Monday, April 26, 2010

Little Clown

Dawn Inskip brought out a few fabulous templates last week. This is one of them...
And this is what I did with it - also using a big chunk of every fantastic thing in Dawn's shop :)This is Matthildur Inga again. She was 10 months old and trying to fit a red clown's nose on her little baby nose :) She had lots of fun with it - although it never fit and always came off LOL
The layout is linked for full credit :)

Big Girl

I'm getting totally addicted to Biograffiti's templates.While traveling last summer we went to this secluded beach where Lovisa started practicing her handstands. Matthildur was determined to be just as good, and in her mind, she really was just as good, when she put her little butt in the air and lifted one of her legs towards the sky :) She is amazingly cute - but not quite as good as her big sister LOL

This is using Biograffiti's Creative Juice No7
I also used Amber Clegg's Rush - but the layout is linked for full credit :)

Candy Box

Here's what I made with Miss Vivi & July Designs' new collab, Candy Box...
We went to this café last summer, where they would serve the kind of cakes and waffles that "grandma" made :) Matthildur Inga, three at the time, wanted a piece of fig cake with heavy frosting and whipped cream. It was a big piece and we were sure she would never finish it. However, she LOVED it and finished almost every bit of it LOL

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Soon to come from Miss Vivi

Miss Vivi will be releasing a gorgeous new collab with July Designs on Friday...here's the sneak peak :)
It's really fantastic!!

Kim De Smet has a CT call...

Kim is having a CT call - check out her blog for details...!!!

And she has a new kit coming out soon!! Here's a sneak peak :)It's really fantastic, so be sure to keep your eyes out!

Grandparents 101

Dawn Inskip just released a fab new kit called Grandparents 101...I totally love it - and I used it to scrap a wonderful moment between my younger daughter and her very adoring granddad :)Aren't they cute together? They were playing with this red clown nose, which she found fascinating, but was just a little bit too big for her then 10 month old little nose :)
The layout is linked for full credit.

New from Kim De Smet

Kim just released a double template the other day - and I love it...
These are photos of my girls on a ferry to a little island in the north of Iceland last summer. It was early June and it was still a bit cold and windy - even more so on the deck of the moving boat - but they insisted on being outside, watching the ocean, the island getting closer and the snow-capped mountains all around the fjord. It was beautiful -but freezing, so I was happy it only took a short time to cross LOL
I used a little bit of everything from Kim - the layout is linked for full credit :)

Creative Juice No9 from Biograffiti

I love Molly's templates, this is one of her newest ones...
And here is what I did with it :)My husband took these photos in July 2007. For once, he had the camera and I was entertaining the girls LOL - and I LOVE these photos, they are just so very happy :)
I used Creashens' Smitten - the layout is linked for full credit.

Photo Play from Penny

Penny Springmann released new photo overlays in her stores last weekend...This is the original photo
I didn't take this photo - it's from an online new source (mbl.is) and I just took a photo of it from my computer screen. I hope I'm not stepping on any copyrighted toes, but I wanted to scrap the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull glacier, and I don't have any photos myself :)
This eruption is quite something, and it's stopping air traffic left and right in northern Europe, but here, on the west coast of Iceland, we don't notice anything different. Isn't it amazing how nature works?
The layout is linked for full credit :)

Kristin's new templates

Kristin's ScrapDesign has a new set of double templates in her stores...These are photos from our trip to the northeast part of the country last summer. We were visiting friends and made a stop at a cowshed café. Inside we had the most amazing views on the one hand and on the other, there was a glass wall where we could see right into the cowshed. It was so much fun - and just to add to the girls' pleasure, we got to visit the cows, pet them a little and feed them :)
I used a whole lot of stuff on that layout - it's linked for full credit.

New 365 layouts

Can I just say that I'm actually amazed that I'm still doing this LOL AND, still having fun with it!!
Layouts caught up...

Friday, April 16, 2010

Something new at SBG

Remember to check out Scrapbook Graphics on Sunday...something new and exciting :)All I can say that what I've seen - it's GORGEOUS!!

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Ball Games

Penny Springmann just released a fab new kit called Batter Up. Since it's geared towards baseball, I wasn't sure I could use it, but I love the papers, so I gave it a shot...
I love how it turned out!! It's definitely versatile enough to use on any sport related photos and worked beautifully on photos of my husband playing golf and soccer with our daughter's and nephew in our garden :)
I also used Penny's cluster frames, Bent Bunches No27 - the layout is linked for full credit.

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend - and thanks so much for stopping by!

Modeling

Trausti went to Boston in March and brought the girls back quite a bit of clothes. They were happy as larks and modeled everything for me. This is Matthildur modeling one of the outfits she got :)
I did this for a template challenge over at the My Digital Stash (Penny Springmann's) Blog.

New photos

My 2 newest 365 photos :)

April 9
They got 3 Easter eggs each and got to open 1 each on Easter Sunday - which they didn't finish off until Wednesday. For a sweet tooth like Matthildur, that's really something!!! My bet was that she would be done with hers before lunch on Sunday LOL
Friday, they got to open their second one - and this is when Lovisa is checking if Matthildur is doing it right :) So, they opened them up, smashed them to pieces on their plates, ate a little bit - and the eggs are still on the plates, sitting in the fridge, and noone wants to eat them!!! I'm so proud of them when they ask for an apple instead of chocolate :)

April 10
Lovisa after her bath yesterday. She is getting so big and does everything herself. I miss my little baby :) Isn't she just gorgeous?

