Bits and pieces of my life

Winkel is geopend :)

2012-03-31T08:13:00.001+02:00

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Ik heb nog zoveel spullen die ik ooit gekocht heb en niet gebruik, dat ik hiervoor een winkeltje heb geopend :)

Je kunt m'n shop hier vinden:
MarktPlaza - !ScrappingAngel

Alvast bedankt voor het komen! :)
Deze wordt regelmatig aangevuld, op dit moment heb ik er twine instaan, waaronder leuk twine voor Valentijnsdag met roze, rood en wit :)

ABC Challenge: Jazz it up with Special Magnolia stamp

2012-02-15T10:00:00.013+01:00

Hi there and welcome to another ABC Challenge.

This time we have the letter J for you and like to Jazz things up with bling etc.

I made this card with a special magnolia stamp which has only been given away at a Magnolia Event last Spring overhere in The Netherlands :)
Think she's really sweet!

Put some bling on here as I think it's just perfect and not *too* much.

And a detailphoto where you can see the bling a bit better:

Thank you very much for coming over and please join the ABC Challenge this time :)

See you later!

PTI Christmas CAS card

2012-02-06T12:18:00.001+01:00

Hi there (again!)

Another card, this time inspired by Maile Belles favorite: Chevron Stripes.
Made a Christmascard, actually made 4 of them... really easy to make :)

PTI CAS card

2012-02-06T12:11:00.000+01:00

Hi there!

Another card to show you. This time with the Pure Poppy ink, Danielle Flanders' favourite product.

This is the card I made:

PTI Anniversary: Be Mine

2012-02-06T00:14:00.000+01:00

Oh my... one of my fave stamp companies is having a party!! *wahey!!*
The DT gave their Top 5 and we have to use it as inspiration.
I used Jessica Witty's card as inspiration. Hmm... just cased it really ;)

I found out the PTI Parisian Lace die is the same as the Cheery Lynn French Pastry!! Oh wow!
Anyways... here's my card with the inspiration underneath.

Thanks for coming over and hope to see you again! :)
I also wanted to thank the PTI DT for so much inspiration each month...THANKS!!

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge: Home deco (non card)

2012-02-03T10:00:00.003+01:00

Hi there and welcome to another Wags'nWhiskers Challenge.
This time we like to see home deco's (non cards!).

For this challenge I made a photoframe for a girl who's birthday is within a couple of days and I hope she'll like it. She's very into princesses and princes, so this Wags'nWhiskers image is just the perfect gift for her :)
Hi en welkom bij een nieuwe Wags'nWhiskers Challenge.
Deze keer is de challenge om home-deco te maken (geen kaarten!).

Voor deze challenge heb ik een fotolijst gemaakt voor een meisje dat bijna jarig is en ik hoop dat ze het leuk zal vinden. Ze zit helemaal in de prinsen-en prinsessesfase, dus dit Wags'nWhiskers plaatje is gewoon perfect :)

Sorry for the blurry photo...The princess also has a lot of glitter/Stickles on her dress, crown and jewelry.
Sorry voor de wat wazige foto... Het prinsesje heeft ook een berg glitter/Stickles op haar jurk, kroon en juwelen.

Thank you very much for coming over. Hope to see you again soon.
Now it's time for you to go to the Wags'nWhiskers Challengeblog to see the other creations of the DT. Thanks! :)
Bedankt voor het langskomen. Ik hoop je snel weer te mogen begroeten.
Nu is het tijd om naar het Wags'nWhiskers Challengeblog te gaan om de andere creaties van het DT te zien.
Bedankt! :)

ABC Challenge: I for In Pairs

2012-02-01T10:00:00.017+01:00

Hi there and welcome to another cold day! :)

It's the first of the month, so time for another ABC Challenge for all of you.
This time we're seeing the I, and it's for "In Pairs".
I was really struggling with this one. I wanted to make a card with layers, also wanted to use a Magnolia, but... when I was looking through my stamps (oh yeah... it's just so nice doing this, even if you don't do anything with them ;)), I came across this one from Stampingbella and think it's just perfect for this challenge!
Wanted to make a CAS card, and think I did this one pretty CAS. Stamped the sentiment on the cardstock, cut out my colored stamped image and put it there with some 3d foam. Mission completed! :)

Hi en welkom bij alweer een koude dag! :)
Het is de eerste van de maand, dus tijd voor een nieuwe ABC Challenge voor jullie allemaal.
Ditmaal zijn we bij de I aanbeland, en dit is voor "In Pairs", "in paren".
Ik kwam langzaam op gang met deze challenge. Ik wilde een kaart met wat layers maken, wilde ook een Magnolia gebruiken, maar.... toen ik heerlijk door m'n stempels aan het kijken was (oh jawel... het is zooooooo heerlijk om dit te doen, ook al doe je er verder niets mee ;)), zag ik deze Stampingbella en vond dit de perfecte stempel voor deze challenge!
Ik wilde er een CAS kaart van maken en is mij geloof ik wel gelukt. Heb de tekst direct op het cardstock gestempeld, m'n gekleurde afdrukje uitgeknipt en met wat 3d-foam opgeplakt. Missie geslaagd! :)

Thank you so much for coming over again! See you later! :)
Don't forget to stop by the ABC Challengeblog for more creations of the DT.

Bedankt voor het langskomen, ik zie je graag weer terug! :)
Neem ook nog even een kijkje op het ABC Challengeblog voor meer creaties van het DT.

LIM Valentine CAS card 2012

2012-01-31T18:49:00.000+01:00

Hi there and welcome to a very, very cold country at the moment... The Netherlands!
Oh yes, finally King Winter has arrived and treated us on some freezing *whoowhoo*

Today I like to show you a card I made for the LIM challenge: sketch. Got so many ideas to use this sketch for, but so little time... Guess that if I ever had a shop that'd sell time, I'd be a billionaire within a day ;)

But for now, you have to do it with a CAS Valentine's Card.
Used some SU supplies and some twine from My Shop
Aloha en welkom in een zeer, zeer koud land op het moment... Nederland!
Eindelijk is Koning Winter gearriveerd en trakteert ons op wat vriesweer *whoowhoo*
Vandaag wil ik een kaartje laten zien die ik voor de LIM challenge heb gemaakt, een schets. Ik heb zoveel ideeën om deze schets te gebruiken, maar zo weinig tijd. Als ik ooit een winkel zou hebben die tijd zou verkopen, dan zou ik binnen een dag miljardair zijn :)
Maar nu moeten jullie het even met een CAS Valentine's kaartje doen.
Ik heb wat SU spullies gebruikt en wat twine uit m'n shoppie valentine's twine... heerlijk spul om mee te werken!!

Thank you very much for coming over. See you later!
Bedankt voor het langskomen! Tot de volgende keer!

Challenges:
- LIM: Sketch

Monday: SU day - Happy New Year

2012-01-30T13:43:00.002+01:00

After making last Monday's card I wanted to make another Happy New Year card, even though we're already 4 weeks in 2012.
This time I made it with plain white cardstock and some Melon Mambo-accents. Oh, I just looooooove this combo!
Added some ribbon and stickles and put out one of my embossingfolders to emboss the background.
Nadat ik de kaart van vorige week maandag had gemaakt, wilde ik nogmaals een Happy New Year-kaart maken, ook al zitten we al 4 weken in 2012.
Ditmaal heb ik de kaart gemaakt met wit cardstock en wat Melon Mambo-accenten. Geweldige kleurcombi! :)
Ik heb wat lint en stickles gebruikt en heb ook weer eens een embossingfolder tevoorschijn gehaald om de achtergrond te embossen.

And here you have it...

And a detailphoto, so you can see the sparkling bubbles a bit better :)
Een detailfotot, zodat je de glinsterende bubbels iets beter kunt zien :)

Thank you very much for coming over and see you later! :)
Bedankt voor het komen en tot de volgende keer! :)

Winter Magnolia card - Tilda with snowflakes

2012-01-29T16:10:00.000+01:00

Hi there!

Thank you all so much for your comments!!
Today I have a Magnolia card for you all. It's made with an awesome Tilda, love her. It's a Tilda made for an event overhere in The Netherlands and hasn't been released since, so very exclusive :)
Hi!
Bedankt voor al jullie reacties!
Vandaag heb ik een Magnoliakaartje. Het is gemaakt met een geweldige Tilda. Het is gemaakt voor het Magnolia-Event, exclusief :)

Anyways... I think this is one of the Magnolia stamps I love most for making wintercards, so that's what I did :)
As you might know (wrote it several times overhere, if not... here's again...) I'm totally not a bling-bling girl, but... I guess some Stickles and rhinestones/gems are the perfect accessorize for cards.
And when it comes to choosing between diamonds and pearls, my heart goes to diamonds, just because they shine so pretty in the light.
Anyways... Ik denk dat dit één van m'n favo Magnoliastempels is om winterkaarten mee te maken, dus dat is wat ik heb gedaan :)
Zoals je misschien zult weten (heb het er al meerdere keren over gehad, zo niet, hier is het opnieuw...)
Ik ben totaal geen bling-bling girlie, maar... wat Stickles en rhinestones/gems zijn volgens mij de perfecte accessorize voor kaarten.
En als het gaat om te kiezen tussen diamanten en parels, dan gaat mijn hart tocht uit naar diamanten, gewoon omdat ze zo mooi schitteren in het licht.

Anyways... I'll stop talking... here's my card:
Anyways... ik stop maar eens met praten, hier is mijn kaart:

And a detailphoto, so you can see all the bling a bit better:
En een detailfoto, zodat je de bling een beetje beter kunt zien:

So there you have it... a Magnolia card with my fave winter Tilda on it.
Thank you very much for coming over. Hope to see you again!
Zo... dat was het weer, een Magnoliakaart met mijn favo winter Tilda erop. Het twine komt uit m'n shoppie: !ScrappingAngel
Bedankt voor het langskomen. Ik hoop je snel weer te mogen begroeten! :)

Challenges:
- Christmas Cards: Sketch
- It's a Magnolia: Winterskaartje
- Cute Card Thursday: It's a gem
- Stamptacular Sundays: Diamonds & Pearls
- Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Twine

Magnolia Soccer Edwin - Birthday Card

2012-01-26T18:25:00.000+01:00

Hi there!

I wanted to share a Magnolia Edwin card today. I don't use the Edwin stamps a lot, so it was time to set them in the spotlight ;)

Made this card for some challenges and when I found out the Magnolia Down Under challenge was to use the colors of your national flag, it was quite obvious to use Soccer Edwin as well as The Netherlands are very fanatic soccerplayers (and I really wish all those streets weren't colored orange during European and World Championships... terrible!).
So here you have it... Soccer Edwin in the national colors of The Netherlands: red, white and blue.

Hi!
Vandaag wil ik een Magnolia Edwin kaart laten zien. Ik gebruik de Edwin stempels niet zo heel vaak, dus het was tijd om hem eens in de spotlight te zetten ;)
Ik heb deze kaart voor wat challenges gemaakt en toen ik erachter kwam dat MDUC een challenge had om de kleuren van je vlag te gebruiken, lag het nogal voor de hand om dan ook Soccer Edwin te gebruiken.
Vele Nederlanders houden nu eenmaal van dit spelletje (en ik wenste dat al die straten niet zo oranje gekleurd waren tijdens EK's en WK's, zeker niet die straat bij mij...wat een herrie!!).
Dus hier is ie... Soccer Edwin in de Nederlandse kleuren: rood, wit en blauw.

Thanks very much for coming over. Hope to see you again! :)
Bedankt voor het langskomen en graag tot een volgende keer! :)

Challenges:
- Magnolia Cards: Birthday/Verjaardag
- Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Sport
- Magnolia Down Under: Colors of the national flag

Papertrey Ink January bloghop

2012-01-25T21:19:00.002+01:00

Hi there!

Sorry for my long, very long, absence, but have (and still am) ill.
Terrible sickness, pain in my ear, throat and during the last couple of days my back as well. Luckily it's getting better every day, but not that great though... ah well.. there are worse things in life!
Hi daar!
Het spijt me voor m'n lange afwezigheid, maar was (en ben nog steeds) ziek.
Verschrikkelijk misselijk, oorpijn, keelpijn en als klap op de vuurpijl ook rugpijn. Gelukkig gaat het iedere dag steeds beter, maar nog niet zo goed als ik zou willen... ach ja, er zijn ergere dingen in het leven!

Back to topic... there's a Papertrey Ink bloghop going on at the moment and there's a challenge involved as well, which is the following:

This month, in honor of the new year, we are challenging you to pick your favorite project from 2011 and share it with all of us! To take it a step further, you are also challenged to create a second card that is inspired by the favorite project you select. Your new version of an old favorite could carry over the color scheme, the layout or the stamp sets. We look forward to seeing your best creations from 2011 as well as one of your first projects for 2012!

Back to topic.
Er is een nieuwe Papertrey Ink bloghop.
Deze maand dagen ze je uit om je favo project van 2011 uit te kiezen en te laten zien. En om een stapje verder te gaan, word je ook uitgedaagd om een tweede kaart te maken die gebaseerd is op je favo project.

So... here's one of my fave projects of last year. Really love the simplicity of the card, but so love the effect it gives.
Send this card last Christmas to some family and hopefully they have enjoyed the card as much as I liked making it!
Hier is één van m'n favo projecten. Ik houd van de simpelheid van deze kaart, maar het geeft zo'n geweldig effect.
Heb deze kaart afgelopen Kerst naar familie gestuurd en hopelijk hebben ze hiervan genoten.

And this is what I made of it this time. Totally different, but still the same shape and stitches :)
Used my newest paper (I'm already in love with this white cardstock!!! Loooooooove it!!), dies and stamps on this project (oh... I just looooooooove combining them!) and popped the image a bit with some 3d-foam.
At this moment this card will be heading to Canada :)
Thanks so much Elena for your sweet comment! I hope your sweetie will love it :) It's a pleasure to send it to you.
En dit is wat ik er deze keer van heb gemaakt. Iets totaal anders, maar nog steeds dezelfde vorm en stiksels :)
Heb m'n nieuwste papier gebruikt (ben op slag verliefd op dit geweldige witte cardstock!!!), dies en stempels en heb het plaatje met wat 3d-tape verhoogd.
Op dit moment is deze kaart op weg naar Canada :)
Bedankt Elena voor je lieve comment!

And a detailphoto...

Thank you very much for hopping with me :)
Go to Nichole's blog for some more inspiration.

See you all later (and hopefully I'm better by then!).

Monday: SU day - Happy New Year in kraftstyle

2012-01-23T07:53:00.004+01:00

Happy SU-Monday!
Even though we're already 3 weeks in 2012, I wanted to show you a "Happy New Year"-card I made recently.
It's one of my fave colorcombo's nowadays: Pink and kraft. Love it!

So here you have it. I scored the card a bit on the bottom of the card with my MS scoreboard (love this tool!!).
Happy SU-maandag!
Hoewel we alweer 3 weken in 2012 zitten, wilde ik jullie toch een "Happy New Year"-kaart laten zien die ik onlangs heb gemaakt.
Het is één van m'n favo kleurcombi's op het moment: roze en kraft. Love it!
Dus hier is het. Ik heb op de rand een score gemaakt met m'n MS-scoreboard (love it!).

And a detailphoto, so you can see the sparkling bubbles a bit better :)

Thank you very much for coming over and see you later! :)
Bedankt weer voor het komen en tot de volgende keer! :)

ABC Challenge: H for Happy birthday! Magnolia Card

2012-01-15T10:00:00.026+01:00

Even though I have to wait 8 months till people can say this to me, over at the ABC Challengeblog we have this challenge: H for Happy Birthday!
Ook al moet ik nog 8 maanden wachten voordat mensen dit tegen mij kunnen zeggen, bij het ABC Challengeblog hebben we deze challenge: H voor Happy Birthday!

I used a Magnolia stamp I recently bought from someone else and it's just perfect for this challenge, so am quite happy with it :)
Ik heb een Magnolia stempel gebruikt die ik laatst van iemand overgenomen heb en deze is dus perfect voor deze challenge, dus ben er behoorlijk blij mee :) (en anders had ik wel een andere stempel in "de collectie" die bij deze challenge past)

Wanted to combine some Magnolia challenges, so this is what I made:
Ik wilde een aantal Magnolia challenges combineren, dus dit is wat ik ervan heb gemaakt:

And a detailphoto so you can see all the glitter...

Actually I made 2 colored images, but the first one... uhhmm... thought it was ok to put on the glitter first and than ran through my bigshot with the nesties.... wrong thought! :)
So my image was with loads of glitter and had to make another one... ah well... another experience what I probably won't do again *smile*
Eigenlijk heb ik 2 plaatjes ingekleurd, maar de eerste.. uuhhmmm... ik dacht dat het geen kwaad kon om eerst glitter op het plaatje te doen en dan door de bigshot met de nesties... verkeerde gedachte! :)
Dus dat plaatje zat vol glitter en had dus een nieuwe te maken... nou ja... een ervaring die ik waarschijnlijk niet meer zal nadoen *smile*

Anyways... hope you like the card, now it's your turn to take part in this challenge. We would love to have you join us! :)
Please go to the ABC Challengeblog for the creations the other DT-members have made.
Anyways... ik hoop dat je de kaart een beetje leuk zult vinden, nu is het aan jullie om ook gezellig mee te doen met deze challenge. We zouden het ontzettend leuk vinden als je mee zou doen! :)
En neem direct een kijkje op het ABC Challengeblog voor de creaties van de andere DT-leden.

Thank you very much for coming over and see you later! :)
Bedankt voor het komen en tot gauw! :)

Challenges:
- TOMIC: monochromatic pink and a bow
- Just Magnolia: Sketch
- Paper Sundaes: Pick your fave past challenge (I picked #100, celebrate!)

Birdy Thanks

2012-01-14T11:13:00.001+01:00

Originally, I had this post sceduled for coming Monday, but these cards just suits the "Less Is More"-challenge perfectly, so here they are...
Back again with another SU creation :)
I just loooooooooved creating these mini-cards! Perfect as little "thank you"-notes etc.
Oorspronkelijk had ik deze post gepland voor as maandag, maar deze kaarten passen perfect bij de "Less Is More"-challenge, dus hier zijn ze dan...
Weer terug met een nieuwe SU-creatie :)
Ik vind het echt superleuk om mini-kaarten te maken! Ze zijn perfect als kleine "bedankt"-kaartjes etc.

Thank you very much for coming over and see you later! :)
Bedankt voor het komen en tot de volgende keer :)

Challenges:
- Less Is More: One layer with birds
- Sarah Hurley Challenges: Thanks
- Diva's by design: Thanks
- I brake for stamps: CAS
- Penny's Challenges: Birds

Monday: SU day - Froggy Wishes

2012-01-09T00:26:00.001+01:00

First of all... let me thank you for all your sweet comments I've received the last couple of days! THANK YOU!!!
Laat me beginnen om jullie allemaal te bedanken voor die lieve reacties die ik de afgelopen dagen heb mogen ontvangen! BEDANKT!!!

It's Monday, so time for another SU creation :)
Het is maandag, dus weet tijd voor een nieuwe SU-creatie :)
I have this set for quite a while, but haven't been playing with it a lot, so I grabbed it and made some mini-cards (2 3/4"x2 3/4") with it which are perfect for going with a winebottle, flowerarrangement, etc. etc.
Deze set heb ik alweer een tijdje, maar heb er nog niet zoveel mee gespeeld, dus ik heb er ditmaal een aantal mini-kaarten (2 3/4"x2 3/4")mee gemaakt die perfect zijn om te gebruiken om een wijnfles, boeket, etc. etc. mee op te vrolijken.

Thank you very much for coming over and see you later! :)
Bedankt voor het komen en tot de volgende keer :)

Challenges:
- Wee Memories: Nothing bigger than 4x4
- Dream Valley Challenges: Anything goes
- Creative Inspirations: Something old (my stamp)
- Birthday Sundaes: Birthday card

CAS card, just loving it

2012-01-08T00:00:00.001+01:00

Goodmorning Sunday (it's 00:00 am overhere).

I have another CAS card for you today. It's quite simple to make, within 10 minutes and yes, I really like this one and will probably make some more, but in different colors, so I have a few extra birthday/congratulationcards to give/send.
Goedemorgen zondag.
Ik heb een nieuwe CAS kaart voor vandaag. Erg simpel te maken, eigenlijk binnen 10 minuten klaar, en ja, ik vind hem wel erg leuk en zal er waarschijnlijk nog een aantal maken, weliswaar in andere kleuren, zodat ik een paar extra verjaardags/gefeliciteerd-kaarten heb om te verzenden/te geven.

And here it is...
En hier is ie dan...

I don't know if you can see it on the card, but it's made with SU's Rich Razzleberry cardstock and ink. Love that color!

Thank you very much for coming over and hope to see you later! :)
Ik weet niet of jullie het kunnen zien, maar het is gemaakt met SU's Rich Razzleberry (paarse kleur) cardstock en inkt. Vind de kleur geweldig!
Bedankt weer voor het langskomen en graag tot ziens! :)

Challenges:
- Less is more: Purple
- Clean&Simple: Sketch (uuhh... didn't quite follow it with the circle in the middle, but was surely inspired by it! :))

BasicGrey Challenges: Something new

2012-01-07T10:00:00.004+01:00

And we're back with another BasicGrey Challenge!
On behalf of the team I'd like to wish you a happy 2012 and may you join us with all our challenges as well :)

As the new year just started, we'd love to see "Something new" from your stash on your card (you must at least use one BasicGrey item!!).
This time we're sponsored by the lovely Simon Says Stamp and the winner will get a $ 25 spending spree! Whoowhoooooooooo!! If I wasn't on the DT, I surely would have joined this challenge!
En we zijn weer terug met een nieuwe BasicGrey Challenge!
Namens het team wil ik jullie graag een happy 2012 toewensen en dat je maar vaak met onze challenges mee mag doen :)

Aangezien het nieuwe jaar net is begonnen, willen we graag "Something new/Iets nieuws" uit je voorraad (en wie heeft die nu niet, geef toe *smile*) zien (wel willen we minimaal 1 BasicGrey item terugzien!!).
Ditmaal worden we gesponsord door Simon Says Stamp en de winnaar van de challenge krijgt een $ 25 shoppingspree! Whooowhooo! Als ik niet in het DT zat, had ik zeker meegedaan!

Anyways... here's my creation.

I used some lovely BasicGrey Nordic papers from the 6x6 paperpad and a lovely LOTV sentimentstamp. Both are new, even the cardstock is new!

Anyways... hier is mijn creatie.

Ik heb geweldig mooi BasicGrey Nordic papiertjes van het 6x6 paperpad gebruikt en een supergeweldige LOTV tekststempel. Beiden zijn nieuw, zelfs het witte cardstock!

And a detailphoto to see I used some 3d-tape for some dimension...
En een detailfoto, zodat het 3d-tape iets beter is te zien....

Already working on my Christmas 2012 cards ;)
Ik ben al heerlijk aan het werken voor mijn 2012 kerstkaarten ;)

Thanks very much for coming over.
Please go to the BasicGrey challengeblog for more inspiration and hopefully we may see you joining :)
See you later!
Bedankt voor het langskomen.
Neem een kijkje op het BasicGrey Challengeblog voor wat meer inspiratie en hopelijk kunnen we je begroeten bij deze challenge :)
Tot later!

Challenges:
- Skipping Stones Design: Sketch
- Simon Says Stamp: New something
- Make it Monday: Always anything goes

WnW challenge: White on white + one pop of color

2012-01-06T11:00:00.003+01:00

Hi there and welcome to a new Wags'nWhiskers Challenge! :)
Aloha en welkom bij een nieuwe Wags'nWhiskers Challenge! :)

This challenge we would like to see creations that go with the following: White on white plus one pop of color.
As red is my fave color, it wasn't a hard decision to make, but... it was hard which cute stamp I had to ink though... Wags'nWhiskers have so many gorgeous and cute stamps, it was hard to decide, but... I made up my mind and choose Rosalie as the lucky stamp to be inked.
Ditmaal willen we graag creaties zien die voldoen aan het volgende critirium:
Wit op wit met één uitspringende kleur.
Aangezien rood mijn favo kleur is, was het niet moeilijk om te beslissen, maar... ik vond het wel moeilijk om te beslissen welke stempel ik zou gaan beinkten... Wags'nWhiskers heeft zoveel geweldige en schattige stempels, dat het moeilijk beslissen was, maar... het is gelukt en het is Rosalie geworden.

And this is my creation...

Guess you can use this card for many occasions, so I didn't put a text on/in it.

So.. what are you waiting for?? Get creating and visit the Wags'nWhiskers Challengeblog for more info :)

Thanks for coming over and hope to see you again! :)
Deze kaart kun je voor diverse gelegenheden gebruiken, dus heb er geen tekst op/in gezet.
Dus...waar wacht je nog op?? Ga iets maken en bezoek het Wags'nWhiskers challengeblog voor meer info :)
Bedankt voor het langskomen en hoop je opnieuw te mogen begroeten! :)

Challenges:
- Flutterby Wednesdays: Open (but use fairy, butterfly etc.)
- Crafting for all seasons: Fairies

Monday: SU day - Dreams

2012-01-02T17:31:00.000+01:00

Hi there and welcome to January 2nd, 2012.
It's Monday and for this year I wanted the Mondays to be SU-inspired ones. I just looooooooove SU a lot, but notice I don't put all my cards I've created on my blog. So this year I'm trying something new... Monday is SU day :)

So here's my first creation...

Love this sentiment, and isn't it just appropriate for the beginning of a new year??
May all your wishes and dreams come true :)

Thank you very much for coming over and see you later! :)

This card will play in the following challenges:
- Make it Monday: Anything goes
- Incy Wincy Designs: Anything goes
- Sentimental Sundays: Anything goes

ABC Challenge: G for Go Green (color or recycle)

2012-01-01T10:00:00.005+01:00

Hi there and a very, very happy 2012 (if you missed it.. it's 2012 already, time passes by so fast!)!

Kicking my 1st post of 2012 off with the ABC Challenge we got for you and it's the letter "G".
"Go Green" is the motto this time, wether the color or recycling something.

I used the color as I just wanted to use this stampset :)

So here you have my card for you...

Very CAS, but I soooooooo love it! :)
Wishing you all a fantastic day with your loved ones around you!Thanks so much for coming over. Hope to see you again alot in 2012. Please visit the ABC Challengeblog as well for more fantastic projects of the DT.

See you later! :)

Happy New Year!!!

2012-01-01T00:00:00.005+01:00

Hello 2012, goodbye 2011!

Wishing you all a fabulous 2012. May all your dreams and wishes come true.
For me, 2011 has been a fantastic year. A lot of things happened, creative and non-creative, and in 2012 a lot of things will also happen :)

Thank you all so very much for all the support, nice words, friendship etc. I got from you all.

A very, very big hug from me to you!

HAPPY 2012!!

A Very Happy New Magnolia Year 2012!

2011-12-29T18:14:00.001+01:00

Hi there and what better way to wish you a very happy 2012 than by showing you a Magnoliacard, specially with Celebration Tilda on it! :)
Hi en ik kan op geen betere manier jullie een geweldig 2012 toewensen, dan deze Magnoliacard te laten zien, vooral omdat Celebration Tilda erop zit! :)

I hope all your wishes and dreams may come true, loads of love and off course a very creative 2012!
Ik hoop dat al jullie wensen en dromen waar zullen worden, heeeeeeeel veel liefde en natuurlijk een zeer creatief 2012!

Made this card with Celebration Tilda. It was an exclusive about some months ago to a shop in The Netherlands, so was quite surprised it was showing up in the newest Magnolia release (I'll be waiting a few months in the future, it will save me some money, cos it's cheaper at this release ;))
Ik heb deze kaart met Celebration Tilda gemaakt. Het was een aantal maanden een exclusieve stempel voor een winkel hier in NL, dus ik was op z'n zachtst gezegd verbaasd toen deze in de nieuwste Magnolia release verscheen (ik wacht dus voortaan wel een paar maanden, scheelt ook weer geld, want deze is nu ook goedkoper ;))

Anyways... enjoy :)
Anyways... geniet :)

And a detail...
En een detail...

Thanks for coming over and hope to see you again :)
Bedankt voor het langskomen en ik hoop jullie weer te mogen begroeten :)

Challenges this card is playing in:
- Christmas cards: Sketch
- TOMIC: Happy New Year
- Just Magnolia: White + one color (I used pink)
- Dutch Magnolia Chickies: Pink & White
- Cute Card Thursday: Happy New Year
- Simon Says Stamp: Anything goes

Magnolia Winter 2011 card

2011-12-27T07:30:00.003+01:00

Hi there and welcome!

Oh my... it's been really "hot" the last couple of weeks and Christmas has been totally different compared to the last two where it was snowing and now... it's 10 degrees Celcius!!
So, maybe this Magnolia card will bring the Winter to The Netherlands ;) Who knows....

Used some scraps from last year's Echo Park paper I came across cleaning and used a Magnolia stamp released for this Christmas.

So here you have it...

And 2 detailphotos to see some glitter and gems..

Thank you very much for coming over and hope to see you again! :)

This card will play in the following challenges:
- Christmas Cards: Sketch
- Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Winter
- Simon Says Stamp: Bingo (I used Ribbon, Glitter and Gems)
- Stamptacular Sunday: Winter (+photo inspiration)
- Pile it on: Bling it on!
- One Stop Craft Challenge: Winter Wishes

Papertrey December Blog Hop Challenge

2011-12-26T21:39:00.000+01:00

Hi there and welcome to the Papertrey Ink December Blog Hop Challenge! :)

I defenately wanted to participate in this challenge, as it would be a real challenge for me.

The challenge is to use some left over material to create a project.

I used some twine I had left after wrapping some presents and used the tree I cut out of wrapping paper (bought this one last September in London). Have to say I stamped the "bubblewrap", but it looks like real :)

So here you have my project, a kraftbag to use next year ;)

And my kraftbag with the wrapping paper (you can see the trees on it):

Thank you very much for coming over!

Hope to see you tomorrow... am working on another project :) Yeah... mojo is back! :)

This project will play in the following challenges:

- PTI: bloghop

- CAS-ual Fridays: Brown paper packages tied up with string

- JellyPark Challenges: Anything but a card

Wishing you Peace this Holiday Season

2011-12-24T09:52:00.000+01:00

Dear readers,

Wishing you all Peace and Joy this Holiday Season.
May you have a very Merry Christmas and a lovely and fantastic 2012!!

This card will play in the following challenges:
- Less is More: Just One Word
- Charisma Cards: Anything goes
- Crimbo Crackers: Snowflakes
- Paper Pretties: Let it snow

Yeah!! Back online!! :)

2011-12-04T14:52:00.000+01:00

Thanks to my great brother I'm back online since past Thursday!! *whoowhooooooooooooo*
I'm so glad everyting is normal right now. I had a virus (and I'm not a computernerd at all, so was quite scared loosing everything), but that's gone as well :)

I'm trying to find my way around again, seeing new challenges etc., making crafty things, etc. etc. on the internet. Wow... I missed so much in the last weeks, but it was also a good time to do other things at home.
Have so many plans for 2012, just watch my blog for updates :)

Anyways... gotta go right now, am in a crafty mood today, also baking my 2011 Christmascake. So many things in life I love doing, it's sometimes hard to make a decision.

Thank you all so much for visiting me the last weeks, even though I didn't upload things. I will make it up to you asap! :)

internet problems :(

2011-11-21T17:27:00.000+01:00

Hi all!

Not so good news right now... well... there are worse things in the world.
Am writing this from someone else's home, but I don't have any internet and emailaccess at home. Have a virus on my computer and guess I have deleted some files that were part of internet and emailaccess.... *whoops!*
So no updates from me the last couple of days and the next couple of days as well. Hopefully it will be fixed this Friday.

But, the good part...
It gives me loads of cleaning time :) My craftroom hasn't looked so organized since 2007 *lol*
And some good crafttime as well :)

So this is the update... hopefully I will be back online soon...

ABC Challenge: D for Dazzle

2011-11-15T10:00:00.000+01:00

Hi there and welcome to another ABC Challenge! *whoowhoo!!*

This time we arrived at the D, and it's for DAZZLE, so get out your glitter and glamour and get creative.
I'm totally into the Christmasmood and just loooooooooove this SU set. I just love the trees (there are actually 3 trees on the stamp, but didn't use the 3rd one).
I stamped them with Versamark and put some holographic embossingpowder on it and heated it. Just looooove the sparkle it gives. Not too much (I'm not a glittery type), but just enough for some action.

So here you have the card:

And a detailphoto of the trees to see the sparkles...

Thanks very much for coming over.
I hope to visit you while you play along with us. So get over to the ABC Challengeblog to see what to do :)

See you later! :)

Happy 90th Birthday! Magnolia stamp card

2011-11-13T19:10:00.000+01:00

Hi there and happy 90th Birthday Grandma! :)

Oh yeah... it's a special day overhere and we celebrated in style with loads of family, friends and other people. It was just great!

As I think 90 roses are wasting too much space (are gone within a couple of days/weeks and are very, very expensive, even though I love my grandma a lot), I made this card and told her it was me giving those roses and she had to imagine it were 90 real ones :)

Anyways... here's my card. Just love the LOTV sentiment I bought in London last September. I really enjoyed creating it a lot and had a lot of compliments today from people, but the best part was my grandma liking it :)

So here you have it...

And a detailphoto:

Thanks for coming over and see you later! :)

This card will play in the following challenges:
- Simply Magnolia: Anything goes
- Simon Says Stamp: Photo inspiration
- Stamptacular Sunday: Punch it!
- Card Caravan Challenge: Birthday themed

Basic Grey Challenge: Mix & Match Lily of the Valley card

2011-11-12T10:00:00.003+01:00

Hi there and welcome! :)

Oh boy... busy, busy, busy, headaches, headaches and more headaches... not a day without them :(
Ok, I will stop now, as there are a lot more worse things in the world.

Anyways... welcome to another Basic Grey challenge!!
This time we're mixing things up and wow... it sure was a challenge for me, but when I looked through my stash of 6x6 paperpads, it kinda was quite easy. Just combined the background paper from the Oliver collection and the patterned papers from the Jovial collection.
And this is the way it turned out...

And a detailphoto...

Even though I totally am a cat-person, I think this Lily of the Valley dog is quite cute and love it as well :)
Bought that image last year in London and the sentiment stamp is also from Lily of the Valley and bought it last time in London (loved being there!) at a stamp and scrapbooking fair and they both finally saw some ink :)

So... now it's your turn to get those Basic Grey papers out of your closets and get mixing and matching them together to find awesome combinations.

Please join us at the challengeblog. And while you're there, please visit the other DT-members as well... great projects!

Thanks very much for coming over and hope to see you next time :)

This card will also play in the following challenges:
- Christmas cards: sketch
- Lily of the Valley: Creature comforts
- Christmas Stampin': Never seen ink
- Crimbo Crackers: Make it sparkle
- Fun with shapes and more: Make 3
- Floweretstämplar: Christmas

Birthday Card - Magnolia Fishing Edwin

2011-11-06T23:47:00.000+01:00

Hi there on this "Feels like Spring-kinda" Sunday in November.

Oh yeah... the weather overhere in The Netherlands is just fantastic! Yesterday we were able to go outside without a wintercoat and outside the wind, behind glass it was really comfortable and you were even able to sit outsite without a coat. NICE!!
Nature is behaving really strange the last year....

Anyways... back to topic :)
Got a Magnolia Edwin birthday card to show you today. Made this one a while back for someone who likes fishing.

I masked Edwin, so he was able to sit. Used some punches and voila.... my card's ready:

And a detailphoto of Edwin...

Right now I'm in the middle of Christmascards. Have to make the last ones, but also got some orders from people to make :)
So time is precious and I couldn't find it at the biggest craftfair today... still looking for the right shop which sells it *lol*

Thank you very much for coming over.
See you around next time :)

This card is also playing in the following challenges:
- Just Magnolia: Anything goes
- Birthday Sundaes: Birthday words on front (Van harte = Congrats)

ABC Challenge: C for Crochet Flowers

2011-11-01T10:00:00.017+01:00

Hi there and welcome to another ABC-Challenge.

WOW!! What a great response we had on the latest challenge.... top entries and it was really hard to make a Top 3. Please visit the ABC Challengeblog to see who's in our Top 3 :)

The challenge for the coming weeks is "C for Crochet flowers".

For this challenge, I really had no idea what to make as I don't crochet (don't know if you spell it this way), but rememberes some flowers I bought from SU quite a time ago (think about 2 years or something).
So I made this very, very CAS card, but wow... I love it! Think it's better IRL than on the photo though :)

Anyways.. here you have it!

And a detailphoto:

First I used a nestabillitie to diecut the circle. Than placed the flower, stamped the sentiment... easy peasy tonky wonky... really CAS :)

So this is it for me today. Please go to the blog, so you don't miss any of the other creations the DT made :)

Thanks for coming over to see my thing and see you later!

Basic Grey Challenges: Anything Goes

2011-10-29T10:00:00.004+02:00

Hi there and welcome again to my blog :)

This time it's time to reveal what I made for the BasicGrey Challenge: Anything Goes.
I'm still into the Halloween home-decoprojects. I just loooooooove making home-decoprojects, only problem is I don't have a large house, so will be giving this away :)

I wanted to use this cute stamp of Batty Tilda in combination with the Booooo background, so I masked a little, colored a bit here and there, used some BasicGrey Eerie papers from the 6x6 paperpad, altered a black photoframe and.... voila.... here's my project:

And a detailphoto...

Thank you very much for coming over!
I'd like to invite you to play along with this challenge over at the Basic Grey Challengeblog.
There you will also find all the other gorgeous inspiration projects the other members of the DT made and WOW!! They just blew me away and I'm sure they will do the same to you :)

See you later! :)

This card is also playing in the following challenges:
- Sweet Stampin': Anything goes
- Saturday Challenge: Spooky or whimsical
- Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge: Spooky
- If the shoe fits... scrap it!: Halloween or fall
- Bloggers challenge: Happy Haunting

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge: Black and pearls/ribbon

2011-10-28T11:00:00.000+02:00

Hi there and welcome to another Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge :)

This time we choose the theme "Black and pearls/ribbon".
I wanted to be in the Halloweenmood a bit longer, so I made a Halloweencard (for next year to send that is).
I used one of my fave WnW images: Hannah (US/Canada buy here, rest of the world buy here)

And here you have my card:

Thank you very much for coming over. I'd like to invite you to join us and play along with this challenge.
Please go to the Wags 'n Whiskers blog for more info :)

See you later!

Magnolia-Licous Christmas All Year Long bloghop - Magnolia card

2011-10-25T13:00:00.003+02:00

Hi there!

Welcome to another Magnolia-Licious Christmas All Year Long Bloghop!
If it's correct, you've came here after visiting the Magnolia-Licious Christmas All Year Long Blog, the starting point for today and I'm the first person on the hop this month.
At this blog there's a bloghop every 25th of the month.
And as I really don't like all the stress at the end of the year with making Christmascards I thought this was one of the ways to get a little less stressed :)
So I decided to participate and it also challenges me to use my Christmas Maggies all year long and as the newest collection is arriving at my house (uhh... the fall kit is with some nice stamps and will buy the others during a hobbyfair next week), I really can't wait till it's Christmas... Only 9 weeks to go!

Anyways... here's the card I made for this hop:

And a detailphoto of all the glitter:

Thank you very much for coming over. Your next stop on the hop is Carissa and she's got something amazing to share with you!

Thanks again for taking the time to come over and see you later! :)

This card is also playing in the following challenges:
- Christmas Stampin' All Year: Sparkle
- Floweretstämplar: Christmas
- Soartful Challenges: Angels
- Squigglestamps: Christmas
- Christmas Inspirations: Die cuts or punches
- Magnolia Down Under: Getting Punchy

Haunty Halloween Hop - Magnolia Halloween Time

2011-10-22T14:00:00.052+02:00

Hi there and welcome to another awesome Blog Hop with my sweet and dear online friends, this time it's called the "Haunty Halloween Hop".
Hi en welkom bij een nieuwe geweldige bloghop met mijn lieve online friends, ditmaal genaamd "Haunty Halloween Hop".

And wow.... do we have an awesome hop for you!! Amazing projects have been made and you will defenately not be sorry for hopping with us. You have time to do this untill the 26th October, 8 pm EST, or 27th October 2:00 am CET (oh boy... love those timezones ;))
En wow... we hebben een geweldige hop voor je in petto!! Geweldige projecten zijn er gemaakt en je zult zeker geen spijt krijgen om met ons te hoppen. Je hebt de tijd tot 26 oktober 8 pm EST, ofwel 27 oktober 2:00 am CET (Nederlandse tijd, geweldig... houd van die tijdszones ;))

Please visit every participant of this bloghop and leave them all a message as there are some awesome prizes to be won as well and well.... you just never know if it's you who will get a prize ;)
Neem een kijkje bij iedereen die meedoet met deze bloghop en laat een berichtje achter, aangezien er geweldige prijzen te winnen zijn en wel.... je weet nooit of jij het bent die een prijs zal ontvangen ;)

If it's correctly, you've came here after visiting Lea. If you didn't come here by visiting her first, please go to Cyndi's blog, so you won't miss out all the great fun and awesome projects my sweet friends have made. Thanks!
Als het goed is, ben je hier gekomen nadat je Lea hebt bezocht. Als je hier niet gekomen bent door haar eerst te bezoeken, ga dan naar Cyndi's blog, zodat je niets mist van alle geweldige projecten die mijn lieve friends hebben gemaakt. Bedankt!

Now it's time to reveal my project.... I wanted to make something with my Magnolia stamps and wanted to make a home-decor item as well, so here you got the result...
Nu is het tijd om mijn project te onthullen... Ik wilde iets maken met mijn Magnolia stempels en wilde ook een home-decor item maken, dus hier heb je het resultaat...

It's a 9"x9" home-deco project...

And a few detailphotos...

So... that's it... but ...

we have TONS of fabulous Halloween prizes from our wonderful sponsors!

Zo... dat is dat... maar ...

We hebben super Halloweenprijzen van onze geweldige sponsoren!

Stampendous! ( 5 winners... 1 Halloween bg cling stamp each winner..Crowscape, Graveyard, Beware Gate, Castle Gate, Pumpkin Fence) - US only

Karber Digital Designs...2 digis to one winner

Skipping Stones Design...Halloweenie set - US only

Smeared Ink (5 single digis...)

Strange Skin...1 set of choice (except Zombies)

Jens Digi Stamp...(5 images to one winner)

Simply Betty Stamps...($10 Gift Certificate)

La-La Land Crafts ($10 Gift Certificate)

Dreamweavers Stencils: 3 prizes: each is 4 stencils, 2 brushes, with 3 technique sheets each! - US only

And here's the order of the hop:
De volgorde van onze hop:

Angélique (you're here!!)

Betty

Taylor

So this means your next stop is Betty. Please give her a lovely message as she made an awesome project!

Dit houdt dus in dat je volgende stop Betty is. Geef haar een lief berichtje aangezien haar project echt super is!

