I like the way you roll!

Ok, I know that technically those aren't sushi rolls but the rolls were to wide to fit the card so I'm pretending I didn't notice. My mojo went on vacation and I spent three days cleaning and reorganising my scrap room, starting on different cards and ending up tossing them. That is so rare, me tossing anything, I always try to save them but I got so annoyed I just started over. And over. And over. And then I finally got something right, I got the idea to make a recessed panel with an airbrushed gradient and voila. Finally I got a card made. Now I'm sort of in phase again and hope my mojo will stay for a while. 

This is my post for Design in Papers this week by the way. We have the big Becky Higgins event coming up sooooon(ish), I'm so looking forward to it. I'll be helping out and I'm super excited even though I'm not doing much PL, just a spread now and then. I don't aim to do ful years, just weeks here and there. They are more spotlights on everyday life than anything else. Still fun. Maybe I'll be inspired to do more after this. And I forgot to mention here that there is a big event in the fall called Meet and greet in Gothenburg. It will be a big crop with shops and also classes. There are room for about 500 people and I'm sure it will be awesome! You should definitely come, see the Design in Papers blog for more info on both events. 

And in other news I just released a new file called Flower Silhouettes in the Pretty Crafty Stuff shop, it's really pretty. One of my most liked designs are the animal silhouettes so I thought I would make another silhouette-file and see if you liked them. You can find them here.

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Today I'm up at the DESIGN in PAPERS blog with this card. I got the idea when taking pictures for the new PrettyCraftyStuff file Tag, you're it!. I Just lay out some of the tags on some journaling cards from the Amy Tan Stitches collection and the hearts looked great with the love tag. I decided to make a card with the journaling card and the tag and I was really happy with the result!

I think the tags I designed for Tag, you're it! are so great. I have a bunch laying on my desk and keep grabbing them for projects. I hope you like them too! 

I've been busy in the craft room lately, I'm now done with all my projects for February. I had to prepare a bit since me and my daughter are having our birthdays next week, her party is this weekend and mother in law is coming for a visit too. And then I'm going to Birmingham next week for the Craft Hobby + Stitch international and it will be so much fun! I have signed up for a lot of workshops and am looking forward to meeting some of my friends from the WOW! team and lots of other creative people. It's super exciting! And I haven't been traveling anywhere except for visiting my family for a few years, I love to travel! And I have the best travel companions too this time so I'm sure it will be fun! 

Oh well, thanks for stopping by today. I have some projects that haven't been blogged yet since I've been very busy, I think there will be a few up in the blog each week for the whole month as soon as I can find the time to schedule all of them. I also have an almost done video to upload but I'm struggling to do a voice-over since I got some requests for that. My video editing program keeps crashing every time I try but I've got some advice on other software to use and will give that a try.

Gift box

This weekend I’m visiting my younger brother. Since we saw each other the last time he has gotten married, his wife has had her disputation and this week it is his turn. They do deserve a gift and off course I brought one. It just needed a box. I measured the gift and draw a rectangle that size in Silhouette Studio, I found a box I liked and rezised it so that the bottom rectangle was the same size as my drawn rectangle. That way I knew my gift would fit in the box. Since the box got quite big and didn’t fit my 12x12 cardstock I got out the big guns, my 12x24 inch cutting mat and cardstock.

I had some pipes and other parts from Prima that are so cool I just had to use them, I need more!!! I also added some black and grey glittery flowers from Prima. I really like my box. Maby I could have lined it with some Silhouette chipboard to make it sturdy since it is quite big. But this will work as long as I am careful with it. This is my project for Hobbyworld this week.

Material/Supplies:

• Silhouette Cameo


• Silhouette Cutting mat 12x24


• Prima Marketing Junkyard Findings Pipe


• Prima Marketing interlude black/grey


• Bazzil Cardstock Raven 12x24


• Basic Grey Mini Alpha Stickers Black


• Basic Grey True Love Collection Pack


• Scrapbook Adhesives MyStik™ Permanent Strips Dispenser

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I love cutting something out with the Cameo and covering it with heat embossing. On this card I used gold embossing powder and a lovely paper from the Basic Grey True Love-collection. I embellished with some enamel dots and a sticker from the same paper collection.

Material/Supplies:

• Silhouette Cameo


• Bazzil Basics Smoothies Cardstock – White


• Bazzil Basics Cardstock – Thunder


• Bazzil Basics Card Shoppe - White


• Basic Grey True Love Smitten Paper


• Basic Grey True Love 12x12 Alpabet Stickers


• My Minds Eye Enamel Dots


• Scrapbook Adhesives MyStik™ Repositionable Dots Dispenser


• Scrapbook Adhesives Thin White 3D Foam Squares

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Autumn Signs

Earlier today the first part of Hobbyworlds great fall challenge was presented. You really can’t miss this! I made a layout as inspiration and it’s all about autumn signs. I don’t really like autumn, its dark and gloomy but ther are some things I really like (like having HUGE cups of my favourite tea).

I made my own cut file for the Cameo as a title. I drew the text by hand, painted it black and scanned it into my computer. Then I traced it in the Silhouette Studio and cut it out. I’m no artist but I like how it turned out.

Almost everything on this layout is cut out with the Cameo and then misted (lots of Heidi Swapp Colorshine in gold, I’m addicted!!!!). I also stuck everything down with hot glue and 3D adhesive so there are lots of dimension on this layout. I use Bazzils Prismatic paper for cutting things out with the Cameo when I can. It cuts great even if the shapes are intricate. The orange “flowers” behind the photos are made with an edger punch from EK Success and cut apart.

Material/Supplies:

• Silhouette Cameo


• Bazzil Basics Cardstock – White


• Bazzil Prismatic Cardstock – White


• Basic Grey Lucille Gather Paper


• Basic Grey Mini Alpha Stickers Grey


• EK Success Flower burst Large Edger Punch


• Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares - White, Variety Pack


• Martha Stewart Crafts Ball Point Glue Pen


• Artemio Mini Glue Gun

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I made this card for En liten butik and it is beyound awesome :) I had this pile of diecuts next to the jar of embossing enamel En liten butik sent me and I was thinking that I wanted to see how it looked on a bigger surface. I took a random die cut and covered it two times with shabby blue embossing enamel and heated it up and I was amazed seeing how cool it looked! The pictures does not reflect the glittery awesomeness that is this card.

I took pictures right away and sent to my crafty friends who all said oooh and aaah and then I ran up and showed it to my husband who could see my exitement and also said oooh and aaaah because he has learned that when I look that exited coming out of the craft room that is the right thing to do. I still pick it out of the pile of cards and look at it now and again because it is a beautiful card and I just love that enamel. It really should be used on big sufaces like this.

This is my second post for today so keep on scrolling to see my Hobbyworld post also. It also shimmers ;)

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It’s my blog day at Hobbyworld and I have another wedding themed card to show you today. I used the Cameo to make my card.

I used the Cameo to cut out a card with heart shaped holes in it. I mounted the card on a misted background using dimensional adhesive. I think the sentiment was perfect for a wedding. I just added some bling from Prima to make it pop and a Kraft colored card base and my card was done. I love how it turned out, it’s really pretty with the shimmering Heidi Swapp Color shine mist in the background.

 

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