maybe the last one before the holidays???

 "just another tag"

Using gelli prints, transperancy film, a collage image from Flow, loads of different colors and even rub-ons from Studio Calico. I had fun again! 

A little gift for the latest member in our local yoga-group. 

Take care out there!

Lena

Late summer turned into early autumn...

 

Suddenly the colors around us turn into orange and red and the sky here today is ever so blue. 

The  air is crispy and everybody is in a good mood. Beautiful autumn!

The colors in my tagbook change as well - still a lot of brown and pale green but the blue and red start to dominate.

Take care out there!

Lena

SDC 355

The latest theme at Stampotique SDC 355 is "not colored image".

 I made this background using acrylics, gelli plate and a pebbles stencil designed by Jaine Drake.

The "white image " is a Daniel Torrente stamp called  Friend.

Lena

The letter Y for the craft barn.

Time pass.
Right now the wheels turn pretty fast in my/our life;

We didn't have any warm water for almost a week, my basement was occupied by workers . Our youngest daughter had like a crisis - it isn't easy beeing 16 years old, beautiful and still don't believe in yourself. I remember that that time in my life was a very difficult time aswell - I wanted to be the perfect familygirl, the best student,  the coolest best friend and at the same time having doubts about life.

So this blogpost is about who YOU are...

This is my entry to the alpha dictionary challenge at the craft barn  where we should use the letter Y.... ( and one girl has got yellow hair - the twist for this challenge).

I'm lucky to have a very creative friend (Jaine) , who is a design team member for different companies ( like sizzix, Sarah Hurley, ASOI...). Last week she had her own stamps made and I was allowed to try them out. Here, on this journal page, her stamp is the girl with an attitude, dressed like one did in the 80th. Other stamps used are from PaperArtsy, Sarah Hurley, ILS and Hero Art. If you want to check out whatever else Jaine's doing, pls visit her blog here.

Wish you all a nice week!

Lena

the letter U for the craft barn

Ever heard of Mamma Mu?  The ones who do follow this blog ( even though I removed the follow button a couple of years ago...) will remember this image - I've used different ones but always from the same author.
Mamma Mu is "just" a cow, but she still wants to try other things that "normal" cows don"t do. This time she wants to go on the swings. I love the expression on her face - how does it work, why don't I move...? Maybe I like it so much because I work with children and this expression is quit familiar now... and THEN the big relief and the excitement when they find out that YES they can do it - it works!!!

The images are from Sven Nordquist and the story from Jujja and Tomas Wieslander.

My children always loved these stories when they were "small" and me, the mother, is still stuck...

I remember a t-shirt my son wore some years ago - "you laugh at me beacause I'm different, I laugh at you because you are all the same..." At the time , I thought he was brave to wear a text like that....

Anyway, what I want to say here is, that I think it is good when we dare to be different and Mamma Mu difinitely dares to... Look at her on those swings , the udder hanging there .... and here we are - the lettter U for the craft barn alpha challenge letter U.

Mamma Mu (the udder) is my entry.

Hope you like it - I love her style!

Lena

My HOME page for AJJ

Right now it is difficult to find crafty time in my life, but I am VERY happy to have been able to finish this art journal page for Art Journal Journey, this month with the theme HOME.

This is how I would like our children to remember their home - a lot of love, all inclusive, a big welcome each time they open the door, people coming and going, acceptance, some great memories and good laughs...

Happy to join the challenge!

Lena

The letter F(e-Fr) for the craft barn

This art journal page is my entry to challenge letter F at the craft barn.

I used my gelli plate to create the background, using real feathers as well. The peacock feather is one of the last ones from peacock Paul...

Hope you like it!

Lena.