Kissakuvahaaste 114: Pehmolelu (Finnish cat picture challenge, "plushie")

Ensimmäinen kissakuvahaasteeni :) (no täytyyhän näitä valokuvia JOHONKIN käyttää :D)

Kissakuvahaaste 114: Pehmolelu

Tämä pehmolelu on muuten hassu tapaus - ostettu joskus aikoinaan Ikeasta ihan huumorimielessä, mutta eräs tuttu kissa sekosi siihen ihan täysin. Ilmeisesti pään muoto ja siivet herättävät metsästysvaistot heti, ja kun tämän esittelin Suville, ensimmäiset viisi minuuttia meillä oli todella pörheä pelkokisu - jonka jälkeen sitten lepakkoa onkin tapettu urakalla!




Siinäkin mielessä sopiva kisuleluksi, ettei sisällä pieniä osia: silmät ja nenä on kirjottu.

When sleep interrupts play...

(yesyes, another kitty picture, sowwy...)

When sleep interrupts play:


(the hanging string is a rubber band mouse toy hanging to a lower level).

cast stealth(); cast pounce(); cast mangle();

(if you have never played World of Warcraft, don't worry if the title sounds funny... ;P)


cast stealth();


cast pounce();


cast mangle();

Finally a card!

Well, my craft room is still pretty much a chaos, so this card was made on the corner of the computer table... Not so comfortable ;P

This is a double-challenge again, sketch is from Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #9


and the second challenge is Simon Says Paper Piece.

This was my first paper piecing and it was quite fun I must admit ^_^ I did end up making her dress twice as my first selection of paper didn't really work out. It's a bit hard to see, but the backing paper and Willow's shirt are the same paper, digital downloads from the awesome digital download papers from Raspberry Road Designs.




Recipe
Papers: cream colored card stock, digital download papers from Raspberry Road Designs
Images: Whiff of Joy "Willow with sunhat", KH "100% Love" -tag
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Distress Ink Peeled Paint
Coloring: watercolor pencils
Other: Foam flowers, stickles, ribbon

The second furry kid / Se toinen karvalapsi...

We were originally supposed to adopt an adult cat from the shelter after the move. My bf's been wanting a dog for years (they had papillons as he was a kid), but hasn't been able to get one because of his work and living arrangements. Now that we live close to his parents and sister and have a house without any restrictions on pets, suddenly he was the owner of a parson russel terrier puppy! Hence the reason we got a kitten instead - get both young and at the same time and the chances on them eventually living in harmony increases. So, without further due, here is Boyd, who arrived to us last Sunday:

Attention!


Awww so cute little sleepy puppy biting his leg...


"What the hell did you bring home?!"


The day was tiresome for both of the boys...



Yes, he does have a cute little face :)

Boyd came from a farm with cats and horses, so he can't really understand why the cute little kitten doesn't want to play with him. Some hissing and nose-smacking later he got the hint - three days later we are at the point where the kitty goes to sniff the doggy if he is asleep and quiet. She is very very curious, but he is just soooo eager to play that it is still too much for her. Things have progressed well though and we have had no severe incidents (they sleep separate and are not left alone together unattended), so all hopes for friendly relationship are still there.

Kiitos kaikille onnentoivotuksista ja kissan ihasteluista ^_^ En ole ennättänyt kommentoimaan takaisin, mutta luettu kaikki kyllä on :) Elämä on tällä hetkellä super-hektistä kun nurkissa pyörii kaksi(!) uutta karvalasta, joiden perään pitää vahtia.

Meidänhän piti alunperin adoptoida aikuinen kissa eläinsuojeluyhdistykseltä, mutta tuo turskani on haikaillut koiran perään useita vuosia, niillä kun oli kotona papilloneja. Asuinratkaisujen ja työnsä takia se ei kuitenkaan ole voinut koiraa aiemmin ottaa, ja nyt kun muutimme 15 minuutin päähän appivanhus-kokelaista ja siskosta, turska olikin äkkiä parson russel terrieri -pennun omistaja... Päädyimme siksi adoptoimaan kissanpennun - kun molemmat ovat pentuja tutustuminen ja ystävällinen yhteiselo ovat helpommin ja todennäköisemmin saavutettavissa. Boyd saapui sunnuntaina, ja on viettänyt ensimmäiset 11 viikkoa elämästään maatilalla, jossa on kissoja ja hevosia. Se ei siksi oikein hoksannut, miksi tuo karvainen pallero ei tahdokaan leikkiä, mutta ymmärsi sentään asian saatuaan muutaman kerran sähisevän kissan käpälästä kuonolleen. Kolmen päivän jälkeen olemme siinä pisteessä, että Suvi menee haistelemaan koiraa, kunhan se vaan nukkuu, on paikoillaan ja hiljaa. Koira vaan on niin kovasti innokas leikkimään, ettei kissa vielä pysty sitä sulattamaan. Mitään vakavampia tappeluja ei kuitenkaan ole ollut, eläimet nukkuvat erillään emmekä jätä niitä kaksistaan valvomatta pitkäksi aikaa. Kaikki toiveet siis vielä ovat, jotta "sisko" ja "veli" oppisivat elämään sovussa keskenään ja olemaan kavereita.

MMSC08

Almost missed this round in the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge because of the move, but luckily my bf's father celebrated his birthday last weekend and I needed to make a quick card as we go and have dinner with them today. To be honest, this ended up being a bit blah, as I had less than 2 hours and our printer is somewhere in the boxes and I had no fitting papers printed out... So I had to wing it with what I had in my stash - which I cleverly packed myself and had out on top...



My bf's father likes driving his huge travel bike, so I found this fitting stamp from the only hobby store in town (by Kort & Godt, "Mann på motorsykkel")




Recipe
Papers: Papers from stash, brown card stock
Images: Mann på motorsykkel, Gratuleler med dagen (both from Kort & Godt), Panduro corners
Ink: StaZon Jet Black, Distress Vintage Photo, Brilliance Dew Drop Coffee Bean
Other: Metal brads from stash

Kitten pictures

Well, all my crafting stuffs are still unpacked as we've been busy entertaining our furry kids, so this will be another "awwwww lookie at my cute little kitten!" -post :) Sorry for anyone out there reading and NOT liking cute little kittens ;)

"Hello mommy!"


When the flash takes too long to recharge...


"I is teh win!!11"'


"I has teh hidey-hole!!11"


Undivided attention. For 2 seconds.


Yes, I am soooo cute!


"I has ze spotty tummy!11"

Our new furry baby / Meidän uusi karvalapsi

Unpacking is still in progress, but we got the ground floor done first just so we could go and get our new furry baby home :) She is adopted from the local vet, where they house the homeless kittens. She was born on 10. April and I named her Suvi, which is a Finnish female name and also means summer, as she came to us in the middle of the hottest summer in ages, 30 degrees celsius.

The pictures following show a tired kitty after her first day, getting to know the house, us and playing alot. We have still a lot to learn about photographing a moving target, but believe me, she's not this mellow :D








Tavaroiden purku on yhä kesken, mutta saimme ensimmäisen kerroksen valmiiksi eilen, jotta pystyimme tänään hakemaan kotiin ihanaisen karvalapsemme :D Pentu on adoptoitu paikalliselta eläinlääkäriasemalta, joka hoitaa kodittomien kissanpentujen tapauksia. Kisu sai nimekseen Suvi, koskapa saapui luoksemme keskellä erityisen helteistä ajanjaksoa (jatkuvasti n. 30 astetta) ja nimi taipuu myös norjalaiseen suuhun hyvin, koska siinä ei ole tuplavokaaleita tai -konsonantteja.

Kuvissa näkyy rauhallinen ja uninen kisu, mutta voin vakuuttaa että se on vain hetkellinen olotila... Allekirjoittaneella on vielä hiukan opittavaa liikkuvan kohteen kuvaamisesta :D

Moving house

Tomorrow the moving company will come to pack our stuff and on Tuesday we will make our way down south from Trondheim to Rygge: 560 km and some 8 hours. Thankfully the forecast has changed from +30 Celsius to +20 something with clouds and possible rain.

Our stuff will arrive on Wednesday the 1st, the moving company will unload and unpack and then we can take over. Our Internet will not be reconnected for the first 2 weeks (eeeek!), but I am sure I can find a hotspot somewhere. Until then, happy summer peeps!

xx,
nunt

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Huomenna muuttomiehet saapuvat aamusta pakkaamaan meidän kamoja ja tiistaina on edessä 560 kilometrin (n. 8 tuntia ilman pysähdyksiä) ajo Trondheimista etelä-Norjaan Ryggeen. Onneksi säätiedote on muuttunut auringonpaisteisesta +30 asteesta +20 pilviseen ja mahdollisiin sadekuuroihin.

Tavarat saapuvat Ryggeen keskiviikkona 1. päivä, ja muuttomiehet purkavat ne päivän aikana ja sitten homma siirtyy meille. Internet-pimennossa ollaan ensimmäiset kaksi viikkoa (iik!), mutta enköhän löydä wifi hotspotin jostain ennen sitä. Siihen saakka ystävät, hyvää kesää!

-nunt

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #7

Seventh sketch at MM already!



Another one of lady Mina's lovely Magnolias - she is so sweet!




Recipe
Papers: Brown card stock, traveling themed scrapbooking paper from the dollar store
Images: Magnolia
Coloring: Brilliance Dew Drops, Distress Ink Fired Brick
Other: Foam flowers, Basic Gray half pearls, Panduro brads

The Next Level

The Next Level challenge of the week was a self standing card. I really loved the tutorials, and this was the first ever card I made that included a stand.

It is a birthday card for my Finnish friend living here in Trondheim (Onnea is a birthday wish in Finnish). I began with brown card stock and worked on it with Distress inks, Brilliance Dew Drop inks, multiple stamps and some Basic Gray pearls.






Recipe
Papers: Brown card stock
Images: Various stamps
Ink: Distress Fired Brick and Vintage Photo, Brilliance Dew Drops
Other: Basic Gray half pearls.

Tag-bookmarks

So, we are moving away from Trondheim next week and I had a nice final evening with the girls from our knitting club. Here are some tags I made for them as a memento - stupid me didn't remember to take pictures of all of them though! I used so many different inks, stamps and papers, so I'll leave the recipe out this time. If you want to know about some particular one, please email and ask ^_^

Motivet squirrels

Motivet have released new series of their cute squirrels and offer a chance to win them in their blog. Aren't they cute?

Itsy-bitsy spider... / Hämä-hämä-häkki...

(click on the images to get a closer look / kuvat saa klikkaamalla suuremmiksi)


We were sitting on our patio and I saw something strange on the ledge, something that looked like a clump of snuff.
Istuskeltiin parvekkeella ja huomasin kaiteella jotain omituista, joka näytti ihan nuuskaklimpiltä.



Closer inspection showed gazillion itsy-bitsy spiders!
Lähempi tarkastelu osoitti, että siinä olikin miljoona pientä hämistä läjässä!



I couldn't resist blowing on them... They scattered like, well, little spiders.
En voinut vastustaa kiusausta ja puhalsin. Hämähäkkiläjä vilisti joka suuntaan.



Kirjoitus omistettu Aslanille, otahan kultaseni yhteyttä jos luet tätä - katosit :/

Gorjuss girls <3

I got this lovely Gorjuss girl from the wonderful Mina, among a huge stack of other images. Sugar bowl had a sketch challenge this week, and the included option was to use the color "kraft" or brown. Well, since I didn't have exactly kraft, I went for brown shades all over - I bet you can find something krafty there :D I painted her with water diluted Brilliance Dew Drops that I got from Panduro's sale today - Pearlescent Poppy, Coffee Bean and Crimson Copper, and her socks are Distress Vintage Photo. The corner flower I crocheted to go along with the color scheme :)






Recipe
Papers: Cream colored card stock, brown colored card stock
Images: A Little Birdie Told Me by Sugar Nellie, border stamp
Ink: Brilliance Dew Drop Pearlescent Poppy, Coffee Bean, Crimson Copper
Other: self crocheted flower