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søndag den 29. august 2010

Efterårsfarver

Jeg elsker efteråret og dets farver. Jeg har en teori om at det er fordi, at det er den årstid, hvor jeg blev født. Men jeg glæder mig virkelig til at lave skønne efterårsbuketter, til at samle frø i haven (jeg er startet) og til græskartiden :-)
I love the autumn and its colors! I have a theory that it is because this is the season in which I was born. But I really am looking forward to making lovely autumn flower arrangements, to gather seeds in the garden (I've already started) and to when the pumkins start showing up :-)

I am not sure if I like how this design turned out - but I had the stamped die cut already and I thought I would use it for something...


Hero Arts Stamps: Bold Pumpkin,  Designer Woodgrain, Season of Giving, Real Leaves.
Inks: Distress inks wild honey, Walnut Stain, Hero Arts shadow ink soft sand.
Papers: Bazzil cs, Hero Arts layering paper.
Other: Seam binding dyed with wild honey distress inks, Tim Holtz Alternations die.





Rigtig god søndag til jer alle!
Happy Sunday to all of you!



 

lørdag den 21. august 2010

Drømmen om et flammebed...

... må leves ud på et kort, da min have desværre ikke er stor nok til flere bede. Men hvor må det være fantastisk at have plads til et stort kæmpe bed med masser af blomster i de her farver ved denne tid hvor sommeren går på hæld !

I am dreaming of a flower bed in burning colors ... but I guess I'll have to settle for a card. My garden is unfortunately not big enough for more flower beds - but wouldn't it be fantastic to have a huge flower bed with these colors at this time of the year!

Stempler: Hero Arts Wild Flowers.
Papir: Hero Arts Watercolor paper cream, Bazzill Kraft
Inks: Ranger distress ink barn door, mustard seed, forest moss, walnut stain.
Andet: May Arts silke bånd, Hero Arts perler, EK success punch, Hero Arts knap, MS punch.


Jeg har brugt det nye super lækre akvarelpapir fra Hero Arts til at stemple på.



torsdag den 19. august 2010

Boo!

Jeg har savnet lidt kreativ mojo på det seneste - men fik da forleden aften lavet dette kort, som startede ud med at uglen lå på mit bord - den kunne jeg ikke stå for :-)
Det blev altså et Halloween kort  - jeg synes alligevel at det er lidt tidligt for mig at lave julekort :-)  Månen er skåret med en spellbinders die og jeg har stoppet den ud med lidt tørret vådservietter så den fik lidt 3d effekt.

I seem to have lost my creative mojo lately - but the other evening I managed to make this card, starting off by this cute new owl. Love it :-) It turned out as a halloween card - I think it is still a bit too early for me to make christmas cards :-) The moon is a spellbinders die cut and I "stuffed" it with dry babywipes to give it a bit of dimension.

Stamps: CL468 Frightful, CG232 Midnight owl.
Paper: Bazzill cs, MME So Sophie collection.
Inks: Memories dye ink white / black.
Other: MS tag punch, stitching, twine, foam adhesive.

lørdag den 7. august 2010

Jeg har ikke haft meget tid til at lave kort i den seneste tid, så jeg glæder mig til at skal igang igen. Her er et par kort fra gemmeren, som jeg vist ikke har vist på bloggen.  Die cut'ene var til overs fra et andet projekt hvor jeg brugte dem som masker. Elsker genbrug :-)

I have not had much time for crafting lately - so I am really looking forward to get started again. Here are a couple of older cards which I think I haven't shown on my blog. The die cuts are leftovers from another project ( I used them as masks) - Love using scraps like that....


 

Stempler: Hero Arts Antique Engravings, Huge Hugs, Dots, Antique Writing. 
Papir: Bazzill Smoothies Kraft & Walnut Cream.
Inks: Ranger walnut stain, Ranger barn door, Hero Arts soft sand.
Andet: Sizzix die, MS bånd.

 

Stempler: Hero Arts Antique Engravings, Dots.
Papir: Bazzill Smoothies Kraft  & MME So Sophie collectin.
Inks: Ranger walnut stain, Ranger shabby shutters.
Andet: Sizzix die, glossy accents, EK success punch

Bare 1 feriedag tilbage så kalder arbejdet igen på mandag! Som sædvanlig har jeg tusind ting som jeg gerne vil bruge den sidste dag på - så vi får se hvad dagen imorgen byder på :-)

Just one more day and then it is off to work again on Monday! As usual I have a lot of things I wanted done before work starts again - lets see how the day will be spent tomorrow :-)

mandag den 2. august 2010

Holiday pics and some lovely news!

Så er vi hjemme igen efter en dejlig ferie i Toskana, Umbrien & Bourgogne!! Her er lidt billeder fra turen!
We are back again after a lovely vacation in Tuscany, Umbria and Burgundy - sharing some pics below!

Vi fik ikke den bedste start på vores ferie da vores bil brød sammen - kun 30 minutter fra vores første b&b! Efter 4 timers ventetid i 35 graders varme - kom hjælpen fra SOS og hentede vores bil til nærmeste værksted. Vi tog en taxi til vores b & b og der skulle gå 3 dage inden vi fik en sprit ny Mercedes E klasse som erstatning for vores egen bil (den kom helt fra Stuttgart!). Vi fik det bedste ud af situationen og nød virkelig de 3 dage ved den lækre pool med udsigt over det smukke toskanske landskab! Vi var glade for at man spiser sent i Toskana for vi skulle gå 1,5-2 km ind til nærmeste landsby for at spise aftensmad! Og det hjalp lidt på temperaturen at gå afsted efter kl 20.00!

We were not really off to a good start as our car broke down just 30 minutes away from our first stay in Tuscany. We called the SOS road help and after 4 hours wait in 35 degrees (celcius) our car was transported to the nearest garage and we took a cab to our lovely B&B (see below).  It was only after 3 days that we got a brand new Mercedes brought to us from Germany as a replacement until our own car was fixed!  Well, I certainly did not mind spending 3 totally relaxing days at that pool in those extremely beautiful & romantic surroundings. We had a great time and just enjoyed the somewhat long walk into the nearest village for dinner. 

 

Tuscany - Our lovely B & B
 
Efter 6 dage i Toskana tog vi videre til Umbrien - hvor vi boede i Norcia - smukt middelalderby omgivet af en bymur (hvilken by i Toskana har ikke sådan en? )  ved foden af national parken "Monti Sibillini!.
Afters spending 6 days in Tuscany we moved on to the extremely beautiful Umbria - living in a small medieval village in the hills "Norcia" just at the foot of the wonderful national park "Monti Sibillini"

 Umbria - Castelluccio, Norcia & Monti Sibillini national park
 

Umbria - Pitigliano
Smuk middelalderby i Umbrien /Beautiful Medieval city in Umbria. 
I totally adore that rabbit logo of the restaurant. Unfortunately it was closed when we visited!
 

A day on the Hero Arts blog

Og lige der midt i min ferie i Umbrien opdagede jeg til min store glæde og overraskelse, at jeg har vundet en dag på Hero Arts bloggen sammen med en af mine store Hero Arts idoler Shari Caroll!
Wow - jeg kan ikke vente! Det er lidt skræmmende - men jeg glæder mig vildt!! 
Tusind tak til alle jer der allerede har sendt lykønskninger og tak for jeres søde kommentarer! Se indlægget her på Hero Arts bloggen!

And right there in the middle of my vacation in Umbria I found out that I won a day on the Hero Arts blog with one of my favourite Hero Artists Shari Caroll! Wow - I can't believe it still! I am so excited and I am so looking forward to this! Thank you to all of you who already sent me congrats and thank you for your sweet comments.  Be sure to check out the other creative ladies who also won a day on the Hero Arts blog!

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