DT Sketchy Colors Challenge #56

Hi peeps :)
Sundays means that Sketchy Colors is ready with a new challenge, and for Challenge #56 we have a new color challenge for you; Blue, brown & white
Check out the rest of the DT's amazing work this week too - I'll bet you don't want to miss them!
Wild Orchid Crafts is sponsoring us with this month's last price - check out the goodies at our Challenge blog ;)

I've finally got to color up some digi images that I've had for quite a while, from Bugaboo Stamps, and these are soooo cute :)

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Folding: Tent-Card

Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black, Distress Ink - Stormy Sky & Weathered Wood.

Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps - Sunbonnet image (digi), Kort & Godt - sentiments, Kaiser Craft - Flourishes, Crafty Secrets - Butterflies.

Colouring: Letraset - Promarkers.

Papers: Lemonade - Grandma's Attic 04 & 08, Bazzill - blue & ivory cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Hevyweight Paper 270g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Labels & Classic Squares.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Open Paper Roses 25 mm & 15 mm, Semi Open Paper Roses 8mm, Rosebuds 4 mm, Aster Daisies, Gypsophilias & Self Adhesive Pearls, Kort & Godt - brown roses, Hobby Himmelen - lilies, Ranger - Stickles "star Dust".

I'm also entering this card in to these following challenges:
Kort & Godt - "Blue & White"
Creative Stamp Friends - #17 "Shapes"
Crafty Cardmakers - #38 "Flowers"
Stamp With Fun - #95 "Blue & Brown"
Pear Tree Designs - #33 "Blue"
Fab 'n' Funky - #57 "Delight in your Digi"

Thanks for stopping by - have a great Sunday!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Lili of the Valley Challenge #82

Hi to you all friends :)

Lili of the Valley is ready with a new challenge today, and for our Challenge #82 we have something different for you; Any shape BUT square!

The DT fairies have made some pretty amazing samples for you to look at in the Challenge blog, so head over and have a look :)

I was a bit in a hurry to make my card yeasterday, so I ended up making "just" a round card,

but here it is ;)

Size: ca 13 x 13 cm

Ink: Adirondack - Pitch Black, Distress Ink - Black Soot & Victorian Velvet.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - The Little Things (Image) & General Greetings, Inkadinkado - Artistic Flourish & Friendly Advice.

Colouring: Letraset - Promarkers & PrismaColour Premier Pencils.

Papers: Bazzill - grey & pink cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Hevyweight Paper 270g, Canson - Montval aquarellpaper 200g.

Tools: Marianne Design - dies (cut & embossed), Spellbinders - Nesting Classic Circles.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Aster Daisies, Gypsophilias, Open Paper Roses 15 mm, Semi Open Roses 8 mm, Rosebuds 4 mm & Self Adhesive Pearls, Ranger - Stickles "Star Dust".

I'm also entering these challenges with this card:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - #8 "Love is in the air"
Let's Ink It Up - #8 "Bling it on"
Crafty Cardmakers - #38 "Flowers"
Creative Stamp Friends - #17 "Shapes"
Kaboodle Doodles - #51 "Bling it Up"
Pile it On - #4 "Love is in the air"
Sparkle Creations - #27 "Love is in the air"
A Spoonfull of Sugar - #136 "Valentine"
My time to craft - #125 "Emboss"
Passion for Promarkers - #84 "Let it shine"
Penny's Paper-Crafty - #45 "Anything Goes"
Stampavie and more - #126 "Love"
The Creative Cottage - #31 "Shaped Cards"
The Pixie Cottage - #54 "Sketch and/or Flowers"

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a lovely weekend - I know I will :)

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Sketchy Colors Challenge #55

Happy Sunday Everyone :)

Sketchy Colors is ready with another challenge for you today - Challenge #55 and a new sketch made by Marianne :)

The DT-members has once again made some georgeous cards for inspiration, and

Wild Orchid Crafts is again sponsoring us with a great price this week, so be sure to check out the

Sketchy Color blog today :)

I've suddently rediscovered quite a few different folding technics, so I feel quite inspired making cards these days - and am having a lot of fun with it :)

This time I've made a criss-cross-card, but used the back of the card as my front - as a little twist :)

A friend of mine, tipped me about a "new" artist she recently discovered - Rick St. Dennis - who makes AMAZING digi-images, and of course i had to buy some and try them out :)

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Folding: Criss-Cross

Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black, Vivid! - Plum.

