tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44103701485862848192024-02-21T11:40:29.303+02:00Elina StrombergArts and Crafts, With Love.<br>
Cardmaking. Scrapbooking. Mixed Media. DIY.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger714125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-85702254841360136682023-05-19T21:00:00.001+03:002023-05-19T21:00:00.146+03:00Scrapbooking layout: Happy heart<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-UhZwgHfE0TAlk-sRXPwijp0fUZXNUWCtWqZhqlIY-thSEvQZU-0061Py_hYCxeKttY-bv4aMJVA0Nb2cBlGnzJ2sgMpBd0taMqtfY-2LOddlLEDljbx-leVNRLZeQct6b-V6byVGb0_ec9BOAk-maLi2hEPCjWHGoToQplHbG7tBSj-rV7OjOPpJw/s1300/July_layout_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-UhZwgHfE0TAlk-sRXPwijp0fUZXNUWCtWqZhqlIY-thSEvQZU-0061Py_hYCxeKttY-bv4aMJVA0Nb2cBlGnzJ2sgMpBd0taMqtfY-2LOddlLEDljbx-leVNRLZeQct6b-V6byVGb0_ec9BOAk-maLi2hEPCjWHGoToQplHbG7tBSj-rV7OjOPpJw/w640-h640/July_layout_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Hi,</div><div>Sharing with you a scrapbooking layout I made already a while ago; it's about our wonderful baby boy cat William. He came to our family two years ago and has brought so many smiles and laughter into our lives. He really makes my heart happy! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0OwVIH4OIDKIm3Lo_6-gwuXEaqCrV5-pgt25XX7Kb3AmEhPBxfmLki-iEfbeUsN45wPL5sv1F1bMqNXfuXsInGqZVpLnppnrfn1qt32Zc2minj2oO_r2SbqChSSMQCzeULZWLS2JiMnRkpgjbpUi6ylt-08OIKnt2_OZ-SKZ0BRFn7YKUwqNuJOdNhw/s1080/July_layout_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0OwVIH4OIDKIm3Lo_6-gwuXEaqCrV5-pgt25XX7Kb3AmEhPBxfmLki-iEfbeUsN45wPL5sv1F1bMqNXfuXsInGqZVpLnppnrfn1qt32Zc2minj2oO_r2SbqChSSMQCzeULZWLS2JiMnRkpgjbpUi6ylt-08OIKnt2_OZ-SKZ0BRFn7YKUwqNuJOdNhw/w640-h640/July_layout_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The background paper is from 7 Dots Studio: I love their paper quality as it allows playing with various wet media without wrinkling or wearing out. It's a pity that their business is ramping down; not many paper companies have that kind of sturdy papers in their patterned paper collections.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wvfyxpBTYaDS_S6U8QSGFAJSlvtF-RwihHFHdymCdGCc8I2mZyEvtnrVDGue2b7qTw87drxsXZm_RryVdg7JvjDLvkZsK5nWFstWcVs7hbIA8PfUwp388m938KpgxjuHzJgTRJTPgDrcPGd7Mzmy0BXRX9ffQsErowlDnhxc5RBX7P3UeDpMX7kloQ/s1701/July_layout_3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1701" data-original-width="1701" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wvfyxpBTYaDS_S6U8QSGFAJSlvtF-RwihHFHdymCdGCc8I2mZyEvtnrVDGue2b7qTw87drxsXZm_RryVdg7JvjDLvkZsK5nWFstWcVs7hbIA8PfUwp388m938KpgxjuHzJgTRJTPgDrcPGd7Mzmy0BXRX9ffQsErowlDnhxc5RBX7P3UeDpMX7kloQ/w640-h640/July_layout_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>All embellishments are stamped with <a href="https://www.carabelle-studio.fr/" target="_blank">Carabelle Studio</a> stamps. The cute cats are designed by Kate Crane; aren't they adorable!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-4tlAvHswVJigd121pCkKxJvhP_8JBKJr2IxyvVdRlviUhVQTQlZaqFueEPQw-i7E7H9ywTgIg-DMN8fqPZQbH7rsU46XbBZKPWXvZcrLaUpc_nsk1Fte8E4zz03X1ZVBlorzvjxoyj-WgDdumjPhH3Le3D6PvslRUJvcMBCmj29ui1BOfrV-f5hGA/s1773/July_layout_4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="1773" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-4tlAvHswVJigd121pCkKxJvhP_8JBKJr2IxyvVdRlviUhVQTQlZaqFueEPQw-i7E7H9ywTgIg-DMN8fqPZQbH7rsU46XbBZKPWXvZcrLaUpc_nsk1Fte8E4zz03X1ZVBlorzvjxoyj-WgDdumjPhH3Le3D6PvslRUJvcMBCmj29ui1BOfrV-f5hGA/w640-h640/July_layout_4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> I guess the photo is from William's first summer with us. How much he has grown since! However, his curious, venturesome and brave personality has not changed a bit 😸<p></p><div>Wishing you a nice day, thanks for stopping by in my blog!</div><div>Hugs,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QSFpnujw_RGlLxMuTP2NUyl6lvT0tuspDoNtf8zZdDmykcQwXF2x9c280ys0C3HzwegqYcCaNxHcWAc6yq6DDIVn4PwFgntMXBz4ym9hRxOlyqZoDVi-mZrhIoTAuQPclWkDLqtY7Hkg-i8_rSbtQpUvZS6facAULsDFoY-iUi30mpkmKxOCPbTu2w/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QSFpnujw_RGlLxMuTP2NUyl6lvT0tuspDoNtf8zZdDmykcQwXF2x9c280ys0C3HzwegqYcCaNxHcWAc6yq6DDIVn4PwFgntMXBz4ym9hRxOlyqZoDVi-mZrhIoTAuQPclWkDLqtY7Hkg-i8_rSbtQpUvZS6facAULsDFoY-iUi30mpkmKxOCPbTu2w/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-70822543410363299392023-05-18T21:00:00.001+03:002023-05-19T01:42:00.670+03:00International Scrapbooking day 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEAKf4QKzf9LP_Wu2N-EpP-73Wd8LBZL897_ff_TtHb9rjDTVwQP9vvQuaOkglZH6BX9gz_P8V8Ij6XGw-GcFdqZ_wm-nkUJl7HefsNOomrza8Bu8od0xLRcnzgjIAWg4TLTSgiVEIe2wURXfoJ3QzBdbeEmguYRarhtwKBH64hXKecOR8fwdfDeZxg/s1080/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Happiness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEAKf4QKzf9LP_Wu2N-EpP-73Wd8LBZL897_ff_TtHb9rjDTVwQP9vvQuaOkglZH6BX9gz_P8V8Ij6XGw-GcFdqZ_wm-nkUJl7HefsNOomrza8Bu8od0xLRcnzgjIAWg4TLTSgiVEIe2wURXfoJ3QzBdbeEmguYRarhtwKBH64hXKecOR8fwdfDeZxg/w640-h640/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Happiness.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hi!<br />On the first weekend of May scrapbookers around the world celebrated their favourite hobby by taking out their crafting supplies and creating wonderful layout pages. Social media and paper crafting blogs were filled with inspiration material and fun challenges; I felt like being in a candy shoppe!</p><p>On Saturday I managed to create two layouts; for both of them I utilized leftover embellishments from other projects and combined them with papers I had purchased a loooong time ago. Even if I love buying nice new things it always feels great to use materials that have been sitting on my stash for a while. With that I'm also telling myself that I'm mainly creating space for new supplies, lol!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFpqOPJX-8v3kpbf3N7zlc_SxDSj5jG1izLZfjccJty0otBV-M2wtkERSt8HhetMaiY_O3iMYT8XNuYg7zfhQm3M1s-EGb9hUrK8UBP7klTqVFelm9lAq9aqrkJTIJVGv1bb4t02HtJMA6CpKY6U1wu_gqFv1acQUBebKlrv00mQFY10QuXCKP-8eiA/s1626/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Happiness_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1626" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFpqOPJX-8v3kpbf3N7zlc_SxDSj5jG1izLZfjccJty0otBV-M2wtkERSt8HhetMaiY_O3iMYT8XNuYg7zfhQm3M1s-EGb9hUrK8UBP7klTqVFelm9lAq9aqrkJTIJVGv1bb4t02HtJMA6CpKY6U1wu_gqFv1acQUBebKlrv00mQFY10QuXCKP-8eiA/w640-h426/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Happiness_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The cute owl I've made years ago when I fell in love with the owl die set by Sizzix. I have them in at least ten different colour combinations!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IGCtbizDA9Gh7Gk1GD9KszGZOExFAxODJdNAqSCqGUQvx8vxfj1MHDcvyYt_9ZKfGAM61LNWbr_uCwjjKkPaGPHSavRg72DP_9SlTQz04qPYENEep-EZgZYqy3D8GubuTncYiLHn8E2T1uTHT0i3Bbi54aVcpfMGckwsxnvqVfuP8yQ0vgA-QZA65g/s1620/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Happiness_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IGCtbizDA9Gh7Gk1GD9KszGZOExFAxODJdNAqSCqGUQvx8vxfj1MHDcvyYt_9ZKfGAM61LNWbr_uCwjjKkPaGPHSavRg72DP_9SlTQz04qPYENEep-EZgZYqy3D8GubuTncYiLHn8E2T1uTHT0i3Bbi54aVcpfMGckwsxnvqVfuP8yQ0vgA-QZA65g/w640-h426/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Happiness_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The photo background was not that interesting, so I cut it off and replaced it with a watercolour panel. Now it matches the colour palette of the page better. Have to admit that I'm quite happy with my page using only a limited set of colours.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyphBH3nj-_SC1_UtAAMerr9MwiEzCxtJg2zautUzwbmhIsKrZI06wJvEonD_LTLaXv7V5fXCHysQvHnoJv2t_6M8nqZIY0G1fCv1mwEMc0W3lJb8Fuz_C6dT-_wyPScvZNDaRU_YU5XUtpVVijrk03RNrONPUri2SjitSQTO3nyhTpw_XcwYUK1W7A/s3785/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Hey%20You.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3785" data-original-width="3785" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyphBH3nj-_SC1_UtAAMerr9MwiEzCxtJg2zautUzwbmhIsKrZI06wJvEonD_LTLaXv7V5fXCHysQvHnoJv2t_6M8nqZIY0G1fCv1mwEMc0W3lJb8Fuz_C6dT-_wyPScvZNDaRU_YU5XUtpVVijrk03RNrONPUri2SjitSQTO3nyhTpw_XcwYUK1W7A/w640-h640/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Hey%20You.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The second layout has die-cut and punched circles in the background and lots of fuzzy cut flowers from Pink Fresh Studio paper 'Happy Blooms'. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpWhHPTvF4V2FLjOLM9cjKyKk_GDXmULZ9Gqv5f91No9Hlv8W0JzDjUBPMbpVSfg1VV52k2ttrgRBGBMb4CsHGhJIsQruEDJS4h33c4lyFwOjYmf28eq9qAScClRojG2KPtzSqa-_ihAtKe0STcPNin2egraw32_gFTge10UgONB9ibMNiJoduHWAQg/s2406/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Hey%20You_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2406" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpWhHPTvF4V2FLjOLM9cjKyKk_GDXmULZ9Gqv5f91No9Hlv8W0JzDjUBPMbpVSfg1VV52k2ttrgRBGBMb4CsHGhJIsQruEDJS4h33c4lyFwOjYmf28eq9qAScClRojG2KPtzSqa-_ihAtKe0STcPNin2egraw32_gFTge10UgONB9ibMNiJoduHWAQg/w640-h288/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Hey%20You_4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The quotes are from Dina Wakley 'Typed Ledgers' sheets by Ranger. The page title I picked up from one of the quotes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHgrklgRyZUPWN6IXBn8GgsXPM7F4rDDaBBKBDm9YQzUjEfTBakp0gTQV6eS9UjtSzNXD7MmHDrTlPTTahRpq59Dfd0uqq1Kfs_6gtSb-hTFlmGX3y63AiTWpVac1J_SC3oe11h2NRF7J_N6QWn30pdsGOrM3hrMvSmHsagU7a-JIvo3OaubgttSGZQ/s1727/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Hey%20You_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1727" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHgrklgRyZUPWN6IXBn8GgsXPM7F4rDDaBBKBDm9YQzUjEfTBakp0gTQV6eS9UjtSzNXD7MmHDrTlPTTahRpq59Dfd0uqq1Kfs_6gtSb-hTFlmGX3y63AiTWpVac1J_SC3oe11h2NRF7J_N6QWn30pdsGOrM3hrMvSmHsagU7a-JIvo3OaubgttSGZQ/w640-h400/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Hey%20You_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Again a page on which I mixed elements from several manufacturers and designers. It's fun to make them work together!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_klrX9-tKAMtcV1XNhD1OsEvwT-czxQc0OWDgZFQ3gZhKKy_6nIOHmYIz7Zm4ivPZh9iVwSuRS7EqiDjozLUTD-7KWJfIoFXLoJ0F1fqnduC2sP657GgbjNXV2_sfNfaRhC8x-UeeegqrnDOuBXfq444XqRVa9F_jPpXmg9jgikkl6jiaIttaEMmnw/s1080/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Hey%20You_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_klrX9-tKAMtcV1XNhD1OsEvwT-czxQc0OWDgZFQ3gZhKKy_6nIOHmYIz7Zm4ivPZh9iVwSuRS7EqiDjozLUTD-7KWJfIoFXLoJ0F1fqnduC2sP657GgbjNXV2_sfNfaRhC8x-UeeegqrnDOuBXfq444XqRVa9F_jPpXmg9jgikkl6jiaIttaEMmnw/w640-h426/iNSD%202023%20LO%20Hey%20You_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Hey, you! Did you play along the International Scrapbooking Day challenges? Or did you just scrapbook for the fun of scrapbooking? 💖</p><p>Thanks for stopping by in my blog!</p><p>Hugs,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QSFpnujw_RGlLxMuTP2NUyl6lvT0tuspDoNtf8zZdDmykcQwXF2x9c280ys0C3HzwegqYcCaNxHcWAc6yq6DDIVn4PwFgntMXBz4ym9hRxOlyqZoDVi-mZrhIoTAuQPclWkDLqtY7Hkg-i8_rSbtQpUvZS6facAULsDFoY-iUi30mpkmKxOCPbTu2w/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QSFpnujw_RGlLxMuTP2NUyl6lvT0tuspDoNtf8zZdDmykcQwXF2x9c280ys0C3HzwegqYcCaNxHcWAc6yq6DDIVn4PwFgntMXBz4ym9hRxOlyqZoDVi-mZrhIoTAuQPclWkDLqtY7Hkg-i8_rSbtQpUvZS6facAULsDFoY-iUi30mpkmKxOCPbTu2w/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-83115169070881540452023-01-12T00:25:00.000+02:002023-01-12T00:25:14.898+02:00Beautiful women<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD49hDtOWayRH3iuRuHVuy_BPgeG1Q7YGUCHnnQrdPohkza2RbYUx_W4AvAvoVoi_oBGRRJBN5lNz6XdyAIcDxdVmzOJqQY8DgWV3s1Q_7TZW9mVzsjpplHGZ-uwC8CuSGQgnXCPqO2aJKA3yEh5E_RX8NYiZgPvh2GHUgvJ0oEMbdw0J0Ek6n8l2eyA/s1317/Beautiful%20women%20all.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="1317" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD49hDtOWayRH3iuRuHVuy_BPgeG1Q7YGUCHnnQrdPohkza2RbYUx_W4AvAvoVoi_oBGRRJBN5lNz6XdyAIcDxdVmzOJqQY8DgWV3s1Q_7TZW9mVzsjpplHGZ-uwC8CuSGQgnXCPqO2aJKA3yEh5E_RX8NYiZgPvh2GHUgvJ0oEMbdw0J0Ek6n8l2eyA/w640-h640/Beautiful%20women%20all.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hi!</p><p>This set of cards were made using a beautiful woman face stencil by Carabelle Studio. I played with different background colours; I love how the look and feel changes when choosing a different set of colours.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnOD0Im-u-U09ZUzHZ1ll9nhzYToDjWa07P0WcLlHnqcerplH9XMD4B0pLaNj5YvggFeGWzxNyAoCj_c82em34i5oCV2jeaGm59PCyB-gMFjJDi27wUmZ2gCjsFz8F9LyXTM68Zx9KCOyXPFjcDdl1fb7nih6Xds-cIBhrI0tGmBUm5MtArbWOomCng/s1458/Beautiful%20women%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="1458" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnOD0Im-u-U09ZUzHZ1ll9nhzYToDjWa07P0WcLlHnqcerplH9XMD4B0pLaNj5YvggFeGWzxNyAoCj_c82em34i5oCV2jeaGm59PCyB-gMFjJDi27wUmZ2gCjsFz8F9LyXTM68Zx9KCOyXPFjcDdl1fb7nih6Xds-cIBhrI0tGmBUm5MtArbWOomCng/w640-h640/Beautiful%20women%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4peaOIymXWkGQUxq5gmraDgrLig9vZI98PYSIVnA3qMVyxqM_RxjU4Fh5vuHOng1GmZLeesL0Ij-RrQL87ETBDLrBrvNdZCdHmZ09aD075hA9MgYPA8CVpeCvdODHqtEdhk3XQBtE2TRuT4NU9-kKH5DMOxWA0HW9neVub2S2MCQKEtqXCLTKeteasw/s1461/Beautiful%20women%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="1461" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4peaOIymXWkGQUxq5gmraDgrLig9vZI98PYSIVnA3qMVyxqM_RxjU4Fh5vuHOng1GmZLeesL0Ij-RrQL87ETBDLrBrvNdZCdHmZ09aD075hA9MgYPA8CVpeCvdODHqtEdhk3XQBtE2TRuT4NU9-kKH5DMOxWA0HW9neVub2S2MCQKEtqXCLTKeteasw/w640-h640/Beautiful%20women%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> For the background I used Distress inks; they blend so easily!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdnCDzMj0vQdqbMEUiUPpKJWMrPJvelFQwZoMvUF32HWuqT6bu4kJPG0_aJmPpcB5CpIsGJJnZU6GC7d_3-hW-XldPVPAFVZv3LDxT8g3qlczD1NYgRlppn2yWVnmZPCfqX0KqMjuSm-6w5JMxS_q7ESNdWbjc5yprjGBqkQm6fhLw2RAB-2lzcYYPg/s1324/Beautiful%20women%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1324" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdnCDzMj0vQdqbMEUiUPpKJWMrPJvelFQwZoMvUF32HWuqT6bu4kJPG0_aJmPpcB5CpIsGJJnZU6GC7d_3-hW-XldPVPAFVZv3LDxT8g3qlczD1NYgRlppn2yWVnmZPCfqX0KqMjuSm-6w5JMxS_q7ESNdWbjc5yprjGBqkQm6fhLw2RAB-2lzcYYPg/w640-h640/Beautiful%20women%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmx8vzH9_QrGT2100atYkTAPfaFgfecsSbUwHLHnUcM0YLjJPO9QLWbTCnNS7HpDrO2cPUgg79vkb8Np6hk38RRhmRjcHIwn5lA_t4FdmJ5JC6RQchnQErpammK03EJYmvVKD7LrRugEKLnE6k086DFzdzJ1ljGV6lk2tyfFoC1YMF0MmFM0osj5bDw/s1772/Beautiful%20women%203b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="1772" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmx8vzH9_QrGT2100atYkTAPfaFgfecsSbUwHLHnUcM0YLjJPO9QLWbTCnNS7HpDrO2cPUgg79vkb8Np6hk38RRhmRjcHIwn5lA_t4FdmJ5JC6RQchnQErpammK03EJYmvVKD7LrRugEKLnE6k086DFzdzJ1ljGV6lk2tyfFoC1YMF0MmFM0osj5bDw/w640-h640/Beautiful%20women%203b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>After playing with the gradient background colours I decided to use a simple solid colour for the background but layered two stencils for the face. On the above card I first stencilled the image with dark purple colour and then placed a pattern stencil on top and applied the pattern using a black ink.