Spectrum Noir blog hop Christmas in July meets Basic Grey Challenges Things with wings

Hi there and welcome to a new Spectrum Noir blog hop.


The theme is "Christmas in July" and ohhhhhhhh.. I just loooooooove making Christmascards all year long, so this is just perfect for me :)
As I was browsing through my stamps, this stamp was also the perfect fit for this fortnight's BasicGrey Challenge: Things with wings.
Hi en welkom bij een nieuwe Spectrum Noir bloghop.
Het thema is "Kerst in juli" en ohhhh... Ik houd ervan om het gehele jaar kerstkaarten te maken (zoals ook hier op m'n blog te zien is ;)), dus dit is gewoon perfect voor mij :)
Toen ik mijn stempels aan het bekijken was, waren deze gebruikte stempels ook zeer geschikt voor BasicGrey Challenges: Things with wings (dingen met vleugels).

A few members of the Spectrum Noir team have gotten together to celebrate Christmas in July!  We have an inspiration-filled blog hop today, along with a few great prizes!  If you have arrived here from Suzanne's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, pop over to the Spectrum Noir blog so you don't miss a thing!
Een aantal Spectrum Noir DT-leden zijn bij elkaar gekomen om Christmas in July te vieren! We hebben een super bloghop vandaag, tesamen met een geweldige prijs! Als je bent gekomen via Suzanne's blog, dan ben je op de juiste plek aanbeland. Zo niet, ga even naar het Spectrum Noir blog, zodat je niets zult missen!




And this is the project I made. It was sooooooooo hard to come up with the perfect stamp, but thought it was time to use these ones again :)
So here you have my Christmas in July project...
En dit is het project dat ik heb gemaakt. Het was zooooo lastig om de juiste stempel te vinden, maar dacht dat deze weer aan wat inkt toe was :)
Dus hier is mijn Christmas in July project...

I used the following Spectrum Noir markers:
Ik heb de volgende Spectrum Noir markers gebruikt:
Skin/huid: FS 1,2,3,4,8, CR3 (cheeks)
Hair/haar: GB1,4,6,7
Clothes/kleding: DR1,2,3,4, EB2
NOEL: BT1,3,4,5, EB2
Ground/grond: EB1,2
Shadows/schaduw: BT1,2


I wanted the red and BT-markers having a bit of a brownish color in it, so I went over those colors with EB2. It was just perfect :)
Ik wilde dat de rood- en BT-markers een beetje bruintinten kregen, dus ik ben met de EB2-marker over deze kleuren heen gegaan. Het was gewoon perfect :)


We hope you've been checking out the Spectrum Noir blog - it is full of great tutorials, techniques, and other projects from our design team.  If you haven't been over there, go take a look!  Before we get to the rest of the hop today, let's have a little fun.  How about a prize?  Spectrum Noir is going to award one lucky winner two sets of six markers, a pack of Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth Premium White card stock (perfect for coloring!), and an adorable stamp called All Wrapped Up, from the new Mulberry Wood line.
We hopen dat je ook bij het Spectrum Noir blog langs bent geweest - het staat vol met uitleggen, technieken en andere projecten van het design team. Als je er nog nooit geweest bent, neem een kijkje!
Voordat we verder gaan met de hop... laten we wat leuks doen. Wat dacht je van een prijs? Spectrum Noir geeft 1 gelukkige winnaar 2 sets van 6 markers, een pak Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth Premium Wit cardstock (dit is echt perfect voor het kleuren!!!) en een geweldig schattige stempel genaamd "All Wrapped Up", van de nieuwe Mulberry Wood-lijn.

Entering to win is easy.  Leave a comment on the Spectrum Noir Blog Hop Post telling us your favorite Spectrum Noir color combination you saw while hopping with us this week (please comment no later then Friday, July 27 at 6:00 PM GMT).  A random winner will be drawn using random.org and posted on our blog at 9:00 AM GMT, Saturday, July 28, 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.
Om mee te dingen is gemakkelijk. Laat een reactie achter op de Spectrum Noir Blog Hop post en vertel wat je favoriete Spectrum Noir kleurencombinatie was die je tijdens deze hop hebt gezien (je hebt de tijd tot vrijdag 27 juli, 6:00 PM GMT, ofwel 7 uur 's avonds, 19.00, Nederlandse tijd ;))
Een random winnaar zal worden gekozen via random.org en op het blog gepost worden op zaterdag 28 juli om 9.00 am GMT, ofwel 10 uur 's morgens Nederlandse tijd ;). Dus kom even terug om te zien of je hebt gewonnen.
De gelukkige winnaar heeft 1 week om de prijs te claimen of er zal een andere winnaar gekozen worden.


