New career...new blog...

Hi everybody,

Wanna tell you a bit about myself. I don't know if you know, but I am a stay-at-home-mom. We have three beautiful girls, two at school already and one at preschool 3 days a week. Our youngest will begin at school in august and then I will have 5 days a week, every morning to myself. 

I really want to start something for myself, something small to begin with. 

I used to sew a lot of cloths for myself, my husband, my kids and others. I have sewn trousers, sweaters, coats, little girls dresses, curtains, toys, and lots of other stuff. Before it was pure for pleasure, but I think it would be fun to try to make a little career out of it :o). So I have brought out my sewingmachine again and started with a ladies sweater. To show you what I make, I have established a new blog:

Cols Clothing Company

The blog is in Norwegian, but you can let it translate by using the translation box.
I hope you will visit me some time there and let me know what you think of my projects.

Wish me luck in my "new career" :o))

A new forum for us scrapping girls in Norway!

Since a year I was a member of a great norwegian forum, Scrapbook Express. It was a good way for me to get to know the norwegian language and being active with my scrapping with pictures. The girls are very good with different challenges and it gave me a kick in the but to scrap again. Thanks for that girls!

But we got some bad news last May. The owner of the forum wanted to sell her place on the internet. So the design team got together and founded a new place for us to chat, challenge each other and have a good time.

So if you want to join us, click on the picture and get yourself registred. 

Bye for now!

A new blog in blogland!

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to tell you how proud I am. 

Of course it is because I am her mommy, but my oldest daughter has her own blog now.

She is a very creative girl, has made already many cards and

she wants to show them to the world.

So visit her and tell her what you think of her cards:

blomsterbarn-malin.blogspot.com

Thanks!!

I won!!

I have some great news to share. I won this beautiful book...

...by just giving a comment on the Pagemaps blog. Isn't that great!

Thanks Becky, for giving away this beautiful book. 

I'm walking on clouds right now 

(and we have plenty, the rain is pouring down at the moment)

and there is a big smile on my face! 

Can't wait to get more ideas for cards and stuff.

Have a great Sunday (like me)!

Hi everyone!

I have some exiting news to share with you all!

A little while ago the team of {Christmas Creations} on Clubs.nl,  Janneke, Marion, Renata and myself decided, with Janneke as initiator, to set up a new challenge blog. Of course in the same spirit as the club, so it became 

Christmas Challenges {with sketches}. 

We like everyone to participate in this brand-new challenge blog. Aren’t we all, at the end of the year, busy making tons of Christmas cards?? Well, if you join us from the 1^st of June, using our sketches, you avoid the stress and lack of time in the December month. And you can spend that time with your loved ones.

But you don’t have to wait until the 1^st of June. You can take a look already on Christmas Challenges {with sketches}.

We will also have a DT-call. You can read all about that next Sunday, the 1^st of May on the new challenge blog.

So, are you in with us for some adventure? Come and join us making Christmas cards from the 1^st of June and take a look now on

Christmas Challenges {with sketches}

See you there!!

The 2010-cards.....

.... which I haven't shown you yet. If you have any questions about a card, please let me know, OK?!

a workshopcard held by my dear friend Linda

Just some stamps, stitches and buttons!

The invites for the birthdayparty of my daughter, cut out with my Silhouette!

The little noteholder, which my daughter (and I) made for her teacher at the end of the schoolyear.

A couple of tealightcards.

I hope you have enjoyed this gallerie. Please let me know, OK?! Thanks!!

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!!!

I am so happy! There is a smile on my face, that doesn't come off. 

Why? 

I have been asked to join the Design Team of the Derwent-blog. 

And of course I accepted. 

As you probably know I always use my Derwent coloursoft pencils to colour my stamps. And when the Derwent-blog was created in april I applied for a place in the DT. At that time there was no place left for me. But now, the very talented Bep, resigned and a position came free. 

And I got the job!! Isn't that great?!

Happy, happy, happy!!

Come on over to the Derwent-blog and join in on the fun, OK?!

Take good care

I already started this card last tuesday, but I've just finished it today. I had a very bad toothache and it appeared to be an infection of my jaw. But after a visit to the dentist and with some penicillin I made it through the week. 

