All my wonderful birthdaycards from last week.

It seems like, I´m getting more Danish followers too, who don´t deal too well with the English language, so at least for a while, I´ll try and write in both languages, just so you know, and don´t get too confused.

Da det ser ud til at jeg har fået flere dansk sprogede, som ikke er helt vilde med det engelske, har jeg bestemt, at prøve at skrive på begge sprog, ihvert fald for en periode og se, om det hjælper for nogen, b<re sådan, at ingen pludselig bli´r skrupforvirret over det.

Before we get started, I´ll have to warn you, it´s going to be a pretty long entry this time, just so you know.
As I also told you yesterday, I´ve joined  Birthdaygroup 3 on the Danish forum Scrapsisters, and as it was my birthday last week, Iit was my turn to recieve some awesome cards from the other girls there. I´ve recieved these 7 beautiful cards, and even got a little gift with a couple of them too. Thanks so much for all that girls, it was a wonderful feeling to get sooo many beautiful cards for my birthday.

Før vi kommer for godt igang, vil jeg gerne lige advare jer, det er et ret langt indlæg her denne gang, så nu er I advaret.
Som jeg også fortalte igår, så er jeg kommet med i fødselsdagsgruppe 3 på det danske forum Scrapsisters, og da det var min fødselsdag i sidste uge, var det så min tur til at modtage disse fantastiske kort, fra de andre piger i gruppen. Jeg har modtaget disse 7 fantastisk flotte kort, og endda modtaget en lille gave med et par stykker af dem også.
Tusind tak piger, det var bare super dejligt at få så mange flotte kort til min fødselsdag .
Og her kommer de så alle sammen:

And here they are all of them:

 Fra Katarina - Kortmager. Tusind tak for gaven Katarina. Og selv om jeg har ret mange dies, havde jeg faktisk ikke disse he he.

 Fra Camilla - Calmlund.

 Fra Berit - Male.

 Fra Lissy

 Lissys kort indeni, da det også var så fint dekoreret indeni.

 Fra Maria - Bejlegaard og også tusind tak til dig for gaven MAria, det var supersjovt at åbne for posen fint pyntet med flag og det hele ha ha ha.

 Marias kort indeni også så flot dekoreret.

 Og lige en close up på en ret fed detalje synes jeg, så den var værd at fokusere på, en super sej ide.

 Og Marias fint pyntede gave, der var med også.

 Fra Linda - Mayfair Et superflot farvelagt stempelkort, og jeg er super misundelig på din evne til at farve, detr er virkelig kanonflot farvelagt Linda.

Og endelig det sidste her fra Lena - smukke stump.
Tusind tak piger for alle de rigtig flotte kort, det var virkelig cool at åbne så mange kort og maser af fin inspiration til undertegnede til en anden gang man mangler ideer til et kort. Tusind tak alle sammen.

But besides all these, I also got some great cards and parcels from friends around the world too, as well as I got some gorgeous gifts too, that will bring me loads of fun times for the rest of the year and a good part of next year too ha ha ha.

Men udover alle disse lækre kort, fik jeg faktisk også nogle fra venner andre steder på jorden, og også nogle virkelig fede gaver, som nok skal bringe masser af fornøjelse resten af året og næste år med såmænd ha ha ha.
Den første sending her er fra min mange år gamle veninde Marie fra Australien

The first lot here is from my really sweet and dear friend through many many years, Marie from Australia.

 Here´s all the wonderful goodies, I got out of the box from her. Lotts of crafting stuff for me to play with now he he.

 And look at this absolutely gorgeous little box, she had made for me. It is sooooo stunning and lovely decorated. Just awesome work.

 And when I looked inside it, I found this gorgeous neclace here with the owl. MArie knows, that I have a soft spot for owls he he he. Thanks sooo much sweetie, it´s really gorgeous and I just LOVE it.

 And look at this gorgeous card here, she made too. It´s absolutely stunning. I´m totally overwhelmed with this here too.

 And when I looked inside it, she had also decorated it very personally inside with and owl reading in a book with my personal greeting on.

 Unfortunately it had been opened in custom, so they had messed it up a bit on the back, where she had also decorated it with gorgeous diecuts as well, but those custom people don´t care too much about those things, I´m afraid, but just toss it back down in the box, when they´re done LOL.

And here´s a little close up on that gorgeous owl, she made inside.
Thanks so much sweetie, I just LOVE everything here and feel really spoiled with all this, thanks sooo much.

Jeg fik også en anden pakke fra Australien fyldt med lækre ting og sager. Den var fra en dame Angie, som kører en international hobbygruppe, jeg er medlem af på internettet. Der var bare ingen kort med, men alligevel en supersej gave at få.

I also got another parcel from Australia a couple days before my birthday. It was from a lasy named Angie, who´s running a craftgroup, I´m in on the internet. There wasn´t any card in it, but still a supercool gift, I got here, and I absolutely LOVE everything in there too.
Thanks sooo much Angie, I really LOVE this too, and these gorgeous papers will be kept for some really special projects, that´s for sure.
Here they come:

 Here´s all I pulled out of the envelope from Angie.

 Look at these absolutely stunning papers here. Angie knew, I had been searching high and low to find some of these, but it showed, that Australia was the only place in the entire world, we could get them, and they were pretty expensive, so with the postage on top and our crazy customrules, I just gave up on ordering them, so Angie sent me a few sheets of these, which I absolutely LOVE.

 There were also some gorgeous vellums inthere in gorgeous pastel colors, that she also knoew, I loves.

 And a pack of these stunning patterned foiled sheets too, that will be fantastic for christmascards now, soooooooo gorgeous too.

And finally she also know my love for owls and sent a set of owlstamps for me too he he, so I was really spoiled here too, thanks sooooooooooo very much Angie, I really love everything here, and it´ll keep me busy for a while too.ha ha ha.

Endelig blev jeg bestemt også virkelig forkælet af min bedre halvdel, som var gået helt amok med at købe ind til mig, og jeg må da godt nok indrømme, han har saft suse mig fået lært, hvad en pige af vores slags gerne vil há he he he.
Vi havde først været på den store årlige hobbymesse i Viborg week-enden før, hvor jeg havde fået temmelig meget, og så kom han alligevel med endnu en pakke fra min lokale hobbybutik på dagen også, så jeg kan i hvert tilfælde ikke klage over min gave her i år ha ha ha, men se for jer selv, hvad I synes:

Finally I was certainly also really spoiled by hubby, who had gone completely crazy buying goodies for me, and I definitely must say, he has learned, what a girl like us likes to get for her birthday ha ha ha.
We had first been on the big anual fair the week-end before my birthday, where I had already been spoiled rotten, but anyway he still had been by my local craftshop and brought me another parcel on the day too, so I can definitely NOT complain about my gift this year, but look for yourself , here it all comes:

 Masser af dies fra MArianne design

 Og nogle fra Joy, Nellie Snellen og Memory Box

 Og 2 af de store Nellie Snellen folding dies, som laver et hjerte og et ornament eller en lysestage, alt efter hvordan man folder den, men den viser jeg senere.
The first one makes a heart and the second one makes an ornament or a small holder for a tealight candle, which I´ll show later.

 Og så en pakke af den nye serie fra vivi Gade. Papir er en anden af mine mange laster he he.

 Nogle hjemmelavede sentiments og digistamps lavet af pigerne i Gavlhuset selv.

 Mere super lækkert papir til store æsker, som vi fandt dernede. De er bare kanon flotte alle sammen.

 Her er de spredt ud over bordet, så I kan se, hvor store de faktisk er.

 Og en bog om rigtig gammeldags bogbindingsmetoder, så man kan lave alle mulige forskellige album selv.

Og her er så den næste sending af lækre dies, som han kom med på selve dagen, så nu er der godt nok imgen undskyldninger, men bare at se at komme i sving her ha ha ha
Men det skal så lige siges, at han var selv komplet betaget af de der folding dies, og nok også hvorfor han har købt så mange af dem, men de er nu også ret fede, må jeg indrømme.

And all these here on the last picture, is those, he had bought for me and vgave me on the actual birthday, so I was really spoiled as you can see. But I just want to say thoug, that he´s been completely facinated of these folding dies himself, and probably also why I got soo many of those here ha ha ha, but I certainly don´t mind, as I like them too he he he he.
So it´s been quite a birthday I must confess and besides all these things, I also got perfume, flowers and different deodorants from my kids too, so I can definitely enjoy myself  for quite a while here now.

Så det har bestemt være noget af en fødselsdag her, og udover alle disse ting her, har jeg også fået perfumer, blomster og forskellige deodoranter og sådan fra mine unger, så de har bare været helt vildt i år, men jeg kunne faktisk ret godt lí det må jeg da indrømme ha ha ha.
Tusind tak fordi I kikkede med, og håber da ikke I gav op på halvvejen, da det godt nok blev et ret langt indlæg her. Há det rigtig godt til vi ses igen.

So it has certainly been quite a birthday this year, but I have to admit, that I actually quite liked it thoug he he he. Thank you so much for watching, and I don´t hope, you´ve given up half way through, as it did get pa pretty long entry, I have to admit. But thanks anyway and have a wonderful time til we meet again.
Biiiiiig hugs to all of you.
Maryann

My first ever entry as a guestdesigner.

As I mentioned yesterday, I´ve been so lucky to be chosen as a guest designer on a Danish webshops blog here: http://hobbyboden.blogspot.dk/ where I had an entry released here a few days ago, so now I can also show the pictures here too for you all to see. It was one of the weddingcards, that I had made, that was shared there, but the wedding was also held last week-end, so all has been delivered now too, so here it comes, and I hope, you like it.

 This is the front of the card all closed.

 And here it is opened up to the inside.

 And here´s the last flap opened up too, so you can see all the different layers, it´s made of.

And here´s the back of the card too.
As you can see, I have used a lot of different dies for this one, and as many of you probably know, dies are my big passion, that I absolutely love to play around with, and I must admit, I´m pretty happy about this card, and the newly wedded couple were also pretty pleased with it, soguess it´s okay LOL.
I hope, you´ll also like it and hopefully get a little inspiration from it too, so you´ll go and make your own. And as usual you´re ofcause always welcome to write and ask, if there´s anything, you would like me to explain for you okay.
 I´ll have another entry here a bit later today, as soon as I have it all ready, so until then have a wonderful day everyone and lots of great fun.

Finally a bit of news from me here.

Sorry dear friend, it´s taken a lot longer to get some updates done here, than I planned, but for some reason this house has been a real nuthouse all summer, so it´s not been much, I´ve got done on the crafty side either.
As you all know, I had my eyesurgery and it also went really well, but after a little, I caught some kind of infection again again, so I had to suddenly be very very careful again, but thanks god, I got over it once again, so now I just want to forget all about that LOL. And then there´s been sooo much going on with everyone in the family, so every time I thought, that now we just had to get over this or that, something else just showed up, so it has just seemed like, it´s been going on and on forever, so I must admit, it haven´t been much at all, I´ve been online all summer. Last hubby had a shouldersurgery here last thursday, and I got him home again already the same day, so it also means more work for me ofcause, as he just can´t do anything these days, but luckily he seems to get on really well too, so hopefully it wount be too long with that either, but he has to be on sickleave for at least 10 weeks thoug. Then he has to go in for a check up and they´ll then see, if he will need more time, or he can go back to work then, depending on how good things are then, so we´ll see about that. But all there has been all summer has draggged my back way back again too, probably because I´ve been trying to do way too much, so I´ve had big problems with backpains and haven´t been sleeping very well, which ofcause also has meant, that crafting hasn´t been my first priority lately.
But ofcause it haven´t all just been bad stuff, there has definitely also been a lot of good dtimes in between, and I have got some things done, but not been able to show them for various reasons. One thing has been because I´ve been creating things for a couple of weddings, and some birthdays, like I´ve participated in a big International swap too, so I couldn´t show any of that until it had been recieved by those, who was meant to have it first ofcause. And then I´ve also been joining a birthdaygroup no 3, on the Danish forum I´m on called Scrapsisters, and there I´ve had to make a couple of cards for too, which should also be recieved before I could show the here, and finally I was soo lucky to be choosen as a guestdesigner on a Danish webstore blog too, but afgain, ofcause they need the rights to show it first too, so I´ll show it, as they come up, but there will be more to see here very soon ofcause, so I hope, you´ll all come back here the next days, as I´ll have quite a few things to share here the next days now.
But first today, I want to share the 2 wonderful Icad cards and holders, that I got from that swap, I mentioned before, so here they come:
The first one here is from Astrid at  http://astridsartisticefforts.blogspot.dcom/
She´s an absolut amazing artist, and everything she ever makes looks simply stunning. She´s such a wizard with ink and paint and makes the most amazing creations, so you should really go and pay her a visit, I know, you´ll never regret it a second, it´s truly amazing work, you´ll see there. But here´s the gorgeous card and holder, she made for me:

 This fisrst is the holder and a tag, she had made me beside the swapcard inside the holder too.

 And here´s the holder opened with the card inside it.

 And this is the front of the card/tag inside the holder.

 And the other side of the card.

 And here´s the backside of the holder too, just as beautiful as the rest.

 And the tag for me close up too.
And then here next comes the beautiful card, that I recieved from < sweet lady in the UK, who was all new to me too. Her name is Brenda, and her blog is this one:    http://www.bumblebeesandbutterflies.com/
She also makes some amazing work, and share here, so she´s definitely also worth a visit, I can asure you.
She made this gorgeous card and holder for me in the swap.

 The front of the folder here.

 And this is the back of the folder too.

 And here´s both the folder and the tag taken out of there.

 And here´s the front of the tag, she made for me.

 And here´s the backside of the tag too.
Both cards and folders are so beautiful and sooo stunning work, and unfortunately the pictures just don´t do any of them the justice, they deserve, but I hope, you can see the beauty in them anyway.

And ofcause I also had to send out two as well, even they were sent to 2 different ladies in the swap, so we didn´t recieve from the ones, we sent to, But here´s the 2 cards and folders, that I made for my partners, who was a lady in the Uk and another lady in Germany, so I just hope, they liked, what I had made for them, even I ran into more crazy problems. As you can probably see, from the ones I got, these ladies were really stamping, and inking ladies all of them, and as much as I absolutely love the look of that, I´m afraid, it´s not exactly my normal style to make, and even I really tryed my best in the same genre, I gave up and threw it all in the bin and made some others that was more like me, and also got them mailed out in good time before the swap was due, together with more birthdayscards and other different things, I had to get mailed, BUT the friday or saturday, not sure anymore of the sday, but right before I expected them to get it, I just got all my cards and parcels back in my mail for some reason, so I had to take them all back and ask, what the heck they thought they were playing at?? But ofcause the postoffice didn´t know, why I had got the entire load back, it had to be an accident, but ofcause they sent them all again, but I had to repack and rewrite all the adresses again, to make sure, there wrere nothing that could be misunderstood in any way, so now I sure hope, everyone has recieved everything they should, LOL.
But these are the cards and folders, that got such a long journey to their recipients here lately LOL:

 First cardholder open

 Backside of the card inside it

 Front of the card inside it.

 The holder with the card in it.

 Backside of the holder.

 And finally the first card wrapped up and ready to go.

 The back of the second card

 The front of the second card.

 Front of the second folder.

 Back of the second folder.

 Second folder opened.

 Second folder with the card inside

The second card wrapped and ready to go.

I hope, both ladies liked, what I eneded up making for them, and ofcause I also hope, you´ll like it too sweet friends.

This is all I´ll share with you here tonight, but come back again tomorrow, then I´ll have some more new works to share with you too.

Have a wonderful day everyone and lots of great fun, til we meet again.