~~ Remembering ~~

It’s been quite long and weird-ish days at work since the tragedy struck our country past Friday. I’ve been working all weekend plus lots of overtime this week…I’ll be glad when I can take my mind off work this weekend – just have a few small things to wrap up at work tomorrow before taking some time off. All I can say is that I truly appreciate my colleagues and the viewpoint the local newspaper I’m working at have on how a local newspaper should handle such cases.

Leaving you with some iPhone-images from the memorial (? correct word? minnemarkering) from our little Island earlier tonight.

I’ll be back with renewed energy & scrappy stuff next week I hope!

~~ Hi, Pink Paislee & Fancy Pants Designs! ~~

The wonderful thing about being on an adhesive manufacturer (Glue Arts! :) ), is that sometimes I luck out and get to revisit “old” manufacturers whom I’ve been designing for in the past and try out their new stuff when they collaborate/cross-sponsor(ship) with GlueArts. Total win-win methinks!

Here’s Pink Paislee’s Hometown Summer-collection – I must say I was quite satisfied about getting this collection as it was one of my favorites from PP after my term with them ended (although I wouldn’t have minded the colorful soiree either!). Here’s a layout with images from last year’s visit from mom and my niece – had to scrap these before them visiting us again (they left last week).

Cute epoxy-stickers and letters that you could use either as a full sheet or cut out like I did here..to get the dimension here I used UCutIt-foam.. notice the cool border? It’s quickly becoming one of my faves! (it’s a Fiskars-punch)

Fiskars wasn’t the only past sponsorthingie I used on this page along with Pink Paislee, I also used the Epiphany Craft-epoxymakers on the watermelons here..

And here’s Fancy Pants Designs’ fun Beach Babe-collection…I tried a more childish/shapeish approach to this one, mmm…haven’t really decided whether I actually like it or not, but hey..looks somewhat colorful and fun eh?

Love how glittery the stickles make stuff though!

And I love these die cuts…esp the starfish were quite cute! These are attached with Raisen’s by the way, my quickly most fave-adhesive from Glue Arts (yields the perfect dimension – not too much, just as subtle..)

Nevertheless…had fun playing with the newer collections from my old manufs…gotta admit I miss them! :)

Wedding at Old Mac Daddy Elgin - Sneak Peak

We are literally walking out of the door to catch our flight to the USA but we just had to share a sneak peak of this. Jane and Francois got married at The Old Mac Daddy, Elgin Valley last weekend.

It was awesome!

More soon...

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I’m fine..

I know by experience that whenever something tragic happens in a country/area I “know” people at, I’m anxious to know whether they’re fine or not because I don’t know the country nor them well enough to know whether it happened at their area or not, but I still think of them..

I’m fine, I live at the other side of the country.

Oslo is my hometown though, the city I grew up in… and it’s as far as I am aware my family is fine, and people I know seem to be accounted for..

Not sure what else to say, other than how surreal and unreal this is, happening in little Norway (yes, call me naive..but…nothing like this has ever (as far as I am aware) happened here before, nor did I really think it would..). Right now it feels weird knowing I’ll have to work this weekend!

My thoughts are with those directly affected by this…and I hope that the nation as a whole won’t give in to political, religious or racist hate..

 

BBC: Bomb blast at the Norwegian government quarter

~~ My Maya Road CHA samples ~~

Oy! Just wanted to share my Maya Road CHA samples now that I got the greenlight to share them! Hooray! =)

First, there’s this accordion-mini which’s my favorite methinks, had great fun pondering and figuring out what to do and what to add to this one. And uhm, lemme tell you – it might look quick and easy and it sort of is, but all the filing and waiting for drying and small details and stuff made this take quite a while to complete still! There’s lots of photos for this one, so I figure I’ll just link the 2peas-gallery post and additionally, embed the galleryslideshowthingie here for the complete images..

The thought behind this? Well, A is for Arrows, B is for Bird, C is for Cup of Tea, D is for Dame, E is for Edible (the pumpkin :p) and F is for flower….I used mostly Pink Paislee, lots of the new stuff from Maya Road and quite a bit of paint, glitter, crackle glossy stuff and hm yeah…that’s it I think.

And then we have this, the wellies boots mini album, dressed up in Crate Paper and lots of Maya Road bits and pieces. 2peas-link here.

This canvas wallet is pretty awesome, but I had no good ideas as to what I’d do with mine I’ll admit. But – just look at Rondas – I’ll try that next time! :)

Lovelove the bejewelled button here…! And the houndstooth-flower!

Then they made us all like, make a canvas about ourselves. Or well, canvas w/pic of ourselves on it. I’m like, whaa…I hate the camera….but hey, look at me – I slapped 8 piccies of me on this one! Haaa! *wink*

Looks pretty easy uh? Well, I’ll tell you – I love these minialphas, they’re superb and perfectly sized for my use – but honestly? All this fiddling with the paint and spray and glitter and stuff and drying stuff? Makes it take oh so long time (sure sure I know – heating gun…well sure, but I’m also lazy – so I just do each word then let them dry while doin other stuff :p Nevertheless. Papers – various Pink Paislee-papers (I whitepainted the background, love the look!).

Some more closeshots:

Hmmm that’s it when it comes to my Maya Road stuff this CHA! Had like 4 or maybe 5 days to complete’em all so I’m happy with how these turned out that considered!

Destination Weddings l Mauritius - Sneak Peak

Mohan (Mo) and Jacqui planned their destination wedding, held at the Sands Resort and Spa in Mauritius, all the way from Perth, Australia. It was our first destination wedding and so it was with great, and obvious excitement, that we boarded the plane for Mauritius.

