Anything goes....

How much fun can a challenge be where the only challenge is: anything goes? Well, harder than I thought and expected. Again I made a card, this time for a crafty friend who need a little pad on the shoulder. 

I am posting this for the challenge over at Su-perchallenges. I always loved blue, no matter what but with card I seem to grab my blue inks EVERY time. Sorry if it gets boring......

And somehow the rhinestones in the pics look kinda green but they are NOT, they are exactly the same color as the turquoise ink. Guess my camera played tricks there.

CS: Bazzill Smooth

Stamps: Stampin' Up, StudioG, Studio Calico

Ink: Memento

Misc: Rhine stones

Thanks for stopping by again, enjoy hump day today and make sure you do some crafty stuff today! 

Sketch and a color challenge

I decided to make a year worth of cards. So cards for all the people that celebrate their birthday, anniversary or wedding and make some extra ones for sick people and even a condoleance card. And you never know when someone gets pregnant or has a baby so I will include those too.

For this card I used the colour challenge from Su-per Challenges and the sketch from Let's Scrap. I flipped the sketch because somehow it seemed better that way. 

I already have a recepient in mind for this card......

CS: Bazzil, Papermania

Stamp: Stampin' Up

Ink: Stampin' Up

Embossing folder: Darice

Sequins: Making Memories*

Twine: Divine Twine

Misc: Burlap, pin

Manufactureres marked with a * are not in business anymore (unfortunately) 

Thanks for popping by and enjoy the rest of the week. Make sure you get some crafty thing done!

Let's Scrap weekly sketch

One of the great things about making the sketches for Let's Scrap is that you get to see what others make with your sketch. Every time I am inpressed with the creations. You should really hop over ot see what the design team did with my card sketch for this week. Check it out HERE.

And to make something with the prize I won at Su-perchallenges I started this card. Love this patterned paper. My prize came also with the prettiest ribbon and one of the awesome Stampin' Up ink pads. 

I also played with my new set of Sizzix Framelits. They made a great set where Jillibean Soup did the design, Sizzix the dies and Hampton Art the stamps. A great conbination of design and craftmanship for sure. Really really cool set I have to say......

So I used this weeks sketch at Let's Scrap and this is what I came up with:

CS: Bazzill

PP: Stampin' Up

Stamps: Sizzix Framelits (Hampton Art, Jillibean Soup)

Ink: Colorbox

Transparency: Studio Calico

 And again I did not wait for my Tacky Glue to dry. and again: Yes, it dries clear ;) 

The sentiment, small stars and the arrow came from the Sizzix set, the bigger star in the circle is a regular stamp from Studio Calico that I punched out with a circle punch.

Thanks for popping by and have a great weekend! 

For a good friend

Sometimes a card does means so much more than a text message or something. This weekend I found a friend that really deserved a card. Sometimes one jsut needs help and then it arrives from a total unexpected area. Well, that deserved a card. And this is what I came up with. 

I do not have a whole lot of inks so this is a combination of StazOn, Distress Ink and Colorbox pigment ink. But I do have twine, lots of twine...................... I could have wrapped the whole card in twine if I wanted to.

CS: Bazzill

Stamps: Stampin' Up, Hero Arts

Ink: StazOn, Ranger, Colorbox

Misc: twine

I am going ot have a busy week but hopefully will be able to some scrapping. Have a great week and thanks for dropping by!

Another card

I have quit a few birthdays coming up and so cards always come in handy this time a year. For this one I participated in the Su-perchallenges. There was a card up for inspiration and the challenge was just to let the card inspire you. As for me, the blue and the flowers of the card inspired me to make this card. I needed another masculin card and I think I pulled it off. Well, hopefully......

CS: Bazzill

Stamps: Stampin' Up, Close to my Heart, Technique Tuesday

Twine: Divine Twine

Misc: Glitter spray

Again I used the glitter spray. Too bad you can not see it properly here. The pic really does not do it any justice. Somehow it now seems the card has all grey speckles on it. Mmmmhhhhh.....

Off to check out Let's Scrap to see what our DT did and hopefully will do a LO tonight.

Well, anyways, you get the point. Happy hump day all of you!

Let's Scrap challenge

Let's Scrap has had a huge make-over. We changed from a site to a blog but we are still the fun site we have always been. There's sketches, challenges and still a design team. Chriss was the one who kicked off our first challenge and I promised ot play. 

It is a recipe challenge which is one of my faves for sure. It gives you the freedom to be creative and I always love ot see how everyon makes somethingcompletely different with the same ingredients. 

This was the recipe Chriss gave us: 

Please make a card or layout with the following items included:

3 patterned papers

1 Sentiment (stamped or chipboard/sticker)

1 image (you do not have to hand color)

2 buttons

some twine.

