When I paint my "really" pieces I tend to get bord waiting for the paint to dry. So I got a pad and in that one I only paint for fun, testing colors and patterns. Now I have started to bring them into my scrapbooking and I love it! Here is one I made this week from a watercolor I just doodled:

"Listen to me" when I tell myself that I'm good enough. We should all do a page like this once in a while. Now I keep telling myself that my illustration work is good and I need to trust that. Also I had fixed my hair (it's a big deal!) I only used my new pretty papers and stuff here. I love how it looks!

Love Julia

One week! Then it really is Christmas. Here in Sweden Christmas isn't the only big day in December we also have Lucia. Now I love Lucia, even though I can´t sing and never been one, but I love it non the less. So this year I thought the only way I will have a "luciatåg" is if I'll make one...

 I´m so happy with how this page turned out and I'm seriously thinking of putting it on display in my craft space!  I think it´s so fun being able to include the ribbons and tinsel, they really pop on this background, painted craft. 

 I few snowflakes to add some winter sparkle. 

 I used my poor old typewriter to do my journaling and the title is the first part of my favorite Lucia song. Mixing silver and gold just feel so right in Christmas times. I added a bit of red, from the photo, just so that the white, silver and blue wouldn't be to cold. 

I really like this and I hope that it might give you some inspiration to scrap your Lucia photos!

Love Julia

I love looking through magazines, they are so pretty and inspiring, and for this layout I wanted to try to use an advertising I ripped out. 

The add is a full page and was found in a garden magazine. I just love it and after having thought about how to add it, I sat down and turned on the camera... hoping for the best. 

The add-page had a black background with what looked to be a sketched garden scene. In the signs was info about the event, I covered them whit the photo and tiny word sticker.

So I started whit colors, pink and gold. I had this painted craft in pink, perfect for a background. I got out my trusty sewing-machine to sew down the page and the gold-dotted vellum. Really liking how the white thread frames the dark!

 There is not allot of embellishments but I added a glittered tag and some leafy-thingis Magnolia die cuts, to play whit the garden scene. Sens the I wanted the background to be the "star" I used a black& white photo, so I didn´t have to have competing colors.

 I used a Amy Tangerin craft word for my title, again so not to over power. I think a black title would have been to much. The craft word works whit the background and stand out just enough whit the glossy-accent.  

 What is the last thing you do? Splatter some gold Heidi-Shine of course! I love doing this over black & white photos, it looks so magical!!

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This last weeks my desk has been covered in glitter, embossing powders and everything Christmasy. It´s that time of the year to start doing Christmas-cards, and I love it!!! I always do to many but if there is on type of cards that I love to make, it Christmas ones. 

This year I have started earlier and made many more, my sister goes to different Christmas-markets and takes my cards whit her. Today I thought to show you three of my favorite cards that I made this past week. I made all of them in bulk, eight of each, so I kept the design easy and on pre-made craft card-bases.. The stamps and dies are all from Magnolia, colored whit distress ink.

 The first card I wanted to keep rather clean, just the oh-so-cute moose, two snowflakes and a "merry christmas" stamp. The biggest part of all of the card is coloring the images... 

 I had to have just a little sparkle here so I put some Ranger "Silver" stickles around the snowflake. 

 I love embossing-powders and I think they add that magic, especially to a Christmas-card. To get this light snowfall effect I have used Stampendous "chunky white" sprinkled over the moose. 

 On the seconed card I started whit my favorite stamp (a gift from my lovely mum). Here I wanted a more winter, cold and frosty pallet. The papers are from a My Mind´s Eye "Lost & Found" 6x6 paper pad and cut out whit Magnolia dies.

 My favorite embossing powders are from Stampendous and sprinkling this "Shabby White" around the image is like adding magic! 

 Next to the snowflakes I added a mix of pearls and rhinestones and the sentiment is just punched out of my Dymo.

 The last card is more classic for Christmas whit the red and gold. This is made in the same way as the second card, just in different colors but not so many embellishments... 

 I can´t stop using the "shabby white" powder! 

If you have a chunky white powder, add it heavier on the "ground" , or on the shoes to look like snow. The little leafy thing is from a Magnolia die set and I just embossed it whit Ranger "gold tinsel". Love that powder, so pretty and detailed. 

 For the sentiment I simply stamped whit black on a label, keeping it classic.

I hope that you like the cards and that they inspire you to sprinkle some embossing powders!

Love Julia

Hello!

I´m back with a Project Cheval layout. I really love doing this layouts, spending time with him and working with my "kit". Now as you can see in the intro I didn´t pick a big kit, but it´s great as an starting point. The Kiss Kiss chipboard and the Dear Lizzy Thickers are elements that i use on almost every page. In later layouts you´ll see me using different brands and collections but my goal for this album is to have fun and to have something to remember Cheval.

Soft, neutral and fresh. That was what I wanted for this and I really wanted a big part of that floral paper from Magnolia. The title is even based on that paper and I love how the soft blue helps the photo.

 There is not much on this layout but I love this heart banner from the chipboard pack. It adds just that extra but it´s still neutral so it goes so well with my other colors. 

 All of the colors are so... nice and to humph up the contrast I used the tiny letters from Tim Holtz and a black washi tape. I love the softness of this layout but adding just a touch black makes it so much more interesting.  

love Julia

Hello!
Here is my week five, the last of January. This week I wanted to focus on a theme, snow and the colors blue and lilac.

The 4*6 papers I used are from Maggie Holmes "Open Book" (title card) and Pion Desing (the same paper as in the photo) and the 3*4 is a Magnolia stamp colored with distressed markers.

 Just loving this stamp and the shabby white embossing powders.

 The title card with "open book" paper and rose, a movie ticket from Paddington and some snowflakes embossed with the same shabby white.

 This week I was in a scrap-class and made a paperbag mini, nothing fancy but we had allot of fun. I used the left over paper to back the photo and just added a title and the date.

 Me and my brother saw this movie and we just love it! And the tag on my title card is inspired from the movie. Can´t wait to see it again. 

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!


              Here is the video!


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

The other day I found some long lost Prima stamps of two chandeliers. Sense they had been gone for so long I just wanted to stamp them to see how they would work, so I took some scrap-craft paper and stamped... And just like that I had begun a patterned: one up, one down in lines. And you can´t tell that is is chandeliers at the fist glance, just a really cool graphic patterned!





So naturally I wanted to use my new amazing paper and decided to make a card, sens it´s been so long. So with two papers from My Mind´s Eye- Portobello Road, a doily, some washi-tape and Lindy´s stamp gang- Moon shadow ink in "Smoky Sapphire" I got started!

 All of the pearls and stones are from Magnolias; "Knick Knackery´s. I love how they look on this simple card and mixed together.

 The butterflies are stamps from Prima and Panduro and are embossed with Magnolia´s Black- fine embossing powder. They are stamped on the same paper as the mat to the chandelier- paper and the Magnolia label. This brings in the black, witch add some contrast, and the dark teal color that is so pretty!

 The roses, the patterned paper and details on Tilda is painted with "Smoky Sapphire" it´s such a pretty ink there is taupe and when light hits it: it´s the most amazing light-blue lilac. Tilda her self is colored with distress marker in "Pumice stone".

This card is in the challenges at:

magnolia-liciouschallengeblog

tildastown

marvelousmagnoliachallenge

midweekmagnolias

Love Julia

Hello! Today I have a simple summer card to show you. It´s a bit more embellished but it´s really easy. The papers are from "My Minds Eye", and the background is embossed with ranger gold. Then the image are mated on a patterned paper and some off-white cardstock.

 All of the flowers are sprayed with Lindy´s stamp gang- "Cotton Candy Pink"

 Tilda is just colored with "Pumice Stone" and the hearts are "Spun Sugar" with glossy accent.

In the challenges over at:

magnolia-licious

magnoliamania

tildastown

liveandlovecrafts

Love Julia

On Sunday it´s mothers-day here in Sweden and of coarse every mother wants a card. So I thought that I would make a easy one that you can use yourself. The papers that I used where scrap from the Prima class and a ATC card.
So here is the formula:
1. 6*12 (card base)
1. 5*5 patterned paper
1. ATC
1. Mini doily
1. Image, dosen´t have to be a stamp
1. border/ ribbon
liquid pearl- gold

Layer the papers, doily, border/ ribbon and then the image/ photo/ text. The go around the paper & ATC with the liquid gold, making small dots.

The sea shore paper where perfect for this card not just because my mom loves the ocean but she really likes this magnolia stamp (witch is perfect for this collection!!) Her tail is colored with distress markers "Peacock Feathers" and then I went over it with Lindy´s stamp gang "Tibetan Poppy Teal" for some glimmer.

A quick and easy card for even you want a simple card, don´t have time or to someone that is not in to lace and roses ;)

Love Julia

Is there any better way to start of the weekend then with Magnolia, lace and pink? I though not ;)
So this card should fit the bill so you can take and look at it and the video Here while I´m at a leader camp. Yes Leader camp and I will tell you all about it... when I have been there.

Back to this card that has everything you´ll need; pink, lace, doily, pearls and book-pages

The papers are from MME´s "Lost & Found" 6*6 pads; "Blush" & "Madison Avenue". The roses are my pink pearl roses, you can see how they are made Here

The book-page roses have a pearl as center end is edged with "Crystal" glitter glue and modeling past

Tilda is colored with distress markers, her dress is "Stormy sky", just love that color.

In the video I talk about how many card challenges-blog there is out there and even if you don´t want to take part, you can just check them out and get ALLOT of inspiration! So the days when you  don´t know what to make look through the blogs and steal  as many ideas as you can!

This card is in the challenges: 

Simplymagnolia

Magnolia-liciouschallengeblog

Liveandlovecrafts

tildastown

Check then out, I love to surf around to get some inspiration, they are so good!

The weather has gone back to the way it usually is... rainy. So sense it has been raining I thought I would take Britta inside so she could dry off and get nice and warm... No! She is so mad and every-time I get near her she stamps and lets me know; She does not want to be inside! So I guess she will go back to live outside... crazy bunny.
This ties is so well with today´s card witch has the theme: "Friendship"

Papers from MME- Lost & Found "Rosy" & "Sunshine"

 This time I just inked the edges of my white flowers with "vintage photo". And to keep on the gold track I took some magnolia gold pistils, metal leaf and some feathers. Well the feathers I took just because.

 I love this metal corners from Pyhobby the just fits on every project!

 "Life gets more fun with good friends"

 Stamp from Crissy Armstrong- Whimst stamps colored with distress markers

I´ll hope you like this card and if you want to see more posts with ex Crissy Armstrong stamps,Britta or maybe Distress Markers click on the tag below

And is you want to see what I do before reading it here? check out my instagram: juliammkallen

Love Julia