Back to my card. This sweet round sketch I saw on Mojo Monday. I cannot enter anymore because it is an oldie, but I love it. Specifically the symmetry. But I can enter this one to the following challenges:

Alphabeth Challenge: O for Oval

Derwent: use green, pink and a round shape

Flutterby Wednesday butterfly and (my daughters) favourite colour (which is pink :-))

Fussy and Fancy: use pink and black

I used designpaper from Marianne design, Eline's babies pink and added some black cardstock.

This pretty flower is a Silhouette-one. I cut it out with my Sil, sprayed some water on the petals and rumpled them up so I could get some 3D effect. It is a beauty this flower. I used it for the first time her, but I'm sure I will use it more in the future. Also the black border is cut with my Silhouette. 

The sentiment is from Hero Arts and the three little butterflies on the card are made with a punch from TomTas. 

 The white oval is stamped with a nice swirl with distress ink.This Magnolia girl is coloured in matching colours of course. 

Using the following colours:

skin: 170-190-620

hair: 700-660-650

cheeks: 200

sweater and socks: 190-210

trousers: 490-470

When it was finished I sprayed the whole card extensively with glimmermist. I tried to make a good picture, but I don't know if you can see it, but it is sparkling this card!

Will you let me know what you think of this card? I do so appreciate it. I love to read your comments. 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Hello sunshine

Hi everybody! Nice of you to visit me again. I have managed to make another card again. It's not always easy now that the children have vacation. But I did it! And I want to enter my card to the following challenges:

Derwent: making a sunny card with the colour yellow

Just Magnolia: 3 flowers, 2 papers and 1 ribbon

Friday Sketchers: using Jacques sketch

Because I didn't have the right colour flowers I painted another blue ones with my denimblue dabber. I assembled them and afterwards sprayed them with lots of glimmermist. On the edge of the stamp I put some stickles. I also used my Martha Stewart punch.

For the sentiment I took a look in my pile of tickets and found these sunny ones. Took of the white of the paper with my antique linnen distress ink and inked the edges again with faded jeans. 

This happy girl I coloured with my Derwent colourpencils. 

skin: 170-190-620

cheeks: 200

hair: 590-630

dress: 010-030-040

skoes - hairribbon - skippingrope: 300-310

shadow: 670

Between these nice Martha Stewart punch edges I can write my message to whom ever gets this sunny card.

What do you all think of this card? Leave me a message OK? I love to read your comments!!

See you next time!

Hip Hip Hurray!!

Remember that Malin entered a card at Scrappekammeret? She won!! She was so happy. Now Malin can browse among the many goods at Simon says Stamp, because she can spend $ 10 there. 

Congratulations girl!

Eplet faller ikke langt fra stammen

On the blog from Scrappekammeret can you find a very different challenge. You have to create something after the saying "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree". Because my husband is a passionate reader and his parrents too (his mother was a librarian) I made him a bookmark. Of course it became a tree with a little apple! To make it a little bit stronger I laminated it. Last sunday I gave it to him as a extra birthdaypresent. Of course it is already in his book!!

I forgot to mention that I cut this nice tree and apple with my silhouette. 

Cute!

For the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog I made this card. It was very fun to do, with this great sketch. When I was in the Netherlands on vacation, I bought a stack of paper from Anna Griffin. It is beautiful and corresponding with each other. The cute magnoliagirl was coloured with my derwent pencils.

This flower I made with a Nestabillities die from Spellbinders. You can make all kind of different flowers with just one die, I love it!

For the sentiment I made a ticket, using the template from Mirabyll. It is very easy and you can custommade them just for you. By the way, you just have to check out her blog, there is a lot of fun stuff there!! Not just these tickets...

Because I found the red circle a little bit boring, I used my Fiskars templates in my Wizard from Spellbinders and made a beautiful swirl on it. Afterwards I sanded it, so the creme inner core came to the surface.

I decoraded the inside with the same sanded swirls and a nestiflower. 

Let me know what you think of this "Cute" card, OK?!

Thanks for your visit!!