Glitz Design Blog Hop!

Hi and welcome to my blog! Glitz Design is having a blog hop and I hope you are joining us. Glitz will be giving away the Color Me Happy collection to a happy winner. All you have to do is to hop, be inspired and leave a comment on each of the blogs along the way. The winner will be revealed on the Glitz blog on Sunday March 3rd.

Here is the blog hop order:

Glitz Design - http://glitzitnow.com/blog/
Lea Lawson - http://leascupcakesandsunshine.blogspot.com/
Audrey Yeager - http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/
Camilla Ekman - http://camillaslillasida.blogspot.com/
Gerry Van Gent - http://www.gerryscrafts.blogspot.com/
Janna Werner - http://jannawerner.de/
Karola Witczak - http://www.karolakraftuje.blogspot.com/
Laurie Schmidlin - http://justgivemestamps.typepad.com/
Lisa Andrews - http://lisaandrews.blogspot.com/
Mou Saha - http://collagecollagecollage.blogspot.com/
Nicole Harper - http://seriouslybrains.blogspot.com/
Nicole Martel - http://nicolemartel.blogspot.com/
Noel Culbertson - http://paperpassionpixels.blogspot.com/
Rommel Okuma - http://risqueerabisque.wordpress.com/
Teresa Kline - http://paperieblooms.blogspot.com/

Here is a little inspiration from me, a layout with the Color Me Happy collection. And I have a little more for you further down the post...

"So happy" by Camilla Ekman:

Glitz Design Color Me Happy papers: Chalkboard, Hearts, Woodgrain

Glitz Design Color Me Happy Whatnots

Glitz Design Color Me Happy Journaling stickers

Glitz Design Color Me Happy Paper Layers

Glitz Design Love You Madly Teeny Alpha

Other: flowers (Manor House Creations), leaves, digital shapes (Silhouette Cameo), border punch (Martha Stewart)

An extra give-away!!! 
I will be giving away a small RAK to one of my blog followers. And of course that RAK will be some Glitz products. Just make sure you are following my blog and that you leave a comment to this post. I will post my winner on my blog on Monday March 4th.

Your next stop on the blog hop is the very talented Gerry Van Gent.

Mirabelle

This is the first time I scrap my new niece, Mirabelle. Welcome to the world! I have use some of the fantastic papers in the March kit from C'est Magnifique. And I have mixed a whole lot of colours here, but I think they blend quite well. I used a simple design to show off the photo.

Main kit:

Magenta: Gypsy: Sophia

Magenta: Street Savvy: Street Prints

Magenta: Color Me Softly: Hint of freshness

Prima: Fairy Belle: Alphabet Stickers

Manor House Creations: Winter Song: Snowbell

Flower Add-on:

Prima: Cabaletta B

Other: border punches, dies, mask, texture paste

Here is the March kit in all its glory!

Sizzix Sunday!

Today is Sizzix Sunday - my day to post on the Sizzix Europe blog. I have made a layout with different fabulous Sizzix dies and papers from Maja Design. Check it out here!

655268 Sizzix Big Shot Machine

656538 Sizzix Sizzlits Die Set 3PK – Decorative Flourishes Set

657902 Sizzix Framelits Die Set 4PK – Frame, Fancy Oval

Maja Design papers (Vintage Summer Basics Collection)

Other: flower, flower vine, alpha stickers

Something new...

Time for a layout using the Prima BAP for February. I didn't have the time last month, but this week I am not working. It is "spring break".

I used a whole lot of Prima products along with...

655268 Sizzix Big Shot Machine

658948 Sizzix Thinlits Die – Frame, Fancy Rectangle

Finaste du

My children are the most precious thing to me. The time spent with them is the happiest time of the day even though it is just helping them with their homework. I scrapped a page about my boy and I wanted to use more neutral colours. The papers are from the Life by the Sea collection made by Maja Design. The different colours and the patterns are really gorgeous.

I added some texture to the background paper using different masks and texture paste. Inside the clock I put this resin piece holding a heart.I love punches and use them frequently. Behind the photo I used some string as a kind of photo mat.Even though it is a boy's page I added some flowers. I LOVE flowers. To make a flow I added the swirls in brown.

Supplies: Maja Design Life by the Sea papers: The East Coast, Bottle Message; masks, texture paste, flowers (Prima), leaves, crystal swirls (Prima), resin (Prima), alpha (Prima), string, paper clips, border punch

Exciting announcement!

I am so happy to share some exciting news with you today!

Here are some clues....

If you click here, you will see what I am so excited about! 

A Moment in Time

I have two new projects for you today showcasing Blue Fern Studios products.

First a layout with a photo of my sweet niece. Here I have used two chipboards - the  Floral Clock and the A Moment in Time.