And this is what I came up with:

CS: Bazzill

PP: American Crafts

Freather Image: Oh So Lovely

Twine: Trendy Twine

Misc: Buttons

As you can see; the glue is still showing underneath the buttons. Did not want to wait long enough for it to dry...... But trust me: It dries completely clear! 

The challenge over at Let's Scrap is running until September the 18th so you still have enough time to play.

Have a great week! 

Masculin card

I have told this before and will tell it again: I am not a card maker and not a stamp person. Though I do like to send home made cards to friends and family and so I struggle and figt with cards, sketches stamps and envelopes. not sure why I keep punishing myself here.

As for stamping techniques: I know how to heat emboss and how to layer stamps. I hate colouring stamps (digi or actual stamps) but I do like colouring in general. I would like to learn how to mask while stamping and how to use more than one colour on a stamp. 

Why this talking about techniques? At Red Rubber Inspirationals they were talking about techniques and I made a card with the only technique I really master: Layering. Though you might wonder if it is a rea technique or just a matter of stamp on stamp on stamp. Not sure and to be honest: I could not care less: I love how this card turned out. I planned to make a masculin card for a birthday and it looks pretty masculin to me. 

CS: Bazzill Smooth

Stamps: House of 3 (Pink Paislee), Close To My Heart, Stampin' Up

Ink: StazOn, Colorbox

Misc: glitter spray, sequins

About the glitter spray: I use the cheapest glitter hair spray I can find. I have been using it for years and it works like a charm. The glitter is really fine and I also find it a great fixator for all media used. The spray can I buy only costs me ,99. Pretty good for a scrapbook supply, right?

The last two photo's are a bit crappy but I wanted to show you the effect of the glitter spray. Cool, isn't it? 

Have a great weekend!  

 

Stamping and cards

While spending our summer at the campground I realized scrapping is not a hobby for such a small space as a trailer. Andcan you imagine where your supplies would end up when you are scrapping outside and having wind blowing around you (only a little bit of wind will do, trust me)

I own a lot of stamps and hardly ever use them but I just purchased two sets from Stampin' Up that can be used for scrapping. (for those who like to know: the 'Gorgeous Grunch' and the 'Work of Art set')

Yesterday I started palying around with it and made a card for the Su-perchallenges. I am still not a card person or a stamp person but hey, those are easy to make when you do not have a whole lot of room and limited supplies.

Supplies:

CS: Bazzill

PP: Kaisercraft

Stamps: Stampin' Up

Sentiment: Pebbles Inc.

Acetate: Studio Calico

Die (heart): Cuttlebug

Ink: Stampin' Up

Misc: Doily

Thanks for visiting and have a great day! 

My first colored digi stamp...........(ever)

I have always been fascinated with the digital stamps but never had the real urge to actually use one. I have never understood why people wanted to pay LOTS of money for regular image stamps that you can only use a few times before you get sick and tired of it. I am not talking about the text stamps or background images, just the cute little dollies. Don't get me wrong, I think they are the cutest, I just think I would never spend so much money on something I won't use that much.
Last month we had this huge blog hop over at Let's Scrap and it was all about cards. We had so many uploads to the gallery that there was lots of inspiration. Normally our gallery is mainly filled with scrapbook LO's and with the hop there were mainly cards. Great to see and lots of inspiration. with all those cards there were also quite a few of colored images and many of them were digital ones. Some of them looked like art, they were so pretty done. I am not even aiming for that, LOL. So this week I decided to actually color a digital stamp. I went to Dustin Spike's blog and found this CUTE little dog drooling over a love letter. Dustin Spike designs the coolest digi stamps, cutting files and images for Doodle Dragon Studios. Definitely worth the visit.
I do not own any Copics and I have this beautiful container of aquarel pencils form Caran d'Ache so my goal was to use those. I also had a water brush so I used that one for the blending. It was hard, especially working with the brush but I do like how it turned out.

CS: Bazzill, Coredinations
Digi stamp: Dustin Pike
Embossing folder: Fiskars
Stamp: Hero Arts
Ink: StazOn
Water color pencils: Caran d'Ache
Misc: Bakers twine 

You still have time to enter for our DT call. Go check out all the details at Let's Scrap!

At this point I am anxiously waiting for the UPS guy to deliver my new camera. Can't wait to start playing with it! 

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a GREAT Friday.  

