Little Corner of Ania

Sorta have a zillion of things on my to-do-list for today, and making a blogpost isn't really one of them, but what the heck..(I also want to scrap, but that really has to be put on hold for a while. I think. At least until I've checked off a few more stuff on the list.*focus ania, focus!*)

Anyways. Point is - I wanted to share some Fancy Pants Designs-stuff for June :)

Above: A layout I struggled with. Not the layout itself, but the title and stuff. I really really wanted to scrap the photo - I love it (and yes I'm highly subjective now I know)...but it's kinda one of those...pretty photos that doesn't really tell a story, unless I make up one...sorta? And I'm really not one for cliches (I try not to anyways). Yet. BLeh. COudln't figure out a better title, and I wanted to move on to the next project (I can be quite impatient), so...

Fancy Pants Materials:
Papers from: Summer Soiree, Kraft Kuts (Pink Forest), On a whimsy (cards)
Journalingbook: Summer Soiree
Glitter Cut: Arrow Frame
Ribbon: The Daily Grind
Minitags: Bag-o-tags
Felt: Playhouse
Other: Letters from Prima, sprayed w/Glimmer Mist

A sweet summery card made with my old paper-faves "Celebrate" and the new Delight-stamps (embossed). And look at the orange flower inside the card. LOVES! It's called "Orange me happy" (from gel-a-tins) and I LOVE it. It's an old fave - don't understand why I don't use it more...the name is perfect - it truly makes me happy (along with the fact that the FP stamps are so crisp and a delight to work with) :D


Another card - made it for my mother-in-law who needed a confirmation-card. Am in love with the awesome fiskars-borders :) :)

Fancy Pants Designs: Papers from "Simplicity" and "The Daily Grind"
Other: Prima and Scrappers Choice flowers, bling from Prima, Borderpunchers from Fiskars, glitterframe from Making Memories, tulle


Right!
Maybe I should go back to my to-do-list now? Hm :p
But before I go - just have to say I'm so so so happy "Weeds" is back and it looks like it haven't lost its touch - YAY! And that "Glee" looks promising - has potential - will definitely watch more of it when it starts for real (Can't wait to see Kristin Chenoweth when she appears!!) :) Oh, and that I'm totally looking forward to new "Entourage" aswell :)
Have a nice weekend :)

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Title: "Welcome to England " -Tori Amos

MMm..
It's about time to share some Hambly Screenprint DT-layouts, no?
We got some lovely products from other manufs to play with our Hambly-stash - thank you so much! :)

For this layout I used some of the products from My Little Shoebox. Love the fresh, summer-y papers I got - so perfect for my dandelion-photo of Amalie :) Love the cute, scalloped circlepaper with its faux stitches, the cute animals I cut out from another of their paper and the journaling-diecut :) I cannot mention enough how much I adore the Wings-transparency (the butterflies). Swooon!

Other Hambly-products include On Edge rubons (orange!! YAY!!), Mod flowers-rubons, On Edge clear stickers (love this), and the Frame Wallpaper (brown) tucked underneath the MLS-diecut.

This is my usual point of view on hikes. Their backs ;p

Oh, spot the funky red edges here? It's made with the Ultimate Trimmer from Purple Cows. Totally love this trimmer and it's click-blades and built-in storage :D I loved my MM trimmer but when the edges got loose it was so hard to refasten it so I quickly grew tired of having to reposition the edges all the time and still having it not cutting straight. Then I bought the orange Fiskars-trimmer not long ago - and I do still love it -- it cuts sweetly as long as it's not broader than 5,5" -- the extension arm on mine isn't straight making all the cuts above 5.5" non-straight aswell. I have a lot of friends with this trimmer and while most of them lucked out a few also have the same problem as mine (I tried to let Fiskars know I got a defect one since there obviously are cutters w/straight arms out there but I have yet to get any feedback :( ). Soo you can imagine I was happy to receive a new trimmer and totally superhappy to learn that it cuts straight & smooth - just the way I like it :D And judging from the construction I don't think it'll go non-straight with me at all - yay :) And one of the cool things with it is that you'll always have various blades & room for scraps with you wherever you go w/this one. Loves! :)

Materials include: Hambly: Woodgrain paper (Teal blue ink on bronze- swooon!!!), Photography, Twigs and Dandelions, Vintage Banners, and Mod Flowers rubons (I filled in the negatives w/white pen :) ), letters from My Little Shoebox and ofcourse - the Ultimate Trimmer (blade #2809) :)



Couple cards..
Papers: Mod sheet & Woodgrain
Rubons: Mod Flowers, Stars, Chandeliers, Elegant Labels
Other: Glimmer Mist :)

And last: A keychain made from a sheet from the Mini Deco Album from Clear Scraps & some Hambly-rubons (Stars and Dingbats & Robots). I attached our phone# to it so the kiddo can look it up quickly when he's at friends (it's just to be used for the backpack).