Stamps: Rick St. Dennis - Hat Shop (digi stamp sheet), Kort & Godt - sentiment ("You're an angel).

Colouring: Prisma Colour Pencils.

Papers: Maja Design - Fika "Hemgjord saft", "Björnbärssylt" & "Blommor på bordet", Bazzill - purple & ivory cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Hevyweight Paper 270g (all papers bought at Unik Hobby).

Tools: Nellie Snellen - Multi Frames, Spellbinders - Nesting Classic Circles, Martha Stewart - Eyelet Lace punch around the page, EK Success - corner rounder punch.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Curly Wild Rose 40 mm, Paper Poppies, Open Paper Roses 10 mm & 15 mm, Gypsophilias, Heather Stem Flowers & Self Adhesive Pearls, Prima - Say it in Crystals, Kuttut - lace, Hobby Himmelen - lilies, silver key & tull (thank you Tonje ;), rhinestones.

I'm also entering this card in to these following challenges:
Crop Stop - #3 "Squares & Die Cuts"
Digi Doodles - #43 "Anything Goes"
Glitterbabe's - #28 "Anything Goes with Sparkle"
My Partner in Crafting Crime - #17 "Something New" (image)
Stamp Incanity - #43 "Shades of you" (colour:purple)
Crafty Ann's - #32 "New and Old" (image/folding-technic)
Paper Cutz - #75 "Your Choise"
Raise the Bar - #50 "N.E.W."
One Stop Craft - #115 "More than one fold"
Simply Create - #35 "Use Your Punches"
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - "Anything Goes"
Wee Memories - #40 "Free your creativity"
Anonyme Scrappere - #14 "Vintage & lace"
Simon Says... - "Bingo" (gems, flowers, punch/die cuts)
Ooh La La - #71 "Bling it On"

Thanks for stopping by - have a lovely day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Lili of the Valley Challenge #81

Hi everybody :)

Lili of the Valley is once again ready with a new challenge, and for our Challenge #81 Dawny P has made a georgeous sketch for you to play with :)

Again we have a great price for you, and the fairies has once again made so amazingly beautiful creations for inspiration - so head over to the LOTV Challenge blog right away :)

I've made a Joy-Fold card this time, using the georgeous Molly Harrison's fairy image "Garden of Wishes" from Lili of the Valley - of course :)

I really hate my camera these days - all my pictures seems to be blurry, but I hope you'll bare with me this time too ;)

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Adirondack - Pitch Black, Distress Ink - Shabby Shutters.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - "Garden of Wishes", "Inspirational Sentiments" & "General Greetings", Inkadinkado - Artistic Flourish & Friendly Advice.

Colouring: Prisma Colour Pencils.

Papers: Memory Box - Gossamer Collection, Lemonade - Grandma's Attic 05, Bazzill - green & white cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Hevyweight Paper 270g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Label.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Small Flat Gardenia, Cherry Blossom, Gypsophilia, Open Paper Roses 10 mm & 15 mm, Semi Open Paper Roses 8 mm, Rosebuds 4 mm & Self Adhesive Pearls, Kort & Godt - white flowers, Ranger - Stickles "Star Dust".

I'm also entering these challenges with this card:

Crafty Cardmakers - "Spotlight on Pencils"

Ooh La La - #71 "Bling it On"

Pile it On - #3 "Anything Goes"

Simon Says... - "Bingo" (Punches/DieCuts - Flowers - Gems)

Stampin' Royalty - #55 "Anything with wings"

Delicious Doodles - #8 "Use 3 colours" (pink, green & white)

Stamp Something - "Anything Goes"

Totally Papercrafts - #49 "Happy Birthday"

Craft your Days Away - #11 "Anything Goes"

Simply Create - #35 "Use your punches (die-cuts)"

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - "Anything Goes"

Let's Ink It Up - #8 "Anything Goes"

One Stitch At A Time - #45 "New" (image)

Quirky Crafts - #2 "Spring Garden & Pink and Green"

The Crafty Pad - #104 "Something New"

By the Cute & Girly - "Bling it On"

Kort O Mania - #32 "Fantasy/Fairytale"

Thanks for stopping by - have a lovely weekend!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Wild Orchid Crafts - Challenge #15

Wild Orchid Crafts is yet again ready with a new challenge - Challenge #15:
Let's get SENTIMENTAL ;)

The DT-girls has made some REALLY GEORGEOUS samples using this week's theme, so you better visit our WOC Challenge blog to take a peek, or check out their personal blogs, to have a closer look at their amazing creations!!

I've made a Gate-Fold-Card this time, using the beautiful new "Fika"-papers from Maja Design, and one of the new Inspirational Sentiments from Lili of the Valley, to spot my card.
 The cutest little image designed by Mo Manning, that I've used on the card, can only be yours by donating a few dollars to "Help for Katie" - you can read all about it here in Jak Heat's blog :)

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black, Distress Ink - Bundled Sage, Vivid! - Plum.

Stamps: Mo Manning - Sprout, Lili of the Valley - Inspirational Sentiments.

Colouring: Prisma Colour Pencils.

Papers: Maja Design - Fika "Björnbärskakor" & "Plommonkaka", Bazzill - purple & white cardstock, Letraset - Hevyweight Cartridge Paper 270g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Label, Marianne Design - CreaTables (swirls).

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Guipure Lace, Crystal Drop Stems, Paper Poppy, Cherry Blossom, Aster Daisy, Gypsophilia, Heather Stem Flower, Open Paper Rose 25 mm, 15 mm & 10 mm, Semi Open Paper Rose 8 mm, Rosebud 4 mm & Self Adhesive Pearls, Kuttut - Doilies.

I'm also entering these challenges with this card:
Creative Card Crew - "Fancy Folds"
The Creative Cottage - #30 "Something New"
Stamp Something - "Anything Goes"
Let's Ink It Up - #8 "Anything Goes"
One Stitch At A Time - #45 "New"
Craft Your Days Away - #11 "Anything Goes"

Pile it On - #3 "Anything Goes"

Thank you for visiting my blog - have a lovely week!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Sketchy Colors Challenge #54

Woohooo! Sunday freetime, and a new challenge at Sketchy Colors!!!

For our Challenge #54 we have prepared a new colour challenge for you:

 WHITE!

You're ofcourse allowed to use other colours too, but the main impression must be white :)

Wild Orchid Crafts is sponsoring us with some pretty delish prices this month, and the DT girls have made some georgeous samples for inspiration this week too - so be sure to check out the Sketchy Color blog :)

When it comes to the colour (all) white in cards, I immediately think of weddings, so this time I've made...

yep - a wedding card :)

Sorry for the bad pictures - my camera does'nt capture white very well, especially not

in this bad winter light ;(

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Adirondack - Pitch Black.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - Mr. & Mrs. and texts (not in shop).

Colouring: Prisma Colour Pencils.

Papers: Bazzill - Satin Embossed Butterflies cardstock, and ivory and white cardstock,

Letraset - Cartridge Hevyweight Paper 270 g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Petite & Classic Circles, Marianne Design - CreaTables, Nellie Snellen - Multi Frame, Stampin'Up! - Word Window punch, piercing tool.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Wild Rose 25 mm, Cherry Blossoms, Gypsophilas, Open Paer Roses 15 mm, Semi Open Paper Roses 8 mm, Pearl Stamens & Self Adhesive Pearls, Hobby Himmelen - lilies, Ranger - Stickles "Star Dust", The Ribbon Girl - Crushed Silk Ribbon.

I'm also entering these challenges with this card:

Really Reasonable Ribbon's Rambling - #16 "Hearts" (and ribbon)

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - #8 "Love is in the Air"

By the Cute and Girly - "Bling it On"

Creatalicious - #18 "Love & Ribbon"

Let's Ink It Up - #8 "Anything Goes"

Whoopsi Daisy - "No Designer Paper"

Stamp Something - "Anything Goes"

Secret Crafter - #117 "With Love"

Crop Stop - #2 "Stickles"

I'm soon off to visit my 'bestest' aunt, who had her birthday on Wednesday,

together with my mum and my kids :)

Thank you so much for stopping by - have a lovely Sunday!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT LOTV Challenge #80

Another challenge is up and ready for you at Lili of the Valley Challenge blog!

For this weeks Challenge #80 we have a new theme for you: Things with wings :)

After releasing all of the new LOTV Molly Harrison Fairies and the Little Fairies, this would be an easy peasy one to get inspiration for, right :)

The Ribbon Girl is sponsoring our challenge this time - so be sure to check out the amazing price this time too!!! And take a look at their web-shop - I looove their huge range of ribbons in all kinds of colours and fabric!

For my card, I've used  Molly Harrison's Destiny's Moon - Wow! She's one georgeous fairy!!!

I seem to be hung up in Easel-cards, so if anyone can tip me about easy-made and quick folding cards...bring it on, please :)

And I still have purple and turqouise in my head *LOL*, but at least, I've tried out a new colouring technic for a change :)

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Adirondack - Pitch Black, Distress Ink - Broken China & Dusty Concord.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - Molly Harrison "Destiny's Moon" & Dreamy Days Circular Sentiments.

Colouring: Prisma Colour Pencils (Woohoo! Fun!)

Papers: Magnolia - Once Upon A Time "Blue Starlight" & " Bubble", Ladybug & Friends - Spring has Sprung "Grow Up", Bazzill - white & turqouise cardstock, Canson - Montval aquarellpaper 200g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Petite Ovals & Circles, Magnolia - border dies, Martha Stewart - Flourish punch *thank you Jacque*hugs*.
Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Open Paper Roses 20 mm, 15 mm & 10 mm, Semi Open Roses 8 mm, Gypsophilas, Pearl Stamens, Crystal Drop Stems & Self Adhesive Pearls, Kort & Godt - flowers, Ranger - Stickles "Star Dust".

I'm also entering this card in to these challenges:
Friday Sketchers - Sketch #136
By the Cute and Girly - "Bling it On"
Sentimental Sundays - #37 "Anything with Wings"
Let's Ink It Up - #8 "Anything Goes"
Creative Cowgirls - #4 "Something New" (new colour technic & new image)
Creative Inspiration - #50 "Something New"
Craft Your Days Away - #11 "Anything Goes"
Creative Cottage - #30 "Something New"

Thank you for stopping by - have a lovely day!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

LOTV Release Day - A Card & the LOTV Release Candy Winner

Finally the the day for the new release at Lili of the Valley is here :)

We sure hope you're gonna love all the new stamps as much as we do!

Some of the DT fairies may be posting their beautiful creations with the new stamps,
at the Ideas to Inspire blog, or at their personal blogs, during the day, so be sure not to miss those :)

And don't forget - run to the LOTV store, to buy your new stamps!!!

Here's a card I've made using the georgeously cute image and sentiment "Together Forever",
in the colours of pink and lime :)

Aren't these sweet friends just adorable??

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Adirondack - Pitch Black, Distress Ink - Shabby Shutters.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - Together Forever (image & sentiment).

