Update....

Finally I have my internet-access back.
Really frustrating a lot! Had it a few weeks ago as well.
But did a lot of scrapping the last weeks though.
I've been a ClubScrap-member (http://www.clubscrap.com) for about 4 years right now and they have this great Assembly Line Scrapbooking method where you're able to make about 12 layouts from one kit!! Using all the papers you get in the kit. I so love that!!
I got my kits stacked with two of them in one pizzabox (that's like January and February in one pb, March and April in the next, etc.), so you can imagine the boxes overhere, but they're really going down in numbers by scrapping the ALSB-way :)
As I now can put the layouts from 4/5 boxes in one pizzabox, so it saves me a lot of space (even though my pizzaboxes are stacked down the ceiling, so are not in the way at all.

Have to finish 6 boxes (with 11 kits in totall), but now my problem is: I run out of double sided tape!! *aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh*
That's because I made some cards to sell for Queensday (30th April we celebrate the Queen's birthday, even though it was the Queen's mother's birthday). Really love them a lot and the people who saw them said they are really cute :)
But on 30th April the weatherforecast wasn't that great... loads of rain, with some sun, so I didn't want to ruin my handmade items, so didn't go. Better luck next time.
Made my cards with the cute Sugar Nellie, Magnolia and Penny Black stamps. I just soooooooo love them!!

Back to the tape... I wanted to buy new tape this morning (can you imagine... 29th April I run out of tape, 30th all the shops who sell it are closed, and 1st May all the other shops are also closed), but the first shop I went to didn't sell it anymore and up to my round-the-corner hobbyshop.
There I found out they are closed today (2nd May) and tomorrow!!!
So that means: today, tomorrow, Sunday and Monday (that's their regular closed day...) no tape for me to buy!!
Well... I know what to do... I will just colour some stamped images so I will be able to stick them to the papers as soon as I have more tape.
Have to admit it... I'm a real double-sided tape addict.

For the rest... everything is going alright.
Have some difficulties to cope with, but that's ok. It's part of life. I will not write it down here.

Anyways... Jet and Gizmo (my 2 cats) are just sooooooo lovely. They're really enjoying the nice weather and my balcony (attached with a chain, otherwise they're in my neighbour's gardens with the chickens and dogs...hehe...

Will post some cards tomorrow or at least this week if internet is still working properly :)
See ya!

Very productive!

This was a very productive weekend for me.

Finished my album I started at Scrap-a-Ganza last November from the Making Memories class. Yesterday I put my photos in and it's done! *yahoo!!*

Also started my new ClubScrap pizzabox to ALSB. It's great to do something like that.

But there's only one problem. I need the embellishments to make the layouts, but I just use what I have :)

Anyways... been als productive making loads of cards for some birthdays the coming days. Need a special one for my Grandma who's turning 90 this Wednesday! *yahoo!*

Here's a card made for my SIL who's birthday is tomorrow:

Used: cardstock: Bazzill, Patterned paper & brad: Basic Grey, Flowers: Prima, Rubon: Making Memories, ink: ColorBox, stamp: SugarNellie, pencils: Derwent

Here's a card made for my mother's friend who's turning 60 tomorrow:

Used:
cardstock: Bazzill, Patterned paper & button: Basic Grey, Flowers: Prima, Rubon: Making Memories, ink: ColorBox, stamp: SugarNellie, pencils: Derwent

Yahoo!!!

Just found this very gorgeous performance of Mr. Robbie Williams at a friend's website :)

I just lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveee him :D

Just a layout...

Here's a layout I made last week about a holiday in Vienna, Austria, back in 2006.

It's such an amazing city with a lot of culture and enormous buildings like Schönbrunn with its gardens and amazing history of Sissi.

Wanna know a secret??

Are you sure??

Ok then....

If I ever am going to marry, I wanna have my weddingphotos taken in Vienna with me in my weddingdress on the balcony and the stairs of Schonbrunn!! *very big smile*

Beautifull!!!

Update :)

It's been a while since I've been around on my blog, but not in scrappingland :)

I've given a "star-album" workshop in February at http://www.tessategendraads.nl/ and will be giving the same one 14th June, so if you like to learn how to make this album... please join in the fun!!

Been home for 1,5 week right now, sick, feeling miserable, loads of headaches, but this morning I stood up without any headaches. So that was great!!

