Charlottes bits and pieces

Jeg er flyttet!!!!! / I have moved!!!!

2008-11-02T13:40:00.002+01:00

Hej allesammen,

Ja, det er ikke mig der flytter, men min blog holder store flyttedag.
Jeg har besluttet at nedlægge denne blog! Den driller mig helt vildt og den dur bare ikke, da jeg ikke kan tilføje links og har ikke mulighed for at rette så meget i den. Der er en fejl et sted, og jeg aner ikke hvor!!

Så min nye blog hedder/My new blog is called:
Charlottes Life and Scrap.

~Charlotte~

Happy Halloween!!

2008-10-31T08:36:00.005+01:00

Happy Halloween til jer allesammen!

Her i huset fejrer vi det ikke som sådan, men vi går da op i at lave lygtemænd og vi synes det er lidt spændende med alt det uhyggelige i det. :-)
Vi har endnu ikke nået at skære lygtemænd, men det bliver gjort i morgen, da jeg har helt fri og vi bare skal HYGGE uhyggeligt. he he :-)

Sidste år lavede jeg disse små figurer, synes de blev meget cool.
De er lavet af toiletruller. Jeg havde set ideen i scrapbooking mm. (det svenske blad) og så måtte jeg bare prøve at lave nogen selv.
Og så kan jeg også vise et ældre Halloween layout af ungerne, fra dengang de skar deres første græskarhoved (for kun 2 år siden).
Og til allersidst et ældgammelt layout.
L og jeg var til stor Halloween party i 2002 - det var godt nok sjovt. Der kom dette layout ud af det eneste billede, vi tog dengang.
Man kan godt se på "layout stilen" at det er længe siden jeg har lavet det. :-)
L vandt i øvrigt præmien for bedst udklædte herre. Sejt!

Suuuuuuper goooooood uhyyyyyyyyggelig Halloweeeeeeeeeeen!
~Charlotte~

Sommer layout og vinter layout

2008-10-27T11:42:00.006+01:00

Jeg har stadig problemer med min blog - og det irriterer mig helt vildt!!!

Jeg kan godt modtage kommentarer nu, og det er jo dejligt, men jeg kan ikke tilføje links og diverse ting, som jeg havde på bloggen tidligere, for så går det galt i kommentarområdet igen. Det er SÅ underligt!!

Nå, men jeg har da et par nye layouts jeg kan vise frem.
Det første er lavet for Tamara. Billederne viser L og jeg, ungerne + mine forældre (som er blevet "skjult"). Vi sidder i en bus på vej til den smukke by Salzburg i Østrig. Vi havde en skøn dag inde i den historiske by - vi så en masse og slugte det hele til os.

Baggrundsarket er American Crafts "Travel".
BG mønsterark, gult Bazzill, knapper, grungeboard pil.
Blomster og stjerne er klistermærker fra Sassafras.
Toppen er en stor chipboard topsider med matchende cardstock sticker på. (fra min månedspakke).

Lidt detajler:

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Næste layout er lavet til en udfordring, som jeg så på Scrapsisters. Jeg nåede ikke at få fotograferet og oploaded ti deadlinen, men jeg er glad for jeg fik lavet layoutet. Billedet af mine to poder har jeg haft liggende længe nu - og pludselig fandt jeg ud af at scrappe det.
Udfordringen var fra Henriette/mizz_kitty. Man skulle scraplifte et af hendes tidligere layouts. Jeg valgte et layout, som hed "fiskemord", da jeg faldt for hele opsætingen. :-)

Det blev en lidt skæv fotografering ...
Baggrundsark er Karen Marie Klip.
Det blåternede ark er gammelt og endelig fik jeg det brugt.
Sort karton til stimlerne. Knapperne fra min månedspakke.
Scrappers floss. Brads fra Panduro.
Klistermærke luffer fra Karen Foster Design.
Snemand udklippet fra mønsterark.
Journaling tags fra Jenni Bowlin.

Og en lille detalje:

Tak for du kigger med. Og tak for jeres kommentarer!
Nyd dagen!!
~Charlotte~

Endelig lidt nyt....

2008-10-23T15:56:00.008+02:00

Så fik jeg endelig fotograferet de par layouts jeg har lavet på det seneste. Synes egentligt ikke jeg har meget tid til scrap for tiden - øv altså!

Begge layouts er lavet som DT arbejde for Tamara.

Her et med billeder fra sommerferien 2007.
Det er så herligt at fiske efter krabber i Rørvig Havn (tæt ved Nykøbing Sj.). Det gjorde min bror jeg som børn, og nu har vi introduceret "traditionen" til vores egne børn.

Jeg fik brugt nogle af mine bogstav-rubons fra MM til overskriften. Havde helt glemt at jeg havde dem liggende. Ellers er der brugt punchinella, div. Primablomster, små halvperler i midten af blomsterne, knapper, scrappers floss og QK krabber fra en swap. .. og ja, en lille gul klemme. :-)

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Her er så et layout fra sommerferien i år. Har såååå mange billeder liggende fra Venedig og de er så skønne at scrappe. Her er det så den smukke Rialto bro.

Næsten alle materialer på dette layout er fra min månedspakke fra My Scrapbook Nook. Synes BG arket er lidt vildt, men efter jeg havde arbejdet med det, synes jeg det passer fint til mine billeder.

Og så lille detaljebillede af swirlen dekoreret med halvperler samt lidt mesh nedenunder:

Tak for du kiggede med!
Jeg værdsætter hvert et besøg og hver en kommentar :-)
~Charlotte~

PS:
Jeg har åbenbart store problemer med at modtage kommentarer. Har fået nogle tilbagemeldinger (via forums) at i ikke kan kommentere på min blog. Jeg aner ikke hvad fejlen er. Har nu siddet og rodet lidt rundt, og det eneste der ser ud til at virke, er at vende tilbage til dette "standdard layout" på bloggen. Øv altså - men håber det virker nu.
Knus
~Charlotte~

En fed Oslo-tur

2008-10-13T13:52:00.009+02:00

Vi kom hjem for en times tid siden. Og hvor har vi hygget os i weekenden.

Vi var på tur til OSLO med det stolte skib "Pearl of Scandinavia".
Vi var 4 par afsted og det blev til to skønne døgn i dejligt selskab. Sjov, ballade, restaurant besøg, bar besøg, levende musik og en masse dans ... på en gyngende båd! Jeg er jo så en der lynhurtigt bliver søsyg, men ikke denne gang, for jeg havde garderet mig med Scopoderm plaster, som sad bag mit venstre øre alle dage - det frigiver helt automatisk noget medicin mod transportsyge. Eneste minus er, at dette præparat ofte giver udvidede pupiller - og det blev jeg jo også udsat for - og her efterølgende kan jeg ikke læse noget som helst tekst ... det er en underlig følelse. Jeg har taget mine læsebriller på, men de hjælper ikke lige så godt som de plejer! Det hele er så sløret hele tiden. Håber det går væk snart ... ellers må jeg til læge. Hmmmm.

Her er det enorme skib "Pearl of Scandinavia"
Vi boede på 10. dæk ... er glad for der var elevator!
Billedet er taget i Oslo. Det blev overskyet, men det var ikke koldt. Vi var heldige, at have sol og blå himmel det meste af vores tid i Oslo. Vi gik en lang tur og var selvfølgelig forbi:

De Kongeliges Slot
.. og her er det så Lasse og jeg foran Kongeslottet. En dejlig dag! Og vi fandt en stor bænk, hvor vi alle kunne sidde på - der sad vi og nød lidt øl og sodavand, som vi havde købt på båden.

Slottet igen:
Og så mødte vi disse to, siddende uden foran en restaurant (som desværre var lukket - næsten hele Oslo havde lukket, da vi var deroppe på en søndag. ... he he .. ØV! :-)
Nå men disse to kobber-mennesker sad så sødt og "kiggede" hinanden dybt i øjnene alt imens de holdt i hånd.
Nu er vi trætte - sådan lidt flade i det - men det var en FED tur, som vi alle 8 talte om at gentage en anden gang. Faktisk er vi ved at stable en kortklub på benene - med os 8 som deltagere - så vi kan få nogle penge i en fælleskasse til flere skønne oplevelser i både ind- og udland.

Jeg har ferie til og med onsdag - og det er skønt at tænke på!
Tak for du læste med!
~Charlotte~

Sort baggrund

2008-10-09T09:05:00.004+02:00

Ovre hos Sisterhood of Scrap var der en udfordring, der ganske enkelt lød sådan her:
Lav et layout med ENTEN sort ELLER hvid baggrund.
Jeg valgte sort:

Det ligner mere grå her, men den er altså sort med lidt "slidt" look.
Billedet viser ryggen af min mand. Han kunne næææææsten ikke vælge hvad han skulle købe med hjem til sine forældre, da vi var på sommerferie. Denne butik, midt i Venedig, fangede hans øjne! Både han og min far var inde og kigge - men ingen købte noget. :-)
Det orange mønsterark er Sassafras Lass, filtblomster fra scrappejulekalenderen sidste år, MM blomsterbrads, lidt punchinella, Thickers og journaling kortet er fra Prima.

Tak for du kigger med! Nu vil jeg scrappe lidt og NYDE min afspadseringsdag.
~Charlotte~

Sikke en dejlig weekend.

2008-10-06T11:00:00.006+02:00

Sikke en dejlig weekend vi har haft. Vejret artede sig jo fra sin pæne side lørdag, og det er vi glade for. Vi har nemlig været på weekendtur med hele min mands side af familien. Vi mødte 32 mennesker op - en god blanding af generationer - og hyggede os fra fredag til søndag i en dejlig spejderhytte (helt moderne med gulvvarme og mange faciliteter).
....og nu sidder jeg så og lader op til en aftenvagt. :-)

Jeg fik scrappet lidt i sidste uge. Denne her lavede jeg til Sketches by Tamara - det er denne uges DT arbejde. Desværre har Tamara fået kæmpe computerproblemer, så hun er pc-løs i en tid! :-(

Men jeg kan da vise mit LO, som viser min skønne nevø i havet på sommerferien i Italien i år.
BG ark til baggrund "Blush".
Det prikkede ark er My Mind's Eye - "Tres Jolie".
Punchinella, QK bobler fra en swap.
Stofsommerfugl fra Panduro.
Heidi swapp ghost blomst med Heidi Swapp akrylmaling på kanterne.
Div. bånd.
Basic Grey bogstaver til titlen.
Pilen er fra Daisy D's.

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Næste LO er jeg MEGET glad for jeg fik lavet. Den er lavet efter en udfordring ovre hos The Design Experiment og er udfordring #29.
"Hvis du fik muligheden for at ønske og få opfyldt 3 ønsker i hele verden, hvad skulle det så være?".
Mine ønsker er:

* at mine børn vokser op trygt og dejligt og udvikler sig til nogle positive mennekser, der er glade for tilværelsen og jeg håber de vil holde sammen altid.

* at blive gammel sammen med min mand. Ligemeget hvor vi bor - hvor vi er i verden, bare kærligheden er til stede.

* at blive min flyskræk kvit! Den sætter virkelig grænser for mig selv + min familie. Og det vil jeg ikke være årsag til.

Her er LOet:

Jeg har brugt en del October Afternoon fra min august månedspakke ovre hos My Scrapbook Nook! Lækre sager!
Tim Holtz Grungeboard pile, bearbejdet med rød sværte.
Blomter rubons er fra ?
Thickers til titlen.
Røde tal er MM rubons.

Tak for du kiggede med. Jeg værdsætter alle jeres besøg og jeres søde kommentarer!
~Charlotte~

Bjerge og Is

2008-10-01T13:10:00.005+02:00

Så er der lidt at vise igen. Begge LOs er med billeder fra vores dejlige sommerferie i år.

Jeg ELSKER bjerge. De er så smukke, så storslåede og jeg bliver helt betaget, når jeg sidder og ser på dem ud af bilruden. Alperne i syd Tyskland, Østrig og Norditalien er så storslået natur, og jeg er helt forelsket i den! Skulle jeg bo i et fremmed land, skulle det bestemt være Østrig! :-)

Dette LO lavede jeg til 1-2-3-scrap's runde skitse. Den var sjov at arbejde med!

Basic Grey til baggrundsark.
Det runde ark med scalloped edges kan jeg ikke huske hvor er fra.
Blomster: Prima Essentials 4.
Thickers.
Journaling tag: MM Noteworthy.
Sort bånd og sorte knapper fra min månedspakke (Scrapbook Nook)
Det grønne ark er K & Company.

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Næste LO er lavet lidt for sjov - og samtidig er det en scraplift ovre fra Unpubbed.
Billederne viser et udsnit at de LÆKRE italienske is, som især manden og ungerne spiste mange af!! Uhhhmmmmm!
Den unge mand, som stod og solgte is, lurede lidt på mig, da jeg begyndte at fotografere montrene. Han og jeg fik øjenkontakt - og så smilede han ellers over hele 5-øren, han synes nok det var cool, at jeg fotograferede "hans butik". he he!

