Happy Mother's Day!!

To celebrate the day, Anja Jahn is having a 50% off sale at her Angel Dreams Boutique store! The prizes are unbelievable, you get full kits for less than $2! Her new kit is gorgeous - it's called My Angel...I used it to scrap my little bundle of joy :) She is ALWAYS happy - even when she is sick you can hardly wipe that smile off her face LOLI have a couple of layouts in the Gallery Standouts Thread at DST this weekend! Yeah! I'm not in there very often, so imagine my surprise when I saw my layout there in the first post of the weekend :) I also got layout of the day at Scrap Scandi Style with this layout. I used Kjersti's gorgeous Sailors Delight kit - available at SSS.

Then, my jaw dropped to the floor and remained there for quite a few seconds when I was browsing the Standouts thread again this morning and found this layout there...

M 5 year old is learning to ride a "big-girl" bike. She is very curious - actually the type who runs into street lights because she is so busy checking everyone and everything out LOL. So, when her dad took off her little helper wheels (don't know the English word for them), he started to help her, but as long as she knew he was holding the bike, she started wondering about everything - EXCEPT trying to keep her balance. So we decided to let her do this by herself. And it's working beautifully! Her concentration is completely on staying ON the bike and keeping her balance. So that's the story bethind my gorgeous girl's serious expression :)
I made the layout using mostly Birgit Kerr's new stuff. Check out her store - it's full of gorgeous goodies!!

OK - enough tooting LOL. Have a good day!

New stuff...

The weekend is almost over and with it NSD - can't wait for next year LOL, although I spent way too much money and I have hardly scrapped one little bit! I've got to start diving into my new stash, though :D
A lot of my designers had new stuff in their stores this weekend. I'll start with Sue, she did an amazing collab with SherrieJD who's the Aspiring Artist at Christina Renee's. The collab is called Summer Breezy...
Isn't it gorgeous! I did a couple of pages with it already. Here's one of my 5 year old, I love that expression on her face, she is such a worry wart and is always worrying over every little thing! Her dad says she's just like me - and I think maybe he's right :D
This kit is such an amazing joy to scrap with - but best of all, and I can't really believe it, but I HAVE A LAYOUT IN CHRISTINA RENEE'S STORE!!!!!

Anyways, this is not the only gorgeous new kit this weekend, Birgit Kerr just loaded up her store with new stuff. Her newest kit is called Sparkly Delight and it definitely is a delight! Reminds me of summer mornings...gorgeous colors! She also has some new paper border templates, a couple of brag books (they are beautiful) and a couple of alphas.
I used this kit to scrap my older one in the bath. She is 5 and she has just started to enjoy taking a bath, since she has been deathly afraid of getting water in her eyes! Now, she tells me, she is getting to be a big girl and soon she'll be able to take showers! Just as well since she is going to have to in the fall when she starts school!That sneak peak from the other day was this kit...
...a huge and gorgeous collab between Heather Manning and Dawn Inskip. It's called Evitangel - and it's just unbelievable!
I did a couple of layouts with it already, these days I love doing layouts where I extract the people and put them in a make believe world - I just hope I love them as much when I look in my scrapbooks 10-15 years from now LOL. This is Lovisa when she was almost 2. She was busy getting dressed on her own - and made sure she put on the essentials first: Her hat LOL
Anyways, here is my other layout. These are my daughters wading in the North Atlantic last summer. It's never warm, but we had an exceptionally nice summer (for us!) last year and it turned out to be bearable to wade in the ocean :D
I think I'm going to leave it that. There is more, but that has to wait until tomorrow LOL I hope someone made it this far - and if you did, I also hope that I enabled you some :D

A Sale and a New Kit...

NSB is almost here and there are sales everywhere! Anja is kicking off her NSB sale today in her stores at Angel dreams boutique and Elemental Scraps with 50% off ALL products!!
Check out her newest kit, Alec's Garden, it's so beautiful - I just love her papers!

I just finished a layout using it and it's just a delight to work with!

