Upcoming classes in Sweden this weekend!

Hi all my dear blog readers.

First of all I have to say I am sorry, sorry for being so silent and for being away long enough for this blog to completely dust down... Sorry for all this time without any posts at all. I just hope you are still here and that I will be so lucky and honored to see some of you back here now ;O) - I appreciate you all so much and hope you all had some great last months filled with lots of happiness, luck, love and of course loads and loads of creativity! ;O)

So, over to the great news I'm here to share with you all today! ;O)
This upcoming weekend I am off to wonderful Sweden to teach classes at Sweden Scrap Happening!  And best of all, there are still seats available! ;O)

It's an great event with total 5 classes "in the pack"! I am so honored to teach among amazing and talented teachers as Carolyn Peeler, Helena Påhlson, Åsa Danielsson and Anna Lena Blomkvist, which will teach the other fun classes you can attend at Sweden Scrap Happening! 

Please jump in to Sweden Scrap Happening's own homepage here for more details as prices etc. 

Class Description:

I will teach a class where we will have fun creating a very detailed layout. We will distress, chalk ink, cut, draw for hand, paint with brush and paint with fingers, punch and much much more! Each student will get a kit fully loaded with beautiful Prima products, including two Ingvild Bolme Chalk Edgers. And each student will of course also have available (to borrow) for the class a tool kit from my Comfort-Craft tools to play with during the class! 

What you need for my class:

- Fast drying liquid glue

- 3D glue pads

- Paper trimmer (with a ruler, or just a ruler will do too)

- Scissor

- Thin black pen (approx. 0.2- 0.4) 

- Thick black pen (approx. 0.6 - 0.8)

- Pencil

- Thin/medium paint brush (approx 0.4 - 0.8 mm) And something to clean your brush with?

- Self healing mat

- Wet wipes

- Gesso or white medium as acrylic paint etc.

- Acrylic block for clear stamps (min. size 6x7 cm)

- Edge Punch (for example Melissa Frances lace edge punch or a scallop/hole punch). Bring a few different ones if you have.

- Please also bring two pictures in portrait format, which means standing up, with the long sides on the sides and the short sides on the top and bottom. Size: 5x7 cm. With white "frame" around that is 3-5 mm wide. If you print your own pictures, please just leave 3-5 mm of white unprinted photo paper left around the image when you cut it out. If you are unable to do this, please just use a piece of white cardstock behind the photo to create this white frame. I recommend the two pictures to be in serial, to be from the same time/happening/place or/and match together. Colors: If you wish the pictures you bring to fit to the layout in colors, the layout will have the colors as on sneak peeks in this post. Or, you can just bring black and white or sepia pictures too. If you bring pictures and pictures that are in size etc as recommended, it will be easier for you to finish up the layout in the class since we are working in layers and details, and the pictures is a part of this process. If you have any questions at all regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact me on email. My email address you can find on the left up here in my blog ;O)

And here is another sneak peek of my class ;O)

I am really looking forward to this event and I hope to see many of you there!

Another thing I wish to share today is a picture of our new family member:

Please let me introduce you all to Minnie, a 4 months old little cute girl who joined our family 6 days ago. She is just so happy all the time and adds so much to the family. We all love her to death already, and can't wait to spend many years together with her. And of course, to scrap many layouts of her ;O)

Everything around her makes her happy, no matter what. Kids, dogs, cats... yeah, even rats makes her want to play (not catch)! And she loves the snow and of course also to jump into the sea.

And our daughter Iselina is so happy! Finally we got the dog she so wanted and have asked for every day the past 2-3 years, and all she does now is to walk around and glow and smile all day and to play with her new best friend.

I truly do get inspired of this extra little happiness in our life these days, and I can't wait to scrap some captured moments of this!

I also wish to invite you all in to my artist profile on Facebook where you can find more updates. You can find it here. ;O)

Hope to see you again soon, at the Sweden Scrap Happening this weekend, on Facebook, or back here again for more posts very soon! ;O) Thank you for dropping by everyone.

*hugs and smiles*

Ingvild

The blog candy winner - and Happy Merry Christmas to you all!

Hi all my dear blog readers.  How are you all today? ;O)

I have finally been able to pick a winner of my blog candy. This post was supposed to be shared some days ago, but my MacBook keeps turning itself off all the time, so I have been unable to pick a winner and write the whole post before my Mac have turned itself off hundreds of times.. :S

But here it is... finally. It was really hard to find a winner because you had all left so many wonderful words and you all seemed to really deserve it. But I had to pick one, and this time it felled on this lady with this comment;

Today for Tomorrow

"What generous blog candy! Why I deserve to win - They are my three favourites - Prima, Dusty Attic and Ingvild to which I have been a long time supporter of all three. I am a true admirer of your wonderful inspirational creations and hope that one day I am fortunate enough to attend one of your classes. Thank you for this opportunity"


Congratulations Today for Tomorrow! I really think you deserve the candy! ;O) Please email me your postal address on ingvild@spinnvild.com to claim your price! ;O)


And to all you others; Thank you to all of you for leaving such wonderful words and for trying out this time. There will be another candy and another chance again later, and I hope to see you all trying out again then! ;O) 

HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS 

to all my dear blog readers!

*photo of my girl Iselina*

I will wish you all a wonderful and happy Christmas. I thank all of you for your time to dropping by and for following my blog. I appreciate every one of you!

Today we will celebrate Christmas here in Norway, on December 24th. This is our "main" Christmas day, the day we have family Christmas dinner and then open up all the presents. So after posting this post I will go and get dressed and then head to my brothers house were our whole family will celebrate Christmas together today. 

I hope you all will have some wonderful Christmas Holidays with your families, and wish you all all the best!

*Christmas hugs and happy smiles*

Ingvild

Chipboard Candies from Dusty Attic!

Hi everyone.

I hope you are all doing fine and that you are all feeling creative?
I've been busy as usual, but even though it has been chaotic, I took some time to create too, and really enjoyed every second of it. It was extra easy to have fun when I had the opportunity to play with lovely goodies from Dusty Attic, Onirie and Prima!

And here is the result of my time off to create, a layout filled with goodies from some of my favorite brands!

I didn't plan this layout to be so "dreamy", but I had so fun playing with the beautiful chipboard pieces from Dusty Attic and pattern papers from Onirie with the butterflies on, that it all just "took off" and ended like this in the end. Isn't it fun how it goes sometimes?

Here is a close-up showing the beautiful peacock chipboard feather from Dusty Attic, where I used Tattered Angels glimmer mist and Ranger Stickles on, in lots of different green and blue colors. For the brick wall background I used Prima's brick wall mask (negative type), added Gesso medium and let it dry, before using my Prima Chalk Edger "Brick Wall" over the medium to add the red color.
You can also see the wall lamp, the Shabby Chic Metal Treasure from my last release with Prima.

Lots and lots of beautiful Prima flowers clustered together. The wings on my daughter is from a butterfly on one of Oniries Pattern papers (Collection Jardin Enchantè #030357) where I just cut them out and added a bit Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Turquoise) on. The birdbath and small birds is one of my designs from the Prima Shabby Chic Resin Treasure collections.

Look at the beautiful chipboard border design from Dusty Attic which I painted white and then stamped on with a text stamp randomly just to add a bit pattern to it, The titling is a rub-on from Prima, where I just replaced one of the words with larger letters from a alpha sticker set from Prima.


