Squares - Art Journal page

Jeg har laget nok en AJ-side, men denne gangen er den ikke til meg selv, men en side i en 'vandrende Art Journal'. Jeg har brukt en selvlaget bakgrunn, som du kan finne mer detaljer om her og her.

I made this page today, by using a selfmade background. You can find more details here and here. Thanks for looking :)

Kortlift - Card lift

Jeg fikk en link til et kort av Snuppeline (her) og har gjort mitt beste for i lifte det. Jeg har til og med sydd for hånd! Ikke med nål og tråd, men med hulltang og Scrappers Floss :) Motivet (hänglar & stänglar) er malt med Distress Ink. Swirlen er grungeboard fra Tim Holtz, malt med både Crackle Paint, vanlig maling og litt Crackle Accent.

Kortet - med den dominerende firkantede ramma - passer forresten godt til ukens utfordring på Wednesday Stamper, hvor stikkordet er 'Be square".

I got challenged by Snuppeline to lift this card, and I've done my best. I've even sewn by hand! Not with regular needle and thread, but with the Crop-a-Dile and some Scrappers Floss :) The stamp (from hÄnglar & stÄnglar) is colored with Distress Ink. The Swirl is a grungeboard from Tim Holtz, painted both with Crackle Paint, regular paint and some Crackle Accent on top.

The card - with the dominating squared frame - is perfect for this week's challenge at the Wednesday Stamper: "Be Squared".

Prinsessen på erten - The Princess and the Pea

Jeg har laget en utfordring til AJ-bloggen min, inspirert av ukens tema i Wednesday Stamper-bloggen: DIVAS. Min diva ble en prinsesse med divanykker... For flere bilder og trinn for trinn-forklaringer, kan du ta turen innom min Kreative Dagbok.

I've made a new challenge for my AJ-blog, strongly inspired by this weeks theme at the Wednesday Stampers: DIVAS. My diva turn out to be a Princess with strong diva attitude... For more pictures and explainations, please visit my AJ-blog.

Wednesday Stamper - alter photo

I used the WS challenge to make a recipe card for a friend of mine. The text on the card says: "Moms best's" and "Crispbread".

I made a bakcground using alcohol ink. I cut out the lady from the picture, glued it to the background and painted som parts of the background. I also glued on some newspaper, stamped with a lace stamp, added some geometric figures of painted cardstock. Then I doodled a frame, added the printed text and decorated the lady with a safety pin with a charm and a tag hanging. (The recipe is on the back of the card, and I'm giving the card together with some new baked crispbread.)

Thanks for looking :)

WS - arrows

This was a real challenge - that's for sure! Arrows, huh?! Can't even remember that I've ever used an arrow in my art anytime! But I love challenges :) Here is my entry at the Wednesday Stamper this week.

I've tried some unused products; ColorWash (Ranger) and "E-z walnut ink tintz" (Fiber Scraps). I used a water paint paper and dabbed and splashed with the ink. I draw and cut out the arrows in cardstock and used them as stensils. I colored them with StazOn and spong. The picture is from a mag, some of the texts are stickers, the rest is doodling. I also used some mosaic tiles that I bought a long time ago...

Thanks for looking :)

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Her har jeg testet ut 2 produkter for første gang; ColorWash og "E-z walnut ink tintz". Har dabbet og splashet i vei på akvarellpapir. Pilene har laget ved å skjære ut en sjablong i kartong og så stiple med StazOn. Bildet er et ukebladutklipp, noe av teksten er klistremerker, og resten er drodling. Har også pyntet med noen mosaikk-biter som jeg kjøpte for en evighet siden...

Takk for at du er innom bloggen min :)

Lilla - Purple

Here's my entry for the Wednesday Stamper challenge this week. I started to play with the purple colour, and felt that I just had to add some orange and yellow, too. And made myself a page for my Art Journal. As you probably can see, the page is about happiness, joy - and life. The written text is from a song made by Elin Furubotn, a Norwegian singer and songwriter. It says something like:

..."Life is strange. Sometimes ups, sometimes down. But maybe that's the way it's supposed to be... We stand in the middle of Life - in the beautiful time of Spring. If you're crying or if you're laughing - life is all we get."

My page is strongly inspired by Suzan and her stunning Art Journal pages. Thanks for the inspiration!


(For dere som leser norsk; det kommer nok noen flere ord her, men først må jeg på korøvelse...)

Wednesday Stamper - first letter first name

Gee, it's been a while since I updated my blog... sorry about that. I've tried several times to be creative and make someting, but each time I've left the room after just a short while - quite grumpy... hmmfrr... I hate those periods... but, I also know that they'll pass and the creativity will be back :)


In the meantime I've read some books, working in my garden, watching films... Actually not bad at all :) And today I finally could feel a growing feeling of inspiration! And I love that feeling.


At the Wednesday Stamper the challenge for the week is to make something with the first letter in your first name. I ended up making myself a hanging signboard for the door to my office. I cut out my letter in thick cardstock, painted it with MM paint and stamped like a maniac! To highlight some of the motifs, I've used a white pen. I also got to try my new Crackle Paint (Ranger). It is SO cool! And it dries so quick. And the colors - yummi! :) I also used a black wax crayon along the edges. All the stamped texts are from ClubStamp.


Thanks for looking - I'm heading back to my work space... I have an ISMAKI-sketch to use :)

Art Journal & Wednesday Stamper challenge

This weeks challenge at WS is 'glasses', and since I don't have any stamps of glasses, I decided to make a page for my Art Journal using pictures of my collection of the glasses I've weared since I started using glasses 12 years old. And oh my God - the glasses are just stunningly beautiful! *lol* Okey, let's look at them as treasures with great sentimental value!

The red/lilac plastic framed glasses is typical for the eighties, right? And then I had some years with the classic 'student glasses' - the round ones... In fact, the roundier, the cooler... mine wasn't too cool, I admit that... My next glasses is more sofisticated, like I had to show the world how mature I had become...

Today I just wear contact lences. And totally love it! I just use my glasses when I fumble from the bed to the bathroom in the morning. Actually I hate having something on my nose...

So, let's give a praise to the person who invented the lences! :)

Wednesday Stamper - stars & sparkle 2

I made one more entry for the challenge, really inspired by Christine Baier - thanks :) Love her stars and wanted to make my own.

But I struggled. I had so many things I wanted to use on my star, and it came out quite chaotic at first. The quote of Nietzsche fit perfect:

"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star."

After adding all the elements, I tried to find a way to bind it all together, and stamped with a swirly stamp (from Stempelglede) on all the edges. And it made it look even more chaotic! At first :) But after adding som blue and black wax crayon and smudging it a bit together, I feel I managed to give the star a kind of frame. And as a final touch, I used the crackle accent on the edges, and painted some yellow dots. And - of course - to give the stars the brilliant sparkle, I used the Stickles on them.

Thanks for looking :)

Wednesday Stamper - stars & sparkle

I'm in the mood for playing :) So I used the WS-challenge to try out some new stuff that I bought a long time ago, but haven't tried yet. The theme was stars & sparkle. I made a tag card, by using chipboard tags, painted with MM paint. The stamps are our own design (you'll find them here), and the texts are unmounted stamps from here and there :) I've added some doodling and chipboards, and the tags are tied together with a book ring embellished with ribbons. To add some extra sparkle, I've used both Rangers Crackle Accents and Rangers Stickles (Star Dust) for the first time ever! I'm really not a big glitter fan, but it worked on the star :) And the crackle medium is so cool!

Thanks for looking :)

Valentine - alle hjerters dag

Det er én flott ting med denne dagen: Det er at vi setter fokus på de vi er glade i. Så kan man jo selv velge hvordan man vil gjøre det. Jeg har valgt å lage et par sider i Art Journalen min. På den måten koser jeg meg med å tenke på alle dere som jeg er glad i, som betyr noe spesielt for meg - samtidig som jeg får lov til å bruke noen timer til kreative sprell. Er ganske så fornøyd med denne måten å gjøre det på. Og jeg lar bildene og tekstene tale for seg selv i dag.

Bladrik grein

Eit nytt hjarte – er det så rart?
Det får vi da rett som det er!
Det får vi kvar gong vi møter
ein som vi rett får kjær.
Da brest det fram i vår bringe
under hans varme ord
eit hjarte til, som er berre for han, og vil han alt godt på jord.

Slik veks vi med hjarte ved hjarte
som greina med blad kvar vår,
meir inderleg fast til livsens tre
for kvart eit nytt som vi får.

Det svid til mergen når eitt av dei
blir i utide rykt frå sin kvist.
Eg veit ikkje kva for eitt av mine
eg nødigst ville ha mist,-

å jo, dette leande, store som gløder
for deg, venn, må losne sist!

Haldis M. Vesaas

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Happy Valentines day to you all! I've used this week's challenge at Wednesday Stamper to make some new pages in my Art Journal. And the theme: LOVE :) I'm sorry that all the text is in Norwegian... But the main message is easy to translate:

I'm so happy and lucky to have both a great boyfriend and a lot of good friends who love me just the way I am. And these pages are dedicated to you all. Thanks for visiting my blog! You make my day :)

Wednesday Stamper - charms

This week's challenge at WS is to use charms. I've made one little heart, by stamping, embossing and painting with Distress, and tied it together with another heart charm. Instead of making an ordinary card, I've used a cute, tiny paper bag (8 x 9,5 cm). The stamps are from a Norwegian stamp designer Gunhild. She designs the most beautiful stamps. I've stamped on water paint paper, embossed the motifs and painted them with Distress Ink.

Thanks for looking :)

WS & ISMAKI

Har hatt en pause fra sofaen og pusla litt på hobbyrommet. Resultatet ble to kort basert på to utfordringer. Først ut mitt bidrag til ISMAKI-bloggen, med skisse nr. 3. Motivene er stemplet og embosset på akvarellpapir, og så malt med Distress Ink.

Here is my entry to the third sketch at the ISMAKI-bloggen. The motifs are stamped and embossed on water colour paper, and colored with Distress Ink.

Det andre kortet er til Wednesday Stamper, hvor ukas utfordring er å lage Button Dollz. Merkelige greier. Men, kult og annerledes. Det er det jeg liker ekstra godt med WS - utfordringene der får meg til å prøve så mange nye ting. Moro :)

My second card is for the Wednesday Stamper, and this week's challenge is to make Button Dollz. Strange stuff, but so fun to make! That's why I love the WS - the challenges there allways make me try out new stuff. Thanks :)

Wednesday Stamper - Gothic Arch

Jeg har blitt så sløv til å stemple den siste tiden... jeg klipper og limer og klistrer og sånt, men det er ikke ofte jeg stempler mer enn i beste fall selve hovedmotivet. Så - jeg har bestemt meg for å bli med på den ukentlige utfordringen til Wednesday Stamper, rett og slett for å utfordre meg selv på å lete frem igjen gammel og nedstøvet kunnskap... :)

I've been a really lazy stamper the last months. It's so much easier to use scraps, rubons, stickers etc... So, it's time for some stamping! I've decided to join the weekly Wednesday Stamper challenges - hopefully to wipe some dust off all my stamps... :)

Denne ukas utfordring er "Gothic Arch". I utgangspunktet har jeg ikke helt hatt sansen for disse, men nå er jeg gira! Utrolig morsomt å lage noe annet enn firkanta greier! Og disse kan jo brukes som kort, de også - det er jo plass på baksida, du kan lage det dobbelt, eller du kan sette sammen flere - enten slik jeg har gjort det, eller som en liten bok. Så - herved slår jeg et slag for "gothic arch"!

This week's challenge is "Gothic Arch". Actually I've never had warm feelings for these art pieces, but I'm hooked! Love to make non-squared art! And it's really no problem to make and use these ones as cards either - there's plenty of room on the back side, it's possible to make a 'double decker', and you can even make cute little books, like Belinda did. Thanks for the idea! :)

Jeg har laget min i stiv kartong, rett og slett fordi jeg hadde en malt bakgrunn liggende. Men det var egentlig ganske kjekt at det er litt stivt, for da kan de faktisk stå også, som dekor. Snedig :) Bakgrunnen er malt med akrylmaling og litt Lumiere, og så har jeg hatt på litt bladgull her og der. Jeg har embosset hovedmotivene for å få dem best mulig frem. De to stemplene på 'sidevingene' er fra Tim Holtz, det runde i midten er fra Paperbag Studio, og teksten i midten er fra ClubStamp. Ellers har jeg dekorert litt med diverse definisjonsstempler som jeg aldri husker hvor er fra, samt en av swirlene fra AA Design. Jeg har også satt på noen klistremerker, og til slutt har jeg tegnet litt med en hvit penn. De tre delene er satt sammen med pyntebånd.

I've made mine of card stock. I've painted the background with acrylic paint and some Lumiere, and I also added some leaf gold. The motifs are stamped and embossed. Stamps from Tim Holtz, Paperbag Studio, Club STamp and AA Design. I've also used stickers and a white pen to do some doodling. The three pieces are bound together with ribbon.

Art Journal og WS

Idag slår jeg to fluer i en smekk - lar AJ bli mitt bidrag til ukens utfordring på Wednesday Stamper... Det hadde ingen klar tanke om hva jeg skulle jobbe med i AJ'n idag, men endte opp med å utfordre meg selv på å bruke farger jeg sjelden bruker: bruntoner. Jeg er mye mer glad i klare farger :) Resultatet ble så som så, men jeg klarte iallfall å kose meg når jeg holdt på, så da får det være det viktigste idag!

Tiddelituuu :)

Two challenges in one; using the WS theme as my AJ pages today. Didn't know what to make today, but ended up challenging myself in using colors I hardly use; browns. I rather prefer the bright and vibrant colors :) The result didn't turn out as great or stunning art, but today I don't care. I had a good time making it, so let that be the most important today! Tiddelituuu :)

WS - just in time :)

This week's Wednesday Stamper Challenge was to make "inchies". And if I thought the MOO-cards were tiny, the inchies are tinytinytiiiiny :) 2,5 x 2.5 cm... Yepp, told you they're tinytinytiiiiny!

Okey, have to admit they're really fun to make! :) And I made a lot! But what on earth do you use the inchies for? So tiny they'll get lost everywhere! I had to put my inchies together and make a card out of them. Kind of a mosaic card...

Thanks for looking :)

Wednesday Stamper - MOO cards

Ja, enig med deg - det høres ganske sært ut! MOO-cards? Ku-kort? *knis* Neida, det kommer ikke ku-kort her! MOO-kort er minikort i størrelsen 2,8 x 7 cm. Og det er smått, asså! Bare prøv selv! Smått, men utrolig spennende format! Og en genial måte å få testet ut ministempler på, til å få brukt opp små restebiter og ikke minst genialt med tanke på å måtte tenke helt annerledes! Så her er mine ku-kort :)

MOO-cards?? Yeah, I do agree - sounds kind a strange... Cards with cows? *lol* Nope, you will not find cow-cards in my blog! MOO-cards are tiny tiny cards (2,8 x 7 cm), and the format is really exciting! Gives you the opportunity to use your tiny stamps, and to get rid of left over paper pieces, and you really do have to think in a new way when you make them! Here are my cow-cards :)

WS - fish.......!

Jeg har stempler som passer til alt - med unntak av fisketing....! Ikke liker jeg fisker, ikke syns jeg det er så inni hampen godt heller... og hvem i all verden lager man et fiskekort til???

Så ukas utfordring på WednesdayStamper var ikke helt 1.ønsket mitt... Og kortet satt virkelig langt inne. Isj...

Bakgrunnen er laget med alkoholblekk. Det samme er fiskene. De er klippet ut på frihånd og så tørrembosset i Cuttlebug. Har lagt på litt Metallic Rubons på mønsteret og kantet fiskene med Krylon Pen. "Fiskegarnet" er et pyntebånd som jeg stiftet fast til bakgrunnen, all den røde pynten er rubons, og så er det i tillegg noen glasstener og diamanter. Som som en fantastisk prikk over i'en: to lekre eyeletsfisker! Blir det bedre nå, så pensjonerer jeg meg.....

Jaja, oppdraget er iallfall utført!

I do have stamps for any occasion - but not a single fish! I don't like fishes, and ain't no big fan of eating them either. And who on earth do I make a "Fish card" to??

So I admit it right away - this week's challenge at Wednesday Stamper will not end up on my Favorite list... Sorry. I really struggled to make this card... yack...

The background is with alcoholic ink, and so is the fishes. They're cut out by hand and then dry-embossed in my Cuttlebug. Added some Metallic Rubons on the embossed pattern and had some Krylon on the edges. The "net" is a ribbon, all the red is rubons and I also used some 'rain drops' and diamonds. And as THE thing a added two stunningly beautiful eyelet fishes!

Okey, mission completed...!

Wednesday - one more tryptich :)

Dette var utrolig moro! Denne gangen har jeg laget 3 ATC'er som jeg har satt sammen på et kort. Bakgrunnen på ATC'ene er et utklipp fra KK, faktisk et bilde av en stabel med tapeter i ulike farger. Stilig, ikke sant? Har stemplet med definisjonsstempler, pyntet med rubons og tegnet litt søm og noen hjerter.

This is so fun! I'm really inspired! This time I've made 3 separate ATCs and then used them all together on a card. The colored background is actually a picture from a magazine; a roll of tapestry. Cool, right? I've used definition stamps, rubons and some doodling.

Forside/ front:


Inni/ inside:

Wednesday Stamper - Tryptich

Jeg fant en morsom utfordring i bloggen Wednesday Stamper: å lage noe de kaller for Tryptich. Det er tre sammenhengende ATC'er, hvor den midterste skal inneholde det viktigste motivet/budskapet, mens de to på sidene på en måte skal komplimentere og lage det hele til en helhet. Artig :) Så, her er to forsøk.

I visited Wednesday Stamper and found this challenge: Make a Tryptich! How cool is that! :) Here are mine:



Jeg har brukt alkoholblekk til bakgrunnene, stemplet med div. StazOn-farger og har brukt stempler fra bl.a. Stempelglede og Norsk Stempelblad.

I've used alcoholic ink to make the background paper, stamped with StazOn and stamps from Stempelglede and Norsk Stempelblad.