Pink Mermaid

This is a card for my daughter, she turns three in February.

Yes, I`m early, but I need someone to make theese girlie cards to.

I think I need to have my family make more girls.

I have four brothers, and my hubby has three brothers,

and I really love to make cards like this. Boys/men`s card

I still need to work at. 

I have used papers from Magnolia and Inkido.

They are all really cute, so I`m sorry you cant see anything of them

other than that they are pink. I just cant help myself when

I get going with the flowers and stuff...

I also used almost all of my cheese cloth, I just have a few

little pieces left. Need more!

I had this idea, I`m not quite sure it works,

but I had to try, so I put the letters for her name in between

the flowers on the ribbon. The letters are from American Crafts,

they were pink and sparkling, very cute, but they didnt quite fit,

so I dabbed them with acrylic paint, and then added Stickles.

I think the ribbon are from Melissa Design,

and the bling you can see are from Prima. 

This chipboard swirl I cant remember the maker of,

but it got the same treatment as the letters.

The little heart pendant I got from my friend Elaine,

and the pompoms I got from another friend, Eva Marie.

In fact, I got quite a lot of the stuff I have used on this card, from her,

it was in my advent calendar. 

These lovely pins were a gift from yet another friend, Bonnie.

The heart doily was in my calendar so I dont know where that is from either.

The flowers are a mix of Wild Orchid Crafts, Storyteller,

Kort og Godt and Prima. 

Finally I think I got this Tilda right. I have used her a few times,

but this is the first time I am really pleased with how she turned out.

Her hair is sooo trickey!

I painted her with my Distress Inks, and I added Stickles

and Liquid Pearl. The number three I got from Crafts for You,

I won a certificate there a while ago, and I just had to get it

just to use on Sofie`s card. Love it. :)

This key is from Tim Holtz. This got the same treatment as the

swirl and letters, with paint and stickles.

I used ribbons from Kutt Ut, I think.

Challenges:

TOMIC - Sketch + Fabric
Deep Ocean Challenge - Sparkle
The ABC Challenge - H is for Happy Birthday
Creative inspirations - Favourite color + white
Kort O Mania - Cute as can be

Bee Tilda Bookmark

Jeg trodde kanskje ikke at blogging var noe særlig

sosialt, men jeg har vært heldig og fått mange gode venner
gjennom bloggene, og selvsagt også scrappeforum.
I helga fikk jeg bursdagskort og gave fra søte Elaine,
som lager leekre kort i en  helt unik stil, og hun fargelegger
helt magisk. Bare det å ha et kort fra henne i "samlingen"
er jo helt herlig, men hun puttet oppi flere stempel
annet nydelig stæsj også. Tusen takk igjen, Elaine!
Under her kan dere se masse av tingene jeg har fått
fra Elaine i bruk, for jeg vant en candy hos henne også.

Det jeg har laget her er et bokmerke som er til
en dame i klassen min. Hun sa hun ville ha rosa,
så jeg håper det ble bra. Antakelig ikke et bokmerke
til å drasse på skolen i sekken og sånt, men det funker vel
på nattbordet. Mitt første bokmerke ja. ;)

Jeg har brukt Distress Kartong i fargen Victorian Velvet,

samt Bazzil Vanilla. Arket er MME, det har mønster som
sånne bikuber har, så da jeg fant det i bunken måtte jeg bare bruke det
til dette motivet. Men see, i dag har jeg ikke svertet kanter i det hele tatt!

Sjekk de lekre små anhengene da! Jeg fikk en pose med masse

slike av Elaine. Jeg elsker dem!
Jeg har her brukt seem binding ribbon og twine fra WOC,
bringebærrødt blondebånd fra Kutt Ut, og rosa tyllbånd.
Midt på sløyfen sitter en liten halvperle-bling-ting
fra Prima. Jeg MÅTTE bare ha dem. :)

Tilda er malt med Distress Reinkere. Jeg må visst øve

enda mer på skyggelegging med black soot, jeg syns det blir så kraftig at det
tar over hele motivet, men samtidig liker jeg litt stilen jeg får da.
På vingene har jeg brukt Star Dust Stickles,
og jeg har brukt Liquid Pearl rundt motivet.
Hele kortet har blitt mistet med masse Glimmer Mist.

Utfordringer:

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Ribbons and lace

Simply Magnolia - Anything but a card

Magnolia-Licious Challenge - Pink, white, red

Kort o Mania - Cute as can be (haha, bee)

Flower for you

Dette kortet lagde jeg faktisk i november, men jeg gjorde meg aldri ferdig.

Det ble liksom ikke slik jeg ville, og da det var tid for å pynte så klarte

jeg bare ikke å hente inspirasjon. Ulikt meg kanskje. ;)

Jeg fikk ikke noe til å passe, så det ble liggende, og jeg vurderte

faktisk et par ganger om jeg bare skulle si at det var ferdig, og "ok" liksom.

Men i går fikk jeg endelig ånden over meg, og bare tok kortet

med til scrappepulten. Det ble kanskje overpyntet til å være guttekort,

men det er nå en gang slik stilen min er.

Det var slik jeg kom over frykten min for guttekort,

jeg fant ut at gutter får heller bare tåle litt blomster og stæsj,

så lenge jeg holder fargene litt guttete. ;)

Alle blomstene er såvidt jeg vet fra WOC, i tillegg til blondene,

stamensene, krystallstenglene og twine-en. 

Perlebradsene er fra Kort og Godt, de fikk jeg i kalenderen min.

Jeg har også brukt et par andre brads på dette kortet,

jeg tror begge er fra Papirloftet.
Swirlene er Magnolia dies. 

Charmen er fra Kutt ut, og jeg tror kakeservietten også er derfra.

Tagen fikk jeg av kjære Bonnie, jeg er usikker på hvor den er fra,

tror kanskje den er Magnolia?

Hvis dere ser litt etter her, så ser dere at det skimrer i papiret

og kirsebærblomsten, hele kortet har fått flere solide dusjer med Glimmer Mist.

Edwin er malt med Distress Reinkere.

Jeg har brukt Diamond Stickles på rosen, litt Glimmer Glam på stilken,

og Liquid Pearl rundt motivet. Bak motivet har jeg en bit osteklut fra Hobbykroken,

og jeg har brukt Spellbinders i Big Shot-en min. 

Sånn ser kortet ut når man åpner det helt.

Jeg har brukt papirer fra Magnolia og Maja Design.

Kantene er svertet med Valnut Stain.

Øverst har jeg brukt kantpuncher fra Martha Stewart.

Her er et lite skrivefelt på "baksiden",
og et større skrivefelt på den andre siden. 

Utfordringer:
Papirdukkene - Bingo (roser, blå og glimmer mist)
Magnolia Down Under Challenges - Anything Goes
Kort O Mania - Punch/Die/Cut

Cheer for you

I går hadde jeg bursdag, og feiringen bestod av å scrappe.

Omsider fikk jeg lysten over meg samtidig som jeg hadde mulighet,

så jeg satte sammen et overlasset jentete Magnolia-kort,

med masse nytt stæsj jeg har fått meg.

Jeg har fulgt en skisse, men jeg pyntet så entusiastisk at det kanskje

er litt vanskelig å se. ;)

Jeg har brukt et Magnolia-ark med hjerter over hele,
på alle sider av kortet. På forsiden brukte jeg to biter fra restekurven,
et fra Magnolia og et fra Maja Design.
Kantene er svertet med Valnut Stain. 

Nøkkelen er fra Tim Holtz, den fikk jeg i julegave hos min kjære venn Bonnie.

Fra henne fikk jeg også noen utstansede spiraler som jeg har laget blomster

av her. Syns de ble søte. :) Her ser dere også en tag stanset ut i bølgepapp,

den er også fra Magnolia, og den fikk jeg på julaften i kalenderen min fra søte Eva Marie.

Pompomsene fikk jeg også hos henne, og en del av blomstene jeg har brukt,
pluss det herlige tekststemplet fra Magnolia. 

Jeg har brukt et par Prima-blomster også, de vant jeg i en flott candy fra snille flinke Elaine.

Blonden under det rosa båndet, og det rosa båndet jeg har i tagen, vant jeg også hos henne.

Generelt er vel blomstene fra Wild Orchid Crafts.

Denne søte heiagjeng-Tildaen fikk jeg også i kalenderen min.

Sommerfuglen er stanset ut med Martha Stewart-punch,

og dekket med et tykt lag glitter fra Loopy Lou.

Perleradene jeg har brukt på kortet kjøpte jeg på en nettbutikk

med et gavekort jeg vant i en utfordring.

Hun er malt med Distress Reinkere,

og jeg har brukt litt Star Dust Stickles, og Liquid Pearl.

Begge de lekre nålene, og den søte alve-pebblesen, fikk jeg hos Bonnie

tidligere i høst, og swirl-diesen var i julegaven min fra henne.

Den er jo selvsagt fra Magnolia.

Jeg har brukt seem binding ribbon fra WOC,

og de er, som hele kortet, sprayet med masse Glimmer mist.

Perlebradsene er fra Papirloftet.

Jeg har også brukt litt osteklut under motivet,

en kakeserviett i to av hjørnene,

rosa halvperler fra WOC, og små utstansede MS-sommerfugler.

Jeg har også brukt en MS-kantpuncher.

Utfordringer:

Kort o Mania - Punch/Dies/Cut

CLP - Sketch (I mirrored it to fit the image better,
and then I embellished like a maniac,
but I did stick to the sketch! :p )
Simply Magnolia - Celebrate
Nordsalten hobbyklubb - Girlish

Totally Gorjuss - Happy

Ha en flott helg, alle sammen! :)

For a funeral

I morgen skal jeg i begravelse til en gutt, eller rettere sagt; Ung mann,
som jeg gikk på ungdomskolen sammen med. Han døde på lillejulaften,
av kreft i magen. Jeg har ikke hatt kontakt med ham siden skolen,
og vi var aldri direkte venner, men han var et ubestridt positivt tilskudd til
vennegjengen, og jeg syns det er så utrolig trist at han skulle dø så ung,
han ville blitt 24 år den 7. januar i år. Tenker på dem som var hans nære.

For meg ble det jo naturlig å lage et kort.
Jeg utsatte det altså til i dag, for det er ikke akkurat det
kortet man gleder seg til å lage,
og jeg var veldig usikker på hvordan jeg skulle gå frem,
hvordan det skulle se ut, hva som skulle stå.
Jeg endte altså opp med dette,
og ble ganske fornøyd.

Jeg har brukt blomster fra WOC, og noen jeg har fått i kalenderen min.
Magnolia-tagen fikk jeg på julaften i kalenderen min,
deilig å ha kalender.
Jeg har brukt fjær fra Panduro, osteklut fra Hobbykroken,
Båndet vant jeg i en candy fra Elanie,
og jeg har brukt flere dies som jeg fikk fra min kjære venn Bonnie
i en nydelig julegave hun sendte meg. Tusen takk, snuppa.
Ellers er der litt bølgepapp, en englevinge-charm fra Kutt Ut,
litt hyssing og pyntenåler fra WOC. 

Utfordringer:
Scrap'a'long - Anything goes
Papirdukkenes januaralong - Blå

Topp 10 of 2011

I have not been creating anything this last week,
but soon I hope to get scrapping.
I have gotten my hands on a lot of great stuff,
so I`m practicly itching to scrap.

I have put together a list of the 10 creations
I like the most of the one I have made in 2011.
They come in cronological order.

Hope you enjoy it.

I wish you all the best for 2012.

Christmas in Norway

Hello to all my dear friends.

This post is mostly to my foreign friends,

like Bonnie, but also to anyone who`d like to read it.

Fun to make anyways. :)

So with this, I`d like to share a few of our norwegian Christmas traditions with you guys.

The last four Sundays before Christmas, and the weeks in between, it what we call Advent.

The Advent color is mainly purple, deep purple, and by the first Sunday in Advent we

put up theese kinds of Christmas lights in our windows (I cant fint an english word for it).

There are lots of kinds, but the most common and traditional looks something like this:

We have one in our living room, and in the kitchen we have a star,

we call it "adventstar". My is old, my  mother bought it when she was pregnant

with me, and when I moved out I got it. This is my star:

Then we start counting down,
we hade an advent candle stick, with four candles. Often purple,
but some people use other colors. I dont have one myself,
just havent found one that I like yet.
On "The first Sunday of Advent" we light one candle,
on "The second Sunday of Advent" we light the first candle
and one more, and so on, until it looks like this:

The Forth Sunday of Advent we let all the light burn down.
There are several poems/songs that we can say,
about what the different lights means.
I put one of them into google translator:

So we light a candle tonight
we light it for joy.
It stands and shines for itself
and us who are present.
So we light a candle tonight
we light it for joy.

So we light two candles in the evening,
two candles of hope and joy.
They stand and shine for themselves
and us who are present.
So we light two candles in the evening,
two candles of hope and joy.

So we light three candles tonight
of longing, hope and joy.
They stand and shine for themselves
and us who are present.
So we light three candles in the evening,
of longing, hope and joy.

We light four candles in the evening
and let them burn down
of longing, joy, hope and peace,
but most still
for peace on this small earth
where people live.

Here you can hear one of the others,
this one is my favourite.

When December begins, norwegian kids start opening their
Advent Calendars. Lots of adults have them too. ;)
They come in lots of different kinds.
The ones that cost around 2 dollars,
and have a little chocklate every day,
and the one parents make themself,
with little gifts each day.

Here is an example of what a chocklate calendar
might look like:

In the time towards Christmas we bake,
clean, and make decorations or traditional meals.
I wont say so much about that,
but its common to make gingerbread in lots of shapes,
and all kinds of christmas "cookies", in lack of a better word.

We also celebrate Lucia Day, on the 13th of December.
This day, lots of kids sing the Lucia Song (link),
and make kakes like this:

The kids dress up in white,
and get candles, glitter and such,
and one bears a crown, she is supposed to be Lucia.
They sing the song, often walking in a row like on this tape
from a norwegian hospital.

This is my daughter on Lucia Day,
she turns three in February. She did so good, and I had to run outside

afterwards to wipe my tears. I cry so easily its embarrassing. ;)

On the 22. of Desember is the day when everything goes wrong.
We call it "sunturn" if I translate it directly, because that it the day "the sun turns",
and this is the longest night all year.
This day animals break loose, beer turn into water,
and if you bake something this day,
it will be ruined. Old superstition,
most people dont care about it anymore,
but its fun, I think. ;)

23th of December is what we call "Little Christmas Eve".
This it the day most of us put up our Christmas Tree and decorate it,
and we decorate with the rest of the house with whatever we have.
Lots of little Santas. They are not like the American Santa Clause,
not all of them anyway. They are like little elves or so,
they are the norwegian santas that live in barns and stables,
and look more like this:

The evening on the 23th all of Norway gather around to
watch "Dinner for one", at 9 pm.
I have learned by now that in other contries it is shown at

New Years Eve, but in Norway it has always been sendt on the 23th,
and I just HAVE to see it.

I`ll leave a link for you all, but I wont see it myself,
thats cheating. ;)

Now we have reached Christmas Eve, and this is THE day in Norway.
All of this day is practically holy.

We spend all morning in our pajamas,
while we open our stockings that is filled
with marsipan pigs, klementines, and lots of other candy
and/or little presents. We eat this while we watch the
Christmas Morning Show that goes every year.
Its called "julemorgen", it means "Christmas Morning".
This show is on every morning during Christmas,
it is for children, and is a mix of contests, intervjues,
music and little movies. I love it!


On Christmas Eve there are several shows I never miss.
This first one it about a carpenter who meets the real santa,
and trades place with him, so he goes to santas kids.



There is also a little movie about a girl, Johanna.
Her mother is pregnant, so they cant go to her grandparents for Christmas like they always do,
and their grandparents have a farm they cant leave. Everything goes wrong on both ends,
and both families decide to visit the other. It all ends with Johannas baby brother being born
on Christmas Eve, on a gas station.

Then there is THE Christmas Move. The funny part is that it has nothing what so ever
to do with Christmas, except that is has been sendt on TV on Christmas Eve
at 11 am since the 70s.
It is a czech movie about Cinderella.
If I translate the norwegian title it`s called
"Three nuts for Cinderella".
A georgeus fairy tale.
In norway, we have this one actor who tells the story and
says every line (to both genders).
Its really bad, but so charming, and it could never be changed.



After this, there is shown a movie called "The Jurney to the Christmas Star",
a norwegian movie about a princess that wants to give her heart to the Christmas Star,
and disappears. Then the king ban the star, because he blames it.
Lots of great norwegian actors
and humor in this one.
I have bought in on DVD, and we are watching it and eating podrigge
with sugar and cinnamon right now. (on the 23th of December).
If you dont know this, the podrigge we eat is rice and milk,
and it is used a lot both on every days and on Christmas.
(lots of people put an almond in the podrigge,
and the one that finds it gets a price.)
I love this move, but it is a lot to see two in a row,
so I have moved it to Little Christmas Eve,
to free some time.

A lot of people go to the graveyards on Christmas Eve,
placing candles and/or flowers. My hubby does this,
and I think I`ll go with him this year,
even though I never knew anyone of them who lies there.
I think its a nice tradition, to pay respects and remember.
People often do this when they go to church for Christmas,
but we never used to do that.

Later on, its time for dinner, after mabye Santa has visited,
and that is one of the higlights of the day.
What we eat varies between a few dishes.
I loove pork ribs, this is what we usually have,
and will be eating tomorrow.

The other usual dinners are pinnekjøtt, which is ribs of lamb that is salted and dried,
and it looks like this served:

The last one of the most common dinners is lutefisk,
dried cod that is later put in lye, and watered out,
then boiled and served. Its a bit strange, but tastes good.
Other plases in Norway they eat smalahove, the dried head of a sheep.
That I have never eaten... Some eat other dishes, and some have turkey,
but that is more of a New Years Eve-dinner in Norway.

For dessert we are going to have rice cream,
witch is left over rice podrigge mixed with cream,
and we have red sause on it.

Then we have a little break,
before we gather to open presents.
Every family does this in its own way,
but I love the way my in-laws does it.
One person pickes out a present, reads out loud who it is to and from
and gives it to the reciver, who opens it. It takes time,
hours even, but its so cozy and lovely, and we get to see how people react to
what we give, and appreciate every gift.

When this is done, we spend the evening drinking coffee
with a little something on the side, eating cakes,
and mabye play some board games and just talk and laugh.

After Christmas Eve, the days are called "first day of Christmas"
and so on, until New Years Eve. The 13th day of Christmas, we are
supposed to pack it all down, but I often do this January 1st.
I looove Christmas, but when Christmas Eve is over
I get a bit sick of it, and just spend the holidays relaxing
and wisiting family, and maby goes to a party or two.

I hope somebody found this interresting, and if not, well, I enjoyed making it. ;)
I`m sorry I dont have any more pictures,
later on I think I`ll post some of our celebration.

Thank you all for this year, lots of Christmas inspiration,
and nice comments and candies to join or just being there.

I wish you all a very merry Christmas,
filled with love and family and peace and joy.
Lots of hugs,
Anne. 

A little different Christmas Card

I går kveld fikk jeg bare så lyst til å prøve meg på et litt enklere julekort
enn disse Magnoliakortene,  måtte ha noe som gikk litt raskere iallefall.
Det ble impulsscrapping igjen, og jeg prøvde meg på en rosett. :p 

Papirene er fra Pion, pluss et restark med grønn-glitrende noter.

Noen tags, en gammel bokside, bølgepapp,  litt blonder og hyssing og en charm,

pluss snøkrystall fra MS-puncheren min, og en perlebrad fra Papirloftet.

Jeg elsker pompomsene, de fikk jeg i kalederen min,

og jeg er redd de ikke kommer til å vare noe lenge.

Kakeservietten er også fra kalenderen min.

Tekststempel fra Kaiser Stamp, og avsluttet med å dusje litt med

Glimmer mist i fargen Chalkboard.

Det var kjempemorsomt å scrappe slik da,

og så fort gjort! Tror nok det blir flere kort i sånn stil etterhvert. :)

Utfordringer:

Deep Ocean Challenge - Warm Wishes

Scrappekammeret - I siste liten

Wild Orchid Challenge - Christmas Friendship