Creative Soul ~ Layout

Hello everyone ♥ Hope you are having a nice Saturday :) Here it is ok, would be nice to see the sun and feel the warmth from her (sun). But when the skies are gray, I can at least create something inside :) Doing a lot of touch ups around the house. Right now working project is painting our kitchen furniture and giving it a lighter and vintage look. By using a DIY Chalk paint recipe, looking good so far!

But enough babbling! I just wanted to share a layout I have used A MONTH to make! But hey when you first draw your own feathers, make your own circle frame (with vellum, paint and glitter), make your own butterflies and your own Glitter-washitape and not to forget my own title! Well it takes a little time. Of course layers in the background too! But I enjoy every bit of the process. Usually when I am the happiest is when I am deep in a project. So no sad face or being stressed out, just enjoying and taking it all in ♥

So here is the finished result ♥ Hope you like it :) 

In the little hearts under the picture it says Happy. Forgot to take a closeup sorry :P 

Drawing feathers was pretty fun, I am not a pro. But with some patience the were a'okay! Also the little wood clock had to get some love and attention with some white paint.

The title I made in my Silhouette and welded the letters, cut it out three times. Glued them together and then I embossed the title. Also drew with a pen to make it pop more from the background. I also found an old ruined necklace that I got to use, wohoo! I get so excited when something can be reused! I loved how the soft vellum with the other layers gave some depth.

 Look at all the yummy glitter!! Stampendous has the most gorgeous mixes! I have used one called Halo Gold Mix.

 I will for sure use glitter and vellum together again :) That was all for now, have a good weekend everyone! Also thank you for stopping by ♥

Love and light to you all 

Linn 

Happiness is homemade - Altering a notebook

Hi sweet souls! ☺ What are you doing this fine day?! I have been creating something again.  My workspace is still totally a mess. So I had to move to the kitchen to make this one lol! BUT I am seeing potentially a date that my room will be functioning as it should again! ☻ I have at least four different ideas for film tutorials. BUT I have to get my room in order, or there will just be chaos. I am very neat in some ways. I like structure in my creative space! I can not handle clutter here for too long. Well now it is chaos, so my brain almost melts when I take a look around! 

BUT now I have gotten one corner (!yes corner) done! I can see the floor, I can see half of my desk. So I hope my health will be ok tomorrow again to dig inn to the big wall behind me. There is the chaos. I have to sort alooot of things out. I also never ever throw anything away! I am a girl who loves the envoirment and have enought tough time buying a lot of papers I might not need. But I recycle them for sure! Soo I just have to have room for everything! It also helps the need for shopping, cause my room is full. So then I do not need more paper or stuff that I can not use in the near future... ☺So if just the ME in my body can go on a looong vacation I could get a lot done! LOL!

But I am sooo glad I got to design this for TreL. I am so honored to still design for her. Even if I do not have the best health.. Linda the owner sees more then my illness. I can never ever thank her for her kindness and support... Glad i dæ Linda mi ♥ This book and all the products used are in TreL's shop!! ♥

I am soo glad Rubons are coming back! I love rubons!! These are so sweet!

Love my Inktense pencils, I use them often! My daughter loves them too ♥

I can still remember the day I got my hands on my first bottle of Acrylic Glazing Liquid... it was like my mind expanded ten folds! All thanks to a wonderful gorgeous amazing smart soul LINDA ♥♥♥ ! She got it for her store, and asked if I wanted to try it out. Oh myyy I have never looked back! She is by the way my Muse. Seriously, if I am in a rut... she could just say a couple of words and I would just jump up and down with ideas! 

 Sometimes I really need my gold to not be like to "yellowy" so by adding some silver I can make the color colder. That is what I did here, just to make it be the same color palette as the Fran-tage embossing metallic's. It worked out pretty good I think!

 Ohh how I love my mediums lol! I love love love texture!!

Here is the finished backside of the book. I am a fan of bohemian-grunge-hippie-style lol! It feels kinda like myself ♥

Detailed picture from the back. Washitape with sticky back canvas works wonderful together! Look at all those lovely crackles! Finnabair has her own amaaazing line of mediums. They have wonderful quality!

Here is the front after it had dried and it really fits my style. I am going to use this book to scribble down my creative ideas. Why is it always so that the ideas and intuitions come when I am far away from my creative space. Also often in the middle of the night! So it will be good to have a new book by my bed and in my purse when I go out! I have tried to write it on my mobile, but nooo I like the old fashion way! I want to scribble and draw too! So a good old fashion book works best for me!

Also I have to show you something amaaaazing! Glittersheets! I mean come on, my heart could just stop in amazement! I have some plans for sure with this. Stars - Christmas! I hope it will be as good as my idea is lol!

Have a wonderful week everyone! Lots of love and light to you all!

XOXO Linn

Shine on Shine on ♥ Gold flakes are fun to play with

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to show you a card I made for TreL some days ago. I am in gold leafing mode! It has been several years since I played around with it. Wow it is fun fun fun! It can be kinda messy but with a little practice it is no big thing!

Here I am putting on the real type of glue you should use. It is a little smelly but not to bad. But my doggie did NOT like the smell. He seriously gave some big sneeze's because he is so curious on what I am doing. Even though I had him pretty far away in my room, he just had to come up and check what mama was doing lol! So it is a good thing to have a ventilated space while gluing ;)

When the layer is dry (drying time depends on your climate but about 15-30 min.) the layer will be really sticky and transparent. That is when the gold goes on. It works just as magic! It is so fun to do! I have read you can also use Mod Podge, I have tried it. It works fine. But I do not know if the gold will change color since Mod Podge is a wet glue. You can also use Glue powder or Glue pad that you heat up to become sticky. I know it handles gold leafing very well :)

Here is a whole sheet covered with gold leafing and I tested it in my Cuttlebug with a Tim Holtz dies.

It went through as butter and gave the edges a nice finish. I was worried it would just stay white, but the die soften the edges so perfectly. So you see gold all over ♥

I love to look at this picture with all the yummi labels and tag with gold on them. The white areas on some of the labels I did deliberately. To give a brushed and tarnished look. Hope you liked it!

Here is my finished card ♥

I have used Bazzill Classic Craft Cardstock, black Gesso, white gel pen, some ribbon, stickers from MME. Gold flakes and Papirdesign pop up dots.

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone! Love and light to you all ♥ 

Linn

An update on how life is treating me and my loved ones...

Hi everyone, I have had a long siesta. But it was just what I needed! I am not totally back to making several projects a week. My daughter has been sick for some time and my own health has been through the ringer too. To be really honest the last couple of years has been really tough at home. Luckily we are good at taking care of each other and staying strong. But sometimes it has been almost to much to carry. But hey you get strong when you have to carry big burdens, right! So no giving up or just not caring here. One day at a time ♥

So the creative juices has not been the best, is safe to say. Though I have had some fun projects over the summer. I am "upscaling" our daughters room. It really needs a tweens feel and a place where she feels it is her little world of freedom. So that takes much of my focus still. My energy is not as a normal person without ME. So I have to portion out how much I commit to every day 

But I have done a little every day  I have made her a homemade "chandelier, upcycled one other lamp. Painted some shelves and been on ebay to find cheap decals and other cool stuff. Since my hubby also was sick a period last year, our budgets have been very low. But where there is a will there is a way. I love DIY and upcycling! It is good for our planet and also good for our wallet lol!

Here is a bad picture of the Chandelier! I will take better pictures when the room is all done. This was taken with my cameraphone at night. NOT the best quality lol!

I have also been painting again on some big canvases. But they are not ready to show yet. I have trouble with my energy level, when I have too concentrate for long periods of time . So small steps or small brushstrokes here and there. I hope to at least finish a couple of big ones before Christmas. Also some small ones for my daughters room. They are also almost ready, just some last finishing touches and they can be mounted on the wall ♥ It is a series of three canvases, just easy ones. One with her picture on tissue paper, one has a quote and the last one is abstract. I believe they will go good together on her wall.

Tomorrow I will share a new layout, believe it or not lol! AND it is just for me, not for any challenges or Designer project. Just me working my creative muscles, they seriously needed some TLC! Gosh I used more hours than expected to get it done. But I loved the process and just enjoying creating without any restraints ♥

Here is a sneekpeak of the layout 

Hope you all have a good week. 

Here we are going to stay at home tomorrow *whistle*. Both my hubby, Mia and me have gotten the Norovirus for a visit. So best we stay put så we do not spread the virus to anyone else. 

Autumn is here and that is when viruses likes to come for a visit lol! But outside it is summer still! I have never ever experienced such a wonderful summer here in North of Norway! It has been amazing! No need to go anywhere, it has been like living in paradise the whole summer!

Lots to be grateful for, that is for sure ♥

"See you tomorrow!" Sleep well those in my timezone and those not, have a good morning/day/afternoon/night lol! Best wishes to you all ♥

Love Hearts for my husband ♥

Hi just wanted to show you my papermache heart I made :) I design for www.trel.no and just had a plan from the start when I could choose the products. A heart for my hubby. Inside I have filled it with Love Hearts with all the wonderful sayings :)

So I got so inspired by the candy I had to make the big heart as a Love Heart. His favorite color is green, so of course it had to be Love Heart Green *wink*

Also had to make a luscious red bow to make it look more inviting to open. Hope you like it :)

I have mixed the paint with Molding Paste to let it be really toothy and coarse. Also as matte and almost candylike when you feel it. Just as Love Hearts feels like ;) Gotta keep true to the original :)

I also made the heart edge with molding paste and piped it on like you do on a cake. My hands were pretty steady, but not totally lol! Well home made you know, gotta have its quirks ;)

Yummy! But I was supposed to also put in a couple of homemade chocolate bars with cognac in them. But my energy level is kinda low. But my hubby was happy with the sweet candy, thankfully ♥

The 12th of February is our wedding day, and Valentine on the 14th! Lots of love in February lol! Hope you have a wonderful day and a good valentine too ♥

Best wishes from Linn