It´s been quiet here but..

...I´ve been working on some dt projects for Whiff of joy :) I have had so much fun and I decided to challenge myself and make a card that isn´t really my style but I´m so happy with how it turned out! Sorry to say I can´t show them to you all just yet. Hang tight ;) They will be posted in next week :)

My daughter, Signe is now three and a half years old and is so eager to try this hobby too :) She is so cute playing around at my table! She made her very first card on saturday. I can´t resist showing it to you all, I  think she´s a star on the rising :) Ha,ha,ha!! ;) Mummy´s pride ♥

Maybe she went a bit overboard with the stickles? No....you simply can´t ;) ;)

And in the afternoon I found her sitting on the toilet reading some real important news ;)

I´ll be back with new projects soon :)

Hugs to you all and I wish you all a lovely week :)

MDUC Challenge #78: Sketch

Hi there!

I´m so happy I managed to make an easelcard for the challenge over at the lovely MDUC blog :) It´s been more than a while since I entered :(

The challenge this week was to follow an amazing looking sketch made by my very talanted friend Karen.

It was a delight to work with! Thank´s so much hunny!

I actually feel a tiny bit ashamed though...Ii have had this cutiepie Tilda in my stash for quite a while now but she has never seen ink before! :o *blush* Tilda is as usual inked with distressers on 300 g watercolorpaper.

There´s not to m uch time left to enter but if you´re quik you might manage ;) Even if you don´t I  warmly recommend a visit at the blog! The dt´s has created pure magic as an inspiration for the rest of us!

To finish off my posting I just want to tell you all: TODAY IS FRIDAY!! ;) ;) Yay!!

Have a lovely evening and take care!

Lily of the valley challenge #79: Lenas sketch

Did you know I was lucky enough to win the last challenge over at Lily of the valley challenges? Yay! I can´t wait for my price to come in the mailbox ;) They have a new realease out with some awesome stamps suitable for Valentine cards and I simply coulldn´t help my self after looking at all of the sneak peaks available at all of their very talanted dt´s blogs. I feel january is going to be a poor month ;)

I made a card for this weeks challenge as well. It´s all about making a card after this stunner sketh, made by Lena Katrine.

I must be on a roll now beacause I was also the lucky winner of Leilas  blogcandy!! Double YAY! A yummie package arrived at my mailbox with lovely dp´s, ribbons and flowers :) Thank´s hun! I already put them to good use ;) The pink dotted ribbon is so cute, Leila :)

Even if you don´t have the time to make a card for this challenge I really hope you at least have the time to check out the challenge blog :) I f you´re into Lily of the valley stamps you certainly won´t get disseapointed! The dt´s has made some truly awesome cards as an inspiration :)

I started working again this monday after three long, lovely weeks off :( I´m so tired! But I love seeing all the kids! I keep saying to my self it will only be a while before I feel like I never had time off ;)

NEWS! Stampkit subscription

Katharina and Whiff of joy has some exiting news to share with us all :) This year we can all buy a stampkit subscription :) I think it´s a wonderful way to make sure you reiceve all the amazing stamps from the kit for sure :)

As Katharina so well puts it at her blog:

♥ Back to the roots: all kits are secret (brand new stamps illustrated by Elisabeth Bell, not to bee seen before you receive your kit)

♥ A4 !! size (super large stamps), unmounted, uncut rubber plate


♥ available for pre-order only


♥ quaterly new kit

Learn more about this by clicking the pic below!

I´d like to congratulate...

You know I like to give some back to my readers every now and then :) As a thank you for commenting on my posts. Your comments is so darling to me, they mean a lot. I decided it was time for another "Commenters candy". It´s drawn on my Valentine Ben card that generated 15 lovely comments. The lucky winner is number:

7

Random numbers generated Jan 7 2011 at 17:41:59 by http://www.psychicscience.org/

CONGRATS TO DENA, the face behind "Dena´s stamping corner".

Well, what can I say...This lady needs no advertisement from little me but I still want you all to know I admire Dena so much! She creates pure magic :) I love to check out her blog everytime she posts and that brings me and so many others tons of inspiration! So IF you haven´t visited before you should definately do it now! Again: my warmest congrats Dena ♥
I´d be delighted to send you the candy after you contact me to give me your snail mail adress. My email: louise.fraenell@hotmail.se

Now all of you probably wonders what Dena won??

This paper pad by Basic Grey called "Curio"

and this divine clearstamp from Nellie Snellen featuring Dawn

And I know for sure Dena is into Dawn :) Read it some time ago ;)

To all: THANK YOU for you comments and kind words about my cards and other projects :)

DT Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges #5: Anything goes!

It´s time for us over at The fuzzy wuzzy to post another challenge again today :) It´s my second time contributing togheter with this lovely gang of ladies and I´m so exited! This time the theme is "Anything goes"

We are sponsered by the generous Katharina, owner of Whiff of joy. That means you can win these two amazing rubberstamps :)

All medias, brands and projects are welcome as long as they feature an animal!

I made this birthday card for a little girl that turns one very soon ;) My choice of image fell on this cutie called Mina, the celebrating cangaroo from Whiff of joy. Have you seen the little baby riding safely in the care of it´s mother? Makes my heart skip a beat ;) I have also put one of my favourite dies to good use also from Whiff of joy, namely the Pennants. The patterned papers are from an oldie but goldie paper pad called Kioshi from Basic Grey.