A lot of my designers are coming out with gorgeous new kits over the weekend - too bad I can't show them already LOL - but here's a sneak peak at a gorgeous collab between Heather Manning and Dawn Inskip. It will be released tomorrow (Friday, May 2) in Heather's stores at Digital Candy, PPF and her personal store, as well as Dawn's stores at TTS, NDISB and SSS.

I wish I could post layouts LOL

New G.R.I.N. Challenge!

Nina has been such an inspiration lately - not only with her gorgeous designs - but also with her layouts. She is an awesome scrapper and has been constantly in the DST Gallery Standouts. So, since it was time for a new challenge, we decided to lift our wonderful designer! Go check out our CT blog and our scraplift challenge - the random winner will get a $5 GC to Nina's OScraps store. And with all of Nina's gorgeous new releases, I'm sure the GC will be useful!
Here's the layout we are lifting - isn't it gorgeous!

And here's my scraplift - I used some of Nina's new stuff, her Men's World Papers, Trendy Coltabs and Bowfun Bows.

Check out the GRIN blog and play with us... :)

Lori Wiley's newsletter...

Check it out - Lori Wiley is having a 30% off sale on all her Diamante Designs products in her SBB store. And she has some AMAZING things in there!!I just did a layout with her Moonlit kit - and, I'm so addicted to Lori's layout holders that I find myself wanting to use them on every layout I do!Lori also has a new newsletter - and make sure you sign up for it because if you do, you'll get this amazing freebie!!

Nina has a sale!!

OScraps is TWO years old and there is a celebration going on! Grab the OScraps fan blinkie here on the left and sport it during the celebrations!
And, in honor of the birthday celebration, Nina is having a SALE!! Go check it out and stock up on some of her gorgeous stuff!

Oh, and while you're at it, check out the GRIN blog for our challenge. Here's the challenge recipe:

Please create a LO about your most favourite place in the world, it could be a holiday destination, a restaurant, in front of your PC, absolutely anyway you would like to interpret it.

The rules:

• You must use at least 50% of Nina's designs.
• 2 frames and only 2 frames, but only one photo!!
• Doodles, as many or as few as you like
• A ribbon or bow or both - as many as you want to use
• Bling - glitter or gems, anything that sparkles
• Some sort of plant life, like flowers or leaves.
• Once completed please leave a link to your layout in the comments by March 17th and we will annouce the winner on the blog on the 20th! We would also love to showcase some of your layouts on the blog March 20th so please let us know if you are okay with us showing your layout as well. Thank you!

Here's my layout - of course, I didn't read the instructions through LOL, so to fix it, it shows my interpretation of my daughter's favorite place to be right now. Which is in her brand new, bright red BRATZ boots :D
Come and join us in the fun - it's so worth it, and the random winner gets a GC to Nina's OScraps store!

Lori's new collab...

Lori Wiley and Lauraskathi have joined together in an amazing collab kit called Colors of Spring. It's huge - and that's an understatement! Beautiful spring colors and elements - and papers like only these two amazing designers can make them! I'm completely blown away by it.Isn't it amazing!! I just finished this layout with it - and there are definitely more to come!
You can get the kit at Scrapbook Bytes and it's only $5,99

Heather's CT...

There is a new challenge up at Heather Manning's CT's blog. This time we are scraplifting a gorgeous layout from our own designer Heather! Come check us out - it's a really fun challenge!
I'm not much of a doodler when it comes to scrapping so here's my feeble attempt at lifting Heather's layout...Come and join in the fun - the prize is a $5 GC to Heather's store, if your layout is picked!

G.R.I.N. Challenge!

There is a new challenge up on the GRIN blog. It's a numbers challenge, Linda challenged us to use 1 alpha, 2 papers, 3 photos and 4 elements - all in honor of her daughter's 4th birthday today! Go check it out. It's fun - and a random winner will be chosen to receive a $5 GC to our wonderful Nina's OScraps store.
This is my take on the challenge.

The kit I used is Nina's Say It With Flowers and then I used the alpha and the wrap from her Madeleine kit. The photos are of my older daughter and were taken last summer when she was enjoying the warm weather and watering the flowers in the garden of our friends' house.

Sunflowers' Sale!

