AN ORDINARY FRIDAY IN MAY

Times just flies away - like an 747 airplane high in the blue sky! Last Sunday were May the 17. here in Norway - the most Norwegian day, ever! Everybody are wearing Bunad / national costume - waiving with the Norwegian flag and having good times.
My mother - my brother and I spent the week-end at my mothers cabin - Evja! It was strange - the first time with out Cindy - she just loved that place!
Anyway, here's some pictures from the National Day in Nordre Osen.


We do have the most loving woodpecker - here's some of his works! The bird are made by a "famous" blacksmith, I do not remember his name - sorry!

Here's the flag - the Norwegian Flag in our driveway. See the pine roots and the sand - that's how it's at Nordre Osen. Lots of pines and lots of sand - and the sunniest sun ever!

This is the river Osa - and the marshy bay - we saw some Canada goose and some grey! dukcs - on Osa. They do come back every year - from where? - I don't know!

This field is my nearest neighbour. It's right before it sprouts green! The farmer has a huge tractor and GPS!! - whatever - and makes the field look like this!

Have a nice day - and feel free to leave a comment or two - enjoy!

AN ORDINARY MONDAY IN MAY

This is Jan-Nichlas - in a hurry last Christmas on his way through the door to IKEA! He is not enthusiastic about IKEA - but I am! And of course I have to stop at IKEA when I pick him up in Oslo! He has to come along - getting some dinner and ice cream! Anyway - we are having a great time!

After Washington State we are driving south - to the sunny State of California! Hoping to visit our cousins in Shingle Springs and Sacramento. We might spend some dollars in Reno, Nevada! :-) And Bonanza - The Cartwright Family - The Golden West - the boots and the hats!

Have a wonderful sunny week! And thank you for visiting my blog - the old one!

FIRST SUNDAY IN MAY

Hello! Today is a bluegrey Sunday! It's not sunny and it's not rainy! But Spring is here and it's getting warmer - love that!

This award I got from Sosa a long time ago! Thank you! I'm not a everyday blogger - things takes time!

I guess a lot of bloggers already have this fancy "makes my heart smile" award - therefor I will give it to - ALL - the bloggers who visit my blog and leaves a comment!

My favourite blogs - you can see them on the left side - scrolling down this site!

Enjoy - and have a wonderful Sunday!

LAST SUNDAY IN APRIL

Here are some more fantastic places we hope to visit on our trip to The Self Made Land.
Like Little Big Horn in eastern Montana - Billings were a cousin of my father lives - and Bozeman in Montana. Yellowstone in Wyoming are still on our twenty top list!
Moscow in Idaho were Dorthea Dahl lived are our only stop in Idaho.
The next city on our twenty top list are Issaquah and Seattle in Washington State

More later - I have to enjoy our fabulous sun - she is shining here today - I do like Springtime!

Thank you Tove and Stine for a marwellous "kindergarten crop week-end"
I enjoyed it sooo much. It was scrapcourse - it was giveaways - it was smile - it was laughter and most of alle - ALL the scrapping girls. Looking foreward to the next crop! Just love it!

Here they are - Stine and Tove!

Me picking - not eating - lingonberries / mountain cranberries / red whortleberris in the wood of Solør - the part of Norway were I spend the first ten years of my life!

Wintertime in Gamleveien - Flisa.

Summertime in Gamleveien - Flisa.

Tove has her own way to scrap - colorful and lifeful. She's using a lot of "scrap" - ordinary "scrap"

The first - SMIL - one are made by colorful straws, coctailpins, tulle, some paperscraps, paint and some pearls.

The second one - GLIS - are made by paint on plasticbubbles, paperscraps, paperclips, napkin, selfcutting edgings, tulle, pearls, and ribbon.

The third one - ME - aare made by painting, crad from a cardstock, tulle, paperclips, paper from a chewing gum, buttons and pearls.

And we had to sew on all layouts - it was fun! Thank you Tove!

Enjoy the ride!

LAST SATURDAY IN MARCH

Oaky - then it's settled - we're leaving for The Promised Land the last Saturday in June - heading for Chicago Air Port - O'Hare - Illinois.
We have to drive trough Wisconsin and Minnesota for our first main stop - Rapid City in South Dakota.
Mount Rushmore - Deadwood in The Black Hills are among the places we hope to visit.
In Wyoming, The Devils Tower and Cody are on the top ten list .........................so far.

