Cute card thursday is one year old!

To celebrate their first blogoversary Cute card thursday are celebrating with a great remake of the blog and some fabulous prizes this week! I still haven't gotten any Whiff of joy stamps, so I'm hoping to win that prize :) (although all of them are fab)

The challenge was to follow a sketch designed by Whiff of joy owner Katharina. I really enjoyed this sketch since I love tags (not that you would notice, lol). Think it's time for me to work with tags again, but not as embellishments like I usually do, but as the focal point, like here. I'm very happy with how the card turned out. For some reason I'm into using bright and summery colours. I wonder why, haha.





I know I haven't been posting as much as before and that's because I haven't been making many cards lately. I'm sewing instead and and feel a bit of a jewelry itch :) I need to finish the project for the easterswap I joined. I also have some pics to show you what I got for my birthday AND today I got the new hÄnglar clubkit. I won't want to keep them all, but don't know what to do with the rest. I was thinking about doing a charity sale again, but it didn't seem to go as well as I had hoped. Oh well, I'll see if I can put some pics of them at least.

Oh, and don't forget Cheri's candy. All you need to do is be post number 150 to get the cute polarbear from Whimsy stamps. Right now there are 55 posts, so let's increase them and make Cheri happy :)

Ta ta for now.

March blog candy - part 2

I have to devide march' candy into two lists because it got so long :)
Here's the rest of the yummy stuff you can win this month:

Mina is celebrating a lot of things: her incredible 15000 hits and 160 followers and her 4 month blogaversary on the 12th. She's giving away a gigantorous pile of papers + some other things. Make sure to sign up before the 16:th.

Aaron is celebrating her birthday and 50,000 hits! Guess her age and you're in the draw of a mag (where two of her projects are published), some embellishments, a few cards, an acrylic bookmark and the stamp set Treasure Life.

Stampingeek is celebrating her 40:th birthday with a great candy for us. Happy birthday to you!

Clare offered some candy earlier and she promised to show pics of the candy when the closing date approached. Well, now it has and here's what she has in her candy: papers, embellishments and stamped images. PLUS she has made this wonderful card folder that will be filled with stamped images. Ends 17:th.

Shannon has an awesome candy to celebrate over 1250 hits. It ends on the 17:th so you need to hurry :)

Karin is celebrating almost 25,000 hits and she has some great stamps and other stuff in her candy. She will also add an extra prize for every 75:th person that joins. Right now there are 349 entries and she is giving away 4 prizes.

Kristina has made this amazing box to hold her blogcandy in. If you don't want to join then at least check it out - it's gorgeous!

Courtney is giving away a $50 giftcertificate to the sweet n sassy store. You can pick out anything you want! They have all sorts of things for every stamper. Winner will be drawn on the 18:th.

Line wants to thank her readers by offering some candy. She has also made the DT on a totally new challenge blog called stamptacular sunday challenge. The first challenge will be posted on april 5:th. But for now go and check out her candy.

Pauline is offering a candy since her counter hit 12345 a while back. She has put together a cute candy selection of newly released Daisy & Dandelion goodies! Ends 19:th.

Caz is offering three prizes to celebrate her birthday. The candy closes 11.50pm on Friday 20th March (the date and time she was born) Have a super birthday Caz!

Sam is offering two candies and she's asking you to choose which one you'd rather win. It's a torment because they are so great both of them! I still can't decide, lol. Ends by lunch (GMT) friday 20:th.

Tanja is celebrating her first blogoversary AND 30,000 hits! I love the bag of goodies she's giving away. Ends 20:th.

Susie has this enormous candy to give away. Here's a pic of the things you can win:

Aren't they great?! Ends 21:st.

Göril is celebrating having 2000 hits since january. She's giving away two popular stamps, stamped up images, le plume markers and embellishments. Ends saturday 21:st.

Katrina is celebrating with a candy because she has made the Stampeeze design team. Congrats Katrina! It is a very yummy treat and it ends saturday 21:st.

Bev is being generous again, sharing some of her DT stash. I'm just inlove with one of the stamps she's giving away, so you don't have to join this one ;) Ends sunday 22:nd.

Jeanette is giving away ALL 4 Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration Stamp Sets and some Hodgepodge Hardware and Pretties Bits and Pieces. Ends 21:st.

Jay Jay is having a candy to celebrate a huge amount of hits. She is offering 40 unmounted rubberstamps of her own Stempelstern collection! You can't buy them anymore, so if you're a fan, make sure to join before 22:nd.

Magda is giving away a great candy consisting of clearstamps, papers, ribbons and other embellishments. The blog is in polish, but the rules are the same as always: post about her candy on your blog and leave her a comment. Ends 21:st or slightly later.

Sally is celebrating her first year as a Stampin' Up! Demo but she has also gone over the 10,000 hits on her blog. Way to go Sally! Pop over to her blog to see what she has in her fatfree candy :)

Jannhild is celebrating 10,000 hits with a wonderful embellishment candy. The winner will be chosen sunday 22:nd, 10pm.

Cathy's counter has passed 22,000 hits and she's offering a candy to celebrate the occasion. WOW! 22,000 hits! I think I have about 1,000 lol. She's giving away a great selection of craftitems, so check it out. Ends 22:nd.

Sarah is celebrating her birthday by giving us a chance to win a fab candy. Happy birthday Sarah! Ends 21:st.

Ila is amazed at the amount of hits on her blog and she's rewarding us for the visitis and comments. There will be two winners and I promise you - the candy is superb. Ends monday night 23:rd.

Maria has two candies to give away and if she reaches 11,000 hits by the 23:rd she will add another prize! Hurry and join before monday 23:rd.

Jacqui has a great candy on her blog - everything you need to start stamping (in case there are any beginners out there) And for those of you who already stamp: you'll love the candy too :) Ends 23:rd.

Jak has gone totally nuts, lol, and is giving away an enormous pile of stamps+ papers and some other things. All you need to do is answer what got you to try crafting and what inspires you to make a card, scrapbook layout, sewing etc. Ends 23:rd.

Danielle is giving away not one but TWO slice machines. Yes, you heard it right. And there are other prizes involoved, so hurry and join for your chance. Unfortunately it's only open to US and Canada residents. Ends 25:th

Jude is offering a spring-candy to us. It's a great candy that would make any bear come out and smell the flowers ;) Ends 25:th.

Alexandra is giving away a brand new cellphone! I'm not much into gadgets, but I must admit I wouldn't mind at all having this one to play around with. All you need to do is leave a comment. Ends 25:th.

Sagofé has crocheted these amazing little chicks as a celebration of her 1000 hits. I would love them to move in with me since I have no hopes of ever being able to crochet these kind of things :) Ends 25:th.


Paula has reached almost 5000 hits and wants to thank her visitors by offering a candy. Her candy is "men based" so all of you who have a problem with male cards - here's the kit for you! Ends 5pm 27:th.

Angella has a lot of ribbons and paperroses in her candy. If you're using that in your crafts then this is the candy for you. Winner will be chosen 27:th 9pm EST.

Maria is celebrating 10,000 hits with a candy. Her candy has everything you could wish for, so pop over and join before 27:th 11pm GMT.

Stacey is celebrating her first blogoversary with some fabulous candy. I thought I had missed it, but I just made it. Ends 26:th 6pm GMT.

Zoe is celebrating her first blogoversary too and she's offering a great candy in blue :) Congrats on your achievements Zoe. Ends 27:th 10pm.

Debra is offering some goodies to celebrate getting over 1000 hits on her blog. Ends 27:th.

Sally-Ann is celebrating a bunch of things and she's giving away a fabulous matching candy with everything you might need for any project. Ends 27:th 8pm.

Jennifer will draw three candy winners to celebrate 200,000 hits. Can you believe it? 200,000 hits! Wow. Ends 28:th.

Katrina is sharing some wonderful pre-ordered candy from Stampin' up! You don't want to miss this. Ends 28:th.

Heidi reached 13,000 hits on my b-day (friday 13:th) so she's giving away 13 of her fav items in her candy. All you need to do is tell her your 13 favourites. Winner will be picked on the 28:th.

Kristin is giving away some stamped up hÄnglar images in her candy. Ends 29th, 18:00 (6 pm) CET

Gina is giving away some fab candy for no reason at all but to make us happy :) Winner will be announced on 31:st.

Helen has put together some of her fav items to celebrate 5,000 hits. I'm not at all surprised that these items are her favs. Ends 29:th.

Nicky is giving away 3 candies and I think it's bacuse she has had 10,000 hits and is celebrating her blogoversary. I'm not sure though because her blog is mostly in German, lol. Ends 30:th.

Rhynah is celebrating her 23:rd birthday with a giveaway. Ends 31:st.

Tonya is celebrating her blogoversary, weddinganniversary and her daughter's birthday! She's offering a great selection of odds and ends (is that the right term?) Ends 31:st.

Stamp with us is a blog for everyone that loves Stampin' up! stuff. Now they have a candy that you can't buy anywhere, so If you're a fan make sure to sign up! Winner wil be picked april 1:st.

Sonia accidently managed to delete her entire blog, but now she's back! And she is thanking her readers with an awesome candy. I can't imagine having to start all over with my blog. Kudos to you Sonia! Her candy ends 31:st.

Malin is generously giving away two of her hÄnglar stamps, so if you're a fan here's what you can win: Ends 31:st.


Benedicte has some Norwegian stamps in her candy and some ribbons, paperroses and mullberry paper. Ends 31:st.

Louise has sorted through her craftstash and found things that she feels she can part with. So she made a candy out of it and is offering it to us! Woohoo, one person's discard is another one's treasure, right? Ends 31:st.

Erin is having her first blogcandy to thank all her readers. This is not totally fat-free since she will be sending somre real chocolate ;) YUM! Ends 31:st.

Ella Bella is giving away two tinker&co downloads in her candy. Ends 31:st.

Suzanne has another (well, it's actually the third, but I missed the first) candy on her blog. She wants you to answer a question, nosey as she is ;)
Ends 31:st.

Caryn is celebrating her 100:th follower and reaching 12,000 hits. She wants to know what your fav crafting thing is and in her candy you can win some of her fav things. Ends 31:st.

Lisa is celebrating her blogoversary with a yummy candy. There are some great things in there, like dod gone stamps, papers etc. Ends 31:st.

Ladybug and friends are opening their brand new website and to celebrate they will be giving one lucky winner the whole new collection of stamps. That's 10 stamps! Wow, isn't it great? Make sure to pop by their blog before april 1:st.

Claudia has gotten a very generous candy from Magnolia to give away. There will be six winners and all prizes are wonderful! Ends april 2:nd.

Gro is celebrating 10,000 hits. There are a lot of great embellishments in her candy and a cute stamp. Ends april 1:st.

Basic Grey pad giveaway

Cheri from thepaperfreak is having her last giveaway today. I think she saved the best for last because today you can win either "euphoria" or "archaic" paper pads from Basic Grey.

Here's what you need to do (in her own words):

Leave a comment saying which pad you prefer, what you plan to do with these papers should you be the lucky winner, and to whom I should send the other pad. Then go blog about my giveaway or email your friends and tell them to come and comment, too. Tell them to make sure to mention you in their comment and you BOTH win!

You have until 11:59 pm AKDT (-800 GMT) today, March 15 to get your comment posted. Only one comment per person. Since there are only two pads on offer, any entries that mention more than one other person will be deleted, as will duplicate entries.

So jump on over to her blog and make sure to mention me ;)
Good luck!

Oh, and her giveaway from day 3 is still open. You need to be comment number 150 to win and right now she has 43 comments...

Post # 200 and my b-day!

Today, at exactly this time, a couple of years ago ;) I was born. I'm celebrating my birthday and 200! I'm celebrating big, already started on my cake yesterday evening and now for breakfast :)

The weather here is horrible, it snow/rained yesterday. Today is just grey and wet, yuck! I shouldn't complain though, because 2 weeks ago I celebrated early with a trip to Barcelona. These are some of the amazing things I saw:








More pics later, now I'm off to town.

The paperfreak challenge and ROP

thepaperfreak had a challenge today in order to win her blogcandy. The challenge was to use at least 4 different colours. I started out with the yellow patterned paper. It doesn't show that well, but the flowers are in many different colours which I used when colouring the image.




I also used a sketch from this week's challenge on roses on paper. Not the masterpiece I thought it would be, but it was fun trying the sketch :)

hÄnglar stamps sale for charity

The sale is closed. Thanks everone for making offers!


Ok, so I have finally taken some time to fix the hÄnglar sale I promised earlier.
The main reason I'm offering the stamps is because I know they are very popular, but impossible to get for you outside of Sweden or Norway. I know how it is to want a stamp but not being able to get it. I'm selling 7 of the ones I have. I'm not that fond of them and I'm sure they can find better homes where they can feel ink more often than here, lol.

I hope this will work and that I have written all the info you need.

The starting bid is $5 for each stamp. I thought it might be easier for everyone to count in dollars. Everything that is above this amount will go to a charityorganization of my choice. In the past I have been donating to a dachshund rescue, but this time I'm leaning towards an organization that saves the reefs. As some of you know I took a scubacertificate this summer to celebrate my fiancées 30:th birthday (we calebrated his birthday on 30 meters depth) It was such an amazing experience and it opened up my eyes that the reefs might not be around by the time I want to see them (especially the great barrier reef outside of Australia that I want to go to so much)

I will accept paypal, so it will be fast and easy.

Shipping will be extra (around $2-4, depending on how many stamps you win). I will not be held resposible for any damages or if the packages get lost. I will however pack them very tightly, put tape around them so they don't break etc. I will do my best to ensure that the packages are in prefect condition to ship to you.

Here's how it works:

Every stamp has their own post. You can find all the links below. You put a bid on each stamp by their own post. I will have to approve your comment, so don't panic if it doesn't show up straight away. I will see if I can open up the comments without having to approve them, but not sure how. If anyone knows how I can do that for just these posts, let me know. Please leave your e-mail if I can't contact you through your blog. At the end of the auction I will write here who won what and also mail the winners. Please don't bid if you live in Sweden or Norway since you can buy these stamps. I want the people who can't get them to have a chance of having their own hÄngel. Thanks.

I'm thinking that the auction will end 9:th of march 11.59pm my time (GMT+1) You can see a clock with my time on the sidebar to the right). I think that will give everyone time to leave an offer.

PLEASE DON'T BID IF YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT GOING THROUGH WITH THE PAYMENT!


girl with heartkey
boy with heartlock
standing girl
girl sitting
boy with scarf
girl on cloud
boy on cloud


I might add another stamp if I can find it, so check back before the end of the auction.

If you have any questions or I have forgotten to add anything please leave a comment here. Please don't leave any questions on the stamppost, only offers.

Ok, I hope this will be fun. I had so much fun with my blogcandy I wanted to do something "bigger". I'm so happy to be able to offer these stamps to the ones that like them.
Good luck with your bidding!


Some of the sights "down under". Click on the image to get a bigger view.




These are my private pictures and may not be used without my approval.

Luxury bath anyone?

C'est la vie is having a blogcandy with luxurious bathproducts from Nougat London. They are doing this to celebrate 20,000 hits. If you're not lucky enough to win you can always go to the shop and get your own set.




Here's what the yummy candy looks like:

It consists of:
100 ml showergel
a big glassbottle (500ml) nourishing bath velvet and
100 ml Sparkling Body Shimmer

To be in it to win it you need to write about the candy and link the image of the shop and answer this question:

Which two scents does Nougat London's products have (in their store)?

If you don't have a blog, but would like to participate you can mail your answer to:
design@cestlavie.se

The candy ends march 10:th at 8am EST (I have a clock on the sidebar with the right time)

It doesn't say if it's limited to swedish participants only, so you go for it!
I'm keeping my fingers crossed...I love taking baths :)

HM challenge #27 and colour create

I almost missed this week's chellenge on the house mouse challenge blog because I've been so busy with everything else. I'm trying to finish my easter swap project and I've noticed how much fun it is to sew the Tilda stuff from my new book I got for Valentine's.

