Layout of Isabella - contribution to More Than Words April challenge

Hope you are well and staying safe at home in this unusual time. Even though I have been staying at home, I haven't been very creative. I still have to work and at the same time I have 3 kids at home who also had to follow some online teaching, so it has been very busy, I have had to help them more with their school work than I have ever done before. At the same time the weather has been very nice, so I have been spending a lot of my free time working in the garden. Last summer we didn't get so much done out there, and it was kind of boring when we moved in 1½ years ago, so this year I have 4 projects I would like to get done, and I have now completed 2 and started the 3rd one, so I am getting there. I must say the weather makes a huge difference, when you have to stay at home, imagine how depressing it would be, if the rainy weather had continued. At least that is the situation here in DK.

Anyway, I was inspired by More Than Words April challenge which was the word Everyday and the creative challenge is bugs and/or birds. I remembered we had a picture of my oldest daughter where she had her face painted with a butterfly – perfect for this challenge. The picture reminded me of an EVERYDAY life where you were able to go places and do fun things together with your family and friends, like in this case where we had gone to a zoo. I wonder how long it will be before we get that kind of life back again.

Click here to go to the challenge

Here is the layout I made:

And some close-ups

Materials used:

Maja Design – Sofiero, Coffee in the Arbour and Life in the Country collections

Pink cardstock

Dusty Attic chipboard, and I think the frame and butterfly was from Scrapek

Flowers from WOC and my stash

Distress Ink – Bundled Sage and Spun Sugar

Lindys Stamp Gang – Pretty in pink pink

Stencil from TCW (Balzers Design)

Liquid Pearls – Ballerina

Halfpearls and sequins from my stash

Birthday card for Mette

Today it is my good friends birthday and so I made this card for her:

I usually use a lot of dies on my cards but for this one I only used 2 - the banner and the Happy Birthday, and both dies are from Card Making Magics "Complete Card & Box Die Set 5x7"".

The papers are Docrafts Papermania - "Capsule Collection". The chipboard pieces are from Scrapek and Søstrene Grene (the butterflies). Tuille, laces and flowers are from my stash, the small roses are from WOC.



Family layout

Recently I made a layout with a picture of my husband together with his siblings and his mom. It was taken on my husband and his twin sister's birthday several years ago. Here is the layout:

I really had fun making this layout and I am very happy with how it turned out. I used papers from Maja Design ("Worn Indigo" from the Denim & Friends collection and "Stark och Fri" from the Crea Diem collection + a piece from the 6x6 Denim & Friends paper pad). The paper was first covered with clear gesso and when that dried I added some white gesso all around the edge of the papers. I used a stencil from TCW called "Mini sketch grid" and added some modelling paste. The ornaments chipboard pieces are from Scrapek and covered with white gesso and a Lindys Stamp Gang spray - Flat Fabio Kissin Kenickie Coral. The chipboard letters are from Craft Emotion and covered with My Mojito green from Lindys Stamp Gang. Flowers are from WOC and China. Buttons, butterflies, jewellery pieces and art stones are from my stash. Here are some close-ups:

With this layout I participate in Scrap from your heart's challenge no. 23: Anything goes. You can read more about their challenge HERE.

Violet and gold card

The other day I was playing with some of my new stuff and out of that came this card:

For this card I used papers from UHK Gallery's "Autumn in Avonlea" collection. The squares are handcut and distressed. The paper in the back of the card was painted with "Golden sleigh bells" from Lindys Stamp Gang to get a more golden look. I used the same spray for the chipboard (Scrapek), the cheesecloth, the roses and the large frame, which is cut out in yellow card stock twice with Spellbinders "Oval Ironwork", glued together and then sprayed. The smaller frame is cut out with a die from Spellbinders "Elegant Ovals". I added lace, ribbon and halfpearls from my stash and some flowers from WOC.

Card for a double birthday.

My colleagues son and his girlfriend held their birthday party together and my colleague asked me, if I could make a card that represented both of their interests, which were movies (his) and parrots/parakeets (her). I created this card:

I used papers from Maja Design "Ska vi ta en Fika" collection. The squares are handcut, distressed and inked with "Vintage Photo" from Tim Holtz. I also tore a piece of paper and inked the edges of that. I used some cheese cloth which I inked with 2 different inks - "Vintage Photo" and "Wilted Violet" - and put that behind my filmstrip, which was cut with a China die. The pictures of the birds was some I found on Google. The banners are cut with a die from the "Christina Collection" from Card Making Magic. For the letters I used a die from Joy Crafts, Happy Birthday is a Tattered Lace die. The banner, letters and Happy Birthday are all slightly inked with "Vintage Photo". Flowers are from WOC, chipboard from Scrapek and the halfpearls are from my stash.

Dusty green and white wedding card

Last month I was asked if I had time to make a wedding card, since one of my colleagues was going to a wedding. Only request was that the colors should be dusty green and white.

For this card I used papers from Maja Design - Vintage Romance (walk with me) and white cardstock. I distressed the edges and used Distress Ink - Bundled sage. I used one of my favorite dies from Spellbinders - Elegant Ovals and some chipboard from Anemone/Scrapek. The ribbon is vintage binding seam, which also was colored with Distress ink. The ribbon and flowers are from WOC, halfpearls and cheesecloth are from my stash.

Cute (Layout of Rebecca)

I made a layout for my youngest daughter, since I had found this really cute picture of her dressed up in a Bratz costume, which we at some point had bought for our oldest daughter. Rebecca thought it was a princess costume and wore it as such, complete with a tiara and high heel shoes.
When I saw the old picture I just knew, that it would match the Gossamer Blue and Everyday Spring collections from Lemoncraft perfectly, and sure enough it was a perfect match.

Besides the already mentioned collections from Lemoncraft, I also cut out 2 butterflies from the diecut sheet from the Forget Me Not collection. After glueing the 2 pieces of cardstock together, I painted it with clear gesso and let it dry. The chipboard pieces, which are from Blue Fern (cute), SnipArt (frame) and Anemone/Scrapek (swirl and branches) was all painted with white gesso first, afterwards the swirl and the branches were painted with white acrylic paint and the word and the frame was embossed with some embossing powder from my stash (no brand). With a mix of modelling paste and white gesso, I stenciled a chicken wire pattern using a stencil from Dutch Doobadoo. I also sprayed some white Dylusions ink and Pergamano ink (pearl blue and fuchsia) on the background and with the blue ink I painted randomly on the corrugated paper. I die cut a doily out of white cardstock using a die from Intricut, and the large blue and pink flowers are made with dies from Nellie Snellen and Lemoncraft paper. The rest of the flowers are from WOC, except for the small blue roses, which are from my stash. Finally I decorated with some pink sequins and used some Liquid Pearls Ballerina on the chipboard branches.

And now for some close-ups:

The framed picture

With this LO I participate in Lemoncrafts summer challenge Picture Perfect. When I read about their challenge I knew right away, that I had to make a layout with this picture, because it's funny and cute at the same time - a perfect picture.

You can read more about their challenge here.

Now it's official....

...I have a teenager in the house 😨. On June 5th, my oldest turned 13, and so she is officially a teen, unofficially she has been behaving like one for at least the last year. As usuall I made her a card, and since Lemoncraft has a new challenge, I decided to make it, so it matched their criterias.

I have used paper from the 2 collections "Gossamer Blue" and "Everyday Spring", chipboard from Anemone/Scrapek, which I painted with a coat of white gesso and then I sprayed it with some Cherry Red from Tim Holz Dylusions Ink sprays. The small doily is made with a die from Intricut and the numbers I have cut out using a Marianne Design die, and I used some blue shiny paper bought at a local dollar store for them. Happy Birthday is cut out using a die from Tattered Lace. I used some cheese cloth and some half pearls for decoration as well.




I participate in Lemoncrafts June challenge.

Masculine birthday card

Back in February it was my Godfathers birthday so of course I had to make a card for him. I must confess that I like most other scrappers are more into making feminine card and sometimes find it quite difficult to make cards for men. But I think this one turned out okay.

