Feeling a bit dylusional..

Yesterday I made three tags using different deliciousness from Dylusions. 

They are for three lovely ladies who work in my oldest son's kindergarten as he is leaving for another one after his summer break.
These ladies are so caring, enthustiastic and brilliant that they certainly deserve a special thank you.

Here are the three tags!

SGC challenge 48 ~ Pearls

It's time for a new challenge for Team Trace over at the Southern girls, and this time it's PEARLS!

I decided to use these wonderful decoupage sheets from Fred, She Said Designs, called Butterfly Doodledallion.

Here's my result!

Gift bag Tim Holtz style

I made this gift bag for my brother in law who had his birthday earlier this week. I figured that a boring present (two Björn Borg boxers and some chocolate) needed a not so boring wrapping...!

12 tags of 2012 ~ Another June tag

Here's another June tag for the T!m Holtz 12 tags of 2012.. I just LOVE the technique of tinting photographs, so I had to make another one..

12 tags of 2012 ~ June

Today I finally found the time to make this month's tag from Tim Holtz' 12 tags of 2012 series. OK, so I still haven't completed April and May yet, but they'll come eventually.. lol

This month Tim took us through tinting black/white photographs to make them look more vintage. He even shared this cute image of a little girl with her bear, which I chose to use for my tag. Thanks, Tim! :)

For et kupp!!! What a bargain!!!

(..sorry guys, but I'm writing this entry in Norwegian..)

Jeg bare MÅ dele kuppet jeg gjorde på Minneriket i Ski med dere.. Dessverre skal butikken legge ned. Synd, for det var en flott butikk med hyggelige ansatte. Det betyr at det bare er Panduro igjen av hobbybutikker her i området (såvidt jeg vet), og Panduro er jo... vel, Panduro.

Menmen, tilbake til saken!

Dette er den siste uka Minnehjørnet har åpent, og nå er det - 70 % på alle varer!

Her kommer det bilder av mitt kupp! (..nå er det bare å bli misunnelig.. hehe)

Be your own star - another AJ page

Here's a page I made in my art journal earlier this week.

SGC #46 - Things with wings

This fortnight's challenge over at the Southern Girls is all about things with wings!

Here's my DT card for this wonderful challenge...

An art journal page

Ever since I saw Dyan Reaveley demo at Bikuben, I've been aching to get my own art journal up and going. Now I've finally got started, and this is my first page.

Gutta boys

This is my DT sample for the Southern Girls Challenge #44 - All about the Boys!

I chose to make a LO of the three wonderful boys in my life:

Dylusions card

 Pondering Petunia is such a lovely figure, so I've used her on this card too.. This card is for one of the employees at my oldest' kindergarten, who unfortunately is leaving to work somewhere else.

Dylusions tag

I absolutely adore the new range of products from Dyan Reaveley and Ranger. Talk about georgeousness!

Mop up tag

It's official!

I'm so excited!

I'm fortunate enough to be one of the new members on the Southern Girls Challenge design team! I feel honoured that they picked me for this, as I have never been on a DT before.. It will be challenging for me having to think outside my box, but I so look forward to it! Also, it will be great fun to see what both the other DT lovelies and the challenge participants come up with.
Whuhuuuuuh!!!

The challenges will be posted fornightly on a Thursday and are open to crafters worldwide.
Hope to see you joining our challenges!

Blog makeover

Ok, so I've decided to start blogging in English, for obvious reasons I'll come back to later... I've also given my blog a makeover, with a new background and a new name. And, as you can see at the top, I've finally created a header for my little place in cyber space..

Tag til mamma

Denne tagen lagde jeg til verdens herligste mamma - nemlig min egen!

12 tags of 2012 - March

Tim Holtz has started a new tradition this year - the 12 tags of 2012. Each month he'll show us a new tag which will inspire us to make our own.. This month he came out with a simple, but wonderful tag and introduced us to a new technique - mosaic. Check out his tag here!

Here is my tag:

Wishing you all you are wishing for

Jeg rir fortsatt på Tim Holtz bølgen, og dette er siste kreasjon med hans produkter; et bursdagskort til svigermor!

Steampunk tag

Kaster meg på Scrappiness Creates' marsutfordring - Lag din egen bakgrunn med en steampunk tag. På denne har jeg brukt to selvlagde bakgrunner...

Bakgrunn 1:

Den største tagen er laget av akvarellpapir stanset ut med Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Bigz L Tag & Bookplates. Papiret er farget med Distress Ink Vintage photo og Walnut stain. Deretter er dette "spritzet" med vann og tørket. Jeg har så stemplet med to ulike stempler fra Steampunk-serien til Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous med Archival Ink Coffee og Jet black. Kantene er distresset og farget med Walnut stain.

Bakgrunn 2:

Dette er en manilatag farget med Distress Ink Dried marigold og Spiced marmelade og kantet med Black soot. Denne er også "spritzet" med vann for å lage flekker. Stempelet er fra Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous Stuff to say, og er stemplet med Archival Ink Jet black. Jeg har også skyggestemplet som effekt.

Disse blir så montert med Tiny attacher (stiftemaskin) og pyntet med diverse Tim Holtz idea-ology produkter (Sprocket gears, Hinge clips, Philosophy tags, Ball chain, Pen nibs og Light bulbs) samt to utklipte og fargede stempler fra Steampunk-samlingen.

Resultatet blir da slik:

Bursdagskort til treåring

Dette kortet lagde jeg til tøffingen Lucas som fylte tre år for en stund siden... Lettvint og enkelt å lage, greit det også innimellom! :)

Tim Holtz and Dyan Reaveley demo at Bikuben, Norway

On Friday Feb 24 I was in every papercrafter's heaven. Tim Holtz and Dyan Reaveley were demoing at Bikuben, Norway's best papercrafting store (in my opinion), and I was there!!!

We were a group of 60 people who were divided into two. First I saw Dyan. Wow - isn't she just amazing?! Such vibrant, gorgeous colors, and WHAT an art journal!! So cool! She really made me feel like picking up my own art journal again, which I started a few months ago, but which still has only one page finished.. She is so talented, and so funny! It was great, even after seven hours of demoing that day, she was still energetic and made jokes and showed us loads of good stuff.

Anonyme Timeglass utfordring nr. 4

Da var det dags for den siste utfordringen i Anonyme Timeglass 2012. Som vanlig er temaet Valentine/Kjærlighet, og denne gangen var oppgaven FRI! Tjoho, da var det bare å slå seg løs med det jeg liker aller best!!
Det ble selvfølgelig en tag fra meg, siden det er min store "dille" om dagen.

Anonyme Timeglass utfordring nr. 3

Alle oppgavene i Anonyme Timeglass har hovedtema Valentine eller Kjærlighet. Denne gangen, i utfordring nr. 3, går oppgaven ut på detaljer; hjerter og roser. Denne gangen ble mitt bidrag en hjerteeske, laget med utgangspunkt i Nellie Snellen hjertedies, etter Henrikkes mal.

Anonyme Timeglass utfordring nr. 2

Det er fortsatt noen timer igjen av Anonyme Timeglass utfordring nr. 2, så - tjoho - her kommer mitt bidrag!
Hovedtema for alle timeglassoppgavene er Kjærlighet eller Valentine. Denne gangen skulle kreasjonen være enten oval, rund eller hjerteformet.

Anonyme Timeglass utfordring nr. 1

Jeg har meldt meg på Anonyme Timeglass hos Anonyme Scrappere, og her er mitt bidrag til Utfordring nummer 1. Tema for denne utfordringen er Valentine eller kjærlighet, med hovedfarge rød eller rosa.

Jeg har valgt å lage en tag med rød som hovedfarge, og med en del elementer fra Tim Holtz.