Don't forget to smile today!!

Magical Monday makes me smile for sure! Another awsome digital stamp is released at 'There's Magic In The Air'. All the originals by Nina May has been great to work with but I have to say that this is my favorite. Elvis in boots is the name of this adorable little duck. The task this week was to be inspired by a picture. You can check out the picture over at 'There's Magic In The Air' and I think it's quite clear what inspired me when I decided to make this inchies card. This is the second inchies card I've made and I so enjoy making them. If you haven't tried making an inchies card yet I think you should try it! It's a lot of fun! Can't wait to see how the picture inspires you so hurry over to download your original Nina May image and join the fun challenge. Maybe you will be the winner in the participation drawing this week!

Anyways, without further ado...proudly presenting... Elvis in booooooots!!

I used some pearls as water drops and I put glossy accents on the boots and the hat.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Boat and gate...

YAY!! It's Magical Monday again!! That means your chance to download a new fabulous free original digital image by Nina May over at the 'There's Magic In The Air' blog. The image is called 'Beached Boat'. The theme for the DT and GD's this week was to make a gate fold card and that is also your challenge for this week so head on over to the blog, download your free copy of the image and get to work. If you participate in the challenge your name will be in the drawing for a prize.

The pp I used for my card is Imaginisce - A shore thing "Getting hotter, need water" I thought it was the perfect pp to use for this boat image. Unfortunately I don't know the brand of the flip flops on the card but I liked the idea of using them as the clasp to close the card.

Here's my card this week! Thanks for stopping by to check it out.

Meet Kacey!

Kacey, the cute little fairy is the latest original digital stamp from the talented Nina May that you can download for free on the 'There's Magic In The Air' blog. You only have one week to get your own copy of this image so head on over to the blog today. Also make sure to check out the sketch challenge with a participation drawing.

I had so much fun making this card using the adorable image of Kacey. I would love to see in what creative ways you use this image. The background pp of the forest is from the 'Once upon a time' paper stack from DCWV.

It's Magical Monday!! - Lets Celebrate!! :)

Today is the exciting day that I have told you about before! My good friend Nina May is launching her weekly give away of digital stamps. All the images have been drawn by the very talented Nina. Today is the first of many Magical Mondays to come where you can get your first digital image for free and get inspired by the Design Team and Guest Designers. We have all worked with the same image this week, the image that you can download for free at the
There's Magic In The Air' blog.

I am very excited to share with you the card I have made this week with the image that Nina has drawn. The cute little monkey is called Orson and the theme of the week is celebration. This is what I did with the image: I printed the image on a sheet of shrink plastic and painted it with acrylic pens and blended them out with a paintbrush and water. I then shrinked the image in my oven which made the image shrink from letter size to the size you see on the card. I love working with shrink plastic cause it gives a bit of texture to the card as well. I also love working with stickles and you can see that on the cake that Orson is holding. I added a thick layer of stickles from Ranger on the frosting part of the cake to give that a bit of texture as well. The rest of the cake is also 'stickeled' (LOL is that a word? :) ) but only with a thin layer of stickles. The patterned papers I've used are from October Afternoon and Fancy Pants. The alphas are Making Memories.





I've posted all the info on this exciting new blog and how you can get your hands on these super cute images. Why don't you read it again so you wont miss anything. You'll find all the info on this link!

Now, for your chance to download this weeks limited image for free, be sure to head on over to:

Check back next (magical) monday for a new project with Ninas images!

I am proud to announce...

...that I will be one of the Guest Designers for Nina May and There's Magic In The Air during the month of august.

What is 'There's Magic In The Air' you may ask? It is a newly started blog where you'll have the opportunity to get some wonderful digital images for your cards or craft projects. All images are originals by Nina May and can only be found on the 'There's Magic In the Air' blog. Every week there will be a free image up for a limited time for you to download. Make sure to check in on the 'Magical Mondays' at the blog. That's when the new image every week will be released and then you will also be able to see some inspiring work from the Design Team and the Guest Designers. There will also be a challenge for your every monday and later in the week a random drawing for a small free giveaway for participants posting in the challenges.

Be sure to bookmark the blog so you can check in regularly for your free images and for the fun challenges. Also stay tuned for future digital stamps for sale as well as photo polymer stamps.

Make sure you don't miss the opportunity to win some lovely blog candy as well. Check out my previous post for more information!

You have the chance to win some amazing Blog Candy!!

A dear friend of mine, Nina May has launched a blog where you soon will be able to get free digital stamps. The images are Ninas original art work and let me tell you, she's one talented lady!

Now, as if that wasn't amazing enough...being able to get free digital stamps you also have the chance to win some great Blog Candy! So, pop on over to the There's Magic In The Air blog for your chance to win. Read the instructions so you wont miss out on the chance to win!

Finally...

...all the holidays are over and it also seems I'm starting to get my scrapping mojo back too!!

I can't believe how long it has been since I got some decent scrapping done but now I recently recieved my latest DT kit and that gave me the push I needed to get started! So last night I sat down and started playing around with the overlays I recieved in the kit. Haven't been using those a lot before but this will definitely not be the last time! They were so much fun to work with!

The overlays on these two layouts are from Best Creation and the backgroud paper is from Fancy Pants. If you have any questions regarding things I've used on these LO's feel free to comment and ask me!

First up is a LO of my youngest nephew Hampus who is 5 years old. He's been influenced by his dad to become a drummer and has already gotten his own set of drums that he plays as soon as he gets a chance. And let me tell you...the boy has got talent!! I was amazed when I heard him play and as the proud auntie of course I had to take some pictures to scrap.


The second LO is all about winter and all the fun thing you can do in the snow! Hampus is on this LO as well along with his older sister Evelina and brother Rasmus. The bling swirl is Prima's "Say it in crystal" and I also added "Diamond" stickles on the thickers to create that icy look. (Hard to tell from this picture though).

That's all for now but I'll be back in a few days to post some more DT work. Planning on getting some cards scrapped this weekend.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Happy Birthday Mom!!

My mothers birthday was on december 5th and this is the card that I sent to her.

Getting a little sentimental here but I just want to tell everyone how much I love my mom and how much she means to me! My mom and my dad has always been there for me supporting me through out my life and I am so greatful for everything they have done for me over the years! Unfortunately I don't get to see them as much as I would like since they still live in the north part of Sweden where I grew up. But that make the times we do spend together so special! We're going up to visit them for a week over new years and I just can't wait to get home to see my parents and to take long walks out in the lovely winter wonderland up there!

I made this card with things from my november kit from My Creative Scrapbook.
'Grattis' is of course Swedish and means congratulations if you translate it directly but it's more our way of saying Happy Birthday.

...and the inside of the card:

Hi blog readers! :)

Just checking in to say hello and to tell you that I'm glad that you are stopping by to read my blog! I realise I haven't posted in a while and that's why I wanted to post today to let you know that I haven't forgotten about this blog! I'm just not getting a lot of creative stuff done lately and the one thing I have scrapped recently I forgot to take a picture of before I gave it away.

I altered a clock (like the one you can see further down in this blog) but with a totally different look. I donated the clock to our church. They had a fund raiser event where they were raising money for the work they do with the young scouts. They had an auction for secret gifts where people could donate a gift. Then when all the gifts were auctioned out they had a drawing and two of the people that had bought the gifts also won a bigger prize. It was a great evening of lotteries, auctions and fun and a lot of money was raised for the scouts. I also donated a gift card for a linedance class. The highest bidder gets to invite up to 40 friends for a linedance class where I teach 2 dances. :)

So, not a lot of scrapping getting done here but hopefully that'll change soon! I need to get started on my christmas cards!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Fathers Day

This coming sunday we celebrate fathers day in Sweden. I have made a card for my dad with the cutest little owl stamp that I bought yesterday at MiMa's Scrapbooking. I painted it with 'Twinkles'. It was my first time using this glittery watercolor type paint and my technique has yet to be improved!! :) I have decided that it's charming when it's not perfect though! LOL!

The card is made so that when you open it, you still see the scalloped circle with the flower.

I have another project to show you as well. In my latest DT kit I got more glittery papers from Best Creation. These are not from the christmas line though. With black dotted cardstock I have made a box and then decorated it with the best creation paper, black and white tull, flowers and punchinella.

I can't believe...

...how fast christmas is approaching. I'm chocked every year when the stores start selling christmas decorations in october and earlier sometimes too. To me it seems a bit early. When it comes to making christmas cards I got a late start last year. It will probably will be 'last minute' making most of my cards this year too but in my latest DT kit I got some lovely glittery christmas papers from Best Creation. If you're like me and love anything glittery, these pp's are a must have. They are gorgeous and I get that warm fuzzy christmas feel looking at them.
They will soon be up in the webshop at MiMa's Scrapbooking for the readers from Sweden. To my US readers you can go to the Best Creation Webpage to find out where you can buy them. Here's a link to the christmas papers if you want to look at all of them.

Unfortunately, neither my pictures or the pictures at the Best Creation website don't do these papers justice. Glitter is hard to capture in a photo so if you have a chance to look at them in a store that's preferable.

Ok, so here are the cards that I made. First up is another big card. I made my first big card earlier for my brothers birthday (you can look at it in a previous post on my blog). There were just so many beautiful details on this Best Creation paper and I couldn't fit all of them on a regular sized card so I decided to go big! :) This card is 6x12 inches / 15x30 cm.

Now look at this adorable snowman. Isn't he cute?! The ribbon to the left is sort of a plasticy rubbery material. I used "Glossy Accents" to attach it. Glossy accents is perfect for not only getting that glossy finish to projects but also to attach clear things like the ribbon I've used and overlays. You can use it as glue.

The next card is kind of a pop-up card. I kept it pretty simple on the front and then when you open it there's a ribbon going across it with cut out christmas ornaments hanging down. LOL! I feel that my explaining skills in english are lacking so I think it's better if you just look at the pictures.

Well, that's all for now. Welcome back soon cause I have some more projects that I will post!

Foolin' around with STUDS!! :)

Lucky me! I've had the opportunity to fool around with studs for the past few days. Studs as in...Prima's Say it in studs that is! I got some great stuff in my latest DT kit; papers from Bo Bunny, felt and of course the studs and the result? 4 new cards!

When I first sat down with my kit I thought, now how am I gonna use that felt?! Then it hit me, the felt was kinda fuzzy like a teddy bear. So, I took the cute bear in the "say it in studs" package and placed him on some pink felt. Then I cut around the bear and adhered him to my card. Isn't he cute? I've also used my new "water threading punch" from Fiskars to create the scalloped edge on the card.

I got pink and green felt in my DT kit and the green felt was perfect for my next little studly thing, the dinosaur!

I was surfing around trying to get some ideas for fun cards and when I landed on Card Positioning Systems blog I just had to scrap lift the flower bouquet card. It was just the perfect way to use the felt. I also got some pearls in my kit that I thought was a bit of a challenge to use but they turned out to be a cute way to decorate the flower bouquet.

For my 4th card I used my last cute stud animal. I decided to not do the fuzzy felt thing this time and just placed it on my patterned paper instead. This is how it turned out:

Now I can't wait to get my next DT kit! LOL! It is just so much fun to use papers and embellies that someone else has picked out for you. Challenging but fun!

Thanks for stopping by! I would love it if you'd say hello before you leave! :)

New DT member for MiMa's Scrapbooking! :)

I am so excited! 2 friends of mine have opened a scrapbook shop and I'm so proud to be a member of their Design Team. I will mainly be making cards and maybe a layout once in a while.
In my first DT kit I got the wonderful papers from Basic Grey's Ambrosia line to work with. You can buy all the pp's that I've used for these cards at MiMa's Scrapbooking.

First up is a Double Pocket Card. These are so easy and so much fun to make.

My second card is called a Mini Pocket Card. You write your greeting on the tag in the little pocket. The black cardstock I used for this card looks great. There are dots on it and it gives it a really nice texture. (I also used white dotted cardstock on the tags on the double pocket card).

Next up is a "Spinner Card". I got this technique from the Hero Arts blog (you can find a link in to the left on my blog). The card I made is a scraplift from a girl named Diana. I got a similar card in a card swap that I'm in and I just had to lift it!

The last card is a bookmark card. I cut two slits on the front of the card and then threaded the card through the slits to hold it in place.

For a close up look at the cards you can stop by MiMa's.
Thanks for stopping by! :)

Title block!

I just couldn't come up with a good title , so there... now that we've got that part over with, lets get to the actual blog post! :)

Not too much going on here actually. Just a lot of line dancing and a bit of scrapping!

The wierd moment of the day was when the doorbell rang and when I opened the door a really old dude was standing there holding about 32 eggs! My first thought was, you've got to be kidding me...are you here to sell eggs?! But instead he asked if I knew something about a family named Smith (well, lets call them Smith. They had a different name that I can't even remember now). They had supposedly moved to our area 3 months ago. I told the old dude with the eggs that I didn't know where the Smith family lives and with that he was leaving.

I know, I'm really not a great blogger when all I have to write about today is an egg carrying old geezer! So, how about if I just post my latest work instead?!

First up, a layout with my cute niece! The picture was taken on midsummers eve several years ago. (She's turning 12 in 10 days)

This card I made for a card swap I'm in. This is one of the cards I sent in September. I used a page from an old book to create this!

Next up is a birthday card I made for a friend. The flowers are hand cut out from a patterned paper. I just love the colors on those flowers! Nice and bright!

Last creation for the day is my very first clear card. This was a lot of fun to make so there'll be more clear cards coming for sure!

Thanks for stopping by and welcome back! :)

Santa got here early this year!!

So I got a FedEx delivery from Hero Arts! In my last post I told you about the $50 shopping spree I won. I thought for sure I would have to pay for shipping myself but I got the shipping worth $32 too!! I placed my order and it turned out the stuff I wanted cost me a bit more than $50 but I figured, hey why not go for it when shipping is free! :) So the other day I got this awsome package with the stuff I ordered. But here's the mind blowing part...on top of the $50 and the $32 for shipping the good people at Hero Arts threw in not one, not two, not three....but six (!!!!) yes, six wood mounted stamps!! How generous is that?!!! They came in little bags with a red ribbon tied around them. Hero Arts ROCK!! Can't wait to start playing with my new goodies!

Took a couple of pictures of my goodies for you to see. Sorry about the bad pics but I took them inside with no flash.

A close up on the stamps:

and a picture of the stamps I got as a gift:

I've finally gotten some scrappin' done too!! Earlier this week I altered a clock from Kaiser Craft that I got at my LSS. The roman numbers (rubons) and the black gem stones are also from Kaiser Craft. The adorable pp is from Pink Paisley and so are the butterfly rubons. I just totally fell in love with the owl when I got that pp in my monthly kit from My Creative Scrapbook.

Last night I made a layout for a sketch challenge at My Creative Scrapbook. The talented Liz Qualman has made the sketch that you can see here: http://mycreativescrapbook.invisionzone.com/uploads/1220400902/med_gallery_4_2_93468.jpg

and here's my take on it:

The sweet girl in the pictures is my niece Evelina. Third time was the charm in getting her to smile when I took these pictures! The LO is called "At last I got a smile". The papers used here was also in my september kit from My Creative Scrapbook. The black and the turqouise pp's are from Vintage Moon. The overlay to the right in the picture is from Hambly.

That's all for now but I have a few more projects in progress so check back soon for a new post! :)