Annelie's scrapförsök

A while ago, I decided to apply to the DT over at Scrapbook Essentials. I love the forum over there, and have done a lot of their challenges. I knew when I started that my chances were slim, but decided to go for it anyway. I am of course disappointed that I didn't make the team - why else would I apply? But mostly, I am very proud of my entries that I can now show you.

1. Single layout with the theme of "Moments/Defining Moment". Journalling reads:

One of the most pivotal moments in my life is when I found out I had cancer. It is almost 11 years ago now, but that moment is so clear in my mind, it could have happened yesterday. When I first got the news, I was of course devastated, confused, angry and scared. I also felt like the loneliest person in the world, I felt like God had turned his back on me. But a couple of days later when I had cried, cursed and blamed the world for what had happened to me, I decided to fight back.  I decided that I was in charge, and that I was going to win the battle with cancer with love and positive energy. I am now cancer free, but I still treat every day like it is my last. Cancer has been the worst and best thing that has ever happened to me.

2. Double layout using at least 3 photos, and showcasing a particular technique.

The technique I used (actually kinda trying it for real for the first time - oops!) is doodling.







3. Off-the-page project, to be given as a Christmas present.

I went a little bit crazy here, and collected empty toilet rools from home and from friends... The result is an Advent Calendar. It's the Swedish kind where you get a present every day, not chocolate! This one (if I can pack it properly) will go to my niece and nephew in Sweden.

My take:



The girl on the LO is my beautiful niece Jonna!

I've got three challenge LO's to show you (surprise surprise). The first one is for Jack me up. I finished that one tonight, and am very happy with it. Most of what I've used is from the November kit over at Scrapbook Essentials. Just beautiful stuff!



The next LO is for Neen's challenge on the "The music in me" blog. I had a million photos to choose from, and ended up with this:



It's hard to get a good photo with overlay, but anyway...

The third LO is a total disaster... It's for the 8th (out of 10) challenge over at Scraputmaningen. The challenge was to use something "punched" on your LO. Maybe you can guess that I've punched some stars? I really don't like this LO. It was a last minute job, I didn't have ANY inspiration, but at least I did it! And the photos of Tova are really cute... :)

A little while ago I applied to a DT for a Swedish Craft/Scrap booking shop. I didn't get the gig, but I am very happy with the two LO's I sent in. The first one is about me, and who I am. The title says "Me - right now". The journalling reads:

* 34 years and 11 months old
* married Kelly recently, and am very much in love!
* mother to Tova, 13 months.
* living in NZ since June '03, but missing home quite a lot...
* writing music in my spare time, and can't wait 'til I get to perform again
* love scrapbooking, and am doing it every night after the family has gone to sleep!

When doing this LO i was inspired by one of Hannah's beautiful creations! Thank you Hannah!

The criteria for the second LO was to use at least 5 products from the shop, and the "theme" was to show circles. The title says "Our happy girl".

I am now going to share two LO's that I'm not happy about. First I thought that I wouldn't, but than I decided that this is a place where I share my stuff - good and bad. So...

The first one is for Scraputmaningen's 7th challenge. The challenge was to make your own heading (not use pre-made stuff), and it needed to be LARGE. The photo is of me and my God son, born in 1997. :) It's will go into my BOM, but I am really disappionted with the result.



The next one is for the Friday night challenge over at SE. The challenge was to use a photo of me, some kind of notebook paper, and a poto corner. This is my take. Like I said, not happy with it, but another one for my BOM!

Yesterday Megan sent me a message saying she had a crop going @ NZ Scrapbook. I decided I deserved some me-time, so I went along! The LO's below are the result of my night.

The first one is for Louise's second challenge, to follow a sketch. The title means "look!". Tova always finds stuff - small or big, and she wants to show it to me and anyone else that's around. She is so cute!!!




The next one is not for a specific challenge - but Megan gave me some guidelines to get started. Thank you Megan!




I also finished a LO for SE's Friday night challenge, I'll show that one when the gallery is up on Sunday.

Today I finished my circle LO, also for a challenge over at SE, a sketch challenge. I'm not very good with circles, but this actually turned out OK. The rub-ons on the side says "kärlek-love-aroha". (That's love in Swedish, English and Maori. Mine and my husbands languages).




Well that's all for tonight. Bedtime!

The LO below is for this weeks sketch at Veckans Skiss! It's funny, I had the papers, embellishments and the photo all setup for another challenge, but ended up moving them around, and voila`, perfect fo this weeks sketch. Cool if you ask me... I am also busy scrapping Christmas presents and stuff, but you can't stop me from doing challenges. I am a total challenge junkie!!!

:)

The title reads "me {heart} you".

Challenge #6 over at Scraputmaningen was to use fabric on your creation. I used three different fabric around the photo, and jeans-alphabet. I am really pleased with this LO, and I love the photo. It says: "Are you coming in soon daddy?"

I have to say, I'm feeling quite productive at the moment. There have been many late scrapping nights lately, and I love it!

:)

I've got two LO's to show you tonight. I've got some more done, that I can't show you yet...

