Everything Eva

Warm & Cozy - New Collab kit at Oscraps

2012-01-02T11:22:00.004+01:00

The designers at Oscraps have joined together and made a wonderful Warm And Cozy collaboration kit. I love the color palette on this kit: hot cocoa, coffee latte and a splash of blue.

Here's a layout I've made with this kit - featuring the most warm and cozy I have in my home: Mario and Luigi.

Credits:
Template - Entrée by Fei-Fei's Stuff
Kit - Warm & Cozy Collaboration kit by Oscraps Designers

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T20:29:00.004+01:00

I haven't made a resolution in years, but lately my sister's been talking about not shopping for clothes for a year. Well - me being me, still wearing the same pajama I've had for like 5 years - not buying clothes would be just plain silly. But since the general idea is not to spend money on things you really don't need ... I ended up with a resolution more suitable for me:

Translation:
My resolution for 2012 is that I won't shop for any more supplies for digital scrapbooking. I have tons already that I haven't used, and I have my CTs. I HAVE ENOUGH!

Credits:
Template - A Bunch of Sketches 19 {Thanksgiving} by Kitty Designs
Kit - Resolutions Collaboration by Kitty Designs & Valorie Wibbens Designs
Date strip - Date on Strips by Kitty Designs
Font - Sweet Home Oklahoma

Been tempted to break it already, but I was strong! :)

Since DH don't believe I'll make it - I'll have to make it LOL

5 LOs - 1 theme: Christmas

2011-12-21T11:59:00.006+01:00

Only a couple of days now: Christmas Eve is coming. In Sweden we celebrate Christmas on the 24th. We don't make much fuss about it. Really we just eat, eat, eat, and then eat some LOL

If I'm going to share some LOs about Christmas, what is more appropriate than to begin with a LO about my first Christmas? Here's Christmas 1967:

Credits:
Kit - Christmoose by Maya de Groot
Font - LD Soccer Mom

Translation:
Christmas 1967
It's my first Christmas and I'm 9 months old. Apparently I've been given some kind of horse, but I do not look happy. Unbelievable to see how young mom looks. She's 31 years old here, but it looks like she's no more than 22.

9 years later I'm given a Christmas gift that was really special to me. This layout was made for a challenge at Oscraps where we were supposed to use nothing but the freebies offered in their store. Lots of goodies in the freebie section there - hop on over and treat yourself :)

Credits:
Template - Press Plate No 29 by Paislee Press
Background paper and bling star and border - Winter Dreams by Nina Scraps
Patterened papers, brad and flowers - Prego by Maya de Groot
Alpha - Kraft Scrap Alpha by Danielle Young
Heart frame and swirly dots - Miss You in the Morning Freebie Add-on by Kitty Designs
Font - LD Tilted

Translation:
It's 1976, I'm 9 years old, and it's Christmas Eve. One of my gifts are a troll. It's Lotta that has bought it for me, and she's also made some sets of clothes for her. Also she has made a wardrobe of a box and some match boxes. The wardrobe isn't anymore, but the troll is still here. Her name is Trulsa and she lives here in my craft room. She's 34 years old, but the only sign of her old age is that her hair is a bit untidy. Otherwise, she's just as beautiful as back then.

Next layout is my most recent one. I've been looking at LOs created with Anna Aspnes' designs, and been a bit intimidated. Looks so professional, and I've thought it was nothing for me. After being pressured by my friends, I decided I had to try it. And can you believe it? It's so easy to scrap with, I'm embarrassed LOL Here's a LO with my little elf - back when he was little and not a teenage mutant ;)

Credits:
Kit - ArtPlay Palette Weihnachtsbaum by Anna Aspnes Designs
Font - Effloresce

Translation:
John is decorating the tree 2001

And I mentioned food, didn't I? Nothing like a "julbord", the special smorgasbord we make for Christmas. Here's a LO I made when I was on Digitals CT about my favorites at Christmas: the ham, the meat balls, Janssons frestelse, egg halves and prinskorv (mini sausages).

Credits:
Kit - Christmas Extravaganza by Diana Burton
Font - MTF Sweetie

And last but absolutely not least, a LO about what it's all about, using the newest kit from Silvia Romeo and a word art freebie from Faith Sisters:

Credits:
Kit - Dreaming of Christmas by Silvia Romeo
Wordart - Isaiah 9:5-7 by Precepts & Promises
Glitter style - Mega Glitter Pack by Flergs

This fantastic kit by Silvia is also available in a bundle with the kit, extra papers, QPs and a brag book.

Have a wonderful and peaceful Christmas. I'm ending this with a funny video a friend shared today :)

Digi Dare #256

2011-12-19T19:05:00.005+01:00

The dare this week was to scrap about food. Well, actually, there were quite a few extra stuff to think of, but no need for me to repeat them here - jump over to Digi Dare and check it out yourself :)

Here's my layout for this dare:

Credits:
Template - Flightplan No.5 by One Little Bird
Kit - Delight Collaboration from Oscraps' designers
Alpha - Smitten Alpha by One Little Bird
Staples - Family Tree [bundle] by Joanne Brisebois
Button - Button Blast by MissTiina [recolored]
Font - MTF Eva's Hand

Translation:
When I don't feel like cooking and there is no inspiration at all - then it's spaghetti and ground beef. Nothing fancy, just brown the ground beef while the spaghetti is boiling. Spices: salt, black pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. When the spaghetti is al dente, and the beef is done, just mix it together. Serve with ketchup or butter. Wonderful! This is how my mom used to prepare spaghetti when I lived at home. Only difference is that she used to add chopped onion to the beef, but I can't do that, then John wouldn't eat.

I love the colors in this collab kit - It's my favorite of all collaboration kits at Oscraps. Oh, and the font - so cool - it's my own handwriting. I got it made before when MissTiina was offering to do fonts for free. If you like it - you can get it HERE

Made a new siggie for the forums

2011-12-08T19:55:00.002+01:00

Used Silvia's kit Christmas Treats - a fantastic kit with lots of Christmas feel to it.

5 LOs - 1 theme: Movies

2011-12-04T18:26:00.007+01:00

So ... I love movies ... and hence - I've made some LOs about movies.

First, a LO about a very special movie. I love this movie! Prinsessa på vift is the Swedish title - meaning A Princess on the Lose. I was so happy when this was released on DVD in Sweden. Needless to say - I bought it!

Credits:
Kit - SO Mega kit: Spectacular! Spectacular!
Flower cluster from SO Mega Kit: Victorian Spring
Crown - from Irene Alexeeva's NSD Scavenger Hunt Freebie
Glitter styles by Flerg
Fonts - Designer, MTF Doodle and LD Vanilla

Next is a movie that's not that good really LOL But it was an experience for sure. Read more about that in the translated journaling below.

Credits:
Kit - Now Playing by Colie's Corner
Turkey - We Are Thankful by Colie's Corner
Font - LD Eccentric
Photo is a wallpaper found via Google

Translation:
Fall 1982 SVT was broadcasting The Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3D. I was 15 years old, and I thought 3D was super cool and was determined to see the movie. I was so incredibly scared! The darkness outside and the 3D effects when the monster reached out for the viewers was terrifying. And now, in July 2011, SVT broadcasted the movie again - though not in 3D this time - I was laughing. There was NOTHING scary at all. A real turkey movie!

This LO is actually from a project I started (and never finished of course) back in 2008: an ABC book of movies. Back then I was creating for Nikki Painter - she's not even designing anymore. Maybe I'll go back and finish this book some day?

Credits:
Kit - Infinite Adventure by Nikki Painter
Font - Gill Sans MT
Scanned DVD Cover

Translation:
Dogma is a lovely twisted movie with a great sense of humor. You can joke about everyhing, even God. That Alan Rickman has a part in the movie, don't make it any worse either.

And ... my statement in the Twilight question no. 1: Edward or Jacob?

Credits:
Kits - Into The Twilight and Dreamcatcher by Flerg
Font - Ringbearer
Atomic Cupcake's silver action
Jasper extracted from a wallpaper found on Google.

Finally - one of my absolute favorite movies. Either you know what movie it is - or you're a total loser ;)

Credits:
Kit - Please Don't Eat The Daisies by Nini's Notions
Fonts - LD Boogie Down and LD Tilted

Digi Dare #254

2011-12-04T18:20:00.005+01:00

Ok, I'm probably the last one in the entire digi world to know about Digi Dares, but finally ... I'm in on the game too LOL

Here's my first Digi Dare ever:

Credits:
Paper - PageKraft Papers by One Little Bird
Alpha - Handkrafted Alphabet by One Little Bird
Frame - Stitched in Place Frames by Taylormade
Journal Strip - Date On Strips by Kitty Designs
Fonts - LD Licorice and LD Tilted

Translation:
Knit
4 december 2011: Ubbes future sweater
Yarn and needles are my passion. I love to buy yarn and start a new project. Every night I want to sink into the sofa, watch a good movie and knit til the needles are glowing. Right now I'm working on a sweater for Ubbe. The yarn is one of my all-time favorites, it's not even made anymore. Imagine my happiness when I found a store on the internet that had a stock they were selling out. I bought 60 skeins in different colors. There will be more sweaters made - both one for me and childrens sweaters for charity.

Wow ... I found my way to my blog!

