My cute little chocolate monster

Last year in may I sat there like a whale on land waiting for the arrival of this little guy. I can't believe that it has been almost a year since his birth! He has gone from being a little baby that was only eating, sleeping and crying to a wild. little toddler that climbs the sofa, says "Mamma", argues with his brother, throws toys around and moved like a twirl around the house - he has even set his eyes on the stairs. Where did the time go? I guess the time flew by while I was way too busy combining my life as a mother and full time student. I bet he'll grow a beard before I know it...

I love this picture - it truly show his character. (and his oversized teeth - lol) I'm looking SO forward 'till I'm able to scrap this photo! That's pretty much how it is at the time - plenty of photos, but no time for scrapping. Oh, my creative soul is hurting........ But just wait: After my exams and the process of moving back home to the north I'll be back in business! But for now......I have to dive into my books again - exam coming up tomorow.

Oh, no... The Delete Devil has struck!

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Sorry the bad language, but sometimes it's needed! A few days ago I tried to fix the labels on my blog posts, and guess what happened? The delete devil struck and now all my altered project are gone. *sigh* I didn't even know what I had done until I got a mail from a friend (thank you) who wondered where my altered brick was - she couldn't find it anywhere. Well, here it is:




At the moment I've no idea what's actually gone from my blog, but if anyone is looking for something special just let me know and I'll put it in a new post.

A tender little sleeping beauty

Don't you agree that there is something heartwarming and truly special about babies asleep? I just love this photo, and I spent quite some time deciding how to scrap it - the thing that troubled me the most was which colors to use. The photo is originally taken in colors, but I wanted a tender, innocent look to the LO, so I went black/white. The photo was taken during a period that Jarle was sick, and this was his very first peaceful sleep in weeks due to severe intestant infection. From this day on everything became better.

I wanted to express both innocence and love, so I decided to go with white as my main color and then use red as contrast. I'm quite happy with the result of that. I also added some light blue glimmer mist to the background - unfortunately that doesn't show much in the photo.

This LO is not meant for any album. It's mounted on solid cardboard ready to hang up on the wall. I plan to do similar LO's of all mye kids for display - but that has to be in time. First of all I have to fix digital photos of the two eldest kids, then I have to find the time to do it. *sigh*

Busy days - barely any scrapping

Oh, my God....... I can tell you all: I really look forward 'till the day I'm no longer a student! These days I've got no time left what so ever to dive in to my scrapping passion. My dedicated corner is for the time being just a giant mess grinning at me with possibilities.....I'm quite sure I hear something giggle in there! Psychotic clearstamps perhaps? I guess doing nothing for a long time can mess with sanity in an ugly way. Well, perhaps that will help me create something crazy the day I actually can allow myself to get creative again. I feel insanity come crawling.....I'm not made for not expressing myself over a long period of time. *h.e.l.p* F*** education?

OK, enough whining. I actually have been scrapping a little bit. I joined the "Mesterscrappen" on Scrapping.no and made the finals, but I had to let the finals go without me because I just didn't have the time to do the 3 final contributions. A bit sad, since the competition made ignore my books and chores. But as the famous say: Always look on the bright side of life - I did scrap!

....perhaps this LO is a result of the insanity growing in my lonely, bored stash? I really liked doing this one - I like to play a bit and find strange twists to things that can tell an underlying story. It's quite a contrast to the baby-LO's I've also been scrapping (and that I'll post a bit later). While scrapping this one I started to wonder: What is my scrapping style? Really? What is my signature? I've no idea - schizofrenic?

Memories - after all: Life is pretty short

I wonder how life will be when I get old? How much will my scrapbooks mean to me? Will I remember the milestones in my kids' life? Will I be able to document our life so good that I won't feel anything is missing in the story?

This LO is in a way a looking glass into the future - I picture myself holding this photo of my youngest son and his father. I just love this photo, it shows how fragile a little baby can be, how protective his father is. It really gives me a warm, heartfelt feeling...

