Whimsy polar bear for PWC

På Papertake Weekly er det en skisseutfordring denne uka. Deltar du der, kan du vinne et nuuudelig isbjørnstempel fra Whimsy Stamps :) I tillegg har Denise tatt spanderbuksa på, så alle som deltar i PWC sin utfordring får 15% rabatt på bestillinger hos Whimsy Stamps - er ikke det snilt, så vet ikke jeg! Tilbudet står ved lag frem til 18. januar.

This weeks sketch challenge at PWC is sponsored by Whimsy Stamps. You can win this adorable polar bear stamp, with a special offer included for all the participants, check it out! I thought this was such a nice occation for trying this polar bear stamp out :)

Jeg syntes dette var en fin anledning til å prøve isbjørnen som var med i siste DT-pakke. Synes denne er skikkelig fin, er ikke mye skummelt med denne :) It's pretty easy to paint a polar bear, I've just made some shadows with Distress Ink 'faded jeans' and 'broken china'. Then I added some "snow" by sprinkling a bit white and silver embossing powder on it. Think it turned out pretty nice. The "marshmellow ticket" is from Melissa Frances' Christmas Ticket Book

At the Cuttlebug embossed sheet (gift from Lim) I've used the same embossing powder, and also added some MM Speciality Glaze 'pearls' randomly with my finger tip. I've used the same painting at the tull (gift from Kristine) and the flowers...

... and at the snowflakes, so here's my fingerprint included :) Here you can see better the nice effect with the painting at the tull.
Håper alle skjønte dette - det handler bare om at jeg har dærta på litt scrapbookmaling med finger'n her og der :)

Jupp jupp - da håper jeg alle får en knakende fin torsdag der ute i verden. Ta godt vare på dere selv i vinterkulda :)

Here it's cold today; the thermometer shows 13 degrees below zero. I like this kind of winter (however I'm not sure if my neighbour agrees, as he stands outside looking at his car motor that won't get started...)Anyway; I hope everyone will have a nice Thursday, cold or not :)

Mokkabønner og andre bønder - and three challenges :)

Visste dere at mokkabønner er knallgode sammen med fruktsalat? Det er de. Nidar har en bittelitt plundrete bretting på denne, men ikke verre enn at det går greit å lage en ny eske til innholdet.

I've made a new box for this mocca chocolate, to use as a gift for a good friend of mine. I've used Nikki's sketch at A Spoonfull of Sugar for the top, and used a pattern paper with spots to be able to join in for the challenge at PWC as well. The challenge at Arty Girlz this week is to make anything but a card, so then I can participate on that one as well :)

The hÄnglar girl is painted with Distress Ink 'faded jeans' and 'pine needles', and then I've dressed her up with Basic Grey DP. This is how the box looks like when you open it...

... and underneath the lid there's a recipe for preserved fruit with chili - yummy yummy :)

Denne oppskriften er det Gøril Wiker som har snekret sammen, og den anbefales på det varmeste . Bruker du chili oppi, kan jeg anbefale den på det sterkeste :) On the top of the chocolate I've made this tag card to write a little greeting on.

Dett var dett fra meg i dag. Hadde det ikke vært for at vi holder på å snø ned, skulle jeg tatt en bloggerunde her og nå, men jeg må nok ta en runde med snøskuffa i stedet, skal moder'n og jeg komme oss ut fra huset! Så da får jeg stikke innom hos dere litt senere - men ha en fin dag, alle sammen :)

It's snowing and snowing and snowing here, and at the moment it's raining as well, so I'll just remove the word "wonder" from our winter wonderland :p and go out and get some snow away from the yard... Have a lovely day, everyone, with or without snow :)

Hastig høst

I kveld er det skikkelig høstvær her, regn og vind fra de fleste kanter. Et inspirerende vær til å prøve ut noen nye papirer fra Basic Grey sin 'ambrosia'-serie :) Jeg brukte Katharinas skisse på Papertake Weekly Challenge til å sette sammen dette.

Tonight there's a real autumn weather here, with rain and wind, really inspirating for trying some new papers from Basic Grey's 'ambrosia' theme :) I've used Katharina's sketch at PWC to create this card.

The front... not very much to say about it, actually, all the papers from BG, Lim gave me the lovely image...