Will share more dt-layouts later on - gotta spread'em out uh :p

Speaking of DT-stuff - I just got the news that I'm now a part of Nikki Sivils design-team (we're called "Willie-B's Leading Ladies" :p). It's a new manufacturer that will debut at CHA-Summer with 6 collections including several embellishments & accessorizes. I'm really excited about this and looking forward to get to know their products :) And I love spotting a few familiar names on the DT-list :)

Title: "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

Pencil-Lines sketch #138 was guested by dutch Hilde Janbroers and we used a sketch by Anna :)
I didn't really find the time to do the sketch this week, but then I needed to whip up a quick hostess-favor for a BBQ yesterday so I decided to transform the sketch into a tag :)

Used Fancy Pants Designs - mostly Delight papers&stamps + a kraft kut.

As for the spice - rub a dub - it's a darn good BBQ-spicemix from Craig Whitson..I usually triple this recipe and store it in airtight glass-jars...totally yummy for BBQing and to spice up minced meat (makes yummy meatballs for your spaghetti :) ). Totally recommended :)
(and sorry...in Norwegian only :p)

• 5 ss malt paprika
• 2 ss salt
• 2 ss brunt sukker
• 2 ss chilipulver
• 1 ss malt sort pepper
• 1 ss malt hvit pepper
• 1 ss tørket oregano
• 1 ss hvitløkpulver
• 1 ss løkpulver
• 1 ts kajennepepper

(gir ca 2dl blanding)

Mm. Some photos from yesterdays BBQ - thank you so much for having us Marie & thank you gals&guys for the company!! (Vibeche, Gry and Ellen - you were missed!!)

BBQing is for..eh..men? (thank you :) )
Love the smoke here btw :)
Chillin'. Eli made us sun! (originally it was supposed to rain)

The two Amalies :)
Every time someone called "Amalie" both of them perked up saying "yes??" :)

Um. I have one word. Poor wabbit!! (ok, that was two)
The kids played "hunt the wabbit" like 80% of the time chasing it all over the garden. *cough* :p

I SEE HIM!!!
WHERE DA WABBIT BE!??
WE GOT'IM!!!


Rinse&repeat a zillion times ;pAmalie enjoying some dessert :)

Oh I just gotta add this one: Amalie drew herself as a "Hello, Kitty" :)
*look mommy I'm Hello Kitty!*

Title: "Fire to your Plain" -Tori Amos
(mmm her newest album is starting to grow on me)

Just some snapshots from this week.

Someone's been painting (Amalie ofc). I kinda like the splotches of colors here. And yeah, it was brand new before I used it on the table she painted on :p

Adrian playing hard to get, so Simen had to capture him in order for me to finally get a photo of him :p (at the summer-celebration at kindergarten)

Making faces..
More faces..
Sillying it up with the kids at school (instead of paying attention to the school-play)
Happy Amalie..she kept saying over and over again how great the kids who sang&danced were :p (she's easily impressed that kid ;p)
Hubby w/his bro and bro's wife..still at the school-play.
Flare on!
Somebody's been a good girl!!
(me and Regina Spektor painted the terrace today)

The kids found a funny insect/moth/butterfly/whatev. outside It was HUGE! Way too huge for my liking. (um....5 cm or so :p)
And pink. Ick!

Anyone's got an idea what this is at all?? Looks like a mix of a moth and butterfly...
Double-ick.
The kids are outside petting it atm :p

Update: it's got its own house now :p
Update2: Thanks to AnetteS's Pej - it's apparently an Elephant Hawk Moth - more commonly found in England, Ireland and Wales and some areas of Scotland....NOT common in Norway as far as he knows. Right! The kids let it loose now, I hope it flew away cuz I don't like insects no matter how pretty colors they have :p

Kids :p

Oh by the way. What do you do with photos of kids at plays/singing/entertaining at school/kindergarten?? Do you share them? Even though you have no idea wheter it's ok or not to share images of other peoples kids on the web? But it's like. They're up there on the stage entertaining w/a zillion other parents taking photos aswell. And with a lot of people on facebook and stuff these days you know there's bound to be some putting photos up there sorta hm? Hm.

