Family for the Q&L challenge

The latest theme in the Quote&Lyric challenge ( the craft barn) is family or thing.

I chose family as I thought I had the perfect stamps for the theme - an itty bitty unity stamp saying "family is forever" and another itty bitty unity stamp called "celebrate life everyday, everywhere!"

Each family member has a jolly hat to symbolize the joy one should feel for having a family ( even though sometimes we all feel born into the wrong one...). Is family  forever ? Well, blood is thicker than water. and I do think it is easier to forgive family members than friends. Family just stick together.

Beyond the unity stamps I painted the skyscraper, the tree and the branch. Paper scraps = Kesi`art.

Wish you all a great week!

Lena

Frida Kahlo for AJJ

Mixed media on canvas - my Frida Kahlo for the august theme at Art Journal Journey.

Background - modelling paste, dylusion stencil, acrylics, layered papers, sizzix die cuts.

Great fun in my nice and cool basement!

xxx

Lena

SDC no 159 - bows

Another card - I start to enjoy making cards for stampotiques weekly challenges! This week the theme is bows and this is my entry.

I used Magda Polakows stamp "night" ( thank you for giving this gorgeous stamp to me, dear Jaine!), pan pastels, a beautiful ribbon, bakers twine, a sizzix heart and some black drawing ink (Winsor&Newton).

I hope you like it!

Lena

SDC 158

One evening I had some time off - so I took out the box of "stuff" I brought with me. I started cutting, stamping and sticking and this is how the page ended up to be.

Funny enough this weeks SDC 158 is all about black and white and a pop of color. So here I am - able to join another challenge and happy to show you my "work". It is very relaxing just to sit like that , letting time pass and just enjoy...

(... just like I enjoyed every single calorie and still do..)

For this page, I used papers and stamps from SODAlicious and of course stamps from Stampotique!

Take care out there!

Lena

MIND for the Q&L challenge

"The soul always knows how to heal itself. The challenge is to heal the mind."

I made this journal page for craft barns latest challenge mind (or ignorance).

Coming back from holidays and I have my mind full of thoughts and worries. Normally one should feel relaxed after 2 weeks away , but this year everything is different... We will see what the future brings.

Creating this page , I used stamps from cherrypieartstamps and autumn leaves ( Tia Bennett) and a stencil from TCW ( mini sketch grid ).
I kept it simple - just the way I need to clear my mind.

Wish you all a nice week!

Lena

SDC no 156 and the craft stamper july -14

I wanted to join the July challenge at the craft stamper and made this page using the embossing resist technique. The " a little note" stamp from besotted stamps and one of the banners are embossed like that.

As I wanted to post this , I heard of the latest challenge at SDC, where the theme this week should be book inspiration. Immediately , I came to think of the book "the help" by Kathryn Stockett - "You is kind, You is smart, You is important"...

Loved the book AND the movie later!

xxx

Lena

Q&L challenge - imagination

A quickie before the holidays - a journal page for the latest Quote&Lyric challenge  - I chose the word imagination.
 Apparently it was Mohammed Ali who said the words - " The man who has no imagination, has no wings."
Stamps from Artemio, Scrapperin and Infinimentscrap. Wings  - Tim Holtz (alterations).

Take care out there!!

Lena

a summer page in my art journal

Last week I was asked to join a fb group for art journaling. This is my first entry to the theme "summer". I made a collage and added some flower stamps from Artemio and Toga (les tampons crystal) together with die cuts from Sizzix (alphabetical sizzlits decorative strip)and Kesi art ( set dandelions).
Colours - dylusion ink sprays and distress inks.

Hope you like it!

Wish you all a wonderful and colourful summer!!!!

Lena

SDC 154 - travel

The latest SDC challenge is about travel/vacation.

I made this card using stamps from Stampotique ( I THINK the stamps is called Topknot, but I`m not sure...), Infinimentscrap and Bildmalarna.

Hope you like it and I wish you all great vacation this summer!

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

SDC no 153 - love

Another picture in the sun of our lovely Grand Duchy.

I don`t know if bees feel ( and fall) in love...But maybe they have the same feeling when they hurry from one flower to the other and later return to their beehive. I  wanted to use some of my beloved Stamptique stamps and  these are the ones I found in my stash - Big Bee , Hexagon and Heart Tie. All these stamps designed by Jo Capper-Sandon.

This is my entry to the latest challenge at SDC no 153, where the theme is week is anniversary, wedding or love.

Wish you all a lovely weekend!

Lena

ASOI colour challenge

Being me=loving colours, I couldn`t resist the latest challenge at ASOI, using colours like irish cream, rich ruby, seafoam green, deep cobalt and steel blue.

I amused myself using scraps from Maja Design, stamps from Unity stamp company ( Christy Tomlinson) , Sodalicious and de Stempelwinkel ( cherrypieartstamp). A very nice challenge!

The sun still licks our faces here in the Grand Duchy - let `s see what the weekend brings...!

Hope you like this journal page!

Lena