2011-12-04T14:22:00.008+01:00

November was crazy busy for me ... and December being December don't give me much hope of being more active either. But ... I have news, so I guess I will have to blog. Last month I was accepted as a Cheery-O at Oscraps! Since it's my digital hOme - I'm very very happy about this.

This however means I've stepped down from other CTs. So I want to thank Digitals, Angie Young, Michelle Pieters and Scrap-a-holic for the time I've been on their teams. Great teams, and I've loved every minute ... but until someone finds a way to add more hours to a day, I need to cut down on my CTs.

In this post I want to show you my own favorites of the LOs I've made for these teams as a final THANK YOU!

First out - my favorite template from Scrap-a-holic: Peep-O. Love how the photos pop out from behind the top layer. Looks like she doesn't have that in her store anymore though :(

Credits:
Template - Peep O by Scrap-a-holic Designs
Kit - You're Simply The Best by Creations by Tinamarie
Font - LD Tilted

Here's a LO I made using Michelle Pieter's Spring Pretty Bundle. I love this photo - took me ages to get it. Bees aren't that cooperative :)

Credits:
Kit - Spring Pretty The Bundle by Michelle Pieters
Font - Courier New

Angie Young have fantastic designs for art journal pages, and she inspires me LOTS. Here's one of many favorites with her designs. I've used the kit Find Your Purpose, which apperantly she's retiring now, cuz it's part of this Retirement Bundle. A fantastic chance for you to get TONS of great design!

Credits:
Kit - Find Your Purpose by Angie Young
Font - LD Kiss The Cook

Hard to pick one single LO when you've been creating for a store for 2 whole years, but I have to go with my little princess :) Tammy's Turtle Tales Bundle is by far the best turtle kit out there!

Credits:
Kit - Turtle Tales Bundle Kit by Tammy DeYoung
Font - Plumpudding by Tangie Baxter
Font Style - Frosted Glass by Atomic Cupcake

Once again - a BIG THANK YOU for all the fun I've had on the teams!

It’s here! The November Daily Download!!

2011-11-06T00:48:00.002+01:00

It’s here! The November Daily Download!!

I've seen the kit - it's lovely! :)

DSD 2011

2011-11-04T14:26:00.011+01:00

It's gonna be a busy weekend :) Lots of stuff is happening around the digital scrapbooking world. This will be a long blog post, but bare with me, you will be rewarded at the end :) Let's start with looking at what the designers I create for are up to this weekend!

Digitals is having a store wide sale! 30% (or more)! There is also a posting contest - check out this thread in the forum for the details.

Silvia Romeo is also having a sale - read about it at her blog. Or just hop over to her stores at Digitals, at Gotta Pixel, at SBB and at ACOT and start shopping. 40 % off! Silvia will also host 2 chats, one at SBB Saturday 7pm EST and one at Gotta Pixel Saturday 9pm EST.

Angie Young's store is 35 % off. She has some amazing new kits out. Here's a LO I made using her new kit Feeling Free Kit 1 - only $2.60 now on the sale. (or get the amazing bundle for $7.48!)

Credits:
Kit - Feeling Free Kit 1 by Angie Young
Photo Mask - Photo Clipping Masks Set 20 by Angie Young
Font - Max Rhodes

Michelle Pieter's store is 30 % off. She has some new amazing designs up - so new I haven't even had the time to play with them.

Jumping over to Oscraps and Creations by Tinamarie. She's having 40% off! And her newest addition is a fantastic collab called Quietude. Here's a LO I made using that:

Credits:
Kit - Quietude by Creations by Tinamarie and Studio 68
Font - SNF Georgiana

And while you are at Tina's store - check out her bundle - Lots of goodies for one low price!

Colie's store is also 40% off! And she's hosting a chat on Sunday at 10am EST.

And finally - I've made a little freebie for you to celebrate DSD. Hope you like my Fall Flairs!

DOWNLOAD at Box.net

DOWNLOAD at 4shared

5 LOs - 1 theme: Define yourself

2011-09-12T10:17:00.008+02:00

Ok, so I've realized I'm the worst blogger in the world. Keep forgetting to blog all the time. I create my LOs, upload them to the galleries ... but forget to blog them. So I decided to blog more ... we'll just see how well I'm going to succeed. Since I love making lists of all kinds, I thought I'd start some kind of lists for my blog, and I came up with the idea "5 LOs - 1 theme". Digging into the LOs I've made over the years, and find groups of five that somehow displays the same theme.

First out is the theme "Define Yourself". This can be done in so many ways. You can add just the title - one single word - that defines you. Or you can write an essay describing who you are. Or maybe you find a wordart somewhere that is perfect to show the world who you are. I love Bethany's blog - she has tons of great free wordart, that I love to use. Or maybe you have a theme song that captures who you are. The possibilities are endless!

And now ... here are my five LOs on the theme ....

Credits:
Kit - Art Journal Cayden - Challenge Mini by Angie Young
Alpha - Metal Alpha v.1 by Angel Hartline
Font - Old Newspaper Types

Credits:
Kit - Fantasia by Spellweaver
Wordart - Elegant Wordart by Bethany

Credits:
Kit - Basically Worn by Silvia Romeo
Fonts - Rothwell and Susies Hand

Credits:

Template - Les Jardins du Manoir Template by Amanda Thorderson
Kit - Les Jardins du Manoir Kit and add-ons by Amanda Thorderson
Wordart - Attitude 5 WordArt Pack by Bethany

Credits:
Template - Journal Me by Scrap-a-holic Designs
Kit - Reflections by Angie Young
Font - LD Twylight

Translation:
I
There is a sadness within me. Always. It's right there, in the bottom of my soul, like a basic chord I can never get rid of. Sure, I can be happy. I can be cheerful. I have wonderful times in my life. But it is like the foundation of my personality is sadness. It's like there is a folk song tuned in a minor key singing in my heart. Just as every country's folk songs sets the tone for it's country, my song sets the tone for my entire being. People don't see this. Everyone says I'm always so happy. I seem so strong. I always have a joke to tell. As if noone ever really takes me seriously. As if I'm a clown for everyone to laugh at. As if they don't see the black that all the bright colors contrast with. It's in there, in the dark, where I'm really me.

Leaving you with a video from YouTube with It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane with The Ark:

September guest spot on Colie's Corner's CT!

2011-09-09T11:51:00.005+02:00

I'm guesting the CT of Colie's Corner this month! Fantastic designs to play with, and I've made these 2 LOs already:

Credits:
Template - Trendhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gify Templates by Colie's Corner
Kit - Solve A Mystery by Colie's Corner
Font - LD Tilted

Photos are showing covers from 3 of Kallentoft's novels.

Translation:
I love reading crime stories, and my all-time favorite is Mons Kallengtoft. His novels about Malin Fors are totally out-standing. The cases are spectacular and the solution is never obvious. Malin Fors is a intriguing person with a private life that is all but simple. Also, Kallentoft writes in a wonderful style. His way to use the language is so different from other crime authors. It's almost like poetry painted on canvas. Right now I'm impatiently waiting for my turn in the queue at the library for his latest novel: "The Fifth Season". It's annoying how slow everyone else is reading!

Credits:
Kit - Kickin It Old School by Colie's Corner
Font - LD Tilted

Translation:
Mixtape.
It's sometime in March 1990. You're in love with me and tries to win my heart in every way you can think of. Not sure how we came to talk about musich, but when I learned that you had Lionheart with Kate Bush, I asked you to make me a tape. When I get the tape, you've added some more music. How your mind works, when you want to impress on a girl and chooses the song I Hate People, I'm not sure. But apperently it worked. Over 21 years later, I'm still yours. We're probably hating people together. The funniest part today, is to see your penmanship. You've probably never, before or after, written so beautiful.

You can find Colie's Corner's design at:
Digitals
Gotta Pixel
GingerScraps

Template Exchange at The Studio

2011-09-09T10:02:00.004+02:00

Just wanted to tell about the Template Exchange at The Studio. Make a template, send it to the host, and at then end you will get every template made for the challenge.

Here's the template I made for the challenge:

I didn't make it to the 2nd round of the NDC, so there will not be any more freebies here ... at least not that I make for that challenge, but you'll never know what happens in the future :)

Next Designer Contest at The Studio: Week 1

2011-09-05T14:25:00.005+02:00

This is the first week of The Studio's Birthday Bash, and also the first week of the Next Designer Contest.

The challenge was to use a color swatch and create a mini on the theme "Daybreak". Being a nocturnal animal, this was a true challenge for me. Here's my mini:

You can see it here in the gallery at the Studio.

Download Part 1
Download Part 2

Hopefully I'll make it to the next round - if so ... come back next week for another freebie!

Here's a LO I made using this mini kit. I was sitting here by the puter, and turned around and looked out the window ... the sky was breathtaking!!!

Made a freebie for a challenge

2011-08-25T10:54:00.002+02:00

The Studio has a color challenge and you are supposed to create a LO or a mini kit with the color swatch. So ... I made a mini :)

You can download it HERE.

And if you stop by the challenge thread, you will find more mini kits that matches this.

AND ... keep your eyes open: next month there will be a designer contest at the Studio. I'm planning on joining in and there will be more freebies here :)

Finally, here's a LO I made using my own mini:

When it rains it pours!

2011-07-27T15:04:00.004+02:00

Just learned that another of my layouts got featured at Gallery Standouts!

It's this one:

For this layout I've used the fantastic kit Void by Holliewood Design. It's all black, and great for any dramatic and/or depressing layout. She also has a kit that is all white: Stark. Equally fantastic - and they are great to combine!

As for the layout, I've written at the galleries that I won't attempt to translate the text, cuz it's more or less untranslatable (is that a real word?). It's a quote from a book that I just read, and it's really hard to translate. He has this poetic tone in his choosing of words. It's about the economic and political situation in Sweden, and he's pinpointed my thoughts exactly in this passage.

GSO!

2011-07-20T12:07:00.004+02:00

Well, I knew this LO was something special when it was done. I've had this idea inside my head for a while to make a heart out of flowers, and then tuck a photo into it. And yesterday, I did it. Silvia have all these amazing looking flowers in her kits, and I thought if I brought them all together, it would be looking great.

And I must say - I'm very, very happy how this turned out. It took me a while to make, there's 89 layers on this LO! I started up with a simple heart shape, and then I started covering it with flowers.

And today I woke up at it was featured at Gallery Standouts, and chosen LOTD at Gotta Pixel. Guess I'm not the only one liking how it turned out :)

Credits:
Background - Basically Worn by Silvia Romeo
Flowers from many different kits by Silvia Romeo
Font - Fortunaschwein

Quote from Ohne Dich by Rammstein

Translation:
Without you I cannot be

New QP contest at Coolscrapsdigital!

2011-07-15T19:18:00.003+02:00

Ok, I joined in again. This challenge is addictive :)

Here's my QP for this month:

The kit we are using this month is called Happiness by Pretty Ju. It's really a very bright and happy kit, even if you can't really see that on my QP :)

You can download my quickpage HERE.

LOTD at Gotta Pixel!

2011-05-27T11:24:00.005+02:00

Yesterday my LO for the 4th Projekt Pixel Challenge at Gotta Pixel was chosen Layout Of The Day! I was so happy! I've been a member at GP since December 2007, and this is the first time I've been chosen for LOTD. But, as I've always said, it's no problem making great layouts when you use Silvia Romeo's Designs. Thanks Silvia!

Here's the LOTD for May 26, 2011:

Credits:
Kit - La Fleuriste by Silvia Romeo
Fonts - LD Wedding and LD Twylight

Translation:
It could have been perfect
(referring to that this could have been a perfect photo if it wasn't for the weird shadows)

My friend Helen has a freebie on her blog

2011-05-24T10:18:00.005+02:00

Helen has made a gorgeous kit for your beach and swimming layouts - free on her blog!

Since we're a family scared of water, I don't have many beach photos, but this adorable little shark that came with the kit, inspired to this LO:

Credits:
Kit - Swimming Fun by Scraps by Helen
Font - LD Sara

Translation:
I actually bought Hugo for myself, cause i thought it was so incredibly cute with a plushie shark. Hugo had a nice time living with our family for a couple of years, but then came Ludde! Hugo's happy days was over! Suddenly every day was a struggle for survival. Today Hugo is an old ragged shark with scars on every fen. He lives a quiet life in the bottom of the box of cat toys, and counts every day without new injuries a victory.

Jump over to Helen and get this fantastic kit!

New QP contest at Coolscrapsdigital!

2011-05-21T22:47:00.006+02:00

Coolscrapsdigital's May QP contest is here :) This month we used Floral Surprise by Created by Jill. The kit's got a turtle - need I say more???!

Here's my QP:

DOWNLOAD HERE

Check out the challenge thread for more QPs using the same kit!

Scrap-a-holic has a freebie on her blog!

2011-05-19T09:52:00.003+02:00

On Saturday, Scrap-a-holic releases the first in a new line of templates - Paper Stacker Starters, and today she has a freebie on her blog to promote them.

Here's what I made using it:

Credits:
Template - Paper Stacker Starters Freebie by Scrap-a-holic Designs
Kit - At Last by Vicki Stegall
Font - Jane Austen

Journaling is a title of a book I'm reading right now and it means:
You are the roots,
that sleeps by my
feet and keep
the earth in place.

Get the template - it's really fun to work with :)

CT layouts

2011-05-17T09:58:00.005+02:00

I've been scrapping a lot lately and here are a few of the LOs I've made. First out is a layout I made with Scrap-a-holics new release and Angie's Whimsical Simon.

Credits:
Template - Anything Goes Vol 1 by Scrap-a-holic Designs
Kit - Whimsical Simon by Angie Young
Fonts - LD Bella

Translation of journaling:
STUPID. You can never get stupid again, no matter how much you want to, my friend.
(It's a quote from a song with the Swedish band Raymond & Maria)

Here's a layout I've made for a challenge at Gotta Pixel. Got some wonderful photos when DH and I was out for a walk last week.

Credits:
Template - Project Pixel Challenge 2 Template by Mye De Leon
Kit - Moments by Silvia Romeo
Font - LD Baskin Sundae and LD Tilted

Translation:
Troll Forest.
It was a wonderful warm evening and Ubbe and I decided to go for a walk. We had no particular goal in mind, we just strolled away. All of a sudden we were in the middle of a wood. It was like taken from a fairytale, and you almost expected to see gnomes and trolls. Non of us had any idea we had a troll forest just a few minutes from our home.

Last a LO I made for this week's challenge at Gotta Pixel. Really funny challenge, you're supposed to do a LO about a quirk - your own or someone else. I did mine about my idiotic tendency to burst into song :) Love these templates for photoless layouts by Scrap-a-holic!

Credits:
Template - Inspire you: Photoless by Scrap-a-holic Designs
Kit - Atta Boy by Mye De Leon
Font - LD Tilted

Translation:
I've actually never thought about it until John said one day: "But Mom! Do you know a song about EVERYTHING?!!" Then I realized that I tend to associate everything people say to a song. AND that's not enough. Of course I have to start sing that song too. Everything can be associated to a song, even though I - at first - had a hard time coming up with a song, when Ubbe ordered a song about an e-book reader. But I fixed that one too. I started singing Book of Love. Problem solved!

Scrap-a-holic!

2011-05-11T11:09:00.004+02:00

I've been accepted to a new CT! When I saw this call, I knew I had to apply. Scrap-a-holic makes the most amazing templates - scrapping will be sooo easy now.

Here are 2 layouts I've made using her templates. First I used one of her templates to make a LO for my assignment on Digital's CT featuring my sweet kitties.

Credits:
Template - 365 Template Bundle 9-12 by Scrap-o-holic
Kit - Tranquil Times by doinDigital
Font - Ringbearer

This layout was such a wonderful layout to do. I've decided I really need to get some baby/toddler photos scrapped, and then I had this idea of making a LO showing how my baby has grown. I picked a photo from each year 1997-2011. Then I mixed a baby kit with a teen kit, and this is what I ended up with. I'm VERY happy with this layout.

Credits:
Template - Inspire You: Blocks by Scrap-a-holic
Kits - Baby Mine 1&2 and Be Bold by Jen Yurko
Font - LD Tilted

Week 18 of 52

2011-05-11T10:43:00.003+02:00

The prompt is Before & After, and at first I had some problems coming up with something to scrap about. Then I went down to the kitchen, and I realized I have this before and after moment every day ... and a LO was born :)

Credits:
Kit - 52 Inspirations 2011 Week 18 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Solid background, stitches and additional wordart - Each & Everyday by Sue Cummings

Week 17 of 52

2011-05-04T15:03:00.002+02:00

The weeks theme was Me, Myself & I, so here's yours truly:

Credits:
Kit - 52 inspirations Week 17 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Extra wordart - 52 inspirations Week 9 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Flower - 52 inspirations Week 10 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Button and leaves - 52 inspirations The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall

NSD at Digitals

2011-05-03T22:21:00.001+02:00

Dont' miss it!

It's been a while since I last offered a freebie

2011-04-30T16:43:00.002+02:00

... but now I got a mini kit for you all. I don't really design anymore, but I started playing a bit and ended up with this little kit. Hope you like it :)

Download at 4shared:
Part 1
Part 2

Enjoy!

Lovely papers from Angie Young

2011-04-27T13:21:00.005+02:00

Angie just released a bunch of paper packs that totally ROCKS! Check them out HERE. It's soooo easy to make a layout when the background is jazzed and ready!

First out - I had to celebrate that I have budding tulips in my garden!!! It's such an adventure with the garden - since this is the first spring/summer in the house, I have no idea whatsoever what will pop up from the ground. Prepare yourself for lots of layouts with flowers in the future :)

Credits:
Background - Art On Canvas Papers - GROW by Angie Young
Elements - Gardening with Gertie - The Elements by Angie Young
Font - LD Cotton Candy

I got this quote from this weeks 52 Inspirations at Oscraps, and I knew at once this quote and Angie's design would mix well.

Credits:
Background - Art On Canvas - My Happy Place by Angie Young
Little girl ATC - Altered Art - ATC Tags Set 5 by Angie Young
Flowers, butterfly and staple - Dream of Spring - The elements by Angie Young
Fonts - Gill Sans Condensed, LDJ Forever Friends and LD Hoot

Quote from Brian Andreas

For both these layouts I've used only the element packs for two kits, but both are available in more price worthy bundles. Check them out! You'll get an amazing kit for almost nothing :)

Gardening with Gertie - The Bundle Only $3.90 right now!!!
Dream of Spring - The Bundle Only $4.50 right now!!!

