A Scrapable Life

Domestic Diva Challenge TGF!!

2010-12-24T13:07:00.003+01:00

With the season of holiday parties upon us, what BETTER challenge to issue than to create a HOSTESS GIFT The challenge will go through DECEMBER 30th, 2011 at 8pm CST. Just upload your Hostess Gift idea using TGF Stamps to the TGF Galleria>Contests/Challenges>Hostess Mostest Challenge.

The WINNER of this challenge wins ONE sweet slice! That's right! We have a CHEEKY CHERRY PIE stamp up for grabs....but there's MORE....hmmm, like how about the ENTIRE JANUARY RELEASE?!? That's right! This is HUGE prize and there is plenty of time to play!

For this challenge I decided to decorate a bottle of wine, doesn't Oliver look adorable?! SO cute!!

xx

FFF - Get Sentimental

2010-12-11T12:54:00.002+01:00

It's time for another installment of Farm Fresh Friday. This week's challenge is a Scrapbook challenge. All you have to do is Get SENTIMENTAL with a quote, phrase, or favorite poem that reminds you of someone you love :) There's a prize for one lucky participant! This week's challenge prize is a fabulous one! It's "Because of You" the newest Sentiment stamp set from the Farm. Just upload your LAYOUT to TGF Galleria>Contest/Challenges>FFF>Get Sentimental You have through Wednesday, December 15th to play along-good luck!

Aren't they cute together?! :-)
I used 2 stamps of the new sentiment stamp set "Because of You", LOVE that set!!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Farm Fresh Friday - Let it SNOW!

2010-12-03T07:00:00.000+01:00

Another Farm Fresh Friday, WOW, time really does fly when you're having fun! ;)
I loved being part of the previews, SO much FUN!! Did you girls get your fave stamps already?
This week's challenge is to use some kind of snow or snow element (snowflakes, liquid applique, glitter, flowersoft, etc.) on your project this week!

I used another sentiment from the newly released sentiment set 'Because of You' (LOVE these!!), I wanted to show how versatile they really are by using one of the stamps for a non traditional Christmas card. Hope you like it! The 'snow element' on my card is the patterned paper (it has little snow flakes on it) & the snowflake cut outs)

Don't forget to play along this week, the prize is the new & cuddly Oliver & Amelia 'Fuzzy Wuzzy'-a FULL 4x6 set!

For more Farm Fresh inspiration, check out the blogs of my teammates:

FARMERS
Jessica Diedrich
Randi Wall
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Tammy Maxvill
Me! (December Guest Designer)

CRITTER CREW
Sammi Betbeder
Margie Cortina
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Nordaune
Jennifer Royal
Kristine Reynolds
Linda Muhr
Shaela Odd
Tangii Crain

Thanks for stopping by today!

xx

HOPPIN' into the HOLIDAYS with The Greeting Farm!!

2010-12-01T02:00:00.002+01:00

Hello EVERYONE!

There is excitement in the chilly air tonight as the TIME. HAS. COME...to HOP into the HOLIDAYS with The Greeting Farm! Hooray! We have been looking forward to doing an all-customer invited Blog Hop for QUITE some time now and are thrilled that tonight's the night.

If you are just getting here, be sure to start on the TGF Blog where there will be ONE official list of hoppers due to the volume of tonight's hop. Be sure to pop in between 7 and 8 pm CST on our PCP page to chat w/ the DT, drink virtual egg-nog and be MERRY with TGF!

Well, as you can see, we have QUITE a surprise for you this evening. You thought previews were OVER, didn't you? Nope! We are ringing in tonight's holiday hop and DECEMBER release with one more VERY cheeky character...INTRODUCING:

CHEEKY CHERRY PIE!!!

I used this weeks Sketch Saturday sketch for this card.

Isn't she DREAMY? That's right-in case you were wondering why we were STARTING with the DT tonight when most hops have ended with us, THIS is why! You won't want to miss her as we KNOW she's gonna go FAST-so be sure to grab her any time after MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, CST, when ALL the December TGF releases go live and for sale!

If you are participating in one of our contests tonight (see THIS post for categories), the THREE categories will be live and posted in the TGF Galleria at 7pm CST tonight. Please place your card in the appropriate category in the galleria NO LATER than 11:00 AM tomorrow, December 1st. Winners will be drawn tomorrow around NOON CST and posted on the TGF Blog.

In addition, the TWO lucky Blog Hop winners (must have left comments and completed blog hop by NOON CST (This gives our overseas friends as well as here in the states plenty of time to see the projects and comment :) will be announced at NOON CST as well on the TGF Blog. GOOD LUCK to everyone and GET HOPPIN'!

Thanks so much for stopping by and for HOPPIN' into the HOLIDAYS with The Greeting Farm!

TGF December preview - Because of You!

2010-11-29T08:00:00.001+01:00

Hey Farm Friends!

It's been a while since there's been a sentiment-only set on the Farm, and after MANY requests by all of you out there in blog-land, we are previewing a BRAND NEW SENTIMENT set today, "Because of You". This whimsical and fun-fonted set comes complete with that feeling of warm-fuzzies.

To show you just how adorable these new sentiments are, we've decided to show you some preview projects today using ONLY a sentiment as the focal point. Be sure to check out the TGF Blog AND the Club Anya & Friends blog as well for some GREAT ideas and heartfelt hugs :)

I created two cards with a similar layout but with different papers/colors. A little out of my comfort zone, but SO much fun!! LOVE working with these sentiments, they're AWESOME!! I used one of the sentiments too on my Tank card last Friday.
Hope you like my cards! (Sorry for the bad quality pictures, we had bad weather over here, I'll to replace them with better ones!!)

Thanks for stopping by today, and oh...there's ONE more little thing. ONE of the DT members (is it a Farmer? Guest Designer? Team Anya member? hmmmm....) has a "Because of You" set hidden on their blog today! Be sure to stop by and see their beautiful projects and ONE lucky winner will be announced tomorrow during our "HOPPIN' into the HOLIDAYS" Blog Hop, beginning at 7pm CST on the TGF Blog!

FARMERS
Jessica Diedrich
Randi Wall
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Tammy Maxvill
Me! (December Guest Designer)

Club Anya
Anna Maria Nilsson
Jen Shults
Kristy Young
Sheri Gilson (December Guest Designer)

"Sentimentally" yours,

Sketch Saturday -TGF December preview - Fuzzy Wuzzy!

2010-11-27T08:00:00.001+01:00

I'm back today with another super duper cute and CUDDLY preview for The Greeting Farm! Today we're playing along with Club Anya's Sketch Saturday.

This cute new Amelia is part of a new Oliver & Amelia set which will be released on Dec. 1st at midnight, only a few hours after the TGF "Hoppin' into the Holidays" BLOG HOP kicks off!

ONE lucky commenter on the CA&F Blog that day will WIN the Oliver & Amelia set Fuzzy Wuzzy.
You have until the next Friday to play the Club Anya sketch to win a free digi!
Have fun!

Check out the rest of the team for some amazing samples!

FARMERS
Jessica Diedrich
Randi Wall
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Tammy Maxvill
Me! (December Guest Designer)

Club Anya
Anna Maria Nilsson
Jen Shults
Kristy Young
Sheri Gilson (December Guest Designer)

Thank you for stopping by today, have a fabulous weekend!

xx

FFF -TGF December preview - Tank!

2010-11-26T07:44:00.002+01:00

Hi girls, it's been a while since I've blogged, but I'm back!

Guess who's the new Guest Designer for The Greeting Farm?
Yep, you guessed right! Its' me! I'm so happy and honored to be a part of their amazing team for december, fun fun fun!! SO happy I can finally shout it of the rooftops too, lol! YEEY me!!
Thanks again Marie & Jessica for choosing me.

Today we're previewing Tank! Tank is a new sprout coming to the farm on Dec. 1st, isn't he the cutest? LOVE him! So much fun to colour too. Check out his AWESOME hair!

Do play along with Farm Fresh Friday we have an amazing sketch (thanks Mercy!) AND an amazing prize: This week's winner wins TANK PLUS another wild sprout (excluding the cheeky line) of choice!!

And that's not all.. ONE lucky commenter from today's FFF post will WIN Tank. The winner will be announced tomorrow on the CA&F blog where we'll be previewing ANOTHER fabulous December release!

Be sure to visit the rest of the team for more inspiration:

FARMERS
Jessica Diedrich
Randi Wall
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Tammy Maxvill
Me! (December Guest Designer)

CRITTER CREW
Sammi Betbeder
Margie Cortina
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Nordaune
Jennifer Royal
Kristine Reynolds
Linda Muhr
Shaela Odd
Tangii Crain

Club Anya
Anna Maria Nilsson
Jen Shults
Kristy Young
Sheri Gilson (December Guest Designer)

Don't forget to join us for our release party Tues. Nov. 30th at 7pm CST

Thanks for stopping by today,

xx

Whiff of Joy - Tutorial

2010-05-31T09:00:00.002+02:00

Today is my last day as a Whiff of Joy Guest Design Team member *sniff sniff*. It has been a blast!! It is true what they say: time flies when you're having fun!

I want to thank Katharina again for this opportunity and it has been wonderful to work alongside such a talented team of designers.

For my last day as a guest designer I did a little tutorial for the Whiff of Joy Tutorial blog. Hope you'll like it!

xx

Whiff of Joy - Willow's hot chicken soup

2010-05-27T13:44:00.005+02:00

Hi girls, here's another card with one of Whiff of Joy's 'Get Well' stamps, designed by Elisabeth Bell. Isn't she cute? She's called 'Willow's hot chicken soup'.
I choose to use bright colours, great to cheer someone up I think.

Challenges:

Friday Sketchers: Sketch
My Time To Craft: Vivid Colours
Totally Gorjuss: Bling it on

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye; Ooh la la for her
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Flowers; Prima
Tools: Borderpunch; Martha Stewart, Nestabilities; Spellbinders

Thanks for stopping by!

xx

Whiff of Joy - Doctor Oakley

2010-05-25T13:34:00.006+02:00

For this card I dusted off my pencils, wow, hadn't used them for a long longgg time.. not since I discovered Copics! I wanted to try something different and decided to colour on kraft cardstock, first time I tried it and it was fun!
I love to use bright colours, but for this card I decided to use different shades of brown. Every now and then it's fun to challenge ourselves, right? :)

The image I used is the adorable 'Little Doctor' by Whiff of Joy.

Recipe:

Papers: Kaiser Kraft
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Derwent Coloursoft Pencils
Embellishments: Pearls; Kaiser Kraft
Tools: Borderpunch; Martha Stewart

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Whiff of Joy - Dance with your Heart

2010-05-20T13:46:00.007+02:00

Since I found out a little over a week ago that my 4 year old daughter has to have surgery I completely lost my mojo. I'm so very worried about it. I know it's a very common operation, she needs to have her tonsils & adenoids removed and tubes put into both her ears (hope I've 'said' it right, had to translate it to English).
Anyway, it totally s#cks!! We have to wait until July 6th for the surgery too.

For the card I made I used three different stamps and a sentiment stamp all of them are by Whiff of Joy, I combined stamps from the April kit - Scheharezade (1001 nights) & the May store stamp kit - Aladin (1001 nights). I masked the images, thought it would look cool to have all the pretty bellydancers on one card :) LOVE how you can combine the stamps from these two kits!!
The card looks way better IRL, for some reason it was hard to photograph.