Winner Let's scrap Leap around the World blog hop

With over 1,200 cards and LO's posted we can say our blog hop over at Let's Scrap was a HUGE success. I can not believe how many people participated and how many cards and LO's were made from my sketches. Some other thing that really impressed me was the amount of people that actually finished all 50 cards.
For all the hosts and participants: Thank you so much!
Every blog has a winner and the master winner's list is posted in our forum. The winner on my blog is: Ana! I have known Ana for quite a while and I absolutely love what she creates. If you have time take a peek at her blog. Ana was also one of those amazing people that finished all 50 cards. Hard for me to pick a favorite but I tried: This is one I really like. It is not my favorite since there are so many I really like.
Congrats Ana!

I have not scrapped for about two weeks, my mojo left and I do not know where to find it. I sure have enough photo's and enough supplies so that can not be the problem. Hopefully I'll be able to find it soon. I would really like to play with our month long challenge over at Let's Scrap.

Thanks so much for popping by and have a great week!

Layouts from card sketches

IF YOU CAME HERE FOR THE BLOG HOP: YOU CAN FIND THAT POST HERE

With the Leap around the World blog hop going on at Let's Scrap I could be expanding my card collection with no less than 50 cards but I chose the hard way. Always wonder why I make it so hard on myself.
This is what I decided to do: I want to make LO's instead of cards form all the 50 card sketches. So far so good, I did 6 LO's since the first of February. And let me tell you; if you knew what was all going on here, 6 is my absolute record.
For a while our computer is playing tricks on us and we finally decided to buy a new one. Nothing spectacular there, right? Trust me, there's more to the story. With a 10yo in the house it is kind of nice to keep track of his computer habits. So we decided to put one of the computers downstairs and the other one in my scrapbook room. So far so good! But then I decided I did not want the computer all out in the open in the living room so we needed some kind of cupboard for it. I looked around and found this great looking cabinet that perfectly matches our dining room table. And very affordable too. DH picked it up and when I opened it, it turns out to be a TV cabinet, not a computer cabinet. One problem more to be solved.
I finally was able to store all the important items and files on my old computer and ready to be transferred to our new one. So I opened the box and got everything set, hooked up cords, put in plugs, find more empty outlets. Hmmmmmm, in what outlet on the computer should the screen go? There's this one outlet which has the perfect shape and size but it has a cover on there saying 'Do not remove'.
After some Googling and searching I find out that our computer screen is not compatible with our computer the way it is and we need an adapter to get it going. Bummer. Got to make a confession: I did remove the 'do not remove' cover and yes, that outlet is perfect for the screen, but unfortunately it is NOT activated. More bummer.
So I am still typing away on my old computer, waiting for the opportunity to go downtown to pick up an adapter.
But: Back to the blog hop. As you all will know by now we have one one the biggest blog hops ever going on at Let's Scrap: 50 hosts, all with a different sketch and all with two chances on a prize. And believe me: There are some awesome prizes to be won! As said: I already finished 6 LO's from card sketches.
For those who are still interested in participating in the hop: You still can, it goes until the 29th of February, so still lots of time to play. And the fun thing is: You can do one card, 5 or even all 50. You can read all about it HERE in my host post. So back to my LO's created from card sketches, here they are:

My two kids and the two of my DB

PP: Echo Park
Stickers: American craft, EK Success, Adornit
Misc: Black pen

This photo was taken when DD was 8 days old.

CS: Bazzill, K&Company
Stickers: Adornit, My Little Shoebox
Twine: Divine Twine
Misc: Tiny hole punch

This is my DD with my mom and her DH. Title in Dutch and reads: Grandpa and Grandma

CS: Bazzill
PP: Girls Paperie, DaisyD's
Stickers: Echo Park, Kaisercraft, Bo Bunny
Misc: Sewingm achine, lace.

On this photo my DD is exactly a week old. Even though it might look different, this photo is NOT posed. It is hanging in DD's room 20"x20'.
The scan made the photo a little crooked but it is placed straight as can be.

CS: Bazzill
PP: Echo Park, Around the Block, My Minds Eye
Misc: Twine, rhinestones

I hand cutted the elephant and the bird matching the sheet blankie the kids are lying on.

 Those monitor lines have been hanging in our hall closet for two and a half years and I never knew how to scrap them. This was the perfect sketch for them. 

CS: Bazzill
PP: Autumn Leaves, Girls Paperie
Dies: Cuttlebug, Zip-e-Mate
Stickers: Cosmo Cricket
Misc: Sewing machine, lace

LOVE this photo!

CS: Bazzill, Papermania
PP: Autumn Leaves, Lily Bee Design
Border punch: Fiskars
Misc: elastic, heart sticker, sewing machine

The title was cut with my Silhouette.

With that last LO I actually broke off one of the handles of my Fiskars border punches. With their life time guarantee I have all the confidence that it will be replaced. I already e-mailed them. 

Thanks for popping by and have a great week!