MAKE IT HAPPEN

Cardssss

2012-01-08T16:21:00.055+01:00

During the holidays I did a lot of cardmaking.

Six cards with left overs from Echo Park:

Also made quite some condolence cards.

Love the simple design. It´s just perfect for this kind of sentiment.

The "x-mas mini workshop" at school was a great success!

At some point it was so crowded that 3 students helped me out.

Here I amdoing some last minute preparation (photo taken by Liv).
In case you are wondering why I am wearing sunglasses.... I had an eyelid correction.

Thanks for watching, until next time :)

Ready!

2011-12-10T07:41:00.012+01:00

As mentioned before I am teaching a "christmas make & take" at the yearly christmas celebration at school. This week I did all the preparation.

Lots of cutting and punching:

Decorated this little three with some examples (gift tags):

Also created a name badge for the working group:

Now all I have to do is lay back and wait for the 22th December ;)

Lazy Sunday...

2011-11-28T07:22:00.016+01:00

Yesterday was a rainy and stormy Sunday so we decided to stay at home.

While my family (Ruud/Liv) was busy doing something close to nothing :) I did some cardmaking.

Some Echo Park cards:

Some Fancy Pants cards:

Greetings from Limburg.

Christmas already!

2011-11-18T08:55:00.028+01:00

Liv's teacher asked me if I had some "crafty ideas" for the yearly christmas celebration at school. I told her that maybe it would be fun to arrange a "christmas make & take" for all pupils (4 - 12 years old).

Did some googling and already made some examples (have to keep it simple so all pupils can participate).

Gift tags:

A santa´s hat:

See that tiny fabric reindeer? You can buy them at Xenos.

Last week I did a school project called "scrapkaartjes maken".

Love to see how concentrated they are.

The boy on the picture told me he wanted to be a scrapper when he grows up!

Who knows.... maybe he is the next Tim Holtz ;)

Have a good weekend.

I spy Echo Park ;)

2011-11-07T14:13:00.019+01:00

Love this new line (Times and Seasons) from Echo Park.
It´s great for male cards (and female offcourse ;)

Did you read about this great scrap-event in Utrecht next year?

Seats are limited so you have to hurry!

My seat is already taken ;)

Will be there on saturday and sunday, together with my "scrapbuddy" Jenneke.

Speaking of a mini....

2011-10-15T17:31:00.019+02:00

Made this tiny, tiny mini out of closet rolls.

It´s about Liv´s "judo examen".

And offcourse I made some cards :)

About my injury.

Went to see my chiro.

She told me I had to rest for 2 weeks (phew, thought I was out of commission for months...)

So next week I can start working-out again!

Hooray for that :)

Can you believe that!

2011-10-03T08:19:00.014+02:00

I got injured again. This time it´s my hip bone (slijmbeursontsteking).

Love to work-out every day. Guess I was overdoing it...

Now I have to rest (hate that) and cool a lot.

But heey, look on the bright side... more time for cardmaking ;)

And that´s just what I did.

Have a happy week :)

I am back...

2011-09-24T14:51:00.014+02:00

... with some cards to show you.
For the most part I used papers from My Minds Eye (good day sunshine girl).

Today I am home alone so I´ll guess more cardmaking for me ;)

A special card ...

2011-08-08T14:09:00.026+02:00

... for my sweet sister.
She´s turning 50 by the end of August.

Some random cards:

Colourful cards

2011-07-27T14:20:00.013+02:00

It´s still rainy overhere and that´s perfect weather for being creative inside the house :)

Made some new cards with papers from Lily Bee Design.

See you around ...

More cards...

2011-07-23T08:57:00.013+02:00

Love those papers/stickers from Lily Bee Design.

They are great for cardmaking (and scrapbooking offcourse ;)
Did you see their new lines already? They are great!

Hope they hit Holland soon :)

Have a nice weekend (it´s gonna be windy/rainy).
Guess what I will be doing .... :)

Cardsss

2011-07-20T20:24:00.009+02:00

Well... I am back in cardmaking-business!

Love making a "grid card".

It´s easy, quick and gives a clean & simple result (just the way I like it :)

The cover

2011-07-09T14:47:00.014+02:00

Finished the cover of my "mini" (6 x 12 inch).

Love that it looks so "fat" (normally I don´t like fat ;)

Made the flowers with some left-overs from Crate Paper.

See you around :)

Back at summer camp...

2011-07-01T14:27:00.022+02:00

Finished 2 layouts.

First prompt: bubbles (mix ink with bubble bath).

Such an easy and fun technique.

Second prompt: salt (mix spray-ink and salt).

Again... an very easy and fun technique (love the result).

Last wednesday 8 ladies visited my house for a workshop (enveloppe album).

We used the lovely papers and stickers from Echo Park.

Some photos:

A few mothers asked me, if maybe next time I could organise a mother/daughter (or son) workshop.

Don´t know about that.... seems difficult...

Suggestions/ideas anyone?

Add color (part 2)

2011-06-17T18:35:00.020+02:00

For this layout I used the same prompt as previous post.

Coloured the photo with Staedtler pens.

For the "sewing" I used the design ruler from Tim Holtz.

It´s got all these tiny holes and is very easy to use.

Also made 2 enveloppe albums (both gifts).

One for Liv´s teacher, she gave birth to a baby boy.

