Wednesday, November 18, 2009

card again

I'm just so happy. This afternoon we were in the real estate agent to arrange the last paper, so now our house up for sale. He could also tell us that the seller have signed our demand for 50000kr in rebate, so now the house should be ours .
It's so strange to think that we should move. We have lived here for 18 years, in fact, I moved straight from my childhood home and intothis house, so it becomes very strange. On the other hand lie the new house only three blocks from my home, so it's almost like coming home again.
It´s going to take some time before we move. The "new" house should have replaced the roof, new windows, extra insulation and have installed wood stove before we move into it.

Jeg er bare så glad. Her i eftermiddags var vi hos ejendomsmægleren for at ordne de sidste papir så nu er vores hus til salg. han kunne også fortælle os ,at sælger har skrevet under på vores krav om 50000kr i prisnedslag, så nu skulle huset være vores.Det er så underlig at tænke på at vi skal flytte.
Vi har boet her i 18 år, ja faktisk flyttede jeg direkte fra mit barndomshjem og hertil, så det bliver meget mærkeligt. Tilgengæld ligge det nye hus kun tre gader fra mit barndomshjem, så det er nærmest som at komme hjem igen.
Der går godt nok et godt stykke tid, for det "nye" hus skal lige have skiftet tag og vinduer, det skal efter isoleres og have installeret brændeovn inden vi flytter ind.

One of my work mates have ordered 4 birthday card and since my card box is loaned out, I just had to make card again ;O)

En af min arbejdskollegaer har bestilt 4 fødselsdagskort og da min kortkasse er udlånt, ja så mått jeg lige igang igen.

The pictures are not the best but we are missing is daylight in Denmark at this time of year, so it will not improve.
Billederne er ikke de bedste, men vi mangler altså dagslys i Danmark på denne årstid, så det blive ikke bedre.

Thanks for stopping by.

Tak fordi du kiggede forbi.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

I`m still here

My blog has been quiet, but I am still here. We have over the last two weeks have been started to look at a new house.
The house we own now have holiday status. The last 10 years we have had dispenation to live here but now we must no longer live here. That means we must live here in the summer half years and live like us here, but not stay overnight in the winter half year, but that is not sustainable in the long run.
So all my time is up with speculation, talk with real estate broker, credit unions, etc. so I have no profit had to scrap or blog. We now have a house in binoculars, and if all goes well, then everything falls into place on Tuesday, so cross fingers for me.

Min blog har været stille, men jeg er her stadigvæk. Vi har i de sidste to uger været igang med at kigge på hus, da vi det hus vi ejer har sommerhus status. De sidste 10 års har vi haft dispenation til at bo her, men nu må vi ikke længer bor her. Det vil sige vi må bor her i sommerhalv året og gerne opholde os her ,men ikke overnatte i vinterhalv året, men det er jo ikke holdbart i længden.Så alt min tid er gået med spekulationer, snak med ejendomsmægler , kreditforeninger m.m så jeg har intet overskud haft til scrap eller min blog. Vi har nu et hus i kikkerten og hvis alt går vel,så falder det hele på plads på tirsdag, så kryds finger for mig.

Yesterday I managed to make this card for the challenge which is now running at over at kort o mani

I går fik jeg dog taget mig sammen til at lave det her kort til udfordringen som lige nu køre over på kort o mani

Before all this fuss buying a home, I signed up to the Scrapfestival challange over at Scrapsisters. Here you are supposed to do a layout every day in November. I'm already hopelessly behind and have only been made 5 layouts. They come here

Inden alt det her huskøb halløj meldte jeg mig til Scrapfestival over hos Scrapsisters. Her er det meningen man skal lave et layout hver dag i november. Jeg er allerede håbløs bagud og har kun fået lavet 5 layouts. De kommer her



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Sunday, November 01, 2009

No more cards !

Wow I'm tired of making cards. The last month I made 47 cards, because my colleague had to sell some of them this weekend. How many she has been sold, I have no idea yet. So now it stands on scrapping in the near future .

Hold da op jeg er træt af at lave kort. Den sidste måned har jeg lavet 47 kort, fordi min kollega skulle sælge nogen af dem her i weekenden. Hvor mange hun har fået solgt, aner jeg ikke endnu. Så nu står den i den nærmeste fremtid på scrap.

A couple of my christmas card
Et par af alle mine julekort

Yesterday I was at the very last crop of Dreampapers which unfortunately shut on November 30. I've really enjoyed, being a part of Annettes design team and have had many fun and good teaching experiences. I have learned so many nice people to know through this cozy shop. I come in the degree to miss the cozy crops with good service, delicious food, great prizes and pleasant company.

I går var jeg til det aller sidste crop i Dreampapers, som jo desværre lukke d. 30 november. Jeg har virkelig nydt ,at være en del af Annettes designteam og har haft mange sjove og gode undervisnings oplevelser. Jeg har lært så mange søde mennesker at kende gennem denne hyggelige butik. Jeg kommer i den grad til at savne de hyggelige crops med god betjening, lækkert mad , fede præmier og hyggeligt selskab.

Yesterday I succeed to make whole 2 ½ layout ... so here come the two which were finished
I går lykkes det mig at få lavet hele 2½ layout...så her komme de to der blev færdige

The idea of hanging the pictures are liftet from Jana Eubank
Ideen med at billederne hænger ned er liftet fra Jana Eubank.
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

christmas cards

I'm still not quite on top, coughing and snotty, but it is moving forward. Today, it has been on pure relaxation and comfort in my scraproom. A colleague is going to have a booth at a flea market next weekned and have asked me if she should sell some of my cards, so right now I´m making more cards than layouts.