April's CT assignment at Digitals

2011-04-25T12:57:00.006+02:00

For April I was assigned to work with Carena's Designs. She has a lot of fantastic kits, check them out!

First I worked with Vintage Farm Yard.

Here I used an extraction of my two goof balls, and let them play peek-a-boo from the barrel in the kit:

Credits:
Kit - Vintage Farm Yard by Carena's Designs
Font - LD Farfetched

Second, I wanted to make a more traditional layout, and with a photo more to the theme - vintage farm work. This is a fantastic photo taken back in 1905:

Credits:
Kit - Vintage Farm Yard by Carena's Design
Font - Old English Text
Photo from our town archive of old photos

Translation:
Hay-making in Holen 1905

For my second kit I chose to work with PS I Love You. I fell in love with the colors of this kit. There are so many different flowers in this kit - clustering was such joy!

I ended up with two layouts featuring my darling husband. Love you honey!

Credits:
Kit - PS I Love You by Carena's Designs

Credits:
Kit - PS I Love You by Carena's Designs
Font - Vivaldi

Week 16 of 52

2011-04-25T12:21:00.003+02:00

Week 16 of 52 Inspirations was about extraordinary, and Ms. Michael shared some inspiring quotes, and I fell in love with this one:

“We must overcome the notion that we must be regular...
it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.”
~ Uta Hagen

Ended up making this layout:

Credits:
Kit - 52 inspirations Week 16 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Font - Century Gothic

Then I got this wonderful shot of John and Mario in the garden - an extraordinary moment:

Credits:
Kit - 52 inspirations Week 16 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Extra wordart [recolored] - 52 inspirations Week 15 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Frame - 52 inspirations Week 8 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Flower and button - 52 inspirations Week 9 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
String and paintstrokes - Sail Away by Sue Cummings
Font - Times New Roman

Week 15 of 52

2011-04-25T12:18:00.003+02:00

Spring finally came, and Mario was ready to check out the garden. Luigi is a coward, and he hates getting out - he stayed inside.

Credits:
Kit - 52 inspirations Week 15 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Frame and Adventure Wordart - 52 inspirations Week 14 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Font - Century Gothic

Translation:
Mario is ready to inspect the garden

Week 14 of 52

2011-04-25T12:06:00.003+02:00

How hard can it be to remember to update your blog? Impossible it seems. :) Now I'll have to make several posts again *sigh*

Week 14 of 52 Inspirations was about life being an adventure. Since it was our anniversary, I scrapped about that:

Credits:
Kit - 52 inspirations Week 14 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Font - LD Edward

Translation:
6 April 1990 - 6 April 2011
21 years of love

Then we had some adventure! The creek by our yard was full of ice, and we thought we would get water all over our yard. Everything went well, but I got some awesome photos. :)

Template - Some Inspiration 2 by Ju Kneipp
Kit - Serendipity by Fei-fei's Stuff
Wordart - 52 inspirations Week 14 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Font - Century Gothic

QP Contest at Coolscrapsdigital - FREEBIE!

2011-04-16T22:05:00.004+02:00

I've joined in on this fun thing at Coolscrapsdigitals - a contest where everyone makes a QP.

This month we are working with a kit called Earth by Nydia's Design.

Here's a preview of my QP:

You can download it HERE

Keep an eye on this thread since there will be more QPs from the other contestants.

Non, je ne regrette rien

2011-04-10T11:37:00.005+02:00

Angie's hosting a challenge at Digitals, and this month the prompt is "If I could change one thing". I've been thinking what I was going to scrap about - and I realized: I have no major regrets! Really didn't know I was so happy :)

Here's my art journal page:

Credits:
Kit - Dream of Spring The Bundle by Angie Young
Font - LD Christmas Troll

Translation of the lyrics

Cats are like potato chips

2011-04-06T15:17:00.002+02:00

When Angie accepted me to her CT, and I was browsing through her shop, I saw these cats and fell in love. I knew immediately that I should scrap this quote. And now when I got her new kit Whimsical Simon, I knew I had the perfect match :)

Credits:
Kit - Whimsical Simon The Bundle by Angie Young
Cats - Art Journal Lizzie Altered Cats by Angie Young
Heart Charm - Whimsical Simon Charms by Angie Young
Alpha for CATS - Soul Whispers - Chipboard Alphas by Angie Young
Font - LDJ Forever Friends

Week 13 of 52

2011-04-06T13:00:00.002+02:00

I really don't get those who get addicted to their blogs, and keep posting all the time. I always forget to post LOL

(at least I remember to scrap every day!)

Here's last weeks LO for the 52 inspirations:

Credits:
Kits - 52 Inspirations The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
- 52 Inspirations Week 13 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
- 52 Inspirations Week 11 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall

Another art journal page

2011-04-05T13:18:00.003+02:00

Another one of Angie Young's wonderful designs! This is a wonderful bundle of vintage brown goodies. Each part is also sold seperately, you can see them here.

Credits:
Kit - Vintage Browns The Bundle by Angie Young

Art journal page

2011-03-30T14:29:00.003+02:00

It's been over a year since I made a proper art journal page, but there is something about Angie Young's design that screams art journal. And this poem's been haunting me - I needed to make something with it:

Credits:
Kit - Imagine Peace by Angie Young [elements][papers]
Font - Century Gothic and Jane Austen

Poem is a Swedish translation of a Japanese haiku written by Issa (1763-1827).
The text in the bottom is supposed to be the original poem - I don't know - I don't know Japanese :)

Translation:
Flying butterfly;
my own body is also
created from dust.

Week 12 of 52

2011-03-29T12:19:00.002+02:00

The prompt on this week's kit for 52 inspirations was Life Is A Beautiful Journey, and I ended up with the same LO in two editions. I started to make this LO with photos of myself at different ages, and when it was done, I realized I wanted to make the same LO with photos of DH. Here they are:

Credits:
Kit - 52 inspirations 2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Wordart and flower - 52 inspirations 2011 Week 12 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Font - LD Tilted

First CT layout for Angie Young

2011-03-27T13:36:00.002+02:00

I chose to start with this wonderful, vibrant and colorful kit. Greedy as I am, I went for the entire bundle. This is a kit I will return to again and again, even though there are lots of more goodies @ Angie's store.

Credits:
Kit - Soul Whispers - The Bundle by Angie Young
Font - LD Boogie Down

Angie Young's CT!!!

2011-03-25T11:08:00.003+01:00

Woot! I've been accepted to Angie Young's CT! Can't wait to start creating. She has such a wonderful unique design, and when I saw her call, I knew I had to apply. And what a wonderful thing to wake up to: an e-mail from her saying Welcome aboard! :)

Here's a LO I made a while back for a challenge she was hosting in November:

Credits:
Kit - Art Journal Cayden - Challenge Mini by Angie Young
Alpha - Metal Alpha v.1 by Angel Hartline
Font - Old Newspaper Types

A new YouTube favorite

2011-03-24T18:07:00.000+01:00

What can I say - it's wonderful!

Week 11 of 52

2011-03-22T14:47:00.004+01:00

Week 11 - that was last week - and it was all about birthday. Oscraps were celebrating their fifth birthday, and I was so inspired by it ... I made EIGHTEEN layouts last week! Much more than I do in a regular month.

But it wasn't just Oscraps that had birthday last week. So did I! The theme for this weeks layouts was my birthday.

Credits:
Kit - 52 Inspirations Week 11 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Flower - 52 Inspirations Week 10 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Heart - 52 Inspirations Week 8 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Alpha - 52 Inspirations The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall

Made a second layout - featuring my birthday dinner. We have this tradition, that the one who has birthday decides what to have for dinner. My choice was "kebabrulle" from Centralgrillen. Nothing like take-away! I do love kebab - but I sure love to not have to cook the dinner for once :)

Credits:
Wordart - 52 Inspirations Week 11 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Kit - 52 Inspirations The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Font - LD Jacob

Translation:
Birthday Dinner 2011

Week 10 of 52

2011-03-22T14:35:00.004+01:00

This week I'm annoyed - all designers are releasing spring kits, and wants you to work with them. How fun is that - when all you see is snow??? Good thing winter is so beautiful!

Credits:
Wordart - 52 inspirations 2011 Week 10 by Vicki Stegall and Sue Cummings
Photo mat, paint smear and winter WA - Simply Winter by Sue Cummings
Background and stitches - Joy by Vicki Stegall
Font - MTF Eva's Hand

That font is made by Miss Tiina using my handwriting - get it - it's free :)

Had a visit from a dear friend this week, and she brought me this flower. So easy to see life is beautiful, right? :)

Credits:
Kit - 52 inspirations The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Brown paper - 52 inspirations Week 2 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Butterfly stamp - 52 inspirations Week 1 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Wordart - - 52 inspirations Week 10 by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall

Week 9 of 52

2011-03-22T14:30:00.002+01:00

There I was in the kitchen, cooking dinner like any other day. I went to the fridge to put the milk back, and looked out the window ..... !!!!!!

