LESSology Oktober #52 Beachfront Property

Hi there every one :)

It is October 7th and It is my turn to have the Blogpost
over at LESSology.
Our October Challenge #52 is called Beachfront Property and it is
to incorporate elements associated with A Beach onto you project
together wit at least one upcycled item.

My upcycled items this time, are the sea shells I picked up from
our local beach  this summer.
 Yes... we do have beaches in Norway ;) 
but we didn't have a propper  summer this year. 
There are 2 small sandy ones( nothin like Cornwall or Florida lol )
only 5 min drive from where I live, so lots of sea shells to choose from.
One of them I can see from my bedroom window, but this year it
has been far too cold ( or at least for me) to jump in

 I love this paper as it has wood panel pattern with this seagull on it,
and I tried to fit it to the fram for the seagul to stick out (or in ;)
 " resting" on the side as part of the embellishment .

some close ups of the little nautical metall charms ....

....and a few more... these ones was given to me from scrapbooking
friends  when I was at a lockal weekend crop, not having all the little
bits and bobs I needed for it, when I started working on it

I decorated the inside too

adding more little "Beachfront Properties"

sorry about the Norwegian txt, but it is a typical Norwegian

expression and it says: 

Magic you find in the little everyday moments

Over the next couple of days 2 more DT members

 here at LESSology

are hosting some more Beachfront inspirations.

Please stop by and give them some love :)

Thanks for stopping by today 

and taking time to leave behind a comment

Hugz x

LESSology #50 ZIP me UP!

Hi there and thank you for popin' in visiting my blog :)

It is August 5th and it is my turn to have the blog post 
over at LESSology.
It is Challenge # 50: Zip me up!
Yes! you guessed it right ;) it is to Incorporate a zipper on your project

....and you can be as creative as you like, using a Zipper

 in any possible way, togerth with at least one upcycled item.


I made a pocket card  to be opened and closed by a a zipper

A sneak peek of the innside when finished

I forgot to take a picture of my upcycling items before I started,

but it is an old zipper, a food waste bag for recycling bio-waste

and a piece of  material from an old pair of jeans.

The jeans material is used to reinforce the opening ( the dark line on the top) 

where I have made an opening for a pocket on the outside

for  keeping  photos and other memorobilias

This is what it looks like when ziped up.

..and his is the out side when open.... all before decorating the front
and inside( below)

I foldet the bag in to 3 sections, only sewing the zipper on to the

top and middle part (of the original paper bag), leaving the
 bottom part  of the bag to be folded inwards, and
to make room for the tags when  the top part of this
section has been  cut off.

The out side when finished. On this side I have added photos to
both of the outsides and made an envelope to keep the ones I didn't use

front of the photo "chain"....

and I added photos to the back side of the photo "chain"

this is the envelope which fitted into a pocket on the front cover

a snapshop of a loose photo and the open envelope

this is the back side

with more photo tags in pockets

this is the revers side of the photo tags above

and this is a big photo tag that goes all the way in
(you can see the bend on the photo from when the card
is zipped up)

here follows some close ups  from the inside of the card...

I used mainly left over papers adding stamps and
other bling and fun "stuff" for embellishments

here follows some close ups of the pockets and 
both sides of the tags too

If you like to play along  with our challenge and have some
creative fun using something zipper related,
 please pop over to LESSology where you
over the next couple of days will find some
super cool  Zipper Creations
from the other DT ladies :)

Thank you for stopping by today I really do appreciate it

HUGz

ARTastic July 2015 Water or Liquids "Rainy Day" Shadow-box card

Hello everyone, and
Happy Rainy-Scrappy Day
What a lovely summer weather to stay inside for papercrafting lol
I used the opportunity to make a shadow-box card  for
the ARTastic  CT in July, where the challenge
CRITERIA is to use water (liquid) in some way on your page 
(spray ink, paint, watercolours etc

This year It has been a rather miserable spring and early summer 
here in Norway , with lots if rain and low temperature,
 so this month's challenge picture was perfect for me ;)
I have made a box card with "a rainy day" stamp. 
I made my own pattern paper using stamps and stencils with 
 Distress ink and stain,  Dylusion spray ink, Glimmer Mist,
  acrylic paint and water with a spray mist.
 Every layer was dried well before adding the next one.
Now it is your turn to have some fun with wet medias.
 Can't wait to see what you want to share with us :)

The making of my box-card was inspired by the
this fantstic watercolour picure below

made by Shirley Charlton (aka Shirlroma)  

with  her Umbrellas/wet street

Here are some close ups of the front..

The inside was stamped with a woodgrain pattern stamp

A pannel was added for a sentiment

and this fab umbrella has been waiting in my
 chip/wood-veneer board stash to be used on a wet/rainy day
paper project, and finally it's turn has come lol...
and it wont be long before it's "siblings" ;) will find
"a new home" as well with this winther weater we have.

Thanks for stoping by today, and if you pop over to
ARTastic
you can see our Mid month reveal.

Keep scrapping....stay Happy....in the rain ;)

Pixels & Paper June 2015 Air Balloons

Happy Monday on June 1st :)

I hope you all had great weekend.

It is a Mixed Media card
 I want to share with you today made for

Pixels and Paper  June Challenge

I have altered or upcycled if you like, a coffeee filter bag

 and turned it into a Birthday card with little tags 

with birthday sentiments on,

inspired by this awesom picture of the month below

It was the air balloons and the natural colours
that inspired me.

It was lots of fun just playing with lots of layers 

of  left over papers, tags, lace, diecuts and more....

little pull out tags with  

both sides  with birthday sentiments

on these tags  I have been  using stamps with  Norwegian txt

back side has  2 tags  too and colours picked up from the
inspiration picture

and a balloon on this side as well ... I just love these little
air balloons :)

A loos tag for a sentiment or greetings

Air Balloons or not,
 if you want to see some more or maybe play along
you can visit our challenge Here

I wish you all a Happy Scrappy week :)
Thank you for taking time to stop by my blog today
and leaving behind a comment
HUGS x

ARTastic May 2015 "STARS"

Hi there :)

Today I want to share with you, a card I made for 

ARTastic mid month reveal,  with criteria STARS.

May is a month of confirmations in Norway, and the tradition

is that more or less everyone has a confirmation either within a chuch

or a  human ethics sosciety, wich means a lot of cards are 

made in May and I like to make untraditional ones...

....like this one with stars for a girl

inspired by this supercool picture

made by Sara Beetson with
The Return of the Young Prince

I have  kept this  pink-star wraping paper since
Christmas as I really liked the texture and colours on it,
saving it for a rainy day ...

a bit of lace underneath for a softer look and creating
more layers and texture

Here is the inside of the card with a small tag to write on
and I spiked it up with stamping a few stars

To see some more creative star inspired art work,
please come and visit us at ARTasic and we love to
see how it inspired you :)

Thank you for stoping by today,
 it is so nice of you to take a moment of your preacious time
x