In these confirmation times....

Hello sweets!

Today i`m gonna show you a couple confirmation cards i`ve created. It`s nothing fancy, just clean and simple....ok...my kind of simple anyway, lol. Weeell the first one at least, lol. 

For this first card i have only used DP from Pion Design. On the image i sprinkled some white enamel from Stampendous and gave it a little round with the heatgun.

I have put a piece of cardstock behind the picture to raise it a bit from the surface and then added some beadstring around it.

The roses are from Kort & Godt while the metal swirl is from Korthobby.

This next one is not so CAS as i wished for, hahaha....Well, anyway....i made a card, lol. I actually don`t remember what paper it is, so if anyone knows, feel free to send me a little note. Appreciate that a lot.

The chippie i just kept plain. I added some lace and some flowers with a ribbon behind them. To finish it off i added a sentiment.

Look at this yummy gorgeous glitter on the rose. I just love it. 

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend. Thanks for visiting.

Tag-Steampunk card.

Hi there everyone!

Are you ready for the easter holidays? I`m nearly getting there. Just a few hours at work tomorrow and then i`ll have 13 days off from work. I can really need them now, lol.

So lets just get down to buisness. I have attended several classes with Yasmin Tölche. And this card is from one of them.

This is a card created by folding a large tag (size 12 i believe) in half. As usual we created lots of layers to create more of a 3D effect. We started off with several layers of designpaper. We cut out a lot of ephemera from one of the DP`s of Graphic 45 to use as embellishments on the card. The white wings and the large cog in the background is embossed with several layers. 

Before the embellishing we used some twine to keep some of the layers together. Next we started building the layers of embellishments. The metal heart is coloured with a red ProMarker. (Poppy)

To finish it off we glued on some microbeads and metal cogs. The bow is coloured with inks from Lindy`s Stamp Gang mixed together to get this dirty greenish look. 

Hope you like the card. Thanks for visiting me today. And....

Steampunk bag`n tag card.

Hi everyone!

I while back i attended a class by Yasmin Tölche. We were creating a steampunk bag`n tag card. That`s a paperbag-card with a tag inside. I had so much fun doing this. I just love all the layering. I have learned a lot from Yasmin. She is so creative and energetic and so much fun to be around. Thanks for beeing such an inspiration Yasmin. 

Well, you probabely want to see the card... so here it is.

Isn`t it cool? I just absolutely love it. Papers used are from Graphic 45....i think. If not, you have to arrest me on that, lol. The stamp, i do not know what brand it is, sorry.  But the chipboard gears are Sizzix bigz dies. These are covered with 3 different colours of embossingpowder which gives them this cool rusty effect. 

The pieces is adhered in several layers to make this 3D effect. You can use 3d glue dots or just cut out som old chipboard-pieces. Old boxes makes grate 3D effect so don`t throw away your old cardboard-boxes. It`s a great way to do some recycling. 

The metalpieces are mostly from Tim Holtz and Korthobby.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Vintage tag swap - The vintage typewriter tag

Hi again!

Today i will show you my second tag in the the vintage tag swap i participated in.

This one is the Typewriter tag.

This tag has lots and lots of layers and elements. I`ve tried to use up some of my scraps. I am not too good at using my scraps but throw them away....noooo, no, no, no, lol. So finally i got to make use of some of them. 

The large gears and the wings and crown are chipboard created using the Tim Holtz, Sizzix bigz dies. And then embossed in several layers. The wings turned out so silky and beautiful. Absolutely loooove them. The heart is a silver metal heart which i coloured red with my ProMarkers. I found that the red colour really stands out. 

I got my hands on these cute small glass containers. They are pretty small but makes such a pretty  addition to my creation.

I just wanted to show you a closeup of the gear. I just love how it turned out. I embossed it with three different embossing powders. Silver, copper from Ranger and midnight bronze obsidian from Lindy`s Stamp Gang.

I also love the filligree metal piece. I think it fits beautifully to this tag.

The ephemera is fussycut from a G45 paper.

On this last pic you can see all the different layers. 

To finish off my tag i put on some micro beads from Finnabair and some bling here and there. And finally topped it with some seambinding. It was originally brown but i coloured it with a bright red, allmost orange starburst spray from Lindy`s. And i think the colour looks fabulous.

Hope you like my tag, and tomorrow i will post my last tag. 

Thanks for visiting me today.

Vintage tag swap - The Vintage dressform tag

Hi there everyone!

