About time to post some works again.... Altered coffee Grinder!

Hi all my dear blog readers.

First of all; sorry! Sorry for being such a bad blogger! I hope my blog will be better and more fun for everyone to visit more regular soon. The last months has been worse then even usual, and I wish to do something about that, wish to change it all to the better! Starting today! ;O) I wish to post more often with different kind of posts, and at least never wait so long as this time before I post works again. So sorry for that, but time have just been insane the last months with the USA-tour, CHA, planning upcoming classes and product designs.

Anyway, enough "blah blah" from me today, time to show a altered item I did before I left for USA;

A altered coffee grinder! I bought a cheap mini coffee grinder at a local antique store, and it was boring and looked pretty "bad", just brown, and even the label holder which used to be on it was off... I got it for like $5, so I thought that was a fair enough price for a poor item as this and thought I then had "budget" to invest a bit creative time on it instead to try to make it look less poor.. ;O)

So I altered with new and old Prima goodies, and painted it white. Went for shabby chic light colors, and pretty much tried to "bring back life to it" in the words meaning ;O) I had in mind a living coffee grinder, where flowers were growing and stretching out on the top of the grinder (instead of coffee beans), and where the same flowers pops out and grows out of the drawer who pops open where some old gears are running inside of it and still saying "tic tac". The is even a family leaving inside of the grinder, as a little house, and on the backside of the grinder you can twist it up just like an old bell clock, even though you of course never do that with a grinder.. ;O) But in my mind when I created this one, I wanted it to be "all alive and still ticking"... Like a fairy tale.. a wonderland....or a dream box? Or maybe a Fantasy House?...

Here you can see all the flowers and the butterfly on top of the project, the flowers kind of growing and stretching out and don't want to be pressed down and into the grinder... ;O) You can also see here the white painted and crackled effect I added to the boring brown original wood on the grinder.

Here you see the coffee grinder from a different angle, showing one side with one of my resin windows from the Shabby Chic Resin Treasures at Prima. I also used my resin corners up in the corners on front of the project. Since the resins are white original, it is very easy to recolor them just as you want, the colors will show easily and show their true color. On these I still wanted them to be white, so I only added touches of my Chalk Edgers "Dry Sand" randomly to the edges to make them look more vintage. The same I did on all the white painted edges to give them the same look.

Here you can see the drawer filled with old clock gears and Prima flowers. You can also easily here see the brown edges and vintage paper corners that is distressed with Comfort-Craft Tool's - Distresser Tool, after the paper was added to the project. The Chalk Edgers is so easy to control and add chalk fluid to wherever you wish to add it to create an old looking effect. Resin corners up in the corners of the project, from the Shabby Chic Resin Treasures collection, kit Sculpture Window.

On this side you can see an open window into "the home" where "someone" is living in this grinder.. ;O)

Here you can see a little boy sitting with a table inside behind the open window...

And here you can see the boy inside behind the open resin window...

The backside of the grinder, showing where you can "pull it up" as a clock ;O) At least you can do that on this one in my fantasy world.. ;O)

On the back I used a resin from my Shabby Chic Resin Treasures, the "ceiling ornaments". Made a hole in it and added an old rusty bell clock key into the hole.
Again you can see the distressed paper corners which is distressed with Distressing Tool and Chalk Edgers, both from my new lines with Prima!

Thank you everyone for dropping in today and take a peek into my crazy little fantasy world ;O) - hope you enjoyed the post!

Wish you all a wonderful and creative week!

Hugs and smiles :D
Ingvild

Upcoming classes in Sweden! - UPDATES!

Hi everyone!

Just some quick updates about the upcoming classes in Sweden (see information below in this post)

We have now added 10 more seats to the class after the sign-up deadline on Monday, which is available! :D But be quick, it's only 10 more seats! First ones gets them! ;O)
For sign-ups or question, please see below in post.

Please also see class description changes in orange text below.

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Hi all.

Just a quick post to share some info for upcoming classes in Sweden! ;O)

Country Scrap in Sweden, 3rd and 4th September! 
- Still some seats available, but be quick!

This is a Prima layout class with the same class both days, so you choose one of the dates.
On Saturday evening there is a Grill Scrap Treff (BBQ Scrap Crop)!

Price: 875,- SEK for the class (you choose one day) - 1000,- SEK for one class including the BBQ Scrap Crop! Prices includes large kits for 2 very detailed layouts + extra products, food for breakfast and lunch, plus BBQ food if you sign up for the BBQ Scrap Crop too.

Where: Stenshult ( Between Uddevalla and Trollhättan/Vänersborg
The crop room and store opens at 10:00. The class starts at 11.30. (Sunday 10:30) All ends around 17:00.(Sunday 16:00) You can find more information here.


We will create a layout filled with layers, details and techniques in a style which I usually scrap. If there is enough time in the class, we will create a 2nd layout which is in the kit too! So you get total 2 layouts in the kit + extra products! 
There will be available one tool set of Comfort-Craft Tools for each student to borrow during the class to test out and do fun techniques with! (there will be demo on the tools and the techniques first when the classes starts, which is a part of the teaching program)


Last day to sign up is Monday 15th August, so be quick! ;O)
Now 10 seats added after sign-up deadline, but be quick!

Sign-ups can be done on email to countryscrap@telia.com

I'm really looking forward to this event, we will have so much fun, and I hope I will see you there! ;O)

Hugs and smiles :D
Ingvild

More from USA and Canada

Hi all

How are you all? I'm sorry this post comes a bit later then planned, but here it is and I hope you will all enjoy some peeks into some of the Prima classes from the USA and Canada tour in July.

First up are some photos from the classes at Treasured Memories, the Canadian store in Edmonton which I blogged a bit about in the last post. This was the first store of two I visited in Canada, and we had two classes here, one project class and one layout class, and here are some pics of both of them;

Some nice ladies in the middle of the project class working with the Comfort-Craft Tools Distresser Tool.

And here another part of the class, lots of amazing ladies and they were all a pleasure to have in class, had so much fun!

And again, another group of sweet ladies, creating with Distresser Tool from my new tool line.

Close-up of one lady in the class creating with the Distressing Tool on the paper edges to create vintage edges.

And here one lady from the class creating distressed paper edges with the Metal Brush tool on the tip of the Distressing Tool.

A group picture of the project class, all so fun and sweet to have in class.

A "view" from the layout class at Treasured Memories.

And here a group picture from the layout class, a big group of amazing ladies!

This is just a quick tag I made to Treasured Memories of some scraps from my teaching kit.

And after two great days at Treasured Memories in Edmonton, the trip went to Scrapbooker's Paradise in South Calgary, Canada. 

Here is a over view picture from the first class at Scrapbooker's Paradise, the layout class. 

And the group of sweet ladies with their finish layout from the class!

And here all the nice ladies from the project class at Scrapbooker's Paradise.

After 5 great days in Canada and as a guest at Trisha and her family (thank you for taking so good care of me!), 4 days with teaching (2 in Edmonton and 2 in Calgary), the trip went all the way down to Florida in USA to teach at two stores there, Paper Niche and Everything Scrapbooks and Stamps!

This is the group of lovely ladies I had in the layout class at Paper Niche, and 3 of them came all the way up from Brazil to take the class! 

And here is the group of ladies from the project class at Paper Niche.

After teaching two classes at Paper Niche, I went to Everything Scrapbook's and Stamps in Florida to teach for the very last day on this great tour. Again I had two classes, and both of them an pleasure and honor to teach.

Here are all the fun ladies from the project class at Everything Scrapbooks and Stamps.

And, the layout class at the same store. Again, so many sweet ladies which was an honor to meet and to have in class.

It have been almost 3 amazing weeks "on the road" (on 15 planes ;O) ) where I met so many wonderful ladies. It has been a pure pleasure and honor to meet every single one of them and to have them in my classes, I feel so honored to have got this opportunity, to travel around and to meet so many wonderful scrappers in USA and Canada, and even all the way up from Brazil! Scrapbooking is an amazing craft that brings so many people together from around the world, and I am proud and happy to be a part of this craft and to have the opportunity to travel around and to meet and teach so many wonderful people! - Thank you to every one of you who I met on this tour and to all of you who took my classes, to make it all so extra special! I hope you had a great time too and maybe picked up something during the classes. Hope I will meet you all again one day soon!

And huge thanks to all the stores, Prima and Trisha who made this tour possible!!!

Wish you all a wonderful and creative year, and hope to see you all again soon!

HUGS and smiles :D

Ingvild

From the classes on my tour

Hi everyone, hope you all had a great weekend?

Today I will share a bit more from my great tour in USA and Canada.

After CHA, I stayed together with Trisha Ladouceur one more night in Chicago to teach a bunch of lovely ladies at a hotel there, a event ran by Swirlydoos and the amazing Krissy Mossberger who I was so happy to finally meet after "years" online!

A group of sweet ladies after the project class @the Swirlydoos event. Some of these lovely ladies had flied in from long distance to attend CHA and the class, and it was so nice to meet them all!


After Swirlydoos event in Chicago, my plan was to fly straight in to New York the next morning to teach @ Lasting Memories on Saturday July 23rd. But that night in Chicago was insane, in rained and rained and it didn't stop before half Chicago was floated and the water went over the roof of the cars some places! So, of course, the airport was floated too, and all flights were cancelled or delayed that morning. It took me 3,5 hours in a line just to get to the check-in! So, it says it all, I had no chance to make my flight that morning, even if I had been there 4 hours before my flight I wouldn't had made it. My flight was around one hour delayed, but still I had no chance to make it, the whole airport was chaos that morning.
So, due to this, a group of lovely ladies had to wait and wait at Lasting Memories in NY for my classes while I were stuck at the airport in Chicago. I got there hours too late, and due to that we had to cancel one of my classes, which was really sad and that I am so sorry for. But imagine, even after hours and hours of waiting and one class cancelled, the ladies were so sweet and patience, and they were a class that was a big pleasure and honor to teach! Here they are;

One happy lady just about to pack up a pack of beautiful Prima flowers from the layout kit.

Some sweet ladies in the middle of the process of creating the layout.

Some other sweet ladies creating and almost done with their layouts from the class.

One sweet and happy lady with her beautiful layout from the class.

And some of the wonderful ladies from the class with their layouts!

From here the tour went to Canada to teach at two different stores in Edmonton and Calgary. I flied in to Canada already the next morning and my friend Trisha picked me up at the airport and so friendly opened the doors to her home to let me stay there while I was in Canada. She took really good care of me all the 5 days I was up there and I had a great time visiting Canada!

First class up was Treasured Memories in Edmonton, a wonderful store with lots of great art and treasures! Just look at these images!

Sweet Chantel (the owner) behind the desk (in black hat).

Yeah, I could easily imagine this typer in my studio...

Awesome typography and art!

Small treasures on a plate!

Look at all these amazing things in this shelf!

Drawers filled with treasures!

True art!!! *in love*

Well,.. do I have to say that some of these little cute ones had to come with me home to Norway? ..!!! Seriously! Look at these, all drawers full of these sweet little treasures! Old typo treasures!!!

Lovely store, right? Thought I had to share some images of it with you all.

I should had continued to share more from this tour now, and the next images were suppose to be from the classes at this same store, Treasured Memories. But there will be too many images for one post, so I will continue to share tomorrow and hope you all will peek back in then ;O)

Thank you for dropping in and for taking your time to view a bit of the USA and Canadian tour!

Take care!

hugs and smiles
Ingvild

CHA and Chicago!

Hi all my dear blog visitors!

How are you all? I'm so sorry that I have not been able to do any blog posts in weeks! When I was in USA and Canada I was busy all the time and didn't have access to Internet every day. I really hoped I could share with you all how everything was while I was still there, but time ran away from me every day. However, now I am back home, came 2 days ago, and will do some blog posts to share a bit about my July-tour! ;O)

After teaching at Remember When in California, I went straight up to Chicago to attend CHA for the first time. I arrived on Sunday, and used half Monday to prepare the booth for the opening on Tuesday. The rest of the day we, Prima girls who attended CHA, spent in Chicago city which is a beautiful city! Trisha Ladouceur took us all out on a boat trip so we could see a lot of this great city, then we went to, yes.. *wohooo!* :D the Cheescake Factory for dinner, which have been on my "to do list" for years! I so love cheesecakes, so this was like a huge "toy store" for me! ;O) I think I used at least one hour to dig myself trough the menu before I finally just picked two sorts of cheesecakes to bring with me to the hotel room for desserts! :D

Here are some shots from Chicago City - beautiful! On the lower right corner you can see one of the boat we went out on a bit later.

This is a shot from my Canon from when we got back to the harbor with the boat in the evening.


So, over to CHA...

This is from Prima's booth, the wall filled with my new lines with Prima! Shabby Chic Resin and Metal Treasures and Comfort-Craft Tools! There was also featured some amazing samples from Finnabair, Cari Fennell, Sharon Laakkonen, Drew Scott, Ania, Jamie Dougherty and Heidi Kelley.

Shabby Chic Resin Treasures and Shabby Chic Metal Treasures on the wall with lots of samples around.

 The wall with Comfort-Craft Tools! ;O)

Here I'm doing some makes and takes with some lovely ladies! We made cards with brand new Prima products and tried out Comfort-Craft Tools with several fun techniques! We had makes and takes all 3 days, and the amazing Drew Scott was so sweet and helped me out every single day! - Thank you so much Drew for everything you did and helped out with, I truly appreciate it!

And look look at these BRAND NEW frames from Prima! Comes in vintage brown, off-white and black, and is all you need to frame your layout to put them on your wall! 

Hint; Look at the sample layout which comes in it!... ;O) lol.

If you wish to see more pics from CHA, you can visit Prima's blog here.

We stayed at a hotel just a few blocks away, and look at the view from our hotel room! ;O) CHA right in front of us!

It was 4 amazing days in Chicago and @ CHA. Prima's boot was amazing as always, filled up with beautiful and hot new products and amazing samples created by the design team. Prima's booth was one of the best at CHA for sure! It was an honor to take part in this all, to attend CHA with Prima, showcase my own line *so proud and happy*, and to finally meet all the wonderful people working at Prima plus all the other people in the industry that I finally met for the very first time! So many sweet persons stopped by and said hi, and I loved to meet you all! Thank you to all of you who took your time and dropped by Prima's booth to say "hi", to all of you who took your time to check out the new lines and to all of you who placed orders. Thank you everyone of you for making my very first time at CHA to such a amazing experience! Hope I will see you all again soon!

Here is a shot from the view over Chicago city from the boat we were on; beautiful view, right?!

Thank you fro dropping in, and hope to see you all back soon for more posts from this USA and Canada tour the next days! Now I will dive into miles with emails waiting. So if you are one of all of those waiting for a answer from me, I hope I will be able to get back to you now as soon as possible. Didn't have the possibility to answer emails during the tour, but will work myself trough it all now in the next days. Thank you for your patience. 

Wish you all a wonderful weekend!

Hugs and smiles! - Ingvild