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Say it with flowers
Charisma Cardz - 3D
A Spoonful of Sugar - Cute & Girly

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye; Ooh la la for her
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Flowers; Prima

Thanks for stopping by!

xx

Sneezing Henry - Whiff of Joy

2010-05-13T15:16:00.005+02:00

I have another cute little Henry called 'Sneezing Henry' to share with you today.
Isn't he adorable?

I've used the gorgeous sketch created by the talented Jane for the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog, I loved working with it Jane xx

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:

- Whiff of Joy Challenge - Sketch
- The ABC Challenge - U for Unused stash - (stamp)
- My Time To Craft - Too Cute!

Recipe:

Papers: October Afternoon - Cherry Hill
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Frances, Say it in pearls; Prima
Tools: Nestabilities; Spellbinder

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Whiff of Joy - Wish Big & Mothersday Special

2010-05-09T11:27:00.006+02:00

I recently received the gorgeous Whiff of Joy May store stampkit 'Aladin - 1001 nights' and it goes perfectly with the Whiff of Joy April kit 'Scheherazade - 1001 nights'.

For this card I used the male genie in a bottle from the May kit, and the female genie from the April kit. The sentiment is also from the May kit.
I thought the sentiment worked perfectly with this card, the more genies, the bigger the wishes, LOL!!

Now I have something to show you my sweet little girl made me for Mothersday.
Isn't it gorgeous? It even has a cute little picture of her on it. I LOVE it!! She did such a great job don't you agree? :)

Speaking of mothersday, to make mothersday even more special Katharina is offering a 20% off voucher for Whiff of Joy, which is valid for May 9th (=mothersday) minimum order value is 10 Euros.
So if you want to get yourself something small for your special day, or if your kids/husband still need a present -> this is the chance!

Have a wonderful Mothersday!!

I'm entering this card in to the Crafty Calender challenge - 'The great outdoors.'

Recipe:

Papers: TPC Studio; Mediterranean Summer
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess,

Thank you for stopping by today,

xx

Little Nurse - Whiff of Joy

2010-05-06T10:59:00.004+02:00

I'm back with another cutie of Whiff of joy's new 'Get Well' collection. These stamps are such a pleasure to work with and such a joy to colour!

The stamp I used here is called 'Little nurse' she reminds me so much of my little girl walking around the house playing doctor and checking everyone out to make sure they're all healthy and feeling well, lol. So sweet!

I'm entering this card in to this weeks 'Creative Card Crew Challenge' there are flowers on the dp I used & the little gems I used on the green dp are flowers too - hope that counts!

Don't forget to check out Katharina's very generous candy - the entire 'Get Well' collection! That's 10 stamps!! Check out the details HERE.

Recipe:

Papers: Cosmo Cricket
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Frances, Flower gems - Basic Grey (?)
Tools: Nestabilities; Spellbinder

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Katharina's Big 'Get Well' Blog Candy!!

2010-05-04T19:22:00.004+02:00

Be sure to check out Katharina's blog for the chance to win this awesome candy!!!
She's giving away the entire 'Get well' collection, that's 10 stamps!!

Good luck xx

Get Well Soon! - Whiff of Joy

2010-05-04T14:01:00.005+02:00

Another card with the new awesome Whiff of Joy 'Get Well' collection. I truly LOVE it! The image I used for this card is called 'Sick Henry'.

Now I know Henry is a very manly mouse and this card is rather pink, but he assured me he doesn't mind his image to be used on the more feminine cards, lol!

My mojo left me while I was working on this card. Everything I tried to put on it just seemed wrong! Ugh. And then I used a white rub-on for a sentiment, you can barely see it on the picture, it's on the left hand corner if you look realy hard you might be able to spot it! it says 'Get well soon' . Darn rub-ons, lol.
I am pleased with the way littly Henry turned out, he looks so cute in that colour, lol.

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:

- Sunday Sketch & Stamp: Sketch
- A Spoonfull of Sugar: Furry Friends
- Everybody Art Challenge: Pastel Colours

Recipe:

Papers: Cosmo Cricket
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Pearls; Kaiser Kraft, Rub on; Making Memories
Tools: Nestabilities; Spellbinder

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Hope you're back on your feet soon - Whiff of Joy

2010-05-02T12:16:00.004+02:00

Have you girls checked out Whiff of Joy's new collection? I really love working with it and I'm sure you will feel the same way! The images are just too CUTE!!

For this card I used everyone's favorite little mouse Henry! This stamp is called 'Henry with broken leg' aww... poor thing! He even comes with a matching sentiment which I've used on my card too. Love that!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

- Alphabet challenge blog: A is for animals
- Crafty Catz: Spots
- Charisma Cardz: Girly card with flowers ( Hope it's girly enough! )
- Crafty Angels: Summer or Bright colours

Recipe:

Papers: Cosmo Cricket
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Flowers; Prima
Tools: Nestabilities; Spellbinder

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

Whiff of Joy - Get Well collection - Now Available!!

2010-05-01T15:15:00.002+02:00

The AMAZING 'Get well' Collection is now available at Whiff of Joy.
I love this collection, all Whiff of Joy's stamp designers contributed to this line of stamps, and they are gorgeous!! Some of the stamps even have matching sentiments!
Be sure to get some while they're still available, I have a feeling these are going to sell out quick..!

xx

Hugs and Kisses and Magical Wishes..

2010-04-29T11:30:00.005+02:00

Hi girls, today I'm going to show you 2 other cards I made with the amazing Whiff of Joy April stamp kit - Scheherazade (1001 nights).

For the first card I've used the gorgeous bellydancer, I really love this stamp 'cause I used to take belly dance lessons and I'm going to start taking lessons again in september! Can't wait to get started, so much fun!
Well, I won't show you a picture of me in my bellydance outfit, wouldn't want to scare anyone now would I, lol, I'm just going to leave it at this card and truly stunning image:

The purple background paper I used was kinda plain so I used one of the accesory stamps, the slippers, and gold embossed it on the background. So pretty! The sentiment comes with the kit too and it says 'Sending you hugs and kisses and magical wishes' and I used the golden embossing powder there too! Can't get enough of it, lol. The purple & gold does create that magical 1001 nights feeling, don't you think? I love it!

When I finished the card I decided to use the scraps and create a little shadowbox card to showcase this beautiful accesory stamp that comes with the stamp kit. I stamped the image twice, used gold sparkling embossing powder, cut one of the images out and then stuck it on top of the other flowers to create a 3D effect. It's really pretty IRL, unfortunately I just can't get a decent picture of this card.

I'm entering this in to this weeks 'A Spoon Full of Sugar' challenge blog, which is 3D!

Recipe:

Papers: TCP Studio - Morrocan Market
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Shimmer dots; Papermania, Embossing powder; Zing
Tools: Swirl; Marianne Design Creatables, Nestabilities; Spellbinders, Borderpunch; Martha Stewart

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Whiff of Joy challenge #76

2010-04-26T15:59:00.007+02:00

I made this card using the wonderful sketch the very talented Bev created for the Whiff of Joy challenge blog. I LOVE sketch challenges! Thanks for the sketch sweetie xx

Anyone who visits my blog can see how much I love bling, I use it on almost every card! For male cards I usually I steer clear of bling (very hard to do for me, lol!), but not with this card. These 1001 night themed stamps CALL for LOADS of bling, don't you agree? I mean, Disney's Aladin did love him some shiny things, right? When I first saw this stamp set I started jumping up and down with joy, woohoo, finally an excuse to really go CRAZY with bling!! LOL! Even on male cards! A true godsend if you ask me. ;)

On the blue paper I stamped one of the background stamps with silver ink and I also stamped the sentiment 'You light up my life' with silver ink. Then I took a silver pen to put a dotted line around both papers and I used glossy accents on the blade of the sword.

A close-up of the image, isn't he handsome? :)
The background is inspired by a tutorial I saw on the very talented Crissy's blog!
I took a long time, but it was fun to do and I like the effect it gives. Will try it again, hopefully I'll get better at it. Thanks Crissy!

Don't forget to check out these AWESOME stamps out over at Whiff of Joy, we all love a great deal don't we? ;)

Recipe:

Papers: TPC Studio; Mediterranean Summer
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, E-line Crystals; Prima
Tools: Nestabilities; Spellbinder

Thanks you for stopping by,

xx

TGF - 'Royal Battle' Round #4!! - PLEASE Vote!!

2010-04-19T15:17:00.004+02:00

Hi girls, we really, REALLY, need your help this week.
Next week is the final round of TGF's royal battle, and we SO want to make it to the last round!

When we started there were about 60 teams, now we're one of the 14 teams that are left!! Only 6 teams get to go to the final round, and we REALLY want to be one of the lucky teams.

This weeks challenge is created by the lovely Zoe!

Please remember that ANYONE can vote, so it doesn't matter if you've participated in the contest or not, you can still vote!!

All you have to do is register to the TGF gallery and leave a comment HERE, every comment counts as a vote, this week you can only vote for one team!

We would really appreciate your vote, please, pretty please..? lol!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

xx

Whiff of Joy challenge #75

2010-04-18T21:49:00.004+02:00

I love this weeks challenge on the WoJ challenge blog - Yellow, Green with another choice of your own! I went with orange. Nice and springy colours, perfect for this time of year!

The image I used is also perfect for this time of year, I used one of the smaller exclusive stamps you get for free when you spend 50 euros or more at Whiff of Joy, but it can also be found in the february stamp kit - in normal size.
I really love this image, isn't it beautiful?

I decided to keep my card simple, didn't want to cover the background to much, and with such a lovely image, the card doesn't need much more, don't you agree?
;)

If you want to know how I created the background, check out my - first ever!! - tutorial over at the Whiff of Joy Inspirations & Tutorial blog!

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye; Bloom & Grow
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Ink: Memento, Colorbox
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess
Tools: Embossing folder; Cuttlebug

Thanks so much for stopping by!

xx

Whiff of Joy - Tutorial

2010-04-17T09:00:00.000+02:00

Hi girls,

Here's a sneak peek of a tutorial I did for Whiff of Joy,
be sure to check it out on the Whiff of Joy Tutorial blog!

xx

TGF - 'Royal Battle' Round #3!! - Please Vote!!

2010-04-12T16:02:00.005+02:00

Thanks so much to all of you who voted for my team the 'TGF Junkies' to get to the next round on the TGF 'Royal Battle'! We really appreciate it!

Now we need your help once again to get to round #4!
All you have to do is login on the gallery and leave a comment HERE!
We really need your help to get to the next round, and we would be very grateful!!

This week we had to do a scrapbookpage and it was really really challenging, let me tell ya!!
I did this weeks challenge and decided to do a 'TGF Junkie' layout, as our team name is the 'TGF Junkies' ;)

I took a picture of some of my TGF stamps and coloured 'Stamping Anya', scanned her and then printed her on some DP and used it on my page.

Hope you like my page, as this was wayyyyyyy out of my comfort zone, lol!!

Recipe:

Papers & Diecuts: My Minds Eye; Ooh la la for her
Stamp: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Thickers; American Crafts
Tools: Borderpunch; Fiskars

Thanks for stopping by, and thanks in advance for voting on my team!

xx

Whiff of Joy challenge #74

2010-04-10T12:24:00.003+02:00

Here's a card I created with a background stamp of the GORGEOUS Whiff of Joy april kit - Scheherazade (1001 nights). Don't you just love this kit? I really think it's amazing. Everytime I think the WOJ stamps just can't get any better and everytime they just proof me wrong!

This stunning background stamps deserved to be on a card all by itself to show of how gorgeous it really is! I fell in love with it the moment I saw it.

For my card I followed the sketch on the 'Whiff of Joy' challenge blog. I loved it!! I flipped the sketch and it worked perfectly with this image.
The papers I used are really busy (as is my live these days, lol), but I think it works. I used gold embossing powder on the swirls and LOVE how they turned out.

Don't forget to check out the WOJ challenge blog this week for a chance to win the ENTIRE kit!!! How's that for a amazing prize!

Recipe:

Papers: Basic Grey - Marrakech
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Shimmer dots; Papermania, Embossing powder; Zing
Tools: Swirl; Marianne Design Creatables, Nestabilities; Spellbinders

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Please Help - TGF Royal Battle - Round 2!!

2010-04-04T13:50:00.003+02:00

Hi girls,

My team - The 'TGF Junkies' - made it to round 2 of the Royal Battle, Woohoo!!
Now we need your help to get to the 3rd round!
This weeks card is made by the lovely Jenny Viloria, she created the most adorable easter scene, it has lots of detail and I just love it!!

We - Ria, Zoe, Jenny, Karin & I - would really REALLY appreciate it if you would take the time to vote for our card.
You can vote for three different cards.
Voting is simple, log into the TGF gallery and leave a comment HERE.
It will only take a minute of your time.

Thanks so much!!

FANTASTIC news & a request.

2010-03-28T20:47:00.003+02:00

My fantastic news is that I'm going to be a guest design team member for Whiff of Joy in April and May!! Woohoo!!! I still can't believe it, lol. I'm SO excited, can't wait to get started. My DH is really happy too, about the money we'll be saving, LOL!!
Thanks so much Katharina for believing in me!! You ROCK!

--
Now for the request, as many of you know, there is a contest going on over at TGF. Me and my team DESPERATELY want to go to the next round and we really need some votes!!
You can vote for my team 'The TGF Junkies' by leaving a comment on the card made by Ria van Son, click HERE to go to her card. Thanks so much in advance.

xx

Whiff of Joy - GDT call

2010-03-23T19:47:00.005+01:00

I saw on Katharina's blog that she was having another GDT call for Whiff of Joy and I wanted to join immediately, but then I saw that we had to use a recipe to create our card YIKES, those are me least favorite challenge's (and that's putting it mildly), I usually don't even bother to join in when I see one of those, 'cuz I never seem to can make it work. But this time I just HAD to try, I mean, I've never missed a WOJ GDT call since I started making cards and it is still my dream to get the GD spot one day, so here goes nothing.. ;)

I used one of the small (exclusive) Whiff of Joy stamps and made a cute little 10cm x 10cm card.

The recipe was: 1 cardstock, 2 design paper, 1 button, 1 ribbon.

Hope you like my card, fingers crossed!!

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Button & Ribbon from stash
Tools: Borderpunch; Fiskars

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

TGF - Project Contest

2010-03-11T20:40:00.002+01:00

Hi girls,

I wanted to thank everyone who wanted to join my team, and inform you girls that my team is already full.

Let me tell you this: It really s#cked that I had to tell some girls they couldn't join my team 'cuz it was already full!!
I really appreciate that all of you wanted to join my team, thanks so much.

I just picked the first 4 girls who left comments/emailed me, i thought that would be the fair thing to do.
Hope you girls will find a team to join so you can still play along!

Good Luck!!

xx

TGF - Project Contest! Want to join my team?!

2010-03-11T10:06:00.003+01:00

The Greeting Farm is going to have a project contest. We have until Wednesday to get a team togheter (3-5 members) and decide on a name.
Marie isn't giving us any other information about the contest just yet, just that it's going to be different and FUN and the prize is going to be FABULOUS!!!

Do you LOVE all things TGF as much as I do? Want to join in the FUN? I would love it if you joined my team!! Just send me an email and I will get back to you asap!!

Here's to hoping I can get a team togheter, lol!!

Thank you for stopping by,

Oh, Alice! - CHAPTER TWO: Running in a SKETCHY circle...

2010-03-05T17:16:00.006+01:00

Here's another card I made, I'm not too happy about it, think I lost my mojo!
Ugh. Don't you hate it when that happens?!
Was actually thinking about NOT showing it on my blog lol. But I used this weeks 'Oh, Alice!' sketch and as it is a new challenge blog (this is their 2nd week) I REALLY wanted to play along to show the girls my support!

Not to mention, today is THE day the new 'Alice in Wonderland' movie is coming to the theaters in the US!!
We'll have to wait until March 10th over here, but for a while it looked like the European theaters weren't going to show the movie, but I'm glad that drama is over!! Thank GOD!! 'Cuz I Can't WAIT to see it, I'm dragging hubby to go see it next weekend FOR SURE!!

Recipe:

Papers: October Afternoon - Cherry Hill
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Rub on; Making Memories, Gems; Stash

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

Amelia!

2010-02-26T19:55:00.006+01:00

Isn't she the cutest?!! Her name is Amelia and you can buy her at TGF March 1st, she'll be available in a set with a cute little boy named Olivier and a few sentiment stamps!
I'm loving all of the previews, aren't you? Be sure to check them out here and here!! I LOVE them ALL!! Just too darn cute I tell ya!

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:

Oh, Alice!: Alice gets glam; inspiration challenge -> Used mushrooms
Anyone for Anya: Something completely different -> New stamp
CA&F Wild Card Wednesday: Emboss it! -> Used embossing folder

Hope you like my card!

Recipe:

Papers: Imagenisce
Stamp: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Rubons; Imagenisce, Gems; Stash
Tools: Swiss dot embossing folder; Cuttlebug

Thanks for stopping by!

xx

Whiff of Joy challenge #66

2010-02-12T14:04:00.005+01:00

My sister asked me if I could make a card for a male friend of her who's turning 26 today 26. She needed the card yesterday and asked she asked me tuesday night (talk about last minute!!)

Now, you have to know that making a card for a man isn't something I like to do (that's putting it mildly, lol!) and I don't think I'm good at it and then, to top it all off I lost my mojo! So I decided I'd wait 'till wednesday to make the card.

Good thing I did too, cuz wednesday morning I received my WOJ order and 'Cool Oakley' came to the rescue!! I ordered some stamps that were on my wishlist for quite some time now and three of stamps of the new 'City Girls' collection, I love LOVE LOVE this new collection!! Oh, and I just saw on Katharina's blog that I've won a stamp called 'Willow with champagne' she is one of the 2 I didn't order, so I'm soooo happy that I won her, now I only have one more 'City Girl' on my wish list!! WOOHOOOOOO... Thank you so much Katharina, you rock girl!!

All right, enough of my babbling, and on to the card, lol!
My sister picked up the card and she loved it, thank goodness. Hopefully her friend will too!

I used this weeks sketch on the 'Whiff of Joy challenge' blog for my card!

Thank you for stopping by!

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye 'Ooh la la for him'
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Say it in studs; Prima, Rub ons; Making MemoriesButton; stash, Gems; stash
Tools: Borderpunch; Martha Stewart, Nestabillities; Spellbinders

xx

TGF CHA Relay Day #3

2010-02-09T10:41:00.005+01:00

I'm a little late posting this card, but this is the card I made for day 3 of the TGF CHA Relay a little while back. Don't you love this little cutie? The relay was so much fun, I had a blast!!

Unfortunately I haven't had any time to craft for over a week now, my daughters have caught some kind of virus, and you guys know what it's like when kids are sick, right? NO sleep for mommy! Ah well, let's just hope that they'll feel better soon!!

So here's another card I made from some Bloom & Grow scraps, it's kinda simple, but I think I like it! What do you guys think:

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye
Stamp: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Pearls; Kaiserkraft
Tools: Borderpunch; Martha Stewart, Nestabillities; Spellbinders

Thanks for stopping by!

xx

TGF CHA Relay Day #2 & Club Anya & Friends Sketch #3

2010-01-27T11:58:00.003+01:00

Check out this little cutie, isn't she adorable?!
I loved colouring her, this relay is so much fun!
It's another simple card made with some scraps, hope you like it:

The sketch I used for this card is Club Anya & Friends; Sketchy Saturday #3

I'm off to play with Toby cub, got to get my hands on Prince Ian! ;o)

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye
Stamp: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Stickles; Ranger, Gems; Melissa Francess
Tools: Borderpunch; Martha Stewart, Nestabillities; Spellbinders

Hope you like my card, and thanks for stopping by!

xx

TGF CHA Relay Day #1 & Sketch Saturday #87

2010-01-25T21:47:00.004+01:00

Did you guys see the awesome relay that's going on at TGF? As I love everything TGF of course I just HAD to play along. Trying to make a card everyday is going to be difficult, but I sure am gonna try! I am going to do smaller cards than usual (great thing about digi's is that they are resizable!) and I'm keeping them simple.

I decided to try and keep my new years resolution for a chance, which is using up my scraps! I'm a paper freak and can't even throw away the tiniest piece of paper, lol. So, you'll see a lot of 'My Minds Eye; Bloom & Grow'. I had bought a set and then also ordered a kit without knowing what I would get and there was another 12x12 inch set of the same papers! So I really had a lot of those papers!! I do love them, so don't mind using them up and I do need an excuse to buy new MME papers after the CHA without feeling guilty ;o)

Anyway, isn't this little Mer Ian the cutest?! Sooo, adorable! Thanks TGF!!

I used the Sketch Saturday sketch for this card.

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye
Stamp: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Stickles; Ranger, Gems; Stash Tools: Borderpunch; Fiskars

Hope you like my card, and thanks for stopping by!

xx

Whiff of Joy Guest Designer Call!

2010-01-23T17:55:00.007+01:00

Sorry I've been awol for a while, there has been a lot going on, but things are settling down now.

For this card I used a stamp that I've had for a while, it's the first time I've inked it up! Can you believe it? Love this cute little Princess Charlotte, even though she's fashionable late to the Whiff of Joy GD call which ends today! Yikes!!

Unfortunately, it has been raining here all day so I can't seem to get a decent shot of this card. The crystal flower is actually clear and not black as it may seem on this picture.

ETA another pic, still don't love it, but at least you can see that all the gems are clear on this one:

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Sentiment: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Bling it; Basic Grey, Gems, Stash
Tools: Nestabilities; Spellbinder, Borderpunch; Martha Stewart

Hope you like my card, and thanks for stopping by!

xx

This years last card.

2009-12-31T19:48:00.004+01:00

Here's my last card for this year (can't believe the year is already over!).
I made this card for my MIL, she turned 50 yesterday.
Hope you girls like it!

Happy New Year!!

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye
Stamp: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Stickles; Ranger, Roses; Stash, Rub on; Making Memories
Tools: Nestabillities; Spellbinders, Borderpunch; Fiskars

Thanks so much for stopping by,

xx

Sketch Saturday #82

2009-12-25T20:20:00.006+01:00

Hi girls, so sorry I've been AWOL for weeks now!
This month has been such a busy month with many celebrations (Sinterklaas, Christmas, birthdays) and I still have some unpacking to do from our move.

My mother asked me to make a card for a friend of her who's turning 50. She wanted a card with a image of an old lady, lol, and I immediatly thought about one of Mo's images. This is the first time I've coloured one of her images, and I have to say, I LOVED it!!

I used this weeks AWESOME 'Sketch Saturday' sketch.

Merry Christmas to all of you!!

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye
Stamp: Mo's Digital Pencil
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francis, Flower; Prima, Rub ons; Making Memories
Tools: Nestabilities; Spellbinder, Borderpunch; Fiskars

Thanks so much for stopping by,

xx

80's Anya

2009-11-25T16:36:00.004+01:00

Hi girls!! I'm back, FINALLY!

I really missed making cards, so I'm glad I found some time today to create one.
I still have a lot of unpacking to do, but my craftroom is almost done!
Okay, it's a teeny-tiny room and I share it with DH, but still, I finally have enough space to store all my stuff and a desk to craft on, yeey me, lol!

The first card I've made since I moved house is a card with one of my new TGF stamps. I won this cute stamp over at Club Anya and I love her, her name is 80's Anya and she's a limited edition stamp.

For this card I used this weeks 'The Diedrich Dare' sketch I saw it on Jessica's blog this morning and loved it, her son Jack created it, isn't he talented? I have to admit I changed it a little to fit the image, I hope that's okay.
I'm also entering it into the 'Anyone for Anya' challenge, which is to fake it (use anything fake (or faux) on your card), I've used fake pearls, the rose is fake and so are the leaves. Who would've guessed? LOL.

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye
Stamp: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Pearls; Kaiserkraft, Stickles; Ranger, Rose & Leaves; Stash
Tools: Embossing Folder; Cuttlebug, Borderpunch; Fiskars

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Hope you like my card!

xx

A Challenge Combo & Belles 'n Whistles GDT call!

2009-10-18T21:40:00.004+02:00

I had this card lying for a while and hadn't posted it on my blog yet. I saw the challenge over at Anyone for Anya is 'Autumn Colours' so I figured this card fits that challenge perfectly!
The Roses on Paper challenge blog has the same challenge for us, 'Fall Colours', so I'm entering this card to that challenge too!
They also have a GDT call for 'Belles 'n Whistles' going on so I figured I'd give it a shot! Fingers crossed!!

This is probably my last post until my move. I'll be back in 2 weeks!!
You'll still see hoppin' around blogland, lol, cuz my laptop is the last thing that'll be packed, that's for sure!!
Can you imagine being disconnected from the internet for 2 weeks?!! I sure can't, YIKES!! Talk about a nightmare, lol!
So, my laptop is staying with me until I'll take it with me to our new home with my own two hands. ;o)

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye; Bloom & Grow
Stamp: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Pearls; Kaiserkraft, Buttons; Stash

'Talk' to you all soon,
Big hugs,
xx

Birthday Anya - Colour Create #25

2009-10-03T00:27:00.004+02:00

I had so much fun creating this card, it is one of the cards I made for the 'Farewell Team Anya 01' challenge over at Club Anya. For this card I cased one of Janna's cards and I won a stamp with it!! The cute '80's Anya', love her!

I'm entering this card into the 'Colour Create' challenge blog.

Recipe:

Papers: The Greeting Farm
Stamp: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Pearls; Kaiserkraft, Flower; Prima

Thank you for stopping by, have a fabulous weekend,

xx

Inky Impressions Challenge #17

2009-09-30T21:25:00.003+02:00

Today is the last day of September. So it is the last challenge to celebrate Nicole's (Inky's Mama) birthday!!! This weeks challenge is to use Inky Impressions stamp/images and make a gift. It can be anything you would give as a gift. So come and join the fun. We would LOVE to see what you create.

This is what I made, isn't it cute? Perfect to give away a little something like some candy or chocolates. I found the template here, then I printed it a little larger.

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye; Pretty Please
Stamps: Inky Impressions
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Pearls; Kaisercraft, Flowers; Prima, Ribbon & Charm; Stash
Tools: Borderpunch; Fiskars

Thank you so much for stopping by today,

xx

Sketch Saturday #70 - Inky Impressions

2009-09-27T15:48:00.004+02:00

Hiya girls, I'm sorry that I haven't been around much the last week, but there is a lot of personal stuff going on. Life's been crazy, let me tell ya. Ah well, that's how it is sometimes and all we can do is try and deal with it as best as we can..

Here is a card I made with one of the little 'Inky Impressions' cuties! This one is called 'Lili's stuffed bunny'. Don't you just love the way she's holding on to her bunny, reminds me so much of my little girls walking around with their stuffed animals, so precious..

I used this weeks 'Sketch Satuday' sketch for this card, but I flipped it.

Don't forget to join us at the Inky Impressions PCP group to have fun, stay up to date and of course to show us all of your fabulous Inky creations!

Recipe:

Papers: Basic Grey 'Bittersweet'
Stamps: Inky Impressions
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Pearls; Kaisercraft, Flowers; Prima, Buttons; Stash

Thank you so much for stopping by today,

xx

And the winner is..!

2009-09-22T12:35:00.002+02:00

The winner of my little surprise bloghop candy is...:

Betty aka ZacksNana

Congratulations Betty!!
Please email me with your details so I can get the candy off to you asap ;o)

xx

Whiff of Joy GD call!

2009-09-19T13:58:00.006+02:00

First of all I would like to say thank you to all your kind comments on my Inky Impressions blog hop post, it is truly appreciated and thanks so much to all of you who became followers of my blog, it really does mean a lot to me that you liked my blog and want to come and visit again.
I will draw a winner for the surpise blogcandy tonight or tomorrow morning.

I can't believe I haven't posted all week!! But I've had the flu and I still don't have all my strenght back.
I really wanted to join in on the Whiff of Joy GD call, and I already had my image coloured, so this morning I went to check when the deadline was and I can't believe I almost missed it, the call closes today!!
I just finished the card and hopefully Katharina will like it, fingers crossed ;o)

I used the sketch and stash sketch, the item I've never used before is the tree stamp.

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye 'Bloom & Grow'
Stamps: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Pins; Maya Road, Die cut; My Minds Eye

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

Inky Impressions - New Release Blog Hop!!!

2009-09-12T12:00:00.002+02:00

If you didn't start the blog hop at the beginning, then you want to head back to Nicole's Blog (Inky's Mama) so you don't miss anything. Be sure to follow the blog hop all the way to the end, for a chance to win some AMAZING blog candy!

Girls, let me tell you, these stamps just keep on getting cuter and CUTER!! Wait 'till you see the 8 new stamps, you'll be reaching for your creditcard before you know it, LOL!!

I have two stamps to show you, with the first one I made a card.
Check out this cute little skating LiLi. Isn't she adorable?
I sure had fun colouring her in:

I used the Sunday Sketch & Stamp sketch

The second stamp I have to show you is 'Flower LiLi' and she is so cute. Look at her cute outfit and the pretty hat she's wearing. C-UTE!!
The sentiment is also an Inky Impressions stamp, don't you love it?

I made a wallet card for this cutie (with one of Tiets's templates). I put her on to a tag that you can pull out and I left some space on the inside of the card to write a message.
I think I was in a more is more kinda mood when I made this one, lol!

Click on the images for a larger view

Don't forget, you can buy the 8 new stamps at Inky Impressions already! So after you've finished the hop, be sure to stop by the shop ;o)

Be sure to leave comment, I'm giving away a little surprise candy to one random winner!

Next head on over to the SUPER talented Inspirational Inkette Jenn to see her amazing creations!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you like my creations,

xx

Ps. This is a scheduled post, so I'm praying all will go as planned. Fingers crossed!

Inky Impressions Sneak Peek & Candy Alert!!!

2009-09-09T15:32:00.011+02:00

Today is the start of the 'Inky Impressions' Sneak Peeks!

If you already loved the Inky stamps, you are even going to love them more now! These new stamps are sooo irresistably cute, just wait until you see them.

Here's my little sneaky peek:
To see the rest of this little cutie, come back on Saturday, we'll be having a fun bloghop and revealing all of the new adorable stamps.

Today you can see a sneak peek on my, Jacqui's & Chris's blog.

Tomorrow you can find sneak peeks here:

Jenn

Kristine

Michele

Pam

And Friday these girls will be sneak peeking:

Crystal

Kristen

Shary

And then on Saturday, the FUN bloghop! Which will begin at Nicole's blog.

'Speaking' about Nicole, did you see the AMAZING candy she's offering?

Now, I'm sure you don't want to miss out on all those yummy goodies, so be sure to go and check them out on Inky's mama's blog! ;o)

Thank you for stopping by today!

xx

Card for a good cause (please join in)

2009-09-05T19:48:00.005+02:00

This is a card I made for a good cause, I read about a little girl of only 13 years old that lost part of her arm in a boating accident. I read about it on Erin's blog here. She is now recovering in the hospital and my heart goes out to her and her parents.
I shipped this card to her today (from the Netherlands), and hope she will receive it soon and maybe it 'll even put a little smile on her face.
Wouldn't it be awesome if she would receive cards from all over the world?!
If you have a card to spare, please think remember this little girl and what she and her parents must be going trough right now..

I cased 'Lisa Hjulberg's' card for the 'I wanna be just like..' contest on 'Club Anya'.

I hope you like it!

Recipe:

Papers: Three bugs in a rug
Stamps: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess
Tools: Fiskars; borderpunch

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Circus Themed Anya Card

2009-09-04T13:30:00.005+02:00

I made this card for last weeks Farm Fresh Friday challenge, I made the card a couple of days ago. I've also sent it in for th GDT call that was going on last week at TGF, but unfortunately I didn't make the team. I'll keep on trying though, there's always next time ;o)
Creating this card was a lot of fun, these stamps sure are a pleasure to work with!

The assignement for the GDT call was t make a Circus themed card. I think I succeeded at that. I used bright colours, different shapes, gave 'Birthday Anya' a make over and made her look like a Circus Announcer: turned her hat into a black high hat and dressed her in the same colours they dress in.
Doesn't she look fab with her black high hat? The gems she's juggling where clear gems, but I've coloured them with my copics to match the papers.

Of course this is what she usually looks like. Cute!

Recipe:

Papers: ??
Stamps: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess
Tools: Fiskars; borderpunch, Spellbinders; Nestabilities

Thank you for stopping by. Have a fabulous weekend,

xx

Just Magnolia..

2009-09-04T09:50:00.002+02:00

I've decided to step down from the Just Magnolia DT. It has been such a hard decision to make because I love working with the JM DT girls, but I didn't enjoy working with the Magnolia stamps every week anymore.
I just miss working with other stamps I love, I didn't seem to have time to work with those anymore.

I really REALLY enjoyed working with the JM DT, they are all amazing, very talented and super sweet.
I will miss you girls and all of the fun chatter going on on the DT forum.
I'll keep visiting your blogs to see all of the fabulous things you create.

Take care girls, I hope you'll all keep in touch.

Big hugs,

xxxx

Inky Impressions #13 - A Birthday Card

2009-09-02T21:39:00.006+02:00

'Thank you to those of you, that participated in last weeks sketch challenge. There were some fabulous projects. >:0) We love looking at all of the talent that is out there!

September is Nicole's (Inky's Mama) birthday month, so we are celebrating HER all month long! Woo Hoo!! >:0) This week the challenge is a Birthday themed card. Make any type of Birthday themed card using Inky Impressions stamps/images. We are excited to see all of the fabulous birthday cards that you make.'

->I used the fabulous 'Stamp with Fun' sketch for my card<-

A nice and simple challenge, don't you think? Hope you can join us this week!

I would love it if you could join our PCP group too, the more the merrier, don't ya think? ;o)

The sneek peaks of the new 'Inky Impressions' stamps will be real soon, and let me tell ya, they sure are CUTE!! You're gonna love them.

Recipe:

Papers: The Greeting Farm
Stamps: Inky Impressions
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Pearls, Kaisercraft

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

My first Anya..!!

2009-08-27T08:48:00.005+02:00

I made this card using the Anya stamp my daughter won at 'Club Anya' a little while back, and of course mama get's to use it too! ;o) I'm so happy she won this stamp, isn't 'Superstar Anya' the cutest? I love her outfit, and what I love most about these stamps is the fact that, no matter what colour you give her hair, Anya always looks gorgeous! So cute!
And yesterday the stamps that I bought at the opening of the new 'Greeting Farm' website finally arrived, and they are even more adorable IRL. They where on my wishlist for a long LONG time, I'm so happy to finally have some of these stamps! So you're going to see a lot more 'Greeting Farm' cards on my blog from now on!

I made this card for the 'Roses on Paper' challenge blog, which is nice and easy (to use a punch and to combine with a sketch challenge of your choice!) and I used the sketch from the 'Sketch Saturday' challenge blog. Hope you like my card!

Recipe:

Papers: Cosmo Cricket
Stamps: The Greeting Farm
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Roses; Ebay, Ribbon; a gift from the lovely Nicole! (thx sweetie)

xx

And the winner is...!

2009-08-26T19:57:00.010+02:00

Hiya girls, I celebrated my 25th birthday last saturday and wanted to share some pictures with you! My birthday is on August the 18th and my little sister's birthday is on August the 16th, so we used to celebrate togheter when I still lived at my mother's.
This year we went shopping in Amsterdam for our birthday outfit's and we bought the same things, so when I celebrated my birthday I asked her to wear her birthday dress again so we still could celebrate togheter a little, the way we used to when we where growing up.
It was her 19th birthday and my 25th ( I feel so old next to her *sigh*). I'm the pale one in the pictures, lol! Not much sun for me this summer, because of my daughter's broken leg, unfortunately. And my sister went to Tunisia, so standing next to her I look really REALLY white, lol!!

Here are the pictures:

The Birthday Cake!

It was a chocolate cake, with oreo cookies filling (yummm..!!)

Me & My girls!

Eliahna & Keziah
(My pride and joy!)

Eliahna, my pretty little princess!

Cute little Keziah,
making a cute little face posing for the camera

And how about this face? LOL!!
She soo cracked me up with this one, my little monster.

Me and my little sister, acting like the fools we are, LOL!!
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Ok, enough pictures! Have to stop myself now,lol, but just had to share, we had so much fun!!

Now.. the winner of my birthday candy!

Sorry to announce the winner this late, but you know how busy it get's when the summer vacation is over and school is starting again.

And the winner is...

Аlyona from Russia

Congratulations!! Please email me your address so I can send you your prize.

If I haven't heard from the winner by sunday August 30th, I'll draw another winner.

Sorry for the long post,
Thanks for stopping by!

xx

My Very First Blog Candy!!

2009-08-22T21:10:00.001+02:00

***CLOSED***

August 18th is my 25th birthday, and I'm going to celebrate it with all of you by offering my very first blog candy, YEEY! I sure hope you girls like what you see.

ONE lucky person wins ALL these YUMMY goodies:

Everyone who knows me, knows how much I LOVE sparkle. In my opinion; every girl needs some sparkle, right? So I'm offering some sparkle, and a LOT more ;o) :

1 package pink gems
1 package blue gems
1 package purple gems
1 bottle pink distress stickles
1 bottle blue distress stickles
1 bottle purple distress stickles
Some pink, purple & blue ribbons
Purple lace
Package of prima flowers
1 MAGNOLIA stamp

And some MORE stamps!!

Whiff of Joy:

Oakley with slipover
Oakley sitting in bathtub
Willow sitting with floral wreath
Fancy Cake

Sugar Nellie:

Daisy on trike

And the icing on the cake:

The lovely Nicole, Inky's Mama, (thanks so much sweetie) is offering a 10 dollar GIFT CERTIFICATE to spend at 'Inky Impressions' on any stamp of your choice!! Have you checked them out yet? Aren't they the cutest?!

Want to win all of this? Then this is all you have to do:

- Leave a comment on this post

- Spread the word about my blog candy on your blog, write a blogpost about it or put it up on your sidebar. If you don't have a blog you can still enter, just spread the word wherever you can and I'll just take your word for it.. ;o)

- I would love it if you became a follower, if you do I'll enter you twice, please mention it in your comment if you have (or already are) become a follower.

I will ship WORLDWIDE so anyone is welcome to enter!

My 25th birthday is on August the 18th but I'm celebrating it with my family on Saturday, August the 22nd. So this candy will be open 'till then, August the 22nd!

***CLOSED***

Thank you for stopping by and entering my very first blog candy!

xx

Friday Sketchers #65 (Sponsored by Inky Impressions)

2009-08-20T21:55:00.005+02:00

I made this card with this weeks FABULOUS 'Friday Sketchers' sketch!
I loved working with it and I used one of my new fab 'Inky Impressions' images, 'LiLi's Prayer'. Isn't she adorable?

'Inky Impressions' is this weeks sponsor at 'Friday Sketchers' so if you want a chance at winning one of these amazing stamps, do play along! There still is some time left ;o)

-> Don't forget to enter my blogcandy! <-

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzill; Cardstock, My Minds Eye 'Ooh La La for him'
Stamps: Inky Impressions
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Flowers; Prima Marketing, Rubon; Making Memories

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Inky Impressions Challenge #11 - Paper Piecing

2009-08-19T10:29:00.004+02:00

This weeks challenge is "Paper Piecing". Make any type of creation following the challenge and an Inky Impressions image to play along.

For those of you that may have missed the free digistamp that Nicole offered last week, you can find it here. This allows everyone to play along!! >:0) We can't wait to see all of your awesome paper pieced creations this week!

Here's my card for this weeks challenge, hope you like it:

I received the most amazing package from Nicole (Inky's mama) yesterday!! Some dutch stores started selling 'Inky Impressions' stamps after I let them know about the stamps and to thank me for helping her Nicole sent me an amazing package filled with stamps and other crafting goodies.

She told me that anyone that helps her out by getting a store to sell her stamps will receive such a package from her!! WOW!! How cool is that? So if you know any store that might be interested in selling her stamps, you know what to do ;o)
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Thanks so much to everyone who already entered my blogcandy, for everyone that hasn't yet, there is still time! My birthday was yesterday but I'm going to draw a winner next saturday after I've celebrated my birthday.

Oh, and my daughter's cast got removed last Friday, YEEY!! Now she still can't walk like she could before, but we're getting there.

Recipe:

Papers: October Afternoon - Cherry Hill
Stamp: Inky Impressions
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Flowers; Prima, Rub on; Making Memories

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

Week 17 - Martine's sketch

2009-08-07T13:27:00.004+02:00

YEEY, I love fridays, don't you? lol. Time for another Just Magnolia challenge!

This week we have a sketch for you to work with, made by the lovely Martine! I loved working with the sketch, it's just fab!

This week our sponsor is Simon Says Stamp who have kindly offered a $25 voucher to spend in their store!!

Here's my card, hope you like it:

I'm also entering this card into the 'A spoonfull of sugar' challenge blog.

Recipe:

Papers: October Afternoon - Cherry Hill
Stamps: Magnolia
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Flowers; Prima

Thank you for stopping by, have a fabulous weekend,

xx

Inky Impressions - Challenge #9 - Color Challenge

2009-08-06T11:56:00.002+02:00

The challenge for this week is a fab colour challenge, make a project or card using the following colors (or colors close to them) :

(certainly celery, baja breeze, chocolate chip, pixie pink)

And here is my card for this weeks challenge:

And I'm happy to say, I made it onto the Inky Impressions DT again, YEEY!!

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For everyone that's been asking about my daughter, thank you so much!! I really appreciate it, it means a lot.
Last friday we went to the hospital again, 'cause her cast supposed to come off, but when they took it off they decided she needed a new cast for another two weeks *sigh*. Fortunately she's already used to her plastered leg so she wasn't too upset. Her biggest concern was which colour to choose next, lol! Se went with purple AND white and she was quite pleased with the result, telling everybody how pretty her new cast is, lol! She's so sweet, bless..
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Recipe:

Papers: Bazzill; Cardstock, My Minds Eye 'Pretty Please'
Stamps: Inky Impressions
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Flower; Prima Marketing, Pins; Maya Road, Roses; Stash

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you like my card!

xx

Inky Impressions 2nd Design Team Call

2009-08-03T23:39:00.002+02:00

Inky Impressions is having their 2nd DT call and I've been having so much fun with these cuties, I'm reapplying (keep your fingers crossed for me please xx). I'm soo late posting this, today is the last day to apply, but I've been quite busy lately, the closing date kinda slipped my mind, oops!

For the DT call you have to show your favorite card and project, and you don't have to use an Inky Impressions image to apply, so everyone can join the DT call, for all the details click HERE.

This is my fave card, I love the simplicity of it, I think it really makes the image 'pop'.

And for my fave project I'm going for this altered tray I did for the Inky Impressions blog hop. Cute right?

Thank you for stopping by today, and if you want to apply, remember, today is the last day to do it.

xx

Just Magnolia #16 - Distressing

2009-07-31T12:06:00.006+02:00

This week our sponsor is Jacobi Drachten

and they are offering this fabulous prize of 4 adorable stamps:

We have another nice easy challenge for you this week - distressing, so lets get dirty lol. We want to see some inking, sandpapering, scrunching you name it as long as your creation has a Magnolia image on and some distressing.

I don't distress much, so whenever I have to do distressing on a card I'm terrified I'll mess things up, lol.

Well this time I had a blast creating a card with distressing! Inking, scrunching, tearing, you name it, I did it! I even stamped with some bubble wrap and stamped a border around the adorable Tilda image using my fingerprint! Yeah, I did look like a criminal that had been fingerprinted (and I still haven't gotten all the ink off of my fingers), but I had FUN!!

It was fun trying something a little different and it was the first time I've coloured an image in black & white and I had a BLAST!! Fun, fun, fun!

I used the sketch from 'Everybody Art Challenge'. Love all the layers! And I'm also entering this card into the 'Simon Says Stamp' challenge blog which also is distressing! (Love combining challenges ;o) )

I hope a lot of you will join us again this week.

Recipe:

Papers: October Afternoon - Cherry Hill
Stamps: Magnolia
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Flowers; Prima

I hope you like my card.
Thank you for stopping by,

xx

Whiff of Joy Anniversary Blog Hop!

2009-07-25T19:00:00.002+02:00

Welcome to the Anniversary Blog Hop sponsored by Whiff of Joy Stamps! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Katharina’s Blog.

Woo-hoo!! Today is the first anniversary party for Whiff of Joy and I'm sooo excited to be part of this bloghop as I just adore the gorgeous Whiff of Joy images. Thanks again Katharina for chosing me as one of the lucky girls who got to join, I hope I haven't let you down.

Look at this cute 'party animal' stamp I received (designed by Alison Acton), don't you just love it? I certainly do, in my humble opinion; it's stinkin' cute! lol.
Can't wait to hop around everyone's blog to see the rest of them.

Be sure to leave everyone along the hop a comment for the chance to win the entire new stamp collection! WOW!

(This is a scheduled post, so fingers crossed everything goes as planned and hopefully I'll be back in time to join the party.)

I used this weeks 'Friday Sketchers' sketch for my card.

Thanks for stopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to the lovely and very talented Tab. Hope you'll have a wonderful evening!

Recipe:

Papers: Cardstock; Bazzill, Design papers; Doodlebug
Stamps: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Rub on; Making Memories, Flowers; Prima
Tools: Fiskars border punch

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you like my card and to see you all at the fabulous party,

xx

Week 15 - A Sketch By Tab

2009-07-24T11:25:00.011+02:00

It's time for another 'Just Magnolia' challenge and this week our sponsor is All That Scraps:

And the prize is any C.C. Designs stamp set of your choice!! And oh my! There are some fabulous sets for you to choose from.

This week we have a brilliant sketch for you to work with designed by the fabulous Tab! I loved working with the sketch girl, it's absolutely fab!!

Recipe:

Papers: My Mind's Eye - Pretty Please
Stamps: Magnolia
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Rub ons; Making Memories, Flower; Prima, Roses; Stash

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Happy Birthday Tonya!

Today is the birthday of one of the DT members of Inky Impressions, Tonya! Happy Birthday girl, hope you'll have a wonderful day with all your loved ones and many more to come!

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There is a DT call going on over at Inky Impressions, all you have to do is show your favorite card and project and you don't have to use an Inky Impressions image to apply, go and check it out!

Thank you for stopping by today, have a fabulous weekend!

xx

Whiff of Joy's Anniversary Blog Hop & Party

2009-07-21T00:28:00.004+02:00

Whiff of Joy's FIRST Anniversary Blog Hop and Party is on July 25th, which is next saturday! I can hardly wait, it's going to be so much fun!!

I hope a lot of you will find the time to join in on the fun!
For all further information, please have a look at this info folder. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask them HERE.

There are going to be a lot of prizes ready and as a big surprise - Whiff of Joy's illustrators Elisabeth Bell and Alison Acton will be there to answer all your questions, now how cool is that?!! Fun, fun, fun!!

I can't wait, hope to see you all there next saturday, I just LOVE a good party ;o)

Big Hugs,

Just Magnolia #14 - Buttons!

2009-07-17T19:52:00.006+02:00

It's Friday, and that means it's time for another Just Magnolia challenge!

This week our sponsor is Hobbycompleet "De Duif " and they have supplied us with this fabulous prize:

The challenge this week is BUTTONS. So any project that has a Magnolia image and buttons will qualify for the prize draw.

For my card I used the paperbag that the sweet and extremely talented Rach sent me (thanks again sweetie xx).
The layout I used for the front of my card is last weeks 'Friday Sketchers' sketch.

For the layout on the inside I used the 'Sketch Saturday' sketch.

I loved creating this card, it was a lot of fun and it's great to put a little gift in and send off to a friend.
I did keep the card quite simple because I didn't have a lot of time.
Did you see the gorgeous paperbag cards my fellow DT members made for the monthly challenge blog? The special monthly challenge sponsored by Simon Says Stamp for a whopping $50 is currently running over on the Just Magnolia Monthly Challenges blog, go and check it out for a chance to win this fabulous prize!

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I wanted to thank everyone who has been asking about my little girl, it really means a lot to me and is very much appreciated.
Last friday we had to go back to the hospital and she got a new cast on her leg because they found out she has a hairline fracture just below her knee. She'll have to keep the cast on for another two weeks and then it will (hopefully) be healed.
She did learn how to stand with the plaster on and now she can walk around a little, she's so happy about that and so am I, cuz carrying her around all the time was killing my back, lol.

She loves the colour of her new plastered leg:

All pretty in pink!

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Recipe:

Papers: Basic Grey
Stamps: Magnolia
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Rub on; Melissa Francess, Buttons; Stash
Tools: Swiss dot embossing folder

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

Sketch Saturday #58 & TLC228

2009-07-09T19:10:00.004+02:00

Hi girls, thank you so much for the comments that you left on yesterday's post, it's truly appreciated.

The card I'm showing you today is another card that I started a couple of days a go and didn't get to finish until this morning. I made this card for the TLC228 challenge on SCS. This weeks challenge was to make a 'Stand up' card, and let me tell you, it's loads of fun and very easy to do! I think I will be doing these more often.
I used this weeks 'Sketch Saturday' sketch for my layout, love that sketch!

I used my adorable 'LiLi's birthday cake' stamp from 'Inky Impressions'. It's my favorite stamp at the moment, she's just too cute!

And some exciting news!!

There is going to be another DT call at 'Inky Impressions' next week, so if you want to join in the fun, keep your eye out for that! I will keep you girls posted.

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye
Stamps: Inky Impressions
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Rub on; Making Memories, Buttons; Stash

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

Whiff of Joy Anniversary Blog Hop - Guest Designer Call

2009-07-08T13:35:00.005+02:00

Katharina is looking for 15 WoJ fans to help her with the bloghop for her first WoJ anniversary party, sounds like fun doesn't it
Click ->HERE<- for all the detail about the bloghop & the party!

Here's my entry, hope you like it!

Sorry that I haven't been around bloghopping much, but here's the reason for that:

My poor little girl had a little accident at the playground last saturday. She didn't break anything, but there is something wrong with her knee. They're not sure what it is exactly but she was in so much pain screaming and crying and they decided that they would plaster her leg (hope I'm saying this right) until next friday. Then they're going to take it off and do some more tests, hopefully the rest her knee is getting will be enough to heal it.

It really has been one thing after another lately, feels like i've been crying for weeks now. It just breaks my heart to see my girl in pain and there isn't a thing I can do to take her pain away.

It has been really hard on her, she can't walk or run around with her little sister, the only thing she can do is sit or lie down, she isn't allowed to stand on her leg. So I have to carry her around and she needs a lot of extra help. Her little sister has been great though. Sitting with her and playing next to her so they still can play togheter, they are just crazy about each other, so sweet..

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, Doodlebug
Stamps: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess,
Tools: Nestabillities; Spellbinders, Retro flower punch; EK Success

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

Just Magnolia #12 - So charming..

2009-07-03T21:35:00.007+02:00

The challenge this week is So Charming - we want to see some charms on your creations so dig your metal out and get creative!
This week our sponsor is Simon Says Stamp who have kindly offered a $25 voucher to spend in their store!!

Here's my Just Magnolia card for this week and it's a gatefold card! I saw the Roses on Paper challenge yesterday and decided to enter. It's my first gatefold card and it was a lot of fun, will do it again for sure!
I'm also entering this card into the Cute Card Thursday challenge blog, don't you just love combining challenges? ;o)

When I made the card last night I forgot to add the faux stitching (doh) so I did the stitching today. The first picture is one I took yesterday and the second is a picture that I took today. The colours on the pics look intirely different, freaky huh? Now, I know I ain't the worlds best photographer, but this is really weird, right? Guess it has something to do with the sunlight. The stamp I used is a Magnolia stamp that I bought recently, I love that cupcake, really looks good enough to eat, don't ya think? ;o)

I've kept the card quite simple cuz I didn't have much crafting time the past week, my little girl has been sick so she really needed her mommy! Fortunately she's (finally) starting to feel better and I'll have more time on my hands.

Recipe: Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, Basic Grey Bittersweet paperpad
Stamps: Magnolia
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Pearl brads; Papermania, The charm I got from Rach and the jumprings from Bev, thx so much girls! xx
Tools: Nestabillities; Spellbinders

Thank you for stopping by today and enjoy your weekend,

xx

Friday Sketchers #58 & WTCC 224

2009-06-30T10:34:00.007+02:00

I made this card for this weeks SCS 'ways to use it' challenge which is 'bold & bright' and the sketch I used is this weeks sketch on the 'Friday sketchers' blog.

The Imaginisce papers I used are really bright IRL, love those papers! The image is the adorable 'Angelica's bunny hugs' from 'Inky Impressions', she's such a cutie! On the stamp the bunny has two little bows on her ear, but I've covered them with two little flowers, rub ons from Imaginisce, so the bunny would match the whole 'flowery' scene, cute right?
The gems on the left corners of the card are orange,they look brown on the picture, they just wouldn't look right, argh..

I received this award a couple of days ago from the very talented Janny (scrappyjan). Thank you so much, I really appreciate it and I'm sorry for posting this so late.

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, Imaginisce 'Twitterpated'
Stamps: Inky Impressions
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Flowers; Prima, Brads; Papermania, Rub ons; Imaginisce, Gems; Stash
Tools: Nestabillities; Spellbinders

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

Just Magnolia #11 Bev's sketch

2009-06-26T21:57:00.004+02:00

Sorry I'm so late with today's posting of my Just Magnolia card.

I've just been so sad today because of the news about Michael Jackson. The devastating news of his death really hit me hard and I've just been heart broken all day. The world lost a true icon, a legend, there isn't and there never will be someone like him ever again. He has touched so many lives with his music and he has been such an inspiration to a lot of artist out there including my DH. He will be greatly missed. May your soul rest in peace dear Michael, you will never ever be forgotten..

My heart goes out to his children, his family and friends and the millions and millions of fans out there.

"In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.”~ Michael Jackson

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On to todays card..,

For this weeks Just Magnolia card we got to work with a sketch designed by the talented Bev. I loved working with this sketch, it's brilliant.

This weeks sponsor is 'The Cutting Cafe'.

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

'Marvelous Me' by Eliahna (age 3)

2009-06-24T14:43:00.006+02:00

This is the first image she coloured, how do you like her hair? Cool huh! lol.

Guess she lost her patience with he colouring here, lol!!
Did you see the flower in Anya's hand here? I'm having such a PROUD mommy moment!

Over at 'Club Anya' they are hosting a kids contest named 'Marvelous me'. When I read about that I knew my little girl would love it! She always loves to sit next to me and watch when I'm making a card or when I'm colouring. She loves all the pretty embellishment but she knows that she isn't allowed to touch anything.
So when I asked her today if she wanted to make a card she asked 'REALLY?' and when I said yes she started jumping up and down saying 'YEEY, I'm going to make a CARD!!', lol! So CUTE! Bless..

She got to choose a digital stamp from the Greeting Farm and she had a hard time with that cuz she loved them all!
Friday is her last day of school before the summer break so I told her she could make two cards, one for each of her teachers.
I printed the one she chose and she started colouring with a big smile on her face.

When I asked her which papers she wanted to use she grabbed the Making Memories paperpad that I used for last friday's Just Magnolia card and picked the pink paper (of course!). She's such a girly girl and LOVES pink!

When she was done with her colouring I cut the images out with my scissors (she wanted to do it herself but that didn't seem like the best idea, she's only 3 yrs old after all, lol), I cut the card and the pink papers and glued everything togheter.
Then I took out the embellishments she got to use and laid them all out on the table for her, she couldn't believe it, all those pretty sparkly things she got to put on her cards, lol!
I gave her the embellishments that I bought a whole while back and don't use, I didn't throw them out because I just knew they would come in handy one day! And boy did she LOVE them.

She got to choose her embellishment and put them where she wanted. She took the crown and put it on Anya's head and said, 'look mommy, now she looks like a king!' aww bless, love her! And then she said she wanted to put a flower gem on Anya's hand, isn't she clever? She always loves to pick flowers herself whenever we are outside so she figured Anya would love to do that as well.
The ribbons she used are peel off ribbons. I cut the pieces for her and she placed them on her card where she wanted them.

Don't you just love the way she embellished her card? Guess she's a more is more kinda girl, lol!
She's so happy with her cards and she can't wait untill she can give them to her teachers, I'm sure they will love them.

I'm a VERY proud mommy, love my girls!

I hope these cards brought a smile to your face,

xx

Inky Impressions: SCS CS233, Charisma Cardz #24 & Simon Says Stamp

2009-06-20T20:36:00.008+02:00

Hiya girls, here I am with another cute Inky Impressions card, isn't she the cutest? I'm SO lovin' the expression on her face, CUTE!!

For this card I used this weeks fabulous SCS sketch, sketch 233. I'm also entering this card into this weeks 'Simon Says Stamp' challenge, which is to make a birthday card because this week is the first birthday of the 'Simon Says Stamp' blog! CONGRATULATIONS Heidi! I'm also entering this card into this weeks 'Charisma Cardz' challenge which is 'Diamonds are a girls best friend' and everybody knows how much I love sparkle!

I decided to cut of LiLi's legs for this card (OM that sounds so weird, but you girls know what I mean, right? lol) so she would fit the sketch better.
I cut her out with my oval nesties and then layered her on a scalloped oval piece of cardstock that I cut with a scalloped oval nestie and then I used the largest oval nestie and cut an oval out of the DP and used my scissors to cut of the embossed border (so the next layer would show ->), then I cut another oval out of the cardstock, again, with the largest oval nestie.
I used foam tape to stick the scalloped piece of paper onto the oval piece of DP. Then I used another piece of foam tape to tape the entire thing onto the card.

Hope you're still with me, lol!
I had a lot of fun creating this card and I hope you girls like it:

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, My Minds Eye (Bloom & Grow)
Stamps: Inky Impressions
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Flowers; Prima, Gems; Melissa Frances, Roses; Ebay, Felt flower; Stash
Tools: Nestabillities; Spellbinders

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

Just Magnolia #10 - Summer! & Roses on paper #14, Scrappy Frogs & ABC!

2009-06-19T08:03:00.008+02:00

It's Friday again, so It's time for another Just Magnolia challenge!

Our sponsor for this week is Jacobi Drachten:

and they are offering this fabulous prize of a set of Inkadinkado Stamps, a bottle of stamp cleaner and a Scrub-it pad

Our challenge this week is such a fun one, SUMMER - so any project that is inspired by Summer is what we are looking for.

Here's my card for this weeks challenge, isn't Tilda cute? All pretty in pink, enjoying the sun. I've coloured her with Copics and used a lot of stickles on her wings to make them sparkle.

I'm also entering this card into the 'Roses on Paper' challenge which is to use flowers and combine challenges. 'Scrappy Frogs Challenge' also has a summer themed challenge and so does the 'ABC challenge' blog

Don't forget to go and check out the rest of the DT's cards and to enter the challenge. You can also still enter our monthly challenge!

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, Making Memories
Stamps: Magnolia
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Stickles; Ranger, Flowers; Prima, Gems; Melissa Francess, Pearls; Stash
Tools: Nestabillities; Spellbinders

Thank you for stopping by, hope you'll have a fabulous weekend!

xx

Just Magnolia Monthly Challenge #1

2009-06-16T09:19:00.008+02:00

As promised, we're back with our first Simon Says Stamp monthly challenge! We are so excited - this has been in the planning for weeks and weeks and today's the day we get to show our creations to you all! Heidi from Simon Says Stamp has very generously agreed to sponsor this monthly challenge and the prize is .........

a whopping .......

$50 voucher to spend on what you want in their store!

Now, because this is a special challenge with an extra special prize the theme is a bit more challenging but we know you can all do it! This month the challenge is to alter a container.

When I read we were going to do this challenge I was going to duck out. I've never altered something like this and I didn't think I could do it. When I told my DH last sunday he said I should do it and he was confident that I could do it (no one believes in me like he does), so I started altering this little wooden box, didn't have a lot of time to finish it, but I managed. I didn't have any pearls that matched so I coloured them with my Copics, I sprayed the lace, roses & white Prima flowers with glimmer mist 'old lace'.

Here's my altered container, (please go easy on me, lol):

Recipe:

Papers: DCWV; Luxury stack
Stamps: Magnolia
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Say it in Crystals & Flowers; Prima, Glimmer mist; Tattered Angels, Pearls; Kaiser kraft, Roses, Lace; Stash

Thank you for looking,

xx

Just Magnolia #9 - Paper Piecing & Roses on Paper #13

2009-06-12T09:44:00.005+02:00

It's Friday, YEEY!! This means it's time for another Just Magnolia challenge, and I had a lot of fun with this one:

Our challenge this week is Paper Piecing!!
And the prize this week is a double one! Not only will the winner receive this FABULOUS prize of a Frances Meyer Scrapbook kit, Basic Grey rub-on roller and a tub of Twinklets Diamond Dust from The Hobby House, but will also be our Guest Designer for July!

It's also time to announce that we will, from Tuesday, be running two extra special monthly challenges, check the Just Magnolia blog on Tuesday for the latest news!!

For my card I used a Tilda that I hadn't inked up before. She's so cute with her little umbrella and rain boots, don't ya just love her?

I'm also entering this card into the 'Roses on Paper' challenge which is to use the colours pink, yellow and green on your card. There is a Guest Design Team call going on for the new 'Belles 'n Whistles' stampline illustrated by Elisabeth Bell!!
I just LOVE Elisabeth's work so I thought I'd have a go. Check out the Belles 'n Whistles banner on my sidebar, isn't it adorable? I'm lovin' it! Just click on it to go to the Belles 'n Whistles blog and get a banner for your own blog to help Summer spread the word about the stamps that are coming in July!

Hope you like my card!

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, My Minds Eye (Bloom & Grow)
Stamps: Magnolia
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Stickles; Ranger, Rose, Gems; Stash
Tools: Retro Flower Punches; EK Succes

Thank you for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!

xx

Inky Impressions: Design Team Challenge #1

2009-06-10T10:54:00.004+02:00

The first 'Inky Impressions' Design Team Challenge is a colour challenge:

Pink Passion, Baja Breeze and So Saffron.

Unfortunately we don't have any 'Stampin' up' in the Netherlands *boohoo* so I tried to get as close to the colours as I could. It took some serious digging trough my craft stash, but finally I found these gorgeous DCWV papers and I thought they would do the trick ;o)

Hope you likey:

I coloured the gorgeous 'Angelica's bunny hugs' with my copics, cut a flower and buterfly out of the DP and used some roses I bought on Ebay. The white cardstock is Bazzill, and the light blue is gorgeous sparkly glitter cardstock (too bad it doesn't show on the pic) but I can't remember where I got it, I think it's DCWV but I'm not sure.

Be sure to go and check out the cards by the other Inspirational Inkettes on the 'Inky Impressions' challenge blog.

I'm also entering this card to the 'A Spoon Full of Sugar' challenge, which is to use butterflies somewhere on your creation.

Thank you for stopping by, hope you'll have a fabulous day,

xx

Inky Impressions Grand Opening & Blog Hop

2009-06-09T04:02:00.005+02:00

Hiya girls,

Oh I've been SO looking forward to this day! The Grand Openening of Inky Impressions! The day we (Nicole & The Inspirational Inkettes) get to introduce the utterly adorable LiLi & Angelica to the world.
We are having an Amazing blog hop and at the end of the hop there is some YUMMY candy up for grabs, more about that at the end of this post ;o)

The Inky Impressions stamps are EXTRA deep etched on quality red rubber for a crips, clean impression every time! The stamps are unmounted and come with EZ Mount, so you can just put them on an acrylic block and get them Inky!
I've already fallen totally in love with these adorable images, and I know you will too! They are just too cute for words.

As I was saying, to celebrate the Grand Opening of Inky Impressions, we (The Inspirational Inkettesn & Nicole) are participating in a blog hop, to inspire you with the new Inky Impressions rubber stamp line. If you didn't start the blog hop at the beginning, then you want to head back to Nicole's Blog (she is Inky's Mama) so you don't miss anything. Be sure to follow the blog hop all the way to the end, for a chance to win some YUMMY blog candy!

For my card I used the gorgeous stamp 'LiLi's birthday cake' I think she is my fav stamp of this collection (today that is, lol), look at her hair, those little ponytails, isn't that just too cute? And that expression on her face, sooo adorable you gotta love her, lol!
Look at that cake, it looks good enough to eat doesn't it? I LOVE cake, especially chocolate cake, you can wake me up for that anytime, lol!

Here's the card I made, I used the 'Create4fun' sketch and I'm entering it to their challenge I'm also entering it into the 'Cute Card Thursday' challenge which is to use punches and 'Charisma Cardz' which is to use Pink & Brown.
I used Bazzil Kraft cardstock, Basic Grey Bittersweet papers & brads, Prima say it in Crystals, and I've punched flowers out of the DP and Cardstock with EK Succes Retro flower punches. I bought the roses and charm from Ebay. The rubon is Making Memories.
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For my next project I used another gorgeous image 'Angelica's bunny hugs'. Isn't she adorable? I wanted to show how you can use these stamps in combination with pictures, like scrapbook pages or an altered item like mine. Every child has had a picture taken with her or his fav stuffed animal right? This stamp is PERFECT to use with those pictures! I also could have used the 'LiLi' stamp I used for the card with a birthday picture, every mother has TONS of those pictures, right?! I know I do, lol.
For this project I used a baby picture of my youngest daughter (Keziah). On this picture she was only a couple of months old. Awww she was such a cute baby, don't ya think? Now she's a little monster of almost a year and a half trying to get her hands on my crafting stash (eeek!!), and running around screaming mama (dutch for mom/mum), cuz that's the only real word she can say. She has a lot of fun yelling it at the top of her longs all day long, poor neighbours, lol! Love my little monsters! lol

I'm entering this into the 'Secret Crafter Saturday' challenge, which is to use bling and that's right up my alley, lol!
For this project I used Bazzill Cardstock, My Minds Eye papers & die cuts, Prima say it in crystal and roses I bought of Ebay.

Next head over to the SUPER talented Inspirational Inkette Shary to see her amazing creations!

