(Bad blogger)

Jeg har ikke vært spesielt flittig til å oppdatere bloggen min, men her er i det minste noe av det siste jeg har laget i det siste. Har brukt produkter som jeg fikk i marskitet til Bad Girls

(Dugnadskort)

Mari og Xstine og gjengen bak Scrappedugnad har En rekke kule utfordringer. Denne gangen har jeg hevet meg med på Monicas kort utfordring: Vennskapskort med minst 2 bånd eller blonder, metall, bling, distressing og stempling. Så vidt jeg kan se så oppfyller dette kortet kravene:

 

(Minnopol - så langt)

På Minneriket går "det kuleste spillet siden trekkspillet" for tiden, og så kul som jeg er (ironialarm) er jeg selvsagt med på det mest rocka laget, Gitarene. Så langt har vi levert 5 oppgaver og jeg har vært ganske fornøyd med mine bidrag. Faktisk så fornøyd at jeg legger de ut her også.

{årets første julekort}

Kanskje litt tidlig med julekort i januar, men skitt au. Her er mitt første.

(Utfordret! - 7 sannheter)

Jammen ble jeg ikke utfordret av Monica til å skrive ned 7 sannheter om meg selv.

Utfordringen går ut på at jeg skal:
*skrive syv sanheter om deg selv
*linke til den/de som har utfordret deg
*utfordre syv andre,
og legge igjen beskjed i bloggen deres om at de er utfordret...

Mine ofre:

• Majamor
  
• Xstine
  
• Gyda
  
• Katta
  
• Irene
  
• Joanna
  
• Smultringunn
  

Og de 7 sannhetene er at jeg:

1. Elsker å gå barføtt, hele året (dog inne vår, vinter og høst)
   
2. Synger alltid i bilen og som regel i dusjen
3. Dansa før jeg kunne gå
4. Er ukuelig optimist (det fins ikke en pessimistisk celle i kroppen min)
5. Trives best når det er ryddig og rent rundt meg, men hater å vaske og rydde
6. Har total slangefobi, og hater slanger som pesten
7. Har absolutt ingen ambisjoner om å dra til Australia noen gang (ref. punkt 6).

(Takknemlighestbok - 2008)

Emily Falconbridge lagde en takknemlighetsbok, det syntes jeg var så lurt så det har jeg og gjort. Nå fluet jeg denne med utfordringen på Scrappedugnad om å bruke noe man fant, og da ble funnene som ble oppdaget brukt i boka, nemlig postkortene fra Paris (oh la la).
Skulle det være vanskelig å lese tittelen på boka så er den: {If} it makes med happy ref. Sheryl Crow

(2008 word)

Ali Edwards has a word of the year thingie that I find quite cool so this year I've chosen my word:

Courageous

In some ways I think I need to me more couragous and so my mantra for 2008 is going to be "Have courage"

Jeg fulgte litt halvt med på Ali's Et ord utfordring i fjor og fant ut at jeg like godt kunne velge meg et ord som skulle være mitt (motto) for dette året. 
Etter å ha grublet langt og lenge på det kom jeg fram til at ordet mitt måtte bli MODIG
På enkelte områder trenger jeg mer mot, og da er det greit å ha et mantra: "Vær modig"

(Happy New Year - and Deck of Me Bonus)

Quoting Neil Gaiman: 

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't to forget make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

I couldn't possibly say it any better myself.

I had 3 cards left of the deck of cards I used for DoM and it felt sort of weird not decoration them too, so I've created 3 bonuscards + I've photographed the box with all the cards too :)

Bonus 1: Someday my prince will come
Bonus 2: Christmas Time (I'm addicted to Christmas, Juloman)
Bonus 3: This one was inspired by my source of inspiration no. 1 MUSIC
Here are all the cards in their box

(Deck of me - all caught up, again)

I've had to play catch up again, I haven't been particularly good at keeping up with the Deck of Me challenges, but now they are done. I had a goal of finishing before the end of 2007. I just missed that deadline by about 1 hour. Suppose that's not half bad.
 Week 45 was about self realisation, so it's fitting to have the a-ha exclamation on it...


#46 was about Rejuvenation and the best way of getting rejuvenated (for me) is having fun and scrapping with my friends + going on SPA vacations to Tallinn, Estonia (I've been to a couple and it can be RECOMMENDED)
 #47 About my happy place - I suppose there's so many places I'm happy so it's not easy just choosing one. It's great being around family and good friends, at a crop, on vacation, on the massage table and behind the counter of Scrappejungelen.
 Prompt #48 was Ideas - and I always find it's easy to get great ideas if I just have a seed, something to inspire me or challenge me. Blank canvases on the other hand are just daunting.
#49 Time Flies - I immediately thought of the song "Don't want to loose you" by Gloria Estefan, with the line: Time flies when you're having fun - and how true that is.
#50 The greatest gift - made me think of 2 gifts I got when I was a kid, 1 - the doll my Farmor gave me the Christmas I was 8, I had wanted it for months, but was prepared that I would not get it. My was I happy when I unwrapped that doll. 2 - the Christmas I was 1.5 years 
I got skis, boots and ski-sticks, I was so thrilled I just had to try them a few times across the livingroom floor.
#51 Made me think of you - pink papers, tickets and journaling spots always reminds me of 2 små/Hanna. They are a vital part of her wonderful scrapping style.
#52 Art - to me art is paintings, music, literature - and the epithome of it is the Botticelli painting "The Birth of Venus". One day I'll definately go to Florence, visit Galleria Uffici and just stare at it for hours...

Thanks for looking, for all the wonderful comments I've gotten and for all the absolutely beautiful cards everybody have shared! It's been a great year, and 2008 is going to be even better.

Happy New Year!

(Gledelig jul - Merry Christmas)

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year!

Det er på tide å ønske alle sammen Gledelig Jul, måtte alle få det de ønsker seg, ikke bli for stappmette og ingen bli lei seg.

(Julekort en masse)

Var på scrappetreff i kveld og da ble det bemerket at jeg aldri oppdaterer bloggen min eller legger ut noe av det jeg lager, vel vel, her kommer en god del av julekortene jeg har laget så langt i år... Skal oppdatere med flere julekort i løpet av helga og (ser du Xstine, jeg kan når jeg vil :fnis:)

(Caught up, again! DoM)

I finally got around to create some cards to the deck of me. A few of these were planned already the week that they came out (it's just that I'm a bit slow some times). Anyway, here they are:

#38 I wonder...
I wonder if I will find someone to love that'll actually love me back. (I find I might be a little obsessed with this thought, but I wonder if I'm totally unlovable)
 

#39 Someone Spech
The special person is my sister Nancy, she's an amazing person, so caring, full of life and just great. Not to mention that she's always been there for me :)


#40 Not anymore
I'm just glad I'm not unhappy anymore, not that I was for long. It's just so thrilling to the same old happy me.
 

#41 Magic carpet
Japan - I'd love to go there someday, it's just seems like it's such fascinating country.


#42 A grateful week
It's a great thing to be greatful and I've got plenty of things to be thankful for: Great friends, a job I like and enjoy, the wonderful world of Msn, the local scrapbooking store with the nicest owner, my creativity and all the creative people in the world, getting to know new friends and my number one thing for the Sunday (of the week we got the prompt) one extra hour on that Sunday. I hate daylight saving time, the only part of it I like is the Sunday when we go back to wintertime.


#43 Scary
The thing that scares me the most are snakes, they look evil and stupid and violent. I've had a fobia of snakes for as long as I can remember (might be because I saw cobras being fed mice when I was 5). It's nice to think of that there is just one poisonous snake in Norway and it's harmless to people (unless you're allergic) - still it stops me from walking in the woods.


#44 Home
And finally todays prompts: Home
I really enjoy living in my appartment, it's perfect (in the sense there's one thing I'd like to change about it and that's what's best).

(Hvilken Jane Austen Heltinne er du?)

Jeg fant en link til en test om hvilken Jane Austen-heltinne du er hos NerdBucket. Og kom ut som

Take the Quiz here!

(Deck of Me #37)

So it's time to update with my latest card in the deck of me, and this week the prompt was "Draw something". Argh, I've always hated drawing, or at least since I started school and saw how all the others were better at drawing than me (in addition I never managed to make it look like I had imagined). The only thing I've been relatively pleased with drawing, i.e. thinking it didn't totally suck was houses, so I drew one today, in front of a couple of hills. I pondered for 5 nanoseconds about adding a sun, but I think that's stretching it a bit..... (or you can imagine it behind the ticked). Determined to use some of the scraps on my scrapping table (after clearing it...) I added some ribbon and a opener-thingie from a Coca Cola Light-can (can't think of a bette word than thingie :giggle:).
Anyhow here it is:

Thanks for looking :)

(Deck of me #35 and #36)

I've caught up again, this time the prompts were: My strength and Life is beautiful. First about my strenght, I needed some more space to write about my strenght. I am quite strong, and my friends and family has always been able to depend on me in though times. But my strenght might have a downside (I rationalise my feelings away).


Life is good... there is friends, family, music,dance, books, art.... in the world. I got some not so good news yesterday that I've written about and put in a coinholder on the back of the card. Thanks for looking

(Litt skryt - test)

Jeg tok en test - "Why are you a good friend", og jeg kom ut som at jeg er en god venn fordi jeg er lojal. Kan vel ikke være uenig i det vel...

You Are a Good Friend Because You're Loyal

You stick with your friends no matter what, even if you feel like they're doing the wrong thing. You believe in letting people figure out their own path in life. It's not your place to interfere. And part of your loyalty means that you'll do a lot for your friends. You definitely go the extra mile. You'll even do great things for friends without them asking. After all, that's what friendship is all about. You are truly a friend for life. And you have friends you've known since you were a kid. Your friends can count on you to do a favor, remember a birthday, or just be there to listen. Your friends need you most when: They can't turn to anyone else You really can't be friends with: Fickle people who change friends quickly Your friendship quote: "Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows."

What Makes You a Good Friend?