Elina Stromberg

 

Hi and happy Saturday!

Sharing with you one more layout I made a week ago, using papers from 'May Day' collection by ABstudio. The grungy designs by amazingly talented Mima Molina continue to inspire me 😊

The paper kit included a sheet of tags to cut out, and I used three of them for this page. I continued the machine sewn pattern printed on the paper, and sew straight stitches and zig zag on the tags and on the background paper. Following the paper's grungy style I created the two largest tags myself: For colouring and decorating the paper I used acrylic paints, my gelli plate and ABstudio/Mima Molina stencils. For cutting the tags I used my Bigshot and Sizzix/Tim Holtz tag dies.

The photo has two layers: I cut out the silhouette, glued a piece of corrugated cardboard underneath, and layered on the second copy of the same photo. I'm so fond of the dimensional look this simple trick creates!

In addition to the decorated tags there's tissue paper and stamped patterns on the page background. I did not trim the ends of the black sewing thread but glued them on the page using small dots of liquid glue. Here and there I secured the thread using old white, pink and black vinyl stickers.

This page was super fun to make. And I'm so happy how it turned out!

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Hi!

Today I'm sharing you another 12"x12" layout I finished during my creative weekend last week 😊 . This cheerful and lively page is getting its energy from the bold bright yellow colors, combined with grungy black and white textures and patterns. Isn't this paper by ABstudio / Mima Molina amazing!

The paper looked very cool even without adding anything, but I ended up layering more grungy stuff on the page: Ripped cheesecloth, very old vinyl number stickers (leftovers from an old AC letter sticker set), more patterned papers, machine-sewn zig zag stitches, stamped patterns and wood veneer stars I colored black with my Promarkers. Loved every creative moment I spent on this page!

This photo of my dear son is one of my recent favorites. The simple light background on the photo created a calming contrast to the busy colourful background. Usually I use black and white photos on a colourful background, but this time even the colour photo worked nicely.

 Hope you like this page; it's quite different from the pages I have done earlier this summer! 😀

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Hi!

Last weekend was a productive scrapbooking weekend: I was super excited about the new papers that I had purchased from ABstudio, and had waited impatiently the entire week to start playing with them. Especially the 'May Day' paper kit designed by  Mima Molina truly got my creative juices flowing; it has been a while since I have been so very inspired by new supplies!

The papers are filled with bright colors and bold textures. On this layout I decided to continue the textures that were printed on the paper and decorated the background with stencilled and stamped patterns, some grungy paper scraps, washi tape, machine sewn stitches and a piece of ripped cheesecloth.

More was more!

This layout was a boost of energy for me. After a series of cute pages with flowers and soft colors it was a fun to step into a quite different direction. This page is filled with courage, roughness, satisfaction and pure joy.

Hope you like it, too!

What has inspired you recently? Any new discoveries that have boosted your creativity?

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Wishing you a wonderful day,

 

Hi!

When I was a young kid I read the novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol many times, but I was never a huge fan of the surreal story. Sure the story was intriguing, but also somewhat strange and difficult to understand.

Now as an adult I feel that I've discovered the novel again. The storyline is quite unique, but underneath the fictive tale there are many amazing quotes, thoughts and sentiments. 

As much as I love the colourful images and scenery of Tim Burtons Alice films in 2010 and 2016, I also like the original artwork of the 'Alice in Wonderland' characters: I believe that the book I used to read as a kid was decorated with the bit bizarre illustrations by John Tenniel. Those drawings were quite an unique addition to the twisting story!

A while back I had a pleasure to cooperate with one a great stamp manuifacturer, VivalasvegaStamps! .
I was so happy to discover that a set of lovely 'Alice in Wonderland' images by John Tenniel were available as stamps; yes, exactly those characters from my childhood.

I love playing with those characters on my paper crafting projects. Here are two samples of how I used the coloured and fuzzy cut images: One 12" scrapbooking page and a small 18 cm x 14 cm art journal spread. I think that the picture I took in Singapore three summers ago was matching the stamped images perfectly - Alice in Wonderland themed exhibition in Flower Dome.

Aren't these characters just amazing. Can you imagine that the illustrations by Mr Tenniel are already 150 years old?

Has Alice in Wonderland played a role in your childhood? Do you remember these drawings from your own book?

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