A little while ago i participated in a vintage tag swap hosted by my friend Martica over in the states. She allways throws such fun and fabulous swaps. I`m not allways able to join in but this time i had some spare time to join. There is a lot of pics so i will post the three tags in separate posts.

First post up is the Vintage dressform tag. 

I used a large manila tag #10 and covered it with papers from Maja Design, Vintage Summer Basics.

The chipboard frame is embossed with white embossing and while still warm i sprinkled some pink micro beads onto it so it would adhere in the embossing enamel. I was really happy about how it turned out. This frame is a bigz dies from Sizzix.

I left the dressform-chippie plain as i thougt it was the right look for this tag.

 As i assembled the tag i used some digital tags i bought online from a company called "By Digital Paper". They have so much gorgeous shabby chic/vintage digital ephemera and stuff :-) You can see them behind the dressform stamped image. (The ones with the bird and the flowers.)

A little tip for you all. When you want to make some space between all your layers, it is great to use scraps of chipboard instead of the expensive foam tape. When i buy chipboard i allways save the scraps so i can use them behind images or other embellishments. So it`s a great way to create some dimension to your project. It also makes your project more sturdy. 

Thanks for taikng the time to visit. Hope you liked my first tag. Stay tuned and tomorrow i will show you the next tag i have created for this swap.

Scraplifting Marta Lapkowska

Hi there everyone!

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend out there. I`m sitting here blogging and looking out on the fantastic weather. The sun is shining and it is a whopping 13 degrees. It`s just a bummer that i have to be close to the toilet today, lol. Anyway i get to blog my recent creation at least.

I little while back i asked Marta Lapkowska if i could get permission to scraplift her "Serenity" ATC series. Luckely she gave me her blessing. I was so happy course i love this series and i love her work in general. She is such a sweetheart and i am so grateful for her dedication to help new and upcoming artists with tips and tricks when it comes to beeing creative.

Well here we go. This first picture is the original from Marta. I just loooove this series. The colours, the design....i just totally fell in love with these the moment i layed eyes on them. And those butterflies are so, so beautiful.

Here is my take on the ATCs. Not nearly as beautiful as Marta`s but  i like the way they turned out. I didn`t have the same colours as the originals so i had to make do with my own stash. It`s funny to see the difference in the green colour as Marta used powder to blend with her paste and i used spray to blend with my paste. We have used the exact same colour and paste but mine turned out lighter than hers.  

Also...i didn`t have blue embossing powder so i had to improvise with dark brown instead. She also used art sugar to create the glittery effect on her details while i didn`t have that. So i used clear embossing powder with different colour of shimmer for the butterflies and added some Clear Wink of Stella on the dots and text. I know it doesn`t show as my lighting was not the best. I really have to get me one of those light tents, lol. 

Below you see some closeups.

Supplylist for my version on the ATCs:

Maidenhair fern green starburst by Lindy`s Stamp Gang

Hydrangea Blue starburst by Lindy`s Stamp Gang

Lucious Lime Flat fabio by Lindy`s Stamp Gang

Midnight Bronze Obsidian embossing powder by Lindy`s Stamp Gang

Angel Wings Sapphire embossing powder by Lindy`s Stamp Gang

Magic Moon Pearls embossing powder by Lindy`s Stamp Gang

Angel Wings Jade embossing powder by Lindy`s Stamp Gang

Color Bloom Summer Sky (light blue), spray mist from Prima

Color Bloom Sorbet (yellow), spray mist from Prima

Finnabair modelling paste form Prima

Finnabair Elementals Bubbles Stencil from Prima

Finnabair Clear stamp Cheese from Prima

Words from Authentique Petite diction: Pretty

Wink of Stella, Clear 

This project was part of a challenge on Facebook in the group of ArJo`s Tag og ATC kos. Where the theme for the challenge was scraplifting.

Just to mention it if you are new to any kind of paperarts: When you "borrow" someone else`s creation in your work. Or if you are inspired by someone in any way, the proper thing to do is to give credit to the person you are inspired by. Either by mentioning their name in your post or even linking up to the actual piece you were inspired by.

With that said. Keep on creating. Meet new friends, help others where you can and give credit when credit is due.

12 Tags of 2016 - January

Hi everyone!

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend. I however have decided to particiate in the 12 tags of 2016 by Tim Holtz. This is the first time i`m entering these tags challenges. I am so excited.

This first one is a Technique remix from earlier projects by Tim. Links to these techniques is provided in Tim`s post.

And here is my take on the project.

I was a bit unsure of how i could pull this off, as my inventory of embossing folders are rather slim, lol. I only own 3 pieces as embossingfolders haven`t been a passion of mine. Two of these were absolutely not suitable for this project so i just had to go for an old one from Marianne Design. I was actually going to get rid of it but now i`m happy i didn`t, hahaha.

Another problem i had, was chalk. Absolutely non-existant in this household. So what to do? Well i cheated a bit. Instead of the chalk technique i used white embossingpowder and a white colouring pencil to achieve the same look. 

Well, I was at least satisfied with the end result and i had a lot of fun doing it, Hope you like it as well.

Supplies i have used:

Tag and bookplates die from Sizzix

Metal tape from my local hardware store.

Black craft tag from Ranger.

Embossing folder from Marianne design.

Bird Crazy stamp and dies set from Sizzix and Stampers Anonymus

Tiny Junkyard findings from Prima

Metal word bands from Tim Holtz Idea-ology

White embossing powder from Ranger

White colouring pencil from Lyra.

Black and white acrylic paints

Embossing pad from Tsukineko

Thanks for visiting me today.

Mixed media tags

Hello everyone!

Just popping in to show you a couple of tags i created before Christmas. I suddenly remembered i had forgotten to post them, lol. Senile is a bitch, hahaha.

I used the same technique for both tags. Started off with a stencile and some texture paste. On the purple one i used a cogs stencile.  

I embellished it with a honeycomb from Blue Fern Studios and a wood veneer piece. Not sure what company it is as i got it in a candy long ago. But i think it might be Kaisercraft. Please correct me if i`m wrong. I also used metal pieces randomly placed here and there. Finally i gessoed the whole thing and then spritzed it with colours from Lindy`s Stamp Gang. For finishing touch-ups i put on some bling, some micro beads and a cute ribbon.

For this next tag i started off like the one above, with stencile and texture paste. I then spritzed with my own homemade shimmering sprays. I used distress inks blended with perfect pearls and water. I`m just sorry i didn`t manage to catch the shimmer on camera but i can assure you it looks fabulous. Absolute love the bright yellow colour.

I embellished with some chipboard pieces covered with embossing powder from Lindy`s Stamp Gang. Love the two-toned colour. It`s dark brown with gold shimmer, but it allmost look black. As i didn`t want to cover up too much of the awesome background i just stringed around some jute and a metal flower. To finish it off i put on some bling, text and ribbon. 

I hope you all are having a great wekend. I`m just winding down as this week has been truly exhausting. Just watching some movies with my hubby and just do absolutely nothing. Can it get any better? 

Thanks for visiting me today.

World Scrap Battle - Layout

Hi there everyone!

Today i have for you the layout i created for the World Scrap Battle and Tournament.

I`m fairly new to making layouts and the theme was a problem for me, making this one. I found out i just should use the inspiration photo itself as a focal point on my layout. So here it is:

As i was going to use distress ink and stencil to make my own backround. I found that i had to use watercolour paper to make sure it could handle the saturation. The only thing i didn`t like is that it became too bulky and no matter how much glue i used to adhere it to the cardstock, it didn`t get less bulky. Either way i had a lot of fun trying out some techniques that are new to me. I actually like how it turned out all though there were a lot of greater entries by others in the battle.

The pic i adhered with 3d coushins so make it stand a bit more out from the paper. The stencil i have used is the checkerboard stencil from Prima Finnabair collection. Which i used together with the Modelling paste, also Prima. To get the yellow colour i added a couple of small pinches of Golden sleighbells magicals from Lindy`s Stamp Gang. 

The sentiment is chipboard sticker from my own stash. I don`t remember the company i`m sorry to say.

This star is a star-tag which i embossed with all white embossing powder and then added som black glitter embossing to it. I coudn`t catch the glittery stuff but i like how it turned out.

All the other papers and embellies are from a class i took by Irit Landgraf earlier this year. These have been sponsored by Hip Kit Club if my senile brain aren`t too far off, lol. I think it`s fabulous no matter what.

That`s it for today. Tomorrow i`ll be back with my last creation for round 1 and it is in the Mixed Media category. This one i`m fairly satisfied with, so i have saved it for last.

Thanks again for visiting me and hope you have enjoyed your stay!