"Get to Know Me" Blog Hop by Stuck On U Sketches :)

Hi - and welcome to the norwegian stop of the blog hop!! 

You should have arrived here from Shona Keehn, if not - go back 

to the start of the hop at Stuck On U Sketches! 

I hope you have enjoyed what my team members has created 
and written about themselves. 

It has been a strange experience to focus on me. Because I am behind the camera most of the time I struggled to find a picture (as I had already made a layout with my wedding pictures a few weeks ago...), When I found it though, it was perfect. My layout is about another crafty side of me. Besides paper I love yarn, and I knit as often as possible. When I read a book, when I watch TV and when I travel. The picture is an example of the last. Picture is taken last summer on our trip home from summer vacation, and when I need to sit still for some reason - I knit (we fly ourselves if you were wondering about the headphones and microphone LOL I do not have a good explanation for the 

Lighning McQueen pillow thing around my neck though...). 

I had never guessed that a layout about me would be blue, but here you go...

My text is of course in norwegian, but my title can
be translated to " Traveling with yarn and needles".

I have used papers from Papirdesign and Fabscraps. In the next picture you can see my journaling spot better. This is a die cut from Nellie Snellen. I just love this shape!!

You can also see the crocheted flowers I made for this layout -perfect for a layout about my relationship with yarn, and you can see them even better here. I have embellished them with some vintage buttons that I have from my late grandfather's old store.

The gorgeous paper roses are btw also from Papirdesign.

Then on to answering those questions:

1. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Why?
It will have to be some kind of orange color because of my hair :)


2. What would people be surprised to learn about you?I have a masters degree in Musicology with soviet music as my speciality, and I have studied russian language (never learned it properly but will get back to that again when the kids are older).


3. What 5 things are always on your crafting table?Distress inks, my distressing tool, my cricut, pearls/rhinestones and different kinds of glue.


4. Your go-to embellishment is ...
Pearls and lace!! (could not pick one - sorry)


5. What is your all-time favorite crafting tool?My distressing tool from Prima - made by Ingvild Bolme.


6. Tell us about your family .. first in one word. Then in a sentence or two.
My one word is whimsical. My family is full of love and always fun to spend time with.


7. What is your dream vacation?
Disney land and Harry Potter world!!


8. Who is your favorite crafty company?I love Prima!! But I also need to put a word in for the scandinavian producers, the norwegian  Papirdesign and the swedish Maja design. Gorgeous papers and also embellishments

9. Tell us a bit about your crafty style.

I like soft colors and distressed edges. My style is a bit too symmetrical I think, but I am working on that LOL.  

10. Where do you live? (You can be vague is you wish.)

I live in Northern Norway.

Hope you enjoyed your stay here with me. Before I send you on I have a little blog candy for you. Leave a comment and become a follower to be able to win a bunch of my home made crocheted flowers. This picture shows a little selection, but I am leaving for a easter/spring vacation after this weekend and will of course bring yarn, so I am thinking there will be more :) 

My winner will be randomly drawn after this weekend!

I hope you have seen that there is also a yummy blog candy at Stuck On U Sketches.

You find the details on how you can win the SOUS blog candy on the SOUS-blog, but I will give you a sneak peek:

Thanks again for stopping by. Your next stop will be Theresa Kelly!!

Barbie og veninnene har fått nye klær

Eg har ein nettfavoritt eg tyr til for små strikkeprosjekter. Det tar kort tid å lage, og er en super måte å bli kvitt litt restegarn på.

Sida heiter:

www.stickatillbarbie.se

Her er det samla over tusen oppskrifter på barbietøy (og andre beslekta dukker). Alle typer antrekk du kan tenke deg. Oppskriftene fins tilgjengelig på fleire språk og dei er enkle å følge, iallfall om ein har litt erfaring med garn og pinner. 

Tenkte eg skulle vise fram nokre antrekk eg har strikka i det siste. 

(det er dessverre ikkje alle eg hugsar nummer på, men skriv på dei eg har tilgjengelig så skal eg heller oppdatere etterkvart som eg finn dei andre og)

Oppskrift nr. 880 - god varm jakke.

Skjørtet er nr. 283 - kjolen er strikka i fleirfarga garn.

Kjolen har matchande poncho.

