My ScrapbookNook advent Calendar December 2th and 3rd

Hi.

Have you done with your Christmas shopping yet? I haven't even started....
And your Christmas decorations, are they up? Mine are not... Well, that said, In Norway most of us don't put up the tree until the last days before Christmas. Fresh trees shred and look awful at Christmas if you put them up too early.

But we do love advent calendars and most homes have more than one: one for each kid - and some times one for the hubby, too. I don't think I ever have hear of a man putting up one for his wife.... Urgh!
Let me tell you a secret: I have planned next year's calender for my kids already. In fact I have started making it. I'll do a post about it tomorrow.


The My Scrapbooknook Advent Calendar has gone live and every day one Nook friend has a giveaway on her blog. You can read more about it here.

I did the December 1th giveaway (Scroll down to see, you still have about 22h to enter).

On December 2nd it was Antenucci to host the calendar. Please go and have a look at her beautiful hand made Christmas decoration.

And today, on December 3rd, it's Danielle's turn to be our host. I've see a wonderful vacation mini album on her blog (among other lovely stuff), so head over if you need ideas.

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How would you like a free three months subscription to the Nook Kits? Or a december kit?
As part of our Advent Calendar, we will give away these two prizes to two lucky reader.
You can find the details here.


So what about you? Do you have advent calendars at your house?

MyScrapbooknook Advent Calender Day 1

Every day from December 1th to 25th, one Nook friend will host a giveaway on her blog as part of the Nook Advent Calender. I admit I'm very exited about the whole concept, and how the Nook still is able to interact with their friends even when the MB is down due to technical difficulties.

There will be a post every day on the Nook blog where you will find a link to the host of the day. If you click on today's post you will be directed to....

... this blog *lol*

I am happy, and honored, to be the first on the list. Don't forget to check out every day on the Nook blog to see hwo the host of the day is, and to visit her blog to get some major inspration. Have I ever told you Nook friends are just incredible talented?

Off course I have a giveaway on my Advent Calendar Day. If you are the winner you have two options. You can chose:

1. to recieve these two card kits, one masculine

and one feminin

2. or you can me your photos and I'll scrap them for you - for free. Due to huge shipping expences when shipping 12x12" layouts from Norway, I'll scrap in Letter Size for you, but I'll add a three ring page protection with the layout, so you can fit it into your album.

Here is what you have to do to enter the drawing:

• leave me a comment on this post (easy, right?).
• If you FB about this advent calender with a link to the Nook Blog, not my blog, you'll get a second entry, just leave a new comment about it.
• The same goes if you blog about the advent calendar.

Deadline: Saturday December 4th 11.59 pm PST. I'll do a drawing on Sunday and the winner will have three days to claim the prize. If not claimed, I will do a new drawing.

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So what have I been up to lately?

Fetching wood for the next winters!

So far this winter has been extremely mild, but remembering so well the previous two, and having fire wood  just enough for this one, I found it best to stock up. So last Sunday I brought the kids, the FIL, the hubby and the dog, and filled up a tractor trailer with ready chopped wood. Hard work, but so worth it. The wood is now drying up in a nice looking pile in our yard.

All materials from My Scrapbook Nook December Kit

So what about you? Are you prepared for next winter already?

Today....

....I have just a tiny little sneek peek for you:

It's from a Card Class I'll host at the My Scrapbook Nook blog on December 3rd.


Are you ready to learn a fun, traditional pleating technique?


PS Don't forget: on Dec 1th it's my day to host the My Scrapbook Nook Advent Calendar. Don't forget to check back to see how you can win my give away!

Member Inspiration Sketch Challenge

I assume you, like most scrappers, will find inspiration while browsing blogs by manufacturers, challenges sites and personal blogs. It's so nice to be a part of the MyScrapbbookNook community where we are lucky to have a lot of friends who make the most beautiful layouts and cards to get inspired from.


One of the layouts which caught our eyes this month was this beautiful layout by Miranda Wedekind.

DT member Lilith made a lovely sketch of this layout, and here is my take on it:

Layout made with My Scrapbook Nook November Kit

Head over to the MyScrapbook Nook blog to see the lovely sketch DT member Lilith made from Miranda’s layout, and how otherDTers interpreted her sketch. Come on and play with us to get yourself a piece of fame and glory as next month’s Guest Designer; you will find all you need to know on our blog.

New Stop And Scrap givaway winners

As just Julie E claimed her prize from the original drawing for the Stop And Scrap giveaway, I have picked three new winners:

The $25 GC: Linda
One $10 GC: Carol
One $10 GC: Lisa C

Ladies, you have until Tuesday 7 pm GTM+1 to claim your prizes. please shoot me an e-mail if you are a winner (look in the right hand bar for my addy) :-)

There will be no more drawings if the winners don't claim their prizes: the GC codes then will be returned to Stop And Scrap.

A christmas card and a fun Advent Calender

I can’t believe it’s no more than a month until Christmas! Where I live in Norway, we have had a very unusual start on the winter season, with temperatures above the freezing point every day and hardly cold nights. The grass is green, and the pansies still blooming, and it’s hard to get the season spirit. But there is one thing that never fails, and always takes me there, and it’s the advent calenders!

We in MyScrapbookNook DT thought it would be nice to do something together with our readers this last month before Christmas and we invite you all to be a part of our Advent Calender. Here is how it goes:


• This activity is open for readers of the MyScrapbooknook blog and the forum members
• 25 participants will host a giveaway on their own blog one given day between Dec 1-25th
• Anyone who comments on the participant’s blog could be a winner – being a reader of the Nook Blog or a forum member is not required.
• The DT will put up a link on the Nook blog each day to the actual blog hosting the Advent Calender

Please head over to the Nook blog to learn more about how to participate- and to get some major inspiration from the DT and Nook friends!


I have been busy with a big reno of my scrap room (photo's to come in a later blog post), but I have finally made my first Christmas Card this season. The Echo Park's Times and Season collection, featured in the Nook's November kit, is actually not a Chrismas collection, but I found the colors and patterns perfect for making a Christmas card anyway.

Do you make your own Christmas cards?

Stop And Scrap Giveaway Winners - and something not for sale

Hi!

I'm sorry about the delay in picking winners for the SAS Give away. I have had some internet issues over here, so I haven't been able to access until now. Don't you love it when your internet providers tell you "to check on their home page to see if there are known issues in your area" when you call them to ask what's going on?

I decided to let Random.org do my drawing: I gave orders to pick four numbers between 1 and 18 and had decided that the first numeber on the list would be the winner of the big prize, the $25 GC.

Here are numbers which Random.org picked:

The $10 GCs goes to Skippy, Julie E and TheBluebird11
Chad: you are the winner of the $25 G!

Congrats, ladies. Please send me an e-mail (see the right hand bar), so I can get your e-mail adresses. You have until Friday 4PM GMT+1 to claim your prizes. I'll draw new winners if any of the prizes are unclaimed.

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Do you ever scrap your kids' art?

I have tons of drawn mastrpieces made by my kids, and I admit I just store most of them. But I love this clay eagle by DS9 so much that I just had to scrap about the fact that it is Not For Sale! Isn't it cute?

made with MyScrabooknook July Kit