Monthly Archives: September 2012

2012 – dag 268-274

Mandag og regnvejr er jo perfekt til scrap, så Line kom i sving med det bryllupsalbum, hun skulle have lavet.

Tirsdag var jeg til UN følis, og det var som det altid er en fornøjelse at være sammen med de andre kvinder, som er i samme situation som mig, og som er gode venner.

Vups…

Et lille projekt blev ordnet, mens Line scrappede løs.

Midt i ugen var der en vis krisestemning, fordi Line var i tvivl om, om hun nåede i mål med projektet.

Line (og lidt mig) blev færdig med albummet, som ses spredt ud over gulvet her…

På vej til Kbh stoppede vi til brunch i Hannover – det var et mægtigt hyggeligt pitstop.

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Bratislava

Det er helt vildt: Jeg har scrappet et layout, som ikke har nogle af “mine” skønne unger på! Det er derimod et layout med undertegnede og K, og det er godt nok lang tid siden, jeg har scrappet vores egne billeder. Jeg var vældigt inspireret af dette layout og af tanken om at kunne få brugt et stykke lace-cardstock, som jeg har en del af. Det stykke, jeg brugte, er faktisk rødt, men jeg valgte at bruge bagsiden, hvilket gør det langt nemmere at bruge, hvis du spørger mig.

Fordi både lace og kageserviet er hvide, gør det ikke noget, at de har helt forskellige mønstre.

Jeg har en lille box med færdiglavede tags, og jeg fandt en, der passede i størrelsen. Desværre havde den bare et lille-bitte hul i toppen, så jeg udvidede hullet og brugte en PTI-die til at lave en kraft-farvet ring. Teksten er skrevet på skrivemaskine.

Datoen sidder også på en lille tag, som stikker ud under billedets ene side. Selve tallene er Basic Grey stickers.

Jeg har måttet konstatere, at jeg er svært glad for 8,5*11″ sider fremfor 12*12″ – jeg synes, at det er nemmere at fylde en side ud, så den bliver harmonisk. Nu hvor jeg er i gang med at scrappe, har jeg vældigt lyst til at fortsætte.

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It’s been a very long while since I’ve scrapped any of our own pictures so it was a almost like a new experience to do so. I was inspired by this layout and the thought of using some of my lace cardstock. Turning the lace over and using the white back side made it much easier to match it to the rest of the page. For the journaling tag I used a store bought tag that I embellished with a kraft ring, made using a PTI die. Gotta love being able to use PTI in both card making and scrapbooking projects.

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PTI Blog Hop September 2012

This month the PTI Blog Hop challenged us to use fabric or felt to wrap presents. I must say that it was indeed a challenge but I wanted to give it a go.

I sewed a little bag for a book I am going to give as a present later in the week. Once I had the book in the bag I experimented (on a scrap piece of fabric) with stamping on the fabric and it worked like a charm. I used Memento inks and there was absolutely no bleeding. Success!

To finish the look I added fabric to a paper tag and then did some stamping as well. I also added an oversized button embellished with another button and some pearls to the bow and the tag.

While this certainly was a challenge and one that stretched the imagination it was also great fun. I can easily imagine doing something like this for Christmas presents.

 

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Make it Monday

I think this might be the first time I’ve participated in Papertrey Ink’s Make it Monday challenges. This week Melissa challenged us to take inspiration from a card aisle card for our own project. I went to the virtual card aisle at amazon.de and found this card

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I was inspired by the composition of the card as well as the green paper at the bottom of the card. To mimic the sheeps I chose to use Rosie Posie and arrange the flowers in a shape similar to the shape of the pile of sheeps.

I changed the theme of the card to Christmas and added holly leaves as well as a liberal spreading of glitter to achieve the festive look of a Christmas decoration.

I loved this Make it Monday and I’ve already saved multiple other card aisle cards to my inspiration folder. Such a cool idea and a great way to “cheat” a bit on the design.

 

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