Happy New Year

It is the last day of this year, and I have to just say it has been an interesting year with a lot happening.

I am grateful for every little thing that has crossed my path this year.

Every new friend, every new experience, every new knowledge

and every laugh, happy thoughts and hugs.

Thanks to every one of you that has been in my life this year.

All of you have been there for a reason, for good or bad, it doesn't matter, and I thank you for that.

Now I would love to welcome you into my life of the next year.

I will embrace you all with all that I have.

So, as an end of this year I will share with you my little Starboy Edwin.

Made as an Christmas tag to my nephew

This starboy is just so gorgeous. He reminds me of my eldest son that is born on the Lusia day, December 13th. He also reminds me of peace and the inner shine of everyone's heart. 

For this little tag I have used:

Magnolia stamp - Starboy Edwin from Special coll. 2012

Colored with copic - 

Skin: E000,00,21,11,13,R20 

Hair: E70,71,74,77,79

Clothes: C0,1,2,3

Yellow: Y11,13,15,19

Woodenstick: E40,41,42,43

Shadow: W00,1,3,5,B32,34,60

Designpaper from Pion

Flowers from WOC and others

Dies from Magnolia Doohickeys and others

We are playing along with these challenges:
Paradise of Magnolia - #50 Christmas (ends 1/1)
Midweek Magnolias - #154 Anything goes (ends 2/1)
Lovely Hänglar og sweet Magnolia - #141 Anything goes (ends 5/1)

OMG... I haven't paid attention.
This was winning the challenge at Paradise of Magnolia

Thank you soo much

So lovely to have you here and I hope to see you again in 2017.

xoxo Elin

Christmas rose

Blue sky and just not the normal December weather.

I miss the snow, miss the trafic chaos, and miss the wind in my hair and the sparkly landscape.

Just off to work in a few minutes, just wanted to share with you

another pair of Christmas tags I have made.

These was made for my sister Idun and her hubby Gert

Merry Christmas to you and you lovley family Idun

For this tags I have used:

Magnolia stamps - Tilda with star diadem from A touch of love coll. 2016

and Edwin with winding fern from A Christmas story coll. 2012

colored with copics:

Skin: E000, 00, 21, 11, 13, R20.

Tildas hair I do not know, but Edwins hair: E40, 41, 42, 43, 44

Brown: E40, 41, 42, 43, 44

Green Tilda: G20, YG91, 93, 97

Green Edwin: G21, YG97

Red: R22, 24, 27, 46

Yellow: Y11, 13, 15, 19

White: C0, 1, 2, 3

Shadow: W00, 1, 3, 5, B32, 34, 60

I got a new die with a beautiful border of Poinsettias on top and bottom. Three in a set.

The round scalop die I am not sure where is from

Flowers from WOC and leaves from Magnolias Christams calender

Designpaper from Pion

I will play along with these challenges:

Marvelous Magnolia Challenge - Anything goes Christmas (ends 31/12)
Paradise of Magnolia - #50 Christmas (ends 2/1)
Magnolia Forever - #148 Christmas (ends 1/1)
Magnolia-Licious Challenge blog - # Anything goes (ends 1/1)
Lovely Hänglar or Sweet Magnolia - #141 Anything goes (ends 6/1)

Thanks for your visist, and I hope to see you again.

Hugs, Elin ♥

Blue Christmas tags

In Norway we celebrate Christmas the 24th of December. I have learned that many places in the world the celebration falls on the 25th.
So to all my amazing friends out there, I wish you the merriest of Christmases when ever you have your celebration ♥

I haven't had the time to make any posts here before Christmas was ringing it's bells, but like to show you the last contribution for the Christmas calendar on Copic Marker Norway's blog.
These ladies is so amazing and I am so happy to be able to join them once in a while.
Thanks for having me as a guest designer on your calendar.

Please go and look at their blog if you need any inspiration in coloring and making amazing things.

This tags was made for my sister Heidi and her hubby Odd

Merry Christmas to you and your lovely family Heidi

On this tags I have used: 

Stamps from Magnolia - Tilda with Christmas lamp from the A lovely Christmas collection 2015

and Christmas eve Edwin from Winter wonderland collection 2013

Colored with these copics:

Skin - E000, 00, 21, 11, 13, R20

Blue - B91, 93, 95, 97, 99

Brown - E40, 41, 42, 43, 44

Yellow - Y11, 13, 15, 19

Green - G21, 94, 99

Tilda's hear - E41, 42, 43, 44, 47

Edwin's hear and tree - E70, 71, 74, 77

Lamp - C0, 1, 2, 3

Shadow - Woo, 1, 3, 5, B60, 63

Designpaper from Pion

Dies from Spellbinders, Magnolia Doohickeys and an other

Flowers from WOC and some leaves from the Magnolia Christmas calendar

And some stash from my storage

On the Christmas tree I have used some Flowersoft to make a little extra texture. That was something I bought when I was at the NEC in Birmingham this year. :)

Lovley to see you,

and welcome back.

