Fun & games!

OK, so I'm a bit behind on my blogging, and the last two layouts in "My Freedom"-class. But here's goes:
Todays blog promt from Shimelle:
"Tell your blog readers about your favourite game."

I love games! Particularly boardgames. Sadly, my husband dosen't so I don't get to play games all that much. In my childhood we used to play cards, Ludo, Ming, and a lot of other games.
These days I really like:

Memory games:
I bought this game from Little Tikes for one of my nephews, and had to buy one for myself too... :-) It so cute! Small animals hide under haystacks :-)

(We actually used this game to settle an argument about our sons last name, he got to choose himselt, a brown bunny for my last name, and a grey for daddys last name. He took mine! :-)

Cardgames:
I love playing cards, mostly "casino", "solitaire" and "idiot".

Mancala (also known as Kalaha):
I have a small version of this one, with small, pretty, colourful stones. It's an ancient game, yet perfect companion for a cup of hot chocolate with cream or a good cup of tea in a café with a good friend.

Check out this site for rules, it's really a great game! Seems simple, but the more you play, the more challenging it gets.

Of computergames:
I really enjoy Flåklypa Grand Prix and Diablo II, as different games as you can find! *LOL*
Flåkypa Grand Prix is a cute game for the entire family

Diablo II is good for those days you just feel like... slaying a demon... or something...

We also have a Playstation:
and my favourite games are
Harry Potter 1-5


Barnyard, teasing the postman and shooting milk!

What inspires me?

Today���s blog prompt from Shimelle:
Share a list of links with your blog readers, leading them to the websites that inspire you most.

I often find inspiration in magazines, shopping and other peoples creative work. Here���s my list of links, a mix of shops, magazine and blogs:
Anitas blogg
Bikuben
Bind it all, Zutter
Din Hobby
Ett Trykk
Gunhild Bays blogg
Lillars blogg
Mayjas blogg
Olavs blogg
Papirloftet
Scoobies Blog
Scrapbook Inspiration
Shimelle Laines blogg
Stempelglede
Tim Holtz blog
TreL
Unik Hobby
Vi scrapper
And at the moment, all you creative ladies in the
���My Freedom���-class :-)


And here���s my travel LO from last week, just put the finishing touches on it. The title read: "travelling through life" (or something like that...)

Inspiration and aspiration...

This weeks topics from Shimelle, is inspiration and aspiration. Here’s my list:

Inspiration:
My head is buzzing with ideas most of the time, but I never really stop to think what inspires me... (I had an awful period when I was pregnant, and ‘till my son was 3 months old, I got nothing! No ideas, no urge to scrap or make cards, no energy at all. It felt like I was missing a big piece of myself. I was so relived when I suddenly wanted to scrap EVERYTHING again! *LOL*)
When I scrap, I want to tell a story, capture a moment of time, and keep some of my thoughts and values on paper for my son.
As a nurse, I know very well, that life is fragile, and some things I just want to document. If there should come a time, be it 5-10 (knock on wood) or 50 years from now that I can’t tell him myself, at least my son can read about my love for him, what we did before he was born, what he did as a baby and other stuff that’s important to me. I know this may seem a bit depressive, but I don’t see it that way, I just know we don’t live for ever…
- My son and my husband, I scrap them the most.
- My sons first… everything!!!
- Great times with my family and my friends. Moments I want to capture.
- My cat
- Great photos, old as new
- Pretty pattern paper
- Scrapbook Magazines , t.ex. Scrapbook Inspiration
- A ticket, candywrapper, concert program…

Aspiration:
- To be a good mother to my son, and give him a good childhood. To give and learn him what I believe to be the right values and keep him safe from harm.
- To be a good wife
- To be a good friend
- To fix up our house
- To be a good nurse, and keep up to date in medicine and research.
- To keep up with all my crafting ideas, and actually make some cards and LOs, not just plan them (which I’m extremely good at *LOL*)
- To get in a better shape, and get into habit of a daily walk

Gratulerer med dagen til… MEG! :-)

G��rsdagen ble tilbragt hjemme sammen med familien. S��ster���n kom hjem med sine gutter, og vi hadde med v��r lille mann. En br��kete, men veldig fin dag.
Tenkte jeg skulle legge ut noen bilder. Bilde av den flotte kaken, og et flott kort som Mamma laget til meg, som jeg lo av det kortet! :-)
Og et kort fra mine nev��er p�� to og fire, s�� utrolig s��tt!

Happy bithday to���. ME! :-)
Yesterday was spent at home with my family. My sister came home with her boys, and we had our little man, a day of noise, but so nice. :-)
Thought I���d post some photos, of the cake, and of a gorgeous card my Mum made for me, it just made me laugh! :-)
And a card from my nephews, aged 2 and 4, just love it!

Baksiden: "H��ndlaget av Mamma, for (Broder'n) stakk av... *LOL*
Back: "Handmade by Mum, because (my Brtoher) ran off... *LOL

How do you prefer the pace of life?

Today’s blog prompt from Shimelle: How do you prefer the pace of life? Do you wish things would speed up or slow down? Illustrate with something that has been on your mind or on your calendar or share your preference between working slowly or quickly on a crafting project.

Life is moving to fast for me! Way to fast! Days just seem to fly by and I get nothing done. (how people manage more than one child is over my head) But still I love it, it’s my life, it’s the life I’ve chosen. I’m together with my husband and my son, live near my family and have few but good and dear friends. I have a steady job, a house, a car and even a cute cat. To quote Lise Myhre: “I would be stupid if I wasn’t happy!”
The only ting I lack is time, time for my scrapbooking and cardmaking projects and for fixing up our house.

This is MY TIME

So��� I���ve finished my first layout for Shimelle Laines ���My freedom��� class. A bit confused yesterday, and not the pace I thought it would be, but at least I���m done with one. It���s actually the first double spread I���ve ever made, and I do like the colours of this one, they make me happy, and make me think of summer. (Which I think appropriate for a summer class :-)
Now, I���ll just make myself a new cup of tea, and go back to my scrapbook stash���
(btw: the title reads "This is MY TIME", and the text is about how my life has been the last 10 years and how it is today. It's all in Norwegian, though...)

I���m also going to make my own bonus page on this one. I got so many ideas, and want to use some of them for my sons album, showing photos one year apart, starting with pictures of my pregnancy test and ultrasound, should be fun! :-)

First attempt...

So, here's my first attempt at this weeks assignment in "My freedom" Nothing's glued yet, but at least it's a start... :-)

Dikt, faktisk...

"Today’s blog prompt: Have you ever been inspired by the words of a poem?
Share the poem with your blog readers and tell them how you came to value its
words."

Dette var ikke helt lett, måtte tenke litt på denna før jeg kom på et passende. Jeg hadde en periode hvor jeg samlet dikt, men inspirert av dikt? Ikke egentlig.
Dette diktet fant jeg i en av lærebøkene mine på sykepleieskolen, og jeg synes det er så fint, og en god påminnelse om hva som er viktig her i livet, og ikke minst om livsvisdom.


Hvis jeg fikk leve livet om igjen
Nadine Stair, 85 år

Jeg ville våge å gjøre flere feil neste gang.
Jeg ville slappe av og være litt smidigere og dumme på denne reisen.
Jeg ville ta færre ting alvorlig.
Jeg ville gripe flere sjangser.
Jeg ville ha flere opplevelser.
Jeg ville klatre i flere fjell og svømme i flere elver.
Jeg ville spise mere iskrem og mindre blodpudding.
Jeg ville sikkert få flere virkelige problemer, men færre innbilte.
Du forstår, jeg er et av de mennesker som lever forstandig og sunt hver time, hver dag.
Å, jeg har hatt mine øyeblikk, men hvis jeg fikk leve alt sammen om igjen, så ville jeg ha mange, mange flere av dem.
Jeg ville faktisk prøve å ikke ha noe annet, bare øyeblikk, det ene etter det andre i stedet for å leve så mange år på forskudd.
For jeg har vært en av dem som aldri har reist noen steder uten et termometer, en varmeflaske og en falleskjerm.
Hvis jeg fikk leve om igjen, så ville jeg reise med mindre bagasje.
Hvis jeg fikk leve om igjen, ville jeg starte ut barbeint tidliger på våren, og fortsette med det lengre utover høsten.
Jeg ville kjøre mer karusell og plukke mye, mye mer tusenfryd.


This wasn't easy, I had to think about this one before one came to mind. For a time I collected poems I liked, but inspired? Not really.
I found this poem in one of my textbook while reading for my nurse degree. I really like this poem, it's a good reminder of what's important in life, not to mention the wisdom of life, and life lived.

If I had my life to live over
Nadine Stair,85 years old.

I'd dare to make more mistakes next time.
I'd relax, I would limber up.
I would be sillier than I have been this trip.
I would take fewer things seriously.
I would take more chances.

I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers.
I would eat more ice cream and less beans.
I would perhaps have more actual troubles,
but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.

You see, I'm one of those people who live
sensibly and sanely hour after hour,
day after day.

Oh, I've had my moments,
And if I had it to do over again,
I'd have more of them.
In fact, I'd try to have nothing else.
Just moments, one after another,
instead of living so many years ahead of each day.

I've been one of those people who never goes anywhere
without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat
and a parachute.
If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have.
If I had my life to live over,
I would start barefoot earlier in the spring
and stay that way later in the fall.
I would go to more dances.
I would ride more merry-go-rounds.
I would pick more daisies.

Noen av mine kort...

