Paper weaving on a birthday card

Hi!
I love trying out new techniques for card backgrounds! Inspired by paper weaving tutorials I found on Pinterest I made this flower card:

There are many great paper weaving designs that are suitable for a card background. Paper weaving is not difficult at all, but for avoiding trouble along the way you should measure the width of the strips with a ruler (both background openings and the strips you're using for weaving), and use a ruler and a crafting knife for cutting. 





I made a picture tutorial for this card; it can be read at Imagine blog *here*

Wishing you a wonderful weekend! 

Thanks for stopping by in my blog :)

Scrapbook layout: Less work, less worry. More love, more play.

Hi!


Late August I spent the most amazing weekend in beautiful Egersund in Norway. Thinking back on that weekend still brings a smile to my face: Spending time with friends, crafting 'till midnight, learning a lot on Kate Crane's workshops, and enjoying the beautiful Norwegian scenery. What else could a crafty girl wish for?


There will be a separate blog post about the amazing workshops, but before that one's out,  I wanted to share with you a layout I made during the crop:

The Cocoa Daisy background paper had some fun doodling on the top of the page, and as I needed a balancing element on the bottom of the page, I followed the given style on the bottom flower that I draw myself. The flowers are not identical, but I think I was able to imitate the original style quite nicely. My flower was drawn on white paper, cut out, and glued on the background paper.

I'm so happy how this simple layout turned out! The title is cut from a journaling card, and I thought it matched pretty well the playful picture :)


Thanks for stopping by in my blog; wishing you a great day!


Hugs,

Tag for October Craft Stamper blog challenge

Hi!
Hope your weekend has went well. In Southern Finland rain has been pouring all weekend, giving me the perfect excuse to postpone garden work and to spend time at my crafting table :)

On Friday started the new Craft Stamper Take It Make It challenge. Our generous sponsor, IndigoBlu, has given an amazing prize which will be sent to one lucky winner: Three gorgeous stamp sets! Really worth playing for, isn't it!

My take on the 'Anything Goes' challenge is a layered mixed media tag:

I started with decorating the background with a pattern stamp, masking some areas with paper strips. Then I colored the background with a few Distress Oxide colours, picking up the water-sprayed colours from my craft mat.

Before gluing down the stamped and colored main image, I added a thin layer of yellow and orange acrylic paint on the tag, and decorated it with a stencil and white acrylic paint. The orange colour is not exactly the same than what I used on the girl's shirt, but quite close to it. For coloring the stamped image (design by Daniel Torrente, for Stampotique) I used my new favourite pens, Zig Clean Colors. They're fabulous to use! 

So just follow *this link to Craft Stamper Magazine blog* to read more about our October challenge. Before linking your entry, pls check the challenge guidelines *here*.

Wishing you a wonderful new week!

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Art journal page: Glimmer of Light

Hi and happy Wednesday!
Today I wanted to share with you my latest mixed media art journal page with black, white, and a hint of gold:

I got the idea for this page when flipping the pages of my Moleskine art journal. I came across a page I had painted with black gesso, and thought that a dark, solid black background would match perfectly the strong quote stamp text by Visible Image.
After adding a second layer of black gesso on the page, I dabbed some white gesso on the page, creating the background for my glimmering light bulb:

Once the paing was dry I stamped and heat-embossed the light ray pattern and the sentiment text on the page. The light lightbulb is stamped on white paper, cut out, and glued on the page.

To add even more glimmer, I sprinkled some gold colour heavy embossing powder flakes on the page. I did not use any embossing ink, so for keeping the flakes on the paper during heating, I heated the page from underneath. Worked out well!

For more information on the Visible Image stamps I used, please click on the pictures below:

Wishing you a wonderful week!

Hugs,