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

...and the very last one this year😊

 So, the year is coming to an end. 

Christmas day is a quiet day in our house. We relax and think about the busy day we had yesterday with the family at home. 

Everybody seemed happy with the gifts presented. 

The food was good and we had some lovely family news as well.

All in all a nice good bye to 2024 and positive thoughts for 2025.

I will spend the coming days sorting out old "stuff" and probably throwing away parts I don`t use or need anymore . 

I don`t like the long and dark January - I prepare myself now with loads of crafty things to draw, paint, glue, sew... maybe a nice collage or sashiko or watercolors with Selvtid.dk ... 

We will see what the future brings!

Take care out there!

Lena

4.Advent - another card on it's way🙂

 Almost the same scenery;

A watercolor backround, a piece of gelliprint backing and transparency film. 

Hold together with a black seam and small stripes of fabric.

Decorated with posca dots and the main focus is the dog with a little  hat.

Just makes me happy.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

Lena

..and here we go - No 4!😊

Here we are - No 4 is on it`s way!

Happy Advent!

Time to enjoy!

Lena

Gummiapan dies and stamps :)

A couple of years ago I met Gummiapan (rubbermonkey) at a trade fair in Germany. I like the quirky style.

Now I have been told that they make advent calendar loaded with dies - how cool is that ?

Of course I had to find my "old" box and put a card together.

Autumn will arrive pretty soon with its wonderful colours and loads of goodies to find in the forest.

So here we go - a card made with products from Gummiapan and with this card I join the wednesdaychallenge at Simon says stamp. 

xxx

Lena

It all begins in your mind!

 

Positiv thoughts make less space for negativ thoughts !

Keep feeding your mind with beauty!

xxx

Lena

Autumn with Scraps

 

Autumn.

Autumn with different colors -  here an intense purple .

This is a gelli print background with maple leaves.

I used this lovely image called Scraps , designed by Torrente&Penney at Stampotique .

Take care, out there!

Lena

Happy birthday, dear Katherine!

 

A birthday card for a friend turning 60!

Digging through my boxes of stamps I finally found this gorgeous flower from Paperartsy ( HotPick). 

Lena

More pages is my late summer booklet

 

2 new pages in my "tagbook".

Stay safe!

Lena

Saving the colours of late summer in a tag-book

 

My first pages in my new booklet - this time made out of tags. The base is either gelli print on card or on canvas. I decorate each "page" with different material I find -  or create  - fitting the color scheme .

I `m already looking forward to filling and creating the next page!

Take care out there!

Lena

SDC 381 use a stencil or template

 

The latest challenge at   Stampotique designers Challenge   no 381  using Daniel Torrentes Bowtie and the hat cube .

The background is a gelli print with stencils by Dina wakley and Tom Holtz.

Wishing you all a nice day1

Stay safe!

Lena

Insects - you rock!

 A card for a dear friend of mine - and we both think that insects ROCK!

Lena

"pollen" - my page for SDC376 - "mask or template"

 Long time - no see...

At work it is all about gnoms, fairies, small creatures hiding in the forest. I see them all over!

This is a new colorpalette to me - I like it - purple mixed with beige and soft pink.

AND as every year - pollen is back - making us sneeze and turning our eyes red and "snotty".

I used Jaines stencil/mask for this page. Gelli print together with distress inks. The only stamp here is Daniel Torrentes Two sticks. 

Nice to be back again!

Lena

SDC 369 "couple"

 This is my take on the theme "couple"using stamps from Stampotique. 

The background is a gelli print.

All stamps are designed by Daniel Torrente;

 - Leeta

 - Muffin

 -Hat cube 

Take care out there!

Lena