Meet our March Guest Designer

We are pleased to introduce our March guest designer, Eila Sandberg, from Sweden.  It has been such a joy to work with Eila as she applied her beautiful style to our March kit.  We're sure you will love what she has created!  We will let Eila tell you a little bit about herself, and then we will give you a look at how she has used our March kit.

Hi!   My name is Eila Sandberg and I live in Stockholm, capital of Sweden by the Baltic Sea with Norway and Finland as neighbours.  It is such an honour to be the March guest designer of  C’est Magnifique kit club, thank you so much Leslie for having me!

My family is a small one; it's me and my very supportive and patient husband Bengt and our 3 cats - Max, Alice and Elsa. I have a grown-up stepdaughter Emelie, whom you will see in some of my layouts. My friends kindly let me scrap their children if I need willing guinea pigs for a layout. My roots are Finnish but I was born and raised in Sweden. I am an Anglofile and love everything beautiful. London is my favourite city in the whole world.

I've been sort of dabbling with scrapping since 2009 but more seriously so since 2010. My bumpy lumpy style of many layers evolved in 2012. Scrapping is a wonderful way for me to gain balance and happiness in my otherwise very stressful office life. I work fulltime as Executive Assistant/PA in a telecoms company. 

I scrap mainly 12 x 12 layouts and you will always see flowers on my pages. I devour English crime novels and love BBC TV series and milk chocolate. Coffee is my daily life saver.

I have the privilege of being a DT member of the chipboard manufacturer Blue Fern Studios and challenge site Color..Stories..Inspiration (CSI) in the US, as well as of Australian challenge site Once Upon A … Sketch (OUAS). I am also a re-visiting Guest Designer at the Australian challenge site Meg’s Garden.

I have been DT of Australian The Color Room, GD of French Les Papers de Pandore, American Berry71Bleu, Swedish Inkido, Polish 13@arts.pl and Studio75.pl, South African Scrap for Help and Malaysian Scrap-it-Lah. I was also featured as International Artist in Scrap n’Art Magazine.

My blog: www.dollopsofscrap.blogspot.com

"You Glow" by Eila Sandberg

 This is one of my favorite photos of my stepdaughter.   It reminds me of the painting by Vermeer - "Girl With Pearl Earring". That same look in her eyes.

ADD-ON:
Flower: Maya Road: Vintage Edge Mum: Antique Mocha
Flower: Manor House: Jubilee: Pink
Flower: Maya Road: Mini Ribbon Roses: White
Embellishment: Maya Road: Burlap Trim: Sunset
Embellishment: Maya Road: White Polka Dot Kraft Note Envelopes
Embellishment: Maya Road: Metal Vintage Trinket Dress Form Hangers
Embellishment: Basic Grey: Serenade: Stickers
Embellishment: Basic Grey: Serenade: Designer Chipboard Stickers
Embellishment: Pink Paislee: Artisan Elements: Squares

From my stash; teal resin rose, white buttons, washi tape, various stamps and inks

"Chez Pierre" by Eila Sandberg

 The arty warm whimsical feel of the photo which is taken in Tallinn, capital of Estonia by the Baltic Sea, inspired me to dress the chipboard window in warm ochra hues, several layers of light dabbing with chalks and sprays of glimmering burnt hues. Just like memories of better days. I was thinking of writers sipping their red wine while scribbling away on the book of their life and of people strolling on the cobbled streets of Tallinn with postcards yet to be written in their pockets.

ADD ON:
Embellishment: Blue Fern Studios: Chipboard: Garden Window
Embellishment: Maya Road: Metal Vintage Trinket Dress Form Hangers
Embellishment: Maya Road: Burlap Trim: Sunset
Embellishment: Basic Grey: Serenade: Stickers
Embellishment: Basic Grey: Serenade: Designer Chipboard Stickers
Embellishment: Maya Road: White Polka Dot Kraft Note Envelopes
Flower: Maya Road: Vintage Linen Burlap Roses: Sunset
Flower: Maya Road: Vintage Lace Daisies: Milk

From my stash: ink, stamps, chalk, mist, yellow paint dabber, white liquid pearls

Thanks for stopping by!  We will be back tomorrow with our March Sketch Challenge.  See you then.