My top 10 from 2009

Quixotic paperie are having a mystery blogcandy. What you need to do is make a post showing your best card from 2009. Hurry because it ends tonight 5:th at midnight GMT.

I had a hard time deciding so I made a top 5 instead with the fav card on top. I like it the most because I made the rings/buttons myself instead of using the usual flowers as decorations. It was also one of my first brownish cards - not a colour I use a lot.


An ATC with my new distress inks:

Stars and snowflake dies as decorations to match the paper:

Looks like the pig is playing the guitar. Cupcakes with dimensional medium on instead of flower decorations:

A great sketch I followed and first time I used my leaf dies:


EDIT: I've uploaded 5 more cards to make it my top 10 instead. The reason I'm doing this is to be in a challenge over at the JP hobby blog.

 

Looking at these cards you would think I'm a huge Magnolia fan, lol. I started getting them as late as about 8-9 months ago and actually don't have more than 15 stamps. But it seems like they give me a lot of inspiration.

Now I look forward to making even better cards and progressing more in 2010!
One of my new year resolutions is to be at least a guest designer for Whiff of joy and House mouse. Let's see if that's possible...

January blogcandy

Welcome back to another month - and year - of blogcandy. I have found a couple of candies so far, but since I haven't been well I haven't found that many yet. Check back here though since I update this post whenever I find more yumminess out there.

Linda is celebrating 25,000 hits with a box of goodies. Ends 5:th.

Vikki is having a candy to celebrate the launch of her and Susie's new challenge blog called Christmas club. It's a weekly challenge to help us make a Christmas card/project each week so we won't be so overwhelmed in november. Candy ends 5:th. I think.

Jude is having a huge birthday candy. Ends 6:th.

Angelika is having her first candy to celebrate her birthday on january 7:th. Ends 7:th at midnight and winner will be drawn 8:th.

Katie Jane is celebrating her upcoming birthday and for reaching 100 followers. She has a really girly candy that ends 7:th.

Mariska is giving away a couple of stamps from some great companies. Ends 8 am CST 8:th.

Kristen has a great stampcandy to thank her visitors. She wants to know what new year's resolution you have. Not sure when it ends.

Jessica is celebrating her first blogoversary with a great celection of stamps, papers and decorations. Ends 7 am CST 15th (the date of her first posting!)

Wendy has a new year's candy for her followers. Ends 15:th.


Sabrina also has a new year's candy. Ends 15:th.

Milnie is happy to have reached 50+ followers and is doing so with a candy. Ends 15:th.

Roberta has a candy worth $98.43 to celebrate reaching 300 followers AND the soon to open Prairie Fairy Digital site. Ends 15:th.


Lori has reached 150 followers and celebrates with a surprise candy. Ends 15:th.


Susie has a Christmas candy to give away. Winner will be drawn 15:th.


Stempelientje has a surprise candy to celebrate her daughter's 7:th birthday. Ends 15:th.

Tammy is giving away an altered piece to one lucky winner. Ends 16:th.

Jacqui wants to cheer us up in this gloomy weather with a little candy. Ends 16:th.

Kerstin has a little different candy in white and red. It's not for crafting, but I'm sure you'll like it. Ends 17:th.

Linda is giving away a beautiful scarf to celebrate her 200 post in 2 months. Winner will be drawn 17:th.

Chris has reached 20,000 hits and gives a little surprise candy. Ends 17:th.


Marianne has a bunch of things to celebrate and is doing so with a great candy. Ends 17:th.

Kathryn is giving away two great american magazines called "Just cards magazine". A great way for all international bloggers to get some inspiration. Ends 18:th.

AnneMarie is having a little candy with images and some decorations. Ends 18:th.

Lacey is celebrating the new release of high hopes rubber stamps on jan 20:th. She's giving away one of the older high hopes stamps. Ends midnight EST on the 18:th.

Teri has gone through her stash and is offering a huge candy consisting of everything you could need. Ends 18:th.

