Hair Cut Day - CSI Case File #43

My boys needed a hair cut a few weeks ago - here they are at the hair dressers:

Patterned papers: Crate Paper, MME. Cardstock: ClubStamp. Layered Stickers: MME.Ruobons: Jenni Bowlin, Kaiser Craft. Alpha: American Craft. Tab: Chic tags. Chipboard Scissors: Maya Road

Close up photos:


Pager Runners: Charms' Creations



The idea for this page came when I saw the CSI Case File #43:

Colors: all five used.


Evidence: Damask, Rubons (Bottom circle border, botton grid border, small black stains randomly over the layout,

Testimony: Formal letter: Letter of recommendations - I recommend this hair dresser to anyone :-)     Why don't you head over to CSI to check out the newest color challenge, #44?   

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Do you need a fun sketch to get you started? This is the November sketch at Once Upon A Sketch:    

  This month's theme: Anything Goes. Yup, anything :-) As long as there is some journaling involved, and the sketch is used, you are may to link up your creation to the OUAS blog and get a ticket to the lottery with awesome prizes from our sponsors. To read more, and see some stunning examples from the DT, please visit the OUAS blog.

Do we see your creation there?

Biker Chick

The title of the page is impossible to translate into English. The closest I get is Biker Chick, but the kids really aren't biking....

Patterned papers: Basic Grey &v Echo Park. Alpha: AC/Amy Tangerine. Wooden veener: Studio Calico.
Flair: Ormolou. The rest: unknown

DS12 met this swedish girl in Corfu in August - and they still keep in touch via FB, Skype and SMS. I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to his phone bill this month *lol*

The photo was taken in the dark with an iPhone, so the quality isn't the best. But who cares, it's all about recording the memories, right?

This layout was made a while back for a color challenge on an FB group: Use fall colors.
 I just love how this turned out!

Do you ever do color challenges?

CSI Case File #35 - Love Milk Shake

I admit it - I have a crush on these color combo challenges. I have avoided such kind of challenges for years, afraid I wouldn't have the right shades of colors in my pile of papers and stash, but after trying out a few of them, I don't fear them any longer:

My simple approach is this: If I'm happy with the outcome, who cares if the shades are not perfect? My kids when browing the albums in twenty years? Will they look at the layout, laught out loud and claim to the  world "Look, mum didn't manage to do exactly as the challenge required! What a loser!". I doubt it.


Here is this week's CSI file:

 I picked what I had which fit the scheme best, and came up with this layout:

Patterned papers & stickers: Amy Tangerine for AC. Rubons: Pink Paisley

Kraft Background & beads:Club Scrap. Photo Corner: Heidi Swapp

Alpha: BG. Paint: unknown. Pen: ZIG

Both kids claim they have a lot better milk shakes and ice cream desert further south in Europe. You have no idea how many photos I have of them drinking and eating the said treats! So while we were in Greece this summer, they grabbed the opportunity to get some!


Actually, I'm not sure if the dairy products are better further south, but may be they have the taste of Summer and Vacation?

As white as snow!

My legs!

We have had the worse summer, ever. I heard a report the other day that said June-July 2011 there were 41 days with temperatures higher than 20 degrees celcius. This year we have had 20 only! Brrr.... There hasn't been much rain, actually, just cloudy, windy and cold.

Two weeks ago we had a sunny day, and I took off to the local beach - just to discover it was a cold wind there. And I left after less than half an hour... But I did take a photo of my pale legs so I could document my feeling about this summer.

All materials except doilie from MyScrapbooknook July Kit, featuring MME. Alphas from previous kits

Close up photo

Made with the sketch at MyScrapbook July Sketch Challenge

But guess what! As you read this I'm sucking up sun at lovely Corfu, Greece and eating lovely Greek food!
I so need it - this spring has been so rough on us so a total escape is very welcome.

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Did you notice the doilie on this layout? It's an old, authentic one. I have more of them in my posession, and I want to share some of them with one of my readers. Please come back on Sunday to see all about  this giveaway!

Thank you for stopping by :-) What's the weather like in your part of the world?

CAS card - Dude

I have been playing and made some cards over the last few days.

• Cards for Myscrapbooknook: cards for challenges and member birthday cards - but none of them can't be shown yet :-(
• I won a cute stamp set from Close To My Heart over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles, but as I'm doing a twin blog post with Sherri, who won the same stamps, these cards can't be shown yet either.

So I have pulled out embossing powder, ink pads, papers, flowers, bling and you name it. And I played. But after working with all that stuff I got the urge to do a Clean And Simple card again.


The challenge blog CAS-ual FRIDAYS is a great source for ideas and inspiration when it comes to CAS cards. This week's challenge is no exception: CFC61: Use strips of color or pattern in your Clean And Simple creation.

So I cut up some strips from a paper, colored a wood veener, added some letters and voila! A card!

CS: Bazill, Paper: MME, Wood veener: Studio Calico, Alpha: AC, green paint: Ranger/Adirondack

I love the optical illusion arranging the stripes gave. It looks like the "arrows" are wider in front than back, but they are not - the strips are the excact width all over. The space between the stripes are all the same too, and at a 90 degree angel from the ends of the card, even if it doesn't look like that.

With two boys in the house, this masculin card will be out out the house quite soon, I guess.

I'm curious as always, so I want to know: when was the last time you made a masculine card?

The Runaway Bride

Kiwi, our budgie, managed to get out into open air last Saturday.
How sad, we never expected to get her back, even if we heard her on occations when her buddy, Fluffy, called for her. After all, she was just eight weeks old and not completely tamed yet.

The following Monday night I heard her again - the next morning she flew in the door in the living room. Oh happy day!


Title: A Taste Of Freedom
Journaling: The short version of the first two articles in this post


Here she is, happy in our walnut tre:

PP, rubons & cut out: Basic grey, Authentic croched doilie, flash card: October Afternoon, alphas: adornit and American Craft, Raw chipboard: Imaginarium Designs, calendar card: Jenni Bowlin,  canvas tags: Maya Road, clay bird: MyLittleShopOfWhimsey, Twine & paper tape: unknown 

This layout was made with this lovely sketch I found at the Pagemaps Blog. I have had some trouble with Mr Mojo, and this sketch was just what I needed to get me started. It was fun to finally pull out some old papers and a mix of embellies and just create!


Some close up shots:





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