Cupcake Craft Challenge 39 - Card for a man/boy

This weeks challenge is to make a card for a male/boy. And o'boy that was hard. I twisted my head and figured I'd peek it as simple as I could which made it even harder. Hehe. But there is a birthday man coming up and he is not a fan of all the decorations so it will come to good use! :)

For the card I used a Hänglar stamp, Bazzil & Kaiser Craft papers, sentiment rub-on and stamp from Norsk Stempelblad, flower from a local shop and a old ribbion from stash.

Challenge your self and join us in this weeks challenge at the Cupcake Craft Challenge blog.

Not feeling to well today, so I didn't go into work today. Been feeling strange during the weekend, so I'll try to get some sleep and get back to normal today hopfully! But for all you others, have a GREAT day! :)

Weekend News

I wanted to share some exciting news with you guys.. I got picked to be on the Design Team of a brand new challenge blog called Stampin' for the Weekend! Woo hoo :) I'm so happy to be on the team and the other DT members are just to talent, I cant wait to work with them. And this comes at a really good time for me, some joy in all the sadness comes a long way in the healing process.

The launch of the blog is June 5th. If you are trying to find your way out of your comfort zone then this is the new blog for you!



Visit the other lovely ladies of the Design Team:

Donna
Kimmi
Claire
Vicki
Amy
Poppet
Jen
Vanja
Nicola


Remember to become a follower so you always know what's going on.

The nameparty went well, Joachim tried the fish dish but I had hot dogs with the kids. Joachim stayed to go to a friends house where the name party was and I went to see my friend Maritha for a short visit. I have to get up early tomorrow to go to two car meetings in and around Oslo. Hopefully Joachim will go to and we can watch all the cars and meet their owners! :)

Have a good night everyone!!

Tablecards & Nameparty cards

With all that has been going on the last two weeks things have been hectic for me and making the table cards for the name party has fell down on my list. But today I got to finish them (last minuet since the party is tomorrow, hi hi) And thats not all, I also took on to make a card from Joachim's grandmother. Its a good thing Joachim and Scott (my cousin's husband) were away to visit a Norwegian fire station so that the ladies could stay at home. Joanne (one of my cousins) helped me out with both embellishing the flowers and gluing them on.

I have used the scraps from the invitations to make them!

Here's how they turned out:

I am really tired so I tried to keep the other cards clean and simple in the style and I love the purple color on them! So lets hope Camilla (Joachim's sister) will like them to!
Here's how they turned out:

Good night to you all, my bed is screaming for me! I just have to get the bunad (Norwegian national suit) out so its not so cold to put on tomorrow!!

Award

I got an award from Lena Katrine that I wanted to pass on.
Thank you so much Lena, it really made my day!!

I want to pass it on to: Denise, Tammy, Caryn and Gro.


I'm exhausted after the funeral and cant wait for the weekend to come, but no time to relax before on Sunday. On Saturday we are going to Joachim's sisters for a name party for Julie, the event that I made invitations for. So now I have to finish the table cards, make a card from Joachim's grandmother and a card from us. Puh.

I want to thank all of you that have had me in their thoughts during the last week, its so kind of you and I have really appriciated reading your comments. They warm my heart! :)

Have a great evning!

Cupcake Craft Challenge 38 - Numbers

I just realized that I call last weeks challenge for 38 and not 37. Wops. But this week is 38 and the challenge is NUMBERS at the Cupcake Craft Challenge!! Which was a perfect match for me as I have to make a card for my darling cousin Oleane who is turning 3 at the end of the month. Its Claire that has set this challenge and you might want to check out her blog for more of her gorgeous cards!! Her card for last weeks challenge was one of my fave to! :)

I have become a fan of Kraft card stock lately so I have used it on this card to, with some green and orange, I just love the Blow & Grow CS from MME.

So here's how my card turned out:


Hope you like my card! :)

Today is going to be a hectic day. I have to take my cousins to the bank so they can exchange some dollars for kroner. Set up all the table and chairs for all the people that are coming to our house after the funeral tomorrow, clean, bake, iron white table cloths (the most boring part) and run errands here and there. Puh, its going to be a long day. But thankfully my cousins are helping out so Mom & I wont be alone doing it all.

Hope you all have a wonderful day, the sun is shining bright here in Norway!

Gorjuss Clock

When I'm at my Mor, as I like to call her (my fathers mother) I never can tell the time, because she does not have a wall clock anymore so I took the matter in my own hands and made her this simple Gorjuss girl clock. Used the beautiful papers from MME and colored a Gorjuss girl from Set 2 to match and made the numbers with thickers from American Craft.

Here's how it turned out:

Thank you to those of you how have left me comments about my granmother passing away, they are greatly appriciated. Now I'm off to bed, got to get up early and pick up my cousin that are coming for the funeral. It will be nice to see them again, Joanne was here visiting us this summer but Louise I havent seen since I was in Denver 11 years ago.

Thanks for visiting my blog and for all the other wonderful comments about my cards and projects!

Sad news and some good news..

I haven't been blogging much this week due to my grandmother passing away on Monday, making this the saddest week I can remember. I'm over the chock and have come to terms with her death now and making cards gets my mind going. I love how this hobby can be used as therapy. But I still cry my heart out. I had I dream that I went to heaven to ask her to come back to me, but she said no. I couldn't understand why and when I asked her, she said it was because she could smoke in heaven. I had been trying to get her to quit smoking for a while now. I woke up and laughed, that would have been her exact answer if it was in real life. I'm happy for her that she does not need to feel any pain anymore but so sad that she is not here with me anymore. I miss her like crazy!!!

In my therapy I made a card which brings me to my good news, my best friends sister just had a beautiful baby boy! So he is getting this card. His name is Henrik and is just the cutest thing! :)

Here's the card I made to welcome him to the world:


I also made my card for next week's Cupcake Craft Challenge but I cant show you that until Monday. I wont be blogging much next week either as my cousins from the US are coming over for the funeral and I'll be spending the short time they are here with them.