Ett Trykk August Challenge

My entry for the August Challenge at Ett Trykk ...

Scrap the Boys August Challenge

Please DON'T feed the Animals... Chocolate Cake is my entry for the August Challenge at Scrap the Boys.

Skissedillaskisse #19

My take on Skissedilla's Sketch #19...

2 Sketches 4 You #32

Here's my FIRST EVER entry to 2S4U Challenge. I LOVE MAY ARTS RIBBON!

Sukkersött's Anniversary Challenge #3

I've made this Thank You card for Sukkersött's Anniversary Challenge #3.

Sukkersött Anniversary Challenge #2

This is my entry for one of Sukkersött's Anniversary Challenges.
Use no more than 2 papers, 2 stamps, and 2 embellishments. (I've only used one stamp.)
The prize is a delicious gift card to the Papirloftet for NOK 500.00!

Art Pieces Challenge #31

Here's my entry for Art Pieces Challenge #31:
Create an ATC in 10 minutes.

Happy Birthday Gaute!

My husband celebrated his birthday on Friday. Here are the cards we made from me and the boys.
Johan's card - his dad is his piano class buddy...

...Emilio's card has a photo of him from Norway...

...and I made him this card with a song by Louis Jacoby...also note the use of my beautiful bunad ribbons ;)

I used a cancelled stamp from his hometown - Haugesund ;)

Box

I saw a candy box at the lovely Anita's blog. You can find the template here. I've made this box for my niece's birthday. It's filled with Mentos. Thank you Anita!

Sukkersött Summer Challenge #2 - Lift

Here's my entry for the Sukkersött Summer Challenge #2. I've lifted a great LO from the wonderful Anne Kristine. I was inspired by her simple nature settings that are always worthy of scrapping...

Skissedillaskisse #16

Here's my entry for the Skissedilla Challenge of the week using their sketch provided.

Thanks for stopping by...

StampARTic Challenge - Bag Cards

Bag cards are the challenge at StampARTic.
I was inspired by one of SasSa's creations.
THANK YOU SasSa!!! The tutorial is from Splitcoaststampers.
Here's my entry...

Weekend Pics

Johan's Birthday cookout...

Happy Birthday Johan ! ! !

I want to wish my baby boy a Happy 9th Birthday!

I love you Johan!!!

Sukkersött #45 - Monochromatic (Lime Green)

Here's my entry for this week's Sukkersött challenge.
I chose lime green for this Birthday Card.

Get on Your Boots - U2 Tickets

For my niece's 14th birthday, we bought her tickets to a U2 concert. Here's a card I made with a window pocket inside. I used the title of one of their songs for the front of the card.
She loved it. She was so happy, she cried!!!

Birthday Card

I've made a Birthday card for my sister-in-law using a photo of her with her children.

Another Sukkersött Entry - Flowers: Piggy Bank

I've made a piggy bank for my niece's 8th Birthday using an empty can.

A little something to get her started... ;)

This is the bottom of the can.

Sukkersött Challenge #44 – Flowers!

Here's my entry for this week's challenge at Sukkersött.
I made this card for my mother's 74th birthday using a photo of her when she was a little girl. She's holding a bouquet of flowers ; she's also my favorite gardener!
The tag is in Spanish and reads something like:
"Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow".

ATC Challenge - Flowers!

Here's my Flowers entry for Art Pieces . How exciting - my first Challenge!

My Father's Scrapbook

I have finally finished a book I started for my father. I made it for his 70th birthday - in February 2009!

I have placed a poem inside the flap of the front cover...

The first page is "Who is Felipe?"
I love the wonderful photos I found of him when he was young (or should I say, younger?)



The following pages are side by side - "Son" and "Brother"...
These are photos I found of his parents as well as his brothers and sister.

Then "Husband" and "Traveler" ...

There were many to choose from of him with my mom.

The traveler photos are from our trip to Norway last August.

"Worker" and "Friend"...
My father is the hardest worker that I know. I found an old newsletter from Zenith Electronics Corp., where he worked for 25 YEARS until 1997(?). After that, he's not been able to STAY retired! He has built, fixed or remodeled kitchens, trellises, patios, bathrooms, garages, fences, basements, and an assortment of other jobs for the homes of me and my siblings. The man cannot sit still! He's my HERO!

"Father" ...

These are just a few awesome photos of the wonderful 70s.

We had a 1968 Chevy Nova. Sweeeeeet!

The second page gives only a handful of examples of the great things my dad could do. For some reason, the photographer is the one I remember best.

"Grandpa"

Eleven (11) grandchildren are his pride and joy! You can see it in his face when there's some gathering with any of the kids there.

AND - This is the last page of the book. I've mounted the words to a beautiful song by Rafael Amor from Argentina. In En el Camino, the author tells of things he has learned "along the way"...