Hurra for Øyvind, min flotte bror :)

I dag fyller min kjære og flotte lillebror 43 år, og jeg har laget et kort til ham ved hjelp av skissa på Basic Grey Challenges. Har brukt papir fra et kortkit'et ved navn "cupcake", bestående av mønstre og farger for festivitas og denslags.
I've used the sketch at Basic Grey Challenges to make a birthday card for my dear brother, who turns 43 today. The paper is from the "cupcake" pattern pad, made for birthdays and celebrations and that kind of stuff :)

The hÄnglar boy is painted with Distress Ink. He's cut out to be placed at this embossed sheet I got from my dear friend Lim. And look what I found; the number 43! Sometimes you're just having luck, or what? The number is coloured with chalk and then embossed a bit. I've written my brother's name on the tag, and now I want everyone who talks English to pronounce it, loud and clear ;)

I've used the sketch for decorating the inside as well. At the tag I've written a funny text I found: "To celebrate birthdays is healthy. Statistics show that those who celebrates most birthdays, are those who live for the longest time." Says everything about the use of statistics ;)

The other side, where I will write a little greeting before we go.

The back, quite simply made.Ha en fin kveld, med eller uten en bursdag å feire :)

Have a nice evening, everyone, with or without a birthday to celebrate :)

Til en venn

Forandring fryder. Derfor blir dette et kjapt innlegg. Dette kortet er ment som en aldri så liten oppmuntring til ei som kunne trenge litt av denslags.

This will be a quick post for a change. This card is intended as an encouragement for a friend. At Stamp Something the challenge is "something for a friend" - how easy :) and at Basic Grey Challenges we can choose between three colour combos. My choice is blue & gold/yellow/orange. I was struggling a bit to get the right colour at the scarf, but I've used 'spiced marmelade' on top of 'fired brick', and was quite satisfied with this colour.
Og dett var dett i denne omgang - ha en fin ukestart!
Have a nice start of the week, everyone!

Inger sine løse tråder samlet i 3 utfordringer :)

Inger er fremdeles svigerinna mi, og i tillegg til at hun er søt & snill, er hun også glad i å sy. Det er bare det at hun ikke har så mye tid til denslags nå, fordi hun har så mye annet å henge fingrene i. Derfor tenkte jeg at hun kunne få en liten bok til bursdagen sin, der hun kan samle noen av sine løse tråder :) Hun er nemlig flink til å ta vare på små ting som betyr noe; dikt, tegninger, bilder, utklipp... sånne ting. Jeg fikk idéen til dette da jeg så dette flotte stempelet, som jeg har lånt av Turid på Penelope - tusen takk!
I've decorated a little album for Inger, my sister-in-law, using Laura's sketch at 2Sketches4You. Inger likes sewing, but she seldom has time to comfort herself with quilting at the time. Therefore I made a book where she can gather up some of her loose threads; pictures, poems, drawings, cuttings... that kind of stuff :) I got the idea as I found this Penny Black stamp, and this book is definately for a girl, so I think I'll join in for the PB challenge this week as well. And finally - ta'daaa - there's a new challenge I was SO happy to find as I visited my friend Dawn; Basic Grey Challenge! I use BG papers a lot, and at this one the 'Stella Ruby' paper was just perfect. This first week the challenge is to use buttons! How suitable :)

Små barn har i en periode sååå stor glede av å kaste ting ned fra oven, og jeg syntes det så ut som om det var akkurat det denne musa holdt på med :)
It's a gorgeous stamp! At the one side there's a little mouse throwing buttons down, just like small kids love to do in a period of their childhood :)

At the other side three mice are helping each other with threading the sewing machine :) I've sewed the seam at the pink "stuff" with my sewing machine. Close-up from the pile of buttons, with a new kind of heart from Kort&Godt :)
And look at this brad! A sewing machine!
The plate was originally veeery white, so I painted it with acrylic paint, then sponged it with Distress Ink 'worn lipstick' and finally embossed it with white and silver powder. Have a nice day, everyone! Take care :)