78/365:2013 ATC no flying

There's no flying without wings.

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Medium used: gel and glitter pen.

67/365:2013 ATC Happy Women's Day

The idea behind the International Women's Day was to make a strategy to promote equal rights, including suffrage, for women. Sadly after more than 100 years being a women does not give you equal rights, nor equal worth as a man.



when the music stops...


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Medium used: button, ribbons, permanent marker, acrylic paint and gel pen.

66/365:2013 ATC promise of spring

The sun heats so lovely, it's still cold in the shadows, but the sun promise that spring is on coming.

The card is a recycled test ATC I made back in 2008 for the artist group ZNE.

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Medium used: iridescent, alcohol based ink, gel pen, watercolour, stamp.

Norwegian: Solen varmer så deilig, det er fortsatt kaldt i skyggene, men løfte om at våren er på tur.
Kortet er et resirkulert test ATC jeg laget tilbake i 2008 for kunstnergruppen ZNE.

63/365:2013 ATC Miss Beatnik

Just a little beatnik girl, trying on her more colourful jumper, in contrast to her sold black turtle-neck.

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Medium used: gesso, watercolour, and gel pen for a glossy heart.

59/365:2013 ATC conversation b

Conversations follow rules of etiquette because conversations are social interactions, and therefore depend on social convention. Failure to adhere to these rules devolves, and eventually dissolves the conversation.

The Norwegian alphabets has an additional 3 letter to the English alphabet, we have the letters
æ—ø—å

This card is connected to card 58. The translation on the card would be: -"ABCDEFG" -"oh"

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Medium used: self made stamp, ink pad, acrylic paint and gel pen.

58/365:2013 ATC conversation a

Conversations are interactive, because contributions to a conversation are response reactions to what has previously been said.

The Norwegian alphabets has an additional 3 letter to the English alphabet, we have the letters
æ—ø—å

This card is connected to card 59. The translation on the card would be: -"abcdefghi" -"what"

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Medium used: self made stamp, ink pad, acrylic paint and gel pen.

52/365:2013 ATC the astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as moons, planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies); the physics, chemistry, and evolution of such objects; and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth (such as supernovae explosions, gamma ray bursts, and cosmic background radiation). A related but distinct subject, cosmology, is concerned with studying the universe as a whole.

-source Wikipedia



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Medium used: Distress Crackle Paint, alcohol ink and gel pen

46/365:2013 ATC shh baby is sleeping

Parents have been tiptoeing around their sleeping infants since time began. Whispering: “Shh, baby is sleeping''.

But it only works with the first-born, when it is simpler to control domestic noise levels.

A radio playing or household appliances humming away can actually help the baby sleep. Interestingly, the concept of generating noise for the sake of making infant sleep is the latest in nursery gadgetry.

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Medium used: watercolour, pencil and a gel pen.

40/365:2013 ATC fading

Reserved for Cecilie

Played with a resist technique, but the pen did not resist the watercolour. The pen faded in with the watercolour. Creating a a soft and shy look.

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Medium used: gel pen and watercolour.

39/365:2013 ATC Sara

Sara has been used in Norway since the 1500s, and was common in the 1700s. More recently, Sara has been among the most popular names in Norway from the year 2000. Sara was the most popular name for baby girls in 2002 and 2007.

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Medium used: gel pen and watercolour.

38/365:2013 ATC resist me

Played with a resist technique, where the resist is a gel pen. Used a glass Sakura gel pen. Traced over with a permanent marker. Painted with watercolour to get the effect.

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Medium used: gel pen, permanent marker, heart sticker and watercolour.

36/365:2013 ATC just you and I

For this card I recycled a tag that never got claimed. I just cut it to the standard ATC size, 64 x 89 mm (2.5 by 3.5 inch), changed the colours and added some new text.

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Medium used: embossing, stamp, vintage paper, watercolour, ink, ink pad, rub on and white gel pen.

10/365:2013 ATC seals

Did you know there are 34 types of seals. They eat exclusively seafood. They are closely related to bears, dogs and weasels.

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Medium used: watercolours, permanent marker and white gel pen.

8/365:2013 ATC Pinky

Did you know that the ghosts in Pac-Man had names? This is Pinky, he is pink - smart, speedy and good at ambushing. The rest is: Blinky, red - the fearless leader of the ghosts. Inky, blue - tends to be a little off target, but watch out if he gets close. Clyde, orange - the least intelligent ghost of the bunch. In Ms. Pac-Man Clyde is replaced by Sue, orange - the sexiest of the group.

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Medium used: watercolour, watercolour paper, gel pen and permanent marker.