Janet is giving away 6 brand new pink gem designs stamps of your choice! A winner will be chosen the 18:th.


Jo wants to cheer us up in this cold dark month with some candy. There will be 3 winners and she's giving away some of her wonderful handmade items. Ends 18:th.

Patty is giving away a lightbox as her candy! I'm in desperate need of one of those to photograph my cards better. Keeping my fingers crossed. Candy ends 18:th 6pm EST.

Sandy is celebrating her birthday and blogoversary. She has two candies and the winner can choose from a fabric or papercandy. Ends 19:th.

Terri has a great Valentine candy just in time for Valentine's. Ends 19:th.

Katy is offering a fabulous candy and adds more the more comments she gets. Ends 19:th.

Scrapfactory is a Russian blog that offers some great candy. All you need to do is place the photo of their candy on your blog and leave them a comment. Ends 20:th.


Camilla is celebrating her birthday on the 17:th and for being a DT member for Magnolia for 2 years. She has a great candy for one lucky winner. Candy ends 19:th and winner will be announced on the 21:st.

Brenda is having a wonderful candy to thank all of her followers. Winner will be drawn on the 20:th.

Jacilynn has some items that need a new home so if you want to help her out sign up before the 20:th.

Jeanette has gotten some stamps to give away as candy. There are 3 stamps you can win if you enter before midnight EST on the 20:th.

Jane is giving away 5 paperpacks to 5 different winners. Ends 20:th.

Ali has a great mixed candy to celebrate her birthday. Ends 21:st.

Jolanda has reached 40 followers and is celebrating with a candy. Ends 21:st.

Alanrosa  is a russian blogger that's thanking her readers for visiting by offering some stamps and decorations. Ends 21:st.

Kathy is giving away a delicious candy, or what do you think? Ends 21:st.

Michelle is having a fantastic Valentine's candy on her blog. Spread the word to earn extra entries. Ends 22:nd.

Denise  is clebrating reaching 30,000 hits with an Anya stamp candy called "Miss Anya love". Candy ends 22:nd.

Carla is having her first candy consisting of two stamps of your choice! Ends 22:nd.

Litta  has a birthday candy consisting of 2 Magnoliastamps among other things. Ends 22:nd.

Jennifer has a treat in search of 100 followers. She almost has 200 now! Winner will be chosen 22:nd.

Nicole is giving away 12 copic markers for one lucky winner. Ends 23:rd.

Denise  has a fabulous candy with all sorts of things you might need. Ends noon 23:rd.

Tara  has reached 50,000 hits and is celebrating with a huge candy. Wouldn't you want these yummy things? Ends 23:rd.

Rhonda is having a candy to thank everyone who has left her a nice comment. She's giving away two stamps from the stamping boutique among other things. Ends 24:th.

Karen  has a little pixie candy. Drawing will take place on the 24:th.

Karin  will be picking 3 winners for her candy. That's 3 chances to win! And the more people that join the more she will add. Ends 25:th.

Lacey  is giving away a high hopes stamp of your choice. Ends 25:th.

Alissa  is giving away a big box full of goodies to spread the love. There will be a lot of surprises so don't miss out. Ends 25:th.

Jodi is having her first candy of the year consisting of Magnolia's latest collection. That's a lot of stamps! Ends 25:th.

Edith  is a polish blogger that's offering a little candy to celebrate the new year. Candy ends 25:th and winner will be drawn 26:th.

Hazel  is celebrating her "golden birthday" - 26 years old on january 26:th. Candy ends the same day.

Jacque  is offering a pink candy to celebrate magnolia-licious highllites bloghop. Ends noon 25:th.

Lisa  has cleared out her craftspace and found a lot of goodies to add in her giveaway. Ends 26:th.

Gina is having a candy to celebrate her birthday and for being picked for two DT spots. She will choose a winner on the 27:th.

Dawn is having a celebration candy to thank all her readers for the support. Among the stuff in the candy are some lovely Whiff of joy stamps. Ends 27:th.

