Paperworks

Cutest cat!

2012-02-06T20:00:00.001+01:00

Isn't this cat the cutest? As you might already know, I am a HUGE fan of cats. They are independent and have oh so much personality! I just love them, and especially my own Sixten, a male Norwegian Forest cat! Not the one in the picture, though...

Anyway, this is a deco by the theme "Animals in winter" that I made for a group-swap.

Scrap-day

2012-01-13T22:55:00.002+01:00

London 2005

Precious Mom

Last week I had a day off from work and I spent it with my very dear friend Sollan. I don't scrapbook very often, but I do have a small album in the size of 6x6" and since Sollan is a great scrapper and a huge inspiration, I thought I would do some LOs while I was there. Here above are 2 of the LOs that I made during that day. I had great fun, and I will try to scrapbook more often! Theank you Sollan for the inspiration, input and also the embellishments you let me steal from you! ;)

The one at the top is showing pics of when M and I were in London in November 2005. The other one is a tribute to my mom, she is the best mom ever!

Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T20:28:00.004+01:00

Happy New Year, everybody! I hope you will have a great, crafty new year!

Here are some of my latest work. The one at the top is a deco, themed "Snowmen" (obviously, LOL), made for a group-swap. I must say that I am quite happy with the way it turned out . Note that the lovely stamp was made by my dear friend Maria! Isn't it gorgeous? I coloured it with my watercolour-pencils.

The next is a Christmas-card! Yes, Christmas is over and done with for this time, but it's never to late to begin making Christmas-cards for the next year, right?! The text on the paper "God Jul 24:12" means Merry Christmas December 24 - because here in Sweden we do ur main celebrating at Christmas Eve!

The last one is a birthday-card (probably). I did not have anybody in particular in mind when I did it, it just came to me... Both this card and the Christmas-card was coloured in with my Promarkers.

Retirement-card and Christmas-cards

2011-12-08T13:20:00.001+01:00

My former boss Margaretha retired last Friday. Of course I had to make her a card! She is a non-fuss woman who is always dressed in black, so this is what I came up with. It was really fun to give it to her because she was so very emotional. She hugged me and stroke my cheek - so not her usual self!

These 2 Christmas-cards above is what I made recently. I guess it's about time to send the Christmas-cards out soon! Especially those that will go overseas!

Birthdays

2011-11-13T10:29:00.001+01:00

A couple of weeks ago both my darling and his mom had their birthdays (at the same day). Of course I had to make them birthday-cards! The top one is for my sweetheart - "Puss" is Swedish for "Kiss" - and the other one is for my Mother In Law. She loves cats, so of course I had to make a cat-card for her!

Halloween cat and Christmas-card

2011-10-27T21:30:00.001+02:00

Halloween is coming up! I have participated in a group-swap in EuropeArtDecos @ Yahoo - a deco with the theme "Halloween cats". Isn't the kitty I chose cute - and scary?!

I am continuing producing Christmas-cards. I will sell some at work and also need some for myself. This one is in untraditional colours - I was thinking of the pink symbolizing the Pink month of breast-cancer awareness when I made it. And I also made it for the challenge at Althea's Mix, which was to create a Christmas-card of your own choice.

Vintage ballerina and won the challenge at Skapa Hobby!

2011-10-09T20:23:00.000+02:00

New deco: Vintage ballerina - isn't she pretty?! I used black cardstock from Bazill as the base, then a pink paper with black print (some of the images are embossed). I am sorry, but I don't know the brand of the paper. I stamped a swirl from Panduro in the left corner and embossed it with a hologram-powder. Turned out pretty nice!

I am also extremely happy to tell you that I actually WON the challenge at Skapa Hobby for which I made the card in the previous post! I am waiting to receive the prize and can't wait to find out what it is! :)

Challenge at Skapa Hobby!

2011-09-18T20:17:00.002+02:00

Another Christmas-card! This one I made for a challenge at Skapa Hobby. I was inspired by the lay-out, the repeated elements (in their card butterflies, in my card hearts), the text on the background and the torn edges. The card ended up not too Christmassy, but if you're Swedish you can read the Christmassy words in the background! :)

Cards and prices

2011-09-17T12:15:00.000+02:00

My goodness, a whole month since I last posted here! Time flies!

I have got an order for 8 Christmas-cards, so I'm working on them. One of them is the one above. People at work tend to like my cards, so I decided to up the price. For two reasons: if they are a little more expensive, people might not order so many, and that would give me more time for my own cards. And also, cardmaking IS artwork and it should be treated like that. And people should pay for it. It's so easy to say that I do it just for fun and it's fun that people like it as well. And it IS! But it's also much work involved, and the papers, embellishments and ribbons are not inexpensive either!

Christmas in August

2011-08-19T15:48:00.001+02:00

I made a Christmas-card! Yes, we still have long ways to go until Christmas, but you can never start making them too early! This one I made for a challenge at Altheas Mix. This week the "theme" was free (well, it should be Christmassy)... I came up with this, a pretty simple card, but I think it's cute! What you cannot tell from the photo is that I did put some stickles on the frogs' hats, on the white "fluff", just to add the extra bling I thought the card needed...

Accident

2011-08-09T10:31:00.002+02:00

So much have happened recently. My mom and her husband Örjan was involved in a traffic-accident 3 weeks ago, and it was really scary. They got hit from behind on the motorway - the young man that hit them was probably speeding like **** and hdid not pay enough attention to the traffic in front of him. Mom and Örjan both ended up in hospital. Mom was released the same night, Örjan was kept at the hospital for observation but they sent him home the day after. Still, he didn't get any better, only worse, so after a couple of days mom called the ambulance again and they came and got him (at 3 AM). They gave him another X-ray and it showed he had a broken rib that had punctured one of his lungs. Then they emptied the lung of 7 deciliters of blood... One wonders how on earth they could have missed that on the previous hospital!? Those were very nervous days, but now he's fine after the circumstances. Well, you can tell by the photo of the car how bad the crash was! I am soooo glad to still have my mom alive!

Oh well, I won't talk only of accidents and car-crashes - here's a card that was ordered by a colleague of mine. It's a birthday-card and it turned out pretty good, I think!

Springcard for a challenge

2011-06-19T22:32:00.002+02:00

Oh well, it might be a little late to show a springcard... Nevertheless, here is one I made recently, for a challenge. It should be something spring-related, a stamped image and a ribbon. So, here it is, folks! In reality, summer is here and has been here for a while already. Today it's rainy and dull, though. Hoping for it to clear up tomorrow!

Photo-problems...