Credits:
Kit - 52-2011 Week 9 by Sue Cummings
Font - LD Pig Sty

Week 8 of 52

2011-03-22T14:23:00.004+01:00

Gee - just realized I haven't been a good blogger - not that I'm that shocked LOL I haven't posted any layouts for 52 inspirations since week 7 ... and I just downloaded the kit for week 12. Better start posting :)

The theme for week 8 was a given - dad had an heart attack, and we thought we were going to lose him this time. He's fine now, but it was a tough week.

Credits:
Kit - 52-2011 Week 8 by Vicki Stegall
White paper - 52-2011 Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall

It's a bit hard to see the wordart, but it says: "Love. To one world you may just be one person. But to one person you may be the whole world."

Silvia has a new kit!

2011-03-22T14:16:00.003+01:00

I totally LOVE this new kit Silvia has released: Easter Time. As always so many wonderful papers and elements.

Here's a LO I made using this kit. The photos are taken back in 2003, we're still living in Uppsala, and John had made this easter bunny cookie at day care:

Credits:
Kit - Easter Time by Silvia Romeo
Fonts - Century Schoolbook, Blockography and LD Tilted

Translation:
Easter Bunny

Bracket made following this tutorial

CT layouts using Bright N' Buggy by Jen Maceyunas

2011-03-21T19:42:00.003+01:00

March I'm assigned to scrap with two different designers, and first of them are Jennifer Maceyunas. I chose to scrap with her Bright N' Buggy - a happy, bright spring kit. Jen also makes templates, and I was happy to get to work with those too. Really creative and inspiring templates!

Credits:
Template - Scrap-A-Sketch #28 by Jennifer Maceyunas
Kit - Bright n' Buggy by Jennifer Maceyunas
Font - LD Kiss The Cook

Credits:
Template - Scrap-A-Sketch #35 by Jen Maceyunas
Kit - Bright n' Buggy by Jen Maceyunas
Font - Lego

Translation:
Such a wonderful and happy photo, but I only get sad when I see it. I was on my way back home from work, and was taking photos of the spring, when I met you. You are happy and on your way home to Gabriel to play. In less than a month, you will be threatened with a knife in school, and you will stop going out alone, and your freedom will be limited. Still, four years later, you don't go out without me or dad being with you.

A fantastic kit!

2011-02-22T11:07:00.003+01:00

Well, I usually blog about CT kits, but sometimes you find this kit that is PERFECT, and this is just what happened to me when I was reading the latest newsletter from Scrap Orchard. This isn't a site that I spend much time at, really, but I do subscribe to the newsletter, cuz there are some really great designers there. We all know that there are too many digiscrap sites out there to be able to keep up with them all!

Anyway - Laura Banasiak has made this kit that I just had to have: 8 Bit World. Could any kit be better for this family of Nintendo nerds??? I mean, we even named our cats Mario and Luigi LOL

So far I've made 4 layouts using this kit, and I'm sure I could make an entire album!

First - my very own Mario Bros:

Credits:
Kit - 8 bit world by Laura Banasiak
Font - Gill Sans Bold

Next - just to prove we've been addicted for ages. Here's DH playing Zelda back in 1991. We had just moved into this tiny tiny little apartment, 38 square m (if me and the conversion site got it right that is 409 square ft), and one of our first priorities was to get the Nintendo up and running. :)

Credits:
Kit - 8 bit world by Laura Banasiak
Font - MTF Dear Santa

We've indoctrinated our son well, and he's a GREAT game player:

Credits:
Kit - 8 bit world by Laura Banasiak
Frame - 8 bit world cluster by Laura Banasiak

He's too good a player - I can never beat him at Mario Party :(

Credits:
Kit - 8 bit world by Laura Banasiak
Font - LD Woodland

My baby - back in October 1998

2011-02-20T14:01:00.002+01:00

He was such a cutie! He's still cute, just a bit grumpier ;)

Credits:
Clustered frame - Valentine's Frame Cluster 01 by Silvia Romeo
Kit - Soul Mates by Silvia Romeo
Font - LD Wedding

I absolutely love this frame. Well, I do love all of Silvia's designs, I wouldn't be her CT leader if I didn't, but this frame is really something special.

Week 7 of 52

2011-02-20T13:53:00.002+01:00

Credits:
Template - Simply Quick No. 32 by Sue Cummings
Background - Artistry No. 2 by Sue Cummings
Font - LDJ Noodge

Credits:
Kit - 52-2011 Week 7 by Sue Cummings

And the big thing this week - Tekla woke up!! She's been sleeping for over 3 months. So happy to see her. She had some cucumber, and went back to sleep :)

Credits:
Kit - 52 Inspirations 2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Alpha - Jack Doodle by Danielle Young
Font - Century Gothic

Translation of title:
Good Morning

Week 6 of 52

2011-02-20T13:48:00.002+01:00

Been a lazy girl not updating my blog! Not that I think anyone noticed ... who reads blogs anyway? LOL

Credits:
Kits used - 52 Inspirations 2011 Basics
- 52 Inspirations 2011 Week 6
- 52 Inspirations 2011 Week 4
- 52 Inspirations 2011 Week 5
all by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall

Rest in peace

2011-02-07T19:37:00.001+01:00

Week 5 of 52

2011-02-05T19:05:00.002+01:00

The theme this week is Embrace Love ... I gave it a twist.

Credits:
Kits - 52-2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
- 52-2011 Week 5 by Sue Cummings
Font - Stereofidelic

Project 52 Photos week 5

2011-02-05T18:57:00.002+01:00

This week's challenge is SATURATED. What else for me to do than to dig out my scrap yarns?

CT Layouts using Popstar

2011-01-30T10:57:00.004+01:00

Some months you get assigned to work with 2 different designers on Digitals CT, and that's what I've been doing this month. I've already shared the LOs I made using a kit by Georgia Oliver, and the other designer I've been fortunate to work with this month is Joyce de Jonge. Her kit Popstar is a kit exploding in color and glamour. Even so, I ended up making two layouts that are kind of mild in color ... go figure. Guess I'm in such a mode :)

First out is this layout, where my husband is playing guitar ... and the cats was curious.

Credits:
Kit - Popstar by Joyce de Jonge
Font - Pastor of Muppets
Glitter style - Mega Glitter Pack by Flergs

Translation:
A star and his audience

Second, I used this kit to make a top 5 list for my BoM:

Credits:
Kit - Popstar by Joyce de Jonge
Fonts - LD Baskin Sundae and Gill Sans

Translation:
Top 5
Five records that have been important for me

Project 52 Photos week 2 - 4

2011-01-27T13:38:00.005+01:00

Realized I had forgotten to post the photos I've taken for the last weeks challenges at Gotta Pixel. Week 1 I posted here.

The challenge for week 2 was to play with the rule of third. I took tons of photos this week, it was great fun. I'd never used the grid on my camera before, so this was something new for me. LOVE it. The photo I ended up choosing for this challenge is this of my darling Luigi - isn't he the cutest ever????

Week 2 we were challenge to look for red. First thing I saw when I got downstairs, after reading the challenge, was this. DS just had had breakfast :)

A few days later I went for a walk, and I took this photo of the church just three houses away from us. Isn't it beautiful?

This week we are challenged to use the self-timer. I'm soooo happy - I hadn't noticed that I had a self-timer on my camera. Gee! I'm such an idiot! I got this camera from DH on my 40th birthday ... which means it took me almost 4 years to realize I have both grids and self-timer LOL

Love you darling!!!

Week 4 of 52

2011-01-27T13:29:00.003+01:00

This layout is actually kind of a combination of the 52 inspirations challenge at Oscraps, and the Project 52 photo challenge at Gotta Pixel. I used the photo I took for the photo challenge on this LO.

Credits:
Kits - 52-2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
- 52-2011 Week 4 by Vicki Stegall
Font - Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed

Designer spotlight challenge at Oscraps Part 2

2011-01-27T13:22:00.003+01:00

Well, I had to make another LO for this challenge, using the free mini kit. Perfect for a LO about coffee :)

Credits:
Template - Outlined No. 4 by fei-fei's stuff
Kit - Of The Essence Add-on by fei-fei's stuff
Fonts - Gill Sans and Kenyan Coffee

Translation:
COFFEE
Fact: only Finns drink more coffee per person and year than us Swedes.
A Swede drinks about 150 litres of coffee every year.
50% Finn

I cannot imagine how many Swedes that doesn't drink coffee. 150 litres a year is way less than we drink in this family :D

Designer spotlight challenge at Oscraps

2011-01-25T14:00:00.003+01:00

Oscraps designer spotlight challgenge are featuring Fei-fei's Stuff this week. The challenge is to make a 2-pager LO, using a patterned paper for background. I've never done a 2-pager LO before, but I gave it a try. Here's the result :)

Credits:
Template - Outlined No. 4 by fei-fei's stuff
Kit - Of The Essence by fei-fei's stuff

The template is a freebie - go and get it :)

Last episode of Lost

2011-01-21T11:17:00.002+01:00

Sometime during the 3rd season DH and I missed two episodes, and then we decided to watch the entire series when it was released on DVD. And now it's all over :(

Credits:
Kit - 52-2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Tab - 52-2011 Week 2 by Vicki Stegall
Font - LD Edward
Picture - scanned DVD

CT layouts featuring winter :)

2011-01-19T10:16:00.003+01:00

This month I'm happy to work with 2 designers at Digitals. Here are the two layouts I've made using Georgia Oliver's kit Little Bit O' Winter. And we sure have winter here LOL

Credits:
Kit - Little Bit O' Winter by Georgia Oliver
Font - Kabin Light DB

Translation:
waiting for cherries

Credits:
Template - Templistic Oh Baby by A+ Designs
Kit - Little Bit O' Winter by Georgia Oliver
Font - LD Chaplin

Noticed I used the same snowman for both layouts, but there are two in the kit. Another adorable one with blue hat and scarf. Just as adorable :)

Week 3 of 52

2011-01-19T10:11:00.004+01:00

This is my layout for Week 3 of the 52 inspirations 2011 at oscraps:

Credits:
Kit - 52-2011 Week 3 by Sue Cummings

New LOs

2011-01-08T19:33:00.005+01:00

Been doing some scrapping lately. First out is a LO I made for Biograffiti's Designer Spotlight Challenge at Oscraps. You're supposed to make a LO about something you wished you could go back in time and tell yourself.

Credits:
Kit - Note to Self Add On by Biograffiti
Font - Century Gothic

Translation:
The person I am today would like to tell the person I was 20 years ago: "never start dieting". I wasn't fat, but all the diets made. If I hade been able to tell myself what I know today, I'd told me to start excercising more, and not to mind so much about my looks. If I'd done that, instead of trying diet after diet, I'd probably wouldn't have gained 30 kg. (30 kg = 66 lb)

Next is a follow-up challenge to the Project 52 photo challenge at Gotta Pixel. Easy enough - you just scrap the photo you took using a template.

Credits:
Template - 52 Pixels Challenge Week 1 by VickyD
Kit - Basically Worn by Silvia Romeo
Font - Century Gothic

Translation:
Ubbe just finished this book, and I thought I'd read it too. Haven't read that much yet, and I think it's kind of har to understand, but maybe it'll be better. I've never really been interested in evolution, but it might be interesting. It's never been important to me HOW the creation was done, it's enough for me THAT I am created. Creationists and evolutionists can argue all they want. It doesn't really matter where we're coming from, what matters is where we're going. In short: Revelations is more interesting than Genesis.

Last but not least - I made another LO for my Project 52 album. Watched The Jungle Book the other day, and I had a light-bulb moment, and chose a theme song for 2011. The lyrics in Swedish, though it's similar, really don't say the same. In Swedish, it says more that you should be happy with what you get, not that you should LOOK FOR the bare necessities. To pursuit nothing more than I need, that's my challenge for 2011!

Credits:
Kit - 52-2011 Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Wordart and butterfly - 52-2011 Week 1 by Sue Cummings
Fonts - LD Edward

Inspired by this tutorial, I've turned this LO into a wallpaper for my computer:

52 - 2011: Saying goodbye to 2010

2011-01-05T10:36:00.004+01:00

My first layout for the 52 inspirations challenge. 2010 has been a FANTASTIC year - mainly because I love love love my house :)

Photos show:
1. The amount of snow in January
2. A crocheted hat - "the Olympics hat". It was a big hit here in Sweden, the Swedish olympic team had this hat, and everyone wanted one. Of course - I crocheted mine in other colors
3. Mario playing with his favorite toy.
4. A "cake" that was very popular this year here at our local bakery.
5. The "swamp" - the snow melted and everything was WET
6. Son playing Nintendo ... 24 - 7 - 365
7. Tekla - our turtle - eating strawberry
8. A sweet friend sending me a box of Cadbury's chocolate, when I told her I loved it, and that I couldn't get it here in Sweden
9. Packing!
10. Moving!
11. Our house
12. Me trying to read in our library - I've always wanted a library, and now we got one!
13. DH paying the last rent to our former landlord
14. The heater
15. Me showelling snow

Credits:
Background - Just Breathe Paper Pack by Vicki Stegall
QP and wordart - From My Notebook [Hello TwentyEleven. Goodbye TwentyTen] by Sue Cummings
2010 label - 52-2011 Week 1 by Sue Cummings

Not much happened today

2011-01-03T22:55:00.005+01:00

Really a lazy day. I've spent most of the time at Neopets. I'm trying to get the pack rat avatar ... I know ... I'm a geek :D

I did do some scrapping, even though if it was only to finish a thing that's been lurking in my files half done for ages. It was for a challenge at Tangie Baxter's blog ages ago.

Credits:
Scanned vintage postcard from my own collection
Frame - Simply Frame Me by Cherie Shields
Word art - Model Behavior the 30's by Tangie Baxter
Glittered vine - Merry Springtime Mini Kit by Tangie Baxter
Alligator - ATC Green with Envy by Tangie Baxter and Sherriejd

Also, I joined the Project 52 Week Photo Challenge at Gotta Pixel. First challenge is to take a b/w photo. I ended up taking a photo of the book I'm currently reading:

The English title for the book is The Greatest Show on Earth, by Richard Dawkins. DH just read it, and I thought I'd do it too. It's about the evolution.

Long time no see

2011-01-02T18:42:00.006+01:00

I've been neglecting the blog for a very long time, but starting the new year with a fresh look and a new post. Lots have happened since last time, most important: we've bought a house and moved! Yay! No more disturbing neighbors ... and I can take a bath in the middle of the night if I want to ... LOL

Here's a layout about it:

Credits:
Template - Template Duo 1 by Lindsay Jane
Kit - No Place Like Home by Lindsay Jane
Font - Kristen ITC

Translation:
I'd been looking at houses for a long while, but Ubbe wasn't keen at all on buying a house. But then this wonderful house caught our eyes and we fell in love. August 16 we went to the showing and August 25 we made the down payment. We were about to become house owners! September 30 we signed all papers and on October 4 we started to move into our new home.

I've just joined the 52 Inspirations 2011 at oscraps. We got the first kit today - Basics. Awesome kit! Check it out! I made a frontpage for the album I'll create during the year:

Credits:
Kit - 52 - 2011 Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall
Font - LD Edward

If you like it - I turned it into a pagestarter template.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Enchanted Forest by Alessandra Designs

2010-04-03T10:20:00.004+02:00

The second kit my Alessandra Designs I was blessed to work with was Enchanted Forest. A really fairytaly kit with lots of wonderful elements.

It's a good thing my son don't follow my blog, cuz he'd kill me if he knew I was sharing this photo :) He's like 3 years old here, and dressed like an old lady. Isn't he a darling??? I love this photo!

Credits:
Kit - Enchanted Forest by Alessandra Designs

My son again - and my darling father. Both are named John, and dad really like that we named our son after him. This photo is taken on my father's birthday this year. We were so happy to celebrate this birthday, because dad had a heart attack just before Christmas, and for a while we thought we had lost him. But the man is stubborn ;)

Credits:
Kit - Enchanted Forest by Alessandra Designs
Font - Papyrus

(the font is used for the date - the title is made with the awesome alpha that comes with the kit)

Spring Rhapsody by Maddy Fernandez

2010-03-24T12:47:00.005+01:00

The second kit by Maddy Fernandez that I worked on this month is called Spring Rhapsody. It's a very cute, romantic and serene kit.

Here's what I made using the kit:

Credits:
Kit - Spring Rhapsody by Maddy Fernandez
Font - MTF Cindy

Credits:
Kit - Spring Rhapsody by Maddy Fernandez
Fonts - Oliver's Barney and MTF Evas Hand

Translation:
Shrimp Sandwiches
bread
butter
egg
mayonnaise
shrimps
tomato
cucumber
lemon

Mixing kits

2010-03-21T10:51:00.003+01:00

Silvia Romeo just released two kits that really coordinates. I've blogged about the kits already: Mystique and Basically Worn, but here I want to show you what you can do if you mix the kits.

Silvia is hosting a challenge at Digitals, and the challenge this month is to scrap about a place you want to visit. Here's the LO I made:

Credits:
Kits - Mystique by Silvia Romeo
Basically Worn by Silvia Romeo
Fonts - Jeannie and Windsong
Photos - scanned from my postcard collection

Translation:
Betlehem - where it all started.
My dream is going to Israel and see all the places I've read about in The Bible.

Irish Blessings by Maddy Fernandez

2010-03-13T12:18:00.004+01:00

The other designer at Digitals that I got to work with this month is Maddy Fernandez. And the first of her kits that I've been playing with is Irish Blessings. A very GREEN kit, as you can guess. Really cute and versatile. I love that even though a kit has a specific theme, it can be used for other themes than the intended.

First a layout with an Irish Blessing. This blessing is one of the wordarts that come with the kit. And the sleeping beauty is my darling son.

Credits:
Kit - Irish Blessing by Maddy Fernandez
Font - MTF Evas Hand

I totally LOVE this photo! I was out walking one day, and the magpie just sat there. I love magpies and I love how the eye looks in this photo. One of my best photos ever. This layout was made for the March 2010 Font Free 4 All Challenge at Digitals.

Credits:
Kit - Irish Blessings by Maddy Fernandez
Folded Tear action by Atomic Cupcake
Fonts - District and Windsong

Lucky Chances by Alessandra Design

2010-03-09T11:14:00.003+01:00

This month again I get the chance to work with two of Digitals talented designers. One of them is Alessandra Designs. She has a new kit out this month called Lucky Chances. Think games, think Vegas - and you have an idea what this kit is about. The kit has LOTS of papers and elements.

Credits:
Kit - Lucky Charms by Alessandra Designs
Font - Pristina

Translation:
You don't have to play the lottery to get the jackpot.

Credits:
Kit - Lucky Charms by Alessandra Designs

Translation:
King of Hearts

Basically Worn by Silvia Romeo

2010-03-08T10:20:00.004+01:00

This kit is totally wonderful - Basically Worn. I love the white/gray colors. Here are the layouts I made with this kit.

Credits:
Kit - Basically Worn by Silvia Romeo
Fonts - Rothwell and Susies Hand

Credits:
Kit - Basically Worn by Silvia Romeo
Font - MTF Jotted

Mystique by Silvia Romeo

2010-03-02T11:22:00.004+01:00

Ok, it's been the Olympics, and I'm a bit behind on my blog. I have actually been working on two kits from Silvia since I last updated my blog. First, I want you to see what I did with the kit named Mystique.

First I made a double I've been meaning to do for ages, just waiting for the perfect kit. And here the perfect kit just fell into my lap. I wanted a kit that was regal/posh/classy, but still not girly girly. So, let me introduce to you, my two precious furbabies ... with all their names:

Credits:
Kit - Mystique by Silvia Romeo
Font - Port Credit

And then I had to make another layout, using the wonderful photo with mom and dad when they were young. This time together with more resent photos.

Credits:
Kit - Mystique by Silvia Romeo
Fonts - Matura MT Script

Passione by Silvia Romeo

2010-02-23T11:05:00.003+01:00

A wonderful kit - exclusive at Silvia's store at SBE. Here's what I made using Passione.

Credits:
Template - Papercropz 2 by Studio NeeNee [modified]
Kit - Passione by Silvia Romeo
Font - MTF Evas Hand by MissTiina

Translation: "I'm not sure what year this is, 94 or 95 maybe. Anyhow, we're young - and in love."

And I wish there were enough words to explain just how perfect my son is:

Credits:
Kit - Passione by Silvia Romeo
Fonts - Love Letters and MTF Evas Hand

The last one is made with a poem of a Swedish poet named Karin Boye. This is a very beautiful poem. And do I love internet? Here I found a translation to English to the poem! You are the resurrection of my soul

Credits:
Kit - Passione by Silvia Romeo
Font - French Script MT

What a find!

2010-02-19T10:00:00.001+01:00

I rarely post layouts in the blog that I make with other designers than the one I design for, but this photo is too precious not to share. I'll probably scrap this photo over and over again, it's so wonderful!

Me and DH was visiting mom and dad, and I found an old photo album. And when I was browsing it, I found this photo. Mom and dad had just met. I think it is soooo cute. Here's the layout I made with this:

Credits:
Kit - Sentimental Journey by Studio Manu
Font - Old Newspaper Types

Translation:
I found this wonderful photo in an old album at my parents house. Mom and dad, young and in love. It's the year of 1953 and they are only 15 and 16 years old. The beginning of a life long love story.

Heart Equalz Home by DeDe Smith

2010-02-18T14:02:00.005+01:00

The second kit by DeDe Smith I got to work with this month is Heart Equalz Home. I think this is a very representative kit for DeDe's style. Great color palette, realistic looking elements and that cute little fuzzy bear. One thing I really liked about this kit was the alpha - really huge letters, making it easy to make HUGE titles.

First I made a layout following the theme of the kit. The wonderful wordart I used for the title here is a part of the kit:

Credits:
Kit - Heart Equalz Home by DeDe Smith

For the second layout, I went with a totally different theme, just to show that this kit can be used to so much more than home layouts. This is a photo of the most adorable kid in the world - my precious son. Almost 10 years ago since I took this photo. *love*

Credits:
Kit - Heart Equalz Home by DeDe Smith
Font - Arial

I'm on Silvia Romeo's Creative Team!

2010-02-13T10:51:00.003+01:00

Great news! As I've told you already, this month I got to work with Silvia Romeo's Designs for the CT at Digitals. I must have done something right, cuz she offered me a spot on her team. Do I have to tell you I was happy dancing here?

You can see the layouts I did in this post and this post. (or just scroll down 1 and 3 posts.)

Here's a layout I made in May using a kit from Silvia:

Credits:
Kit - Opal and Onyx Kit by Silvia Romeo
Font - King

AND: look at this:

Silvia's store at Digitals
Silvia's store at SBE
Silvia's store at Scrapbook-Bytes
Silvia's store at GP
Silvia's store at NDISB
Silvia's store at ACOT
Silvia's store at Commersial-Use

Another kit from Silvia Romeo - Antiquaire

2010-02-11T11:48:00.004+01:00

The second kit from Silvia Romeo I got to work with is Antiquaire - hard to spell, but so easy to scrap with. :)

We've had a wonderful winter here in Sweden this year. It's been a while since we had a proper winter with lots of snow and cold weather. I love it.

Credits:
Kit -Antiquaire by Silvia Romeo
Font - Wrexham Script
Font style - Vintage Styles by Beth Rimmer

The other day I said to my dad that I have no photos of my grandpa and grandpa, and he gave me this wonderful photo. And it's perfect for this kit.

Credits:
Kit -Antiquaire by Silvia Romeo
Fonts - Evanescent and MTF Colleen Cursive

BlockZ by DeDe Smith - The perfect kit for a LEGO lover!

2010-02-10T09:59:00.005+01:00

Next kit I've had the honor to work with this month is BlockZ by DeDe Smith. When you have a kid that played with LEGO 24/7 for years, this is the perfect kit. It's fun to work with too, kind of like playing LEGO. There are small LEGO pieces in many colors, you can build whatever you want :)

First out is layout I made with one of the earliest LEGO photos I have of John.

Credits:
Kit - Blockz by DeDe Smith
Font - LEGO

Translation of the journaling:
To begin with you mainly built garages for your cars, which were you're main interest back then, but later on it became 100% LEGO LEGO LEGO.

A Christmas tradition in our family is to build a nativity scene with LEGO. It's great fun, and you never know who turn up to celebrate the birth of Christ :)

Credits:
Kit - Blockz by DeDe Smith
Font - LD Beatnik

After I made these layouts I noticed that DeDe has an add-on for this kit too. I bought it, but haven't used it yet. Check it out HERE.

New kit from Silvia Romeo - Infinitiy

2010-02-05T12:01:00.004+01:00

I've had the honor to work with Silvia Romeos newest kit Infinity. Wonderful colors!

First I made a LO with a photo of me when I was a baby.

Credits:
Kit - Infinity by Silvia Romeo
Font - LD Edward

Second - a LO about LOVE. This year it's 20 years since I met my husband.
Credits:
Template - Simply Sketchy February 2010 by {simply.scraps}
Kit - Infinity by Silvia Romeo
Fonts - Love Letters and Cupic de Locke

More layouts for Digitals Creative Team

2010-01-28T19:07:00.002+01:00

I was lucky to get to work for two designers this month. You've already seen what I did with the first kits from both of them (otherwise - scroll down and you will *s*)

And here's what I did with Scrap4Brains Cupcake Kit and Angela Sharrows Full Circle Kit.

First a layout with our traditional New Years Eve Cake:

Credits:
Kit - Cupcake by Scrap4Brains
Font - LD Edward

And then a layout with my DS. Photo from 1999 and he's cute as a cupcake!

Credits:
Kit - Cupcake by Scrap4Brains
Font - LD Beatnik and LD Edward

And "My Handsome Guys":

Credits:
Kit - Full Circle by Angela Sharrow
Font - Edwardian Script

Finally, a layout with my niece's son, my godson Alexander. He's sooo cute!

Credits:
Kit - Full Circle by Angela Sharrow
Font - Edwardian Script

A big THANK YOU to Angela and Cristina for letting me work with their designs this month!

First Crush - a kit from Angela Sharrow

2010-01-26T09:40:00.003+01:00

I've been working with a wonderful kit by Angela Sharrow called First Crush. Really nice colors in this kit.

First out is this faithbooking layout that I made using a poem that's been circling on the internet, When I say I'm a Christian. I really like this poem.

Credits:
Kit - First Crush by Angela Sharrow
Fonts - Artistamp Medium and LD Edward

The second layout is with me an DH - young and in love. This year it's 20 years since we met! This is what I think is the earliest photo of us together. I can't believe what I was wearing, but I'm sure I thought I looked good LOL

Credits:
Kit - First Crush by Angela Sharrow
Fonts - 1942 Report

MEOW! Worked with a kit from Scrap4Brains

2010-01-19T09:17:00.003+01:00

You know - if a designer has a cat themed kit - I have the perfect models for it :)

This month I'm priviliged to work with two of Digitals designers, and first out is Scrap4Brains. And she had a cat themed kit: Fur Baby Cats Lovely colors in this kit!

Here are my layouts that I made with this kit - one with Mario and one with Luigi.

(Font used on the Mario layout is MTF Mikayla Print)

December Digitals creative team layouts

2010-01-03T10:16:00.003+01:00

I didn't post these on the blog last month, because I was posting about my sale, and I didn't want these wonderful design drown in that.