Thanks for visiting me today and see you later :)

Bedankt voor het bezoek en zie je later! :)

This project will play in the following Challenges:
- 4 Crafty Chicks: Marker it up
- C.R.A.F.T. challenge: Autumn
- CCEE Stampers: Fall
- Delightfull Challenges: Halloween
- Shelly's Images: Anything goes
- Crafting for all Seasons: Halloween
- Divas by design: Something Spooky
- Freshly brewed design: Color Challenge (black, purple, orange)
- I brake for Challenges: Halloween
- Inky Impressions: Halloween
- Little Red Wagon: Fall themed projects
- 7 Kids Challenge Blog: Halloween
- Whimsical Wednesdays: Halloween
- Color Throwdown: Colors (see their blog)
- Paper Craft Star: Trick or Treat
- Magnolia Mania: Little Scene
- Oldie but a goodie: Autumn colors (Halloween is in the Autumn....)
- Papertake Weekly: Halloween Hues
- Partytime Tuesdays: Spooky
- ColourQ: Colors (see their blog)
- Dutch Magnolia Chickies: Halloween
- The Crazy Challenge: Halloween
- Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Fall
- Gingerloft Challenge: Halloween or Fall
- DreamValley Challenges: Halloween
- Addicted to Stamps: Halloween
- There's Magic in the air: Halloween
- Sparkles Forum Challenges: Halloween
- Scrappy Frog Challenges: Something that flies
- Kreative Stempelfreunde: Halloween
- Simply Magnolia: Halloween
- Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Trick or Treat
- Stampin'For The Weekend: Spooky
- Stempelsonnen Challenges: Halloween
- All Sorts Challenge: Halloween
- CMC Copic Challenge: Fun Halloween
- Just Some Lines: Halloween
- Desafio Mad About Magnolias: Halloween

Basic Grey Challenges Fall/Halloween

2011-10-15T13:00:00.000+02:00

Hi there!

I'm here *again*. This time for the Basic Grey Challenges.
The theme is "fall, autumn, halloween".

I made my CAS card with the awesome Eerie-paperpad which I bought a year back (I think, or it was 2 years ago). Love the colors of it and it really gives me a vintage look.

I combined my papers with an awesome Elzybells-stamp I bought a long, long time ago. Luckily I did, as Elzybells isn't there anymore and I always found their stamps very whimsical. Don't you just love the circle sentiment and Dracula?? I sure do!

Anyways... here's my card. Enjoy...

Hope you can join me and the other DT-members on this challenge. Thanks! :)
Go visit the blog for more inspiration.

Hopefully I will be crafting a lot more the coming week. Hardly got any time after work nowadays.

Thanks for coming over and see you later! :)

ABC Challenge B for Boo!

2011-10-15T10:00:00.001+02:00

Hi there and welcome to another ABC-Challenge.

WOW!! What a great response we had on the latest challenge.... top entries and it was really hard to make a Top 3. Please visit the ABC Challengeblog to see who will be our GDT in November :)

The challenge for the coming weeks is "B for Boo", so think of Halloween, Spooky, etc. etc.

This time we're sponsored by The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop and they have some awesome stuff for the winner :)

For this challenge I grabbed an "oldie, but goodie"-stamp from StampingBella. It was when I saw the StampingBella's on cards when I knew I had to "have" Copics and right now I can't live without them! :)
I colored the Bella with only a couple of colors, didn't do my "usual" type of coloring (with 3 colors of the same range, to get some shadow etc.).

So here you have my card... it's cute.. it's black... I love it! :)

So what are you waiting for?? Get creating!!
We'd love to visit you and like you to participate. Please visit the blog for more details.

Thank you so much for coming over and see you later! :)

New Magnolia Fall Kit 2011 card - Christmas preview

2011-10-04T00:04:00.000+02:00

Hi all!

Oh, I'm so happy, cos when I came home after work and playing flute, I found the newest Magnolia Stamp Kit *whoowhoo!!*

Soooooooo... after mounting, I just had to play with one of those cuties.

Here's a little teaser for you...

More of this card will be there tomorrow :) (oh no, I'm not mean...really... just haven't completed coloring and making the card :) Only colored her skin and hair and did some stickles, that's all)

Thanks for coming over and see you later!

World Card Making Day - Part 2

2011-10-03T13:57:00.003+02:00

Hi there!

Yesterday, I showed you one of the two cards I made yesterday for some World Card Making Day Challenges at a forum.

Today I like to show you the other one I made. We had an inspirationphoto and we had to make a card with a triangle left out.

As there were *uhhh... are* still some SU supplies on my desk, the decision wasn't that difficult to make. Had to use these papers, which, I by the way, totally love!
The concept is very easy, but think the ribbon ads a bit of dimension and extra to it.

So here you have it... Another Christmascard...

Sorry for the strange photo, but had to photograph it this way, so you could see the opening and I made a triangle.

Thanks again for coming over and see you later! :)

World Card Making Day - Part 1

2011-10-02T20:11:00.001+02:00

Hi there and welcome to a very, very, very warm Sunday on the 2nd October!
We never had such a hot weekend starting October in The Netherlands and is officially the number 1.
Really enjoyed the weather, specially today.

As it's World Card Making Day/Weekend, there are loads of challenges across the web. One of them was at a forum. They had 5 challenges and I managed to complete 2 of them within an hour (only had an hour to complete them before 20.00, so had to keep it simple).

Here's the first card I made, we had to make a vintage one, 4"x4" with 2 patterned papers and 2 stamps on it and you can make it more with flowers etc.
So I grabbed a pizzabox full of scraps and found these beauties. Used PTI stamps, just perfect and finished it off with some Hero Arts gemstones and some ink on the sides.

And then you get this...

Thanks for coming over! See you later! :)

Winner blogcandy :)

2011-10-01T20:30:00.000+02:00

Hi there!

It's time to announce the winner of my blogcandy. I had to delete one entry, so it makes 20 entries in totall and with a little help from my friend Mr Random, here's the result...

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So this means Celia has won! Whoowhoo!! Congrats girl!
Yeah... gefeliciteerd!!

Stuur mij even via het SD-forum een pb met je adresgegevens en ik stuur je de spulletjes toe :)

Thank you all for entering this candy!! See you around later!

ABC Challenges meets Basic Grey Challenges

2011-10-01T10:00:00.001+02:00

Hi there!

With proud I'd like to announce you I'm officially back on the ABC Challenges DT! *whoowhoo!!*
They stopped a couple of months ago, but was asked back for the new challenges!

As I've been offline most of the last 2 weeks, having a break from everything, I combined 2 DT's challenges I'm in: ABC Challenges and BasicGrey Challenges for this time.

The theme for ABC Challenges is "Anything goes" (and don't we just looooooooove it?!) and the theme for the Basic Grey Challenges is "Nursery Rhymes/Fairytales".
So when I was searching for the perfect stamp, I came across the newest stamps I bought last week in London from Lavinia Stamps and wow... if you ever have time left to look at all the beautifull artwork I saw at their booth at the show...wow!!

Kept this card very CAS. Love it! Clean design with my fave patterned papers and sentiment stamps. Made it a Christmascard as Christmas will be here within 2,5 months time. Time sure goes by way too fast.
So here you have my card.

Thank you very much for coming over. Would love to visit you, so why don't you just join in at the ABC Challengeblog and the BasicGrey Challengesblog?!

Hope to see you here next time :)
Will be back later today with the winner of my blogcandy.

This card will play in the following challenges:
- Mojo Monday: Sketch

Belated Blog Candy & 75.000 visitors

2011-09-30T20:00:00.002+02:00

** THIS POST WILL STAY ON TOP TILL 30TH SEPTEMBER 20.00 CET **

Well... almost 75.000 visitors... THANK YOU!!!
Wel, bijna 75.00 bezoekers... BEDANKT!!!

Thank you so very much for all you love and support the last years I had through this blog.
To thank you, I'd like to give out a blogcandy.
It will be open till 30th September 20.00 CET. After that I will pick a random winner. The winner has 48 hours to contact me for claiming the prize, after that timeperiod I will pick another winner.
Bedankt voor alle liefde en support de afgelopen jaren die ik via dit blog heb mogen ontvangen.
Om jullie te bedanken, wil ik graag een blogcandy schenken.
Deze zal geopend zijn tot 30 september 20.00 CET. Daarna kies ik random een winnaar. Deze winnaar dient binnen 48 uur contact op te nemen, anders kies ik een nieuwe winnaar.

What do you have to do?? Uhh... really nothing actually, besides entering your name with the linky-thing and putting the photo on your blog with a link to this candy :)
Wat te doen??
Uhh... eigenlijk weinig, behalve je naam invoeren bij het linky-dinky en deze foto met een link naar deze candy op je blog plaatsen :)

What's in it for you by doing that??
Well... Defenately some of my fave colors are in it (pink, white and red), but also...
1. Some of my fave patterned papers: Tilda and Maja Design.
2. 2 stamps (one of Prima Marketing, one Sugar Nellie)
3. Some ribbons
4. Some more, but you just have to wait and see ;)

Wat zit er voor jullie in??
Wel, mijn favo kleuren zitten er dus absoluut in (roze, wit en rood), maar ook...
1. Een paar van mijn favo patterned papers: Tilda en Maja Design.
2. 2 stempels (eentje van Prima en eentje van Sugar Nellie).
3. Enkele ribbons
4. Nog wat meer, maar daar zul je even op moeten wachten ;)

Thank you very much for coming over... Hopefully I get some cards done soon :)

Bedankt voor het langskomen... hopelijk krijg ik snel weer wat kaarten gefabriceerd :)

Ps: Unlike some people who do blogcandy's I pay for shipping!! I'm shipping international!!

Ps: Anders dan sommige andere mensen die blogcandy's weggeven, betaal ik de verzendkosten!! Ik verstuur internationaal!!

20 hours left to enter candy!

2011-09-29T23:59:00.000+02:00

Hi there!

There's still 20 hours left to enter my blogcandy :)
Go to this post and that's practically it.

Here's a photo of some *extra* stuff in my candy :) Hope you'll like it ;)

Reminder...

2011-09-26T23:25:00.011+02:00

Just a reminder for my blogcandy :)
You can find it on top of my blog :)

Photo shot in March 2009 by myself :)

Will be almost home from London where I spent the last couple of days and really, really enjoyed myself a lot! I just loooooooooooove that city!! Wish there was a way to live there (but the houseprizes are really high...*sigh*)
Love the shops, sights, people, just everything and can easily find myself enjoying and living there.

Thanks for coming over and see you later!

Still time to enter...

2011-09-23T09:07:00.000+02:00

There's still some time to enter my blogcandy. See the post on top of my blog.
No cards from me these days.... been really busy with other things at work etc. :)

Paper Creations Ink GDT

2011-09-19T07:00:00.015+02:00

Hi there!

Ok, finally here again. It's sooooooooooo busy at work and hardly had any free time last couple of days. I promised a candy, it will be here, tomorrow :) Few days later than planned, but hopefully you will love it...

But now... I was asked to be a Guest DT at the Paper Creations Ink blog *whoowhoo!!*
This time the challenge is "Buttons and bows", and well... Love them! :)

When I got this image to work with I just knew I had to use these papers and sentiment. I just think they're just perfect for this challenge.

Now... what are YOU waiting for?? Get creative and join me and the other members of the Paper Creations Ink blog. Would love to see your work overthere! :)

Thanks for coming over and see you later!

Thank you all and some candy coming up :)

2011-09-12T22:42:00.000+02:00

Just wanted to thank you all for your nice comments on the things I've made the last couple of days :)
Pretty busy right here with loads of stuff I can't show *sorry* and really, really busy with work....

BUT...............

Watch this blog for some nice candy in my fave colors somewhere between now and let's say... Saturday ;)

My sweet and lovely girly cat Gizmo is pretty tired right now, and so am I... going to bed... nighty night!

CAS card Thank you

2011-09-10T10:29:00.001+02:00

Hi there!

Oh wow! Oh what a week! Hardly have any time during Mon-Fri to make cards, so have to make them in the weekend.
What better way to use my precious time to make CAS-cards, specially one-layers. Love them!

So here you have another one.... just made a few minutes ago. Easy to make, great effect for the one receiving the card :)

Thanks for coming over. I will be doing my household right now :)
See you later!

This card will play in the following challenges:
- Less is more: Seeing Double
- Inkspirations: Colors
- Charisma Cards: Inspired by a song (Thank you - Alannis Morrissette)
- Freshly Brewed: Something new (stamps)

Magnolia Tilda Christmas Card 2011

2011-09-04T16:40:00.002+02:00

Hi there and Happy Sunday!

It's not as hot as it was yesterday overhere, but it's still a nice temperature outside and inside my house.
Been working on some Christmascards and other things today and here's a card I like to show you I made with one of last year's Tilda Magnolia Christmas stamps. Really love this sweetie.
I will be using this one in my class at Christmastime to make a nice homedeco. The kids totally loved it last year (and so did my colleagues) and I'm sure the kids will love it this year as well.

So here you have it...

And a detailphoto...

Made this card with patterned papers I must have for over 4 years or so. I just looooove BasicGrey and I still love these papers. Perfect for Christmascards :)

So this is it. Thank you very much for coming over and hope to see you around later!

This card will play in the following challenges:
- CCWS: Sketch
- Simply Magnolia: Anything goes
- Crafty Hazulnut: No sentiment
- Catch the Bug: Anything goes
- Mark's Finest papers: Bring on the bling
- Sweet Stampin': Anything but Birthday
- Clearly Inspired: Patterned paper
- Just Magnolia: Anything goes
- Stampin' For the Weekend: Holidays
- CC Monthly challenge: Holiday Wishes

BasicGrey Challenges: Celebrations

2011-09-03T10:00:00.001+02:00

Hi there and welcome to another BasicGrey Challenge!

Celebrate good times... come on!

It's a great one (as usuall!), and this time it's time to celebrate! So what are you waiting for...there's just sooooo much in life to celebrate!

As I'm already in the Christmasmood with all my cards, I've made a Christmascard. It's become a real CAS one, sooooooo simple to make, within 5 minutes time! So just perfect for the last minute Christmascards.

I used the awesome BasicGrey paperpad Jovial. Just loooooooooove those Christmascolors!
Finished the card with a button and a PTI sentimentstamp. Just perfect :)

Thank you very much for coming over!
Please visit the BasicGrey Challengesblog for the other creations the DT has made and I would like to invite you to play along with us :)

See you later!

Wags 'n Whiskers challenge: Anything but a card

2011-09-02T11:00:00.003+02:00

Hi there!

It's time for another Wags'nWhiskers challenge, this time set by me. It's time to make "anything..... but a card" :)

And this is my project, a bookmark. I really needed one badly, so this challenge was the perfect one to make one and here you have it. Pulled out my Derwent's after a long time not seen on this blog (I just don't show everything I make) and colored on craft.

I used "Rhiannon" (you can buy her here or here) as my image. Just loooooooove those fairies!
Thank you very much for coming over!
Please visit the Wags'nWhiskers blog to see what the other DT-members have made (they are AMAZING!!!). I would love to invite you to play along and see what you do with this challenge.

See you later! :)

BasicGrey Challenges: Anything goes, Magnolia Christmas Card

2011-08-21T14:51:00.002+02:00

Hi there!

Sorry for my absence, had some internettroubles, but I'm back, this post with a card I made for the BasicGrey Challenges blog.
The coming weeks the theme is "Anything goes" and don't we just looooooooove those challenges?? :)
Got my Christmas stamps out to make some cards. I totally love the Magnolia Christmasimages and really enjoyed playing with this one.
I used the BasicGrey 6x6 paperpad Jovial.

So here you have my card:

Thank you very much for coming over.
Please join us at the BasicGrey Challengesblog. All you have to include is something from BasicGrey. See you there!

This card will also play in the following challenges:
- Christmas Challenges: Sketch
- Just Magnolia: Funny sentiment
- Crazy 4 Challenges: Bingo (square card, die cuts, 2 or more patterned papers)
- Crafty Hazelnut's: Christmas birthday or anything goes
- Designed2Delight: Anything goes
- Stampin' for the weekend: Holidays
- Totally papercrafts: Christmas in August
- Craft us crazy: Anything goes
- Paper Crafting journey: Anything goes
- Stamp Insanity: Anything goes
- Try it on Tuesday: Anything goes
- Paper Playtime: Anything goes

Magnolia Christmas Present Tilda

2011-08-15T02:05:00.002+02:00

Hi there and goodmorning to you all!

Right now I'd like to show you a Christmascard I've been making yesterday. Oh, I sure love those papers I used a lot! Just love red and green (they're my fave colors) and these are all Christmassy :)
Used a lovely Christmas Tilda as well, though you can easily adjust the image for a birthdaycard etc.
Made the card using a sketch I made over a week back and was my last one for the DWYT-blog.

So here you have it... another Christmascard:

And 2 detailshots, so you can hopefully see the glitter on Tilda's dress:

Well... another Christmascard is ready, love it! More to follow soon :)

Thank you very much for coming over and see you later! :)

This card is playing in the following challenges:
- Christmas card Challenges: Christmas Cheer
- Magnolia Down Under: Inspired by a song ("Have yourself a very Merry Christmas")
- Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Flowers
- One Stitch at a Time: Anything goes
- Secret Crafter: Christmas is coming
- Ohh La La Creations: Oh Christmas!
- Fab 'n Funky Challenges: It's Christmas
- Bah Humbug: Kiss-mas
- Just Magnolia: Holiday Fun
- Sew many cards: 3 or more brads

CAS-style card

2011-08-14T18:40:00.001+02:00

Hi there and Happy Sunny Sunday!

Wow! The sun has been shining overhere all day, and yes, that's something it hasn't done a lot the last couple of weeks.
Like to show you a card I made today for some CAS-challengeblogs. Totally love those style of cards a lot, but sometimes quite difficult to actually make one (inspiration got lost etc.).

But... here's a card made with distressinks. If you know a site where I can find some colors that match good, please tell me! Looking for it! :)

Anyways.. here's my card. First inked the background and afterwards I inked up one of my newest stamps. Love those flowers! :)

Thanks for coming over! :)
Hope to see you again soon ;)

This card will play in the following challenges:
- CAS-ual Fridays: Sketch (tried a new technique with layering stamps)
- Less Is More: One Layer Card
- Clean and Simple: Sketch
- Challenge Up Your Life: No patterned paper
- Poodles Parlour: Anything found in the garden

Just a note

2011-08-12T08:08:00.000+02:00

Hi there!

Today I like to show you another CAS-card I made a few weeks ago.
When I first saw the stamps, I immediately knew I "had" to have them :) Think you know what I'm talking about, you might have the same experiences as me when it comes to stamps (and papers, and embellishments, and ribbon, and... and... and.... *lol*)

I just knew I wanted to make a card like this with the colorcombo. Just love it, so fresh and those colors totally make me happy!

Really easy to make card, just about 5 minutes (if you're not distracted by cats who suddenly need your attention real badly *lol*). Stitched (without the thread) a line at the bottom of the card.

Here you have it:

Thanks for visiting me :)

See you later!

CAS Baby cards

2011-08-10T09:00:00.014+02:00

Hi there!

Welcome again. Hope you're enjoying youself as much as I do at the moment.

Today I like to show you 2 babycards I made a couple of weeks ago.
They're really CAS, easy to make, but great to make.

The sentiment says "A small wonder" in Dutch.
This is just one of the Dutch sentiment stamps I have. Don't have that many as I think the Dutch sentiments aren't that good. It sounds better when you say it in English.

Anyway... here you have my cards, one for a girl and the other one for a boy's birth.

Thanks for coming over and see you later! :)

Just a little something

2011-08-08T14:00:00.003+02:00

Hi there!

It's time to show you a real easy to make card, ready within 5 minutes :)
Oh, I do love those cards. I like to make these kinda cards for sending them with small little somethings, so the person who receives it, has a little extra.

The cardbase is 4"x4", so I made 4 out of 1 12"x12" cardstockpaper. Love this size for small cards.
Then I distressed the edges of the base with my Tim Holtz distresser.
After that I stamped the bamboo image from PTI with versamark and stamped the PTI sentiment with Archival Sepia ink and afterwards I gave the leaves some sparkles with a Spica-pen.
Easy-peasy *lol*

And there you have it... my card:

And a detailphoto where you can see some sparkles:

This card is already on it's way to someone with something in it. Hope she will appreciate it ;)

Thanks for coming over and see you later!

Spesch Stamps Release Day!

2011-08-08T00:25:00.000+02:00

Hi there!

Today is THE day! It's the release of the newest Spesch Stamps *whoowhoo!!*
We have 2 images to show you today.
I will show you "Girl with cat" today. I just looooooooove this image! Very grunge.
When I first started out this card, I thought the girl should have purple hair, but when I took a 2nd look, I thought black would be better.
I just soooooooooo love the hair! (might have to do with my Kindergartenteacher had such long hair as well and I always wanted it, but didn't succeed :))

So here you have my card.

Please go to the Spesch Stamps blog to see the creations the other DT-members have made and which other image will be previewed as well :)

PLUS:
The images are now available for purchase at Spesch Stamps! *whoowhoo!!*

Thanks for coming over and see you later!

Spesch Stamps Release Day 3

2011-08-07T00:00:00.004+02:00

Hi there!

Today it's day of the newest Spesch Stamps *whoowhoo!!*
We have 2 images to show you today and the last 2 tomorrow :)
I will show you "Snow White" today. I think she's a bit of an alternative Snow White, but I totally love the image with the hair and dress.
Should be a great Halloweencostume as well!

So here you have my card. Think the sentiment is pretty funny :)

Please go to the Spesch Stamps blog to see the creations the other DT-members have made and which other image will be previewed as well :)

Thanks for coming over and see you tomorrow for the last preview and I.... well... totally love that one. But won't spoil it, you'll have to visit tomorrow :)

Basic Grey Challenges: Sizzling Summer

2011-08-06T10:00:00.001+02:00

Happy Saturday!

It's time for another Basic Grey Challenge! Whoowhoo!!
Don't know about you, but overhere in The Netherlands we hardly saw sun the last couple of weeks. Fortunately the last days the sun has shined a lot and it was quite warm as well, but for the other weeks it sometimes felt like Fall.
But... we're still in Summertime, so what better way to celebrate it with this fortnight's theme: Sizzling Summer!

I used a stamp I haven't used in over a year, so was quite happy to ink it up again :)
Think this stamp defenately means Summer.

And a detailphoto where you can see the glitter a bit better:

Thank you very much for coming over!
Please check out the Basic Grey Challenges blog for more info how you can participate and to see the creations the other DT-members have made. Thanks!

See you later! :)

Spesch Stamps Release Day 2

2011-08-06T00:17:00.000+02:00

Hi there!

Today it's day 2 of the newest Spesch Stamps *whoowhoo!!*
We have 2 images to show you today, 2 tomorrow and 2 the day after tomorrow :)
I will show you "Cinderella" today. I think she's a bit of an alternative Cinderella. When I think of Cinderella, I always see those 2 mice *lol*

So here you have my card. The papers are all glossy and sparkly, but doesn't show on the photo unfortunately.

Please go to the Spesch Stamps blog to see the creations the other DT-members have made and which other image will be previewed as well :)

Thanks for coming over and see you tomorrow for the next preview! It has also something to do with Cinderella :)

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge: Sparkly

2011-08-05T10:24:00.001+02:00

Hi there and welcome to another Wags'nWhiskers challenge :)

This challenge is all about sparkles, glitter, etc. etc. Let's go SPARKLY!!

And here you have my card, made it a Christmascard. Oh, this stamp is sooooooooo versatile and use it all the time!

Are you ready to play with us?? Come join us at the Wags'nWhiskers blog. Not only to join us, but also to see all the other creations the DT-members made :)

Thanks for coming over and see you later!

Challenges this card is playing in:
- Christmas Challenges: Sketch
- CraftUsCrazy: Anything goes
- Crafty Sentiments: Christmas
- Paper Play Challenges: Christmas in August
- Crafts and Me Challenges: Anything goes
- Simon Says Stamp: Christmas in August
- The Paper Variety: Circles

Spesch Stamps New releases

2011-08-05T00:00:00.002+02:00

Hi there!

First of all, let me thank you all for all your sweet comments the last couple of days. It was great to read them! THANK YOU!!!

Today the previews start of the newest Spesch Stamps *whoowhoo!!*
We have 2 images to show you today, 2 tomorrow and 2 the day after tomorrow and another 2 the day after that :)
I will show you "Puppy" today. It's such a sweet image to use. I made it a totally "girly" card as there might be some girl/woman out there who loves dogs.

So here you have my card. The papers are a bit glossy, but doesn't show on the photo unfortunately.

DWYT Sketch #97 Time to say goodbye...

2011-08-04T00:00:00.014+02:00

Hi there and welcome to another DWYT sketch, this time made by me :)

Unfortunately it will be my last one *sniff* I will make for this DT.
School will start within a few weeks and next year will be a tough one. Will not go into details, but I really need my energy and need to focus on myself.
Normally I can find a good balance, but have to find it this year a bit better, so I made this tough decision to stop with this DT :(

Hi en welkom bij een nieuwe DWYT-schets, deze keer weer door mij gemaakt :)
Helaas zal dit mijn laatste schets zijn die ik voor dit DT maak.
Het werk start binnenkort weer en komend jaar wordt een pittig jaar. Zal niet in details treden, maar ik heb mijn energie nodig en moet dus even richten op mijzelf.
Normaal gesproken kan ik een goede balans vinden, maar dit jaar moet ik het iets rustiger aan doen, dus heb de moeilijke beslissing genomen om met dit DT te stoppen :(But.... I'm not gone yet... so here you have my last sketch:
Maar.... ik ben nog niet vertrokken, dus hierbij mijn laatste schets:

And the card:

And some detailphotos:

So this is it for me.... the last one *sniff*
Please visit the DWYT-blog for more info and to see the other creations from the DT-members.

Last of all I'd like to thank all of you for your sweet comments and support during this year I was a DT-member of the DWYT-blog. Thank you! I hope you will continue to visit me :)

*edit*
I will still be creative, also be posting on this blog, just not this DT ;)
And I defenately will be using my Maggies a lot, and the ones that Magnolia will bring out in the future (even though I defenately don't like their increased prizes!)

Zo... dit is het voor mij, de laatste *snik*
Neem een kijkje op het DWYT-blog voor meer info plus DT-call (!!!) en om de creaties van de andere DT-members te zien.

Tot slot wil ik jullie graag bedanken voor jullie lieve commentaar en support tijdens het afgelopen jaar dat ik DT-member voor het DWYT-blog mocht zijn.
Bedank! Ik hoop dat jullie mij willen blijven bezoeken :)

Challenges this card is playing in:
- Dutch Magnolia Lovers: Bingo (wit, roze, bloemen)
- The Paper Shelter: Flowers
- For Fun Challenges: Anything goes
- Anything goes: Flowers
- Scrap&More: Zeg het met bloemen

Scrapdelight Summer festival

2011-08-03T11:51:00.000+02:00

Hi there!

Doing this blogpost in Dutch... sorry :)

Hi!
Zoals jullie wellicht wel weten, mocht ik in juli guestmember zijn bij Scrapdelight *whoowhoo!!*. Op dit moment loopt er een geweldige zomerwedstrijd met geweldige prijzen!
Dus doe gezellig mee, het weer is nu niet echt zomers te noemen (op gisteren en maandag na), dus niets beters dan heerlijk scrappen, stempelen, creatief bezig zijn.

Hierbij mijn kaartje wat ik heb gemaakt. Vind de Tilda's van deze collectie echt geweldig leuk.

En een detailfoto voor wat glitter:

Doen jullie ook gezellig mee met deze challenge van Scrapdelight?? Geweldig!
Je kunt bij deze blogpost meer info vinden: Scrapdelight Summer Festival

Bedankt voor het langskomen en graag tot een volgende keer! :)

DWYT Sketch #96

2011-07-28T00:00:00.004+02:00

Hi there!

Thursday, 00:00 am CET... oh yeah... it's time for another DWYT-sketch!
Please visit the blog to see it, but stay here to see my card *lol*

So here you have my card:

Please hop on over to the DWYT-blog for more inspiration and I'd like to invite you to play along as well :)
Got some news for you next week by the way... but for now it's time to say: Thanks for coming over and see you later!

ABC Challenge: Z for Zoo

2011-07-27T11:00:00.011+02:00

Hi there!

Did you enjoy the bloghop we had 3 weeks back at the ABC-Challengeblog?? I sure did! :)
Last week it was time for Team A to work with a letter, and this week it's time for Team B to showcase Z for Zoo.

We're sponsored by Robin's Fetish and that's where this image is from as well.
And this is my card:

As you can see, it's again a very CAS-card. I'm just really into them at the moment :)

But... now it's time for you to come in action :) Please visit the ABC Challenge blog to see what the other amazing talented DT-members have made for this challenge and I'd like to invite you to play along!

Thank you very much for coming over and see you later!

PTI July bloghop

2011-07-25T16:22:00.001+02:00

Hi there!

There's a bloghop over at Nichole's blog and I just couldn't resist to participate.

I just loooooooooooooved the inspirational photo and well... uhhmm... it defenately made my creativity flow.
When I saw the photo, I thought about: home (well...the photo totally does this justice), warmth (all the cushions and plaids), cozy (all those cushions and plaids), friendly (the colors)... and those words remind me of Christmas, so what I did was making a Christmascard for this bloghop :)
Totally thinking out of the box, but well... hopefully it's good ;)

I made the card with one of the challenges from the Stamp-A-Faire I did as well: challenge 8. You can find my card at this post.

Anyways... back to the card I made for the bloghop, here it is:

And a detailphoto of the stitching along the border of the card:

PTI items used: Stamps ("stocking prints") and coordinating dies for the stockings

Thank you so much for coming over! Now it's time to go to Nichole's blog for more inspiration! :)

See you later!

PTI Stamp-A-Faire Challenge 8

2011-07-24T02:47:00.000+02:00

Ok, the last one before heading to bed :)

I had so much fun making the cards this evening/this night! Thanks so much PTI!!

Made this a Christmas one and wow... I totally love this one and will defenately be making cards like this one a lot to send to family, friends etc. for Christmas. It's one you can make within 10 minutes *seriously here!!*
As a base I used the red cardstock, trimmed 1" from the front, added some green cardstock behind, stitched some, stamped the images, cut them out, adhered them, stamped the sentiment, voila... *een kind kan de was doen* ;)

So here you have Challenge 8:
I thought I would challenge you to create a card with an front cover that is cut back by an inch or so.

PTI item: sentiment stamp ("Signature Christmas")

Thank you so much for coming over!!
Please take a look at the other cards I made for the Stamp-A-Faire, by clicking here for challenges 1, 2 and 3 and click here for challenges 5, 6, 7 and 9.

See you later! :)

PTI Stamp-A-Faire Challenges 5, 6, 7 and 9

2011-07-24T02:35:00.000+02:00

Hi there (again *lol*)!

Please scroll down for the other cards I made for the PTI challenges tonight/this early morning!

Here we have the cards I came up with for challenges 5, 6, 7 and 9. As you noticed, I didn't so challenge 4. It was a color one and I really need to make this by daylight, not in the middle of the night ;)

Anyways... here we go...

Challenge 5:
create your own custom "faux" border.

PTI items: sentiment stamp ("Signature Greetings"), image stamps (faux border done with "Cupcake collection", "Grunge Me")

I combined the following card with the following challenges:

Challenge 6:
Your challenge this afternoon is to use the little notch technique to hold twine or ribbon in place across the cover of your project.
Challenge 9:
Your challenge is to look at your stamps in a new way, turn them, rotate them at new angles and see if YOU can come up with anything unique!

PTI item: Image stamp ("Grunge Me"-set). I think that swirl looks like a snail :)

Challenge 7:
Your challenge is to have a "play date" with your stamps and discover 2 or 3 images from different sets that layer together in a surprising way.

This actually is the birthdaycard I made for my brother who will celebrate it today.

PTI items: Stamps (sentiment from "Enjoy the ride", car and sentiment on it by "Enjoy the ride" and the stars on the car are from "Cupcake Collection")

Thanks again for coming over! :)

PTI Stamp-A-Faire Challenges 1, 2 and 3

2011-07-24T02:30:00.022+02:00

Over at Nichole Heady's blog it's PTI Stamp-A-Faire time and wow... they came up with some awesome challenges.
And I defenately say challenges as I don't own that many PTI sets, but I have to say I really like to challenge myself using them in different ways :)

It's over 2.00 am right now, but writing this (and the other blogposts) so I can go to bed with a good feeling :)

Anyways... here are challenge 1, 2 and 3.

Challenge 1:
Create a project featuring patterned strips that are created with some of your favorite decorative elements.
I just looooooooove patterned papers, so I used them and I also like stripes and dots a lot, so it was an easy one :)

PTI items: sentiment stamp (Up, Up & Away)

Challenge 2:
We would love to see YOUR take on pairing up a hot pink, like Raspberry Fizz, with a charcoal grey (like Smokey Shadow)

PTI items: stamps (sentiment from "Signature Greetings" and image "Grunge Me")

Challenge 3:
Punch a window from you card cover and tie ribbon or twine from the window to the side of your card.

PTI Item: Beautiful Blooms II #1 die

Thank you very much for coming over! See you later! :)

BasicGrey challenge: A sketch

2011-07-23T10:00:00.026+02:00

Hi there!

It's time for another challenge at the BasicGrey Challenges blog. This time Heather made a sketch for us to follow. I turned it.
I wanted to make a Christmascard as it's "just" around the corner, only 5 more months before the tree will be here in my house with all the decorations as well. But this also means it's time to send the cards, so I'm making them all year round.
This card is made with the BasicGrey Jovial 6x6 paperpad. Oh... I just looooooooove those papers, those colors are my true Christmasfeeling: Red (which is my fave one in general as well) and Green. Giving me the "old fashioned" Christmasfeeling.

Anyways... here's the card:

Thanks for coming over. Please check out the BasicGrey Challengesblog for loads of inspiration from the DT and we would love you to play along with us :)

See you later!

This card will also play in the following challenges:
- Winter Wonderland: Holly and/or ivy
- Craft us crazy: Anything goes
- Delightful Challenges: Christmas in July
- The Rubber Cafe: Christmas in July
- Shelly's Images: Anything goes
- Belli Challenges: Christmas in July
- DigiStamps4Joy: Christmas in July
- The House That Stamps Built: Glitter
- Deep Ocean Challenge: Ribbons
- Crazy Challenge: Christmas in July
- Paper Creations Ink: Christmas in July
- Christmas Inspirations: Christmas
- The Crafty Pad: Christmas in July
- Creative Inspirations: Christmas in July
- Gingerloft Challenge: Make it sparkle
- Paper Sundaes: Christmas in July
- Christmas Stampin'All year long: All about you (use fave color.. mine is red!)
- Crafty Catz: No pink or blue allowed
- Fun with shapes and more: Christmas in July
- Simply Create: Christmas Time
- Stamp Something: Embellish it
- Christmas Card Challenges: Faith (optional)
- Jellypark Challenges: Christmas in July

Wags 'n Whiskers challenge: Buttons & Bows

2011-07-22T11:00:00.003+02:00

Hi there and welcome!

It's time for another Wags'nWhiskers challenge and this time we're challenging you to use buttons and bows :)

So here you have my card, I used "Beary Sweet"-digi, which you can buy overhere (for USA/Canada click here, for Europe and rest of the world click here).

Thank you very much for coming over. Please visit the Wags'nWhiskers blog as well to see the other projects the DT-members made for this challenge, plus I like to invite you to play along with us. So much fun!

See you later! :)

DWYT Sketch #95

2011-07-21T00:00:00.001+02:00

Hi there!

It's another Thursday, 00:00 am CET, time for another DWYT-sketch *whoowhoo!!*

And this is the card I made:

It's quite a CAS sketch this week and really loved this one! :)

Thank you very much for coming over.
Please visit the DWYT-blog, so you can see the cards the other members have made and you are more than happy to play along with us :)

See you later!

Guess what I will (hopefully) be doing tonight???

2011-07-18T18:00:00.000+02:00

Whoooooooowhooooooooooooo....

This is just soooooooooooooo off topic what I normally post, but tonight is finally the night I've been waiting for since 16 years!
I will be seeing Take That in concert. Not just a concert, but finally, after 16 years... I will see them all together again: Robbie Williams (think he's the biggest entertainer and singer), Mark Owen (he's sooo cute *whoops... did I just say that??*), Gary Barlow (great songwriter), Howard Donald and Jason Orange (both great dancers).
Oh my oh my oh my.... whoowhoooooooooooo..

Saw them 3 years ago as a foursome (actually threesome as Howard was ill, but the others did the show) and have been to Robbie's concerts loads of times (playing in little places with just 750 people to places with over 60.000 people). So this would be sooooooo great to see them all together again and sing along with all those amazing songs :)

I will be there with my brother. Very special as he's really not into them, but he said to me he knows all their lyrics because of me *hehehe*

I will defenately be enjoying myself.

Relight my fire.... whoowhoooooooooooooooooo.... Shine.... lalalallalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

So I sceduled this post and I will be on my way to the Amsterdam Arena.
I sooooooooo hope this concert will go on, as their concert was cancelled last Saturday because Rob has a food poisoning :(
Seriously... I want him to become better first, before hitting the stage (though I must admit I really, really don't like it...). But we'll just have to wait and see :)

Will keep you updated :) Off to (hopefully) an awesome party :)

DWYT Sketch #94

2011-07-14T00:00:00.001+02:00

Hi and welcome!

It's Thursday, 00:00 am CET, so time for another DWYT-sketch :)
It's sketch #94, so we're counting down till #100!

This week's sketch is made by Annemieke and I loved this one!
So here you have my card. I know it's just July to show a Christmascard, but you can't start early enough :)

And a detailphoto so you can see the embossing and glitter a bit better :)

Please visit the DWYT-blog for the other cards the DT-members have made and I'd love to invite you to play along :)

Thanks for coming over and see you later!

GDT Scrapdelight Magnolia Sweet Rainbow card

2011-07-13T18:00:00.036+02:00

Hi en welkom!

Today I like to show you a card I made for Scrapdelight, the scrapshop I love the most. Sorry the text is Dutch...

Vandaag heb ik een kaartje te laten zien wat ik voor Scrapdelight heb mogen maken :)
Zoals jullie wellicht weten, ben ik absoluut geen "bling- en sieradentype", mensen die mij ooit gezien hebben zullen mij zelden met sieraden hebben gezien, maar op de één of andere manier komt er toch altijd wat "bling" op m'n projecten terecht, zo ook hier...

En wat detailfoto's:

Even wat info over het kaartje:
Het is een 6x6 inch kaart geworden, omdat ik het label waarop ik Tilda gestempeld heb net wat beter vond uitkomen.
Ik heb gebruik gemaakt van een Magnoliastempel uit de "Sweet Rainbow"-serie.
Uiteraard heb ik Tilda met Copics ingekleurd. Echter, haar pakje heb ik met behulp van paperpiecing gemaakt.

*tip* Paperpiecing: Even Tilda een keer stempelen op patterned paper en dan uitknippen en op de andere Tilda plakken.

Het label waarop Tilda met Memento-inkt is gestempeld, is van Spellbinders Labels 17.
Het papier is van Basic Grey en heb daar de "Hello Lucious" 6x6 paperpad van gebruikt, omdat die altijd de ideale papiertjes voor kaarten bevatten. De grotere vellen hebben ook direct grotere patronen erop.
Het roze papier wat achter de label met Tilda zit, is met een randpons van EK Success geponst.
De bloemen zijn gemaakt met behulp van de BigShot en de Tim Holtz "Tattered Florals" stans. De brads die ik er doorheen heb gebruikt, zijn ook van de "Hello Lucious"-serie van BasicGrey.
De bling die op de hoelahoep, Tilda's broekspijpen en Tilda's elastieken zijn te vinden is van Ranger: Stickles Diamond (ik kan niet zonder!).
De bling die op de kaart zit, is een swirls van Prima. Heb dit ooit bij Scrapdelight gekocht.

*tip* Omdat ik één zo'n swirl veel te groot vind op een kaart, knip ik deze altijd in stukjes. Op die manier kun je een swirl op meer dan één kaart gebruiken.

Het tekststempeltje is er één uit eigen collectie en het geweldige stuk groene kant heb ik bij Scrapdelight in de winkel in Nieuwegein gekocht, maar kun je ook hier online krijgen :)

Dit kaartje kun je vanaf nu ook op het blog van Scrapdelight zien *whoowhoo!*
Bedankt voor het langskomen en graag tot een volgende keer :)

BasicGrey Challenges: Doilies and ribbon

2011-07-09T09:00:00.018+02:00

Hi there and welcome!

Have you read my last post?? :) I'm still jumping up and down, so happy!!
Anyways... it's time for another BasicGrey Challenge, this time: Doilies and Ribbon.
Doilies are the "latest thing" in the cardmaking world and I have to say I just don't really like them, so this was a challenge for me ;)
Got a "cheap" doily from one of my familymembers, so THANK YOU!!
So it was a challenge...

But working with ribbon... I can't live without it! I just loooooooooooooove it!

So here you have my card with something I probably will not use again and something I use all the time:

And a detailphoto:

So... please let me know what you think about me working with doilies *I promise I won't bite!* ;)

Thank you very much for coming over, but don't forget to see what the other DT-members have created at the BasicGrey Challenges blog. And I would like to invite you to play along!

See you later!

Guest Designer July Scrapdelight :)

2011-07-09T00:00:00.001+02:00

Hi there!!

Hi!
Wow... wat een geweldig nieuws heb ik jullie te vertellen!
Ik weet het al een aantal weken, maar nu is het tijd om te vertellen dat ik gevraagd ben om guestdesigner in juli te zijn bij Scrapdelight, mijn favo scrapwinkel!!
Ben er erg trots op dat ik door Michelle en haar team gevraagd ben en ik hoop dat ik jullie met wat creativiteit kan voeden ;)
Wow... what a great news I have for you I really have to share with you!
I already know it for a few weeks now, but now it's time to reveal that I was asked to be a guestdesigner in July for Scrapdelight, a Dutch scrapbookshop, my fave one!!
It's such a great honour to be asked by Michelle and her team and I really hope I can inspire you all with some creativity ;)

Gisteren ging een nieuwe cardchallenge online op het Scrapdelight blog. Het is een schets. En je kunt er nog een geweldig leuke prijs mee winnen ook :)
Yesterday, a new cardchallenge went online at the Scrapdelight blog. It's a sketch one:

En dit is wat ik ervan gemaakt heb:
And this is what I made:

Behoorlijk wat bling gebruikt :)
Heb voor deze kaart geweldig Graphic45 papier, ZVA swirls, EK Succes ponsen en wat zwarte inkt gebruikt. Ik vind het papier echt geweldig en zal het ook gaan gebruiken om een aantal foto's van Parijs te scrappen :)
Loads of bling there :)
Made it with some lovely Graphic45 papers, some ZVA swirls, EK Succes punches and some black ink. Just looooooove those papers a lot and am using them to scrap some photos from Paris as well :)

Anyways... tijd om wat verder te slapen (hmm.. eigenlijk is het hier 00.00 am CET en lig ik nog steeds heerlijk te slapen..hehe... heb deze post gepland.. geweldig!)

Anyways... time for me to sleep further (actually it's 00.00 am CET overhere and I'm still in bed sleeping..hehe... just sceduled this post..love it!)

Bedankt voor het langskomen en zie jullie later!
Oh ja... vergeet je niet mee te doen met deze challenge... meer info op het Scrapdelight blog :)

Thank you very much for coming over!! See you all later!