Christmas Projects using Papirdesign's gorgeous Christmas Collection <3

Sorry I have been so abcent, but we have moved and scrapbooking is the last thing I have had time for :P But here are some Designer Projects I made for Papirdesign. Love Line's new collection!!





This first layout is of my daughter and my brother. Where I tell about how special this picture is because of how much they look alike. Also that I also used to tickle him and he made the same face. They look so much alike, my brother has often been asked if its his daughter. It is a bit of a age difference between me and my brother, and I have always watched over him. So it is very special to see my daughter and brother playing around like this <3

I have used alot of stuff on this one LOL! Sewing, painting, I dont remember what the red "stuff" is called in english hihi! But it was used in the old days to seal envelopes and stamping with a seal. Also used some prima products *shocking.... NOT haha* the plastic behind the picture is from Prima. Those vintage transparensies, just melted it a bit with a lighter. The title says: The good/special moments of christmas. And the bold letters are by using some cool stamps from: Studio Calico. But offcourse I have had on some layers of stuff LOL.

This next layout is of my daughter in bed the night before christmas. So exited and a little bit afraid of santa who is coming that night ♥ So I had to stay with her until she fell a sleep that night lol.

On this one all the papers are also from Papirdesign. But with one of the patterned papers I made a twist. I transfered it to a Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas sheet. Cause I wanted the background more tekstured and the edges frayed. It was alot of fun making. Also used some glimmermist, a spray of gesso and water, offcoooouuuurse more Prima products and som Claudine Hellmuth paint ( I am addicted hihi) Also used some Martha Steward border punches and some alcohol ink on the Thickers so I got the right color :) The beautiful lace is from my sweet and talented Ingvild Bolme (thank you sweetie, you are the best) There is alot more I could tell but I think you guys would just be bored! So look for yourself!

I have to more projects, but I think I will put them up later this week. So something happens here while I pack out all my scrapbooking stuff!

Thanks for stopping by, and remember click on the small pictures to see more up close!

Have a creative and happy week everyone!!!

DT Projects using Bo Bunny Tis is the Season papers

I think it is Crazy, its soon Christmas! Where did all the days go LOL! Well here are som projects I have made for the incredible Scrapbooking store, www.trel.no.

On this card I made my own mix of products to make the snowy background. Using Gesso, Puffy Velvet Markers ( I do love them so much) and Tim Holtz Crackle Paint - Rock Candy (love that too, I have almost used a bottle already!!) When the Crackle Paint on top dried, it gave a cool effect. Just click on the small pictures to see better if you are intrested :) The trees and the papers on this card is from Bo Bunny but the red in the back is from Ladybug and friends.

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This blue tag you can see the hole paper in the back? Does anyone know what it is called and where I can get more? LOL! Loved it, I hade it in my scraps from when I started to scrapbook in 2004. And at that time I bought many types of paper, thick, holed, textured yeah you name it, all the types I guess you can think of. So now I love them all, and just a year ago I thought of throwing them away! I will tell you, do not throw any "old" scraps away, suddenly they are a treasure!!

Isnt the angel pretty, and holding the earth!! When Linda gave me this one, she said I was so sure you would love this angel. And I said, you totally get me Linda.

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Do you maybe remember these? Her in Norway as kids we often made this as your christmas decoration. Well I made it with patterend paper from Bo Bunny and it is a little bit hard cause the paper is a little thick. But my fingers remembered how to make them, so fun!! I also must say, I am sorry that one of the detail pictures colors are funky LOL. Do not have any clue why the white almost looks pink??! Well its supposed to be white LOL. I have also used on this one those Puffy Velvet Markers from Marvy Uchida. Linda has these in her store, and I have seriously gone thru three white pens hihi! And its not cause they have to little inside of them. NO I just love to use them on everything!!

