Scrap&music #10

I just discovered this great challenge-site. It has sketches and a song to scrap after. This week it is "Time of your life". I used the phrase "good times" from the song..

The pic is from our National Day, the 17th of May, and all kids are having the time of their life on this day - eating as much hotdogs and icecreams as they like:-)

All papers and embellishments are from Crate (thickers from AC)

Sketch + mixed Media - Berry71bleu

This is made for the Berry71bleu September Challenge - Sketch + mix Media.

You can find the challenge here:

I started with the supercool Concrete paper from Papirdesign, and stamped with a brick-stamp. I then added some more bricks with some modeling paste and a stencil, used some more stamps, and then added a few splashes with black colorwash. I hope that will do for the mixed media part..

This is my daugther all dressed up for a birthday party.. She loves to put on her pink stuff, and she is so happy with her self... I hope she will always be pleased with who she is..

Here you can see some of the stamping and the modeling paste..

Thanks to ToneK who gave me a kick in the butt to make this page:-)

My creative Sketches - August Sketch

I have had a hard time finding the time to do some scrapping lately, but today was a good day!! It has been raining, so I could do lots of scrapping. This one is made after the August sketch over at My Creative Sketches, and I made it just in time to enter.. 

This is my sister and my kids. They love her to bits.. To bad they live so far apart..

Paper and embellishments are from Echo Papers - Sweet girl line.

Funny faces..

My daughter thought it was more funny to make faces than to watch her brother play soccer:-)
I have used papers and embellishments from Crate Papers - On Trend.

Wish you all a greate weekend:-)

September Challenge at Papirdesign

The September Challenge over at Papirdesign is "Baby". You can make whatever you like with papers, as long as it is to or with a baby..

I chose to scrap one of my favorite pics of my two little ones, taken when Mathilde was just one day old.. I have scrapped it before, but this can be scrapped many times... And they do need one each of this lovely picture. I have to print it out once more when I have bought more ink, since the printing is not good on this one.. It is not supposed to be as striped as the picture turned out.

As I said earlier, I have promised my self NOT to make any more of these floral, pink and too embellished layouts. If I do again before 2014 - please hit med in the head with something hard!!!

I have used lots of small flowers from Papirdesign (the big ones are from Prima)

The baby-chipboards and chipboard hearts are also from Papirdesign. I have cut out those cute bears from a paper and glued them on a couple of the hearts.. Aren`t they the cutest?!!

Papirdesignprodukter:

PD13749 Rosa Pioner

PD 13838 Bark

PD12643 "Bamsefar"(utklipte bamser)

PD13849 Skolemateriell

Chipboard baby

Chipboard rosa hjerter

Div, blomster - rosa pioner, rosa gerbera, rosa nelliker, roseknopper

Cherish This - Memories for life.. The very first challenge is up!!

Finally it is the day where we open the new ChallengebBlog - Cherish This, Memories for life. It is a challengeblog for both cardmakers, and for those who make layouts.

Here is my very first layout as a DT on the blog, and please hop over and see what the challenge is, and what our fab team have made. The challenge is here: 

Produkter fra Papirdesign:

PD13849 skolemateriell

PD 13848 Fargeblyanter

PD 13847 Tavle

Selvklebende perler, blå og orange

Selvklebende perler

Hope you have a great Sunday!!

Published in Inzpira Magazine

Ulrika er flink å lage skisser, og Inzpira hadde skisseutfordring til et nummer hvor de brukte hennes skisse, og den har jeg brukt til å lage denne loen fra. Og nå kan du finne layouten i augustnummeret til Inzpira.. JUHU!!

Litt flere detaljbilder:

Jeg fikk så lyst til å bruke et av de nye stemplene, og synes denne teksten godt kunne passe til bildene..

Produktliste Papirdesign:

PD 11594 "Iskrystall"

PD 11593 "Blåfjell"

PD 080902 "Snøvær"

PD 13761 "påskestemning"

Gule små roser

3D-puter

Alfabetstickers, grå

Tekststempel

Snøfnugg chipboard

Crate Papers August Challenge

This months challenge over at Crate Paper is Navy blue and Sequins. 

I used papers from the wonderful Maggie Holmes Collection, Stickers from On trend and Story Tellers, and other embellishments from the Pier Ephemera Pack. 

The pics are from when I attended the world championship in cod-fishing this winter. Me and my friend went for the gold, and since the boats name was "Oceangold" we were sure to bring the medal home.. Didn`t happen though - but next year..!!

Since the title is "going for the gold", I decided on using gold sequins..

When I had the layout done, I suddenly found my participation card, and had to use it on the layout even though I don`t think it really fits.. 

I am trying again this year.. Anyone who wants to join me??

Wish you all a wonderful and creative day!

SummerDays

Summer is definitely coming to an end here, and autumn is in the air.. This often means that new christmaspapers are arriving my favorite PaperCompany and I am already in the production of my Christmas cards for this year.. BUT - lets not forget about the Summer!!
I still have plenty of pics from our vacation, and here is two from the pool area in Turkey.. Our son is under the blanket!!  The umbrella didn`t work as good for him as for the others when he wanted to play his Nintendo DS..

