Weeks full of PARTY!!

Hi there!

Well... the people in The Netherlands had some fantastic parties last 1,5 week :)

It all started the 30th April when our Queen, now Princess, Beatrix abdicated and her son Willem-Alexander became our new king.
The whole country was in an enourmous partymood.

The abdication and inauguration was live on the telly, followed by an evening tour on the water, seeing things we're known for and the king loves, like sports, singing, etc.
It was a day to remember! Just loved it!

Normally we're celebrating Queen''s Day on the 30th April, but now it will be King's Day from now on on the 27th April, Willem-Alexander's birthday.

On the 1st and 2nd May the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, where the inauguration took place, was open to the public, so I went to Amsterdam with my dad.
It was WOW!!!! I just looooooooove flower bouquets and these were just fantastic to see (and smell!).

Here are some photos of that day...

 

We also remembered the people who died during the 2nd World War on 4th May and on 5th May it was again time to party :)
As that's the day we're celebrating WW2 ended in 1945 and having loads of freedom nowadays.

And now to my projects.... I made a "Dutch" celebration card.
Not only to celebrate our new king and 5th May, but also for someone who will graduate or something... don't know yet ;)

So here it is...

And we're not finished partying yet in The Netherlands, as next Sunday it will be Mother's Day.... so mom... here's my card for you :)

Challenges:
- CAS on Sunday: Sketch
- Dynamic Duos: Baja Breeze and Daffodil Delight

Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you later on :)

Christmas Cards {with Sketches} #72 My sketch :)

Hi there and welcome back!

It's time for another CCWS... we're at #72 already and it was my turn to provide the sketch :)
I kept the sketch quite simple, but, if you look at all the great cards that are made by the DT of CCWS... it's great for more embellishments as well.

Anyways.... here's my card...
Told you I would be back with some more snowflakes ;)

And a detailshot...

I heat embossed the text... it was a while ago since I did this... should do it more often :)

Anyways... check out the CCWS-blog for more inspiration from my fellow DT-members... they rock.... and when you're there... please join in.... Thanks! :)


Thanks for coming over and see you around later on!

Sometimes... (part 2)

Hi there again *lol*

And here's my 2nd card I created late this evening/early morning ;)
Quite a different one than the one overhere, but I so love it as well!

I used snowflake stamps, but they are so very versatile, I used them as, uhhmm... decoration :)

And here's my card...

And a detailshot...

Guess the colors aren't showing correctly... I used Stampin'Up's Rose Red. Love that color... it's so sparkling (well... at least irl that is :))!

Thanks so much for coming over again and hope to see you later again today as there will be a new skecth challenge at Christmas Cards {with Sketches} and this time I created the sketch :)



Challenges:
- CASE Study Challenge: #139
- The Play Date Cafe: Black, White, Magenta

Sometimes...

Sometimes...

I have an idea in my head when I should be sleeping... (almost 2 am here *whoopsie*!!)
So after seeing some challenges I wanted to participate in last week, I had no idea, so thought I should skip them.... but then.... this evening...

I just knew I had to get out my lovely snowflakes stamps again (more of that later today ;)).... and here's my first card...

And a detailshot so you can see the dimension of the card as well ;)

Thanks so much for coming over... I'm already planning a new post for just in a couple of minutes ;)


Challenges:
- CASE Study Challenge: # 139

Sunshine is here... time for a winter card :)

Hi there!

Finally the sun is shining... it's still windy, but on my balcony it already is nice to sit with a tshirt instead of wearing a winter jacket ;)

Needed some cards for someone who's already ordered Christmas/Wintercards, and this is one of them...

And a detail...

Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you later on :)


Challenges:
- ABC Challenge: M for Make it sparkle
- Fusion Challenge: Sketch

Christmas Challenges {with sketches} #68

Hi there and welcome back!

Today it's time for the Snow Angels to show the cards they made for CCWS.
Can you tell I'm in love with my kraft cardstock for my Christmascards recently?? Specially in combination with these gorgeous patterned papers.

It was hard for me to make this card, as it always needs a bit more thinking with all those little squares.
I made my card 5 1/4"x 5 1/4" and my squares 1 1/4", so they would perfectly fit onto my card with a little space left for the sides.

This week is a special one, as we not only have to use the sketch, but also have to use some felt on the project.
I hardly have felt, so I was glad when I found out I had some "cranberry"-colored felt I bought in London last November at a craft store. Perfect for Christmascards.
Diecut the word "merry", the tag and the angel with wings. Also stamped the angel and tag with one of my fave PTI Christmasstampsets :)

Well... enough said... here's my card :)

Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you around later on.
Now it's time for you to go to the CCWS-blog and participate in this challenge, as you can win some goodies *and who doesn't like goodies??* :)

2 CAS Cards... Best Wishes and Thank you

Hi there!

