Doubtfire's Musings

If you want to visit one of the lovliest ladies in blogland then look no further .... Sheila of 'Doubtfires Musings' is the lady for you! She is also without doubt a fabulous crafter and produces some wonderful creations.

This stunner just left me lost for words - the gorgeous image coloured to perfection and embellished so beautifully.

Her eye for colour is evident in all her creations and her skillful use of punches a real trademark.

There are lots of lovely techniques on Sheila's blog and you will love browsing through the pages od creations.

More fabulous colouring and punching......

...... and flowers!

Please make sure you pay Sheila a visit and leave her a comment or two to let her know how much you have enjoyed visiting. Have a lovely evening

Marcea -x-

I introduce Ravenpainting from Lori Saul

I came upon this talented artist, at Ravenpainting, through my challenge blog at DragonsDream Tag it On, when she began to take up my themes. She produces wonderful pieces, and I want to share her latest entry with you. My theme this week has been "Eternal Goddess" and this lovely tag was what she came up with. Striking isn't it??!!

What a lovely name, too, Lori Saul... she is an artist who likes to express herself in as many ways as possible, and I can only share with you, a fraction of what she creates. Dominoes, soldered work, digital, stamped etc etc. She says she is a wife, mother and lover of all things beautiful., and the computer has given her a new voice for that expression.

These dominoes were made using alcohol inks and stamps. The colours she uses are so vibrant.

The Forest Spirit was created digitally using many different elements, including ferns from Lori Saul's own garden.

This piece is one of my favourites. She made a fimo doll face and photographed it. Then she added it to the batik collage she had made. Such a lovely interpretation of the theme which inspired her.

Woo, this one is so exciting!! So vibrant and exotic... layers of paint, fabric, tissue, ribbons and such go to make this piece. So intricate...

I chose this one for the form and colour, as well as the oriental subject matter (well, nothing new there then!!) I have found so much detail in this piece, it looks like silk.

And last, but not least, glass!! Soldered glass candle holder, cut, ground and fitted together into this wonderfully colourful shape. Lori Saul, I love your work and I think everyone who visits your blog will agree with me. ENJOY and take the time!!!

Frankie

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DragonsWeb

Devotion To The Dream..

Gorgeous Bird House Boxes

Fantastic Stationery Set

What a lovely name for a blog and us crafters certainly know all about Devotion To The Craft!!

I have featured some of Emma's stunning gifts, they are just gorgeous and look at the cute flower pot card and baby carton which Emma filled with socks, bootees, a little hat and a dummy - How adorable is that!

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Her cards are stunningly elegant, uncluttered and a breath of fresh air.

I love the pleated paper on this card... so if you want some more inspiration visit Emma HERE

Kraftin' Kimmie's Korner is...

a beautiful blog for anyone who enjoys cards. Her cards are wonderfully colored and are very well put together. I love all the flowers, buttons and ribbon she uses!!!
Take a look at some of her cards.
Be sure to visit Kimmie's blog! You will surely be inspired!

I'll be lovin' these layouts forever and a year....

My first love is scrapbooking followed very closely by card making, but I seem to have left scrapbooking behind lately, however after I visited Frances at her 'Forever and a year' blog I felt so inspired to start scrapbooking again. I LOVE her style and the fun that she puts into each layout.

Isn't the tree FABULOUS!!

You can visit Frances at her Forever and a year blog HERE

Firstly I would like to apologise for my absence.....I have been blog surfing earnestly but I seem to keep on tripping over the same blogs everywhere I go. And when I do find one I love my Inspirational colleagues beat me to it!! (I guess we all have such good taste lol!)


All of my recent finds are absolutely gorgeous but unfortunately many of them have already been featured on Inspirational.........until one day last week when I nearly fell off my chair because I had stumbled across this new one!!

Louise aka Loolabelle has a "unique" style it is hers and hers only and is oh so refreshing to see.

Louise has developed her creative and artistic style during the last couple of years whilst she has been on numerous international design teams, however there is no point in me giving her layouts a fancy speech as the simplicity of them speaks for themselves.

So without any further ado please go and visit an uninterrupted view.

Scrap from Berdien

Well I was doing my usual blog hop at the weekend and came upon this Dutch lady's blog. I was stopped dead in my blog hopping tracks as her bold contemporary cards blew me away.

