My favorite projects from 2014

Hi there! Only an hour left of 2014, and here I am - blogging my fav projects from this year. This has been another fabulous scrapyear for me. I have stayed on the Dusty Attic designteam - my bestest team ever!! I also got the amazing opportunity to join a kit club, Swirlydoos, which has been a dream of mine for quite some time. In May, I guestdesigned for Reneabouquets, and had so much fun creating with her beautiful butterflies!

 

I also had a couple of good byes this year, I left both Donna Salazar and Petaloo designteams. I had been on Petaloo for several years, and on Donna Salazar for over one year, and I felt it was time for me to move on. I have had such a fantastic time on both teams though!! I also said good bye to Allt om Scrap, a Swedish inspirational site.

 

So, here are my top ten layouts of this year, followed by a few of my fav altered projects and a couple of cards.

 

Created for Dusty Attic:

 

Created for Reneabouquets:

 

Created for Swirlydoos:

 

Created for Swirlydoos:

 

Created for Reneabouquets:

 

Created for Swirlydoos:

 

Created for Dusty Attic:

 

Created for Petaloo:

 

Created for Dusty Attic:

 

Created for Dusty Attic:

 

An oval canvas created for Dusty Attic:

 

 

An altered notebook created for Petaloo:

 

A canvas created for Dusty Attic:

 

An altered frame created for Petaloo:

 

A canvas created for Dusty Attic:

 

A card made for Petaloo:

 

 

A card made "just because":

 

A card made for Petaloo:

 

A card made for Petaloo:

 

Happy New Year to you all! I hope I will see you here in 2015!

 

xoxo

Helena

 

 

Swirlydoos December kit - Helenas second reveal

Hi everybody! I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas. I had an amazing time with my family - I ate too much food and candy, watched lots of old movies on TV, played tons of games with my children and I have had some scrappy time too!

 

Today I have one layout and a card to share with you, made with the fabulous Swirlydoos December kit "Enchanted Evening". I adore the blue and purple shades in this kit!

 

The title of this layout is "1953" and that was the year this photo of my father and his little brother was taken. They look so handsome in their little suits! My father passed away a couple of years ago, and scrapbooking his old photos is my way to remember him.

 

I have used three of the papers from BoBunny, from the kit. I used a diecut paper as a template. I distressed the edges a bit to get a shabby look.

 

The background was created with a stencil and clear gesso, I then misted with purple mist and let the ink run a bit.

 

 

The wooden clock from BoBunny is from the embellishment add-on and just perfect for my vintage page! I painted the clockface and swirls with white gesso, just a bit.

 

I have also added a couple of wood embellies from a previous kit.

 

The pink flowers with yellow centers was a part of my Christmas gift in the secret sister swap on the Swirlydoos forum - thank you, Maggi!

 

I also have a card to share today, a pretty simple one with just a piece of paper from the main kit, a diecut from the embellishment add-on and Petaloo flowers and berries from the main kit.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

 

xoxo

Helena

 

 

 

 

Wish upon a star ~ Dusty Attic

Hi! 2014 is coming to an end, and I have had another amazing year at Dusty Attic - my fifth year with this fantastic company. I'm so happy that I got to stay another year - 2015! Jen, the owner, just released some new chippies, and today I'm showing you some of them. They are totally beautiful!

 

This is a real mixed media layout. For the background I have used stencils, stamps, clear gesso, texture paste, white gesso, washi tape and mists. The papers are from Maja Design.

 

 

I have used the December sketch for this page.

 

 

The title "Wish" was painted with white gesso and then I misted with purple and silver mists (same as on the background).

 

The stars #3 (DA1153) are new favs of mine! I kept these raw to make them more visible on this busy layout.

 

 

The mini Birdcage got the same treatment as the title chippie.

 

Lots of layering under the photo. You can hardly see it, but there is a string frame under there (DA1181). This I just painted white.

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

xoxo

Helena

 

 

 

Swirlydoos December kit reveal!

Welcome to:

 

Swirlydoos Kit Club 

December Scrapbook Kit Reveal!

Thank you for joining our blog hop this month! If you came here from Swirlydoo's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, go back to Swirlydoos' blog and start from there.  Make sure you leave a comment on all blogs for a chance to win a prize! And, make sure you have LIKED & FOLLOWED Swirlydoos on Facebook!!!

 

Swirlydoos is proud to bring you our beautiful December collection:

 

Enchanted Evening

 

 

And check out these coordinating add ons that perfectly compliment our December scrapbook kit, and a special Christmas Project!

 

 

 

Are you a subscriber? If so, your kit is on it's way if you don't already have it! If not, check out the Swirlydoos store to see if there are any December kits or add ons in the store!

***All of our monthly scrapbook kits are available in our store while supplies last!***

Has it sold out? - become a subscriber and not only will you never miss a kit again, but you'll also pay less for your monthly scrapbook kits!

*Mention this blog hop and save 10% on your first kit*

We have some absolutely beautiful scrapbook projects for you to see today !!  

Here are my first three layouts with this amazing kit:

 

 

The background was created using clear gesso and different mists in silver and purple. The chipboard frame from the embellishment add on was painted with white gesso.

 

Close-ups:

 

 

 

Next is my sketch layout:

 

 

Here's this months beautiful sketch:

 

 

Some close-ups:

 

 

 

My final layout for today is this one, and if you visit the Swirlydoos forum, you will see a step-by-step tutorial in the Anatomy of a Layout forum:

 

 

 

Close-ups:

 

 

You have until midnight, eastern time, 12/18 to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on 12/19. In order to qualify to win here is what you need to do:
1: Visit all of the blogs and leave a comment on each. This way we know you were there. Take your time. There are REALLY beautiful things to see along the way.
2: Before you leave each blog, look for the “special” words and write it down. 
Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence. 
3: Finally, go back to the Swirlydoos blog and leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had, tell us the sentence that was created with all of the special words you collected. Can't wait to hear from you.


My special word is : If


The party continues over at Angelica's blog. Have fun!

Blog Hop Order: 

Helena http://willeascrappar.blogspot.com

Angelica  http://angelicascrappenings.blogspot.com/

Maja http://stokk-eyovine.blogspot.se/

Jamie http://jamiedoughertydesigns.blogspot.com/

Paulien  http://paulienvandenbosch.blogspot.com/ 

Maggi  http://scraptravelbark.blogspot.com/\

Kim www.droopidog.typepad.com

Rae http://scrappingfancy.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

xoxo

Helena