tirsdag 1. desember 2009

Life according to me

Nei da, jeg har ikke forsvunnet i det dype, mørkeste hullet i skogen uten kreativitet. Jeg har bare blitt tobarnsmor. De små tertittene, vet sannerlig hvordan de skal sette verdenen på hodet, ikke sant? Og minstemann hyler som en stukken gris når han er sinna, til min familie og vennes store frustrasjon. Men jeg kan da ikke noe for at "mute" knappen på ungen ikke virker? Jeg får ikke reparert knappen heller, så her er jeg med en unge som vræler akkurat så mye som det passer han. Eldstemann tror han kan gjøre alt selv, så jeg har gleden av å redde mye av husets innhold fra hans kreative planer.

Nope, I have not been recruted by a mysterious sect that have taken me away from all things creative. I have just discovered that 2 children, one of them a 3 m old baby, really takes a lot out of you. Some of my friends and family thinks the baby cries way to loud when he is angry. But I tried to tell the hospital that my babys "mute" and "volume" control was broken, but they refused to think that this was their problem. So here I am with a baby that has no respect for the accepted sound levels and a four year old that thinks he can manage everything himself.... Oh, well. That's life, right?
Men jeg har fått scrappet noen LO'er:

I have scrapped a few LOs though:

Title: Brothers
Credits:
Stiched No. 1 white by Anna Aspnes
Counting Trash Alpha by Katie Pertiet
Scripted overlay by Katie Pertiet
Botanist Notebook No 21 by Katie Pertiet
Vintage Photo Frames Large by Katie Pertiet
Spot Dots Brush-n-Stamps by Katie Pertiet
Stample Pair by Katie Pertiet
Defining flowers by Jen Wilson
Hope paper swirl by A Rockwell

Credits:
Absolutely Acrylic Clockworks by Pattie Knox
Revealing Overlays No 1 by Katie Pertiet
Basement Frames by Lynn Grieveson
Worn photo edges by Lynn Grieveson
Naturally Krafty No 7 by Katie Pertiet
Sidelined Paper Pack by Lynn Grieveson
Chipboard Bytes Bare Tagboard Alpha by Pattie Knox
Dirty Journal Label by Katie Pertiet



torsdag 16. juli 2009

Wow! Her har jeg vært fraværende en stund...

Men jeg er her, altså. Jeg har bare en forbigående tilstand som naturlig avrundes etter 9 måneder. Og dessverre har jeg slitt litt mer denne gang enn forrige, så kreativiteten har vært lav. Jeg har likevel fått laget noen få julekort, det er jo aldri for tidlig å forberede seg til julekortrushet!

I have not been here for a while, and I apologize. This is due to a passing condition that usually passes by itself after 9 months :). But sadly, this time around I have had more problems than the last time, and my creaticity has suffered during this period of time. But I have made a few Christmas cards - neever too early to prepare for the Christmas card rush!!

Et typisk meg kort!!! Bladgull, perfect pearls, mica og artsy motiv. Og dessverre et veldig dårlig bilde. Skal legge ut et bedre når scanneren min blir koblet til igjen.

This is a "me" card - gold leaf flakes, perfect pearls, mica and a slightly artsy motif. But the picture is not very good.... I need my beloved scanner back!

Dette kortet var mer en test - kan man blande et så srtsy moti med bladull og hjemmelaget bakgrunn i rødtoner og gull? Jeg har ikke helt bestemt meg.

This was more a test card- I needed to see if I could use an artsy motif like this with gold leafs and a homemade background in reds and gold.

Bildet gir ikke et godt inntrykk, men her har jeg virkelig kost meg med alkoholblekk på acetat. Diecuts har blitt dabbet med pearl akrylmaling.

I had a lot of fun here with alcohol ink and acetat. The diecuts has been dabbed with Pearl dabber from Ranger.





These two are a much cuter than I usually make, but my experience is that a lot of recipients clearly prefer the cuter Christmas cards. So I make a few of those as well....

fredag 9. januar 2009

Playing with gesso


Here's my card made to the Wednesday Stamper Challange. I made the background using newspaper, gesso and ink, and that's a really fun technique to do. I think you will see more from me with that technique!

The Dymo text reads: Winter Joy.

Noe nytt fra meg


Utrolig!!! Tiden løper og hodet mitt står stille. Jeg surrer som en gås i en karusell og henger ikke med på noen ting.
Jeg fungerer på halv maskin, men det er jo ikke mye.... Men det kommer innimellom noe jeg lager. Innimellom. Denne, for eksempel, er et resultat av lek med voks på lerret. Jeg klarte ikke slutte i tide, så her er det lag på lag på lag med papirer og collage materialer. Men jeg synes den ble litt kul til slutt.

Unbelivable! Time flies like an arrow, and my head seems to be the target. I can't get anything done and the few things I do I usually get wrong. I need to reboot my brain...
This is a wax collage on canvas where I kept adding more and more stuff until it had several layers of stamps, collage paper, book pages and more.