What's the color of love?

 Well, red of course.

 My sweet friend asked for black and white with just a hint of red for these big LOVE letters.

Just the shadow of "heart" is red. The background paper is a very pale checkered grey/white with glitter dots. I added some stamped butterflies aswell as a few punched ones, and three different tapes. The two washi tapes (Love and plain black) goes all the way around to the back. 

 

 For the O I picked a letterfilled paper that made it super easy to fit in the red accents. Super easy all together really, cause all I needed to add after that was a bouquet of paper roses and leaves.

 The white on white stamping on top of the O adds that little extra dimension.

This paper has big swirly flowers and I just put several different tapes over it, all following the V-shape. I also covered a chipboard heart with metal tape and glued it on top of it all. The red is represented by a thin metal thread wired a few times around the letter.

 



 Hearts, hearts and hearts. In the background paper, stamped, embossed, as stickers and the red wooden ones. To add weight I put two strips of doily tape in the lower part (the black is what makes it "heavier").  

 Love bunting with a red glitter heart.

A big hug to Veronica for making me make these. Love you girl!

Read my lips

Racer boy's sister needed a letter too. Since she's no longer a little girl, but a lovely young lady, I wanted for her a more sophisticated look. It turned out to be the most CAS letter I've ever made, with very few added decorations.

The background paper was chosen because of her interest in makeup. What better way to illustrate that than these pouting lips? I don't think it shows very well in this picture, but the big lips near the base got extra shine with "lipgloss" (aka stickles). Other than that, I just added one or two stamped and embossed swirls and the row of hearts at the base, for a romantic touch.  

I really like butterflies on my projects, and this delicate pink one feels just at home here. Combined with the much more "raw" metal birthdate plate it all corresponds very well with the background.

Oops. This was a bright one...hm. Well, you might be able to see the white on white stamping anyway. Actually I used a Silver pearl embossing powder here instead of plain white. It turned out softer, with a little shimmer. I added a swirl and some bling because....ja, just because. We all deserve some bling.

Isn't the brad just sooo right? :) Above it a glimpse of the bright pink felt swirly thing....

On the back of the tag is a "secret" message (okok, not so secret anymore...) and a glitter heart.

 

All in all, a lovely letter for a lovely girl.

 

 

I'll take part in the following blog challenges with Lina's L:

 

Pause dream enjoy - #7 Dew drops

Love to create - #59 Tag you're it!

Divas by design - Use metal

Papirdokkene - #46 Alt er lov

Crafts and me - #126 Pretty in pink

Totally papercrafts - Metal

Whoopsi daisy - Bling

 

 



Racer boy

Vrrrrrroooom! This little guy loves anything with an engine, and quite a few things without one. A paper filled with cars seemed fitting.

I inked the edges green on this multicolored paper, and followed it up with green bubbles/circles and an arrow. The blue is matched up with bubbles and the tags, and so on.... His mother wanted happy colors and not just "standard" boyish theme with blue tones. I really like the outcome.

I had this skyscraper stamp in my drawer that I colored in grey shades....it made the blue background look like sky (with flying cars I guess... :)) and added some weight to the base.

The tiny cars are stickers, just the right size for the road. Arent they adorable?

 



After negotiations, I was allowed from my boys to glue this cutie onto here.

A yellow bike button to match the yellow cab.

Name embossed in green along the side.

 

 

I haven't entered any blog challenges in a looong time, so now's about time. Today, I wanna play along in the following challenges:

 

Cupcake craft - Cool men

OLLCB - It's a man thing

Craft your passion - Make it cute

Simon says stamp - Anything goes

Aud sentiments - For a child

Creative card crew - Masculine

Stampin' for the weekend - Anything but a card



Enchanting Emma

The last of the siblings-letters. I was told she's a girly girl with a passion for pink so I went with that. Easy peasy. 

Pink felt swirls softens the strict lines of E, as does the roses.

Every girl's an angel.

Roses are... pink. And romantic. :)

Emma got a swirl by her name, to match the felt swirls. With a few pearls it's just perfect!

Sweet sister

Second letter. A green/blue -ish toned S with purple enhancers on the pale blue background. On the left hand side a whole bunch of stamped hearts around the little critter on it's way up. A symbol of the love surrounding Sofia on her way up though childhood/life. (The stamped arrow says 'Memories this way' btw) Atleast that's what went on in my head while making it. :) 

On the top right hand side is her birthdate, just like on Little Lady. Since they're sisters I thought it would be nice to have some elements alike.

Just hangin'...

Absolutely love this sentence. Also love how it's barely readable here, with just 'big' standing out.

Instead of my usual white on white stamping I went with color for these girls. It's pretty nice too, don't you think? :)

Little lady

A dear (and luckily very patient) friend of mine ordered some letters for her family a while back. The first one, made for a sweet princessy little girl is all about pink and cuddly and cute...

Pink - of course - background paper with flock flowers. On top of that a lace border in the bottom, a stamped row of hearts and a yummy cupcake bow...

The centerpiece cupcake stack is stamped one by one directly onto the background and then colored and blinged (my personal fave is the cherry on top!). Kitty is stamped on a different paper, trimmed and adhered. Notice the itty bitty butterfly too.

Fit for a princess.

Girly girl flowers with gemstone. The "pistils" are actually snowflake brads - on spring break I like to think. ;) 

 

Stay tuned, there's more to come!



W[underbar]

Another girly girl letter, but in a softer, more romantic pink. I wanted this to look a little bit vintage in style and therefore added a whole bunch of stamps on top of the pink background paper. By using clear ink and heat embossing with Vintage powder it became less bubblegum and more shabby, wich I really like.  

The plaid ribbon picks up the brown color from the stamps, and so does the metal pearls, the brad and the frame. 

Dunno if I succeeded in my attempts to make this look like a clothes line, but I totally fell in love with that curly overall <3 ...and what about that cutie kitten in a basket?? OMG.

This adorable angel is my favourite part! I SO wish I had more of these... I put a tiny glitter heart on it, and blinged up the wings with pink Stickles.

But the reason it's my favourite is....it GLOWS in the dark!! Cooooool huh? It's super sweet!! Sadly I have no picture of it glowing though, it was too dark. :)

 

 

I'm entering this post in the following Challenges:

 

Paper crafting journey - Ribbon or twine

Paper playtime - Anything goes

Tammy's scrappin corner - Anything goes any artist

The squirrel and the fox - Use a ribbon

Brown sugar - Anything goes

Stampin for the weekend - Anything goes



Princess in pink

Hello everyone! Chilly winds from up north, and I'm starting to feel christmasy. :) Early maybe, but we're planning for christmas at work so my head's filled with ideas for snowflakes on the walls and such. At home it's still fall though. The boys asked for jack o'lanterns today...
...and speaking of lanterns, there are still no light chain lanterns in sight in my craft room, but I do have a few new wood signs to show - when I come around to taking photos that is.

Ok, so meanwhile, here's a new letter.

Bright, bold colors and a whole bunch of hearts and crowns.

Princess-theme, in case you missed it. Hearts of all sorts in the background.

The deer from The Greeting Farm is simply SO sweet, perfect for baby projects. I've used it before, and am sure to do so again. This time I let it blend in with the background and just used a hint of white on the eye and chest.

Not really complete without some white on white stamping. There's also the baby's name along the side, but I didn't bother about a photo for that. I've done it about a million times by now. :)



A crown fit for a king.....I mean princess!

 

 

I'm entering this letter in the following challenges:

 

Creative craft world - mini challenge

One stop craft - Anything goes

Clear it out - a gift

Repeat Impressions DCC1024 - Anything Other Than A Card

Charisma cardz - Don't be square

Fab 'n' funky - Animals
The ABC - Z for zoo
Papirdokkene - Barn
The squirrel and the fox - Use a ribbon

a present P

Hi friends! I know I've been super slow in updating my blog lately...or actually, I've been slow for a long time. It's not that I don't do things anymore, it's just that I often find myself doing things that aren't really scrapbooking related. I guess you've seen that here too, right? It's sugar scrubs and fabric book shelves and felted soaps and clay projects...hm no, I haven't showed that one here - yet. :)
Last night started out sooo good, with plans for making paper cups into the cutest lanterns for a light chain.....whooa! I dunno what happened, but I found myself painting my nails instead. Not just painted either, but ombre painting.... That takes like forever. I learned that yesterday. Haven't decided if I like it yet. :P

Now, enough about me. Onto this fun project instead, a custom made P from this summer. The title "a present P" is a play with words btw, the swedish word for gift is present.

I was asked to follow the color scheme from Kim as you are, so I did. I believe this one turned out a bit darker though. At first I thought I was in way over my head with the blurry design paper I picked. But then, after adding layers and layers of even more pattern, it worked out quite well.

Angel with glitter wings and red heart.

Here's a bit of the multi layered background, and some more stuff on top. I first used a wire netting stencil with white acrylics and then stamped and embossed swirls. The polka dot organza ribbon had a rich red tone that I like, so that color is repeated in the butterflies.

Instead of a name, half of a "smile" stamp, with the dot replaced with a glittery heart.

Doggie. :)

L.O.V.E. this charm and how perfect it goes with the ribbon.

I wonder if I'll be making the lanterns tonight? ;)

A new home

A new way of making a Home. These letters are smaller than the ones I usually use for my Homes, app. 7 cm. 

Aren't they just adorable? :)

I had this row of houses, some kind of zinc sign that I got one day thinking I'd might use it as a stencil or something. As it turned out, the metal was too thick to work the way I wanted. So I simply traced the houses onto pearly white cardstock, cut it out, inked the edges and filled in the lines with a silver pen.
I made the sky/background from a dp with blue newspaper print, because the news is out, all over town. Hm. Anyway. I inked the edges, added some birds and clouds, and a hot air balloon to bring some life into it.   

A "key" element, haha.

Each little door got a red sparkling heart to remind us that Home is where your heart is.

I'm entering my home in the following blog challenges:

Simon says stamp - Anything goes

Dutch dare card - Clean and simple

Cute card thursday - Letters & numbers

Secret crafter - Distressing

Love to create - Anything goes

A letter

I really really like making these altered letters. To fit in all the little things that makes it personal for just that person, without making the result cluttered is a challenge. A fun one!

 For this A the key elements were hearts, flowers, wine and travel. Ja okey, Elvis and chili too but I decided it would be too many things.... also, I didn't have anything like that in my stash. ;)

 Paper roses comes in any color. Lucky me, haha.

 Silver ribbon and wine barrel charm. I snitched the barrel from a "mark your glass to remember wich is yours"-set that I never ever use. Since I'm the only one drinking wine in my home, I can usually remember anyway. ;) The ribbon is recycled from a box of christmas ornaments.

The travel-theme was just right, and I think this is actually the first time I've used the complete stamp. I embellished it a little by adding silver embossing and some distress stickles.

There's no photo of it, but I - of course - stamped and embossed the name in white along the side.

It's been quite a while since I played along in a blog challenge,

so today I'll give it a go. :) 

 

Top Tip Tuesday - Recycle it!

TIP: When you buy new clothes there's often a small ribbon that prevents the sweater to fall off the hanger in the store, that you snip off at home. Don't throw them away! Save them and use in smaller scrap projects. :)

Simply Create Too - Anything goes

Paper crafting journey - My sentiment exactly!

Speedy fox and friends - favourite technique (layer stamping and embossing)