One for a couple that celebrates their wedding anniversary.

Can you tell I got my creative feeling back :)

Add color

2011-06-16T14:01:00.011+02:00

Did another assignment for summer camp (again 6 x 12 inch).

Prompt: add a little bit of color (I used markers) to a black and white photo and use the picture in your art.

Think I am gonna make me another one cause I am still having fun at summer camp :)

Marit´s creative summer camp

2011-06-10T11:36:00.031+02:00

Finished two photography assignments (photo cutting) for Marit´s summer camp.
Had so much fun with this assignment that I decided to make another page :)

Want to make all the assignments on 6x12 inch papers and bind them together so I will have a cute "little" mini.

Marit´s Summer camp is a place where all creative people are welcome! There´s room for everyone! It´s like a big playground :) You can still join us if you want to. For more details, just go to Marit´s blog.

Thanks for watching.

Done!

2011-05-26T13:23:00.032+02:00

I finished the mini.

For the most part I used papers/album from Pink Paislee (Sweetness).
Already hand over the album to my mother-in-law and she was very pleased with it.

Let me show you the photos:

Right now I am preparing a workshop for some friends of mine.

We are going to make an envelope album (pocket-album) with papers from Echo Park.

It´s such a fun and easy technique.

See you around.

Working ...

2011-05-07T19:06:00.020+02:00

... on a mini right now.
It´s a gift for my mother in law.

Wanted to finish it before Mother´s Day but life got in the way ;)

Had a busy time at work and have been working-out every day.

Finally got "permission" from my chiropracticer after an injury.

We also took a little break at Jenneke´s "vakantiehuisje".

It´s the perfect place to relax!

Hope to finish this album soon so I can show you the rest.

Today we set up the pool.

Pfff... lots of work.... but it´s all worth it.

Enjoy your weekend.

Another gift

2011-04-17T14:35:00.006+02:00

This time for my brother/sister-in-law. Their daughter (Pip) is turning one next week :)

Hope to do some serious scrapping soon (it´s a busy time at work).

A teachers gift

2011-03-31T19:44:00.025+02:00

Decorated a giftbag for Liv´s teacher Monique.

She will be absend for a period (maternity).

Inside the bag is some chocolate ;)

The lovely birdcage tag is from Prima.

Enjoy your weekend (weather forecast 22 degrees.... Yeah!!)

Home Deco!

2011-03-20T16:00:00.009+01:00

Did some "home deco" as they call it.
It´s a gift for my mother-in-law.
She always takes good care of her grandchildren.

Enjoy your sunny sunday :)

Colorful cards with Echo

2011-03-11T11:05:00.011+01:00

Totally in the mood for cardmaking :)

Just finished these 3 cards with the lovely papers from Echo Park (little girl).

Thanks for watching and enjoy your weekend!

Lots of cards

2011-03-05T08:50:00.020+01:00

Made myself some new cards.

Three cards with Studio Calico (Elementary) including some Lily Bee and SRM.

Three colorful cards with Echo Park (Little Girl) and some Bo Bunny.

Enjoy your weekend.

We are celebrating "carnaval" so I probably won´t be crafting ;)

Did you know that...

2011-02-16T08:01:00.032+01:00

... Scrapdelight hands out an on-line magazine almost every other month?

You can download the latest edition here (all sorts of cards, layouts and home-deco).

These are my projects.

A layout with the lovely Crate Paper (Restoration).

Valentine cards and gift tags with papers from Bo Bunny (Crazy Love).

Enjoy your week.

Left overs!

2011-02-14T14:30:00.009+01:00

Made myself som cute embellies with left-overs from Glitz Design papers.

After that I made myself some lovely giftcards (8x8 cm), using those embellies.

Have yourself a good week :)

Hoopla!

2011-02-12T13:37:00.008+01:00

Created 2 new cards with the papers from Glitz Design (Hoopla).

Although the papers are not really "my cup of tea" I do like the result.

Enjoy your weekend.

Great little video about SMASH!

2011-02-09T08:32:00.021+01:00

The newest way to save all your cool stuff!
Have to wait until April before it hits the stores.
For more info, check out http://www.smashstoriesblog.com/

Doesn´t it look awesome?

Crate Paper

2011-02-08T07:51:00.009+01:00

Don´t you just love Crate Paper!

I do.

Lovely designs and great quality.

It´s fun and easy to make some cards (or layouts) with the papers and embellies from Restoration.

Enjoy your week.

Cards and having fun!

2011-02-04T09:31:00.030+01:00

Created 2 cards for Scrapdelight.

Although I am not a "rub-ons user" I managed to step out of my comfort zone ;)

Made this card (blijf gezond) for a friend who just had surgery.

Used the funny apple-paper and rub-ons from Studio Calico.

For the next card (happy birthday to you) I used a whole package October Afternoon rub-ons! No leftovers here ;)

The lovely canvas tags are from Prima Marketing and thickers from American Crafts.

Last thursday I had a "date" with Jenneke.

We talked, laughed, did some scrap-shopping, ate "Limburgse vlaai" and took some bad quality pics with her cellphone ;)

Thanks again Jenneke for a great time (should do this again real soon).

Enjoy your weekend.

I managed to ...

2011-01-17T20:47:00.010+01:00

... sneak in some "me-time" ;)

Last saturday I received a goodiebag from Michelle (owner Scrapdelight).