Now, hop on over to the next amazing blog and check out what Lis has to share!  In case you get lost along the way, here is the entire hop order:
Nu ben je al lekker op weg, de volgende persoon in de hop is LIS.
Als je de weg even kwijt bent, hier is de gehele hop-volgorde:

Spectrum Noir Official Blog

Leann

Jennie

Linda

Taylor

Kristine

Suzanne

Angélique

Lis

Cyndi

Louise

Danielle

Wendy

Thank you for joining us today as we celebrate Christmas in July!  Have fun hopping around to see all of the inspiration from our team, and good luck winning the prize pack!


And also visit the BasicGrey Challengesblog for more inspiration on the "Things with wings" challenge.
Bedankt voor het langskomen vandaag terwijl we Christmas in July vieren!
Geniet, enjoy, have fun om alle inspiratie van het team te bekijken. 
Veel geluk!
Oh, vergeet ook niet het BasicGrey Challengesblog te bezoeken, want ook daar vind je meer inspiratie betreffende de "Things with wings"-challenge.




Challenges:
- TOMIC: Christmas in July (colorcombo + stars)
- Tilda's Town: Anything goes

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

Tilda with mouse - Magnolia Summer kit 2012

Hi there!!!


You really can't imagine how happy I was when receiving the Magnolia summerkit today! Really didn't expect it already (even though I thought a few weeks back it would be here any day now...).
The kit is full of lovely fall-image stamps and also some other ones.


As I couldn't wait making a card with one of those stamps... I first had to mount them. Did it last evening and just finished my card (it's just over 1.30 am overhere!!).
When mounted all the stamps, I just knew I wanted to use BasicGrey's Mellow papers. It's a really old line, but I totally love those fall colors a lot!
In fact, my fave season has to be fall as I really love all the pretty colors Mother Nature gives us.


Off course I colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers. Totally love them and they're sooooooooo easy to work with!!


Anyways... back to the card... here it is... Enjoy ;)

Oh, I'm sorry *lol*...hehe... just wanted to tease you all... *smile*


Here's the card :)

Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you later today for a new ABC Challenge blogpost.

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!

Merry Christmas Tilda Magnolia 2012 card

Hi there and hello Sunday!

Having a fabulous weekend and hope you will have the same. Have been creative all weekend so far and really enjoying myself.
Like to show you a card I have made already for Christmas 2012 :)
I almost have my Christmascards ready for this year. Can you believe it, it isn't halfway 2012 yet!! *whoowhoo!*

Anyways... used a Magnolia Tilda I really like and loved coloring her.

And a detailphoto where you can see the glitter I put on the image...

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


Challenges:
- CCWS: Sketch + a twist (use red, green and white/cream)
- Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas: Lots of layers (at least 3)
- MAWTT: Merry Christmas

CAS: Just for you

Hi there Wednesday and people! :)

When this post goes online, I'm still sleeping (oh yeah.... I loooove it!! *lol*) It's 4.37 am overhere :)

Thanks so much for hopping into my blog. Today I like to show you a card I made a few weeks back. Really CAS, used kraft, red and white cardstock and a stamp I had in my stash for many years a very, very long time :)

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

Magnolia Winter Tilda with snowflake

Hi there!

It's been a while since my last post, but I'm back :)
Have been creating a lot and those creations will be on my blog later this week. Uhhmmm... not all, as I also scrapbook, but don't put those layouts etc. online.

Today I like to show you a wintercard with one of the newest exclusive Magnolia Stamps: Winter Tilda with snowflake. Have this stamp for a couple of months and love it! It's one of my faves.
Here's the card:

Het is een tijdje geleden sinds mijn laatste post, maar ik ben er weer :)
Heb behoorlijk wat projecten gemaakt en die zullen later deze week online komen. Uhhmm... niet alles, want ik scrap ook nog, maar zet layouts etc. niet online.
Vandaag wil ik jullie een winterkaart laten zien met één van de nieuwe exclusieve Magnolia stempels: Winter Tilda met sneeuwvlok. Heb deze stempel al een aantal maanden en vind hem geweldig! 1 van m'n favorieten.
Hier is m'n kaartje:

Detailphoto:

Used some seambinding I have for sale in my shop and my copics. Can't live without them! :)
Heb wat seambinding gebruikt die ik in m'n winkeltje verkoop en m'n copics. Kan niet zonder! :)

Thanks for coming over and hope to see you later!
Bedankt voor het langskomen en hoop je later te mogen begroeten!

