New item on etsy

Just wanted to let you know that I put up a very cute new item on etsy. It's a holder for needles or can be used for brooches. I know I need one for my needles - right now they are just laying around in different boxes or are stuck in a scrap of fabric.

I also noticed it could be used for a couple of brooches when travelling for instance. If you know someone who would be interested, please spread the word :)

Candy bonanza time!

Candy has been closed and claimed. Winner is Louise! Congrats!

This post will stay on top until the candy closes sunday 9:th august at midnight GMT+1. Scroll down for newer posts.

It's august and I've decided to have a big celebration throughout the whole month. I have so much to celebrate and I want to do it with all of you! I will have weekly smaller candies and at the end I will have a bigger one.
Some of the things I want to celebrate:

* Getting published for the first time in a stampmag. See details HERE

* Finally making a designteam. I'm the proud member of sweetpea stamps. They are having a sale until sunday 9:th, so go and check it out. Great stamps for 50% off!

* Having 37 followers - without any threats, lol.

* Reaching over 2000 hits (honestly I thought it would be more since january, but maybe the counter is broken? ;)

* Celebrating my 10:th year engagement

* Getting accepted to the university so I'll be studying again in september

and so on...and on... :D

Here's what you can win this week. It's a selection of matching 6x6" papers, flowers and brads. The candy is slightly small this week, I just needed to get my butt out of the wagon, otherwise you could've waited forever, lol. I'm planning on some hÄnglar images and a hÄnglar stamp in the next candies so make sure to come back.




Here's what you need to do:

* Spread the word about my candy and link your post/blog in the commentsection letting me know where I can find it (I will be checking ;) Let everyone know there will be candy all month. Don't panic if you don't see your comment straight away. I need to accept it before it gets published.

* Follow my blog if you find it inspiring and you think you want to visit again.

That's it. Make sure to come back on monday to see if you won. I won't notify you - you need to contact me if you're the winner or I will draw a new one.

Something about Simon

I don't think anyone in crafty blogland has missed Simon says stamp. If you have then where have you been?
I must admit I haven't been shopping at their store yet, but I hope to very soon :)
I have been going through their selection and they have so many different things - maybe too much, lol. The shop is quite easy to navigate. The only thing I'm not superhappy about is that you can't get a bigger picture when you click on the items. I miss that, but other than that it's super. Each item even has a detailed discription, measurements etc. so you know what you get, how many of each and so on. If you scroll down when you look at a paperstack you get to see ALL of the patterns included in the stack. I LOVE it! No ugly surprises when you get the things home.

When proceeding to checkout you can do that as a guest - no need to sign up and register first. I hate when it takes forever just to register and then you forget the password until next time anyway. Here you have a choice. If you shop often then register, if not, shop as a guest. Brilliant.

One of the biggest reservations I have when shopping on the internet are the shippingrates, but even here the SSS are great. Outside the US (and under $100 in items) you only pay the flatrate envelope of $12. The domestic rates are even better and there is even free shipping for both US and international customers when ordering over a certain amount. That's the kind of shipping I like.

Hmm, come to think of it, I'll pop over now and see what I can't live without ;)
And I suggest that you hop over to the Simon says stamp blog and find out how you can win $100 worth of products.

Cellphone holder

Today I thought I'd show you one of my finally finished projects - a casing for my cellphone. I often use my backpack or bags that don't have those special compartments, so I wanted to protect the phone from scratches. I used a pattern - or rather a description of how to make one - HERE at sew-mad. I love this blog - a lot of great tutorials.

The tutorial is quite easy to understand althogh if you're a dumbass like me you might need some extra fabric and patience, lol. I think this is my third try, I started with 2 camera casings first. I strongly recommend to cut out a pattern from your measurements. I just wrote mine up and thought I'd transfer it to the fabric, but when I cut out the fabric I noticed I had forgotten seamallowence around the flapcorners or something like that. If you make a pattern in paper you can put your phone/camera on it and see if it makes sense.

Anyhee, here's what I came up with, pretty discreet. I finished it yesterday by sewing on the last velcro (on the flap). Sometimes that's all I have left on a project and it can be laying unfinished for months (or years, *cough*)
I'm thinking about adding the little bow. It won't be practical, but much cuter. What do you think?



I love the black/pink combo. I chose the outer fabric to be dark so it wouldn't attract too much attention. I know it's not that flashy phone, but it's mine and I don't want to get it stolen because it shows too much, right?



Just to clarify: this is made out of fabric :)

Quilt giveaway

Have you seen this amazing quilt that is offered as blogcandy on the Marie Madeline studio? I absolutely love these fresh summery colours. I would love to make something this big, but I don't have any patience for that timeconsuming projects ;) This is my only chance to get my paws on something this beautiful. It measures 66 3/4" x 90". If you want a chance on this make sure to join before the end of the day (august 8:th)

Wedding anniversary card

Have I been having fun today or what! I have finally had a little bit of energy (or it might have something to do with the fact that I cleaned some of my corner yesterday and I could actually move in there, not sit on stamps, etc. lol). I finished THREE sewingprojects and made this card after a sketch. I really liked the sketch when I saw it the first time and then I lost track of it. I was afraid it was for an old challenge and that I wouldn't find it, but then it popped up again.

The sketch was from this weeks create 4 fun blog and here's how it looked. I got really inspired and knew just which papers I wanted to use. I had just bought a white/grey/black wedding paperstack at a 70% off sale.


The card is for my friend that got married last year. He's celebrating his first wedding anniversary and I thought it would be a nice gesture to send them a card.




I also saw a challenge somewhere where you needed to use doodling - which I did around the edges. This is my first doodling if I remember correctly. I wanted the doodling to look like the sign for "eternity" (the laying down 8) If you know which challenge has the "doodling" theme, let me know.

Stamp from rubber trouble (it was my first stamporder)

Blogcandy on sweet pea stamps

Sweet pea stamps (where I'm on the DT) are having a great candy. You can win $15 in stamps! The stamps are so cute and I actually got a sneak peak today of the Halloween release. They are too stinkin' cute!

Sign up for the candy and spread the word - there are just a few people that have joined so you have a big chance of winning. I think the draw is tomorrow, 7:th so hurry up.

Oh, and make sure to check out the banner, my name is on it! Wooohoooo :)

DT call at stampin' for the weekend

Stampin' for the weekend are having a DT call and I thought I'd apply :)
I know you've already seen it, but I needed to link to ONE of my favourite projects. So here it is:

My fav card for the time being is this one. It was made for a sketchchallenge and here's the sketch:



I made a pretty creative interpretation if I may say so myself. I'm very proud of this card since distressing, sewing and Magnolia aren't my specialties. I'm quite proud of the golden flower. I made the embellishment myself by stamping and embossing a red paperbrad. I also distressed the flowers to match better. The image is coloured with promarkers.




So there you have it. I hope you liked my card :)

Lalaland crafts - new stampcompany

Irina is the owner of a brand new stamp company called lalaland crafts. The release will be on the 12:th of august, but you can check her blog to see some sneak peaks of the stamps. They are definately my style :)
The first release are six stamps from two artists and the second release that is already in the works will involve three different artists. But don't let me ramble on. Read for yourself on her blog and check out the cuties.

Irina is also having a blogcandy to celebrate the occasion. You can join until the 4:th of august.

Inky Impressions 2nd Design Team Call

The Inky impressions are having a DT call. I thought I'd try out since I've been planning to do so for a while now. I started on a beautiful altered project, but I can't finish it yet so I'll show you what it looks like now - it's almost done, but I'm waiting to get the Tim Holtz clear crackle paint to put on the lid and then I want the image on top. I've made my own embellishment from a piece of mesh fabric that I distressed.

But the official projects I'm applying with are these. It's supposed to be one favourite card and a project, so here goes:

My fav card for the time being is this one. It was made for a sketchchallenge and here's the sketch:



I made a pretty creative interpretation if I may say so myself. I'm very proud of this card since distressing, sewing and Magnolia aren't my specialties. I'm quite proud of the golden flower. I made the embellishment myself by stamping and embossing a red paperbrad. I also distressed the flowers to match better. The image is coloured with promarkers.




The other - non-card - project is a post-it holder. I absolutely love this image. I only had one since I got it from a friend. It was stamped on waterpaper (or whatever it's called) and I have coloured it with tombows and a waterbrush. It gives a totally different look than promarkers. I like both looks and these two projects show my colouringskills. I also love my cuttlebug embossing folders as you can see:)
I think these two projects show my style pretty well.




I just wanted to show you the altered box I've been making for a couple of days. The lid is lowered and I think it would look awesome with some crackled paint over the paper and then Tilda on top. I haven't yet decided where to put embellishments and how to put it all together. I didn't want to rush it since I think the box will look amazing when it's done properly. Don't you just love the old style Tilda?


With all these Tildas you might think I'm a huge Magnolia fan, but the truth is I just got my second, third fourth and fifth magnolia about 2 months ago. I guess they are really growing on me. I always thought cute animals were my fav, but it's so hard to choose now with all the cute girlstamps!