Little Corner of Ania

Tutorial: Photo-a-day-journal

2012-03-13T18:25:00.001+01:00

Oy. You know the hype w/the photo-a-day-challenges? Well, I figured I’d make my own (or well, this one is for a young relative of mine), mixing up some of the prompts I’ve seen floating around the web for this journal premade outta scraps (mostly Pink Paislee & Hambly Screenprints), embellishments from Sassafras, Prima, Craft Origine and Maya Road and least but not last; Vintage Mix & Match numbers from Elle’s Studio :) Oh, and bakers twine from The Twinery (there’s a discount over there atm – 15% off if you use ILOVETWINE this week. I’m not affiliated, just love their twine & plan to order some once I get this months pay..somehow the money keeps..like…disappearing :p) Oh, and if you hurry over to Glue Arts right now you can enter their giveaways :) Here’s my post with them, this week’s theme is children & teen craft ideas :)

Nevertheless. Think & whimsical & nifty. I hope.

Here’s the list of the challenged issued, in Norwegian. Found an old Rhonna Farrer digiswirlthingie to prettify the list.

First - gather various scraps which'll match somewhat.

Doesn't matter that they won't be the same size - it's just cool.

Fold them together w/a bonefolder - you don't even need to make sure they are folded in the middle - one page can just as well be longer than the other. Use the border punch or the corner punch on some of the pages.

Carefully sew in the middle of the pages (or punch holes & thread some twine to hold the pages together).

Some of the Elle’s Studio number-tags were fairly large, so I just added adhesive to the corner edges so that my niece will be able to lift the tags some to tuck her images in behind the number-tags. For some of the smaller number tags I just used the extreme adhesive squares - either large or small ones depending on the size of the tags.

Oh, and the closing thingie: the twine wrapping around the book a couple of times? Saw this idea somewhere in the blogosphere, I’m so sucky at remembering from where. Just recall I thought that was such a simple yet cool idea and that I needed to try it out sometime. Well, from what I can tell it looks to be working swell!

Love the number-tags from Elle’s!

There ya go.

Now, I have a buncha projects which I need to get started with. If only the kiddo wasn’t so into Doctor Who these days so I had some more time to play w/paper in the evenings! (Oh, who am I kidding. LOVE Doctor Who, which reminds me of my childhood and early mornings with Sky Channel and Pat Sharp and, as far as I have gathered, the fifth Doctor, and LOVE that the kids loves him too! :D)

More Prima-inspiration + pictures <3

2012-03-08T14:48:00.001+01:00

At the Prima-blog I have a tutorial going on. Here’s the directlink if you’d like to know how this tin was created/built up.

The two smaller flowers are from the Londonerry….I love the flowers and accessories from this line, but have never used any of the papers methinks. Just not my style. The colors used etc though – loves. I like to add crackle paint to the flowers etc too when I am using it otherplaces..

Like on this wood clock here. Wood + crackle paint = loves.

I’ve had this little plane for like, four or five years now. Finally I got to put it to use!

Inside the tin’s a little card. The papers used here are from the printer-collection. I love how that + the new Almanac-collection are perfectly matchy matchy.

Another tin, another recipient. This time w/the fun doodle-deux-collection.

See. Perfect size for giftcards!

I also did the Prima PPP for this month:

Fun colors! Here’s the link to the March PPP: there’s a giveaway as usual plus info on how to join the challenge! :)

Spring-ish & inspiring, isn’t? :)

I love the days off work (work 1 weekend, get Thurs/Fri the following week off). I usually pickup the kids at school & we’ll walk home together (today the oldest one had an extra lesson at school though). Today the weather was great, so I decided to bring my camera along. I know she’s not exactly in focus in the image above, but I love her expression&pose still.

She is changing so fast! She’s losing the cute baby/toddlerface, and a new, more grown-up one is trying to break forth.

When we were almost at home we spotted this little man – the kids’ cousin. He had been following us all the way from school and started describing how he spied on us and went to great heights to hide himself from us (“once the bush I hid inside had sharp thorns!”). Cutiepie!

So he followed us home….willingly posing for my camera…love such kids! ;)

I totally adore you

2012-03-05T18:52:00.001+01:00

Had to play w/the Prima BAP for March. Turned the sketch below into the layout above, w/a series of photos of my daughter w/her cousin. She totally adores him. I totally adore them.

Here’s the sketch – do join! MOre inspiration from the other girls can be found here.

Look. I stamp more and more. The strip of tickets and the bird & branch are both stamps.

And I love love love the stamps from the Yuki-collection (there’s three different ones I think, I lucked out with the one I have!).

I also used some PanPastel to color the stamps. Interesting stuff – pastels in storage jars. Need to explore more, never been into coloring of stuff nor painting, and this is basically…paint in jars...

Products:

Songbird papers: Lineage – 844059
Zephyr – 844035
Title-it – 844080
Tag-it – 844073
Jotz – 844066
Cling mount stamp: Songbird – 555153
Cling mount stamp yuki 941147
Flutter bits: songbird – 555627
Alphabet stickers – 550110
SIIC: 551544
Chalk fluid edger – rusty bucket 891091 (for the stamping), dry sand 891176, old rose 891213
Allegra Bisquit – 556471
Pan Pastels – Bright Yellow Green, Phthalo Blue Tint, Paynes Grey, Titanium White, Red Iron Oxide Tint, Turquoise, Sofft Applicators Handle and heads set

Oh seen this one by the way? Prima is doing a Spring Euro Tour, and are coming to Norway (Bikuben)! Dang that looks like such fun…sigh…

Some stamping & some folding…

2012-03-03T10:55:00.000+01:00

Look at me, I’m stamping!

Wanted a simple approach to this CD-envelope, so I opted for this gorgeous sheet of paper from Prima’s Pixie Glen-collection (Window View) – adding accents to the muted background with the Anniversaire, Notes and Quatres saisons stamps from Craft Origine. Plus a Maya Road Kraft-Owl peeking up from the tag :) (Letters from American Crafts)

Craft Origine is releasing wood-mounted stamps these days, have a look at this post to see the new stuff! So elegant!

I also wrapped a chocolate, turning it into a sorta card, using Glue Art adhesives & the Winter Twig collection from Little Yellow Bicycle.

If you want to see the step-by-step on this one, here’s the post.

Right!

Enjoy your weekend! :)

Happy Leap Year!

2012-02-29T18:19:00.000+01:00

I figured I'd share a recent layout I created. Oh, how I envy my sisters outdoor-all-year-round-jacuzzi! The kids had great fun in the jacuzzi - in minus fifteen degrees celsius! That's 5 degrees fahrenheit to you US peeps!

