Card for men feat. Penny Black

Hi all and welcome back!

Today I'd like to show you a card I made a couple of days ago.
When my computer didn't work, I colored loads of images, and this is one of them. Wanted to use my Penny Blacks a bit more. Love those little animals a lot :)

I made this card for a men's birthday, really CAS... really in need of birthdaycards at this moment.
Colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers. TN1, TN2, CR9, OR1, IB2.

Added some glitter to the champagne as well :)

Anyways...this is it for today. Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you around later on :)


Challenges:
- Penny Black and More: Card for men

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 :)

Christmas Cards with Spectrum Noirs

Hi all!

Today I like to show you a very, very CAS-card I made recently with my Speccies aka Spectrum Noir markers.

Stamped the image and only used 3 colors to color the image. Couldn't be any simpler ;)

Scored some lines on the bottom of the card for some effect and added some stickles on top of the tree.

Love this card!

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

ABC and Basic Grey Challenges

Hi there and welcome to another Saturday!

It's been a while using a Magnolia stamp, but here's another card created with a stamp with one of my fave stampcompanies :)

Today it's time for new challenges at the ABC Challengeblog and the BasicGrey Challengeblog, so I combined them.

On the ABC Challengeblog we have a challenge, created by me... W for Wishes.
And on the Basic Grey challengeblog we like to see you using your punches... Punch it!

Here's the card I created:


A detailshot where you can see all the sparkles, the sentiment is just perfect :)

And the card:

I used the BasicGrey Lemonade 6x6 paperpad... love the combination of colors!


Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you around later on.
Go check out the ABC Challengeblog and the BasicGrey Challengeblog for the creations the DT made, so you get some inspiration to join us all :)

Christmas Challenges {with sketches} #39

Hi there and welcome back to another Christmas Challenges {with sketches}.

This time the sketch is made by Nicolet, a great one and will be using this one a lot more! We're sponsored by Crealies.
So here's my card, made with a pre-colored image as I have loads of these patterned papers left it's easy to color stamped images one evening and don't have to bother about the coloring and papers used.

Thanks so much for coming over.
Please visit the CCWS-blog for Nicolet's sketch and more inspiration from the DT. Thank you!

See you later on!

Christmas Challenges {with sketches} #37

Hi there again and welcome to another Christmas Challenges {with sketches}.

This week it's Team 1, the Snow Angels, turn.
The sketch is made by Sandra and we're sponsored by Inky Impressions.

And this is the card I made... colored this Magnolia image quite a while ago, but have so many of these patterned papers overhere, it's just stamping images and coloring them with the same colors every time :)

About me... I'm feeling a lot better, luckily my energy is coming back day by day, still having some headaches, but they're ok to deal with, so you will see more creations overhere as I've been crafty as well :)

Email still isn't working, so please be patient with me if you're waiting for a reply... Thank you!

Now back to the challenge... please visit the CCWS blog for more information about the sketch and to see what the other DT-members made. Thanks!

Spectrum Noir DT: Flower Power cat

Hi there!


Today there's a new post from me on the SpectrumNoir blog.
You can see how I made this...

To this card:

Getting better here luckily *whahoooooooooooo*, still tired a lot,but it's going much better than it was. So I'm positive on that part :)


Thanks so much for coming over and don't forget to go to the Spectrum Noir blog for information how I colored the image.

SAF Challenge 2: Mini Album technique

Hi there *again*  LOL


Back with another project made today, a mini-album.
We could choose between several kind of mini-albums and I choose the one with the tag and library envelope.
Made it a Christmasone, so I can easily put my photos on the backside of the tags. No hussle, very easy.
So here you have it... Scraplifted a lot and even this ribbon was made after watching the video.

Thanks again for coming and hope to see you later on. More in the making ;)

Magnolia Tilda with flowers Summer 2012

Please click here to see my Spectrum Noir blogspot where I made a background with my Spectrum Noir markers. Thank you!

Hi there *again*
I'd like to show you a tag I made recently with some of my fave items on it: white/pink patterned Tilda papers, some doohickeydies and.... Tilda!
Will be using this tag for someone's birthday. Don't you just loooooooove the sentiment?? :)

At home I'm in my Summercleaningmood. Cleaned my kitchen big time and found some items I thought I had lost. So I'm quite happy.


Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you later this week. Got some more planned :)




Challenges: 
- TOMIC: tag + Tilda with flowers
- Midweek Magnolias: Happy Birthday

Christmas Challenges {with sketches} #31

Hi there and welcome to another CCWS!


This time is special for me, as the sketch is made by ME *whoopwhoop!*
I love making sketches, I love graphic designs, clean and simple. Basically just me :)
Colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers.


Anyways... here's the card I made for you. Hope you will like it as much as I do.

This week we're sponsored by My Favorite Things. Oh... they have lovely stamps and dies, love them!!




Thank you so much for coming over and hope to see you playing with us.
Please visit the CCWS-blog for more inspiration from my fellow DT-members and what they came up with while playing with "my" sketch :)

BasicGrey Challenges: Fave colorcombo

Hi there and welcome to my blog :)

Today is the start of a new BasicGrey Challenge... Fave colorcombo.
It sure won't be a surprise what my fave colorcombo will be, but I really was doubting as I like pink and white, red and white, etc. a lot, but I just knew I had to use green and red :)
Red has always been my fave color since I was little and I just loooooooove green as well (just open my closet and you'll find loads of green and red clothes).

So I made a Christmascard for you with my fave colorcombo: Red & Green.
Used a LOTV stamped image. Oh, I just so love those images!

Thanks so much for coming over. Hope to see you later on.
In the meantime... visit the BasicGrey Challengesblog for more fave colorcombo's of the DT. They made some awesome projects as always :)


Challenges:
- Winter Wonderland: Christmas Teddy
- Crimbo Crackers: Anything goes
- Craft Your Days Away: Teddy Bears
- One Stop Craft Challenge: Christmas in June

Spectrum Noir's First Ever Blog Hop

Hi there and welcome to the very first Spectrum Noir Blog Hop!  This week our entire design team has come together to start off summer with a grand celebration of Yellow - the color of summer!

If you have landed here from Leann's blog, you are hopping in the right direction.  If not, pop over to the Spectrum Noir Blog so you do not miss a single stop!
Hi en welkom bij de allereerste Spectrum Noir Blog Hop! Deze week is het gehele DesignTeam bijeen gekomen om de zomer eens goed te starten met een geweldige shout-out voor GEEL - de kleur van de zomer!
Als je hier bent gekomen door Leann's blog te bezoeken, dan ben je op de goede hop-weg. Zo niet, ga dan even naar het Spectrum Noir Blog, zodat je geen enkele stop zult missen van deze hop! :)


And this is the project I like to show you. Have to admit I'm not really a "yellow-type of person", so it was hard to find yellow colors in my paperstash, but yeah... I like the outcome very, very much :)
En dit is het project dat ik jullie graag wil laten zien. Ik moet toegeven dat ik niet echt een "geel-type qua persoon" ben, dus het was een behoorlijke uitdaging om gele papiertjes in m'n papierverzameling te vinden, maar... ik vind dit project toch wel héél erg leuk! :)

And a detailphoto, so you can see the glitter as well..

And even though I'm not a yellowtype of person, it was really easy to color Tilda.

I used the following colors:
Skin: FS1, FS2, FS3, FS4, FS8, CR3
Hair: TN7, TN8, TN9, EB4
Dress and wings (yellow part): GB2, GB3, GB4, GB5, GB6, blender
Shoes and wings (turquoise part): GT2, GT3, BG1
Ground: BG1, BG2, BG3
Shading around Tilda: BT1, BT2

Hoewel ik geen geelkleurig type ben, was het echt heel gemakkelijk Tilda in te kleuren.
Ik heb de volgende kleuren gebruikt:
Huid: FS1, FS2, FS3, FS4, FS8, CR3

Haren: TN7, TN8, TN9, EB4
Jurk en vleugels (geel): GB2, GB3, GB4, GB5, GB6, blender
Schoenen en vleugels(turquoise): GT2, GT3, BG1
Grond: BG1, BG2, BG3
Shaduw rondom Tilda: BT1, BT2

I'm always working from light to dark and back to light again. I think it's the easiest way, but hee... the best part of it all is you can also start with the darkest color going to the lightest one. Just what you feel most comfortable with.
I also used my BG1 for making the shoes and wings (turquoise parts) just a little less turquoise. Love this pen, specially when not using bright colors in your patterned papers. You can really soften your color by coloring this one as last.
Ik werk altijd van licht naar donker en weer terug naar de lichtste kleur. Ik denk dat dit de gemakkelijkste weg is, maar... het mooie hiervan is dat je zelf kunt beslissen of je dit ook doet óf dat je werkt van donker naar licht en weer terug naar donker. Net wat je zelf het prettigste vindt werken.
Ik heb ook mijn BG1 marker gebruikt om de schoenen en vleugels (turquoise gedeelte) een beetje minder turquoise te maken. Ik ben echt dol op deze marker, vooral als je niet al te felle kleuren in je papier hebt zitten. Je kunt dan de kleur net wat minder fel maken.



We are excited to announce that our new Spectrum Noir website and blog is up and running. If you have not had a chance to check out all of the great tutorials, tips, suggestions and samples our design team has posted, today is a great day to take a peek.  Before we get to the rest of the blog hop, how about we add a bit more excitement?  Spectrum Noir is going to award one lucky winner with a full set of 72 Basic Spectrum Noir Pens!  Yes, that's right...all twelve sets of six pens each.
We zijn ontzettend blij dat de nieuwe Spectrum Noir website en blog in de lucht zijn. Als je nog niet de kans hebt gehad om een kijkje te nemen, doe dit, want er staan geweldige tips, uitleggen, suggesties en voorbeelden op die het DT heeft gemaakt en vandaag is een geweldige dag om dit allemaal te bekijken (zeker gezien het weer ;)).
Voordat we verder gaan met de bloghop, waarom niet wat spanning wat verhogen?? :)
Spectrum Noir geeft namelijk 1 lucky winnaar een hele set van 72 Basic Spectrum Noir markers weg! Jawel... Alle 12 sets van 6 pennen in iedere set.

Entering to win is easy.   Leave a comment on the Spectrum Noir Blog Hop Post telling us one fun new thing (tip, trick, interesting combination of colors, etc) you learned about the Spectrum Noir markers while hopping with us this week.  A random winner will be drawn using random.org and posted on our blog at 9:00 AM GMT, Saturday, June 23, 2012 so be sure to check back with us to see if you have won!
The lucky winner will have one week to claim their prize or a second winner will be chosen.
Het is gemakkelijk om te winnen.
Laat een commentaar achter op Spectrum Noir Blog Hop Post en vertel een nieuw, leuk, interessant ding (tip, truc, geweldige kleurencombinatie, etc.) die je hebt geleerd tijdens deze Spectrum Noir bloghop deze week.
Een random winnaa zal getrokken worden met random.org en wordt vermeld op het Spectrum Noir blog om 9:00 am GMT (10 uur 's morgens Nederlandse tijd) op zaterdag 23 juni 2012, dus neem zeker nog een kijkje om te zien of je hebt gewonnen!

How about a bonus chance to win?  If you add our blinkie to your blog and mention in your comment that you've done so, you will be entered into a second contest to win a $25 gift certificate USA or £25 voucher in the UK to be used on any Spectrum Noir product at Crafter's Companion US or UK websites (the US or UK site).
To add the Blinkie, simply download the code from the downloads section on the Spectrum Noir Blog and place it prominently in the sidebar of your blog. Do not forget to let us know in your comment on the Spectrum Noir Blog Hop Post  that you have added the blinkie to your blog!
En wat te denken van een bonuskans om te winnen?? Als je het blinkie op je blog zet en in je commentaar zet dat je dit hebt gedaan, dan zul je meedingen in een tweede prijs om een $25 certificaat USA of £25 voucher UK te winnen, dat gebruikt kan worden op alle Spectrum Noir producten bij Crafter's Companion USA of UK (USA of UK website).
Om de blinkie toe te voegen, download de code van de download-sectie op het Spectrum Noir blog en plaats dit prominent in de sidebar van je blog.
Vergeet niet in je commentaar te vertellen op de Spectrum Noir blog hop post, dat je de blinkie aan je blog hebt toegevoegd!