Be sure to start the hop at Nicole's blog and finish it to the last blog, so you don't miss out on a chance to win this YUMMY candy:

The blog candy will close on Friday June 12 at midnight (Eastern). The winner will be announced Saturday June 13.

Good luck and have fun blog hoppin'! ;o)

And don't forget the 'INKY IMPRESSIONS' store is now OPEN, yihaa..

Hope you liked my creations and thank you for stopping by,

xx

1st Annual 2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Showdown

2009-06-06T19:25:00.007+02:00

Hiya girls, I'm back with another card.
I had some time to play yesterday, so I thought it would be fun to enter the 1st Annual 2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Showdown (wow, try to say that 3 times fast, lol!). The sketch is awsome, I had a lot of fun working with it. Thank you for the sketch Laura!

For my card I inked up one of Sugar Nellie's Gorjuss Girls (set 2). I'm still practicing using my Copics and these stamps are fab for that. They are so easy to colour.

Here's my card, hope you like it;

>Click the picture for a larger view<

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, My Minds Eye (Bloom & Grow)
Stamps: Image; Sugar Nellie, Sentiment; Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Brad; Papermania, Rose, Gems, Spacer, Charm; Stash
Tools: Retro Flower Punches; EK Succes, Threading water punch; Fiskars

Thank you for stopping by!

xx

Just Magnolia 8 - A Sketch by Rach

2009-06-05T08:55:00.006+02:00

Yeey, it's Friday and that means it's time for a new challenge on the Just Magnolia blog!

Thanks so much to everyone who played along on last weeks challenge.
This week we have a fabulous sketch designed by the extremely talented and lovely Rach! Thanks so much for the sketch Rach, I loved working with it.

This month's Guest Designer is a fabulous DT sister of mine.
We are both part of the 'Inspirational Inkettes' (the 'Inky Impressions' design team) and she makes the most beautiful cards, so be sure to go and check out Simonne's blog!
Sem: *mwah*

Our sponsor for this week is SimonSaysStamp

and the prize on offer is SIX Copic Sketch Markers!!

Here's this weeks sketch, you can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch so your entry qualifies for the prize draw.

Now, on to my card ;o) I have to warn you, you might want to grab your sun glasses for his one, lol. I'm sooo ready for summer!!
For my card I used the gorgeous background stamp from the 'chasing butterflies' collection as the main image, and coloured it with my copics.
I've cut some flowers out of the DP I used and combined them with punched flowers. I embossed the punched flowers with a Cuttlebug embossing folder that I first inked with some red ink so they wouldn't be to plain.

Hope you like my card and have fun with this weeks sketch!

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, My Minds Eye (Just Dreamy 2)
Stamps: Image; Magnolia, Sentiment; Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Brads; Papermania, Stickles; Ribbon; Stash
Tools: Retro Flower Punches; EK Succes, Circle Cutter

Thank you for stopping by!

xx

Do you Love to Distress?

2009-06-04T20:49:00.002+02:00

Kim Piggott, one of the 'Just Magnolia' design team members has done a fabulous distressing tutorial for the 'Just Magnolia' challenge blog. I love her cards and always wondered how she did her fabulous backgrounds, and now I finally know! So if you want to find out how she does it, go and have a look ;o)

Hope you're all having a fabulous day,

xx

Sketch Saturday #53 Lelo Design

2009-05-31T23:46:00.003+02:00

Today was my last day as a guest designer for 'Lelo Design', I had a lot of fun working with these adorable stamps and Nancy is such a lovely person to work for. Thank you so much Nancy, and have fun choosing your new guest design team!

For my last card as a GD I used this adorable little mouse, isn't he cute? I coloured him with my Copics. I still have a lot of practicing to do, this is only my second try but it's a lot of fun!

I used this weeks 'Sketch Saturday' sketch and rotated it, the papers I used are some of the gorgeous My Minds Eye 'bloom & grow' collection.

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, My Minds Eye
Stamps: Lelo Design
Sentiment: Rub on; Making Memories
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Brad; Papermania, Pearls; Kaiserkraft, Gems; Stash
Tools: Retro Flower Punches; EK Succes, Nestabilities; Spellbinders

Thank you for stopping by!

xx

Just Magnolia #7 Animals and Insects

2009-05-29T08:21:00.006+02:00

This week our challenge is Animals and Insects - please feature either/or on your card. The animal or insect does not have to be a Magnolia image - or even a stamp, it could be a die cut, a punch out, a charm, shaped button - anything as long as it is an animal or insect.

This weeks fabulous prize of a Magnolia stamp and Prima flowers prize has been sponsored by Hobbycompleet "De Duif"

They have a fabulous selection of rubber stamps and punches amongst other crafty goodies..

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For my card I used some gorgeous Kaiserkraft papers and this cute little Tilda with ladybug, isn't she adorable?

Be sure to check out the cards by the rest of the Design Team, they are gorgeous!!

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, Kaiserkraft
Stamp: Magnolia,
Colour medium: Derwent coloursoft pencils
Embellishments: Flowers; Prima, Gems; Heidi Swapp, Rub on; Making Memories, Brads, Spacers, Charm; Stash, Jump rings from Bev, (thanks sweetie xx)

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you'll all play along!

xx

Just Magnolia #6 - Let's Get In Shape!

2009-05-22T20:13:00.006+02:00

Our challenge on the 'Just Magnolia' challenge blog this week is to make a shaped card - nothing square, lets see some shapes going on!

This weeks prize is sponsored by 'The Cutting Cafe'.

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, Dreamstreet
Stamp: Image; Magnolia, Sentiment; Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Derwent coloursoft pencils
Embellishments: Say it in crystals; Prima, Ribbon; American craft
Others: Shaped template; The Cutting Cafe, Retro flower punch; EK Succes

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

xx

Lelo Design: My sweet friend

2009-05-20T23:45:00.006+02:00

When I bought these chocolates, I thought it would be fun to decorate it as a little gift for a friend, and the 'Lelo Design' stamp I used was just perfect for it! I also made a little card (10cm x 10cm) to go along with the choccies, Isn't it cute? The stamp I used for the card is another 'Lelo Design' stamp. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Whiff of Joy' summer stamp kit.
I've used my Copics to colour the images, the first images I ever coloured with Copics and I still have a LOT to learn, but I had fun colouring with them!

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, Little Yellow Bicycle
Stamps: Lelo Design
Sentiment: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Spacers, Brads; stash
Tools: Retro Flower Punches, EK Succes

Thanks for looking,

xx

Just Magnolia #5 - A Little Sketch

2009-05-15T09:28:00.005+02:00

This week we have a sketch challenge at th 'Just Magnolia' blog and the sketch was designed by me! It's my first sketch ever and I hope you'll all enjoy working with it and I can't wait to see your cards!
You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch so your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To be in the running please ensure you have at least one Magnolia image on your card!

This week our sponsor is:

And the prize is any C.C. Designs stamp set of your choice!!

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For my card I used a cute little Tilda stamp that I just bought of someone a couple of days ago, I think she's just soo very cute! Don't you just love the outfit she's wearing? This stamp is just perfect for a 'good luck' card don't you think?
I should've made sure the charm was hanging right before I took the picture, but of course I didn't do that, so now it looks kinda funny, suits me right for not checking first!!

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, Cosmo Cricket
Stamp: Magnolia
Colour medium: Derwent coloursoft pencils
Embellishments: Flowers and Say it in crystals; Prima, Rose; Ebay, Pearl brads; Papermania, Rub-on; Making Memories, Felt Flower, Gems, Buttons, Ribbon; Stash, Spacers, Charm; From a friend

Thanks for looking,

xx

Just Magnolia #4 - In Stitches

2009-05-08T09:29:00.003+02:00

This week we want to see stitches on your card, now this can be faux stitching, hand stitching, machine stitching, whatever takes your fancy.

Our sponsor this week is 'The Glittergarden', and the prize you can win is fab!! This weeks winner will also get to be our Guest Designer for the month of June, so get stitching girls!

I decided to do a really PINK and girly card, I LOVE pink!!
For my card I used the gorgeous BG Porcelain paperpad. I have had them for a while now, but just couldn't bring myself to use them, they are sooo pretty!
When I saw this Magnolia stamp I new it would be perfect to use with these papers, I just had one problem, I didn't have a green pencil in the same shade of the green on the papers (not even one that came close), so I decided to pull out some of my Copics for the first time. I don't have any skintones yet, so I coloured Tilda with my Derwent pencils and used my Copics for the roses.

I didn't want to cover up to much of the beautiful DP so I didn't use a lot embellishments as I didn't think this card needed it.

As I don't have a sewing machine (wouldn't know how to use it if I had one, lol!) My stitching is faux, I pierced the paper and then drew lines with my white gelpen.

Be sure to go and check out the cards the rest of the DT made, the cards they made are all gorgeous!!

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, Basic Grey
Stamp: Magnolia
Colour medium: Derwent coloursoft pencils, Copic sketch markers
Embellishments: Flowers; Prima, Roses; Ebay, Gems; Stash

Thanks for looking and I hope you will all play along,

xx

Just Magnolia #3 - A Sketch For You - And Some AMAZING News, YEEY!!

2009-05-01T20:37:00.005+02:00

Oh, I'm SOO excited I'm just over the moon, YEEY!! I've been chosen as a DT member for the brand new stamp company 'Inky Impressions' (WOO-HOOOO..!!!) how cool is that?!! Little old me, I still can't believe it!! lol. Nicole, thank you so much for choosing me sweetie, I'm sure we'll have LOADS of fun together!! Can't wait to get to know you and the rest of the DT team better, and the team is HUGE!!

Let me introduce to you, the fabulous 'Inky Impressions' Design Team:

1.) Cami
2.) Cassie Larson
3.) Cathleen
4.) Chris Sather
5.) Christine Ousley
6.) Heather Schlatter
7.) Holly Young
8.) Kristen Catalano
9.) Kristine Breach
10.)Maria
11.)Michele Roos
12.)Naoual (YEEY!! That's me, lol!!)
13.)Shary
14.)Simonne (Sem See)
15.)Tanja
16.)Tina46
17.)Tonya Hopkins

Girls, I can't wait to start 'working' with all of you!!
The 'Inky Impressions' stamps are too adorable for words with their big eyes, so cute!! I'm sure you all will love them and the store is opening soon, I will keep you all posted ;o)

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And here is my card for the 'Just Magnolia' challenge #3. The lovely and extremely talented Bev made us a fabulous sketch, don't you just love it?
Thank you so much to all of you that played along last week and I hope that you all will play along this week as well.
This week our sponsor is 'Simon Says Stamp' who kindly offered a $25 voucher to spend in their store!!

Unfortunately I was having a bad week and my heart wasn't really into it when I made this card, so I don't love what I did here, but hey, what's done is done, right? ;o)

Papers: Bazzil Cardstock, Basic Grey
Stamp: Magnolia
Colour medium: Derwent coloursoft pencils
Embellishments: Flowers and Say it in studs; Prima, Brad; Papermania, Sentiment; Making Memories, Felt Flower, Gems, Ribbon, Spacer; Stash
Tools: Nestabillities; Spellbinders, Border Punch; Fiskars, Retro Flower Punch; EK succes

Thank you so much for stopping by,

xx