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

Some great days in Israel

Hi everyone. 

I am so sorry it has been a while since last time I posted in here, but September month is pretty busy with lots of traveling, so I have not been home much at all, and when I am, I feel that it is just to wash some clothes and to say "hi" to my family ;O) lol. 

This month started with a great trip to Sweden to teach at CountryScrap, then I had one weekend off before heading to beautiful Israel, which also what today's post is about. Then, last weekend I was in Belgium at Scraptastic, before I again already tomorrow will head to Tonsberg in Norway to teach a bunch of Norwegian girls at CASA event! But, those last events I have to blog about later, now first Israel before I have to start to pack before my plane leaves in 10 hours! ;O)

It was so nice to be invited to Israel by Alice at My Punch. Israel is for some reason a country I never thought I would ever visit, so it was extra nice to get this invitation and to go there and to see their beautiful country and to meet lots of sweet scrappers from there plus even some from Russia!

Israel is really beautiful, and very inspirational. They have the outer contrast in everything, especially religion, architecture, art, technology and so on. When looking at the buildings it is almost as looking at something like "back to the future", a fusion, a totally mix of very old buildings and new modern architecture. 

An old building with old and romantic window closers, with a modern skyscraper in the background.

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A backyard with old apartments. Just look at the windows, the window closers, the clothes on a wire, and the washing machine standing outside with a cat cage on top of it. Loved to walk around and to find photographic motives as this!

The day after I arrived I headed out to the local antique market, bought some treasures, and took some pictures;

This market was so full of treasures you can't even believe it! I did buy a few things, but found many more. But unfortunately all the stores at the market closed before I managed to look around and to get back to buy what I found.
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Yes, these stores was amazing, full of treasures for every scrapper and antique interest persons! ;O) If I had time, I could spend hours and hours in each store, for sure!

Some guys playing a game on the sidewalk in the old market.

This is a quick shot I took out of the window from a taxi when heading back to the hotel, it shows the area down at the sea, the outer part of Tel Aviv.

Now, Thursday morning, time for a class! Comfort-Craft Tools all lined up just waiting to be played with! ;O)

This is a bunch of sweet and talented ladies from the thursday layout class!

And here some fun and sweet ladies from the Friday class, where we created two projects!

They were all so sweet and wonderful, very talented ladies that it was an honor to meet and to have in my classes! I had some amazing days in Israel, and would had gone back there in a heart beat!

On Friday after the last class Alice took me out for dinner and to show me another part of the city, and this cute and probably homeless cat came up to us and begged for some food.

The cat sat beside us both for a while and was pretty relaxed and not afraid at all. And suddenly it couldn't resist the nice smell from the food anymore, so it "stole" Alice's lamb bone and ran away with it! Luckily Alice was done eating by that time... ;O)

It was a very beautiful area Alice showed me, and a great place to take more pictures. Just look at this cute little aqua colored house and the iron door, sign and bench! And again, don't miss the modern skyscraper in the background ;O)

A nice street with beautiful flowers hanging over... loved this area!


I had 4 amazing days down in Israel, and I am both proud and honored to have been there, for visiting their beautiful country and to meet such sweet scrappers!

Thank you Alice for inviting me, I really appreciate it and you and all of you who attended my classes gave me some memories I will never forget! Thank you every one of you!!! I sure hope I will see you girls again one day!





*Hugs and smiles*

Ingvild