2011-06-01T21:58:00.000+02:00

Oh Gee, I really have been absent for a very long time! So sorry about that! I thought I would be able to add a photo of all the 40 wedding-invitations I made for a friend - I gave them to her a couple of weeks ago and she was actually very pleased with them. That was a lot of fun, but soooo time-consuming! Even though I enjoyed it, I don't think I will ever take upon a task like that again! However, I did take a photograph of them all together - with my mobile-phone - but somehow I cannot transfer the picture from the phone into the computer! Very frustrating! Oh well, I'll post it if I ever find out how to do it!

Meanwhile, I'll show you this piece above! It's a bookmark I made for a friend in a group-swap. I was very happy with how it turned out, maybe I will make a similar one to myself! :)

Busy!

2011-04-16T10:26:00.000+02:00

Spring is here! It's soooo good to be able to go outside and the air is warm and nice. And no snow left!

This deco is themed "Silly Cats" and I found this picture and found it so adorable and funny. Cats really are so special and unique, noone is like the other. I am a huge cat-lover, can you tell?

I have been very busy this last month - both with work and the commuting (I work full-time and commute 45 minutes each direction), but I have also some orders of cards that will have to be ready by the end of April. 40 of them are wedding-invitations that a friend asked me to make for her. I have made 26, "only" 14 to go! And also, a co-worker asked me to make her 4 birthday-cards. She will retire by the end of the month, so I'll try to have them ready for her next week. And of course I will have to make her a "goodbye"-card as well!

I will try to remember to get pictures of it all, and upload here!

Longing for spring!

2011-03-19T22:29:00.001+01:00

A friend and co-worker turns 40 today and I made her this card. Very appropriate with the cats since she is a big cat-lover just like me! :)

What else? Not much has happened lately, just quite busy at work. Spring is around the corner now, I can smell it, but it is not quite here yet. Yesterday we had pretty bad weather with lots and lots of snow coming down, that needed to be shoveled later at the evening. Not very amusing, if you ask me. I really long for spring now!

Vintage Children and spring

2011-03-05T11:46:00.002+01:00

This is a deco I made for a group-swap, and the theme was "Vintage Children". I found this beautiful picture of a young boy dressed in a sailor's suit and I thought he looked so sweet! I am really happy with the way the deco turned out!

Now we have the month of March, and even here in Sweden we can sense that spring is arriving! Today the weather is beautiful and sunny, and the snow is slowly melting away. I cannot wait for it to be totally gone, I'm not a fan of snow or winter...

Yesterday I had really big problems with my neck - it was so stiff and hurt a lot. Lucky me, I have a chiropractor in the family - he's married to my mom - so I could just give him a call and them go over there to get some treatment. Today feels soooo much better! :)

A very special card

2011-02-18T22:28:00.004+01:00

A little while ago, a colleague and friend asked for a very special card. Her best friend had just passed away from cancer and she wanted a card to lie together with her flowers by the coffin at the funeral. A very special request and soooo delicate! It really had to be just right and I really had performance anxiety about this, but it turned out pretty good, I think! My friend had requested the card to be pink and she also had chosen the picture with the angels.

A new Christmas-card

2011-02-15T21:59:00.001+01:00

I made yet another Christmas-card. It's good to make them this early - no stress! :)

Scrapbooking

2011-02-09T18:42:00.012+01:00

Last weekend, I visited my sister in Oslo, Norway. She had turned 40 and I had created a little scrap-book album with 16 pages for her, with pictures from our child-hood. It was a lot of work but she really appreciated it, so it was well worth while!

Down below are some of the layouts I gave her...

"Klellell" is what I used to call her when we were kids. I am only 15 months older, so I wasn't able to pronounce her name "Christina" very well...

Her and me both at our grandparent's house

The house where we grew up - well, at least until I was 13!

Celebrating Lucia...

Christina's birthday, she got a new bicycle and of course we had to get out in our nighties to try it!

My goodness, we were soooo happy with our new hair-do's! (I'm the one to the left)

Last day in school before the summer-break and we were all dressed up! Fancy shoes as well, eh?

Christmas-card!

2011-01-09T21:12:00.005+01:00

Do you think I've probably lost it? Haha! No, I've taken upon a challenge here to make 1 Christmas-card per week the whole year, and this is the first one! It will be nice in December, when I will have 50 Christmas-cards ready! I will even be able to take part in a fair and sell some!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2011-01-01T17:17:00.006+01:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY! I hope that 2011 will be a great year with lots of new, good experiences and lots and lots of time to craft!!

This is a card I made for a colleague and friend - J - who moved to Cyprus since her husband got a job there. A big change for her, but I am sure it will be great! And such a difference from this cold north! I cannot help but envy her...

However, J loves the vintage look and also blue, so this card I made was spot on! And I am really happy with it as well... :)

Another one

2010-12-23T11:47:00.004+01:00

Another Christmas-card! This is one of those that I sold, and I like it! I have had good use of that edge-punch from Fiskars, I really like the look it gives.

Tomorrow it's Christmas-eve, and that is the main Christmas-day here in Sweden. For some reason THAT is the day, as opposed to the rest of the world (well, almost all the world). So, today I am off work and have lots and lots to do at home - so why am I placed in front of the computer??

Christmas coming up

2010-12-13T13:22:00.004+01:00

Christmas is just around the corner and I have been sooo busy lately! So this time I will show you a few of this year's Christmas-cards. For the first one, I used untraditional colours and I am quite satisfied with it! The text is embossed with glittery black and it's Swedish for "Warm Christmas hugs".

The next card I made in purple, also pretty untraditional. I wasn't as satisfied with this one as the one above, but this one was actually sold when I brought my cards with me to work. Somebody liked this best of all!

This card is one of my absolute favourites, and this one was sold very quickly. I love the colours and I especially love the little glass-tree hanging down from the twine.

I also want to share with you that there is a fabulous blogcandy here! Can you believe all the goodies?!

Craft-meeting

2010-10-30T22:49:00.004+02:00

Today I met 3 friends for a craft-meeting! We started the whole thing by going to a crafts-fair, and I did quite some shopping, I have to admit! Then we went to Frida's place and crafted - I made 5 Christmas-cards and the one above is the first one I made today... Thanks girls (and especially our hostess Frida), I had a blast!

Sorry!

2010-09-27T21:25:00.002+02:00

Please forgive me my absence! Things have been very hectic at work and I'm kind of beat when I get home in the evenings. Now things are lightning up and I hope to be able to be more present soon, and to have more energy to do more crafting!

However, this is one of my newest decos, the theme is "First kiss", isn't the picture sweet?

Christmas-card!

2010-08-11T14:36:00.003+02:00

I am home with a slight fever, but I did manage to craft a little bit yesterday. I figured it's time to get some of the Christmas-cards ready, and this is what I came up with. I am pretty happy with the result. I stamped a Christmas-tree purely in green, cut it out and mounted it on a small square of green card-stock (that I actually cut ouyt with a nestability, if you look closely you can tell it's not quite even on the edges. It's supposed to look like that!). Then I glued some red bling-stones on it to look like Christmas-ornaments. Pretty!

