Little Corner of Ania

Teehee…
so…there’s a Lawn Fawn partnership going on over at Glue Arts, which brings us to todays tags – pieced together with 3ndypapir-papers…for a step-by-step thingie on the tags (and chances to win both stamp & adhesive-sets) – feel free to drop by here.

Ignore the darker splotches….sort of regret them the moment I added them to the tag, then reeeally regret it when washing away the glimmermist off the embossed snowflakes as it made it smudgy…ahwell. What can I say..I am imperfect ;p

Another gift-project..put together with Prima-stuff..trying to use some of the older stuff while impatiently waiting for the new stuff…*grin* *wink*

I really like this colorcombo – copper, red, gold and uhm, bright turquoise (?).

Speaking of Prima..reminds me..don’t forget the December BAP (or PPP)…here’s a layout based on the BAP…sort of liked it when I made it, but as an afterthought I think the banners should be either placed more together, or had more flags layered in between the existing ones… ahwell!

I really like the way the pennants were decorated though, with chipboard & wooden snowflakes (which I purchased at PACS in France a year ago..and hadn’t used until now! They’re pretty similar to the wooden snowflakes that Maya Road has btw if you happen to wonder how to get these). They’re covered with distress crackle paint..love the frosty, crackle effect!

And finally..I’ve shared these cards here and there, both at ScrappeHuset (see this post – and do comment for a chance at the BIG X-mas giveaway plus plenty of inspiration) and at the Maya Road-blog…might as well post these here!

Using 3ndypapir-papers & Maya Road stuff…

Using Prima stuff..

Once again – 3ndypapir & Maya Road stuff :)

Right. I *think* we’re actually done with all this years presents…just 2 or 3 more minor things to fix, yay us!

The little one’s been toiling away creating lots and lots of amazing, creative gifts ever since November…at first doing mostly drawings, paintings and glass jars (like here) – but lately making things as shown at Art Attack..it’s darn amusing to watch her..and her eagerness is pretty adorable – she’s doing it all pretty much on her own, thinking of everybody in our family…cute…

We’ve also miraculously got a Christmas-tree like, 10 days earlier than usual. Got a message from a friend the other day saying she & her hubby was helping their son’s school band selling X-mas trees…so I was like, sure, why not..need a tree sooner or later, why not buy it off a friend :) Besides, this way I could be a real bully & totally picky making them really work for the money *wink wink*
Right. Got a few more Christmas-related projects (I discovered I need matchboxes…apparently I’ve misplaced the one I had and well, need matches for Christmas!) to work on in between working on CHA-W projects….(funfun!)

You knew it had to be scrapped, right? The layout w/these doors…

The papers, apart from the backgroundpaper for the photo, are all 3ndypapir. The backgroundpaper+the tags are Elle’s Studio. Letters from Prima, buttons from Fancy Pants and cherries from Kitschy Digitals.

Sweet layering :) The cherries are digistuff, which, in this case, I printed onto cheap glossy photopaper and cut out.

I love the date & place tags from Elle’s – so versatile! I keep using them everywhere.

These 3ndypapir-papers makes me happy – love love love the colors and patterns :)

This is a layout about Amalies most common saying these days - “Jada jada” in a tone that suggests she’s like, bored, like, saying “yeah yeah” just to get rid of you. But it’s just the way she says these words. I think :p Hrmf, cheeky *rolls eyes*. Papers from Fancy Pants Designs, tag and (the embossed) deer-stamps from Elle’s Studio, chipboard from Crate Paper and Making Memories, felt flower from Maya Road, bling from KaiserCraft. Love the cute heart on this deer :)

You can see more Elle’s Studio creations here as the Sept gallery is now live! :D

I have to say I often want to comment/reply to your comments, but am often unable to reply directly back to you (unless you have left back your emailaddy, or maybe not, I am not quite sure why/how). And it feels sort of silly to “bring you forth” on the blog to comment back public. Or, is it not? I think I’ll make a few attempts, at least if you have direct questions or similar, just to see if it indeed feels silly or not? Let me know what you think?

Zarah Said,

6:50 AM

Beautiful stuff - I especially adore the card!
(I'm a nailpolishoholic in peroids too! Tried Orly? They rock! You can get small bottles on ebay cheap and afford many! *grins*)

I have! Or well, only one bottle of Orly, and I wouldn’t call it small. I found it to be a bit too thin and thus difficult to apply nicely (but the color is lovely when done right), but I am thinking it might be because it’s a matte polish (Purple Velvet) and thus not a normal one sortof, so I can’t really judge on it I guess! (I have two Zoya matte polishes who applies on fabulously though, so it doesn’t mean all matte polishes are a pain to apply!)

Hilde Said,

4:39 PM

Hi! I just discovered your blog and I love it :)
Er N-Joy litt som Banksy? (Banksy er fra England. Jeg har vært i Bergen før- veldig penn! Og jeg gleder meg til min først norsk juleferie

Hi Hilde! :)

I have no idea who N-Joy is, and googling didn’t turn up too much info. But yeah, apparently (s)he’s a street artist like Banksky – (s)he’s done another piece of Bush and Obama someplace else in Bergen. Oh, og lykke til med din første norske juleferie! Håper det snør der du skal være :)

 

Title: “I’m just a girl” – No Doubt

Yay! It's Christmastime.... :) Adrian woke up pretty early today (wonder why :p) and raced to the calendar...I made him wait with it until I was properly awake and outta bed so I could take some pictures :p Poor kid :p This year the children got two calendars - one from my mother, with small bags for both kids (she usually mail me these every year - and this year Amalie's got her own bags too :) ) - with various things inside, and a chocolatecalendar each from Simens mother. Yay. One calendar in the morning (the big one), and the chocolate one when they get home from the kindergarten. Today they got caps from the big calendar. :)

Now. I'm curious. Have a look at your five last layouts (or just the latest layouts/projects) and tell me if you can see a pattern. Which products do you use like, a lot?
Looking briefly at mine it's (in random order):

• Clearstamps (haha..big surprise ;p)
• Zigns baby biggie (white paint) - especially using it around the pictures
• Heidi Swapp Bling borders - cutting them into small pieces and placing them all around. So cool!
• Heidi Swapp florals (especially folded and stapled)
• Heidi Swapp Chipboard alfa (brown newsprint)

And -- looking at the clearstamps there's some which seem to be used more than others -- my favourite clearstamps (as in used a lot/more versatile, not necessarily the ones I think are the prettiest/coolest.. :P) seem to be:

• Sassafrass Lass Fancy Schmancy Tags
• Sassafrass Lass Doodled Borders
• Sassafrass Lass Doodle Dings
• Sassafrass Lass Alpha Buttons
• Autumn Leaves Journaling Stamps
• MSE! School Days lowercase
• Technicqe Tuesdays Postcards from Paris

So. Now it's your turn. Let me know which product you seem to be using more frequently over others lately :) Maybe I'll get new ideas for myself :) Feel free to share them here or in your own blog - just let me know :)

Hihi...ungene har to julekalendere iår - en stor en med pakker fra min mor (dette begynner å bli en fast tradisjon - at hun sender meg pakker til julekalenderen hvert år :) ), og en Kindersokoladekalender hver til Amalie og Adrian fra farmoren. De får åpne den store om morgenen før barnehagen, og vente med sjokoladekalenderen til de kommer hjem igjen. (Smart. Sukkersjokk når vi skal være hjemme med dem. Hm. Kanskje vi skal vurdere sjokoladekalender før barnehagen allikevel :p). Adrian spratt opp og våknet tidlig idag - kanskje ikke så rart med tanke på hva slags dag det er idag :p Han ordnet og styrte med krakk og saks til jeg fikk ropt til ham at han måtte vente -- jeg måtte våkne skikkelig, stå opp og finne frem kamera jo ;) I dagens poser fant ungene luer - yay! Så praktisk og flott! :D (*håper på flere slike praktiske gaver utover i kalenderen*)

Ellers har jeg kikket litt på de siste LO'ene mine og kommet frem til visse produkter som ser ut til å være faste gjengangere på mange av de - jeg deler de her og håper du også vil ta en kikk på dine fem-ti siste LO'er/prosjekter og dele *dine* faktiske favorittscrappeprodukter.
Her er mine 5 på topp:

• Clearstamps (surprise :p)
• Zign Baby Biggie (hvit maling til å ha rundt kantene på bildet)
• Heidi Swapp Bling Borders (særlig det å klippe en og en og plassere de rundt på LO'en)
• Heidi Swapp Florals (brette og staple)
• Heidi Swapp chipboardalfa (a la brun Newsprint - digger disse rått!)

Så. Hva er dine? Del da vel - enten her eller i din egen blogg og la meg vite hva du har brukt oftest i det siste - kanskje jeg får noen nye produktideer jeg må teste ut selv? :)

Ha en riktig god adventstid! :) (ja, sjokket over at det nå er desember har gitt seg her...litt ...:P)

Og!! Glemte det nesten - hurra til Banglamarie som vant Skissecup'en på Papirgleder! Gratulerer så mye!!! :D