Still Alive

Yes, I am still alive and thus apologise for not posting in ages. I can try to blame my absence on essays due at uni, and life in general, but I have been scrapping and have quite a lot to show. I am however not happy with the photos I've taken of my scraps, and will try to get some better ones before posting them all. 

My class mates are finishing their degrees this week (I am spending one more year after taking a year of after having my son) This card is made for one of our lecturers to say thank you for everything he has done for us during the two years. 

I followed a sketch from Sketchy Colors and a colour challenge from Scrappekammeret. Hope you enjoy :) 

Skissedilla #52

Story to follow, must post to reach deadline!

First Passport

Finally got something to show again :) Haven't scrapped much lately, been doing a few small projects, but things have either not been finished, or I haven't been happy with them and thrown them away... But now! ;) Another page for our son't baby album! It was made following sketch no 42 from Skissedilla

According to new laws all Norwegian citizens going abroad need passports, small children are no exception. Before flying to Berlin in late Novembre our little boy needed to get his photo taken for his passport. I thought it would be a fun thing to keep in his baby album along with the story of how he got it, why he needed it and the reaction we got at the hotel in Germany when we showed the passport (according to them, Germans don't need personal passports until they're 16...)

Anyway, it's good to be back and I hope to have a new layout out later this week :)

Some inspiration at least...

Sorry for few uploads lately. The Christmas season is always a time of many doings! Well, some time back I searched the net for ideas for cards, and I came up with quite a list! As I don’t have anything better to post (the cards given to my parents were sent without being photographed, so I’m awaiting photos from my dad…) I’ll at least see if I can give you some inspiration…

http://www.kreativesider.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=420&Itemid=1
http://www.kreativesider.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=567&Itemid=1
http://www.kreativesider.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=527&Itemid=1
http://www.scraphaugen.no/designsider/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=158&Itemid=29
http://inkingaddict.blogspot.com/2008/11/backpack-tutorial.html
http://www.scraphaugen.no/designsider/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=29
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/backpackbox/

http://kreativhobby.no/page_info.asp?CategoryId=5374
http://www.kreativhobby.no/page_info.asp?CategoryId=5369
http://www.kreativhobby.no/page_info.asp?CategoryId=5366
http://bodilsscrappeverden.blogspot.com/2009/03/tft-konvoluttkort.html
http://www.kreativhobby.no/page_info.asp?CategoryId=5360
http://www.kreativesider.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=2
http://www.kreativesider.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=408&Itemid=2
http://www.kreativesider.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=385&Itemid=2
http://www.kreativesider.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=394&Itemid=2
http://www.kreativesider.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=393&Itemid=2
http://www.kreativesider.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=371&Itemid=2
http://www.kreativesider.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=2
http://min-hobbyblogg.blogspot.com/2009/09/tutorial-box-with-4-drawers.html

I’ve only tried a few of these myself but hopefully some day I’ll work my way through the list!

Father's Day

Father's Day is celebrated on the second sunday in November here in Norway, and it being my husband's very first father's day I had to make him a proper card. I've started a monthly crop with a few friends. They're all new to scrapbooking and wanted me to make some cards for them to lift for father's day. I googled a bit and found some folding cards that looked interesting, and not too difficult and set out. My mom's birthday is on the 7th of November, so, with the card for my husband, my mom and of course also one to my father I had three different cards to make. Using new techniques is always fun but also time consuming. I had all my cards done for the crop, all I had left was to decorate them, but two of them still aren't done.. :S

Well, here's the one I made for my hubby. (I haven't seen my parents yet and thus haven't either had an opportunity to give them the cards... and no, they can't be mailed :P) And the rest will soon be added :)

Rumble in the Jungle (skissedilla #31)

I've started working on Arthur's baby book and his "jungle" deserves a page. My father bought this when Arthur was only a few days old, and he loved the blinking lights and the sounds. Now some months later he couldn't care less about the lights, but all the animals are grabbed and pulled at and of course, put in his mouth. I'd like to make the baby book pages clean and simple, and have here managed to use nothing but paper and scissors! :O

The papers are "wild things" from imaginisce (where I've cut the animals from) and "little sprout" by fancy pants.

The font is "african" found at urbanfonts.com and were cut with my lovely little CraftRobo :)

Hubby turned 26

Not much to say about this. I made a card for my husband when he turned 26 earlier this month. I found a sketch for a card somewhere online (a quick google search for card sketches) and took a picture of it with my phone. Have no idea where I found it, but it inspired this: