The day has finally come…

I am now able to say:

“Welcome to Nothing but Freebies – The blog where everything is free”

The blog layout is not exactly as I had planned, but it is close – and I’m content. I’m definitely NOT an html person, and the road has been long, winding and – at times – very frustrating. But the reason that I now have an acceptable looking blog is Karen! Karen Watson, a.k.a. The Background Fairy, was kind enough to give me both help and support, for which I am eternally grateful. Thank you so much Karen! You should all go visit her site and enjoy her beautiful vintage backgrounds and other stuff for blogs: http://www.backgroundfairy.com/.

Furthermore, I will like to thank Vanessa Fellows @ Scrapz’n Bitz Design http://www.scrapznbitz.blogspot.com/ for her beginner’s advice. As a novice in the world of digital scrapping blogs, I need all the advice I can get. Thank you Vanessa! I promise to do my best to follow your advice.

But now I’m here and I have decided to make my first gift to you a small tribute to my home town, Copenhagen. Below you find download links to a Copenhagen Paper Pack with both photo papers and distressed/burned papers. I really hope you will enjoy it.

A somewhat bigger tribute will take up the rest of March. It will consist of a lot of material about my other “home town” and “the love of my life”: New York City! So come back tomorrow to get the first part of the “I Love New York” mega kit.

But enough about things to come. Here is what is happening right here, right now.

The Copenhagen Paper Pack consists of the following files for you to download:

17 Original Photo Papers, 12x12 300 ppi – ca. 44 MB
30 Burned Papers, 12x12 72 ppi – ca. 18 MB (for those with slow connections)
30 Burned Papers, 12x12 300 ppi Part 1 & 2 – ca. 42 MB & 48 MB

I have also included a What Is It List that will tell you what’s in the pictures.

One of Vanessa’s tips was “Don’t make the files too big”. Let me apologize to both Vanessa and you. These files are, as you can see above, not the smallest, but I prefer quality to quick download, and hope you will forgive me. If you have problems downloading, please contact me and I will make you a smaller version.

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I hope you’ll enjoy my designs and return for more tomorrow…

Tivoli Day 4 - I totally forgot...

.. that I had made you a Bonus Paper Pack with 7 papers from the Old Tivoli. Here you are - click on preview to download.

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Now there is no more. Well, that is until I get to Tivoli and take more pictures...

Tivoli Day 4 - Last Day

We have reached the final day of our visit to The Tivoli Gardens, and today we are going to have FUN!

First I want to share something with you. Yesterday I received a mail from Miriam in San Diego. Miriam makes stats for a Yahoo group called Mary Engelbreit and Friends, and because I dedicated this Tivoli Theme to her, she made this beautiful picture with material by the American artist Mary Engelbreit. It actually gives you a very good idea of what Tivoli is like. Thank you so much, Miriam.

One of the more popular attractions in Tivoli is the Photo Fun Booth where you can stand behind painted Photostats with only you head visible and have you picture taken as a cowboy, a clown, a prisoner, etc. The most popular is the Bride and Groom. I have taken pictures of two of them and made them into miniature Photostats for you so you can put pictures of your friends and family’s heads into it.

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And if you want to pretend to take some of Tivoli’s fun rides, you can use these Quick Pages. Ride the Rollercoaster, the Ferris-Wheel or the Line 8 Trolley…


Finally, I have made some Tivoli QPs of a more frame-like type. Use them as they are or add your own decorations, if you like.


It has been a pleasure to introduce you all to Tivoli, and I hope you will one day come to Copenhagen to see it in person. If that’s not possible, I hope this weekend’s freebies have given you the feel of the place. And although it’s not like being there, I hope you will have lots of fun scrapping with the products.

See you again tomorrow for something completely different?

Please go to the next post for a Bonus Paper Pack.

Tivoli Day 3

It's Saturday, and that means weekend candy! And candy, ice cream and other goodies are also a big part of a visit in the Tivoli Gardens. That is why today's Aged Papers are all with yummy motifs. I hope you find the designs yummy too. 

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But that is not all. Today you get the second Tivoli Alpha as well. On Thursday it was Columbine, so today of course it has to be Harlequin. Happy scrapping!

Tomorrow is the last Tivoli Day and I will focus on FUN. Come back and find out what that is all about.

P.S. - For those of you interested: Yesterday our Queen had a birthday fit for … well, a queen! Sunshine and blue sky, close to a hundred thousand people in the palace square and again later in Town Hall Square, coach ride through the city, reception lunch at the Town Hall and 265 of her family and closest friends for dinner at Fredensborg Castle. And we commoners could follow every step on TV.

Tivoli Gardens - Day 2

Isn’t it ironic?

Here I am making a Tivoli Theme and for the first time in thirty-something years I didn’t get to Tivoli on opening day…

Well, never mind. It’s actually not a great loss, as first day is a little bit like Black Friday – way too many people pushing and shoving to get around. I have all summer to get there, and as a Season Card holder I can get in free anytime I want.

When visiting Tivoli you should always bring your camera, but as mine is not a small pocket thing, I don’t bring it as often as I should. I have, however, managed to build up a nice bundle over time, and today I give you some of them as Photo Papers. 

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Oh, by the way… Today is our Queen’s birthday. 70 years old, and still going very strong.

The entire country is celebrating, but as she lives here in Copenhagen, we get the “main attractions”. Gala shows, full dress dinners, all the “pump and circumstance” – it has been going on for days. And today she will come to the balcony at Amalienborg Castle at noon to be congratulated by her people. Unfortunately, a large part of her foreign guests did not make it to the celebrations because the air space over Denmark is closed at the moment due to a giant volcanic ash cloud from the erupting volcano in Iceland. Well, we will make sure she gets a good day after all.

Please come back tomorrow for more of those aged papers and the second alpha.

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Tivoli Gardens

Today is a good day!

I am feeling so much better and there is no longer need for evidence of spring – it is definitely HERE!

Talking about evidence of spring’s arrival – an absolute certain sign is the opening of the Tivoli Gardens here in Copenhagen, and that is today.

The Tivoli Gardens is a famous “amusement park” from 1843 located right in the centre of Copenhagen, and popular among people of all ages. The children, small or big, goes to try the rides, eat ice cream and candy floss and get a balloon. The young people go to try the more dangerous rides, drink beer and listen to Friday Rock on The Lawn (which is actually not a lawn anymore but a big area with gravel). The adults go to eat open faced sandwiches (especially shrimp), maybe listen to classical music or just stroll around and enjoy the beautiful garden. And finally the little old ladies who come for coffee and cakes, or an ice cream on a bench overlooking the lake. Everybody enjoys a day in Tivoli. For some years now they have expanded their opening to include Halloween and Christmas. Christmas is about to become a favourite season for all the lights, the small shops with decorations, gifts and “æbleskiver” (apple dumplings) and glögg (mulled wine), not to mention Santa who is there all December.

But now it is the summer season and that is Tivoli’s Prime Time. To celebrate today’s opening I will be posting Tivoli Stuff all through the weekend. Papers, alphas and some other things will be yours for free, so please stop by everyday.

I would like to dedicate this Tivoli Theme to my new online friend Miriam in San Diego. Miriam, I hope you will one day come back to Copenhagen and let me take you to Tivoli for some open faced sandwiches…

Today I give you a big bunch of Aged Papers and the first of two Alphas. Hope you enjoy it all.

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If you want to know more about the Tivoli Gardens try these links:

Tivoli’s home page
Wikipidia

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Danish Art

Hello again!


Today I want to take you back in time.


It is a very special day here in Denmark. 70 years ago today Hitler’s German troops invaded our country and started a 5 years long occupation. I am happy to say that we regained our freedom, but such a day makes you think… I therefore want to take you back to a time long before World War II, a time where artists were ARTISTS and painted the world around them as beautiful. I am talking about the 1800’s, the Golden Age in Danish art.


I have taken 14 paintings by Danish artists and made them into papers for you, hoping they can spread some beauty in your scrapping-world.


A funny little detail: One of the paintings I’ve used, “Oesterbro by Christen Koepke”, was painted in 1836 and is actually showing the exact spot where I live today… It does, however, look a lot different.

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I’m taking the weekend off but will be back on Monday. Have a very nice weekend everyone.








By the way – if you are German, I just want to let you know that 70 years is a long time and there are no hard feelings…