The chipboard pieces are altered in the same way. First I painted it in white gesso. Then I dabbed some tattered rose coloured Distress Stickles here and there. It has the same rose colours as the flowers. And to finish them off, I covered the pieces in clear crackle paint.

And here is a close-up of the gorgeous clock.

Supplies:

Blue Fern Studios: A Moment in Time, Floral Clock

Other: papers (Glitz Design), flowers and leaves (Prima), crystal swirl (Prima), paper clips, butterfly die (Quickutz), butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), gesso, distress stickles - tattered rose (Ranger), clear crackle paint (Ranger), paper clips

Secondly, I made a card for my sister-in-law. I used the Garden Window.

I painted it in white gesso. When it had dried I used a script stamp (black) and then inked it with gold ink.

Supplies:

Blue Fern Studios: Garden Window

Other: flowers (Prima and Manor House Creations), leaves, papers (Glitz Design), border punch (Martha Stewart, alpha stickers (American Crafts), stamps, gesso, ink

First sneak of the CM March kit

Today I will show you a first sneak of the March kit from C'est Magnifique. Even though the papers in the March kit are so beautifully patterned I have added some more texture to this page. To add some soft colour I added some blue pieces here and there. In my flower cluster you find some of the blooms from the kits.

Main kit:

Magenta: Color Me Softly: Dream flight
Magenta: Street Savvy: Street Prints

Prima: Fairy Belle: Alphabet Stickers
Manor House Creations: Winter Song: Snowbell

Flower Add-on:

Maya Road: Vintage Edge Mum: Antique Mocha

Maya Road: Vintage Lace Daisies: Milk

Embellishment Add-on:
Blue Fern Studios: Chipboard: Garden Window

Prima: Fabric Butterfly Embellishments: Vintage

Other: mask, texture paste, border punches, digital dies, leaves

For Glitz in February

*For my Maja Design give-away click here*

I have two LOVEly projects to share with you this Valentine's Day. And for these projects I have used the Love You Madly collection. For me my family is everything and this love is worth celebrating. Glitz Design is celebrating LOVE all week on their blog featuring their Love You Madly collection.

First a layout for my wonderful husband. I built a photo mat using both a cut-out frame, some Whatnots, a Peek-A-Boo and a Paper Layer. I wanted to keep the masculine tone in it so I just added a few blue flowers.

"Love of my life" by Camilla Ekman:
Glitz Design Love you madly papers: Stripe, Hello
Glitz Design Love you madly Whatnots
Glitz Design Love you madly Paper Layers
Glitz Design Love you madly Peek-A-Boo
Glitz Design Love you madly Giant Rhinestones
Glitz Design Love you madly Paper Garland
Other: flowers (Prima), leaves, digital shapes (Silhouette Cameo)

Then I made a layout for my sweet children. They are growing up so fast. I layered different goodies from Glitz and added a few flowers to some richer red.

"Love you endlessly" by Camilla Ekman:
Glitz Design Love you madly papers: Floral, Hello
Glitz Design Love you madly Whatnots
Glitz Design Love you madly Paper Layers
Glitz Design Love you madly Giant Rhinestones
Glitz Design Love you madly Teeny Alphas
Other: flowers (Prima and Manor House Creations), flower vine (Prima), digital shapes (Silhouette Cameo), doily

BFS Blog Hop Winner!

*For my Maja Design Give-Away click here*

Thank you so much for joining us at our Blue Fern Studios Blog Hop this weekend! I have randomly chosen a winner for my little RAK.

The WINNER is.......

MYRIAM MIRABELLE!

 Myriam Mirabelle sa...

Un très joli travail avec le gesso. Très beau

8 februari 2013 11:35

 

Huge congrats! Email me you address and I will send you the RAK. You find my email on the left side of the blog. Make sure to remove the brackets.

Blue Fern Studios Blog Hop!

Hi everybody and welcome to my blog. My name is Camilla Ekman and I am one of the members of the design team at Blue Fern Studios. I live in Sweden together with my husband and two children. I have been scrapping for a few years and developed a kind of romantic style where I use a lot of flowers and swirls and stuff. I love to photograph and scrapbooking is a perfect way of using those photos. I like the creativity and scrapbooking is a way for me to relax from work. I work fulltime as a montessori teacher. My family and I love to spend time with friends and love to travel. When I am home not scrapping, I read books and listen to a lot to music. 

What: Blue Fern Studios Blog Hop

When: February 8th-10th, 2013
How: Simply visit each of the blogs below, then leave a comment (and become a follower, if required). There are sure to be plenty of goodies along the way!
Who: Here is the blog list, in order:

Start: Blue Fern Studios

Michele Singh

Valerie Serfozo 

Camilla Ekman

Eila Sandberg

Erin Blegen 

Irene Tan 

Irina Gerschuk 

Iris Babao Uy

Jennifer Snyder 

Joyce Lawrence 

Kelly Foster

Lisa Gregory 

Mona Pendleton

Patter Cross

Svetlana Austin 

Vibeke Harila

Back to: Blue Fern Studios

As long as you stop at each of these blogs and leave a comment, you will be in the running for the randomly-drawn GRAND PRIZE:

Additionally, I will be giving away a little prize pack myself to one of my blog followers! So if you are a follower, new or old, on my blog and leave a comment to this post, you are in the drawing of my little prize pack. There are some Blue Fern Studios chipboards of course, but also some stamps and some flowers... 

What would a blog hop be without some creative projects? Here is a layout I made using the Blue Fern Studios Fancy Birdcage. I have painted it in gesso and added some green Shimmerz and some tattered rose distress stickles and then covered it all in Glossy Accent.

Next stop on the hop is the sweet and talented Eila Sandberg!

February Mood Board - Maja Design

Maja Design has revealed the Mood Board for February. Make sure you visit their blog here to play along.

 

 

This is the layout I made using Vintage Summer Basics.

 

Fylld av kärlek

*For my Maja Design Give Away click here*

It's a new month and a new sketch at Once Upon A Sketch. This is my layout for the challenge.

Theme : LOVE

The month of February is the month we celebrate St Valentine's Day here in Australia and in many parts of the world. Love takes on many forms..relationship love, parental love etc etc. So let's think about what the above quote can mean and how you can interpret it on a layout. You are free to scrap about any kind of love you wish however you like based on the following sketch. 

Ideas for journalling: love for your partner, family , parents ,siblings , children, work, students, craft, music, extra curricular activities. Whatever it is that you connect LOVE with. 

Your layout must incorporate this theme and the sketch below. 

Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . You are allowed to journal in any language but please tell us where on your page we will find your journalling. Remember journalling has to be a bit more than a title, or a generic comment. Hidden journalling is perfectly fine.

Bruden

Crea Diem is one of my many favourites among the Maja Design collections. This week I have created a layout about my sister's wedding. The Crea Diem papers are soft and elegant papers for special occasions and a scent of summer.

 The Crea Diem collection is very versatile in colours and patterns. It is hard to choose which side to use since they are all so beautiful. And know what...if you visit my blog YOU can win the entire 12x12 collection...18 papers! On Feb 28th I will draw one lucky winner.

Ok, back to my layout. I added some chipboard pieces from Blue Fern Studios to match the Maja Design papers. I painted them in gesso and then stamped with black ink. To finish them off I used Glossy accent.

I like to use stamps on my layouts, but I find it difficult to stamp directly on the paper. So many things can go wrong. LOL. Therefore I stamp on transparency paper and create a kind of overlay instead.

Here is my title which I dabbed with a bit of white gesso. And you also see the big white bow I made.

Supplies: Maja Design Crea Diem papers: Den oersättliga tiden, Stark och fri, Fånga Dagen; chipboard swirls (Blue Fern Studios), flowers (Manor House Creations), crystal swirl (Prima), stamp (Glitz Design), alpha (Prima), ribbon

Blommor på bordet

*For my Maja Design Give Away click here*

Children are beautiful and precious - like flowers on the table (hence the title). The paper with the purple flowers are one of my favourite Maja Design papers in the February kit from C'est Magnifique this time and I had to use it. The large chipboard frame from Blue Fern Studios is just dabbed with gesso and inked with light brown ink. The layout is made for the February sketch provided by C'est Magnifique.

Main kit:

Maja Design: Let’s Have Some Coffee: Björnbärskakor

Maja Design: Let’s Have Some Coffee: Blommor på bordet

Blue Fern Studios: Blue Fern Frame

Heidi Swap: Color Shine: Amethyst

Flower Add-on:

Prima: Coventry: Serene

Embellishment Add-on:

Pink Paislee: Artisan Wings

Other: cheese cloth, old book paper, tags, paper clip, gesso, corner punch

This is the February sketch. For information on how to participate, visit the C'est Magnifique blog.

Maja Design Give-Away!

Maja Design makes the most beautiful patterned papers. In January I used the GORGEOUS Crea Diem collection for my Maja Design projects. And guess what.... YOU have the chance to win the entire 12x12 collection! How awesome is that?!?! All you have to do is to comment to this post and you will be in the drawing. The winner will be drawn on  Feb 28th. 

"This longtime favourite collection is a tribute to the beautiful Latin language with all its words of wisdom. ”Ab imo pectore”, ”Dum spriro, spero”, ”Verae amicitiae sempiternae sunt” – There is a saying for every feeling. Explore the papers and find your own favourite phrase to use in your craftwork.
Enjoy the 12×12 collection in pink, green, or blue.  Or why not personalize the black and whites with ink to get your own favourite colours? No matter how you choose to use these papers, have fun and seize the day!"

You can see all the papers in the Crea Diem collection here. And here are the two projects I made with this beautiful collection: