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Finalist!!!

Today is a happy day!

I made it!!!

I really, really made it all the way!

I made the Graphic 45 Design Team!

And it's no April fools. It's the real deal.

I have reached so far beyond what I ever imagined I would! This is my third manufacturer team, and my fourth international team. Amazing...

Finalist!!!

Wow! I can't believe it!

I'm among the finalists for the Graphic 45 DT call!!!
Look!

*bounces*

Persistence really does pay off!!!

Yesterday evening, I got a phonecall. It was THE phonecall, the one I knew 25 people all over the world were waiting for. And I was one of the 7 lucky people who got it! It was Leah who called to let me know that I got a spot on the designteam at My Scrapbook Nook! And she is just as sweet in person as she is online. It was so fun chatting with you, Leah!

Those of you who read my blog every now and then probably know that I LOVE the Nook kits, and that I LOVE the Nook messageboard and all the wonderful people that are on it. So this is HUGE for me. I have been applying at least 4 times now, and finally, it was my turn to get on. So persistence really pays off.

I feel so lucky right now, to be a part of the amazing design team Leah put together, and I very much look forward to working with all of these amazingly talented ladies:

Amy Coose
Becky Williams
Camilla Ekman
Celeste Smith
Lady Grace Belarmino
Leah Killian
Lori Mancini
Nicole Martel
Stacey Michaud
Susan Lui
Tanya Tahir
Trish Harwick
Zarah S Peterson

I'm going to end this post with showing you a layout made with the January kit from the Nook, with photos of my gorgeous daughter from a photoshoot we did last summer. Even that I love the winter that is right now, and all the snow, I can't help longing for summer, when the light is perfect for taking these kinds of photos.

Look! Look! LOOK!!!

Yes, you have to check this out.

So cool, I had no idea!
Thanks, Zarah, for pointing it out ♥

Now I can reveal...

...that I have the great honour to be a part of the designteam at Scrap Within Reach, together with a bunch of awesome ladies! Woohoo! Check out their blog to see who else is on. It's one fabulous list, I'll tell you that.

It is up!

Yupp, it's up, the new Zutter/Bind-It-All design team. And I'm happy. There's a Swede on it. Congrats, sweet Kamilla.

So, here's what it looks like:

2009-2010 Design Team Members
Fleur Smith, BC, Cananda
Sophie Sim, Australia
Linda Elbourne, UK
Pam Sandy, Michigan, USA
Shelley Haganman, Iowa, USA
Camilla Isaksson, Sweden
Sarah de Guzman, California, USA
Lynne Forsythe, New Hampshire, USA

And here's another reason why I'm happy. My time with the Zutter/Bind-It-All desing team isnt over! The returning members, or "Vintage Zisters", are now called the OZZ - Original Zutter Zisters. Nope, there was no way we could leave this fab group.

OZZ Zutter Zisters
Annette West – Saudi Arabia
Emeline Seet – Singapore
Jennifer Priest – California, USA
Jenny Svensson – Sweden
Julie Ann Kelley – Massachusetts, USA
Lea Millora Sanders – Virginia, USA
Tish Treadaway – North Carolina, USA
Vicki Flinchum – Texas, USA

Now, how cool is that?

A not so productive weekend

At least not as productive as I had wished for. I was planning to play along with a bunch of challenges some of the girls at The Nook had for us, but I only had time to finish two of them. And now, looking back, what the heck did I do this weekend? Well, I scrapped Friday night, visited the Baltic Festival saturday (and had a yummy "Smålandsrulle"), did some laundry, and that's about it, I guess. Oh, no, we did go to see a movie yesterday night too. A really great Swedish detective story. I loved it.

I did however complete two of the challenges. The first one I found at Camilla's blog, where she wanted us to scrap a romantic layout. I made this one, with a photo of my DS and his sweet little girlfriend. Aren't they cute? I hope it's romantic enough, Camilla!
The next layout is based on a sketch I found at sweet Zarah's blog. She's an awesome sketchmaker, that girl! The title means "You are so alike", and they are alike, my little man and my big man, aren't they? Totally gorgeous, both of them.And then I have a little toot to share - look at this!
Amazing, isn't it? Thank you so much, Ruth, for your kind words. I'm blushing here! ♥

♥ So the love story continues...♥

I got news a couple of hours ago about me being chosen to guest design for GRAPHIC 45!!! Can you believe that? It's freakin FABULOUS! I have loved their papers since the first time I laid my hands on one of them, which I believe was around this time last year when I found one in a store while on vacation. I've hoarded those papers. I've made layout after layout, and altered stuff for every corner of my house. I could seriously wallpaper my entirer house with them if it were possible. And now I get to guest design for them!

What better way to celebrate that then showing you what I was up to last night. I've seen these little pinwheels everywhere, lately, and I so wanted to try. I think they turned out really cute! I think I'll make some for the kids' rooms too, because I love making them so much. And then I had to alter a little jar to keep them in. It used to contain chipboard letters, but it was so much more needed for housing my little pinwheel flowers.
Then I found this letter rack in town the other day. And here is actually the fist G45 paper I found. Well, it's not the actual paper, but one just the same, from the Times Nouveau collection. And then I've added some Communique tags and some decorations too. It's perfect for keeping letters and stuff in, and my altered address book fit perfectly into it as well. I've used stamps from Stempelglede's Grunge Collection to give the paper a grungier look.

Bye for now. I'm going to try to unwind and get some sleep. If that's possible.

Hugs from a very happy Jenny.

I ♥ Graphic 45

Guess you all know that by now. But guess what? This week, Graphic 45 ♥ me too... check this out!

Toot!!

I'm thrilled to have a layout published in this month's issue of ScrapStreet.com Magazine. Check it out: http://www.scrapstreet.com/mag2009/may509/fixtures/chic2.htm

Wowzers!

Look, I'm on the fab 5 list!

(OK, that confirms my theory about October Afternoon, you know, the one I wrote about a while ago, that with OA I can't go wrong. Last time on Fab 5 was also with an OA card)