Kaartenketting: Blauw en zilver

Hi there!

*update*
Sorry for my awesome absence the last weeks, but am feeling terribly sick :(
First I had a major pain in the back and wasn't able to move properly (crawling on your knees through your house, just so you don't feel any stings isn't funny and felt really tired from only sitting/lying in my bed/couch and walking... like 5 min. lying down, 5 min. walking, 5 min. sitting and that all day long... terrible!).
And if that wasn't enough I now have a terrible pain in my ear and throat for almost a week now and seems like nothing helps at the moment, so better go to a doctor if this doesn't get any better. Also am talking like a seal at the moment...
So all by all... 3 weeks further... it can't be any more terrible, specially during Christmas.

So I'm really sorry if I haven't responded to any emails etc., but am really tired and really don't feel sitting behind my computer. The first 2 weeks I wasn't even able to sit for 2 minutes, so that's getting better.

I already sceduled this post before getting sick and haven't made a proper card since this one..
Hopefully will be back within a couple of days...

**end of update**

Hi there!

Today I like to show you a card I made for the kleurenkaartenteam.
You are supposed to make a card with blue and silver. Great Christmas/Wintercolors.

Only problem was/is... I don't have any silver paper, so I had to be a bit creative and used my silver embossingpowder.
And the best thing is... this card didn't take me too long to make.
Embossed the edges of my mat under the blue paper with the silver embossingpowder.
Stamped the images, embossed them as well. Punched out the ornaments and put them on the card.
Easypeasy...

So here you have it...

Thanks so much for coming over and hopefully you have had a fantastic Christmas Day and will have a lovely Boxing Day as well today.

Christmas Challenges {with sketches} #55

Hi there and welcome to another CCWS.

This is our last challenge for this year and a very special one as there's some candy up for grabs at the DT-members' blogs!
Oh yeah... just read on...

We all choose our fave sketch of this year and made a card with it.
I choose sketch #31 as it was my first one I made for the CCWS-DT a couple of months ago and yeah... I still like it!

So here's my take...

Made with one of my fave Christmasstamps... looooooooove my cats!

And here's the little surprise I have for you...

Some patterned papers, embellishments (some more will be added to your prize) and one of my all time fave Magnolia Winterstamps.
Please visit the CCWS-blog for the rules of this challenge and really hope you can join in.

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

Christmas Cards {with Sketches} #53

Hi there and welcome back...

It's been a while for updating my blog and being online. Busy with all the Sinterklaascelebrations at work.
Today it's time for another CCWS with a twist this time... make a bag!

I hardly have any paperbags, got them (that's 5 of them in totall...) in 3 different sizes... small, bit taller and tall (perfect for a magazine and other stuff).
The small one really was too small for the sketch, the tall one too big and the middle one... uhh... not that perfect, but it will do ;)
Instead of using paperpads, I used some scrapbookpapers from 2005 and yeah... still love my Doodlebugcollection.

Anyways... back to the challenge...

This week we're sponsored by Make it Crafty.

And here's my take on the sketch which you can find at the CCWS-blog.
**sorry for the terrible photo.... but due to all the Sinterklaascelebrations, I left my best camera at work and forgot to bring it with me to take photos... Will try to make a better one later on...**

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

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 :)

Another Christmascard and back from...

Some serious Christmasshopping in London :)

Oh yeah... finally, after 17 years of going to London almost every year, I finally was there just a couple of weeks before Christmas and was able to see all the gorgeous decorations in all the shops, beautifull Christmaslights in the streets and so much more.
Never been there so short before Christmas and wow... finally been there!
A dream came true these last couple of days :)

So... with me being in the Christmasspirit, here's another Christmascard I like to show you.
Made it with my Speccies, aka Spectrum Noir markers.
Very simple, very CAS, but sooooooo love it!
It's a 4x4" card, so very little.
Love the effect of just an image and sentiment stamp. Keep things focussed on it.

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

Christmas Cards {with Sketches} #51

Hi there and welcome to another Christmas Cards {with Sketches}  Challenge.

It's already our 51st challenge!
This week the sketch is made by Nicolet and I soooooooooo love this sketch! Will defenately use it for a non-Christmas/Wintercard as well.

We're sponsored by Alotta Rubberstamps and we all got a nice image to play with.

But without rambling too much... here's my card:

Off course my image has been colored with the Spectrum Noir markers.
Colors I used are:
Blue: TB1, TB2, TB3
Grey/brown: BG1, BG2, BG3
Carrot: OR1 and BG1
Shadow: BT1, BT2

Now it's up to you to play with us.
Just visit the CCWS-blog for more inspiration and hopefully you're able to join us this week.

Thanks so much for coming over and 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)

Kerstkaarten workshops

*Please scroll down for the tag I made*

*THIS POST WILL BE IN DUTCH*

Hi allemaal,

Ook dit jaar zal ik weer kerstkaartenworkshops bij mij thuis geven na het succes van de afgelopen jaren.
De bedoeling is dat we 4 kerstkaarten zullen maken. 3 in de zogeheten CAS-stijl en de 4e kaart zullen we uitgebreider bekleden en het stempelafdrukje zal worden ingekleurd met de Spectrum Noir markers.

Data: 8, 9, 15 en 16 december

Locatie: Den Haag (uitstekend bereikbaar per OV!! Ik woon echter op de eerste etage, zonder lift)

Tijd: Groep 1: 10.00 - 12.30 en Groep 2: 14.00 - 16.30 (16 december alleen de middaggroep)

Prijs: EUR 15,00 incl. gebruik materialen (uiteraard mag je je eigen gereedschap zoals lijm, snijmat, snijmesje, schaar, etc. meenemen), koffie/thee/fris en iets lekkers erbij.

Er is plek voor 5 personen per groep VOL=VOL


Je kunt je opgeven door een email te sturen naar:
scrapping_angel (at) casema (punt) nl


Kun je nu niet op bovenstaande data, maar je hebt al wel een groepje van 5 personen, dan kunnen we een andere datum plannen. Houdt er echter wel rekening mee dat er parkeerkosten zijn in de wijk waar ik woon tussen 18.00 en 24.00.

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