My first publication

I made this a while ago, but I could not show it to you because it has been published in Vi Scrapper which is a Norwegian Scrapbooking Magazin. It is in fact my first publication.

Supplies: Paper from Basic Grey - Scarlet's letter - In the forest, Making Memories - Hillary Artisan Blue Die-Cut. I've used embellishment from Melissa Frances, Prima and som other which i don't know the name of. I've made the letters on the computer myself. The fonts name is 1942 Report. And then I just drew some lines on in paint.

I started by putting the Basic Grey paper on top of the Making Memories paper. Then I made stitches around the whole MM-paper and cut of the BG paper which was outside the MM paper. The flourish is cut out from the silhouette.

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A different kind of layout from me

I made this for a new article at ScrappeHuset. It's a new kind of article where we choose a product and tell a little bit about it. For the first "product of the month" article, we chose American Crafts' thickers. Well known among scrapbookers all around the world and it's not without a reason. The are very adaptable to everything as they are to find in all kind of shapes and colours, and in different materials aswell. You can buy the in almost every store. It was actually fun to make something non-vintage. :)

Scrapbooking i vintage-stil

Min absolutte favorittstil innen scrapbooking er vintage og nesten alt jeg lager er i den stilen. Mange beskrev tidlig min scrappestil som vintage uten at jeg egentlig forstod helt eksakt hva det uttrykket betydde. Ja jeg scrappet vintage, men kunne jeg forklare hva det var? Jeg skjønte at det hadde noe med ”å-se-gammelt-ut” å gjøre, men hva var definisjonen liksom.

Først vil jeg skille mellom vintage og heritage. Det er to begreper som brukes litt om hverandre. Direkte oversatt så betyr vintage gammelt og heritage arv. Heritage er blitt veldig populært i USA, da scrapper man sitt familietre og/eller sin historie. Heritage layouter har alltid gamle bilder av for eksempel tippoldeforeldre. Man kan bruke vintage-stil på heritage layouter, men man trenger det ikke, det er naturlig nok det som er mest vanlig. Vintage sider er mer allsidig. Man kan bruke både gamle eller mer moderne bilder. Det man gjerne gjør med bildene når man scrapper i stilen vintage, er å gjøre dem om til sort/hvitt eller sepia i et bilderedigeringsprogram.

Vintage har også mye felles med andre stiler, for eksempel shabby chic. Forskjellen er at shabby chic er mye mer lyst og lett, med farger som hvitt, lyseblått, lysegrønt og lyserosa. Litt sånn sommerhus på landet som man ser i interiørbladene. Vintage er en litt ”tyngre” lag på lag stil, med farger som brunt, lilla, oransje og burgunder. Gjerne med detaljer i rust/antikk kobber, og sjeldent med kontraster. Det er ikke noe tydelig skille mellom disse stilene, de mer eller mindre flyter inn i hverandre. Den romantiske stilen kan også bli sett på som vintage eller shabby chic. Man bruker de samme mønsterpapirer og teknikker som distressing for å myke opp sidene. I den romantiske stilen er fargene ofte pasteller, man ser mye blonder og blomster, og håndskrift, script eller ornate fonter er mye brukt som tekst. Damask mønsteret brukes også i alle disse nevnte stilene. 

Hva trenger man så for å scrappe en vintage layout.

Man trenger ikke å kjøpe så mye nytt for å scrappe i denne stilen. Det kan være en ide å besøke en bruktbokhandler og lete etter bøker med gamle skrifter, gjerne litt gule og slitte. Man burde også ta en titt i syskinet og på loftet til oldemor. Der kan man finne mange skatter. Tenk slitt og godt brukt.

Strengt tatt så trenger man ikke å kjøpe inn noe ekstra for å kunne scrappe en vintage layout. Mange bruker en neglfil, eller sandpapir for at mønsterpapiret skal få en slitt look. Man kan også krølle, rive og inke papiret for å få den effekten man er ute etter. Jeg bruker også en sløv saks for å rispe opp papiret i kantene. Man må tørre å slippe seg litt løs for å beherske denne stilen, men får man det til så passer den til alt fra bedårende babylayouter til tøffe guttelayouter.

Trinn for trinn

Aller først må man selvfølgelig bestemme seg for hvilke bilder og papirer man vil bruke. Her har jeg gjort om bildene til sepia før jeg printet de ut, det er veldig typisk i vintage-stilen.

Man bør også ha en idè over hvordan layouten skal se ut. Hvor bildene skal plasseres etc. Jeg tegner ofte en grovskisse til å begynne med, men resultatet pleier å sprike ganske mye fra den.

Jeg pleier å sverte kantene på mønsterarkene med flere forskjellige farger med blekk. De små stempelputene er enkle å påføre blekket med, så jeg bruker en av de små stempelputene til å påføre blekket fra de store. Den lille må være nesten tom for blekk selv for å få best resultat.

Jeg begynner med å pusse kantene med sandpapir. Du kan også bruke en neglfil eller lignende.