I have stacked up with Crate Papers, and this layout is made with the Pier-collection.

Some of the umbrellas are lifted with 3D-dots.

As the flue is having fun with my body, I wish you all a healthy and creative week.

Tutorial for Papirdesign

I går viste jeg dere en layout, og i dag tenkte jeg å vise et par triks som jeg brukte da den ble lagd.

Det å stemple på en layout når den nesten er ferdig, kan være et risikoprosjekt.. Stempler man feil, blir liksom alt man har brukt tid på ødelagt, eller hvis man har mye stæsj og lag på lag, blir det vanskelig å få et godt trykk, og man må kanskje gå over med tusj etterpå..

En annen ting jeg har ergret meg over flere ganger, er når jeg skal sette tittel på, eller bruke alfabetstickers, og så ombestemmer jeg meg og jeg må pirke dem opp igjen.. Stickersene får dårligere lim, og de blir bøyde - i tillegg ønsker jeg som regel å ha dem relativt rette, og der er det også lett å bomme..

Så jeg lagde en layout med mye stæsj og flere lag, ostekluter og annet for å gjøre stemplinga litt vanskelig, og i tillegg litt utfordrene å plassere en lengre tekst uten å ødelegge balansen i layouten.

Slik så den ut før tittel og småord var på plass..

Yesterday I promised to show you a couple of tricks I use when making layouts.. 

Sometimes I would like to use stamps - like these little words- on my pages, but when making layered layouts, the stamping often goes wrong.  Another thing that bothers me sometimes, is when I put stickers on my layouts, and I regret.. The glue gets bad, the paper can be destroyed and the stickers gets ugly when I pull them off again.. 

So - to show you my tricks, I made a layout with lots of layers, and where I usually struggle a bit before I decide where I want to have my title without ruin the balance in the page..

Vi tar stemplinga først...:

Steg 1: finn frem en serviett, og plukk løst ett av de tynne hvite lagene, og finn frem stemplene du vil bruke. Her har jeg valgt små ord fra ei ordplate..(den tynne serviettdelen har jeg lagt over et annet papir slik at stempelsverten ikke skal gå ned i bordet)

Lets have a look at the stamping first:

Pull out a napkin, and remove one of the thin white layers behind it. Stamp your motive on the thin layer, and cut it out nicely.

Steg 2: Stemple så på servietten.. (stemple gjerne et par av hver, for det kan gå galt under et senere stadie, så det er greit å ha en ekstra i bakhånd..) og klipp så ordene ut, med så lite papir rundt som mulig..

I usually make at least two stamps, so that I have one extra if it turnes bad when it comes to the gluing.

Her er mine ord ferdig utklippet.

 Så er det over til alfabetstickersene.. Jeg klistrer dem først på et annet ark, da kan jeg få dem forholdsvis rette dersom jeg ønsker det.

Before attaching the stickers to my page, I glue them to another paper, and line them up with the edge so they turn out straight. Then I cut them out, and since the glue is now on another paper, I can try them several places before I decide where to glue them..

Deretter klipper jeg ut ordene og slik kan jeg også prøve dem ut flere steder før jeg endelig limer dem fast - uten at de blir stygge eller ødelagte.

Og nå står jeg fritt til å prøve meg frem hvor jeg vil ha ordene - både tittel og stempelordene..

Skal det være slik - eller slik??

Når jeg så har bestemt meg, finner jeg frem et gjennomsiktig lim.. Jeg har brukt mod podge - men du kan også bruke vanlig decoupagelim hvis du har det.. Påfør med en pensel.. Her må man være litt forsiktig for det er lett at ordet krøller seg, og at man må bruke det andre trykket man lagde;-). Noe jeg fant ut etterpå var at det kunne være lurt å påføre et tynt lag før man la på ordet, da holdt det seg fast uten å krølle når man limte over..

When I have decided, I pull out my mod podge (decoupage glue will work just as good), and glue the stamped words to my page - very gently. You could also put a small amount of glue under the word so it will be easier to hold the word still when gluing over.

         

.. eller man kan holde fast trykket med noe annet. Mine klissete fingre var nemlig ikke brukedes til dette

 Så er det bare å la det tørke - eller du bruker en varmepistol hvis du er like utålmodig som meg..

og etter å ha prøvd ut ulike steder å ha ord og tittel, ble resultatet altså slik... 

Så - håper det var små tips som du kan bruke en gang..

After trying several positions to my words, it finally ended up like this:

I have a small secret to share...

I can finally say it...

I am a DT for the brand new challengeblog

We have just started introducing the DT`s, and I am so happy to be on a team with such great talent!

We are actually two teams - one for Cherish This, wich is the card making team, and one for Memories for Life - which is the layoutteam. I am on the last one of course - and I can`t wait until starting with the great challenges we have for you!

