Card from "make and take" at the craft fair 2008

It is great to have some small cards at times if you are in a hurry or just to put with some flowers you are giving away., this one i learned to do on a make and take . i just adore this card so i gave it to my mum.

If you ever want to read and learn more about chinchillas.....

Here is the link to my msn group i tried on once, all the facts are always correct but some of the other things like if i have sold a chin/bought one its not always i update as it gets to much for me juggelig with ilnnesses and such.
I will however keep writing here as much as i possibly can, both me/craft and chin related as this blog all started with someone close in my life said i should show off some of the things i make.

but here is one chinchilla link anyway

http://groups.msn.com/Tiarastarchinchillas

My LO from a class Xstine had at papertrends.no

On friday(30/05.08) i went to class at Papertrends, one of my fave scrapbooking stores, they are just amazing, they help and they stratch really far to get you what you want or need.
Also they have reguarly classes and scrap evenings which is so much fun.
I have been to 2 classes, one where we did clearalbums and this last one where you mixed funk and vintage. so i thought i should show you the 3 LO i did.

Its been a while i know, plz forgive me but i have been ill

This my very first ATC card, i used a corner punch and then sum Tim Holtz distress ink to make it look older;the pink cardstock is bazill , the whit ish one i can not remember but i have bought it at Papertrends in oslo.
I also used sum lace and brads and a sticker i had as a leftover.
Hopefully you all like at as my first atempt at this.

My first try using my prisma pencils with sansador(gamsol)

I just had to try out my new prismas when they came in the post today, i can see i need loads more practise to use them.
I m not happy with the result to be honest and if it wasnt for the fact i want advice to how to improve my technique on this i would never have posted these photos,lol
I promise i will take any critique postively and will continue to test these pencils out as they are to pricy to stay in a drawer i think.
The pregnant magnolia i have coloured are going to be a part of a card i m going to make for a friend i just got told are pregnant with her 4th child.
I will use any excuse i have to send a card,lol

Photos of my storage items i have added decopage on

This is photos of the bigger storage drawers, it is really 3 drawers but i have just stacked them on top of eachother.

Even more photos, now with decopage on my storage drawers

in, i have ribbons on those old wooden clothes pins in one drawer, alchol ink in another and buttons in some others.
This is the small drawers which i keep at my desk, atleast for now i might move it later.
Behind it is one of those boards where you can write and put magnets on and i m not sure how to make a use of that; however if you have any ideas plz leave me a comment.
I have 2 or 3 more of these but i havent had time to re do them but i will, they are great to keep stuff

More photos of my scrap/craft space

My craft space in progress

This is my space in the livingroom so its pretty limited but i guess its better than having to create in a closet,lol
Its not totally done, i m still trying to decide where everything should go and stuff, i bought the ikea desk "Mikael" used but it was in great shape so i saved lots of money on that and that i love the desk, also from ikea i got this little trolley where i keep my cuttlebug amongst other things.
It is a great litte storage item.
Like a decade ago i got some other small storage drawers from ikea but i was bored by the colour and didnt really know what to use them for but i have re decored them now and am slowly making ause for them, in the same way i re decorated them i also did some other storage units which i guess was some kind of office furniture but i got them from my local charity shop and again saved some money which is a short coming at my house.
Anyway i painted them in a soft light color, its not all white but got a capuchino edge to it, its called Provance of some reason,lol

After that i cut out lots of circles using my cuttlebug, i had some really cool napkins i wanted to use and i used the decopage technique for that but as a finishing touch i added a layer with floor varnish so i was sure it would keep for a long time without getting lots of bumps and scratses on it.
When i put on the circles to the items i used proper decopage glue and such which i bought at Panduros.
I am thrilled with the result, it looks really cool i think,

I think this is a beautiful photo, you can just see the love and happiness in the happy couple, if you see the cute adorable baby in the other Lo(well most of them as its a baby picture of my mum and one of my brother) . well there is the result in that love he he

More Lo for yours inspiration

I have quite a few Lo i want to show you as you can see.

More Lo for yours inspiration

I figured i would add some more LO but also write something about them too.
All the suplies are bought either from Panduro, hobbynorge papertrends or ebay, if you are wondering about where i have got something particulary just ask and i will do my best to tell you where or explain if there is a look or technique i have done,
I am planning to do small tutorials about things i make but for now i will add photos for your inspiration.

Layouts i have made

My Magonlia/Tilda stamps

This was suposed to be a baby blanket but.........

since i had my accident i havent managed to finish any knitting or crocheting objects and belive me i v got plenty; maybe i can get a little help from my mother and give it a new life as a pillow case.
What you think about that? It is made of alpakka yarn which is really soft so i bet it will be warm,soft and cuddly.

More cute photos

I just can not help it showing off my adorable babies and especiall looking at the "baby" photos of Sunny makes me long for those times she was sooo soo tiny i could put her in my pockets and she would just fall asleep.
Nothing is cuter in this world than babies, animals babies or human babies; i love them to bits.

Just some photos of Faith and Sunny when she was a baby

Crocheting

I used to crochet and knit before i fell of my horse in september 2006 but i hurt myself very bad including breaking my arm in three places which have needed several operations.
I wish i could do this now but at the moment i cant possibly manage to as it hurts more than enough doing the papercrafting but it is easier to do as i can use my left hand a lot more.
The three first photos are done by using an old crocheting technique called Tunisian crocheting and i loved doing it so i got lots of these and the granny squares which in the end are ment to be a big blanket.



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