Mothers day in Sweden

 Another collage in my Amy Tangerine booklet - today honoring Motherhood.

I had a lovely visitor in my craft room - my cousin from Sweden. She fell in love with the gelli plate and of course she had a go.

Today is our last day here for a while. We will go and help my mother. She is almost blind and since covid she is alone in her house. Now it`s time for me to step in and help where I can.

So, we`ll be back in July and til then I will not be able to post anything here.

Take care !

Lena

Remembering this moment.

 Autumn -23 we made a road/train/flight trip with World Insight. The first time with our ADULT girls .

It turned out to be the best trip ever - at least for me. To enjoy them so close, for so long and so very intense... and really discover things - new to all of us - together.

Life goes on - so many nice moments to enjoy.

I will always remember this moment with Lisa drinking vietnamese coffee on this beautiful view point at Hai Wan Pass heading down to Hoi An.

If you EVER get the opportunuty to see, feel and experience Vietnam, please don`t hesitate.

The best destination and food EVER!!!

Sending peace to a land still struggling with differenties between  the north and the south!

Lena

A collage in spring.

 The "weak" colours are turning stronger as spring is stepping forward.

Why do we always look for the BIG things when it is so much more important to find beauty in small things?

Do we really have to impress somebody when we try to express ourselves?

This is a small collage, put together with small things  - things like stamps, dies, colors...

Small beauties in my life.

Lena

Easter on its way 🐇.

 Happy !

Happy feelings, sun is shining, easter on its way...

An easter collage in my art journal.

xxx

Lena

less stress - positiv and grateful!

 MANY years ago, we (Jaine and I) went to a weekend with different workshops arranged by "ScrapbookWerkstatt" in Germany.

One of the nice people we met there was Amy Tangerine, who held a workshop using her own booklet and papers. Looking through my stash I found it again and decided to fill out the missing pages.

This is todays page - totally happy and looking ahead. 

It is a wonderful feeling when it looks good using "old" stuff. 

Made my day!

Lena

out of control - don`t (!) stress (???)

 Life is kind of chaotic "right now" (when is it not?).

I need to pull the breaks and focus on less "things" at the same time.

Let`s see how long I can keep that promise😅...

LETTING GO is my new key word.

Take care out there!

Lena

a book mark for Simon Say Stamp

 A book mark for the monday challenge A book mark/getting inspired by a book at Simon Says Stamp. 

For me , kind of getting back to basic with the colours. Still love this combination -old paper, red and black.😊

...and look what I found - the VERY BEST stamp ever  "I WAS HERE"! Do you still remember that polish company making the groviest stamps, papers and stencils ? Sodalicious. Sad that the company doesn`t exist anymore...

Wishing you many hours reading great books!

Lena

Happy bear - thday, Joé!

 A birthday card for "our" beloved "maybe to come" son in law - Joe. A lovely, warm person filled with energy and positive vibes. Already a father and now expecting number 2. We feel lucky that our Lisa found you or maybe it was the other way around - you found Lisa. 

Anyway - we wish you the very best on your future path through life!

To create this card I used my very beloved Van Gogh watercolors  and stamps  from  www.rosiestudio.com (NZ) and cats on apple trees (DE).

Looking forward to spring!

Lena

The sun is getting stronger ☀.

 How very true!

Still so pale and far away - our important sun is gathering strength and coming towards us.

I `m longing for a nice tea outside , letting the sun "lick" my face , giving me power and vitamin D.

Warm hugs!

Lena

🌞

a collage for 2025

This is my take on a collage . I started tearing magazines into pieces and sorting them by colour. 

Now, one can barely see the pieces as I covered most of them with colour!

Hmmm...

Anyway, this was fun.

Tomorrow is another day - let's see what it brings😊.

Lena
 

Playing with indian ink.

 Another Selvtid.dk - class. Trying to get the feeling of working with indian ink. 

Learning by doing.

Sooo much fun!

Lena

a layered tag

 ...couldn`t stop myself .

My crafty friend Katherine told me that she had made a card including 6 words for a paper challenge called time-out. There I was - inspired and I had loads of time!

I made this layered tag using stamps, tags, old scraps, washitapes and some stiching as well.

SO - I used the words " layer - heart - stich - food".

I had fun!

(have you tried the pears with a red touch? - delicious, I promise!)

Lena

Aquarell with Selvtid.dk

 Selvtid is a danish company offering 4 videos/ month , sharing their way of painting with watercolours, stabilos, goaches etc. Very easy and comforting. No stress. I can watch whenever I want to , I can print the instructions and even the "omrids".

This one I finished yesterday. Sooo many "mistakes" made but I like it anyway - reminds me of winter in Sweden when we made our own skiing trails through the forest. The sun was so low and we knew we had to return pretty fast to avoid getting lost in the dark.

Happy freedom!

Lena