6/365:2013 ATC Three Kings

A primstav (translation: prime staff) or Runic staff is a perpetual calendar with medieval character. Also known as the ancient Norwegian calendar stick. These were engraved with images. Primstav existed in many parts of Europe. It was used in Norway until 1700 when the Gregorian calendar was introduced. On a bar of wood or bone there were cut bars for each of the 365 days. Holidays and anniversaries had special marks. A pristav is divided into a summer side and a winter side. The summer start at 14 April and ends on 13 October (183 days). Winter start at 14 October and ends April 13 (182 days, but 183 days for leap years). The old primstav were not large. They were often no more than approx. 70 cm. long.

The 6th of January is the Three Kings / Three Wise Mens day. On the primstav it was marked with three crosses, three crowns or three men.

According to Christianity, a group of distinguished foreigners visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. They are regular figures in traditional the nativity celebrations. Usually we have them displayed in our nativity scene at Christmas.

Although the account does not tell how many they were, the three gifts led to a widespread assumption that they were three as well. The tradition of depicted one of them as negro did not come until the year 500. At this time they also got named Balthasar, Caspar and Melchior.

6th of January is traditionally the last day of Christmas here in Norway, the last day for the lights on the Christmas tree. After this day people removes the Christmas decorations.

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Medium used: watercolours, permanent marker and white gel pen.

Cards in the mail - balloon and boxes, iHanna swap 2012

The cards are in the mail! I made 13 cards, a bakers dozen. Ten to swap, one to keep, one to give away, one to sell. If you want to buy it you can find it at my Etsy shop.

This one I am selling

So the cards are on their way to:
USA: Iowa X2(the same district!), North -Carolina, California X2, Arkansas.
Canada
South Africa
Sweden X2

The illustrations are called "balloon and boxes". Illustrating a girl holding on to a yellow balloon. You however may see something completely different.

This one I'm keeping. ................. This one is on it's way to some lucky girl.

The cards are made on watercolour-paper.

The card has a light coat of varnish on to prevent smudging.

I do not recommend direct sun light as this can make the cards illustration to fade.

I also made a little stamp to go along with the cards, see the picture of the envelopes. The envelopes are embossed with the sun/star.

Medium used: stamp, gel pen, watercolour, modelling paste, ink, ink pad, string, distress stickles, vinyl paint, alcohol and varnish.

Moly_X_3 Emma's book

I am participating in the moley_X_3 project. Here are the entry for Emma's book. To follow the books journey you can go here moleskinex3.blogspot.com

For Emma's book I was inspired by the floating movement of balloons. How much fun it would be to go for a ride.

Mediums used: Pencil for sketching. Medallion permanent marker for lining. Distress ink for shadowing. Colouring and pastel pencil for the houses and face form Faber-Castell and Derwent. Odourless white spirit. Acrylic paint for the balloons, mouth, glasses and hair. Leaf gold dust. Nail polish for the scarf. Distress stickles for the sweater and scarf. White gel pen from Sakura.

Moly_x_3 Barbara's book

I am participating in the moley_X_3 project. Here are the entry for Barbara's book. To follow the books journey you can go here moleskinex3.blogspot.com/

As mentioned yesterday, I had a lot of trouble finding the right motive, you can see the post here . I ended up with a dragon inspired by the Norwegian stave church (Wikipedia) On it's back it has a girl. She is playing the flute.
The clouds are super iridescent, do not show up in the photo though.

Progress so far in the book.

Medium used: pencil, permanent marker, velvet decorative tape, promarkers, gel pen, iridescent watercolours and acrylic paint.

2011 postcard swap, iHanna - in the mail

Three little fishes hanging in a row

I made 13 cards, 10 for the swap, one to keep, one to give away, and one to sell.

The motive is the same, however all the little fishes has different "personality".

So where are they "swimming" to?

I mailed them of: one to Norway, two to Sweden, one to Finland, one to Italy, one to Canada and four to the U.S.

This one I am selling,$30.00 USD. I'll put it up in my Etsy shop later this week(if it has not sold),

if you are interested send me a mail.

What kind of fish do think it is?

Have You Ever Been Fishing?

My favourite fishing place is the sea. Going out with a boat, using a line and hook.

One Little, Two Little, Three Little Fishes
(to the tune of One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians)
One little, two little, three little fishes
Four little, five little, six little fishes
Seven little, eight little, nine little fishes
Ten little fishes in the pond.

These fishes are going to stay at my hose. For now they are hanging in the studio.

Some in progress pictures.

Working in my studio.

Medium used: pencil, permanent marker, masking fluid, Diamond glaze, charcoal, gloss medium, gel pen, watercolour and varnish.