GDT Unik Hobby December

Hei!

GDT-bidraget for desember til Unik hobby kommer litt sent...men bedre sent, enn aldri, sant?

Jeg hadde lyst til å lage noe helt "nytt", og noe som kunne gis bort som en liten gave.

Da plutselig kom jeg på hvordan bestefar lærte meg å flette neverkurver, da jeg var ei lita jente - og slik ble prosjektet mitt til en flettet papir-kurv :)

Hi!

My GDT contribution for December at Unik Hobby, comes a bit late...but better late, than never, right? 

I wanted to make something "new", and something that could be given away as a present.

 Then I suddenly remembered that my grandfather tought me how to braid a basket of birch bark when I was a little girl - and then my project became a braided paper-basket :)

Motivet fra Ladybug & Friends, er fargelagt med Distress Ink refiller, cuttet ut med Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Ovals, og montert som en tag på kurven, med gullfarget bånd.

The image from Ladybug & Friends, is colured with Distress Ink refills, cut out with Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Ovals, and mounted as a tag on the basket with a gold ribbon.

Papirene er fra Ladybug & Friends' julekolleksjon "Julefryd" og heter "Juleglede" og "Englesang".

Jeg har brukt Martha Stewart - Edge Punch Doily Lace til å lage borden rundt på kurven, og den nye MS-punchen Deep Edge Doily Lace til å lage hanken.

Borden og hanken er pyntet opp med bittesmå brune perler fra Kort & Godt.

The papers are from Ladybug & Friends as well, from the "Julefryd" Collection, and are called "Juleglede" and "Englesang". I've used the Martha Stewart - Edge Punch Doily Lace around the basket, and the new Deep Edge Punch Doily Lace as the handle.

I've embellished the laces with tiny brown pearls from Kort & Godt.

Rundt borden på kurven har jeg festet et mørkerødt bånd, knyttet en sløyfe, og festet en nydelig engel-charm.

Around the basket, I've tied a dark red ribbon, made a bow, and fastened a beautiful angel-charm in it.

For å pynte kurven litt ekstra, har jeg festet hvite roser, svertet med litt Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, og blader stanset ut med en punch fra EKSuksess, i hjørnene.

For a little bit more decoration, I've used white roses dabbed with Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, and leaf punched out with a EKSuksess Punch, on the corners of the basket.

Håper kurven min - for anledningen fyllt med te - kan være til litt inspirasjon og glede for dere også!

Hope you liked my basket - for now; filled with teabags!

Have a great day!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

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Oh, I almost forgot...I've got 3 more awards :)

Thank you so much Bendichte, Kaia and Astrid for thinking of  me, your sweet words and all the inspiration you give me! The award goes right back to you!!

But of course, I'm gonna give the award to 3 new people who deserves it too - Camilla, Nina and Yvonne!

Thank you so much for all the inspiration you give me, through your beautiful creations and your sweet comments about my crafting!

To read the 7 facts about me - just take a peek at the post below :)

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Kort & Godt har en heidundrende flott blogg-candy gående fram til 31.01.10.!!!

Hvem kunne vel ikke tenkt seg en sånn?? *drømme*

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Sketchy Colors Challenge #6 and Awards

Hi!

Another sunday has arrived, and we're ready with a new challenge at Sketchy Colors!!

This time we have a new sketch for you to play with - yey!

Please head over to the Sketchy Color blog, to check out this week's sketch at our Challenge #6, to take a peek at the new price sponsored by North Star Stamps, and of course to take a look at the rest of the DT's great work this sunday!

I've flipped the sketch a bit, and made a man's birthday card (for once - and boy, is that hard, or what?) for my  brother, Raymond, who's turning 32 years old today!!

The cool image I've used, is a stamp from NSS!

The image is coloured with Distress ink refills, and the edges are inked with Weathered Wood.
The patterned paper called "LEAH" is from Melissa Frances, and the cardstock are from Bazzill and Ladybug & Friends. The sentiment from Norsk Stempelblad AS on the front, says "Happy Birthday", and the sentiment inside and the "splat-stamp" are from Stempelglede.

I've used Spellbinders - Nesties Ovals and Long Squares to make the panels, and the quite simple embellishments remains of different buttons, brads and eyelets, some Tim Holtz methal-clips and -chain, and a charm from Unik Hobby.

Happy Birthday, "little" brother!

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This last week I've got a beautiful award from 8 different bloggers!!!

Thank you so much Jorunn, Kari, Anne, Ida, Hanna, Jannhild, Randi and Maya!

You given this award to me means a whole lot, and I'm given it right back to each and one of you!

Thank you so much for all your kind words and all the inspiration you give to me through your creations!

Here are the rules of the award:

1.Copy the award to your blog.

2.Link to the person who gave it to you.

3.Tell 7 interesting facts about your self.

4.Choose 7 other bloggers you want to give the award to.

5.Link to their blogs.

6.And leave them a comment so they know they have recieved the award!

Well, 7 "interesting" facts about myself...
1. I loooooove coffee and chocolate.
2. I like to read easy-read pocket-books at bedtime.
3. I hate waiting; for instance waiting in line etc.
4. I easily pass out if I cut my self, but run to help others if they're bleeding *lol*
5. I'm a "B/A"-person; late to bed, early up in the morning (mostly).
6. When I once in a while watch TV, I usually have to knit og hackle, not to get restless or fall a sleep.
7. The 4th of april I've been engaged to the love of my life for 14 years ;)

For now, I'm giving away this award to as many people as I got the award from ;)
It's not easy to only pick 8 people who deserves this award, but these are the ones I've picked this time:
Kim, Nina, Nancy, Camilla, Alina, Alice, Jorunn and Sharon!
Thank you so much, for inspiring me with lots of beautiful creations and lovely comments girls :)

Thank you so much for visiting - have a wonderful day!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

Table Frame

Long before christmas, I was asked to make something for a Advent Calender at a forum I'm a member of. The creation I had to make, had to be something that could be given away as a present, or something to go along with a present.

I decided to make a table-frame out of coasters :)

I've used  a Stampavie - Sarah Kay image, and painted it with Distress Ink refills. The papers are from Ladybug & friends Christmas Collection. For the embellishments, I've used perls from Kort & Godt, roses and rosebuds from Wild Orchid Crafts, snowflakes from a Martha Stewart punch, charms from Unik Hobby, some turqouise bling, and some string. The sentiment from Norsk Stempelblad AS says "You're special".

How to make this:
1. You'll need 2 square coasters, patterned paper, ink, a image/photo, circle-dies, a scalpel/knife, glue, brads, Crop-A-Dile, sandpaper and embellishments.
2. Front and back: Fasten patterned paper on the frontsides of both coasters. Distress and ink the edges.
3. Front: Punch out a circle in the middle of one of the coasters, distress and ink the edge.
4. Back: Fasten patterned paper on the circles backside, distress and ink the edge on both sides. Make a fold on top of the circle, and fasten it to the back-coaster with brads.
5. Fasten the coloured image to the inside of the back-coaster, and glue the two coasters together. The frame is now ready to be embellished.
NB! If you want to have a sentiment on the front of the frame, remember to stamp it before you glue the two parts together.
And if you want to have a photo in the frame, that can be taken out, just glue the bottom and the sides together.

Trinn for trinn forklaring:

1. Du trenger 2 firkantede coastere, ca et halvt ark mønsterpapir, blekk, sirkeldies, motiv/bilde, lim, skalpell, sandpapir, brads, Crop-A-Dile (eller liknende hullpunch), og pynt etter eget ønske.
2. Forside og bakside: Lim fast pyntepapir på ”forsidene” av coasterne. Renskjær kantene rundt, puss lett med sandpapir, og svert kantene med blekk.
3. Forside: Stans ut en sirkel i midten av den ene coasteren. For å komme helt igjennom, må man renskjære med skalpell. Puss kanten lett, og svert med blekk.
4. Bakside: Kle sirkelen med mønsterpapir på baksiden, renskjær, puss og svert kanten. Lag en pregekant på baksiden av sirkelen, brett forsiktig. Lim/fest sirkelen med brads, som ”fot” på baksiden av den hele coasteren (på mønsterpapirsiden).
5. Lim fast motivet til innsiden av rammen, og lim sammen forside og bakside. Rammen er nå klar til å dekoreres. OBS! Hvis du skal ha tekst på rammen, så husk å stemple den før du limer sammen delene.
NB! Dersom du ønsker å ha rammen slik at du kan bytte ut bilde/motiv, så bare la være å lime sammen toppen på delene.

Thank you for visiting - have fun!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

NIKITA - "Our" newest family member

My mum and dad have got Irish Setters as long as I've lived. My father have been hunting grouses and capercaillies since he was a little boy, and have had Irish Setters just as long.

This fall, theire almost 12 year old "Charmy" died - theire "baby", and the loss of theire dear family member, made them look for a new puppy almost right away.

2 days ago, they went all the way to Molde (40 miles from where we live), to get this little adorable cutie -

this is 8 weeks old Nikita ;)

What a cutie, ha?

Playing around

Taking a little nap

What's up?

Just being adorable :)

We're all in love with "our" new princess charming, and I know we're gonna have a lot of cosy and fun times with this adorable little girl.

Angela and Leander (my children) can't wait to play with her again already - even though we spent the whole day with her yeasterday :)

Thanks for visiting - Have a great day everyone!

Hugs, Lena Katrine

Sketchy Color Challenge #5

Happy New Year!!!

Hope you all have had a great Christmas too :)

I've been working most of Christmas, and haven't got time for eighter blogging or cardmaking for weeks ;(

But now we're ready for our next challenge at Sketchy Colors, and I've finally got some time to make a card :)

For our Challenge #5 we have a new color challenge for you!! This time we want you to make a card in pink and yellow, with details of bronze/copper!

I've been dying to ink up some of my new stamps, and for this card, I decided to use one of the new adorable stamps from the Greeting Farm:

The image is coloured with Distress Ink refills, and the edges are inked with Distress ink - Antique Linen.

The sentiment on the front is from Norsk Stempelblad AS, and the one inside is from Stempelglede.

The patterned paper is from My Minds Eye's "Bella Bella" Collection.

For the embellishments I've used pearls and pink flowers from Kort & Godt, Cherry Blossoms from Wild Orchid Crafts, Lilies and Charms from Unik Hobby, and ribbon from Frantic Stamper.

Now - head over to the Sketchy Color blog, to read about our Challenge #5, our new sponsor of January, and to take a look at the rest of the DT's great work this time :)

Have a lovely sunday!

Hugs, Lena Katrine