I decided to do a real snowwy sort of layout. Did you know Maya Road offers lots of different snowflakes? Pictured above are the chipboard one, the white transparent ones, and the awesome vintage wooden ones. And that's not all the snowflakes Maya Road have in their assortment:

On the tags here I used the clear stamp ones as well. They're tucked into the open Kraft-envelope.
Then you have kraft snowflakes, and black transparent ones, and the coaster one, so you can create real big chipboard-snowflakes or a snowflakemini...in short..Maya Road have got lots of great wintery accessories! Speaking of the tags: I tried different approaches to these two seen here: First I stamped the snowflakes w/watermark-stamp, added white fine detail embossing powder to them and embossed the snowflakes onto the tags. Then I sprayed a mix of Popsicle Blue, Earl Gray and Silver Plated Metallic Mist spray onto the top one. The latter made the tag pretty metallic-looking, and the gray spray added shadows to it. For the bottom tag I sprayed Popsicle Blue onto a sponge, added it evenlyish to the tag then smeared white distress stain onto the whole tag, getting a mily white, lovely sheen to the whole tag. I think I really like the latter result the better!

And I adore the new Kraft owls, as well as the larger kraft tickets! I also find the 2012 Kraft Calendar quite handy! It's both informative and pretty-as-an-accessoire at the same time :) Here it's placed upon a whitepainted snowflake-chipboard. Notice the star-pins? I figured purple gemstones in the middle of them would make the whole layout a bit more exciting, breaking with the brown-white-blue colored theme :)

I dabbed some white distress stain on the vintage wooden snowflakes - the whitewashed look added to the vintage feel methinks. The chipboard ones got a coat of white gesso, before adding sugar coating glitter on them. The glitter was then sealed in by a layer of diamond glaze on the top.

Maya Road Supply List:
Maya Mists: Earl Gray, Popsicle Blue, Silver Plated Metallic Mist
Chipboard: Snowflake Chipboard Set, Jonathan Mini Alphabets
Wood: Vintage Wood Snowflakes
Transparent: Let it snowflakes - white,
Kraft: 20120 Kraft Calendar, Kraft Large Ticket Strips - white, Krafty Owls - black, Kraft envelopes - square
Trinkets: Vintage Raspberry beads - clear, Trinket Pins - Stars, Trinket Pins - Crystals, Vintage Paper Roses, Vintage Paper Posies, Gingham Point blossoms - brown & beige
Ribbons: Zipper trim - earl grey, Small organza roses - turquoise, twine - red, burlap trim

Other: Distress stain, gesso, sugar coating glitter, gems from KaiserCraft, doily, diamond glaze, papers from My Little Bicycle, Heidi Swapp heart, Glue Arts adhesives.

Happy Leap Day!

First day at school–mini

2012-02-25T21:44:00.001+01:00

So, I created like four minis for the Maya Road CHA-booth...mm..this one tells the story of first day at school for the youngest one.

I decided to stick w/mainly one manufacturer for the papers, and went for Crate Paper for this one. A mix of various collections – hence the gesso to whitewash the papers some & give them some kind of coherence.

I also decided to mix some canvas, chipboard & transparencies for the inner pages..

Butterfly! Loves! Notice the broad ribbon underneath the butterfly? Love that one. It’s the organza tea garden trim in chai.

Once I get the mini back I’m gonna gather the rest of the images from that day inside this envelope. I mainly focused on the journaling + the photos showing her only on the pages which were sent to CHA.

Maya Road supplies:

Binder book - 4x4 inches
Transparency – ledger (black, white)
Chipboard – butterfly set, Jonathan mini alphabet, Jonathan mini numbers, scallop frames set
Ribbons – organza tea garden (chai), small organza roses (pink), Candy stripes (beige, pink), tulle pleat (earl grey)
Flowers – Felt beaded (light pink and dark pink), velvet pleats (cream and red), vintage gauze blossoms (hot pink), vintage paper poises,
Canvas – Butterfly set, Heart coaster album
Kraft – doilies, let it snow (black), vintage edge envelopes
Trinket pins – Stars (white and yellow), Crystal Star
Maya Mist – popsicle blue,
Glitter – turquoise
Clear stamp – timless memories stamp square
Rubons – Clock (black), the cubicle (black)

Other: Glue Art adhesives, gesso, Crate Paper, Hambly Screenprints, tulle

pattyo Said,

12:57 AM

I love how your gift and treat bags turned out. I know what you mean by trying to capture a style, but I think you are doing a fabulous job on your own!

Thank you! :)

fatmi Said,

12:15 PM

So cute ideas,What do you mean by late love.

Just that I suppose these Valentine-stuff should have been posted before Valentines, and not way after! *cough*

Right!

More minis to come..enjoy the weekend..or the week off the lucky ones of you who have Winter break…:)

Late love

2012-02-21T10:16:00.000+01:00

Um. February’s like, the month of love, or something like that.

In all honesty, I’m not big on romance and sugary stuff like that (uhm, duh). But I do like making small treats and stuff.

And making these is like, too easy. Hambly Screenprints transparencies, staples, glue arts adhesives and some leftovers to adorn it (LOOK! HEIDI SWAPP CHIPBOARD HEARTS! From when she was with Advantus. LOVE these hearts. Hurts my ..eh..heart? to use them, but they’ve been like, unused all these years….these treats are easy to make, but if you need one, here’s the tutorial.

And then a giftbag w/random scraps from the scrapping desk. And yet the contents on the table doesn’t dwindle – quite on the contrary!! Gaah. Nevertheless. I see lots of cute shabby romantic stuff around the blogosphere, which’s really inspiring, but it seems I can never really pin the style myself. I think it must be my lacking romantic gene or something like that. Still, I’m allowed to do an attempt, no?

Papers from 3ndypapir, transparency from Hambly, flowers from Kort & godt, U cut it foam&adhesives from Glue Arts, little bit of paper from Prima, trinket from Maya Road, tickets from Pink Paislee….tulle….can’t make anything wo tulle these days….and slightly misted seam binding! :)

Hmmm..I oughta share my Maya Road CHA stuff…I don’t think I’ve shared any of these! Duh. Lots of photos though, cause they asked for lots of minialbums… one of these days, I promise..

Do I really…?

2012-02-17T10:54:00.000+01:00

The little one is quite curious about the future – especially the one concerning hers and her brother. She once asked: “Do I really have to move out when I grow up?”. Adorable. Oh, and everything’s supposed to happen in order mind you; first her bigbrother, then her.

The Almanac-collection from Prima is truly one of my faves from this round of CHA. Along with yuko. And Songbird. And Sun Kiss. And Doodle-Deux, even though I can’t seem to be satisfied with anything I create with this collection which I instantly adored. Hrmf. Yeah. And Fairy Belle and Nature Garden too are on the “like very much”-side as well. Hrm. Got sidetracked, sorry. Love the Almanac collection, and love that it’s the feminine counterpart to Printery (which’s from CHA-S from last year) and thus is great to mix with.

I really like the pink-peach-salmonish hues combined with the harsh blackness in this collection. And spot the pins? Or the bauble? Loves’em.

Even added some stamping directly on the patterned paper! go brave me ;p

Almanac papers: Edison 844134, Notary 844141, composition 844097
Imagenne Stamp set – printery 551056
Clear stamps almanac: 555016
Lucerne almanac: 556259
Essentials Petals Nature garden: 555917
Petal pins: iced 556723, beads 556716
Laraine black tie 557638
Alphabet sheet almanac: 555399
Genie stones silver wrap: 556686
Chalk fluid edge – rusty bucket 981091
Distressing tool - 890940
Other: Glue art Raisen’s, Zip dry, glue art ribbon adhesive, distress crackle paint – rock candy, sewing machine, glimmer mist: walnut gold, chalkboard chalk, suede, stazon timber brown

Tutorial: Love tag

2012-02-12T11:54:00.000+01:00

I love challenges. I truly do.
But sometimes the challenges are ridiculous. Like the Maya Road one where we were only allowed to use seven – 7 – various MR products. Yes. Seven only.
Initially you may think: Oh, seven products. To create one tag? Easy peasy, that’s almost a bit too many products. I know I did when the challenge was presented to us. I mean, you’re supposed to do just a little tag, no? But do not be fooled. It’s such a limitation and I had to be tough and drop a LOT of stuff. No fair! SIGH!

This is what I did:

I gathered a number of MR-products I thought would fit this challenge. We could use a few freebies, like ONE sheet of patterned paper (only one though!), staples, punches – basic tools mostly and hardly any extra product.

After much back and forth & lots of pain and stuff I ended up with these items:

Popsicle Blue Maya Mist
Butterfly Canvas Set
Scallop Frames Chipboard Set
Love Words Mini Chipboard Set
Kraft Shipping Tags
Timeless Memories Stamp
Just My Type Stamp Sheet

Additionally I used a sheet of paper from Crate Paper, Mod Podge, white and turquoise embossing powder, tulle, staples and white gesso. I *so* wanted to use at least two or three more products, but sigh. A challenge is a challenge I guess!

I so love this technique after seeing Ronda Palazzari demonstrate it for uh, CK or something like that a while ago. Currently I’m using archival ink – jet black – it’s moist enough for this purpose. StazOn, which’s my to-go-permanent-stamp-pad, doesn’t work well for this purpose…at least not the pads I have, maybe it’s too old (like, dried too much??) Dunno. Nevertheless. I’m impressed w/how precise and fine prints you can get even on a surface like canvas. Then again. I’m easily impressed =) Right.

The kids found this Tim Holtz hammer the other day. “Mom, that’s a weird-looking hammer”. Figured I should use it,haven’t used it too much since I bought it. Typical. Not sure why I bought it in the first place either, but hey. Yields fun textures when you remember you have such a tool =).

Right. Dilute the mist w/ a little bit of water and paint the color on stuff. Vary the intensity of the color w/mist & water.

Staple the tulle to the embossed tag, attach stuff, curse that you can’t use more than 7 MR products ‘cause a pin or a ribbon would be awesome to add to the butterfly…

Then figure out an alternative way to have something in the middle of the butterfly..like cutting a triangle of paper,

…add mod podge and roll it into a paper bead and let dry…

Before attaching it to the tag. Once again; a pin would be perfect to have inside the paper bead, sticking out from it, but ahwell. Consider the challenge met!

Right! you should check out how the other designers solved this challenge…the Maya Road Challenge PDF can be found here….they’re also giving away a prize pack, just scroll all the way down the PDF to learn how to enter…

Ps! It’s Mothers Day in Norway today. Happy Mothers Day!

Thinking inside the box…

2012-02-09T21:44:00.001+01:00

This month my challenge over at the 3ndypapir-blog is about the winter; create something that is about/looks/feels winterish. I altered a box which I’m not quite sure what to use for atm…but it sure looks pretty!

I even covered the insides w/patterned paper…maybe I’ll find some kind of gift that’ll fit inside, or I’ll buy a bag of wrapped chocolate so I can fill the tray..whatever – now I have the perfect box for whatever winterish situation.

I used papers from 3ndypapir and embellishments from (mostly) Maya Road bare the rub-ons (old Jenni Bowlin-ones – as smooth as butter still!) & white, fluffy flower from Pink Paislee.

To make the box more wintery I added crackle paint to the chipboards. Look. Pretty, eh?

I have one more that I need to decorate :)

The kids got one each of these googles, and I thought the box looked fairly sturdy and nice.

Covering it with pretty paper’s pretty quick and easy too, just make sure you cover all the surfaces, measure it right & roll on the adhesive (I just used my glue glider w/the perma-tac cartdrige, since I wasn’t going to add any moist to the box…like adding mist and stuff).

Right!

Feel free to join the challenge; check this post for more info.

rosemary Said,

12:25 AM

Lovely photos and your cards from the last post were beautiful-- very elegant. I'm definitely going to get a d800, just don't know if I want to get the d800e version...

From what I’ve initially read, I think the D800 is a more safe bet for me personally. Will certainly watch the reviews close when they start popping up on the web to learn more about the specifics and how stuff actually works when in use! My big question is whether the D800 is a big enough upgrade for me who has D700 (apart from the obvious: it can do video..and well..it does seem way superior :p). And of course I’m drooling over a D4, but sigh, it IS a lot of money and probably (or well, I know it is!) more than I’ll ever need… atm…but still…you sort of always want the best, no? :p Looking through some older photos today I realized how little I actually photograph these days when not at work, I sorta was like “oh right, I used to be good at this”. UGh! And I interviewed an old-time-photographer the other day, one who’s been a photographer for like 40 years and who now is retired…he said something along the lines of “finally the work has become a hobby/passion once again”…hrm! (oook…I’m starting to feel a bit moody/nostalgic now, sorry!)

Elisabeth: Haha, takk for oppmuntringa! :D

Alienka Said,

5:02 PM

Beautiful cards!
As to spots you should buy antistatic pad. It looks like this: http://belkaonline.ru/images/belkaonline/400_ink-05847.jpg
You should stroke the paper with pad before stamping - it will prevent powder to stick.
(sorry if my English not good enough)

Ooh..yes..that’s the one! Do you have one yourself? Does it actually work well?
I also got an advice saying to just buy a common microfiber cloth, one that you use for cleaning up…but it didn’t seem to work that well..hm…maybe I bought the wrong kind come to think of it, hmm..

Them growing kids…

2012-02-07T22:41:00.001+01:00

Last weekend we dropped by my sis in Oslo (actually, we just wanted to use her Jacuzzi & celebrate my dads bday). Staying with her was just conventional. I love her house. Not only does she have nice taste & manages to keep the house tidy and all, she’s also darn lucky having amazing lightning coming in the huge, nice windows creating the most amazing light making snapping photos (when facing the windows) like a dream. *sigh* I’m jealous!

This is my littlesis and her son. Those eyes! The firm grip he has on her ear! Bwahaha. Cuteness.

This is my oldest son. He loves to read – and am now on the third & last book about The Hunger Games. I’ve read the books myself, and yes indeed – it’s no big literature, but it does what it’s supposed to do – spellbind young (and older) readers, enticing them into reading more. Love such books! He does not really want to watch the upcoming movie though – and I understand him. There might be gory scenes. Like how Katniss reaches for the silver bow (or something like that?)? Bwahaha. We’ll see. I’m gonna watch it for sure! *grin*

Like I said. Gorgeous light. A quick photosession is like, mandatory when having such light!

Add silly kids..

I do wish my sis was sensible enough to have a larger area of white wall built though. I simply do not understand how she did not think about that when they built the house like, two years ago or something like that!?!? *sigh*

*loves*

That girl…

That kid…

Oh, it’s the baby! And my stepfather! He sure loves the ears. The baby, that is.

Did I mention I’m jealous? Sis got a Jacuzzi in the backyard. Nevermind minus fifteen degrees Celsius (like, 5 Fahrenheit) & snow! The latter only makes the whole event more fun when you can snow bathe before rejoining the hot water!

Mom and her four oldest grandkids. The baby was sleeping :(

(again – really wish sis would make that white wall larger….sigh)

Oh, did you see that the new D800 is out? *drool* What do you think, is a new D800 preferable to an used D3s? And oy, I’ve been missing taking photos w/my DSLR privately (as opposed to using the iPhone all the time privately and the DSLR at work)

… meanwhile

2012-02-03T18:20:00.001+01:00

Leaving for party/travel/celebrations shortly, note to self; need to be better at scheduling things for the blog. Leaving the blog empty too long just makes me feel sad, even if you probably don’t notice that :p Nevertheless, here’s two quick & elegant cards in the meantime….will be back soon w/tutorial/inspirationthingie and more of my CHA-creations now that CHA is over!

Card: Base – Scenic Route, bazzill cardstock, tulle, prima flower, glitter splotches (read a nice and easy tutorial on it once inspired by hmm I’m pretty sure it was Ania-Maria – mix glitter w/liquid glue – I used the gold glitter by Maya Road mixed w/diamond glaze and added some pumps of gold glimmer mist…nifty trick, will use more often!), stamp by Craft Origine and the ribbon is one that I’ve had around like forever but can’t recall where’s from.

Another one, pretty much the same stuff/manufs used on this one like on the last card. I like the trend w/messy threads, personally I think it looks cute. Have no idea what people not into scrapbooking/cardmaking might think. Maybe they’ll look at it and think “gosh how silly, is that intentional??”? Shrug. I dunno. Still think it looks cool!

Right. Gotta jet.

OH PS! Know how to get rid of the annoying spots that remains behind when embossing stuff? And which gets embossed along with what you’re supposed to emboss? Dunno if you understand what I mean right now, but if you do and know the solution, please share….:/ I’ll add a closeup of the problem next time, but if you look closer you’ll know what I mean..the small black spots around the embossed imprint!

Altered chocolates & oh gong xi fa cai :)

2012-01-31T20:04:00.001+01:00

I visited three awfully cute children the other day (oxymoron, isnt…awful in combination w/cute?), and just had to bring them chocolate. And as I had some time for preparation, I looked to my messy desk & found some scraps and bits and pieces to decorate the chocolate.

The polka dot paper seen here is from October Afternoon, while the flowered paper is from Crate (one of my fave sheets from them…sigh…only have about one sheet left, boo!)…got a new shipment of doilies, so now I’ve started using doilies again (I was almost out of doilies! eeks!). Pins and flowers found on my desk, the large flower is from Prima (I think it’s an old one, but it might very well be one of the new ones too…I’m not quite sure….it looks pretty though..like a fairy sorta)….the smaller are some white ones from Kort & Godt which I colored w/gold mist..oh and I ordered some bakers twine from The Twinery the other day, the {I love you sampler pack}..it looked like a nice assortment of colors and I’ve seen so much praise about their twine..and I have to say I was positively surprised – pretty pretty colors and it’s thicker and “fuller” than the other bakers twine I have (from some etsy-store)…sweet! And addictive, eeks!

I have so many cute chipboard pieces from Crate Paper that I really need to just start using! So I did =)

This paper is from Crate Paper, as well as the chipboards. The stamped letters were made with the new Prima press by the way, love mine!! So fun and easy to use :)

Gong xi fa cai!
Apparently it’s Mandarin for Happy New Year (or well, prosperous new year?).

Thanks to reading about Leena Loh’s preparations and excitement about the Chinese New Year (did you know we’re now into the year of Dragon? I guess you do, even here in Norway the papers have had bits and pieces on the Chinese NY and how this year is a powerful one and stuff…after the NY actually started..and you’d definitely know if you play WoW (think – the annual Lunar festival)) a while ago on her blog (this was the initial post that sparked the idea to see if I could do something on it…well worth the read & her whole blog is so pretty – from pretty photographs to lots of creative bits and pieces and inspiration, tip and great ideas), I got inspired and was able to invite myself to someone locally who’d celebrate that event so I could write about it in the newspaper I work for. And take pretty pictures. And (most important!) sample some of the amazing Chinese cuisine. Real homemade Chinese food! Tasted amazing, in case you wondered. Whee! Thanks Leena! :D

Tutorial: Canvas covered book

2012-01-25T18:30:00.001+01:00

So, I had a request all the way from Jamaica (*waves!*) about how to create the canvasbook shown in the last post.

Well, I had actually taken images of the process step-by-step-ish, but wasn’t sure whether there were “need” for me to post such a tutorial or not. Sooo am happy somebody actually asked! :)

Step one – gather some sheets of papers for the content. The papers I used was ledger ones from Prima from last season. Wasn’t sure how to use them otherwise *blush*.
Cut and stack them like, 3-4 sheets together.
(I didn’t measure mine before sending off the projects to CHA I’m afraid. I eyeballed stuff and I *think* they’re like, slightly less than 5x7 inches when folded)

I used the sewing machine to stitch together the middle – but if you don’t have a sewing machine – don’t worry – just use staples :)

Now, take a sheet of canvas (I used the new Poppies & Peonies-collection from Prima) and adhere three rectangles of cardboard like shown above. The rectangles need to be slightly larger than your folded ledgerpapers/contents, and you need to remember to space them out some like shown above so it will fold properly. You can use patterned paper instead of canvas np, you might just want to strengthen the middle part/parts that’ll be folded when done (with either bookbindertape, canvas, extra paper, or cover the whole book in multi medium/sealer, preferably w/two layers...).

Right. Talking too much. Cut the corners like shown.

I used these clothespins to help securing the canvas while the adhesive was drying. A bonefolder to help folding the edges is always appreciated!