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmQ1uDWnT89O1ucjuEEW0TBvKt3OgEmOQYmGD-CK_qu75tSYAcoZhYUPSQi7VQaOPsRtD0LKrQ5qDBS_AxroUV-ZxCeo-2ebMuLsLaixJrb5kp0KfusK0Ok6tjn_Rt1WG_lExohg0sij_R3hyOuRAruVfBBkUONLLXuxxUq1DtCRECGqLeD8k3t_Ebg/s1438/Beautiful%20women%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1438" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmQ1uDWnT89O1ucjuEEW0TBvKt3OgEmOQYmGD-CK_qu75tSYAcoZhYUPSQi7VQaOPsRtD0LKrQ5qDBS_AxroUV-ZxCeo-2ebMuLsLaixJrb5kp0KfusK0Ok6tjn_Rt1WG_lExohg0sij_R3hyOuRAruVfBBkUONLLXuxxUq1DtCRECGqLeD8k3t_Ebg/w640-h640/Beautiful%20women%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgAvlqFx45wwstMqR8UnfDJAAh_kl5lJAxpD-EaBOu0HKlR2xwEKy7C4LTnHNuU6PYMiPm6AjdnlCBTFbDV6bJZ8UczwfGn1A2duykSRyVlgPqaYY4eW_lhd1rbS_wTv4OTv7JPltg_DReKi8SyN_05kri2pb3ydx5sOAe2i8yHUJnbEIdbRx8ORaMQ/s1772/Beautiful%20women%204b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="1772" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgAvlqFx45wwstMqR8UnfDJAAh_kl5lJAxpD-EaBOu0HKlR2xwEKy7C4LTnHNuU6PYMiPm6AjdnlCBTFbDV6bJZ8UczwfGn1A2duykSRyVlgPqaYY4eW_lhd1rbS_wTv4OTv7JPltg_DReKi8SyN_05kri2pb3ydx5sOAe2i8yHUJnbEIdbRx8ORaMQ/w640-h640/Beautiful%20women%204b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Same technique on the above card, with using three shades of blue.</p><p>On the last card I tried something completely different: I covered the open area of the stencil with stitches. A fun technique to try out, too!</p><p>The image edges and the face details I drew with a paint marker.</p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSlH65l5QXxbM1ea0ozdq5NpCegX-9bd1U5U_-oqlIGpVIu30EuK1uwRsC9QNOpDV_7c3fDT0gLCeGDxHHpy4y7TmlOTBrD9ef7KVLwX7QBCa2tE39uh9rHGhFza5cUKpyipA0qH37-T1h6htP7UEcwCjegutY1prwwB-8AIUs8osQ8i1mkSkG9O_Nw/s1348/Beautiful%20women%20Stitched.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="1348" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSlH65l5QXxbM1ea0ozdq5NpCegX-9bd1U5U_-oqlIGpVIu30EuK1uwRsC9QNOpDV_7c3fDT0gLCeGDxHHpy4y7TmlOTBrD9ef7KVLwX7QBCa2tE39uh9rHGhFza5cUKpyipA0qH37-T1h6htP7UEcwCjegutY1prwwB-8AIUs8osQ8i1mkSkG9O_Nw/w640-h640/Beautiful%20women%20Stitched.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCrARXeVXqR6cxfLVTQYAbzK7gFFN19-zQXsifSePCtp5wgzc0X5h-wR5U4DMoZiYkK8POuUiO3KE3o8ihOpj5S6Pjh-t9VCstWVa7YlOkBgMvw_QS6LzfZ8U8MMX6U0OlY9q8NnsVjscJgkgh8fP3t8ZHFLkkuCUrbGQVAl82ch4oTZaet6YlgLHPw/s1772/Beautiful%20women%20Stitched%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="1772" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCrARXeVXqR6cxfLVTQYAbzK7gFFN19-zQXsifSePCtp5wgzc0X5h-wR5U4DMoZiYkK8POuUiO3KE3o8ihOpj5S6Pjh-t9VCstWVa7YlOkBgMvw_QS6LzfZ8U8MMX6U0OlY9q8NnsVjscJgkgh8fP3t8ZHFLkkuCUrbGQVAl82ch4oTZaet6YlgLHPw/w640-h640/Beautiful%20women%20Stitched%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I love the woman face stencil; next I'm planning to use it on an art journal project. Size of it is perfect for my Moleskine book.</p><p>Wishing you a nice day! Thanks for stopping by!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLYNXpUnoLtSL2aomksPpje7Y2cj_0wqS36qfF3JPbA3w94NHjUBy0r7j3G2sPmElsvLgIw7aRJFiwcbLp47pQ356kXjqusRNVYFCRpiLBObP1-9gyXl9xZMNnuTmGh0pCYmozYIVJYcZwjQ-PVQ6ob79eN6_5plU7VGWrQGdX42Av0FHETi0tw3Gzw/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLYNXpUnoLtSL2aomksPpje7Y2cj_0wqS36qfF3JPbA3w94NHjUBy0r7j3G2sPmElsvLgIw7aRJFiwcbLp47pQ356kXjqusRNVYFCRpiLBObP1-9gyXl9xZMNnuTmGh0pCYmozYIVJYcZwjQ-PVQ6ob79eN6_5plU7VGWrQGdX42Av0FHETi0tw3Gzw/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-43354481139579934422023-01-08T23:52:00.004+02:002023-01-08T23:52:17.905+02:00Scrabook layout: Just perfect<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTrY2ivyGkLD0qzaNvs90pPFcyUq5shD-P6RXywcQU65SvzYR6HXy3xgxrx4AtYLW4_hh_9hKT2v7w3Pk12KZV47KKCKPJ4XuK8rPToDn3G_Gfx7yPsxdXJvC7sNMNhyt2yuYAGKbyLBWFAQAZz4uqqoyOlQUrDXnwj8s3AShFcoTJRrF4u6zYIq7CQ/s1439/LO%20Just%20perfect.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="1439" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTrY2ivyGkLD0qzaNvs90pPFcyUq5shD-P6RXywcQU65SvzYR6HXy3xgxrx4AtYLW4_hh_9hKT2v7w3Pk12KZV47KKCKPJ4XuK8rPToDn3G_Gfx7yPsxdXJvC7sNMNhyt2yuYAGKbyLBWFAQAZz4uqqoyOlQUrDXnwj8s3AShFcoTJRrF4u6zYIq7CQ/w640-h640/LO%20Just%20perfect.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hi!</p><p>Today I wanted to show you a scrapbook page which is one of my recent favourites.<br />The picture was taken on our visit to the gorgeous Helsinki Rhododendron Park early Covid summer 2020. I remember how wonderful it was to visit a local sight, to see people (!!) and to look at something colourful and beautiful after having to stay at home for months. We all loved the place, I can still recall the sweet scent of the big colourful azaleas and rhododendrons.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjww4XCCyKc1s4d4GTFzVgCh8yW-CX_HmS1cjzNjrzAe1uE52KcoElUy6fI9TPMXU1ZYPBOChzhcEDDDa9BBmjJBuj4Jsp91V2v1yxI6_XKioe2yRv_29c-4pu8YlJ4r5UwxuVQCCs_NlezByTgf0SgownEUhHnLMCTwp8pCVaQqaAybSUoa8t3eg3vMQ/s1988/LO%20Just%20perfect%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="1988" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjww4XCCyKc1s4d4GTFzVgCh8yW-CX_HmS1cjzNjrzAe1uE52KcoElUy6fI9TPMXU1ZYPBOChzhcEDDDa9BBmjJBuj4Jsp91V2v1yxI6_XKioe2yRv_29c-4pu8YlJ4r5UwxuVQCCs_NlezByTgf0SgownEUhHnLMCTwp8pCVaQqaAybSUoa8t3eg3vMQ/w640-h456/LO%20Just%20perfect%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Quite often when working on a scrapbook page I first choose the photo and then start matching the background papers and embellishments to it. In this case I fell in love with the beautiful floral embellishments, and the warm yellow flowers reminded me of this specific photo and the blooming background of it. I think they matched perfectly!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mCRqywCITA4hWrERcGKlEL60eqZavAj1aHa-K2d9__UZJNcb5BvC5RgOzlk1u8C94AT5xnuzJl7waDBLbsBa4xKbqDKMVW6mteZBj8RFmhUTh7BdfQUglBKViuQmENwaXdEZpKKQ3ZmropPWHa2OrDFlzOucRdUWn09eNTYGjgu2dyp2rll2wsZBBQ/s2048/LO%20Just%20perfect%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mCRqywCITA4hWrERcGKlEL60eqZavAj1aHa-K2d9__UZJNcb5BvC5RgOzlk1u8C94AT5xnuzJl7waDBLbsBa4xKbqDKMVW6mteZBj8RFmhUTh7BdfQUglBKViuQmENwaXdEZpKKQ3ZmropPWHa2OrDFlzOucRdUWn09eNTYGjgu2dyp2rll2wsZBBQ/w640-h362/LO%20Just%20perfect%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtU82e2KCK3aDI1dXOqNM38urbaA7iFPboEa9gZMAoFl4WgBoSb26l39xJUBeQbrPQIGSJBy_6ilFTAT1sA1wwjpbFw30DW_4YEPZl_plU9jLLGJrspzrnL4cBUFvWQ3ISEt7TM1fGRKWK0Q4nL3tdgJZfEvieDPaQSMzYO0Zhs_EzXxunYxIblpA07Q/s2044/LO%20Just%20perfect%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="2044" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtU82e2KCK3aDI1dXOqNM38urbaA7iFPboEa9gZMAoFl4WgBoSb26l39xJUBeQbrPQIGSJBy_6ilFTAT1sA1wwjpbFw30DW_4YEPZl_plU9jLLGJrspzrnL4cBUFvWQ3ISEt7TM1fGRKWK0Q4nL3tdgJZfEvieDPaQSMzYO0Zhs_EzXxunYxIblpA07Q/w640-h448/LO%20Just%20perfect%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>All materials for the page are from Hip Kit Club June 2021 Scrapbook Kit. I used to be a Hip Kit subscriber for quite a while, but when the new EU import fee legislation came into force summer 2021 the VAT fees and processing charges increased the total cost for the subscription significantly. Even if I loved the kits, at year end 2021 I had to decide to discontinue my subscription and since then I have been looking for a replacement solution inside EU. If you have any hints on where to look, please leave a comment! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XUsET-fffO4Zst35EWBXSvOcHtIG1iQgF0fGVIWfFkYQi6zHgGnKgy1Fi53AqnrMOmiz48iUvCq3bqizmW20-cZSusftYWlStcGLZndqf3XrxDA46KHwGIjxXI9ooolkaVVr4pBCoKEhHnMjOZzFdPa0YZt-lFkHgNCAxgp1aYb9WX36W0Sfvrte7Q/s2044/LO%20Just%20perfect%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="2044" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XUsET-fffO4Zst35EWBXSvOcHtIG1iQgF0fGVIWfFkYQi6zHgGnKgy1Fi53AqnrMOmiz48iUvCq3bqizmW20-cZSusftYWlStcGLZndqf3XrxDA46KHwGIjxXI9ooolkaVVr4pBCoKEhHnMjOZzFdPa0YZt-lFkHgNCAxgp1aYb9WX36W0Sfvrte7Q/w640-h432/LO%20Just%20perfect%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbzlHwWtL3l_eeb-w5dJHS8wTuA8z6xNKd72XPLML5dlMQY3vD26DGsvFMR1AOW08tF4cgykYD70rQ03K3piRrOTgeb321KJPckCiVFuoe8Yo3-2ZxVzX84XRaFOeV21WQIsO5mUQ8UaXmwUs8cURi-dUdc3-RjGwHgn6bJxKmDvfZKy2rEtIQ78c-Q/s2048/LO%20Just%20perfect%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbzlHwWtL3l_eeb-w5dJHS8wTuA8z6xNKd72XPLML5dlMQY3vD26DGsvFMR1AOW08tF4cgykYD70rQ03K3piRrOTgeb321KJPckCiVFuoe8Yo3-2ZxVzX84XRaFOeV21WQIsO5mUQ8UaXmwUs8cURi-dUdc3-RjGwHgn6bJxKmDvfZKy2rEtIQ78c-Q/w640-h480/LO%20Just%20perfect%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Layout title and the banners I cut with my Cameo.</p><p>Looking at a blooming colourful layout in the middle of dark and cold Finnish winter makes me smile. Such a fun memory documented!</p><p>Hugs,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCbaJztJzOxXKZyI7hKSvDfEM2htGSOrNN0XHNJgUziDiTDmdI0jhY-I-zlpT2nHIaonolpaxl7DKpxV7TFLRt6FvI56lgDbf8_B6hcFjwvCuwJuGVxSiPsmGb4LLk4hhbZhZYQxhEXmbIsmXCr2Z2Wi_TxbLogC6gHtQLd7NYYEMS_iFt6GtzxqxeQ/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCbaJztJzOxXKZyI7hKSvDfEM2htGSOrNN0XHNJgUziDiTDmdI0jhY-I-zlpT2nHIaonolpaxl7DKpxV7TFLRt6FvI56lgDbf8_B6hcFjwvCuwJuGVxSiPsmGb4LLk4hhbZhZYQxhEXmbIsmXCr2Z2Wi_TxbLogC6gHtQLd7NYYEMS_iFt6GtzxqxeQ/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-70696226628211108862023-01-07T20:00:00.019+02:002023-01-07T20:00:00.162+02:00Scrapbooking with Silhouette Cameo<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2NNSfo7HXe4S4D42CQROyl-sruQO6IkCAYqWlMXpom2kvrnUllg7DhTyAB2NbH1N1yonj9F497sXYykA61GLKBqDp-Q93hpwVrGQ6DuRNywxoG-NorIkwZqLGXxE0FXxTE8gtW5L7DsvptTQa8uYalOQSqqDnii35yg3AUnh-G-BAW2x4WZETghb2A/s1600/LO%20Blooming%20photo%20shoot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2NNSfo7HXe4S4D42CQROyl-sruQO6IkCAYqWlMXpom2kvrnUllg7DhTyAB2NbH1N1yonj9F497sXYykA61GLKBqDp-Q93hpwVrGQ6DuRNywxoG-NorIkwZqLGXxE0FXxTE8gtW5L7DsvptTQa8uYalOQSqqDnii35yg3AUnh-G-BAW2x4WZETghb2A/w640-h640/LO%20Blooming%20photo%20shoot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>Hi!</p><p>Quite often I use die-cut elements on my paper crafting projects. I've been working with Sizzix for long, but every now and then I also cut with my Silhouette Cameo. My electronic cutter is quite old, but after I managed to upgrade it to Windows 11 version it has been functioning without any issues.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vNOJL7D_qtclItuPWvh0Hq_vxFq9TBLayi8FP2q5Pix5908rsvHeyMPW88f90ZRE6R1rRCWKqfjHibx5fuCLc0R8wHyILE01kCGvxJCTrA2YUPXvpcqrUlcMf8QSEl8MfrjjGMOONRnMvFGkkQ2m2Pb8TWgRTlJmzrxm8uH9BqV6Ha0hc8EmhvCRSA/s1724/LO%20Love%20this%20wip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="1724" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vNOJL7D_qtclItuPWvh0Hq_vxFq9TBLayi8FP2q5Pix5908rsvHeyMPW88f90ZRE6R1rRCWKqfjHibx5fuCLc0R8wHyILE01kCGvxJCTrA2YUPXvpcqrUlcMf8QSEl8MfrjjGMOONRnMvFGkkQ2m2Pb8TWgRTlJmzrxm8uH9BqV6Ha0hc8EmhvCRSA/w640-h640/LO%20Love%20this%20wip.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Backing large cut files with patterned or solid colour papers is a great way to add colour to a scrapbook page. I haven't used Silhouette often enough to master the tool perfectly, but luckily there are great tutorial videos available for pretty much every technique I want to try out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixr3fTLFx97ybHNxEE7VVV87S43byuQUQfIC-vdvojOY2tQaFmYzfyA4m4of_FxU2mntAefrzh5kZxQaAWQRz98WbpxEErAgFxN0J9drxkUxqMt3rwIYCob4SZUwckzpshiihAnh6lo76wp-49NPRpMnk9FLW97MK83S3iAlc4Uf1b43IK_YI1MzjOxQ/s1916/LO%20Love%20this%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="1916" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixr3fTLFx97ybHNxEE7VVV87S43byuQUQfIC-vdvojOY2tQaFmYzfyA4m4of_FxU2mntAefrzh5kZxQaAWQRz98WbpxEErAgFxN0J9drxkUxqMt3rwIYCob4SZUwckzpshiihAnh6lo76wp-49NPRpMnk9FLW97MK83S3iAlc4Uf1b43IK_YI1MzjOxQ/w640-h472/LO%20Love%20this%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="http://www.paigetaylorevans.com/" target="_blank">Paige Taylor Evans</a> is a true cut file virtuoso and also her tutorial videos are top quality. How to back cut files with Silhouette is explained <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5-4dNGxEzA" target="_blank">on this Youtube video</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFjCOrF_j74DktJdDoReiPrwbUOd_ouJbMdH3RUfjl7CW46YPrUiGcKQDD0isAIeKU7aUn8Pl4vA07ERdKweRbi_fNBY8Evd6XJWJ0csw80Tz3dhKtSOh2hAYdoe8OZw4EpXnZsFZUkokZh3zzm1eAUezaUWCXhSxYUeloIx69vBZ5adII6Vg9wR_Jw/s2048/LO%20Love%20this%20wip%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFjCOrF_j74DktJdDoReiPrwbUOd_ouJbMdH3RUfjl7CW46YPrUiGcKQDD0isAIeKU7aUn8Pl4vA07ERdKweRbi_fNBY8Evd6XJWJ0csw80Tz3dhKtSOh2hAYdoe8OZw4EpXnZsFZUkokZh3zzm1eAUezaUWCXhSxYUeloIx69vBZ5adII6Vg9wR_Jw/w640-h480/LO%20Love%20this%20wip%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBk5LG43YJG7zEx9oekuHy2Jo-Df7PgO03f0xNw9cVRmVhBVVrSNuE1xTrm6V9iBh8O6OI7dFkOhDE75aO_K12qV_1t6aw4YL9o8aY5zO2tl6RIF_T0q1GK6PlS3lM8yAC2UhdGGJRZgImQB6jW3aO0Ub_RHdmurqyDtD9x2IRiL3Ow-anorjWFy6QHw/s2048/LO%20Just%20perfect%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBk5LG43YJG7zEx9oekuHy2Jo-Df7PgO03f0xNw9cVRmVhBVVrSNuE1xTrm6V9iBh8O6OI7dFkOhDE75aO_K12qV_1t6aw4YL9o8aY5zO2tl6RIF_T0q1GK6PlS3lM8yAC2UhdGGJRZgImQB6jW3aO0Ub_RHdmurqyDtD9x2IRiL3Ow-anorjWFy6QHw/w640-h480/LO%20Just%20perfect%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm a monthly subscriber of Silhouette cut files in the Silhouette Design Store and have dozens of great cut files in my library. I should definitely use the machine more often! Should this now be my new year resolution for 2023? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rOCfRoR9V4WbN8uADAUoj-EClyh4BEqOkgYuc3-kC-0z4bDK9qFOPKslLseSx-a1YdpEO_frSNHC_Pu6DewDo_KysNHDRvhGc5lQ2Qalf-eHwkP2TUrWSO9nuARiWKhNvho2edYcWrISFicGDSc7S5AozkRAbVeOoFGE23on1JQIUN1hqKmfofbETQ/s395/Elina.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rOCfRoR9V4WbN8uADAUoj-EClyh4BEqOkgYuc3-kC-0z4bDK9qFOPKslLseSx-a1YdpEO_frSNHC_Pu6DewDo_KysNHDRvhGc5lQ2Qalf-eHwkP2TUrWSO9nuARiWKhNvho2edYcWrISFicGDSc7S5AozkRAbVeOoFGE23on1JQIUN1hqKmfofbETQ/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-91491501468902176042023-01-06T18:59:00.000+02:002023-01-06T18:59:17.195+02:00Cats and birds<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCaSE-EDJDAX7F4MnJ9v-L_iMYKuyYjmzBRs174qiXPBmS5oAWEl7QRUNQpLxMc3VdqLbtk4Oi-Ecjd166MbjfxEiJc6Lgynm4UxO6JsYZFwn8ppZ32Q0i3IkufXs8zjh8tLVCUKtaPaKOJdTlqtM244krfOfP7ekwQueHk_yaObqmnenJtjCLAG5bw/s1080/Colourful%20life_Elina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCaSE-EDJDAX7F4MnJ9v-L_iMYKuyYjmzBRs174qiXPBmS5oAWEl7QRUNQpLxMc3VdqLbtk4Oi-Ecjd166MbjfxEiJc6Lgynm4UxO6JsYZFwn8ppZ32Q0i3IkufXs8zjh8tLVCUKtaPaKOJdTlqtM244krfOfP7ekwQueHk_yaObqmnenJtjCLAG5bw/w640-h640/Colourful%20life_Elina.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hi!<br />Today I wanted to share with you a couple of cards I made during 2022. </p><p>My crafting year 2022 was more about doing and less about sharing my work, but I have a feeling that this year might be different: Creating will of course proceed intensively, but I will also continue documenting my artful journey here in my blog. </p><p>I know that writing blog posts is no longer that popular, but I like the thought of building an electronic project archive here. Of course I also hope that the showcased projects would inspire other fellow crafters.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXSywot9Xl1_JvOUURE8RH_fncw_5uFnuHn-0tJVAcoEKk9gmn5MKZxohHD7wgSDPjJL4O0As3NDANfVsa3Ae_J3nZ_5aDmIh7Vu1P_DQ2fKPIsQzb6mZSb7FuzKBcFwli17ucpEwAHEdgK2OjQZy3xOjKyFRR4YItktbTb5zSTO5Dza9U7dsaAtqLQ/s1945/Colourful%20life2_Elina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1945" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXSywot9Xl1_JvOUURE8RH_fncw_5uFnuHn-0tJVAcoEKk9gmn5MKZxohHD7wgSDPjJL4O0As3NDANfVsa3Ae_J3nZ_5aDmIh7Vu1P_DQ2fKPIsQzb6mZSb7FuzKBcFwli17ucpEwAHEdgK2OjQZy3xOjKyFRR4YItktbTb5zSTO5Dza9U7dsaAtqLQ/w640-h356/Colourful%20life2_Elina.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I have had the great pleasure to cooperate with <a href="https://www.carabelle-studio.fr/" target="_blank">Carabelle Studio</a> for two years now. Their stamps and stencils really get my creative juices flowing, and I love the fact that their designs vary in style. Mixing and matching different looks is so much fun!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneNjXf7BHD3BCe66541JN1OpRYFV4Luw5YTQhGFxYCeXTIZfjNKZYgY3tV2XXAlbO0djN_Js1OLCNj7sAKD5MC71DrHBQ1dWIbW4vYZ0mPcUhUK9XIjlloWH9nyAnHYB7lUqQqjcE-8plF7ppPDk37yzoNl3-gPOHcMax2j-qY7WG5nNyBmlihwgvbA/s1773/Jan%2022%20release%20Elina_SA60593_SA50044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="1773" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneNjXf7BHD3BCe66541JN1OpRYFV4Luw5YTQhGFxYCeXTIZfjNKZYgY3tV2XXAlbO0djN_Js1OLCNj7sAKD5MC71DrHBQ1dWIbW4vYZ0mPcUhUK9XIjlloWH9nyAnHYB7lUqQqjcE-8plF7ppPDk37yzoNl3-gPOHcMax2j-qY7WG5nNyBmlihwgvbA/w640-h640/Jan%2022%20release%20Elina_SA60593_SA50044.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Colouring and fuzzy cutting. There's nothing better 💗</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaq9RHvjR1JUC_VoXQsLh3H1t4t3M3AtQmqQIjnice6Uu-sRwoS05I_cwqjijMiyOTWSswBo-oYUI9EeUQRLHpaY9oyTRT2KzPiVBgk_j2w99ic4xCm8uJXh5xgH4bqYFh1dHqJJ8NUU4gQXFBnAnifNkRVs9IK0C0jMaEGGTWzOcQnrX_GgxnvloCg/s1773/Jan%2022%20release%20Elina_SA60593_SA50044_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="1773" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaq9RHvjR1JUC_VoXQsLh3H1t4t3M3AtQmqQIjnice6Uu-sRwoS05I_cwqjijMiyOTWSswBo-oYUI9EeUQRLHpaY9oyTRT2KzPiVBgk_j2w99ic4xCm8uJXh5xgH4bqYFh1dHqJJ8NUU4gQXFBnAnifNkRVs9IK0C0jMaEGGTWzOcQnrX_GgxnvloCg/w640-h640/Jan%2022%20release%20Elina_SA60593_SA50044_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>In the design team I've also fallen in love with the gel plates. My first gel plate I purchased already years ago, but did not really know how to use it and what to do with the prints I pulled. The gel plate talent in the team inspired me to give the technique another try, and I was amazed. I had no idea how versatile the plate was!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8ffDbgeNAngXnoHfHnvzga4sXl1mTazbo8BjPLnWIZWLa281ODgPLOR6G4_YU9eGY17SfKDvEZetZNmZmXCfGpN_cZIN8MWMoA6Xa-C4TOGw236yM6UyRGA6e83RohVNBin9m14ivNos791f-YiSyFbSSl8Hq-Cs4CuPjXoXyEFrbnTNm2DRTDGwng/s1372/Cat%20card%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1372" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8ffDbgeNAngXnoHfHnvzga4sXl1mTazbo8BjPLnWIZWLa281ODgPLOR6G4_YU9eGY17SfKDvEZetZNmZmXCfGpN_cZIN8MWMoA6Xa-C4TOGw236yM6UyRGA6e83RohVNBin9m14ivNos791f-YiSyFbSSl8Hq-Cs4CuPjXoXyEFrbnTNm2DRTDGwng/w640-h640/Cat%20card%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Especially the possibility to use different kinds of stamping inks with the plate was really eye-opening. For this card background I used pink Distress Oxide ink and a Carabelle Studio stencil. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8fuK1vUgvIQSOMOVat-csJtVVJU94GppC7O-zl5HNiZSXgJlvuyX71HrAcIYwGAGAMkyc4QGQbYVpMaVgXM8rD0fMmML2R4St_BoEnfPK-_lrutxcRO4mOmbN4issmszVoP6HZitGkTl8LtSOTfRvuEhvNiiu_reM9hAVNsDIwKva8MxC1YjQQwFvQ/s1512/Cat%20card%201b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8fuK1vUgvIQSOMOVat-csJtVVJU94GppC7O-zl5HNiZSXgJlvuyX71HrAcIYwGAGAMkyc4QGQbYVpMaVgXM8rD0fMmML2R4St_BoEnfPK-_lrutxcRO4mOmbN4issmszVoP6HZitGkTl8LtSOTfRvuEhvNiiu_reM9hAVNsDIwKva8MxC1YjQQwFvQ/w640-h640/Cat%20card%201b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsq2K5gBvqXzw1P9n5aWm-z7E_4MY6VBOmd-3mn4KMURGFFkAeRarjgSLtAmTqpO1rK2LOcB4vtpROnhxHP2fjggRQnEnq-hNYQToSU3M3FxXfzJ5JI5vTtSjSuslR95SUFeqllZy9Smb_behN1FHE_aqlywVs2bMxO_F03U8KT2WR723jGjHPDCr1w/s1346/Cat%20card%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1346" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsq2K5gBvqXzw1P9n5aWm-z7E_4MY6VBOmd-3mn4KMURGFFkAeRarjgSLtAmTqpO1rK2LOcB4vtpROnhxHP2fjggRQnEnq-hNYQToSU3M3FxXfzJ5JI5vTtSjSuslR95SUFeqllZy9Smb_behN1FHE_aqlywVs2bMxO_F03U8KT2WR723jGjHPDCr1w/w640-h640/Cat%20card%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Is there a technique you have left behind because you considered it to be tedious, challenging or overall non-motivating? But which you have rediscovered at a later point? </p><p>Wishing you a wonderful winter day! Thanks for stopping by!</p><p>Cheers,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rOCfRoR9V4WbN8uADAUoj-EClyh4BEqOkgYuc3-kC-0z4bDK9qFOPKslLseSx-a1YdpEO_frSNHC_Pu6DewDo_KysNHDRvhGc5lQ2Qalf-eHwkP2TUrWSO9nuARiWKhNvho2edYcWrISFicGDSc7S5AozkRAbVeOoFGE23on1JQIUN1hqKmfofbETQ/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rOCfRoR9V4WbN8uADAUoj-EClyh4BEqOkgYuc3-kC-0z4bDK9qFOPKslLseSx-a1YdpEO_frSNHC_Pu6DewDo_KysNHDRvhGc5lQ2Qalf-eHwkP2TUrWSO9nuARiWKhNvho2edYcWrISFicGDSc7S5AozkRAbVeOoFGE23on1JQIUN1hqKmfofbETQ/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-13111308652608813782023-01-01T21:42:00.002+02:002023-01-01T21:51:38.647+02:00Bright colours on scrapbooking layouts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAk9-gCchwRY3w7qhw706-_4GLAJy_uHhBQ1oh5d6bay-RzY0xEIEtmO3t9EejKYmh8HBAJoQlK6Bs6Aw7QquQKRiOi8J8IMHV0woShPA4HbeCo7_j2_SPKz8yXZlz-xt2_F66m6MAXmRMyeH7BLbGkljFveyeABj7bFaDqFwyHcA9e-cux5zyftEHWg/s1200/LO%20time%20to%20rest.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Scrapbooking layout: Take time to relax. Layout by Elina Stromberg, artsandcraftswithlove.com" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAk9-gCchwRY3w7qhw706-_4GLAJy_uHhBQ1oh5d6bay-RzY0xEIEtmO3t9EejKYmh8HBAJoQlK6Bs6Aw7QquQKRiOi8J8IMHV0woShPA4HbeCo7_j2_SPKz8yXZlz-xt2_F66m6MAXmRMyeH7BLbGkljFveyeABj7bFaDqFwyHcA9e-cux5zyftEHWg/w640-h640/LO%20time%20to%20rest.jpg" title="Scrapbooking layout: Take time to relax. By Elina Stromberg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Hi and Happy New Year 2023!<p></p><p>It's the darkest time of the year in Southern Finland. Christmas season lights and candles bring some sparkle into the gloomy season, but in order to scope the short and dark days I surround myself with bright and warm colours and blooming patterns. <br />I was happy to take the days between Christmas and New Year off from work, and managed to allocate some time for my dear scrapbooking hobby. Two new layouts finished!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSg6YtOc2uoq1BGPf8Bny0fSYrVacjrvmE67A4BsNsky-AOsUxSOsTGcEbzfM_flzf6L-16IIL_9bbmv7xOCoD3wwmZecNXUgOh8lEv8HdSOYLHMRRCoNboFUV0g7Ir-OBufLvZ8UtkS8W2999fodWfYw8IZB0WUQkmnIwhOWmEo7-tR9IS6i8wjI0g/s1080/LO%20time%20to%20rest_4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Layered flower images on a scrapbook page. By Elina Stromberg" border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSg6YtOc2uoq1BGPf8Bny0fSYrVacjrvmE67A4BsNsky-AOsUxSOsTGcEbzfM_flzf6L-16IIL_9bbmv7xOCoD3wwmZecNXUgOh8lEv8HdSOYLHMRRCoNboFUV0g7Ir-OBufLvZ8UtkS8W2999fodWfYw8IZB0WUQkmnIwhOWmEo7-tR9IS6i8wjI0g/w640-h400/LO%20time%20to%20rest_4.jpg" title="Layered flower images on a scrapbook page" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p>For the first layout I fuzzy cut flowers from a patterned paper. Unfortunately the paper did not include enough images to decorate my page, so I had to mix them with something else. I stamped, heat embossed and fuzzy cut old Stampendous flowers and layered them with patterned paper flowers and die-cut branches (die by Craft & You). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnrBaMHLn4IEuyAzAXecVQPFVTBj71eWbXl81oiNveFXg-4NmVlQI8e2DinPNsUlOPVOtgtSc_AD-FKs8goG-GtXCy3TDopHRFcJrY7Kbab-ja-geZomVKZiX5GeO0bfMCJuikoDxZm2obI4tYjbWS_M6H5spcivJHQ4LoTkeCvuDnE0xpKOWNHKT-g/s1080/LO%20time%20to%20rest_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Layered flower images on a scrapbook page. By Elina Stromberg" border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="1080" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnrBaMHLn4IEuyAzAXecVQPFVTBj71eWbXl81oiNveFXg-4NmVlQI8e2DinPNsUlOPVOtgtSc_AD-FKs8goG-GtXCy3TDopHRFcJrY7Kbab-ja-geZomVKZiX5GeO0bfMCJuikoDxZm2obI4tYjbWS_M6H5spcivJHQ4LoTkeCvuDnE0xpKOWNHKT-g/w640-h360/LO%20time%20to%20rest_2.jpg" title="Layered flower images on a scrapbook page" width="640" /></a></div><p>More was more! 💖</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6-a5oPjoqMfS-TgcrSaAvpOQwtQBQ1cvKdMwnomtGuBU400itSZpFAiK_WYjZHLI5SveEjtWBGatPpXJd0Om1xPe4t1Kk4Mlb0brsknDvqRwtpvRNLxyFgR2aCinei3-W8WfgbKukaVDf1Ol-cIkWoovLboNbmvNFqakHY8E4JDNci-9xBb8GPMk3Q/s1080/LO%20time%20to%20rest_3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Layered flower images on a scrapbook page. By Elina Stromberg" border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="1080" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6-a5oPjoqMfS-TgcrSaAvpOQwtQBQ1cvKdMwnomtGuBU400itSZpFAiK_WYjZHLI5SveEjtWBGatPpXJd0Om1xPe4t1Kk4Mlb0brsknDvqRwtpvRNLxyFgR2aCinei3-W8WfgbKukaVDf1Ol-cIkWoovLboNbmvNFqakHY8E4JDNci-9xBb8GPMk3Q/w640-h390/LO%20time%20to%20rest_3.jpg" title="Layered flower images on a scrapbook page" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>For the title text I used Dina W. 'Mantras' stencil and white texture paste. 3-D foam stickers raise the strip bit off the background.</p><p>The picture I took sometime during the Covid year 2022; remote working continued and I was spending my days in Teams meetings, wearing my headset more or less non-stop from morning to evening. Past 2.5 years have been quite exceptional for us all!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqc1gN-AGYCYKxfctIi_5_QVaUB6EtkFVDxw9yFekMeZaRNOfLwtw51U0g1sO-qsen4sm355R0vrRG7VWkGP_uLLODoozl1oqer7yieCUEnK-vGZounwB9VEcMCr9acF0kwKlSO3fBgGqRVHehnWe7nWVwJ3eB0rioQbNPqYEEr8jUf_6lltN8LZ-TOA/s1080/LO%20something%20beautiful.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Scrapbooking layout: Create something beautiful. Layout by Elina Stromberg, artsandcraftswithlove.com" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqc1gN-AGYCYKxfctIi_5_QVaUB6EtkFVDxw9yFekMeZaRNOfLwtw51U0g1sO-qsen4sm355R0vrRG7VWkGP_uLLODoozl1oqer7yieCUEnK-vGZounwB9VEcMCr9acF0kwKlSO3fBgGqRVHehnWe7nWVwJ3eB0rioQbNPqYEEr8jUf_6lltN8LZ-TOA/w640-h640/LO%20something%20beautiful.jpg" title="Scrapbooking layout: Create something beautiful. By Elina Stromberg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The second layout design is more simple. I did not want to cover the beautiful gradient background with too many elements, and ended up using only a couple of embellishments I had close by.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfGmNkNbGyFI_qUjVxVCvx0UHUrMIS8wT6H6IXTqVdcYGEa0mywbJu1hXr_hZuHRE8pmG95-KQ7sXApgvAHqcJ3PnWRpVxth3OAwbNpNoyVSr2zHwZI896MHVU1FJNfl_YFw4PVPRbLolhI9eGIS_PeEL9ICkRP-k299-KJgqq9Cgj26M4NpdsqCrkw/s1080/LO%20something%20beautiful_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Stamped flowers on a scrapbook page. By Elina Stromberg" border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="1080" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfGmNkNbGyFI_qUjVxVCvx0UHUrMIS8wT6H6IXTqVdcYGEa0mywbJu1hXr_hZuHRE8pmG95-KQ7sXApgvAHqcJ3PnWRpVxth3OAwbNpNoyVSr2zHwZI896MHVU1FJNfl_YFw4PVPRbLolhI9eGIS_PeEL9ICkRP-k299-KJgqq9Cgj26M4NpdsqCrkw/w640-h390/LO%20something%20beautiful_2.jpg" title="Stamped flowers on a scrapbook page" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I love the beautiful flower stamps by Sizzix!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgqbzg4Z09y2E-p7LhhLbfebxjvFXiXdviSiv_YIv-93v0EcZa_GI6Q-CW4w-DutbQI5CXzlg68xPA7MvDryNVRe7ffUI0CH0Hcmy3qBbtzKfwJ5XnufrU2bQKrXmaLL_hwiV9_sR5OsN5hnnTisr-wXZC-X2LMH4g91OhXHwAiAAYfd7bOPh2sYMjg/s1080/LO%20something%20beautiful_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Stamped flowers on a scrapbook page. By Elina Stromberg" border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1080" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgqbzg4Z09y2E-p7LhhLbfebxjvFXiXdviSiv_YIv-93v0EcZa_GI6Q-CW4w-DutbQI5CXzlg68xPA7MvDryNVRe7ffUI0CH0Hcmy3qBbtzKfwJ5XnufrU2bQKrXmaLL_hwiV9_sR5OsN5hnnTisr-wXZC-X2LMH4g91OhXHwAiAAYfd7bOPh2sYMjg/w640-h466/LO%20something%20beautiful_1.jpg" title="Stamped flowers on a scrapbook page" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I hope your new year has started nicely. I hope that the new year is a new beginning for my blog, too; I do know that blogging is old-fashioned, but maybe as a non-trendsetter I'm allowed to continue archiving my work in this format 😜 </p><p>Hoping to see you here sometimes, too!</p><p>Wishing you a wonderful new week,</p><p>hugs,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Pnhj7Fb-FudvQ9QTATcEp1fe-rLOF95Yuy4zKIJYQ1s69roT1oSZnu8ffOolrpjMnjQ1iZ-rPv4imPtSE1yitiVcJSB37Nixk1f3zGRarP4mMsnO2BC2_F7VHUInFLfl-IGKXD_sC_zfkl3y2R1NjqcvF0joI2wHjU67Wke5XZNRWmsdjEnmmuAuUw/s395/Elina.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Elina Stromberg. artsandcraftswithlove.com" border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Pnhj7Fb-FudvQ9QTATcEp1fe-rLOF95Yuy4zKIJYQ1s69roT1oSZnu8ffOolrpjMnjQ1iZ-rPv4imPtSE1yitiVcJSB37Nixk1f3zGRarP4mMsnO2BC2_F7VHUInFLfl-IGKXD_sC_zfkl3y2R1NjqcvF0joI2wHjU67Wke5XZNRWmsdjEnmmuAuUw/w200-h119/Elina.png" title="Elina Stromberg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-5507964929990647282022-05-05T23:57:00.000+03:002022-05-05T23:57:43.036+03:00Mini album and a pile of ATC's<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Gj2dH842u0romzxSVCzpd_C1O2B8Xn4re0-FsOVsWdcC_NdsAxqPOF3mWa6q2qvmsruv3vDXVGhqwoH5qKrdrSFi_x9fxMJ45BktzCHyO96fBPVRTQj55ALkAzNbZVmcEhJFiCDzBuVsfz7FdvdDYLfKZ4HWO5B7RNwopokn9bYWQKBPIGalW6squQ/s1631/Jan%2022%20release%20Elinas%20video%20project_3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1631" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Gj2dH842u0romzxSVCzpd_C1O2B8Xn4re0-FsOVsWdcC_NdsAxqPOF3mWa6q2qvmsruv3vDXVGhqwoH5qKrdrSFi_x9fxMJ45BktzCHyO96fBPVRTQj55ALkAzNbZVmcEhJFiCDzBuVsfz7FdvdDYLfKZ4HWO5B7RNwopokn9bYWQKBPIGalW6squQ/w640-h368/Jan%2022%20release%20Elinas%20video%20project_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hi!<br />In January we got to enjoy a wonderful new collection by Carabelle Studio, and to celebrate the new product release the design team arranged a fun release party for our Carabelle Friends. During the party there was something for everyone: Live demos, tutorial videos, and challenges to participate. Lucky challenge winners got a generous package of new products! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4qA95P8P_WxDuJzBN59munV_MeY6e7NwUUF6wMDDq5Oj9PPKy5i0hvKFNK7JhgnQ3pFOAO4w5OkQv6yA1xp_yDTZojWYjoHxOFVDLfLoBnwrLXoYAJYLfzgDksZQjHZ9YDk0fvxOKgtNES3wzLaF0PN6TVKOGCeikZjzJZvZyT4vG577xtkB855TYA/s1591/Jan%2022%20release%20Elinas%20video%20project_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1591" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4qA95P8P_WxDuJzBN59munV_MeY6e7NwUUF6wMDDq5Oj9PPKy5i0hvKFNK7JhgnQ3pFOAO4w5OkQv6yA1xp_yDTZojWYjoHxOFVDLfLoBnwrLXoYAJYLfzgDksZQjHZ9YDk0fvxOKgtNES3wzLaF0PN6TVKOGCeikZjzJZvZyT4vG577xtkB855TYA/w640-h464/Jan%2022%20release%20Elinas%20video%20project_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My project was a maze book i.e. a mini album that you make of one 12" sheet of cardstock. I decorated the pages with gel printed squares and stamped and coloured images (loooove those characters by Kate Crane!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the folding and cutting template for the mini album:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7HYLIqJAsyR_ccG4J3EOa5hWQU-2-VjnZUMI23Q8LFuS6SxnFpfPWpwoD9yR42CznsgIKmv5vhCT4Abfpj6s4niF7u0UbVaoOgOlj1kWfBZvkdZMnApcypJ5VD6D0VvU41mCrxVGo9GKjZRRluGZ0qgybKHgMrp4bjEm0Sno9XzXRrWU3Gl_c-GNQw/s675/Mazebook%20template.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="675" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7HYLIqJAsyR_ccG4J3EOa5hWQU-2-VjnZUMI23Q8LFuS6SxnFpfPWpwoD9yR42CznsgIKmv5vhCT4Abfpj6s4niF7u0UbVaoOgOlj1kWfBZvkdZMnApcypJ5VD6D0VvU41mCrxVGo9GKjZRRluGZ0qgybKHgMrp4bjEm0Sno9XzXRrWU3Gl_c-GNQw/w400-h400/Mazebook%20template.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">To inspire the release party participants to create their own mini albums I put together a tutorial video; it can be viewed both on my YouTube channel as well as on Carabelle Studio channel:</div></div><p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NaLO3lMCrdw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8K1wvjfL3coEbc2hEZo2sbV1ZRWElPwRoEeknOpx_TVRe9ajYQ7haGtEQGDyuTZttwiH57nMdqoA8-_Rn6VLxwfut3-cLtza_HMGUpsRz5Tq9LWrjhU1ZWtDNXYHf6Z24zs0_2DO-z_MpRiyTW5MpRmJl0iR3ROGX9mqevGjs-i0gPfaPULvSy9mnig/s1499/Jan%2022%20release%20Elinas%20video%20project_1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="1499" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8K1wvjfL3coEbc2hEZo2sbV1ZRWElPwRoEeknOpx_TVRe9ajYQ7haGtEQGDyuTZttwiH57nMdqoA8-_Rn6VLxwfut3-cLtza_HMGUpsRz5Tq9LWrjhU1ZWtDNXYHf6Z24zs0_2DO-z_MpRiyTW5MpRmJl0iR3ROGX9mqevGjs-i0gPfaPULvSy9mnig/s320/Jan%2022%20release%20Elinas%20video%20project_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Maybe you noted that on the video I pulled several colourful prints, using the new art printing plate (design by Birgit Koopsen). Only a couple of gel printed squares were used for decorating my mini album pages, and I was left with a pile of colourful pieces. Guess what I used them for?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I created ATC cards!</div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWVuAw4_xCS3-NCeOjCka663BNnZgSJkj2cKrYzf9oKuD4Z7N66pM_fFQqy0plX51CnH7PhP1G1wUnoU0SnmEWVFpgSZPVS80ReTWJmbNirZSetjmj6lFfaIg7W8MHKSnKFbikU29g0JbOxJTTEqBq2qAWt1QaD2HZ5o_raeabZShpGmSp4Neuj9naA/s1824/ATC%20cards%20lot1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1824" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWVuAw4_xCS3-NCeOjCka663BNnZgSJkj2cKrYzf9oKuD4Z7N66pM_fFQqy0plX51CnH7PhP1G1wUnoU0SnmEWVFpgSZPVS80ReTWJmbNirZSetjmj6lFfaIg7W8MHKSnKFbikU29g0JbOxJTTEqBq2qAWt1QaD2HZ5o_raeabZShpGmSp4Neuj9naA/w640-h298/ATC%20cards%20lot1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I had a black gel printed paper in my stash, and I cut it to ATC card backgrounds.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje73M_FAM9T4csrsc5xzQffh6E-D8wTMfi16BxhjWKOYPMEFkhT6-H7b1KQjbq8KnDOUtTrBeNOgX6T0aVwk8LMso8g2N7J5QmHeEVE9yLlCSxkK2C1coTZtHps7eNX_yuxBMJpX07tSU-8sEFSxz9ZfEEyRBLcxrXCt204dfTdOYGGii8LVATehGOLw/s1838/ATC%20cards%20lot2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1838" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje73M_FAM9T4csrsc5xzQffh6E-D8wTMfi16BxhjWKOYPMEFkhT6-H7b1KQjbq8KnDOUtTrBeNOgX6T0aVwk8LMso8g2N7J5QmHeEVE9yLlCSxkK2C1coTZtHps7eNX_yuxBMJpX07tSU-8sEFSxz9ZfEEyRBLcxrXCt204dfTdOYGGii8LVATehGOLw/w640-h294/ATC%20cards%20lot2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">As usual I stamped, coloured and cut a few extra images, so they were ready to be used for my cards. Their sizes were perfect for ATC's: not too small nor too big.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AuCPFqM2x0on6VuW1J9YIkMAEQCGtegYqbQdlTvAIq7zZrVVJtUOEx2AFVfET268QQ2FuF4JwBRNSDweW_WlU1apzcfpdQgVnxqXMTpmIP5tOgqieMvzmiPgymUEUB5izI3pmIRuxzfK2-y8E7XrTz52eeNEAMbQI04mkkL29z6mRtqBQdMb8DiaHQ/s1918/ATC%20cards%20lot3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1918" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AuCPFqM2x0on6VuW1J9YIkMAEQCGtegYqbQdlTvAIq7zZrVVJtUOEx2AFVfET268QQ2FuF4JwBRNSDweW_WlU1apzcfpdQgVnxqXMTpmIP5tOgqieMvzmiPgymUEUB5izI3pmIRuxzfK2-y8E7XrTz52eeNEAMbQI04mkkL29z6mRtqBQdMb8DiaHQ/w640-h294/ATC%20cards%20lot3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I punched a circle on the colourful gel printed squares and glued them on the cards. Looks quite nice, doesn't it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyTefanQ45TAkGL5VPFUyFtdBELRbDcisNHBqQIdvhfycVvgnv3QDhqDAY1gaCzNAPBgL-MDWALB3w-uRuZZrkkgWDTpSOpz5JR0r0sppMobuztRInw-XhSAwJM-SpHCMgmAt0qA8bsAbwFAJLzup9oQFoWsNR97G6aYlBoL7OMWQXlzdqv45Rg0K4g/s1661/ATC%20cards%20all.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1661" data-original-width="1330" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyTefanQ45TAkGL5VPFUyFtdBELRbDcisNHBqQIdvhfycVvgnv3QDhqDAY1gaCzNAPBgL-MDWALB3w-uRuZZrkkgWDTpSOpz5JR0r0sppMobuztRInw-XhSAwJM-SpHCMgmAt0qA8bsAbwFAJLzup9oQFoWsNR97G6aYlBoL7OMWQXlzdqv45Rg0K4g/w320-h400/ATC%20cards%20all.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I was so happy and proud to see many wonderful maze books created, using my video as guidance. I loved each and every one of them!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wishing you a colourful rest of the week. Happy weekend!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHYBP6A3u-yIH2ziY2gjIKMIyfMHLC20_Emj7wPOM27OY7UYuPlW8RpGEDsSSIQ4I2Pi2ICZPZN8n_7YKwLMyRUF5gcJqhzZKdI4fzC6vkQuh6TnZWDbbzXZR9liWjAlmUaH3jHDJf0ZSYXw27LebpSJ7C3smPgYuQb26wSVN8-UZUCGel0Kj2_Q9sA/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHYBP6A3u-yIH2ziY2gjIKMIyfMHLC20_Emj7wPOM27OY7UYuPlW8RpGEDsSSIQ4I2Pi2ICZPZN8n_7YKwLMyRUF5gcJqhzZKdI4fzC6vkQuh6TnZWDbbzXZR9liWjAlmUaH3jHDJf0ZSYXw27LebpSJ7C3smPgYuQb26wSVN8-UZUCGel0Kj2_Q9sA/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-79146883842725168382022-05-04T23:35:00.002+03:002022-05-04T23:35:34.472+03:00Art journaling in pocket size<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEaNd-WDjg_bCiBVd-QNX8dqCsE4F3tTOPUwPuxIz3ebLnNvjO45knG_GAX_G1hNIhZ3NSDFuZYOujtL5_rorepxz5lsItIiK0TE9tfw44_UDfolDfnaI6vZAXz7cVXFDupPuYkh6JW1UKuWwGH8CtZ8V9MwYy8cw_3T7tWfr4D-QfqocdVUTs1otKA/s1705/believe%20in%20your%20dreams.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="1705" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEaNd-WDjg_bCiBVd-QNX8dqCsE4F3tTOPUwPuxIz3ebLnNvjO45knG_GAX_G1hNIhZ3NSDFuZYOujtL5_rorepxz5lsItIiK0TE9tfw44_UDfolDfnaI6vZAXz7cVXFDupPuYkh6JW1UKuWwGH8CtZ8V9MwYy8cw_3T7tWfr4D-QfqocdVUTs1otKA/w640-h544/believe%20in%20your%20dreams.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hi!</p><p>I love stamping, colouring and fuzzy cutting. Usually I use the images for cardmaking, but if there are no actual needs for creating new cards, I take out my art journal books. Those pages are my creative playgrounds for playing with colour combinations and texture backgrounds, creating sceneries and telling stories with my stamped images and for storing lovely quote texts. I also use the pages for utilizing the last drops of paints from my pallet (you never throw paint away!), cleaning my brushes or using some leftover scraps I find on my crafting table. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW344n2L09RX7iOOTcwhmSQqOABvS3CgAcy1E7MOvElUQluoTULjXeIks1LTSfKk2ayQNWfid9ZUc2g3zPi8cDx9KZlezccmuuqYmFO9bCrEbF-YCAPM6G-0ZZDmDXjtlgqJR1xEzNGHncPBIqwfgpm3TyafsFKwIg7jbkSj5Bvy4nL7VoLeZisVooBA/s1715/dreaming.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1389" data-original-width="1715" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW344n2L09RX7iOOTcwhmSQqOABvS3CgAcy1E7MOvElUQluoTULjXeIks1LTSfKk2ayQNWfid9ZUc2g3zPi8cDx9KZlezccmuuqYmFO9bCrEbF-YCAPM6G-0ZZDmDXjtlgqJR1xEzNGHncPBIqwfgpm3TyafsFKwIg7jbkSj5Bvy4nL7VoLeZisVooBA/w640-h518/dreaming.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Stamps come in various sizes, so also the art journal page sizes need to vary. These pages are created in my smallest art journal book; a pocket size Moleskine art sketchbook (3.5 in x 5.5 in). It's perfect for working with stamps which are bit too large for an ATC card but not big enough for an A4 or A5 size page or page spread. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2eO1_Qew5FCNE9HBiEGtadd4pypl5P2LLBMuAt7I7kWJ8IMkur4z5cs1dKOlFrgwxukQTCJFJBXKewpAx8r6PgiC__tViQag7MEpeldeiN5hL9BnbsORaf3DeMFKH7QoQgWkOV1WNEnCjCw1ZBr_y8vSQOsInKkCfDyPbHvosWfsUXwCAgLvMnH47Q/s1582/open%20to%20future.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="1582" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2eO1_Qew5FCNE9HBiEGtadd4pypl5P2LLBMuAt7I7kWJ8IMkur4z5cs1dKOlFrgwxukQTCJFJBXKewpAx8r6PgiC__tViQag7MEpeldeiN5hL9BnbsORaf3DeMFKH7QoQgWkOV1WNEnCjCw1ZBr_y8vSQOsInKkCfDyPbHvosWfsUXwCAgLvMnH47Q/w640-h548/open%20to%20future.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>If one evening I only have little free time but feel a strong need for crafting mindfulness I often spend the short crafting moment on colouring images. I have a tin box full of stamped, coloured and fuzzy cut images, and every now and then I empty the box by using the pictures for ATC's or art journal pages. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbmeN7kgB_TIL6S6gBiHcwgExjYpTIgg3p88ErDuqY9_KJ6e2kgfKn2bVm852kPmehYVDjZTeIzeU-qRObpzb1iTfzRaVH2XoWF35vznkrDbs-_Ufo-zRn-U3yRyzzHisaJReo_liBg_A4gSn5abac2KfmyFfi1N9nP-GhZ_tZRAN2vPTJaKiqYmC1g/s1705/Harmony%20hope%20joy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1705" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbmeN7kgB_TIL6S6gBiHcwgExjYpTIgg3p88ErDuqY9_KJ6e2kgfKn2bVm852kPmehYVDjZTeIzeU-qRObpzb1iTfzRaVH2XoWF35vznkrDbs-_Ufo-zRn-U3yRyzzHisaJReo_liBg_A4gSn5abac2KfmyFfi1N9nP-GhZ_tZRAN2vPTJaKiqYmC1g/w640-h516/Harmony%20hope%20joy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>These pages are quite simple, but creating them makes me happy. When I later browse through the book pages I often get a reflection of that happy feeling I felt when putting the page together. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hope you will have time to create something you like. Thanks for stopping by in my blog!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38hHb40bvEmTEMADUOX0x09olLZxRtoD0L_8NjiSZ10pFVs5yYbXT4Oz6DJSoB_LhWHYvqaMvKvsFFQ3GkdDEGipV3VceusCzMgW-1YvirhaaiMdgEzKSb6oHER6h_-QtFT9A3pbfv7AKuy3dU_lnJZ9yotLzpbxwfnwifUhG4IKHAwKuSGJkYRkn9w/s395/Elina.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38hHb40bvEmTEMADUOX0x09olLZxRtoD0L_8NjiSZ10pFVs5yYbXT4Oz6DJSoB_LhWHYvqaMvKvsFFQ3GkdDEGipV3VceusCzMgW-1YvirhaaiMdgEzKSb6oHER6h_-QtFT9A3pbfv7AKuy3dU_lnJZ9yotLzpbxwfnwifUhG4IKHAwKuSGJkYRkn9w/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><p><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-70655812931637444012021-08-08T00:50:00.003+03:002022-05-05T22:28:28.858+03:00Scrapbooking layout: Creative mind<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNXcHXvVv1YAn-xZSOFBs-eAOK1VyCZroJsWeA3LdHk5UGGcAkirmB1Wk5Akq0e_PSzy9-p_2CO07k7B2X-q82elwGHDdXAtaN_G-Y_V1sK_i7jvLoj4vp6MMrzLpCUoYg3UjFG6YW5YW/s1300/LO+Artful+mind.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNXcHXvVv1YAn-xZSOFBs-eAOK1VyCZroJsWeA3LdHk5UGGcAkirmB1Wk5Akq0e_PSzy9-p_2CO07k7B2X-q82elwGHDdXAtaN_G-Y_V1sK_i7jvLoj4vp6MMrzLpCUoYg3UjFG6YW5YW/w640-h640/LO+Artful+mind.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hi!<br />Hope your weekend has been nice.</p><p>13 Arts February 2021 release contained several interesting and inspiring paper collections. When browsing through the sets I noted immediately that 'Young and Free' looked quite different than the more traditional watercolour/floral themed sets (which are beautiful but represent more the customary 13 Arts style). So I purchased two sets; you never know from which papers you want to use both sides, so having the sets as double solves the issue!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQniBpzPB5ZR4rstmukGXrTfACOPyLJkdbng1ru3OxWYeCHM_pkLiD9qls4StL4KfeqbAKYCbWtb3dinGDXVDWJDBzzH3ZEE4ocAfA1vRBfaMU1zRTJUpWhX-po8Xb_qX7mF75iMpJB0Nn/s1146/LO+Artful+mind+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1146" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQniBpzPB5ZR4rstmukGXrTfACOPyLJkdbng1ru3OxWYeCHM_pkLiD9qls4StL4KfeqbAKYCbWtb3dinGDXVDWJDBzzH3ZEE4ocAfA1vRBfaMU1zRTJUpWhX-po8Xb_qX7mF75iMpJB0Nn/w640-h436/LO+Artful+mind+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The set comes with an embellishment sheet for fuzzy cutting; I ended up using almost all elements (more was more!) and created a bold crazy collage. Oh, that was fun!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyv30ZsOS2-1wivBbEhum-4pqtlLKHOrZnOSnLAM7m2NXuAb8Y7TEyU51i1z6fmK0X6AqHWWMW0Urtrm0b9gXP2EtVNJMnbKTEgWPPuP9AmglNtK3raHby7BToN7lX8F07C4BqiiL0do1/s844/LO+Artful+mind+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="844" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyv30ZsOS2-1wivBbEhum-4pqtlLKHOrZnOSnLAM7m2NXuAb8Y7TEyU51i1z6fmK0X6AqHWWMW0Urtrm0b9gXP2EtVNJMnbKTEgWPPuP9AmglNtK3raHby7BToN7lX8F07C4BqiiL0do1/w640-h526/LO+Artful+mind+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The style of the page is not what I usually do, but trying something new was really enjoyable. Hope you like it, too!