On this LO I've put my own touch to white Prima flowers; perhaps you've noticed that they're not white? Well, I've painted them with H2O shimmering paint, and that really gave them some *oompf* compared to the plain white look. I gave them some shine with a mix of red, orange and yellow H2o which blended very well together in the process - the paint just runs through the fibers in the flowers, never ending up as planned. I like to play a bit with experimentals, and this will for sure not be the last time I "make my own Primas."

Fixing the look of my blog - among other things...

Ok, I think my blog has had the look of a deep black dungeon, så I thought it was time for some change.... I don't know if it's the upcoming valetines day or any hidden romantic venture that has affected me, but somehow I ended up with a candy-cute heart look. So not typical me.

That's not all I've been up to lately. I hardly have time (or energy) to scrap much these days, but something has seen the day of light anyway. I attended the "Mesterscrappen" on scrapping.no with hope to get a kick in my scrapbooking ass, but I guess it'll just be a stressful "Oh, why did I join this??!!"-kind of thing, but at least it made me scrap something!



This LO is of my youngest son, born in june 2008. These are the very first pictures that was taken of him - while I was resting after the c-section. The pictures are taken by his dad, just 9 minutes after he came into this world. It was truly a happy time when he finally came out after a lot of stress and a bit of agony. He almost died during labour due to the fact that he had the cord wrapped 5 (!) times around his neck.

Perhaps it's not that clear on this photo, but I've written all his vital measures on the photos. He was so thin, very affected by the lack of nourishment due to the thightly wrapped cord. This is a LO loaded with emotions, and I guess it is to his father, too. He sat there alone just seconds after these photos, not quite understanding how lucky we were and just starting to take in the emotional rollercoaster we'd just been through. I'm very thankful for the outcome.

Little baby bird

This LO actually started as a scraplift of one of Linda Salte's LO`s, but I never got to finish it while I still had it in sight, so when I sat scrapping alone it got some more personal twists. Linda's LO were made from a round, die cut scallop paper; I didn't have that, so I decided to make my own. I didn't care to make it very accurate or symmetric, I just found a black pen and drew it freehanded on some smooth bazzill carton. This is where my "Glove Pelsie style" came to life. *lol*

The LO is about my little boy being just so little - a little bird that still has a long way to go before he'll leave the nest. I wanted to show how innocent and tender he is. I also drew the green bird by hand; inspired by a stamp I orginally wanted to use, but I thought it was too small for the LO.

You may find a list of materials in the november gallery at Papir i Hjertet.

Onesie recycling

Another weekend with social scrapping! Also featuring: gypsie music, karaoke, wine,different types of "dots", a lot of laughter and heart sprinkled cake - that's another story better not shared outside the Papir i hjertet designteam ;) *LOL*

Well, I actually had planned to scrap A LOT (as usual) but AS USUAL the hours seemed to contain jetfuel and went away in a supernatural speed. During this weekend I found my alter ego - that is to be revealed a bit later;) *giggle*

This onesie is the result of the 4th round of LSS. We're now just 8 contestants remaining, so it'll be exciting to see who actually will be the Last Scrapper Standing. This time we were supposed to (ab)use fabric. I wanted to scrap ON fabric instead of using fabric on a LO, so I found one of Jarle's onesies that doesn't fit anymore. It was hard to get a photo that really shows the intention and idea behind this work - the circle down to the right is actually a mirror. The title means "How big I am now:". The picture shows Jarle at 3 months, and he's supposed to look in the mirror as he gets older - always able to see how big he is right now; comparing his look at 3 months.

I've dyed the onsie with different types of ink: Luminarte Shimmering Mist, Distress Ink and Posh Rainbow Dye Ink. You'll also see some hand stitched fabric behind the photo along with some lace and fabric flowers. I added some tulle to the hand made hanger to create some kind of nostalgic look.

So: why scrap on plain paper when there are so many possibilities? My head is spinning with ideas - and a hunger for time to put them to life.....

Just plain eatable!

I guess that most of us who have kids (or just love kids) have had that feeling of "wanting to hug them so hard that they'll crush?" Or have been kissing them so much that you have the feeling of eating them? Well, apart from these being quite horrifying images it's very true - or what?

