Magnolias and more

It's been a while since my last post. I'm getting back on track, I've just been extremely tired all the time, I'm expecting our second child and am almost through the first trimester. So now I'm getting my energy back and I've been able to make a few cards this past week or so. I'm on a roll now ;) I've been playing with my Magnolia stamps a little bit and trying to use up some of my patterned paper. I need to use my paper before buying more.

Here I've matched Tilda up with Basic Grey's Cupcake collection. I used my Stampin'Up inks to color in the image and the card stock and ribbon are also from SU.

I don't think I've actually made a card with this Edwin image before. I decided to paper piece his clothes here and I used Basic Grey's Offbeat collection. I used A LOT of Crystal Effects here, I covered almost all of Edwin with is, and where I didn't use Crystal Effects I used Stickles glitter glue.

Today is the National (or International) Scrapbooking Day so I feel like I should post my latest LO. Now, if I were in the fashion business I would have been fired on the spot for mixing so many different patterns...

so lycky for me I'm just a crafter ;) The paper I used here is from Basic Grey's Wassail collection.

Can you tell I'm a BG fan???

I am planning on scrapping tonight. I've got a few pictures from our trip to Florida that I want to play with.

I've got a few more cards to show you, there's a new challenge over at SIK and I had to make something of course ;) I'll post my creations soon, I haven't put the pics on the computer yet.

Until then...

TFL

Hello Hello

I'm still alive and kickin' ....just barely though. I haven't had much time to create much of anything. I did manage to squeeze in time to make a card and a page for SIK's newest challenge, I was asked to be a guest designer ;) So happy to say yes to that request!

I wanted to try to make a card using the sketch provided in the challenge. The stamp is from Sarah Kay, I colored it in with my SU ink. The sentiment is from Skrappa. The designer paper is Basic Grey and the rest is SU. The card size is 6x6 inches.

And here's the page. The scalloped square is from Bazzill, I also used designer paper from Basic Grey. the big flower is from Petaloo. It's a simple page, I like the card better.

We went to Florida for a week, my FIL had a Navy reunion and we wanted to attend it. We also managed to go to the beach once and celebrate my DS's 4th birthday (which was actually today).

I had one day off work after we got back home to relax before going back to work. And I so needed that extra day, I wasn't able to catch much sleep in the car, we drove over night for about 11 hours and I was so exhausted. But then it was back to work and I only got Easter Sunday off and then it was back to work. The store was crazy busy before Easter, I don't notice that people are holding back because of recession....and it was busy yesterday too. Today was a little bit slower.

We spent Easter Sunday with friends and had so much fun. The kids thought the egg hunging was so much fun they wanted to do it again, so the actually hunted for eggs twice. Some of the eggs didn't make it through the second hunt though.

Anyway, I hope y'all had a nice Easter! I think I'll hit the sack early tonight!

TFL

SIK#10

The challenge over at SIK right now isto include circles in you creations. Pretty easy I guess. I've made a few things, they're not any masterpieces but they'll do I guess.
Here's a scrapbook page I made.

These are pictures from Christmas 2007 and I had too many to fit on one page (or they were too big) so I came up with this:

I made a hidden mini album. The designer paper is from SEI, I love their papers! The flowers are from Petaloo.

Here's a card made with a Whipper Snapper stamp and Basic Grey designer papers. Simple but I made 8 of these (6 for a swap).

These are mini cards that I made, all ingredients are from Stampin'Up except the Nestability dies that I used for the circles and scallops.

I haven't had much of a mojo in the last few days, spend the second half of last week with a stomach bug, had a few hours to myself on Sunday but couldn't come up with anything to make. I'm working on a scrapbook page right now and hope to post it before the weekend. We're going to drive to Florida on Saturday night, my FIL has a Navy reunion and the whole family is going, it'll probably be his last one. It's guys from his ship that survived when the Japanese sank their ship however many years ago. I haven't been to Florida in almost a year and a half so it's about time.
Well, I've got a Grey's Anatomy DVD to watch before I go to bed.
TFL

7 cards in 7 days

Here are the cards I mader for the 7/7 card challenge at an icelandic scrapbook forum.
Card 1 Red/Pink

The first day we were supposed to use pink and red on our cards, love theme. I used a sketch from MojoMonday. Stampin'Up papers and stamps in background, Wordsworth stamp.
Card 2 Circle

The second day we used circles in our cards....my Nestabilities were perfect for that challenge ;) Basic Grey designer paper and Elzybells stamp.
Card 3 Teen girl

The third card was supposed to be for a teenage girl, I asked my DH which I shoud use, a dress stamp or a skull stamp.....he picked the skull obviously, saying it was way cooler than a dress ;) BoBunny designer paper, Nestabilities and a skull stamp from Stampin'Up. We had to use glitter on the card and I covered the skull with glitter.
Card 4 Sketch

We had to use a sketch (provided in the challenge) and I decided to make a birthday card for my 4 year old nephew. BoBunny designer Paper and a Sugar Nellie stamp.
Card 5 Pocket and tag


We had to make a card with a pocket and a tag. I cheated a little bit (I think) because Idecided to hide the tag behind the image. The sentiment is from Skrappa. The girl is a Magnolia stamp. Basic Grey designer paper.
Card 6 Manly Card

It's always hard to make a male card but I think I pulled it off. The stamp is from Stamping Bella and the designer paper is from Basic Grey.
Card 7 Flowers

The last challenge was to use flowers on our card. All supplies Stampin'Up.
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It really helped me that I keep extra images that I have already colored. So in stead of worrying about stamping and coloring I could just find papers that matched the images ;) It was so much fun to get a challenge every day.

