Orchid

In my windowsill in the kitchen, I have this orchid, and it is the first time it has succeeded for me to get an orchid to bloom.

Hugs

Susan

Happy Birthday

HURRAY

My dear husband has reached 60, and we will celebrate it with a trip to London

Winter Stamping Journal 15#4

Here in Denmark the Winter is not really started, it is probably the warmest for many years. And it is many years since I've been out to be skiing on the few hills we have here *LOL. But to imagine real snowy weather is not hard, when the birds are freezing and sitting alone out in the trees. Visit Simon Say Stamp Monday Challenge DT to see great examples of what winter is.

I have used Golden gesso, paste and a lot of blue acrylic color on my journal page. Tim's stencils dot fade and speckles are used with paste and white color. I am very fond of Dina Wakley's bird stamp. The little bird is stamped with Archival ink jet black, painted with brown colors, then put on a branch which I provided with layering stencil festive in order to give the branch a little life. The beautiful snowflakes are from RetroKraft Shop, which I've painted white and used lots of Distress glitter.

Thank you for visiting my blog in the gray January darkness.

Hugs Susan

Link to Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Winter Stamping

Inky Background Journal 15#3

Wow this is a really good challenge Anna-Karin has at SSSMC and it fits great for my journal 13x21 so I've had lots of fun with inky hands. I love nature and all its amazing expression. Thank you for the beautiful and lovely inspiration from DT.

First I put gesso on and when it was dry, the sides got very much distress spray stain, mustard seed, crushed olive and shabby shutters. A long time ago I have made some fantasy shape with my glue gun, which I have used along with Tim Holtz layering stencils stripes and dot fade.

The stamps are from Dina Wakley, Crafty Individuals and 7Dots Studio which was stamped with Archival Ink Jet. All the edges are distressed with black soot, crushed olive and pan pastel.

I wish you all a good day playing with ink.

Hugs

Susan

Link to Challenge: Inky background

Journal 15#2

It's too long since I've done anything with stencils, paint and scraps. Now I really have a great desire to work in a Moleskine journal 13x21, I have glued the pages together in pairs so I got really heavy pages that can withstand all kinds of mixed media. I started with my Happy New Year page, as the first in my book. I miss the light and clear blue sky, warm colors and that's what I think of this page.

There are used Stencils from CraftersWorkShop and Dina Wakley, an old book page, wrapping paper and Forever Green from Prima, colors from Golden, Panpastel and Distress Ink.

 Thanks for visiting and I hope that you may have a nice day.

Hugs Susan

Link to Paper Artsy Blog - 2015: Topic1: Fragile Papers
Link to The Mirror Crack'd - Challenge #05 Stencils

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015 - January

So it's a brand new year to embark on the wonderful Tim Holtz Tags, and I have been inspired by Tims tutorial. I have chosen to make the numbers on the tissue wrap more visible and I have taken the liberty of adding a little bit ; -))

Tim Holtz #8 manila tag and TissueWrap/Postale
Distress Ink: Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Barn Door
Distress Marker: Festive Berries, Pumice Stone
Distress Paint:
Picket Fence, Wild Honey, Weathered Wood, Salty Ocean, Bundled Sage
Distress Spray Stain: Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire
Distress Glitter: Faded Jeans
Alpha Parts, Mirrored Stars, Index Labels, Chit Chat, Silk Ribbon and Sharpie Black

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog

Hugs Susan

Link to Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015 January

Triptych Wallhanger

WOW 2015 and the first steampunk challenge. I've really had a good time and been messy with color, paste and crackle on this triptych wallhanger. I'm looking forward to a new year, and it has always been really talented players who show their imaginative ideas, so I hope you all have the desire and time to make steampunk in 2015 on SASPC

I started to cut 3 pieces of corrugated cardboard in ATC size. They got crackle-paste and lots of acrylic colors. I have distressed on the edges with ink and black acrylic color. My gears are from Retro Kraft shop, and I think that they just fit in size. Finally I've used TH Cargo Stencil, Texturefades and Crowded Attic paper. Prima ruler, eyelets, silver cardboard, mini brush and steel wire.

 

When I put it on the wall it looks like this.

Thank you for stopping by my blog and I wish you Happy New Year.

Hugs Susan

Happy New Year

Dear followers, friends and family.

In the spring my husband got ill and he is still not completely healthy. This has drained energy for both of us, and therefore I have chosen not to join the design team at OCC in 2015. It has been exciting to participate even in this short time. The DT consists of a bunch of talented ladies, that I have been very proud to work with. 

Now I want to concentrate on being DT member at SASPC, and I am looking forward to the new year starts ...

I hope that everyone has had some good Christmas holidays and got the innermost wishes fulfilled.

I wish you all a Happy New Year.

