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 September #51 It's Reading Time!

Hi there, so nice of you to stop by today :)
   It is reading time over at LESSology  where
 our challenge #51  is to Incorporate a book in your project
 together  of course, with at least one upcycled item.

here are mine...empty plastic covers ..

It must be 2 years ago my best friend  Bente gave me  this
Dylusion Creative Journal, and it has been waiting for
me ever since to start being creative and take it into use.

So here I had the opportunity to start my AJ journey..
Thank you Bente for always thinking of me :)

and here are some more of the little bits and bobs I thought I might use,
including the plastic cover from the Prima tiles

 After I had glued  all the embellishments, bits and bobs
onto the front cover( which I forgot to take a picture of) ,
 I took a roll of aluminium "tinfoil" tape and carefully started
to stick it on, covering the whole front page while pressing
 and pushing the tinfoil into every little corner, dent and countours.
When finished, you can see all the silhouetts around the embellishments

After adding some more blings, sticking to silver and metall
colours, this is what my AJ book cover looks like when finished.

Just a photo where I have added the roll of tinfoil tape.
It is so easy to work with when the foil has got adhesive on it :)

The upcycled plastic cover was glued on upside  down
(before it was covered in tinfoil tape)
to serve as a small box for little metall charms, some of them
I have got from my friend Bente, who gave me the AJ book.

These lovely little white and shiny flowers are also a gift  from
a friend( thank you so much Yvonne)
 and they were perfect for this challenge :)

This is how I got inspired to use a book for this challenge, and it
has endless ways of how you want to interpret the challenge.
Dig out some fun stuff to upcycle, incorporate a book on your project
 and come and surprise us over at LESSology with your finised creation,
we love to see what you have come up with :)

Life is a journey with endless opportunities...be creative and have fun
I hope to see your  book creations over at LESSology in September
:)

Thanks for visiting and leaving behind a comment :)

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

LESSology July challenge #49 Woodgrain

Hello there and Happy Scrappy Summer to you all....

It is July 8th and our July Challenge #49 is all about Woodgrain
 over at LESSology.
It is to use wood or anything that has a woodgrain pattern on it, 
as well as at least one upcycled item on your paper project.

I made a winebottle Tag for a 50th Wedding Aniversary
using a wooden "metre measurer" as part of the decoration,
as the  husband is in the housebuilding business

and here are my upcycled items: wooden  metre measurer, jamtart tin
and leftover sizoweb from a Christmas table-decoration.
I broke of the the piece of the meter measurer where the 
50cm. was, to use as part of the sentiment

The jamtart tin is used as a frame for the 50 year old wedding photo

and here is a close up of the sentiment which is 
written in Norwegian " Happy 50 Anniversary"

Now it is your time to have some fun with upcycling items
and create something with woodgrains.
Please come and share with us when you are done :)

For some more inspiration, please pop over to 
LESSology. 
Over  the next couple of days  there will be some more 
inspiration to see from the other team members .

Thank you so much for stoping by today :)
x

Lessology Challenge #48: Lace Up!

Hi there , it says June 3rd on my calendar...
oh no that means it is only20 days
until the SUN starts to drop on the horizon :(
Oh well let's cheer my self up with a new challenge over at
LESSology. It is June and  #48: Lace up!
Use lace on your project. It can't  get any easier than that ;)

I have made a tag

 using papers  and chipboard 

from "Tilda" Panduro and laceing it up with different laces

Our challenge criteria, as always, is to use at least one upcycled item

on your project, here  on this  photo below are mine...

A ribbon from a box of (and yes you are right;) chocolate,

a fridge magnet and an envelope I received in the mail filled with 

little goodies ;)

This is the reverse side  of the TAG and where the upcycled items
are used.... the gold ribbon is the back side of the chocolate one.

Butterfly magnet as embellishment and the envelope was used as
a middel layer

this little tag is removable and can be used
for a greeting or sentimet on the revers side

a few more close ups of front laces and details

Just a quick blogpost today. 
To see some more please visit  LESSology
where there will be some more inspirations to come 
over the next few days from the other DT members.

Thanks for stopping by today :)

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