This LO I made this past weekend at the gathering at Papir i hjertet. I wasn't able to spend as many hours there as I wanted, but oh...it was truly a good injection of scrapping vitamins! It has been way too long since I scrapped together with others! (But next weekend is designers weekend, so "husband" and kids will have to do on their own...) It was very clear to me that it was a long time since I've packed the XXL tote - I filled it - and two big boxes that I had to balance on top of it. Me afraid of leaving anything behind??? You should never underestimate the power of multiple choices when scrapping! OK, perhaps I forgot that I was going to scrap at a store....that has just about everything I need.

On this LO I've been playing a bit with alcohol ink and Black magic carton. Ok: that was just to hide the fact that the photo is not exactly my best shot. WTF - who says a photo has to be studio perfect? I actually love it just the way it is!

Babylaughter

Guess who's the chief of agenda in this house?
That's Jarle all right....Oh, it can certainly be wearing with these little ones who eats away all your energy by nagging, eating, sleeping, crying, cuddling, playing and SMILING! It's a real turning point the day a baby starts smiling, but to me it's an even greater turning point the day they start to LAUGH! Can you think of anything more heartwarming than babylaughter?

I can take a lot of sleepless nights and tiresome days for just a few moments of bubbly laughter. In those moments this little man is my beautiful, little angel. (But yes: I do picture him with devilish horns sometimes too....*lol*)
Jarle is beginning to become a big boy now - well, if a baby at 4,5 months ever can be considered big.He rolls over on the floor, he grasps and holds his toys, he "imitates a banana" trying to squiggle himself forwards and backwards on the floor. I guess I just have to face it: The definitive baby periode has very little sand left in the top part of the hourglas...

This LO is made for the octobergallery at Papir i hjertet and if you want to know more about the products I've used, you may take a closer look in there;)

Rainer 1 år i 2005

Dette lerretet scrappet jeg til runde 2 i LSS (Last Scrapper Standing) på Minneriket.
Jeg har kort sagt rippet hull i lerretet og scrappet inni selve rammen - litt gøy å ikke bare holde seg til 2D men å få til litt 3D-effekt på et bilde.

Bildet er av Rainer som her var ett år i 2005. Det er rart å se på dette bildet nå når jeg sammenlikner med den "store" fireåringen vi har i hus nå. Han ble liksom ekstra stor når minstemann kom til familien i juni. Jeg tenkte å lage slike lerreter av alle ungene - det er desverre ikke så ofte bildene jeg scrapper av dem havner på veggen, det blir som oftest i album.

Så søt! Så søt!

Selvfølgelig er Jarle søt! Selvfølgelig!
Dette bildet ble tatt under den varmeste perioden i sommer, det var hele 32 grader i skyggen og det var plagsomt varmt for en liten mann. Han lå stort sett på et teppe i skyggen og prøvde så godt han kunne å være en grei liten baby. Vi var ille plaget av varmen alle mann, men Jarle var nok den som slet mest. Utrolig nok klarte han å være søt hele tiden, hehe.

Denne LO`en ble laget til septembergalleriet hos Papir i Hjertet, og hvis du lurer på hva det er jeg har brukt så finner du det der.

Cry me a river

I den vannvittige varmen,med baby på armen, huset FULLT av besøk og skifting av bordkledning på huset har jeg faktisk klart å spikre sammen en LO. Jeg må nesten si det var med blod, svette og tårer for jeg sliter noe grusomt med scrappingen! Eier ikke driv, så jeg føler scrappingen blir så som så - men ett sted må man jo begynne...

Jeg forestiller meg at alt blir bedre når skolen begynner - dvs. når huset er tomt, huset er ferdigspikret og dagene blir roligere. (Hvordan kan jeg tro det blir roligere dager når vi begge er studenter med tre unger i huset; hvorav en er et knøtt???)

I alle fall - ankomsten av minstemann har inspirert meg til å grave litt i bunken av gamle blider av søsknene. Det blir nok morsomt å sammenlikne bilder av dem nå som tiden går og minstemann forandrer seg :)