Friday Sketchers Sketch # 36

This weeks sketch at Friday Sketchers is given by the talentede Beatrix. I had so much fun working on it, and I've already got some ideas for new cards using this sketch - so thanks for sharing! :) I'm a bit hung up on shades of brown lately, but I've added some shades of blue too this time. I just love those adorable Valentine stamps from Magnolia, they are so cute! I've made this card for a friend of mine, not saying who right now, but I hope she'll like it:)
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This weeks sketch:

The front: The sentiment says "Gode venner" and it means "Good friends" I've sewn with my sewingmachine around the blue paper, and I've sewn the brown ribbon into the lace and the heart with a needle. The swirls are punched out on my Cuttlebug and painted with Brushed curdroy crackle paint.

Just a little close up on Tilda with the tag. I've used rubons and the word means "hug". Ive glues some thin lace around the oval that Tilda is seated on.

Page 2 on the inside:

A closeup on the tag which says: "A hug is like a handshake from the heart"

Page 3 on the inside: I've used my nesties on the Cuttlebug, and also some more swirls. These ones are painted in antique linen.

The back:

Just a little closeup on the back

CS: Bazzill Canvas

DP: Basic Grey/Granola - Organic

Stamps: Tilda with tag, Norsk Stempelblad

Accessories: Hydrangea and leaves from Prima, small flowers from Papir i hjertet, Lace and buttons from Kort og Godt, Heartbuckle from Maya Road, Stickles from Ranger, brown ribbon from my dear friend Lim, Eyelets and rubons from Doodlebug. All edges have been sanded and distressed with Cat's eye chalk.

Thank you for watching and for all your lovely comments!

StampARTic challenge #3

Here is my entry to StampARTic's challenge to make a monochromatic Valentinecard. I finally got to play in my craftroom again, with the wedding all done a week ago, and boy was that good! :) I've had these new Magnolias lying there screaming to get some ink, so on wednesday I just had to give in. This is the first finished card, and I just loved working on this challenge. I love, love, LOVE, those brown colours!! Can you tell??!! lol.
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So this is the front:

Page 2 on the inside:

Page 3 on the inside:

The back:

A little closeup on the back:
CS: Bazzill
DP: Papirdesign

Stamps: Magnolia Tilda with Hearts, Old Valentine letter and sentiment from Heidi Swapp

Accessories: Ribbon and tiny alphas from MM, buttons from Kort og Godt, Flowers from Papirloftet, leafs from Prima, charms from Unik Hobby. Pearlpin, vineheart, lace and string from my stash.
I've used Cat's eye chalk, edgescraper, sandingblock and sewingmachine. The image is painted with my ink refills.

Thanks for looking!

Have a great weekend!

Pictures from our wedding:)

Hello ladies, so here's finally some pictures from our wedding:) It was just the most amazing day of my life, and I'm so happy that I now can call myself Frode's wife. He truly is the love of my life and I've never been happier than I am now. We were blessed with a perfect weather, even though the forecast didn't say it would be. It was gently snowing so we got to take some pictures outside with our photographer. Can't wait to see those!! I've been able to collect some pics from my friends to give you a glimpse of our day. Enjoy! :)
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Me and my husband on our way out of the church well married:)

Outside the church. Can you see that it is snowing?

And of course a kiss for the photographer.. I didn't mind;)

Can you tell I'm happy??

I just loved my flowers, the were just gorgeous!

Kaia and Line, two of my friends from my hometown:)

Silje and Kristian, also from my hometown, and they are wearing a tradional norwegian "bunad"

The bride:)

Our weddingcake. Yum!

My maid of honour Hilde, Lise Linn and Anne-Marthe -two of my friends from my studying days in Kristiansand

Mess with us if you dare! lol

My sweet friend Heather who came all the way from Scotland to be with us on our day:)

Jon Anders and Anne-Marthe, a really cute couple who are getting married in july:)

Hilde and her husband Sigurd:)

A quick hi with some awards:)

Hello ladies, here is just a quick post from me since it's the day before my wedding!! Just have some decorating, picking up flowers and rings left to do. And tonight I get three of my very best friends coming to stay with me and I can't wait for them to arrive!! We'll eat good food, talk and just have the best time:) :) Hopefully the nerves won't hit me until tomorrow..lol. I have to get everything ready for my guests now, but I just wanted to post some of the awards I've received lately. I so appreciate the gesture, and since I haven't been able to blog for ages this really means a lot to me. So THANK YOU!!!
This first award is from my dear friend Lim. Thank you sweetie for thinking of me!

This award was given to me by Alina. Thank you so much!

This award was given to me by Kreativ Kristin ( Angelo). Thank you so much!

And this last one I received from Heike. Thank you so much!
To make it easy for myself because of the timelimit, I choose to give all of the awards to the people on this list:

Lim

Heike

Alina

Kreativ Kristin

Kim

Hanne

Maya

Camilla

Turid Mari

Moni

Camillas Magnolia kort

Aija

Marte (Somle litt)

Jannhild

You girls give me so much inspiration and I always try to visit your blogs (even if I should be doing something else..lol) Your work is pure inspiration!

And don't forget Lims fabulous blog candy! There's two prices so go to her blog, get the details and join in!

I promise to be back with some new work when things are going back to normal again;)

Happy New Year!/ Et Godt Nytt År!

To all of you sweet at wonderful people who I have come to know through this world - THANK YOU! You have given me so much joy, laughter and inspiration. I never dreamed that I would meet all of you when I started my blog in June 2008, I'm so grateful for all of your visits and comments, you brighten up my day!
Also I want to thank all of you for your comments and your good thoughts for my upcoming wedding. I'm full of butterflies now as the day keeps coming closer and closer:)
I promise to show you some pictures of our big day, I know some of you are dying to see ;) lol.
I wish you all the best for the new year to come. Take care of yourselves and your friends and family.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

*Another Christmas card...*

Just a quick post this time. Made a simple Christmas card using the lovely paper from Scrappers Choice. Another one designed by the talented Vibeke Spigseth. It doesn't show so good in the pictures, but the paper has a glimmery shine to it. Used this lovely Tilda which just melts my heart, painted her with my distress inks. Used some of the new Mulberry flowers from Papirloftet, my WW punch, string and I don't know what you call the other strawthing in english..but they are both from Panduro. All of the brads and rondells are from Unik Hobby. Pearls are from Kort og Godt. The shapes on the inside is made by Spellbinders Nestabilities. All edges are distressed with Aged Mahogny. The text is on the paper and says "Merry Christmas"

I had to lay the inside down flat to get a decent photo. The upper part is the back of the front. The sentiment says "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"

Thanks for stopping by, and for taking time to write me those lovely comments!

*My weddinginvitations*

Ok, so here are som pics of my weddinginvitations. I've been asked by many of you to show some pics, so even though I feel a bit insecure about showing them I'll do it to please the crowd;) Don't feel the light shows the colours like they are in real life, but anyway, here they are. I've used Bazzil Pear and White, and the DP is Melissa Frances called "Faith". I thought the name was appropriate:) The ribbon is Harvest sheer Mossy Green and the pearl is from Panduro. The stamp, which says "Invitation", is from Ladybugsandfriends and I've embossed it in silver. All the edges are scraped and distressed with Peeled Paint, and I've sewn on my machine around the patterned paper, and no one looks the same i can assure you lol. I didn't have much time to finish them, and I had to make 32, so they turned out like this...
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A little closeup on the pearl

The inside: I've used vellum to print the text, and it has little crystals in it that twinkles. It doesen't show on the picture. The text is printed from my computer and glued to a white bazzill to make it clearer.

On the left side I chose to put a picture of us in black and white. I added some of the paper, scraped and distressed, and put on some cute flowers from Kort og Godt. I've also embossed the "We're getting married" text, which is a stamp from Papirgleder.

On the back I've used some more of the DP and sewn around it, distressed the edges and put on my personal stamp in silver.

So there it was..

*Friday Sketchers # 31

Here is my entry to this weeks challenge at Friday Sketchers. The challenge this time was a fabulous sketch by the oh so talented Claudia Rosa. I love the fact that I now can concentrate fully on making my Christmas cards and just play like I want in my craftroom. I really did enjoy making our weddinginvitations, but after making 32 it's good to use some new colours and papers;) I wanted to go really red this time and I'm totally in love with these wonderful papers! And who can resist this cute little Hanglargirl??

The sentiment on the front says "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"

For the inside I used the back of the paper and I just love these wonderful swirls:) Made a little pocket on the left and put some bags with instant hot chocolate. Yum!

The sentiment means "Time for joy"

CS: Bazzill

DP: Vibeke Spigseth "Julefryd"

Stamps: Hänglar & Stänglar, Anka Design

Accessories: Pearls, lace and bradframe from Kort og Godt, Bells, ribbon and silverthread from a local store, nestabilities, Martha Stewart punch.

Painted with my distress reinkers and all edges are distressed with aged mahogny

Thank you so much for taking time to visit my blog and for leaving me those wonderful comments. You brighten my day!

Sukkersøtt #19, skisse #5

Her er mitt bidrag til utfordring #19 på Sukkersøtt. Denne gang var oppgaven en stilig skisse laget av Hanne. Laget et litt "sukkersøtt" julekort med de to søte turtelduene fra Magnolia. Papirene er bare såå lekre og er fra Scrappers Choice, designet av Vibeke Spigseth. Blomstene er fra den nye serien Mulberry som fåes kjøpt hos Papirloftet. Ordentlig lekre blomster! Bladene er fra Prima og den lille grønne perla i midten er fra Kort og Godt.

Teksten på framsiden som sier "julefryd" er noen søte små rubons fra Doodlebug.

Dette stempelet som sier " Med ønske om en fin og fredelig juletid" er fra KH Design

Tusen takk til alle dere som besøker bloggen min og legger igjen koselige kommentarer!

Ønsker dere alle en flott adventstid!

StampARTic's 1st Challenge

Here is my entry to the grand opening at StampARTic. It was exciting to try out Camillas folding technique, and I tried not to look like a copy cat, eventhough I used the same papers as her. I've been wanting to use this image for quite some time now, she just looks so dreamy to me.

Here is the card folded open. I've used my nestabilities inside to and I've attatched some cute bells with a silverthread. The sentiment says "Juleglede" and means "Christmas Joy". I just had to add those sweet little snowflakes, which are half of a QK die. The pearls are from both Kaisercraft and Kort og Godt. The silverthread is from my stash.

I've covered all the sides, front and back with DP and this is the back. Here is where the closing thread is attatched and I've added my personal stamp
Thanks for watching!

And a heartfelt thanks to all of you who visit my

blog and brighten my day with your lovely comments!