Please come visit our blog. In celebrating the opening of this blog we have a giveaway that you can enter to win this lovely price:

We also have a DT-call going for the layout team !! Visit the blog for more details.

Our first challenge is opening on September 1th and I hope you will come by and play with us!

En nydelig sommerkveld - DT Papirdesign

Sommeren i nord har (med unntak av tre små uker) vært ikke mindre enn fantastisk!! 

Her ligger Mathilde på et ellers forblåst sted i Lofoten, i bare trusa og soler seg - klokka åtte om kvelden!!.. Det var en sjelden nydelig sommerkveld i Brenna..

Jeg har egentlig bestemt meg for å ikke lage denne typen lag-på-lag-med-masse-blomster-loer på en god stund, men nå "måtte" jeg fordi jeg også har en tutorial i Papirdesignbloggen i morgen, og da ville jeg vise det med denne typen layout..

The summer in Northern Norway have been fantastic (except for a couple of weeks with low temperatures and rain). Here my daughter is enjoying the sun eight o`clock in the evening in Lofoten with just her panties on.. It was a rare and wonderful summer night!!

I have made so many of these types of layouts with lots of layers and flowers, that I had decided to take a long break from this kind of scrapbooking.. BUT... I have a tutorial coming up in the Papirdesignblog tomorrow, and I wanted to share a couple of tricks I use when making these kinds of layouts..

Jeg har brukt litt av nye blomster som Papirdesign har kommet med.. Rosa små gerbera, rosa pioner, og noe som skulle være tulipaner, men som ser mer ut som roseknopper:-)

I have used some of the newest flowers from papirdesign - small pink gerberas, pink pions, and what was supposed to be tulips, but that looks more like rosebuds..;-)

Jeg har klippet ut flere små sommerfugler fra et mønsterark, og har stemplet med noen av småordene fra en småordplate..

I have cut out som small butterflies from a paper, and have spread them around the page. I have also stamped with some small words several places..

Linn lagde for litt siden en kul canvas hvor hun hadde brukt rammene til noen stempler, så det måtte jeg også prøve.. Takk for inspirasjonen Linn!!

A while ago Linn made a cool canvas using these frames, and I had to give it a go in a layout. So thanks for the Inspiration Linn!!

De grønne bokstavene ble litt for grønne, så jeg duste dem ned med et bittelite lag med gesso..

I made the green alphabetstickers a bit less green with a tiny brush with gesso.

Produkter:

PD 12736, "Barnedåp, beige"

PD 12648 "sommerfugler"

Gerbera, små rosa

Pioner, rosa

roseknopper/tulipaner - rosa

Stempel- rammer fra stemplene ... "gustav" og "slips"

Småord-stempler

Alfabetstickers grønne

Perleswirls - lilla og hvite

3D-puter

Kom gjerne igjen i morgen - da har jeg to små tips å dele som jeg har brukt på denne layouten.. (og mange flere:-))

Please come back tomorrow.. I`ll show you a couple of small tricks I use when I made layouts like this one (and others..)

EEG suger...

Taking EEG sucks!!

I really understand my sons dislike of having to go through all those medical tests he has done for the last half year. Here he`s doing EEG for the second time.. and he hates it - even though it doesn`t hurt.. 

I found the papers and embellishments from MME to fit this picture and situation well - and wish I had more of those papers... For some reasons non of the Norwegian Scrapbook stores have taken in more than two papers from this line.. - shame on them!! lol

Later on I realized the text on his jumper, and I couldn`t belive how well it fitted with the situation:-). He loves his Lego wears, and wears them all the time, so we do have pictures from the two other times he has been doing EEG with similar fitting texts on his chest - lol..

Their mind is truly wonderful!!!

Til en liten baby - DT Papirdesign

Noen jeg kjenner skal snart ha baby, så da tenkte jeg gjøre klar både kort og gaveinnpakningen før babyen kommer.. Så nå skal jeg finne noe å putte oppi posen, og jeg får bare håpe at det faktisk blir en gutt så jeg ikke trenger starte på nytt igjen:-). Jeg har brukt ark og pynt fra Papirdesign - selvfølgelig..

I know someone who are expecting a little baby boy in just a month, so I decided to make the giftbag and a card ready before my vacation. I have dressed a plain white paperbag with the babypaper with the beautiful name "Herman" (that is my boys name as well) and made a card. So now I am hoping it isn`t a babygirl that is born.. I have used papers and embellishments from Papirdesign.

Jeg har kledd en hvit papirpose med papiret som har det flotte navnet "Herman", og pyntet med litt blå blonde og en selvkomponert medaljong..

Planen var å lage et kort som matchet enda mer til posen, men jeg gikk tom for arket jeg skulle bruke, så da måtte det improviseres litt..

Bamsen er fra babyplata, og jeg har også stemplet med tekststempler på innsiden (glemte ta bilde av det)

Det kommer ikke så godt frem her, men jeg har brukt godt med 3D-puter på denne, så den er langt fra så flat som den ser ut her.. 

Ønsker alle en finfin kreativ august!!