Deretter bruker jeg knivbladet til den sløve mønstersaksa mi til å rispe opp papiret enda mer. Det gjør ingen ting om papiret revner, det gir bare en enda bedre vintage-effekt.

Er man tøff nok så kan man også bruke en lighter og brenne deler av kantene.

Så påfører jeg blekk med ei lita stempelpute, man kan også bruke en svamp eller man kan finne på andre kreative metoder. I scrappemiljøet kalles det å "inke" kantene.

I tillegg så har jeg revet litt i stykker papiret, og påført blekk også der. Symaskina er også hyppig i bruk hos meg. Her har jeg sydd rundt kanten noe ujevnt.

Nå begynner man å se grovkonturene av hvordan layouten blir seende ut til slutt. Dere ser tydelig der jeg har revet, fordi det er blekk på rivekantene.     

 

Her har jeg kommet et stykke lengre. Noe av pynten har begynt å komme på. Silhouetten er hyppig i bruk for å skjære ut swirler og lignende som jeg synest passer på vintage layouter.

Jeg har brukt mønsterpapir fra 7gypsies, prima blomster, american crafts thickers, bling, blonde, binders, swirl skjært ut med silhouetten og diverse stempler.  

Store bilder for de som ønsker å ta en ekstra titt på detaljer.

~ Art Journals ~

I think I've found my new thing. I just wonder why I haven't seen this before? It's called Art Journals. I'm so happy that Åshild wanted to write an article about it to our blog ScrappeHuset so that everybody could see and learn what it is, because it's fantastic. You have to check it out. Every friday she gives everybody a new challenge, this time the theme is blowing on paint through a straw. Haven't done that since primary school I think. Here is mine, my first Art Journal. But I swear, there will be more. On tuesday I will buy a book, just for Art Journal. Thank you again Åshild. I strongly recommend you to visit Kreativ dagbok and ScrappeHuset (Their both in Norwegian) to learn something new and please join the challenge.

I'm on the Inspirational Team

I almost can not belive it. Got an e-mail from Julie about an hour ago, asking me if I wanted to join the Inspirational Team! OMG I thought, It's always been one of my favorite inspiration blogs, and now I'm joining their team?! Wow, thank you Julie. I hope I wont disappoint you.



And to all of you who haven't visited the inspirational craftblog yet, you really should!

Playing football with my dad

Our daugter loves to play football with her father. It is always filled with laughter and joy, for both of them. And it's a pleasure just to watch them play. I've used papers from K&Company, they are fantastic. I've also used som newspaper, added with some white ink. The birds are from hambly overlay and I've burned the edges to give them a vintage look to. It's hard to see though

 The flowers are from Bazzil and Prima. There is also a blonde on the layout, prima; say it in crystals, 7gypsies wax and seals, and thickers from American Crafts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Denne LOen er også en av LOene på stripa uke 33, se her. Tusen takk til Stempelgal som valgte min og her er hva hun skrev:
Sier bare WOW jeg!!!
Det har vært så mye lekkert denne uka i galleriet!! har hatt litt problemer med å velge....men valget har falt på denne fra Beso... liker alt ved den... bildene og stilen!! den som kunne scrappe som deg Beso!! er rett og slett målløs jeg!!
Takk for at du deler med oss andre! Tusen takk til deg også Stempelgal.

Snow ~ Ladybug and Friends ~

Wow, these papers from Ladybug and Friends are just wonderful! Take a look at their homepage and see their 4 new collections of paper made by Kjersti Vevatne and the adorable stamps made by Joan Elliott and Rachel A. Miller. You can get the papers at the store Papirgleder, but the stamps will not be there until the end of august.

I made this layout for Papirgleder. The picture was taken during the winter earlier this year. I normaly don't scrap pictures which doesn't include our daugther, but I really enjoyed scrap something else for a change. And to you Norwegian scrapbookers, don't forget to check out the new blog ScrappeHuset. The big opening is august 14, but you can now win a RAK by making the blogs header, or giving the challenge a name.

I'm in a new designteam!

Take a look at this new norwegian challengeblog ScrappeHuset! Thank you very much Brita and Ruffa, for wanting to have me in your team. I'm very proud to be a part of this. You should check back at the blog because they are introducing new DTmembers today. And please take part at the challenges that will come later on. Have a nice day!

{ Now } One Little Word

I haven't been able so sit down and scrap this entire week so tonight I just had to. I looked into the challengeblog ~One Little Word~ and got an idea right away. The word is NOW. There has been so much sun lately so we've taken a lot of pictures, of our daughter ofcourse. Here she was picking some flowers and was totally in her own world, singing and talking to herself. Oh I adore her.

I can see the circle is not perfect.. :( Supplies: the papers are Making Memories, the leaves I've cut out from a MM-paper. I've also used liquid pearls, stitches, thickers from American Crafts, charms from I-don't-know-where and primaflowers.
The journaling I've printed out from word, the font's name is Jane Austen. Thank you for visiting my blog, you know I always appreciate a comment. Denne LOen ble plukket ut til å være på stripa uke 28. Tusen takk til Eli som valgte min. Her er hva hun skrev:
Jeg ble fanget av detaljrikdommen i denne flotte layouten av Beso samtidig som at jeg syns den er ren, og den er absolutt vakker og har noe litt magisk eventyrlig over seg. Virkelig digger bildeserien som ser ut som at den er gammel - som om man har bladd i et album fra langt tilbake og funnet disse. Takk for inspirasjon! 

~ Quiet ~ a layout for Ingvilds sketch

I made this layout for Ingvild Bolmes sketch-challenge. Congratulations to Anne K who won. Supplies: paper from Heidi Swapp and bazill, thickers (platforms), big flower from Prima, stamps from Heidi Swapp, blonds and various embellishments. Vintage is my favorite style, because then it doesn't matter if I "destroy" the paper and the embellishment, I can then just stich it back together or let it be like it is. Please don't forget about the challenge at ScrappeMania. I hope not all of you is on vacation. :)

I’m a Guest Designer at ScrappeMania!

I’m very lucky and proud to tell you that I’m this months guest designer at a Norwegian Challenge blog called ScrappeMania. I was really exited when they asked me a while ago, and the time since has gone soooo slow. The challenge is doing something that I often do now, and that is to scrap a page which is not quadrangle. You can take part at the challenge even if you don’t understand our language, the quadratic-thing is the only requirement to participate in this challenge. Please do if you feel like it, it would make me really happy. There will be a winner that gets a super-fantastic RAK from me, so start SCRAPPIN everyone!! I wish you all a great summer!! Supplies: papers from Basic Grey, phoepe I think, die-cut paper from Makin Memories, the swirls has been cut out with the silhouette, wax and seal (LOVE) from 7gypsies, ghost heart from Heidi Swapp and a heart from Melissa Frances. I’ve also used some ribbons, a tag, a flower and some other stuff I’m not quite sure where it comes from. Thanks for visiting my blog, feel free to leave a comment, that will make me very happy. Have a great summer everyone.

{ Be who you are } ScrapJacked

This is my try for ScrapJacked. This time it was candiMANDI who was jacked and I just love her style. You should really pay her blog a little visit. Supplies: papers from Making Memories and Heidi Swapp, thickers (Jewelry box), big white flower is from Bazzil, the other one is Prima, pins and raindrops.

Finally {ScrappeMania}

I made this layout for the One Little Word challenge at {ScrappeMania}. This picture is one of very few I've got of myself and Simone during the time at the hospital. I wish I knew about scrapbooking back then, but I can't change that now so I'll just keep that in mind. The photo is taken the day after she was born. I don't remember what kind of paper it is, but I know that the big letters are some kind of thickers, the tiny alphas are from Making Memories. The rub-on "We are family" is from Basic Grey. I've also used two ghost shapes from Heidi Swapp, flowers from Prima, and some embellisments from 7gypsies. I think that is everything. You can see some close-ups below. Thanks for visiting my blog, leave a comment and I'll visit your blog to. :)

Lek (Play)

This is a layout I made tonight. I've used papers from Making Memories, Adornit and a little piece of 7gypsies. The letters are from Making Memories to. If you click on the picture you will see it in a bigger size. Thanks for taking a look, leave a comment if you want to.

Denne LOen var på stripa uke 24. Tusen takk til Oddbjørg som valgte min LO. Her er hva hun skrev:
Jeg har så sansen for runde loer for tiden og denne var intet unntak. Jeg liker så godt det fargevalget og de revne detaljene - shabby chic stilen er perfekt til denne loen. Bildeoppsettet er supert og lekent, slik som bildene. Jeg blir kjempeinspirert av denne loen så takk for at du deler beso.
I have been taged of Kristine.
Here are the rules: The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves.At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

1) Ten years ago: I was 13, lived with my mum and dad, had a horse called Skira.
2) Five things in todays ”to do”-list:1. Clean the bathroom. 2. Clean the livingroom and kitchen. 3. Make dinner. 4. Scrapping 5. Sleep
3) Snacks I enjoy: Chocolate!
4) Things I would do if I was a millionaire: Travel a lot, scrapping a lot.
5) Places I have lived: Gossen and Molde

Then I have to tag 5-6 people:
Reneeya, Salte, Xtina, Kristine and Banglamarie

~ Autumn colours ~

I made this last friday when i visited Salte, it was actually for Xtinas challenge at Scrappedugnad, but I was to late. I've got my inspiration from Xtina, check out her fantastic blog. Some close-ups to, but that's not easy with the camera that we've still got. I really hope the mailman has a surprise for us tomorrow.

Denne LOen ble valgt ut på stripa uke 23. Takk til Chatrine som valgte den. Her er hva hun skrev:
Jeg velger meg denne nydelige LO'en av beso.
Utrolig kult med bølgepappbakgrunnen og det krøllete arket over. Og fargene og pynten og bildet er bare så perfekt sammen.
Tusen takk for inspirasjonen!


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