Saturday, April 10, 2010

March's Monthly Layout

April layouts - so far

And that makes me caught up on my 365 layouts :)

March 365 layouts

Ok, here are my March 365 layouts :)
And that concludes March :)

Finger Painting

I just finished using Miss Vivi's beautiful kit, To Do, and used it to document a finger painting session from last weekend :)
I found some old finter paints while cleaning up the craft supply boxes and since it's been so long since they've painted at all, I decided I didn't mind the mess and they had lots of fun :)
This is a scraplift of a layout I saw at Designer Digitals, but I forgot to note whose it is and I couldn't find it again, so I'm sorry, but I can't give proper credit...!

Pacifier

Kristin's ScrapDesign just released a new set of gorgeous templates in her stores and this is what I did with one of them...
The pacifier was my younger daughter's best friend for just over 3 years LOL I can't tell you how happy I was when she finally decided that having a paci was childish and not suitable for big three year old children :)
When she was younger (7 months in these photos) she used to fight loudly with her paci when it didn't go into her mouth at first try - it was so funny to watch :)

The layout is linked for full credit - I used a whole bunch of stuff on there!

Coffee

Dawn Inskip just released a new kit yesterday. It's called Working 9-5 (yes - let's all sing along with Dolly Parton :) and it's just gorgeous. You can get it both at Pickleberry Pop and Catscrap.
Here's one of the layouts I did with it. Coffee is my lifesaver after a long day at work - and I LOVE my wonderful coffee maker :)
I'm way behind on blogging my 365 photos - but I'm totally upto date on taking them and I always post them on Facebook and I'm also upto date on scrapping my 365 layouts. So I'm rather impressed with myself LOL I'll catch up on photos here by posting my layouts layer today instead of the photos :)
In the meantime - have a good day!!

Friday, March 12, 2010

Egg Hunt

Irene V Alexeeva put out a fantastic altered kit this week. It's called Easter Quirk and this is what I made with it...This is Lovisa Lin hunting for Easter eggs on Easter Sunday 2007. She was recovering from Chicken Pox, so she was covered in pink anti-itching cream :) She loved that cream - especially the fact that it was pink LOL

Dawn Inskip's CT Call

Dawn is having a very rare call for new CT members - she is amazing to CT for, not to mention her unique and fantastic designs, so jump on it!! This only happens once in a blue moon :)

Thursday, March 11, 2010

The Glacier

Today's photo
Even though we've had good weather, it's been a bit overcast and we haven't seen much sun. Finally, this afternoon, the sun shone on bright blue skies - making our backyard glacier look especially good :) I took this photo from my balcony, without using any zoom. Admittedly, I cropped it a bit to take away a few houses and a bit of the sky.

Spring in the Air

I think spring is coming - at least we are having very spring like weather these past few days :)

March 9The girls were cuddled together in their room after dinner and then all of a sudden called us downstairs to play out a musical they had been rehearsing. Or so they said :) The musical consisted of the them singing the songs from the Sound of Music. It was fun and they love giving these performances, either singing for us or acting out a play :)

March 10
The weather was absolutely fantastic, and the light over the fjord was amazing - it was just clear and totally blue, so I had to get a photo :) It didn't hurt that there was a blue fishing boat laying nets right there.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

The Reason for Everything

Using Amy Stoffel's This Is Why I Scrap
They are the reason for everything I do :) I took the photo on a picnic stop while we were traveling in July 2008. Lovisa spilled chocolate milk all over herself, and since we were on our way home after 2 weeks of traveling and all the clothes were dirty, I dressed her in my woolen sweater while I washed and dried her clothes. Thankfully, it was a warm day and the clothes dried fast LOL

Zoo Adventure

Using Ziggle Designs' In The Wild...We went to Des Moines Zoo last May on a very hot day and the girls had fun seeing animals they had never seen before :) This, however, is my beautiful niece on that visit. She took a notebook and pen and kept a record of the animals we saw :)

Fantasy

Using Irene V Alexeeva's kit, Lilypond Adventure
This is pure fantasy :) The photo is taken on a hot, rainy day in a dinasaur park in southern England - and I love Lovisa's bare legs in the shiny pink raincoat and hat :) She also had a huge pink Disney Princess umbrella - but you couldn't see it in the photo.

Rainy Days

This is with Dawn Inskip's gorgeous kit, Rainy Days & Mondays...Lovisa Lin again, this time in July 2008. We were camping in the north of Iceland and caught really nasty weather, cold and wet. We went to take a look at this old sod church and Lovisa couldn't be happier, dressed in her warm rainsuit, splashing away in the rain and puddles. I guess rain is happy weather for some. Not me LOL

Sleeping

This is with Irene V Alexeeva's kit, Incredible Things...This is Lovisa on June 17, 2005. We were traveling in England and she got really, really sick. She threw up and slept the whole day. This child hardly ever gets sick - so I was a bit worried, but she woke up on the 18, feeling fit as a fiddle :)

Best Friends

I have lots of new layouts - so bear with me :)Lovisa Lin and my niece saying goodbye in May 2009. They met for the first time on May 15, and were instant best friends. When we left 10 days later, it was hard for them to say goodbye.
I used one of Kristin's ScrapDesign's new templates and the new Catscrap collab, A Hand To Hold.