Interstate 90 from Illinois to Washigton State

This layout did I made for The Grand Prix Competition on Scrapbook Express. It should be straighten lines and only two stashy embellishments. I scanned and printed the American Flag in grey on white bazill- then I wrote some words about August and September 1977 - added a picture in black and white - me leaving Norway for Seattle.
And the little Norwegian Flag - I got it from my mom when I left - she has also taken the picture.

AN ORDINARY WEDNESDAY IN MARCH

Hello - there's a competition at Scrapbookexpress.no called Grand Prix!

The first challenge was to make a - cluster - layout.

Horrible!

I do like to use the whole 12 x 12.......................
But a competition is a competition.

And this is my cluster layout.

Grand Prix 2009 oppgave 1 Cluster

En stor utfordring - jeg scrapper over hele kartongen -

så det å samle alt i en klynge - det var ufordrende - men det var også spennende.

Kartongen er fra K&Company - ancestry.com collection.

Notearket - taggen og journalingen samt båndsnellen

er "vasket" i Red Cup Nescafè.

Bokstavene - de små er tiny alphabets fra makingmemories.com

Notearket har også fått en omgang med "Pink ink" glimmermist fra mytatteredangels.com

Swirvelen er grungeboard fra timholtz.com - den og overskriften ME er malt med "Ruby" fra makingmemories.com - drysset med sugar coating "bon bon glitter" fra doodlebug design inc

Blomstene er fra primamarketinginc.com - de er mishandlet med diamond glaze og blank embossing overstrødd med bon bon glitter.

Nål fra pandurohobby.no - tilsatt perle og strass.

Bånd - tyll og hyssing fra skuffer og skap.

Bildet har vært innom photoshop - jeg aner ikke hva jeg har gjort med det

- men synes selv det ble ganske stilig!!

Alt er selvsagt vandalisert med min skrubb og

min nesten uttørrede stemplepute "vintage sepia"

SISTE DAG I FEBRUAR 2009

Hello - and good afternoon - sitting here talking with my son on msn. Strange this "thing" writing letters on my wireless keyboard - and Jan-Nichlas staying in Oslo writes his own words on his laptop! and I'm reading them here in Ottestad - amazing and strange - and I'm very happy and lucky! Bet you are too!
This is a layout from scrapliftcompetition at - The Pink Forum - I didn't win, but I had a lot of fun - and I tried Prima flowers - a lot of them - it was quite challenging.
The picture is taken August 2007 - it's the SAND i Ryensjøen and the only cloudberry I saw that year.
It's still WINTER here in Norway - we have tons of snow - I'm not a snowfan! But the SUN is here and the sky is blue - spring is right around the corner!
Have a wonderful day and enjoy!

FASTELAVENSØNDAG

My Great Great Great Great Grandmother Goro Sæmingsdaughter lived nearby Ryensjøen. She lived at Storbekken Nordre or Øverbekken as we call it.
My Grandfather had a cabin called Siristua at Øverbekken. Some years ago we picked cloudberries - we could use a scythe! - there were plenty!
In this part of Rendalen there's nothing except bears, wolfs and trouts! We like to mountain hike during August when the colors are sparkling and the weather are warm.
I made this layout in a sketchcompetition at Scrapbook Express - The Pink Forum - have a pleasant journey and enjoy!

MORSDAG

This card is for my wonderful mother - she is just the best! The picture are her mother - Agnes Dorthea Persdaughter - to the right and one of her sisters - Palma Lydia Persdaughter - to the left. It's taken by my Grandfather - Simon Andreas Johanson - in Nordre Osen. Proably taken 1921 or 1922.

BLOG CANDY

En herlig blog candy - finner du hos en fantastisk flott kortlager - Lena Katrine - ta en reise gjennom hennes blog - herlig!

MORE AWARDS

I got these wonderful awards from Merete - a great scrapper from Løten - tusen takk.

Denne bloggen investerer i og tror på NÆRHET-nærhet i rom, tid og forhold! "Disse bloggerne er usedvanlig sjarmerende og søte,og formålet er å finne og å være venner. De er ikke opptatt av utmerkelser og selvhevdelse. Vårt håp er at når båndene på disse utmerkelser er kuttet, vil enda flere vennskap ha forplantet seg. Vær vennlig å gi litt ekstra oppmerksomhet til disse! Gi denne utmerkelsen til åtte bloggere, som igjen må velge seg åtte nye. Inkluder denne teksten på utmerkelsen deres..