TFL

SIK challenge #9

The newest challenge over at SIK is to use these colors:

and here's what I came up with

I think the image is from hÄnglar & stÄnglar, I got it in an image swap. the flowers are from Prima, the papers are from Basic Grey's Urban Prairie and Stampin'Up (card stock). The sentiment is a stamp from Skrappa. I colored the image with my SU inks, markers and blender pens. I want to make a scrapbook LO too but it'll have to wait. I'm participating in a cardmaking challenge over at scrapbook.is, we make 7 cards in 7 days and there's a challenge for each card. I'm going to post them here all at once when the challenge is over.
We got some snow on Sunday and Monday (more than usually here at my house) and of course DS wanted to go play. He made his first snowman and was so proud of it!

Well, this'll do for now, I've got a few chores waiting to be done ;)

TFL

ferming/brúðkaup - confirmation/wedding

This post will mostly be in icelandic but I hope you enjoy the cards.
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Stelpuferming


Kortin eru gerð úr Urban Prairie pappírnum frá Basic Grey. Hægt er að einfalda þau með því að taka eitt undirlag í burtu (annað hvort það græna eða bleika s.s.) og í staðinn fyrir að klippa út krossa þá er hægt að stimpla krossana. Ég bætti við glimmeri á krossana. Brúnu doppurnar vinstra megin á kortunum eru bara gerð með venjulegum gatara. Hægt er að svissa út krossunum fyrir kjóla. Ég hef t.d. bara brotið saman prentarapappír og teiknað helming af kjól á brotið og klippt út og voilá! þá er komið kjólamót ;)
Strákaferming

Þetta kort er gert eftir sömu "skissu" og stelpukortin en er aðeins einfaldara. Hérna væri líka hægt að stimpla kross í stað þess að klippa hann út. Pappírinn sem er notaður hér er úr Granola línunni frá Basic Grey. Svo er hægt að skipta krossinum út fyrir bindi ;)
Brúðkaup
Ef þið eruð að spá í boðskortum í brúðkaup ekki þá hafa of mikið af smáatriðum. Þó það sé flott að hafa alls konar smáatriði þá þarf líka að spá í hversu mörg kort þarf að gera. Ef maður er að senda út 100-200 boðskort þá bæði tekur styttri tíma að gera einföld kort og það sparar í kostnaði.


Þessi tvö kort eru gerð úr bæði Granola og Urban Prairie. Ég vildi nota blúndu á kortin en eftir mikla leit í dótinu mínu þá gafst ég upp og tók fram pöns. Ég mæli ekki með því að nota svona pöns fyrir boðskort, það er bæði tímafrekt og hætta á krampa í höndum ;) Blúnda er tilvalin fyrir boðskort. Svo er jafnvel hægt að skipta út riflaða pappírnum fyrir breiðum borða. Hægt er að sleppa tölunum á hjörtunum og setja kannski smá glimmer í staðinn.
Ef þið viljið fínlegri kort þá er hægt að skipta út litum, nota hvítt/svart/rautt, hvítt/svart/gyllt, svart/gyllt/rautt o.s.frv.

Þetta kort er svolítið litríkt en mér fannst litirnir bara svo flottir saman. Ég notaði pappír úr Urban Prairie línunni. Hægt er að skipta hringnum út fyrir stórt Petaloo blóm og setja eitt stórt hjarta inn í blómið í staðinn fyrir öll litlu hjörtun. Og hægt er að skipta út litunum eins og ég sýndi fyrir ofan.
Pappírinn í kortin fæst í Skröppu
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The patterned paper in these cards is from Basic Grey's Granola and Urban Prairie collections. When I made the weddingcards/invitations I had "tying the knot" in mind when I put the buttons with the ribbons on them.

TFL

Mojo Monday Week 74

I decided to try out a sketch over at Mojo Monday. Of course I'm a little late but that's ok.

The stamp is from Stampavie and the designer paper is from Basic Grey's Urban Prairie. I colored the image with my SU inks and blender pens. I actually made this car last week but what reminded me that I hadn't posted it yet was this post here from Bethany Paull. Notice anything?? We used the same designer paper and in the same way. That's just too funny ;)

I'm keeping this short today, I'm not feeling too good and took a day off work.

TFL