The fever is on its way to leave, thank goodness. Yesterday I was beginning to think I would be stuck with it for a looooong time, but today I have a little more energy.

Where do you get your inspiration?

2010-07-08T13:06:00.003+02:00

One thing that's been on my mind lately is where we get our inspiration from? Obviosly, it's different for everybody. Where do YOU get your inspiration? Is it from other peoples work, or nature? Or colour-palets? For me, using sketches is crucial. I have a little sketch-book that I made myself. In there I have drawn sketches that I found on various blogs, sketch-challenges etc. I just cannot do without it! If I forget it at home when I go to craft-gatherings, I am completely lost! LOL! It's not that I use the sketches straight off, sometimes I do, but other times there's something with the sketch that just makes me take off. Like this deco above, it doesn't look much like the sketch I had when I started.

So, my question for you: where do you get your inpiration?

Frogs

2010-06-05T21:24:00.003+02:00

Aren't this pic of the frogs CUTE?! And funny?! I just can't stop smiling when I see it... I just had to use it for a "Frog" deco that I made not long ago.

I haven't been crafting much lately, I'm sorry to say. I would want to, but have been working pretty much and also have had other things to attend to... Hopefully things will lighten up soon!

Sweden!

2010-05-14T23:29:00.002+02:00

This is a deco with "Sweden"-theme. It's really summery and really Swedish. And I like it a lot! Summer is now approaching, and I cannot wait for the weather to improve! These past few days have been really rainy, but tomorrow it's supposed to be good. I hope so! :)

Card

2010-05-05T17:37:00.004+02:00

Here's a card I made for a dear colleague who changed jobs and stopped working at my job. I hope she liked the card, it's a little different from other cards that I made, but I like it! The "stem" of the flowers I made with yarn that I tied ribbons around, so they became little leaves. And the "Lycka till" (= Good luck) I embossed.

Other than that, I've been home with a sick child today, he has a little fever. Nothing much, just enough to stay home from school. Another thing thatis sick also is my car, I left it at the car-workshop this morning, will hopefully get it back tomorrow afternoon.

Layout!

2010-04-03T22:36:00.007+02:00

It's not often that I do layouts for my scrapbook-album, but here's one that I made tonight! It's a picture of the first time my mom met her new grandson, that is, my son Gustav... I really like the picture, there is so much love!

My birthyear

2010-03-23T22:08:00.004+01:00

This time I wanted to show you a pic of a deco with the theme "My birthyear". And since I was born 1969 - of course I had to make it with a pic of the very first moon-landing! I was pretty happy with the way it turned out, even though it didn't match the image I had in my mind before I started! But well, that is often the case I think, when you're crafting! The items get a life of their own... ;)

Long time no see...

2010-03-04T20:42:00.003+01:00

My gosh, I've been really absent lately! I'm sorry everybody, to have kept you waiting for this update! That is, if there still is anybody reading my blog...

I have been really busy these past few months and the winter has been long, dark, snowy (lots and lots and lots of snow this year) and hard. And I have been pretty much out of energy and not really had the desire to be creative. Well, spring is here soon, even though the temperature is still below 0 (freezing temperature).

The deco is themed "Famous Lovestories" and I chose Tristan and Isolde for the cover. I kind of like the way it turned out!

Christmas is over...

2010-01-06T13:47:00.003+01:00

... and a new year has come! Still, I'm posting a pic of the latest Decosquare I have made for a group-swap - a Vintage Christmas Decosquare! The colours aren't that "Christmassy" and the pic would be fine any year, so... I hope you will think it's OK anyway! :)

Cowboy

2009-11-08T12:38:00.003+01:00

This is a Cowboy-deco I made for a group-swap. I kept feeling that something was missing on it,
that is was too bare... But eventually it had to do anyway, I couldn't really put flowers or other girlie stuff there, could I?! And really, I am pretty happy with it nevertheless!

Elephant

2009-10-25T09:26:00.004+01:00

Wow, more than a month since I last posted here! I'm so sorry for being absent, I've had lots to do, both at work and privately. Hopefully things will slow down a little now!

This pic above is an Elephant decosquare I made for a group-swap. I really like the colours in the square, they harmonize very well! And harmony is very important to me! ;)

Today it's Mats' birthday, so I'm off for some cake now!

Black Cat Decosquare

2009-09-19T22:04:00.003+02:00

This is a decosquare I made for a groupswap. The cat is from a clearstamp-set I bought from a friend. And I cannot remember who made it, but I just love the set! The tail is made of furry black yarn that I sewed onto the square. The black round things on the side are brads that are covered with black fabric. Finally I put a needle through the paper and made it look like a frame. I was pretty happy with how it turned out, and the receiver liked it as well, thank goodness!

Well, vacation is long gone now. I've been working for 3 weeks again and it feels good. Hectic though, I still try to figure out how on earth I will make the time to slow down so I will have time for crafts, reading books and do all the things I want to do!

Gothenburg

2009-08-19T10:52:00.005+02:00

This is a babygirl-decosquare that I made for a friend that just had a little baby-girl. Since I know she loves vintage, this is what I came up with. I'm pretty happy with it!

I'm still on vacation, and we have spent a couple of days in Gothenburg, visiting the wonderful amusement-park Liseberg and stayed at a very nice hotel. They also have trams in Gothenburg, so we spent some time on them too, that is fun for red-necks like us! ;)

Michael Jackson tribute in Stockholm

2009-07-25T23:55:00.004+02:00

I just saw this one and wanted to share. It really touched my heart. I know I am a couple of weeks late, but... Go and have a look!

Tribute to Michael Jackson

For my mom

2009-07-25T20:13:00.004+02:00

This is a card I made for my mom's birthday. I am pretty happy with how it turned out, very summerish and nice. And the most important of all: my mom liked it!

Now I have only one more week to work, then it's VACATION! I just can't wait for it. This year's vacation is a little on the late side for me, I can tell. Next year I will try to get it earlier. I am really tired now and try to do as little as possible when I am home, just so I can keep it together and not crash again. But I will be fine, no worries! Just one more week and then I will be free for 4 weeks!

No vacation in sight...

2009-07-11T18:10:00.004+02:00

A card I made for my niece Julia who turned 12 the other day. Just like the rest of us, she's very into cats, so I thought making her a card with a cat would be a good idea. I think it turned out pretty cute!

At the moment I am feeling pretty sorry for myself. I have 3 whole weeks to go before I start my summer-vacation! Yeah, I chose it myself but now I wonder how stupid I can get! Three more weeks is a LOT! I want it now! *sigh*

Oh yes! I have a car!

2009-06-18T19:59:00.003+02:00

decFirst of all: I have a car now! I even got it delivered by Monday night, very nice! It's a small red Ford Fiesta, from 1996. Not fancy at all - it hasn't got Central locking, electric window elevators, AC or anything - but then again - there aren't as many things to break down either! I am very happy with my little car!

The deco above is a "Laurel & Hardy" deco and I am quite pleased with how it turned out. The "mat" I used for the picture is much, much more sparkly IRL, it gives it a nice touch!

Health

2009-06-14T15:57:00.004+02:00

This piece above is an "Africa" deco. I thought it was fun to make it green, most decos with this theme are brown or beige. But I know there are some places in Africa that are green as well, so... here it is! The picture is from the internet, I googled "African beauty" and there she was! And she is really beautiful, don't you think?

I know I have been quiet for a while. The reason is that I haven't been feeling too well. A little more than a month ago, my car broke down and without it, it takes soooo much longer to get to work, because I have to rely completely on public transportations. And considering I was sick for 5 years and have been back to work now only 2 months... Well, it's taken a huge toll on my health, I can tell. Last Thursday evening, I came down with a huge anxiety-attack and couldn't do anything but lie flat on my back until Friday at noon. I tell ya, it was NO FUN calling work and tell them that I couldn't get out of bed because I had an anxiety-attack!

Well, now we are car-hunting and hopefully I will have a "new" car by Tuesday night, and then life will be much easier. I'll let you know!

Vintage girl

2009-05-21T10:53:00.003+02:00

This deco, called "Vintage girl" is made for a groupswap in a friend's group, and they chose it for the front-page this month! I am so honoured and happy about that! I am pretty happy with how it turned out as well!

Tomorrow I will go to Norway and visit my dear friend Marthe, it will be a blast! We will be crafting around the clock until Sunday, when I have to leave again. I am so lucky to have my man Mats, who will give me a lift up there. I had planned to drive my own car, but it broke down last week and we will either have to repair it, or sell it and buy a new one. And it will cost a small fortune either way. And we can by no means get it fixed 'til tomorrow, so Mats with his big heart offered to take me there... Did I tell you that I love him oh so much?

Rubberstamped Flowers

2009-05-06T10:03:00.005+02:00

This deco above is a very simple one - it's called "Rubberstamped Flowers", that I made for my Swedish deco/ATC group, SvenskaDecos. I just didn't know what else to make with it, since the rubberstamp itself is pretty large. I coloured it in with Promarkers. punched a couple of holes and tied a ribbon over the stems and - voilà! I am pretty happy with it anyway, sometimes less is more...

Today I am home from work, still sick from that stomach-flu that hit me during the weekend, but at least today I am feeling much better. I think I will be able to go to work tomorrow without being contageous as well! I think the worst thing about having this sickness is that you get so darn weak! It really is annoying! But, like I said - I am feeling way better now!

Wow, great blog-candy!

2009-04-30T11:25:00.003+02:00

I just came across this page... That is some blog-candy she has there! I just had to join the lottery. Unfortunately last day is today, but if you're lucky you still have time to join as well!

Cat-card

2009-04-29T15:30:00.005+02:00

This is a card I made for my friend Annica's 40th birthday. She likes cats, so I thought this stamp would be appropriate...

Other than that, I am home from work today, since Gustav has stomach-flu. Not nice! I just hope I will escape it! The nice thing about this, is that I have more time to craft! Yihaa!!

Oh, Spacegirl challenged me to reply to these questions:

What kind of food do you eat a lot? Well, if I cook the food, I like when it's simple and fast. Pasta is good, but I also often make home-made fries with fried salmon. Yummie!
When you are the guest of a party, do you help out with cleaning or do you stay seated? Actually, I often help with the cleaning, I like to be busy...
Where do you prefere to be when you're blogging? At home, by the computer. It IS a laptop, but I prefer to have it in one place...
Do you often buy lotteries? Nah... If I ocassionally buy them, I never win...
In what city or country did you have the best vacation? France...
What TV-channel is your favourite? TV4, I think...

Happy Easter... or was it X-mas?

2009-04-12T17:34:00.004+02:00

Happy Easter everybody! To celebrate it I made a... Christmas-card!! Yes, I am a little nuts, but there is a good reason for making a Christmas-card now! I signed up to do 2 Christmascards per week all year round, in the Swedish challenge blog "Jul Hela Året". I haven't been a good girl for a long time (haven't made the cards that I should have), but here is one! A little un-orthodox with a lot of PINK... But I think it turned out pretty nice - simple, but nice!

So much to do... so little time!

2009-04-10T12:23:00.003+02:00

Now that I've started working, I find that I have so much less time for crafting and all other stuff! Not a big surprise, but I still miss it! So, I haven't got much to show you. This deco above is a "Vintage Moviestars From My Country"-deco. I chose Ingrid Bergman, she had such classic beauty, and who hasn't seen "Casablanca"? I made the deco for a group-swap and sent it to Germany...

Today I received an award from my dear friend Sussi! Thanks soooo much, my dear! Now I am supposed to choose 10 of my own favourite blogs, but really - I have a hard time choosing! There are so many of you out there, so I hope to be forgiven if I don't pick out any?!

Employment-day 1!

2009-04-01T21:01:00.002+02:00

Another ballet-deco! I just love that theme, can you tell?

Today was the first day of REAL work for me - with a real employment! The whole office had an education-day though, so I don't feel like I've done something really. Hopefully I will be able to take some of that knowledge and apply to work. I am really looking forward to be able to work now!

I've got a job!

2009-03-12T20:21:00.003+01:00

OMG, almost a whole month since I last updated my blog! I am so sorry, everybody!

I have good news to tell you, though. Some of you know that I have been on sick-leave for 5 years now, due to a burnout-depression. Now I have been work-training since September 2008 and it goes really well. I am an educated Social-worker and it's not the easiest field of work, but I am happy to say it has been great. And now I have been offered a temporary job at the very same office where I have been work-training (which is also my old job). I am sooo happy for that! I am back!! The employment will start April 1st, and until then I will continue work-training 75% of fulltime.

The deco up above is a "Ballet"-deco that I made for a swap, and sent to France!

Me want!

2009-02-15T13:05:00.005+01:00

Wow, check this out! House of Inspiration has this faboulous blogcandy! It's in Swedish, but maybe you can give it a shot anyway, even if you don't understand Swedish! You have a chance to win until tomorrow, so hurry up!

Some new decos

2009-02-10T12:32:00.003+01:00

These are some of my latest decos. I need to make a couple of cards to send today also, so hopefully I will be able to show them here very soon!

