A lament to the old Volvo

As you might remember, our Volvo died. It was such a sad event (or not), which you can read more about here, if you'd like to know what happened. Of course I had to make a layout about it. The title says: Rest in peace, oh suicidal old Volvo.

                            

Sure, it was a rather crappy old car, and we were thinking of getting a new one either way, but we weren't quite prepared to see it go just like that.

The layout was made for a challenge at En Liten Butik. The challenge was to use stamps, banners and color splashes. I've splashed Glimmer mist and white acrylic paint, and I've used a ledger stamp, from Unity Stamps.

So, now that the old car died, of course we had to get another one, right? After three Volvos in a row, we decided to go in another direction and choose something a bit different. When P first mentioned that he might like a Kia, I was a little bit sceptical, but we started asking around, and spoke to quite a few Kia owners. As it turned out, everyone was more than pleased with their cars. So I caved in. And here it is. A lovely red Kia Cee'd. Well, it isn't ours just yet, but we're waiting anxiously to go pick it up. I can tell you, there's a lot of anticipation going on in our house at the moment. I'm dying to get the car and go for a loooong ride!

 

It seems I'm starting to come out of that troublesome scrapblock I've been in since long before Christmas. I've got some well-needed vitamin injections in the shape of some of Prima's lovely new collections, and thus I feel like I'm back on track again! Lovely! So, I'll be getting some scrapping on tonight, I think!

Have a great Sunday night everyone!

Gone fishing

Here's a short post today with a layout I've made with Prima's Londonderry collection. It's Albin, who's fishing in Bräkneån. I really loved this collection. It is perfect for scrapping photos of the kids doing kids' stuff at the farm.  

All the supplies for this layout is from Scraplagret.

Buddies (and a suicidal car)

Wowza... I seem to have taken a quite a break from blogging! To be honest, I've taken a break from scrapbooking too, apart from the must-makes, i.e my DT-assignments. I haven't had much inspiration, really, and I have been preoccupied with other things. Here's one of the few things I've managed to produce so far this year, a layout with Chantilly Dawn papers from Riddersholm Design.

So, I've had an awful lot to think about lately, and desicions to make. My job is surely taking it's toll, no matter how much I love it and all the people I work with, both students and colleagues. Thankfully, we're having a week-long break starting today, and we all need that.

Also, we found ourselves in a lot more trouble than we ever wished for when our dear old Volvo V70 decided that it had enough and committed suicide. Yes, it did just that, actually. Believe it or not. It took off on its own downhill, missed the farmhouse, missed a huge pile of rocks, went across the road, hit a crash barrier and tipped over onto the neighbours' field... oops. I know, it really is hilarious, when you think about it. Noone got in the way, and noone was hurt, so, apart from the car itself, no damage was done. The parking break must have gone haywire. The insurance company decided that the car can't be fixed, so here we are without a car. Thankfully, we have family who are more than happy to help us out and lend us cars, so we're fine for the time being. We have to decide what car to get instead, though. We tried a KIA Cee'd last weekend, and I loved it! Not quite as nice to drive as a Volvo, but close enough.

Thus, scrapbooking has not been a priority for some time. I'm hoping to get more time do scrap and blog about it too now that we're having this break.

Mini book in a box

Today, I've got a  mini book in a box to show you. I made this for Scraplagret, with wonderful papers from Pion Design.

This adorable box is from Graphic 45 (♥), and I immediately associated the shape of the lid with a door. So welcome in!

Inside, there's an accordion album with pictures from our ongoing renovation of the farmhouse.

As you can see, there are quite a few before - photos, and not so many after-photos. We're not quite there yet.

Today, we started working again after a couple of lovely holiday weeks. It felt really great to be back again, and it will be even greater tomorrow, when the students show up. I look forward to that a lot! However, I sure am tired tonight, so I'll leave you with that and go put the kids to bed.

Have a great week, everyone!

The M-house

Today I'd like to share a little house in the shape of an M that I made a few weeks ago.

It's full of teddybear pirates, and wouldn't it be a blast if one could build a house like this in full size for the kids?

Here's a little pirate on the lookout. I got these little teddybears from KiAs butik. Aren't they the cutest?

 Here's another one, on the swing.

That's all I wanted to share today.

The sun is shining, for the first time this year... I really would like to take the opportunity to spend the day outdoors, but I have a mountain of laundry to deal with before I can do that. No fun

Have a great day, everyone!

Just Chillin' with Riddersholm

Last winter, we had snow, and plenty of it. The kids took advantage of that, of course. We found an old kick-sled in the shed at the farm, and it was tested thoroughly on our driveway. Albin ran back and forth with it, and then, of course, he had to take a break. So here he is, just chillin'.

This year, we've had no snow so far, and it's been really, really warm. That's great if you think about the electrical bills, but it's no fun!

The layout is made with Riddersholm's collection Chantilly Dawn.

The last of Christmas and happy news!

I guess you are all pretty tired of Christmas now. I know I am, but I have a couple of more Christmas layouts made for Scraplagret to show you before we can forget about Christmas altogether.

I must say that I simply adore this Christmas collection from Pion Design, and I actually made something out of the scraps of it today, even if it isn't Christmas anymore.

Oh, and speaking of Christmas, that's what it felt like today when I got word that I won tickets and ride passes for the whole family to our favourite place - Tivoli in Copenhagen. Albin, of course, was over the moon, because when we were down there in December, he was just about tall enough for the most thrilling (if you're eight and a half) ride ever - Daemonen! So Albin, this is for you, and remember to eat up your vegetables in order to grow to be tall enough for this ride without your thick-soled winter boots: