Home Sweet Home 12x12 home decor using Pink Paislee

A few month ago I made this 12x12 layout, inspired by a previous painting I had made and the paper piecing/ embroidery technique of Elsie. I picked the 6x6 paper pad from the "C'est la Vie" by Pink Paislee, love that line!  I love the colors and patterns of that line and they make beautiful houses!

After cuting out the shapes I stitched with matching colors and added a title; Hem Ljuva Hem, or as you might know it; Home Sweet Home. 

I framed it with this black frame from Prima Marketing and it now hangs next to my desk so I can see it everyday! That colors are just so sweet and the stitching adds just a bit of texture. 

Love Julia

Little Man 12x12 scrapbook using CP Cool Kid

I really like the "Cool Kid" from Crate Paper, I have worked with it now for some week making an  album for my little brother. I love how its coming together but I also wanted to make some 12x12 so when I found this old photo I knew I had to scrap it!

The photo is of my brother when he is about 2 or 3, sitting on (ON) the sofa in a blue dinosaur-pajamas, so cute! I had to use the chipboard dinosaur for this page and wanted to keep the colors to blue, black and silver. Here you can see the process and I even got some help with the voiceover!

I started with this 12x12 leaf paper from Amy Tangerine and then a 8x8 piece from Heidi Swapp "Wanderlust" pad on a slight angel.  I pick three chipboard icons with the blue color to form a triangle and then added accents in black and silver. 

 My favorit part of the page; a teddy-bear saying "Roarrr!!

I have left a spot for journaling, I think it's better for mom to write in the details. 

I can honestly say that I love this page, the colors, the cute icons and my very adorable brother. If I have some stuff left when the album is done I will definitely do more pages about baby brother! 

Love Julia

My best medecine 12x12 scrapbook

My best medicine for morning pain is hands down my lovely little rascal to dog. When some days starts of a bit harden usual she jumps up and lays down next to my legs. If it is her pressens, warmth or some magical healing power i don't know. All I know is she that she makes life a little bit easier.

Love Julia

Midsommar 12x12 scrapbook using Felicity Jane

Midsommar is one of our biggest traditions in Sweden right after Christmas and New year. Midsommar is really a celebrations of the sun and summer, living in the north that is truly worth celebrating!

We have out tradition for celebrating and as I have mentions before, I hardy ever scrapbook events. So I really made an effort and now I thinks it's fun and i wanted to scrapbook this big celebration we do every year, where we are and with who we are with.

I used the June Felicity Jane kit, I just love the flowers and the soft pink color. The background is a Heidi stencil of plus-signs and the gold modeling past so pretty!

Love Julia 

Happy Mail from Sirap I Paris

I have had such a hard day. I have fibromyalgi and today it has really been acting up so when I got my order from Sirap I Paris it really brightened my day!

I placed this order this weekend when scrolling through Instagram (I should not be looking at Instagram late sunday nights...) and saw that they had some of the new stuff from American Crafts.

Now this is a pretty big deal sens these brands are a challenge to say the least to get in Sweden. They only had a few pieces from each line and I have recently place a big order over at Scrobby.nl (expected delivery date; 15 november...) so this was more because it was fun and I really wanted them! The perk of shopping from a Swedish store is you get it after a few days. The not so fun is the higher price you'll have to pay for it...

 Crate Paper -Maggie Holmes "Gather" stickers 
These are so cute and even though I also ordered them from Scrobby.nl I think you can never have too many cute stickers!

(One thing that I truly hate about online-shopping is that you hardly ever get to see the front and back of product like these, is it really so hard to post a photo like this so here you can see the front and back?!!)

 Crate Paper "Cool Kid" puffy sticker

So in my big order from Scrobby.nl I have quit allot of the "Cool Kid" but not these. They are puffy stickers but they are not so puffy. They are shiny and I would totally have gotten the "Cute Girl" if they would have had them.

 Heidi Swapp Color Shine "Tinsel" 
I have wanted a pretty silver mist and now when I'm starting a mini about my brother (using the "Cool Kid" by Crate Paper that has silver) I thought it would be a good excuse. It is pretty but I thought it would be more... sparkly, I don't know but the gold is so sparkly... well, well.

Amy Tangerine "Oh happy life" roller stamp 
 I have had my eye on this stamp but wasn't sure if the tiny font would stamp well. Well it does, so cute! I like that the handle is wood and that you get the weekdays and some that you can use when ever.

I really like that Sirap I Paris include a little gift in each order, these sticker will go straight to my TN! I do like shopping at them, they have a good price on shipping and it usually only takes a few days. They say that they have "selected inspiration" and that is true, they only have a few piece from each line and I wish that they would have the same piece from different lines. Like paper-pad, stickers and chipboard for example. or that you could pre-order to get the stuff you wanted.



 I also would like some more information, more photo, like front and back and how many sticker there is in one pack, how much the paper weigh or how much is it in the ephemera pack...

When it comes to the price it's high. I ordered for the minimum, 249 SEK (about 30$), witch i think is a bit much for the stuff i got... However these things apply to all scrapbook stores in Sweden and in fact I think Sirap I Paris is among the ones that do the best when it comes to information and bringing in new products. Will i shop at them again? Yes of curse! I will continue to place (small) orders and I like that they bring in the new fun things!

Love Julia

3 scrapbook pages- 2 events- 1 day- how to make it work

Starting my new "Road Trips" album I found that sometimes I hade several photos I wanted to use and sometime even photos from the same trip  but from different places. How do I make one dubble page and a single page from different places, with very different feels, go together?

So I made a dubble page for Äskhult, with all of the photos and a single for Såkrsgård but used the same paper and embellishments. I wanted it to be clear that they where from the same day but from different times and places. Looking at them now I really like how they turned out.

I picked two pieces of paper and an embellishment that I could use on all three of the pages. They all have allot of white and to mark the how different the places where I used different thickers.

I picked a dark wood paper and a green floral (Maggie Holmes), these went so well with the photos from the old farm but also the new. Much green in the photos and wood here in Sweden, well it's everywhere. The embellishments, white flowers, I picked to go with the summer feel and sens they are white don't add to much wight to the pages but some interest and adds to the summer-outside feel.

Love Julia

Treasure Hunting & Crafting

Hello!

More treasure hunting this weekend. Today my sister, brother and my cousin Cajsa headed to a flea market hosted by the soccer team. I had never been before but heard such good things and it really was good! The plan was covered with tents, one for each category. 

 I got some really good stuff, like a wire basket, an archive-box, 

vintage books and some sewing things. 

 And yes, that is a glass dish... filled with embroidererthread... 

 We then stopped at a second hand shop and I found muffins tray that I have been wanting for a long time and I was to happy to find a small one!

 So tonight I just had to sit down and play! First was my long awaited tray:

 I love how it turned out, I put the things I use all the time and the some cute ephemera that I usually store in boxes. I think I will use more of this cuteness now when I see it. 

 Next on my list was making some tiny tassels with the embroidery thread. I love doing this and they are so fun to use on layouts and projects. 

 Such fun colors!

 One of the things I was so exited about was a bag with old seam-binding and I just couldn't wait to try to spray with my Heidi Shines. They turned out so pretty. As a write this they still haven't dried but they are really shimmery. 

 Tried the Heidi Swapp thing with masking of to get a striped look and LOVE IT!! So cute. Here I used; Raspberry, Sweet Mint, Sweet Mint masked, Pink, Gold and Navy and Teal.

I just a such a great time and so fun to come home and just play messy hands and all!

Now it is late and time for bed! 

Love Julia