{Happy New Year}

Hi everyone! It's been quite a while since I last spent som quality time in my craft room. I am feeling a lot better now, and yesterday and today I finally finished a layout. :) The third layout I did a while back, but forgot to publish.

This first one is with a photo from kindergarden:

My son painted as a lion:

A layout with a photo from our first trip to Vietnam:

To everybody visiting my blog I wish you a happy new year, and hope to see you all in 2010. For 2010 I hope to make more layouts. Looking back at this year I see I have made a lot of cards, but not so many layouts. I hope to make more layouts this forth coming year. Also I hope to visit all my blog friends more frequently - and leave a comment or two. I thank you all for visiting my blog and leaving comments, it makes my day! You'd better believe it! It really does! Thank you so much! And thank you all for all your inspiration you give me by sharing your work! Happy 2010 everyone!

{Snow, snow, snow....}

I have not been scrapbooking today. My priorities have been to spend a lot of time with my family. Making preparations for a dinner party we are having tomorrow and late and lazy breakfasts :). Both yesterday and today we spent time outdoors in the snow. We have gotten a lot of snow here these days, and the first photo is from today snow ride :). My son fell off his toboogan and got a lot of snow on his head. I think he is cute with red cheeks and snow in his face and on his head. :)

{Happy Christmas!}

Here is my Christmas tree! Because we (still) live in an apartment, our living room does not have enough space for the tree, but we got some space in the corner, in between our sofas! I am very satisfied with the tree this year, nice green color, and with lots of branches :)

I hope you all enjoy your Christmas holiday. My holiday started yesterday and lasts until the 4th of January. Really looking forward to a lot of time with my son (my husband has to work 3 days next week though) and with family and friends. Yesterday we celebrated Christmas Eve (which is the tradition in Norway).

We have gotten a lot of snow, outside it's a lot of snow, and only -1 Celcius. I hope we can go outside to play in the snow later today!

Enjoy you holiday!

{Noen kort...}

Because of personal reasons, I have not made anything new lately, and I am not sure when I am going to make anything, but I hope that it's quite soon.. I have some things I have not published. Just to show you I am alive, but not acutally kickin' ;-D. Hope everyone is enjoying these days before Christmas, and that you all are looking forward to some days off very soon. Have a nice evening! :)

Christmas card:


All stamps are from Wiff of Joy, one of my all time favorite brands. :)

{A layout}

I made this layout for a challenge at Scrapping the music - på norsk, but I failed to finish it in time... but I do want to show you what I made. The photo is taken in my son's kindergarten, and the other little fellow was his best friend before he left this summer to start in a new kindergarten. My son really misses him, but they do stay in touch. :) I have smudged the friends face, just in case. I am not sure if his parents want to have photos of him here in the blog world!

{Some new cards!}

Even though I have not had time to update here on my blog lately, and it's been a busy week with a trip to Amsterdam last weekend and some days away with my work, I have to admit I have made some cards lately. They have been made the last 3-4 weeks, so I don't make so many these days.
The first one is made with a beautiful stamps from North Star Stamps. The frame is a Spellbinder frame. The paper is from last year, I think it's Scrappers Choice.

This card is with a stamp from Wiff of Joy, with a gnome. I think he's rather cute. The bling on the tree is something I have borrowed from another blog, I think it's Wiff of Joy challenge blog. The text is rub ons from Norsk Stempelblad as.

This card is made with an old Magnolia stamp, it's probably 2-3 years old. I think she's rather cute. The frame is a Spellbinder. The corner stamp is North Star stamp. Text stamp is from Norsk Stempelblad as.

This last card is to a friend of mine, who turned 40 years last month! I am very late with sending her the card and the present, but I hope she will forgive me... :) the stamp is from Ladybug and Friends, the text stamps are from Kreativ Hobby.

Inside the card:

{Kort 'o' Mania - bakgrunner!}

Kort 'o' Mania har en utfordring hvor man skal lage sine egne bakgrunner. Det ble en meget enkel bakgrunn. Laget med distress ink refiller og babywipes! :) Stempelet er fra Tim Holtz. Jeg er ikke særlig flink til å lage herrekort, så hvert kort blir jo en utfordring. Har ellers brukt skruebrads, og charms fra Unik Hobby. Blomst m.m.