Gawd.
It's June already. Which's pretty crazy. We're past halfway into 09. Seriously!
Before I can share new June-stuff with you I need to get rid of my May stuff still not shared here, so here goes ;p

Above: A summery, messy Hambly-layout feat Prima & Maya Road.

My final Luxe-stuff (well, as a Luxe-DT-member anyways). A layout made with Ecology & a bit of Lovey - both new Luxe-lines :) Featured in the photo is our family & my husbands two cousins+family (well, cousin + cousin+her family :p).
Decided to write all our names on the layout -- I mean - even though we know very well who's who right now, I suppose it might not be that easy for the kids to know in like 20 years or so hm? Or when we're gone and like, our grand-grandchildren looks at this and goes woah who's all these old people and noones really sure :p HAH! :D


More teacards, this time w/the Lovey-line :)



And speaking of Luxe -- check out this peek at Simply Handmade for their June/July-issue -- mm I spot my Luxe-mini in the first photo :D

Right!
Thank you so much for your suggestions for London -- and if you're Norwegian, do check out Kari's lovely London-pages here and here feat. her class' teddy bears :) So cute and so educational :D

Will definitely drop by Camden Market for sure - so many of you have suggested this market! :) Any more suggestions still totally welcome - like, any fave eateries? Be nice if you'd care to share in this post if so so it's easier for me to have them all in one place :)

Title: "Leather" -Tori Amos
Ps! Her newest album was uh, disappointing wasn't? Ugh. Hate it :( Still a few nice songs though, but have to admit I had higher expectations :(

Vis Londonturen i et større kart

So soon me and my husband will be headed for London for a minivaccay...with not too many plans but to, uh, stroll around and stuff.. We're staying at The Royal Horseguards (The red drop), which's close to Convent Garden and Charing Cross if it tells you something..

We're planning a trip to Portobello Market in Notting Hill, I'd like to check out the markets in Covent Garden (the Apple Market and the Jubilee Market), was suggested to check out The Forbidden Planet and Hamleys (definitely on the todolist, thanks Kine!)..and a quick trip to the Photographers Gallery would be fun methinks - all these are marked in blue (the gallery in green).

As for eating we were suggested to check out the Blackfriars Pub, which seem to be nearby, and we thought it would be fun to check out one of Gordon Ramsays restaurants hm? Dunno which..? Otherwise we're pretty much opting for good food in the cheap price range ;p Oh, and we're gonna need breakfasts too mm...suggestions? (eateries marked in yellow) Oh, and ice cream parlors..!!

So.
If you have any suggestions we'd totally greatly appreciate them - any - what to see, where to eat, what to take photos of??... where to shop? Not really going to shop a lot - that's not the main goal of the trip - just wanna experience stuff & chill out and stuff :)

Ps. you can click on the drops to see more info about them :)

Pencil-Lines sketch #137 by Anna Bowkis and guested by the lovely, fabulous ♥Dena Coe♥!! :D
I used Fancy Pants here - papers from Summer Soiree, transparency from Arctic Chill, journalingpapers from Delight and Summer Soiree and felt from Playhouse. Other stuff includes glimmermist, bling from Kaisercraft and alphas from American Crafts. I have a thing for sheep. Sorta. *snicker*. Couldn't pass up the chance to take a photo (or ten) of Grys adorable sheep at her summerhouse to scrap my relationship w/sheep ;p

And oh - speaking of Fancy Pants -- please join their Fathers Day challenge here - internationals welcome too! :) Even though it might not be a Fathers Day for you in the near future (ours is the second Sunday in November), pay tribute to the fathers in your lives with Fancy Pants :)

Here's some more photos of this past weekend w/sis, my youngest niece and my dad :)

We went to the beach on Saturday - the sun was shining but the water was ice cold :p The kids loved playing around by the beach though, and Adrian was absolutely thrilled when he caught a crab like 1min after we arrived :p

All in all, we had a lovely weekend w/nice weather :)

Title: "Perfect" -Alanis Morissette