Big Christmas hugs from

Elin

xoxo

Holly wreath Tilda

Midway to Christmas

How is your Christmas month going? 

Mine is kind of stressed right now. Laying here in my bed with stomach flu and feeling sorry for my self. Not that I have much to complain about, but just getting stressed that I have to stay home from work and not getting anything done in my home.

Well,, in my bed I can slowly get some coloring done, that's about it :)

I have a Christmas tag to show you. Made one for the CMN Christmas calendar for today

December 11th. Go and get some Christmas inspiration on their blog you as well. 

For this Chirstmas tag I have used 

Magnolia stamp Holly Wreath Tilda from the Aspen Holidays collection 2016

Colored with copics

Skin - E000, 00, 21, 11,13, R20

Hair - E41, 43, 44, 47

Holly leaves - BG93, 96, G99,21

Clothes and bow - R22, 24, 27, 46, G21, 94, 96, C00, 1, 3

Shadow and background - W0, 1, 3, 5, 7, E50, 53

Dies from Magnolia Doohickeys, Spellbinders ++

Designpaper from Pion

Flowers from WOC and the berries I'm not sure where are from

This tag will play along with these challenges:

Magnolia-Licious challenge - Anything goes (ends 1/1)

Midweek Magnolias - #153 Christmas (ends 20/12)

Moving along with the times - #35 Christmas scenes (ends 21/12)

With this song I wish you a great sunday December 11th

Thanks for your visit

And I love to see you again

xoxo Elin

2. december

Hi everyone. It is finaly getting to December, and I just can't belive how fast everything goes.

My family and I are in the middle of a prossess of buying a house, selling our appartment and renovating a bit our appartment before moving. Anyone who does the same know how much work this really is.
Half of my hobbystash is packed down, so now I have just a little to play with. But that does't mean that I can't play :) 

Anyway, I wish you all the best for this December. And remember that someone out there loves you!

I will show you my first card after some hectic weeks.

This was made for the Copic Marker Norway, CMN, Christmas calendar, where I was the 

guest designer for December 2nd.
So much inspiration from that page, I recomend that you give them a visit :)

For this card I have used:

Magnolia stamp Halo Tilda from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection 2011

Colored with copics:

Skin: E000, 00, 21, 11, 13, R20

Hair: E51, 53, 55, 57

Dress: R81, 83, 85, 89

Yellow: Y000, 11, 21

Wings: C00, 1, 3

Background: B41, 60

Dies is from Magnolia Doohickeys and Spellbinders

Flowers from WOC

Text by computer

Designpaper I am not sure where is from. Lost the bottom border.

This card will play along with these challenges:

Marvelous Magnolia challenge - Anything goes Christmas  (ends 31/12)

Magnolia-Licious Challenge blog - Need a little Christmas (ends 10/12)

Midweek Magnolias - #152 Anything goes with a Magnolia image (ends 7/12)

Have a Merry December
Thanks for your visit
and I hope to see you again.

xoxo Elin

Copic Norway

Challenge also for me :)
The Copic Marker Norway group asked me just a few days ago to guest design for their 

challenge #81 Rough and though (if that is right)

This theme is a bit out of my comfort zone, as most of my cards goes just cute.

So I thought I would focus on the stamped image to follow the theme.
Cool girls not to mess with :)

On this card I have used:

Stamps - 1 Skateboard Tilda, 2 Boxing Tilda and 3 Baseball Tilda all of them from the collection The winner takes it all 2011

Copics: Skin - E000,00,21,11,13,R20

Hair 1 - E50,53,55,57,59 Hair 2 - E30,31,33,35,37  Hair 3 - R81,83,85,89

Pink: R81,83,85,89  Purple: V22,BV01,34,17  Green: YG91,93,95,97  Grey: C00,1,3,5

Batt and skateboard: E50,53,55,C00,1,3,5

Sky: B21,60 Shaddow: W0,1,3,5

Designpaper from Maja Design - Enjoying outdoors - harvest time 2015

Dies from Spellbinders

Buttons and sharms from stash

Go and join the challenge at CMN. Have fun and play with your colors :)

Thanks for your visit
and I hope to see you soon agin
xoxo Elin

Pink Ribbon

My first Pink Ribbon card

I have been so fortunate to been asked to help Copic Marker Norway and their donations of cards to
rais money for the Breast cancer recearch foundation.
Copic Marker Norway is a group of really wonderful ladies that makes the most beautiful cards, and I am so honored to be a guest designer for them in this.

Anyone can buy this cards, but just remember that the text inside og outside might be in Norwegian.
The following text in this post will be in Norwegian.

Jeg er så beæret å bli spurt om å være en gjestedesigner hos Copic Marker Norge, 

i deres Rosa sløyfe kampanje og innsamling til Brystkreft forskning.

Jeg tenker jeg har god grunn til å være med på denne innsamlingen, da jeg har flere rundt meg som har vært og er rammet av brystkreft. Og jeg ønsker da å gjøre dette for dem og alle de som måtte oppleve brystkreft i fremtiden. Kan også i den forbindelse nevne at min bachelor oppgave faktisk omhandlet brystkreft hos gravide og barselkvinner. Så dette er et felt jeg brenner for.

Hos CMN finner du alle kortene som er til salgs HER

Det vil etterhvert komme flere kort fra meg også som legges ut til salgs der.
Men foreløbig har jeg bare ett som ligger klart.
Og du ser hvordan det ser ut i detalj nedenfor her.

Håper DU er en av de som trenger et kort og 

samtidig ønsker at Dine penger skal gå til innsamlingen for Brystkreft forskningen.

Støtt en god sak sammen med oss!

For this card I have used:

Tilda with ribbon shoes from Sakura collection 2015 and Nativity fence from Nativity collection 2012

Colored with Copics

Designpaper from Maja design

Dies from Magnolia Doohickeys and Spellbinders

Flowers from WOC and others

Charm from my stash

and text by the computer

This card will play along with these challenges:
Midweek Magnolias challenge blog - #148 Anything goes (ends 11/10)
Lovely Hänglar or sweet Magnolia challenge blog - #138 Anything goes (ends 7/10)

Thanks for your visit
and I hope to see you again

xoxo Elin

Tilda with spring flowers

Hi there. I am so happy to say that I have been chosen to join the Design team of Simply Magnolia.
It is such an honor to be among these wonderful group of designers.

On Simply Magnolia there is an ongoing challenge
with the theme Anything goes.
Come and join in with the fun.

My first contribution I am sharing with you is this card I made for
Agarshy's 11th birthday

All of my favorite things is included in this card. Magnolia stamp, doohickey dies, flowers and of caurse colored with copic markers. 

For this card I have used:

Magnolia stamp of Tilda with spring flowers from the Spring fever collection 2016

Colored with copics

Designpaper from Pion

Dies from Magnolia Doohickeys and Spellbinders

Flowers from WOC and others
Bling from my stash

and text by computer

This card will join in the fun with these challenges:
All About Magnolia Challenge - #16 All about Doohickeys and DT call (ends 2/10)

Paradise of Magnolia - #44 Sparkle and shine (ends 3/10)

Lovely Hänglar or sweet Magnolia challenge - #138 Anything goes (ends 7/10)
Fussy and Fancy Friday challenge blog - #173 My favorite things (ends 7/10)
Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog - #147 Anything goes (ends 6/10)

Wow,, thanks. This card have been chosen among top 3 at
Little Miss Muffet challenge

Thanks and congrats to the other winners and top 3.

Thanks for your visit
and I love to see you again.
xoxo Elin

Nordstjernen

Jeg har helt glemt å dele med dere et intervju jeg deltok i for The Papercrafting - Scandinavian edition om Nordstjernen. Hvor de trekker fram flere fra Norden som elsker å holde på med papirhobby. Her finner du mange flotte mennesker som lager de utroligste ting. Jeg er meget beæret å bli spurt om å dele litt av min verden der. 

Du finner intervjuet her

Uansett hvem man tenker at jeg er, så blir jeg først og fremst meg selv.
Elin. Kona til Guru, mor til Steven og Vijey.
Datter, søster, svigerinne, tante, venninne og så sykepleier.

Kreativ og leken, med et smil til alle som fortjener det. (dvs alle)

Med en bagasje som bare er min, og sko som passer bare meg.
Altså vanskelig å definere...

Ta meg for den jeg er, eller la vær. 

Min familie. Min mann og meg som ung og i dag.

Og våre to flotte gutter.

Må ikke glemme denne flotte karen da..

Valtino er Vijey sin gode venn, og bor her sammen med oss.

En flott blanding av Husky og Fuglehund

Takk for besøket og velkommen tilbake

xoxo Elin

Tilda with cherry dress

Sad to say it is the last challenge at the Time for Magnolia Challenge blog.
And I have my last Guestdesiger contribution for their challenge.

#129 Bows Blows Bows

It would be so nice to see YOUR contribution as well. Come and join in the fun!

For this card I have used one of my first Magnolia Tilda stamps, and it is really fun to see how my coloring and card design have changed over the years.

