Snögubbar i massor / Lot's of snowmen

A little criss-cross card for Inga, who was kind

enough to come all the way here and give our

plants water while we were away for a week.

The big snowman on the left handside is 

acually a ribbon attached to a white paper

and then cut out. At the bottom there is another

 great ribbon - both are from Crafty Ribbons.

And when you remove the little clip you can take 

out the card and see the message at the back! And

even more snowmen...

I'd like to participate in these two challenges:

* Card Mania Challenges #11: Winter Wonderland

* PPMC #72: Create a winter creation

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La Vikinga

Blått och grönt / blue and green

Challenge 35 at Crafty Ribbons:

blue and green

And this is what you can win:

Come here to see more details and inspiration.

Rememeber the gorgeous ribbons from last 

season at Crafty Ribbons? Well I love them!

And do you know what? There's still a lot of

these ribbons left if you want to try them!

The collections is called Let it snow. 

Here's another card I have made in blue and green.

I'd like to participate with this card in:

DYSU Challenge Blog: turquoise

Come on, make a card and link it to Crafty 

Ribbons Challenges blog and participate!

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La Vikinga

The Paper Shelter

Next company to be presented is:

 

 

Read more on their own page HERE.

 

This is an easelcard I made with one

of their cute digital stamps:

 

 

For more inspiration - see the Crafty Ribbons

Pure Inspiration and put your name on the

list for a chance to win products from

 

The Paper Shelter!

 

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La Vikinga

Di's Digi Designs

 

Day 22 at Crafty Ribbons Christmas Advent Event and

a company called Di's Digi Designs presents itself:

 

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with likeminded people.

I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself.

This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

 

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I made an inspirationcard but used a Tim Holtz embossing

folder, some snowflakes and both button and purple lace

are from Crafty Ribbons.

 

 

 

Please pop over and have a look at all the other

beautiful projects created for your inspiration

at Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration!

 

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La Vikinga

 

 

New Challenge at Crafty Ribbons

Det finns en ny utmaning hos Crafty Ribbons!

 

Skapa något i färgerna blått och grönt, länka ditt

bidrag till Crafty Ribbons Challenge Blog och du

är med i utlottningen av detta pris:

 

La Vikinga

 

Minialbum till Nel

Crafty Ribbons December Event fortsätter;

dagens företag som presenteras är detta:

J & C Creations started in 2004 by mother and daughter Denise and 

Jenny Packham making handmade greetings cards to raise funds for an

 expedition trip Jenny was embarking on to Mongolia. From there we began 

exhibiting at local school fêtes and garden shows where our 

range of products grew to include gifts. As we started attending more 

shows weincreased our product range to include card making supplies;

J & C Creations was born. 

In 2005 we took the plunge and exhibited at our first large hobby craft 

show at Brighton. What a big learning curve that was!!!

 J & C Creations began to grow whilst still trying to juggle a full 

time job and full time education between us.

2005 also saw the launch of our website which like 

J & C Creations has continued to grow over the years.

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Jag har gjort ett minialbum med tags till Nel, mammas

trevliga svägerska i Holland, om 10 saker hon gillar mest

med Sverige. Fakta överensstämmer inte nödvändigvis med

verkligheten, men det är väl det som kallas för konstnärlig

frihet, eller hur?

Tyvärr limmade jag ihop mitt album utan tagsen istoppade.

Det var inte bra. De tjocka tagsen med foton på båda sidor gör 

nämligen att det lilla albumet blir så tjockt att det går upp i 

limningen om man stänger det... Sorry men sån't är livet - det var 

första gången jag testade att göra denna sorts minialbum. 

Nästa vecka kommer Nel att få sitt lilla album; jag åker till Holland

och hoppas innerligt att jag kan få lite vila och njuta av trevligt

sällskap. Sist jag åkte ner fick jag efter två dagar reda på att min

pappa hade avlidit på sjukhus i Sverige och spenderade resten av

min vistelse med att oroa mig över allt jag skulle åka hem och ta

hand om efter hans bortgång. 

Ha det så bra alla som läser detta, vilket inte är så många vad jag

förstår av sidvisningarna... Lämna gärna en kommentar om du vill.

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La Vikinga

Scrap Our Stash - circle around

Hi! I'm glad you found your way to my blog! Since 

my father passed away in the summer and I had to

take care of a lot of things I haven't done any posts

at Scrap Our Stash - but now I'm back.

This time the theme is "circle around" and I have

played with doilies and spraypaints called Dylusions.

Then I cut a few pictures and placed them in the blank

spaces. The title refers to the work of art of a castle-

gardener, who prepared the very special exhibition at

Drottningholm Castle this summer. 

Decorations: Journaling Sprouts from Jillibean Soup, 

buttons, brads, letters from American Crafts and stickles.

Challenge:

* Creative Moments # 6: Anything but a card

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If you would care to leave a comment I'd feel so happy!

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La Vikinga / Sweden

Stor blogcandy

Lisa-olsi har en blogcandy på gång!

Kolla bilden här under vilka läckra scrapmaterial

som kan hitta ny ägare! För att vara med och tävla

ska man besöka tre nya bloggar och lämna 

kommentarer där. Jag har besökt Viera från 

okänt land, Glennis som jag tror bloggar från

Nya Zealand och Lemon Bella i Bulgarien.

There's a blogcandy at Lisa-Olsis blogg! 

What you have to do to be eligble for these goodies

is visiting three new blogs you haven't visited before,

 leave a nice comment and blog about the candy! 

And don't forget totell Lisa-Olsi about it afterwards!

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La Vikinga

Beklagar sorgen

Får kort med texten "beklagar sorgen" se ut hur

som helst? Får de se glada ut och ha en blomma

eller måste de vara sorgsna med svart och mörka

toner? Här är mitt:

Stämpeln med blomman kommer ifrån A Day for Daisies.

Den gröna spetsen kommer från Crafty Ribbons.

Idag är det Nobeldagen! Glöm inte att se

på TV och beundra det vackra Stadshuset

i kväll!!

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La Vikinga

Ooh La La Creations

Ooh La La Creations

är det företag som sponsrar dagens utlottning på

Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspirations Event. Här nedan

syns mitt inspirationskort; ett criss-cross kort med

papper utskrivna från Ooh La La Creations serie

Farmhouse. Se gärna fler alster och delta i 

utlottningen på bloggen du finner HÄR.

Inuti kortet finns en liten tag som ser ut så här:

I'd like to participate in the following challenges:

* Happy Campers CC No 6: Winter's here

* Craft us Crazy #32: Winter

* Simply Create: Anything goes

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That's all for today!

La Vikinga

Crafty Ribbons Challenge #34

Hi all from the snowy capital of Sweden.

Yesterday (Wednesday) there was caos in 

the city, all buses cancelled and trains delayed

due to the excessive amounts of snow falling 

and, at the same time, strong winds! 

Yes, it was a true snowstorm. 

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New challenge at Crafty Ribbons!

Tessa and Anke are hosting this one and 

want to see tag or label on our cards! I made

a card that has a shape of a tag and has a tag

inside for a message. Papers are from MME.

There's a wide grosgrain ribbon called 

Town Houses in the middle, and you

 can find that one HERE. I really like that

ribbon in soft turquoise! The brown mini

ric rac can be found HERE. More about the

 challenge is all HERE on the blog..

I'd like to participate in the following challenges:

* Papertake Weekly: Anything goes

* Shopping Our Stash: Winter theme

Don't miss out there's an event going on at

Crafty Ribbons own store blog and at Crafty 

Ribbons Pure Inspiration Blog. Put your name

on the lists and take the chance of winning great

prices from great crafting stores.

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Thanks for visiting my blog!

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La Vikinga

Crafty Ribbons decemberevent

Hello Everyone!

 Over on the Crafty Ribbons Inspiration blog

 we are having another of our fabulous events. 

 this time we are doing an event 

which will run from 1st December 

through to the 24th December.