We, the dt gang, can hardly wait to see all of the stunning cards or projects made by you all for this challenge so we would be delighted if you had the time to join us :)

Speaking about the dt gang, the other ladies has created some real beautiful cards and projects too. Visit them as well and let them know they are rocking :D

Ingrid, Emma, Julia, Kelly, Kylie, Kellie, Stephanne and Sue



GDT Whiff of joy: Handsome Ben is bringing chocolates

I have to make my post a quickie today :) My hubbie is off to work, he is on call this week, and they had something planned in :( I hate it! But that´s the way life goes, hopefully he will be home again before I know it and then we are going to a furniture store. We are looking for a new dining table and some matching chairs. I´m sure it will change how I see my house. We have a big open space and everything is tied togheter there and to see those uggly old things makes me feel...well...tired of them :o

Would you look at that, and I promised to keep it short...

I created this easelcard yesterday featuring the amazingly cute Valentine Ben from Whiff of joy. I was so happy to hear both Nora and Ben would be back again in this valentine collection :) The sentiment says "Two hearts that beats as one" and is from the Wedding sentiments kit. In my mind there´s no company put there with so many great sentiment kit´s as Whiff of joy. They always seem to have a on in store ;)  I made an attempt at a card suitable for a guy but I ended up adding flowers and lace anyway. ;) Well, I just can´t leave without them :)

I wish you all a great day! Thank´s for your visit and I´m so happy to see my latest postings have so many comments. I live for those ;) ;) ha,ha!



DT Whiff of joy challenges # 95: Jane´s sketch

Good morning!

After a little break we´re back in business over at Whiff of joy challenges again :) And I have some exiting news for you too. We are going to have a guest dt join us each month of 2011 and in january it´s the talanted Kristy guesting. We are all looking forward to see her work :)

This time we would like you to create a card after this superb sketch by my teamie and treasured friend Jane

I sure had a lot of fun follwing this sketch, great job Jane! Thank´s ♥

I made a shaped easlecard this time, that was a lot of fun, so I´ll definately do it again :) The dp´s are from a paper pad from Prima called "Ana Lee". The image is called Charlotte on carpet and was released in the Happy mail collection. I think she´s so pretty :)  The sentiment is also from Whiff of joy. (The one that says "Love letter", the other one is from Magnolia)

Now we would like to see what your interpreations would look like! We love to see and enjoy each and every entery. I´m always amazed about how diffrent but beautiful every endresult is. Thank you all for participating, hope you will this week too! So come on, head on over to your craft table and get on with it! And of course, dont missout on my teamies cards, they´re all so fabulous!  





GDT Whiff of joy: Henri with heart balloon

Yesterday I got happy mail from Katharina, the owner of Whiff of joy. As I have written about before she recently realeased a Valentine collection with 6 new beautiful stamps and some adorable new dies. Those of you whom are followers or readers on a regular basis knows about my love for Henri, illustrated by Alison Acton. You should have seen me doing the happy dance, my hubby was laughing at me totally amazed about my happiness "couse of some stamps". He obviously has no idea what he´s talking about! ;)

Well, today I´d like to show case my very first Valentine card for 2011. I think Henri is cuter than ever holding on to his heartballoon. Maybe he´s off to a romantic dinner with the love of his life, Betty? :D  Now I can´t wait to paint the rest of them lovelys :)

Tilda is longing for spring to arrive

This little divine Tilda has been in my collection for quite som time now and I adore her, I just havn´t had the time to ink her up :o I went to a scrapmeeting yesterday evening at Scraproom in Helsinborg. They arrange courses and meetings during the evenings sometimes and I don´t really know what to think about that..I have never been at a meeting happening between 4.30 pm - 10.30 pm. On one hand I had the whole day with my family first but I was pretty tired when I got home ;) I guess I´m going to have to try it again to make up my mind for sure ;) *ha,ha*

I´m sure about one thing though! :D They sure had lot´s of goodies in store for us! I think I mighthave gone a bit overboard - like always ;) Amongst other things I bought the green checkered ribbon and I´m totally loving it! I think it´s soooo cute :) Not many cardmakers attended, the scrapbookers outnumbered us easily but I loved all the embellies I could chose from in the shop :) I tend to have lot´s of decorations on my cards so it´s important to find new ones ;)

Both Tilda and I are longing for spring now! I know we still have a veeeeeery long way to go before then but I feel a lot better not thinking about that. I know lot´s of you love the heavy snow we have got this year but..I feel like I´m done with it now. It can melt away any day...

I´m entering this easelcard over at Just Magnolia where they´re challening us to do just about anyhing this week, the theme is called "Anything goes". I love those challenges, fit´s perfectly after all the celebrations lately ;) If you never have entered their challenge before you should definately try it now. :) The dt has some awesome samples for us to inspire from :) The same goes for the talented dt:s at Totally Tilda challenges where it´s all about using ribbons and roses on our projects and I did so I´m entering this card there as well :)

Well, I´ve been babbling a lot today..*sorry*..

Hope you had the energy to read all anyway ;)