This week's challenge was to use chipboard and I don't have much, but I remembered I had a little box of chipboards from K&Co. I found the perfect little piece where it says "bloom". I also decided to use the colours orange, yellow and green that was on colour create. I thought it worked out great with this stamped image. I decided to cut it out with one of my CB tags because a part of the stamped image was blurry. This way I could use the image, even if it wasn't perfect allover :)

I'm quite happy today because we managed to put up two decorative shelves for my small items by my corner. It was quite a project because our walls are crooked and I don't quite know what they are made of. It's like concrete and then when you drill through the first layer it starts crumbling, almost like there are pebbles behind. But after 3 different packs of screws, 2 different packs of those plastic plugs and a whooole lot of stress and measuring (not to mention weeks of delaying and 2 days of actual setting them up) we finished. Are you surprised I avoid anything that has to with drilling in this apartment? LOL ...Yeah, it's fun now, but it wasn't earlier.
I'll show you pics later of how it turned out. For now I'm happy I made a card, haven't really felt like it lately. Slightly different and not at all like everyone else's. For the first time that doesn't bother me :)




Tomorrow I will close the hÄnglar charity sale. Some of the stamps haven't even gotten any bids. You can find a link to the right if you're interested.

March blogcandy

Are you ready for another month of candy? This month is looong and the list will be too, so check back from time to time. I'm hoping to win some birthday candy for myself this month :)

First out is:

My life's inky escape is celebrating her blogoversary and she's offering a bunch of stamps and embellishments and a cute bag to carry it all in! She'll pick the winner on march 4:th.

Steph has gone on vacation and is offering a "don't desert me while I'm away blogcandy" LOL I'm not sure when it ends, but I think she's coming back friday 6:th.

Justine is offering candy to celebrate her blogoversary. You have until march 6:th at 6pm GMT (which is the exact time of her blogoversary) There are a lot of great stuff, so don't miss out!

Hemma hos bröderna bus is a swedish blog and the owner is having a secret candy to celebrate 5000 hits. Noone knows what the candy is, but I'm sure it will be fab. I'm guessing it will be something for the home.

Starving artistamps has a new stamprelease and they are celebrating by giving away a whole set of easter bunnies. This set is crazy I tell you - with these bunnies you will be able to do both the cutsy and the funky cards for easter. Ends march 7:th.

Lim is celebrating her first blogoversary on march 6:th and she's doing it with a blog candy bang! There will be three winners and all of the prizes are fab, so hurry and join. The winner will be announced on saturday 7:th. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a b-day gift...

Piffa och puffa is a swedish blog that is celebrating 20000 hits! To celebrate this she's offering a wonderful heart necklace with a name of your choice ingraved. The necklaces are made by her and I think they are lovely. Make sure to visit her blog and check them out.

Faith is giving away one of her stamps from her latest range as blogcandy. You have until Saturday midday 7th March to enter.

Deb is celebrating 60,000 hits and for making the Whimsy stamps DT. Congratulations Deb! She has a great Basic grey goodie and some stamps for the lucky winner.

Jo has a huge paper and embellishment candy on her blog. If you're a paperfreak like me, hop on over and join. Ends monday 9:th.

Jill has a wonderful candy consisting mostly of Laura Ashley's "Love song" collection. She's also enclosing some stamped up images. Ends sunday 8:th.

Costa is a polish blog with great scrapbooking projects. She is now offering a generous candy to celebrate her birthday. The winner will be chosen at 10pm EST 8:th of march.

Martyna is also a polish blog and she has a great paper and embellishment giveaway. Papers from Laura Ashley, napkins, primas, stickers and some more. It all looks very yummy. Ends saturday 7:th at midnight EST.

Zoe is celebrating her 9:th birthday with a candy for us. She is giving away a "Cheer Anya" stamp together with some red, white and blue themed papers and ribbons and a selection of Anya images. Now who can resist that? Congratulations on your birthday Zoe!

Sabina has a great candy for your home - a text of your choice cut out on selfadheisive vinyl that you can put on your wall, furniture etc. A great way to personalize your home.

Sem is celebrating her birthday on sunday 8:th and she's offering a great matching candy. Papers from Basic Grey "Boxer", matching buttons, flowers, ribbons and some other great stuff. Happy birthday Sem!

Cheri is celebrating spring break and she's giving away a cute donkey stamp to the winner. The candy is only open one day, so you need to hurry to join. Ends saturday 7:th.

Nikki has a candy consisting of papers and embelllishments. And the best part is that you get 50 stamped images from her stampcollection. Ends monday 9:th.

Scotspanda has a great Laura Ashley "Blossom" set in her candy among other things. She's celebrating making her first post a year ago. If you want a chance to win her great candy make sure to sign up before monday 9:th.

Kath is celebrating for making it one year in the blogland. She's generously giving away some of her favourite crafty items. Her candy includes a bunch of Basic Grey stuff and some equally great odds and ends. Ends monday 10:th 10pm GMT.

Janet has a lot to celebrate: on November 8 2008 she started her own business pink gem designs. She's also aproaching 50,000 hits on her blog! To celebrate she's offering 4 Pink Gem Designs stamps of your choice to one winner. She will do the draw when she hits 50,000 hits.


Kristen is celebrating 10,000 hits with some fab candy. There will be three winners and the prizes are: a stampset, and two ek success punches. A bigger chance to win and the winner gets to pick which of the prizes they would like :) Not sure when it ends though.

Candice has a CB die candy. Only within the US.

Kim has just had a mindblowing 100,000 hits on her blog and she's celebrating big. WOW! She's offering stamps in her blogcandy - each stamp representing a company she's been a part of the DT of.

Georgia is celebrating her 13:th birthday on march 14:th and she's giving away some papers and embellishments. Happy birthday Georgia!

Kathryn is celebrating her first 1000 hits with a great candy. Open until 14:th.

Michelleo is celebrating her first blogoversary and she's giving away a nice pack of papers and embellishments. Sign up before the 14:th.

Levinda is making these personal necklaces and is giving one lucky person the chance to win one of her hearts! Here's what it can look like and you can have anything written on it. Isn't it gorgeous?!


Lori has hit the 20,000 mark on her blog in less than a year and is celebrating big. There is a nice candy consisting of papers, stamps and embellishments. Sign up before the 14:th if you want a chance to win these yummies.

Fern has a couple of resons to celebrate with a candy: she has been asked to be a guest designer on the crafty Monkeys Challenge blog and she has found out what High School she's going to in September. I think she should also celebrate for having her first candy ;) Congrats on your achievements Fern!

Cheri is having another giveaway. Today it's a pack of beautiful brads from Making memories. I'd like to get my hands on those :) She will also have a challenge with a prize for tomorrow, friday 13:th, so make sure to check her blog!

Sally is giving away a great kit from the body shop on her blog. Winner will be chosen monday 15:th.

Josianne has two great candies on her blog. She lives on Malta where I went scubadiving this summer. Amazing how small the world is sometimes :)

Kerry wants you to answer a question to be in her blogcandy. How many hershey kisses are in this jar?


Cheri is having her last giveaway. Today you can win a paperpad from basic grey - either euphoria or archaic. The giveaway from her day three is still open too. You need to be comment number 150 to win and right now there are 43 comments.




Good luck!

I'm baaack

I'm back from a wonderful week-long celebration to Barcelona! The city was even more amazing than I remember and I took so many photos we had to buy a new memorycard, lol. Let's just say I won't be scrapping all of the photos :D

I had a wonderful time and I'll show you some of the photos later on. Right now I'm pooped and abstinent for crafting. I actually joined the easter swap and got my partner assigned. I know what I'm going to sew for her and it should fit her in style. But I won't be able to show you until I've sent it to her at the end of march (in case she's lurking around).

Speaking of march: My birthday is coming up on the 13:th (cards and gifts are welcome ;) and I had planned to get myself some stamps and dies from around the world. After looking at the exchangerate I won't be able to :( It is insanely expensive and the Swedish krona is not worth much. I'm quite disappointed because I haven't been splurging so I could treat myself on my b-day. Sigh. The stamps I really really wanted were the new Charlotte and Charlie stamps from Whiff of joy. I have been hoping that they would come out with new stamps and now that they have...*sob*

I will just have to make the best of it and one of the thing is that I have found a lot of candy for march. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to win myself a b-day gift? I had found some for last week, but I didn't have time to put up the links. I was doing a secret project before we left and just barely made it. I actually finished the details 20 min before we had to go to the airport at 4 in the morning, lol.

At least you know I'm back and my creative juices have been recharged (or refilled maybe?) See you soon.