Thursday, 18 March 2010

Instyle Stamps Wedding Week preview

As you might know... it's Wedding Week over at the Instyle Stamps blog!
We have some previews for you of new digistamps that will be released really soon.

Today it's day 4 of the previews and it's time to introduce "Mylie" to you.


Digistamp: Mylie (InstyleStamps); Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned papers: WR Memorykeepers; Flower: Prima; Brad and center: own stash; Coloring medium: Copics

Wanted to give her a red, pink or other color of dress, but with these papers I just thought white was the one to be, but you can give the dress any color you like ;)

Did I tell you these Instyle Stamps are digistamps I work with?? And did I get addicted to them! It's just so easy to buy them and having them (most of the time) the same day in your mailbox and so you can work with them the same day (or the day after due to the timedifference).
There will be loads more new releases by Instyle Stamps, so keep watching the blog and the shop! :)

See you all later tomorrow with another preview :)

Oh... And don't forget to go to the Instyle Stamps blog, as you can win awesome candy!! And I mean really awesome!!

Wednesday, 17 March 2010

OHDBCGA at Instyle Stamps! :)

It's that Wednesday of the month again: OHDBCGA at Instyle Stamps! *yahoo!!*

The theme this month is "Green and Yellow" and you can win a prize as well, but later on more about it...
Here's the card I made:

Digistamp: Shanda (Instyle Stamps); Cardstock and ribbon: Stampin'Up; Sentiment: Hero Arts; Background stamp: Hampton Art; Ink: Versamark; Coloring medium: Copics

Kept the card quite simple, used a background stamp for some attraction.

And now onto the prize you can win (got the text from the InstyleStamps blog):

This month's prize is a set of all the digital images we are releasing this month. There are over 25. They will all be available after the redesign is complete. So all you have to do to be entered is create a project using yellow and green and post a link to it in Mr. Linky by no later than 11:59 pm PST on April 13th. We will do a recap of all the images at the end of this month after blog hop in this post. That way you can see all the images you will receive.



You have a whole month to participate. 25 free digital images is a great prize. And there is a variety of styles from our great anime images, to even our cute kitty with anime eyes.


So what are you waiting for?? Get creating and watch all the beautiful items the DT has made this month! :)

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Birth or Birthday card

Made this card last weekend.
I just love the giraffe, it's so whimsical and sweet, so I thought I'd use it for a "Congratulations" (the translation of "gefeliciteerd") card.
Think you can use it for a birth or a birthday card.
Love the design of the digistamp :)

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: October Afternoon; Digistamp: Meljen's Design; Button: own stash; Baubles: StmapingBella; Ribbon: Stampin'Up; Cotton cord: Rayher; color medium: Copics; sewing machine


Used this card for "some" challenges:
Ooh-la-la-creations: Anything goes
Onestopcraftchallenge: Spots & dots (#71)
Cutecardthursday: Celebrations (#103)
Totallygorjuss: Sweet (#21)
Papercutzchallenge: Anything goes (#32)
Pileitonchallenge: Pastel Colors (#10)

Sunday, 14 March 2010

Sketch online

This weekend there's another sketch at one of my yahoogroups... I so love working with sketches!
Used the Magnolia bridalcouple I bought a few months back and I believe those stamps aren't released yet :)
I bought this stamp as I hardly have any stamps for a wedding, so I bought this one and some others (which I can, by the way, use for more occasions than weddings).

Anyways... here's my card:


And here's a detailphoto of the glitter I put on the bride :)

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: Making Memories; Baubles: StampingBella; Stamp: Magnolia (couple and rose) and StampingBella (sentiment); Ribbon: Stampin'Up; Stickles: Ranger; coloring medium: Copics; Sewingmachine

Saturday, 13 March 2010

Instyle Stamps color challenge March

Hi there and welcome to the InstyleStamps color challenge of March :)
It's a lot of green this time :)


Here's the card I made... tried to use not too many green, but also some purple as seen in the above photo in the upper right corner.
Hope you will like it as much as I do :)



Digistamp: InstyleStamps; Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: DCWV; Baubles: StampingBella; Pen: ZIG; color medium: Copics

Please take a look at all the other creations the Design Team members have made, they are, again!!, awesome!
You can also see them at the Club Anime blog where are the details are, because.....


.... you can win!!
Yes, you can win a $25 gift certificate to spend in the Instylestamps store! So what are you waiting for?? Get creating! :)

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Hula Week at Instyle Stamps day 2 :)


Aloha! :)
And welcome to the 2nd day of Hula Week at Instyle Stamps!

Living in The Netherlands, Hawaii is a country (actually a state of the USA) that, for me, is all about the big waves, the sunny weather and ALOHA! :)
So it was time to make this "Aloha!" card. Perfect in combination with Leila.



Stamps: InstyleStamps Leila (image) and StampingBella (sentiment); Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: WR Memory Keepers; Ink: Colorbox; altering tool: Tim Holtz; Baubles: StampingBella; Stickles: Ranger

Please join the other DT-members this week for a week full of Hawaiian breezes.... plus their are some prizes to win as well... check this out!

If you put the Hula blinkie on your sidebar (get it from the ISS blog), follow the ISS blog, and leave a comment on THIS post with your email address, you will have a chance to receive a FREE Leila digi!!!



