Nina Christensen

Layout | Carnations

By Nina Christensen | Published: May 11, 2013

This isn’t my first layout about these beautiful flowers. I love love love carnations.

This layout is a bit crazy. I’ve had this background misted for a while, ready for a photo and some embellishing. I quite dig the contrast of the lovely frilly and girly flowers next to the graphic vibe of the background.

Btw, in the top right corner I wrote a little quote from Sex and the City: “I hear they’re making a comeback.” I always think of that line from Berger when I think of pink carnations.

I stamped a bunch of triangles which is fast becoming my go-to stamp for finishing touches on a project. Love it! There’s also a bit of doodling to sort of break up the harsh geometric feel.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great weekend.

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Layout | Awake My Soul

By Nina Christensen | Published: May 8, 2013

Today I wanna share a layout with a photo from a concert I was at a few weeks ago. I was lucky enough to experience Mumford & Sons in Copenhagen. And what a show it was! The venue was so hot I swear I was afraid I’d faint. It made me so happy to see so many actual fans… everyone singing along.

I didn’t get any shots of the concert itself (typical me) but I did get a snapshot of me and my friend Steffen having some beers and waiting for the show to start.

I went all out with the cozy, hipstery browns and stains and so on. Perfect opportunity, right. The background paper actually came with the stains on. It’s from Søstrene Grene, which is like a Danish dollar store. They recently started carrying scrappy goods too. Neat!

I tucked some journaling into the envelope under the photo.

The arrows and triangles stamps are from my shop.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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List | What’s on your…

By Nina Christensen | Published: April 19, 2013

Inspired by Ali Edwards’ blog post I’m changing things up a little on the blog by doing this “What’s on your…” list.

VANITY | I don’t have a vanity. I have a shelf under my bathroom mirror and it holds our toothbrushes and a tiny basket of my daughter’s hairbands.

PERENNIAL TO DO LIST | Clean in all the corners. Catch up on laundry (is that even possible?). Sort the stack of papers on my desk… I’ll stop here. This list is bad.

REFRIGERATOR SHELVES | Broccoli. Mustard. Spring onions. Ginger. Tomatoes. Carrots. Yoghurt. More yoghurt.

ITINERARY | Northside Festival in June. Hm, that’s it. Unless you count trips to my parent’s house and visiting friends.

FANTASY ITINERARY | USA (both the beautiful nature and the big cities). France. England.

PLAYLIST | Depeche Mode’s ‘Delta Machine’. Mumford & Sons. Ray LaMontagne.

NIGHTSTAND | A sleeping mask. Clothes for tomorrow. My iPhone/iPad charger.

WORKOUT PLAN | Run every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

IPHONE | iMessages. Instagram. Camera. Emails. Facebook. Pinterest. I use my phone A LOT.

TOP 5 LIST | Ada. Crafting. Big love. Projects. Internet. (I just can’t pick five things that are ultimately best. So here are five things that are ultimately good.)

BUCKET LIST | Same as my fantasy itinerary. Working full time with Stromsvigt. Get tattooed. Tons and tons of stuff, really. I’ll never be ‘done’ with experiencing new things.

MIND | Eight billion things. Ideas. Work. Laughs.

BLOGROLL | I’m all about Feedly now. And I’m aiming to subscribe to anything awesome. So yeah, that’s a huge blog roll. To mention a few there’s Kelly Purkey, Cathy Zielske and Geralyn Sy.

WALLS OF YOUR FAVORITE ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE | A moodboard. I haven’t really hung anything in my appartment yet. It’s “only” been six months since I moved in, eeek.

LIQUOR SHELF | Gin.

LAST CREDIT CARD STATEMENT | New running top (that pink one in the super glamourous pic up top ). Chocolate and pineapple for the weekend. Shipping fee for my recent giveaway package.

SCREENSAVER | I don’t have one.

TV EVERY NIGHT | I don’t watch TV… yeah, I’m a cave person.

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Layout | Love you to pieces

By Nina Christensen | Published: April 17, 2013

Good morning, guys! Today I want to share a layout using an older printed photo of my kid at 22 days old. I’ve had it hanging in my ‘cubicle’ at work – that’s why there’s holes in it. I’ve attempted layouts with this pic before but was never really pleased with them… the photo is just so special. So the layout needs to be special too. ^^

I picked a lovely piece of patterned paper for my background. Of course I cannot remember what paper it is. And then I went to town with gesso and a spatula. Almost looks like whipped cream! I knew I didn’t want to go all baby-themed and cuddly in terms of patterns so I kept it semi-girly, bright colours with black details.

I journaled some random bits I remember from that time. No particular story, just bits and feelings.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Layout | Making an effort

By Nina Christensen | Published: April 14, 2013

Good evening, peeps! It’s been a rough week with a bunch of headaches that slowed me down with work, homekeeping and crafting. I did manage to make a couple of layouts the other night and I wanna show you one of them here.

In an attempt not to have too many white and pale layouts, I’ve avoided the classic white cardstock background for as long as I could. But this time I just had to go with it. There’s really no other background paper that shows off crisp, black stamping and vibrant misting like AC White Cardstock. It’s just yummy!

I used a few Stromsvigt stamps (really loving the Diagonals stamp even more than I thought I would), along with Studio Calico Noah Outline alpha stamps and Amy Tangerine rub-ons.

I’m so pleased with this. I’m definitely going to try more of this crisp black, outline/doodle/stamp style. And the pink Dylusions Mist just makes me happy.

Wanna know how I made that big splatter near the journaling? It was a happy accident. Must’ve shaken the bottle too much ’cause it was just spitting and dripping as I used it this time.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend! And that you got some crafting done as well. It’s pure therapy at the end of a stressful day. <3

Ps. I’m always interested in adding new blogs to my Feedly. Feel free to leave a link to your blog in the comments so I can see your work. I know I must be missing out on some excellent stuff! Thank you!

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Giveaway | And the winner is…

By Nina Christensen | Published: April 11, 2013

The winner of the stash goodies giveaway is…

Entry #1, Maria!

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Congratulations! I’ve sent you an email.

Thanks to those who participated. I want to have a giveaway soon with some Stromsvigt product, so stay tuned for more.

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Layout | This is

By Nina Christensen | Published: April 7, 2013

Hey guys! Today I want to share a little tip for making a dent in your stashes. We’ll be using up a bunch of word stickers for a cute, collage-type page title.

Here’s the layout I did using that technique.

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I used my ‘This is’ stamp as a starting point for my title. The stamped image is really bold which means it won’t disappear next to all the lovely word stickers. And since it’s stamped and not a sticker like the rest of the wording, it stands out clearly as the starting point.

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And here’s a detail shot of the top of the page. I initially wanted to do some journaling up top but frankly, I think the title says it all.

The ‘This is’ stamp is one of my new designs. I’ve already used it a few bit and I’ll share another layout with you guys soon. I just put it in the Stromsvigt shop along with three other brand new designs as well as a restock of the popular Arrows stamp.

I hope you were inspired to use up some word stickers. This idea is also great for those patterned papers with a ton of tiny words.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Life. Paper. Scrapbook. | Do What You Love

By Nina Christensen | Published: April 4, 2013

This layout was created for the brand new online magazine from Life. Paper. Scrapbook. I was SO impressed with the first issue that came out on March 27th. 100 pages (!!!) of awesome inspiration. So many pictures. So many talented ladies. Quality stuff!

Once again I’m documenting what my life is all about right now: Making, working, playing. So hectic. So fun! To be honest I’m stressed but most days it’s the good kind… the kind of stress that kicks you into gear and when you check those items of your list it feels GREAT. And then some days feel like defeat.

I wouldn’t mind things feeling a bit more routine. I feel like I haven’t gotten the balance with my day job, working at Stromsvigt, having a kid and keeping a home right just yet. But it’s so nearly there.

A lot of stuff going on in this layout. But that’s kind of spot on.

Thanks so much for looking!

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Giveaway | Stash Goodies

By Nina Christensen | Published: April 2, 2013

I recently took a look in my ‘unopened products’ box and decided that some of these cute things need a new home.

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I have the hardest time using up packs of embellishments I picked a few out to give away here on the blog, plus some papers. I think some of these things are so old that they’re back in style. Heh. And some of it is just classic cool stuff.

Leave a comment and put your info in the Rafflecopter widget for a chance to win. Anyone can enter! The giveaway ends on April 9th.

The prize is all the stuff in the image below. I’d type up a list but as I’m writing this my daughter’s asleep in the room where the box is.

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Good luck!

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My name is Nina Christensen. I'm a mom and graphic designer. I'm also madly in love with paper and office supplies. This blog contains some of my eight billion little projects. :)

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