When I got my stuff from Sirap i Paris I couldn't wait to start playing with them. I posted a layout I did using the "Cool Kid" sticker so now I knew I wanted to use the Maggie Holmes "Gather" stickers! If you ever just going to get one thing from a line, I would suggest the stickers. You get allot for you money and they last a long time! (Well not for me but that is another story...)
On this page I started with the background sticking down old label stickers from Sn@p and the 3 layers of white paint (my gesso was in my studio and I was just lazy...) I then dug out my distress inks in "Tattered Rose" and "Spun Suger" and speared them on. The last thing I did was adding a chunky embossing powder ("Aged Gold" by Stampendous) in the grooves of the labels.
The colors was inspired by this frame from the "Hello Love" by Crate Paper and yes, I have been hording it. How ever I think this is the perfect place for it, on a page about my favorite Aunt. I have a hard time scrap'n about events and peoples but it is something I'm working on.
I wrote about how much she means to me and why. How I can always count on her and that I look up to her and hope that some of her adventurousness rubs of on me.
I am so happy with how the background turned out, it was such long time ago I played with mixed media and I didn't reseal just how much I had missed it!
The texture, the colors (that blue!!) and the amazing Super Snorpan makes this layout to my favorite from September!
Do you read allot of scrapbook blogs? I don´t, I have a few favorites (and lots of you-tube ones) this I check a few times a week and always feel inspired! On of those blogs are Maggie Holmes blog and the other day Kim posted this layout:
I love this page, the design, the colors and the "messy-ness" of it. I just had to scrapbook after seeing this one and jumped in to my scrap-tin.
I picked my scraps and placed them in some sort of color order, cold to warm but without thinking to much of it. Blue to yellow to pink, but I wanted to yellow to be a bit more. The title and flowers are Maggie Holmes "Open Book" and work so well whit the other yellows on the page.
But my favorite part of this is the stitching, I love the subtle effect it gives and the it sort of pushes all of the patterns a step back. It took time, I won´t lie, but it was so worth it!
After I had stopped filming I felt that the background needed something more. (this is the danger whit leaving your layouts on your desk, they will never be "just right") Anyway, I decided to add some watercolor-look by the "packaging-technique" and distress ink in "pumic stone" and some teal spray.
In the end I love how it turned out and will definitely to this technique again so thank you Kim!!
Love Julia
Hello and happy Tuesday!
For this week of project life I wanted to try something different. Last week I used the Maggie Holmes mini kit; Flea market. I decided to go with a 6x6 pad from Teresa Collins; Life Emporium. I love the colors and the patterns are too pretty! This pad don´t only have 6x6 designs but some with 6x4 and 3x4 (and some other cut-outs elements) I also used the two sticker sheets that is in the collection.
Sens I only do one page per week I don´t have much room for filler cards so that means I have to be more creative! Here I have a title card, the "V38" are gold glitter letters from "once upon a time" from DCWV. In the right corner I cut out some elements and stuck them down with a stapler. on the bottom right corner I just made a simple collage, now after I´m not to crazy about it but yeah.
For one of the 3x4 cards I cut out a design from the pad and the other I cut out a 3x4 from the cork paper, added a sticker and a grid paper.
"Start each day with a grateful heart" well how about a gold heart? Or a gold bloop... Yeah not so good.
Just love how well this colors goes together, I would never thought of this combo but that is why it´s so fun!
Have a great week 40 and I hope to see you next week for week 39!
Love Julia
Hello!
I´m back with a new layout using my august-scrap-kit! This layout was inspired by a spread in a magazine, the pastel colors with the black
The kit was put together with a vintage and shabby chic feel in mind but picking put some colors and going with a white cardstock can change everything!
So light yellow, blue and pink with black accents. I used a stamp from the optimist stamp collection from Prima to stamp a border around the edge. The paper-layers are put around the photo in like a T-shape to help draw the eye.
I used the same blue glitter-letters from the previous layout together with my dymo and black letter. The resins are from a mod pogde resin mold, painted with white paint and distress ink.
I just couldn´t stay away from the black lace washi-tape but it just works with everything!
I hope you like the layout and don´t forget to check out the video: HERE
Love Julia
Happy weekend everyone!
Today I have a layout to share with you. I really like it but something went really wrong and now I just... hugh! Any way I can start of with telling you what I do like about it. I was so inspired by this video by luv2scrapinva and the way she made here own paper with just paper-strips! So I thought that is a great way to use up some scraps, witch is good sens I´m on a mission to do just that!
