Butterfly card

Just a quick note today as I'm away on autumn holiday at the moment. I took the girls with me to see my parents in Kristiansand for the week. Hubby had to stay at home and go to work unfortunately...

Just before I left home, I had the foresight to upload this card to my blog, just in case I had a spare moment to sneak off to the computer...
This card was commisioned by my aunt a month or so ago. She needed a card for a 50th birthday she was going to.

A peek of the inside and details of the card.

My mind has gone totally blank as to what companies the different things in this card are from. If anyone really wants to know, I can find out as soon as I'm back home again. I also used a sketch from a challenge blog, but can I remember from which one...?? ehhh... no.... I think this autumn holiday and no crafting for a whole week is making my head go numb... lol...

A gift bag

Well... here's another thing I made a couple of months back that I haven't posted about here. Just before school started back in August, Maja was going to a birthday party for one of her school friends. I had this cute pink paper bag that was the perfect size for the prezzie... so I wanted to use it, but thought it was a bit plain, so I found my (then) new Wonderland stamp set from The Greeting Farm and some letter stamps and made a bag topper... (if there is such a word... I've heard about card toppers...)
You just have to love that little rabbit.... The rabbit and sentiment are mounted on 3d foam and the images are coloured with water colour pencils.

Thanks for looking and taking the time to leave me a wee comment. Oh... and I just wanted to remind you that I finally have got a "follower button" to make it easier to follow my blog if you like it.... hint hint....

A couple of birthday cards

Here's another couple of cards I made recently. The little boy next door turned 4 a few weeks back, and my girls were invited to the party, so I wanted to make him a card. Boy, is it hard to make cards for boys!! I don't really have any boyish stamps.... only fairys, butterflies, cute girls, hearts etc etc... Then I found this star in my stamp box... It works, doesn't it??
The star is mounted on pop dots for a bit of dimension.

Then, less than a week later, his little sister turned 2. Of course I had to make her a card too. I just thought this little rabbit from The Greeting Farm was perfect for a wee girl.

Here I have mounted the name on pop dots. And I've distressed the circle behind the rabbit with some shadow ink from Hero Arts and stamped a swirl on top with the same ink.

Well... that'll have to do. I think I'll have an early night tonight... I'm having a bad cough and runny nose, so I guess lying down in bed with my book will make me feel better... I hope....

Oriental card

Just a quick post this morning as I'm off to toddler group with Susie in half an hour...

I made this card for the oriental challenge over at Simon says stamp challenge blog. I used sketch #68 from Sketch Saturday. So I'll enter this card in both challenges.
The oriental stamps are from Hero Arts. Images coloured with watercolour pencils. One fan and one of the lanterns are mounted on 3d foam. Oh... and I've used an eyelet to hold the corner down... haven't used those in a loooong time (almost forgot I had any...)

Thanks for looking!

A wedding card

I have totally forgot to show you the wedding card I made for my cousin's wedding this summer... I had been wanting the Caketopper stamp set from The Greeting Farm for absolute ages, but couldn't really afford it... So when I got the invitation to the wedding, I was so thrilled to have an excuse to buy this stamp set.... It came in the post just in time for me to be able to make the card before I went away on holiday... so if the card seems a bit simple, it's just because I had to rush it a bit....

Well, without further ado, here it is:

Again, I've made a pop up card. It's so much fun to make these cards.... I don't seem to be able to stop...

You just pull that flap at the top... and voila... up it goes! I was in such a hurry to get this card finished that I forgot to put on the ribbon to pull out the card at the top... would have made it a bit easier to pull out... ach... never mind, it's too late now anyway. I have also stamped a greeting on the "pull out flap" (or whatever it's called....) It says "Beautiful Life".

Apart from the Caketopper stamps from The Greeting Farm I used a few other "old" ones. The image is coloured with water colour pencils and the sentiment and bells are mounted on 3d cushions.

Lucky me!!

This is the way to start the weekend! Look what I found in the mailbox this morning.... (Susie insisted on taking the photo.... the toes aren't part of what came in the post though...)

A few days back I was the lucky winner of Maria Therese's blog candy. Here's a better picture (without toes in it...)
I'm sooo thrilled to have won this. I hardly ever win anything, so this was fun. Thanks a million Maria!

Friday Sketchers #68/ birthday card

Here's my entry for the Friday Sketchers challenge this week. It's been a while since I did any challenges, so this was good fun.
I also needed a birthday card for Maja's friend this afternoon, so it won't be staying with me for long...

The stamp is from the Wonderland set from The Greeting Farm, and patterned paper from Dovecraft. The green paper is pearlescent (even though you can't really tell from the photo) and is from my stash.

Holiday crocheting...

I guess this hasn't been much of a crafty blog lately... too much else going on... like holidays and anniversaries and such... but that doesn't mean that I haven't been doing any crafty stuff!

Just before going away for the summer, I crocheted some summer hats for the girls.

I had some lime green cotton lying around from a previous project, and made a hat for Susie with that. Then, of course, Maja wanted one too. She chose the purple cotton herself.

I can't be bothered making two identical hats, so I changed the "holes" a bit....

During our drive to the north of Norway, I needed something small to do... Pot holders!!
They're nice and thick, and I just love the lime colour at the moment... so I must say I'm quite pleased with the result even though I made them without a pattern (which isn't really like me....)

I've also got a few cards to show... but it's getting late... will do that another day!

Summer holiday no 2 - North of Norway

WARNING: Picture heavy post... I feel that the best way of describing this holiday is to let the photos speak for me. I took tons of pictures on this trip so I had a really hard time picking out just a few to put on here.... (click on the photos to see them bigger)

So here it is, as promised... my post about my 2nd summer trip this year. (You can read about the first trip here.) This time, the girls and I, hubby had to stay at home and work... went to the north of Norway. I have a lot of family up north, and I hadn't been visiting any of them since 1998... so I guess it was about time.We travelled together with my parents (and their camper van).

We went far north... past the Arctic circle....

... up north, to where all the beautiful mountains are...

...and to our first destination: my cousins wedding.

During the wedding the girls were at their best behaviour and in their best dresses looking gorgeous! Well... at least before dinner...

...after dinner they were - still in their best dresses- running around, climbing trees...

...swinging in the monkey bars...

...and jumping off the swings... I think they had a GREAT time!

After the wedding we headed further north to visit some more family, with the ultimate destination being my brother and his girlfriend on Andenes.

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We did lots of different things during our 2 1/2 week trip. Like...

...picking sea shells, playing with them and sorting them... enjoying all the different colours and shapes. Maja even found this beautiful sea porcupine (is that what it's called?)...

...playing in the white sand at the beach and enjoying the sunshine....

...swimming in the (ice cold) sea...

...and fishing.

The mountains and the colours in the north has always fascinated me...

Look at the bright turquoise of the sea together with the vivid pink flowers... isn't it just lovely?!

...even the mist can be beatiful...

...and not to forget the midnight sun! Here it's almost "touching" the sea... wow... It blows my mind every time I see it... It's just so beautiful the photos can't do it justice, it has to be seen!

We even met some trolls on our way... and the girls weren't scared at all... haha...

That's the end of my trip. There is still much to say, and photos to show, but I think this will do. If you haven't had enough, head over to this post on my mum's blog to see/read some more.