Although my plans were to do some cleaning, I couldn´t resist these new papers and made two birthday cards.

Look at my scraptable now!

It doesn´t look "clean & simple" anymore...

But that´s okay, I am happy to be back in business ;)

Hello 2011

2011-01-12T22:26:00.021+01:00

Long time, no blogging.

Pfff... it´s a busy time at work.

Just 2 more weeks and then I will have more time for scrapping, blogging, working-out etc.

Made myself a "to do list" for this year:

- create muchos layouts (want to keep up with Jenneke (oeps... already failed at that one :)

- take a self portrait every week

- participating more at/in challenges

We bought ourselves a new photo printer.

The "old" one broke down :(

You know what...... bought the same again!

I just loooooove this Canon printer.

Also reorganised my scraptable. Doesn´t it look "clean and simple" ?

Wait until I start scrapping again, I promiss you won´t recognize it ;)

Bye for now.

Newsflash

2010-12-26T08:44:00.031+01:00

Designteam
A few days ago I received an email from Michelle (owner of Scrapdelight) if I would like to join their designteam for the next 3 months. Well offfcourse... I am looking forward to it :)

Recently I had some email contact with Michelle (bought all my scrapbook material for the xmas workshop at her store (she could offer the best prizes!). Not only did I noticed that she is very young to already run her own business (she is only 25!!) but she is very ambitious and customizable, which I think nowadays is very important.

Take a look at the Scrapdelight weblog for the introduction of the new guest designers: http://www.scrapdelight.blogspot.com/

Birthday
Last friday (24th) I turned 46. Got some great gifts.

This beautiful handmade necklace from a Dutch on-line shop. Not only does this woman make gorgeous jewelry, she also shoots amazing photos! Check out her site to see what I mean: http://www.damselofdainty.nl/

Also a great gift, this rechargeable daylight battery lamp (and nope that' s not me on the picture :) At evenings I have very bad light at my scraptable so this lamp is very welcome!

Reorganization
Next week I will be reorganizing my scraptable. I have to little space at my table (I am sure you all know what I am talking about ;) Bought some handy boxes at http://www.boxenvankees.nl/

Wishing you all a wonderful week and a colourful new year!

12.09 Sketch challenges

2010-12-14T13:56:00.007+01:00

Never entered this challenge before so it´s about time :)

Here is my take on their sketch:

My photo printer broke down :(
Now I have to wait until it´s repaired cause I don´t have any photos lying around.
Oh well, that´s a good excuse to get some cleaning done instead of scrapping...

It´s been a long time...

2010-12-12T15:38:00.013+01:00

... but I finally finished a layout!

Not sure if I like this one but it´s okay (refering to Ali Edwards :)

Most important are the photos and the story behind the photos.

Never mind the newest papers/embellies or the latest techniques, that´s less important.

So here it is:

Scrapped a sweet little note from Liv.

Something else:
Do you know/remember Silvia Pilger?
I know her from SIS (she also wrote some articles for CMF).
Well, she is starting a new business called "camera bags with style".
Hooray for that cause I am still "hunting" for a camera bag that I can use as handbag too.
Take a look at her blog/shop:
www.silvitanova.blogspot.com

Enjoy your week.

Snowflakes

2010-11-29T14:48:00.012+01:00

Yesterday I wanted to create a card with snowflakes.
Since I don´t have a snowflake punch I came up with this funny idea.
I used "verstevigingsringen" which you can buy at the "Bruna".
Love the result and they are easy to use.

Remember this funny card?
I ended up first at the Dutch Card Lovers challengeblog.
Hooray for that :)

At the moment it´s snowing here in Limburg.

I have a couple a days off so I probably will go outside to shoot some "winter photos".

Enjoy your week.

Thank you

2010-11-25T15:00:00.024+01:00

"workshop ladies"!

I had a great time.

Loved watching you getting creative...

There were some serious moments:

And there were some laughing moments:

Let me show you some of the cards they created:

Hope to see you all next time.

Dutch card Lovers / workshop

2010-11-23T13:02:00.017+01:00

A new sketch over at Dutch card Lovers. A good reason to make a new christmas card.

Not an easy one I have to admit... but I managed :)

Now I have to figure out how mr. Lincky works... (never used it before).

So tonight and tomorrow I will be teaching a workshop called "trendy x-mas cards".

I already "set the table" :)

They all receive a package with some lovely papers/embellies from Crate Paper.

Also added a little gift for everyone.

I will keep you posted.

Bye for now.

Thank You Cards

2010-11-17T12:17:00.014+01:00

Just made these 2 cards for the new challenge at these are a few of my favorite things.

This time it´s a different one. You can read all about it here:

http://www.whatisyourfavething.blogspot.com/

Hope you find time to help.

Hopefully this week...

2010-11-15T12:57:00.010+01:00

I will receive all my stuff I bought for the "trendy xmas cards" workshop.

As you can see I already made a lot of embellies for the "workshop ladies".

They may use these or make their own.

Also made some new cards.

Wishing you all a nice week. Hope to see some of you at Sunday in Heesch!

First.....

2010-11-07T11:35:00.009+01:00

..... I made these:

Then I made these:

And then came these:

This week I bought myself these papers:

I think you know by now what I will be doing the next couple a days .... :)

Look what I did!

