Scraptastic 2013; part 1

I went to Belgium in the end of October to attend the Scraptastic event, and although my personal opinion is that is was a poorly organized event, the classes were superb and I met a lot of wonderful people, so all in all - it'll go down in my scrap history as a very memorable experience, (maybe just not for all the right reasons - yet… ;/ )

I started out with a class with Gerry van Gent, and wow was that an awesome class! 
She's a very sweet and talented girl from the Netherlands and she makes beautiful art. We made a canvas with everything from misting, resisting, die cutting and a lot of fussy cutting. The result is simply stunning, and I can't wait to get it framed and hung up on my wall!

I know I won't hesitate to take another class with Gerry, and I sure do hope it's going to be sooner than later! Check out her work here.

Take care and so long!
Hugs Cecilia

Mormor 95

Another page from my Prima Art Journal, and this time oh so inspired by my last blogpost, the class with Czekoczyna/Kasia. 
When I made this I didn't have any of the watercolors that Kasia used, so I used what I had, but… I do have them now, and I love them!

I took this photo of my dear grandmother on the day the turned 95. She is awesome and seems more like 75 than 95!

The string I used was a gift from my friend Hilde Jeanette, and I just love it so much I hardly use it, I just look at it, but in honor of my grandmother it seemed appropriate. 

Take care and so long!

Hugs Celia

Scrappeskrepper

I travelled to Poland in August with two girls from Norway that I hardly knew. Actually I had never met Linda, and Yasmin and I worked together for a short period at Bikuben, and I had taken a few of her classes, but I didn't really know them, so you can imagine my stomach had some butterflies when I drove up to Gardermoen. 

It turned out that the butterfly ordeal was totally wasted, because we had the best time, both in Poznan with separate hotel rooms and in Czempin where we shared a room. 

I could easily travel with these girls again!

Here is a page in my Art Journal with a photo of my friends and me. 
I believe it was right after this page was done that I realized that AJ is my new favorite thing!

I brought my Instax camera and I got a lot of sweet pictures! Is it possible to fall in love with a camera? I think maybe it is.. 

Take care and so long!

Hugs Celia

ProzArt 2013, part 1

Jeg har vært så heldig å få delta på en kreativ reise, både fysisk og mentalt, og jeg føler meg utrolig takknemlig, ydmyk, glad og beriket.  

Jeg har vært i Polen, nærmere bestemt i Poznan og Czempin, på ett fantastisk arrangement som heter ProzArt. ProzArt ble arrangert av tre herlige jenter; Ewa, Eliza og Ania/Finnabair. Det ble en helg full av kreative overraskelser, uendelig mange flotte Primablomster, lærerike og utfordrende workshops med utrolig dyktige lærere og en hel masse latter og hygge. Jeg reiste sammen med to søte jenter; Yasmin og Linda, og vi startet og endte turen med en natt på ett lekkert hotell i Poznan, slik at vi fikk sett byen og området vi reiste til. Vi er alle tre enige om at Polen er ett supert reisemål med flott arkitektur, utrolig mye historie, svært lave priser, vennlige og hjelpsomme mennesker og god og billig mat. Jeg reiser gjerne tilbake dit! 

Resten av innlegget skrives på engelsk... 

I've been so fortunate to go on an amazing creative journey, both physically and mentally, and I feel so grateful, humble, happy and enriched.

I've been to Poland, more accurately in Poznan and Czempin, at a wonderful creative retreat named ProzArt. ProzArt was arranged by three wonderful and talented girls; Ewa, Eliza and Anna/Finnabair. It was a weekend filled with surprises, a whole lot of Prima flowers, educational and challenging workshops with extremely talented teachers and a whole lot of laughter and cosiness.

I travelled with two sweet Norwegian girls, Yasmin and Linda, and we started and ended the trip with a night at a great hotel in Poznan, so that we got to see the city and the area we were in. We all agree that Poland is a wonderful destination with great architecture, a lot of history, low prices, friendly and helpful people and delicious and cheap food! 

I really want to go back!

Here are som pictures from our visit to the city of Poznan:

The hotel and the view from my room on the 8th floor.

 Beautiful balconies and a funky statue of a man with a bike with Linda hiding behind.

 The old town square in brass.

He looks angry... 

Polish pastries made on the barbecue and served with sugar and cinnamon... Looked delicious!

 Awesome painted houses on the old town square.

 Then there was food and a whole lot of coffee!

  Yasmin with her camera, Tassen is checking out the fountain and an old lamp caught my eye.

Then on Thursday, the ProzArt event started and Ania came to pick us up in a mini bus. She had already picked up Alina from Romania and Linda from Finland/England. We went to the train station to pick up Minna and Elina from Finland and Anat, Mimi and Einat from Israel. We were the International attendants, the rest of the group were Polish.

The bus trip out to Czempin was beautiful and fun, and we arrived at the wild life research center where we were staying. When we entered the room we saw a whole pile of Prima flowers on the bed, along with polish candy - what a great welcome!

The polish girls were all waiting for us at the supper table, and it was so nice to meet everyone. Such a gang of sweet, sweet ladies. We all recieved an envelope with personal gifts in it, and a lot of different papers and whatnots, so after dinner we started to scrap and make ourselves a name tag using some of the goodies we received.

Friday was dedicated to photo shoots with the great photographer Marcin Ratajczak and we all got 30 minutes one-to-one with him. The photos he took was then used in the workshops the following days. The rest of the day was spent hunting for tags with challenges on them, hidden outside in between bushes, the pond, the animals and the pretty surroundings, and crafting as many of the challenges we could. I found 4 tags, but I only had time to finish two of the challenges, and here is one where the challenge was to make something with the old photo.

Saturday started with a workshop by Karola called "A million layers, a million details", and when I saw the layouts that she brought, I knew this would be interesting. I'm really happy with my work, and I feel that she taught us to not be afraid of and trust that wha tever personal touch you add is nothing but great.

Before lunch we had some spare time to do what we wanted, and I must say that one of my most memorable time in Czempin was the walk with Kasia to the grocery store. She is such a caring, gentle, funny and sweet person, that I sure hope to meet again soon.

After lunch we had a walk through the compound and got to see the wildlife animals they work with there. in addition to these pictured here, there were wild hogs, deer, cranes, owls, stork, peacock and many more.

In the afternoon we started another class, this time with the ever so talented Finnabair, and her class was called "Pretty in Grunge". I've attended three of Finn's workshops earlier and I love them. She really makes me feel comfortable with using colors in a way that I never thought possible. Here's a sneak peak of the layout I made, it will be posted later.

 Saturday evening ended in a bonfire with hot dogs barbecued on a stick, beer, wine, awesome salads, singing in polish, finnish and hebrew, testing out our skills in playing the french horn and entertainment from the compounds caretaker; Mr Henryk. And to top it off - some more creativity in the scrap room before bedtime! 

On sunday, and unfortunately our last day at ProzArt, we had a workshop with lovely Kasia/Czekoczyna, and it was so much fun. I know she had planned for our class to last 4 hours, but unfortunately we had to be done in only three, due to planes and trains leaving, but she still gave us a wonderful workshop. Kasia is energetic, fun and so incredibly talented, and she has a way to inspire and bring out so much of you. I love the work I did in her class, and I can truly say that I've learned that colors are my friend... 

Here's a sneak peak at my layout from that workshop, it will be posted in full later.

I really had such a blast in Poznan and Czempin, and I'm oh so ready for ProzArt 2014 - just give me the dates and I'll be there.

This is probably the longest post i've ever made, but I had to put it all into one post, otherwise it could have taken forever...

So, thank you Yasmin and Linda for the amazing company! Thank you Ewa, Eliza and Ania for making it happen! Thank you Karola, Ania and Kasia for three amazing workshops and last, but not the least; thank you to all of you whom I now proudly call friends! 

You made my days! <3

Takk for at du tittet innom!/Thank you for stopping by!

Klem/Hugs Celia

AJ; Enjoy the journey kiddo!

Jeg har hatt overskudd til å leke litt med farger igjen, innimellom onlinekurs og dårlige dager, og resultatet ble superkult! 

Jeg forelsket meg fullstendig i denne lille karen da jeg så ham på ett kort som herlige Anne hadde laget, og visste at han måtte bli en del av mitt stadig voksende utvalg av venner i digi-verdenen.

Anne har dessverre ikke blogg, og det er virkelig synd, for hun lager de mest utsøkte kort og de kuleste AJ-kortene jeg har sett, men mange av hennes kreasjoner kan sees her på Art From The Heart sin Facebook side, så stikk innom der og ta en titt!!

I finally had the energy to play around with sprays, masks and stamps again, in between online classes and bad days, and the result is awesome! 

I totally fell in love with this little guy the first time I saw him on a card that the wonderful Anne had made and I knew he had to come home with me.
Unfortunately Anne doesn‘t have a blog and that is unfortunate, because she makes exquisite cards and some of the coolest AJ-cards I‘ve ever seen, however many of her creations can be seen here on Art From The Heart‘s facebook page, so pop over there to have a look!!

Recipe:

Stamps: "The Kid" "Home is where tha heART is" from TheOctopodeFactory, Dylusions and Tim Holtz

Colors: Gesso, Dylusions, Distress re-inkers and markers
Paper: watercolor paper from Biltema and Nille

Takk for at du tittet innom!/Thank you for stopping by!
Klem/Hugs Celia

More Dylusions!

Jeg bare måtte leke litt i dag også, men kjenner at det faktisk skal bli godt å komme hjem til scrapperommet og noen få saker jeg klarte å legge igjen der i helgen; acrylblokker og varmepistolen for eksempel... 

Det er faktisk ganske kjedelig å se maling tørke... ;-)

Another day of playing around, but I realize that it‘s going to be quite good to get back to my scrap studio and a few of the things I forgot there before this weekend; like my acrylic blocks and the heat gun...

It is actually is quite boring to wait for paint to dry... ;-)

Recipe:

Paper: Biltema akvarellpapir, Nille akvarellpapir

Stamps: Dylusions

Colors: Dylusions, Fresco Acrylic paint, Adirondack Dabbers, Granit penn, Distress markers.

Takk for at du tittet innom! / Thank you for stopping by!

Klem/Hugs Celia

I‘m in love with Dylusions!

Enda det var en fantastisk deilig dag i solen her i Strömstad så gikk jeg inn i skyggen til enda klarere og friskere farger enn det som var ute i solen. Tiden var kommet for å hive meg ut i Dylusions sprayer, stempler og masker.
Dette var gøy og masse mere kommer!

Even though it was a gorgous sunny day here in Strömstad, I chose to go inside and play with even brighter colors inside! It was time to throw myself into the world of Dylusions ink, stamps and masks.

This was fun! More is certain to come!

Takk for at du tittet innom! / Thank you for stopping by!

Klem/Hugs Celia