Happy Birthday!

Wow, its been a while since I posted here. 

This dosen't mean I havn't been creative,

I have been a very busy bee,

Including spending a fab weekend at a Scrap-meet (Skitreff),

last weekend, with so many tallented lovley ladys all in one building its enough to

BLOW YOUR MIND!!

Always great to meet faces from the Blog world and get to know some new ones too.

I've just not had the time to take photo's and post my projects :O)

So its 'catch-up time' now....

Here is a birthday card I made a while back for a 6 yr old sweetie.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts - challenge #89 - Layer upon layer.

Pixie dust studio - challenge # 97 - Happy Birthday

Hope you are all well, and enjoying the cosy Autumn weather :O)

 (Hot soup......homemade rolls.....cups of tea...... wood burning stove litt........ 

grilling sausages in the woods...candles litt....woolly rugs to tuck up in.... not to mention the beautiful colours it brings.....aahhh I love Autumn) 

ENJOY!!

Hugs Nina xx

Its been a while...

Due to my sons and Ibeing ill (pneumonia),

I've not had much time or energy to be sitting at my desk being creative :(

Things are looking up though (!) and I managed to finish off this notelet set box this afternoon.

What pushed me was not only that it is due to be delivered soon,

But also

Sukkersött

has a challenge (#113) this week to include

Flowers, pearls and lace on a project.

With a fantastic prize for a lucky winner!

2 rubber stamp sets from

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'Stempel glede'

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Front view of notelet set box.

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Close-up of details.

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The notelets inside.
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The backside.
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The design papers and set of ribbons are from the new collection from Panduro called

'Tilda Summer Blues'

I adore them all, so fresh and spring like!
I bought a whole pile of bazzil card in colours that suit the design papers
and put together this set.

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On each card I made a spellbinder shape and stamped 'Just a note' from my
'Waltzing mouse' set of sentements and frames,
with 'Versa Magic' ink in Sage which suited all the design paper colours.
I then embossed the text with clear embossing powder
and attached them with 3D pillows.
One of the notelets is made up from scraps from all of the design papers,
I have sewn with my sewing machine on this card and round the panel on the box too.
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Then I started to think about how these notelets would best be kept together,
and the idea of making the box cover came to life.
I see now that I have forgotten to take a photo showing this, so I will add that soon :O)
The metal embellishments and flowers are from 'Kort og Godt'
(they got a good dose of Glimmer mist -pearl). Here I have used my new round the page punch by Martha Stewart (think its called vintage lace).
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Each notlet measures 12.5 x 12.5 cm
and the folder measures 14.5 x 14.5 cm
I have tucked a writing pen inside the box too.
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Hope life is treating you all well :O)

Hugs Nina xx

Raise the bra! Guest Bar Tender.

Hello peeps,

Wow seems like i havn't been in blog land for AGES,

and i havn't so not so strange it seems that way!

Things have been a bit busy here to say the least, and blogging has been put to the bottom of the list along with a whole load of other things.

I'm not sure what people are doing here at the moment, so i am looking forward to doing a round through all of your blogs to see what you have been upto, unfortunatly that will have to wait a bit longer until Scott gets well again, and in the meantime Kim has developed a nasty cough and the ear specialist has decided he needs another ear operation which is now due in the next couple of weeks, poor wee monkey.

I am just so wornout!

It dosn't help that my illness Lupus is making me even more tired. Oh dear not much happy news coming from me today, sorry about that!

Its not all that bad, i'm sitting here smiling and I do have a wonderful assistant

to help me 3 days a week so I shouldn't complain :O)

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On to my card I won a challenge at 'Raise the bar'!! woop woop :o)

My prize was to be Guest Designer for this weeks challenge, the challenge being

"raise the bra"

to make something for

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

It was to be pink and include a stamped image of a woman on the front.

(although Unfortunatly I didn't get it delivered to them on time, boob hoob)

Here is my tag card:

I am very aware of breast cancer as my mum died of it, I was thinking about her and reminising the wondersful lady she was whilst making this card.

I have decided to send it to her sister, my Aunt Lisa that lives in Australia :O)

I will have to come back to the recipe at a later date as my time has run out!

Hope you are all well

Hugs Nina x

GDT Totally Gorjuss - Challenge - 46 sketch

This week its challenge # 46 at Totally Gorjuss,
we have a sketch challenge for you ......

A nice and easy sketch drawn by Net.
This weeks sponser is Joanna Sheen, she is very kindly giving away a £10 gift voucher to spend in her online shop and craft place!
Free postage aswell so you actually get to pick goodies for £10!