2010-10-31T08:13:00.018+01:00

Made all of these embellies with some left-overs.
Gonna donate them to school for a scrapbook project.

Next week I will be teaching a workshop at Liv´s class (8/9 year olds).

Studens will be making a photostandard of out white enveloppes.

Already made an example for them so they have an idea what it will look like when it´s finished.

Kept it simple cause most of them don´t craft very much.

Offcourse I will be leaving you with some christmas cards.

Totally hooked on making them ;)

Bye for now.

More cards (+ embellies)

2010-10-28T12:48:00.020+02:00

Made some new x-mas cards (and enveloppes).

Gave the reindeer a cute scarf :)

And offcourse some cute x-mas embellies:

That´s all for now.

Thanks for watching ;)

Workshop

2010-10-18T08:17:00.021+02:00

As mentioned before I am preparing a workshop called "trendy kerstkaarten".

Ten ladies will be visiting my house for some serious crafting :)

They will all receive a package with the some xmas goodies from Crate Paper (Snow Day).

Already made some examples for them.

Hardest part for me was to make cards with only these goodies (you know I like to mix things up :) Funny thing though... this was also the easy part. Made these cards in no-time cause I couldn´t add anything else.

1) Trifold card with pocket/tag and a kraft bag (if you want you can include a little x-mas gift).

2) A2 card with fold on the leftside and a matching enveloppe.

3) Square card with a funny plastic enveloppe.

4) A2 card with fold on top and "glimmer mist enveloppe".

5) Tag card with a kraft enveloppe.

It´s up to them whether they want to copy the cards or let their own creativity flow :)

Stay tuned cause more cards will follow...

It´s showtime!

2010-10-05T08:13:00.055+02:00

The mini is done - finished - ready!
Lots of work but I enjoyed every minute of it.

Felt good to be really scrapping again.

For quite a while I wasn´t in the mood for scrapping, no inspiration... not good enough...

But now I feel like I am back on track (hooray for that :)

As promised some photos.

The front cover.

Little detail: "F" and "L" chains (first letter of my father and mothers name).

I had so much photos lying around that is was a bit overwhelming. So I came up with a plan ;)

I devided the album in four categories (guests - food/drinks - music - (grand) children).

With each categorie I added some photos. That made it a lot easier to finish the album.

Some of the inside pages.

I typed out the poem my mother wrote on the invitations.

You see that.... yip that´s me taking pictures that day.

Already hand over the album to my parents and they loved it!

And when they are happy I am happy ;)

AZZA scrapbooking ?

2010-10-02T14:24:00.028+02:00

Say what?
That´s what I thought until a few days ago...

Here´s the story:
Couple weeks ago I bumped into a "scrapfriend" I haven´t seen for a while.
She told me she had switched from the "American way" to the "AZZA way" of scrapbooking and that she´s also an AZZA-teacher.
I was curious to see/hear more, so I went to visit her.

How it works:
AZZA has their own templates and their own "rules".
Each layout contains a lot of photos in different shapes and just a few (or none) embellies.
A few examples so you have an idea:

Totally different from the "American way" and there is a lot of cutting going on.
You have to work/scrap very precisely!

I think it doesn´t matter which way or how you scrap. As long as you enjoy it, it´s okay.
For more information: http://www.nicolecreations.info/

VIVIAN is the winner of my little give-away!
Please send me your address and I will send the package a.s.a.p.

The album is almost done. Next post some more pictures.

See you around :)

Little give-away

2010-09-20T17:00:00.063+02:00

Made some new embellies with those gorgeous tiny stamps I recently bought at www.cutetape.com/shop.

If you would like to win these (along with some other stuff'), please leave a comment.

My way of saying thanks to all my online friends that always put a smile on my face with their positive comments.

Finished the front cover of the mini.

Now comes the hard work, the inside pages....

Here it is... my first x-mas card.

I am also preparing a "trendy x-mas cards" workshop for some friends of mine.

More of that later.

They spotted me at SRM ;)

Check out: http://www.srm-stickers.blogspot.com/

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

What have I been up to...

2010-09-16T19:07:00.026+02:00

Well... let´s tell and show :)

Already made Liv´s birthday invitations.

She is turning 9 by the end of October.

Still working on that mini for my parents.

Lots of work but it´s for a good cause ;)

Will be using these papers from Fancy Pants, called Happy Together.

Bought an album (HEMA) for the "left over" photos from their wedding anniversary,

Decorated the front cover with some "home-made" embellies ;)

As you can see I used my new tiny stamps on this one.

Wishing you all a nice weekend.

Lots to show

2010-09-09T13:15:00.014+02:00

Just got mail from the US!
Wow, look at this package: masking tape, tiny woorden stamps, bakers twine.
You see that cute little stamp "handmade"... gonna use that on my future cards :)

Also got a package from Scrapware:

Recently my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Promised to make a mini album for them. Since my dad owned his own business as a carpenter/joiner (timmerman/meubelmaker) thought it would be a cool idea to use a Kaisercraft mdf album + the mdf "50" number!

Hope they are gonna like it.

As last some new embellies I made:

Now I am off to make myself some cute embellies with those new wooden stamps. Yeah!

It´s time for some

2010-08-30T15:04:00.007+02:00

new embellies.