It's been a while...
Went to the Art Specially Event last Saturday and it was a blast! Met some lovely friends and had the time of my life, feeling like a kid in a candystore :)
Unfortunately I had a terrible pain in the head all day, so didn't do any of the marvelous workshops, only looked and went home quite early. Last couple of years I go by train and take my bike with me so I can cycle from train to the event... always lovely to ride through an almost quiet forest early morning.
Unfortnately the trainride home was terrible.... had an hour extra traveltime...ah well... I've seen Amsterdam during that trip ;)

I'm already experimenting with my newly bought goodies and some projects will be soon on this blog *stay tuned*
My wallet enjoyed itself a lot, as Magnolia wasn't there, I didn't "need" *that* much and haven't spend that much like I normally do *whoopsie!*

Now I'd like to show you some cards I made recently, but haven't posted yet.
The challenges I'm playing in with each card, are under the card itself.

The first one is a card I cased from... myself :)
Oh yeah... I so loved the card I made earlier, I changed some things and here's the "improved" version of it...

Challenges:
- Crazy for CAS: Embellishments
- Card Mania: Diecuts/punches
- DigiSketchChallenge: Theme: Butterflies
- Lexi's Creations: Diecuts/Punches
- Hobbycutz: CAS
- Card Makin'Mamas: No patterned papers



And here's my second card.... with....

Oh yeah... some Bermuda Bay ink!! One of my fave blue colors and it's back in SU's next catalog *WHOOOWHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP*
I was so very unhappy when those incolors disappeared, including melon mambo and razzberry fizz, but the last 2 are already back and now Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry will be as well... Finally, as I almost ran out of those last cardstockcolors and am so glad I didn't sell those inkpads *lol*

Anyways... back to the project... just a very, very CAS "Thank you"-card, as I needed some of these for people.

Challenges:
- CAS on Sunday: Thank you
- My Time to Craft: CAS One-layer


Thank you so much for coming over and taking the time to visit :)

Mojo Monday #287 -- Good photo :)

Hi all and welcome back!

Wow... this week's sketch at Mojo Monday has absolutely brought back my Mojo to create something within a reasonable time ;)

Already had these patterned papers on my desk and with a little help of the sketch, it turned into this card...

I'm not a "Blue-kinda"- person, but I totally love these colors combined with each other.
Love this one! :)

Anyways...thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you around later on :)


Challenges:
- Mojo Monday: Sketch #287
- ABC Challenges: K for Kraft

Happy Birthday! CAS-Style

Hi all and welcome back!

Hope you're all enjoying your Eastertime with your friends, family, beloved ones.
Today I like to show you a Birthdaycard as my stash has really decreased the last few weeks and am in need for some the next couple of weeks.
Kept it quite simple, just some diecutting, stamping and embossing...

And a close-up so you can see the dimensional I used on my card...

I just looooooooooove this colorcombo of Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Rose Red and Pretty in Pink.
I was inspired by the photo on the Paper Smooches blog, so thought I should use my photoframe die and the colors used.

Anyways... time to go to bed...
Last night we went from Winter to Summertime... now only if we got some nice warm weather... it's still around 2-3 degrees C, too cold for this time of year.

Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you around later on :)


Challenges:
- Paper Smooches: Picture Perfect (inpired by photo)

Kleurenkaartenketting: CAS in blauw en zeegroen

***This is my second post for today, please scroll down for the CCWS-challenge post***

*** Dit is mijn tweede post vandaag, scroll even naar beneden voor mijn CCWS-challengepost***

Hi there and welcome back *lol*
Hi en welkom terug *lol*

Finally I'm participating again with the "Kleurenkaartenteam", an initiative by Martina.
You can find a list of this month's participants on her blog.
Eindelijk doe ik weer eens mee met het "Kleurenkaartenteam", een initiatief van Martina
Je kunt de lijst met alle deelnemers van deze maand op haar blog terugvinden..

This month the colors are "dark blue and seagreen".
I choose some Stampin'Up colors: Midnight Blue and Baja Breeze.
Didn't use any stamps, but used a PTI-die saying "hello" and made a pretty CAS-card.
Deze maand zijn de kleuren "donkerblauw en zeegroen" aan de beurt. Even een lastige keuze, maar ben er uiteindelijk uitgekomen door gebruik te maken van de Stampin' Up-kleuren Midnight Blue en Baja Breeze (zooooo jammer dat deze kleur uit het assortiment is!)
Ik heb geen inkt gebruikt, maar een PTI-die "hello" en heb daarmee een CAS-kaartje gemaakt.

And here's my card...
En hier mijn kaartje...

Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you around later on :)
Bedankt voor het langskomen en graag tot een volgende keer! :)



Challenges:
- CAS-Ual Fridays: No stamps

Christmas Cards {with Sketches} #66

Hi there and welcome to another CCWS!

This week we're sponsored by Carmen :)
This week's sketch is made by Janneke and I kept it quite CAS :) Not to many embellishments, just some ink, papers and twine.

Hope you like it as much as I do :)

Offcourse I colored my image with the Spectrum Noir markers... I soooo love them!

You can find the sketch on the CCWS-blog and that's where you can also upload your card when participating with this challenge :)

Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you around later on :)

CAS card: Extraterrestrial

Hi there!

Today I like to show you a card I made for my stash... my stash really needed some cards.
This card was soooooooo easy to make... just stamp and color :)


This is the first time I finally used 2 stampsets with "Outer space" kinda images... perfect for boys!
 

Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you later on! :)



Challenges:
- Casology: Extraterrestrial

Kaartenketting Rood en Groen

Hi en welkom!

Hi and welcome... this time the post will bilangual.

Ditmaal heb ik weer een kerstkaartje voor jullie om te laten zien :)
Hiermee doe ik ook mee met de kaartenketting en weet je wie er nog meer mee doen... nou, dat zijn nogal wat personen!

This time I got another Christmascard to share with you :)
I'm also participating with the "kaartenketting/chain of cards" and you know who else will be participating... well... loads of persons are!

Ze hebben iedere maand een kleurenuitdaging en ditmaal zijn het mijn favo kleuren om mee te werken: rood en groen.
En met deze kleuren en deze tijd van het jaar, ontkom je er bijna niet aan om hiermee een kerstkaartje te maken.
Ik ben heerlijk bezig geweest met wat nieuwe spulletjes die ik een paar weken geleden heb mogen ontvangen. Ben er zo blij mee!!
Heb er weer CAS-kaarten van gemaakt, want blijf dat toch wel één van de leukste vormen van kaarten maken vinden.

Every month they have a colorchallenge and this time they're my faves to work with: red and green.
And with these colors and this time of the year, you can't escape from making Christmascards.
I've been playing around with some nice new stuff I received a couple of weeks ago. Am really happy with it!
Made some more CAS-cards with it, as they're one of my fave cards to make.

Dus hierbij dan mijn kaartjes...
And here are my cards...

Hier is de lijst met alle deelnemers van deze uitdaging. Het zijn er heel wat, maar dat maakt het wel zo gezellig en leuk :)
Maak gerust een rondje langs al deze mensen met fantastische uitwerkingen van deze challenge.
And here's the list of all the participating people of this challenge.
There are many, but this will also make it happy and fun :)
Please visit them as they made some lovely cards for this challenge.

Martina : http://martinaskaartjes.blogspot.com/
Chantal :  http://chantalcards.blogspot.com/
Lia : http://creali-lia.blogspot.be/
Joke : http://krejojo.blogspot.be/
Marijke en Chantal : http://freubelsvandemolletjes.blogspot.be/
Chantal : http://channieke.blogspot.be/
Sandra W :  http://creasandra75.blogspot.com/
GerJanne :  http://gerjanneke2.blogspot.be/
Chantal : http://venantia.blogspot.be/
Muisjoanne : http://kaartjesvanjoanne.blogspot.be/
Sientje : http://sientjesscrapblog.blogspot.be/
Corry :  http://corryskaartblogspotnl.blogspot.com/
Sjoukje : http://sjoukskaarten.blogspot.be/
Karin : http://karrootje.blogspot.be/
Bep : http://beppieskaartenenfreubelblog.blogspot.com/
Marian : http://creatiesmarian-creatiesmarian.blogspot.be/
Erna : http://ernalogtenberg.blogspot.be/
Monique : http://moniquespassies.blogspot.be/
Rosina : http://rosina-scrapcards.blogspot.be/
Evi : http://angeleef.blogspot.be/
Colien : http://scrapspulvancolien.blogspot.com/
Ellen : http://creativebyellen.blogspot.be/
Ans : http://anskreatief.blogspot.be/
Mariken : http://scrapcolour.blogspot.be/
Saskia : http://kreasas.blogspot.be/
Nellos : http://creanellos.blogspot.be/
Babette : http://creativememorie.blogspot.nl/
Rianne : http://rianne-rizanti.blogspot.be/
Anita Meijer : http://anitameijersscrapkaarten.blogspot.be/
Nancy : http://tisallemaalhandwerk-nancy.blogspot.be/
Diana : http://dyannasscrapsels.blogspot.be/
Nelleke :  http://farmerblog-nelleke.blogspot.be/
Cindy : http://cinderellasdreamcardsblog.blogspot.be/
Yvonne : http://bruggetje.blogspot.be/
Annelies : http://anneliesvos.blogspot.be/
Pia : http://pia1971.blogspot.be/
Angélique : http://scrapping-angel.blogspot.be/
Liv : http://liv1206.blogspot.be/
Manuela : http://mayliscrapcardsblog.blogspot.be/


Bedankt voor het langskomen en ik hoop dat ik je snel weer mag begroeten :)
Thanks so much for coming over and I hope to see you around later on :)

Spectrum Noir challenge: Flowers

Hi there!


Today I like to show you a card made for the Spectrum Noir challenge: Flowers.
I wanted to keep this card as CAS as possible, by making it a one layer card with some stamps to color on it and think I pretty succeed... I love it!
You can get so much depth by adding an extra dark color to it.

Have you already entered the challenge??
All you have to have on your card are flowers. Stamped or embellishments, but your image has to be colored with the Spectrum Noir markers.

Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you later on! :)


Challenges:
- Without Words: Whizz Bang (Bright colors)

Thank you Christmas tag

Hi there,

Today I like to show you a "Thank You" Christmastag.
When I bought the paperpad at a Dutch craftfair I immediately fell in love, but I also had in the back of my mind: "No, no more Christmaspapers this year", but I just couldn't walk by without buying this lovely set.

And yesterday evening I've been extremely creative making loads of stuff which you will see the coming days/weeks.
Haven't been crafty since a few days, totally not in the mood for anything to do with crafting, but my mojo's back :)

Here's today's item...

You can put this label on a bottle of wine etc. Not sure what to do with it right now.

Thank you so much for coming over and hope to see you again later on. Got some news for Dutch people :)
Heb later op de dag wat nieuws voor NL mensen :)



Challenges:
- ABC Challenges: A for Appreciation
- Addicted to stamps: Tags
- Ge-We: Tag/Label

ABC Challenge: Z for Zoo

Hi there and welcome to another ABC Challengeblog challenge!

This time we're at the end of the alphabet, the Z for Zoo.

Made this card for my stash as I've got some people to send birthcards to and there are also people buying my cards, so I really need some when needed :)

Anyways... back to the card... kept it really CAS, but I sooooooooo love this one :)

With this card ending the alphabet, I'm also ending my DT-membership for this challengeblog.
All good things come to an end and I really enjoyed being a part of this fantastic team, but I've decided to step down.
It was a hard decision to make, but I know it's the right decision.
But I will defenately be around the ABC Challengeblog, as I always have loved the challenges and they kept me inspired in all kinda ways.

A big thank you to all my teammates!

 **HUGS**

And have you seen the DT-call that's up at the moment?? Go check out the ABC Challengeblog for more info and maybe it's you who will be a DT-member :)

Thank you so much for coming over and hope to see you around later on.

Spectrum Noir tag and great news!!

Hi there!

Today I like to show you a tag I made recently for the Spectrum Noir blog.
You can work with the Speccies so easily in combination with your stencils!


So here's what I made, you can see the step-by-step instructions on the Spectrum Noir blog:

Vandaag wil ik jullie een tag laten zien die ik voor het Spectrum Noir blog gemaakt heb.
Je kunt namelijk supergoed je Speccies combineren met je stencils (en die van mij konden wel een gebruikersbeurt krijgen..haha)
Dit heb ik gemaakt, je kunt de stap-voor-stap uitleg op het Spectrum Noir blog bekijken:

And I told you about some news about storing your Speccies.
Well... about 1,5 week ago I received the best ever storingsystem I've ever seen (and believe me, I've seen a lot) and totally love!
The Spectrum Noir markers have their own storingsystem (which, you can use for other markers as well!!) and I just loooooooooooooooooove it!
It's on my desk and it really works! All numbers on their correct place!
There's a blogspot about it on the Spectrum Noir blog as well from Jennie *Hi Jennie!!*. Stores in The Netherlands will also be selling this system in the future *whoowhoo!*

En ik heb al een tikje van de sluier afgelopen week opgelicht over het geweldige nieuws dat er iets nieuws aankomt voor de Speccies.
Wel... ongeveer 1,5 week geleden, ontving ik het beste opbergsysteem voor markers wat ik ooit gezien heb (en geloof me.. ik heb genoeg gezien!) en vind het dé oplossing voor markers!
De Spectrum Noir markers hebben nu hun eigen opbergsysteem (dat je overigens ook prima voor andere markers etc. kunt gebruiken) en ik ben er helemaal van onder de indruk! Dit is echt zo super opbergen!
Het staat nu op mijn bureau en het werkt echt superhandig. Alle nummers op volgorde, ideaal!
Er is een blogspot te vinden op het Spectrum Noir blog van Jennie *Hi Jennie!!*.
Winkels hier in Nederland zullen dit systeem vast en zeker ook gaan verkopen, want dit is iets waar ik al jaren naar op zoek was *whoowhoo!*