Sunflowers has a sale!! And not a small one either - you get 50% off all her stuff at her Hot-Spot-Scraps store!!I love her stuff - and it's not just because I'm on her CT, she just makes the most gorgeous papers and elements. I just scrapped a couple of pages using her Belle Affair kit

Here are my layouts with it...

The layouts are linked to my DST gallery for credits. Other links are to Sunflowers' store - go check out her sale, it's well worth it!

Just You...

Birgit Kerr released a new kit last week - and I have to say, it's absolutely gorgeous! The colors and texture and elements - just beautiful! Take a look - and the images are linked, just in case you get tempted to visit her store and purchase these amazing things. And you can get the complete kit - or buy the papers and elements separately. You could just check out her store too - her designs are always beautiful!

This is what I did with her kit :D

And Birgit has an offer for you. If you go and visit her blog, sign up for her mailing list and you will get a $1,99 coupon to Birgit's store! By signing up, you will also get updated on latest releases, news from Birgit's store and, as an added bonus, you will also get a special coupon for $ off new releases. This coupon will only be available to subscribers - so jump on over, sign up and get the best deals on Birgit's gorgeous goodies!!

Anja Jahn has a sale!

Anja Jahn is having a sale at her Elemental Scraps store!! Everything is 50% off - even her brand new kits!

I just did a couple of layouts using Anja's "Jenny" kit - it's gorgeous, I just loved using it!

The photos are from a trip we took in July 2004. Our older daughter was 19 months and this was her first camping trip. She loved it to pieces!! She had us at her beck and call 24 hours a day, she spent so much time outside and the weather was nice so most of the time she didn't even have to wear too many clothes LOL.

Today is the last day to take part in the scraplift challenge over at the G.R.I.N. blog. We are scraplifting our wonderful designer Nina and there is plenty of inspiration from the CT. Go check it out - it's well worth it and the prize is a $5 GC in Nina's OScraps store. Here's my lift...

All images are linked...

G.R.I.N.

Nina's CT girls (NinaScraps Designs) have a new blog. It was opened this morning - and it looks GORGEOUS!! The acronym GRIN stands for Girls RockIn for Nina. You can grab the blog blinkie here on my blog - and a little bird told me that if you are seen wearing it around you might get a little surprise in your mailbox!!
We are kicking the blog off with a challenge. You get this template:

Download the template and make a beautiful LO using at least 50% of Ninascraps' products to be eligible for a prize. It's really simple! When you're done post a link to your LO in the comments section of the GRIN blog before February 13th and you will be entered to win 1 of 3 prizes!!
The winners will be chosen randomly and will be announced on the blog on Valentine's Day.
So go ahead and play with us!!! Here's my layout using the template and Nina's goodies:

Heather Manning's CT's Blog Challenge

It's Valentine's month and everywhere I look in digi land, everything is red or pink and there are hearts and "I love you's" floating everywhere. This is the only time of year when we can get away with scrapping our masculine loved ones with pinks and reds as well as using lace and cute glitter and all that romantic stuff :D

We don't celebrate Valentine's day in Iceland and I've been using the red and romantic kits to scrap my girls. I couldn't resist scrapping my husband, though, when I did my layout for Heather's blog challenge. It's called Everyone Loves a Love Song:Heather's actually got the perfect kit for the most romantic layouts. It's called Con Amor and it's just gorgeous - well all of her designs are, but this one is just amazing!

I used it to do a layout of my older daughter. She has the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen. They are big, brown and you can just tell how beautiful her soul is by looking in her eyes. The photo is taken in January 2005, she had just turned 2.

And here's my layout for the Love Song challenge. The text is from a song by Nat King Cole and it's called "The More I See You"

All the images are linked.

Birgit Kerr has a competition!

Birgit Kerr has the most amazing stuff - and now there is a chance to win up to a $15 GC in her store!
Basically, she is giving away her gorgeous Newpaper Cut-Outs in exchange for a layout about LOVE. You can use any product your want to. However, if you want to win the gift certificates - you have to use either HIS HEART or HER HEART. They are both gorgeous and available at Birgit's store at SBG.

See more here!

I did this with HIS HEART
and this with HER HEART
They really are beautiful kits and very versatile!