<p></p><p>Wishing you a nice day, thanks for stopping by in my blog!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-10767692507791083202021-08-03T01:31:00.004+03:002021-08-03T01:31:43.181+03:00Five scrapbooking layouts - many wonderful crative moments<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvMet7GjqtGae9i2JHistC04iBrFyIk6rl_0fL9tHj1HNP_w6FZO4g3c17tmTPMRQX196OCyVD1Hd2LHGh2gDQmnY2Oei3X7DoMZrqMdS3Tc-2SvJwXLTa0pcp1qkAPrDOhuxaVDzVJkW/s1300/LO+Wanderlust.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvMet7GjqtGae9i2JHistC04iBrFyIk6rl_0fL9tHj1HNP_w6FZO4g3c17tmTPMRQX196OCyVD1Hd2LHGh2gDQmnY2Oei3X7DoMZrqMdS3Tc-2SvJwXLTa0pcp1qkAPrDOhuxaVDzVJkW/w640-h640/LO+Wanderlust.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Hi and happy new week!</p><p>Today I wanted to share with you a couple of 12" scrapbook pages I have made recently. Not all of them are that special, but they all served the purpose very well: Creating the layouts provided me moments to chill out, to enjoy the creative flow, and to play with beautiful colours, pattered papers and lovely embellishments. Wonderful! <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xBq7f7hthBb4kfHMsqnQTO4bN7Je8EdMT68fQTn2QzHQ-ik6n3sSvcGF8jRK7EUmZTMzC6qMBYuOhj5RtN28PAkqGK8kzHIH-f8LgSmxcu5Rhm9TilXi8OVgrJ9PsVEtqMBXpNgkFBy8/s2048/LO+Wanderlust_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xBq7f7hthBb4kfHMsqnQTO4bN7Je8EdMT68fQTn2QzHQ-ik6n3sSvcGF8jRK7EUmZTMzC6qMBYuOhj5RtN28PAkqGK8kzHIH-f8LgSmxcu5Rhm9TilXi8OVgrJ9PsVEtqMBXpNgkFBy8/w640-h480/LO+Wanderlust_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfUQ3j1zHqHA2g0sYvleIi45b2GjbVJUpp5l8__yc1UTz1IRev6LNvZcfgwzxxNziDeOp3wVfSROq42K4BSmEbXltqD42Wmr3TrnbK2-PGEGEPYymW7VJ3stPiuqaPF-3Sw0IdaWWNVZl/s2048/LO+Wanderlust_3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfUQ3j1zHqHA2g0sYvleIi45b2GjbVJUpp5l8__yc1UTz1IRev6LNvZcfgwzxxNziDeOp3wVfSROq42K4BSmEbXltqD42Wmr3TrnbK2-PGEGEPYymW7VJ3stPiuqaPF-3Sw0IdaWWNVZl/w640-h480/LO+Wanderlust_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>I also used large cut files by Paige Taylor Evans. So fun to work with!<br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZDMCYP0qm05VO5Rsz23XntpeV1t2kGr6A8PDrEIsGfuPugBshoXpm7yuzT1Su1ndR0SFI08mGnHhFVLrBeQIjNZu_UgHe4CoXPi3No6rteQS2r4GcbDxct9-muo3pSVYJ6Eg0oVfMb4T/s1300/LO+possibilities.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZDMCYP0qm05VO5Rsz23XntpeV1t2kGr6A8PDrEIsGfuPugBshoXpm7yuzT1Su1ndR0SFI08mGnHhFVLrBeQIjNZu_UgHe4CoXPi3No6rteQS2r4GcbDxct9-muo3pSVYJ6Eg0oVfMb4T/w640-h640/LO+possibilities.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgi7cwzlTWIDAfbj1J4VP3or8WipNy5x9IvfQwegWYH6_jq5npzlECK4WyWcQ_7oXdymWL98ZSTQSXCowxJfr-JoBcSAj6ffxAhpxAR07-2P0NaUZcYhYkcld9wpEEfh_AboD8DYrLqUl/s2048/closeup+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgi7cwzlTWIDAfbj1J4VP3or8WipNy5x9IvfQwegWYH6_jq5npzlECK4WyWcQ_7oXdymWL98ZSTQSXCowxJfr-JoBcSAj6ffxAhpxAR07-2P0NaUZcYhYkcld9wpEEfh_AboD8DYrLqUl/w640-h480/closeup+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Also some watercolours and sweet pastel tones...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwtRasN1LAGgswPcRshSJNfn3SU1AvOhvrTLCmcoqdULYDUKthU1v_fPUE2uHPkyPGIkyNpYYgR57iaem0P-ayL1t7w6KA3dKXQg5NmKP4q-DKLfSfIPyGVMlV-jfyN-CINM9io-lwa_3/s1300/LO+Hello+Sunshine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwtRasN1LAGgswPcRshSJNfn3SU1AvOhvrTLCmcoqdULYDUKthU1v_fPUE2uHPkyPGIkyNpYYgR57iaem0P-ayL1t7w6KA3dKXQg5NmKP4q-DKLfSfIPyGVMlV-jfyN-CINM9io-lwa_3/w640-h640/LO+Hello+Sunshine.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWApgXwRZnFr3oSnBsEaxWUsTCiDBcrLaCOGhlVAJFAdy6GGQIezCo_SGLilvuFvFzzQaFWO070q3iC1P536gVc8WKfO4y4C__HP8ijLNqk-I3iWMR1kWsZAoJErweVoaD95WOh3iR6wqy/w640-h480/LO+Important+things_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The pages are all very different but all yet very 'me'. True 'happy moment projects'!<p></p><p>Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a Hungarian-American psychologist, who recognised and named the psychological concept of 'flow', a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity. He described flow as <i>"being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls
away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows
inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost."</i></p><p>I know exactly what he's talking about. This is what papercrafting means to me.</p><p><i> </i> <br /></p><p>Thanks for stopping by in my blog,</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-90097791904568181562021-08-01T18:11:00.007+03:002023-05-19T01:50:01.844+03:00Let's celebrate! with Janet Klein designs<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WORDlr86UCReMqVX92wfG9aTqS3R3uOZbAfBivSGo4ieZYCyAo7oUAsiN5XyOSIVtOQVSLAFOyyS8SisFiMCYjxGxY5hul9Rk32uWT8elZTzGJ4wQx-bMSwR4SMTns7AwkrSSJSLHHec/s1261/Celebrate+card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WORDlr86UCReMqVX92wfG9aTqS3R3uOZbAfBivSGo4ieZYCyAo7oUAsiN5XyOSIVtOQVSLAFOyyS8SisFiMCYjxGxY5hul9Rk32uWT8elZTzGJ4wQx-bMSwR4SMTns7AwkrSSJSLHHec/w548-h640/Celebrate+card.jpg" width="548" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Hi and happy Sunday!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I've been playing a lot with my gel plate lately, creating patterned papers to be used for fun card backgrounds. This time I combined my playful red prints with Janet Klein stamps by AALL&Create. I've been a fan of her designs for a long time, and have quite a nice collection of her digital stamps. It's wonderful that those lovely girl images are now also available as stamps, too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qRa1Nu7LY9mcjtn-eljqOUHi7zdy-4wY3CRMOqSiNigry1WnC_yCJpUrkonj092AnDqD6zFzioUsBzlOBoA1KjJKyhsrG15UNOAYvaIpT9o5EyUq-AWLlH3vhYgltlbJfNGZX9b_4fQ7/s1770/Celebrate+card_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="1636" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qRa1Nu7LY9mcjtn-eljqOUHi7zdy-4wY3CRMOqSiNigry1WnC_yCJpUrkonj092AnDqD6zFzioUsBzlOBoA1KjJKyhsrG15UNOAYvaIpT9o5EyUq-AWLlH3vhYgltlbJfNGZX9b_4fQ7/w592-h640/Celebrate+card_2.jpg" width="592" /></a></div><br /></div><p>
As usual, I stamped and coloured several images on one go. In addition to the card I made a set of ATC's. The party girls on the bottom row are on gel printed backgrounds and for the ATC trio on the top I used a brown cardstock I had used for cleaning my paint brush (never waist any paint, LOL!)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy02GkTJx6ZgL6axlqnbh3EMTJ_jZvL6NabIsI6OyADAnd4t_ktKy1_PqJLvl3lMTEFN8YZpm2H4ed9WeyI-FXQ0LGHvSFK-hdHEMz0-ZrSyy8uFpQ7Wv_LisRLdGXPf9eCWE5P0McpJlY/s1773/Celebrate+card+ATCs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1571" data-original-width="1773" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy02GkTJx6ZgL6axlqnbh3EMTJ_jZvL6NabIsI6OyADAnd4t_ktKy1_PqJLvl3lMTEFN8YZpm2H4ed9WeyI-FXQ0LGHvSFK-hdHEMz0-ZrSyy8uFpQ7Wv_LisRLdGXPf9eCWE5P0McpJlY/w640-h568/Celebrate+card+ATCs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlh_i3M1LehN-JTMTI1uAL4V-YKzma9RelYx6UnHbQ5EB3CZNNaH9TZn32JkWbBBbi57ewSCHV-wssIQlU56dob-rna2KyCApFCSyeNmW3Xxk6PaVGHcp9AHKqwhIbqbfY5iSWQhT3I32/s1773/Cheers+ATC_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1773" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlh_i3M1LehN-JTMTI1uAL4V-YKzma9RelYx6UnHbQ5EB3CZNNaH9TZn32JkWbBBbi57ewSCHV-wssIQlU56dob-rna2KyCApFCSyeNmW3Xxk6PaVGHcp9AHKqwhIbqbfY5iSWQhT3I32/w640-h514/Cheers+ATC_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwJQuTG9-3RFk_5foGtw71mJ8sRxRjlqf-r0SXYPq6ke_jaak-pFKQOSMVlaRWesXyAHcLWRuQlqs6Og4R7u0Ld2MtR84fj2yjnKbIzRzCtsKLcwCiobjTyVPy61-xpn-Vf1cQn9z4Avh/s1917/IMG_5292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="1917" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwJQuTG9-3RFk_5foGtw71mJ8sRxRjlqf-r0SXYPq6ke_jaak-pFKQOSMVlaRWesXyAHcLWRuQlqs6Og4R7u0Ld2MtR84fj2yjnKbIzRzCtsKLcwCiobjTyVPy61-xpn-Vf1cQn9z4Avh/w640-h464/IMG_5292.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><p>The stamp sets used: 'Party With Me' and 'Coffee Time'.<br />Janet Klein / Vera Lane Studio digital stamps are available <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/VeraLaneStudio?ref=shop_sugg" target="_blank">*here*</a></p><p></p><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnpdPjgIch_O_yGprHz8EoxmBo-JHKanrVd09d3tU9ZM7JFuvf3JHhJI4EElwjQrnoP7mOhms_EhHMQOjCICQJcX1Z62oSO_PUkNeGOpW1OelBLJt3xr7Jo6Vehntm1m8pS-Kq0ZsjR-a/s1300/Cheers+ATC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnpdPjgIch_O_yGprHz8EoxmBo-JHKanrVd09d3tU9ZM7JFuvf3JHhJI4EElwjQrnoP7mOhms_EhHMQOjCICQJcX1Z62oSO_PUkNeGOpW1OelBLJt3xr7Jo6Vehntm1m8pS-Kq0ZsjR-a/w640-h640/Cheers+ATC.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>These lovely images are fun to colour and they are perfectly sized for both cards and ATC's. Such happy characters!</p><p>Thanks for stopping by. Wishing you a wonderful day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-42846088138381779922021-07-31T01:11:00.002+03:002021-07-31T01:37:19.644+03:00Bold sayings and two techniques: Fun birthday cards<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittxo2PKin6SctIyc3Nyy0Rw7vXA3EZXCQbLmCQmhXa5aS_GaqnfRp3lU-hxFhuBknK-hbFAfW0ZuzHh7LJepwokdkFaFgZYBwFFLBcfSAsOwqYsE0kUjnOpwDVkg49_3LiE8vvVf_6SM0/s1170/Birthday+wishes+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittxo2PKin6SctIyc3Nyy0Rw7vXA3EZXCQbLmCQmhXa5aS_GaqnfRp3lU-hxFhuBknK-hbFAfW0ZuzHh7LJepwokdkFaFgZYBwFFLBcfSAsOwqYsE0kUjnOpwDVkg49_3LiE8vvVf_6SM0/w640-h640/Birthday+wishes+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hi!</p><p></p><p>Today I wanted to share with you a set of birthday cards I made using the new Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous stamp set 'Bold Sayings' (CMS433).</p><p>For the first two cards I used the old embossing diffuser technique in which parts of the embossing folder are left without pressure and the embossing folder pattern is printed only partly. Perfect technique for creating lovely frames for your cards!</p><p>My existing Sizzix/Tim Holtz diffuser plates did not have the needed shape nor size for the bold word stamps, so I created my own frame diffuser plate by gluing down three layers of chipboard strips. I checked that the thickness of the frame was quite the same than what the original diffusor plate has. You don't want to make your embossing sandwich too thick!<br />The center of the frame is measured to match the birthday wishes stamp exactly 😊.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Z85l5Tn_cPyaN-PD8os6SvJ4bEAc3HD3RMasPE46APi169zBw9K5PkEAc4NhSms0aHNoMK67dE5hT7VBi1M_TgYkQVSbefyI9UuW6T7Zml3o8jCTLm-S95C_UaoYexBhBE5T4LQfZYHy/s1080/Birthday+wishes+2+wip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="1080" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Z85l5Tn_cPyaN-PD8os6SvJ4bEAc3HD3RMasPE46APi169zBw9K5PkEAc4NhSms0aHNoMK67dE5hT7VBi1M_TgYkQVSbefyI9UuW6T7Zml3o8jCTLm-S95C_UaoYexBhBE5T4LQfZYHy/w640-h516/Birthday+wishes+2+wip.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>On the first card I also stamped some texture to the background using the new gear stamp from 'Observations' set. The second floral frame card I just inked to reveal the embossed frame pattern.</p><p>Once I had finished inking the frame I placed the card on the stamping platform and stamped the text with black Archival. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSr4EoWEBR-LZ4SEoandLN2WrhUv45T11PopGvmIljsN0eqOpapMfDB8zPXDABTy_UC4L9UfK9G5c2AJtH1V0A6hFiHqirdq-JsPDfUuilWM9K1wTfsSD3MnbrIKw2fZ0nsyW-QRAvbjDr/s1293/Birthday+wishes+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="1293" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSr4EoWEBR-LZ4SEoandLN2WrhUv45T11PopGvmIljsN0eqOpapMfDB8zPXDABTy_UC4L9UfK9G5c2AJtH1V0A6hFiHqirdq-JsPDfUuilWM9K1wTfsSD3MnbrIKw2fZ0nsyW-QRAvbjDr/w640-h640/Birthday+wishes+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The second card set is made in 'CAS - clean and simple' style but with more colours: </p><p>I placed the stamp and the cardstock on the stamping platform and starting from top I masked and inked one row at a time, using different Distress Oxide colours. I love how bright and vibrant those colours are even on a craft colour cardstock!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXGJIlN91WKqk7zFldaHCPZvzTNS-aKq_DZXSzCaOV9aC62CUjSo0ntXUJlsWlfH-GIwA8HCLZ0EitTSEcIp-iDwR0JLv2FwbX7jWz1whnqX-IAzaOPhUyPUoVrj1knqAXy1MdNyBuQRo/s1177/Birthday+wishes+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="1177" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXGJIlN91WKqk7zFldaHCPZvzTNS-aKq_DZXSzCaOV9aC62CUjSo0ntXUJlsWlfH-GIwA8HCLZ0EitTSEcIp-iDwR0JLv2FwbX7jWz1whnqX-IAzaOPhUyPUoVrj1knqAXy1MdNyBuQRo/w640-h640/Birthday+wishes+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> While inking I used standard post-it notes for masking the remaining lines. <br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApBMYMwoZSJaajX9G5CG_ObQMZ0jXX-Ru3N3vqBoTiYEEX7ebCcx77-hO6G2H9eRs5rY11UF9ycSjMWyAbaMyq4Mv3KOj7FGhC6PbD2OZ2rg76br2VYzbD0Nm-zq0mn2IY63doiw6sH3N/s2009/Birthday+wishes+3+wip1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="2009" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApBMYMwoZSJaajX9G5CG_ObQMZ0jXX-Ru3N3vqBoTiYEEX7ebCcx77-hO6G2H9eRs5rY11UF9ycSjMWyAbaMyq4Mv3KOj7FGhC6PbD2OZ2rg76br2VYzbD0Nm-zq0mn2IY63doiw6sH3N/w400-h268/Birthday+wishes+3+wip1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBJxu0J8Z9LHx_-rtXR19ateKVYes_lfR-tjt07_2kZiAWuYTl9fCqbigdXlQG9raNuOW5bg9iugJpTsb5VAoEnqDSdaAp5GOaYsZ0Qo3KSLnm1fyb8dkmqUDliInL6h1WWvK4zDFrQji/s2048/Birthday+wishes+3+wip2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="2048" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBJxu0J8Z9LHx_-rtXR19ateKVYes_lfR-tjt07_2kZiAWuYTl9fCqbigdXlQG9raNuOW5bg9iugJpTsb5VAoEnqDSdaAp5GOaYsZ0Qo3KSLnm1fyb8dkmqUDliInL6h1WWvK4zDFrQji/w400-h275/Birthday+wishes+3+wip2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Once finished I cleaned the ink from the stamp and stamped the text one more time using clear embossing ink. I heat embossed the text with clear embossing powder to create a nice shiny finish on the text.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVD4bOdXrulxpyjpaE5WwRDOVPhr00xGhuXB1YWJhzpvGTelStE4RzDtcuFXGj5ppFOjEs1qKRpg2Vy_ExzWctfMl446lykQLQeuEH1CR4uqX8unbcbSOQJ8lDBWxqIrUrJv_62ekQ4Ns/s1803/Birthday+wishes+3b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1803" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVD4bOdXrulxpyjpaE5WwRDOVPhr00xGhuXB1YWJhzpvGTelStE4RzDtcuFXGj5ppFOjEs1qKRpg2Vy_ExzWctfMl446lykQLQeuEH1CR4uqX8unbcbSOQJ8lDBWxqIrUrJv_62ekQ4Ns/w640-h446/Birthday+wishes+3b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYSs8GIaho3Bq8mhNmRREdH3rAiSMQYXfAdIcQeVQJltT4xUsi5OFC0xtIMVDtwPzBqJ_DTs4U5HvfO-Mz5XKR-RSt8bx30zuRgeeeFlQI5NEwVAVLm_r1q2SZBxXXWWbMZG2Ik0Gno6H/s1115/Birthday+wishes+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1115" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYSs8GIaho3Bq8mhNmRREdH3rAiSMQYXfAdIcQeVQJltT4xUsi5OFC0xtIMVDtwPzBqJ_DTs4U5HvfO-Mz5XKR-RSt8bx30zuRgeeeFlQI5NEwVAVLm_r1q2SZBxXXWWbMZG2Ik0Gno6H/w640-h640/Birthday+wishes+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Before gluing down the card front I splashed some white paint on the card.</p><p>I'm so happy to see how lovely but yet different these cards look! One can never have too many birthday cards in stash, right?<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3Kxcn0OVT7gY6TzQ44MGqpUzfJC0J-QtFUKxEt2Z8gR4PVSlltBxU9en_sX4vRqp-mURddfzdKj7ldqyqBGCKVbIPCuZkOUYncqvF7s6njTyG4XQmq8wAqG9W-ilC5jyeE0PY8Xgx_1N/s1533/Birthday+wishes+all.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="1533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3Kxcn0OVT7gY6TzQ44MGqpUzfJC0J-QtFUKxEt2Z8gR4PVSlltBxU9en_sX4vRqp-mURddfzdKj7ldqyqBGCKVbIPCuZkOUYncqvF7s6njTyG4XQmq8wAqG9W-ilC5jyeE0PY8Xgx_1N/w640-h640/Birthday+wishes+all.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hope these techniques inspire to create your own set of cards. Thanks for stopping by in my blog!</p><p>Hugs,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-66928891356881275222021-07-23T00:06:00.001+03:002021-07-23T00:06:20.718+03:00Magical surprises: Card and ATC<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrEztarXw2j6Uqty1GgpFxzN43EtfdD2bbt_5JFobyDDx_56vUJxHYVcMNB-L3XDphDuBub_mG_I3PUtTNPibsKrQeyZiz0dNsrv2WbY9n-exrUaV0kjwhcwSax8VhwCUE4Do0p-9LyPn-/s1412/April+12+Magical+Surprises_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrEztarXw2j6Uqty1GgpFxzN43EtfdD2bbt_5JFobyDDx_56vUJxHYVcMNB-L3XDphDuBub_mG_I3PUtTNPibsKrQeyZiz0dNsrv2WbY9n-exrUaV0kjwhcwSax8VhwCUE4Do0p-9LyPn-/w590-h640/April+12+Magical+Surprises_b.jpg" width="590" /></a></p><p></p><p>Hi!<br />Stamping masking technique is a fun way to create stamped collages by combining and merging several stamps into one artwork. No special supplies are needed, only a few Post-it note sheets for the self-made masks. Post-it notes are handy for this technique as the sticky edge keeps the
mask nicely in place. However, also regular scrap paper can very well be
used.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-_WCFMWmDVIyWPP3w9RkvngrBmNmFGGc8INLLJDkKSIHwDNqEGexruAn54OgTRFYNsGIB8VAGR2WJ69ry0kmC9_HLhjo6ErNQySoPkoKwZxBGLwr1eposyWqOb4QvUlCzxooBo1ZoI3f/s1800/April+12+Magical+Surprises+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-_WCFMWmDVIyWPP3w9RkvngrBmNmFGGc8INLLJDkKSIHwDNqEGexruAn54OgTRFYNsGIB8VAGR2WJ69ry0kmC9_HLhjo6ErNQySoPkoKwZxBGLwr1eposyWqOb4QvUlCzxooBo1ZoI3f/w640-h640/April+12+Magical+Surprises+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>First I stamp the main images on the Post-it notes and cut out. Main images are the ones that appear in the front of the card/tag.</p><p>Then I stamp the main images on the card background. I cover the stamped images with the self-made masks and ink and decorate the background with stencils. With the masks still in place I stamp the background patterns and once finished I remove the masks. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogF8O3pEU7__jnpupl-DgBlzgmdc04jtlZkuofGWZUxdPNesXJFk18Ao2NTpjBisbtngA4fQS0ZFlzs-pjOftK5OvPy6w_S8q_Vsonp_wg83sV_HdxpENQnk1y52Isg8Sb1VC13uQ7qAZ/s1711/April+12+Magical+Surprises+wip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1711" data-original-width="1470" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogF8O3pEU7__jnpupl-DgBlzgmdc04jtlZkuofGWZUxdPNesXJFk18Ao2NTpjBisbtngA4fQS0ZFlzs-pjOftK5OvPy6w_S8q_Vsonp_wg83sV_HdxpENQnk1y52Isg8Sb1VC13uQ7qAZ/w550-h640/April+12+Magical+Surprises+wip.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I usually colour the main images after stamping. This time I used colour pencils for colouring.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnOOe7GkEqaixovT_Bwl4OolZHEiORQKzK3PdFqCKlmC4_x2pQWmCuJRMRRS4FK-fKA1MFIqwcR9IIYHx6rIvNtty_9u1wDcmdl9IwgZGLgjlkD2wsoctpoYATGabvGziSNeesXmqAD4a/s3513/April+12+Magical+Surprises+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3513" data-original-width="2281" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnOOe7GkEqaixovT_Bwl4OolZHEiORQKzK3PdFqCKlmC4_x2pQWmCuJRMRRS4FK-fKA1MFIqwcR9IIYHx6rIvNtty_9u1wDcmdl9IwgZGLgjlkD2wsoctpoYATGabvGziSNeesXmqAD4a/w416-h640/April+12+Magical+Surprises+1.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtIjcuhi7d4o9Z62dmp9cKm3kqZ-474GAYvgCmwvPjl62L_YWrDHIV7rq9TVR4qgC22o87KKpgjbCii9XHzR-YITbs_3aXH1EZ1EqjwVxn6Eh7um1C75D4lx6RRpjLpSt27u7x_mEV8ib/s1735/April+12+Magical+Surprises+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1735" data-original-width="1369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtIjcuhi7d4o9Z62dmp9cKm3kqZ-474GAYvgCmwvPjl62L_YWrDHIV7rq9TVR4qgC22o87KKpgjbCii9XHzR-YITbs_3aXH1EZ1EqjwVxn6Eh7um1C75D4lx6RRpjLpSt27u7x_mEV8ib/w315-h400/April+12+Magical+Surprises+2.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><p>All these stamps are included in a lovely Carabelle Studio set 'Etude #1: Femme & Oiseau'. More info available on Carabelle Studio web site:<br /><a href="https://www.artstamp.fr/tampon-a6-etude-1-femme-oiseau-carabelle-studio,fr,4,SA60493.cfm">https://www.artstamp.fr/tampon-a6-etude-1-femme-oiseau-carabelle-studio,fr,4,SA60493.cfm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>
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Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you a nice day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-81951114435688854232021-07-12T22:33:00.001+03:002021-07-12T22:34:35.828+03:00Observations on painted cards<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMQm5iRHGZu-bgGTidjOtX3AJERHDDBJW52K6H8Q0Q5F6grX83XSg1fGIQ45DCkvz9GVIj4FOpd7A16VenMnbhCd8Qm5xNCtqfaY47rqYb6q-RHO3Rs0O5Cq2y4-iJXNM9yXr9rNnUQsd/s1295/Observations+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMQm5iRHGZu-bgGTidjOtX3AJERHDDBJW52K6H8Q0Q5F6grX83XSg1fGIQ45DCkvz9GVIj4FOpd7A16VenMnbhCd8Qm5xNCtqfaY47rqYb6q-RHO3Rs0O5Cq2y4-iJXNM9yXr9rNnUQsd/w534-h640/Observations+1.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /></p><p>Hi and happy new week!</p><p>Two weeks ago Stampers Anonymous released <a href="https://timholtz.com/2021-stampers-anonymous-archival-inks/" target="_blank">new Tim Holtz stamps and stencils</a>. As expected, the products inspired me strongly, and I was happy to see that my favourite local seller had some of the items already in stock (<i>Nannan Paperi & Helmi</i>, thank you for a super quick delivery!). I'm hoping that the backorder would arrive soon; cannot wait to play with the 'Inquisitive' and 'Floral Outlines'; they look so amazing, too!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvLzQ30DxWGcxjTG98rOoq1Xy6xED-4q1og45x_Y6-g1XsPMkTQu-30NqXfbZPIAO6F3XNg1MYDhfDC7HY-CNGrriiWWl4gPefSBwuJl6-DMm22qlxqdj9csOa9mYz1I4Mi9MB4fbyOto/s1453/Observations+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="1163" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvLzQ30DxWGcxjTG98rOoq1Xy6xED-4q1og45x_Y6-g1XsPMkTQu-30NqXfbZPIAO6F3XNg1MYDhfDC7HY-CNGrriiWWl4gPefSBwuJl6-DMm22qlxqdj9csOa9mYz1I4Mi9MB4fbyOto/w512-h640/Observations+2.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><p>In the same delivery I also got some additions to my Dina Wakley / Ranger acrylic paints collection, so of course I had to take the new paints right into use!</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnmb1myouQ2GW2QCqHONS0jAkk6ZoNp4ZXzy4kbS_QDOhRu2c-_H_Tj-yxgY0RhYsvZE_umydOe_OKtHKto5OzF78D2NMw25sof1ppsCNnGUjW-nc-t0tBxPufCG7xA1U5ggl9v5n7ZaK/s2048/Observations+1_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnmb1myouQ2GW2QCqHONS0jAkk6ZoNp4ZXzy4kbS_QDOhRu2c-_H_Tj-yxgY0RhYsvZE_umydOe_OKtHKto5OzF78D2NMw25sof1ppsCNnGUjW-nc-t0tBxPufCG7xA1U5ggl9v5n7ZaK/w480-h640/Observations+1_3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />I created two cards with the fun 'Stamp-Paint-Stamp' technique that Tim Holtz introduced on one his live tutorials late last year. Cannot remember how he called the technique, but hope you get what I mean with it:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJrkoqmhEDH6bbE_a40yojkmbVRkLCHivxkXSrsF6rw56J9gSi5WpjElsb6u32dMrQ3BouKCKH3dda35dmdT1ehfQL8-4qsjy7UkBFihYEPk-afhqtwIfJA4-IO5MjQWbosTpdLPO16O0/s1446/Observations+WIP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1446" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJrkoqmhEDH6bbE_a40yojkmbVRkLCHivxkXSrsF6rw56J9gSi5WpjElsb6u32dMrQ3BouKCKH3dda35dmdT1ehfQL8-4qsjy7UkBFihYEPk-afhqtwIfJA4-IO5MjQWbosTpdLPO16O0/w640-h440/Observations+WIP.jpg" width="640" /></a><p></p><p>First I aligned the background cardstock on the stamp platform so that I could easily remove the print and re-position it right in the same spot. The image would be printed twice.</p><p>Using black Archival Ink I samped the main image, then removed the cardstock from the platform. I left the stamp untouched on the cover of the platform. (Stamp: CMS434. Observations)<br />Then I painted the picture with quite thin layers of acrylic paint. I did not worry too much about crossing the lines while painting; the black lines would reappear with the second stamp print.</p><p>When the paint was dry I placed the cardstock back in the stamp platform and stamped the image again using black Archival. Love, love, love the result!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xMfC2o4rc8xksQZgosaqlzaa_lQfsPdE90lrdubQX2-MSsThtRbprSYODUYuzH7e2I_k-ePAhJvborSp8s59Mkq_DrsgPjzLSK0lAbhbyhAGImqMSBB5unAj6aG17rMBNo2WCHoerY0t/s2048/Observations+2_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xMfC2o4rc8xksQZgosaqlzaa_lQfsPdE90lrdubQX2-MSsThtRbprSYODUYuzH7e2I_k-ePAhJvborSp8s59Mkq_DrsgPjzLSK0lAbhbyhAGImqMSBB5unAj6aG17rMBNo2WCHoerY0t/w480-h640/Observations+2_3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>I created the yellow tone card first: For the background I used a sheet of white mixed media cardstock that allowed me to splash water on the inked background (I just cannot leave an inked background unsplashed, lol!). For covering the painted face I stamped and cut a mask from post-it notes, and used it when decorating the background with stamping.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAiM3qDPH6mfSdh3B8C4NjdHqXnMocO10D4pijUd2d113SlsGYEQOskSP9guQkdqWIiqI77wTetMfkfphSqwjLKrH2gExltYk0I9Y2RQZ3SqVgIvRinKcvTKt4H8FPqz0LYaNFBzY0DS4/s1859/Observations+1_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1859" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAiM3qDPH6mfSdh3B8C4NjdHqXnMocO10D4pijUd2d113SlsGYEQOskSP9guQkdqWIiqI77wTetMfkfphSqwjLKrH2gExltYk0I9Y2RQZ3SqVgIvRinKcvTKt4H8FPqz0LYaNFBzY0DS4/w640-h528/Observations+1_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The second card I made of a sheet of craft cardstock. I painted the image more loosely as I did not intend to make the gentleman look too realistic anyway. For decorating the background I reused the same self-made mask and stamped the background with the gear stamp, leaving some areas blank.<p></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQAaak7C8fN4AH2GhipXvNfbBDb6FO3-_JetHomHkXuH-B_HTjNy1RQ-XwYvop-wviRqfg-qmL9OYN67DO4W8EAhYhxA4awVGkfc60GgPftgzCHPOebubnaJ-cr_WHXcsmzSe6dSQmq4H/s2048/Observations+2_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQAaak7C8fN4AH2GhipXvNfbBDb6FO3-_JetHomHkXuH-B_HTjNy1RQ-XwYvop-wviRqfg-qmL9OYN67DO4W8EAhYhxA4awVGkfc60GgPftgzCHPOebubnaJ-cr_WHXcsmzSe6dSQmq4H/w640-h480/Observations+2_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p>I'm really happy with both cards. Now my head is already buzzing of how I will use the image on an art journal page....!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclWr7rkKd4axRIcCoijT-s1H7f5_Ym9LuOqenFU5XWoA4qje2as-B9gYrIeSJEmsz8O2eIgvz0LiELVcIh5lc5Oy-UeG9SFXiEl9kSkQkt4o36kFRFh6_zea_eedPb1JIABqaTu7yBapk/s1779/Observations_all_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="1779" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclWr7rkKd4axRIcCoijT-s1H7f5_Ym9LuOqenFU5XWoA4qje2as-B9gYrIeSJEmsz8O2eIgvz0LiELVcIh5lc5Oy-UeG9SFXiEl9kSkQkt4o36kFRFh6_zea_eedPb1JIABqaTu7yBapk/w640-h472/Observations_all_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Thanks for stopping by. Hope you like my creations!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-74496172815853658842021-07-12T21:00:00.001+03:002021-07-12T21:00:00.248+03:00Scrapbooking layout: Kista<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIWx0qWNj1VNm-hxaPusb2iJ9QR7VfGgTl5AIboRH2c0CYzvLs9onbPSwL9MjETKRsr9QL-ekVassTDPbkBfae-4-r7GnM7hSwZlfYpfQRngkfPEJyEUJUD49PPjjRqsCaLp7TqDWPHwf/s1300/LO+Kista+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="1300" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIWx0qWNj1VNm-hxaPusb2iJ9QR7VfGgTl5AIboRH2c0CYzvLs9onbPSwL9MjETKRsr9QL-ekVassTDPbkBfae-4-r7GnM7hSwZlfYpfQRngkfPEJyEUJUD49PPjjRqsCaLp7TqDWPHwf/w640-h632/LO+Kista+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hi!</p><p>Since the beginning of 2021 I've had the great pleasure and honour to cooperate with an amazing craft supply manufacturer, <a href="https://www.artstamp.fr/index.cfm" target="_blank">Carabelle Studio</a>. I've been a huge fan of their stamps for years; their large selection of stamps and stencils designed by my favourite designers (Birgit Koopsen, Kate Crane, Ana Bondu, Azoline, Jen Bishop to name a few) have taken me to their webshop several times during the past years 😀. </p><p>Good quality photo polymer stamps are nice, but personally I prefer working with rubber stamps. With Carabelle I love the fact that their rubber stamps come mounted; I hate working with the sticky mounting foams and getting the stamps mounted and ready to go saves me a lot of time and trouble.</p><p>Carabelle Studio designers and DT members projects are shared on Carabelle Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/carabelle.studio" target="_blank">*here*</a>. Our fan page is in Facebook, too (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=les%20cara%20%7Bfriends%7D" target="_blank">*here*</a>); we're all looking forward to seeing your creations! The fan/community page is called Les Cara Friends 💓</p><p>Sorry for the long introduction; can't help that I'm so excited for being part of the design team! 😀<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8I_LIjYXm3oT84dq-dDy83MnnJiaDwvfTId_SLXjvHfKP__RRIJgpFmQQ9N6sVZpMk7OUiwolkBGFoQzXxxcqziOJ7SKSLzNOxSDxD7DpKoLusByHoie7SyGHtpPUHJFG6GwX_csD4FsG/s852/Cara+friends.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="852" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8I_LIjYXm3oT84dq-dDy83MnnJiaDwvfTId_SLXjvHfKP__RRIJgpFmQQ9N6sVZpMk7OUiwolkBGFoQzXxxcqziOJ7SKSLzNOxSDxD7DpKoLusByHoie7SyGHtpPUHJFG6GwX_csD4FsG/w400-h148/Cara+friends.