... as I've tried to destroy it with Glossy Accents *haha* I tried to make raindrops at the umbrella, which didn't look like rain at all, so it ended up with some kind of rainstorm all over :) The image is painted with Distress Ink 'fired brick' and 'dried marigold', 'black soot' and 'weathered wood'. I've added Glossy Accents here as well, to get it look a bit like rain. I still love these brad frames, and together with the flowers I've put some MM page pebbles. They are supposed to be like raindrops :)

Finally I want to tell you that I've got the JavaBlue Award from Lia and Jacqueline as well!!! Thank you so much, both of you - it really made me both happy and honoured!

Nattinatt, alle sammen!

A spoon full of PWC and sugar from Friday Sketchers

På hytta i Ballangen er det godt å være. Fint vær har vi også, om enn ikke så sommervarmt som det man skulle ønske midt i juli... Lyst og fint er det nå uansett hvilken tid på døgnet det er, så det er riktig så inspirerende for kortlaging. Det mobile bredbåndet er gull verdt, asså, selv om nettbruken må begrenses en smule ;) Litt blogging er det kjekt å kunne gjøre herfra også...

Today I've finished a card that took me ages to make, and you can't tell when you look at it... Just moving flowers and ribbons and bling around for quite a long time *haha*

Anyway; I've combinated three challenges here. I've used Claudia Rosa's design at Friday Sketchers to make a card for a girl (A Spoon Full of Sugar) who becomes a teenager (Papertake Weekly Challenge).

At the front I've used my brand new stamp from Sugar Nellie, designed by Elisabeth Bell. This stamp was a part of Camilla's blog candy :) I did a mistake as I was stamping it, so I had to cut away the upper part of it and make a new background, with Distress Ink 'faded jeans' at watercolour paper... The image is painted with the same ink (as always) and the pattern paper is MME 'wild aspargus'. The swirl is cut with the Silhouette.

I really find these Prima flowers fabulous!!! In the middle I've put a button, and then a silver decor with a blue rhinestone in the middle.
So... that's my card for today :) And then to some big news - three of them as well :)

First a private one; Inga, my daughter, is going to USA as an exchange student next year, and she's been waiting and waiting and waiting to get her host family... Today the phone came, and she'll start the next school year at Battle Ground High School in Washington at September 2th.!!!!!!! This is really exciting news, and I have to admit I'm both happy and a bit scary... Suddenly everything gets so close, there's a certain family there! Inga has written about this happening in her own blog (at my blogroll) but this is written in Norwegian...

Then some great news for all the Norwegian card crafters: At Sunday we'll have our very first challenge blog!! Hurrayyyyyy :)

På søndag åpner Anita den aller første norske utfordringsbloggen, Sukkersött, og jeg er en av mange, mange, maaaaange som gleder seg til det!

And the last thing I want to tell you is to check in to my blog tomorrow - then you'll find some blog candy here!!!

Gracias, Lim...

... gracias por el es un tú eres! Gracias por ser tan increíblemente bueno!

If this is some horrible Spanish, you just have to blame the google translater *hahaha*

And if there's anyone else who doesn't understand a word Spanish, I can tell that I've tried to thank Lim for beeing just who she is, always so incredibly kind and good. Even if she has been SO busy for the last weeks with moving and packing and stuff like that, she has offered me to buy card crafting goods from here and there and everywhere! I'll tell you about it a little by little ;) It's not possible to show my gratitude for what Lim has done, but at least I've made a card for her.

This card is made by the sketch at the Friday Sketchers (you'll just have to use a little bit imagination ;) The background paper is BasicGrey 'cupcake'.

Idéen til å bruke dette papiret på hele bakgrunnen har jeg liftet fra Inger Marie - tusen takk ;) Ellers har jeg brukt blomster og kakeserviett fra Camilla, embosset ark og lilla bånd fra Lim samt blad og stjernebånd fra Kristine. Tænkju, gøls ;)

Ny vri på blomsterdekorasjon ;) New kind of flower decorating; I placed a pearl flower on a button - simple & easy ;)
The letters at the embossed sheet are painted with gold calligraphy ink, to make them shiiine :)
At the inside of the card I put the rest of the embossed sheet, I thought this part of the text had to be highlighted by being placed alone. And when you can't send a bunch of flowers, you'll just have to place it into a card :)
Close-up from the back side. The heart charms are twined upon a gold metal thread, and the rest of it is just placed loosely around the flower.
Lim, I hope you'll like this card, because when you recieve it there's no chance for return *haha*

The challenge at PTW this week is to use "hot colours", so then I'll use this card for joining that challenge as well.