Blog Candy! :D

And, Dusty Attic, the amazing Australian brand with the most beautiful chipboard pieces, have so kindly sponsored with a blog candy here today! Wohooo! :D
Please look at all these beautiful 9 chipboard designs in this candy from Dusty Attic! :D

And together with the beautiful chipboard pieces from Dusty Attic, I've added 7 packages of Prima flowers, 3 packages of Shabby Chic Resin Treasures (including the birdbath used on the above layout), some Prima laces and Norwegian chocolates! Here is the whole candy;

So, how can this candy be yours?
Well, all you have to do is to leave me some words here within 20th December and tell me why you think you deserve to win this! ;O) I will pick a winner and announce it on December 21st.
I will also of course appreciate if you share this with your blogging friends ;O)

And of course, please make sure to check out Dusty Attic's website to see all their other amazing chipboard designs in their store, and to click in to their gallery and see all the amazing creations from their DT!

Thank you so much everyone for dropping in, and I wish you all good luck on the blog candy!

*hugs and smiles*
Ingvild

Sharing some earlier Prima layouts

Hi everyone, how are you today?

I just got back home from Australia, from two AMZING weeks on the other side of the world that I will never forget! I met so many wonderful and sweet people, and I had such a great time!
I will share more of the Prima Road Tour Australia in other upcoming blog posts, but first I will share some earlier made Prima layouts with you all.

First I would like to share a whole image of the layout I taught in all the classes in Australia, plus some classes up in Europe in September. Here is "My Iselina", a Prima layout with a picture of my little daughter named Iselina, who turned 5 years when I was down in Australia;

Her birthday is on November 12th, and I am now in the middle of the planning of her party tomorrow. She wished for her mum to celebrate with her, so she wished to wait until I got back home. So, after 40 hours traveling to head back home and some sleep, now it is time to bake some cakes to get ready to her princess Birthday party tomorrow! ;O)

This layout, "My Iselina", have been taught in Sweden, Belgium, Norway, Israel and Australia, to around 470 amazing people. Australia was the last country I would teach this layout in, so now I can put it up in here and share it with all of you. I hope that those of you who have attended one of my classes will share your samples too! ;O) 

And here is another one that I made months ago for the great French Magazine Histoires De Pages for an article about how to use text stamps differently. On this one I used text stamps on flowers to decorate flowers and make them a bit different. the layout is called "A Child's Art", and shows pictures of my daughter from she was about 2,5 years old and played around outside with chalks and had fun making "art".

If you look close on the main picture you can see that she has a belt on that hangs a bit out on the side. I used that same belt as embellishment on this layout to make it a bit more memorable and special, and to pick up something extra from the picture and to draw attention to it. 

Here is a close-up of the small photo on the layout, showing my daughter when she is in action and playing with the chalks. Here you can also see how it is stamped on the Prima flowers with text stamps from Layers of Colours Art Stamps.

And here is another one I made months back for the great french Magazine Scrap Pour Tous.;

Here I used 3 pictures of my daughter. Cut her out in two of them, but kept the original background on one of them so I didn't cut away the whole story on the picture, but let some of the original surroundings be left. But I also tried to focus on the colors and the background on the layout to strengthen up this a bit, to still let it look like it actually did in the forest that day. My idea is when I cut away everything around a person on a picture, I like it when there is still something left of the original story, somehow.

This day she brought a glass with lid to collect in small "baby frogs" or what ever she could find in the forest of wild small bugs and animals. 

On the picture down to right you can see her sitting with the glass and the red lid have felled off and is laying on the ground in front of her. So the important small things are still there even though the background is cut away. Then you can see her walking away and heading over to the main picture which still has the background on, where you can see the water where she were looking for the small bugs and frogs etc.

This was all I had the time to share today, but I will get back very soon to share more ;O)

Thank you so much for your time to drop in for a visit, I appreciate every one of you! 

Hope to see you back in soon! ;O)

*hugs and smiles*

Ingvild

The Upcoming Prima Tour in Australia!

Hi all!

