A little world of my own

Be jolly

2011-12-13T10:08:00.003+01:00

Goodmorning! Another christmas card to show today...
This card was made with an ornament die from the Quickutz Jolly gift set from a few years ago. I stamped it with the Snowflake Circle stamp from Hero Arts and distressed the edges with 'Shabby shutters' Distress ink. Trees and sentiment are also from the gift set. Patterned paper is from October Afternoon and the hanging stars are from Papertrey Ink.

One of those days

2011-12-09T13:34:00.002+01:00

It's one of those days you wish you could skip immediately. I have a terrible headache and nothing is going like I planned it....
I decorated my christmas tree yesterday, and this morning the lights wouldn't burn...those kind of things

Today's card is a simple one, but in my opinion, those are the best (and no I didn't make it today, otherwise I would have felt not so miserable :-))

Happy Holidays

2011-12-08T08:56:00.002+01:00

And some more candy canes... Have a happy thursday!

For a special someone

2011-12-07T09:00:00.004+01:00

Last week the hubbie was in England for business, and he discovered a little scrap store overthere. He brought me a cute little stamp set with Rudolph and his little elephant friend. I kept this card very simple, just stamped it with black ink on a kraft card and then coloured it with my derwent pencils.

Let it snow (please...)

2011-12-06T12:23:00.004+01:00

The weather is quite unpleasant overhere, wind, rain and hail. It feels more like autumn than winter. I am so ready for a bunch of snow!! This morning I bought my christmas tree so hopefully tonight or tomorrow night I will be decorating the tree while singing christmas songs. I will close all the curtains and pretend there's snow outside :-)

Today's card is made with stamps and ink only, so no patterned paper. I used a lot of Papertrey Ink stamps to build the background and used a circle from holiday tags 2010 to finish it off. No traditional christmas colors but I like the combo.

From our house to yours

2011-12-02T09:00:00.000+01:00

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: PTI fine linen, Officio, red cardstock - Stamps: Papertrey Ink BB sheet music, Love lives here holiday, 2010 holiday tags, Fancy Pants swirls - Ink: Versafine black, Ranger distress ink old paper, Elzybells sugar candy, Versafine satin red, crimson red -Tools: PTI limitless layers circle collection dies, tag sale #2 die - Other: twine

'Tis the Season...

2011-12-01T09:00:00.003+01:00

to be jolly, tralalalala lalalala :-) Can't help but singing christmas songs while stamping these sentiments. My family thinks I'm crazy when singing these in october already...

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Officio - Patterned Paper: October Afternoon - Stamps: Papertrey Ink candy cane christmas, Big and Bold wishes Christmas - Ink: Versafine black, Ranger distress ink Old Paper -Tools: PTI die matstack #3, candy cane christmas dies

Warmest winter wishes

2011-11-30T11:12:00.003+01:00

Two cards I made with the Holiday Poste de Luxe stamp set from Hero Arts and some other sets from both Hero Arts and PTI

Wishing you a very merry christmas

2011-11-29T09:21:00.004+01:00

Have a happy tuesday!

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: PTI fine linen, Officio - Stamps: Papertrey Ink candy cane christmas, Close to my Heart snow flurries Elzybells christmas sentiment- Ink: Versafine black, Ranger distress ink old paper, Elzybells sugar candy, PTI pure poppy, Versamagic aloe vera-Tools: PTI candy cane christmas dies

Christmas Greetings

2011-11-28T19:02:00.003+01:00

I really like this card, it's pretty easy to make and would be perfect for mass producing when you're that kind of card maker, but that's not my style. Even when I try it every card turns out different:-)

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: PTI fine linen, Officio - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Big&Bold Holiday Wishes, 2009 Holiday Tag Collection- Ink: Versafine black, Ranger distress ink -Tools: PTI limitless layers dies, Cuttlebug embossing folder Snowflakes -Other: sakura green glaze pen, pearls

Cute little penguin

2011-11-23T19:29:00.003+01:00

last week PTI released a cute penguin stamp set. That reminded me of this cute little guy. It's not a stamp but a die from Quickutz.
I gave him a nicely decorated tree and some snow to play with.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Officio, PP Imaginisce - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Tree trimming trio, Hero Arts Stunning Snowflakes - Ink: Versafine black, Versamagic Wheat-Tools: Quickutz penguin die, PTI dies: In the meadow die collection, Christmas tree die-Other: Kars ultra fine glitter

We Wish you a Merry Christmas

2011-11-22T08:00:00.004+01:00

Have a nice tuesday!

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Officio - Stamps: Papertrey Ink BB sheet music, Inkadinkado Snowman Face, Daisy Bucket Wish You, swirls Fancy Pants? - Ink: Versafine black, Ranger distress ink Old Paper, Elzybells Sugar Candy -Tools: PTI die matstack #3, red and green gel pen

Clean desk policy?

2011-11-21T08:00:00.002+01:00

Mmmmm, not sure why I am posting this picture :-) My desk is a huge mess at the moment, I have way too much stuff and I like to keep things at hand while 'creating' but I really have to clean up now!
I would like to know: What does your work space look like?

Silent night

2011-11-20T08:00:00.003+01:00

I fell in love with the colorcombo of red, black and white on Kraft Cardstock! Again I used a golden oldie stamp from Hero Arts, this one is from 2000 and I think I bought it while I lived in New Hampshire. There were two stamp stores and a scrapbook store within a ten minute drive from Milford at that time but unfortunately they all have gone out of business. It would be so nice to have some of those stores overhere within that radius but I guess I would have to start one myself then :-)

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Bazzill kraft cardstock - Stamps: Papertrey Ink BB sheet music, snowflake stamp, Papermania A Silent Night, Hero Arts Holy night, swirls Fancy Pants? - Ink: Versafine black, PTI pure poppy, Elzybells Sugar Candy -Tools: fancy scissors, white gel pen

Hot cocoa with peppermint stick

2011-11-19T08:00:00.002+01:00

I never tried this combination of hot cocoa with a candy peppermint stick and it is not tickling to try it either :-) But it looks nice on a card though.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft cardstock, glitter cardstock(unknown)- Stamps: Papertrey Ink Candy Cane Christmas, BB: Christmas, Think big favorites #9, Art Warehouse Holiday ribbons&words- Ink: Versafine black, Versamagic Aloe vera, Stampin Up Crumb cake -Tools: PTI dies candy cane christmas and mega matstack#3

Papertrey meets Hero Arts

2011-11-18T11:01:00.002+01:00

I have collected quite a lot of christmas stamps over the past years, and digging them up around this time of the year brings back good memories. The 'stamps' I used on this card are from Holiday Poste de Luxe from Hero Arts. This set is already 10 years old but I still love it. I combined it with PTI's Postmarks and Signature Christmas.

Ready for Winter

2011-11-13T12:05:00.004+01:00

With days getting shorter and temperatures going down I'm getting in the mood for winter!
Yesterday we drew tickets for Sinterklaas and I made my first Snert (dutch pea soup) for this season.
I bought myself a Sizzix Vagabond (for the outsiders: that's an electronic die cutting machine) so no more hand cranking for me

I made a few christmas cards with the new In the meadow stamp set and dies from PTI. That set is adorable!

First christmas cards

2011-10-28T11:31:00.003+01:00

This weekend I made two christmas cards, and finally felt my mojo coming back, yeah!
I really love to make christmas cards and it felt so good to dig out all my christmas stamps, some of which are already over ten years old from the time when I started stamping/collecting :-)

For these cards I used a mix of Hero Arts (bird), Close to my Heart (swirls) and Papertrey Ink (all other stamps and dies)
Have to start using my phototent again I guess, I tried photgraphing inside with some late sunlight, but I'm not very satisfied

Just a quick card

2011-06-25T10:32:00.002+01:00

Happy Birthday Sanne

2011-06-19T20:25:00.004+01:00

Another card featuring the make it mondays challenge for this week: the rock and roll technique (see my other post a few days ago). I made this card for my daughters BFF who turned 14 today. In less than 10 days Femke will also turn 14.....time flies.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Officio - Stamps: Papertrey Ink BB text stye, BB twinkle, Signature series: Butterfly, Big&bold holiday wishes, Friendship jar fillers, Say it with style - Ink: cubes from Kruidvat -Tools: PTI dies Tage sale #2 and Signature series: butterfly,Copic markers

The best is yet to come

2011-06-17T18:41:00.002+01:00

This card was made a few months ago, I found the picture on my Iphone, so it's not as sharp as I would like, but you get the idea.
The sheet music used as background paper was bought on a flea market. Shame on me for cutting up Beethovens' Sonatas

Let's rock and roll!

2011-06-14T08:01:00.004+01:00

Yesterday was a lazy day after a weekend that was loaded with festivities. I finally cleaned my desk and was ready to do some stamping. When I saw the technique for this weeks PTI 'make it mondays' challenge I knew I wanted to play along.

Lisa called the technique she used the rock and roll technique: inking up your stamp with one color and then take another color and roll the edges of your stamp in that second slightly darker color and stamp your image.
I tweaked this technique a little because I like to keep my inkpads clean: First I stamped my image with one color and cleaned my stamp, and then I just inked the edges of my stamp with the darker color and stamped it right over my first image and voila!

I really like this technique and the effects it has on the images!

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: shimmering cardstock from lss - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Take three summer, Simple sentiments, Waltzingmouse stamps Say it out loud - Ink: PTI Hawaiian shores, Enchanted evening, Versafine Habanero, Crimson red, Spanish Moss, Memento Bamboo leaves -Tools: PTI take three dies

Birthday cards

2011-06-11T11:27:00.003+01:00

Last week both my parents had their birthdays. Of course I had to make a card for my biggest fans :-)

The card for my mom was totally inspired by this card from Debbie Olson.

The card for my father is more simple. I don't know what it is about masculin cards, but I have a hard time making them.

Meet our newest member

2011-06-06T21:10:00.002+01:00

Two weeks ago this little cutie joined our family, isn't she adorable? I'm not sure what gender it has, but it seemed like a girl to me when I took a look, lol. Her name was chosen by Femke: Coco.

XOXO

2011-05-22T14:25:00.003+01:00

Baby cards

2011-05-10T08:15:00.004+01:00

Here's a series of baby cards I made. I really like the combination of the soft colors of sweet blush and aqua mist with the kraft cardstock.

Always on my mind

2011-05-06T18:37:00.002+01:00

This is a simple monochromatic card I made a while ago. It was made with the Year of flowers Mums set and a matstack one stamp. I love the deep purple color of the ink (grape jelly from memento ink) and how it contrasts on the white card.

Happy Birthday

2011-05-05T13:28:00.002+01:00

Here's a card I made a while ago but didn't post at the time (I've lots of those :-))

My first chutney

2011-05-03T14:10:00.003+01:00

For my birthday I got this beautiful book full of recipes for jams and chutneys:

Although it was not quite the season in february to do some canning I found a recipe for a chutney with all sorts of dried fruits so I tried that one. It turned out pretty good and I ended up with lots of jars as I made way too much :-) I'm now gathering empty jars and waiting for all the yummy seasonal fruits to ripen and fill those jars with all sorts of fruits preserves!