Et ret enkelt LO, som jeg er glad for jeg fik lavet.
Det røde ark er: Jenni Bowlin Studio.
Is-papir: Basic Grey "cubcake".
Gule Thickers.
QK is, som jeg har modaget i en swap for længe siden.
Cirklerne er udklippede fra et mønsterark.
2 journalingbokse fra Prima.

Tak for du kiggede med! Jeg har faktisk lavet lidt flere LOs, men kan endnu ikke vise dem frem.
Det er skønt når jeg skal på aftenvagt, at jeg så kan nå at sidde og scrappe lidt.

Jeg vender snart tilbage. Ha' det godt så længe.
~Charlotte~

Endnu en fra Venedig :-)

2008-09-29T10:03:00.007+02:00

Så fik jeg kreeret endnu et LO om det smukke Venedig.

Skitsen er fra Tamaras sketches og er denne uges DT arbejde :-)

Har valgt at kalde LOet for "små gader".
Jeg tror faktisk at baggrundsarket er et juleark fra My Minds Eye, men jeg synes det passer så flot i farverne. Det mørke mønsterark under billederne er American Traditional Design.
Og så er der ellers brugt billetter fra Jenni Bowlin, klistermærker fra Sassafras Lass og uret er udklippet fra et vellum mønterark.
Blomster er klippet ud af et lille journaling kort.
En hjertepin fra en blomsterbutik og lidt bånd.

Det er længe siden jeg har vist noget scrap her på bloggen. Jeg har ikke fået scrappet så meget på det seneste, har simpelthen ikke haft tid! Sådan er det lige i en periode nu! Oktober ser ikke bedre ud på scrappefronten, da vi skal sååååå meget den måned. Så jeg får næsten kun lavet mit arbejde for Tamaras Skitser og nogle få udfordringer hist og her. Glæder mig til at jeg kan sidde her en HEL dag igen! :-)

Og så er der lige en fiiiin blogcandy ovre hos Karina da hun er ved at runde 10.000 besøgende!

God mandag til jer alle.
~Charlotte~

Canal Grande

2008-09-15T12:52:00.003+02:00

Til denne uge, ovre hos Tamara, fik jeg lavet dette ferie-LO fra Venedig:

Jeg stod oppe på den berømte Rialto Bro og tog disse billeder (+ mange flere af samme kaliber!). Skitsen, som Tamara havde lavet, synes jeg var rigtig god (igen!) og jeg elsker de farver jeg fik sat sammen til mine billeder.
Ark: My Minds Eye, BG.
Blomster er Prima.
Knapper + Srappers floss.
Heidi Swap sommerfugle.
Journaling tag fra Making Memories.
Den bølgede chipboard ned langs LOet er Pink Paislee (fra min månedpakke).
Thickers igen, igen.
Blonden er fra en blomsterbutik.
Rød Slick Writer.

Det ser lidt skævt ud, men det er det altså ikke IRL.

Tak for besøget. Nu vil jeg gøre mig klar aftenvagten i aften.
God dag til jer alle.
~Charlotte~

Ferie-LO

2008-09-14T16:11:00.004+02:00

Da jeg så en rigtig FED skitse ovre hos Creative Scrappers, måtte jeg bare igang med den. Jeg synes hele opsættet er så cool! Skitsen har #17.
Så jeg ledte mine feriebilleder igennem og vidste, at jeg ville lave noget med stranden fra Italien.
Her er så resultatet:

Baggrundsarket er et BG fra "Oh Baby!" serien.
Blomstret ark, som jeg vandt ovre hos Multiscrap, er Prima Baby Boy Collection.
Beigefarvede mønsterark er fra min månedspakke - denne gang fyldt med Pink Paisley varer!!
Det ternede ark er et gammelt Sassafras Lass "sew fine" serien.
Prima blomster.
Thickers til titlen.
Tuborgklammerne er Making Memories.
Sort sværte.

Håber i alle nyder weekenden til fulde! Her har det været skønt vejr. Sol og klar himmel, dog noget køligere end ellers. Jeg har i hvert fald NYDT min friweekend helt vildt! :-)
~Charlotte~

...bare lidt for sjov...

2008-09-09T10:33:00.004+02:00

Jeg surfede lidt rundt på forskellige skitse-blogge i går. Jeg kom til en udfordringsblog, der hedder Mojoholder og så en skitse, som jeg bare MÅTTE prøve at lave noget sjovt med.

Skitsen har #79, hvis i er interesserede i at se den.
Jeg synes skitsen lægger op til "fis og ballade", så jeg ledte efter et billede ud i det tema. Jeg fandt et sjovt billede af Emil, som blev fanget lige i det øjeblik han vælter på sin lille fætters scooter.

Og dette er så LOet:

For første gang i laaaaaang tid har jeg brugt et helt almindeligt stykke karton til baggrund.
Cirklerne er skåret ud fra et Cherry Arte ark.
Linieret papir købt hos Dreampapers.
Journalingtag er MM {note}worthy købt hos The Paperfarm.
Forskellige knapper.
Titelbogstaver: Thickers.
Båndet vandt jeg hos Multiscrap til National Scrapbooking Day konkurrencen.
Stor rød Primablomst.
Og så er der brugt lidt sværte + en rød slick writer.

Nu vil jeg scrappe lidt videre inden jeg skal på aftenvagt.
Ønsker jer alle en dejlig dag.
~Charlotte~

Lidt mere scrap

2008-09-08T11:22:00.006+02:00

Ja, så blev det til lidt mere scrap fra min side af. :-)
Den første er en BOM, som jeg lavede til en udfordring ovre hos TheScrapCat. Den gik ud på at stille sig selv 4 forskellige spørgsmål med hver 4 svarmuligheder. Og derfor hedder mit LO "4 x mig". Jeg synes selv den blev rigtigt god - og ALT er fra October Afternoon (fra min månedspakke hos MyScrapbookNook .... feeeeeeeeeeeede kits de har!!).

Her er LOet:
Okay, malingen og blomsten + brad er ikke fra månedspakken, men ellers af alt fra august kittet.

Næste layout er mit DT arbejde for Tamaras skitser. Fed skitse igen, som jeg bare elskede at arbejde med. Billederne er fra 2005, efterår, hvor vi bagte snobrød. Rigtigt hyggeligt og ungerne elskede det (og elsker det stadig).
Baggrundsarket er et gammelt et. Jeg synes det passer godt til efterårstemaet, farvemæssigt. Det er et BG Mellow ark bag billederne. MM akrylmaling. Filtblomster-borden + titel klisterbogstaver er fra september månedspakke ovre fra Scraphouse. Primablomsterne er købt hos The Paperfarm + journaling papiret. Bradsene er Junkitz long brads.

Af en eller anden årsag har Tamara ikke modtaget mit bidrag denne uge. Det er sket før. Jeg ved ikke rigtigt hvad der sker i cyberspace - nu har jeg flere gange oplevet, at mine layouts ikke bliver modtaget via email ... og det er såååå frustrerende. Jeg ved ikke rigtigt hvad jeg skal gøre ved det. Der må være en fejl et eller andet sted!?? ØV altså!!

Nå men, god mandag til jer alle! Nu vil jeg scrappe og NYDE min fridag.
~Charlotte~

4 nye layouts

2008-09-01T09:17:00.007+02:00

Ja, overskriften er på dansk .... for nu vil jeg blogge på dansk. Jeg ved godt jeg har en del udenlandske besøg, men nu har jeg sådan lyst til at skrive løs på mit eget sprog!

So from now on, my blog will be in Danish!
~Only sometimes in English~

Dette layout er lavet til en skitsekonkurrence på Scrap-is-Fun.
Det handler om den dag vi kørte til Italien på sommerferie (i år).

Næste layout er lavet til 1-2-3-scrap's udfordring, hvor der kun måtte bruges farverne grøn/sort/hvid, man måtte kun bruge 1 billede og der skulle være mindst 10 liniers journaling. Den udfordring elskede jeg, da de farver er såååå flotte sammen!
Pilen peger på den bane vi kørte op af bjerget på for at komme op til Festung Hohensalzburg (i Salzburg, Østrig). Det var en fantastisk oplevelse og det var en KÆMPEMÆSSIG fæstning. En af Europas største. Der skete desværre det, at mit kamera var fyldt op med billeder, så da vi nåede op til fæstningen og den smukkeste udsigt over hele Salzburg, kunne jeg ikke fotografere mere! ØV ALTSÅ! :-(
Billetterne har jeg selv lavet, ud fra Charlotte Ravns skabelon hos Scrapsisters.

Og denne næste er en BOM, som jeg lavede til white space udfordringen på The Scrap Cat.
Billedet har jeg leget lidt med. Jeg fandt et værktøj der hedder "pencil" og vupti!! Så var billedet som tegnet med en blyant. Synes det ser ret så cool ud. :-) Baggrundsarket er Foofala, blomsterarket er Sassafras Lass, thickers til titlen og ellers et par udklippede blomster og en sommerfugl lavet en en primablomst.

Jeg lavede dette layout for Tamaras sketches i denne uge (mit DT job).
Billederne viser Emil - min ældste søn - da han var 7½ år. Jeg synes selv at øverste billede af ham blev kanon-godt! Så sød og mild!! :-)
Ark, de udklippede blomster og blade, båndet, journalingtag, ordet "smile" er altsammen fra min august månedspakke fra My Scrapbook Nook - og alt er October afternoon. Elsker de materialer! Så lækre!!

Det var det. Nu vil jeg bage en ordentlig omgang boller, som ældste søn skal have med i skole i morgen. Han fylder 11 år!! GISP!! Hvor gammel er jeg så lige selv efterhånden?? hehe :-)
God dag til jer alle!

Og tak til jer der besøger mig, det sætter jeg stor pris på!

A great day

2008-08-30T19:38:00.004+02:00

Today our community had a Fall-Festival. The mainstreet was closed for cars. The whole town was celebrating the coming Fall and a lot of children (including my own boys) were selling their old toy! My boys did good in selling and they now have some money for their savings. :-) How cool is that!!!

The mainattraction today was THIS GUY!!!:
Bryan Rice!

It seems like he's looking directly at me!! he he! :-)

He sings so great, so soft and tender! Ohhh my! The best of it all is that he's a local! He's from here and now he's a big singer out there in the big, big world! That's cool! When he was in primary school he went to the same school as my children are in now. Our community is so very proud of him! :-)

Click here to hear/see more of him!

I hope you all are enjoying the weekend!
Come back any time soon.

A little present

2008-08-29T08:38:00.003+02:00

This little present I did for my mom and dad. Almost every Thursday evening we are having dinner at their house (my brother and his family are also coming). It's soooooooo cosy and I just love it. :-)
Yesterday I created a little present for my parents as a thank you for having us over again and again.
I had some "Mozart chocolate" from our vacation and my parents loves those little balls! :-) And this is what I did:

I found the how-to over at TheScrapCat. It was so easy. It only took me 20 minutes. And my parents loved the little gift. :-)

Birthday layout

2008-08-26T08:02:00.007+02:00

My boys have their birthdays next month, so I thought it was about time to scrap some birthdayphotos this time for Tamaras sketches

The pics. are not that good, but they show my youngest one the morning he turned 7 (it's already 2 years ago!!). I loved the sketch (AGAIN). I've used a very old paper for the background, it's One Heart One Mind which I received long time ago. I think it fits the boyish birthday theme and I'm glad to have used a paper I thoght I would never use. :-)

I've used yellow Bazzill, feltflowers, buttons, scrappers floss, ribbon, clear stamp for the circle, Thickers and my edge scraper. The words on the journaling strips are cut from a word-paper.

I have been scrapping a little more, but I can't show it yet, as it's for challenges.

I appreciate all visits and comments I get - so thank you for that!
I'll talk to you soon.

Gocart

2008-08-21T09:15:00.004+02:00

This week we received a GREAT sketch from Tamara. I loved working with it!
I love the big circle and the way the photos are placed on the layout. I decided to use some pics. of my oldest son riding a gocart. He tried that in Sommerland Sjælland last Summer and he really had a blast. He loved it and he got the technique quite fast. :-)
I have only used 3 colors: Black, green and white (to match the sweatshirt he's wearing).
Papers are Cosmo Cricket. The corners and journaling tag are Making Memories diecuts (5th Avenue) and then I've used green felt thickers for the title.

Thank you very much for dropping by!

Pigeons and an award

2008-08-17T14:16:00.005+02:00

I did this layout for a sketch challenge over at 1-2-3-scrap. Unfortunately something happened in cyberspace as my layout never was received. Oh well, that's what happens.
I'm really satisfied with the result and I love the colors - blue and orange - together. They match so fine and they match my sons shirt.
The pics. are taken in Venice. This big place (Markus Pladsen) has sooooo many pigeons and they are very tame. The kids (and my DH + my dad!!) loved to feed them.

Orange paper: Sassafras Lass, blue/green papers and the blue bird: October Afternoon, chipchatter letters (Pressed Petals) for the title, journaling tag: My Mind's Eye, Chipboard swirl, which I painted blue with a Heidi Swapp acrylic paint and I've used some goldbrads and blue flowers.

I've received this wonderful award from Jette. Thank you very much sweetie. I really appreciate it. I'm supposed to give it to 7 people - and right now I don't know to who. I will think a little about it.
EDIT: I just noticed that Kimic also gave me this great award. Thanks a lot Kirsten, it's so sweet of you! And thank you for the nice words!

By the way, the Header is made of a photo I took in Venice. I love the outcome, but I do think it's a little too big, maybe I'll change it soon. :-)

Thanks for dropping by. I'll talk to you soon.
~Charlotte~

Cool Challenges

2008-08-12T13:34:00.007+02:00

Before we went to Italy I participated in some challenges.
First one was over at Unik Hobby with a sketch challenge. I loved the simple sketch and loved to use circles. The colored patterned paper and the journaling circle is Cosmo Cricket.

Next challenge I did was over at 1-2-3-scrap. You had to make your own transparency to use on the layout. I was totally inspired by the Hambly transparencies - so I did a circular one. This is how I did it: Paint, a glass and then stamp on the transparency.

Here's the layout:

A wonderful vacation

2008-08-10T16:12:00.005+02:00

Now we are back from Italy. We had some wonderful days with lots of sun, happy children, a nice camp, fun times with our families, lots of seightseeing, HOT weather (up to 43 degrees celcious), cold beer and drinks, great Italian food, a nice beach, great swimmingpools, lots of yummy fruit etc. etc.
The main attraction was Venice - ofcourse! I really LOVE that city. So beautiful, colorful, full of life, lots of history, different than all other cities and a beautiful scenery. I took a lot of great photos (304 to be exact!!) and here are some of them:

We went by bus (from the camping site). And from a tiny harbour we went by boat into Venice. It was a breathtaking view to see Venice from the "outside".

A tiny street. Not much room for a boat. But the sailors was so great at navigating. Look at the old building, so ruined and still beautiful.

Rialto Bridge! It was very crowded that day. And it was hard to take a good shot. I tried several of times from both ends of the bridge. There's a beautiful view over the grand canal when you stand on the bridge.

The Marcus Church! Beatiful architecture! Oh my! I just love it.

And finally a view over Salzburg. A very beautiful city in Austria, where we spent 2 nights on our way home. I love Austria and all the gorgeous mountains.

Now I look very much forward to be creative again. I have received a GREAT kit from the Scrapbook Nook and I look so much forward to play with it. I won't go to work until Friday - so I have some days to do some scrapping! YAY!! :-)

I'll talk to you soon!
Thanks for dropping by.

Rovinj - Croatia

2008-07-21T11:59:00.005+02:00

Here's the double layout I have been talking about. Over at Tamaras we had to use a double sketch for this week - and here's my result. It's the first time I've created a double 12 x 12 layout and it was very difficult for me to make the two pages match each other. I liked the challenge though! And I'm pretty satisfied with the result.
The pictures are taken in Rovinj (2004) - a wonderful town in Croatia. I'm really in the mood for creating vacation layouts these days, as we are going to Italy on Saturday!! Yiippiiieeeeeee!! I can't wait! Untill then I have a lot of hours at work *sigh*!! But now I can see the end of the tunnel! :-)

2 layouts for Sketches! By Tamara.

2008-07-14T11:58:00.004+02:00

Here's my latest DT work for Sketches! By Tamara.
First one is sketch #51. I love the pictures of all 5 kids (the two of them are mine and the rest are my brothers). They are best friends and they enjoy very much to play together. One of these pics. is used to do big pencil drawing for my mom (a gift from my dad). It's on their livingroom wall now. How nice is that!? :-)

2nd one is sketch #53.
I LOVE LONDON! I was so lucky to go there with my DH in July 2005 for 3 days. We enjoyed this big city very much and we saw a lot, shopped a lot, walked a lot, laughed a lot. :-) We have great memories from there.

Another Unpubbed layout

2008-07-11T14:19:00.003+02:00

This layout has been sitting on my desk for 1½ week. Somehow I couldn't finish it. Today I sat down, pushed myself to FINISH this project and I like the final result. I've been scraplifting Crissy over at Unpubbed. I liked her layout very much!! Go over at see it for yourself - it's called "Clear".

The photo I've used is taken in Sommerland Sjælland last Summer. We had a very grey sky and some rain, but my husband, my brother and the 4 oldest kids jumped into the water anyways. hehe. They got very cold, but the LIKED it. brrrrr. Look at that grey sky!!!

4 days off

2008-07-02T11:26:00.007+02:00

YEAH!! Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday we are OFF work.
We will go to ROSKILDE FESTIVAL. And the weather will be so great this year!! Now I hardly can't wait anylonger. We are going to hear a lot of bands and I look very much forward to hear SPLEEN UNITED!! They really rock!! Esp. their tune "Suburbia". We will also go to concerts with Duffy, Radiohead, Band of Horses, Veto, L.O.C. (Danish), Alphabeat (Danish) to mention a few!! It's going to be WILD! :-)
Our boys are going to their grandmom (my mother in law) on a little vacation. ;-)

Well, this layout I did for a sketch competition over at Scrap is Fun. The rule was to use cherries somewhere on the layout and to follow the sketch of course.
Again the pictures are old ones. They are from 2003. My boys loooooved these rabbits! :-)
Background paper is n old Chatterbox. The arrow is grungeboard (Tim Holtz), Prima flower, button and journaling tags are Heidi Swapp. The stamps with the bird on it is fancy pants desgin.

I'll be off the internet for 4 days now. Have a nice time everyone - I'll talk to you soon!

Tagged

2008-06-28T11:36:00.002+02:00

I got tagged by Thanni (Jette) and Jette. I'm too lazy to translate it into English, so this will stay in the Danish version! hehe.

1. Hvad lavede du for 10 år siden?
For 10 år siden var jeg nybagt mor for aller første gang! På jobfronten var jeg lægesekretær på en røntgenafdeling, men havde barsel. En dejlig, dejlig tid! :0)

2. Fem ting på to-do listen idag?
1) Sende mand og børn på fisketur med farfar
2) Handle
3) Tøjvask
4) Scrappe
5) Hygge med mand og børn i aften!

3. Snacks jeg kan lide?
1. Mørk chokolade
2. Tortilla chips med salsadip
3. Pepsi Max ... ved ikke om det er en snack, men jeg ELSKER min Pepsi Max!!
4. Hjemmebagte chokolade cookies
5. Et kæmpe frugtfad med forsk. slags frugt ... og meget gerne JORDBÆR!

4. Ting jeg ville gøre hvis jeg var milliardær?
1. Bringe alle lån i bund!
2. Rejse ud i verden i ½ år med mand og børn
3. Tage på cruise med familie og venner
4. Stor-shoppe i Londons fantastiske butikker
5. Forære min mand en motorcykel

5. Steder jeg har boet?
1) Nykøbing Sj.
2. Havdrup.
3. Roskilde (flere forskellige steder!)
4. Viby Sjælland
5. ......

Jeg aner ikke hvem der er blevet tagged med disse spørgsmål, så jeg prøver bare at tagge følgende:
Rikke
Slipsager (Else)
Faster Heidi

I hope you all will have a WONDERFUL weekend!

A nice little package

2008-06-25T16:02:00.009+02:00

I've received this very nice little package yesterday (on my BIRTHDAY!!!) from Jenni Bowlin Studio! I just love the tickets! Each package contains 18 tickets total - 6 of each style! They ROCK! :0)
I also love the mini label papers with scalloped edges! I placed the order on June 19 - and on June 24 th I found it in my mailbox. It was a super fast shipping all the way from the US.

I found this sketch over at Scrapsisters. The sketch is by V. Salmon. I loved it and I did a layout using the sketch.

For the layout I have used:
The background paper is an OLD DaisyD's. Tickets, buttons, scrappers floss, arrows by Heidi Swapp, Thickers for the title, green acrylic paint.
It was a bit hard to use so colorful photos, but I think the result turned out as I wanted it to.

Thank you for visiting my little corner of the web. I'll talk to you soon. :0)

Soon we are ....

2008-06-23T09:46:00.005+02:00

... going to this!!
Every year we participate in ROSKILDE FESTIVAL! It is going to be 3 full days and nights with fun, laughter, lots of concerts, drinks and dance. Ohhh I can't wait!!

Now to the creative part!
This LO is for Tamara's sketch blog this week. The pictures shows how many apples we got from our little appletree in 2006. I baked some really yummy cakes with those apples!! :-)

Next layout is made for the cybercrop over at Scrapsisters.
It was a sketch challenge. The pictures I've used are from 2003! Old ones! But I love them. My tiny boys are feeding some goats. I love how it turned out.

Thank you very much for stopping by. I'll talk to you soon!

10 photos - 1 layout

2008-06-16T19:16:00.004+02:00

This is my take on Tamaras sketch for this week! I had a lot of fun creating this layout.
I wanted to use photos of my oldest son, who is 10 years old. The pictures represents him when he was 1 year old, 2 years old, 3 years old etc. It's fun to see the difference and how much he changes. :-)
Backgroundpaper is Prima IOD, "Caliope Collection". The patterned paper under the photos is SassfrasLass, then I've used green acrylic paint. Felt thickers for the title, which means "the first 10 years". Journalingsticker is SassafrasLass, Rubon flowers, the big butterflies are cut from a pattened paper, the little blue butterflies are Heidi Swapp (thank you very much Marianne!!), buttons, scrappers floss, ribbon ("tough guy") and ink.
Thanks a lot for stopping by! :-)

Awesome RAK from Singapore!

2008-06-14T16:48:00.005+02:00

Today I received a L-O-V-E-L-Y!! RAK from Wati in Singapore! I've been the Guest Designer over at Scrappin Kids and that's why I've received all these goodies! :-) Thank you very much, Wati. I love everything you sent!! ((Big Hugs)) to you and the rest of the crew at Scrappin Kids!

I received: 2 packs of thickers, 2 different awesome ribbon and 3 sheets of Prima papers "Dude Collection". The colors are so great!!!
Picture #2 shows the papers on the back-side. Also lovely colors and patterns! The 3rd pic. is a bit blurry, but it's Wati's nice note for me!

I have been scrapping lately, but I can't show any of it yet, as most of it are for challenges and one layout is my DT work for Sketches! By Tamara. It will be featured on her blog on Monday!

I hope you're enjoying the weekend. I'll talk to you very soon!

Another sketch layout...

2008-06-10T11:04:00.004+02:00

Here's what I did for Tamara's this week! It was fun to work with her sketch and it's fun to look at all the different takes on it over at her blog!! Go and see for yourself!! And maybe try one of the sketches yourself, link to your layout in the comments section and you'll have the chance to become the GuestDesigner of the week. :-)

The pics. I've used are old, they are from the Summer of '99. I can't print new photos right now as we (STILL!!!) are waiting for the ink to come. Well, it was fun to use the old pics. though and I think the layout turned out kind of cute. :-)

Summertime

2008-06-06T12:46:00.010+02:00

Ahhhh - it's so lovely. The sun is shining from a very blue sky. The temperatures is around 23-25 degrees celcious and it's soon weekend (I just need to go to work tonight, so when it's 9 o'clock tonight I have WEEKEND!!!).

Well, I went outside today taking a few shots of my garden. And here's a couples of photos. I just love the pink flowers!!! We have lots of them in the garden, but unfortunately the blooming is very short.

Next pic. shows our fish pond.
My DH build it 3 years ago and we love to sit there wathing the fish (they are VERY tame - as we can feed them by hand! Isn't that cool??).

I've done the fruit layout for a contest over at the scrap cat. And I was so lucky to win! (you can see my prize in the previous post). I've used som old BG paper for the background - I thought the colors were perfect for the layout.

Last but not least: My first DT work over at Tamaras. You can find the sketch (#47) over at her blog. I've used some old photos from the Summer of 2004 - where we visited Bon Bon Land - a fun place for children .. and adults .. hehe.

That's it for today! I hope you all will have a VERY nice weekend. Thanks for your visit.

Charlotte Street

2008-06-01T16:03:00.006+02:00

This is a layout I did for a sketch challenge over at Scrap is Fun
The pic. is taken in London. My DH and I had 3 wonderful days over there in the Summer of 2005. We went for many walks in this awesome city. One of the days we saw the sign "Charlotte Street" and as my name is Charlotte I just had to have a photo of it. :-) The title means: "My street?".

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And this is what I received in the mail yesterday. A great prize for winning af layout contest over at The Scrap Cat.
I love the little butterflies (which are Heidi Swapp) and I love all these flowers (MM) - great colors they have!! Thanks a lot Marianne, I love everything!

TOOOT!!

2008-05-26T08:32:00.009+02:00

I'm so excited as I've just read an awesome email from Tamara! (over at Sketches! By Tamara).
Take a look at this!!!!
I'm one of the new Design Team Members over at Tamaras! :-)

*jumping-up-and-down-all-exicted*!!!

