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??* :)

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

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 :)

Christmas Cards {with sketches} #64

Hi there!

Today it's time for another CCWS and we're at #64 already! Can you believe it??!!
This week you can win a fantastic prize by Scrap it and Wrap it.

Made the card with the CCWS sketch you can find at the blog.
Colored an exclusive Magnolia image with my Spectrum Noir markers. Ohhh... I love them!

And have you seen the Spectrum Noir challenge as well... it's to add a bit of glitter to your project and who doesn't love adding some sparkles to your creations?

So here's my card....

And a detailphoto of the image...

Thanks so much for coming over and hope you can join us this week with the great sketch you can find at the CCWS-blog.

See you around later on! :)

CCWS #56

Hi there and welcome again!

First of all I'd like to wish you all a happy 2013.
I still don't have any computer, and will not get it back within another 1-2 weeks.
But I managed to find a friend where I was able to upload some things and here I am... back with another CCWS creation for you.

This week the sketch has been made by me and you can find it on the CCWS-blog.
And this is the card I created. Pretty clean & simple, but really love it.

Hope you will enjoy this card and hopefully you're able to join us at CCWS with this challenge.

Thanks so much for coming over and I really hope my computerproblems will be solved soon.

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.

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!

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

Christmas Cards {with Sketches} #49

Hi there and welcome back to my blog! :)

This time it's time for another CCWS... #49 already and we're sponsored by Delicious Doodles.

And this is the card I made:

Kept it a clean and crisp card, not too much embellishments.
Offcourse I colored my image with my Spectrum Noir markers... LOVE THEM!!

Now it's time for you to go to the CCWS-blog to see this week's sketch Miranda made.

Thanks so much for coming over and see you around later! :)

Basic Grey Challenge: Anything goes

Hi there and welcome to another BasicGrey challenge!

Unfortunately this will be my last one as well.
It's with pain in my heart doing it, but it's the right thing at this point.

This fortnight's challenge is "Anything goes", so I created a Halloween card. I just loooooove the combination of green, orange, purple and black!

Colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers and am sooooo extremely happy with them and their storage!
Had a week off work and sometimes I just sat down looking at all those markers, lovely organized by color *lol*
It really made me happy :)

Anyways... back to my card for the BasicGrey challenge....

And a detailphoto where you can see the glitter I put on Tilda's hair and panty ;)

So... from this place in cyberspace I really want to thank all my teamies at the BasicGrey Challenges!!

**LOVE YOU!!**

And I'd like to thank you for coming over.... THANK YOU!!!



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



Challenges:
- Tiets: sketch
- It's A Magnolia Challenge: Halloween
- Magnolia-licious: Halloween
- My time to craft: Halloween
- Totally papercrafts: Halloween

Last Tomic Challenge :(

Hi there!

Right now it's a really sad time, as within a few minutes time the TOMIC Challengeblog will close down :(

Remembers me of February 1996... "And from today... there's no more"...

So sad, but I did try to make a last card for this challenge, a Halloweenone.

Totally love this one!

Off course I colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers and wow... I totally love their newest storing system! You really should see and have it!!

Anyways...back to topic... here's my card:

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



Challenges:
- Tomic: Halloween + bat + purple/orange/black

Christmas Cards {with Sketches} #45

Hi there and welcome to another CCWS-Challenge!

We were delighted to work with another beautifull sketch and this time the sponsor is: 

Elisabeth Bell

And this is the card I made:

Offcourse I colored my image with the SpectrumNoir markers. Love them! :)
And there is some very, very, very great news about storing them. Will let you know later this week or you can check out the website :)

See you around later on!

Christmas Cards {with sketches} #43

Hi there and welcome to another CCWS!

This time the sketch is made by Carol and we're sponsored by Whiff of Joy.

This is the card I made... Added a classical touch to it :)

Thanks so much for coming over and hope you will join us with this sketch. You can find the sketch on the CCWS-blog as usuall :)

See you around later on...

Spectrum Noir Challengeblog: Holidays

Hi all!

It's been a while... but here I am with a card I made for the new Spectrum Noir Challenge.
Yes, there's now a challengeblog with every month a new challenge and the first one is a good one: Holidays.
You can make a card with the Spectrum Noir markers for any Holiday you like.
I made, off course, a Christmascard :) Love Christmas!

Hi!
Het is weer een tijdje geleden... maar ik ben er weer met ditmaal een kaartje wat ik gemaakt heb voor de Spectrum Noir Challenge.
Jawel... er is nu een challengeblog met iedere maand een nieuwe challenge en de eerste is een geweldige: Holidays/Feestdagen.
Je maakt een kaart met de Spectrum Noir markers voor een willekeurige feestdag die je leuk vindt.
Ik heb, uiteraard, een kerstkaartje gemaakt :) Ik houd van Kerst!

Markers I used:
Markers die ik heb gebruikt:

IG 1,2,3,4,6,8,10 

CR3 

DR 3,4 

BG1 

EB 4,5 

TN 3,4,5,7 

BT 1,2 

Hope you can join us with our challenge at the Spectrum Noir Challengeblog.

Thanks for coming and see you later! :)

Ik hoop dat je meedoet met de challenge op het Spectrum Noir Challengeblog.

Bedankt voor het langskomen en tot gauw! :)

CCWS Sketch #41

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

This time it was my turn to make the sketch and you can find it on the CCWS-blog.
But not only you have to use the sketch, we also have a little twist for you and that's to use at least 2 images and mask them together.

We're sponsored by Elphine House Australia and this is what I made:

Used this paper a lot and still have some left :)
Just love  the Christmascolors a lot.

Anyways.... Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you again later on.
Please check out the CCWS-blog for more information on this challenge, the sketch and the projects the other team-members have made. Thanks!

See you around 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 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