The Felicity Jane -note to self kit is really growing on me and the more I use it the more I like it. the colors and patterns fitted perfectly as did the stamp set.
Showing posts with label tim holtz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tim holtz. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
"Captured" 12x12 scrapbook using Felicity Jane -note to self kit
I had so much fun making this page from Midsommar. Starting with watercoloring a flower reef and then adding photos, pretty papers and journaling. I took inspiration from the photos and actually started the page on the same day as I took these selfies. I wanted a page that really said; Midsommar!
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Haul: Scrapbook.com -july 2016 + Heidi Swapp Texturepaste & stencils review
About 2 weeks ago I made an order at scrapbook.com, you know just the "must haves" like trimmer blades and gold Heidi Shine... But I also wanted to try the texture paste so I got the gold (surprise!) and a set of two stencils.Shoppinglist (the must-haves):
Trimmerblades
Tim Holtz "Small Talk"
Heidi Swapp Color Shine "Gold"
Heidi Swapp texture paste "Gold"
Heidi Swapp Stencils "dots"
Well I just had to try the paste and stencils right away!
So here is my thoughts:
The paste is amazing! It truly is gold-like, easy to work with and drys rather quickly. The only thing is the tub, not being able to put the paste back if you get too much. All in all 4,5 and I want more colors! The black and the teal are on my wishlist.
The stencils are of good quality, sturdy and thick. You get a nice and sharp look but I would have liked the material to be easier to clean of. Also these I'll giva a 4,5.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
2016 title page Flower-reef
Sometimes I get these idea parts in my head that I just have to act on. It can be text, colors or well anything really. They pop up and I can think about them for day before I decide what to do with them. That is how this page started, a color comb pop up in my head and after a few days I knew what to make...
I wanted a flower-reef of pink, lilac and coral flowers stitched on to the background. The stitching I did when I go home and it took a couple of days but looking at it now; so worth it!!
I wanted a flower-reef of pink, lilac and coral flowers stitched on to the background. The stitching I did when I go home and it took a couple of days but looking at it now; so worth it!!
2016- memories, thoughts and lessons.
For the flowers I used 3 inks from "Umbrella Crafts": Coral, Lilac Lane & Princess Pink. I had some matching embroidery thread and then I added some gold. I really like how it turned out, many hours and I think it will look perfect in my album!
Monday, July 4, 2016
Minialbum start to finish *2016* using Maggie Holmes "Bloom"
Last year I made a minialbum with some instagram photos and the Maggie Holmes "Confetti". I love that mini with photos and journaling about that time. I wanted to make another on for this year;
This year I used the latest collection by Maggie Homes, how else?
The making of this album is really rather simple, here are the measurements I used:
The pages are about 6*12" and scored at 4" and then just before 4", to make the fold easier.
I made my cover out of chipboard dressed with pretty paper. I made 6 pages, with sewn pockets, out of white cardstock. These are folded and in between the pages I placed a pieces of twin. I pulled out the twin throw two holes in the spine and then tied them.
Products used:
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Telling the hard things- Vägen tillbaka-
When I have things on my mind for a longer time it really helps to make a page. The process of sitting down and focusing on the topic. Trying to show it visually as well as writing about it. It's hard, but I feel so much better after, like I have gone over it enough and moving on.
This page is about my longing to "get back" to my "normal" life that I had before I got my fibro-diagnos. I write about how much I fight and that I'm willing to do almost anything to get back. I also say that the more I try to get "back" the more I realize that it will never happen. I have no back to go, only forward. I wanted to show this that even though it's a struggle it's not hopeless. Color can tell a big story and I picked a few but happy ones. The Black and white photo was partly so I could add any color but also symbolizing the old and the new.
Products Used:
Date stamp by Shimelle
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Telling the Hard Things 12x12 scrapbook page
Hard things happens to us all, different things at different times an they effect us in different ways. A hard thing for one may not bother another. But we all get them and we all have to deal with them.
I have had allot of hard things happen to me in the last years but I have found that scrapbooking helps. For some it might be odd or weird but sitting down, thinking about it, writing about it helps.
So that is the way I walk now, trying to deal with my W being unwell.
My W, that I have rised sens the day she was born, have had a hard spring. With a tic related disease in the autumn and now we found out that her back knee isn't working right, she is a fighter.
I wanted to make a page about the hard time that we are going through but still with a positive feeling, that we are all expecting the best.
Products used:
washi green strip
watercolor flowers Julia K
stamp Penny Black "Dog Paws"
mist Heidi Shine "Gold"
word strips Tim Holtz "small talk"
I hope that I might have inspired you to tell something hard that is going on in your life now, if not on a scrapbook page but maybe in a notebook or an artjournal. I do think it feels so much better once it's out. Not that W's knee will magically be fixed but I have recorded how it's now that gives me a tiny bit of feeling in control. That even though this happens and I can't do anything about it, I can decide how it's told and we look on it.
Monday, April 18, 2016
"Day Dreams" 12x12 scrapbook
I day dream, when Wiola and I walk and think about how it would be if we where to start competing in Rally, if we where to move, build our own house. If I could make a living, doing what I love. We all have different things we go around thinking about, what we would do if...
So I thought I would take a moment to document just what I'm dreaming about now at 22.
The page is quite simple, not much product but I wanted to keep it light, let the background show.
The kraft cardstock is painted with white and a grey acrylic paint and then silver splatters. I thought it looked like a sky and how perfect is the for the "head in the blue" so I draw some clouds and stitched. That took longed then I care to admit but I love it!
This page is one of my favorite, so many elements coming together, like this tag. I wanted a tag with the title so i stamed using the oh-so-cute stamp set from Paiper Projekt, a dymo word and subtile is a strip from Tim Holtz "small talk".
What is with the animals here, every time!!
But she really is cute, isn't she!
Keeping the photo cluster light and small means that the background will have a bigger role. Here I really get the feeling of night and dreams without it being a dark or heavy background. I hope you like this page and that it inspired you to document your day dreams!
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
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"
Twine: Lawn Fawn "Black Tie"
Mist: Heidi Swapp "Gold"
*Annoying cat *
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