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And here's what I received in the mail Saturday.

It's my prize for winning a layout contest over at TheScrapCat.
I love everything! Thank you very much, Ragna!!

More challenge layouts

2008-05-20T08:42:00.005+02:00

Denmark has got a new GREAT challengeblog! It's called 1-2-3-Scrap. And the first challenge was to use a sketch. I loved playing along. And here's what I did...

All flowers by Prima. Ribbon: MM noteworthy. Clearstamps for the "Love" and "Playful" circles. Thickers for the title. The hearts are grungeboard which I threated with red ink. Jounaling box is MM 5th Avenue.

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Next layout is for my BOM. Over at Dreamgirls the challenge this time is to do a page about
yourself. There's an inspiration piece to look at + the twist is: "You must use some corrugated cardboard and it needs to be visible. The rest is up to you".

The big red flower behind the pic. is Heidi Swapp all other flowers are Prima "Sweethearts". Buttons are Love, Elsie.

That's all for today! I'll talk to you soon! :-)

Sketch This!

2008-05-19T16:20:00.005+02:00

Over at Sketch This sketch #50 is revealed and it's a great sketch!! I loved using it for this layout.
I've used BG "Mellow" paper for the background and some leftovers. Primaflowers, a felt flower and a cardstock flower (under the feltflower). Scrappers floss, thickers, buttons and ink.
The pics. are printet on paper - that's why they aren't very bright.

Thanks for your visit! :-)

Boys will be Boys (unpubbed challenge)

2008-05-14T19:39:00.006+02:00

I did this layout for a challenge over at Unpubbed. I've made my own version of Shalini's wonderful layout called "Daddy's Love".
It was a bit difficult to make a good photograph of my layout because of the transparent which I layered on the photo of my 3 men!
Here it is:

The colors are brighter IRL.

Backgroundpaper: ATD Moments Collection - Earthtones.
Fish papers: ATD.
Flowered b/w paper: Prima.
The arrow is a Sassafras Lass sticker.
Ribbon from Multiscrap (some of my NSD prize).
Transparent: Don't remember.
Blue flower: Prima.
Orange felt flower.
Rubons around the pic.: American Crafts Minimarks.

It's time to P-L-A-Y ....

2008-05-12T11:15:00.005+02:00

I have received my goodies from Scrapgal
Loooots of great Sassafras Lass Papers, DaisyD's buttons, Sassafras Stickers and a few papers of Making Memories "Ledger BookKeeper and Ledger Text".
I love all the colors here!!

Here is what I did today:
I have used a sketch from the PageMaps book (page 52).
Backgroundpaper: American Crafts (prize from NSD over at Multiscrap).
The black patterned paper: IOD, Prima.
The dotted patterned paper: K&Company.
All flowers are Prima.
Red buttons.
The heart: Sassafras Lass sticker.
Yellow Scrappers floss: Karen Foster.
Title: Letter stickers DCVW and Thickers.

Thanks a lot for visiting my little corner of the web! :-)

Criss Cross, my prize and some shopping

2008-05-09T10:45:00.005+02:00

I've created two criss cross cards for the very first time in my life. And it was so much fun!! And easy to do! So I'm sure these won't be the last cards I make!!

This one is for my mom, for Mothers Day.
My mom loves green colors!

And this one is for my mother-in-law, also for Mothers Day.
My MIL loves purple colors!

Look at this!!!! This is what I won over at Multiscrap at NSD. Thank you so much, Iben! I love it all! :-) The patterned papers with the blue colors are Prima and the yellow patterned paper is American Crafts.

And I also received this today - bought over at Multiscrap! :-) Love all the flowers - they are so beautiful and the scrapbooking tape with crowns on it is so cool!! The kit has 12 sheets of patterned papers (double sided) and some lovely flowers + ribbon. All by Prima Marketing Inc. Great, great colors and I can not wait to play with it all!!

And finally a pair of new ballarinas!! I love this type of shoes!! I have already planned to buy a pair in red!! :-) WOW!!

Thanks a lot for your visit!! Enjoy the Spring!!

Another lettersize layout

2008-05-07T08:22:00.005+02:00

I made this layout for the National Scrapbooking Day over at Scrapsisters ... and I was so lucky to win a prize (by a draw). Wooo Hooo - I am usually not that lucky! The layout is called "beautiful" and the pic. is taken in Mosel - a very beautiful place in the south of Germany.
I have used a sketch, made by Marie.

Have a HAPPY day!! And thanks for stopping by!

I feel so lucky!!

2008-05-04T10:33:00.005+02:00

Yes, I really do feel lucky these days. The other day I won a challenge over at TSC. The challenge was to use a certain sketch (one from PageMaps), use lots of colors and cool embellishments. And this is what I did:

Papers: One Heart One Mind (the one with the stripes) . Foof-a-la (with the circles). BG "Mellow" the orange one.
Heidi Swapp flower cut in half.
Hambly rubons: The orange and blue trees/plants.
The smileys are made with foamstamps.
Journaling clear stamp: Autumn Leaves.
Title: Thickers.
Button, scrappers floss, clips, ribbon.
Acrylic paint.

Next one i created yesterday for a National Scrapbooking Day challenge over at Multiscrap. Again we had to use a sketch (made by Valerie Salomon). I loved working with this sketch!

Backgroundpaper (the white one) is from an OLD kit from Club Scrap. Blue background paper is American Traditional Designs "Moments" collection. The patterned paper I used as a photomat is BG "Lilykate".
Title and the border in the middle is from: MM "5th Avenue".
Flower: Prima - Painterly Petals.
Big brad: Creative Imaginations.
2003: MM rubons.
"Best buds" and "best of times" are ribbon.
Acrylic paint and ink.

The weather here is so beautiful. Lots of sun and it's quite warm, so now we are going to the woods to enjoy the wonderful Spring!! Have a happy day!

Door prize

2008-05-03T11:50:00.004+02:00

Remember I took part in a week long crop over at Sisterhood of Scrap??
I was so lucky to win a "door prize" which showed up in my mailbox today. Thank you very much Carla for sending me these goodies!! Love the boyish theme!!!

Now I'm off to do some creative stuff! With the National Scrapbooking Day I have a few challenges to complete!! :-) Take care all!

Sketch challenge

2008-05-01T16:41:00.004+02:00

I've created a layout for a sketch challenge over at SIF
Here's the sketch, it's made by Marie. (it got really small, I hope you can see it proberly).

And here's my result:

It was fun working with the sketch. ... and yes, it is a Christmas layout! hehe.
My oldest son is baking chocolate cookies for Christmas 2006 - and they tasted very good!

I have used:
BG "Mellow" as the backgroundpaper.
K & Company "Urban Rhapsody" - the rest of the papers.
Thickers for the title.
Stickles (lime green on the title and red dots along the line of the circle). I love the bling-effect!
The journalingtag is Creative Imaginations.

I almost forgot that I've received an award! Kirsten/kimic gave it to me!! Thank you very much, Kirsten, I appreciate it a lot! :-)

I am supposed to give it to 5 persons. I think many already have received this award, but here's the 5 I've chosen:
Lisette - love your style!! And I love that you've started a Danish challenge blog.
Netti - I also love your style. And I love that you've started the new Danish challenge blog.
Leontine in Holland - I think you create beautiful layouts and it's so cosy that you leave comments on my blog very often!
Christina/LaChris - you have so many fun ideas for your scrapbook pages. Your layouts inspire me. And I still look forward to meet you IRL some day ;-)
Marie/Marolle - I absolutely love your style! It's different and very cool! I love that you do sketches as well and I look very much forward to meet you some day! :-)

Thanks a lot for your visit.

Scraplifting

2008-04-27T17:20:00.005+02:00

I was reading in one of my scrapbooking magazines (CK - August 2007) and I saw a layout created by Jessica Sprague (page 65). I loved the design and I just had to do a scraplift. I've used some photos from Christmas 2005 showing my sweet nephew (I have "erased" his face as I haven't asked about permission to show his picture on my blog) and the other boy is my youngest one. They are sitting on my parents kitchen table having a good time! :-)

Papers: Kelly Panacci (for Sandylion = the brown one) and the other one i Daisyd's. Both papers are very old!
Brown Bazzill.
Buttons: MOD "Winder garden".
Tag with flowers on it: 3bugsinarug.
100% friends tag: K & Company.
Heart brad: From a swap.
Christmas stickers and scrappers floss: Karen Foster.
Title: Thickers.
The ribbon is bought in a supermarket.

That's all! Thanks for your visit.

Who said Thickers??

2008-04-26T18:19:00.003+02:00

Who said Thickers?? Me?? Well, I probably did because I looooooooove those little sticky numbers & letters, which comes in all shapes and colors. I know I have mentioned my love for Thickers MANY times before ... but hey! Who can really have enough Thickers?? Not me!! Every time I shop for scrapbook-supplies I end up with one or two sheets of Thickers.....

And ......

I've been creative today. I did this layout. I wanted to use some of the BG Mellow papers I bought this week on sale. And here's the result. ... Cosy autumn photos and cosy autumn colors.

The photos seems to be a little blurry here - but in real life they are not blurry at all.
Orange flowers and tags are from Panduro Hobby. The other flowers are from a swap. The "stitching" is Doodlebug rubons and I've used Junkitz brads.

Thanks a lot for your visit! I appreciate it a lot.

Shopping!

2008-04-23T19:52:00.006+02:00

Today I received this in the mail!!

I placed the order yesterday over at SIF.
I love the BG "Mellow" line and it was on sale (half the prize) so I couldn't resist. Other papers are 3 bugs in a rug, American Crafts and the one with the circus animals on it is "Nana's kids print" (DCWV). I love that animal print. I still need to scrap babyphotos of my two boys, so I thought it was fun to buy that sheet of paper.
Then I bought Thickers (can't have enough of those!!), scrappers floss, and an (old = August 2007) issue of Creating Keepsakes. The cool flowers are Prima "Painterly Petals Angelique fresh". I just love the colors they have. :-)
Now I will go and create something!

Yesterday I also placed an order over at Scrapgal - I ordered lots of the new cool Sassafras Lass lines! YAY!! + some other stuff. I can't wait till it hits my mailbox!!

Thanks for dropping by!

Some fun challenges

2008-04-22T10:43:00.004+02:00

I've created two more layouts. Both are challenge-layouts and both challenges were VERY cool!

First one I did for Sisterhood of Scrap
The challenge was: Use a songtitle as the title of your layout. I wanted to use some rainy day photos and I wanted to tell the story of HOW MUCH it rained in the Summer of 2007 here in Denmark. It was totally ridiculous! ... and very, very boring! I chose to use the songtitle "Here comes the rain again" (by Erythmics). And I had so much fun creating this layout.

Next challenge layout I did for Dreamgirls challenges. A great new challenge blog!
The challenge is: Create a layout using the name of a reality show as your title. Your layout must include some form of stamping and you must use felt somewhere.
I wanted to use a photo of my DH, reading a book in the sun while laying in our hammock. I used the reality show title "Simple Life". The little jounaling box is stamped and I've used som felt under the photo (the swirls). I loved creating this layout too!!

The paper is so cool. It's My Mind's Eye "Bohemia".

Thanks a lot for stopping by. I appreciate all visits.

Secret revealed: Guest DT!!

2008-04-19T16:19:00.005+02:00

Remember I told you that I had a little secret! Today I can reveal it! Take a look at Sketches! by Tamara!
I am the Guest DT right now! And I feel so honoured! I'm so glad that Tamara emailed med and asked me to be her Guest DT this week. :-)
I could choose any one of Tamara's sketches and create a layout. I chose sketch #33 - which you can find on Tamara's sketch blog. Here's my result:

Photos show my youngest one back in the Summer of 2003. Long time ago!! hehe. I just love the photos of him enjoying a warm and beautiful day!

Background paper are K & Company.
Buttons are Basic Grey.
Different flowers and MM flower brads.
Journaling tag: Creative Imaginations.

I hope you all are having a GREAT Saturday!

Unpubbed

2008-04-17T12:18:00.003+02:00

Over at unpubbed, a great challenge blog, it's Sasha who's this periods person to have her 15 min.s of fame. She's chosen one of her own layouts, and we are supposed to show our version of the layout. It was so much fun to do this one:

See, I'm back to my lettersize layouts! Ahhhh - it was so cosy to scrap this format again. I think I'm the kind of person who will never get satisfied with only one type of format for my layouts. I enjoy both lettersize and the 12 x 12. ... and also minibooks! :-)
Well, for this layout I have used: Papers are K&Company "Urban Rhapsody" - I just love this line!! Felt border is from Panduro Hobby, QK fish and splashes are from swaps. The ribbon is also from a swap. Thickers and a tag.

Thanks for visiting me!

Great mailday today!

2008-04-16T17:31:00.004+02:00

WooHoo - today I received this terrific book!! I'm so excited!