Each day we will be highlighting a different Craft Company

 or Shop, and the Design Team will be posting cards/projects 

on the Inspiration blog and on their own blogs each day.

 There will also be a prize from the highlighted company 

(that's 24 prizes in total) and you can enter each day.

 Make sure to become a follower and remember

 the Christmas Advent will start at 8.30am (GMT)

 on the 1st December the Design Team hope you will

 all join in the fun with us......

To kick off our new event Crafty Ribbons 

offer some fabulous ribbon candy......

(CONTENTS MAY VARY)

 If you would like to win these gorgeous ribbons..

then all you need to do is go over to the 

Crafty Ribbons Inspiration Blog

and checkout the post about the event...

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La Vikinga

ANVÄND MINST TVÅ BAND

NY UTMANING PÅ CRAFTY RIBBONS!

 Använd minst två band

på ditt alster och du kan 

vara med i utlottningen av:

Hoppa gärna över till utmaningsbloggen för

att se fler av teammedlemmarnas fina 

inspirationsalster! 

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La Vikinga

Ingas album

This summer my biological father passed away.

He had a very good friend whom I didn't know 

about until after the funeral, so I gave this

mini to her so she could feel she participated 

a bit. She would have liked to be there! 

First a little dedication to her and to the right 

I made a pocket with the funeralprogram 

printed out in miniature for her.

Funeral was held at the World Heritage

Woodland Cementery and it was a beautiful

sunny day August 1st this year.

Somebody brought a picture of my father 

to put on the little stage thing and as he was

born in and a Norwegian citizen we chose 

flowers in the Norwegian coulours white,

red and blue. 

My husband took the pictures so that I could

take care of the guests, and here I am next

to my bonus-daughter (a nicer name for 

stepdaughter in Swedish) Catalina. It was

her first visit on a Swedish funeral.

This project was part of my mourning process 

and I would have kept it for myself but felt Inga

was worth it since she helped my father until the

very last day and was the last person to see him

alive (apart from hospital personel).

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Thanks for visiting,

La Vikinga

Barnkalas

Ny tävling hos Crafty Ribbons; temat är:

BARNKALAS!

Mitt bidrag är gjort med core-papper och Martha

Stewarts scoreboard, udda papper och ett litet L,

glitterlim samt blommor. Prickiga bandet finns

hos Crafty Ribbons!

Se fler inspirationsalster och information

om hur DU kan delta i utmaningen HÄR.

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La Vikinga

Krya på dig

Nu har jag lekt lite med mask och mist och gjort ett

ganska litet kort med en stor knapp i form av ett 

hjärta från Crafty Ribbons, fiberband (det ljusgröna

som ligger bakom cardstocken) och ett tunnt band

som jag virat runt det centrala också från Crafty

Ribbons.

Aquí he estado jugando con pinturas en spray

y plantillas, un gran botón en forma de corazón,

fibra verde y una cinta delgada de Crafty

Ribbons en Inglaterra. El texto en la tarjeta

signific "Qué te mejores".

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I'd like to participate in the following challenges:

* Crafty Sentiments Design Challenges: Anything goes

* The Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge: Anything goes

* Make it Monday: Anything goes

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La Vikinga

Diaperfold card

GRATTIS Jonatan och Ester på bröllopsdagen! 

Papper från Inkido och band från Crafty Ribbons.

Utmaningen att skapa något som INTE är fyrkantigt

pågår fortfarande i Crafty Ribbons utmaningsblogg.

Jonatan y Ester cumplen dos años de casados y les

hice una tarjeta con la técnica de pañal / diaper folding.

Papeles son de Inkido (producción sueca) y las cintas

de Crafty Ribbons. El reto todavía dura hasta la semana

que viene y más detalles encuentras al el blog AQUÌ! 

Greetings from Sweden with this card in diaperfolding

for Jonatan and Ester on their second weddinganniversary!

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La Vikinga