Posh designs are celebrating their 100:th follower with a huge candy. There are a bunch of stuff from Webster's pages there so don't miss out. Ends 27:th.

Mara  has a huggable candy to thank all her visitors and blogfriends. You have until 29:th to enter.

Jude  is offering a sweet Valentine's candy. You need to enter before 30:th.

Viviane  is celebrate gettig on the DT of Magnolia stamp lovers blog. She is offering 100 stamped Magnolia images. Winner will be chosen 30:th.

Sharon has reached 400 followers and over 150,000 hits! To thank everyone she's having a great candy. Ends 30:th.

Amy  is giving away a Darby and Bumbles rubber stamp set among other things. I've never seen this line before, but the stamp is adorable! Ends 30:th.

Grazyna  is a polish blogger that has a lovely candy consisting of decorations, beautiful papers and images. Winner will be drawn 30:th.

Marcea  is giving away a forever friends stampset with matching decorations. Winner will be drawn 9pm on Sunday 31st.

Angie  is giving away a beautiful rosy apron just in time for Valentine's. Ends 30:th.

Amy  also has a stamp candy. Ends 30:th.

Shelly is giving away one of three stampsets from firecracker desiogns by Pamela. Ends 30:th.

Kaia  is celebrating 2 years as a blogger and for reaching 10,000 hits. Winner will be drawn 31:st.

Michele  is celebrating over 100 followers and getting on a DT. She's giving away a cricut cartridge of your choice! Winner will be drawn 31:st.

Erika is celebrating her blogoversary with a huge pile of candy. And she got the 4 companies she's DT member on to donate even more. Winner will be drawn 31:st.

Cheryl  is giving away a clear stamp set from Our Craft Lounge to one lucky winner. The set is called "Fairy Dust is a Must". Ends 6pm 31:st.

Andrea  is giving away a massive candy full of stamps, decorations and tools. Ends 31:st.

Sandra  is giving away a whole bunch of stamps. You need to tell her something funny to be able to join :D Ends 31:st.

Tracey  has candy from The Stamping Boutique. Ends 31:st.

Tessa  has a candy with an exclusive monkey qk die among other things. Ends 31:st.

Kort og godt  are giving away a sizzix big shot machine! Ends 31:st.

Jessica is giving away some yarn and chocolate to celebrate her new blog and for reaching 6,000 hits on her old blog. Ends 31:st.

 Katarin is celebrating 10,000 hits by giving away a doubleknitted hat of your choice. Take a look below, they are really gorgeous. Ends midnight 31:st.

Samantha is giving away a brand new quickutz tool and a bunch of stamps and other things. Ends 31:st.

Gill  has a wonderful Basic Grey candy  on her blog. Ends 31:st

Ida  is a creative crochet girk that has a wonderful bracelet and ring in her candy. Ends 31:st.

Patricia  has a yummy candy with bright goodies for one winner. Ends 31:st.

Asil is celebrating 20,000 hits with a beutiful decoration candy. Ends 31:st.

Tracey is giving away lovely stampcandy. Ends 31:st.

Siri  is celebrating reaching 5,000 hits with a stamp and decorations candy. Ends 31:st.

Katie has an orange/chocolate candy to celebrate her first blogoversary and to the next 12 months. Winner will be chosen feb. 1:st.

Åsa  is celebrating reaching over 20,000 hits by giving away some of her crocheted cupcakes. There will be two winners that will be drawn on feb. 1:st.

Moa  is giving away a pair of beautiful handmade wristwarmers. If you are like me and always have cold hands don't miss out. Winner will be drawn feb. 1:st.

Linda is celebrating getting her Bachelor of Science, in Maths, Computing and the Environment. Congrats Linda! There will be 2 winners drawn feb. 1:st.

Carine has a mini candy to celebrate her birthday. Winner will be drawn feb. 1:st.

Bodil  is celebrating having reached 400 follwers. Winner will be drawn feb. 1:st.

Get sketchy are giving away the whole line "origins" from Basic Grey. Candy ends when they reach 700 followers.

Paticraft  are offering a great candy. It will end when they reach 500 followers. They are at 443 when I'm writing this so hurry and sign up.

CarlyAnn is celebrating 7,000 hits by giving away 3 great prizes. Ends at the end of january.

Fonda  is celebrating reaching 10,000 hits. She will add more to the candy for every 10:th follower. Ends when she reaches 12,000 hits.

Mindy  is celebrating a personal achievement - passing her GED test. Congrats Mindy! Winner of her candy will be drawn on feb. 1:st.

Norma Jean  has been wanting to have a candy for a while now and here it finally is. For every 15 comments she will add something. Winner will be drawn february 1:st.

Donna is celebrating her 3000 visitors with a bang. For the whole of January, she'll be giving away a small prize from her shop, Donna's Den of Crafts, each day! You need to enter each day before midnight GMT.

First card of the year

Welcome back to my blog and to a new decade everyone. So glad you're still with me. I was out of town for the holidays and really missed my craftspace :) I just brought a couple of ATCs to colour. So today I felt good enough to sit and make a card.
I used some new papers I bought at a sale and one of my new Whiff of joy stamps - Charlie as 007. I've been wanting to have him forever so I finally made a big order during the 20% of sale that they had on winterstamps. I also used my new qk die - the black scroll to the left.

I used a great sketch from papertake weekly.
Stamp with fun had a new year's theme as did lili of the valley. Stampin for the weekend had "new beginnings" as their theme and at creative card crew they had "anything goes". Stamp challenges wants you to use something new you got during the season. Pretty much everything is new on this card.


I also made an ATC using the same stamp. This ATC I made for the promarker challenge. They are having a mega Christmas challenge with amazing prizes until jan 5:th. The challenge is: ‘anything but a card - with a Christmas and New Year theme’.

Thanks for stopping by.

50 followers - wooohooo!

Just got my 50:th follower and I'm so happy I had to post about it, lol. I want you all to know that I apreciate every comment I get. It is so fun to know that you like reading my posts and get inspired by them. I promise to do my best to continue doing that all through the new year.
Hugs and kisses to you!

Merry Christmas

Here is a card for all of my readers and faithful followers, wishing you a wonderful Christmas! Thank you all so much for visiting and I look forward to seeing you here next year.

Here in Sweden we celebrated Christmas yesterday. Today we're just ejoying time together. I have gotten a wonderful kitchenmachine that will help me bake more easily. Wish I could invite you all for a cup of tea and cinnamon-bun. :)

New Christmas challenge blog

There is a ew challege blog called ABC Christmas challenge.
As you might have guessed it's a Christmas blog to help us not to get so overwhelmed every year aroud this time. Every two weeks you make a card or christmasgift and you're all relaxed when Christmas comes :) To celebrate the launch they are having a blog hop. Start at their blog and hop your way through the DT members' blogs. Every member has a bit of candy too.

Love you forever

I've been sick again so it took me a while to make another card to show you. Good thing I had started on the Christmas cards early this year! You never know what's going to hit you :(
I was almost done with a card for a couple of challenges before I got sick, but now it's too late to enter. I will show it to you later though, don't worry.

This card I made for my sweetie for Christmas. I like giving him cards and he loves to get them. I used a sketch from lili of the valley and the theme "winter wishes" from the house mouse challenge blog.


The papers I used are same as for the previous card. I really like them. If you do too, make sure to come back after new year's as I will be offering them as candy together with a bunch of other things. I have a lot to celebrate and the latest thing is that I'm almost at 50 followers! And I didn't force anyone, lol.

I wanted to show you the latest loot that's been coming to my doorstep these last few days. Christmas really is early this year. The items below I won at Belles n whistles advent calendar.