So I cut up paper into 1cm strips and started gluing (I made some 4*6 and 3*4 card too) But it was a bit to bright so I did a white wash and some modeling past. I wanted the colors to go together with the colors in the photo. And after adding all of the white it got so much better!
I wanted that pink-ish color so I took out a 4*4 card that I had made in the rhonna deisgn app. The journaling (I have journaling!) I just wrote on a white piece of paper and put it over. I used some black lace washi tape to "frame" in and the some red pearls, they are more like a red-orange color. I like the black and red with the pastel colors, maybe tring that again....
And here is where it went wrong... I just had to have some black ink splatter and didn´t cover my photo... And sure enough I got ink on my photo and when I tried to whip it away it only got worse...
So now the photo that had such lovely colors now looks really dirty and some of it came of so I have a white spec on my forehead.
On the hole I like the fresh feel of it and that it´s not so matchy with the black, red and the pastel colors. I am happy with it and next time I will cover my photo!!!
Love Julia
Good Evening to you all! (well it´s really more like night...) Today I have been at my aunts summerhouse with my little brother. I really like it there with the pool and bad internet. She has worked so hard re-doing the little house and now it´s coming together so prettily!
So that is when I´m sitting in bed at night writhing this and uploading a *new video*.
But you want to see the layout that I made with Christmas papers! and here it is:
I really wanted a soft shabby chic layout with more black contrast (like the washi-tape and dymo label) I did get a bit frustrated when the distress ink started to bleed out on the big spots...
But over all I like it, is not very denominational and not so many embellishments, but maybe that is the reason why
Hello everyone! Today I have a layout to show you and just so you know; I love It! The reason you why you can feel surprise in my voice is because I used a sketch and I normally have a hard time with them, so you can understand how happy I am now when it look so good! The sketch I was inspired by was Primas- BAP (Build-A-Page)
I grabbed my Prima papers, bling and leafs, put on some music and just had a really good time with inks and allot of paint.
And as you all now I´m on a mission to use up my scraps, all the papers are Prima but from 3 different collections; "Romance Novel" (the only 12*12) the rest is scraps from: "Sea Shore" and "Time Travelers memories" .
I´m so happy with this black flowers with the gold edge, even the leafs got a slab of gold on them
The layers behind the photo is packaging from different collections, I have to say that I love that Prima makes such cute packaging so you can use it and don´t just through it away.
Here she is, The Queen, on the windowsill. I took this photo a while back but she is always sitting on the windowsill, odd cat.
The "Time travelers memories"- bling fits perfect!
I hope you like it and if you want to see how I put this together check out this video: *HERE*
Love Julia
A new week and a new video! This video (HERE) is about something that we sometimes struggle with; "What do I do now?!" especially when I do mixed media! So I let the camera roll to show you that sometimes it does work out. Sometimes you have to try out different mediums to find what it is that you are looking for.
Love Julia
Good morning! Today I have a layout from my cuisines 7th birthday. The layout is made only with papers and cut-outs from "All That Is Spring" and some hot pink twain.
And a doily, but everything else is from the collection.
I wanted to add some demention in this very flat layout so I tore the paper and then sawed it together.
The title came from this photo that I edited in the Rhonna Design App I´m so in love with that app! I never buy apps but after seeing it everywhere and longing for it for moth I bought it, and I´m so happy that I did!
Love Julia
Here is my latest project: The Cottage!
Let´s get right to it: I started with this wood-scraps that I took from my dad. This are really thin and I could just break them up.
Then it´s just to start gluing... I wanted a long- thin house and then I put two pieces at the bottom and one on the back- so I can glue flowers in it later.
When the house is put together I painted it in white gesso. Then on the house I painted with crackle medium and the roof is pearl-paint mixed with distress inks. After 4 hours I could paint the rest of the house (the crackle medium needs to rest for about 4h) with a light dove-blue color.
But I couldn´t leave the roof for long so I put on pearled-micas and white glitter. Than over the door I put a metal corner.
And just like that: The house is finished! I took an old paint brush that had an accident with glitter-glue... and now it´s a flagpole with a blinged-out flag.
The clockhead is from Maya Road that I jus put some pearls and stones on.
A fence made out of flower-sticks and string.
The chain is arranged in a pocket-watch fashion. And the house is surrounded with flowers and Prima bling swirls. All the flowers are brushed with Chrystal stickels.
