Some scrappy love :)

Just wanted to share some layouts I've made the last couple of days now, just before I'm off to NY.

Have you seen the old pictures above..

I found this in a box in the attic.

WOW! Can't believe these pictures are from 1917!!

My grand father obviously had a camera in the very early days, and took alot of very unique, candid shots. Finding all these old pictures, "just like that", made me over the moon happy....and I just needed to create.

This paper from sassafras was a perfect match. :)

Some really good memories.

Yes, I know I have scrapped this picture before....I just love this picture, and can't seem to scrap it too many times....LOL

A couple of cards.
Had so much fun creating these.
The card above are created with the new CosmoCricket UPcycle. :)


Have a great weekend!!!

HI

Hi friends.

I'm so happy, happy

...

Will go to New York next weekend

:)

:)

:)

Just one more Cosmo Cricket card, with the happiest Pixie dust digi stamp image and the brand new upcycle collection. :)

NEW Cosmo Cricket

CHA winter is just around the corner, and all the wonderful NEW lines from Cosmo Cricket can be seen HERE.

I tell you, it is all GORGEOUS!

Here are a few layouts I have made lately, with the stuff I so generously got from CosmoCricket. :)

Have a great week

:)

Calendar

Can't believe it, it is january 18th already.

The days fly by so quickly.

I feel like this year will go by in just a snap...

No, well, better enjoy TODAY, and don't think about how fast it will go by. ;)

Early in january I created this cute little Calendar with My Little Shoebox papers.

Super easy to make.

Just created the large envelope out of a 12x12 inch paper.

Printed the calendar on to cardstock, and cut out each coaster.

Created 12cards out of patterned paper, that would fit inside the envelope.

Made a hole in the envelope, where the calendar coaster could peek out.

Adhered the calendar coasters to the cards, making sure it would fit inside the "envelope-window".

voila!

A cute calendar to have by the phone, or on the fridge door, in the office.... or wherever you need a calendar.

Make Sure you visit My little Shoebox blog this week for sneak peeks of the NEW super-fun 2011 collections. :)

xo

"Sweetheart" :)

Welcome "sweetheart".

Welcome 3ndypapir 2011 spring collection.

Welcome my friends,

Here is the brand new 3ndypoapir 211 collection

"sweetheart"

Repurpose, Reuse and a challenge :)

Hi my friends, and

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH

For all your wonderful, kind, encouraging comments on my new 3ndypapir release. You all made me so happy. More pictures will come tomorrow, so stay tuned. :)

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Today wanted to share a little reuse project I have made.

I have this large pile of old blue jeans. I have had plans on using them forever. And the day before Edvins birthday I decided I wanted to give his room a little makeover.

I purchased a new cover for his bed at Home and Cottage, wich inspired me to dig in to the pile of jeans and make a new pillow-cover as well. :)

It made me happy to use my sewing machine for sewing fabric ( not just paper :P ) and what made me even more happy: Edvin was SO happy when he came home and discovered the little makeover in his room.

This pillow was made out of one of his favorite jeans that are too small now ...

a great way to reuse the favorite jeans.

:)

Oh, and not to forget:

It is my turn up having the saturday challenge over at the Cosmo Cricket blog today

:)

:)

My challenge is all about January.

Make sure you join the fun, and post a link to your january layout over at the Cosmo blog, for your chance to win a "Circa 1934" Kraft Kit
:)

Have a great weekend.

xo

edvins birthday and NEW 3ndypapir collection :)

This lovely, caring, talented, kind, fun, friendly, happy, boy turns 15 today.

Can't believe it is 15 years since he was a little baby boy...and now he is a young man.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Edvin!!!

We love you!

Sol and Eirun was busy all yesterday night and today after school making a birthday cake for you. SO cute :)

Music is a large part of your life - you love music, and play in ceveral different bands. Today was no exception, and now you are off to the symphonic band( with two large chocolate cakes for your friends).

Have a great day my lovely boy!

Yes it is a happy day today.

Sort of one more "birthday".

:)

This is the day for the first sneak peek of the brand NEW spring2011 collection by 3ndypapir:

"sweet heart"

More pictures and newsletter for the stores will come during this weekend.

:)

xo

Gudrun

winter days

Hi my friends, and once again Happy New year.

Hope the first week of 2011 have been good for you all.

I feel like 2011 will be a good year.

I have started building a new kitchen in my house - old walls are torn down, sun and daylight will fill my new kitchen.

But it is a long walk to get there...

Here are a couple of scrapbooking projects I have been playing around with the last days.

Winter is here, and we enjoy the short, but beautiful winterdays. ...and my winter pictures need to be scrapped as well.

Had so much fun creating this layout ( above )

Used lots of cracle-paint ( white and "old paper") and glimmer mists and gltter glue on this ( it doesent show very well in the picture tho....)

On this layout I painted a rusty snowflake with white cracle paint - it made it look so cool and kind of frozen. :)

Have a great weekend


xo

Happy new year!

Welcome 2011

welcome 365 new days, filled with possibilities, things to learn, happiness, worries, love, laughter, art, capturing, memories, things to forget, everydays, holidays, music, scrapbooking, photo, friends, and so many many more things.

I'm looking forward to this new year.

I love blank, new sheets waiting to be filled.

I love the endless possibilites of a new year.

I hope you my dear lovely blogfriends will share this year here on my blog with me as well.

I'll try to keep on filling my blog with things I love, with ideas, my love for creating things, my love for photography....

Happy new year to you!

hope to see you back soon.

xo

Merry Christmas

Dear friends.

Wishing you a very merry Cristmas!

The tree is lit, the kids are asleep.
The decorations are up.

No fancy, trendy stuff, just good memories and warm and cozy.

I'm looking forward to the greatest, most magical day of the year.

Wishing you all the best too.

The Nutcracker

Today I went to Oslo Opera hall with my kids to see the Nutcracker ballet.

This is a tradition of ours, and the ballet is SO beautiful, and always brings us all in to the right Christmas mood.

This year it was special, because it was the first year ( for us ) visiting the new opera-house.

Last year it was all sold out, and we were not able to get any tickets, so this year the kids ( and I ) was totally happy and excited to go to the opera-hall.

You can find more pictures from this 2010 Nutcracker HERE


I have made a little Christmas card and a giftbag with the fun Cosmo cricket christmas line.

Tomorrow I'll go hunting for this years christmas tree.

:)

oh, you think I'm late??!!??

Well, we usually put up our tree at the 23rd ... so it is still time ....

:)

xo

gifttags

What!? Is it 20th of december already??

Can't believe this december went by SO quickly!!

I had so many plans and ideas I wanted to do and share with you before christmas, and now it is only 4 days left...

It is time to hurry up and wrap the last gifts.

I have made some cute gift tags to share.

You can use the circles as is.

I have printed mine on 85 % of the original size, and punched the corcles with my 2 inch circle punch
Then added a larger circle with 3D foam-tape and then another even larger ( 3 inch ) scallop sircle.

On the other side of the tag I added a smaller white circle ( 2 1/2 inch ) and a 2 inch circle of a wintage picture. ( used pictures from "julie" cut out sheet by 3ndypapir and from collagesheets designed by me for Minnehjørnet )

These two little gifts for my darling little nieces are just wrapped in white paper, added red paper ribbon, a chrochet star / heart-ornament and the gift tag.


You can download the norwegian gift tags ( pdf ) HERE

and the English gift tags ( pdf ) HERE.

Enjoy and have fun!!

And some free vintage pictures for you.

Just right click on the picture and save. ;)

xo

December daily

Hi.

Today is a cold and grey day in Oslo, but it is all good and we are starting to come in to the right christmas mood.

Yesterday I attended The most fun christmas concert " the source of Christmas" at Cosmopolite in Oslo.

We go to this concert every year to hear lots of talented artists: "the source";

Mats Eilertsen, Per Oddvar Johansen, Trygve Seim og Øyvind Brække, and all their international guests.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSO7hDJhNOU

Yes, and it is finally time to share some more of the pages in my december daily album.

I really do enjoy this december journey along with Ali Edwards.

My pages are pretty simple, but this year I have tried to focus on the little stories, and the little everyday memories.
Even if our days have been crazy and busy It is always some little things to remember.



on december 10th and 11th we made my hubbys favorite Christmas cookies. "kongen av danmark" ( english: the king of denmark cookies)
(recipe inside the tiny brown paperbag on the right page )
This is always a fun and happy happening in our family.
The dough have to be made one day ahead, and then, the second day we have to roll the little cookies.
We use to gather around the table to make the cookies, and it is a great way to spend time together, relax, talk, laugh and make plans for what we want to do at Christmas.
I devided my two day pages with a little piece of hambly overlay with the number 10 on one side and 11 on the other.



Here is my page for des. 13th.
We celebrate St Lucia that day, with special buns baked with safron.
At school and in all kindergardens they celebrate with a lucia parade, singing the special songs and eating buns.
This page are made on white cardstock and slip in to a pageprotector.
Recipe for the buns is printed on the back of the white cardstock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaJbR4a5Afc

Chocolate Snickerdoodle Drops

Today I made these delicious Chocolate Snickerdoodle Drops with my kids.

First time I tried this recepie, and we had so much fun making these little cookies. And they are SO yummy.

This will be my new favorite Christmas cookie. ;)

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 egg
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
1. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed 30 seconds. Add the 1 cup sugar, soda, and cream of tartar. Beat until combined. Beat in egg. Beat in cocoa powder and as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour.
2. Drop by slightly rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Stir together remaining sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle dough with sugar-cinnamon mixture. Bake in a 375 degree F. oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are firm. Cool on wire racks. Makes about 30 cookies.

:)

christmas star ornaments

Hi my friends, and welcome to december 17th.

Hope you are all fine, and enjoying your december.

Today is the last day of school before Christmas for my kids, and the christmas decorating of our house will soon begin.

We save the tree and the most "serious" decorating for the 23rd, (as we celebrate christmas eve on the 24th ;) )

But It is always fun and good to decorate little by little during december as well.

:)

Today I'll share some of my all time favorite STAR ornaments.

Love these tree.

As soon as you know how to make them they can be made in all sizes and variations.

Today I've made it easy for me, by just re-dericting you to some very instructive "how-to"s and videos.

You can find instructions on how to make the above beautiful swedish paper-star

HERE

Mine is not stuck together in the middle, but is all fluffy.

In Sweden these stars are usually made of wood / particleboard ("never" or "spon" in norwegian)

and the large ones have a light-bulb inside, and are hung in the windows.

:)

These super cute little 3D stars are made by Eirun and me the other day.

I love to hang them on the Christmas tree, or use them as decoration on my christmas gifts.

So fun to make and very affordable as decorations. ;)

You can find a great instruction on how to make them

HERE

This LARGE paper-star looks gorgeous in my window.

I used 3ndypapir "felicia" for my star.

My star has 8 points, and are made out of 2 pieces of 12 X 12 inch patterned paper.

The pieces for each point measures 6 X 6 inch, but you can make the star any size you like.

My star is glued together using a hot-glue gun.

In the instruction shown here the star has only 6 points, wich works perfect for smaller stars.

You can find the instruction

HERE

and another step by step tutorial

HERE

Thanks for taking your time stopping by my blog today.

Have fun creating, and enjoy the season!

xo

gudrun