one project… well, five photos – check :p
I find these photo-die cuts cute..comes in different colors…figured I’d use yellow here. Figured it needed a little extra dimension so I added this red brad from Pink Paislee :)
Love the clean, red letters too, by the way – I can’t recall the brand..Scenic Route mayhaps?
And this flair button from PaperPlay’s perfect here! Just the right hue of blue + added splash of red :)
And then I joined this challenge that’s about using seven kind of different patterned papers….figured it’d be a nice way to familiarize myself with ColorConspiracy’s papers ;)
Look, I even hand stitched that tag! Which by the way was dolled up by a Craft Origine-stamp, by the way. And the bright, yellow tulle flower is one of the new releases from Maya Road this CHA, by the way.
And although all the papers are double sided, I made sure to not cheat – I did use seven different patterned papers here.
The colors of these papers makes me happy :)
And here’s my presentation over at the ColorConspiracy blog :)
Random scrapping thoughts: Before I joined ColorConspiracy…I was asked…but you’re mainly a shabby chic-kind of scrapper…? Hum. I really don’t consider myself a shabby chic kind of scrapbooker..when I hear shabby/shabby chic I picture a totally different style than mine to be honest…and still… I’ve gotten these kind of comments before too, about my style.
I dunno..maybe it’s the projects that I create in that style that’s the most memorable? Personally I like to think my style depends on the papers and embellishments I’m using, and the theme..the same goes for what I picture will fit the recipient if it’s a card or altered gift.. most scrappers I know find it difficult explaining or deciding what ones style is…me included.. nevertheless…I haven’t really had that much graphic papers in my stash before, so I’m really excited to see how I’ll do with these papers…whether it’ll really be different from what people picture is “me”, or if it won’t matter..I’ll still create what others picture as shabby…? :)
Psst!
Seen the news?
I’m one of the new design team members over at ColorConspiracy!
*whee*!
Been admiring them from afar from the very beginning, but tbh wasn’t until last year they really caught my attention. So am so happy to be part of their DT! :D
Here’s the other in the design team in case you’re curious…:)
Now if you’ll excuse me..I just got sent their papers and embellishments…I’m gonna have a go at it this weekend! :)
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