Kriteriene for denne awarden er som følger:
1. Den nominerte får legge til bildet på sin blogg

2. Husk å linke til den personen du fikk den fra

3. Nominer minst 7 andre bloggere

4. Link til dine nominerte i innlegget

5. Legg igjen en kommentar på de nominertes blogg

Jeg har slått sammen awardene og gir de til åtte flotte bloggere - som fortjener begge awardene - for deres inspirasjon og kreativitet.

Nora - Identity Crises.

Vibeke - Scrapping og skrytebilder.

Berit - Berits blog.

Anne Bente - Anne Bentes lille sted.

Anita - Anitas hobbyblogg.

Heidi - Filharmonicas kreative verden

Beate - Beates Verden

Anne Lise - Scrappelisebloggen

Lykke til jenter - med både scrapping og bloggeing!

MONDAY AN OLD LAYOUT

Hi, this is my son wondring where his Soria Maria are! It's an expression in Norwegian - where is he heading - which direction does he take at the next corner?

It's a layout I made years ago - Nichlasen living at his Grandparents while I went to College and got a degree as a Housekeeper - and we managed for two years! He's an amazing son - seldom sulking - he's gentle big boy!

THURSDAY MARIE ANTOINETTE AWARD

Tusen hjertelig takk BeritR for denne flotte Award -

- og så kom en like flott award fra Gine - Tusen hjertelig takk!

Gine wrote: Thank you so much for finding my blog inspiring. I have to pass this along to 7 people who also have to pass it along to 7 people who inspire them. You link to the person who gave you the award and to the people you give it to. I'm passing this award along to these people who always inspire me with their work and their words

Lena Katrine's Scrappeskreppe

Kirsten Blogg

Hilde - Stempelgalsverden

Ruffas scrappekrok

Moia hobbyblogg

Scrappelisebloggen

Madam'scrappeliv


Thank you for lots of wonderful inspiration and creative layouts and cards! You're the best.

WEDNESDAY

Hello, this is my Great Grandmother Emilie Dorthea Dortinusdaughter, born March 26th in 1986 at Sjøli in Ytre Rendalen in Hedmark County. She grew up at Løsset in Rendalen where her single mother Eli Engebretsdaughter Storåsen worked as a milkmaid. I do not know - she probably did - if Emilie Dorthea ever knew about all her half sisters and half brothers?

Emilie Dortheas father was Dortinus Pedersen, he had 12 children with three different girls.

His oldest daughter is named Lina Dortinusdatter, born November 18th 1865 and she emigrated from Norway in May 1885 - destination The Promised Land. Lina married John, a Swedish guy and they settled in The State of Colorado where John worked as a Gold Miner. They had seven children - I think.

I have been looking - searching - digging for Lina and here family for over a year now. And nothing to find after the year of 1930.

Sometimes you are lucky and sometimes you are very lucky! And I am very very lucky girl!

Here did I find Linas Family! I am thrilled and exited about the new family in The USA - Welcome!

FREDAG SUKKERSØTT

I haven't tried this SugerSweet Blog Competition before. I made this card at Happy Hobbys crop last Saturday.

Luckily - I had made a vintage card - this weeks challenge!

I've used paper from my Mind's Eye, 29th Street Market, Carefree "Cherish" - Stamps from Ettrykk - the rest are scraps from different retailers. And Versafine instant dry pigment ink - vintage sepia.

Have a nice journey - and good night!

MONDAY AWARD

Jeg har fått denne flotte award av Moia. Tusen tusen takk!

The rules are like this:

1. Put a link on your blog from whom you got it.

2. Give it to 5 new blogs (which in their turn have to give it to 5 new blogs).

3. Put a link on your blog to those blogs you give it to.

4. Give the blogs you give the award to a note that you have given them this award.

5. Write 5 things you are addicted to:

I'm addicted to so much but

1 My family are just great

2 Genealogy

3 Scrapbooking and cardmaking - get to use my hands

4 Old pictures from my Grandfather

5 My job!

I will give it away later - not tonight! Still Good Night! Like now............................

