something "new"

 Something new for the new year.

A collage loaded with new, upcoming plants between the pale cloud/hills.

At simonsaysstamp the theme this week is a new start so this is my contribution.

Happy sunday!   

xxx

Lena

"thinking if you"

 

Today it is fathers day on Sweden - the first one without my father alive. 

This card is for him - thinking of you - not only today.

I didn`t think I would have you in my mind as often as I do. We have been separated for years but now I feel you closer to me than in a very long time. Maybe because there are no borders between us anymore? 

I feel your presens every day. In a happy way. 💓

This card is made with watercolors, NeobolorsII , a die from Kesi`art (paraplui) , a stamp from Stampotique (candle) and the text from Ali Edwards. 

I join the challenge at Simonsaysstamp where the theme this week is Thinking of you.

Wishing you a lovely sunday!

Lena

SDC 370 springtime

 

Bringing you the fine spring colors with stamps from Stampotique.

Using super cute Veggie boo (Magda Polakow) with Two sticks and the background Squares (both by Daniel Torrente) this turned out to be my page for the latest challenge SDC 370 "Springtime".

Stay safe!

Lena

SDC 306 - sun , moon and stars

Here we go again!
Once more joining the Stampotique designers challenge - this time with the theme Sun, Moon and Stars .

I made this "hippie bürste" - card for a neighbor in Sweden as she will turn 80 next week.

I used my very beloved NeocolorsII and some distress inks together with the stamps
 - Doxie ( Magda Polakow) and the
 - Bee (Jo Capper-Sandon)

Lena

Art Journal Journey - Gustav Klimt

The November theme at Art Journal Journey is " inspired by masters".

Many years ago, as I was still living in Vienna, our house was not far away from where Gustav Klimt once lived. I love the power in his paintings, the power of colours and shapes... I feel his paintings.

So , this journal page , is inspired by him. He made a painting like this once - normally a forest is mysterious and sometimes even a bit scary. But the way Mr Klimt painted this birch forest -  it became an invitation instead . White tree trunks combined with the colourful leaves - and almost always with some added gold.

I added a stamp from cherrypieartstamps ( Gustav Klimt collection). Otherwise the page is created with NeocolorsII and Faber Castell PITT artist pens.

Autumn `s here.

Lena

Q&L challenge "PATH"

Another Quote&Lyric theme by the Craft Barn - this time I chose "path".

"some people cross your path and change your whole direction..."

... very true, I believe!

I used the psychedelic grunge CMS 056 by Tim Holtz ( Stampers anonymous) to mark the possible paths and I embossed with different  powders. Background = neocolorsII.

Hope you like it!

Lena

the word CHANGE for the Q&L challenge

Another page for the Quote & Lyric Challenge at the Craft Barn.
I chose the word CHANGE and I sure had a lot of fun with all the colours and stamps.

I hope you like it!

Lena

A snake page for AJJ

Many years ago, I bought a book about Chinese astrology . It was really fascinating to read about the different signs and try to find out who is what. I found myself being a snake. I didn`t like that fact, as I `m not very fond of those creatures. But after reading that book, I understood that a snake could have a quit charming character and qualities!

Nesting for instance! Making a lovely nest for the babies, trying to keep them all together and prefer to stay there with them as long as possible...

Our son is also a snake and he does the same as I do - nesting... Another thing a snake does, is to try to charm the surroundings so it may be left alone in its nest. An intelligent creature and many people say it is a beautiful too (I still don`t like the way it looks!).

Sooo, this is my entry to Art Journal Journey challenge Zodiac signs.

I used stamps from Artemio and Alladin together with stencils from Rona Palazzari and Dina Wakley.

Happy February! Today we had thousands of wild geese passing over our heads direction north - spring will get here - not tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow, but finally it will!

I wish you all a nice second part of February!

Lena

letter L with a twist - a window...

... and here we go again;
This fortnight, the letter at the craft barn is the letter L. I chose the word "lodge" and used an old rubber stamp - maybe "my" lodge is a little bit too fancy and big to be called a lodge, but this is how the page turned out.
The background is made with Neocolor II and distressed inks.

I wish you all a nice weekend!

xx

Lena

"Challenge yourself" for AJJ

This month the Art Journal Journey would like us to challenge ourselves and do something we normally don't do. I decided to dribble and draw freehanded like my friend Jaine sometimes does.

But beeing me, of course I had to add a stamp aswell ( I wouldn't have joined this scrapworld if it hadn't been for the good old wednesdaystampers, where you could entry with anything as long as you had stamped something), and right now , I just LOVE this little tree hanger from Stampotique.

"Burst, release, blast" - the way the nature simply explodes in colours and different shades of green.

Hope you like it!

Lena

A badge for "coloryourworld".

Hello again!

After a very busy "first -week -after -holiday", I finally got some time in the basement. Feeling a bit poorly with a sore throat and headache, that was the best place for me today!

I started this page with a lot of gesso - just love the sudden structure!
The only thing that had to be on the page was a badge and then to use the LO from color your world.
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It made me happy to be able to use all my collected stuff in my craft room;
neocolorsII, the stamps from l'encre et l'image as well as from infocrea, distress inks, washi tapes, masks from creative expressions and the crafters workshop and the Zig" wink of stella"...

Happy sunday out there!

Lena