I have also used Embossing Tinsel from Ranger, I like the texture and the kind of silver color it gives. Pretty awsome. I was thinking about it one day, and I am totally a Ranger-addict. HIHI, love love to play and experiment with there products ALL the time :) I have put som candy in this heart and thought I could use it as a pre christmas present to someone;)

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On this Green Tag, I have used the new Bo Bunny papers, also Tim Holtz new Crackle Paint Rock Candy inside the sirkles that are popped up. Do you se the cool effect it makes, tiny tiny cracks!! Also used Golden Crackle Paste and Gesso, got to have a little bit Mixed Media going on you know LOL!

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The papers used on this Card is from Ladybug and Friends, they have so beautiful products. Sorry some of the pictures are dark, it is wintertime in the north of Norway, and it gets reeeeally dark! I am going to wish for a good external Flash for christmas hihi!

Thanks a bunch for stopping by!!

Canvas book

(click on the pictures to see the details better)



This is a notebook to myself, I am so forgetful, seriously I think a gold fish has a better memory than me sometimes LOL!

All the products used on this book I have gotten from www.trel.no :) I so love to design for this store, so so awsome products. Not just for scrapbooking but also for mixed media, that I love!!

For the pages inside I used thick Watercolor pages. I have painted them randomly with all of Claudine Hellmuth's incredible paints! They are awsome to work with, so smooth and so pigmented :)

Outsiden I have used Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas, I have stamped the images with her paint, when it dried I have painted over with more paint in purple, but added water to the paint to make it resist the stamped images. I have also used a Prima flower that I have sprayed with Glimmermist ( Tiger Lily) The word Husk means Remember, the alphas are from Pink Paislee and I have had Crackel Accent (Ranger) on top of them. The bling is from Basic Basic grey. I have also used Alcohol Inks (Ranger) on the binding rings. The colors I have used is: Rust and Mushroom.

Thanks for looking and have a good weekend everyone!

Intervju med Instituttet i Nevada angående ME/CSF

Her kan man få høre fra dem selv hva de sier ifht til forskningen som er gjort og hva veien videre vil være:
Here is an intervju about the latest results on ME/CFS resarch. I have watched this research with great hope since before the summer and so so hoped for good news. I must say it certainly is good news. At least it gives great hopes for the future and also doctors and healthcare people around the world. Will not only think this is something the patient has done to themselves and that it is psykological. It is not :) I have been in an "awh" state since the first results came out. I feel a new kind of freedom, new hope for the future. Offcourse its still a way to go, but now the journey begins. Just listen to what they have done and what the future projects will be. The first two minutes can seem a little ehh boring, but hang in there. This is really awsome!!!!!!!


Del 2:

Layout and two cards made by using awsome products from Nikki Sivils*

Here are some projects I have made by using the awsome papers to Nikki Sivils. I just love her stuff, so many cute and happy products!! Nikki Sivils is our months sponsor at CasaKreativ and it was truly alot of fun creating with her products. I looove orange and must say orange and pink is my new favorite combo now LOL! By the way if you look at some of the detailed pictures, the ones showing the frame you will se the use of Tim Holtz Distress Crackel Paint - Rock Candy. As you can see its not at all like the other crackle paint and is not like Crackel accent either. A really fun new product I think :D

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The Cards is also Nikki Sivils papers, on this last card I cut out some of the gorgeous hearts and had them on popdots and added crackle accent. Unfortunalty it is getting pretty dark earlie her up north in Norway. So I could not get good enough pictures to show this. But if you click on the pictures you can see more details!

Thanks for stopping by and have a creative weekend everyone!!

CasaKreativ det nye forumet for alle kreative!!

Jiipppiii i dag åpner det nye fantastiske forumet CasaKreativ! Ja hva er så det, ENDA et forum liksom, har vi ikke nok?