P�� tide �� legge ut noen av mine siste kort her. I det siste har jeg lekt med distressputer. Ettersom jeg bare har to, blir det litt monotont i farger, s�� utfordringen blir �� variere allikevel. Disse er raskere �� lage enn de jeg pleier �� lage, og det er morsomt med litt variasjon... :-)

Time to post some of my latest cards. Lately I've been playing around with my distress-pads. Since I've so far just got two, it's not too much variation in colours, the challenge is to still make different cards. These are much faster to make than the one I use to, I enjoy the variation... :-)

What’s in your suitcase?

In Shimelle Laines "My Freedom" online class“ I've just got today’s blog prompt:
Play a game of ‘What’s in
your suitcase?’ on your blog by listing your
necessities for travel, then ask your blog readers to
comment with their own list. You can include
pictures or links for items you consider musthaves.”


I’ve already done this, it’s my packinglist for an upcoming holiday, lasting a week. (This is just my suitcase, I’ll also have to pack one for my son, my husband have to pack his own):
Just to clear things up, we'll drive to my parents summerhouse, and I'll try to keep my stash to a minimum (yeah, right! *LOL*) I've aslo planned a visit to the nearest craftstore to stack up whilst there.

Cellphone and charger
Camera with charger and pc-cables
Notebook
A selection of pens
Scrapping supplies (t.ex. papers, trimmers, adhesive, ink, flowers, brads, ribbons, QK alphabets, journalingstamps)
Laptop
Strawberry tea
Cookies

T-shirts
Jeans
Skirts
Underwear
Socks
Sneakers
Slippers
Soap, shampoo etc…
Toothbrush, toothpaste
Some jewelry
Sunblock
Hairbrush
Fleece jacket
A small “pharmacy” (bandaid, bandages, painkillers, mosquito repellent etc )
Disinfectiv wipes
Nail file and handlotion

(When going on our honeymoon, I hadn’t time to pack my suitcase. We got married on a Saturday, and my husband had booked a flight 8 am next morning! I did get about an hour sleep that night, and just threw some clothes into my suitcase before we left for the airport. I arrived in Venice, 34°C in the shadows, with 2 pair of jeans, 4 t-shirts, one long skirt and a complete travellers pharmacy! *LOL* So the first couple of days, we went shopping… :-) )

I’’VE BEEN SHOPPING!!! :-)

Shimelles ”Summer Brights”-kit were sold out, so I’ll put together my own kit. I’ve been thinking about several colour combinations: cream, purple and green, cream brown and burgundy red, and green and yellow.
Shopping today, I found a light yellow Bazill I really liked, and I’ll combine it with mostly green, but also, turquoise, pink and light blue. It really gives it the summer feel I want for this project. It just so happy colours! :-)
I’ve also found some embellishments, and will add more from my stash.

Light yellow Bazzill as base, various shades of green, and some blue, pink and more yellow, and scalloped papers, also in purple. Also some lace papers from Creative Imaginations.

Thickers from American Crafts, Bazzill Edges, various ribbons, Making Memories brads, Bazzill bling blossoms, journaling stickers from American Crafts.
Day Dreams accessories sheet from My Mind’s Eye Flocked add-ons and Heidi Grace.

Bazzill bling blossoms, glitter brads from Creativ Imaginations, Sprocket Gears from Tim Holtz and Die cut art strips from Prima

Today we’ve received promt 2, Time to take notes!

What is your earliest clear memory?
Pulling out all the clothes of my closet and hiding in there with my sister along with all the teddybears and pillows we could find. (My brother was experimenting with explosives in the next room, and we figured out that if everything was blown to smithereens, we would just fly to the moon, safe in our closet….)

What three things seem to take most of your time?
1. My son! And I love it! Seeing him smile, hearing him laugh, see how much and how fast he develops, enjoying his wonderful personality.
2. My dear husband
3. Hobbies (Scrapbooking & cardmaking)

If you had one day with no obligations, what would you do with the time?
Spend more time with family and friends, and make some of the scrapbook LOs I’ve got in my head, and on paper…

Imagine childhood you at an age that felt as happy and carefree as you remember. What would she do with a day of free time?
Summertime, at our cabin at the lake, playing with her sister, swimming in the lake, running in the woods, gathering berries and mushrooms with her mother. Sitting indoors with a large cup of steaming hot chocolate with cream, fireplace crackling, listening to the rain hit the roof and the thunder rolling.

How much do you rely on a schedule? Do you wear a watch?
Sometimes too much, other times not at all…I’m good at making schedules, list and plans. Not to good at following them to the letter…
Yes, I wear a watch at eh moment, I’ve just put it back on again. but I have not for 6 months since my son was born, hygienic reasons…

What is your favourite time of day?
Night! I’m truly a nightperson!