Loads of wishes

2011-04-30T08:09:00.003+01:00

Long time no see! Although I've been making cards in the past few months, taking pictures and blogging has been a struggle. I don't promise anything but I hope to try and post more often.
The card I'm showing today is for PTI's make it mondays challenge. The challenge for this week was to be creative with line frames around the card. I got carried away with the little truck from the Tiny Treats birthday stamp set and let it drive around my frame...
Hope you like it!

PTI Challenge Card

2011-02-11T17:21:00.004+01:00

Papertrey Ink is celebrating its 4th anniversary with lots of fun challenges and great prizes to win. They started a new weekly challenge: Make it Mondays and I decided to play along with them. The challenge is to put out your sentiments from different sets and use them to create a background. Why didn't I think of that before??? I used a color combination from the color swatch that you can download from Nicholes blog: scarlett jewel, hibiscus burst harvest gold and rustic cream. The sentiments I used are from Text boxed, Mega mixed messages, Signature greetings and Say it with style

Getting in the mood

2011-02-04T14:56:00.002+01:00

This summer we will be visiting the USA again!! We booked our tickets to Montreal, Canada a few weeks ago, and are now in the process of planning our trip. Although flying to Canada we cross the border after a few days in Montreal and probably spend the rest of the three weeks in the USA...
This weekend we managed to get tickets for a Red Sox game in Fenway park in Boston, and we found a few other activities that we might be squeezing in our trip as well. Although it's still 6 months away I'm getting excited already.

Another Baby Card

2011-02-04T14:43:00.003+01:00

Pffff, today is a very windy day overhere. Weather to stay inside and snuggle up on the couch or do some crafting. I haven't done both as I have been cleaning the house and surfing the world wide web...
I'm leaving you with a card I made a few days ago and I'm off to make a Valentine's card with my son.

Supplies} 
Cardstock: unknown - Patterned Paper: My minds eye - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Fresh alphabet - Ink: Versamagic jumbo java -Tools: PTI banner dies, Quickutz Mary Jane alphabet, Martha Stewart punch

Papertrey Ink blog hop

2011-01-25T16:07:00.004+01:00

This is my first time playing along with Papertreys' monthly blog hop. This month's blog hop challenge is to go through your stash of stamps and use a PTI set that needs to be inked or that is gathering dust. I have enough sets that apply to both! I pulled out my first PTI binder with the very first sets that I bought: Green Thumb and Little Lady. They have seen ink in the past but they have been gathering dust. I combined them with my all time favorite: Background Basics Tin Types. The sentiment is from Friends til the end.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Craft Cardstock, PTI Hawaiian shores - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Green Thumb, Little lady, Friends til the end, BB Tin types - Ink: PTI Hawaiian shores, Ripe avocado -Tools: PTI ric rac and take three dies, Martha Stewart punch - Other: Woolfelt, rhinestones colored with copics

Look who just arrived

2011-01-19T14:05:00.003+01:00

This baby card is on its way to Norway, where an old schoolfriend and his wife gave birth to a daughter. Along with the card I sent some good ole Dutch Hema goodies for the little girl to wear to show off her 25% dutch side :-)

{Supplies} 
Cardstock:Officio, PTI aqua mist - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Dot spots, Just the ticket, Mega mixed messages- Ink: PTI Aqua mist, Purepoppy, Hibiscus burst, Summer sunrise -Tools: Quickutz Stork die KS0177, PTI just the ticket border- Embellishments: PTI buttons

My banner

2011-01-16T22:02:00.006+01:00

Tadaaa... I finally changed the needle on my sewing machine so I could finish my banner. I used lots of dies and stamp sets on it and I like how it turned out.

I was inspired by this post from Dawn Mcvey. It was my intention to make it a christmas banner, but as it became clear I wouldn't finish it before christmas I changed my plans...

Mums the word...

2011-01-10T21:13:00.002+01:00

I made this card a few weeks ago. Dusted off my copics when my new PTI goodies arrived and started playing with the YOF mums stamp. This flower reminds me of my year in New England so when it came out I simply had to buy it :-)

Happy new year!!!

2011-01-05T21:32:00.004+01:00

I'm a little late I know, crawling up again after having surgery last week. They removed my galbladder. Everything is going fine, so enough talked about that!

I realize that I hardly posted any Christmas cards. I made enough of them, but I didn't take pictures. I'm showing one card that I did make a picture of though. It is made with the banner dies and stamp set from Papertrey Ink which are absolutely adorable!

I also have the large banner dies and before Christmas I was working a garland, but my sewing machine wouldn't co-operate. My needle didn't like the sticky tape between the papers I guess, so I have to replace the needle and finish my project. I hope to show that soon.

Welcome little one

2010-12-03T09:00:00.003+01:00

A few weeks ago friends of ours gave birth to their beautiful son Pepijn. I made this simple card for them. I really like how it turned out.
I used the frame-it stamp set from Waltzing Mouse. At first I couldn't see why I would need a frame set while I can easily draw a frame by hand, but it seems to be my most used stamp set at the moment :-)
I almost forgot to take a picture and lighting was poor so it's not very good.

When I look outside the window snowflakes are gently falling down, yeah! I love snow, although it's weird to have it so early in the season.

Happy Birthday Card

2010-11-26T10:26:00.003+01:00

Wow, it's been a while. I did make a lot of cards lately but was not in the mood for photographing them. This card was made a while back for the birthday of one of my scrapping buddies. I did make a picture of it but couldn't post it at that time and somehow forgot.

Wishing You

2010-10-19T09:59:00.004+01:00

I've been playing with my new PTI goodies last week and made some christmas cards. I used some old papers designed by Eline Pellinkhof. I really like the color combos in this paperpad, so beware: you will see more of this stuff:-)

{Supplies} 
Cardstock:sStampin Up whisper white - Patterned Paper: Marianne Design Eline's Vintage- Stamps: Papertrey Ink Tree trimming trio, Snowflake serenade - Ink: PTI Aqua mist, Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Versamagic Pink grapefruit -Tools: EK Success 1 1/8" square punc, PTI die from peace be still collection - Embellishments: PTI fine linen saddlestitch ribbon, woolfelt

Halloween swap card

2010-10-17T18:49:00.004+01:00

As we don't celebrate Halloween overhere, there's no need to make halloween cards.That's a pity because there are so many gorgeous halloween themed stamp sets. I couldn't resist a few stamp sets from WaltzingMouse stamps. To get a chance to actually make a halloween card I entered in a halloween/fall themed swap on the Papertrey Ink Forum. I got a beautiful fall card from Toia and this is the card I made. I squeezed in the little argyle stamp set to add some PTI to my card because after all it is a swap on the PTI forum :-)

{Supplies} 
Cardstock:shimmery cardstock brand unknown, bazzill- Stamps: Papertrey Ink a little argyle, Waltzingmouse Midnight feast - Ink: Versafine black, Memento Grape Jelly and Tangelo -Tools: Martha Stewart Drippy Goo punch, SU circle punch, Spellbinders pinking circles

Welcome home

2010-10-16T16:38:00.004+01:00

I've been playing with my newest Papertrey Ink arrivals and made some christmas cards. I tried to make pictures of my cards but was not pleased with the results so I will take them outside on a sunny day or I have to put up my photo tent again.

I also made a welcome home card with the wreath for all seasons set from PTI. This was also one of the sets you could choose from for Bethie's stamp set challenge #1 on the Papertrey Ink forum. It gave me a nice reason to use this set

{Supplies} 
Cardstock:Officio - Patterned Paper: Mariaane Design Eline's Vintage -Stamps: Wreath for all seasons, background basics Tin Types - Ink: PTI Aqua mist, Memento Ink rhubarb stalk, Versamagic Pink Grapefruit -Embellishments: PTI ribbon and button, Hero Arts gemstones coloured with copics

My first christmas cards

2010-10-12T15:27:00.003+01:00

Here are my first christmas cards of this year. Its been a while and I have to get back on track with blogposting. For these cards I used stamps from Waltzing Mouse, Paula Pascual, Papertrey Ink and Elzybells, oh and of course the new dies from papertrey Ink.
There's so many gorgeous christmas stuff coming out these days, its hard to keep up with it all, and hoarder as I am I want it all, lol.

Linger

2010-10-10T19:57:00.004+01:00

Sometimes a song pops up in my head, and tonight it's this song. Don't know why, I haven't heard it in ages.

I hope to be posting some christmas card later on this week (yep, christmas songs will start to pop up in my head as well, lol)

CAS

2010-08-27T16:32:00.003+01:00

No, this post is not about my son Cas:-) These letters also stand for Clean and Simple and that is exactly what this card is.
I had to make a card for a 15 year old girl and wasn't sure about what to make, so I decided to keep it simple.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock:Officio - Patterned paper: Basic Grey Lemonade, Stamps: Waltzingmouse Victorian Alphabet, Stampin up Vintage labels - Ink: PTI Scarlet jewel -Tools: Quickutz Revolution, Blossom Grand alphabet

Babygirl card

2010-08-21T10:34:00.004+01:00

One of my colleagues gave birth to a beautiful daughter. When making this card for her I was inspired by the lovely birth announcement they made.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock:Officio - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Friendship Jar Fillers, Outlines alphabet, a little argyl, 7 Gypsies it's a girl stamp - Ink: PTI raspberry fizz -Tools: Copics- Embellishments: Papertrey Ink ribbon Hibiscus burst

Moneyholder

2010-07-17T18:40:00.003+01:00

I was asked to make a moneyholder card for a couple that is celebrating their 40th Anniversary.
I used some old scenic route paper that I found recently. I love their papers, such a pity they are out of business. But I was lucky to find some of their papers, so I have a little stash now :-)
The Monograms and 40 are stamped with the new Victorian Alphabet from WaltzingmouseStamps.

Pregnant

2010-07-16T09:52:00.003+01:00

No not me!!! It's Cas' teacher who's the lucky one. Cas wanted to give her a little present at the end of the school year, so we bought a little snuggly 'knisperdoekje' and I made a matching card to wrap around it. I used an alphabet stamp set from Rusty Pickle that I found lately together with stamps from Papertrey Ink (star prints) and Waltzingmouse (very vintage labels no 5). The ink is from Memento

Birthday Treats

2010-07-14T06:25:00.004+01:00

Last week I made these birthday treats with Cas.

Last week I made these birthday treats for Cas.

Friendship jars

2010-07-09T08:59:00.003+01:00

Last week my box with PTI goodies arrived, it felt like Christmas in july!! It was a busy week but I found some time to make a few cards with the Friendship Jar set I mentioned in my last post. When I saw this this postpost on Michelle Wooderson's blog I knew I wanted to try what she did with her Copics on the flowers. She is one amazingly talented lady!! Check out her blog if you don't know her yet.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock:Officio, DCWV, Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Friendship Jar, Friendship Jar Fillers, BB Tin Types - Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cantaloupe -Tools: PTI dies, sewing machine, Copics- Embellishments: Papertrey Ink ribbon Summer Sunrise

Happy summer!!

2010-07-06T13:21:00.005+01:00

While I was waiting for my new PTI stamps to arrive I bought these Mason Jars on Etsy.
Aren't they beautiful?? I will show some cards I made with my new stamps as soon as I finished them

yummie!!

2010-06-27T22:27:00.003+01:00

We went to the Betuwe today on our hunt for kitchen tiles. Of course we could not leave 'Flipje-land' without buying some fresh picked cherries!

New little bundle

2010-06-22T07:46:00.002+01:00

Here's the other baby card I made last week.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Craft Cardstock, Basic Grey - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Signature Greetings, mixed messages, Waltzingmouse Very vintage labels no 5 - Ink: Versafine black -Tools: Quickutz Paige mini alphabet and stork, Spellbinders labels 5, Martha Stewart punch

Welcome Mischa

2010-06-18T18:55:00.003+01:00

I made two baby cards this week, the stork had a busy week delivering babies in our neighborhood:-)
You may have noticed before but I like to make cards with the name of the newborn baby on the front.

This is one of the cards I made.
I'm not too sure if you can see it on the picture, but I stamped the name on the onesies with a light ink and over that I stamped several tiny stamps with a darker ink.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Officio-Patterned Paper: My minds eye Wild Asparagus - Stamps: Papertrey Bitty Baby Blessings, Mixed Messages, Trajan Monogram - Ink: Papertrey Ink Ocean Tides, Versamagic Sea Breeze -Tools: Fiskars border punc, Copic B00, Gelly roll pen

Happy birthday Mom and Dad!!

2010-06-04T22:11:00.004+01:00

This week both my parents turned one year older. My father is now 73 and my mom turned 65 today. As it gets harder every year to find a present for them my brother and I decided to take them on a boat trip and after that to a fish restaurant. We have to pick a date, but I hope it will be such weather as we had today. Of course I both made them a card to go with the invitation.

Oh bother, someone's messy again...

2010-05-29T08:38:00.004+01:00

Two years after our last home improvement we decided it was finally time for the masterpiece: remodelling our livingroom and kitchen. We started two weeks ago and hope to be ready somewhere mid-july. After that we have a new kitchen, fireplace, hardwood floors and the walls and ceiling will be plastered.
Here are some pictures what my house looks like these days:

This is our old fireplace from the seventies:

This is almost the same picture, search the differences :-)
I'm so glad it's gone, can't wait for my new one (with remote control :-))

We had a basement for about a week, when they were replacing some old floor beams that were in a bad condition. The floor is repaired and the best of all: it is straight!! No more rolling marbles, nuts etc when you drop them on the ground

And here's a picture of my state of the art kitchen:

Birthday Wishes

2010-05-24T15:34:00.004+01:00

Last week I made this birthday card for my sweet friend. I tried a new way of adding ribbon to my card, inspired on this post from Ashley Newell. As I wasn't sure if the ribbon would stay on the card during its journey I stitched it firmly on the card :-)

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Officio - Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Fly a kite - Stamps: Waltzing Mouse Stamps Very vintage labels 4, Papertrey Ink Giga guidelines - Ink: Papertrey Ink aqua mist, orange zest, dark chocolate, chamomile tea dye ink -Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 4, Quickutz hearts border, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Sewing machine - Embellishments: Papertrey Ink aqua mist ribbon, Kaiserkraft pearls

For you

2010-05-17T20:08:00.003+01:00

A few weeks ago, I saw a card somewhere on a blog that was inspired by this card from Becky Oehlers. I knew immediately I had to try that one myself.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Officio - Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup Old World Cabbage Stew - Stamps: Waltzing Mouse Stamps Little box labels and Very vintage labels 1 - Ink: Versamagic Jumbo java -Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 1, EK Success border punch, Stampin up Scallop circle and Circle punch - Embellishments: twine from lss, ribbon from American Crafts, button PTI

Happy mother's day

2010-05-09T19:24:00.003+01:00

Hope all mothers have been spoiled with love and presents this day. My kids did! Femke made me brownies and a nice card with a poem. Oh and she also bought me shower gel and bath oil. Cas made a flower pot from clay with a plant and also a heart with a poem. Cas just told me a sad story about a class mate who threw his present in the ditch because he 'hates his mom'. His parents divorced recently. This makes me so sad!

For my mother and mother in law I made these tea bags to go with their mother's day presents. The template for the tea bag is from Waltzing Mouse and you can download it here
I ordered WMS new afternoon tea set, but as it is still on its way to my house I used PTI's tea for two set.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Officio - Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye Quite Contrary, Tilda Springtime - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Tea for Two - Ink: Versafine black -Tools: Stampin up Circle punch - Embellishments: twine and ribbon from lss

Happy 1st birthday to Waltzingmouse Stamps!!

2010-05-01T09:31:00.004+01:00

A few months ago I stumbled upon the stamps of Waltzingmouse Stamps and I was hooked. If you haven't discovered this fast growing little stamp company, go check it out, you won't regret it. Claires stamp sets are beautiful, reasonably priced and jam-packed with stamps. Also shipping is very reasonable. If you like the spellbinders nestabilities be sure to take a look at her nestie friendly sets!

Waltzingmouse Stamps is celebrating her first birthday today with the release of 8 new sets. She is also having a contest in which you can win the whole new release. For that contest I made this birthday card for Claire, in which I used the faux fun circles stamp set

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Officio - Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps faux fun circles, Papertrey mixed messages - Ink: Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Raspberry fizz -Tools: Stampin up scallop circle, circle and corner rounder punches, Quickutz Balloon - Embellishments: twine from lss, Perlen pen

Happy 40th Birthday!!