Challenges:
- Christmas Cards: Sketch 
- Just Magnolia: White & Blue
- Simply Magnolia: Anything goes

BasicGrey Challenge: Spring Photo inspiration

This is my 2nd post today...Please scroll down or click here for the MCSC challenge!! Thanks!! :)


Hi there and welcome again!! :)

This time it's time for another Basic Grey challenge. We're inspired by a Spring Photo you can find at the challengeblog.
When I saw this photo, I knew I wanted to use this image. This is one of my alltime fave stamps I have (and yes... I have a lot ;)). Think it reminds me of when I was young, picking daisies and making a headthingy of them. Cherishing those days a lot! :)

Anyways... here's my card. Used BasicGrey Euphoria 6x6 paperpad to create it.

Thanks so much for coming over again!
Don't forget to go to the BasicGrey Challenges blog for more inspiration from the other DT-members and your chance to play with us :)
Hope to see you later!


Challenges:
- CES Challenges: Flower Frenzy
- Die-ing for a challenge: Anything goes
- SSDS Challenge: Use your stash (All the stuff on my card is over a year old, most even older ;))
- Scrap&More: Bloemen (geloof dat er aardig wat te zien zijn ;))

WnW Challenge: Spring Break

Hi there and a very warm welcome to you all!

It's time for another Wags'nWhiskers Challenge *whoowhoo!!*
This time it's called "Spring Break", you can think anything with that in mind.

I used the gorgeous stamp Rhiannon (you can buy her here for USA and Canada and here for the rest of the world).
It's one of my fave WnW stamps. You can use here all year through... also made Christmascards with this stamp. Love it when you can use your stamps for all different kind of occasions.

Ah well... back to topic ;)
I used some Spring-colors. Love it when nature blooms again after the winter and seeing all those fresh colors makes me want the sun shining a lot.
And is sitting there on a leaf... having a break ;)

And here you have my card:

Thanks so much for coming over. Hope to see you again soon :)
Please visit the Wags'nWhiskers blog for more inspiration from the DT... thanks!!


Challenges:
- Cupcake Craftroom: Spring bouquet
- Sparkles Forum: Things with wings
- Do You Stack up: Things with wings
- Flutterby Wednesdays: Open

Happy Birthday Tilda! Magnolia card

Hi there!

Aloha!
Ik had vandaag wat vrije tijd en heb alvast wat kaarten voor DT's gemaakt en dan deze :)
Ik heb niet direct girlie verjaardagskaarten nodig, maar vind het heerlijk om ze te maken!

Got some spare time today and made some cards for DT's and this one :)
I'm not in need of some girlie birthdaycards, but I just love making them!

So here it is...

And a detailphoto so you can see the bling:

Hopelijk vinden jullie hem net zo leuk als dat ik plezier had in het maken ervan :)
De seambinding kunnen jullie overigens hier verkrijgen:
http://scrapping-angel.marktplaza.nl/

Bedankt voor het langskomen graag tot later deze week. Heb nog wat posts gereed staan!


Hope you like it as much as I loved creating it :)

Thanks for coming over and hope to see you again later this week. Got some posts sceduled already!


Challenges:
- TOMIC: sketch (plus girlie and "happy birthday"-sentiment)
- Celebrate the Occasion: Birthday (with bling)
- Clear it out Challenge: Blinged out Birthday

Magnolia Tilda card: From my garden to your heart

Hi there!

Oh my... another post for me today... don't get too used to it ;)
When surfing the internet, I found some awesome Magnolia-challenges which are perfect to combine, so I came up with a card with Tilda stamped on it.
It's one of my Maggie's I haven't used before, so it was time to ink her up.

It was a real challenge to find some matching orange-pink patterned papers, but in my collection of BasicGrey paperpads, I just found the best: Green at Heart. Pink and orange in one paperpad... GREAT!!
It's an old paperpad, but I'm someone who likes to keep things as "it will be needed some day in the future" *lol*

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


Challenges:
- Totally Tilda: Diecuts and punches
- Simply Magnolia: Bling and bows
- Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Punches
- Stamptacularsundaychallenge: Photo inspiration (I used "flowers" as inspiration)
- Magnolia Down Under Challenge: Colorcombo

Winter Magnolia card - Tilda with snowflakes

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

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

A Very Happy New Magnolia Year 2012!

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

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

Happy 90th Birthday! Magnolia stamp card

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

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