Kort kjole til påskebruk :)

Håpe du fikk lyst til å prøve :)

SOUS March 16th - Explorer at the beach - sketch by Sandi Clarkson

FRIDAY!!!!

And friday means that it is time for another sketch challenge over at Stuck On U Sketches, this week with a gorgeous sketch by Sandi Clarkson.

I started my layout with the rediscovery of these two beautiful pictures of my daughter form the summer of 2010 - taken by my brother actually. I just love how concentrated she is studying the things she can find at the beach. That was always one of my favourite things to do as a kid too. 

I did a lot of experimenting on this one using Tsukineko Goosebumps, inspired by Linn Sjåfjell. Idea was to give the background paper some texture, which I later accentuated using distress ink (vintage photo), but I did not like how that turned out (too dark and dull), so I also added some bright green stains using a paint dabber from Ranger. in the end I was very happy. You cant see the texture in the photo I am afraid, so you will just have to believe me ;)

Thanks for stopping by - hope you liked my layout. Here is the gorgeous sketch Sandi made for us this week. Please come join the fun at Stuck On U Sketches :)

Hjertelig velkommen :) - DT TreL

Lene har lagt ut tre nydelige prosjekter på Trelbloggen(Bare se her: 1, 2 og 3) gjort med enkle papphjerter som er laga for dekorering. Jeg har også et slikt prosjekt å vise fram. Utgangspunktet er det samme hjertet:

Jeg malte hjertet hvitt og dekket det med mønsterpapir, og slik ble det.

 Et koselig dørskilt til å henge i gangen eller på gjesterommet.

Jeg har brukt papirer fra Pion design (Minnenas Ateljé), blomster fr Prima og TreL, samt sommerfuglutstanser fra Martha Stewart og masse liquid pearls i fargen Petal Pink. 

Fonten er fra egen kuttemaskin. Har skjært ut teksten tre ganger og limt oppå hverandre for effekt av chipboard.

Var innom butikken i Storgata i dag, og den er full av "pappting" til dekorering (esker, bokstaver, skilt osv.) Enkelt og dekorativt :)

Herman og Emilie - DT TreL

Eg har fått testa ut guttearka fra Papirdesign sin Herman og Emilie serie. Dei er superskjønne

Det første eg har laga er ein gaveboks. Tanken min er at eg skal lage eit minialbum som passar oppi.

Har brukt arka Herman og baksida på Bamsefar, blå. For å lage eska har eg tatt utgangspunkt i ei lav eske skjært ut med min elektroniske kuttemaskin (cricut). Denne har laga botnen og lokket, så har eg bygd dem opp med å lage veggar som er omkring 3 inches høge. Har styrka eska ved å lage "beslag" rundt hjørna ved hjelp av ein punch frå Martha Stewart.

Den dekorative hjørnet på arket Herman dominerer lokket. Var ikkje så mykje meir pynt som skulle til. Hjertet er klipt ut av midten på ein kakeserviett, og blomster er alle kjøpt hos TreL.no. Hasr ellers pynta med ein swirl laga av liquid pearls.

Håper eg snart kan kome tilbake med det som blir innhaldet i eska. Sliter litt med printer for tida, men om eg ikkje får han til å virke i morgon har eg sett meg ut ein ny :)

God scrappehelg!!

SOUS March 2nd - Happy Bride

March is here already - I can't believe it!! For me March is the first month of spring, but after moving above the arctic circle that is not exactly true. But if you happen to have a feeling of spring or not, we have a gorgeous sketch by Sandi Clarkson for you this week that can really give you a feeling of spring if you can't get it from your surroundings!!

I feel like I have repeated myself a bit this week - same kind of picture and the same brand of papers as last weeks SOUS project... What can I say? I am obviously on a roll getting wedding pictures scrapped! Papers are still form the gorgeous "From my heart" collection from Pion design. I have turned the sketch around to suit my picture better, and I have embellished my layout with flowers from Prima and from TreL.no. I have also used a heart doily, and a rhinestone swirl from Prima. Last thing used are some rub-ons from Little Yellow bicycle.

Picture of me is taken by the photographer Egil Aabrekk, and the fabulous view behind me is the place where I grew up - Olden.

Have a wonderful first week of spring!

Hope you all take your time to visit the Stuck On U Sketches blog and stop by my teammates!

They have outdone themselves again :)