Sketch challenge 1 Bij Oma Dee

Goedenavond allemaal!

Leuk je weer te zien. Fijne kerstdagen gehad? Wij wel, lekker rustig aan gedaan. Heerlijk!

Via het blog van Inge kwam ik op het blog van Bij Oma Dee terecht. En daar zijn ze aan het challengen gegaan! Leuk, want mijn kaartenvoorraad is laatst behoorlijk geplunderd, dus aanvulling is welkom!

Ik maakte met de sketch de volgende twee kaartjes:

 Deze sketch was de basis:

 

Ik heb heerlijk gespeeld met mijn nieuwe MFT-aanwinsten: de Postage Stamp Stax en de Fishtail (Layers) Stax. Papier is van Authentique. Verder heb ik ALM-Oh Baby ingekleurd met Distress inkt, de tekstjes komen van een set van CC-design. De StackingStars, Hearts a Plenty en het label (alles MFT), wat pareltjes, vilt en een stukje twine zorgden voor de afwerking.

Leuk dat je kwam kijken! Ik wens je een goed 2013!

You shine, you sparkle!

Hey everyone!

It's been awhile...i know! And I'm ashamed.....sorry! Been a bad bad blogger!
So...now it's time for a new post (finally!) and this is for the MFTGDT-challenge again. They provided us with a great sketch, this is the card I made:

 I used the great ALM "You sparkle". I got this sweet girl from Marijke, for my birthday. Thanx again girl!!!

Here's a close-up from the left corner:

Used the Let it snowflake-DieNamics and Hearts a Plenty-DieNamics. The front snowflake was embossed with white embossingpowder (1 layer) and clear-glitter embossingpowder (2 layers). Multiple embossing layers give it just an extra dimension I think!

Other supplies: Hemp-cord, SentimentStrips-DieNamics, Distress inks (refills), Stickles and two small strips of WashTape.

Thanx for coming over!

Love,

MFT GuestDesign contest August....part two ;-)

Actually, it's part three! I allready entered with two cards, but I just couldn't resist the sketch (absolutely LOVE it!) so I did another card!

I used my new kite-dienamics for the main focus. The papers from MME - Follow your heart were an absolutely perfect match with those little kites. The text is from The Great Outdoors-set of MFT, stamped on the mini-bracket-tab-DieNamics. Some twine and cord and a few ZVA-pearls did the rest ;-)

 Close-up from the right side......

 ......and the left side ;-)

And last but not least: Welcome to my two new followers! Thanx for being interested in my creations!


Thanx for stopping by!

Love,

Nog iets heel anders.... / Something different again...

Enigszins aangestoken door de huidige rage, maar met de gedachte "dat kan ik zelf ook!" werd dit mijn volgende project:
Very much inspired with the current rage here in Holland, but thinking "I can make it myself!!" this became my next project:

 Een "postman-bag" van een echte ouderwetse PTT-Postzak!
 A "Postman-bag" made out of a real old-fashioned PTT-Post (Dutch Mail company) bag!

De voering vond ik op de markt, en MOEST natuurlijk mee voor deze tas! Ben er superblij mee, en voorlopig kan ik nóg 5 van deze tassen maken. Dus....liefhebbers mogen contact opnemen!
I'm absolutely over the moon with this bag. And for now, I've got enough fabric to make another 5 of these bags! So...interested? Mail me!

Dank je wel voor je bezoek!
Thanx for stopping by!

Groetjes,
Love,

Vingerhoedjes / Thimbles...

 ....240 stuks om precies te zijn!
.....240 pieces to be exactly!

Aangestoken door haar, verliefd op de stof van Moda die mijn favo lijn (Blush) van één van mijn favoriete scrapbook-merken (Basic Grey) uitbracht wist ik.....hier wil ik de vingerhoedjesquilt van gaan maken! Inmiddels een heleboel uren later, een hoop gedoe van heb-ik-nou-wel-genoeg-stof-perikelen-enzo later is dit het resultaat: 240 van die kleine stukkies aan elkaar!