Is there a day of the week or a time of year that you find particularly lovely?
Spring! Love the smell of wet, warm soil, life beginning again, birds coming back from the south, the warm breeze of spring with promises of life, joy, summer and a new beginning!
I love the change in the season. The fact that they change makes me enjoy them even more when they do. I enjoy the first smell of frost, the smell of fireplaces. I love the beautiful colours of the fall and the icy cold beauty of the winter. I’m not to keen on summers, though. I don’t like the warm weather to much. (When I was pregnant I was lucky, got a rainy summer. My mother-in-law almost cried because of all the rain, I danced my raindances in the living room… *LOL*)

What hour of the week would you skip, given the choice?
Every hour of the day when I must get up! I hate early mornings!

Think back to a time before your most recent milestone in life -- changing jobs, getting married, the arrival of a child or grandchild, retirement, etc. How was your day different then compared to now?
A year ago, pregnant with my son.
Tired, sleeping a lot, but feeling good. Enjoying all his kicks, knowing it means he’s well.
Today I’m with him almost all the time, everything revolves around him, naturally. Last year this time he was just “a little shrimp”, This year he’s a beautiful, active, smiling, playful little boy. I’ve actually made this adorable creature myself! (OK, It takes two to tango, but I dare say I’ve done most f the job!) It’s the greatest miracle of life!

An innocent and wide-eyed young girl comes to you for advice. She asks how you make time for important things. What do you tell her?
Make time for family and friends, not work. The important thing is not material, but what’s inside you. Memories, feelings, emotions, love. Fill you life with love, gather friends, not things. But don’t gather friends in numbers; gather friends in your heart. It doesn’t matter how many friends you’ve got, it matters how good friends they are.

My Freedom

I dag begynte "My Freedom" kurset til Shimelle Laine, som jeg har gledet meg noe enormt til siden jeg meldte meg på for en uke siden. Kurset går over fem uker, og skal til slutt bli et album på 20 sider. I dag fikk vi den første kursleksjonen, og ukas emne er "tid" og "reise". I dag skal vi ta bilde av f.eks. klokker, biler, finne gamle feriebilder osv. Jeg har løpt rundt med kamera i hele dag, og hodet har formelig eksplodert av idéer! Jeg har masse forskjellige løsninger, spesielt til "tid"!

Today marks the beginning of ”My Freedom”, Shimelle Laines summerclass. I’ve been looking so forward to this since I signed up for this class a week ago. This class last five weeks, and at the end, I’m suppose to have made an entire album, 20 pages.
Today I received the first promt, ant this weeks themes are “time” and “travel”.
I just love this prompt!!! Got lots and lots of ideas popping into my head, almost too many... :lol:
I've been running around all day taking photos, and think I'll use one of my parents clocks for time, it run backwards! (It has always been right, though! And for a period when I was younger, I got so used to it, that normal clocks confused me :lol: ) My grandfather had one too, and he used to say that it was the most silly clock he knew, but it was always right! I've got lot of journaling ideas about turning time around. Time just seems to fly by, especially since I've become a mother...
I’ve thought about using photos taken a year apart like my pregnancy test or my ultrasound pictures and then my son one year later. I’ve also played with using photos of me and my husband as teens, engaged, married and parents. And I’ve been thinking about generations. We got our picture taken Saturday, my son, my mom and I, three generations, I love that photo!
For travel I've been taking photos of an old, but very much loved, pair of sneakers, and my car, and I'm thinking about my sons stroller… I think I’ll use walking as a “sub-theme” on this one…

My head is buzzing with ideas, maybe I just should make a page about all the ideas I want to make but haven’t got the time for… :lol:

Her er et par av dagens bilder... / a couple of todays photos:

En klokke som går baklengs. Du aner ikke hvor ofte jeg har behov for at tiden snur litt, får tilbake en time, eller kan sove litt lenger....

A clock that run backwards. You have no idea how often I have wanted to turn back time. Get an extra hour, sleep a little longer…

Mine gamle, gode, men akk så slitne forsvarstøfler. Jeg fikk dem for 8 år siden mens jeg avtjente verneplikt, og de har vært flittig brukt. Det er de beste skoene jeg har hatt!

My old, comfy, but soo worn out armyslippers. I got them 8 years ago when I was int he army, and used them since. It's the best shoes I've ever had!

OK, I give in, I'm blogging...

Joda, jeg har endelig laget meg en blogg!
I forbindelse med et kurs på nettet ble det etterhvert ganske komplisert å "være den eneste" uten blogg. Ble nesten litt som på barneskolen, "alle andre har!" *LOL*
Etterhvert håper jeg det kommer litt av hvert her, men det blir nok mest kort og scrapbooking...
OK, so I've made a blogg.
After joining an online class, it got kind of complicated without a blog.
I'm hoping to post other things here as well, mostly cardmaking and scrapbooking...