It looks absolutely GREAT! Totally AWESOME! And it contains tons and tons of wonderful sketches + a sample layout for every sketch. I look very much forward to using it!
I've bought it over at E-lounge and I only payed 166,00 Danish Kroner (shipment included).

Well, I'm off to dinner. I'll talk to you soon! Thanks for visiting my little corner of the web.

2 more crop layouts

2008-04-15T11:40:00.005+02:00

I've done two more layouts for the week-long crop over at Sisterhood of Scrap. It's GREAT challenges the girls have come up with! :-)

For Pearls B-I-N-G-O challenge.
Here's her words:
"My challenge for you today is to to take inspiration from the game of Bingo- use a Bingo card or use numbers on your layout if you don't have one; or some sort of dab paint ( as you would on a Bingo card ) ...Using BINGO cards continue to be a hot trend in scrapbooking this year so if you haven't tried it why not now ?"

It's not how I'm used to create layouts, but it was fun to try something else. The Bingo-card is printed from the internet.

Next challenge-layout is made for Carla's ROOK Challenge.
Here's what she said:
"A rook is a bird in the crow family and is very similar to the crow. In the game of ROOK, the Rook Bird card is the highest trump card in the game. As such, it takes any trick in which it is played.
My challenge for you today is to use a bird on a layout or card, and include some stitching -- either faux or real.

And here's my result:

I've used a Pagemaps Sketch. And the birdstamp is a Rhonna Farrer stamp. The flowerstamp is a Stampendous stamp. And I've used my watercolor pens to give them some color.

Thanks to all who stop by and give me comments! :-)

Sisterhood Anniversary Crop

2008-04-11T11:05:00.004+02:00

Over at Sisterhood of Scrap (one of my faveourite blogs) there's an One-Year-Anniversary-Crop going on for the whole week. There's a lot of great challenges and I'm participating in some of them. So far I've created two layouts for the challenges and I've planed to create more over the weekend!
First one I did was for the Scrabble Challenge, hosted by Susan
She gave us 10 letters (TASMABBORF) and we had to create a word for the title out of these 10 letters. It was so much fun! I made a layout about ABBA - the great Swedish band (back in the 70's). And here's what I came up with:

The next one I did was for the TAG challenge, hosted by Carla. Here's the rules:

My challenge for you is to create a layout/card or altered item that has at least THREE tags. Also include flowers.

And here's my take on the challenge:

The big blue flowers are made with a foamstamp and acrylic paint. :-)

Thank you very much for stopping by! I appreciate all visits.

Another little secret ....

2008-04-05T17:07:00.004+02:00

Yeah - I have another little secret to share with you ... but not now!! You'll have to wait two weeks before I reveal it. On Saturday April 19th - to be more exact. :-) hehe! It's something cosy and very nice!

Well - I have been creative today! Actually I have been doing a lot of things today: Cleaning the house, went to a big mall with my DH and kids as the boys needed new sneakers so badly, and then we rushed home and cooked a very nice lunch. ...and now I sit here! Ahh - it's so wonderful!

Here's what I did:

The pics are a bit old (2 years), but I love them! They tell the story about my oldest son loving those little animals and bugs. I just love the Hambly rubons and thought they were nice to use on this layout. The jounaling card is Creative Imaginations "Narratives" by Karen Russell. QK grasshoppers (which I've received in a swap). Thickers for the title, Sassafras Lass paper (with the flowers) and some leftovers.

Thank you very much for stopping by! Now I will work on my little secret! ;-)

Finally!

2008-04-03T13:52:00.004+02:00

Finally I have been creative again!! Ohh I have missed it. I haven't been very creative the last month as I'm in a new job now and it has been quite a rough start. But I love it there - there's just so much new things to learn!

I've finished this layout today. It's about my 2 boys and my DH. I love moments like this! Together, cosy and a whole lot of fun!

I have used some scraps. Paint is Heidi Swapp "sea" acrylic paint. Rubons. Thickers. Die-cut shapes are Making Memories "5thAve Sophia" (bought over at Dreampapers).

I have created one more layout which I can't show you as of yet. It's for a challenge.

Take care and thanks for visiting me!

Red for Boys

2008-03-24T11:08:00.004+01:00

I think that red suits these layouts very well! And the pictures shows my boys. So red for boys are so okay, in my opinion! :-) It's fun to mix a lot of colors - like I did on the "Politiklovn" - which directly translated means "Police-clown". My youngest son LOVES to be the actor of the house. He has so many fun ideas and he really cracks me up! I made this layout over at Dreampapers to a great crop I went to in the beginning of this month. Thanks Annette, for suggesting the title! :-)

I'm sorry the photo got a little dark! The weather here isn't the best for taking pictures. Here's dark and it's snowing!

Next layout is made using a sketch from Tamaras sketches. And it was fun to work with! The pictures are of my two boys sipping slush ice - which they LOOOOOVE! And especially this very blue one! I have used a mix of Sassafras Lass and My Mind's Eye "Bohemia".

The layout is more bright IRL.
I have tried to write the title myself. It should have been bigger, but now I don't do otherwise. I'll let it be as it is.

Thank you very much for visiting my little corner of the web!

Girls just ....

2008-03-16T15:14:00.003+01:00

.... wanna have fun!!
The challenge #5 over at Multiscrap - Scrapbook Queen 2008 - was to watch the music video "Girls just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper and then be inspired to create a layout. I chose to use some photos of myself and my best friend ever - they are from New Years Eve 2003/2004 and we had so much fun!! :-)
Unfortunately Multiscrap never received my take on this challenge - I did sent it before deadline, but somehow she can't find my layout. What a shame - but that's what happens.

I have used:
Black Bazzill, different leftovers, Grungeboard (the swirl) by Tim Holtz, Green "Pine Needles" Crackle Paint on the swirl, tiny Prima flowers, ribbon "party time", buttons from Panduro, Thickers, BG letter-stickers, ink for the edges, scrappers floss and the "cool" and "funky" words are cut from a Love Elsie paper.

Thank you very much for stopping by! I appreciate all visits a lot!

I went to a crop

2008-03-09T15:07:00.006+01:00

Yesterday I went to a crop in Dreampapers - and it was soooooo much fun! I think we were about 20 scrappers gathered for a whole day! From 10am to 10 pm. :-) A lot of beautiful and very creative layouts were created, there were aswesome challenges and prizes, great food and a wonderful atmosphere!! I love to participate in crops in Dreampapers!
I shared a table with Solvej (do you have a blog, Solvej??), Gitte , Pialine and two other girls I hadn't met before. It was a GREAT table and we had a lot for fun and cosy talking!! Thank you for a GREAT day ladies!

I worked on 3 layouts to the crop! One of them got finished, but the other two aren't done as of yet.
This one is about my sweet boys in the Summer of 2005. I've used a sketch from Pagemaps!

The swirls are made with a little Rhonna Farrer clear stamp. Ribbon is from MM, the "remember" tag is also Making Memories. Foof-a-la Buttons. Sandylion papers (the blue and red) and Basic Grey as background paper. Thickers for the title. The journaling box is Creative Imaginations.

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Today I managed to create a layout for the Scrapbook Queen 2008 challenges over at Multiscrap! I thought I wouldn't finish before deadline, but I did! The challenge is to watch the music video with Cyndi Lauper "Girls just wanna have fun" and then scrap a page about something that inspired us from the video! Fun, fun, fun!! I can't show that layout yet, as the voting will be in the next week!

Thank you for visiting my little blog! I'll talk to you soon!

Using Pagemaps sketches

2008-03-04T15:20:00.006+01:00

I have always been a lettersize scrapper, but recently I discovered the joy in using the 12 x 12 size. It's amazing HOW creative and HOW much space you can use on a 12 x 12 layout. I'm so happy that I decided to finally give this size a chance! And now .... after creating about 20 layouts in this BIG size I am totally hooked! :-)
And another thing is: I can use some very cool sketches now!! And I do!! I've fallen in love with the sketches from Pagemaps - they are so awesome! And here's 2 layouts I've created using some of these sketches:

For a long time I've wanted to use these pics. for a layout. It's my oldest son when he was 2 years old and when he was 9 years old (he's now 10!). Thought it was fun to use pictures from two different times in his life in ONE layout.
I've used the Pagemaps august 2007 sketch.

These pics are brand new. They are taken in January this year, and is from our skiing vacation in France. It's my SIL and I having fun at an outdoor bar! The weather was so beautiful and it was such a nice afternoon! :-) Again I've used a sketch from Pagemaps.
I have blurred my SIL as I haven't asked her about posting her pic on the net. ;-)

Thanks a lot for stopping by! I'll talk to you soon.

March Guest Designer - woo hoo!

2008-03-01T12:24:00.004+01:00

Now I can tell my little secret! I've been asked to be the March Guest Designer over at Scrappin Kids - which is a great challenge blog. All challenges are about our little ones ... our children!
Well, my job was to create a layout with the theme: "Scrap about the thing your little one can't live without, it can be antything - a blankie, a fave toy, fave food, fave song....".

I chose do to a layout about a cake! Both of my sons LOVE this cake - and they can't have a birthday without this cake! Therefore my layout is called "The best cake EVER!".

Go to Scrappin Kids, read the rules, and scrap about that thing your little one can't live without!

Here's my take:

Thank you very much Wati for giving me this great challenge - and thank you SO much for choosing me as your Guest Designer for this month! I feel very honoured!

New Style??

2008-02-29T19:30:00.003+01:00

I finished this layout today! And I think I've got a new style for my layouts. I haven't tried this before - but I think it was so much fun to let the creativity loose! :-)
Nothing much to tell - other than I have my little secret to reveal tomorrow!! :-)

Thank you for visiting my little corner of the web!

Scrapbook Queen 2008 (3 +4).

2008-02-27T09:18:00.004+01:00

Here's my creations for the challenge #3 and #4 over at Multiscrap

#3 was a sketch challenge -the sketch is from PageMaps. The theme had to be LOVE because of Valentines. I have used 3 diff. pics. of me and my DH. They are taken in Croatia 2004, in London 2005 and in France 2006.

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Challenge #4 had 6 criterias:

* 1 Piece of cardstock
* 2 Flowers
* 3 Pictures
* 4 Pieces of patterned papers
* 5 buttons
* 6 pieces of ribbon

The pics. I have used shows my oldest DS and his cousin - they are taken back in 1999! The two boys have been best friends ever since they were small - now they both are 10 years old. :-)

Thanks a lot for visiting my blog. I appreciate it VERY much!! :-)

White space & clutter

2008-02-26T15:26:00.003+01:00

Here's my first attempt at creating a layout with lots of white space and some clutter!
It was so much fun and I love this type of layouts. It's done via a challenge over at Scrapbookexpress

Backgroundpaper: My Mind's Eye "Bohemia", Hearts journaling tags and flowers: K&Company "Smitten". Thickers: American Crafts "Sprinkles". Black pen: Slick Writer.
The picture is taken in 2004!

I have also made 2 layouts for the Scrapbook Queen challenges. I won't show them now - but in a few days.
Thanks a lot for stopping by!

Shopping

2008-02-23T11:27:00.006+01:00

I've been shopping both here in Denmark and in the US lately. These pics. only show what I've bought here in the country, as I haven't received my goodies from USA as of yet.
The places I've been shopping are Scrap Is Fun (Thank you so much for the little extra goodies, Anita!!) and Scrapbook Fun.

I really LOVE Thickers. They are so cool! And Scrap-is-Fun had a great sale this week, so I had to buy some!!! I've also ordered different Thickers from the US ;-) ... Cant's wait to play with them!
The K&Company box stuffed with pink goodies, is die cut cardstock and is called "smitten".
Love Elsie cardstock stickers - with 70 different pieces of very cool stickers!
The epoxy paper clips is from Cloud9 Design - and I love the colors they have!

Different papers.
White, black and brown Bazzill.
Patterned papers are: Basic Grey, 3 bugs in a rug, EK Success (with the big blue flowers) designed by Stacy Claire Boyd and Studiolight (with the black swirls on it).

And two of my favourite scrapbooking magazines. "Scrapbooking m.m." - it's a Swedish magazine. I now have bought every issue of this magazine. I look so much forward to read in them. :-)

I haven't anything creative to show you today! All the layouts I've done are for competitions, so they can't be revealed yet.

And I have this SECRET which will be revealed March 1st! ;-) So check back soon! And thanks a lot for stopping by!

Mosaic and ink

2008-02-16T15:28:00.004+01:00

This layout is created for a challenge over at Scrapbookexpress - a Norweigean forum.

Techniques:
*Mosaic
*Use ink

I love this photo of my oldest son, taken in France, Summer 2006. It's so quiet and peaceful and I love how he looks at the see.

Backgroundpaper: KI Memories
A lot of leftovers for the Mosaic
Flowers: Rub ons by Rhonna Farrer
Journaling stamp: Autumn Leaves
Thickers: American Crafts
Sticker words: K&Company

Thank you very much for your visit! :-)

One more sketch layout

2008-02-12T16:12:00.000+01:00

Sunday there was a challenge over at SIF.
Rikke (aka Scraps) has made this sketch and it was a fun one to play with! :-)

And here's what I came up with! The pics. are a year old and they show my youngest son as a Master of Karate! Here in Denmark we celebrate "Fastelavn" = shrovetide (in February) - where the kids are dressed up. They hit a big barrel (right word??) and inside the barrel ther's a lot of candy and fruit. When someone hits so hard, so the barrel break he/she becomes the Cat's Queen. The one who hit the last of the barrel off of the rope, becomes the Cat's King. :-) It's a very old tradition. And in the (VERY) old days, a cat was inside the barrel all alive and kicking!! Ohhh my! It doesn't sound good at all!! I'm glad it's only candy and fruit now a days! :-)

Backgroundpaper: Basic Grey "Lilykate".
Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket "Doc Holiday".
Mini marks (rub ons - right side of the layout + the brackets): American Crafts.
Autumn Leaves journaling Clear Stamps.
Rhonna Farrer clear stamp: "single scroll" for the left side of the layout with flowers on it.
Prima Got Flowers, mini.
Green bling embellishement on the flowers.
Thickers: American Crafts "Rootbeer float".
Buttons: Foof-a-La. (Bag-O-Buttons).
Scrappers floss, Karen Foster: Orange (on the big "F"). Orange and green on the buttons.

Thank you very much for stopping by!

Sketch layout

2008-02-10T17:56:00.000+01:00

This sketch is soooo cool! I found it over at the ScrapCatForum - It originally comes from Pagemaps!

I had these (old) photos from Christmas 2005. The journaling is about how creative my mom is. She loves to arrange flowers, create beautiful decorations and set a beautiful table. My dad is the chef - he's food tastes sooooo good! :-)

All papers are Kelly Panacci for Sandy Lion.
Background paper: "In a Nutshell".
Red paper: "Poinsettias".
I've used leftovers for the circles.
Thickers "Champagne".
Felt hearts (from Panduro).
Red slick writer.
Black ink for the edges.

Thank you very much for stopping by! I hope you all have had a GREAT weekend!

A layout for My Scrap Corner

2008-02-07T08:24:00.000+01:00

A Danish magazine, called My Scrap Corner, is now closing down. Unfortunately! I think the girls there was very brave and I loved that they actually tried to run a DANISH scrapbooking magazine. Well, I made a layout for a sketch showed on page 23 (issue #3) - a sketch Lisette had made. I loved the sketch - and as I now am a 12 x 12 scrapper I just had to try it. :-) And as the magazine now stops I can show the layout here:

The pictures shows my two boys on the first day of school in August 2007. The were so ready and they looked so much forward to see their friends again.

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I have been tagged by my Norweigean friend Tone. I have to tell 7 (true) facts about myself.

1. I'm afraid of flying
2. I still have my childhood teddybear
3. I love Pepsi Max - I would love to drink it every day!
4. I hate snow in Denmark
5. I love cooking and baking
6. I (still) love to watch Beverly Hills 90210 (which is send on Danish television over and over again!).
7. When I was a teenager I experimented with PUNK! I was all black and very mad!!

I now tag:
Thanni
Marianne - Scrap Cat
Marie Marolle
Jette
Anne Bente

Thanks a lot for stopping by! I appreciate all your visits and nice comments. :-)

Scrapbook Queen 2008 (2) + France

2008-02-03T09:23:00.001+01:00

The 2nd challenge for the Scrapbook Queen 2008 challenges is done now.
* Use one picture (NO people on it).
* Use one handcut item (I cut the swirls/doodling).
* Use paint.

I chose to create a layout about one of our skiing vacations. The pic. is taken in Sölden, Austria last year. I've used some OLD paper: DaisyD's for the background and One Heart One Mind under the pic. Buttons are Foof-a-la, scrappers floss by Karen Foster, MM brads for the tags, MM paint (white for the edges and "poppy" under the title). Journaling spots are Heidi Swapp.

Yesterday we returned from a GREAT skiing vacation in France! We lived close to Valmorel and the scenery was so beautiful. Snow, a blue - blue sky, lots of happiness and freedom. Ohh I loved it there! :-) We went by car (my brother, SIL, my DH and I) and it is a long trip (around 1700 kilometres each way). But it was cosy!
Here's some pics from our trip ... and look at the sky! It was amazing! :-)

Me, at the top of a mountain!

The house we rented!

I'll create something now. I have missed being creative a lot! :-)
Thanks a lot for stopping by! I appreciate it a lot.

Ahhh - the 80's!

2008-01-25T15:18:00.000+01:00

Over at ScrapCatForum the challenge for January was to scrap a smell or a taste which reminded us of our childhood. I chose a GREAT smell, which I really miss. I get all happy when I think about it and also a tiny bit sad. My layout for this challenge is about my grandparents. My beloved granddad died in Jan. 2002, and I still miss him a lot. I still have my grandmom ... sort of. She's not well, she's tired of life actually and it makes me so sad.
Well, I found an old photo of my grandparents kitchen-window (the photo is taken in the early 80's). And I just knew I would use this photo for my layout about a great smell from my childhood. My grandparents house had a wonderful smell. Always so fresh and clean ... and I loved it!

This was a very fun challenge to do! And here's my result:

Again I chose to scrap 12 x 12 - and this is my 3rd layout in this size. :-) The bird on the photo is my bird, which my granddad gave to me. I had him for 12 years!! I tought him to speak and he loved being outside his cage "talking" to me. He loved sitting on my hand! He was a very cute bird! :-) This LO will be a part of my BOM!

Well, I'm off now. Tomorrow we are travelling to France (to go skiing) together with my brother and SIL. A week of freedom without kids, work or anything like that. Just 4 adults having some fun!!

Have a NICE week! I'll talk to you all soon!

An award + a little secret

2008-01-23T08:44:00.000+01:00

Goodmorning.
The sky is so beautiful right now - all red as the sun are rising. BEAUTIFUL! And BREATHTAKING!

I have received this little cute award. It's given to me by Dorthe, Jette, Marie and Thanni. Thank you VERY much girls, I appreciate it very, very much! :-)

I will give this award to:
Scrappelise in Norway! She's such a great scrapbooking friend - and she always leaves me so nice comments.
Lisette. She's such a great scrapper and she inspires me very much. I love her scrapping style!

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I have a little secret, which I can't reveal just now. March 1st I will tell you what it's all about. I'm so happy and I feel quite honoured! :-) .... but for now: MY LIPS ARE SEALED! hehe!

I have no layouts to show you right now. The ones I have created are all for challenges and competitions - so you'll have to wait a bit longer.

Take care all. And thanks a lot for stopping by!

The Big Challenge (Scrapbook Queen 2008) + The RAK winner!

2008-01-17T16:02:00.000+01:00

Until 5 days ago I had never ever created a 12 x 12 layout before. I've always created lettersize layouts. Well, I have been thinking about doing 12 x 12, but I never got to do it. Over at Multiscrap the BIG CHALLENGE is going on. Through all of 2008 lots and lots of challenges will be revealed and we are around 90 participants. The first round is done - the winner was revealed today! :-)
I've decided to do 12 x 12 layouts for these challenges. And I had sooooo much fun doing this one:

We had to do a layout about a famous person, we have met - or it could just be a person we somehow look up to. I chose to do a page about JOKEREN - who is a Danish rapper, I've met IRL. It was a fun experience.
We also had to use bling-elements and the 3rd thing to do was to scraplift someone else's layout.
I did a scraplift of Michelle Rehm Couture.
Her layout is posted on December 14th - you can find it on her blog! Michelle's layout is called "I will rock you".

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And now! The winner of my RAK!!! My youngest son was my little helper with the drawing. 31 persons made a comment on my last post ... and here's how the draw went:

And whe winner is:

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Congratulations!!
Please send me a pb with your postal address (over at Scrapbookexpress) - and I will send you a little something in the mail! :-)

RAK and two new layouts

2008-01-12T11:41:00.000+01:00

This blog was born January 11, 2007. So yesterday my blog turned ONE YEAR OLD! And I want to celebrate with a little RAK. Leave a comment on this post and I will do a draw Thursday evening, January 17th - Central European Time. :-)

And here's two new layouts.
First one is about Christmas 2005 (yes I know - I am way behind .... and do not scrap chronological, so I keep having old pics. to scrap! LOL!). My kids are decorating the Christmas tree (in my parents house). They look so concentrated and they used a lot of homemade ornaments.

Background paper is Kelly Panacci design for Sandylion, it's called "Greceful Green". I've used leftovers as well: A bit of BG papers. Homemade hearts, homemade Christmas tree and handwriting on the tag. The "ribbon" is a paper-ribbon.

Next layout was made for a challenge over at TheScrapCat - but I missed the deadline. The rules where to use bright colors. And I created this one:

My youngest son loves bugs (my oldest son loves them too actually!!). In 2004 we were in Croatia and the youngest one found this very green grasshopper. It's as green as his T-shirt! :-)
I've used a little of this and a little of that: Sassafras Lass papers, yellow cardstock, felt flowers, felt butterflies, buttons and brads. And Heidi Swapp mini journaling spots.

Thanks a lot for stopping by! I appreciate all your visits!

Cyber crop

2008-01-04T09:55:00.000+01:00

Last Friday (Dec. 28th) we had a cyber crop over at The Scrap Cat. Lot's of fun challenges to play with! I made 4 layouts + an altered item. I loved participating and I look very much forward to do it again some day! :-)

I will show you my creations now. Most of the photos aren't the best. It was quite difficult making good shots when it was dark outside.

Challenge 1:
A sketch challenge. Sketch by Helene, Aug. 2006.

Challenge 2:
Use paint and felt and/or fabric.

Challenge 3:
Use at least 3 pictures, use stamps, use metal as embellishments.

Challenge 4:
Altered item. "Go to your kitchen and find something you can scrap!"
I used a box for chocolate. And here's the BEFORE pic.

And the AFTER pic.

Challenge 5:
Use pictures, 1 piece of cardstock, 2 diff. pieces of patterned papers, one pen and 1 big or 5 small flowers.

Thanks a lot for stopping by!
And HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Two mini albums

2007-12-26T11:04:00.000+01:00

I have made two mini albums for Christmas presents. I've had so much fun creating both of them - and the receivers got very surpriced and very happy! :-) Here's the first one made for my mother in law. The album is about our Christmas Eve at her house in 2006.

And here's the album for my parents. The theme is "Tivoli '05". Tivoli is a great amusement park in the middle of Copenhagen. We all had a very nice day there in May 2005.

The tags to put into the album:

I look forward to create my next mini album. It's so great!

I hope you all are enjoying the Christmas season!
And a Happy New Year to You All!!

Christmas Cookies, my prize and some shopping.

2007-12-14T16:16:00.000+01:00

Only 10 days left to Christmas Eve! It's so cosy to think about and I'm almost done with the Christmas-present shopping. I need to buy a gift for my dad and one for my DH ... and that's it! I've been buying presents for 3 days now - it's nice to be in good time this year! :-)
As a tradition the kids and I bake for Christmas in the last weekend of November. But this year we baked in the first weekend of December. My boys didn't help much this time ... but I did have a cosy day in the kitchen almost all by myself. LOL! I really LOVE to bake!

Before.

After. YUMMY!! They taste soooo good.

Remember I won over at Scrapbooktikken! Well, here's what Jane sent me as a prize. Great stuff!! Thank your very much!

The album is a chipboard book 6x6, 4 sheets of 6x6 patterned papers, one sheet of epoxy stickers, grey/black buttons, blue clips and Thickers - foam letters.
I LOVE EVERYTHING!

And this is what I bought the other day at Panduro.

Lace border, Felt hearts, green buttons - some of them have white dots (I love that green color!) and a Basic Grey paper pad (6x6) "Scarlets letter".

I'm off now. Thank you very much for stopping by!

My Christmas Calender

2007-12-08T12:14:00.000+01:00

I wish you all a very happy 8th of December!! Ohhhh Christmas Joy!!

I will show you some pics. of what I have received in my Christmas Calender so far. Over at the Scrap Cat Forum I participate in a fun game. I've sent 24 little presents (4 presents to 6 different people). And I have received 24 presents with the numbers 1 to 24. (Here in Denmark we celebrate Christmas on Dec. 24th). All the presents are scrap-related and it's soooo cosy to open a little present every day! :-)

Here's the presents I received from Dec. 1st till Dec. 8th:

Thank you very much for stopping by! And enjoy the Christmas Season!

I won!!

2007-12-05T08:46:00.000+01:00

Happy 5th of December!! Oh what a cosy month it is. The house is decorated, I have been baking Christmas cookies and I'm just so happy and full of energy! The past two weeks has been like h... We have all been sick and not-up-to-anything. But now suddently we all contains a lot of GREAT energy!!! :-)

Well, I was so lucky to win a sketch competition over at Scrapbooktikken. The pics. on my layout is taken at Madame Tussauds in London, 2005. I called the page "VIP". My DH and I loved visiting Madame Tussauds. It was a great experience. Here you see the wax figures of Jennifer Anniston, Tom Cruise, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Robbie Williams.