2010-04-24T20:38:00.003+01:00

Two weeks ago my brother turned 40, yep I suppose we're getting old. Today he celebrated this milestone. I made him this card.
It's always hard for me to make a masculin card. Mostly I leave out the flowers and the ribbon to give it a masculin look but this one has both...

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Officio-Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup Old world cabbage - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Giga Guidelines, Purple Onion Designs - Ink: Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado -Tools: Fiskars border punch, Sewing machine - Embellishments: Ribbon May Arts

Hey!

2010-04-18T21:37:00.004+01:00

I was playing with the Baby Button Bits stamp set from Papertrey Ink when I got the idea for this card. So I made a second card for the 'compose a card with Becky'-challenge. I used the bear from the Baby Button bits and stamped it in different angles onto the squares.

Last night I reached the milestone of 10,000 visitors, yeah!!! Thanks to all of you who are visiting my blog and leave such nice comments, I really appreciate that!

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Craft Cardstock - Stamps: Papertrey Ink BB Text Style II, Baby button bits, Say it with style - Ink: Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy and Orange Zest, Elzybells Sugar Candy -Tools: EK success 1 1/4" square punch - Embellishments: twine from lss, Papertrey Ink Orange Zest ribbon, Elzybells Vanilla Cupcake button.

Compose a card with Becky #9

2010-04-16T15:34:00.004+01:00

Here's my take on Beckys' compose a card challenge #9.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Craft Cardstock, My minds Eye Quite Contrary - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Scattered Showers, Waltzingmouse Very vintage labels no4 - Ink: Versamagic Oasis Green, Papertrey Ink Terracotta Tile -Tools: EK success 1 1/4" square punch, Spellbinders labels 4 - Embellishments: twine from lss, Papertrey Ink Ocean Tides butto, gelly roll white pen

Welcome to the neighborhood

2010-04-15T18:52:00.003+01:00

I made a card for a couple who just moved into their new home.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock:Papertrey Ink pure poppy, Jillibean soup kraft cards - Stamps: Stampin Up Good Neighbors, Mystampbox.com Neighborhoods, Papertrey Ink bb Tin Types - Ink: Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Elzybells sugar candy, Stampin Up Chocolate Chip -Tools: Martha Stewart punch- Embellishments: Papertrey Ink ribbon Orange Zest

A card, what else?

2010-04-11T19:06:00.004+01:00

Luckily there was no particular reason for making this card. I just wanted to play with my Papertrey Ink stamps. On this card I used Blooming button bits. The dutch sentiment is a custom made stamp.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock:Papertrey Ink rustic white, Bazzill and Papicolor cardstock - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Blooming button bits - Ink: ColorBox sky gray, Brilliance Starlite black -Tools: Martha Stewart punch- Embellishments: Papertrey Ink buttons white&cream mix

Scrapware DT Cards

2010-04-09T17:17:00.002+01:00

These are the cards I made for the Scrapware Design Team with the beautiful papers from Bo Bunny (Sophie)

You're a sweet heart

2010-04-07T14:58:00.003+01:00

A few weeks ago I bought a cute stamp set: Animal Hearts from inkadinkado. I dug out my derwent coloursoft pencils and played with this cute little birdie. The heart was paperpieced with the same paper I used as background for the rectangle.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft cardstok, DCWV blue cardstock- Stamps: Inkadinkado Animal hearts, Papertrey Ink background basiscs Tin types and Mega Mixed Messages - Ink: Elzybells Sugar candy, Versafine black -Tools: Spellbinders classic rectangles- Embellishments: American Crafts ribbon

Cheer up Buttercup!

2010-04-03T17:12:00.003+01:00

Last week I made this card with my new papertrey goodies. I used Terra Cotta tile ink and I love the color. On the umbrella I used the Perlen Pen, which is a fluid pearl maker

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft cardstok, PTI rustic cream- Stamps: Papertrey Ink Scattered Showers, background basiscs Tin types - Ink: Papertrey Ink Terracotta tile, Dark chocolate, Elzybells Sugar candy -Tools: EK succes tag punch- Embellishments: American Crafts ribbon, Kaiserkraft pearls, Perlen pen

Celebrate today

2010-03-27T20:31:00.002+01:00

Raspberry Fizz from Papertrey Ink is such a yummy color! I played with the ink, ribbon and button all in the same color.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft cardstok, handmade paper unknown- Stamps: Papertrey Ink Year of Flowers: Violet, background basiscs textstyle II, Mixed messages- Ink: Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz -Tools: Quickutz Octagon Fasteners die- Embellishments: Papertrey Raspberry Fizz buttons and saddle stitch ribbon, Papermania shimmerdots

PTI goodies

2010-03-23T08:57:00.003+01:00

A few weeks ago I gave in and placed a huge PTI order and it arrived last week. I felt like a kid in a candy store and didn't know where to start.
So the first days I only looked at all those yummie goodies and this weekend I started to unpack the box and finally made a card.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft cardstok, Papertrey ink rustic cream- Stamps: Papertrey Ink Turning a new leaf, background basiscs textstyle, Blooming button bits, Sentiment stamp homemade- Ink: Papertrey Ink New leaf -Tools: Fiskars border punch- Embellishments: Papertrey new leaf buttons, vintage cream ribbon