We cannot lie, we were giggling like children when we arrived at the Sands Resort and Spa which sits right on the water, with it's own private beach and has more palm trees than we could count. Yes, we tried but gave up. We were to distracted by a ridiculously calm, blue ocean that stretched out in front of us.

A small and close group of friends and family, just over fifty in total, flew in from all over the world to celebrate the wedding with Mo and Jacqui. It was a wedding with many beautiful and awesome differences, and one which we are glad to share a small sneak peak with you now.

Mo and Jacqui, your are amazing people. You made us feel a welcome part of the small but special group of people at your wedding. We are so grateful that you brought us all the way to Mauritius to document your celebration.

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Sneak Peek: Louis and Nadine

We are super excited to share this Sneak Peek with you today friends!
Our awesome chommies Louis and Nadine got hitched!
And wowzers! What a wedding it was!

More coming soon-soon!

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~~ Summer CHA 2011 ~~

It’s Summer CHA 2011 and here’s some of my favorites from “my” manufacturers, namely Maya Road and Prima Marketing :)

Actually, I’ve created myself my very own Pinterestboard with my faves from CHA this summer, only..I sort of arrived late to the party so I’ve probably missed out on a lot of stuff….ahwell..I only pinned the products, not the stuff created w/them…feel free to share if you think I’ve missed out on great stuff from the various manufacturers out there! :)

 

Nevertheless…here’s one of my favorites from the papercollections from Prima:

It’s originally a Christmas/Winter-collection, but I think it looks more versatile than that..love the colors!

So many gorgeous flowers …like these..and the leaves in felt…lovely…perfect..versatile…! (image taken from the Londonerry collection)

I have so many favorites from Prima I’m not even sure where to begin..but…I try to pin my most fave stuff to the board, soo… (like, so many gorgeous flowers and leaves (the felt ones are the best!) and resins (which’s designed by Ingvild, how cool is that!) and metal charms and blah blah blah and oh the buttons and the bling….loves…and so much more!

 

As for Maya Road – check out this peek from their catalog!!

Umm..two of the images here are my stuff! Wohoo! (Sorry, I think it’s sort of thrilling and fun seeing my own stuff in a catalog!) I could let you guess which’s mine, but ok..it’s the left one in the 2nd row and the right one in the 3rd row :)

They feature two of my favorite stuff from this release:

This stamp set – mind you – I’m totally NO stamper, and I guess I can count on one hand the times I’ve stamped this year – but hey, I’ve actually used this set at least six times, which’s WOAH considering we’re talking about me. So.very.cool.stamps! Loves.

And this chipboardset! Love it! teapots and cups and spoons! So very cute and perfect for cards methinks!

Right.

Back soon with images of actual samples. I hope! (I’m dying to share the full images mind you..haha…soon!)

~~ Guestdesigning: That’s Just So Cute ~~

When I got a request from the Norwegian challengeblog That’s Just So Cute about guestdesigning and creating a miniclass for them, I couldn’t say no. I’m just as happy and honored every time somebody wants me to be their guest :) Here´s the post - check out what the ladies did with my challenge, and by all means, feel free to join! :)

As it happened the request coincidenced with me having to create a goodbyecard for the kindergarten for the kids quitting this summer. So I figured I might just as well build upon a former tutorial w/the boxes and expand it to become a box w/lid. Pretty much all the materials here are from Crate Paper but the bauble (Prima) and letters (American Crafts).

You can find my post w/the tutorial and the challenge at TJSC here. Feel free to join the challenge (which’s simply to create a project – layout, card, altered – anything – with at least three different materials. Paper doesn’t count).

Here’s what the winner of the challenge can expect, by the way.

Hope you’ll join :)

Green Bay Engagement | Jenna and Brett

Jenna and Brett's engagement session was the first e-shoot for the 2012 wedding season. This super sweet couple chose the Green Bay Botanical Gardens for the first portion of the shoot and the Meyer Theatre for the second.

Their wedding will be held at Old St. Joe's on the St. Nobert Campus. I just love weddings at St. Norbert... the church is gorgeous and the campus is a great place to walk around for the post-ceremony photo session. Their reception is also at another favorite of mine, Thornberry Creek Golf Course. You can beat the light and overall setting they provide for their wedding receptions.

Jenna and Brett are not only planning for a wedding, but planning on becoming homeowners soon. I wish them the best of luck finding the perfect place!

Enjoy a few of my favorites from their engagement session...

~~ Sweet, sweet Tuva ~~

“Auntie, how come you always take a lot of pictures of me when I’m here!?” she said, slightly not-all-too-willing. Well sweetie, I only get to see you twice or so a year – so I need to make the best outta the time we have together….

She understood that. That, plus the promises of chocolate when done might have had a say I guess.

Love her to bits I do..

Despite her unwillingness to properly cooperate.

But then I always have my own children. Like Amalie, who wonders why I’m not taking a picture of her because the lens wasn’t centered at her. “But you’re not pointing it at me mommy!”. Artistic choices, sweetie!

And my oldest, who have long learned that he just gotta shut up & play along – the sooner I’m happy the sooner he gets away…

Not sure if I’m happy with the editing here, but ahwell.

Right. Off to make sure the kids doesn’t drown themselves in the bathtub (jokeeee! :p)

Be back before you know it w/scrappy stuff! (darn slow manufs, I wanna share the gazillion stuff I’ve created but can’t until they’re done with their CHA-peeks!)

Neenah Engagement | Beth and Troy

I can't wait to see Beth and Troy get married in October. I've actually known Beth before I started my photography business more than 7 years ago when I taught dance classes. Since then Beth has been awarded top honors for the dance team she coaches at Little Chute High School - these girls just brought home 1st place!!!

As for Troy... I am enamored with the love an affection he shows Beth. You can really tell that he loves every part of her and brings out her very best side.

Enjoy a bit of Beth and Troy's favorites from their engagement session....