The items here are stamps from Whiff of joy (finally got myself almost all the Charlotte and Charlie ones during their 20% off sale), lots of dies and alphabets from scrapyland and a box full of flowers, magnolias, papers and other things from Magdas.se.



I don't even know where to begin, lol.

Happy Lucia

Tomorrow morning we're celebrating Lucia here in Sweden, but it all really starts tonight when we sit up all night. Here's what the Swedish consulate says about this tradition:

The Swedish Lucia celebration is an annual festival of medieval origin, observed on the 13th of December. On this day, the darkness is brightened by Saint Lucia, a creature of goodness and light who opens the door to the Christmas season.

Named after a Sicilian saint, the Swedish Lucia does not have much in common with her namesake. She is celebrated in a variety of ways, but the most common is the Lucia procession consisting of a group of young girls and boys singing traditional Lucia songs.

On her head, the girl or woman playing the part of Lucia wears a wreath of lingonberry sprigs with holders for real candles (battery-powered ones are sometimes a safer option) to give the effect of a halo. She also has a white, full-length gown with a red ribbon around her waist. Her female attendants (tärnor) wear similar gowns and the "star boys" (stjärngossar) wear white pointed hats decorated with stars. Lucia processions are held in various places, ranging from kindergartens and schools to churches and the Swedish Parliament.

Lucia can be perceived as a symbol of the good forces in life and a symbol of light in the dark winter. She usually appears early in the morning, bringing coffee and saffron-flavored buns (lussekatter) traditionally eaten around Christmas time in Sweden.

Me and my fiancée have a tradition we've been doing for a couple of years. Our movie theatre arranges a Lucia movie night. They show three films that haven't been shown yet. Nobody knows what will be shown and that's kind of the thrill. It all starts at midnight and we watch the movies through the night. In between the films we get pizza and sandwiches to eat and in the morning we get "lussekatter". It all ends around 6-7 in the morning. We started doing this a couple of years ago and we've been doing it ever since. Every year we've been seeing how more and more people attend. This year we weren't even able to get any tickets - they sold out in a couple of hours - so we're doing our own version: we rented three movies instead. We took one we both wanted and one "secret" each. He doesn't know what I chose and I don't know what he chose. This way we get our own way of secret movies. We've bought lussekatter in a nearby bakery and will order pizza. With me being sick it actually turned out for the best. I don't know if I would be able to sit in a movietheatre for so many hours.


Moving on to today's card. I got this image of Tilda as Lucia from a friend and made this especially for my fiancées niece in mind. I used a lot of bling to be in the Magnolia down under challange that had "bedazzled" as their theme. I used pink shimmerz on the pink flowers and on the edges around the image. The gown is coloured slightly with light grey promarker to add shadow and then with white twinkling h2o. Leaves are punched from bazzil bling and I added some bling to the edge and center of flower.
I also used a sketch from friday sketchers. It was simple and clean which was perfect to make the papers stand out.
And of course as this is a Christmas card I'm entering it on thejust Magnolia challenge blog.
There is also a monochromatic challenge at a spoon full of sugar. Not sure if they will accept this card, but thought I'd give it a try. I think it's monochromatic with different shades of red.

A better view of all the shimmer and bling.

Basic Grey challenge and goodies.

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by. I've been busy this week sewing some Christmasgifts and planning jewelry. I've also been shopping like crazy lately and this week my first package arrived. It was from Simon says stamp. I can really recommend that store! Great stuff, resonable prices and super service.
I also got my package of the whole new set of promarker colours. They are really beautiful. Lots of great blues, pinks and purples.

Here's a Christmas card I made using one of the new Whiff of joy stamps I got. I thought I had all the Christmascards ready, but noticed I need a coouple more so I got right to it. I've used papers form Basic Grey's "Wassail". Love those papers. I like the dark brown one with swirls. Suits the image perfectly.
I'm entering this card for the Basic Grey challenge.

Here are the goodies I have to play with. I feel a candy coming up :)

Just a couple of flowers :D