Bleach!

I recently bought my first stamp from Stampotique, Moth Fab. I didn't like these quirky stamps in the beginning but have grown to love them! I am an avid reader of Craft Stamper and have seen quite a lot of projects using these stamps. They often have a very colorful background and I simply thought "Color!" when I thought of what to do with the stamp. And then I thought "Bleach!". Here's the outcome!

I used mists to color the paper. I don't have a lot of them so I made my own pink mist by using Distress Inks and Perfect Pearls. I tried to mix my own Picked Raspberry (since I haven't gotten around buying it yet) by mixing Worn Lipstick and Barn Door. It doesn´t look anything like Picked Raspberry! And then I just added bleach to the stamped image! Simple, and quite striking, if I might say so!

The card is in the shape of a bookmark since I promised to buy my sister a book for her birthday. We were abroad that day and I have actually forgotten all about it for months! I gave her this bracelet (at the bottom of the photo) for her namesday and on the same occation I told her that the book finally was ordered. I think I'm getting old! I tried to get the same shine to the sentiment ("she was a brave girl") as the bracelet so I used a nail polish that makes the nails more white (it has a bluish sheen to it).

On the picture you can also see a favourite plant of mine. Don't know the name of it, but it is super easy to grow and I have plants in almost every room of my house!

We celebrated the birthday of my sisters boyfriend the same day, so he got a bookmark card as well. Yep! We got him alcohol! I wrapped it up the american way! A bottle of Absolute Vodka, but I didn't have any vodka stamps so I used wine stamps instead. He likes wine, too! I used Distress Ink Refills to make the background (Dried Marigold and Pumice Stone, which is a favourite combination of mine), Distress Ink Pad to stamp the wine opener which I then embossed. The wine stains is Distress Stains!

My sisters boyfriend is very interested in vehicles in all kinds and he keeps them spotless. He polishes them a lot obviously. Still he could't guess what I have tied to the bookmark! (He might have been confused with the hearts I tied in it!). Don't know the english word for it, but it might be polishing tangles (look at the picture below!).

polishing tangles???

Vårkänslor!

Började att plantera om alla pelargoner idag. Det är ju en del så det tar några dagar! Jag startade med mina favoriter, som av någon anledning inte blev omplanterade förra året, fragrans-/odoratissimumhybriderna. Bilden visar en av mina absoluta favoriter - 'Nejlika', som doftar precis som kryddnejlika! I bakgrunden sitter katten Curry och inspektarar sitt revir.

Det har varit en helt underbar dag idag. Solen har skinit från en klarblå himmel. Det har droppat från taken och snön har dragit sig bort från gräsmattan mer och mer. Vi åt lunch på inglasade verandan för första gången i år och det var en härlig känsla. Jag tror minsann våren är på väg!

Dear deer!

Dear deer!

I love these plants too, so stop eating them, please!

I know it's been really cold in Sweden this latest week and we've finally had some snow, too. I guess it's difficult to find food in the woods right now but my hebe, come on!

Please knock on my door the next time and I'll give you some cat food the cats refuses to eat. High on protein, great for outdoors! You're happy, I'm happier and the cats are the happiest!

Thanks!

Tjugondedag Knut

Jag tycker att det känns så sorgligt att plocka bort julen. Det blir så tomt. Men det är ju så att julsakerna inte gör sig lika bra i ljuset som kommer i januari. Så på ett sätt så vill jag ta bort dem. I år belönade jag mig med en mini-orkide för att det inte skulle kännas lika trist! De är ju så söta!

Och ja...alla julsaker åkte väl inte in i garderoben då! De här virkade stjärnorna hamnade på en hängare i hallen, det är ju fortfarande vinter!...