This lovely Tilda was colored first time in 2008, and now last this summer

Funny to say, but I was so happy with her that time. I think she was first colored with Distress ink. The last one is colored with copic. 

Same image, but two different cards

For this card I have used:

Tilda in Cherry dress from the So Heavenly collection 2008
Colored with copic

Designpaper from Pion

Flowers from WOC

Bow from my stash
Dies from Magnolia Doohickeys and Spellbinders

This card will join in the fun with these challenges:
Marvelous Magnolia Challenge blog - #september - lace or ribbon (ends 30/9)
Paradise of Magnolia - #43 - show us your colors (ends 19/9)
Lovely Hänglar or Sweet Magnolia challenge blog - #138 - Anything goes (ends 6/10)

All about Magnolia Challenge blog - #16 - All about Doohickeys & Dt call (ends 2/10)
Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge blog - #206 - Anything goes (ends 25/9)
A Gem of a Challenge - #178 - Female birthday (ends 30/9)

Thank you for your visit.

Love to see you again soon ♥

xoxo Elin

Romantic Boho Tilda

Hi everyone. Nice to see you again.
I have many things going on now in my life, and therefor not allways able to sit down with a computer to share with you. Working full time and along with my household stuff I am learning to drive car and just bought a car for practising. Next project is to move to another house. In between all that I also get a liiiiittle time for hobby. Could for shure need some extra hours in my day :)

I would like to share with you today my GD card for Time for Magnolia Challenge.
Just one day left in this challenges, so don't wait to join in the fun.

The theme is Glitter/bling and Lace.

This little cutie Tilda I really forgot I have. She is so adorable.
I also used her in a Kit&Clowder class to learn about nature backgrounds. Love these clouds :)

This card was also made for a lovley lady in Switzerland.
Happy Birthday to you Karina

For this card I have used:

Stamp: Romantic Boho Tilda from the Boho collection 2015

Colored with Copics

Designpaper from Pion

Dies from Magnolia Doohickeys, Spellbinders and some others I don't remember name on

Flowers from WOC

Some bling and a butterfly charm

Lace from my stash

Sentiments by computer

I will join in the fun with these challenges:

Marvelous Magnolia Challenge - #1.september - Lace or ribbon (ends 30/9)

Lovely Hänglar or sweet Magnolia challenge - #138 - Anything goes (ends 9/10)

Paradise of Magnolia - #43 - Show us your colours (ends 18/9)

Magnolia Forever - #41 - Charmed (ends 15/9)

Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge blog - #205 - Add some metal (ends 17/9)

Deep Ocean Challenge blog - #137 - Bingo, I have lace, die cut, charm (ends 19/9)

Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog - #146 - Anything goes (ends 21/9)

wow you look... This card got to be in the top 3 at the Magnolia Forever blog

Thanks a lot, and congrats to the other winners/top 3

This card was also chosen WINNER in Paradise of Magnolia

Thanks a lot, and congrats to the top 3

Thanks for stopping by,
and I love to see you again sometime soon

xoxo Elin

You are not old

Hi there.. Lovely to see you.

My mom was one of those 9 that we celebrated with round number this summer. She turned 70 last January.
And for her I tried out a little different color for me. Not often I use yellow in my cards, it is a bit out of my style. Still I think it turned out nice.

"You are not old, you have only been young a little longer than the most"

For this card I have used:

Stamps from Magnolia - Matryoshka Tilda from Little circus Moscow collection 2013 and Flower Tilda with bowknot from Animal of the Year collection 2014

Colored with copic

Designpaper from Pion Design - Till mor, ranunkel

Dies from Spellbinders, Magnolia Doohickeys and someone I don't know from where.

Flowers from WOC

Text by computer

This card will play along with these challenges:

Midweek Magnolias - #144 Anything goes (ends 16/8)

Paradise of Magnolia - #42 Anything goes (ends 5/9)

Crafty Sentiments Designs - #9/8 Use dies (ends 16/8)

Thanks for stopping by, and I love to see you again soon.
xoxo Elin

Zarah and dad

Yet another man, my brother-in-law, celebrated his 60th birthday this summer.
This card was made to fit him with his dog, on a happy day :)

A kind of CAS card with more focus on the image. 

In this card I have used:

Stamps - Edwin with accordion from the Pink Lemonade collection 2014 and Curious Wiola from the Spring Fever collection 2016

Colored with copic

Dies from Spellbinders and Magnolia Doohickey

WOC flowers

Paper from Pion Design

Text by computer

This card will play along with these challenges:

Deep Ocean Challenge blog - #134 Photo inspiration (light blue)

Lemon Shortbread Challenge blog - #20 Anything goes

Thanks for your visit and love to see you again.

xoxo Elin