Vel dette forumet er for deg som holder på med foto, scrapping, kort, design/redesign, mat, mixed media, strikking, hekling mm. Et forum der vi samler oss - vi kreative sjeler. Det er et fantastisk galleri der, det blir mange utfordringer, konkurranser, tutorials, tips og triks og maaaaaange koselige kreative personer å snakke med og dele erfaringer med. Høres ikke dette spennende ut?? Vi kan lett gå oss vekk i bloggverdenen og "miste" litt kontakten, og ikke minst vi kreative liker gjerne å gjøre mer enn en ting. Som meg selv, jeg digger scrapbooking og kortlaging men også foto og og mixed media og lage mat mm. Så da å ha et samlested syns jeg er fabelaktig. Så jeg er så stolt for i dag åpner vi dørene, kom og fyll opp rommene sammen med oss og la oss inspirere og glede hverandre!

Trykk på logoen for å komme til forumet :D
Ta også en tur innom bloggen vår CasaKreativ bloggen og se de fantastiske RAK'ene!!!


Hjertelig velkommen alle sammen <3

DT for TreL - Marks Paper

Here are two projects made by using Marks Paper. I have used the August Collection and the Old Fashioned Collection. These projects are med for TreL. Detailed list you can find in TreL's blogg :D
I have also used Thickers, Fancy Pants Chipboard swirls - they are awsome. Painted it and then transfered some of Marks Paper on to the painted chipboard. Also used some Prima stamps and misc ribbons :D


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I also made a folder card :D And used the new cute stamps from Crafty Secrets - Clear art stamps - Feeling yucky


Thanks for stopping by, have a creative week everyone :D

Stopp av kurs pga NAV

Dette blir et trist innlegg dessverre. Fordi jeg er kjempe trist og skuffet etter at jeg ble kalt inn på teppet hos NAV i dag. Jeg går på rehabilitering og skal over på midlertidig uføretrygd hvis det blir innvilget pga min ME.

Saken er den er at jeg holder kurs hos Linda i regi av min hobby. Jeg bruker mitt utstyr, kjøper inn alt som skal brukes på kurset og må betale leie hos Linda for å ha kurset. En eller annen hos NAV har sett en annonse for TreL sin butikk og der står jeg oppført som kursholder. NAV mener dette er jobb og at dette er inntekt. Slik har jeg ikke sett det, da jeg ikke tjener noe på dette. Skulle egentlig ha kurs nå den 28 og da ville jeg være langt fra i pluss med tanke på alt av utstyr mine kursdeltakere bruker. Mine kurs tar man ikke med seg noe som helst og jeg bidrar da med alt. Så hvorfor holder jeg kurs, er det noe vits når jeg ikke egentlig tjener noe særlig på det.

Jo det er to gode grunner, først det sosiale. Møte likesinnende og snakke om det vi brenner for, jo vår hobby. Scrapbooking er en generøs hobby når det kommer å dele erfaringer og visdom. Klart jeg kunne forklart i korte trekk for enhver hva jeg har gjort hit og dit på mine prosjekt. Men det hver enkelt har sagt har vært oj det der var avansert, skulle gjerne gått kurs hos deg så kunne du vist meg hvordan. Sånn startet tanken med å ha kurs. Fordi det er jo så gøy å vise og at andre kan og få til. Har selv gått på kurs og det har gjort min hobby enda mere beriket og kunnskapsnivået har økt betraktelig pga det. MEN det koster å bruke utstyret, matrialene osv. Det koster masssse penger, og med tanke på at jeg får 66% av opptjent inntekt nå mens jeg er syk, føler jeg dette smålig at min hobby blir regnet som inntekt. Dette er vel mer enn et spleiselag enn noe inntekt. Klart jeg ville nok kunne tjent på det etterhvert, HVIS jeg hadde vært frisk nok til å ha hatt nok antall kurs. MEN så klarer jeg jo ikke det, kanskje et kurs i måneden er max. Hva tjener jeg da, ingenting, jeg går i null.

MEN jeg tjener så på det å få være sammen med mennesker... jeg er nesten helt isolert. Jeg hviler meg opp til kursene eller scrappetreffene. Og her kommer den andre grunnen til at jeg kjører kurs... MESTRING. Endelig er det noe jeg kan bidra med igjen, hvor jeg kan få føle meg flink og en ressurs. Å leve med ME hver dag er en stor stor påkjenning og det koster både på humør og selvtillit. Det å få føle seg flink igjen er en veldig god følelse og jeg får kjent på hva jeg tåler av belastning ifht min sykdom.

Tårene har silt i dag med en stor vond klump i halsen, jeg er trist fordi den følelsen av å mestre noe igjen er tatt ifra meg. Ikke EN gang har jeg tenkt på kronene, ikke engang har jeg følt at jeg mister inntekt. Fordi det er INGEN inntekt ved dette. Det ble også stilt spørsmålstegn ved at jeg var Designer. Og at dette og kanskje var inntekt, at dette var lønn. Men jeg oppgav min blogg og forklarte hvordan det foregikk i denne hobbyen. Og håper de vil gå inn å lese hvordan dette fungerer. Jeg får jo ikke DT pakker som er så store at jeg ikke trenger mitt eget utstyr. Om jeg får noen papirer og stæsj så må jeg bruke mitt lim, min maling, mitt skjærebrett, min saks osv osv. Mitt unike uttrykk kommer ikke fram ved noen ark fra TreL eller Papirdesign.

Nei i dag er ingen god dag, jeg føler meg misforstått og begrenset, er jeg ikke nok begrenset av denne hersens sykdommen? Jeg forstår så godt at NAV følger med og er redd for svindlere, meg jeg har ikke skjult noe og jeg trodde hobby var lov.... Men ikke i slike tilfeller ihvertfall. Så jeg beklager til dere som står på tur og vil gå på mine kurs, jeg er kjempetrist fordi jeg ikke kan tilby dette. Jeg vet ikke om jeg noensinne kan fortsette med kurs, da jeg vil ikke godta trekk i trygd heller for å ha kurs. Og når/hvis jeg får innvilget midlertidig uførertrygd har jeg ikke lov til å tjene noe som helst. Og ved at NAV regner scrapbooking kurs som inntekt ja da er løpet kjørt.

En annen ting jeg får jo ikke akkurat trukket fra moms osv på utstyret jeg kjøper og bruker, fordi det er en HOBBY ifølge SKATT.NO. Men siden jeg er trygdet så er det inntekt.... ja man kan bli bra fortvilet til tider.

Tusen takk for dere som har vært på kurs hos meg, dere har gitt meg minst like mye som jeg har gitt dere. Det var utrolig godt å få lov å bidra til mere scrappelyst, ny kunnskap og glede for framtiden for oss alle.

A card made by using Gesso and paint :)

This is a card I started on last time I taught my Gesso class. This is what it turned out to be :)))) Lots of Gesso, some paint, waterspritzer, stamps, stencil and just alot of playing and NOT being afraid of doing something wrong. When playing the need to control dissapears and alot of exciting things show up. We have to be responsible and serious in so many areas in life, so its good to just play and let go :)



More in my blog next week. Two more DT projects to show also :)) Have a good weekend once again, wow not ofte I show to prosjects in one day LOL!

* A new journey begins*

A new DT project for TreL. So fun to use my bind-it-all again and make something different then layouts and cards. The figure on the front side I have drawn/painted and then cut out and had goldleafs on it and also a coat of Crackle Accent from Ranger. The gate in the backrground is from Prima, it is supposed to be in felt, but I removed the felt and just used the backing which is in clear plastic. Then I painted it white with dabbers. Then had on Diamond Glaze to get a shiny and glazed finish. There is a little bit brown in the gate, that is some of the filt, that still clings to the backing. But I liked that look :)




I have used patterened papers from Onirie, I truly LOVE them, they are awsome in every way!!
They are like artwork each and everyone of them. So I will make alot more projects with Onirie patterned paper thats for sure! They also have supercool stamps also!! In Norway TreL is the place to get these supercool products!

But offcourse I HAD to paint some here and there, LOL its my style to make it my own *smile* I have more projects that I will soon share with you. So stop by soon :D

Thanks for looking, and have a good weekend!!