I did a lot of scrapping the last 1,5 week. Cleaned my scraproom... well, I tried ;)

Have loads of ClubScrap pizzaboxed untouched and since they have this great ALSB, I've already ALSB-ed 5 of them, finished a 20-pages 9x9 album, finished 4 mini-albums (had to get the photos in...) and finished 2 layouts.

Luckily my headaches are almost over, so will go back to work on Monday.

Here's a photo of my 2 cats, Gizmo and Jet for the first time in my bf's garden :) They've grown really hard the last couple of months. Also been sterillized by the vet, so no little cats for me...

Gizmo:

Jet:

Well... gotta go :)

Some cards I made recently...

2 cards, first one was for my brother's birthday, the other one for my youngest niece....

TFL!!!

Take That concert

Ok,

So I went to the Take That concert 1st November and it was awesome!!
Really enjoyed myself a lot and it seemed like yesterday I saw them on 16th March 1995!!!
Saw some familiar faces at the concert, like people who've supported them over the years and off course Mr Robbie Williams (oh man.... I followed him everywhere I could in Holland ;) )

Found some really, really great YouTube movies on the internet...
Let me share you the best.... (can't choose really, but I so loved this song Give Good Feeling... really groovy... though the YouTube movie doesn't do it justice at all!!! And I found Could It Be Magic... One of my fave live songs of them....)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kgcDTtlHkkg

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wu3UN9KsDNg

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do...

There are a lot more nice movies of that incredible concert!
Really hope they'll come here really soon as I so love those concerts!!!

For the rest... Have been making some cards... one for my Grandmother's birthday November 13th and some other Magnolia-stamped cards. I so love those Magnolia-stamps!!!
If there was only one shop where I could buy some time...
Or I could start one???!!! That way I'm a billionaire within a few minutes *LOL*
Gotta go....

Been to TAKE THAT!!!

Wow!! It was absolutely great!!! No words can ever say enough about this show. It was amazing.
Will update about it soon!!! Going to bed :)

New York

Monday is my father's birthday. He will celebrate it tomorrow (Sunday) and I made him a staralbum from his trip to New York last November.

I hope he will like it as much as I do :)

It was a lot of work, specially sewing the pages together and cut them.

Made the album with PaperSalon papers, Creative Imagination rub-ons, Quickutz Frankie alphabet, 7gypsies phototurns, some ribbon, Making Memories brads and off course Bazzill cardstock (I sooooooooo love this cardstock and really can't live without!).

Made him a staralbum as America has all those stars in its flag.

So here are the promised sneak peaks :) TFL!!

The front cover:

The actual STAR:

Super!

I feel so lucky having a vacation. It's really relaxed this time, compared to the summerholidays.
Cleaned my house a bit yesterday as I won a prize: a man came over to tell me how much my house is worth.
I was quite surprised about the price he named, and I mean very surprised!! *LOL*
He was really happy about the way my house is (4 bedrooms, new kitchen, new central heating, new bathroom, etc.), very modern he told me and when I was going to sell it I could ask a bit more, as my house is totally finished and new people can come in without having to do much (exept for a bit of painting, but that wasn't nesessary as well). So yes, I was surprised!
Also scrapped a bit, made a layout of Gizmo. Really experimented with paint etc. this time and it felt good!! No photo of it yet :(

Nothing much today... went go out to do some shopping. Went to the center for the Take That cd, but it still wasn't there!! :( Hate it, as I really wanna have it, as I'll go to their concert next Thursday and I'm really looking forward to it.
Been a huge fan of them since 1993 or something, they split up in 1996, but now, 10 years later, I will be able to go to their concert again!! I really can't believe it!!
You can follow this link http://www.takethattv.com to hear some music of them and see some nice photos of them :)
Always had a crush on Markie... he's a cutie!! That defenately didn't change! *LOL*

Anyways... been to the center and after that, went to a scrapstore. Bought the latest Doodlebug Plain & Simple flowers http://www.doodlebug.ws.
Will be decorating them after Christmas I think. Though it would be nice to alter them for Christmas with some Christmascolors. Don't know yet ;)
Did some more groceryshopping and this evening I settled myself down to work on my father's New York-album.
He has his birthday next Monday, but celebrates it Sunday, so made him an star-album. Almost finished. Will upload a sneakpreview tomorrow.

Not much more... so better go to bed to get some sleep. Will be scrapping tomorrow all day long *YAHOO!!!*

Forgot to thank you all for your nice comments on my previous post :)
And another something... got an idea coming up... just be patient and read my blog within a week :)