I will receive scrap-goodies for at least 100 Danish Kroner (about $20). I look so much forward to receiving my prize.

Last day of November

2007-11-30T09:54:00.000+01:00

Ohhh boy! November is over! Tomorrow it's the 1st of December!! Yikes!! Already time for Christmas. I can't believe how fast times fly! Well, I'm in a Christmas mood and have been creating a minibook for the pictures from last Christmas (2006). I haven't put the pictures in it yet, but it will come as soon as I get them. :-)

But first I will show a layout I did for the newest OLW-challenge. OLW = "One Little Word". The word is LIVE. I chose to create a page about Live in the Moment, which I find very important, and which I try to live by!

The album I've used for this page is a 7gypsies album, 5 x 7 Ring book, which I received in Dreampapers to a big crop I participated in last June.
It was fun creating this page. :-)

And here comes the mini Christmas album (MAZE book). I followed a link to craft TV and then I tried creating my own little book. What amazes me is that I've only used ONE piece of 12 x 12 paper to make an entire album. That's so great! :-) And I've used lots of left overs to cover the pages with Christmas papers. Fun, fun stuff to do! :-)

Front cover.

Some of the photos are a bit blurry - but I hope you get the idea anyways. It's so cool that this little album can hold a lot of pictures + a lot of journaling. I plan to put 15 pictures in it and then journaling on rest of the pages. COOL! :-)

Thank you for visiting me! It is very appreciated.

2 layouts - just for fun.

2007-11-23T14:54:00.000+01:00

I've made two layouts just for fun. :-) And I did have a lot of fun creating them.

This one is called "Vand" which means "Water". The pic. shows my two boys and their grandma. It's taken at a lake in Sweden - in the Summer of 2004. I have used a little of this and a little of that.
Background paper is Basic Grey"Infuse". The half-circle with journaling on it is made with a template. Brown buttons are bought over at Scrapbooktikken. Scrappers floss, tags, QK Sandcastle, Thickers "Eggnog" for the title. And the little bird is made with an Autumn Leaves clearstamp by Rhonna Farrer.

Here's a layout called "sød" which means "cute". The photos are old as they are taken in Dec. 1999. It's my youngest son as a baby! Ohhhh - he really was such a little cutie! :-)
Background paper is Bazzill. All patterned papers are "One Heart ... One Mind". Old papers which have been in my stash for ages now! I think they match the pics. perfectly. Then I've used Thickers (also "Eggnog" alphas) for the title, yellow Prima flowers, a blue button, scrappers floss, Dot sparklers for the center of the flowers, Autumn Leaves bird and flower clearstamps by Rhonna Farrer, jounaling clearstamp is also Autumn Leaves. And a little piece of ribbon with babyfeet on it. How cute is that!?? I have received the ribbon from a swap long time ago.

Thank you very much for stopping by. I appreciate your visits.

Altered item + shopping

2007-11-22T10:19:00.000+01:00

My wonderful dad turned 60 years old last week. I wrote him a song and I made a "box" for the songs, which went around the tables, for all to see. He had 61 guests for a great dinner, great wine, great music and a wonderful atmosphere.
Here's the box with the songs in it:

I have used papers from Sassafras Lass "Luscious", flowers (some are Prima) and my own handwriting for "Tillykke" which means "Congratulations".
Originally the box is a box for washing powder.

Yesterday I received some goodies from KTcrafts. It's first time I've been ordering from there, but certainly not the last. The goodies are soooooo yummy!! And I can't wait to play with them.
Here's a photo:

Thank you very much for visiting my little corner of the web.

Sketch layout.

2007-11-14T09:15:00.000+01:00

I have made this layout for a little competition over at Li Om Hjørnet. It was so much fun creating this layout. I loved using all the K&Company goodies (papers and flowers) and I love the color turquoise.

Here's the sketch (made by Marianne aka The Scrap Cat)

And here's my take on it:

The winner was found by a draw ... and it wasn't me who won, but I'm very satisfied with my layout and I loved using the sketch!
The picture shows my DH and me (2 years ago) on our trip to the wonderful London!

Thank you for stopping by!

Scraplift

2007-11-11T14:43:00.000+01:00

Over at The Scrap Cat Forum we have a little cybercrop/challenge. I have made a scraplift of a layout from Twopeas, made by justem. Her layout is called "Hey blondie".

Here's what I came up with!

Backgroundpaper is Wild Asparagus "my grandma". Then I have used different leftovers. Buttons, scrappers floss, American Crafts Thickers "Eggnog", sticker word "Amazing" are K&Co. White acrylic paint for the snow dots.

At the Scrap Cat forum I take part in a Christmas calender. I'm supposed to send 4 different scrapbook-presents to 6 different people - so I have to send 24 little gifts. I will receive 24 little gifts as well. From Dec. 1st to Dec. 24th I will open a present a day! How fun is that?? I look soooo much forward to it. :-)
Here's the 24 little presents from me which will go in the mail tomorrow or Tuesday!

I hope you will have a wonderful Sunday!

Magazines every where!!

2007-11-06T10:10:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I looked at all my scrapbooking magazines!! Oh my Lord! I have 70!!! of them. Some are old now (the oldest are from 2003) and I thought I had to get rid of them. I started to read some of them - and I did find something I could use. What a surprice. I read in an old Memory Makers from 2004 and I got really surpriced to see LOs with buttons on them. I really thought this was a NEW kind of embellishment, but apperently not. LOL!

The first magazine I bought was Memory Makers. I received it every month for a little more than 2 years. Then I got Simple Scrapbooks for a long period. In between I bought a lot of different issues and now I buy the Swedish magazine Scrapbooking mm. and the Danish one "My Scrap Corner". I think it's so great looking at all the different talents and styles. I just LOVE my magazines! And I can't get rid of one signle issue. :-)

I have made this bookmark! It's for my Xmas cookbook.

And finally I have made this Summer layout. These pictures have been laying here for a long time now - and I didn't know what to do with them. One day I decided that NOW was the time to make a layout using them. And here's the result. I had a lot of fun using flowers, buttons, butterflies and Summmer-photos. :-) The butterflies are cut from a patterned paper.

Thank you for your visit. I'll talk to you soon.

Another challenge layout

2007-11-02T16:09:00.000+01:00

This layout is a scraplift of Heather Prins' layout over at unpubbed!

I managed to put 5 pictures on a lettersize layout. It wasn't easy - but I like how it turned out. The pictures shows my cute nephew and they are taken a year ago. In October last year we had
a LOVELY weather - he's wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Backgroundpaper is an old one I had (HOTP - Paper Pizazz). Red mats are Chatterbox.

I have received the "YOU MAKE ME SMILE AWARD"
from Scrappelise in Norway, Pialine, Betina og Jette.
Thank you very much, girls! :-)

And now I'm supposed to give it to 7 other people!:
* Dorthe - my good friend and a great collegue
* LaChris - a new online friend who makes so cheerful layouts
* Mh72 - Marianne - who loves words! And who makes the greatest layouts
* Marie/Marolle - who also scraps lettersize layouts every now and then. A sweet online friend.
* Wati in Singapore - Wati has a GREAT style! I love her work! and I love stopping by her blog.
* Charlotte - Ravn Design - My name-twin! LOL! And she makes the cutest cards ever. Makes me smile!!
* Ingrid in the Netherlands - My long lost penpal. I love Ingrids work! And her blog i awesome - very dynamic. A lot is happening over there and I'm just so glad we "found" each other again!

My sweet collegue and great friend, Dorthe, has asked me to come up with a challenge for her: *Use brown colors
*At least 2 photos
*Use at least 10 buttons
*Use ribbon
*Handwriting
So - there you go Dorthe! I look forward to see what you come up with! :-)

Thank you very much for stopping by!

New stuff

2007-10-26T14:31:00.000+02:00

I have made the following layout for the challenge over at Scrapdragons. It was so much fun! I loved playing with my paint, but I don't do it often enough, I think. I have created a page about my all time favourite band! DEPECHE MODE!! I really love their music! For 18 years I've been a BIG fan of the band. And this is not my first layout about DM :-)

The challenge is to incorporate the following three things:
1. Use pink somewhere in your layout i honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.
2. Use the word "ART" somewhere in your layout.
3. Use paint somewhere on your layout.

.... And here's my result:

For almost a week I had the following layout laying on my scrap-table! I thought it was a difficult one to do! I had the papers I wanted to use and I knew that I wouldn't have too many embellishments on it, as the photos are so colorful! Well, here's the result .... after thinking A WHOLE WEEK about what to do!! hihi! :-)

Here it is. This layout is called "Staying over night". Two of the kids are my own the the two others are my nephew and niece. :-) And I've used buttons!! I just loooove buttons! Papers are Scenic Route.

Thank you very much for stopping by!
I appreciate all the visits!

I'm so happy

2007-10-21T16:01:00.000+02:00

I am so very happy! Today I found out I won a challenge over at TheScrapCat-Forum - a new Danish forum! And the prize is awesome!! The challenge was to get inspiret by a picture of a shirt with circles on it. I chose to use the colors from the shirt and also some circles and dots. The pictures shows my youngest son sleeping on his swing. (back in 2001). I love the pictures!

Here's the layout:

And here's my prize:

WoooooHoooooo!!! ;-)

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I have been tagged by lots and lots of sweet girls! Jette, Hotcat, LaChris, Annette, Pialine, Lone, Piabau, Helle, Connie - I think there were more, but I can't remember who. Tell me if I've left you out and I will make a correction.

I have to tell 7 things about myself, and then I'm supposed to tag 7 other people! Here we go:

1. I still have my childhood teddy-bear! It really isn't a bear, but a RED elephant!
2. I have a tattoo on my left shoulder. A symbol of my starsign.
3. I love watching psychological thrillers, eventhough they make me VERY afraid and nervous!!
4. I totally NEED my Pepsi Max on a daily basis!!
5. I love travelling abroad BY CAR!
6. I'm very afraid of flying.
7. I hate when my scrapbook table is a total mess!

Now I will tag: Wati in Singapore, Sollie in Belgium, Scrappelise in Norway, Anne-Katrine in Norway, Deanne in Canada, Carla in Canada and Tove in Norway!

I had 30!!!! comments on my last update here on my blog! Ohhh wow! It's really wonderful that you leave me a message. I appreciate it very much!
Thanks for stopping by!

Yay! It's Friday!

2007-10-12T12:54:00.000+02:00

Now it's finally Friday! I had an early day at my job - so the weekend is nice and long! Ahhhhh! :-)

I did a layout for the new challenge blog Scrappin Kids. The challenges will be all about our little ones. 4 mothers have started this blog and it seems to be a GREAT place! Go and check it out!!

Challenge #1: Remember the time when you just delivered your lil one or maybe upon hearing the 1st cry or even the moment you first got to know of their existence?Were you happy, excited, nervous, anxious, calm, in pain?This challenge is all about your feelings….your emotions……

Here's my take on the challenge:

I have made a layout about my youngest son. (He's now 8 years old). When I gave birth to him in 1999 it was a bit of a drama. The umbilical cord was around his neck twice - so he wasn't well when he was born. The nurses were very quick and they helped him out - all very professional. This is what the journaling is about. This page is called "Perfect" because he IS perfect! A lovely little guy! :-)

The next layout is made for a challenge over at Scrapbookexpress - a Norweigean forum.
The challenge is: Use 2 Summer pictures, journaling, a title, ribbon and eyelets.

And this is what I came up with:

It's the first time I've worked with this format (12x6). I had so much fun!! And I'm sure I will try it again! Sorry the photo is a bit dark! The pictures are from 2004, when we were in Croatia.

I've tried making my own Halloween decorations! I saw these little fellows in a scrapbooking magazine (Scrapbooking mm. - a Swedish magazine). I had to try to make some of my own!

Here they are:

I think they turned out okay! :-)

Thank you very much for stopping by!

Relaxing Sunday

2007-10-07T13:17:00.000+02:00

It's so nice that it's Sunday! I have some time for myself and my hobby today as my DH is out with some friends at some racing center for gocarts. So I have been scrapping! :-)

I've made this LO for the Unpubbed blog. I have scrapliftet Cheryl Wrays wonderful LO called "I cherish my life". Here's my take on it!

My layout is called "funny guys" and is about my two sons who have a great sense of humour! :-)

.... And look a this! This is our daily visitor in the garden! A little squirrel. He is soooo cute. He's coming every single day! And it's so cosy. My DH tried to take some good shots, but it wasn't the easiest thing to do! That little squirrel is so fast and is so shy! But here's a little shot of him! Isn't he the cutest!??

The photo is a bit dark, but I hope you can see him!

I hope you all will have a nice day!
Thanks a lot for stopping by!

Some stuff

2007-09-29T14:25:00.000+02:00

I'm soooooo honoured right now! Remember I did a LO for the unpubbed blog!?? Well, I didn't win, but the girls over there had an eye on my LO! Take a look at their post from Wednesday, Sept. 19. The headline is "Favorite". That's so very cool!

Well, yesterday my youngest son, Theis, turned 8! Ohhh man, my boys are getting so big! *sniff!* He had a wonderful day with a lot of guests and nice presents. He (and his older brother) are so much into LEGO and Theis received a lot of new LEGO stuff! Man!! I don't know where to put it all when it's build! hehe!

Here's an early morning pic. of him! The yellow teddy bear is a gift from Emil, his older brother, who made it all by himself in school! Isn't that just sweet? :-)

Theis love to bake, so he helped me in the kitchen!

... And the 8 lights! Theis wanted this sort of "cake". It's a lot of little cakes on a plate. They are called "kanelsnegle" in Danish, unfortunately I don't know the word in English.
EDIT: I've been told they are called cinnamon buns in the United States. Thanks Mia!

And I made this LO a few days ago! It was supposed to be send to the new Danish magazine called "My scrap corner". There's a competition where the topic is starsigns. I chose to scrap my own starsign "the cancer". And here's the result!

I have a tatoo on my left shoulder. It's a symbol for my starsign. Thought it was neat to put that on the layout as well! :-) The journaling are words describing my personality and which also suits my starsign.
Unfortunately I missed the deadline, so it isn't sent! But then I can show it here!

It's heavy rain outside today - so I guess it's time to start on a new layout!
Thanks a lot for stopping by!

Ribbon Challenge

2007-09-23T14:57:00.000+02:00

Over at the new Danish forum, called The Scrap Cat forum, some of the girls have put up a ribbon challenge. And here's my take on it:

(I'm sorry that the layout looks uneven - it isn't IRL!)

I've used the ribbon along two of the sides of the pic. The title letters are Thickers (I think they are sooo cool!!), BG chipboard tags which I've covered with paper and ink. The red flowers is made with clearstamps and the word "play" on the big tag is a rubon (Rhonna Farrer graffitti), the red circle stamp on the big tag is made with a journaling stamp which failed a bit, but I like the look of it. All the black flowers are rubons (mini marks by American Crafts). On the smallest tag I have used a rubber stamp where it says "my friend".

This was a fun one to do because I didn't use any patterned paper at all! Which is very unusual for me! And I just LOVE the pic. It's from 1999 and shows my nephew and my oldest DS. (my son is to the right). They had and still have so much fun together! The title means "So Happy!".

Thanks a lot for visiting me! I wish you all a great Sunday!

A layout for unpubbed

2007-09-21T13:15:00.000+02:00

I love the challenge blog called Unpubbed. Twice a month a new "Famer" will be displayed on their cool blog. The challenges are always scraplifts. This week Edleen is the Famer and she did a wonderful LO which is supposed to be scraplifed. And here's my take on it:

My layout is called "You are family forever".
The picture shows my two boys and their cousins. They have a very close friendship and they want to play together all the time. I chose to give my page a frame to highlight the unbreakable bond between the 4 of them. The strong colors represent the playfulnes (is that even a word!???). HA HA!

Well, tonight they have a chance to play with each other again as we all are going to my mom and dad for dinner.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Lots of buttons + a new award!

2007-09-15T13:31:00.000+02:00

Finally it's Saturday and I've had some time to do this:

Old photos from 2001, when my youngest one was 2 years old. I didn't know I had these photos, I found them while browsing through all of our photos taken with the digital camera. I was so thrilled to find them - and I remembered right away how funny he was as a toddler! :-)

The buttons are Foof-a-la buttons. I love the colors on them. Background paper, the flowers and the arrows are Sassafras Lass (one of my favourites). My own doodling with a lot of inspiration from Lisette and the title letters are stickers (DCWV).

I have received a GREAT award from Wati in Singapore. Thank you very much sweetie! It's so very nice of you!

Now I am supposed to give this award to 2 persons. I would love to give it to more than 2 though!! But I'll stick to the rules so here we go:

Sollie in Belgium. She's always so nice and is a returning visitor.
Jette here in Denmark. She's so nice too and always give me sweet comments.

I hope you all will have a very nice weekend!! And thanks a lot for stopping by!

BOH = Book Of my Home

2007-09-12T19:32:00.000+02:00

I participate in BOH Challenges. As it says in the title, BOH means "Book Of my Home". It's Majer who came up with this neat idea and I plan to follow her challenges as often as I can. I think it's so cool to make a book of my home. We live in a house, which is build in 1964. We have lived here since December 1998 and we've re-organized many things already, but there still are things to do here. Right now we are building a new terrace outside our bedroom - and instead of the window in our bedroom, we will have a door. The door is in by now - my DH is a really handyman and he certainly deserves all the credit. :-)

Well, this is the frontpage for my BOH. It shows our house from the backside and with lots of snow on the grass. The window to the right side is our bedroom window - that is where our new terrace is being build.

The second photo on the layout shows our pavilion - which my DH has build all by himself. We love sitting there eating while we look at the beautiful fields right outside the window!

Products used: Basic Grey Blush, EK Success (the "bubble" paper), ribbon, QK Eliza for the title, brown ink pad, brown Slick writer.

The journaling. I tell about when we bought the house, the prize we payed and how much we love living here.

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This is what I received in the mail yesterday! Scrapbooking mm. is a GREAT Swedish magazine I always buy! This time there was a little goodie inside: Some wonderful fiber which suits perfectly for Halloween projects. The magazine on top is the NEW DANISH magazine called MY SCRAP CORNER. It's the first issue and I already love it! It's stuffed with great articles, wonderful layouts and projects and it's very, very nice to see so many talented Danes!
I also received the 3 Dotta Riffics you can see on the top of the magazines. I look so much forward to play with them!! They are really cool!

Well, I'm off now! I'll talk to you later! Thanks a lot for stopping by! I'm always happy to see you here. :-)

New layout and some pics.

2007-09-10T08:26:00.000+02:00

Finally I have made a new page. I haven't been creative for 1½ week, so it was great to sit in my room yesterday being creative, surfing galleries and surfing great blogs. :-) I just love that!

Well, here is what I came up with (the layout is called "new fashion?"):

My two boys with pig-hats. I think the photo is so funny! But I had a VERY HARD time putting it on paper. There are so many colors in the pic. After a long time I came up with this. The stars is cut from a Sassafras Lass paper "Daydream" and I've used some leftovers. The journaling stamp is Autumn Leaves, Sticker alpha is BG and I used a white Signo pen for the journaling. The photo is taken on New Year 2005/2006.

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Saturday we went to Helsingør. It's a city far from here and it has the beautiful Kronborg Castle and a great view to Sweden! :-) It was very, very windy and kind of cold, but it was such a nice day! And I took these shots:

The harbour of Helsingør and Kronborg Castle in the background!

The beach. On the other side of the water you can see Sweden.

My two lovely boys in the habour of Helsingør.

Thanks a lot for stopping by!

My son is 10 years old!!

2007-09-08T11:13:00.000+02:00

Emil in the morning Sept. 2nd!! Happy 10th to my great kid!

Ohhhh boy! I hardly can't believe that I am a mother of a 10-year old. I really don't know how time flies soooo fast. He's such a lovely boy. A happy, funny, clever and loveable child. I love him to pieces!!

Last Sunday, Sept. 2nd he turned 10. We invited a lot of guests that day and we made a lot of yummy food! He had a BIG celebration and he loved his day. He received a lot of great presents. He LOVES Lego right now - so he got a lot of Lego Racers and Lego City stuff. We gave him a new bike and this whole week we have been on a lot of rides. It's so cosy!! He also got clothes (he LOVES clothes), money, a weekly child magazine (Donald Duck) - which he'll receive in the mail for the next 6 months.

Emil's cake! He decorated it himself! :-)

Yesterday his classmades (only the boys ... 14 of them!!!!!) were here to celebrate him. Ohhhh man!! They are really loud! What a bunch of boys!! HA HA! We managed and we survived and Emil had some great hours. :-)

Thanks a lot for stopping by! I appreciate your visits.

More Challenges

2007-08-29T08:57:00.000+02:00

Every Monday the sweet girls over at Sisterhood post a new challenge! This week the challenge is: "Let's see some school pictures in a layout". Well, I was asked to create a LO for this challenge and here's my result:

Go to the Sisterhood's blog and see what Deanne, Carla and Susan came up with. And give this challenge a try! And remember, if you do a challenge over there, you'll have a chance to become one of the siters! :-) Deadline is Sept. 2nd.

And here's another challenge LO! This is challenge #2 from Scrapdragons, which is a new cool challenge blog! This time it is a sketch challenge and the sketch is made by Laura Shreve

Here's my take on the challenge:

This pic. is old. It's taken the day after my DH's and mine wedding. I love this shot! He's so tiny and oh so sweet! He's 2 years old on the pic. ... and now he's almost 10. (he turns 10 on Sept. 2nd). :-) I've used black cardboard, flourish from QK, Foof-a-la buttons, patterned papers are: BG, K&Company. There are two flowers and the brad in the middle of the flower is a K&Company Fabric brad. Chipboard also is K&Company.

Thanks a lot for stopping by!! It's so very nice to have visitors and I really appreciate all the nice comments you give me!

I'm a SISTER!!!

2007-08-27T08:36:00.000+02:00

Well, here's my little secret!! Look at this!!! I'm a Sister!! :-) ... and what does that mean!?? Well, Carla, Susan and Deanne over at Sisterhood of Scrap chose me to be the "Sister of the Week"!

I will carry this title all week (August 26th to Sept. 1st). So now I officially have joined the SISTERHOOD! I'm so excited. This really is a biggie for me! I have never tried it before!

All week my photo will be placed on the blog. I have made a LO for an upcoming challenge (can't show that one yet) and I have made a challenge to be put up on the blog! All week little information about me will be posted! ... ohhhh it's so much fun!!

This LO I made for the challenge #18. Use BROWN as the dominant colour!!

This is my youngest son. He is daydreaming a lot and I love this shot of him! The journaling tag is Sassafras Lass, buttons, felt flowers, the words to the right is cut out from a vellum "Guy's Life" by American Traditional design. The title is felt Thickers!

Thank you Carla, Susan and Deanne!! I really appreciate this! ((HUGS))!

Ready

2007-08-24T14:55:00.000+02:00

Yes, this layout has the word "READY" in it, and it's made for a challenge over at Ordet på Bordet - new Danish challenge blog. It's much alike the One Little Word challenge blog. You are given a word and then you create something using this word! It's so much fun. And it's on Danish... YAY!!

KLAR means "ready".

My layout is about my 2 boys who got rather tired of me using the camera all the time at our Summer vacation 2006. The title means "Not ready for a photoshoot". I thought it was fun to document this. For the title I've used a Medallion drawing pen fine point. I've also used journaling clearstamps by Autumn Leaves, Green and Brown Bazzill, Sassafras Lass patterned paper, cut the flowers from a patterned paper (don't remember it's name) and I've used BUTTONS .... can't have enough of those! I put some green scrappers floss in them. And then I used two NOT so good photos ... but they do have a fun story! So therefore I had to use them on a page.

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And now there's 2 days until my little secret is revealed! I'm so excited as something like this never has happened to me before! For me it's a BIGGIE!!! :-)

I'll talk to you later! Thanks for visiting me!

Nice matters

2007-08-22T08:57:00.000+02:00

I have received this great award twice now: NICE MATTERS AWARD. It is given to persons who are commenting a lot on blogs. Thank you very much Lone and Majer for giving me this award!

I will give this award to:

Sollie - my sweet blog-friend from Belgium
Ingrid - my long lost penpal from the Netherlands
Dorthe - a new Danish blogger who also happens to be one of my collegues and she's also married to my husbands cousin! :-)
Cheryl - who pops in very often and leave so nice comments
Paula - from United Kingdom who also is a very nice returning visitor on my blog

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I have some great news I can't share just yet! But I'm overly excited and I look so much forward to it! I will soon let you know what it is! :-)

I will go to work in half an hour! I'll talk to you later!
Thank you very much for stopping by!

A day off

2007-08-17T10:10:00.000+02:00

Ahhhh - today I have a day off - and it's FRIDAY!! It's so very cool! I have been playing a little here in my room - and I've made a LO for a challenge over at Sisterhood of Scrap - I can't show that layout yet, as I'm supposed to mail it. So you'll have to wait. ;-)

But I did this LO - just for fun. My youngest son lost his 3rd tooth right before his 7 years birthday - so I called the layout "(almost) 7". Unfortunately I haven't pictures from the first time he lost a tooth - but I have written a bit about it in my journaling.

Products used: Sassafras Lass patterned paper (I LOVE THAT LINE!!), ric rac ribbon, white uniball Signo pen (WOW it's good!!), Autumn Leaves journaling clear stamps and black background paper.

Thanks a lot for stopping by! :-)