Poppy Seed Challenge #2

2010-03-21T18:46:00.003+01:00

I wanted to make a clean and simple card so I kept it very basic. I embossed the card with a rectangle die from spellbinders. With a smaller die I cut out the polka dot wellie and put some foam on the back for the dimension. The challenge was to also use buttons, but a real button didn't work for me, so I dug out my button die from Quickutz and made one myself.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Card from Romak , Papertrey Ink rustic cream - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Green thumb- Ink: Papertrey Ink Aqua mist, Spring moss-Tools: Quickutz buttons die, Spellbinders classic rectangles

Babygirl card

2010-03-19T21:56:00.003+01:00

I love 'Western' alphabets and I don't know what it is, once I noticed them they seem to show up everywhere :-)
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon the noteblock stamps from Purple onion designs and immediately fell in love with them.
Here's a babygirl card I made with them

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft cardstock -Patterned Paper: Girl Friday from Cosmo Cricket- Stamps: Purple onion designs, Papertrey Ink- Ink: Color box chalk dark brown -Tools: Quickutz Stork die and Octagon fasteners, Martha Stewart border punch crown - Embellishments: ribbon unknown

Birthday Wishes

2010-03-16T12:16:00.003+01:00

Last week I made this card for a scrap mate.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Stampin Up whisper white, Basic Grey Origins - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Cupcake collection, Giga guidelines, Mixed messages, Hero Arts Background Ledger- Ink: Papertrey Ink New leaf, Color box Chianti -Tools: Quickutz octagon fasteners, Martha Stewart punches doily lace border and Deep edger Vine- Embellishments: ribbon unknown

Poppy Seed Challenge

2010-03-02T15:15:00.005+01:00

Here's another card based on a challenge. It seems like everybody is challenging everybody, lol.
This time I played along with a new challenge from Lisa Johnson

For this first challengse there are three seeds to use on your card: crystals, light yellow and a flower stamp. I used a flower stamp from Hero Arts from the Asian Elements Set and stamped it wiht Thatched Straw from VersaMagic. The gridlines on the back is also a stamp from Hero Arts: Ledger cling stamp. Sentiments are from the Say it with Style set from PTI and stamped with Raspberry fizz ink. I used pink crystals from Hero Arts.
As for the spring colors I was inspired by this post from Betsy Veldman yesterday

Mini pizza box

2010-02-28T13:49:00.004+01:00

Do you remember my card for Jamie, which I posted a few days earlier? I made a matching mini pizza box to 'wrap' my present. Jamies mom wanted a gift card, and as I don't like to give only a gift card I also bought a cute onesie which fits perfectly into that little box.

Compose a card with Becky #5

2010-02-26T21:21:00.005+01:00

I don't do challenges a lot, but every now and then there's a challenge that grabs me. For the last few weeks that challenge has been Compose a card with Becky from Becky Oehlers.
The fun thing about challenges for me is that I make things I normally wouldnt have come up with. This is my turn with this weeks challenge. I actually made two cards:

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Stampin Up sage shadow, riding hood red - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Friends til the end, Polka dot basics, Say it with sytle, Giga guidelines, Background basics text style - Ink: SU Riding hood red, Papertrey Ink fresh snow, VersaMagic Oasis green -Tools: Stampin Up Scallop circle punch - Embellishments: twine from lss, Papertrey Ink spring rain buttons, ribbon unknown, copic G00 jade green

Look what I got today

2010-02-26T21:14:00.002+01:00

Today my box with PTI goodies finally arrived, and oh my, I am broke. This small box costs me a fortune on both shipping costs and customs. But lets forget that quickly. I am very pleased with my stamp sets and my pure poppy and orange zest ink and buttons. Off to play now!

Birthday Card

2010-02-25T08:12:00.004+01:00

Another card made with (almost) only stamps and ink. I made it together with the green birthday card I posted a few days ago, but couldn't show it yet.
On Dawn McVey's blog you can find a tutorial on how to make the flower, just click here

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: bazzil kraft cardstock - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Giga Guidelines, Mixed Messages, Background Basics Text Style
-Tools: Stampin Up scalloped circle punch - Ink: Papertrey Ink New Leaf and Fresh Snow - Embellishments: PTI button New Leaf, twine from lss, white gelpen

Birthday Card for Jamie

2010-02-23T20:41:00.003+01:00

This weekend I made a card for Jamie who is turning one. In my last post I used only stamps and ink but on this card no stamps and ink at all :-)

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft cardstock - Patterned Paper: Ocotber Afternoon Farm Fresh and Report Card 8*8 paperpads - Tools: Quickutz Roxy classic alphabet, Martha Stewart border punch, Stampin Up punches Scallop circle, Circle - Embellishments: ribbon unknown

PTI Happy Birthday

2010-02-21T10:23:00.003+01:00

This card was made without the use of patterned paper, it's stamps and ink only :-)

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: bazzil kraft cardstock - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Text Boxed, Mixed Messages, Birthday Basics - Ink: Papertrey Ink New Leaf and Fresh Snow - Embellishments: PTI button New Leaf, twine from lss, white gelpen

Compose a card with Becky

2010-02-19T22:21:00.006+01:00

I was inspired by this weeks Compose a Card challenge from Becky Oehlers, the card she made was so beautiful and I love the color combo.
I do have the green leaf ink and ribbon but no matching paper and buttons (yet). I still wanted to make a card like the one she made so I played with my new SU papers and ink

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: SU chocolate chip, bashful blue, whisper white - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Text Boxed, Birthday Basics, - Ink: SU Chocolate chip, Papertrey Ink spring rain - Embellishments: twine from lss, Papertrey Ink spring rain button, ribbon from american crafts, copic B32 pale blue

Happy Valentine!

2010-02-14T14:17:00.003+01:00

I'm not much of a Valentine person, but this year I made my first two valentine cards ever :-)

I also made a little something for the kids. They were pleasantly surprised by this little act of kindness and loved it

New Home

2010-02-05T13:59:00.004+01:00

I made this card for a scrap mate who moved into a new home.

Supplies} 
Cardstock: white Romak cardstock - Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Sugar Rush 6*6 paperpad - Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Ink: Stampin Up Riding Hood Red - Tools: Quickutz License plate CC-SHAPE-078-1; 4*8 alphabet License plate, CC picket fence border CC-BDR-039, Octagon fasteners RS-0485, Martha Stewart Floral vine deep edger punch

October Afternoon Cards

2010-01-31T16:28:00.002+01:00

I made 4 (!) cards using the yummie October Afternoon Farm Fresh papers.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft cardstock - Patterned Paper: Ocotber Afternoon Farm Fresh 8*8 paperpad - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Star Prints, Stampin Up Cute and Curly stamp set - Ink: Stampin Up Riding Hood Red - Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circles, Martha Stewart border punches, Stampin Up punches Scallop circle, Circle, Curly Label punch - Embellishments: twine from lss, Papertrey Ink vintage buttons

Moved

2010-01-29T15:52:00.003+01:00

This card is for my aunt, who took the plunge and moved in with her friend.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: White linen cardstock - Patterned Paper: Scenic Route Sonoma - Stamps: Inkadinkado, sentiment is own design - Ink: Versacolor bamboo - Tools: Fiskars treading water punch, Spellbinders Nestabilities classic oval, Stampin Up Word window punch, Stampin Up color spritzer with Copic Y00 - Embellishments: Papertrey ribbon lemon tart

Granny

2010-01-28T22:15:00.003+01:00

One of my colleagues became grandmother for the first time. Of course she was very proud so I made her this card.

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: White linen cardstock, Bazzill cardstock - Patterned Paper: Quick Quotes Paper tessa's fairytale - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Bitty Baby Blessings - Ink: Stampin Up Pacific Point - Tools: Quickutz Grand alphabet Abigail, Martha Stewart punches

Happy New Baby

2010-01-27T14:34:00.003+01:00

Here's another card made with the same set as yesterday, Bitty Baby Blessings from Papertrey Ink

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: white linen cardstock - Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Sugar Rush 6*6 paperpad - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Bitty Baby Blessings - Ink: Stampin Up Riding Hood Red, Versafine onyx black - Tools: Quickutz License plate CC-SHAPE-078-1

Sweet Little Baby

2010-01-26T09:47:00.004+01:00

I dug out my good ole PTI stampset 'Bitty Baby Blessings' and made this sweet and simple card

{Supplies} 
Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft cardstock - Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Sugar Rush 6*6 paperpad - Stamps: Papertrey Ink Bitty Baby Blessings, Waltzing Mouse Very Vintage Labels No. 1 - Ink: Stampin Up Riding Hood Red - Tools: Quickutz Octagon Fasteners RS-0485, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 1 - Embellishments: Wax cord from LSS, Papermanie Adhesive shimmer dots

Earth Angel

2010-01-21T22:42:00.004+01:00

Here's a card a made with an older set from Waltzingmouse stamps,the Earth Angel set . I have been going back and forth over this set and finally bought it. It contains a huge lot of stamps and is very versatile.

I've been masking (the wings) and paperpiecing (the dress) on this card. The patterned papers I used are from the new Basic Grey Sugar Rush paper pad, that my hubby got me for my birthday :-)

Butterflies 3

2010-01-21T22:10:00.004+01:00

I can't help it, these butterflies are adorable. I made 6 little butterfly cards and a coordinating little pizzabox as a little give away. I've been playing with various stamp sets from Hero Arts (swirls), Waltzingmouse (frame and sentiments) and Papertrey ink (flowers, dotted butterfly trail, sentiments) I colored the butterflies with copics and added details with glimmer mist and glitter pens.

Butterflies 2

2010-01-16T12:40:00.002+01:00

Butterflies

2010-01-10T21:14:00.003+01:00

I've been inspired by this blogpost from Jennifer McGuire. I bought the digital stamps from Hero Arts here. I really like how this one turned out!

Birthday Card for Gerria

2010-01-09T12:51:00.002+01:00

White inks compared

2010-01-03T17:57:00.004+01:00

I discovered I have quite a few white inks, and made a sheet to compare them. I tried them both on kraft and blue cardstock. The ones I use most are the colorbox frost white and Elzybells sugar candy, both pigment inks. Numbers 1,2,3,4 and 7 are pigment inks and there's not much difference between them in my opinion, except for the eggshell white, but that is a more creamy color.
Number 5 is a hybrid ink and can be used on any surface. I tried it on acetate cardstock but even after an hour it still wasn't dry so I smudged it. The other ink I used on the acetate sample is the stazon opaque cotton white, and that dries quickly and can't be removed!

I hope this can be of any help for those of you who are searching for the perfect white ink :-)

Babygirl card

2010-01-03T17:55:00.002+01:00

My last christmas card

2010-01-03T17:49:00.003+01:00

I think this will be my last christmas card for a while. I bought some more christmas stamps last week when I was over at Posthumus in Amsterdam and of cours I had to play with them. I've been making christmas cards for months now and it still doesn't annoy me, but I forced myself to try and see if I could still make other cards :-)

My christmas cards

2010-01-01T23:03:00.001+01:00

magnetic sheets

2009-12-26T17:28:00.001+01:00

Have a sweet christmas!!

2009-12-25T12:44:00.002+01:00

(I borrowed this picture from www.bakerella.com go check this site!)