Colouring: Letraset - Promarkers.

Papers: Memory Box - Jubilee & Gossamer Collections, Bazzill - green & vanilla cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Hevyweight Paper 270g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Classic Rectangle & Label, Martha Stewart - Royal Butterfly punch, EK Success - leaf punch & label punch.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Wild Rose 25 mm, Cherry Blossoms, Open Paper Roses 10 mm & 15 mm, Gypsophilias, Self Adhesive Pearls & Heart Shaped Pearl Beads, Ranger - Stickles "Star Dust", Kuttut - lace.

I'm also entering this card in to these following challenges:

CLP - #32 "Sketch"
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - #8 "Love is in the air"
By the Cute and Girly - "Bling it on"
Cupcake Craft - #124 "Something New" (new papers and image)
Ooh La La - #71 "Bling it on"
ABC Challenge - "L is for Lace"
Fab 'n' Funky - #54 "Anything Goes"
Flutter by Wednesday - #136 "Open"
The Creative Cottage - #30 "Something New"
The Pixie Cottage - #51 "Sketch and/or Punches"
Craft Your Days Away - #11 "Anything Goes"
Creative Inspirations - #50 "Something New"
One Stitch At A Time - #44 "Love & Valentine"
Sentimetal Sundays - #37 "Anything With Wings"
Rainbow Lady - #134 "It's all new to me"
Delicious Doodles - #7 "New"
Let's Ink It Up - #8 "Anything Goes"
Creative Cowgirls - #4 "Something New"

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me comments!!
I can't say often enough how much I appreciate it :)

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Winner of my LOTV Release Candy

I'm shoced by all the entries to my LOTV Release candy!!!
Thank you so much to every one of you for enetering, and to all of you that have left me such nice comments, and to all of my new followers - love you all to bits!

Mr.Random has helped me draw a winner, and the lucky new owner of the new stamps
"Teddy Romeo" and "Blue Haze" is...

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No 307

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LINDA

Congratulations sweetie!
Please send me your fully name and address to lenaoien'at'bbnett.no within 2 days,
and your price will soon be on it's way to your mail-box!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs Lena Katrine

A little bit of LOTV Release Candy

Lisa and Laila at Lili of the Valley, has generously given all the LOTV Company DT girls TWO stamps each from the new release, to give away as candies :)

So be sure to visit each and every one of the fairies today, and sign up for their blog candies - that means you'll get 10 chanses to win TWO awesome stamps!! Woohoo!!

And give them some luv too - they so deserve it :)

You'll find all the DT's blog at the LOTV' Ideas to Inspire blog!

Here's the TWO stamps I'm giving away to ONE lucky winner :)

TEDDY ROMEO

&

BLUE HAZE

You'll probably find some Sneak Peeks of the two images on the LOTV's Idea to Inspire blog :)

Here’s a list of the rest of the DT that are offering candies during the day:
Jacqui - Cats Whiskers
Kathy - Watermelon Sugar
Dawny P - Pink Piggy
Bev - All the things I love
Dena - Denas Stamping Corner
Claudia Rosa - Pretty Pressings
Jacque - Jacques Joi De Vivre
Marlene - A Lil' Bit of Me
Heather - Rica's Haven
Moni – Nixe07

You'll only have until midnight tomorrow (Monday) to enter, su hurry up leaving your name, web-address and e-mail to the blue froggy beneath :)

The winner will be announced on Tuesday!

Thanks a lot for stopping by - best of luck to you all!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Sketchy Colors Challenge #53 & GD Paper Sundaes with another LOTV Sneek Peek

Happy Sunday everybody!