This past week I have been literally down and out with the flu... Some days I have been well enough to sit up a little and do some crafting, but mostly I've been staggering between the bed and the sofa, just lying down and feeling bad. Thank Goodness that is all behind me now! I was so nervous that I wouldn't be able to go to Stockholm to visit my friends at Skapa Hobby tomorrow, as planned. Which would have been extra bad, since the train-ticket was already paid for and not possible to change... But I feel much, much better now, so I will be a ble to go! Yuhooo! Stockholm, watch out!

What a wonderful world

2009-02-05T17:43:00.002+01:00

I just saw this beautiful video in another blog, and it was so wonderful, that it brought tears to my eyes. Please go and watch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rooyt3ptNco&feature=email

Christmas-cards!

2009-02-04T14:46:00.004+01:00

I have made 2 Christmas-cards lately! Yes, you read it right... Christmas-cards in February... Do you think I've finally lost it? Haha, I cannot blame you! Here's the explanation: I took upon a challenge to make 2 Christmas-cards per week this year! It's the Swedish challenge-blog "Jul Hela Året" that put me up to it... That way I have about 100 Christmas-cards by next Christmas. Enough to send AND to sell. Great idea, isn't it? This way I son't have to get all worked up about the Christmas-cards in December...

These are the latest cards I've made. Pretty simple in style, but they just came out this way. I always intend to make them more fancy, but they seem to live their own lives. So, this is how they turned out...

Awards!

2009-01-21T17:42:00.003+01:00

Wow, I've got awards from 2 of my friends! Thanks so much, ladies! It really warms my heart!
This first one was given to me by Hanna and Åsa! And this second one was given to me by Nina!

The rules for both of these awards is that I should pay them forward to blogs that I like. Well, I have to admit that I have a HUGE blog-roll and I am pretty sure you know who you are, since I often leave comments. So, I want to give the both to all of you! Please feel free to take them off my blog and pay them forward!

Bookmark-deco

2009-01-13T16:52:00.006+01:00

Now, it's been a while since I last posted here. It's not that I haven't been crafting, it's just not something I wanted to put on display...

But today I created a "Bookmark"-deco for a group-swap in Yahoo. The thing about this is that when I send it to my "partner" in this swap, she will decorate one of the tags and turn it into a bookmark. She will then put it back in the pocket, send it further on and this repeats until all the tags are decorated. Then it's supposed to be returned home to me and I will have 6 new, handmade bookmarks! Isn't that a great thought! I just hopehopehope it won't get stuck somewhere!

Christmas is over...

2008-12-26T22:22:00.003+01:00

Christmas is over for this year, but I still have some Christmas-cards to show you. These will be the last ones though, I promise!

Christmas has been calm and quiet this year. On Christmas Eve Gustav was at his dad's place, so there were only myself, Mats and his mom here then. And the cats, of course! Gustav came yesterday eventing, and today we have been out shopping at the sales. A top for me and a couple of computer-games for Gustav. We're all happy!

Christening-card

2008-12-14T22:12:00.003+01:00

These days I mostly make Christmas-cards, but yesterday we went to my niece's christening, and of course I had to make her a card as well! This is what I came up with, and I must say I am pretty satisfied with how it turned out! I didn't want to make the ordinary pink, girlie card, so I made this green, red and gold one.

Other than that, I must confess that I am a little tired now. LOTS to do at home before Christmas and I am also work-training. It's pretty stressful, but I try to keep it out and just take it as easy as possible. One step at the time, trying not to get too stressed...

Christmas-card and job-application

2008-12-03T16:54:00.003+01:00

Here's another Christmas-card! I still have lots to make, don't know why I didn't make them sooner as I said I would...

This picture doesn't do the card justice - really! The white back-ground paper is all glittery IRL, so it makes you think of snow and winter... You just have to use your imagination!

A good and fun thing now: I've applied for a job! I'm still work-training and it's going really well, but the travels back and forth are killing me! The travels add another 3 hours per day! So if I hadn't have to travel as far, I would be able to do more hours, I'm sure! So now I've applied for a REAL job with salary! And the work-place is so much closer to home... Don't know if the'll even consider me since I've been on sick-leave for so long, but... It's worth a try! I'll keep you updated!

Vintage Christmas and Inkido blog-candy

2008-11-19T15:17:00.003+01:00

I'm sorry for the bad quality of the pic above. My scanner gave up on me just now - hopefully it can be fixed, but now I had to take a photo of the decosquare I wanted to show you, and the light-conditions aren't that great at the moment. Well, you get the idea anyway! It is a Vintage Christmas decosquare I made for a friend in one of my groups. It's a pretty simple design, but I didn't want any fuss to take away attention from the picture, which I think is beautiful.

By the way, one of my favourite companies here in Sweden - "Inkido" is having a blogcandy-giveaway on their blog! Go and see if you can win also!

Stamp- and scrap convent in Västerås

2008-11-05T20:11:00.007+01:00

Here's a picture from the Stamp- and Scrap convent I attended last Saturday! There were LOTS and LOTS of people who sat down to just craft! I think we must have been over a hundred persons there... There were both cardmakers and scrappers. I had such a blast!

Here's one of the cards I made. The stamp is from the welcoming goodie-bag that all of us got, since we paid to be there. I don't think it had been my first choice if I could choose myself, but I kind of like it. It's funny! Obviously, this is a Christmas-card!

And here's another Christmas-card I made for one of the challenges during the day. It should be a Christmas-card in Blue and silver. I didn't win, but I'm pretty happy with it anyway. Can you see the trail that leads up to the bowl of porridge?

Thank-you card

2008-10-19T18:41:00.003+02:00

A special-ordered card for my friend Caroline at work. Her daughter just received her drivers-licence and Caroline wanted to thank the person who taught her to drive. So I made a thank-you card with a Bella-car stamp! And guess what? She was so pleased with the card and showed it to "everybody" at work, and they thought I should make a few and put in a box in the lunch-room, for sale! That's flattering! I guess I will give it a try, and make some... :o)

Crafty Individuals

2008-10-16T14:30:00.003+02:00

This is a deco I made with a Japan-theme for my group LovelyDecos. The rubberstamp is from Crafty Individuals - I just LOVE their stamps!

There is also a contest in one of my favourite webshops here in Sweden - "Hobby & Hantverk", where you should show your work with a stamp from Crafty Individuals. Then you get a chance to win a new stamp from CI! I can't miss that opportunity, can I?!

Wedding-card and Vintage Halloween

2008-10-09T22:35:00.008+02:00

Today I have a couple of new things to show you! First a wedding-card! I didn't know I was going to make one at first, but the stamp just yelled that it should be there. And who am I to argue with that..?

The next thing is a Vintage Halloween deco that I made for my international yahoo-group LovelyDecos. It's going to a friend here in Sweden tomorrow, in the mail. I'm pretty happy with it - especially the little bat in the right corner!