Her style is just stunning, amazing cut elements, stitching and the designs are to die for..... AND for all you scrap booking lovers out there, Berdien has some amazing layouts too. She says she loves butterflies and they are featured so beautifully in many of her cards.

So if you want to see lots more of Berdien's Blog - Click HERE

Magical matching makes from Janny.

Today i have the pleasure of introducing a very talented lady called Janiel Corley, a mother of three, a freelance designer, and an all round amazing crafter from Arizona in the US.

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Janiel, or "Janny" as she is more often called, has a whole blog of lovely work, but today i wanted to show you some matching makes that she has made using the same stamp.

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I love it when people make matching items, i like to think the stamps are getting a varied life too when they are used for more than just a card.

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As well as this gorgeous card below , Janny has made a beautifully decorated windowed boxalope for it....

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Then comes this fantastic box purse, how lovely is this? I love the effect of the crackle glaze over the image....

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With the same stamp, a matchbook notepad...

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As i said, Janny is talented in so many areas of crafts, evident by this lovely candle to go with the rest of the makes...

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Stunning makes from a very crafty lady there, so please take a trip over to her wonderful blog, "Scrappyjan Designs" and learn more about these lovely pieces. You won't be disappointed and there are plenty more makes to be inspired by.

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Thank you Janny.

Meet the amazing Anne Kristine

I'm so happy to show off one of my favourite scrapbookers, please meet Anne Kristine from Norway, also known as aksh :) Anne Kristine has been featured here once before with her amazing Christmas card in 2008, but she really deserves a bigger place here!

I have now been looking in her blog for days, and everytime I visit I find some work that captures my heart. I'm waiting for a rainyday now, with no work or husband at home, just to spend hours and hours studying her work. She is just amazing!

Anne Kristine makes beautiful cards, just look at these - wouldn't you love to recieve one of these in the mail?


Isn't this card made for her grandson fun? It's so cool how she has included all the little things he like in the card, and still made a little art piece out of it:)




As I'm pretty content making a nice front of a card, she even makes small artwork inside:

The cards are lovely - but so are also her LO's.
I'm not quite sure how I would describe her style, but I guess it would be hybrid between vintage and clean and simple. This is what I think makes Anne Kristine's work so special. In a time when vintage and lots of layers is very popular in Norway she kind of restrains her self, and only make the small hints of layers and vintage. And it just works so beautifuly:

Don't you just love the effect of the note paper peeking through the background paper, the little lace by the photo and her beautiful flowers?

This one just speaks for it self:
This page about Anne Kristine's granddaughter who want so learn to read is just so great!
Doesn't it seem like you are reading a book?
It's just so cleaver!
This is also an good example of the vintage style meeting a simplier style:
The way she has included the old fabric with the lace in a LO with more bright colours is so cool. I loooove the effect!

Anne Krisine is really good at including old pieces of fabric. Looking at her pages makes me regret all the fabric I have trown away over the years, and makes me long for fleamarkets...
Even if Anne Kristine mostly scrapbook in delicate colours, she also have some LOs with more color. This one is just way too cute:

Though delicat colours, Anne Kristine has lots of colours in her details.
And her details - wow! They are small pieces of art in them self!

I just love the effect with the dollie that she has painted with gesso, and the papercup (that you use while baking cupcakes)





In my head Anne Kristine must have a really beautiful home!
I'm imagening it as her scrapbooking, simple but with lots of vintage effects and some spots of bright colors. And her walls are decorated with beautiful wallhangings, made by herself of course:) I never make wallhangings of my own, but I sure will try after seeing her work:


And this calendar is just way too lovely to just last for one year:



As usual I'd like to show you my favourites of her work, but this time it was so hard so choose, so I have to show you two.

The first is this home decor project.

Anne Kristine has used an old jar (of a kind that is very common in Norway) and inside is a picture of her beautiful granddaughter. She has made her into a fairy by adding wings made of old book pages - pretty smart!

My other fav is this layout of her daughter in New York:
The way she has made her background almost makes me feel how cold it must be.
And I love the way she has made it so simple, but still very funky in way - perfect for a picture of a girl that age!

Make sure you have lots of time when you go and visit her blog, and you can just as well add her to your bloglist, as this is one scrapbooker you don't want to forget!
Rembember to leave her some kind words and give her the credit she really deserves:)