I don´t like to make embellies while I am scrapbooking,

Takes to much time/effort.

Like to have them "in stock".

Since yesterday was such a rainy day, made myself some new ones.

It´s also time for some new layouts!

Have so much photos lying around but something is holding me back.

Don´t know what it is but I sure hope this feeling doesn´t last too long...

I just love....

2010-08-17T07:50:00.034+02:00

Etsy!
Yes I do.
Every now and then I spoil myself with some little "gifts" ;)
Yesterday I received 3 packages from the US.

First package: some lovely baker´s twine from Deana (www.etsy.com/shop/luvfashion)

Second package: gorgeous shabby ribbon from Patsy Lewis(www.etsy.com/shop/PrairieBirdBoutique).

Third package (not Etsy): some cool stickers from SRM (http://www.srmpress.com/).

Guess what I will be doing the next couple a days... yip cardmaking!

Leaving you with a picture of Liv and me together in a (small) airplane.

We did an "airplane trip" above our village. I looks like I am doing allright but in fact I was terrified. I am afraid of flying! Had to force myself to do this cause I didn´t want to miss Liv´s first flying experience. Looks like she is doing okay ;)

I told you I was

2010-08-06T11:00:00.005+02:00

back on track :)

Just can´t stop making cards (and offcourse the envelopes...).

Can you believe that in the passed I said that cardmaking was "oubollig" (sorry to all the cardmaking ladies). Now I do it myself !

Now I have to wait for the "christmas lines" (Crate Paper has some gorgeous xmas embellies).
Yes... already want to make a start with the x-mas cards....!

I don´t send out much cards so most of the cards will probably go to my mother.

Thanks for watching and enjoy your weekend.

Back on track

2010-08-01T12:41:00.007+02:00

I guess..

Made 2 new cards.

Finally my scrappingmood is coming back to me. Yeah!

Wishing you all a nice sunday.

It was to hot for ...

2010-07-29T10:11:00.014+02:00

... scrapbooking, cooking diner, eating diner, working out, sleeping, blogging, working at the office....pffff

So glad that temperatures are back to normal.

Finally did some scrapping again.

Not much but it´s a start.

A few cards and some matching envelopes (you know me, I like matching envelopes :)

Now that CHA is going on, which manufacturer do you think has the most amazing new products ?

For me it´s Sassafras. Check out their new flower embellies!

Want so see more: http://sassafras.typepad.com/sassafras/

Freestyle mini

2010-06-24T16:03:00.018+02:00

For this mini I used spray inkt, crackle paint, stamps, acrylic paint, cardstock and some left-over embellies.

Did an "interview" with Liv.

I asked her 10 questions about myself.

Noticed that I made a "mistake" ?

I switched number 5 and 6!

Wanted to change it first but said to myself "nope, that´s why they call it freeystyle" ;)

Hope you all have a great weekend.

My partner just left for a "motorcycle weekend" so it will be Liv and me :)

Blue eyed girl

2010-06-15T16:34:00.018+02:00

is the tittle of my next lay-out.

Scrapped this one while watching Holland-Denmark!

Look what the mailman brought me today, lovely flowers from www.precociouspaper.etsy.com

Don´t they look great!

Hope to finish another layout this saturday, cause then will be the next soccer game ;)

My fav. shoes

2010-06-09T15:01:00.018+02:00

Created this layout for the challengeblog http://www.whatisyourfavething.blogspot.com/
They are celebrating their 1 year anniversary and have 28 prices to donate!!
Is this huge or what...
Julie (the boss ;) and her team did a great job.
So here´s my take:

Got an award from Peggy (http://www.peggy-s.blogspot.com/) and now I am supposed to tell you all a little bit about myself.

Here we go:

- don´t like people that drink too much
- have much respect for people that take care of sick animals around the world (needless to say that I hate animal cruelty)
- I am not romantic (sorry)
- don´t like to travel
- love spending time at home (I am what the Dutchies call a "huismus" :)
- became a mother at 36 and loving every minut of it
- I live healthy (don´t drink, don´t smoke, work-out, eat good nutrition)

Enjoy your weekend and see you around.

Gift tags

2010-06-07T07:54:00.013+02:00

After finishing my mini I had some leftovers from the Pebbles papers.

Normally I save them in my "left over box" and after a while I donate them to school or daycare.

This time I used them to make some cute tags.

Always come in handy.

Thanks for watching :)

One "fat" mini

2010-06-02T13:50:00.028+02:00

Finally finished this mini-album.
Photos were lying one my scraptable for more than 1 year!
It took me several hours to complete the album but I am very pleased with the result.
Used the lovely papers (tree house) from Pebbles.
Just showing you a couple of pages (otherwise you will be bored ;)

Wanted to use the Japanse binding (as Marit has shown us at her workshop) for this mini but made a mistake while cutting the paper :(

Now I have to decide: will I use rings or shall I buy the Cinch (love that new binding tool).

The enveloper pro

2010-05-28T15:43:00.009+02:00

Just finished these 2 cards:

Thinking of buying myself this tool, the enveloper pro. That way I can make my own envelopes.

Anyone familiar with this tool ?

Cards and "must have"

2010-05-20T19:27:00.020+02:00

Made 2 new cards this afternoon.
Quick and easy, just the way I like it ;)
Think I am gonna make me some more tags.
Always come in handy for cardmaking and gifts.

Have you seen the new paper packs (12x12) from Basis Grey?

I am not a BG fan, but these are sooooo yummy...

Perfect base for layouts and cardmaking.

I am off to order mine....

I am sure

2010-05-14T19:06:00.010+02:00

you already know that I just looooooove punches!

They are quick and easy. Perfect for a "lazy" scrapper like me ;)

But..... they take way to much space on my scraptable.

Found the solution.

Bought this cute orange "etagère" at the HEMA.

Problem solved for just 8,95.

Have a nice weekend.

The girl is

2010-05-11T21:36:00.004+02:00

in love ;)

Found this little "love letter" from Liv to her classmate Stef.
Guess she wrote it for Valentine´s Day.
Don´t think she had the nerve to hand it out.

Looks a bit like a "let it loose" layout, don´t you think ?

Thanks for watching ;)

As mentioned before

2010-05-10T13:48:00.014+02:00

I now takes pictures almost everyday.

Yesterday we went out for a drink and a little bite in a beautiful tearoom nearby our village.

First I had some doubts, shall I take my camera or not....

So glad I did, made some beautiful pictures.

I want to participate in Ali Edwards project, called "A week in the life".
You can read more about it HERE. It´s all about documenting a week of your life through photos, ephemera and more.

Take a look at Liesbeth´s blog, she already finished this project liesbethsworld.web-log.nl/

I know it´s a lot of work but in the end... it´ll be worth it.

Will you join me in this ?

Just like mommy (net als mama)

2010-05-08T13:16:00.012+02:00

is the tittle of my new layout.
Wanted to clean the house (it´s a mess) but thought that finishing the layout was more important ;)

Can you tell I am in love with my new borderpunch! Used it a lot already.

I now take pictures every day (since I lost mine).
I learned it the hard way :(

Just went to the computerstore and the owner told me that is was best to save photos on a USB-stick. It´s probably the most save way. So that´s what I will do from now on.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Bright colors

2010-05-05T14:26:00.009+02:00

All you need is:

- cardstock left-overs

- punches

- stamps

- buttons

And you get these:

Easy peasy ;)

My parents

2010-05-04T14:16:00.005+02:00

aksed if I could make about 50 cards/invitations for their wedding anniversary in August.

Sure mom and dad consider it done.

Already gave it a start:

5 down , 45 to go ... :)

Funny layout

2010-05-02T11:08:00.006+02:00

Made this layout yesterday.

Photos are taken on Liv´s 8th birthday.

Printed them out a while ago.

Lucky me cause I lost (as you already know) all my photos from 2009.

In case you are wondering..... made the holes with the crop-a-dile and added white cardstock at the back of the dessinpaper.

Matching envelopes

2010-04-30T17:48:00.012+02:00

I like an envelop that goes with the card so I bought myself some new papers and a border punch.

First results:

Now I have to buy myself an envelop template cause then it will be even more matching ;)

Following cards I made during the time our computer had a break-down:

See your around ;)

Mothersday card

2010-04-29T16:38:00.016+02:00

Yesterday I helped out at primary school.
Every 3 months the children are having a "crafts day".

Together with the boys and girls of group 3/4 I made this lovely mothersday card.
I was very surprised that the boys were so accurately. They did some serious crafting ;)

Thanks for watching.

Back in Business

2010-04-23T06:29:00.007+02:00

Finally..... we´ve got our computer back.

Bad news: everything gone (including photos) :(:(

We now installed a programm for a weekly back-up (so that won´t happen to us again).

In the meanwhile I made a lot of cards.

These are a few of them.

Wishing you a sunny weekend.

Our computer

2010-04-13T07:25:00.004+02:00

has broken down. The hard drive is gone/kaputt/finished. Grrrrr...
Must not complain, my photos are saved. Phew!

Want to give a big applause to the people of Dell cause they are sending us a new drive for free! Now that's what I call Service.

Hope to see you guys soon cause I want to show you a yellow/orange layout I made for Dare to use Color. It looks a bit like a "let it loose" layout.
Curious yet ;)

I'll be back.......

Short hair...

2010-04-05T09:40:00.007+02:00

While surfing the internet I found another Dutch challengeblog:

ria-scrappassionchallengeblog.blogspot.com

Every month they have a new challenge.

This months challenge is to use the advertisement below as inspiration for a layout with an old schoolpicture of yourself.

This is my layout:

Hope you join cause I want to see your old schoolpicture too ;)

Dutch Dares

2010-04-01T14:17:00.012+02:00

My dear scrapfriend Jenneke is this months guest designer at dutchdares.blogspot.com/

Every month they have a new sketch.
I thought lets play along this time ;)

Hope you will follow...

Their sketch:

My interpretation :

Wishing you all a happy Easter!

More cards

2010-03-30T12:48:00.009+02:00

to show you.

Gonna give them to my mom.

She likes my cards (she is my biggest fan ;)

Thanks for stopping by ;)

Every now and then

2010-03-28T10:12:00.009+02:00

I am in the mood for cardmaking.
You know I am a "lazy" scrapper so I just want to decorate the cards (not first trim/fold cardstock in the right sizes).

Hero Arts has the perfect solution for me: cards + envelopes in wonderful colors, ready to be scrapped... (you can buy them overhere www.scrapbooknederland.nl/)

Problem solved ;)
Have a nice sunday.

