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Until next time I will show you my prize in the challange contest I entered before. It’s a wonderful little booklet, with embellishments, quotes and everything needed. I love these kind of little books and the theme is ”you”. Honestly, it couldn’t have come at a better time because at this moment I really need to focus on myself (spoken like a true stamper, huh? I feel some ”I-need-to-treat- myself-with-these-stamps vibes coming, lol. I actually have some in mind…)

Don’t you just love the colors?

Here are my contributions:

First day: use the word ”crazy” (galen in Swedish)

On the front it says ”I am”. I used the new hÄnglar clubstamps that came that day. I used my sophisticate qk alphabet that I absolutely LOVE. The word ”galen” is made with Lucy.

On the inside it says: ”CRAZY about you”

Second day: Make a project using the sketch:

I wanted to make a card for mom, but the Penny Black stamps were too big, so I decided on some kind of picture. It measures about 20x20cm (about 8×8″).

The text says (it’s my fav. mother quote): ”Flowers have the sun, children have their mothers”. I used a font that had flowers in the letters. The flowers have icicle glitter on them. It’s not the best pic, but it’s the best I could do. You’ll just have to imagine the splendour, lol.

And the last day: get inspired by an ad (pic borrowed from  http://www.tjsrecords.com/)

My winning card:

The text says: ”Too much of a good thing is still not enough”.

I’ve gotten more even in my mood since I stopped with coke and I’ve probably saved a bunch of money!

Can’t say I feel much difference from not drinking other sodas, but I know how much sugar they contain, so I’d rather eat all that sugar in my pastries and baking stuff! Do you know how much baked goods I can eat now that I’m not drinking sugar? A LOT, lol.

Next stop…my whipped cream addiction…

I know the water is better for my body. Look, it even shows me it me!

I really like this card. The background is made with a cuttlebug embossingfolder (that I want!) It is a quite simple card, but it impressed me a looooot. I got it from Margaret A. from Australia.

A close-up of the details.

This card is so adorable because it’s only about 7,5×7,5cm. I got surprised that you can make cards in this size. I’ve gotten so stuck in my 10x15cm or 15x15cm sizes that I haven’t even thought about changing, lol. It’s made by Mandy W from the Netherlands.

This one is from my good friend Patsy. I love the way she used a winter image and transformed it into a b-day one. The thing I love about getting cards from her is that she puts confetti into the envelope, so when you open it you get it all over you (if you open envelopes the way I do. Actually the confetti is flying around, hihi) It always makes me feel so special, like she’s here with me throwing me a b-day party. Thank you friend. You mean so much to me

A close-up. The text says ”Celebrate and … happy” In the … she glued a plastic ”bee”. I think it was her first try to use letters and chipboard for a card. Well done!

This last one is from my friend Coni. The thing I love about Coni’s cards is that they are made like postcards. They are single, so you write the message on the backside. A great way to make a different card, but also to save your cardstock!

The text is a rub-on.

Thank you girls for thinking about me! You really made me smile.

On another note: I’ve been playing with my cuttlebug today and I decided to make a layout about how much inlove I am with this tool. The thing I love mostly about it are its dies. They have personality (the creature-dies) and the other ones are just so well made. Do I need to say that the embossingfolders are just brilliant? I even like the alphabets, even though I haven’t gotten any yet. The ones I have are from qk.

I bought 7-8 packs of dies that I tried out today and I just fell inlove with them all. One of them are the embossing dog folders. Not that neccessary to have, but I just couldn’t resist them. They are of a doxie, 4 different images. On one of the folders the pooch is laying on its back kicking its back-paws in the air. It looks adorable. The thing is that I’ve been doggie-sitting with a doxie and she does that exact thing! I didn’t think of it when I bought the folders, but when I come to think of it: the person designing them must have seen a doxie in action. They are just so comical and amazing creatures!

Here’s the front. The quote is from Penny Black and it says:

”May your life together be full of love

and your love be full of life”

The image is stamped on cream bling cardstock and colored in with pastel tombow pens. Then it’s edged with a gold pen. The gold cord is elastic and holds the card together. The purple paper is some kind of mullberry.

When you unfold the card it looks like this:

She told me their weddinginvitations would be in white/cream bling cardstock, so that’s what I used as a base. From scraps of the purple mullberry I made a little insert for the middle fold and cut out her, his name and their wedding date with a qk alphabet (Marissa).

On the upper part of the card I stamped a weddingcouple riding a carriage. It’s stamped with a brilliance dewdrop. Finally I hung a little goldheart on a string and fastened it so it dangles in the middle section.

I’m very satisfied with this card. It’s not overdecorated, but it doesn’t have to be. The design and folds of the card make a statement of their own.

Sping has definately sprung here and yesterday my stepdad invited me to smoke some fish he had caught. It was mostly flounder, but he also caught one cod. I’m normally not a fish-person, but this was delicious! So fresh and tasty. It was so good that, unfortunately, I didn’t take any pics to show you. I thought however I would show you some springpics. They are from last year, but it looks the same now. The best part is that it has started ”springsnowing” from those wonderful pink trees again!

These are the flowers I had on the balcony last year. They were so beautiful. At far left you can see my mini tomatos. They were quite delicious, but I’m a total tomato-holic, so there was never enough for me. Maybe I should plant the whole balcony with tomatos this year…hmmm…