Old pictures iin scrapbooking

Currently i am doing an album that will be a littly vintagy however i am waiting for my stamps to arrive to be able to use them, they ar ealso vintage :)

so i thought i will post one of the pages i have done so far, in it i included a photo which i cut out from the old school book from early 1900s, i think it turned out good. Another thing i have done is, i have been painting some pages with regul paint, and i have a tip. Sometimes to get a good color you have to mix some colors, so i did not use any kitchen supplies so i figured i need something to put the mixed and regular color in, so i bought a thingy that is used to put water in to make icecubes. mine is made of rubber. it worked great.

Tip on how to use old things for scrapping, and tags

Today i got tired of sitting at the library and study, it was nice wheather so i went for a walk to a second hand store, i wanted to see if there was something old of use for scrapbooking. I found something actually, three really old books. A reading course book for pupils with lovely old photos in from 1901 and two small yearbooks from 1919 and 1924 ( are they antique?). It is really cool to read things from back then. I will use the old papers in some mini albums as whole pages, background and also tags. The photos in the reading book will be cut out and pasted on tags as images instead of stamps. Can't wait to start. I also went to the local scrap store and found some really sweet tags which will also be used. i think i will do a vintage album next time, i love them.

pocket mini album

this is my latest mini album i have made, it is inspired by steffogal1, she makes amazing albums. she even got featured on http://creativeminialbums.blogspot.com/
that website is very good for getting ideas for minialbums. i hope they post oen of my mini albums one day :)

paint instead of cardstock papers

One of my favorite scrappers ( I have many :) as will be noticed) Annasari on youtube, shared a great technique some time ago, on how to cover your mini album with frames of paint instead of cardstock. Annasari's clip . Now she uses acrylic paint, and this one i use is similiar and works aswell. When i do my mini albums i like to have a frame around my patterned papers, so usually i use cardstock. Unfortunatly i dont always have the desired color in stock so i thought why not improvise a cardstock paper. So instead of paper i use paint. Therefore i bought some basic colors that can be mixed to get the desired color you want. 13 kr a bottle is a very good bargain :) . I think it is a useful tip that can come handy when you run out of certain papers to have as background paper, besides you save money this way. One of these bottles can be usued many many times.

another folded mini album...

I just love these folded minialbums, because they are easy to make, yet you fill it with everything you need. Here is a birthday present i have made for a special person. I put her picture on the middle tag, and on the other two tags left room for journaling, for her to write something to remember her birthday. I put embelishments on, such as rubons, my favorite :) , ribbon to put the whole album closed, pearls, journaling tag, and the left tag has an acordian book( or whatever they name is) on it so she can write some journaling on. One great idea i got from these mini album is to have it as a wedding present. Usually when we go to weddings, we give money as gifts, because the couple can buy exactly what they want. But to make it a little more  personal rather than just give money in an envelope, you create one of these albums, put the money in of the pockets, and greetings and congratulations on tags for the other two pockets. Lovely little mini album :)

A new package arrived...:)

Finally i got my papers, which i've ordered from etsy.com at thienthanh's store, She's got amazing papers to really good prices, i love it. This time i bought 68 sheets. the K and Company papers pack - CLASSICS - set of 50 papers - 6x6 and Basic Grey papers pack - SUGARED collection - set of 18 - 1 side cardstock - 6x6. The sugared colletion i bought just because Steffogal1 uses it in her scrapbooking GGS JULY Mini Album

I just love it, and told myself that i will do one of that album, because it is really cute and creative. 

mini album..

This mini album i just finished. I am studying for an exam and just needed some time to relax so i finished the album. It was alot of fun to do it. However it is still not done, i have to put some embelishment and journaling spot here and there.

When doing this album i have been using shiny paper front and backcover and some pages inside, it comes from the DCWV luxury stack and also K and company blue awning. I used brownish shiny embossing powder, rubons, brads, transparent paper and charms, ribbons, flowers and other things. I love this album, because in it i will put favorite photos ad qoutes by my hubby. 

I copied this from a post at stephanies blog and thought it would be fun to read this in acouple of months and see what i was up too today :)

Outside my window... a big tree showing behind the balcony.

I am thinking... when will my scrapbook stuff that i ordered arrive, can't wait!!!

I am thankful for... my family, friends and all the incredible opportunies i have been blessed with in my life.

From the kitchen... nice egg and tomatoe omelette mum made for breakfast mmmm.

I am wearing... Light blue jeans, green top.

I am creating... a vintage album with loads of stamps in it.

I am going... to go to uni soon and have a lecture in law.

I am reading... financial accounting theory by deegan

I am hoping... that i will finish school in time, get a good job and alot of time for scrapping.

I am hearing... mum getting dressed to go to the malla nd my laptops annoying fan, and the local buss driving by.

Around the house... my messy room and lovely cleaned flat.

One of my favorite things... go for long walks, meeting my hubby, chatting with friends, cooking with mother, passing a course :), scrapping !!!!

A few plans for the rest of the week... blog some more albums, finish some reports, cut my hair and recieve my packages.

packaged arrived :)

Finally i got my package with the new 6 X 6 scrap paper pack - PRIMA first blush collection - set of 24 scrap papers. I ordered it from http://www.THlENTHANH.etsy.com. She is really helpful and i already made a second order. Lets see if that on also arrives quickly. I was surprised id came so fast. I dont think it took 10 days, less than that, which is good cus it came al the way from us to sweden. gooood :)