I am soooo proud

2010-03-24T15:28:00.012+01:00

of my first Art Journal!
Don´t you just love the Japanese bookbinding ?
Gonna use that more often for my mini albums.

During this online workshop I bought myself glimmermist, crackle paint, color pencils etc.
I am all into "art" now ;)

For more information (workshop starts again at May 3th): www.maritscrapworld.com/workshops/community

Also made myself some spring embellies again. Just can´t get enough of it ;)

Enjoy your week and the sun!

Workshop

2010-03-19T14:54:00.015+01:00

Yesterday evening 2 young girls and 1 boy (yes! we have 1 scrapping boy in our village ;) came over to our house. They all wanted to make an exploding box.

Judith scrapped some childhood pictures of herselves.

Vera wanted to make a box for her little niece Kim.

Jur made himself a "tough boy " box.

I think they did an excellent job.

Hope you all have a nice weekend.

Spring is in the air!

2010-03-15T15:00:00.014+01:00

Conform the weather reports it´s gonna be spring this week!

Yeah! Finally....

Time for some spring embellies:

Wishing you all a lovely week.

A child...

2010-03-03T08:19:00.005+01:00

... is someone who passes through your life,
and then disappears into an adult.

Don´t you love that quote ?
I used it for my next layout.

I am getting more and more hooked on glimmer mist and paint!
Thanks to Marit´s online workshop ;)

Thanks for watching.

Confused

2010-02-28T15:58:00.007+01:00

These photos were lying around for ages...
Couldn´t decide to make a layout "new" or "old" style.
Guess what? It doesn´t matter ;)
Just get the photos and story down on paper and see where it leads...

So here it is: my favourite xmas-songs.

Have a crafty sunday.

Layout new style?

2010-02-25T14:53:00.007+01:00

A friend asked if I could make a layout with pictures of her 3 kids (it´s a gift for her mother). Love the names of their children: Melina, Niken and Dimas!

Always find it hard to create a layout for someone else.
Don´t know exactly what they like.

After finishing this page I realised that this is my first layout "new style".
As mentioned before, I am tired/bored with my own style, want to try a more cleaner way of scrapping. Guess this is it ;)

Thanks for watching.

Marit´s workshop

2010-02-18T13:58:00.016+01:00

As most of you know I am participating in Marit´s workshop called "let it loose".

It´s all about getting rid of the "neat creating" balast and play for fun with paper, paint, pencils and more.

Lesson 1: journaling

Lesson 2: silhouttes

Lesson 3: gel medium

Lesson 4: changing colours

Lesson 5: handwriting

Just got an email from Marit, asking if it´s okay to publish nr 5 in the public gallery!

Well off course, I am honored :)

Longing for February

2010-01-22T08:13:00.009+01:00

Pfff... having a busy time at work.

I desperately need some me-time.

Looking forward to February, then I will have lots of me-time. Hooray for that ;)

Already have some plans:

- scrapbooking offcourse

- buying myself some scrapstuff (yay)

- starting Marit´s workshop let-it-loose

- maybe (just maybe) cleaning the house

Yesterday I managed to make some embellies.

Wishing you all a nice weekend.

At sunday I will take Liv to the movies and afterwards we probably have "dinner" at McDonalds ;)

Finally

2010-01-17T13:35:00.010+01:00

I made a layout! It´s been weeks since I made one.

The reason?

I am tired of my style.

Don´t want to mix products anymore.

Don´t like the layering anymore.

Don´t want to distress paper anymore.

Blèh! Just don´t like it anymore.

Been there, done that.

Lately I´ve seen a lot of weblogs and have come to the conclusion that I like the more "cleaner" layouts. Hard to describe exactly what I mean.

For example: Keisha Campbell (http://abiteast.typepad.com/abiteast/).

She just uses some pieces of paper with a few embellies and lots of "white space".

No spray-inkt, distress inkt, distressed paper. Nope.

So this is probably my last "old style" layout (although it´s a bit "clean").

Does anyone of you recognize anything I am saying?

Maybe it´s just a phase...

Exploding box

2010-01-05T15:44:00.007+01:00

Remember I teached a workshop some couple days ago.

Well, for the next workshoy the girls want to scrap an exploding box.

I quickly made this example with some small photos of Liv.

If you are interested how to make this box, please send me an email.

Firework photos

2010-01-01T12:56:00.012+01:00

Wanted to shoot some "nice" firework photos.

Yesterday I checked my computer if I could find any tips how to install my camera.

This is the result.

Some blurry, some look like an ufo ;) and one succesful!

Did you shoot any firework photos?

Workshop

2009-12-30T16:33:00.014+01:00

Yesterday evening some girlfriends came over for a workshop.

I expected a lot of "talking" (considering the fact there were 7 ladies and 1 little lady (Liv) in the house ;) But no, they were very concentrated and focused on their project.

They all made a cute little standard.

The result of a scrappy evening:

Ending this post by wishing you a happy, healthy and crafty 2010!

HB2ME

2009-12-24T12:49:00.007+01:00

Today I am turning 45. IEKS!!

Woke up sick today :(

And just if things couldn´t get any worse... yesterday I bought my first reading glasses (+1) at the HEMA.

I have some trouble reading the small letters.

