FFF's July 10th 2009

OK...images of new CHA releases are starting to pop up all over the place...There is soooo much pretty stuff and my shopping list is getting long. Lucky me gets to attend this years show in Orlando. Cant wait to see all the goodies IRL.
I have picked some of my favorites for this weeks FFF's, this list could have been made a lot longer :lol:

Graphic 45
http://g45papers.typepad.com/graphic45/2009/07/are-you-ready-for-sneak-peeks-.html
Love every piece of paper here

7 Gypsies
http://www.thescrapreview.com/2009/07/cha-sneak-7-gypsies.html
YUMMY yummy need all of it. That ATC display frame I'm already making room for

My Minds Eye
http://mymindseye.typepad.com/blog/2009/07/cha-summer-2009-preview-4-ooh-la-la.html
Love a lot of their new stuff (as always) but this line caught my eye

Tim Holtz stamps
http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/07/new-chasummer-2009-stamps.html
LOVE TH stamps and cant wait to see what else he releases

Glitz Design
http://glitzitnow.com/catalog/Glitz_Current_Catalog.pdf
Some very pretty and really cool stuff=)

I'm hosting the crop at Paper Niche tonight so I better get my mini class page done and my bag packed. Have a wonderful weekend everyone =)

FFF's may 22nd

Wohoo... It is Friday again, no alarm clock for 3 days... I LOVE long weekends.
And I'm getting my FFF's done this week, I have not quite been on task here the last couple of weeks. Have just been to busy and very lacy with blogging.

1. Yesterday I started my new job at The Paper Niche. Paper Niche is Scrapbooking, Invitation and Fine Gift Boutique. Every one working there seems very nice.. Love it so far =)
They have a monthly kit and a web store is in the making.
I will be working the store and teaching.




2. My new tool... The corner Chomper from We'R Memory Keepers



Just had to take one of these with me home today... It is an awesome corner rounder that will cut through chipboard, acrylic , thin metal and wood... A HAVE TO HAVE item


3. It was so fun to watch the European Eurovision song contest again. I have not seen this since I moved from Norway... Yes...about 10 minutes in to the show memories of "different" ehhh not so memorable songs came to live, but still there was some really great music to be heard. Of course it was extra fun that the Norwegian son won (see ling in earlier blog entry)

4. I am so happy both my sisters and their families are coming from Norway in the end of June. Both my sisters, their husbands and 3 kids each :lol: We will have a full house for 16 days, but we really enjoy each others company so it will be a lot of fun...
We have not seen each other for almost a year, and we are all very close..It will be awesome spending time with them again

5. So we're cruising again in the middle of June, just before my family is coming over. I decided I need 5-6 LB off before I put on that bating suit.. So there has been a lot of salad eating the last couple of weeks. I am totally hooked on the Kraft Asian Toasted Sesame dressing... It is so yummy.

Have a wonderful weekend every one =)

By the way...Croppinsville has 25% of everything in the store and FREE shipping this weekend...Tell Allie I sent you... She has an awesome selection and lots of new products.

This weeks FFF's

It is late but still Friday..Here is this weeks picks for my FFF's it is a little mix of everything

1. This place here, my LSS that carries most of my favorite scrapbooking products
I stopped by there yesterday (Will tell more next week)


http://paperniche.blogspot.com/

2. Got my hands on this set of stamps yesterday (YES at Paper Niche)


Tim Holtz "Slight Alterations"

3. This is one of my favorite pictures of the boys. The picture was taken at Ana Maria Island in the summer of 2000 . I found it yesterday in one of the old albums that I'm rescrapping and made this page with it last night using one of my sketches

4. AT&T U-Verse
We had this installed last week and we all LOVE it. We ended up whit the largest package 450 and have now more TV and radio Channel's then we will ever watch. The internet is super fast and it includes free calling within the US
https://uverse1.att.com/un/launchAMSS.do

5. I always make my own Alfredo sauce, but someone told me to try out the Classico Sun-dried Tomato Alfredo sauce. Served with pasta, chicken and garlic brad it is a great and fast dinner..OK I admit I add some whipping cream and some Parmesan/Romano cheese to it myself ..It makes it really yummy.

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I also updated my sketch blog with 3 new sketches this week =)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone =)

Favorite 5's

So it is Friday again and time for my FFF's . I promise no gory pictures this time :lol: as usual it is late before I get to this. Friday has become my busy day lately. We went to get Sean's stitches out today, but the doctor wanted them in for a couple of more days..The poor boy thought he was getting to play baseball tomorrow and do the skate park Sunday. He also had his check up and got 4 shoots ,needless to say he was not a happy camper leaving the doctors office today :lol: He was rewarded with a yummy lunch at Fudd Ruckers afterward.

Now my fives =)


1. Somehow one my kids gets to sneak in to my faves almost every week, this week I start off with my oldest son Erik..Is he not handsome? Last Sunday was his confirmation day..

2. Still waiting for my sponsor papers that is on their way from Norway in snailmail, but I wanted to show you girls these beautiful french papers from Studio 2 Mers


3. ATC's LOVE them...and this girl is a master at making them. Check out Scrappelises blog


4. Today this arrived in my mail. It is the April kit from Bad Girls kit Bright yes...but so pretty, I hope I get some time later tonight to start playing with it..Yummy Yummy !!!

5. I LOVE island food, the mixes of spices and the fruit added is sooo tasty. YES I'm getting to my food pick of the week..and are getting hungry just thinking about it, Bahama Breeze Totally awesome food =) Check out their site for yummy recipes. Their Coconut shrimp and Conch fritters is a must with every visit

Have a wonderful weekend everyone !!!

Fridays favorite fives 50 min. late

Sorry I'm a couple of minutes late, but at least I'm posting this week.
This was an eventful week, and as usual a pretty busy one


The kids have been out of school and I have had a full house almost every day, my house goes from 1 to 7-8 kids in no time, not to many boring moments around here. I enjoy having the kids home, no alarm clock and no homework. Well the week could not go completely smooth of course..more of that in my fives.


MY BIG NO.1 This brave guy who endured 17 stitches after a little fight with the French fries slicer. This could not come at a worse time for him poor guy. He is in the middle of Baseball season and in the middle of Football try-outs for his school team.
No. 2 Is the wonderful Doctor Hernandez and her team at the Children's ER at Memorial West Miramar who got us in and out of the ER in less then 2 hours and that managed to make Sean laugh while she was stitching him up.

NO. 3 It is Easter weekend and even if we don't really will celebrate it this year due to our oldest sons confirmation on Easter Sunday. Look at these CUTE cute Easter chicks from a Norwegian scrapper ToneF Click on her name and take a look at her awesome pages too.

No. 4 some more Easter decorations from another Norwegian scrapper Moia Love her egg and her birdhouse right here http://moias-hobby.blogspot.com/2009/04/paskeegg-og-fuglehus.html

No 5 Have to have something yummy. Did some easy meals this week, and one night we ordered pizza from this place http://www.vocellipizza.com They have one of the best vegetarian Pizza in town. Their Grill Master Veggie Pizza mmmmmmm........

Happy Easter and have a wonderful weekend every one =)

Friday Fives

Kind of late getting out these today. As usually it has been a busy week ..Kids friends lunches and shopping.... A wonderful and busy week.


Here they are my fives ......
1. We had so many girls sign up for our GrandPrix challenge at Express so we had to divide the LO's up in three groups for voting. WoW..... the LO's are so awesome. Here is the top 3 from this week Cluster/White space. We ended up with 53 entries

1. Skaubytrollet

2. GroH


3. Ruby

Here is the gallery for some awesome inspiration

Scrapbook GrandPrix Gallery

Tomorrow voting for the ''Clean and simple'' challenge starts, and today I posted the 3rd challenge ''Distressing''

2. Shopping shopping shopping. I did some shopping this week(need a big blushing smiley

Croppinsville.com and the owner Allie wohoo and two thumbs up for you. http://www.croppinsville.com/ . The site was down but now it is up again. Here is her blog too http://croppinsville.blogspot.com/ She is having a big sale 40% of everything (including some of the new G45 papers) until March 22nd. Go check it out !!!

3. Need food

This weeks lunch trip (one of them) went to this place.

http://www.fuddruckers.com/

Best Burger in town...YUMMY

4. More shopping (told you I needed a big blushing smiley)

Michael's got in some of the Tim Holtz stamps..combined with some 50% off coupons, who could say no..... not me that is for sure

They are the old stamps in a new smaller acrylic version ....Now I need time to play =)

I also took a trip to Scrapbooking Depot...Got some of the new MME papers and to the Niche for some Prima

5. Baking these yummy's with Sean

Favorite 5's

It is Friday again...here is my five

To day we started Scrapbook Express Grand Prix at Scrapbook Express.no... I cant believe we have 60 girls attending the 8 challenges over the next 9 weeks... WOW... I cant wait to see all the great layouts you girls will come up with. Ruffa is in charge of the first challenge posted today. "Cluster/White space" Good Luck to all of you participating.





Vanilla flavored International Delight Coffee creamer ..
I quit adding this to my coffee after I figured out how many calories I was consuming each day, but once in a while I have to splurge


The boys had so much fun at Extreme Range paint ball ranch





HAVE to get my hands on these papers from We 'R Memory Keepers. They are so yummy and a perfect fit for my baseball and paintball pictures. I need these and the new Graphic 45 papers to arrive in the LSS now today

My fifth favorite is as usual something food related..Coffee creamer does not count :lol:
This week I baked Boller for the kids (and me) I forgot to take a picture so I borrowed this somewhere
Boller is sweet rolls with Cardamom, really yummy by it self or with cheese, they can also be filled with cream or jam.

Friday's fives

WoW...Friday is here already ...time flies by way to fast...
Here is my picks for this week

My new house... well it is not new, but after a super painting job by Robert Rivera and co it looks like new. Hubby was not to sure about the dark doors, but he's coming around. We also got new outdoor lighting...nice and rustic looking.
I LOVE it





Glue DotsThe design team at Scrapbook express is sponsored by Glue dots next month. I just received my package. They where so generous ..LOVE their products and will have some great pages to show of in a couple of days







YES !!! Baseball season has started. I love to watch my kids have fun on the field with any sport. I can be very loud sometimes. They won their first game but lost the game yesterday by one .


Love how I caught the ball and Sean bending not to get hit by it in this picture."Good eye" Sean



OK..I gotten the hots for making flowers out of my scrap papers. Made these yesterday You'll find them on one of my glue dot pages . Made these from som Graphic 45 paper scraps

My last favorite has to be something good to eat.. Got to have one of those every week. Today it is ....... mmmmm...... Breyers vanilla ice cream with hot raspberries......... Yupp... My breakfast this morning :lol:



Happy wonderful weekend everyone !!!!

Favorite Five's

Happy Friday
This weeks favorites has to start here .

1. Bouncing fun by Amanda

This page by my daughter Amanda...This girl has an eye for colors and she already knows how to work that ink..love it now that my room is cleaned up enough so I can get another chair in here and we can scrap together

After some talking I gave in and let her have her own blog and her own play list

http://amaslittleworld.blogspot.com/

She would love a comment =)


2. Willy's Products

Went up to see my friend Willy this week, he has gotten in some great new products. Norwegia cheese, fresh yeast whole wheat bread mix. I also picked up some Cod fillets..yummy dinner tonight .

http://www.willysproducts.com/



3.Morikami Japanese garden and museum
We spent a beautiful Sunday in Morikami Japanese garden and museum. It is such a tranquil and beautiful place.
http://www.morikami.org/

Lots of pictures in my photo blog

4. My new car... I never posted a picture here after i got it.. I love it and cant tell how happy I am to get rid of the humongous van.
It is a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited

It is not that great of a picture, I will replace it with another one later today. I cant get outside to take one now, my house is getting pressure cleaned today so we start having it painted this week-end.

5. Freia melkesjokolade (Norwegian milkchocolate)

Had to pick up some at Willy's ...It is so soft it melts in your mouth (no teeth needed..just look below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92TJLjlYaic&feature=related

Have a wonderful week-end everyone

Baseball season is starting tomorrow..first game at 4.00PM

Favorite Fives

1. My wonderful son Erik who has found a great way to use his bright mind and gift of speaking.
He does so good and receives award after award in the debate tournaments he is attending. This weekend he did not receive an award, but he was the only novice debater attending the varsity chambers. By attending here he has now qualified for national
Way to go ..I'm so proud of you.

2. Have to get some food in here. I love a good meal especially when it is free...jupp totally free

I went with a friend to have lunch here yesterday...One of my favorite quick lunch places

their computers where down so lunch was on them.

3. 7 Gypsies YUMMY...No need for other words

http://www.sevengypsies.com/CHA-winter-preview.html

4. Well...yes I had a little shopping trip this week..actually two..... I went to The Paper Niche a wonderful local scrapbook store. They have a bonus program, so after you spend a certain amount you get $20.00 in store credit. Well I filled up my card so I just had to back and spend my 20.00 dollars(and some more) To top it off they had a 40% coupon..Just could not go wrong.

5. You all have to go and take a look at this beautiful Valentines heart box Anita Hagen made

http://anitas-hobbyblogg.blogspot.com/2009/02/valentine-hjerteboks.html

LOVE love love it

Friday fave fives

WOW... this week went by fast... time for my Friday Favorite Fives again
here they are.....

1. My wonderful son Sean was picked for Broward County Honors band for beginners, only a few kids from each school gets to participate every year. The practices have been about 40 min away from here after school two times a week after school. They finally had their concert at Coral Springs preforming theater. I am so proud of him






2. Was blogging around this week and found some cute little things that I really "needed". Placed the order Sunday night and had the stuff here Thursday...Check this place out
http://www.bellomodo.com/index.php
Here is some of my new goodies,,, AND shipping was free

Vintaj Natural Brass yummies

3. Panera Bread... Had lunch with a friend this week and had to pick this place for my fave five. I just LOVE their breads especially the multigrain one, It reminds me of REAL Norwegian bread
http://www.panerabread.com/

4. Yes I'm a DT member here and I just have to share this gallery with all you others who visit my blog. It is the best place for lots of inspiration. I know it is in Norwegian but really easy to figure out anyway. The members there are so awesome and the gallery is always full of new stuff.
The gallery at Scrapbook Express http://www.scrapbookexpress.no/galleri/

5. Just LOVE this new line BellaBella "Bellezo" from My Minds Eye definitely a MUST HAVE http://mymindseye.com/bellabella.asp

Five Faves

First week of posting my Five Faves..Since it is the week of CHA I just have to pick some of the goodies being released here on my list. I'm cleaning and organizing my room to make sure I have lots of room
Hard to pick one over another because there just is soooooo much

#1 Graphic45
Big Toot for me !!!
Check this one out... Just had to be my first pick.... Love the new stuff coming and cant wait to see it on my desk, but today it is this part that I just have to toot a little about this one.

#2 I LOVE my coffee, one of my favorites is the dark roasted one from Ikea...and I love my coffee cup



# 3 Prima..... Yummy yummy yummy... no other words needed

#4 Tim Holtz..Cant wait to get my hands on his new stuff.

#5 Bad Girls project 52 new inspiration blog from Wendy and BadGirls. I'm so gone try to get lots of these inspirational challenges done