En vändpunkt

CiLi in Papers har en utmaning som går ut IDAG!

Skapa utefter följande skiss och temat ska vara

nystart. Skissen är den här:

I min LO har jag vänt på skissen - det stod inte

att man fick göra det så det var på vinst och

förlust. Temat blev "vändpunkt" för inför bröllopet

med 300 gäster i Grekland höll jag på att inte 

hitta någon klänning och jag upplevde att ALLA

andra var smala, snygga och givetvis lyckliga.

Efter hemkomst började jag träna och gå NER

 i vikt! En sorts nystart i tänkande och handling. 

Papper: color wash (Pink Pailsee)

Stämpel: roller-doodle (Glitz Design)

Wood veneers (Studio Calico)

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La Vikinga

Mi país - mitt land

El reto del mes de septiembre en Fiebre de

Scrapbook por la noche es: Mi pais + usar un

diseño de cuadrícula + cinta. Pues aquí está

mi interpretación:

Mi país es Suecia y en un parque grande en

Estocolmo, cerca de un castillo, se encuentra

esta tienda que es de cobre. Para las 

cuadrículas he usado papeles de la colección

Color Wash (Pink Paislee) en colores suaves.

Estas letras del título son de Heidi Swapp

- las letras son mistables chipboard 

alphabeth stickers. Y como eran blancas

las dí con el spray Tropicana Teal de

Heidi Swapp también. El banderín en la

esquina derecha también es de Heidi 

Swapp.

Otros detalles: un pajarito de madera, 

cinta celeste de Crafty Ribbons y algunas

perlas por la misma esquina. También van

unas decoraciones de madera (abajo) que

también fueron colorados con el spray. 

Pues no aspiro ganar el reto pero 

por lo menos tener el honor de mostrar 

un detalle de mi país a otras chicas 

talentosas en el cibermundo del scrap!

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Saludos de La Vikinga

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Krya på dig!

Challenge 62: Anything goes

with ribbons

I have played with mask and Dylusions, 

a lovely ribbon called picot edge and a 

green heart button from Crafty Ribbons.  

See more inspiration HERE

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La Vikinga

Bröllopsdag!

GRATTIS

Fredrik och Rut

på er första bröllopsdag!!!

Ett stafflikort kommer att dyka upp med

posten under dagen; hoppas att ni gillar det!!

Ribbons: Mini ric rac olive and a black

 thin grosgrain ribbon from Crafty Ribbons

Buttons: Button Box från Crafty Ribbons

Paper: Papermanía from Docraft

Halfpearls and letters from my stash.

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La Vikinga

ALEGRIA

What scrapbooking means to me? Happiness!!

This is my contribution to the second round

in European Scrap Battle: category LO.

Pictures are from AMYLORIBCN - the event 

when Amy Tangerine and Loredana Bucaria

came to Barcelona and we had two days of

workshops, happiness, crazyness etc. I made

several new friends, learned new tecniques,

had good food and spent a few days in a city

I love and that makes me happy; Barcelona.

Mi contribución a la segunda parte en la

competición European Scrap Battle. Nos pedían

hacer un LO con una sola palabra en el título y

que reflerjara lo que significaba el scrapbooking

para nosotros; para mi podrían ser varias cosas 

pero una palabra importante es: ALEGRÍA!

I morgon får vi se om rösterna räckte till

för att delta i tredje omgången... Tills dess

är jag glad att jag kom så här långt!

La Vikinga

Tre slott - three castles

Gurvan ordon - tre slott (på mongoliska).

Three castles - two of them royal and

one not. That's the name of a simple

album I made for the parents of a friend.

They came to Europe for the first time

from Mongolia and were thrilled with Sweden!

First castle: Taxinge Slott ("kakslottet") - 

a beautiful (not royal) building that nowadays

is used as a cafeteria and can be rent for big

parties or weddings. Parents also wanted to

pose for a picture!

All pages are covered with American Crafts

papers from different collections, some of them

years old. I had double of some of them. 

At Taxinge there's a very special cafeteria 

with lots of choices; buns, cakes, tarts, bisquits 

etc. Of course we tried a few of them and 

weather was fine so we sat outside in the 

garden taking our tea and coffee!

After that we took a walk; there's an English 

garden, a French garden and an Italian garden! 

And we wet our feet in the lake but it was too 

chilly for taking a swim I can tell you! 

The parents liked being photographed! 

Next: the royal castle of Gripsholm Slott in the 

nearby small city of Mariefred. This castle was 

made with a lot of bricks and once there was a 

prision in the dungeouns. There's a big garden 

and lots of flowers around the castle.

Under some of the pictures there are small tags 

with some information about the castles in 

Mongolian language. I don't know the language, 

friend on the middle picture 

down on the right page helped me.

Then we headed towards Stockholm but took off 

before getting all the way to the city, waited for 

the car-ferry and went for a short visit to the 

royal castle of Drottningholm. That has been the

 home of the Swedish royal family since 1981.

King and Queen still live there, in the wing we 

see on our right side. All the rest of the palace 

is open for visitors.

Last picure down on the right has a flap and 

on the back of the flap is the picture you see 

down under. The cardstock is decorated with 

some washitape in a matching light blue colour. 

That's it folks! Thanks for watching!

I heard friends parent are happy with 

the album and takes it out to show their

relatives and visitors in Mongolia!!

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La Vikinga

Life is like a box of chocolates ...

... you never know what you're going to get!

Card with fun ribbon from Crafty Ribbons,

flowers, buttons and a sentiment that says

"congratulations".

And of course some glitterglue on 

 the flowers to cheer them up... 

Challenges:

365 Cards: Sugar 

Papertake Weekly Challege: Anything goes

TTCRD: Anything goes

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La Vikinga

Street performance

Jag deltog i första omgången av the

European Scrap Battle: 

Det fanns flera grupper att tävla i och jag 

deltog i LO-utmaningen som bestod i att

inspireras av en viss hemsida. Jag tog fasta

på grått, lite slitet och "rough" samt en 

kontrastfärg. I mitt fall valde jag grönt.

Inga mönstrade papper är använda, bara

washitape i grå och gröna nyanser samt 

ett tårtpapper, Liquitex Black lava, lite stänk

av sprayfärger samt dekorationer och en tag.

Och tänka sig; jag fick röster och gick vidare

till omgång nummer två! Så nu gäller det att

skapa en LO som visar vad scrapbooking 

betyder just för mig.

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La Vikinga

Allt om Scraps augustiutmaning

Nättidningen Allt om Scrap har en skissutmaning

med följande skiss ritad av gästdesigner som heter

Amy Prior. Hon har en fin blogg med många fina

layoter HÄR. 

Här kommer min tolkning av skissen; jag har 

ju inte så små foton så jag fick imitera formen

på sammansättningen i en trekant i stället.

Papper kommer från Echo Parks Barefoot,

knappar och band från Crafty Ribbons, twine

från Mollys, blommor från mina gömmor. 

Alla färgerna är dels Dylusions (sprayfärger)

och så tre olika färger Pan pastels. Svårt att

se det på fotot kanske ...

Fotona kommer från Korfu, där vi spenderade 

en semestervecka i juli månad ätandes gott

och resandes runt till olika byar och stränder 

på ön. Det var varmt och skönt och god mat.

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La Vikinga

New challenge at Crafty Ribbons

Challenge 59 - Back to school

Here's an easel card I made with a

cute image that Cebelica sent me.

Papers are from MME. Ribbons I have

used are:  White wedding ribble taffeta, 

Back to school ribbon (apple and worm)

and a couple of buttons from Basics to go. 

Would you like to see more cards or

participate? Click HERE for Crafty

Ribbons Challenge Blog!

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This is what you can win:

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I want to participate in these challenges:

* LORi Designs Challenges: 

BLD Challenge #54 Back to school

* TTCRD: Anything goes

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La Vikinga

Un mini para un graduado

Here's a minialbum I made for a friend who graduated

from High School in Sweden. He studied to be a sailor.

And it's my first try to make a mini out of paperbags.

This patterned paper is from Landstoken, a Swedish

brand. And it's how the hats of the graduates look like. 

There's not many decorations, as it is meant for a young

man, and NO pink colours involved at all. All his family

waited outside the boat where they had a little goodbye

lunch. It was a very sunny beautiful day in Stockholm.

At one o'clock there was this typical noice from the 

boat and everybody came out running. All graduates

soon found their families who gave them hugs and lots

of presents and flowers to hang around their neck.

Then parents invited to something to drink.

After that we walked away to a boat the family 

hired for the party. Casper was so surprised 

- family managed to arrange everything

 without him noticing! 

Grandparents and a lot of friends came to congratulate

during the afternoon, some left and others came. 

Parents were happy! The striped patterned paper is

from Inkido, another Swedish brand who made papers

with graduation theme. 

There was an abundance of food; first light snacks as

mozzarella and tomatoes, fruit and peanuts. But then 

a grill was smelling delicios tempting everybody to eat

grilled beef, melon etc.

A balloon was held in place by this heavy silver thing, 

and all guests were asked to write a greeting in a book

for the graduate to remember this day by.  

That's how a party for a graduate can be made

in Sweden!!! No specific rules; every family decides

how to do it the best way. We liked this!

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 I'd like to participate in the challenge 

"Anything goes"

at Paper Crafting Journey

La Vikinga

Dive into summer!

Challenge #58 at Crafty Ribbons:

Anything with ribbon 

I made a very simple card featuring patterned

paper from Echo Park (Summer Days), a 

button and ribbon in matching colors from 

Crafty Ribbons. 

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La Vikinga

Fete week at Crafty Ribbons

In Sweden we don't have "fete" as in 

Britain but I hope these cards will transmit

the idea of having fun in the sun at an 

amusement park or market! Papers are 

from Echo Park.

Ribbon above: Summer breeze: zipper

(one of my favourites)

Ribbon above: Happy birthday apple

Why not hop over to the Crafty Ribbons

blog to se more about fete week and

maybe even how to win some ribbons?

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La Vikinga