Sorry for all the dust in here, but I have been very busy working on several projects and lots of upcoming classes, including THIS UPCOMING AUSTRALIA TOUR IN NOVEMBER! :D 

I am so excited about this and can't wait to get on the plane and fly down to "Down Under" and meet all the great scrappers there! I have looked forward to this trip for a long time now, and finally the tour is very close. I will be in Australia for about 2 weeks and teach around in many places in Australia in those two weeks. And I really hope to see YOU there! ;O)

This is sneak peeks of the layout I will teach;

It is a detailed layout filled with several techniques and layers, and of course we will have fun using  and playing with the new tool line with Prima, Comfort-Craft Tools! ;O)

Every student who signs up for a seat on this tour will get to borrow a set of Comfort-Craft tools during the class which includes a craft knife and distressing tool.
(Due to weight issues and all the traveling on this tour, please bring your own self healing mat if you have, - thanks!)




Here are the places I will teach at in Australia:
(Please click on the logos to get to their webpages.)






WESTERN AUSTRALIA 

Scraptivate

Tuesday 1st November 11am - 2pm
Price: 150$

For more information, please contact Scraptivate on phone 9444 6626





made with memories


Tuesday 1st November from 6pm-9pm - CLASS IS FULL!

Tomorrow's Memories CLASS IS FULL!

Wednesday 2nd November 11 am. - 2 pm.

For more information, please contact Tomorrow's Memories on email info@tomorrowsmemories.com.au or phone: (08) 9279 2183

Anna's Craft Cupboard


Wednesday 2nd November 6 - 10 pm. - CLASS IS FULL!

For more information, please contact Anna's Craft Cupboard on email sales@annascraftcupboard.com.au or phone: 0407 855662

Event address: Heathcote, Duncraig Road, Applecross.




SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Paper Flourish


Friday 4th November 10 am.

For more information, please contact Paper Flourish on email tracey@paperflourish.com.au or phone; 08 8305 0980

Store Address: Shop 18 Para Vista Shopping Centre, 300 Nelson Road Para Vista SA 5093

Seriously Scrapbooking

Friday 4th November 6.30 pm.

For more information, please contact Seriously Scrapbooking on phone; 08 8277 1298

Store Address: Shop 4, 501 Goodwood rd, Colonel Light Gardens, 5042 SA



SYDNEY

Pages 2 Scrap

Saturday 5th November 10am - 1pm
Price; $ 150

For more information, please contact Pages 2 Scrap on email store@pages2scrap.com.au or phone: 1300 664 228

Stores Address: Unit 4/6 Morton Close, Tuggerah, NSW, 2259

Scrap A While

Saturday 5th November 4pm - 7pm
Price: $ 150 ($ 200 for the whole weekend)

For more information, please contact Scrap A While on email alita@scrapawhile.com.au or phone; 02 6551 7776




MELBOURNE

Scrappy Hollow

Tuesday 8th November 6pm - 9pm.
Price: $150

For more information, please contact Scrappy Hollow on scrappyhollow@optusnet.com.au or phone: 03 9879 6220

Store address; Shop 1-3, 1-7 Maroondah Hwy, Croydon, Vic., 3136

The Imagination Factory

Tuesday 8th november 10am - 1pm
Price: $ 150

For more information, please contact The Imagination Factory on email imaginationfactory@bigpond.com or phone: 03 5331 6108

Store address: 402 Main Rd, Ballarat.




BRISBANE


Scrappidoo Scrapbooking

Thursday 10th November 10am - 1pm

For more information, please contact Scrappidoo Scrapbooking on email scrappidoo@bigpond.com or phone: 54915366

Store Address: 782 Nicklin Way, Currimundi Qld 4551

Arnold's Scrapbook & Craft Supplies

Thursday 10th November 6pm - 9pm
Price: $ 150

For more information, please contact Arnold's Scrapbook & Craft Supplies on email sales@arnolds.net.au or phone 07 329 34390

Shop T4.02 The Zone, 743-763 Deception Bay Road, Rothwell Qld 4022

Hope to see many of you very soon! ;O)

*Hugs and smiles*

Ingvild

www.scraptivate.com.au