Wednesdaystampers " carnaval"

This weeks challenge at wednesdaystamper is "carneval" and for me (as I work with children) it means "disguise". Most of the children seem to love this but some of them get scared when they don't recognize the face of a known voice.

The stamps are mostly from fusion art stamp (de stempelwinkel), one is from stampotique, the crackled stamp is from youdo.se and the dancing men is from a plate I bought somewhere (could it be togo design?).

The background is a gift from my dear Jaine - it is a page of a french-swedish dictionnary.

Enjoy!

Happy birthday Peter!

Today is my husband Peters birthday and as a gift I've created this wall hanging.
The background is made from calico, painted with gesso, collaged over and painted with acrylics and gel medium. Using gesso, gel medium and acrylic gives a good, stiff base to work on.
The photos were taken in Vienna when we first met and they are printed onto inkjet printer fabric.
As a final touch I've used some bright fabrics and machine stiched over the top.
Because it's Peters birthday today I'll be spoiling him and that fits wednesdaystampers theme "spoil me".

Winter 2010

Snow and cold. I miss the sun right now. The garden is waiting and so am I. I did this patchwork a couple of years ago when I felt just like today... I named it " not enough daylight".



But then - I love the snow . It is so peaceful and everything gets so quiet. Beautiful! This little snowman was made by my daughter a couple of weeks ago - just love that hair!

Gothic arches "crackle"

Yesterday we went to "creative metz" to get some inspiration...
What did we find ? - a dream came true! We found a chap who did his own way of altering books and he and his ladies (maybe daughters) sold a lot of great stuff.
Here you see some of the wonderful things we bought...




I' ve lost the mail adress but I entend to find it back - this was really like walking in a dream...

The theme at Gothic Arches this grey sunday is crackle. I was very pleased this morning as I saw the theme because I bought a "crackle accent" yesterday. BUT I have to admit that I was disappointed - that face should have been full of crackles and the lights too...
Anyway , I like the arch the way it is, even if I think that "crackle accents" didn't keep their promises.
And what did I use(?);
Stamps from stempelwinkel, paperartzy and inkadinkado...
Ranger distress inks and wax colours...
Hope you all like it!

Wish you all a lovely week!

Lena

The past for wednesdaystampers

Of course "the past" could be almost everything. The other day I found this photo of my dear husband and I came to think of it again today.
The past is time and changing and so is this journal page;
The youth must belong to the past but that smile and the person behind it is still the same. How could I ever resist?

calendrier , scrap a la fraise

Last saturday we went to a workshop in France to make a "calendrier". Because of the weather (snow, snow and even more snow...) we left early and that's why I didn't finish my project. On sunday I woke up with a sinusit and now I'm on antibiotics. Yesterday my head started to work again so I did finish my calendrier. Here are some photos:




Enjoy!
Lena

the 5 W for" scrap a la fraise" - 3rd prompt

The 3 rd prompt at scrap a la fraise is the 5 W's (what, where, when, why and who).
I made this page with only 4 W's, because my stamp only had 4.
Lena

something "made by hand" for the second prompt at "scrap a la fraise"

Finally I could put the pic on to the blog! I'm home from work with a bad Sinusis so my head is all fluffy and aching and maybe that is why nothing works...
Hanging from that clasp is a champagne lid that I decorated, coloured and glued with glossy accents to get a 3D effect. The atc is my very first one - never tried that before so that was interesting too.
Hope you all like it!

A canvas for my lovely aunt in Sweden

My dear aunt Eivor celebrated her 80th birthday last week so I sent her this canvas.
Grattis i efterskott moster Eivor!

"Wedding" for gothic arches

Sorry, couldn't help my self - I simply adore those stamps! My children gave me 5 new ones for christmas so I better use them...
At least the colour is romantic (worn lipstick).
Enjoy!

" FACE IT" with Leonardo da vincis Mona Lisa for wednesdaystampers

At Ws this week the challenge was Leonardo da Vinci. I don't have a lot of stamps to this theme, in fact the only one i have is the one and only Mona Lisa. So instead of making something totaly new I finished of my journal page called " face it" where I used Mona Lisas face as well.
Hope you like it!

"shabby chic" for Gothic arches

This is my entry for this weeks challenge at Gothic arches. Hope you like my chic lady!
The background is a wine label from a great austalian wine - the ONLY label I was able to get off without ruining it. I think that the guy that puts labels on wine bottles should think more carefully about the glue he uses - I want to recycle them!