Vidar - a great genealogist

Lena Katrine - the card maker from Nordre Osen

Merete - a great scrapbooker

Gine - a super scrapbooker from "over there"

Sosa - my best friend on MSN - and a superb scrapbooker and card maker

SECOND SUNDAY IN JANUARY

Last fall some of us scrapbookgirls from Hedemarken attended a scrapbook course at Papertrends - a former scrapbookstore in our Capitil Oslo

Here are our "teachers" Tove and Xtine. Tove makes colorful scrapbooking layouts that are amazing - she's a wonderful scrapper. Xtine is colorful and makes wonderful layouts.

It was quite a challenge - making layouts with papertapes, old musicalnotes, plastic and light fabrics. We used glitter and old newspaper and laces. We had fun. Thank you, both of you.

This is my little son - Christmastime some years ago - some toys were always i bed with him - and thats years Christmas present - a radio.

This is the same son - in my sisters boyfriends ox barn. They live far up north in Norway - Troms. My sister is a teacher and her boyfriend is a famer and he have lots of oxes.

It's the same boy - here in Benidorm, Spain making soapbubbles. We spent a lot of vacations in Benidorm and in the nearby area - Albir, Altea and Alfaz del Pi. It's a great place - sun - beaches - sand and warmth - I do like it there.

Sleep tight and good night!

ONE LITTLE WORD

One little Word STARTed this year - 2009 - with the word START. Here's my creation.

It's actually January on my calender that I scrapped - I'm doing some genealogy in my sparetime! so - on the left side it's a reminder over all the people that need a homemade card or for me to light a candle.
The jogging shoes are the - START - the key to my heart. I've tried them - I've been to a gym with them - I've jogged with them and they are okey! I might even enjoy - the shoes - in a while

It' Gudrun that STARted 2009 on OLW. She and Lene are just marvelous! And their making great papers - just look!

Have a good night . I'm going to a crop tomorrow - at Gjøvik - the first this year!

SCRAPPING THE MUSIC PÅ NORSK

Ny norsk blog - spennende - hedemarksjenter med Scrapping the Music på norsk!!

De har en fantastisk bloggcandy som de deler ut. Eller SUKKERTØY som de kaller det. Flott med en ny utfordring - skal prøve å være med på denne en gang. Har funnet ut at jeg ikke har høytalere på min stasjonære PC - total nedtur. Ønsker jentene lykke til!

FIRST SATURDAY IN JANUARY

En utfordring fra Hilde-Stempelgal til alle om å legge ut dine ti på topp kreasjoner.

Her er mine layouter og kort. Hver har sin spesielle historie.

Cindy, Cindy - her med krave og neddopet efter tumor operasjon.

Krympeplast og håndskrift.

Årets siste scrappestafett - utfordringen var hvitt og en farve.

Har brukt blomster - noe jeg ikke fult ut behersker enda!

Enda en scrappestafettoppgave - kun en farve og her er den gulish.

Min søster og jeg har fått sweets fra tante i USA - herlig oppgave.


Mitt første Ett Trykk blad kjøpte jeg i 2007 til jul. Der var det en for meg aldeles fortryllende kortlager. Hun hadde brukt alcoholblekk på ett av sine kort - og så microkuler da!
Jeg har prøvd - og det var fantastisk gøy!


Dette er "brudepikebilde" av to mine tanter. Det er tatt på Fabros i Osdalen for de som er lokalkjente. Et flott stykke Norge som så altfor få kjenner.
Her har jeg brukt rester! og malt alt i hvitt - bare mønsterpapirene er i gode og varme farver.


Her har mor vært hos fotografen. Og jeg mener jeg brukte veldig mange timer på denne.
Alle bokstaver og duppeditter er malt hvite og embosset.
En liten rull med vitnesbyrd ble det også - en idè jeg ser mange har brukt - flott!

Tror dette var en stafett også! Her er min farmor og hennes foreldre fotografert av profesjonell fotograf. Merkelig da det var sjeldent og dyrt med slike bilder. Til glede for meg da!

Et julekort i vintage med krympeplast og embosset swirvl!

Tror dette var en utfordring på kortets dag!

Min tante Randi spurte om jeg kunne lage ett kort til et gullbryllup hun skulle i.

Mitt første kurskort - og mor fikk det på sin siste fødselsdag - Gratulerer.

Kurs av Kirsten hos Unikhobby.

Det var mine 10 kreasjoner fra 2008 - har du noen?