White lamb

2008-09-27T12:07:00.003+02:00

This time I wanted to show a "White animals" deco that I made for my Swedish group, SvenskaDecos. Isn't it cute?

Not much has happened here since I last posted. The bad cold is gone so everything is back to normal again. Work-training is going fine, I really enjoy being back in the game again, even thought I will have less time for crafting. But on the other hand I will eventually get more money to spend on craft-supplies! Yay! Not yet though - first I have to prove to myself and others that I am ready to work...

Oh, I almost forgot - I have been tagged by my dear friend Diane in Canada! I am asked to list 7 random things about myself... So here goes:

1) I used to be a vegetarian, from the age 8-19. Then I moved away from home, got lazy and became a regular meat-eater...

2) Professionally I am a social-worker.

3) I did my internship in Pennsylvania, USA.

4) I love to sing! I sing in the church-choir and also take on solo-performances for weddings, funerals and such.

5) My lucky number is 8.

6) I have been into stamping and decoing for about 1½ years now, and I am totally addicted.

7) I run two yahoo-groups - LovelyDecos and SvenskaDecos. They are about swapping decos, ATCs and decosquares.

Now I should pass this on to 7 people... It is very hard to choose, but I ask these 7:

I would be thrilled if you wanted to play, but if not - that's fine too!

2 cards

2008-09-20T10:22:00.005+02:00

I have made 2 cards recently - among all other things I've made, like decos, ATCs and decosquares! This one above is a gift-voucher that I made for my mom, who wanted to give away a massage... The angel-stamp is designed by my dear friend Maria, isn't it beautiful?! I think the stamp-company is RePrint. I can't remember where I got the paper - is it Tilda design? Anyway, the ribbon I got from my monthly package from Sykompaniet/Apidae, the Punchinella from Hobby & Hantverk, the flower from Magdas Scrapbooking, the button from Timarii and the letter-stickers are from Panduro. What a mix, eh?

The second card is the first Christmas-card of the year!! Both the back-groupd paper and the picture are from Crafty Individuals, they are soooo beautiful! The ribbon and the triangle-paper are both bought at Timarii.

The work-training is going fine, but I have come down with this terrible cold, so I had to stay at home yesterday instead of going to work. My nose is rinning besides being completely stuffed, I have a bad cough and I sneeze a lot. I hope it will pass soooooon, this is so tiring!

Work-training again!

2008-09-16T14:33:00.003+02:00

Yesterday I started working again! Well, it's actually work-training, but it can lead to work in the long run. It's at my old job and it feels sooooo good to be back! I've really missed my colleagues and the daily chit-chat! To begin with, I will only work 10 hours a week and it will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 10-14 (with a little break for lunch in the middle). And later on I will increase the hours and take upon more responsibility etc. And eventually, I might work there for REAL again!

OK, the card above is one I made for a friend who had her birthday earlier this month. I was really happy with the card. The heart was made by using my new coluzzle - that I bought from a sale I bumped into in France! Hope you liked the card as well!

The winner is...

2008-09-09T12:28:00.005+02:00

To get the winner of the blogcandy, I simply went to Random.org and let it choose for me! And the winner for the blogcandy is........

........

DIANE! Thanks to everybody who commented, it was really nice to see who read my blog!

Diane, sweetie - I do have your snail-mail address, but somehow I have lost your last name! LOL! So would you please give me that and I will get the kitty-cat out as soon as possible! And some nice papers as well!

The deco above is of the theme "Poetry", so I chose a lovely poem from Katherine Mansfield, printed it on my computer, then tore it out so the edges would be rough, inked the edges with different kinds of brown and sprayed on some shimmer-mist. The paper with text under the poem is from a decoupage-paper I bought a while ago. I'm pretty happy with the result!

Yuhooooo!!!!! Blog-candy!

2008-09-04T15:01:00.003+02:00

My blog has got over 5000 visitors! That is something I will have to celebrate with some blog-candy! If you leave a comment on THIS post - Sunday night 23,59 at the latest, then you can win this cat-stamp (see above). I have got 2, so the one I will give away is unused. It's from HeroArt and it's mounted on wood. I will also toss in some nice papers... Go ahead and take a chance!

Yet another card!

2008-08-29T10:32:00.003+02:00

Yes, another card! I'm in a flow right now, LOL! Can you tell that I like this colour-combo? it's my favourite one right now...

This one I made for a friend who turned 40 in July. We were invited to her birthday-party last Saturday. The stamp is from Reprint (I think) and the design is made by my dear friend Maria (pointing over to my friends blogs), isn't it lovely!? I coloured it with ProMarkers. The tags I punched out using my QK Squeeze, and on one of the tags I put "40" and on the other I put "år", which means "years". At first I intended to put Sophie there, but the tags were too small... The paper... oh my gosh, I can't remember where that is from! Sorry!

Penny Black-card

2008-08-28T23:00:00.002+02:00

Today my head feels like it's a little too big and I just want to go to bed (will do that in a minute), but first I wanted to show you a birthday-card I made the other week. I am participating in a birthday-swap in a Swedish forum, and this card I made for a lady who's birthday is in August, and sent it together with a little present. The photo is not too good I'm afraid, I have to practice that... But you get the idea! The stamp I used is from Penny Black, it's so cute!

Engagement-card

2008-08-14T17:36:00.002+02:00

A friend of mine told me she got engaged without anybody knowing about it! I wish her all the best, she really deserves to be happy! I made her this card, I kind of like the vibrant colours, it's not as "sweet" as these kinds of cards tend to be! What do YOU think?

Rainy

2008-08-07T18:02:00.003+02:00

Now evenings are getting darker again. By 9 PM I have to switch the light on - that has not been necessary for the past couple of months! And right now it feels as if autumn is knocking on the door again, because it has been rainy the past few days, and therefore not that warm...

Above is a Vintage Wedding ATC that I made for my group "LovelyDecos". It's pretty simple, but I think it turned out OK...

Summer!

2008-07-30T18:47:00.002+02:00

This past week it has really been SUMMER! It's been really hot (around 30 degrees C, which is nearly 100 F) and sunny. I was hoping for some thunder-storms - yes I LOVE thunder-storms - but nope... Not here. Today it's slightly cooler - around 28 degrees C...

Mats had a small accident with his foot the other night. he was jumping off a stone-wall and came down badly. His foot hurt very much, but somehow he managed to drive home anyway... Today I forced him to see a doctor, because the foot was very swollen and it hurt very much. He had the foot X-rayed as well, but luckily it was not broken. Now he's got crutches to get moving and I also put his foot in a bandage. He's quite grumpy but very cute! LOL!

The deco above is a "Summer" deco that I made for my own group LovelyDecos. I like that stamp very much, thanks Maria for letting me borrow it!

Picasso

2008-07-25T22:02:00.002+02:00

Now I'm back from vacation! As usual we had a car-vacation and this year we headed to France. We focused mainly on Normandy and visited lots of war-museums and cemeteries from the WW2. Kind of depressing, but very good to see! At the end of the trip we went to Paris for 3 days, which was as nice as always!

So, now that I'm home again I have a little difficulty in getting back into crafting - strange, I would have thought the opposite! It might have to do with the heat though - today we have had a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius! That is way too hot for me! But I did manage to craft a little - like this Picasso-deco that I made for my Swedish yahoo-group SvenskaDecos. It turned out pretty nice, I'm happy with it!

Visitors

2008-07-02T14:32:00.004+02:00

After a few intense weeks with visitors from Germany (Hi Katha!) and Norway (Hi Marthe!) I'm back to normal again. Well, not THAT normal, since my son Gustav is having summer-break and is home all days. Well, mostly he's out playing with his friends, thank goodness! But it's still a lot to do - fixing food, washing clothes etc - more than when he's not here!

When Marthe from Norway was here we had really fun making lots and lots of decos and ATCs! For example, I made the deco above - it's a "My favourite rubberstamp" deco that I made for my Swedish yahoo-group SvenskaDecos. I'm very pleased with how it came out! Marthe, I can't wait to come and visit you and have another deco-making marathon! I just need to save up for the air-fare and all that shopping...

Get well card

2008-06-16T23:03:00.002+02:00

This card I made today for a friend that doesn't feel too well. I hope this will cheer her up a little. As usual it looks better IRL, the ribbon is with a fringe and it looks adorable IRL, here it just looks weird, LOL! The text below says "Get well soon, my friend" in Swedish.

About the wedding-card in my last post - believe it ór not; I forgot it at home on the desk!! So I have snail-mailed it today instead. LOL! That is sooooo me!

Wedding-card

2008-06-13T13:03:00.002+02:00

Tomorrow we will be attending a wedding - Mats' friend Torbjörn will be marrying his Sophie. I made this card for them. It's more green IRL, and frankly it also looks better IRL! I hope they will like it! The round stamp says "kärlek" which means "love", and the text over and below means "Faith Hope" and "For Ever". I borrowed both the stamps when I was at that craft-meeting in Stockholm a month ago. They came in handy now!

I'm back!

2008-06-03T12:45:00.002+02:00

Sorry for being absent lately! I've been working on my thesis for the university, and yesterday I got it approved, finally! it's been sooo much hard work, so i'm really relieved that it's over and done with!

Well, I haven't been able to do much crafting, and the decos I have made, I forgot to scan before I sent them, so I show you a deco I made some months ago. The theme was "your childhood idols/Superstars", and I just had to pick ABBA! I simply adored them as a child, wanted to dress like they did and all that. I knew (and still know) their songs by heart, but before I had learnt English the lyrics were a bit funny... LOL!

Tagged!

2008-05-10T19:39:00.002+02:00

I got tagged by Creamaria today - so I'll give my answers right away...

3 names I reply to: Annie, Ann-Mari and Snuttan

3 things that frightens me: Spiders, evilness, that something would happen to Gustav (my son)

3 things I wear: Top, shorts and a watch

3 truths about me: I'm tired in mornings, I have a sweet tooth, I'm a shopoholic when it comes to craft-supplies

3 things I really want: Weightloss, more money, improved health

3 sweet craft-persons I want to forward these questions to: Marthe, Johanna and Marga

Gustav 9 years old!

2008-05-09T13:42:00.002+02:00

My little baby boy Gustav will turn 9 years old on Sunday!! I can't believe how fast time flies! Well, i made him this card, and the stamp I chose because he just LOVES cats... So I think he will like this one.

I bought him some presents - nothing too expensive, because I just have no money right now... But one thing I bought is an alarm-clock in the shape of a motorcycle, and for an alarmclock it's pretty big. The clock itself is situated at the back-wheel and when the alarm goes off it sounds just like a motorbike starting... I think he will just love it! I can't wait to see his face when he receives it!

Grandpa!

2008-05-04T22:12:00.003+02:00

This is a Scrap Layout I made when I visited a scrap-meeting with some friends a while ago. The photos are of my grandpa - the small one is when he was in his thirties - a handsome man, don't you think? And the bigger one is taken about 15 years ago, I think. He is still with us, even though he is 97 years old! His body is giving up on him, though... I'm thankful for everyday I can talk to him!

Butterfly deco

2008-04-21T22:14:00.002+02:00

I have to admit that I am soooo satisfied with this deco! It is an artistic Butterfly-deco that I made for my group QualitySwappers.

Speaking of butterflies, I have seen so many these past few days! Yesterday we went biking in the beautiful spring-weather - Gustav, Mats and I. We went about 11 kilometers, so our legs were really tired afterwards. During that bicycle-tour we saw quite a few butterflies, all of them yellow. In Sweden they are called "Lemon butterflies", because of their colour. It's really spring when you can see all those butterflies, I think!

Bad scanner...

2008-04-13T23:50:00.003+02:00

I intended to upload a new deco here, but my scanner said he wasn't up for it tonight... Hm... I hope it's just a minor problem!

Anyway, you have to settle with this older deco, that I made for my Swedish deco-group a couple of weeks ago. It's a "Penny Black" deco, but instead of making it very cute with a lot of flowers, I wanted to go with a cooler look, and this is what I came up with. It turned out pretty good, don't you think?!

Spring, finally!

2008-04-03T08:07:00.001+02:00

Spring has finally arrived! Today it's supposed to be sunny and pretty warm, so I'm happy. I hope you also will have good weather around the globe!

This thing above is a springy bookmark that I created on the craft-meeting I attended last weekend. I had so much fun, can't wait to do it again!

Winter again!

2008-03-25T12:34:00.002+01:00

We have winter again, here in Sweden! All winter months have passed, and we didn't get much snow - the kids couldn't go skiing or bob-sleighing, so the winter sucked for them! And now, when we want spring and Easter has passed, we get snow... And cold! The temperature is close to zero or below (in Celsius - in Farenheit it's below 30). We don't like this at all...

Well, I made a couple of Rubberstamped Flower decos for a swap in my own Swedish group. This is a rubberstamp from Penny Black that I borrowed from a friend (thanks so much Mia, it's lovely!). I hope you like it - I do!

Tagged!

2008-03-14T16:10:00.002+01:00

I got tagged by CreaMaria, so here's a few questions I need to answer:

1) Are you a cardmaker or a scrapper? I do make some cards and I've scrapped about 3 LO's. But mostly I make decos and recently some ATC's!

2) Favourite colour you like to use? No - I like almost every colour. It depends on the card/LO/deco/ATC - what theme there is and what picture I'm going to use...

