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zondag 27 februari 2011

Stylish Blogger Award.


Pauline gave me this wonderful Award! Thank you Pauline, I really appreciate it!

I will accept this award with love. And will pass it on with much love as well.

In accepting this, I've now to follow these 4 steps:

1 - Make a post linking to the person who gave the award! (check)
2 - Share 7 random things about yourself (check)
3 – Award 7 recently discovered bloggers with this award (check)
4 – Contact these bloggers and tell them they’ve won the award (done that)

Now about the 7 things about me:
1. I love the colors Pink and Red and combine them in my house.
2. I love to speak French. The round tongue of this language is so beautiful.
3. I'm totally in love with Latte Machiatto. Drink 2 every day.
4. Love the fact that I'm single and have the time of my life with my two teens.
5. I'm still battle with overweight and think that it will be a lifelong issue.
6. I recently discoverd that I like Magnolia stamps.
7. Have an addiction for beautiful Design papers and don't want to use them.

Well that's about me..... no it's time to give this award to 7 other people that I admire..

Lydia, Shelley, Ria, Janneke, Renata, Anita, Hanny

I hope you like this award and will accept this. I choose you girls because your blogs inspire me and I love all the work and ideas that you have.

with love
xxx

vrijdag 25 februari 2011

Totally Papercraft Challenge DT...

I know.... another DT is here for me. 
Grab Our Banner
And I so love it. This team of chatty and lovely ladies just
 took me in there middle and made me feel right at home.

Each Friday there is a new fun and exciting challenge at their BLOG.
 You have to check it out.. they have awesome sponsors as well!!

This week the challenge #55 is all about Papier piecing.
And we're proud to say that we have a Fabulous sponsors this week....
They sponsor fantastic prices you can see at our blog!

All the more reason to enter in this weeks challenge.


Here is what I made:
Image is from Squigglefly and is called Gossiping girls
Colored with Copic Markers
Paper: Three bugs in a Rug: Chloe
Flowers and leaves are paper piecings with Doo Hickey by Magnolia
with little gems in the centre from stash.


And then I just had to make another one... don't know why... but just did...

Image by Elisabeth Bell
Colored with Copic Markers

Paper: Three bugs in a Rug: Chloe
Flowers and leaves are paper piecings with Doo Hickey by Magnolia
with little gems in the centre from stash.
Ribbon from Stash

This card is also into the following challenges:
Squigglefly: Everything with a D...... darling gossiping girls, doohickeys, dots
Creative Crafts: Card for Teens: gossiping Girls

I hope to see you all there!
Hugs
xxx

donderdag 24 februari 2011

DT All That Scraps!

After being the Guest Designer for All that Scraps this month I thought it couldn't get any better...
Well I was sooo wrong... I've been asked to join the Digital Design Team from

I had to read my email twice!!! I couldn't believe that I got this fantastic chance!!!

So here is my first card for them. 
Sitting Trevor and Sitting Emma and the Dock! I decided to make a Theatre card for them
I placed Sitting Emma on the Dock and printed her out. I printed out Sitting Trevor and cut him out by hand. The seagulls and anchor are cut with my silhouette and Sitting Trevor is sitting on a text.


   
   
Trevor and Emma can be found HERE from tomorrow!
I colored them with my copic markers
Seagulls and Anchor are cut with my silhouette machine
Text is from Create with TLC
I used Nestabilites to make the cirkels.
Design Paper is WeR memorymakers: Merry January

I hope that you love them too and that you use them to join us in our the challenge that is running at the Challenge blog

This card is also into the following challenges:
CD Sunday: Get ahead, get a hat
Karber Monthly challenge: Digi + love and/or friendship
Kaboodle Doodles: Break tradition, Try something new
Incy Wincy: Punches or dies
I did it Creations: Anything goes
Guylou's inimitability: anything goes

Hugs
xxx

dinsdag 22 februari 2011

Blog hop Michelle Perkett

Today we have a blog hop to say goodby to some of our Mermaids that will be leaving our team after 6 fantastic months.
Jan, Tammy, Melissa, Marilyn and Margie
 will be leaving us and with this blog Hop we want to thank them for all the fantastic work they did!

 Shelley, Claire, Mari, Andrea and Pauline and I
will stay for another 6 months.
So if you would like to join our team... go to the last blog from the hop and enter in the DT Call there.

For now... enjoy the blog hop!

MaryMary wishing them love!




This card is also into the following challenges:

Thanks for hopping along!
xxx

maandag 14 februari 2011

Happy Valentine's Day!

It's Valentine's Day.... and although I don't have anyone to sent a card to... I just made a bunch of valentine cards.
And this fantastic Easel Card is from Cards Etc. you can find it in a cutting file in any ext. that you want. Even in a plain and simple Pdf so you can cut it out by hand!


C.C. Designs Swiss Pixie Sweetheart Brigitta
I used the Bo bunny Valentine papers
Swirls from Marianne Designables
flower from Stash
Image is colored with Copic Markers
Ribbon is from Stash.

Hope you have a ton of fun with this fantastic file!
Hugs
xxx


zondag 13 februari 2011

Guest Designer at All That Scraps another card!

Today you can see what I did with the brand new CC Design Hippie Honey!

I decided to make a peace sign myself from cardstock and the color of her hair had to be red. After all... all those women in that time colored their hair with Henna. So my Hippie Honey too!

At the blog of All that Scraps you can find more fantastic cards of the Digi DT!
And off course you find this Hippie Honey in the All That Scraps Store.


Hippie Honey is colored with Copic Markers
DP is Three bugs in a rug: Dawson (the back sides)
nestabilities and MS border punch.
flower Prima Marketing
stamp Kaiser kraft.
Swirls Marianne Designables.
Ribbon from Stash.

Hope you like her a lot and have as much fun coloring her as I did!

This card is also into the following challenges:
Sunday's With Crissy - It's All About Love
Crafty Ann's - Love Is All Around 

Thanks for looking and leaving a lovely comment.
Hugs
xxx

zaterdag 12 februari 2011

Enchanted Love.

The flu.... I have no idea who invented this... but I think I hate that person....
I'm out of order for some days and I reached the point that I want to feel better and be able to be up and creative again.
Luckily I had made this card one week earlier so I can show it to you today!

This lovely couple is so fantastic to work with on a card. Specially now Valentine is almost there!
The are called Enchanted Love and on the 
you can find the link to the discount section where you can buy this image!



This card is also into the following challenges:
have a great and healthy weekend!
hugs
xxx


vrijdag 11 februari 2011

Guest Designer at All That Scraps!

This month I got the opportunity to be Guest Designer for 

I think it's an honor. And I made this cutie pie of a card with this brand new image!
You can see more of the fabulous work of the Digi DT team HERE!


This is Bunny Honey 
Colored with Copics.
Made the card with nestabilities label 8
Cardstock is Core'dinations White wash
DP is Prima Marketing Jack 'n Jill collection
Heart dollie from stash
Flowers with die from Crealies, inked with Distress ink and Atyou Spica and pearls
Green Leaf ribbon and Flower ribbon from Stash
Ladybirds and butterflies from stash.

This card is also into the following challenges:


Hope you all like her.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a lovely comment.
Hugs
xxx

zondag 6 februari 2011

Friday Sketchers #140

Today I just sat down and played with my new Hänglar Stänglar stamp and some magnolia papers from my stash... And when hopping by the Friday Sketchers blog I found a fantastic Sketch to work with.


So here she is!

This card is also into the following challenges:

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a lovely comment.
Hugs
XXX

woensdag 2 februari 2011

Nieuwe Challenge bij Cards etc.!

En deze keer is het helemaal in het teken van de komende valentijn hoor! Maar het leuke van 
deze kaart is dat je hem ook gewoon voor iets anders kan gebruiken... het is een bijzondere kaart...

Dit snijbestand is gemaakt door Jolanda van Cards Etc.
De challenge en het bestand kun je HIER vinden
Ik heb besloten om er een valentijnkaart van te maken voor iemand die van honden houd...
Voorkant van de kaart met zowel de bloem label als het hart label erin.
De kaart met alleen het hart label erin.

Binnenkant van de kaart met de losse label erbij.

De afbeelding is Boomer met Valentijnshart van Cards Etc. en vind je HIER.
Boomer is ingekleurd met Copic markers
Papier is van Bo Bunny

Een ander voorbeeld van het cuttingfile dat je HIER kunt krijgen.

Deze kaart doet mee in de volgende challenges:

Veel plezier met deze uitdagingen!
xxx