Cards made in 2011

Another post showing everything I've done since february... lol... maybe I should start blogging a bit more often again.... Well, this time I just want to blog all the cards I made this... ehm... last year.

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For Christmas I needed a few small things to give away, so I made these small post it note holders. They were really quick and fun to make.

Here you can see all the postit note holders I made....

This card was for my sister in law's birthday. She plays the guitar and she had just done a project with spiders at school... The left picture is the front of the card, and the right is a peek of the inside...

My niece was one in October.... this is the card I made for her.

This mermaid was for one of Maja's friend's birthday.

...and another mermaid for Susie's friend.

It's always hard to buy prensents for people that have everything... so for my mum's birthday I made her a set of five cards for different occasions. When I think about it, this was probably a stupid thing to do since she is one of the few people that buys cards from me on a regular basis.... The set consisted of:

A wedding card...

a new home card....

a happy birthday card...

another birthday card....

and a card with no sentiment...

they were all decorated on the inside as well...

I think she was pleased with the present, and I know that she has already given some of the cards away.

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The next two cards was for Maja's friends too...

And way back in january last year, I made this sliding pop up card for some friends of ours that had a baby girl.

Well.... this was kind of short and sweet... lol... I guess I should have added what stamps (companies) and materials I've used but I can't really be bothered listing all that for all these cards. And I think that would have made for a really boring post as well....

Stampin for the Weekend Challenge

Oh gosh! I can't believe how long it has been since my last post.... Sorry! With my new job I don't feel like I have the time and energy to blog anymore, or to make cards or other things for that matter.... I'm sure it's just for a short period of time until I get used to spending so much time away from home... lol.... With that said, I must admit that I enjoy my new job as a teacher even though it's very challenging. It's soooo many new things to think about...

Maja was invited to a friends birthday party this week, and I thought that would be a good opportunity to join a card challenge again.... For this card I used Fionas sketch over at Stampin' for the Weekend.
The stripy paper is the backing of the packaging of some stamps I bought ages ago... Recycling is goooood! I think the ribbon is recycled from something as well, but I've had it for so long that I can't remember from what it came from anymore.... The Skipping girl image is a rubber stamp I bought off ebay a while ago but haven't inked up before. I don't know who it's by... The cat and the sentiment is mounted on 3d foam for dimension.

Thanks for looking. And I'll try to post a bit sooner next time.... ;)

Gym bag

My eldest daughter Maja started school last month, and every belonging has to be named. So for her gym bag I cross stitched this little name tag.

Nesting instinct???

OK, so I have been busy making ATCs lately... I've heard about people having this nesting instinct where they clean the house etc just before they have their baby.... maybe this is what I do.... Make atcs.... 'cos I know I won't have much time after the baby is born....??? Only 2 1/2 weeks to go now.....