{Ny utfordringsblogg - Sketcy Colors}

Ny utfordringsblogg på nett! Den heter Sketcy Colors. Her skal det laget bidrag etter skisse eller farger. Utfordringene legges ut søndag og frist er lørdagen påfølgende uke! Gratulerer med ny blogg, jenter. Blir spennende å se hva dere lager!

{Kort 'o' Mania and a lot of other Christmas cards!}

Even though I have not been good at updating my blog lately, I have made some Christmas cards. First is this card I made after the sketch at Kort 'o' Mania challenge. The sketch is made by my good friend Linda, who is a dt-member at Kort 'o' Mania, and today is her birthday! Pop over at her blog and wish her a good birthday! The card I made to the challenge at Kort 'o' Mania is with one of the new stamps from WoJ, colored with Copics. I think Katharina is going to put them up for sale very soon.

Next is a card with a stamp from Penny Black, colored with distress inks. The ginger bread recipe is a stamp from Ladybug and friends. The papers are from Papirdesign, charm is from WoJ:

This card is made with som scrap papers from last year. The stamp is WoJ, colored with distress inks - some glitter glue on the hat and bulb:

A stamp from last year, WoJ. Paper is Kreativ Hobby. The snow flake is made with my Cricut, stamp colored with distress inks:

This cutie is a mouse I got from my friend Linda... I finally got to use it, colored with Copics:

Here is the card with the cute mouse, from Kort og Godt:

this is a very simple card. Dp is Kreativ Hobby. Snow flake made with my Cricut. Stamp (text) is from Norsk Stempelblad:

Last, but not least a card with a stamp from Papilio. Snow flake done with my Cricut:

{Wiff of Joy winter kit - new card!}

Weeee! Look what I got in my mail box today! The new winter stamp kit from WoJ! :) I just love these stamps. Right after dinner, I had to ink this cutie up, and made this card, even with my son, sitting next to me in my craft room! I masked him up, and used some of the snow flakes also. I can't remember what the dp is, but I finally got to use up all the left over paper ;)...

Detail of the stamped image, colored with Copics:

{Et bestillingskort}

A friend wanted a card to give to someone who has a new home. I chose the stamp from Ladybug & Friends, made by Elisabeth Bell. It's one of the cutest stamps ever! 2 friends hugging each other. The design paper is from We Are Memory Keepers. :)

Detail of the image, colored with Copics:

{Some cards and a layout}

I have a made a card for my father in law, who is turning 80 years in November. It's not easy to make a card for a man, I think. I hope he will be happy for it! :)

I finally got my hands on the beautiful Ladybug & Friends stamp made by Elisabeth Bell. I think it is perfect for entering the draw in Steffens blog candy.

Last I have made a layout - I am trying to complete scrapping my wedding photos...:

{Halloween på Kort o Mania}

Hos Kort 'o' Mania har de denne gang en utfordring om å lage noe til Halloween. Jeg sender aldri Halloween-kort. Kanskje fordi jeg ikke feirer Halloween noe særlig. Her er mitt kort, laget med fjorårets papir fra Making Memories. Border punch fra MS laget "spindel vev". Ellers har jeg små "googel eyes" på damen. Ser hun mer "spooky" ut? Katten er QK dies. I samme slengen lagde jeg også en box til å ha godteri oppi. Den er skåret ut med min Cricut Expression og dekorert.

Bilder av boksen (den sorte borden er MS punch):

{Scrapping the Music - på norsk}

Scrapping the music - på norsk har i sang #21 valgt en sang jeg husker veldig godt fra da jeg var liten og vokste opp på 70-tallet. Det var vel andre deler av teksten enn jeg her har valgt som jeg husker best, men det spiller jo ingen rolle. Jeg har valgt: dager fins i alle farger, sammen med en annen tekst som ikke er relatert til selve sangteksten. Jeg håper virkelig at layouten blir godkjent. Bildene er hentet fra ferien vår i sommer, der sønnen min satt og så ut til å kjede seg litt... Jeg har fått litt dilla på "glimmermist sprayene mine, og masks til tim holtz. Blir mye farge ut av dette:

Den neste layouten er ikke til noen utfordring, men kun laget for å få dokumentert vår reise på "første klasse" til Bangkok. Hvem sier nei til oppgradering til "business class", som på Thai Air kalles "royal silk"? Sønnen min koste seg veldig: