DT Wild Orchid Crafts #62: Bling It Up

Good Morning!

It's that Monday again, that we have a new challenge ready over at Wild Orchid Crafts :)

For our Challenge #62 we have this theme for you:

BLING IT UP!

The DT have as always made a marvelous job blinging up their projects, and there's a great price up for one winner, so check out the WOC Challenge blog ;)

My daughter turned 14 this month, and for her birthday, she asked me if I could make her a crown :)

I sure did, and this is how her blingy princess crown turned out!

Papers: Bildmålarna/Papirdesign - DP's, sketch paper.

Tools: Martha Stewart - Butterfly punch, Border Punch.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Sweetheart Blossoms and Self Adhesive Rhinestones & Swirls, ribbon, chipboard, foam letters.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:

whimsy stamps - all things sparkly

brown sugar - anything goes

hot shot crafts - bling it on

charisma cardz - don't be square

paper play - butterflies/bees/things with wings

dream valley - glitter/bling

gingerloft - no colouring

totally gorjuss - things with wings

Thank you so much for stopping here today - enjoy your week!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Knitted "Purse" Slippers Vol:4

Hi Sweet People!

Another pair of "Purse" Slippers I've knitted - this time in white and turqouise colours :)

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Wild Orchid Crafts - Challenge #52: Anything Goes

Hiya!

Today Wild Orchid Crafts is ready with a new challenge, and for our Challenge #52 we have a theme I know you love:

ANYTHING GOES!
But please remember to read our rules before entering our challenge!

My DT-collegues have all made some georgeous creations for you to be inspired of, and of course there's a great price to win for one lucky participant, so head over to the WOC Challenge Blog and have a look :)

I've made something totally different this time...

I've sewed myself a dress, decorating it with beautiful lace from Wild Orchid Crafts :)

Dress

Pattern: Stoff & Stil

Fabric: Stoff & Stil

Lace: Wild Orchid Crafts

Thanks for visiting - you're so sweet!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Square Diagonally Knitted Slippers

Hello Sweeties!

I'm keeping up the knitting, and today I'll show you a pair of Square Diagonally Knitted Slippers I've made :)

These looks kind of corny, but I think they're kind of cool too ;)

Have a lovely day everyone!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Knitted "Purse" Slippers Vol: 3

Morning Crafters!

Another pair of "Purse" Slippers I've knitted - this time in purple and white :)

Wishing you a happy day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Knitted Leg Warmers

Hiya!

More knitting :)

Today I'll show you a pair of Leg Warmers I've knitted!

Don't know who they're for yet, but...Fun to knit!

Again- It's my daughter who's modelling for me :)

Have a great day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Knitted "Purse" Slippers Vol:2

Good Morning Happy People!

Today I'll show you another pair of "Purse" Slippers I've knitted :)

These were so easy and fun to make, so there's gonna be several more I think ;)

Stay Happy!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Knitted Vest

Good Morning!

Today I'll show you a Vest I knitted as a Birthday present for a great friend of mine :)

This vest is so easy and fun to knit, and it looks great on too!

My daughter is trying it on, so I could get the pictures I needed - Thank you Angela!

 My friend recived this a while ago, and she said she liked it - warm and cosy :)

Keep on crafting!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Knittet "Purse" Slippers Vol:1

Hello Friends!

My Grandmother showed me some cute little "Purse" Slippers she had knitted a while ago, and I just had to  try these out myself :)

I think these are so cute, and so easy to knit!!!

Great little presents for friends and others, don't you think?

Stay crafting!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Want some cake?

Good Morning! 

Happy Independence Day to all Norwegians!

Since this is a special day forall of us here in Norway, I thought I'd show you a few pictures of the cake I made for my little nephew Adrian's Christening back in February :)

Enjoy your day - cake or not :)

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Crocheted Blanket

Hello!

Today I'm showing you something totally different :)

I've always loved knitting or crocheting when I'm watching TV, and here's a baby blanket I made as a Christmas gift for our little nephew Adrian last Christmas!

Happy Crafting!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT LOTV - Spring #2: Project - "Teddy for Mum"

Good Morning!


I was supposed to publish this a couple of days ago, but had some problems with my blog...
That's all sorted now, but to get rid of the problem, I had to delete my bloglist consuming "international inspirators" ;(
I managed to save some of "you", and will try to add the rest along the way refinding you :)


Anyway - this is my last project as a fulltime DT-member of Lili of the Valley ;(
A big thank you to Lisa, Laila & Anne for letting me stay on this fabolous team for so long, for all your support and for letting me play with such an amount of beautiful images!
And a big thank you to all of my DT-collegues along the way too - you all ROCK!!!
BUT I've been asked to join LOTV as a GD every now and then, so I wont be totally gone *lol*


Now - back to my LOTV-project:

When you're having a lot of friends and family, it's quite easy to forget someones Birthday, so I decided to make a Birthday Calendar to keep up with all the Birthdays during the year. I've recycled a simple Photo Frame Album from IKEA, but I'll gues you can make the rack by using cardstock and a Bind-It-All machine.

The image I've used is just perfect for my February month, since we're celebrating Mothers Day in February here in Norway.

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Recycled Photo Frame Album from IKEA - Birthday Calendar Site February 

Size: 14 x 19 cm

Ink: Memento - Pitch Black, Distress Ink - Bundled Sage.

Stamp: Lili of the Valley - "Teddy for Mum".

Colouring: Prismacolor Premier Pencils.

Papers: Bildmålarna - Picnick "Butterflies", Bazzill - ivory & sage cardstock, copy paper 280g.

Tools: Martha Stewart - Eyelet Lace corner punch, EK Success - corner rounder punch, Crop-A-Dile, craft knife.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Chrysanthemums, Carnations, Open Paper Roses 20 mm & 15 mm, Heather Stem Flowers & Self Adhesive Pearls, Stickles - Diamond, eyelets.

Other things: I cut green cardstock a little bit smaller than the plastic rack, and added panels of white cardstock and patterned paper.

The template to the calendar, did I get from my friend Marianne, but I resized it, and changed the the letters and numbers like I wanted them. I printed out the calendar on copy paper 280g - the same as I coloured my image on. 

I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch holes and set yelets with, to fit the rings on the rack.
The image is cut out, and the baloons are attached to the bear with silver colured sewing tread.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:
Delightful Challenges - spring colours
Paper Craft Journey - anything goes
Sassy Studio - seeing green
SJ Crafts - flowers and pink/red
4 Crafty Chicks - anything BUT a card
CRAFT - Mother's Day
Cute Card Thursday - signs of spring
Little Darlings - pearls
The Pixie Cottage - sketch and/or anything goes
Simon Says - anything goes
Party Time Tuesday's - anything goes
Sew Many Challenges - punch
The Cutie Pie - flowers

Thank you so much for popping in - have a great Weekend everyone!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

In memory of...

One year has gone by...one long year, but it still feels like yesterday that you passed away.......

I can't see you

But I see you anyway

I can't touch you

But I touch you anyway

I can't feel you

But I feel you anyway

You're around me

Anywhere, everywhere

Silently you embrace me

and I know you'll always be there for me

In my thoughts, in my heart...

I miss you so much....

In memory of my beloved "mommo"

Sadness...

Yesterdays happenings here in Norway have touched our whole Nation, the whole Europe, the whole World!

Words can not describe what's going through my mind...

I'm shocked, I'm angry, I'm scared...

But most of all, I feel sadness - deep sadness!

I feel for the young people that lost their lifes, I feel for the ones that experienced such a nightmare, I feel for the parents, family and friends that's lost someone they love, I feel for all the people that's been touched by this in any way!

I light three candles tonight;

One for Faith, one for Hope and one for Love - may all three remain in all our hearts and thoughts during this difficult time!

Take care of your selves and each other!

My Little Darlings Wheel Barrow & Some LD Info

Hi :)

Thank you so much for all your sweet comments about my Wheel Barrow the other day, at my Little Darlings Blog Hop post!

