This diapercake turned out to be the thing that got me back my mojo

Hello there! 

Im soon happy to write this blogpost as you probably cannot believe. 

As the ones of you know that has been following me for a longer period of time I have been experiencing a serious lack of mojo..

You know we all do from time to time but this one lasted for almost 1 1/2 years and I actually thought it might never ever come back. 

Then my amazing coworker, Erik, told us in the beginning of this schoolyear he and his lovely wife Erica expected another baby. They are proud parents of a cute little girl named Saga (Fairytale in swedish) and she is only two weeks older than my Ella. Now she is the proud big sister to Noel, a beautiful baby boy. To welcome him to the world my other coworkers and me had a long discussion as to what we should buy. However we couldn't think of something great enough (I thought ;)) so I said it. "I can create something". In that same moment I deeply regretted my mind. I started doubting myself and thinking there was absolutely no way I could. But then time flew by and suddenly he became a father and I was in a bit of a hurry. Out of the blue I decided to go with a diapercake. And believe me! I had soon much fun putting it together, I had never done anything like it before. And of course it had to have a card on top for little Noel. For special people, you can make special things. 

Unfortunately I was unaware of the importance this diapercake should make in my life because after this one I have attended one scrapmeet and I have also created two cards on commission! And Ive loved every part of the creation process! yay!! I was wrong - I still love doing this and I can't wait til I get another precious moment in my scrap room. Because I had no idea of the importance of this project Im sorry to say this is the only picture I have of it. I added more than a blue baby blanket of course and I also wrapped it up real nice. Erik and his wife truly appreciated it and thats just lovely isn't it! I hope they will take it apart and use the diapers though ;) 

I´ll be back soon, sooner than you think as I have two cards more to show you. 

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for looking and for staying with me all of this time. 

Surprise for Camilla S! For a boy at MDUC + midway reminder CLP

Hi friends and followers! 

Id like to, as always, wish you welcome here but today I want to wish one of my dearest friends Camilla Stöen Bakke an extra hearty welcome! We have had something special planned for months now and its FINALLY time! Time for us all to once again join in and hold virtual hands and give virtual hugs as our second MDUC  surprise babyshower goes live! 

SURPRISE CAMILLA!!!!! 

As some of you may know Camilla is going to be a mum any day now. She is expecting a little boy that is going to be named Maximilian. Isn't that the cutest name? Oh, I simply cannot wait to see pictures of this little sweetheart but I will just have to wait. Theres no rushing mother nature ;) lol Its a little extra emotional for me because it takes me back to this time last year when the amazing MDUC team had planned the first baby shower for me and little Ella! I was soooo surprised and I have never had anyone do something quit this special for me before so I know first hand what this means to Camilla, its out of this world, Camilla! Don't you think? 

Besides creating something special for Camilla us in the DT have had the option to work after a tic tac toe board created by yours truly. Since its mine Ive added all the things I love in this board so no surprise I went all in! ;) Here´s what the board looks like: 

So our thinking is that if you want to join in our celebration you create something, anything with the theme "For a boy" in mind. It doesn't have to be a creation for a newborn baby boy it can be anything for a boy. We also have the option of using the tic tac toe board but you don't have to. We would be so happy if you could join in, we are nothing without you guys and your amazing entries :) 

The card i made is also my midway reminder for the greatest sketch challenge ever (if I may say so myself ;) Good job, Chelsea)) and to join in you have to create using this lush sketch: 

Before I go to take a look at all of the AMAZING creations made by my fellow teamies here I want to share some more close ups. My choice of image is Baby Tilda and I colored her with my di´s on 300 g watercolor paper. I made a shaker box for him to rest in so he is all cuddly and comfy ;) I made the box frame with spellbinder classic and scalloped oval dies. The glitter inside the box is from You do. I also added stickles to the cute wings and the lace on the stamped image. The gold, white and blue sprinkles are made with frantage "Shabby blue". Ive used an alphabet die from TH for Sizzix and its called "Typeset" to spell out Maximilian. 

The gorge dim blue seambinding and lace goes perfect together with the beautiful rattle charm I bought at the Magnolia store in Borås some time ago. The broad light blue lace behind the image is bought from Ebay and the white one is by Live and Love crafts and so is quit may other embellies. I cant stay away from them they are just to shabby and awesome! Ive added a gallery of the LLC stuff I used at the end of this posting via Inlinkz. 

The papers are by Pion design and are part of the "Studio of memories" collection. 

The flowers are from WOC, Ive really tried my best to contain my desire to go nuts with flowers here since its for a little boy, but hey...he´s tiny and so these three doesn't count ;) lol Flowers are my fav embellie so it took some strength ;) 

The circular stamp is from Kort og godt and I first noticed it when it was part of one of the surprises made for me last year. It was from my beloved teamie Janne and she had used it on this beautiful paper piece of cake she made me:  

I loved it already back then and ever since we found out Camilla was pregnant I had planned to buy one for myself and use it on her creation as its in Norwegian and will be perfect. I have a feeling I will use it a lot more over and over. Our languages swedish and norwegian are no that different from each other. It says " A little angel" and we used to spell ängel like that before here so it just looks like early on swedish - cool! I also had that die from before and had forgotten all about it and thought it would be a fun way to make it look the same. Of course I had to add some Frantage though! Thank you so much for you never stopping inspiration Janne. 

I hope you will like my creation and Camilla, I hope it will land in your postbox very soon along with a little pressie. GOOD LUCK! 

GDT Magnolia Mania # 54: Use your favorite stamp

Hiya friends and followers! ♥

Oh, Im so exited! This is my third posting as a very honored GDT at Magnolia Mania :) I just don´t want it to end! ;) It´s a great thing it´s a three month period ;) lol!

This time we would have like you all to join in a really simple and very fun challenge: USE YOUR FAVORITE MAGNOLIA STAMP. So come on and grab your stamps, try to make a desicion on which one to use (good luck! ;)) and hop along!

As you all know I´m in a period now when I love everything about babies! Little Ella is a little bit over a month old right now and I have gotten so many beautiful gift cards for her. These make me very proud! However I dont think a single one of them features one of my fav Maggie stamps (you know let´s be honest! I can´t REALLY just pick one ;)) My friend Maria has given birth to a cute little babygirl that is going to be named Stina so I used that image when I made her a welcome to the world card. Her name is Tilda in bunny slippers and I just ADORE her! I remember when she was released, I went crazy for this one ;)

Do not miss out on looking at the wonderful creations that was made for you all to inspire from in the lovely Magnolia Mania blog, they are all so gorgeous!

CONGRATS ON YOUR LITTLE GIRL Maria! Good luck! ♥

CARD RECIPE:

STAMPS:

Tilda in bunny slippers from Magnolia

PAPERS:

Both green and pink cs are bought at PEMA (my local scrapstore)

All dp´s are from Magnolia

DIES & PUNCHES:
Beaded ovals , classic ovals and ribbon banners from Spellbinders. The branches are punched out with a punch from McGill, the lace edge is punched out using the vintage lace from Martha Stewart.

DECORATIONS:

All of the roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts exept the rolled rose from Kort og Godt. The alphabeth stickers are from Making memories and the lovely shabby chic looking frame is by Melissa Frances. The pacifier charm is from the Magnolia store in Borås as is the pink lace. Cheese cloth is from Ljuva Änglar and the ribbon as well.

MEDIUM:

Tilda is inked with di´s on 300 g watercolorpaper. All edges sewn and painted with crackle paint Picket fence from Ranger.

Thank you so much for checking in with me today! xXx

I´ll see you in your blogs, sweeties! ♥

I´m part of the Anonyme Scrappere team!