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>This scrapbook page is not just about highlighting the lovely Carabelle stamps (even though the <a href="https://www.artstamp.fr/tampon-a6-cactus-carabelle-studio,fr,4,SA60229.cfm" target="_blank">cactus stamps</a> are quite yummy!). It is about documenting a very strange weekend I spend in Stockholm with my family early March 2020. Who would have known that after a few weeks we would enter the new Covid pandemic era and countries would start to close not just their borders but also their restaurants, bars, hotels, shops etc. Very little did we know then; our Sweden trip had other types of obsticles...</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4h14dN4kNj-enUMZN6pvxLiD4_V0a9BHO96s9RYCsR7F0TcYsd8cyfYOn00mfZuElNi0IFWhH3-pZFU_CUwbQNZfO2DaKnePgggZf_IhdQ1ANd6Jbk2BiAXPTMK1UHJ6pE4OyRGIcFjI2/s1300/LO+Kista+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1300" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4h14dN4kNj-enUMZN6pvxLiD4_V0a9BHO96s9RYCsR7F0TcYsd8cyfYOn00mfZuElNi0IFWhH3-pZFU_CUwbQNZfO2DaKnePgggZf_IhdQ1ANd6Jbk2BiAXPTMK1UHJ6pE4OyRGIcFjI2/w640-h456/LO+Kista+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>The purpose of this trip was to cheer and support our son in his international badminton tournament in Kista, Stockholm. We booked flights and a big hotel room for the entire family and were really looking forward to a nice weekend together. </p><p>Then the tournament got cancelled, just before the weekend.</p><p>Our tickets were non-refundable, and even if Kista probably wouldn't have been my first choice for a family weekend in Sweden, we thought that it would still do. It's only a short metro ride from down town so all Stockholm attractions would be easily reachable anyway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeMfSnscdwPoGS0Sn8Ho0QYOElWjmnrs4hCVuJIzpaAQuiimiMszkCOwhxNYKueqiRe0FgcjKO217ceELc_apQwucGkhPxyKrwyzksq8-sFWcdO-N3dLU4dxD8d0kR80_TJCBravxsEXl/s1300/LO+Kista+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1300" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeMfSnscdwPoGS0Sn8Ho0QYOElWjmnrs4hCVuJIzpaAQuiimiMszkCOwhxNYKueqiRe0FgcjKO217ceELc_apQwucGkhPxyKrwyzksq8-sFWcdO-N3dLU4dxD8d0kR80_TJCBravxsEXl/w640-h402/LO+Kista+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>I've travelled quite a bit and my family is somewhat experienced in that area, too. Yet I want to simplify things to the extent possible: I knew that in the Helsinki airport we would have to walk a bit to the gate and for making the transfer easy I checked in our small cabin-sized luggages. </p><p>We had not heard nor read that the ground staff was taking some strike actions, nor did the check-in clerk say anything. We were at the airport well on time early Friday afternoon, so I was quite surprised to realize in Kista that our luggage did not make it. Most of the peoples' luggage was onboard; only a handful of passangers did not get the bags. We included.<br /></p><p>Reporting the issue took a while, but eventually we got into the taxi and drove to our hotel. Luckily the hotel (really nice one!) was close to a shopping center so we could buy some necessities for the night and the morning. We were sure the luggage would arrive in the morning as there are many of flights between Helsinki and Stockholm late evening and even early Saturday morning.</p><p>To cut the long story short: The luggage did not arrive. After returning back home we learned that the bags were delivered to Stockholm right after we returned home on Sunday. One week later they had travelled back to Helsinki and we finally got them back.</p><p>On Saturday morning in Kista we had a lovely breakfast at the hotel and decided to make the best of our stay anyway: We visited all the sights we had planned and as my husband was celebrating his birthday we had a lovely birthday dinner in the city Saturday evening. I did not care that we were wearing old jeans and sweat pants; it just was what it was 😀</p><p>As a frequent traveller I filed a claim after our return home and I got a nice refund from Finnair. The unfortunate thing is that the flight voucher is still unused as Covid has stopped all our travelling. Well, there's still a few months left to use it; maybe we'll get a chance to make a revisit to Stockholm later this year.</p><p>As mentioned, the hotel was really nice and trendy with a really friendly staff. The cactus picture is taken from the hotel lobby.</p><p>Quite an adventure, thanks for reading the story!</p><p>Hugs,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-80636657663276512072021-07-12T13:00:00.001+03:002021-07-12T13:00:00.222+03:00Scrapbooking layout: Hello summer!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmM8f1-8tvaL-4VwpA4iWwKgDBkwNocXvELBStafrUqB0TKjuX7gmr0C9ai7HLAku6-p6Elv_03usSjWjDD8nJrXrIsvlqgPItjdmtYihPScXLxlRNsbNhr9T5ZXfJqnOH0sTYNwYzdMp/s1309/LO+Hello+summer+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmM8f1-8tvaL-4VwpA4iWwKgDBkwNocXvELBStafrUqB0TKjuX7gmr0C9ai7HLAku6-p6Elv_03usSjWjDD8nJrXrIsvlqgPItjdmtYihPScXLxlRNsbNhr9T5ZXfJqnOH0sTYNwYzdMp/w636-h640/LO+Hello+summer+1.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p>Hi!</p><p>We have a small crabapple tree in our garden, and it blooms beautifully every year. It has become our tradition that I take pictures of my daughter infront of the blooming tree. The full bloom lasts only for a few days, but it is soooo beautiful!</p><p>And as a result I have a precious collection of flower-rich memories!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDDocS0E3KcjOAurMs1tr0Bu30GFwNCuaQ0x1AXuY-z3iW9Hzbf25Zhzs12nrogaWw1t3Wz7LuTQ225E6a06hNnl-q4ooxqbb5NkaHbNTIzQQdg1RsHlKKQ4m07VODUmK53s-Dtj9ft0R/s2517/LO+Hello+summer+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2097" data-original-width="2517" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDDocS0E3KcjOAurMs1tr0Bu30GFwNCuaQ0x1AXuY-z3iW9Hzbf25Zhzs12nrogaWw1t3Wz7LuTQ225E6a06hNnl-q4ooxqbb5NkaHbNTIzQQdg1RsHlKKQ4m07VODUmK53s-Dtj9ft0R/w640-h534/LO+Hello+summer+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZp697QtDcG4IXq2RoVnQ9CVxV-UwUzqno9Zw9B189wvVOceXrGXM-tJ3dgGPgEpw56IouZMfzYfu3c8cj9UYh32B-j1MAuFM6pyxTTdKfUQ8f6wI1usOQyxHQ32_iHwv1n7mDOuk3LVV/s1080/LO+Hello+summer+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="1080" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZp697QtDcG4IXq2RoVnQ9CVxV-UwUzqno9Zw9B189wvVOceXrGXM-tJ3dgGPgEpw56IouZMfzYfu3c8cj9UYh32B-j1MAuFM6pyxTTdKfUQ8f6wI1usOQyxHQ32_iHwv1n7mDOuk3LVV/w640-h282/LO+Hello+summer+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>This scrapbook layout was all about mixing different patterns, loving all the bright colours and including some fun little details on the page. Scrapbooking with a lot of joy, without too careful planning. 💓</p><p>The background paper is a Mima Molina design for ABstudio. Love it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoUl7uty8a25VPkuPlIrLmv0PSIGYJL2yMo8yrX-_M66qjRj75-oRpDakNxkbfZ7-6bUFSABizIfP7wJSpKAI1lg5lB7GsIPc-0a_j_gBzD2d7LdeB1QJZjuXA__PXAboSqiFGzKZqW1L/s1600/LO+Hello+summer+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1409" data-original-width="1600" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoUl7uty8a25VPkuPlIrLmv0PSIGYJL2yMo8yrX-_M66qjRj75-oRpDakNxkbfZ7-6bUFSABizIfP7wJSpKAI1lg5lB7GsIPc-0a_j_gBzD2d7LdeB1QJZjuXA__PXAboSqiFGzKZqW1L/w640-h564/LO+Hello+summer+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I guess the layout title says it all: Hello Summer! I'm so happy you're here!</p><p>Wishing you a lovely day,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-4386142353802990172021-07-11T22:57:00.000+03:002021-07-11T22:57:03.480+03:00Mail Art with VLVS! Banksy stamps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gV_ZnAvHU1XAnLYockhBMxEmv8FL-u6_KOcoGuhSjNxRXWsGu4VpFroLHhLXYJtBnyrw4CcWajwushGf0RM8tQV3FMR1AQwsnSl3q9JSPbQjf3JDnW7m1EjiyTJJnPRjgkUjAJE1UaX9/s1600/VLVS+Nov26+Elina.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1200" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gV_ZnAvHU1XAnLYockhBMxEmv8FL-u6_KOcoGuhSjNxRXWsGu4VpFroLHhLXYJtBnyrw4CcWajwushGf0RM8tQV3FMR1AQwsnSl3q9JSPbQjf3JDnW7m1EjiyTJJnPRjgkUjAJE1UaX9/w640-h482/VLVS+Nov26+Elina.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hi!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When creating projects for Viva Las VegaStamps! I decorated my very first mail art envelopes. I loved the idea of sending a letter or a card to someone but at the same time using a decorated envelope, a true piece of art for wrapping the letter. I know I would love to receive a mail art envelope in my mail!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This mail art project I started from the receiver address area:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /> With a help of a stamping platform I first stamped my two main images on
the craft envelope. I left the stamps on the platform, and re-stamped
the images on a white paper. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>
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</p><p>Then I cut out the address label from the white paper, following the stamped lines on the left side. I glued the label on the envelope on top of the stamped images.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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patterns on the top of the envelope, and here and there added a bit of
color with color pencils. The background needed a hint of white, so I
traced around the edges with a glue pen.<br />
I think the envelope looks quite nice! <br /></div>
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Aren't these Banksy stamps just the coolest!</p><p></p><p>Wishing you an inspirational day!
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-89928467766954232842021-07-11T14:11:00.009+03:002022-01-22T15:46:40.214+02:00Yellow on scrapbook page with BG<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMIMsLKVbmcKiaA9WVZrXoLLuaJ98iCVRmGI_2Ld4AHPba4kriGX2V5HyZW5F7mRsJU-cB-9Ut1ZZ6Bpdxz1LrmkNRvwUYSrZEX56ZwJeGCzzwkYxd6UfHJvlJ-GaRVz5YGeMOa54W063/s1204/LO+Love+You.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1204" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMIMsLKVbmcKiaA9WVZrXoLLuaJ98iCVRmGI_2Ld4AHPba4kriGX2V5HyZW5F7mRsJU-cB-9Ut1ZZ6Bpdxz1LrmkNRvwUYSrZEX56ZwJeGCzzwkYxd6UfHJvlJ-GaRVz5YGeMOa54W063/w640-h640/LO+Love+You.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br />Hi!</p><p>When it comes to patterned papers one of my true favourite companies was BasicGrey. Luckily I still have some supplies left, so while waiting and wishing for their business restart I still can create a few BasicGrey projects :)</p><p>Sometimes it happens that when you store your favourite piece of paper for very long (as it is too precious to be cut and used) you eventually realize that your taste and preferences have evolved over time and the pattern actually looks rather dated and boring. This happens very rarely for BG designs; their patterns and choises of colurs are so timeless!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51dxB8u3ubBT4cFcrHRs34M5xIcCHiinMYyJIAmK09kE1fs2wfTJAxRP7fdE3INg9-l2PZ1HV7HbQs-DwePUnXffI7VzZYPa5MutbeZpWFYKvq4bG4ZLw9I4X2XlI3DjCSEs2rT1uEPeS/s1300/LO+Love+you_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1300" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51dxB8u3ubBT4cFcrHRs34M5xIcCHiinMYyJIAmK09kE1fs2wfTJAxRP7fdE3INg9-l2PZ1HV7HbQs-DwePUnXffI7VzZYPa5MutbeZpWFYKvq4bG4ZLw9I4X2XlI3DjCSEs2rT1uEPeS/w640-h480/LO+Love+you_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Do you still remember the 'Mon Ami' BasicGrey collection by Kelly Purkey? Do you have some favourite collections which you remember well and like even after years of publishing?</p><p>Hugs,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-16547883368623781662021-05-01T18:24:00.006+03:002021-07-11T14:12:18.899+03:00Scrapbooking layout: Wanderer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0-mSvQ0cg3DlkoOLiuzPdUQCm58g88UYky3OISeBRdYyMsGd-mpMl-jXPoOhlbM3K2ErQHG-x-xOwqMBlkzAfuUbVWLY8tQOMCdtkjbD_JPHfDRMtbII3yrP-b_8D5Gd_JAbvNBmDYrx/s1305/LO+Wanderer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0-mSvQ0cg3DlkoOLiuzPdUQCm58g88UYky3OISeBRdYyMsGd-mpMl-jXPoOhlbM3K2ErQHG-x-xOwqMBlkzAfuUbVWLY8tQOMCdtkjbD_JPHfDRMtbII3yrP-b_8D5Gd_JAbvNBmDYrx/w638-h640/LO+Wanderer.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hi and Happy (Inter)National Scrapbooking Day!</p><p>This layout was inspired by gorgeous grungy patterned paper by AB Studio / Mima Molina. I followed the black lines drawn on the paper, and sew on top with my sewing machine. Oh, that was fun!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwEs5tGSljx9CGzA7OIu7zOTWv2gE79pif_IyxEy1G5gFREMqIZBU6aC4nZZYrfvzDmkfBp1EdPYYFjGXl3R5wLuqP-P7vxgnhWpM66Avzr2_v5tUYqMzHFA8C_zv8Qo0xEme_h92MuQn/s2048/LO+Wanderer_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwEs5tGSljx9CGzA7OIu7zOTWv2gE79pif_IyxEy1G5gFREMqIZBU6aC4nZZYrfvzDmkfBp1EdPYYFjGXl3R5wLuqP-P7vxgnhWpM66Avzr2_v5tUYqMzHFA8C_zv8Qo0xEme_h92MuQn/w480-h640/LO+Wanderer_2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>The selfie I had modified with 'Prisma', a fun app that I have on my phone.</p><p>Also the odd and bit ugly leaf embellishments found their place on the page. I have had them for ages; they were not the easiest to use!</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwrUrG488wJMcO3mLMwueDb6yvJ2R0EO9Sso5uMldSDc0lLTfrTM08CB43a5PxHE_Ra8_ro0922mxae8EuYH9QBYWL8aHY6VXP9M5N9ToPHbIL_CzyrXQXiaS00i2vmZMnjQ5W2MiCb_0/s2048/LO+Wanderer_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwrUrG488wJMcO3mLMwueDb6yvJ2R0EO9Sso5uMldSDc0lLTfrTM08CB43a5PxHE_Ra8_ro0922mxae8EuYH9QBYWL8aHY6VXP9M5N9ToPHbIL_CzyrXQXiaS00i2vmZMnjQ5W2MiCb_0/w640-h480/LO+Wanderer_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>I hope you have a chance to spend the NSD in a creative way. Happy crafting!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-91142145926422707972021-04-27T19:43:00.005+03:002021-07-12T02:47:32.907+03:00Scrapbooking layout: Own your dreams<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSBCyK-tNcxnA4ULryQpYD4qa0hgoq0g_QJXGeJlDe3oTXsVLuPsAWPRv6rPM8XgLipuV7ykYnxSLR7JtFDjjqceKbSD6otSogun2Bquq2XeJv2tkwvnUskryEnSQYQDrjMiw9H2yG2WG/s1205/LO+Own+your+dreams.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSBCyK-tNcxnA4ULryQpYD4qa0hgoq0g_QJXGeJlDe3oTXsVLuPsAWPRv6rPM8XgLipuV7ykYnxSLR7JtFDjjqceKbSD6otSogun2Bquq2XeJv2tkwvnUskryEnSQYQDrjMiw9H2yG2WG/w638-h640/LO+Own+your+dreams.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p>Hi and happy to have you in my blog!</p><p>This 12" scrapbooking layout I started creating a long time ago. I guess I had layered the background papers and matched them to the selfie I wanted to use. But for some reason this page didn't get finished.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZnxLLlYQBpmZm-kRgbdhTcnAgluCRRO463z7CIxpBeWXwjegeToBQin7wXt9lBJQ2azeAR0sfpvMi8pcZefUPhESPJBOmSTZEiMjmiZU6ckCV3sjMt3Jwt9FpynRrG69FYxeNHYkIENd/s2048/LO+Own+your+dreams+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1451" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZnxLLlYQBpmZm-kRgbdhTcnAgluCRRO463z7CIxpBeWXwjegeToBQin7wXt9lBJQ2azeAR0sfpvMi8pcZefUPhESPJBOmSTZEiMjmiZU6ckCV3sjMt3Jwt9FpynRrG69FYxeNHYkIENd/w640-h454/LO+Own+your+dreams+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>When going through my papers a short while back I came across this page and decided to complete it. To the center of the page I layered cool tags by 7 Dots Studio, and added beautiful floral embellishments from a Mintay Papers Flora Book, a booklet with elements for fuzzy cutting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYF7ey30pc6zxuuMhHVyFD5IajdQUR_Qv9_33Oe-53J1PK7-JtG6S9zXXUNDl7PmjXANVEw18Y62pPugecuf1gUiDFdXc9DaSSejOsmtkTi3HLvHbPLhsVdAhkl8y9acbf9uNdK6RgvQg/s1727/LO+Own+your+dreams+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1727" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYF7ey30pc6zxuuMhHVyFD5IajdQUR_Qv9_33Oe-53J1PK7-JtG6S9zXXUNDl7PmjXANVEw18Y62pPugecuf1gUiDFdXc9DaSSejOsmtkTi3HLvHbPLhsVdAhkl8y9acbf9uNdK6RgvQg/w570-h640/LO+Own+your+dreams+2.jpg" width="570" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpsCg0Y5MqQd8rdADKRSssgMR8RVDZ7XZGwf0bmLCEHoSu3rumJIUaxQ5byWp-nfVMPMRPYnlffhM4h8OVqVQ4Ca2o7T2_qPxs7sjcTaOT8ePu5LFgzugsQBgwAREHXGWLS1VcVVdL3pi/s2048/LO+Own+your+dreams+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpsCg0Y5MqQd8rdADKRSssgMR8RVDZ7XZGwf0bmLCEHoSu3rumJIUaxQ5byWp-nfVMPMRPYnlffhM4h8OVqVQ4Ca2o7T2_qPxs7sjcTaOT8ePu5LFgzugsQBgwAREHXGWLS1VcVVdL3pi/w480-h640/LO+Own+your+dreams+3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>I was surprised to see how well the rich floral elements and simple background with graphical patterns work together. Very different look and feel but yet a nice match!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPPllEWu-9fhbqnSGGzKFfVseC9xlrv19hJIata27EdkGvAut88gGQsFDr-17GENYaHOspxEMZlKgv4XzsQF7z608W5dCLqK62rDL6Fcmk0zyBAB1_4hlPeQLViXdC9HMoiErDxvk1GPA/s2048/LO+Own+your+dreams+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPPllEWu-9fhbqnSGGzKFfVseC9xlrv19hJIata27EdkGvAut88gGQsFDr-17GENYaHOspxEMZlKgv4XzsQF7z608W5dCLqK62rDL6Fcmk0zyBAB1_4hlPeQLViXdC9HMoiErDxvk1GPA/w640-h480/LO+Own+your+dreams+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Thanks for stopping by in my blog. Wishing you a wonderful day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-80739536708685441202021-04-25T22:45:00.001+03:002021-05-01T18:16:31.497+03:00Scrapbooking layout: Find your fire<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEQ3pxhIhweQl3GLdOmx8DHAd3CtFvPbO-impXezYFZHmk4y-dhzHdN40qY1QrJ2nu6V147kgRlPb5QqEGfHT2VnP7KoJHN9qRI0zZ0qQrP1ZZY5miXKULjS2lXSU85SdsYHNTGPgl8Jw/s1080/LO+Find+your+fire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEQ3pxhIhweQl3GLdOmx8DHAd3CtFvPbO-impXezYFZHmk4y-dhzHdN40qY1QrJ2nu6V147kgRlPb5QqEGfHT2VnP7KoJHN9qRI0zZ0qQrP1ZZY5miXKULjS2lXSU85SdsYHNTGPgl8Jw/w640-h640/LO+Find+your+fire.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hi and happy Sunday!</p><p>Today I'm sharing with you a layout that is a combination of something new and something old: 'New' on this page is the gorgeous burgundy background paper and the fuzzy cut floral embellishments (both papers are my recent purchases from AB Studio). 'Old' are the American Crafts alpha stickers that must be one of the very first ones I have ever purchased 😀</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fFfaIxCjm1ifRXMlqEJhjsDkAoNP5JyDoQhP2QHJuFmhfkSyb3Asc0fUcLhsCyxKlyaZ_GHyvXb1QQFwm1uBv_xpFNCMBRbkZP1Po-oNVOp_xOe2SytQkWVRhynwpX85y-iWZYfwYe6_/s1080/LO+Find+your+fire_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1080" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fFfaIxCjm1ifRXMlqEJhjsDkAoNP5JyDoQhP2QHJuFmhfkSyb3Asc0fUcLhsCyxKlyaZ_GHyvXb1QQFwm1uBv_xpFNCMBRbkZP1Po-oNVOp_xOe2SytQkWVRhynwpX85y-iWZYfwYe6_/w640-h460/LO+Find+your+fire_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>
The letters had lost their stickiness and had to be glued on the page, but otherwise they were still perfect. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJkfx4CsqJ7UGSsuSb6gYAulm6KL1X2FtRHju0aJaX6frgQWIT6j0v6gy6jFH6KlLTvwJPbE8BW6CNpTtyq-8AuQ08Bf1i_VmIR7T1caqFHX7mNYQ5-BfYLP9PnAASvEppVGThGwgEY4f/s1871/LO+Find+your+fire_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1871" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJkfx4CsqJ7UGSsuSb6gYAulm6KL1X2FtRHju0aJaX6frgQWIT6j0v6gy6jFH6KlLTvwJPbE8BW6CNpTtyq-8AuQ08Bf1i_VmIR7T1caqFHX7mNYQ5-BfYLP9PnAASvEppVGThGwgEY4f/w526-h640/LO+Find+your+fire_3.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><p></p><p>The embellishments are fuzzy cut from a 12" background paper sheet. The completely white flowers and leaves I painted gently with brown Distress Ink; I thought they needed a hint of colour for matching to the brown roses on the paper. </p><p>This was a fun page to make. Hope you like it, too!</p><p>Thanks for stopping by in my blog. Have a nice day!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-31349894552766778832021-04-22T23:33:00.000+03:002021-04-22T23:33:03.610+03:00Scrapbooking layout: Happiness<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWh-n6BOPID9eg73opH8OJ3XJjFptkFveEVTMjxXnwkIaZ7hJUSC4vgz-rF7pKPmFvyhTaMpr2kAMFPCCxhs57yCuspagIsQbtz1LXBSROatzcacTb_CEyJBOQ85djRh1kSx1n7Ddr1KAg/s1098/LO+Transparent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWh-n6BOPID9eg73opH8OJ3XJjFptkFveEVTMjxXnwkIaZ7hJUSC4vgz-rF7pKPmFvyhTaMpr2kAMFPCCxhs57yCuspagIsQbtz1LXBSROatzcacTb_CEyJBOQ85djRh1kSx1n7Ddr1KAg/w630-h640/LO+Transparent.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hi!</p><p>Today I wanted to show you a simple layout for which I was able to use the strangest diecuts I had in my stash. I remember taking out the dotted leaves (?) many times, but I always ended up putting them back. They were just too odd.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPtgWYSBuXTM8wYomp7rKV7nU-oHmHEcB8h14riYPkBcqoiTT3AXrdJJYWzQcJ34CwHYhskB2jP6fMzS_hf4h80fHuvZdmXclEYj0MBQR-Q694Do2i2D_z8nm-c94yMz68pCmuiNCUTfV/s1991/LO+Transparent_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="1991" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPtgWYSBuXTM8wYomp7rKV7nU-oHmHEcB8h14riYPkBcqoiTT3AXrdJJYWzQcJ34CwHYhskB2jP6fMzS_hf4h80fHuvZdmXclEYj0MBQR-Q694Do2i2D_z8nm-c94yMz68pCmuiNCUTfV/w640-h448/LO+Transparent_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> This strange layout called for strange embellishments. And I remembered my dotted leaves! I actually ended up using the entire pack; red dotted leaves you will see on my next layout!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzt7ttJbabs4SFiax9ZcJGLWtZhkJSTQGrj-9cSa0d7bA9PgNQ3ANm3yR_vpGiNrAXavLPtzrn_47ErT0rmQJ2Lj-mOxu_Wrdmd_QazW6sDyGFoDMu-VGoFMHKChNKMAk5NsPQMImildO/s2048/LO+Transparent_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzt7ttJbabs4SFiax9ZcJGLWtZhkJSTQGrj-9cSa0d7bA9PgNQ3ANm3yR_vpGiNrAXavLPtzrn_47ErT0rmQJ2Lj-mOxu_Wrdmd_QazW6sDyGFoDMu-VGoFMHKChNKMAk5NsPQMImildO/w640-h480/LO+Transparent_4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The inspiring background paper is a Mima Molina design for AB Studio. Love those patterns!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsgW7Tk_simK-tDNJssm6LB0j6LcBoI4YGzWO5rVWSOXtsQYDAxzl6LPwVX1pBd5XtRI5xyxi71E1lMrFDIi7vLs-Uqz8jxB1ZJXldO_d-g4zS02zOq6L1tgXRSL14T0v7ztaQZWGSY9w/s2048/LO+Transparent_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsgW7Tk_simK-tDNJssm6LB0j6LcBoI4YGzWO5rVWSOXtsQYDAxzl6LPwVX1pBd5XtRI5xyxi71E1lMrFDIi7vLs-Uqz8jxB1ZJXldO_d-g4zS02zOq6L1tgXRSL14T0v7ztaQZWGSY9w/w640-h480/LO+Transparent_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Yes, the page is a bit odd, but I'm quite happy of how I combined the colours. I also love the playful feeling the page reflects. It makes me smile 😊</p><p>Thanks for stopping by!</p><p>Wishing you a wonderful day. Stay safe!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-31346950595441143242021-04-15T00:33:00.001+03:002021-07-11T14:12:31.189+03:00Scrapbooking layout: Focus on the good<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PAV6ASNu7HPVDis4lpXIMa9pGTwm6MFYJiVd0k2nFvoR0OQ-MHU0lD7REM84pi1QQ9cQK47-JMtKXlexvivZ6d9Q3B2yGaTimho2ZloAm2CQq2lyuCKdnahlsh585oEx85nj3XcYxdpR/s1605/LO+Focus+on+the+good.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Scrapbooking layout with AB Studio papers" border="0" data-original-height="1605" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PAV6ASNu7HPVDis4lpXIMa9pGTwm6MFYJiVd0k2nFvoR0OQ-MHU0lD7REM84pi1QQ9cQK47-JMtKXlexvivZ6d9Q3B2yGaTimho2ZloAm2CQq2lyuCKdnahlsh585oEx85nj3XcYxdpR/w638-h640/LO+Focus+on+the+good.jpg" title="Scrapbooking layout with AB Studio papers" width="638" /></a></p><p>Hi,</p><p>Hope you have been safe during these exceptional times. I have realized that working on my crafting projects has been more important to me than ever: Beautiful papers, yummy stamped patterns and wonderful clours truly lift my spirit and let me escape the dull everyday life.</p><p>Last weekend I took out my AB Studio papers and started playing. On this page I mixed elements of two patterned papers, and combined them with a fuzzy-cut photo. The fuzzy-cut grungy hearts I decorated with stamping, and added a hint of metallic shine on the page by heat embossing stamped splash patterns on the background.</p><p>(Paper collections: Background: "Carry Me Slowly". Hearts: "I ove you to the moon...")<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYT1R51vGbcuDUQLc-7mzdkDKXa6MEBwpsDvZy5yTGRIJVbfqATeAASDfkt719h5r9jgnLC5TkTJ8w5iuYPyKL6gBoUXhRPyR1U-sR4HhoXyaq3oBSNk9zWUMmgF9EOk-RLj29cmzVNEZ/s1469/LO+Focus+on+the+good+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Scrapbooking layout with AB Studio papers" border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYT1R51vGbcuDUQLc-7mzdkDKXa6MEBwpsDvZy5yTGRIJVbfqATeAASDfkt719h5r9jgnLC5TkTJ8w5iuYPyKL6gBoUXhRPyR1U-sR4HhoXyaq3oBSNk9zWUMmgF9EOk-RLj29cmzVNEZ/w522-h640/LO+Focus+on+the+good+2.jpg" title="Scrapbooking layout with AB Studio papers" width="522" /></a></div><br /> Black industrial style die-cuts are from a Tim Holtz collection.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtQ4JfXDhxbYPkOFTjqZoSQMTw_epKChdTnIcIATNlSy2K8buFrfEk9Am2cbe9I4-tOG8aXzBvKZ_7R6n3WumEj8WBiLglx2d4vt0chuYFZtgS2hC0cGLSy-OBxb69xOtWf7T-ALxJsGZ/s1600/LO+Focus+on+the+good+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Scrapbook page with AB Studio papers" border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="1600" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtQ4JfXDhxbYPkOFTjqZoSQMTw_epKChdTnIcIATNlSy2K8buFrfEk9Am2cbe9I4-tOG8aXzBvKZ_7R6n3WumEj8WBiLglx2d4vt0chuYFZtgS2hC0cGLSy-OBxb69xOtWf7T-ALxJsGZ/w640-h496/LO+Focus+on+the+good+1.jpg" title="Scrapbook page with AB Studio papers" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>This was a fun page to make. The creative 'flow' was strong, and this page wasn't the only output from those me-time moments 😊 I will share more pictures soon.</p><p>As the layout sentiment suggests; let's focus on the good. 💗</p><p>Wishing you a wonderful day. Thanks for stopping by!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410370148586284819.post-24850137274326265502021-01-18T19:00:00.001+02:002021-01-18T19:00:06.962+02:00Colourful flower cards<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsM0R2wykEWlpF7jz8yWwYZza0KU080B1IAqk8aMRmEmw2HsNZVVEhq8Z875h0Z6xBX3EVWSYe33ZeF6-op-Zf-FBd4QAOY20ISIZaGFe4Kstipmwye1EtCf41oQM-aARsuZTXNjPz803/s1332/Flower+card+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsM0R2wykEWlpF7jz8yWwYZza0KU080B1IAqk8aMRmEmw2HsNZVVEhq8Z875h0Z6xBX3EVWSYe33ZeF6-op-Zf-FBd4QAOY20ISIZaGFe4Kstipmwye1EtCf41oQM-aARsuZTXNjPz803/w576-h640/Flower+card+1.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Hi!</p><p>During Christmas holiday I managed to do quite a lot of paper crafting. I did not start any bigger new projects, but maily finished some work-in-progress art journal pages and made a pile of ATC's and cards using items from my 'leftover box'. In that box I store stamped or die-cut embellishments that are leftovers from some previous projects or items that I have stamped, coloured and fuzzy cut just for fun. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_90W174WNc7mY-3ObqvCTIVA-GwUksMIzi95UXXZijAWEt6cSni4PssLSjb3crO8bq-WY6gWggWasAxrq8xA_6WzJ2nwRH4DSjf0D_BCqRp1QT6AekzOUQoBNtOS35p5F4176vmgWAgD/s1300/Flower+card+1+closeup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="1300" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_90W174WNc7mY-3ObqvCTIVA-GwUksMIzi95UXXZijAWEt6cSni4PssLSjb3crO8bq-WY6gWggWasAxrq8xA_6WzJ2nwRH4DSjf0D_BCqRp1QT6AekzOUQoBNtOS35p5F4176vmgWAgD/w640-h334/Flower+card+1+closeup.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Birthday cards you can never have too many in your stash. For these floral cards I used stamped and painted magnolias that had been stored in the box for some years already. Happy that I now found use for them!</p><p>For the first card I used patterned paper for the background (an ancient paper by SEI 😀). The second colour burst card has a self-made inked and watercolour painted background.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yF7K930IH9yFmHvuwrwGTVSJo7dgN4D69WyHoi6QTDyFZMjPkxtZet9l1Ck64D4idhUC0KJDEBeSo0wdAWCwBotU6hegzj8Z7xDwhaZbOJH-UmDmkC-adcwjg4sjuy2ZzYfAkguUh1E3/s1309/Flower+card+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yF7K930IH9yFmHvuwrwGTVSJo7dgN4D69WyHoi6QTDyFZMjPkxtZet9l1Ck64D4idhUC0KJDEBeSo0wdAWCwBotU6hegzj8Z7xDwhaZbOJH-UmDmkC-adcwjg4sjuy2ZzYfAkguUh1E3/w586-h640/Flower+card+2.jpg" width="586" /></a></div><p></p><p>The leaves are not stamped with the same Altenew set, but were just some other leftover finds in my box. For the 'Happy Birthday' wishes I used a new die by Altenew (from 'Essential Sentiment Strips'). </p><p>The flower centers are decorated with yellow seed beads. Liquid crafting glue usually dries clear so even if I put a quite rich amount of glue on the beads the glue isn't visible anymore. That's an easy way to add a bit of dimension on stamped flowers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1ijUyjKCI1boEvP2NKVrRPyHKuBtpml-QqINC9cM9yhYEMACqLIJchBlDXNn_9RxmY-3brhyphenhyphenmo2aArfqpMtEUvB2beJduvio_XkAHotSdGSMddh-o1f6NN4NzdXY_uJAZnRuiKKk6t5J/s1080/Flower+card+2+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1080" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1ijUyjKCI1boEvP2NKVrRPyHKuBtpml-QqINC9cM9yhYEMACqLIJchBlDXNn_9RxmY-3brhyphenhyphenmo2aArfqpMtEUvB2beJduvio_XkAHotSdGSMddh-o1f6NN4NzdXY_uJAZnRuiKKk6t5J/w640-h466/Flower+card+2+closeup.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>I like these cards and hope that one day they will make their receivers happy, too 😊</p><p> </p><p>Have a wonderful day, hugs,<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/s395/Elina.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="395" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVEwqMxs7YhDtgBG-V5QhtNGJVbvqKenKknmIM4WToJ_khAJDkX5FV8Ft2Ks6CuNLOLOyPlk8xNSjW3K6Nbaw53jk9YQOQnbnzyIgv1cfE-ykUak3EKBEhWF03wx8hoPu3zW2GTU7yy8E/w200-h119/Elina.png" width="200" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0