The first one is for Megan's Friday night challenge over at Scrapbook Essentials. The challenge was to use a corner rounder (had to go buy me one of those bad boys...), at least three embellishments, and a quote. My quote is written on the chipboard swirl, and goes like this:





The next one I'm not very happy about. I used colours I hardly ever use, and don't like the end result at all. But, I'm moving on! It's for this weeks sketch over at Veckans Skiss! It's about Tova's FIRST STEPS!!! Very exciting day... :)




Well, back to the desk, I've got some late night scrapping to do!!! See ya!

Louise posted her first challenge on Wednesday night, and I got an idea in my head straight away. Don't you love it when that happens!! Very good for me, as it seems I have a busy weekend away, so I finished it last night. The challenge was to make your own patterned paper, and this is the result of my stamping and doodling:

Since it's Monday I can show you my take on challenge 5 over at Scraputmaningen. This was a GREAT challenge!!!! The challenge was to scraplift this LO by Adrienne:

This is my take:




The title says "trying on a hat".

:)

So, it's confirmed that I can post my LO for the NZ Dares challenge here. The challenge was to use only two colours. Red and white are mine, as you might see... :)





Off to bed with a big bottle of cough medicine now!

 

This is the LO for Megan's Friday night challenge over at Scrapbook Essentials. It's on the gallery now, so I can share it here... The challenge was to use only one manufacturer (cardstock was allowed from somewhere else). I used only Urban Lily papers and embellishments, cardstock from Bazzill. I realised after a while, that the title would be difficult to do, as I didn't have any Urban Lily alphabets. Do they actually do them? So, the LO is without a title, but the strip journalling on the bottom right is from one of their embellishment sheets. ENJOY! :)

Today I went to my first crop ever! Soooooo much fun!!! We were'nt many, but we were awesome... :) Sorry ladies if I coughed on you a lot, but I didn't want to stay at home... :)

Even though I spent almost six hours over at NZ Scrapbook Company, I only finished two (and a half) LO's. I guess it's all the talking... I finished the third one tonight after dinner. I just HAVE to finish my LO's before I go to bed. It's an obsession...

So, here's the first one, for Louise's challenge to only use black and white:



The second one is for the NZ Dares challenge to only use two colours on the LO. It's the first time I participate in their dares! Don't know if I can put it on here though, so will wait a bit with that...

I've found a new Swedish challenge blog - Veckans Skiss! (Sketch of the week). Every Tuesday they come out with a new sketch. This week's sketch really spoke to me, and I finished my layout in 20 minutes! This is the result:



The title says :"we're walking and walking", and the journalling is about how Tova doesn't want to do anything else - just practise her walking!

That's all for now!

The fourth challenge contributions have been published at Scraputmaningen. The challenge was to create an embellishment out of something you find in your home. I had real trouble with that... Had no ideas at all! Tried looking around in the gallery at SE, since one of the challenges in that comp was to make your own embellishments, but no. Totally blank. Zilch. Nada. The big doghnut. I ended up using bubblewrap in the end, just to send something in. I love the photo, so the LO turned OK because of that, but I am disappointed with my lack of fantasty...

I've got mostly cards to show you today. But first, a LO that I'm so happy with! I sent it to a competition on a Swedish blog/online boutiqe; Brunkullan. The theme for the LO/card was "Girls just want to have fun". Also, you had a sketch to be inspired from. This is my colourful result, I like it a lot! The title says "party babes". :) We had so much fun together...



I can also show you the invitiation I made for my sister, for my nephew's christening coming up in November. They were happy with the result, and that's the main thing!



I tried to make it simple and clean. (Välkommen means "welcome"). On the inside the details are written in calligraphy.

And so, some cards...



More LO's to come next week, thanks for stopping by!

Yup, it's Monday! It's been a good day so far for me though, I just got granted indefinite returning residents visa in NZ! It's soooo good to not have to stress about that again. Ever.

So, again, it's show and tell for the Swedish competition over at Scraputmaningen.  :) Well, they're still asleep over there, but I will show you my LO for challenge #4. The challenge was to use metal in you LO. I am very pleased with the outcome of my LO. The title says: "I have to start focus more on me". I think you can spot where the metal is... :)



As I said in the previous post, I have gone totally mental about challenges. I LOVE doing them now! It's such a good way to get stuff done!! The LO below is for Megans Friday night challenge over at Scrapbook Essentials. The challenge was:

Use a photo of yourself, or your partner as a child/teenager/baby
Use buttons
Use Embroidery thread or cotton
Try to use a template of some sort (lettering/journalling/doodling etc)

I chose to scrap a photo of my husband, for Tova's album. Have to do one of me now as well!!!!




All the material for this LO came from Paper Pesto's beautiful October kit. I just love their kits!

The next LO is for a challenge as well!!! :) This time for Neen's challenge at The Music in Me.



What else... Well, have done some more Christmas cards - mostly in Swedish, and also some Father's Day cards in Swedish as well. Father's day in Sweden is on the 11th of November!




Bye for now, and thank you for all your nice comments!