stamped background pattern ~ a layout

if you read my blog often, you probably know that i draw and find inspiration all over the place all the time. this time i saw this image on pinterest and it made my heart skip a beat. i just adore this bookcover so much. and i decided to make a layout inspired by it.

link to pin

i wanted to use both the color and the repeat of pattern. so first i blended some craft paint, which looked yummy :)

then i used an empty toiletpaper roll and formed kind of a heart shape and stamped that onto my background paper.

i love how thick the paint looks. after this i had to wait for the paint to dry, which is always a drag :)

and here is the finished layout. this was fun!

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Project Life | week 9

here is my 9th spread of project life. 

since i was sick all week long i made almost everything digitally, the just printed everything out. i did end up adding just a few bits and pieces of paper, staples and such. if you missed my post from earlier this week where i shared how easily i create these mini layouts in PSE you can see it here.

page two.

i didn´t do any inserts this week. i did however feel like i got alot of journaling in using both the computer and my typewriter. 

just for fun, here (above) is the card just printed out.

and here it is after adding the snowflake.

i love that my daughter kept sending me photos with her phone while she was on a skiing trip with her school ♥

before

finished after adding typewriting and a piece of washi. 

just printed.

and then the finished card. i used a matte photopaper to be able to type right on it after i had printed it out. 

that´s it for now!

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33 things i want to do before i turn 34

i made one in 2009 and 2010 and i did a summer list last year. but then i thought i´d make one for this year. here it goes...

33 things i want to do before i turn 34

1. read 33 books
2. go to a photoshow
3. dance
4. get a tattoo
5. do more guerrilla love
6. do the sun salutation often
7. have a garden party
8. treek
9. lay on a field and look at the clouds
10. go to a concert
11. go to the movies
12. take more photos with the analog camera
13. go to Amsterdam
14. write handwritten letters
15. grow potatoes
16. sew an apron 1/3-2012
17. look at the stars
18. shop less
19. take selfportraits
20. decorate a tree in the forest for Christmas
21. be a good friend
22. lose a few kilos
23. listen better
24. rise at dawn
25. write positive things on FB
26. drink more water
27. document a day with photos
28. make a list of goals each month
29. stop drinking soda
30. get out more
31. make lists of whats most important
32. get up on a roof
33. have a great summer

i´ll be re-visiting the list when i have crossed off a few :)

Re-Scrap | march

here are the 3 older layouts that i will draw inspiration from to make 3 new pages in the month of march.

uploaded here before.

first showed here

here is the original post

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the run-down

i have done pages i really love, so i thought i´d make it a priority to choose 3 old layouts every month of the year and use them as inspiration for new pages. i mean, i am not re-scrapping the event or page, i am using the entire page and/or some elements of it to use as inspiration. i will share which 3 old layouts i am working with sometime the first week of the month. maybe you could draw some inspiration from them too?!

WCS | March gallery

happy march and happy new gallery day at write click scrapbook!

this month it is mini madness! we all did minibooks so the gallery is full with mini inspiration!

i made a minibook that holds my very favourite photos from last year. i made one like this in 2011 also and i knew that i wanted it to be an anual book. 

 I simply printed 2 photos on each sheet of paper, trimmed the page and used my Bind-It-All to bind them all together.

I could have just left it like that with all the photos, but I wanted to add a few wordstrips here and there.

Some are a “real” product others are magazine clippings.

It makes me happy!

29 things I want to remember about right now on this leap day

although i couldn´t make anything special to celebrate this extra day today (since i still have a fever), i decided to make a list and to give myself a pedi and fresh paint on my toes and added some glitter! a little celebration!

29 things i want to remember about right now


1. that spring is here (i think)
2. that the air was so warm today
3. that i would like to be fever free
4. that my daughter has fun on her skiing trip
5. the sun is warming
6. my birthdayflowers still makes me happy
7. i want to make new projects
8. i am looking forward to go camping again
9. that when i get better i need to wash my windows
10. that coffee is still best in the morning
11. there is alot on TV during the day
12. i am getting crazy over the kitchen mess everyday
13. i can´t wait until the weekend and our trip to gothenburg
14. i like digital options in scrapbooking
15. i want to eat pasta bolongese
16. i have to get together with my friend Emma soon
17. that i have read several really good books lately
18. i am working on a new list
19. i wish the greenhouse was in place
20. that we are planting seeds soon
21. i want to paint something
22. honesty is the best
23. i take things for granted
24. glitter can make you very happy
25. that i find new projects all the time
26. that this is like an extra day
27. that marta is doing so good even though she can´t go out
28. that is still like reality tv
29. that i have started listening to music more again

Project life | how i do it

i know that i can´t possibly have a new week of project life to show you just yet, but i am already working on my week 9 spread. and while i was doing something in PSE that i do almost every week and i thought i´d show you something simple but that makes my project life-life much easier :)

ok, so basically for my project life i have page protectors with 4 pockets on each page making it a total of 8 each week. they are 6*4 pockets. so i try to make a canvas with both the journaling cards and photos together in PSE before i print them.

so i start out with a blank new canvas in the size i want (in this case 6*4"). 

in this case i had already added the lovely glittered heart before, and then i dragged the photo ontop of the blank canvas. re-sized it and moved it in place so that it takes up a little less than half of the canvas. 

i then dragged over the journaling card the same way.

because i had a little extra space next to the journaling card i added a bit of that lovely grey patterned paper there. dragged and re-sized.

added journaling. remember to use a smaller size when you type in PSE for print, it looks much better when you printed it!

and that is all. i just printed this out on a 6*4" card and voila, just slide it in the page protector pocket!

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freebie glitter heart from design editor

journal card from the lilypad

digital patterned paper from cosmo cricket (it seems that where i bought it i can´t find it)

the font is traveling typewriter