Find a proper length of trim or ribbon, adhere to the middleish of the book like this.

Cut another sheet of canvas to cover the insides. More clothespins!

Don’t forget to fold it some too during drying so you’re sure the folds looks pretty and stuff before it dries completely!

Then as for the contents…just add lots of liquid glue in the middle & secure the folded sheets tightly inside. Let it dry “standing”.

Then….decorate stuff….I went for a simple decoration for this one, since the canvas was pretty in itself :)

Hope you enjoyed this one :)

Edited to add this q:

Amanda Said,

6:43 PM

This is gorgeous! Can you buy the canvas from the Prima website or do you have to buy it elsewhere? I've enver used canvas before

Thank you!

The canvas shown here are part of the new releases coming out this Spring. To my knowledge you can’t buy directly from Prima, but it should be available in stores some weeks after CHA (which starts next week actually). For online ones you could try Two Peas in a Bucket, Scrapbook.com, or Frantic Stamper – have no idea if they’ll take in this specific canvas, though. And there’s some stores doing preorders too, but I’m afraid I dunno which. Oh and for plain canvas I can recommend Claudine Hellmuths Studio sticky canvases. Hm. I’m not of much help, eh?

Right. Want more CHA-peeks?

I’m in love with these tiles from Prima…

Not to mention these genie stones!

Drop by the Prima-blog and check out the gorgeous jewelleries the other DT-gals whipped up! I wanna make me some too! Plus – there’s giveaways going on. Giveaways = win!

Not to mention the Maya Road peeks – more giveaways there too!!

These rhinestone-trims might very well be one of my faves…

Alright. Have some off days coming up, which’s great, cause I have a growing list of favors and cards I need to create/prettify. Why do people have their birthdays and other stuff like, all at once?? :p

Oh, and then there’s the Marit Larsen-concert this Friday. Wheee!!

Canvas galore!

2012-01-20T20:33:00.001+01:00

So,

seen the peeks yet over at the Prima blog? Some more of my stuff has popped up over there, in the Poppies and peonies-post, which means I can share’em here too, yay =)

So. First out is this ATC…we’re doing an ATC-swap in the DT, I’m creating one for Stacey Young, which can be seen above….and I’m getting one from Karola Witczak, whee! I added some gesso on mine, tried to stamp on it and discovered the stamp got smudged and didn’t seem to work well on the gesso (it yielded a crisp and fine impression on the paper – but an utterly sucky one on the gessoed canvas, boo), added some more gesso to cover up the mishap then went on adding some glimmer mist splotches onto it, a canvas butterfly (*loves*), a flower, a wooden pennant, a vintage trinket (*lovestoo*) and a wooden button then called it a day.

Products:

Canvas ATCs: 922030
Charlotte melon: 557300
Wood tickets meadow lark: 554378
Trinkets songbird: 554255
Resist canvas natural: 554699
Twill black: 550479

So. This Poppies & Peonies collection is a mostly canvas-based (and a few more things too, like some foam stamps and resinflowers and stuff) created by Donna Downey. Mm.. grabbed two canvas sheet & decided I’d make this journal myself (there’s already-made journals and stuff in the collection too…I did however have a number of ledger-papers from last CHA I wasn’t entirely sure what to do with, so I decided to put them to some good use…or something like that).

Looks sorta nice, eh?

The bird-trinket is one of many designed by Marion Smith, as seen in this post. I attached it to the chipboard/canvas with Glue Arts hot glue..been using that more and more lately..! The chipboard is from the Nature Garden collection, and the petal pin bead is just *loves* :) (it’s bendable though, which I assume would be a plus for jewellerymaking, but not so much when it comes to scrapbooking…still looks amazing though!)

Also used another kind of canvas for the insides :)

Products:

Canvas – poppy a canvas sheet 921934,
peony canvas sheet 921958
Chipboards – 950293
Trinkets – 555207
Petal pins beads – 556716
Ledger paper – 843755 and 843748

ALSO!

Seen that the Maya Road peeks has started??
*in love with so many, many things!*

Like the Vintage Mini Wood Butterflies, or the Vintage Wood Birds…

Head on over and comment for a chance to win some new goodies! :)

Right.

Have a lovely weekend! And for those of you celebrating the Chinese New Year, happy celebrating!
(I’ll be working this weekend, yay)

Thanks much! + a new layout :)

2012-01-18T17:40:00.001+01:00

First: Thanks so much for your help when it comes to the questions I had in my last post! I *think* I have it down when it comes to the meaning of “Joyeux anniversaire” and “Heureux anniversaire” (although there’s a slight conflicting feedback – so far no French people have elaborated on the finer meanings of these words, so if you have anything to add I’ll be happy to learn more about when to use what).

The ribbon I asked about indeed is seam binding (Julie Blanc: it does not seem to be taffeta to me from what I could see from googling – but thanks for the suggestion!), I even got a direct link from Anne Kristine (also known as Aksh) (who use this a lot – and quite superb at it if I may add…she’s truly amazing with the shabby style!) and have already purchased lots and lots =)

Right.

Onwards to more new stuff:

Right now Glue Arts is sponsored by Studio Calico, which meant we got to play with the October kit. Fun fun! It’s been a while since I played with a kit, and I’ve never tried Studio Calico, so yay! I must say I especially loved the products that’s Studio Calico’s own, like the graphic papers (love – I see why they fit well with American Crafts now – what I got seemed in the same gate as their graphic-oriented products).

I’ve elaborated more on the different steps of this layout in this blogpost if you’re interested.

I fell in love with these chipboard-butterflies from Sassafras! Plus this graphic card (which’s really just a note from Studio Calico or something like that)!

On this layout I mixed papers from Sassafras, Studio Calico and Basic Grey :)

This is my daughter and my nephew. Can hardly (can’t hardly??) wait to see him again in two weeks!!

3 questions I really could use your help with!

2012-01-17T10:53:00.000+01:00

3 quick things:

1. French speaking people: What’s the difference between “Joyeux anniversaire” and “Heureux anniversaire”? (Yes, I asked google translate, but it just responded “happy birthday” to both).

2. I’ve updated my resume blog into this template called “Dynamic views”. What’s your verdict? Is it just me or does it seem to take slightly longish to load? Is this a good template for a resume blog which sorta have pretty static pages/posts? Or should I just go back to my old plain-ish template, with an old fashioned and pretty linear postageline?

3. Do you know what this ribbon is called? Or where I can buy it? (I purchased mine at Familieskatter a year ago or two, but they don’t have a webstore and I’m like, it’s too silly to email them just because of a ribbon..or is it..?) It’s a bit like twill, but not as thick or crude….more..sheer or organiza, except…it isn’t either (and yes, I’ve searched for all the above on ebay and still haven’t really found this exact kind of ribbon). I love it because you could crumple it or use it straight or mist it and stuff and it was so versatile and amazing and I regret not buying more of it or remembering what it’s called. Waah!

Hmmm.

I think that’s it.

Well.

Hope some kind souls will take the time to help me out w/the urgent questions!! :)

Suppose I should add these cards (made with Momenta for Glue Arts), but I don’t really like them myself. Ahwell. Can’t always win..

Little boxes on the hillside

2012-01-16T11:23:00.000+01:00

The January Prima Product Pick & Color palette is up, and within minutes of seeing this palette I whipped up this little box. Literally. Or well, maybe not, but I did start on this the same evening as the palette was revealed to us (funny sidenote; just read this article on memories which questions whether our memories really are our own/correct…. intriguing piece..esp the hot balloon-experiment).

Nevertheless. This palette:

..was the one that inspired me immensely.

I used prima-products from CHA-S for this one, ie – none of the new stuff. So, sorry if you wanted a peek or two of the new stuff! I must say – I *love* these leaves – they come in both metallic-colors (Aglow) & in felt (Vermont). Sigh. Wish I had more of these!

If you want to make your own box feel free to check out the tutorial here. You need two such boxes (or well, halves) – made from squares measuring approx 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 and 8 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (ie, 1/2 inch diff in size…approx). Don’t forget the circle-punch to create such half-thingies you see pictured above; it’ll make it easier to take these boxes on/off.

I like making such boxes. Personally I think bulky flowers are difficult to work with when it comes to traditional layouts – but for such projects they’re such a perfect match!

Products:

843489- Printery– Emperor
843502- Printery- Negative
843496- Printery- Pressman
552749- Carlotta – smoke
553029- Gillian – cinder
553524- Aglow – black magic
553609- Splendor – winter

Right.

Had some fun last night with this one. Need to practice more and stop being fazed by mistyping stuff – that makes me lose seconds!! The top people doing this test types like, 190ish words per minute. Wow!

Visit the Typing Test and try!

The color yellow & a tutorial light

2012-01-14T14:10:00.001+01:00

When Wenche announced her January-challenge over at 3ndypapir, I knew I had to join whenever I got the chance. Yellow is a color that I love, but never really actually use. So with her challenge being about using the color yellow, I happily obliged.

I added a number of Prima-flowers to this card (I esp *love* the big one here, the one with the bling in the middle!), some veeerrry old Prima-bling from like 2007 or so (haha! They’ve remained one of my faves thru the years though!) & stuck some Maya Road star-pins in thru the flowers. OH and see the letters? Awesome poolside-thickers from American Crafts – I couldn’t find any R or A’s left in my sheet so I cut this Q in half so it became exactly these two letters I needed. Ahhh, love it when the design allows you to do such stuff and turn out smashing =)

And as for the heart – I have a heartshaped minibook (by Maya Road) that I’ve torn apart & used in layouts and cards instead. I knew I wanted to use it, but at the same time I thought covering it in one sheet of patterned paper sorta would be boring when I hadn’t envisioned doing much else with the card itself.. So this time I simply cut a number of strips (with various widths), taped the one end lightly and started weaving the strips until it was large enough to cover the heart.

Before using the chipboardheart I painted the surface just in case it’d peek out from between the paper…then I covered the heart in adhesive and attached it to the woven mat.

Then all you need is to trace your heart & cut it out. Pwetty, eh?

The woven heart makes it look more “fun” …it’s going to a six year old girl, but the card itself could just as well be given someone who’s turning 60 too.

Take your time

2012-01-12T20:06:00.001+01:00

This Prima-layout was created using the Songbird-collection, along with..hm…well, all-new-stuff for CHA-W. You can find it on the Prima blog here. The picture is from the vacation in Paris we all had last Fall, and hmm.. I think this might be the first picture from that vacation that I’ve scrapped :p

This was also the first time I tried Ingvild Bolme’s craft knife, which I’m happy to report absolutely deserves a stamp of approval (yeah, like it counts for a lot, I know *grin*). Nevertheless..I cut part of the figurines, added another patterned paper as backing and then used small 3d foam squares to make sure the cuttings sorta stayed popup’ed.

Love these graphic tags! And the bling…and the tiny butterflies (whee) and the normal ones, which’s hairy this time. Initially I didn’t think that was a pretty addition (the earlier butterflies from Prima aren’t hairy sorta), but somehow I suddenly started to take a liking to them. Weird.

Lotsa pwetty flowers (adorned with crackle paint)! Oh, and a wooden clock, I truly love these… See the peachy piece of canvas btw? I sprayed golden glimmermist on it first then quick patches of vintage pink and it turned into a perfect blend of color that matched the papers superb. Pure luck that made me go whee! :)

Supplylist:

Songbird Paper: 844011, 844028, 844059
Resist Canvas: 554750, 554675
Say it in pearls: 553944
Say it in crystals: 553999
Wood clocks: 554613
Essentials Petals Songbird: 555580
Flutter bits songbird: 555627
Lady godivas raspberry ice: 557096
Laraine blue lagoon: 557652 (took the leaves)
Allegra annaise: 556501
Mariposa topaz: 556778
Paper tag set: 921873
Alphabet stickers: 555405
Quick dry fluid chalk – dry sand 891176
Tools: craft knife 890964, 5x7 cutting mat 890926
Other: Glimmer mist – vintage pink, gold, frost, patina, chalkboard mist – chalk, Glue Arts adhesives, distresss crackle paint – picket fence, sewing machine

Right. We’re baking Magnolia Bakerys Vanilla Cupcakes atm (or well, I printed out the recipe, made the kiddo double it and directed to the kids what to do. Worked swell!). The bare cupcakes tasted amazing - need to make the frosting now. I got a cupcake decorating set from my sister last Christmas, and the kid’s been bugging to use it ever since :)

Just a little something…

2012-01-10T19:04:00.001+01:00

Sooooo. I do adore making cute, little boxes.

Especially when I feel that everything goes right and there’s no fuzz or pulling of hair while pondering what to do how and where…it’s truly a nice feeling when it comes over you when you create. I savour it – because truth to be told, it isn’t always this easy (noooooo….tic :p).

Nevertheless..one of the interesting things is that combining different materials (here: ribbon, canvas, chipboard, patterned paper, kraft, mist and glitter) contribute to its interesting dimensioned look…I know it’s a pretty much used cliché – but I think you safely can say so about the way this little embellishmentclutter on the top of the box is built – layering the different materials yields such an interesting dimension. So there =)

It was created for Maya Road, as shown in this blogpost (where I also elaborate a bit on how this box was made).

And look! It contents sweets! (big, shocking surprise, I know ;p)

Maya Road supplies:
Chipboard: Coffee or Tea Mini Chipboard Set, Wavy Layerable Chipboard Banner
Kraft Journaling Tags - decorative,
Butterfly Canvas Set,
Timeless Memories Stamp Square,
Small Organiza Roses Ribbon - Olive,
Maya Mist: Popsicle Blue, Eggplant purple

Now, over to something else.

You know CHA’s around the corner, no?
Well, maybe not exactly around the corner, but – it’s fast approaching!

Here’s one of my favorite lines from Prima – the Yuki collection:

…and Almanac – it’s reminiscent of Printery from the last CHA-S – just…prettier, if I dare say so!
(and LOOK! WOODEN CLOCKS! pwetty tiles!)

Songbird….so so lovely:

And finally..just need to share this lovely little trinket – genie stones:

…

sigh!

I have more favorites and stuff – here’s my CHA-W 2012 pinterest board for those of you who likes that stuff. I’m not good at using pinterest I must admit, but it’s sort of a tradition (well, 2nd time, so it’s becoming one!!) to pin peeks and new stuff for CHA :)

Atm there’s mostly Prima in there, I know…it’s not because I’m on their team and thus partial or anything, I just haven’t found that many CHA peeks yet (among my favorite manuf-blogs that I have in my feeds)! :p

Right. One last CHA peek, this time from Maya Road:

Oh, and one last thing too: The newest Craft Origine challenge 2:

This time it’s a sketch!

Here’s the words from Virginia of Craft Origine:

To start this new year, Craft Origine present you the Challenge #2!
To participate, you must do a creation with the sketch above. You can use the colors, supplies and materials you want.
The page of the winner will be posted on our blog and will receive a set of stamps Craft Origine of his choice ! The pages of the other participants will also be published.
The challenge begins January 8 and ends January 21 at midnight. Participants from all countries are welcome!
Please send your creations by email to: vlemagoarou@orange.fr. Indicate in the subject line: CRAFT ORIGINE CHALLENGE #2. You will receive a confirmation email.
I hope this sketch will inspire you.
Good luck !
Bises

And here’s the link to the challengepost on their blog! Right!

Gotta jet now! Work calls!

Top Ten Altered Stuff 2011 (Or actually way more. Lots of pictures. Soz!)

2012-01-08T21:05:00.001+01:00

No reason to drag this out longer than necessarily – here’s top ten altered stuff from 2011 included minialbums. Or well. Maybe it’s more than 10. Ok. It’s definitely more than 10. Maybe it’s just all the ones I liked from 2011 and thought deserved they deserved a second 15secs in the spotlight. Sue me. Or just scroll down, click on the next blog, whatever ;p

A pretty plain box – an exploding one – which held cookies. I like prettifying edible gifts.

Doily!! Sigh. I need another batch of these doilies, but I can’t seem to find these anywhere :( Anyone able to help out? They’re 4 inch in diameters..made by Wilton, so shouldnt be difficult finding them around, no… the LSS where I got them at is closing (sadface) and I was there the week before the announcement..and they were like, uh sure we could probably take it in again, check back after NY…but then they announced the closing :( )

A silly mini I made for Halloween w/Pink Paislee’s Spooked-collection and quite a bit of Hambly rub-ons :)

A book – my fellow 3ndypapir-DT member Wenche is amazing with paper – here’s her tutorial on this one if you’d like to make your own.

Made with different lines from Pink Paislee, corrugated cardstock (perfect for books!) and once again – edible stuff! See…I told you I liked to do edible stuff :)

Note the closing: A mini wooden spool from Maya Road. Cute, eh?

My mom doesn’t like this picture, but I love this one of her & my sis….:) Sorry mom!

(issok, she’ll forgive me, I’m her daughter after all ;) )

I love these minicanvasses – I tried to look for more (they’re like, 4x4x1”) but they didn’t have any at Søstrene Grene downtown in Bergen (what a letdown :( ). Anyone know where they have more of these? Yell out please….I orginially purchased mine in Stavanger (søstrene Grene)…

Nevertheless..lovely trinkets!

Had to add this one! Holds my daughters drawings…(reminder to myself: Turn one of these drawings into real life toys!!) Maybe it’s just me, but..imagine..what amazing gift that’d be!?

It’s fairly thick, and is made outta cardstock…I have so much cardstock I have to thin it out some! When I started scrapbooking I had to have all the worlds colors, now I’ve realized I’m not that much of a cardstock-scrapbooker…

My daughter only insisted on one thing: Add Hello Kitty to the book! So I did (this one is taken from an ice cream box :p Scrapbooking at its best, eh?)

Maybe the Superkanin one….although..that’s maybe copyrighted and stuff, since it’s a book and all..

A fun tablestand I created with Crate Paper stuff..gotta admit it turned out pretty pretty!

Especially the top-part =) Creating these are &/%&/& work, but it does turn out pretty….

Besides, love this paper from Crate….so spring-y, so girly!

Finally able to use some of the more dimensional flowers too :p (I’ll freely admit, I love the look of these but think it’s difficult to actually use on actual projects).

Once again – one of these handy canvasses turned into a sturdy stand..need.more!

Love this one because 1. Pink Paislee = loves 2. It’s sitting at my office giving me something pretty to look at.

Need to take new portraits of the kids. Easier said than done. Sigh.

Love the ribbons :)

And this little Kraft tag. Need.more! (Note to self: put in an order w/the next Maya Road box)

Yeah. Well what can I say. I’m not really a themed person, as in using themed stuff. Sort of. I think. Not like, this heavily themed stuff. I think. Nevertheless. I just let go with this one & to my surprise made something I actually liked!

This is Authentique Paper by the way.

The mini-countdown-calendar! Made w/Websters Page’s papers & Elle’s Studio tags :)

Made it so this one would stop bugging me “mom, how long till we’re going to Paris?” – and guess what – it worked! =)

This one was a labour of love. Way too many images to share, so here’s the original post (with another MR mini as well).

I just like the way this little gift was wrapped.. hm. Simple stories kit + Maya Road stuff.

I *love* this star pin. I love the wooden spools as well, but it’s difficult to figure out where to use it (at least the way I scrapbook). Must get better, it really is pretty!

Ah, this mini was created for the Maya Road tryout..love how this turned out!

Again. Kraft tags. need.More!

This lil messyhead got her own chalkboard…made w/maya road stuff..

Chalkboardpaint = fun!

See. Once again proof that the mini canvases are so superb…and so versatile…sigh! Made this one for CHA-S in 2011 for Prima..Loved that this one turned exactly like I envisioned it beforehand. Now that’s not common!

Wooden buttons + crackle accent = win!

Another book, also for the CHA-S stand for Prima..

An exploding box..

And finally…an altered box..

Yay. Done w/2011 stuff, now onward to 2012 stuff!!

Top Ten Cards 2011

2012-01-07T12:04:00.001+01:00

In no particular order..(for layouts, see here)

When Maya Road approached me asking if I’d possibly like to join their DT, I had to do a tryout first. This card was one of the things I made for that tryout. Still love it! Made with items from Maya Road & papers from Pink Paislee.