3) What decorations can't you live without? Prima flowers! I use them everywhere, and bundles of them!

4) What is you best buy? My wonderful Fiskars Papercutter! I don't understand how I could manage without it!

5) Anything you regret that you bought? Hmmm... I have to think... Not that I can think of right now - must have supressed it! LOL!

6) What kind of motifs do you like to scrap/stamp if you get to choose? Well, if I get to stamp I like things that are cute, like Penny Black, but not too cute like the Swedish "hÄnglar" stamps... And about decos, I like artistic ones, where you get to use your creativity and imagination!

7) Is there any craft-paper you like to buy? I have bought a couple of issues of the Swedish Scrapbooking m.m, but since I'm not that into scrapping, it's not what I'm looking for. I'm thinking of buying a subscription of some American craft-paper... Or the British "Cards".

8) Favourite craft-blog? Wow, there are soooo many! Check the bloglist on the side!

9) What/who inspires you? Other blogs, other peoples work, decos, craft-papers...

10) If you got a 1000 SEK (1oo EUR, 143 $, 70 £) to buy craft supplies, what would you buy? Eeehhh... probably a QK Revolution or something like that...

Now I want to tag Annelie (Cat Anne), Samrana (My Arty Budoir) and Mette (Jag och mitt liv)!

Flower decosquare

2008-03-10T17:23:00.001+01:00

This is a "flower decosquare" that I made for a swap a wile ago. I had this beautiful rose that I stamped on watercolour-paper and then watercoloured. I can't remember what brand the stamp is - does anybody know?

Easter card

2008-03-03T20:42:00.002+01:00

Today it's been a lovely weather here - sunny and nice! I've made the terrace nice - wiped off the table, put on a cloth, put cushions on the sofa and the chairs and also a rag rug on the floor. It looks so nice, i hope the weather will be good tomorrow as well, so i can sit there and write letters!

Today I've also made an Easter card!

Birthday-card and lumbago

2008-02-25T15:17:00.003+01:00

Tomorrow my aunt will turn 60, so I made this card to her and will send it today. Isn't she cute, the Bella-stamp?! The tag at the side says "Helena 60 år" and I tied a nice white ribbon at the back of the card.

Yesterday I hurt my back. I was sitting on a bench at the sports-center, watching Gustav play land-hockey for an hour. When I got up the back just "snapped" - aouch! It hurts! My stepdad (who is a chiropractor) told me it's lumbago... So I'd better keep still as much as possible. *sigh*

Some new decos!

2008-02-22T16:18:00.004+01:00

Here are some of the decos I've made recently. I've also made some ATC's and inchies, but I forgot to scan them, sorry!!

Craft-room!

2008-02-03T17:54:00.000+01:00

This is where I do my crafting! It's not quite ready yet - another shelf is coming up above these 2 that already are there. And some other wall-paper as well, but that will take some time.

4x4" decosquare

2008-02-02T01:06:00.000+01:00

I'm a member in a Decosquare group at Yahoo. The idea is similar to ATC's, but you get to decorate on a bigger space - 4x4 inces. I find that easier to decorate than regular ATC's. This is a "Trees in Winter" square. I've stamped and embossed it with white glittery powder. It doesn't show well from the scan, but I'm pretty happy with it!

Award!

2008-01-17T20:52:00.000+01:00

I've got an award! Thanks so much dear Mette!

You make my day Award

"Give the award to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness andinspiration and make you feel happy about blogland.Let them know by posting a comment on their blog so they can pass it on.Beware you may get the award several times."

Now I want to give this award to these people:

Marga (Vandalizing Thoughts)

Annelie

Cathrin

Maria (Creamaria)

Nilla

Samrana (My Arty Budoir)

Linda

Elin (Moebloggen)

Eva

Agnes Shabby Chic

Thanks for your inspiration, ladies!!

Hugs,

Annie

Cutting down

2008-01-17T17:32:00.000+01:00

This is a "Celtic" deco that I made for one of the groups I'm member in. The colours are a little clearer in reality - it's reddish and a little green... I'm pretty happy with it!

Right now I'm a little stressed out by all the swaps I've fisned up for. I've taken upon far too much - it's so hard to resist when there are such great themes and i'm in too many groups... I will reduce the groups I'm in a little and also reduce the amount of swaps I sign up for. Now I feel lack of both inspiration and imagination because it feels too much of a duty. So I really need to do this!

Happy New Year!

2008-01-02T22:42:00.001+01:00

Happy New Year everybody out there! I wish you the best for this new one!

This deco is a "Choose the theme for the next signer"-deco! I thought it was a fun idea, and I'm quite pleased with the deco itself. It's very symmetric (yeah, I'm big on symmetry, can you tell?) but still a little different with the ribbon and the bow across...

The new year I celebrated at Mats' place. Not that we did anything in particular though - he cooked a delicious meal, we had some wine and watched TV. But that's the kind of New Year's Eve I like! I know I might be a bore, but I'm proud of it! LOL!

When I got home after 2 days, Felix (the youngest cat, 7 months old) was soooooo pissed! I didn't talk to me the whole evening, but then at night he couldn't be close enough... It was like I had been gone for 2 weeks or months, not 2 days! (The neighbours gave the cats food, so they didn't have to starve, and they have their own entrance as well)

Christmas-cat!

2007-12-28T22:04:00.001+01:00

This is one of my two cats! His name is Felix and he really, really enjoys Christmas!! Here he "helped" us to put ribbons on all the Christmas-gifts. He also likes to chew on the needles and play woth all the Christmas ornaments... *sigh* but he's very cute!

For Christmas I received a new laptop from Mats!! Not bad, eh? My old one was in a bad shape and everyday I thought it would quit on me because it made a little noise every now and then, when it got warm. Well, now Mats has put ALMOST everything from the old computer to my new one - except for the pics I had, among them the scans I have of my decos and cards, heforgot about them... So today I cannot show you any work! Sorry about that!

Christmas-cards

2007-12-14T14:26:00.000+01:00

First of all: thanks for all who have left a comment! It's really nice to see who's visiting! Please continue to leave your mark!

OK, I have made some Christmas-cards. They are VERY simple, but then again - I think they turn out better that way when I make them.

Rubberstamped deco

2007-12-04T00:30:00.000+01:00

Sorry for the absence! I've been sleeping a LOT these past few weeks, I hope I will get back to normal soon.

I was thinking that I would start making Christmas-cards (well, I have made a few, but I need lots more), but I didn't get them time after all. So I'll just show a rubberstamped deco that I made a while ago. This one is also pretty simple, but I like it!

Please leave a comment when you visit, it's so nice to see who you are, that visit! I can tell by the map that I do have a few visitors other than those that usually leaves comments... :o)