the letter Q for the craft barn

Wow, suddenly the sun returned! Otherwise only rain, rain, rain...

This journal page made me happy - my letter Q for the craft barn. I could have chosen quadrat too , but having a quilting/patchwork history - I almost felt like "coming home"...:-)

I used stamps from Sodalicious and l`encre et l`ìmage and the alphabet set is from sizzix , called "Man, oh man"... (thanks Katherine!)

Hope you like it!

Lena

My gesso page with a door...

Having fun - AGAIN - with my new art journal...
This time joining the theme at Art Journal Journey - doors/Türen, and the challenge at Stampotique designers challenge - using gesso.

I used a lot of white gesso with the dylusion stencil and the black gesso making the cidcles.
Stamps from SODAlicious and Stampotique - wonderful combination...!

Wish you all a lovely mid weekend1

Lena

Deep inside for SODAlicious

Hello world - very welcome, dear weekend!

Having fun in my crafty basement - just finished this journal spread for SODAlicious, where the theme this time is deep inside.

Yummi!

Lena

CHILL - an art journal page for ASOI

Through my dear friend Jaine, I heard about this challenge at "a sprinkle of imagination".

It is a color challenge and I gave it a go - and enjoyed it!

This is my very first page in my VERY NEW art journal ( an A4 Dylusion) and I just LOVE it!!!

I used stamps from Stampotique and Tracy Bautista , a dylusion stencil and different inks.
The chilling frog is a cut out from an ad.

Wish you all a nice and cozy november!

Lena

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

It is nice to have friends - and most of the time even useful (!). My good , old "craft buddy Jaine"  had a lovely parcel arriving from the UK the other day. I was allowed to try out some of her new treasures and ended up with this little house ( using sizzix birdshouse 658451 and cobweb blueprint 659371).

Wish you all a groovy halloween!

Lena

SODAlicious challenge no 37 - sleep

This is my art journal spread for the last challenge at SODAlicious -  the theme is "sleep".

Of course, I only use SODAlicious products for their challenges - just love it!

Wish you all the very best!

Take care out there and don´t forget to buy sweets for the trick&treats on thursday!

Lena

letter N and spooktacular

... well, well, well... never said my english was perfect!
Today , the letter N was chosen for the fortnightly dictionary challenge at the craft barn.
I started this page thinking "neon" until I realized that the english word must be fluo, like in french. SOOO - rethinking...
I found my gorgeous cherry pie art stamps and made the page into a spooky " NECROMANCY" entry. And because it is spooky, I may enter the challenge at artful times where the theme is "spooktacular".

Wish you all a colourful Halloween!

Lena

mini album sommer 2013

 I found the idea to this little mini album here and then made it "my own" by turning it into a kind of star.

 You can chose to keep it in the star shape...

 ...or as an accordion .

And when you are tired of watching the nice pictures - you bind it together and put it aside.

This book is made out of papers from the swedish company Maja Design , called "skärgaardsliv - life by the sea".

....and then, of course A LOT of washitape.

Hope you like it.

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

SHE art for AJJ

Hello again!
I had some "me"-time this weekend, I was very happy to be ale to finish this journal page for Art journal journey. She art was the theme. Thinking of THE she art designer - Christy Tomlinson - I thought I had to use stripes, feminin stamps, stencils and rub-ons. And so I did!

Hope you like it!

Lena

Automne colours...

...at work

carving potatoe stamps...

...and walking the dog...

... in our wonderful Juckelsbesch!

Enjoy!

Lena

a distressed automne tag

My automne tag for Crafty Individuals (theme; automne colours) and Artful Times (theme; feeling distressed).

I used some stencils with modelling paste to get the textured background and then stamped with CI -203. The colours are disressed inks with a lot of gesso to get the right look.

Hope you like it!

Lena