In December I was fortunate to work with Glenda Ketcham's designs. I chose to work with two very different kits, one heritage kit and one summer kit. Here are the layouts:

This is an old photo found in the towns archive, showing two ladies doing laundry. The text says "they probably wanted a washing machine too ..."

Credits:
Kit - From the Attic: Mamaw Lucy's Trunk by Glenda Ketcham
Font - Vladimir Script

Credits:
Kit - From the Attic: Mamaw Lucy's Trunk by Glenda Ketcham
Font - Old Newspaper Types and LD In A Hurry

Translation:
"Jonas Lindberg and wife is sharpening the scythe."
"The woman is my grandma's aunt."

Credits:
Kit - Country Charm Kit 2 by Glenda Ketcham
Fonts - Siamese Katsong and Gill Sans
Action - Stained Wood from Atomic Cupcake

Credits:
Kit - Country Charm Kit 2 by Glenda Ketcham
Fonts - Alcohol Licks and His Name Is Honey

Project 52 & 365 Freebie

2010-01-01T17:56:00.006+01:00

I was thinking I'm going to start the Project 365 ... again ... and fail again LOL

There are a lot of products out there for these projects, but I've been missing some Swedish journalling stuff. Hence I made this freebie. It's for Swedish users - month's and day's name in Swedish and such ... so I'll take the rest of the text in Swedish :)

En laddning med element till digital scrapping på svenska. Det är månaderna och veckodagarnas namn på svenska, numren 1-53 och kalenderblad för varje månad. Där veckorna börjar på måndagar och inte söndagar :)

Dessutom har jag gjort ett gäng knappar med svenska helgdagar och liknande. Det är totalt 43 knappar med ord som t ex advent, midsommar, kräftor, namnsdag, helgdag, jobba och ledig.

Sju olika doodlar att markera dagar i kalendrarna med följer också med.

Till sist är det två templates - en enkel med sju foton på på för att göra en veckolayout och en som är med ett foto på - tänkt att vara ett dagboksblad.

Hoppas du får användning för det här! Gott nytt scrap-år!

Ladda ner freebien här

Farewell to 2009 with a freebie

2009-12-28T10:53:00.009+01:00

2009 is almost over, and I've made you a New Years freebie - a wordart with some extra decorations. But before that, I wanted to remind you about my retirement sale:

All my designs will be gone in just a few days, don't miss this chance to get them. Just to tempt you a bit - here are some top sellers and personal favorites:

Available HERE - now only $1.98

Available HERE - now only $0.99
Available HERE - now only $1.82

Available HERE - now only $1.98
Available HERE - now only $1.98

These - and more bargains - available at my shop at Faith Sisters. Get them while you can, they will be gone in just a few days!

And finally, as promised - the freebie:

DOWNLOAD HERE

Time to say goodbye - RETIREMENT SALE

2009-12-20T10:26:00.004+01:00

I have decided to stop designing, and my designs will be gone by the end of December. It's been a wonderful time to be a part of the team at Faith Sisters, and being able to design, but I've realized I rarely have time to scrap myself anymore, and that's really what I want to focus on. My shop is on sale for the rest of the month, and then I'm gone.

Don't miss this chance to get my designs - soon they are gone forever.

Thanks for looking!

New in the shop this week and a FREEBIE

2009-12-11T13:36:00.005+01:00

I've made an add-on to last years Christmas kit Oh Tannenbaum. If you have the kit you can now get some extra elements and papers to add to it. Or if you don't have the kit before - scroll down - there's a great bargain price on the bundle!

Available HEREAvailable HERE

Available HERE
DOWNLOAD HERE

Layouts using Amanda's designs

2009-12-02T18:58:00.002+01:00

Forgot to post these in the blog before. Both layouts are made using Amanda Thorderson's kit Snowbird available at Digitals Store. It's a wonderful kit, and it was really easy to make great layouts with. And as you can see on the second layout, you don't even have to have snow pictures to use the kit.

New kits from me and a freebie!

2009-11-25T18:02:00.003+01:00

I've just added two new kits to my shop at Faith Sisters:
Available HEREAvailable HERE

And the promised freebie is a frosty alpha - made to match the Frosty Friends kit above:

Download HERE

Thanks for looking, have a blessed day!

And to my American friends Happy Thanksgiving!

My retirement bundles + a Freebie

2009-11-17T10:22:00.006+01:00

I have mentioned my retirements bundles in a couple of posts already, but I thought I'd show you them properly. I decided to retire some of my old products and bundled them up in 6 bundles. Check them out:

This bundle is available here for the amazing price $5! It's the entire Bed & Breakfast Collection: 6 matching kits with a add-on set with extra embellishments.

This bundle is available here for the amazing price $2! This is all wordarts for your faithbooking needs.

This bundle is available here for the amazing price $5! My Telling Tale serie, 2 princess kits, a girly kit with QPs, and a paperpack.

This bundle is available here for the amazing price $5! The Calm Night serie, Slumber Party kit, Blueberry Night Kit, a set of frames and two paper packs.

This bundle is available here for the amazing price $5! My Easter kit, three other kits, a set of frames, a set of embellies with a kitchen theme, a paper pack, a lovely alpha and a set of flourish embellies.

This bundle is available here for the amazing price $5! One mini kit, 4 full kits, 2 alphas, and two paperpacks.

As you can see - you get a lot of stuff for your money!

Thank you for looking! And as a thank you, here's a free Quick page. The quick page is made with my kit Telling Tales, that is a part of the Retirement Bundle 4.

Download it here.

Have a blessed day!

Another one with Amanda's design

2009-11-14T21:44:00.001+01:00

Credits:
Kit - A Harvest of Blessings by Amanda Thorderson
Font - Times New Roman

New in the shop this week

2009-11-14T16:19:00.003+01:00

In a rush - I need to go and fix dinner :)

First - a new kit from me - perfect if you are planning to scrap a cookbook, or anything food related really:

Available here

And some new photo masks to add an extra little touch to your photos:

Available here

And don't forget to check out my retirement bundles!

Äppelpaj

2009-11-13T13:46:00.004+01:00

Here's the first LO I made as a Creative Team member at Digitals.

I've used Amanda Thorderson's wonderful kit A Harvest of Blessings. Love this kit - keep your eyes open - I'll soon have another LO made with this kit.

You find Amanda's kit HERE - Get it NOW - it's 50% off!

What I've been up to

2009-11-11T13:15:00.006+01:00

It's been a long while since I wrote anything on my blog. No reason for that really - just me being me. But now - a long update and summary of things I've been up to :)

First a little bragging :D During Sue Cummings Designer Spotlight I won a prize! One of my layouts was chosen LO of the day by the CT! Here it is:

Also, I have been accepted to the Creative Team at Digitals! This month I have the honor to work with Amanda Thorderson's designs. More on that later - I am working on a layout with her wonderful kit: A Harvest of Blessings

Also I have uploaded a lot of new stuff to my store at Faith Sisters since I last wrote anything in the blog. Here are a few of the new things I've neglected to tell you all about:

Pop over to my shop and check them (and other new releases) out - and there are a few BARGAINS waiting for you there too! Don't miss that chance to fill up your digital scrapbooking supplies!

Faith Sisters August Blog Train - LIVE LOVE LAUGH!

2009-07-27T09:59:00.006+02:00

NOTE: If you downloaded my part of the blog train early - you got the wrong zip-file. I made a mistake. Now I've changed the link and you can download the right file.

Welcome to my station on the Faith Sisters August Blog Train! The theme for this train is Live Love Laugh, and I've hope you all have had a lot of that during the summer! Check out the whole train and you'll get one huge coordinated kit. AND - don't miss the ad at the end of this post!

Here's my part:Sorry, Links no longer available - This collab kit is now available in the Faith Sisters shop.

And here are all the other stops on the train:
4 Shades of Blue
Albums to Remember
Audra's Little Scraps
Benilda Scraps
Busy Mama Designs
Camie Designs
Chelly
Claudi Designs
Designs by Angel
Digital Compilations by Cinda
Digital Designs by Lisa
Dragonfly Beach Designs
Emma Moore
YOU ARE HERE Eva Lindqvist Designs
Kreative Karma
Lifesong Kreations by Karla
Merchi makes it!
Meredith Cardall
Michelle Batton
Michelle Boroni
Robin Willson
Simply Susan Godfrey
Scrap Quest
Sweet Tomato Designs
TMA Designs
Willro&co

LAST STOP
Faith Sisters

Have a blessed day!

Special coupon code for my B&B kits

2009-07-06T12:32:00.001+02:00

New releases and a freebie - and another freebie!

2009-07-03T14:31:00.005+02:00

Last kit in my Bed & Breakfast Collection - the Red edition:

Available HERE

The Red and Blue kits in my Bed & Breakfast collection works great to make Americana themed layouts with - to show you this I made this little mini album - make your own Top Ten List in a just a short time:Available HERE

Use this coordinating alpha to personalize your mini album - it's huge! Both red and blue - uppercase, lowercase, numbers and symbols - both alphas has a total of 90 files! Best of all - it's FREE!!!
Available HERE

And last but not least - this week's blog freebie - the last of the alphas coordinating my B&B Collection. Check older posts if you missed any of the other ones!

Download HERE