Now, hop on over to the next amazing blog and check out what Linda has to share!  In case you get lost along the way, here is the entire hop order:
Nu is het tijd om naar de volgende blog te hoppen en te kijken wat de geweldige Linda (echt waar... die kan zooooooooo mooi kleuren!!) je te bieden heeft! Indien je de weg kwijtraakt, hier is de gehele bloghop volgorde:

Danielle

Leann

Angélique <--- You are here!

Linda

Jennie

Louise

Kristine

Marcea

Taylor 

Suzanne

Cyndi

Wendy

Jacqui

Spectrum Noir Blog

Thanks for joining us today, and best of luck on winning a 72 piece set of Spectrum Noir pens (and maybe even a gift certificate)!

Bedankt voor het meedoen en succes met het winnen van een 72-delige set van Spectrum Noir markers (en misschien zelfs wel een gift certificaat)!


Challenges:
- Midweek Magnolias: 1 ribbon, 2 buttons, 3 flowers
- EmercengyCrafters: Anything with wings
- Paper Crafting Journey: Colour it up
- Southern Girls Challenge: Things with wings 

CAS meets Magnolia - Baby card

Hi there and welcome to another sunny day!

Let me thank you all for your nice comments I receive over and over again. Really appreciate it!
And a thank you to all my followers... for visiting me and appreciating the work I make.

Today I like to show you something I haven't done before as well... Magnolia stamps going CAS!
It was the perfect challenge for me using a stamp I've never used before *shame on me* but to tell you the truth, there are more stamps...

Made a babycard. Not that I need them at this moment, but for my stash, so I have them when needed :)

So here it is... with loads of glitter...

That's it... thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you again later! :)



Challenges:
- LIM: Baby
- Midweek Magnolia: Big white space
- Fairytale Challenge: Things with wings
- Fussy and fancy: New baby
- Simon Says Stamps: CAS

ABC Challenge: P for pockets

Hi there and welcome to another ABC-Challenge.

This time we've arrived at the letter "P" and we'd like to see some Pocket(s) on your creation.
I've made a criss-crosscard for the first time (oh yeah!! :)) and it was sooooo much fun to do and really easy to make one. Will defenately make one in the future (near of far away that is ;))

Used a lovely Magnolia image. Oh, I just love them!!

And here's my creation:

And a detailphoto where you can see a bit of the glitter I put on Tilda's dress, crown and wand:

Thanks so much for coming over!
Please visit the ABC Challengeblog for more inspiration from the DT and to participate in this challenge :)


Challenges:
- Totally Tilda: Princess Tilda in a pink dress
- EKEF: Anything goes/Alles mag
- Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Flowers
- It's a Magnolia Challenge: Bingo (roze, ponsen, bloemen)

LIM: OLC with 3 stamps

Please scroll down for the BasicGrey Challenges-post or click here :)


Hi there (again!)

It's Saturday, so time to participate in the LIM challenge. This week they want to see us making a one layer card with only 3 stamps.
Used some older stamps from a Dutch stampstore which, unfortunately!!, doesn't excist anymore, but I still have some stamps and am really happy with them.

Also used 2 of my fave distress ink colors. They're from last winter's limited collection and really love the green and red colors.

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

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


Challenges:
- LIM: OLC with 3 stamps

Wags'nWhiskers Challenge: 1, 2, 3

Hi there and welcome to another Wags'nWhiskers Challenge :)
Hi en welkom bij een nieuwe Wags'nWhiskers Challenge :)

This challenge we'd like to see 1, 2, and 3 items on your card: 1 image, 2 ribbons and 3 designer papers.
I used one of my most used Wags'nWhiskers Images Hannah. Used her on so many cards/projects already and can't get enough of her.
Ditmaal willen we 1, 2, 3 items op je kaart zien: 1 afdrukje, 2 lintjes en 3 designer papiertjes.
Ik heb één van m'n meest gebruikte Wags'nWhiskers stempels weer eens gebruikt: Hannah. Ik heb haar al zoveel afgedrukt (klinkt niet echt lekker...hahah) voor kaarten en projecten, maar kan niet genoeg van dit schattige stempeltje krijgen.

For the designer papers, I used my all time fav manufacturer Basic Grey. I really must stop buying those papers... got so many left :) But nowadays I almost only buy the paperpads to make cards with.
I didn't use any sentiment or much embellishments on the card, so I can use it for all kind of occasions.
Voor het designerpapier heb ik weer eens gebruik gemaakt van mijn aloude favoriete papiermerk Basic Grey. Ik moet echt stoppen met het kopen van die papiertjes... heb er nog zoveel :) Maar tegenwoordig koop ik eigenlijk alleen nog maar hun paperpads om kaarten mee te maken.
Ik heb geen tekst op het kaartje gebruikt, evenals zeer weinig embellishments, zodat ik dit kaartje voor diverse gelegenheden kan gebruiken.

Anyways... here's my project for this challenge:
Anyways... hier is mijn project voor deze challenge:

And a detailphoto:
En een detailfoto:

Thanks so much for coming over. Hope to see you again later on! :)
Bedankt voor het langskomen. Ik hoop je hier weer een andere keer te mogen begroeten :)

Christmas 2012 Magnolia Tilda card: Some of my fave things

Hi there and welcome!

Today I like to show you another Christmascard..... Almost there for this year *whoowhoo*, but will be making them all year long as it will get the pressure of a lot for me! :)
It's made with one of my most used Magnolia-stamps. This one is so versatile, using it for both Christmas as birthdaycards. Love it!

Used some of a Authentique paperpad. I totally love red and green, they're my fave colors.
Also used one of my fave ever sentiment stampsets from PTI (oh, I sure do love them!!).

So here it is... a card with a lot of my fave items on it :)

Thank you so much for coming over! Hope to see you again later on :)


Challenges:
- CCWS: Sketch
- One Stop Craft Challenge: Celebrations (I choose Christmas)

Birthday Fishes for you

Hi there!

Today I like to show you a card with one of my recently purchased stampsets (2nd hand, but I totally love this set!).
It's got this great sentiments with awesome stamps.

When the newest challenge at CAS-ual Fridays was up, I had no idea which stamps to use (ok, got loads of happy birthday stamps, but wanted to make something I never made before :)), but when I came across my box with recently purchased sets, I just knew I had to use the fish and sentiment from this set :)

So here you have it...

And a detailphoto so you can see I gave 2 birthdayhats some glitter :)

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


Challenges:
- CAS-ual Fridays: Happy Birthday
- Papertake Weekly: Anything goes
- Lollipop crafts: Anything goes
- Tammy's Scrapin corner: Anything goes

Magnolia fairy Tilda 2012

Hi there and happy Sunday!

Only 1 more sleep till Queen's Day and they predict some very great weather with loads of sunshine *whoowhoo!*
Really can't wait till tomorrow, always love that day when everyone seems to be happy, selling loads of stuff (or garbage as I sometimes think *lol*).
I will be there as well, only not selling stuff, but facepainting. Really love doing that as well in my free time and at work.

Anyways... want to show you a card I made with items I bought at the AS-event earlier this month.
Really love this stamp and it was sold out within an hour!!
There were also 2 other people at a booth buying the same paper, and they challenged me to use it, so here it is.

A detailphoto... I really love the way I colored Tilda :)

Thanks so much for coming over! Hope to see you again later on :)


Challenges:
- Tiets: Sketch
- It's a Magnolia Challenge: monochromatic (I used purple)
- Paper Players: Tic Tac Toe (square card, ribbon, designer paper)

CAS: Dashing through the snow

Hi there and welcome Wednesday! :)

Today I like to show you a Christmascard. As you might now (if you're a regular visitor), I like to make Christmascards all year long, so there isn't too much stress at the end of the year.
So here's another Christmascard, made a few weeks ago. Made with stamps and dies I bought from someone who already had them *lucky me!*
Really like the vintage-feel of the items :)

The stickles had to dry, but I was too anxious taking a photo ;)

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