Hello, project Cheval

Hello
Project Cheval, my attempt to do a 12*12 album just about how much I miss my old ponny. Well here is another layout. The album is actually coming together it´s just my lack of inspiration and love for my blog that hinders you from seeing it... How ever I´m here today to share the layout Hello and the process video for it

On this layout I started with a sand colored cardstock and some white paint through a Heidi Swapp stencil. I wanted a calm page but with allot of pattern, sound very logical right. 

 But by only having the pattern as a mat to this photo i work, well that and the fact that this photo is very calm and hardly as any colors. So that the papers and the photo doesn´t competes whit each other. The papers I used are from a Dear Lizzy 6*6 pad "Polka Dot Party"

There is not allot of embellishments on this page, just a few chipboard pieces from Crate Paper "Craft Market" and some word stickers from Maggie Holmes Confetti. 

 I really like how this page came together even though I can see some thing I would like to have done differently, like the price-ribbon... But on the hole I like it and now I want to get more sand colored cardstock!

Love Julia

Mini Album from start to finish!

Hello

making a mini is supposed to be fun, easy and QUICK! Here is my go-to album that you can use as a jumping of point. 

Here is a peak in my finished album and how you can decorate it.

Whit this binding you can be so creative and really have fun whit it. On the other hand if you want a more neat and clean binding try the D-ring.

And here we have the album from the video:

It´s so easy to put together an album whit a paperpad, it will always look cohesive and thought through.

I hope you like the idea and that you got a bit of inspiration

Love Julia

Darling Svea

I think of scrapbooking as serving two interests; memory keeping and crating art. This layout is purely for the second reason

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I had so much fun playing with different textures and Pink & Gold 

 The embellishments are from different collections from Crate Paper and the title are a clear word from Confetti. 

 Sewing down the tissue-ruffles is the cutest thing I´ve done in a long time I think I have to do that more... allot more...

 Gold is a big trend now and I love the warm metallic and here I have a gold ribbon, stickers, chipboard and the star vellum.

 I think this layout was so much fun making and makes me happy to look at so I put it in a black Prima frame.

So if you are planing to scrapbook today, make a layout just for fun, with fun techniques and pretty colors. oh and gold!

Love Julia

Save this layout!

Hello!

Don´t you just hate when you have done a really fun layout and messing up with the late thing; the damned Ink drops!

It´s been a bit of a drought here when it comes to creative work so yesterday I really wanted to just do a fun layout! Yellow paint and PL cards from the Open Book core kit (I think by now everyone knows just how much I love that collection!) Everything went great and I love how fun it was and working with so bright yellow! Then came that point where I needed that extra black to bump up the contrast, and what do I do? messing it up!! Trying to blow on it, making it worse...

But in the world of scrapbooking the mess has to be really bad for you not being able to save the layout... So I knew I wanted something to cover it up, whiteout looking heavy and had to be black. 

So I tried again with the treacherous ink, making flowers and leafs. If you look close you can still see the ink drops, by not covering it all up I didn´t loose that lightness but it looks more like I knew what I was doing... sort of. No, I really like how it ended and now I don´t just love it for the fact that I made an awesome layout with yellow, but I saved it! 

Now go and save some layouts!

Love Julia

Puppies!

Hello everyone!

I have some really exiting news, our Kerstin has given birth to 5 happy and healthy puppies the 20th of may! They are all doing well and are quit big! So now I will spend 90% of my waking time staring at them.

Naming this this little precious is a big deal so I decided to pick names from my favorite movies/ books.  The boys are all red witch is rather odd sens neither Kerstin or the father is red. It´s Kerstins grandmother how has that color but that is rather far back. Any way we are so happy that the red came through!

Here they are:

If you want to see more puppy-photos, follow my instagram :)

Love Julia

Project Cheval part 3- Dream

Hello
I´m here with part 3 of project Cheval and this one is one of my favorite! I love this dreamy layout for tow reasons, the soft colors and the you are being pulled in. And because I keep dreaming about him and want to keep that dream feel in this album.

I love the glitter and vellum elements here to and to the dreamy feel. The colors are perfect and so easy to use.

"Now you are just a dream"

Love Julia K

Project Cheval Part 2- Forget Mej Ej

Hello!

I´m back with a Project Cheval layout. I really love doing this layouts, spending time with him and working with my "kit". Now as you can see in the intro I didn´t pick a big kit, but it´s great as an starting point. The Kiss Kiss chipboard and the Dear Lizzy Thickers are elements that i use on almost every page. In later layouts you´ll see me using different brands and collections but my goal for this album is to have fun and to have something to remember Cheval.

Soft, neutral and fresh. That was what I wanted for this and I really wanted a big part of that floral paper from Magnolia. The title is even based on that paper and I love how the soft blue helps the photo.

 There is not much on this layout but I love this heart banner from the chipboard pack. It adds just that extra but it´s still neutral so it goes so well with my other colors. 

 All of the colors are so... nice and to humph up the contrast I used the tiny letters from Tim Holtz and a black washi tape. I love the softness of this layout but adding just a touch black makes it so much more interesting.  

love Julia