3 siblings - "The brick flick"

I can't actually call this a LO, can I?
This is my contribution to the final in LSS where the task was to use and repeat the number 3 on everything exept from the title. Well, I've got 3 kids, so I decided to give them a brick each. (Huh? What hole in the driveway???) The idea behind using the bricks is that you can bulid just about whatever you want with them. So, these photos can be arranged in several ways - they can even make it quite all right as singles.

The bricks are also quite symbolic - you can build a monument with them, and my kids'll always have something built together just by being siblings. No matter how their lives'll turn out, they can rely on each other. (Ok, I may look though, but I'm really soft when it comes to my kids.)



It was not that easy to take an acceptable photo of these bricks. First of all, I've got no professional equipment (just wait 'till I grow up!). I've used some pearl white paint on the bricks and it gave a terrible reflection not matter what I tried. I finished the bricks so close to the deadline of the finals, so there was no daylight left for photographing. Ok, enough excuses - they turned out quite ok after all. So, now I just have to wait and see what the jury'll say. But, after seeing the other contributions in the finals, I've got doubts..... Oh, what the heck! I had FUN doing this one - it made me think alternatively, and that is what I love the most when I scrap!

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.

Creative Chaos by Hjertelaget

I just love scrapping together with my designteam! No wonder - the team is a wonderful mix of crazyness, humour, creativity, heart warmth and bubbly laughter. This past weekend we met - for the very last time in the store of Papir i hjertet. Our next meeting will be in the new, bigger and improved house in Skien. It was kind of nostalgic to me - the last time in the place where papir i Hjertet was born. Well, it's just not enought space as it is today - just take a look:



The weekend was just plain wonderful.... It contained a wide range of things: Gypsy music concert, karaoke, chinese food, wine, scrapping and a whole lot of talking and laughing. Starting a layout I didn't have the round, die cut paper I wanted, so I decided to make it! By that my alter ego came to life: "Glove Pelsie!" Well - in a strange mix of norwegian and english that means something like "furry gloves" - which will be my logo when I copycat Love Elsie the best I can. *LOL* The LO I'm talking about you'll find in the Papir i Hjertet November gallery - take a look at it and see if you think I'm a real "Glove Pelsie!"

Change of nickname - please update

I've decided to loose that birdy kind of nickname that has followed me for many years around the internet. Good bye "Hønemor", hello "Tigerlily!"

Some of you have linked to my blog in your blog, so I'd really appreciate it if you could update the name - if needed. I guess that those who follow by blog has to sign up again to get the correct name of my blog on their follower-list.

Thank you for doing that! I promise: No more changes in a while......I think. *giggle*

Something to concider?

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!

7 truths about myself:

Du you dare to reveal 7 truths about yourself?

Anne Karin dared me, so I guess I'll just have to dig up some more or less juicy stuff. *LOL*

1: I just HATE doing laundry
2: I think men are more sexy wearing boxers than being naked
3: Purple is my favourite color - battling black...
4: I once was a choir girl for Jahn Teigen
5: I stole Dance With a Strangers drumsticks after a concert
6: I'm terrified when it comes to maggots *YACK*
7: I think Sean Connery is sexy!

....perhaps this could be material for a strange LO about myself?

I also want to dare some other people so reveal some truths about themselves, and here is how it works:

- Link to the person who dared you, tell 7 truths about yourself, dare 7 people and leave a message that they've been dared. You got no choice!

Here is who I dare:

1: Linda Salte
2: Ania
3: Nabon
4: KristinL
5: Calv
6: Shabby Chic Silvia
7: Vigdis

One of my favourite LO's - will you show me yours?

Today I went to Papir i hjertet to pick up my albums that has been at inspirational display in the shop. The albums have been there for more than a year and a half, so it's actually a long time since I've been looking through them my self. The albums contains all my work since I started scrapbooking about 3 years ago, so they are certainly showing me developing and learning. Some of the LO's are just plain embarrasing to look at today *LOL* Well, they have a certain charm anyway.

This LO "The spaghetti boy" is one of the first ones I ever made, and it's not that brilliant when it comes to technique and style, but for some reason it has found a special place in my heart - for some reason I don't quite understand. It's very simple and it contains my very first use og rub-ons and die cut letters.

I hope that some of you that pop in to see my blog will show me some of your LO's that for some reason has hit your heartstring in a mysterious way.

Hugs for the weekend!

Changing language

OK - to those of you who know and use english a lot: Please don`t laugh at my critically rusty english....

I have decided to change my blog from being in pure norwegian to a much more versatile language. I may not translate all my older posts - my goodness, I certainly have many other creative things I want to spend my time doing! However, if anybody has anything they would like to know about the older posts that are not translated: Please just ask;)

I hope my blog will seem more user friendly after this change of language. I also hope that it will improve my english over time. If there are any strickt english teachers out there who wants to pull their hair of due to bad language and terrible grammar: You may send me some helpful hints and use the big, red pen on my reportcard;)

A little "kitchen chemistry" is fun!

This picture of my little brother has been awaiting inspiration for some time - and the true inspiration didn`t hit me until round 3 of LSS on "Minneriket." We were supposed to find and make our own colors from whatever we could find in drawers and other strange places in the house. So, this LO is inspired by the term "self made" - it`s about making your life your own.

There`s lot of symbolism on this LO: Time in a small bag, time as watch parts, aqua vita, the keys to life, an adult man lurking in the background, love and broken hearts, blossoming, free as a bird, network, holding on to....many aspects regarding my little brother`s confirmation and his doorway to adulthood.

Enough about that - what about the colors?

-The brown lace i dyed in coffee - I did it two times; the second time I only did he tips of one part of the lace.
-The fiber paper in the background is dyed with dye meant for cake icing.
-The icecream popstick and "math card" is painted with water based furniture milling.
-The circle back and to the right I may say is a part of myself - it`s dyed with the very same color I hide my grey hair with *lol*
-The hearts have their color from a mix of coal from our fireplace, water and gum arabic - fixated to not smear the whole thing.
-The little retro flowers are dyed with a mix of tea bags and red peppers.
-The little plastic bag containing the watch face has its color from rusty, old nails.

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;)

Litt selvinnsikt?

Jada - man er vel neppe bare det ene eller det andre som menneske. Mon tro hvordan denne ville sett ut om familien min skulle ha lagt til adjektivene? *hehe*

Denne LO`en ble laget til første runde i LSS, og jeg har kost meg masse med litt gammelt stæsj og det sykt kule papiret fra Studio2Mers. I følge LSS-oppgaven skulle man bruke bilde i passfotostørrelse - og hvem sier man ikke kan bruke mange små for å lage et større et? Du kan finne full oversikt over hva jeg har brukt i oktobergalleriet til Papir i hjertet ;)

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.