No need to ask how it feels to be 45 ;)

Hope you all have some relaxing xmas days.

What have I been up to

2009-12-19T15:09:00.008+01:00

I am preparing a workshop for some friends of mine.

Have to keep it simple, cause most of them have less or none scrapbooking experience.

Searching through my stuff I found this "standard" that I made a couple of years ago.

With just 1 piece of cardstock you can make the "standard" including 2 tags.

If you are interested how to make this easy peasy "standard", just shoot me an email.

The mailman brought me my Marvy punch.

I immediately started to make some christmas cards.

LOVE this punch.

Hope you have a good weekend.

I won!

2009-11-28T10:52:00.005+01:00

Yay!

I won with my layout "logeren" at Lotus Paperie.

Thanks to all of you who voted for me.

Remember my Fiskars squeeze punch broke down...

It´s no longer available, so I bought myself this Xtra Giga punch from Marvy Uchida.

5 figures in one punch!

Now I must sit and wait for the mailman ;)

Have yourself a good weekend.

I know...

2009-11-22T10:59:00.013+01:00

it´s getting bored...

Again some christmas cards to show you.

But hé, these are the last ones.

I run out of cardstock and my Fiskars sqeeuze punch (xmas tree) broke down :(

Think I will ask Santa for a new one ...

One more thing...

If you like my layout, hop over to lotuspaperie.blogspot.com/ to vote for me (scroll down a little bit). Thanks!

Have a nice sunday.

Gift

2009-11-18T19:10:00.012+01:00

for my youngest brother.

My brother runs his own business (http://www.coolen-vloeren.nl/).
A little advertising can´t hurt ;)

Friday (20.11) there will be an "open house" cause he rebuild the store/showroom.

Made this "welcome hanger" for in his office. Hope he likes it.

Some more ...

2009-11-16T18:52:00.009+01:00

... christmas-cards to show you.

There are 2 things "strange" about these cards...

Here I am sitting at my scraptable making christmas-cards, considering the fact that I don´t even like christmas! I like freestyle scrapping but the cards are clean & simple!

Anyway, as long as I am enjoying it, who cares ;)

Do you make your own christmas-cards?

Hi there

2009-11-11T21:16:00.008+01:00

long time no seeing...

First I was busy at work, second I hurt my back while I was working out (having Cesar therapy at the moment), third but not least... my partner had an accident at work (he had an arterial bleeding, so things looked pretty bad). Fortunately he will recover but for now his arm is splinted and plastered (don´t know if these are the right words). He needs to rest a lot.

And for now... Liv is having the flue...
But yesterday I managed to take some "me-time" and made myself some x-mas cards and cute embellies (always comes in handy).

Hope to catch up soon.

Use a little color in hand-journaling

2009-10-15T15:35:00.011+02:00

is the next challenge at Lotus Paperie.
Rather difficult, I never do hand-journaling on my layouts.
Mainly cause I don´t like my handwriting.

I guess that is why they call it a challenge ;)

Not sure if I like this layout, must be the handwriting.....

Next challenge

2009-10-05T19:47:00.008+02:00

Lately I am all into sketch challenges.

Next one is again for Lotus Paperie.

This is the sketch:

Here is my take. The layout is called "logeren" (sleepover).

Liv loves to spend the night at her grandma´s house.

She wrote herself a "sleep over list" (including some funny spelling mistakes ;)

Thanks for watching.

Guest designer for Julie (TAAFOMFT)

2009-09-30T16:26:00.006+02:00

A couple weeks ago I got an email from Julie asking me if I wanted to be the next guest designer for http://www.whatisyourfavething.com/. Well.... let me think.... offcourse!!

First let me tell you the story how I met Julie (she probably doesn´t remember). The day I signed in at SIS she send me a pm saying she liked my galery and added me to her favorite list. I thanked her for that and then I got a pm back, saying she was getting married that day!!

Are you kidding me! You are getting married and you are still sitting behind your computer, answering emails! She surely is one-addicted-scrapbooking-woman :):):) (we all know you like smileys Julie...)

So here is my take on the challenge: what is your favorite time of the day?

Now that´s an easy question: when it´s ME time ;)

Journaling saying: working out, watching Dr. Phil, shooting photos, editing photos, searching for cool scrapsites, reading weblogs, scrapbooking, checking my emails.

Hope you all join us in this challenge at http://www.whatisyoufavething.com.

By the way: the winner will receive a "happy mail" from me including some cool Dutch scrapgoodies!

Lotus Paperie

2009-09-24T19:05:00.012+02:00

Second time I joined in on a challenge at Lotus Paperie.

For this challenge you had to use a sketch.

As you can see I turned the sketch. The layout is called "saai" which means "boring/dull". Liv doesn´t like her gym lessons at school. She always says they are boring ;)

Have a nice weekend!

TAAFOMFT / gift from Marit

2009-09-20T10:27:00.011+02:00

This one is for These Are a Few of My Favorite Things.
It's all about your favorite room in the house.
After some thinking I realised that I don´t have one cause they are all my favorite...
I can´t choose!
If you read the journaling you now why ;)

I won this original book from Marit!

All because I gave the #1000 comment her blog (http://marit.marius-siroen.com/).

It´s so "stinkin´ cute" that I am afraid I will spoil it with my pictures/handwriting ;)

Thanks again Marit.

Thanks for watching.