Here is my card as Guest Gorjussette:

Ohh I love this Tilda stamp, and I have really enjoyed myself making this card. I have a love for everything oriental although this dosn't always show through in my work. I just had to order her as soon as I saw her, She arrived last week and here she is already inked up :O)
The text stamp has such a beautiful message, which translated into English from Norwegian roughly says, and I LOVE it.....



"Those who only crave sunshine have never kissed in the rain"


Recipe:
Inks:
Archival Ink - Coffee ( white with 2 sugars please, Ha ha). Painted with Reinkers - Old Paper, Mustard seed, Dried Marigold, Tea Dye, Black Soot, Frayed Burlap, Barn Door, Walnut Stain, Distressed with Vintage Photo ink Pad.
Stamps:
Chinese Tilda, North star Stamps.
Papers:
Papermania, Paper Design, Page from a vintage songbook, Shiney and Vanilla - Bazzil, Watercolour paper 200g.
Tools and Equipment:
MM. Distresser and sandpaper, Die Frame - Marianne Designs, Crop-a-dile, Sewing Machine, Embossing Pistol, Tim Holtz Distress Embossing powder - Vintage Photo.
Embellies:
Retro flower punch Medium and small, Brads from American Art, Old peice of string.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Stamp something - Something cute

Wild Flower Wednesday 3o - Fall colours

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #75 - Distress-it.

Stampin' for the weekend #46 - Shabby or Vintage

Creatalicious Challenges # 13 - Vintage

Paperplay Challenges week 35 - In stitches

Simon says stamp and show your layers

All That Scraps Blog - Anything Tilda

Have a good week

Hugs Nina

Tilda Friend card - GDT Totally Gorjuss

Helloooo I'm down here... :OD

Our challenge this week at Totally Gorjuss is a great Sketch sponsered by the lovley

Joanna Sheen The lucky winner will recieve a £10 gift voucher to spend in her shop!

Its been a day in the garden for my family and I, picnic lunch and all.

Hubby cut the overlong grass on our massive lawn ( must make more flowerbeds...) whilst I did a bit of raking and my boys played in the left over rain water from yesterday in a great big muddy puddle at the end of our driveway! They had a ball, and where covered in mud, grass and sand before the day was over! They got a quick wipe down before we went in for spag.bol. for dinner, then they were both orange! The plan of course was bath before bed but the munchkins were so tired out we would have had troubles keeping them awake to do it!

What the heck i'll just have to change their bed clothes and they can have a bath in the morning!

Enough spraff from me and on to my card...

The lovley Tilda stamp and Cuttlebug I borrowed from the very tallented Wenche, so if you havn't seen her work pop over to her blog and be wowed :O)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake challenge - Distress

Cute card Thursday - Whatever

Crafty card makers - Spotlight challenges - Punches

Recipe:

Inks: Versafine - onyx Black, Colourbox Chalk - purple, Silver and black. Tilda is painted with Distress Inks Reinkers - Aged Mahogany, Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap, Tattered Rose, Bundled Sage, Pumice Stone and Barn Door.

Stamps: Tilda from Magnolia, and text from the paperloft (?)

Papers: MME - Quite contrary, Tilda papercraft paperstack, Maja Design, Light purple and light gray bazzil, white cardstock and 200g watercolour paper.

Tools and equipment: Bosskut - leaf flourish, spellbinders - Labels one, Circle small and Petite Ovals. MS punch. Gelly Roll pens - silver and white. 3D foam pads.

Embellies: Flowers from Storyteller, half pearls and silver rhinestones from kaiser.

The stamps says translated into English: 'A friend like you is the best a person can have'.

I have made such a mess in my wee hobby room this week! I am going to have to spend the rest of the evening tidying it up before I am able to embark on my next crafty project!!

I hope everyone is (if there is anyone still reading that is!) is having as nice a weekend as I :O)

Hugs Nina xx

My first Tilda Card.

This is my first Tilda card! I can't believe I havn't used her before, she is so easy to paint and cut out.
I have followed Mina's great sketch for week 59 over at Just magnolia
Check out the DT cards there, they are so inspiring!!

I spent far too long trying to take photos of this card outside ( bright sunshine is lovley but not great for taking photos in! :O)

to be able to write about this card at the moment, Its all 'go' here today, but I will come back later to finish off :O)

Have a beautiful day one and all!

Hugs Nina