We're finally back with a new challenge at Sketchy Colors, after a looong Christmas Holiday break :)

For our SC Challenge #53, we have a new sketch for you to play with - made by me :)

Take a look at the sketch, the DT's great work with it, and the fabolous price sponsored by

Wild Orchid Crafts, at the Sketchy Color blog :)

Lili of the Valley is sponsoring Paper Sundaes Challenge #51 this week with a £10 voucher, and some of the girls at the LOTV Company DT are playing along as GD's for this week's challenge :)

I'm one of those girls, so here's another card with a Sneek Peek on one of the new LOTV images,

that will be released on Tuesday :)

Paper Sundaes Challenge #51 is CIRCLES, so the theme went very well with my SC sketch :)

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Adirondack - Black, Distress Ink - Pumice Stone, Vivid! - Plum.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - Little Fairies "Birthday Fairy" & text (not in shop).

Colouring: Letraset - Promarkers.

Papers: Maja Design - Fika "Nybakat", "Blommor på bordet" & "Hemgjord Saft" (Unik Hobby),

Bazzill - white & purple cardstock, Letraset - Cartridge Hevyweight Paper 270g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Classic & Scalloped Circles.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Wild Rose 25 mm, Cherry Blossoms, Open Paper Roses 15 mm, Semi Open Paper Roses 8 mm, Heather Stem Flowers, Pearl Stamens & Self Adhesive Pearls, Ranger - Stickles "Star Dust", The Ribbon Girl - satin ribbon, Kuttut - charm, Hobby Himmelen - lilies.

I'm also entering this card in to these following challenges:
Fashionista Friday - #61 "Ribbons & Bows"
Totally Paper Crafts - #48 "Thank You"
Creative Inspirations - #50 "Something New" (papers and image)
Make it Colourful - #1 "Warm or Cool Colours"
The Pixie Cottage - #51 "Sketch and/or Punches"
Creative Cottage - #30 "Something New" (papers and image)
Simon Says...New Beginnings (for a new friend)
Passion for Promarkers - #81 "Thank You"
Creative Card Crew - "New Beginnings" (for a new friend)
Simon Says Stamp and Show - "Newest Stamp" (one of them ;)

Thanks a lot for stopping by - have a lovely day!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

NOT a DT Card :)

Hi peeps!

For the first time in a looong while, I've made a card "just for fun" for a special challenge :)

At Sugar Bowl Challenge Blog, Marlene has made a great Sketch for Challenge #50, and it was so fun to play with :) There's also a theme to the challenge - Embossing.

Actually, I made another card at first, but when the card was finished, I thought it was something wrong about the image I used...hmmm, it turned out, that the stamp I used,  wasn't a Sugar Nellie stamp *LOL*

So I grabbed another "neglected" image, and started over again, and here's the final result :)

Size: 15 x 15 cm

Ink: Archival Ink - Coffee, DistressInk - PumiceStone & Victorian Velvet, Water Mark Ink Pad.

Stamps: Sugar Nellie - image, Lili of the Valley - text (not in store).

Colouring: Distress Ink - Refills (mainly Pumice Stone and a mix of Spun Sugar & Dusty Concord).

Papers: Memory Box - Gossamer Collection, Bazzill - white & pink cardstock, Canson - Montval aquarellpaper 200g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Label, Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, EK Success - Snowflake punch, StampinUp! - Word Window punch, Martha Stewart - Scandinavian Snowflake punch, Inkido - Frost Embossing Powder, Heat Gun.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Open Paper Roses 20 mm, 15 mm & 10 mm, Semi Open Roses 8 mm, Rosebuds 4 mm, Aster Daisies, Gypsophilas & Self Adhesive Pearls, Ranger - Stickles "Star Dust" (I luv this glitter glue), lace.

I've used Dry Embossing on the white panels, and Heat Embossing on the snowflakes.

I'm also entering these challenges with this card:

By the Cute and Girly - "Bling it On"

Nordsalten Hobbyklubb - #21 "Winter Card"

Sir Stampalot - "A Winters Tale"

Whoopsi Daisy - "Free and Easy"

Sukkersött - # 107 "Birthday Card"

Thanks for peeking in - have a great weekend!

Hugs, Lena Katrine :)