Jeg er stadigvæk ikke helt på toppen, hoster og snotter en del, men det går fremad. I dag har den stået på ren afslapning og hygge i scrapværelset. En kollega skal have en stand på et kræmmermarked i næsten weekned og har spurgt mig ,om hun ikke skal sælge nogle af mine kort, så lige nu står den mere på kort end scrap.

Here are three cards that I have made today
Her er tre kort, som jeg har fået lavet i dag
This is my contribution to the challenge, which is now running at over 1-2-3-scrap, where you must use flowers, lace, bling and glimmermist.
Det her er mit bud på udfordringen ,som lige nu kører over på 1-2-3-scrap, hvor man skal bruge blomster, blonde, bling og glimmermist.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic weekend.
Tak fordi du kiggede forbi og jeg håber du får en fantastisk weekend.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

home again

So we are home again after a fantastic trip to Disneyland Paris. The drive down there went very well and this year we found our hotel in Belgium, almost seamlessly ; O)
Tuesday we took the metro into Paris and had seen the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dam. We ate lunch at a nice cafe down by the Seine.
Wednesday and Thursday we spent at Disneyland. Signe and I was unfortunate enough to try to hand firmly in a roller coaster. It was obviously in a dark tunnel, it chose to stop. We sat there for about 20 minutes before it got started again and it was really cold. Fortunately they were nice to inform the speaker and within 5 minutes the light was switched on and an employee arrived to us after 10 minutes, so there was no panic.
Thursday afternoon I was unfortunately ill and had fever, so the 18 hours in the car on the way home on Friday was very long.

Så vi hjemme igen efter en fantastisk tur til Disneyland Paris. Køreturen derned gik fint og i år fandt vi vores hotel i Belgien, næsten uden problemer ;O)
Tirsdag tog vi metroen ind til paris og fik set Eiffeltårnet, Triumfbuen og Notre-Dam. Vi spiste frokost på en hyggelig cafe ned ved seinen.
Onsdag og torsdag tilbragte vi i Disneyland. Signe og jeg var så uheldige, at prøve at side fast i en rutchebane. Det var selvfølgelig i en mørk tunnel, den valgte at stoppe. Vi sad der i ca 20 minutter inden den kom igang igen og det var rigtig koldt. Heldigvis var de flinke til at informere over højtalerne og i løbet af 5 minutter blev lyset tændt og en medarbejder ankom til os efter 10 minutter, så der var ingen panik.
Torsdag eftermiddag blev jeg desværre syg og fik feber, så de 18 timer i bilen på vej hjem om fredagen var meget lange.


I'm still sick, but now things are moving, so hopefully I will soon be on top again.
Jeg er stadigvæk syg, men nu går det fremad, så forhåbentlig er jeg snart på toppen igen.

A man card which I had little energy to do today
Et herrekort som jeg har haft lidt energi til at lave i dag
Girly card I made for card-master week 4 over at Scrapsisters.
Tøsekort jeg lavet til kortmesteren uge 4 over hos Scrapsisters.
we should also make two Christmas tags, here they are
vi skulle også lave to juletags, her er de

I then chose to use them on some cards, so now they look like this
Jeg valgte bagefter at bruge det på nogle kort, så nu ser de sådan ud.
Thanks for stopping by.
Tak fordi du kiggede forbi.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

vacation

Hooray I have vacation and tomorrow morning we drive to Disneyland Paris. I am so excited and this year we shall also see Paris city, where I have not been before.

Jubii jeg har ferie og i morgen tidlig kører vi til Disneyland Paris. Det glæder jeg mig rigtig meget til og denne gang skal vi også ind og se selve Paris.

Just two quick cards before I must finished packing my bags.
Lige to hurtige kort inden jeg skal ind og pakke kufferten færdig.

Christmas card made wih alcohol ink
Julekort lavet med alcohol ink

Thanks for stopping by.
Tak fordi du kiggede forbi.

Sunday, October 04, 2009

a great weekend

I've had a fantastic weekend for the convention on Funen. Lovely company on the journey of Maria and Annette. We stayed at a training center in Middelfart, as head far out into the woods and where breakfast was brunch without herring.

Jeg har haft en fantastisk weekend til convention på Fyn. Dejligt selskab på turen af Maria og Annette. Vi overnattede på et kursuscenter i middelfart, som låg langt ude i skoven og hvor morgenmaden var brunch uden sild.

To convention, there were four sketch contests, as one might choose to do at home or on site. Here are the cards I made for competition.

Til convention var der fire skitsekonkurrencer, som man kunne vælge at lave hjemmefra eller på stedet. Her er de kort jeg lavet til konkurrencen

and the two layouts, where I was fortunate enough to win first prize in one "my roots"
og de to layouts, hvor jeg var så heldig at vinde første præmien på det ene "my roots"
Besides the competitions, I made these two layouts where I have used sketches from Mona

Ud over konkurrencerne fik jeg lavet de her to layouts udfra skitser fra Mona.
I had indeed spent some money, but had the whole 20$ to take home, which is unlike me ;O)

jeg fik da også brugt lidt penge, men havde hele 100 kr med hjem, hvilket ikke ligner mig ;O)

Thanks for stopping by.
Tak fordi du kiggede forbi.