For this card I have used papers from UHK Gallery, from the collection LOFT Marina. I have also used some Anemone chipboard from Scrapek.pl. The picture with the car is also from UHK Gallery from the collection called Monsieur. Then I have used some half pearls and an old button to decorate it with.

Birthday card for a colleague

One of my colleagues turned 60 on Feb. 1st, so I made her a very girly card, since she, just like me, likes pink.

For this card I used papers from a 15 x 15 cm paper pack from Studio Light, flowers and pearl ribbon from Wild Orchid Crafts, the small flowers on the stems are from a local craftstore. The chipboard piece is from Scrapek and is embossed with some cream colored embossing powder. The half pearls are from my stash. I have used to dies for this one, the numbers came with a magazine and the circle is from Spellbinders Triple Tear.

My very first layout

Well I think it's about time I show you guys my first layout. I made it as a present for my Godparents, since I thought they needed some updated pictures of the kids. I chose the colors for the layout to match the colors my Godparents have in their house. And as you can see, 2 of the kiddos actually have on shirts that matches the papers, I plan ahead you see, LOL, no it is just a coincident, but a good one I think.

I used papers from UHK Gallery and Lemoncraft, the chipboard clock is from Scrapek (Anemone), and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (WOC) and a local craft store. For the frames around the pictures I used the Regal Frame from Spellbinders, and I cut out 3 frames that I glued together for each picture, this way it got a little thicker and looked more like a piece of chipboard. I also used some Gesso toghether with the Rings and Puddles stencil from Memory Box. The letters are made with a die that came with an issue of Die Cutting Essentials. I cut out 2 of each letter and glued them together to get a bit more chipboard feeling to it. "Tiden flyver" means Time flies. And then I added part of cake doily and some half pearls here and there. I was very happy with the result, since I hadn't tried it before, and my Godparents were very happy with it as well.

My nephews birthday

Back in September last year my oldest nephew turned 18, which is a big deal here in DK, cause then you are legally an adult. So of course my sister and brother-in-law had a party for him. I offered my sister to bring a naughty cake to surprise my nephew with. This is what I made for him:

Let us just say his cheeks turned a darker shade of red, when he saw it, but his friends really liked it. It consisted of 2 layers of vanilla cake with Verdi, 1 layer of chocolate cake, raspberry mousse and Baileys mousse.

Of course I also had to make him a card to go with his present, which was a lot of moving-away-from-home-kitchen-supplies. On the picture he is about 2 years old, so a lot has happened since then, because now he is over 2 meters tall.

For the card I used papers from 3 different Maja Design collections: From Home for the holidays I used Snowydays BS, from Vintage Frost Basic I used 22th of December BS and from Vintage Spring Basics I used 7th of April BS. I love how you can mix the papers from the different collections and they still match together. The dies I have used are Elegant Ovals from Spellbinders Nestabilities. The chipboard gears are Anemone from Scrapek.pl and the numbers are some I found at a local grocery store.

My second LO - Sweet

I made this layout during my summer vacation, and the weather was really bad.  I can't remember the story behind the picture myself, since I was only about 3 or 4 years old, but I have heard it several times: It was picture time at the kindergarten, and when it was my older sisters turn, she started crying and didn't want the photographer to take a picture of her, so the adults there suggested that I came along on the picture, and then my sister was okay again, but as you can see, she still looks rather sad, and I have my arm around her to comfort her.

I have used papers from Riddersholm and UHK Gallery, I can't remember the brand of the 3rd piece of paper. All of the paper is distressed along the edges, and some of it is a little torned as well. The flowers are all homemade with paper from Riddersholm and some shiny no brand red paper. I have used chipboard from Scrapek (butterfly and corners) and Blue Fern Studio (Sweet). The branches is a Marianne Design die, and for the flowers I used a die from Nellie Snellen. I also used some black lace, stamped black text and sprayed with a postbox red inkspray from Dylusions (Ranger).