Hi cuties!
Oh, I´m so HAPPY today!
I have had a SECRET since this summer and I have been bursting to spill ;)
You´re reading the blog of the newest member of the Anonyme Scrappere team!!  I´m so proud that lovely Anja, blogowner and teamleader, asked me if I want to join them after I had been a guest in july. IF I want to? He,he,he! I didn´t even consider turning this awesome offer down. Count me in!
I cant believe I´m now going to be working alongside some of the most talanted crafters in blogland on one more team :) I´m honored to be one of you and I can´t wait to get to know you all a bit better.

I´m going to be part of team 1 and we have a new challenge for you all today :)
We want to see you create something for a boy/man. Yes, it´s time for you to get your thinking caps on and dazzle us :) Talking about being dazzled check out the amazing card my teamies made here.

I siezed the opportunity to welcome little Arvid into this world. He was actually born about five months ago but for some reason the post office has been "unable" to deliver my packages...they just don´t seem to turn up at my friends house. The first parcel just vanished?? Hm? The second one came back to me again...so I figured I should make a third little gift set and that will be deliverd for sure, right? I mean hard hard can it be? :o

My choice of image is this beautiful baby Tilda from Magnolia. I don´t think she looks to girly if you colour her in these boyish colours?
Patterned papers from one of my favourite brands, Pion. Love them! They have just released their chrissy collection "I väntan på Tomten II" and guess what, I ordered it and can´t wait to get crafty with them :)

Thanks for looking :)

Hugs xXx

Flying Tilda



I made this joy fold card last weekend when I was preparing for the Magnolia course I held at Stämpelgården today. I

 had so much fun! I´ll definatly do it again if anyone asks me and I got at least as much inspiration as the girls who participated (at least I hope they were ;)). I´ll love the feeling I get from meeting other crafters, it´s amazing :)

I have used an image from Magnolia and I colored her with distressers on 300 g watercolorpaper. She´s so gorgoues and I love the fact she´s a bit smaller than they usually are so she fits perfectly in to most spellies or Nellie´s.

I hope you all have enjoyed your saturday!

Guest DT MDUC: Challenge #64 Fancy Folds

Här kommer bild på kortet jag gjort till veckans utmaning på Magnolia Down Under Challenges. Jag har ju den stora äran att få gästa dem ett tag framöver :) De otroligt kreativa och idérika tjejerna i teamet har den här veckan en underbar utmaning till oss, nämligen Fancy Folds (kortet är vikt minst på 2 ställen) . Jag brukar gilla de flesta utmaningar men den här är superskojig :) Jag älskar spännande vikningar. Stair step fold vikning är en av mina nya favoriter, prova på den du också. Tutorial finns här :) Jag ser fram mot att se vad ni skapar :)

Tack för att ni kikat in hos mig även idag :)

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Here´s the pic of the card I made for this weeks challenge over at Magnolia Down Under. I´m so honoured to be a guest dt for the next few weeks. :) The incredibly creative and talanted ladies in the dt has a lovely challenge dor us this week, Fancy Folds (at least 2 folds). I usually like most challenges ;) but I think this one is great. :) I love learning new folding technics. The stair step fold card is one of my new favourites, maybe you feel up for it? You´ll find my tutorial here :) I´m looking forward to seeing what you have created :)

Thank´s so much for visiting me :)

On this pic you get a better sence of the ups and downs ;)

Recipe:

Papers: pink and grey cs, patterned papers from Magnolia and Tim Holtz.

Stamps: sentiment - Whiff of joy, images -  Magnolia

Emebellies: White fabric thickers, flowers from Magnolia (tulips) and WOC, Ribbon - Panduro Hobby, Bling and charm - Magnolia, halfpearls - Stämpelgården, various Stickles glue

Tools: Nestebilities petite oval and scalloped petite oval, Nestebilities heart and scalloped heart, Edge Scraper - Tim Holtz.