Creating Keepsakes Mixed Media Blog Hop

Tämän päivän postaus vain englanniksi, huomenna jälleen kahdella kielellä. Osallistu silti toki lehden arvontaan kommentoimalla! 

Hello and welcome to my blog! If you arrived from Mou Saha you're on the right track, because it's Creating Keepsakes Mixed Media blog hop! You next stop is Cindy Tobey. If you get lost, you can find the launch post here at Creating Keepsakes blog.

Let me introduce myself - I'm Riikka Kovasin, a Finnish mixed media style scrapbooker with passion to get my hands inked and misted every day. I live in Helsinki, capital of Finland, with my encouraging husband and our two darling girls. I currently design for two magazines and a scrapbooking challenge. You can find more about my assignments here, in my resume.

For some time ago I got a happy mail from Creating Keepsakes asking if I would like to do something for a Mixed Media issue. Of course I was immediately in! My subject for the issue was colors or colorants. I'm a mist lover so I chose to show a fun technique using mists and alcohol inks. There's a tutorial on that marble style background in the magazine.

Guess what? I have one copy of the magazine to give away! Leave me a comment here by September 27th 1 pm GMT and you could be randomly chosen to win a copy of Mixed Media, vol. 2! International winners, you’ll be given a download for a PDF version of the magazine. 

My double page is about my husband. I took the photos while he was hanging the decorations for our girl's birthday party. I love to use mixed media in my layouts and usually go for the background. For this spread I created the other one with a misted background and the other page only has stamping and doodling behind the paper layers. The created marble looking paper is used in those layers behind the photo and small triangles.

If you wish to see more of my work, I'd be delighted if you joined in as a reader. You can copy the rss feed link from the sidebar or just copy+paste the blog address to your reader. You can also follow me via Facebook or Twitter. Or if you are intrigued by color, maybe you could find inspiration from my Pinterest boards?

Thank you for stopping by! Wishing you a lovely day and good luck with the raffle! Hop on to Cindy Tobey!

Materials: Scrapperin, Tattered Angels, Talens, Ranger, Wycinanka, Lily Bee, American Crafts, Stash Panache, Color Conspiracy, 7 Dots Studio, MT Masking Tape, Prima Markering, Emmo, Sakura

Map Out - Creating Keepsakes July/August

Hello! This layout is an oldie one, created way over 6 months ago. The layout was created for a gallery over at Creating Keepsakes. As the magazine has changed it's publishing style, it's now possible for me to share this layout with you. The magazine is now available both in print and in digi, you can visit the online store here (link). You can also take a sneak peek of the magazine (link) or if you are a subscriber already, you can access your digital issue here (link).

The gallery was about using maps so I created a map piece underneath my photo and also a rosette using strips of map. The bigger part is done weaving the strips together. I also used a map patterned flair button and a piece of washi tape with a map print. The journaling is hidden in that tag inside the little pouch.

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Hei! Tämä sivu on vanhempaa tuotantoa, tein sen yli puoli vuotta sitten. Sivu on tehty Creating Keepsakes -lehden galleriaan. Koska julkaisu on muuttanut ilmestymistyyliään, pystyn sivun jakamaan. Creating Keepsakes on nykyään saatavilla niin paperilehtenä kuin diginäkin ja osa lehdestä on saatavilla ainoastaan digitaalisena. Lehden online-kaupan löydät tästä linkistä (linkki). Tästä linkistä puolestaan pääset kurkistamaan lehden sisältöä (linkki) tai jos olet jo tilaaja, tästä pääset puolestaan lukemaan digitaalista lehteä (linkki).

Galleriassa oli teemana käyttää karttaa, joten tein sivun, jossa etsitään suuntaa. Kuvan alla oleva iso osio on tehty punomalla karttasuikaleita yhteen ja rosetti suikaleita yhteenliittämällä. Käytin sivussa myös karttakuvioista flair-nappia ja washiteippiä. Sivun tarinointi on kirjoitettu tagiin ja piilotettu kuvan takana olevaan taskuun.