Here is the lineup of images this week:



Monday: Island Sun

Tuesday: Leila

Wednesday: Top & Bottom Frame

Thursday: Ariel

Friday: Borderless Flowers

Saturday: Floral Border

 
You should leave a comment on the ISS blog every day, and they will be choosing 6 commentors to win all of the digis being released on Saturday! Woo hoo!

 
Lastly, there will be an Island Photo drawing. You are supposed to post your favourite island photo on your blog/website, and explain why it's your favourite. Go back to the blog and leave a comment on THIS post with your link! Everyone who enters will be put into a draw for an amazing gift basket! You have until 6pm, PST, March 18 ( dat is 19 maart, 3.00 's nachts! :))to enter! Dig out those photos!!!

Take care!



Just moved #3

So remember this and this post where I told you about another "just moved"-card??

Well.... here's my last one I have to show you...


Cardstock, patterned paper, stamps, ink: Stampin'Up; Kraft cardstock: Bazzill; Twine: own stash; Baubles: StampingBella

I really love this set of patterned papers and stamps.... perfect for "just moved" cards and I will probably use them a lot!
Thanks for looking at my cards!

Monday, 8 March 2010

Hula week at Instyle Stamps! :)

Please go to the InstyleStamps blog for updates and the newest stamps! :)
Mijn Hula-button staat al in m'n side-bar, dus die kun je op je eigen pc opslaan en gebruiken :)



ALOHA!!! This will be a long post, so thanks for not falling asleep or clicking away!

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you are having a wonderful Thursday.

I'm so excited to announce something going on here next week! It's all Leila inspired.

I love Hawaii. I have a few friends that are from there and we have a lot of Hawaiian customer love too. This summer we are planning a trip there (hopefully it pans out) and so I thought what a wonderful way to showcase how beautiful the Islands are by creating a few new Hawaiian inspired images. In fact we came up with 4 to be exact.

So all next week, we will have a Happy Hula Day's week. Each day will feature a tid-bit of the islands as well as a few favorite design team projects featuring our old and NEW digital stamps we are releasing.

You will be seeing Ariel our mermaid, Leila our dancing beauty and 4 new ones that will make your summer projects come alive.

Also during the week, we will have a special hula skirt for sale created by none other than Janelle, who is one of our dt members (she also created the button for the event.) And get this, it will only be $1.00. So yeah you will even be getting some bargains!

And just to jump start the festivities, if you grab the button and post it on your blog from now until the end of next week, we will be giving a free Leila digi away! Yay! I love Leila, she is too cute!

Simply follow us (if you are not already) and grab our button and post it on your blog/website for the entire week starting the day you visit us. Then leave us a comment along with your email address (leave some spaces so you won't get spam) and I will be sending lovely Leila straight to you.

Also, if that isn't enough, if you leave a comment each day, we will be choosing 6 lucky winners to receive all the digitals being released on Saturday!

And lastly we will have our favorite Island photo drawing. We want to see what makes the island special for you. All you have to do is post your favorite island photo on your blog/website and post a link to it. Make sure you tell us why you like that photo so much in your post too.

All those that participate will be entered into a drawing for some great prizes including some new spellbinder dies! Woo hoo! That's all I can say for now. But you won't want to miss it. I will be back on Monday with a photo of the giftbasket of goodies. The total value of the prize will be over $150.00. That's a lot of money honey!

Here are the drawing rules:

*The photo must belong to you. Either you or someone in your immediate family must have taken the photo. Please don't snag photos off the internet to enter.
*You may enter as many photos as you like.
*The photo must be family friendly.
*A post about the photo must accompany the picture.
*You must have the hula days button on your sidebard the entire week.
*You must leave a comment ON THIS post with a link to the photo along with your email address. You can leave it like this: amy at yahoo.com That way you won't get a bunch of spam. If you leave a comment about the photo link anywhere else, it won't count.
*You have until 6:00pm PST March 18th to enter your photo.

The prize will be sent out once all the items become available (some of the spellbinders are pre-ordered).

That is all for now! I hope you are just as excited as we are. Make sure you stop by on Monday to join in all the fun!

To recap the prizes:

*Free Leila for those that follow us and put the hula days button on their sidebar
*6 lucky participants will receive all 6 digital images just for leaving a daily comment
*Photo drawing for a prize valued at over $150.00!!!

Mahalo!

Just moved #2

Remember this post??
Now it's time to post the 2nd card I made with the awesome (free!!) SU-goodies.
Just love the newest borderpunch SU released. I also used the (free!!) patterned papers, also for the big image. It's just perfect!

Thanks for looking.... and I have one more "just moved"-card to show you later this week...


Cardstock, patterned paper, border punch: Stampin'Up; Baubles: StampingBella

Sunday, 7 March 2010

Challengecard

The sun has been shining since yesterday, so Spring is defenately around the corner.
It's time for it as well, as we had a long, long and cold winter overhere in The Netherlands. Haven't seen so much snow for 2 months long!

Anyways... time for a "Spring"card with the delicious papers of My Mind's Eye (I so love their new line "Quite Contrary"! Totally my kind of colors!)
Pull out my sewingmachine for a bit of a altered look and joined 2 challenges:
Create4Fun (sketch, turned actually)
Stampavie and more (Theme: Spring)

Here's my card...


Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned papers: My Mind's Eye; Stamp: Magnolia; Flowers: Prima & own stash; Leaves: Prima; Baubles: StampingBella; Ribbon: American Crafts; Copics; Letter stickers: Making Memories