Stamped and embossed Birthday cards

I'm using my stamps more and more sens I got the Alt E New "Vintage Roses" set. I love playing with these stamps, both on layout and on cards. A few days ago I made some cards using this stamp set and some clear embossing, I love how it turned out!

After stamping 3 flowers with 2 layers in pink dye inks and took the first stamp of each and stamped over in "versa mark" and I stamped in the same ink with the leaf stamp. Sprinkle clear embossing powder and heat set. The embossing protected the stamped flowers and the white leafs when I painted over with watercolors.

Gold Heidi Shine, washi and some stitching, those are my favorits! 

The alpha stamp is called "Brentano" from Papier Projekt and they are the best! 

Out & About 12x12 scrapbook Maggie Holmes "Bloom"

When I sitt down to scrapbook I have a crate next to me with printed photos from the past months. I go through them to pick one or if I already have a story in mind, find the photo I had thought about. But How about the older ones? The ones from years ago that are pretty but just sit there without a story? The other day I found a photo of myself that my mom had taken during a walk in the woods. I had a story I wanted to tell and that photo was just perfect.

I wanted to document how much I love walking in our woods, how much better I feel when coming home and the best part of the walks. Bird song, the air, Wiola and sunshine through the branches. 

 What is with this cat? Everytime, she comes 

Products used: 

Stamp for background: Alt e New "Vinage Roses" 

Papers: Maggie Holmes "Bloom", Maggie Holmes "Shine" 

Dies: Maggie Holmes "Flower Die" & Tim Holtz "Tag Collection" 

Twine: Lawn Fawn "Black Tie"

Mist: Heidi Swapp "Gold"

Letters: Thickers "Fitzgerald"  , Thickers "Hardcover"  & BoBunny "Tuxedo"

*Annoying cat *

Love Julia

One Little Word 2016: Act- scrapbook process

Every year I, like many others, sit down and make goals or resolutions for the new year. For example last year I really wanted to restart my french studies and even though it was hard and slow at first before I found the right way, I did it. For this year I picked a word. This word "came to me" in november/ december and I just thought it was so perfect for 2016; ACT/ AGERA in swedish.

This word mean allot right now, I have had the fibromyalgi-diagnoses for about a year and it has been hard, the years before till now. I'm finally starting to feel better and stronger and determined to find ways to become even better, stronger and more normal... The word act is a wish of that. A wish, a hope and a disire to be more active, physically and mentally. 

 I want this word to inspire me to dare more and push my limits, in a good and healthy way. I want this word to encourage me to go out and walk, to read and to paint. 

This year I will make an effort not only thinking about this word but to work with it. I find somethings so hard to do, overwhelming to do. Have been still for so long, in so much pain the most ordinary things seams like mountains to climb.  That is what I hope will change, the more I do, act the less intimidating the mountains will seam. (i hope)

 Act is my one little word for 2016 (though it feels huge) I don´t have any "musts", pages or stuff to do. This is just for me, to make me feel better... and hopefully inspire you.

Love Julia