Monika, Anna, Mahlin and Ria are up on the blog today!

We are going to kick off today's post with some projects from Monika Martinson.  I LOVE this size she did and emailed her to ask what size it was.  The size is 12 inches by 8 inches, which is their normal paper size over in Sweden, like ours is 8.5 inches by 11 inches.  I am going to try this size!

This first layout, she used the new My Lil Monster collection and the red Cute as a Button burlap buttons.  

This next one, she used the School is Cool collection.  See those tied bows on the left side, so cute!!

Next up we have projects from Anna Bowkis.  She has such a unique style and this first layout shows that talent off quite well.

Here Anna used the School is Cool collection to document a track event.  I love how she mish mashed the pieces together at angles to come up with a unique look to her layout.

Here Anna used the Get Well Soon collection, such a sweet layout.

And now we are to Mahlin Wiggur.  She has a card and a layout today, which both include some great detail shots that you guys love!

Here's her card using School is Cool.  I love the distressed edges, mixed with the stitching.

And on her layout she used School is Cool also.  I love how she got two TOTALLY different looks from the same paper line!

Last up we have Ria Mojica.  She used the You're a Hoot Collection to celebrate her son's first fencing tournament!

Well, that's it from us today!  Be sure to check back with us this week.  On the 16th we will have our guest designer, Allison Davis, co-creator of Sketches with Scrapbooking Volumes 1-8 and the creator of the Sketch Support website joining us!

Have a Scrappy Kinda Day!!~~Katrina

Spring smiles

Hi there, it´s Monika here from chilly Sweden where fall is quickly approaching. Today I´m hoping to inspire you with a few layouts and a bottle full of love.

This is a really quick and easy layout with a photo from taken day after midsummer, I have used the Blueberry Hill collection and just added a few ribbons to it.

I really love some of the simple and clean layouts I have seen lately, but making one myself is a real challenge for me. Here I have used papers from the Boo-tiful line, I flipped the scalloped edge paper to reverse, white, side to make the border under the photo. The journaling is about my beautiful nice whom I love dearly.

This is my last layout, here I have used digital layouts as inspiration to achieve the layered look. The road sign decoration is a printed digital element and the bar code thingy was on my mascara. Al the papers are from the Tree love line.

This month I will have to spend two weekends away from my daughter. It´s very rare that I´m not home when she goes to bed and I will definitely have a hard time to be without her. I know she will to. That is why I made this little milk bottle for her and filled it with kisses, hugs and “I love you-s”. I explained to her that every time she misses me, she just takes out a note, reads what is on it and knows that she got a kiss, hug or “I love you” from me because that is what I have put on each piece of paper.
I have used the Pocket of Stickers-Red Crosshatch to decorate the jar.

Something weird...

Hi there! It´s Monika again sharing my latest layouts with you. I must say, there is something weird about these lines… I just cant stop using them! I even dream about the layouts in the nights.

On this layout, I have used papers from the Boo-tiful line. I´m not big at celebrating Halloween so I don´t have al that many photos with that theme. Instead, I used the papers for a non Halloween layout. I love flowers, and I always have a hard time to restrain myself from using to many. On this layout I have used quite a few… I just love the look of the daisies with the Corduroy brads.

 My friend birdie is perfect for this silly pic of my daughter. She has grown costumed to my constant photographing and is in a period when she loves to pose and make funny faces.

I love to make my own flowers but this is a sort I´ve only tried once before. Again I have used the Corduroy brads and I think they turned out really nice. I also made the leaves, the papers are so thick and heavy so they are really easy to shape, especially if you wet them slightly.

Now blue is a difficult color for me, but I like this layout. The colors are so bright and happy, just perfect for my Midsummer photo.

The two upper layouts are in A4 size which is the closest you get to letter size here in Europe. It is about 8x12 inches. Oh, and I just have to mention, al the new lines have coordinating cardstock stickers and cut ups, so, if you aren´t a flower junkie like me, you really don’t need anything else to decorate your layouts.

Birds of a feather

Hi there! It´s Monika here, making my first ever post for Nikki Sivils. It´s a bit scary but I hope I will be able to inspire you. Well… Actually, that shouldn´t be a problem, who doesn´t get inspired just by looking at these gorgeous patterns and colors. I´m for one totally in L O V E!


I´ve used the “My Friend Birdie” collection for these summery photos. They are taken on the day after Midsummer (a Swedish holiday), and it was one of the first really warm days of summer.


I love to use my sewing machine on my layouts. Not that I like sewing so much but I love the result it gives – it makes a layout look so much more worked on.


The “My Friend Birdie” line has a round die cut paper with scalloped edges, it is so beautiful, but I just couldn’t fit it in on this layout, so instead, I used the “scallops” by cutting them two by two and make the borders for the photo.



This is a card I made for my nice, she loves purple and the “Boo-tiful” line was perfect for this. My daughter was a bit worried that she might notice that the card is made of Halloween papers, but as Halloween isn´t all that big here in Sweden, I don´t think it will be a problem.