Today I thought I would show you a few more pictures of it :)

As I told you, I got the idea for the Wheel Barrow by visiting My Time Made Easy!
I didn't buy their template, but drew my own, and created a Wheel Barrow that looks a bit/a lot different :)

Size: 11 x 15 cm, ca 7 cm high

Ink: Adirondack - Espresso, Archival Ink - Jet Black, Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass.

Stamps: Love To Stamp/Little Darlings - "Going for a Ride", Lili of the Valley - "Words for Tickets" (memories)

Colouring: Prismacolor Premier Pencils.

Papers: Prima - Madeline Collection, Bazzill - pink & french vanilla cardstock, copy paper 280g.

Tools: Spellbinders - Nesting Classic & Scalloped Circles, QK - CC Nesting Label, Stampin'Up! - Word Window Punch.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Self Adhesive Rhinestones, Curly Wild Rose 40 mm, Wild Roses 25 mm, Open Paper Roses 25 mm, 15 mm & 10 mm, Rosebuds 4 mm & Long Stem Stamens.

 

 

I'm entering this in to these challenges:

ABC Challenge - U is for Unusual Fold

Creative Card Crew - Cute & Girly

Paper Pretties - Flowers

Paper Romance - ABAC

Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes

2 Sisters - How does your garden grow?

 

 

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Love To Stamp/Little Darlings is sponsoring Fuzzy and Fancy's Challenge this Friday,

so be sure to check it out!

 

 

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You still have time to enter the Little Darlings Blog Hop (and contest) - just pop over to our Little Darlings Challenge Blog to start at the beginning :)

 

 

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Thanks for stopping here today - I wish you all a lovely weekend!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

DT Lili of the Valley Challenge #93

Happy Easter Everyone!

I'm at my mum and dad's cabin for some Easter Holliday time off, together with my children and my mum and dad. My dearest hubby did also join us for a couple of days, but had to get home for work yeasterday :(

I have to get back to work tomorrow night, so I'm also heading home this afternoon ;(
As you may notice, my today's post ain't quite finished...I'm having a very limited access to the internet here, so I have to finish the post when I get home...

BUT we're ready with a new challenge at Lili of the Valley - our Challenge #93!!!

And since it's easter, our challenge this week is to make something for....
...exactly....EASTER!!!

I've made an Egg-shaped card this time (grately inspired by my very talented friend Marianne's egg-cards), and used several of the newly released Clear Additions stamps from Lili of the Valley on it :)

Size: 16 x 18 cm

Template: My own

Ink: Adirondack - Pitch Black, Distress Ink - Antique Linen.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - "Spring Bunny with Eggs" & Clear Additions "Happy Circular Sentiments", "Verses", "Grunge Music" & "Corners Magical Flowers".

Colouring: Prismacolor Premier Pencils.

Papers: Karen Foster - Old Fashioned Eggs, Pion Design - butterflies (Die cuts), Bazzill - french vanilla & dark pink cardstock, super smooth copy paper 250g.

Tools: Martha Stewart - heart lace edge punch, QK - CC nesting die, Spellbinders - Nesting Classic Circles, Punch Bunch - leaf punch.

Embellishments: Wild Orchid Crafts - Paper Poppies & Open Paper Roses 15mm, Ranger - Stickles "Star Dust".

I'm entering this card in to these challenges:

Dream Valley - Easter
Sparkles - Easter
The Crafty Pad - Easter
I Did It Creations - Easter
Scrappy Frogs - Easter
Bows and Berries - Easter
Pear Tree Designs - Easter
My Time To Craft - Easter Wishes
Creative Friday - Easter
Stampin' For The Weekend - Easter
Tellen's Place - Easter
Easy Craft Projects - Easter
Pattie's Creations - Easter/Spring
Craft Your Days Away - Easter
Creative Inspirations - Easter

Thanks for stopping by today - I wish you all a Happy Easter!

Hugs, Lena Katrine