Sunday 23 June 2013

Guilty Pleasures: My Yarn Stash // Kilokaupalla lankaa

This is for Once Upon a Stash, no, I mean Once Upon a Sketch! The June theme was Guilty Pleasures, and mine is definitely the madness for craft products. Yarn is something I have not only bought but also inherited from grandmothers and received from others − that is, from people who are wise enough to sort out their stash every once in a while!



I'm also entering this in Let's Get Trendy Now 3: Handmade Embellishments. In this layout I've used mainly handmade embellies. Firstly, there are the fuzzy cut flowers (Reprint from Basic Grey's Out of Print collection) and the oriental looking pine branch from our new wallpaper (Borås Soul) that also shows in the background of the photo. Then there's the handmade journaling tag, the swirl of fluffy yarn glued on the paper, and some punch-out flowers and used postage stamps for a final touch.

Otan tällä leiskalla osaa kahteen haasteeseen: Once Upon a Sketchissä piti paljastaa jokin salainen paheensa. Minun aiheekseni sopi lankojen hamstraus, koska olin äskettäin kerännyt ympäriinsä pyörivät vyyhdet yhteen ja todennut, että ne täyttivät helposti yhden matkalaukun!

Let's Get Trendy 3 -haastetehtävänä oli itse tehdyt koristeet. Käytin ensinnäkin paperin leikkelyä: isot kukat ovat Basic Greyn Reprint-paperista ja itämainen männynoksa uudesta tapetistamme nimeltä Borås Soul, joka näkyy valokuvan taustallakin. Tagi on niin ikään itse tehty, ja viimeistelin työn lankakiekuralla, kuvioleikkurin pikkukukilla ja muutamalla postimerkillä.


Knit pattern stencil by That Special Touch and the Cosmic Shimmer Mists were my first online purchase at the UK located Joanna Sheen company. To advertise just a little, this was a very good deal, because Joanna Sheen has free delivery worldwide for orders over £9. Being from within the EU, I didn't even need to think of the customs and tax limits like I always do when ordering from the USA.

Neulekuviota jäljittelevä sabluuna ja Cosmic Shimmer -mistit olivat ensimmäinen ostokseni brittiläisen Joanna Sheenin verkkokaupasta. Valikoima ei ole maailman laajin, mutta puotia kannattaa kokeilla jo siksikin, että toimitus on maksuton kaikkialle vähintään 9 punnan ostoksista. Eikä tarvitse miettiä tulli- ja verorajojen ylittymistä, kuten Yhdysvalloista tilattaessa!

Happy Sunday to all! // Mukavaa sunnuntaita kaikille!

Edited on Tuesday, June 25: Added the links to Let's Get Trendy 3. Sorry I forgot them at first!

10 comments:

  1. WOW...love the pic of your yarn stash...your layout is a-mazing...so many fabulous details! Thanks for joining us at Let's Get Trendy Now! 3

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  2. Such a beautiful design and colors, really gorgeous!

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  3. Oh wow. Love the fun eclectic mix on your happy layout. *High fives for craft supplies! *

    Thank you so much for joining us at Let's Get Trendy Now!3.

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  4. Such a cool and funky page Salla, loving your mix of colours and quirky details!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at OUAS!

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  5. I have no clue how to knit but that yarn stash is absolutely scrummy! Thanks a bunch for sharing your cool work with us at OUAS!

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  6. Gorgeous layout with great techniques! Thank you so much for playing along with us at OUAS!

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  7. Gorgeous Page Salla, so many beautiful details to admire, I love your use of the stencil tying in with your photo and theme. xx

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  8. Wowwwwwwwwwww! This is amazing!! Thanks for playing along with Let's Get Trendy 3!!!!

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  9. Super page Salla...and don't we all have that guilty pleasure of building a stash and then maintaining it!! ;-))
    Gorgeous page!

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