Hugs Susan

Christmas Greeting

We finally got some snow on Christmas morning, it was so wonderful to wake up to. Here in Copenhagen it has been the hottest weather for many years, and now we got our wish for snow at Christmas fulfilled.

We share a nice big yard with lots of trees, bushes and lawn.

I have used my brayer on watercolor paper with TH stains, a little leftovers 

and a gift from Retro Kraft Shop. 

The picture is from AlpaStamps and is colored with Prismacolor.

Dear friends and followers

We have kept a great Christmas evening with our daughter and her boyfriend, 

with wonderful food and exchange of gifts.

I hope everyone has had their Christmas wishes fulfilled 

and will get a good creative year in 2015.

Thanks for all your good comments on the blog - 

they have all been very encouraging for me.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Hugs

Susan

12 Tags of Christmas Week #12

Inspired by Funkie Junkie Style/Linda Coughlin

First of all I'll say thanks to Linda for the wonderful challenge with 12 weeks of creative fun, it's been good hours to follow the different themes. Linda's tags have been beautiful and amazing, and they have put on a lot of thought about how I spent Christmas as a child and what I do now as an adult. The different Christmas celebrations around the world are beautiful and magical.

It has also been inspiring to see the very fantastic posts that have come on the blog, and it's great to see the diversity, and how we have interpreted Linda's tags.

Tim Holtz Tags & Bookplates - Window & Window Box dies - Paper Stash Merriment
Christmas Ephemera Pack - Adornments Nature - Remnant Rubs Christmastime - Distress Ink Antique Linen - Vintage Photo - Distress Paint Mowed Lawn
Forest Moss - Barndoor - Faded Jeans - Picket Fence - Distress Marker Festive Berries - Crafty Individuals stamp - Art Impressions stamp
Studio Calico - Corrugated cardboard

Link to 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #12

Sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique

Thanks to all of you who visit my blog, 

and I wish you a Merry Christmas.

Hugs

Susan

12 Tags of Christmas Week #10

Inspired by Funkie Junkie Style/Linda Coughlin

I was inspired by the Christmas heart and background structure, and instead of paste I've embossed with texture fades.

Tim Holtz Tag & Bookplates - Love Struck - Holly Branch dies - Layering Stencils Lattice Work - Holly Bough - Texture Fades Springtime Background

Remnants Rubs Christmastime - Distress Ink Mustard Seed - Mowed Lawn

Black Soot - Gesso from Golden - Embossing powder Gold - Rich Red - Vellum

Link to 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #10

Sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique

Thanks to all of you who visit my blog, 

and I wish you a Merry Christmas.

Hugs

Susan

12 Tags of Christmas Week #9

Inspired by Funkie Junkie Style/Linda Coughlin

I love black tags. Linda's tag reminded me of that at the home we always had a Christmas bell hung between two living rooms a bit like a mistletoe.

Tim Holtz Tag & Bookplates - Tattered Pinecone - Christmas Cardinal

Christmas Bells - Mini Christmas Bell - Tattered Banners dies - Simple Sayings stamp

Distress Spay Stain Tarnished Brass - White color from Golden

Archival Ink Jet Black -Silk Ribbon, stars and diamonds

Link to 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #9

Sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique

Thanks to all of you who visit my blog, 

and I wish you a Merry Christmas.

Hugs

Susan

12 Tags of Christmas Week #8

Inspired by Funkie Junkie Style/Linda Coughlin

The Christmas stocking is a splendid idea, that we all love.
The background is Tim's method of embossing through stencils.

Tim Holtz Tag & Bookplates - Stocking Stuffer - Vintage Lace -
Tiny Tabs & Tags dies - Simple Sayings stamp - Layering Stencils Holiday Knit
Embossing Powder Clear - Distress Ink Fired Brick - Vintage Photo - Black Soot Archival Ink Jet Black - velvet - hessian - string - bell - pearl from the stash

Link to 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #8

Sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique

Thanks to all of you who visit my blog, 

and I wish you a Merry Christmas.

Hugs

Susan

12 Tags of Christmas Week #11

Inspired by Funkie Junkie Style/Linda Coughlin

WOW it is really a wonderful tag Linda has made for inspiration this time.
I just LOVE it - I'm mad about the industrial look. I've used Tim's stencil and paste, and it was fun to make.

Tim Holtz Tag & Bookplates - Tattered Pinecone - Metal Foil Tape - Word Bands - Layering Stencils Christmas - Adirondack Alcohol Ink Bottle - Mixative Snow Cap - Pitch Black - Jute String - Golden paste and white - Silk ribbon - bling

Link to 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #11

Sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique

Thanks to all of you who visit my blog, 

and I wish you a Merry Christmas.

Hugs

Susan