Litt flaks skal man ha... ;) Det ble mye engelsk her, men det får passere i kveld... Håper dere alle har hatt en bra start på den siste uka før skoleferien setter inn! Tiden flyr bare fortere og fortere! Før var jo en uke laaaaaaang tid, nå er det jo på tide å legge seg nesten med en gang jeg har kommet i gang med dagen! Får bare prøve å nyte sommeren mens den er her :)

Papertake weekly + Kristine = bursdagskort

Ja, så er det ferdig, det kortet jeg begynte å pusle med i går. Dette skal gis til gammeltante Elie, som snart fyller 95 år! Jeg håper jeg blir som henne hvis jeg lever så lenge, for hun er sprek som få, både i kroppen og hodet. Elie er en flott dame som fortjener et flott kort.

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I've made this card for my mom's aunt, for her 95th anniversary! I've used Katharinas Sketch #3 at Paptertake Weekly Challenge for the front of the card. The pattern paper is from Basic Grey and Sandylion. Kristine has given me the flowers, and I've also used an old lace. The name plate is cut with my Silhouette.

My very first image from Ladybug and friends, painted with waterbrush and Distress Ink.

Høyrekanten dere ser på forsiden er en del av kanten på kortets høyre innside. Idéen med å brette kortet på denne måten (14 + 16,5 cm) har jeg tatt fra Kristine, for sånn hadde hun gjort det på det kortet jeg fikk i går. Stilig effekt! I tillegg har jeg pynta med mer av det jeg fikk fra henne; en blomst og en strimmel av en gammel bok. Samt litt drodling.

Kristine gave me the idea to bone the card 14 + 16,5 centimeters, so that the right edge at the front becomes a part of the inside of the card. She also gave me this flower and a sheet from an old book. I've doodled a bit as well.The rest of the card is lifted by Kristine (the card I got from her yesterday). I've used Basic Grey pattern paper and Prima flowers, a sheet of Kristine's old book and a bit more of the lace. Hand writing (congratulations) and some doodling... The back side of the card (lifted as well).
Close up from the back side.
Tusen hjertelig takk, Kristine! Takket være alt det stilige stæsjet og lånet av dine fantastisk gode idéer kan jeg si meg fornøyd med dette kortet! Får jeg en lapp til i blog candy-hatten din nå, eller?

Have a nice evening, everybody. Take care!

Alle gode ting er tre...

... og her kommer et kort som dekker tre utfordringer. Det er laget til denne ukas Ismaki-skisse (endelig fikk jeg laget noe til den) samtidig som fargene lilla og grønn er det som Papertake Weekly Challenge ber oss om å bruke denne uka. Dessuten burde kortet kunne passere til Kristines blog candy. Rene kinderegget, med andre ord :) Bakgrunnspapiret har jeg hatt liggende så lenge at jeg ikke husker hvor det kommer fra, men resten skal jeg fortelle dere om.

I've made this card for three challenges. It's made for the Ismaki Sketch #19 and I've used lilac and green, which are the colours that Papertake Weekly Challenge are requesting this week. I'll also put another post-it with my name on in Kristine's hat when her blog candy is over.

Hvis dere ikke allerede har gjort det, burde dere ta en titt på Crissi's Swap Shop (Crissi er en av jentene bak Arty Girlz). Der fant jeg dette bildet, som Crissi sier jeg bare kan laste ned og bruke, bare jeg helst sier fra. Hun har masse fint der asså, jeg anbefaler dere å ta en titt!
I have downloaded this beautiful image from Crissi's Swap Shop. I will highly recommend you to take a look there if you don't have already! There a lots of nice stuff!

Denne stilige knappen fant jeg i mammas knappeboks! Måtte ta bilde av den fra siden for å vise dere hvor effektfull den ble. Jeg har plassert den i midten av en blomst fra Bazzill. De er så nydelige, disse blomstene, både ser og kjennes ut som om de er laget av silke!
I found this stylish button in my mom's button box, and placed it in the middle of a flower from Bazzill. These flowers are so beautiful, looks and feels like silk...

La dere merke til pynten som henger til høyre på kortet? Hvis dere er som meg, mister dere fra tid til annen den ene øredobben. Alltid bare den ene! Og hva i huleste skal man da gjøre med den andre? Jeg får meg aldri til å kaste dem, enda så nytteløse de er, der de ligger. Så hvorfor ikke bruke den som stæsj på et kort?
If you happens to lose one of your earrings (you always lose only one, right?) you can use them as a decoration for a card, like I've done here!

Alle gode ting er tre, og når den fjerde også følger med, kan jeg jo bare benytte sjansen til å fortelle Marte at de fargene jeg har brukt på dette kortet, de liker jeg veldig godt :)

Have a nice day, everyone! Give someone a hug!