There’s something about this colorcombo that makes me really like this one..made for Prima.

Another card for Prima – again – love the colorcombo!

I don’t think I’ve shared this one…I tried to submit it with no luck. Made with Crate Paper and Elle’s Studio.

Oh, this one’s funny….kiddo came home telling me that he was invited to the birthdayparty of my biggest fan ever…a girl in his class…so he was like, so mom, since she’s your biggest fan ever, please make sure you put an effort into her card…made with stuff from Crate Paper..

Adore this backgroundpaper from Crate Paper :)

A quick yet nice card whipped together with Fancy Pants Designs (one of my fave lines from FP ever…totally adore Michelle Coleman’s designs and am pleased to see she’s back into designing now).

A very simple one…and I like it still!

Another clean&simple one…sorta..love this colorscheme!

And another one I don’t think has been posted here before…love this cat! (rubon from Fancy Pants Designs).

Sigh.

Been sleeping 85% of the time last three days. Only ate once in three days too.

No fun – especially when I’m in the last few days before shipping off stuff for CHA and can’t even stand being up and about for more than 20 minutes max…sigh..x fingers I’ll feel better so I’m actually able to wrap up the last remaining things still to do :(

Here we go again…

2012-01-01T15:52:00.001+01:00

New year, new possibilities…or something like that.

Making resolutions for the new year seem popular. Mine’s quite humble; try to be wiser, grow a brain and not be so darn sleepy all the freakin’ time…
(sure, I could put on a straight face and say I’d intend to work out more, like 89% of like, normal people seem to do, but hey, I know that’d be like, snowball’s chance in Hell..)

For my New Year dress I tried to create my own accessory – made with Prima stuff (cuff from Ruby Violet, flowers & baubles from the CHA-S stuff). Hard to get the colors right, the two below ones are more correct in color than the above, which shows my dress as well..ahwell..)

After figuring out what I wanted where, this was surprisingly easy. Not sure what adhesive is best for this kind of activity, I used my Glue Arts hot glue, which seem to work swell.

I tried to chose different materials and colors that complemented my dress – feathers, baubles, satin-fabric and felt.

Sure, the result felt a bit American (like, corsages for prom), but still it looked pretty enough :) )

Had a quiet and nice NY eve – with tapas on the menu and a bunch of sugar-high kids around the house.

It’s useless to try instruct five sugar-high kids aged 6 to 11 to try sign 2012. *sigh*

They rocked the circles, though! :p

They (ok, some of them!) managed to do the heart as well!

The older kids had to try as well :)

Tried to do some firework-shots but the view from the terrace combined with the weather sucked this year :/

Nevertheless…Happy New Year folks, & thanks much for the sweet comments on the last few posts :)

Top Ten Layouts 2011

2011-12-29T19:45:00.001+01:00

Waiting for mist to dry is quite boring – on par with watching paint dry (duh) or grass grow…(using the heating gun just makes the paper wrap annoyingly and I find myself unable to do anything else while waiting), so figured I’d just share my top ten layouts from 2011 – in no particular order.

Created for 3ndypapir – love this one because one – I love kraft but must admit I find it difficult to scrap with lots of kraft – and two – LOOK! HAMBLY RUBONS! And not just any rubons – but the robo ones!! LOVES!! :)

My sweet, sweet nephew – this was the very first layout I made with him on it – for Crate Paper. Love this elegant line as well!

Another one for Crate Paper – this time with my youngest niece. Love her to bits! Love this one because it feels quite liberating to be this “careless” when creating a layout…

…and back to a tight looking layout – this time created for Glue Arts, with amazing papers from DCWV. Oh, and this is my oldest niece *loves*.

A layout with papers and materials from Pink Paislee and Elle’s Studio – made for a guest-DTgig for Mission to create.

Just like this one. Also think it was one of the first times when I realized how nice doilies are for scrapbooking (yes, I’m slow, sue me :p).

So sad Sassafras is no longer! Or well, not as a scrapbook-company anyways. Not quite sure if they meant to stay in the scrapbook-world still or not? Ahwell. Love their fun designs. Sigh.

This one I created for Maya Road, for the productswap with Lily Bee. Happiness! One – because I managed to use the zipper-thingie, which I find difficult to use, two – lovely color&patternpalette and I’ve been wanting to try Lily Bee-products for a while, and three – when I created that layout I hadn’t done layouts in a good long while (sorta got stuck doing cards and altered stuff), and it totally felt good doing layouts again!

After not being happy with how a layout turned out, I used the leftoverscraps to create this one and immediately liked it. Still do!

And this one – my favorite layout from the layouts I made for Prima back at CHA-S. Love the picture, love the papers, love the embellishments (especially that star vine!!! swoon!)!

Right!

Be back at next unintentional scrappingbreak with top ten cards and altered and stuff I guess!! In the meanwhile…..am trying to be a good busybee doing lots and lots of CHA-W projects *smirk*

Happy New Year if I’m not back until after or something like that…

Little Corner of Ania

~~ Tutorial: Photo-a-day-journal ~~

~~ More Prima-inspiration + pictures <3 ~~

~~ I totally adore you ~~

~~ Some stamping & some folding… ~~

~~ Happy Leap Year! ~~

~~ First day at school–mini ~~

~~ Late love ~~

~~ Do I really…? ~~

~~ Tutorial: Love tag ~~

~~ Thinking inside the box…~~

~~ Them growing kids… ~~

~~ … meanwhile ~~

~~ Altered chocolates & oh gong xi fa cai :) ~~

~~ Tutorial: Canvas covered book ~~

~~ Canvas galore! ~~

~~ Thanks much! + a new layout :) ~~

~~ 3 questions I really could use your help with! ~~

~~ Little boxes on the hillside ~~

~~ The color yellow & a tutorial light ~~

~~ Take your time ~~

~~ Just a little something… ~~

~~ Top Ten Altered Stuff 2011 (Or actually way more. Lots of pictures. Soz!)~~

~~ Top Ten Cards 2011 ~~

~~ Here we go again… ~~

~~ Top Ten Layouts 2011 ~~

Tutorial: Photo-a-day-journal

More Prima-inspiration + pictures <3

I totally adore you

Some stamping & some folding…

Happy Leap Year!

First day at school–mini

Late love

Do I really…?

Tutorial: Love tag

Thinking inside the box…

Them growing kids…

… meanwhile

Altered chocolates & oh gong xi fa cai :)

Tutorial: Canvas covered book

Canvas galore!

Thanks much! + a new layout :)

3 questions I really could use your help with!

Little boxes on the hillside

The color yellow & a tutorial light

Take your time

Just a little something…

Top Ten Altered Stuff 2011 (Or actually way more. Lots of pictures. Soz!)

Top Ten Cards 2011

Here we go again…

Top Ten Layouts 2011