Totally in love with her quilt, and the fabrics of Moda (they printed my favourite collection (Blush) from Basic Grey on their fabrics!) I instantly knew what to do with it: making the thimbles-quilt!

 En het gekke is dat ik er NU al hartstikke blij mee ben. Al zijn het nog maar vier rijtjes hihi!
The strange thing is, I am already really really happy with it. Even it has just four rows!

Dit is bijna dezelfde foto, maar die Kleine Vos kwam zo lief bij mijn 240 hoedjes zitten dat ik die toch ook nog even op de kiek heb gezet ;-)
And another picture, especially for this sweet little butterflie which came fluttering by ;-)

Dank je wel voor het langskomen!
Thanks for stopping by!


Groetjes,
Love,

MFT GDT August

Hello everybody!

MFT is having a great challenge again, with a great sketch. Really couldn't resist making 2 cards! ;-)

For my first card I used this sweetie with her little bird. Papers are from MME, but I don't know what series they are.

I used the Musical Notes, Fresh cut Grass, File tab and  Upsy Daisy DieNamics. I kinda cheated with the FileTab: It was too big, but the little tab from the mini-tabs-set was too small..... So I cutted the big tab, placed the text at the right side, and then cut the excess with the die. The edge around the flower-paper is hand-stitched. I coloured my PI girl with Distressinks, her dress is paperpieced. She also has some shine and bling on her shoes, in her hair and on the little heart (thanks to my perlen-pen ;-)  )

When I finished this card I really wanted to do another one......so....this ALM-girl jumped out of my collection of stamps:

Used MME papers (IndieChic-Nutmeg), Distress Inks for colouring and the File tab and Hearts a plenty DieNamics. I paperpieced her coat and boots so they match ;-). Handstitched the inner square again. Some ZVA pearls give this card its bling.

Thanx for stopping by again!

Love,

MFT GDT contest June

Hello Everybody!

It's teaser time at MFT again, so that meant I really had to make my GDT-contest card, or else....I would be late! So....I've made this card, with the sweet ALM-girl with her great phone. She is texting and facebooking with her girlfriends I think! ;-)

 Some details:

For this occasion, I also embellished the inside of my card:

Here are the supplies I used:
MFT DieNamics: Flower&Leaf trio, Royal Leaves, Fancy Flourish, Photo Corners, Mini Tabs, Mini Scallop Edging Border, Clearly Sentimental Label.
MFT A la Modes "Girl Talk", coloured her with DistressRefills. Used some ZVA pearls to create some details. Paper is from MME, On the bright side 2.

Thanx for stopping by!

Fika?

Wat zoveel betekent als "Tijd voor koffie(-pauze)" in het Zweeds. Ik bedoel natuurlijk het o zo verschrikkelijk mooie papier van Maja Design. Waarvan ik al een aantal halve velletjes had. Waarvan ik een pakketje heb overgenomen via het ScrappersAnonimous-forum. En.....waarvan ik dus op de ArtSpecially nóg meer heb gekocht. Ik had nog niet alle velletjes....en het is zoooooo mooi! hihi! Maar dan: het maken van een kaartje met dit papier... Verschrikkelijk! Ik durf het niet aan te snijden omdat het papier zo verschrikkelijk mooi is. Stom he? Beetje neurotisch. Dacht dat ik een eind over die tic heen was, maar helaas: toen kwam Fika uit. En stak die tic in z'n volledige belachelijkheid de kop weer op. En nu???
De oplossing: samen met haar een mini-challenge bedacht: maak een kaartje met de Fika papiertjes, met spulletjes die je op de beurs hebt gekocht. Sketch uitgezocht, zodat de kaartjes nog mee kunnen doen met een challenge van Simply Magnolia en húp aan het werk!
Zo gezegd, zo gedaan. Dit is mijn resultaat:



En je mag me voor gek verklaren, maar ik ben er nog best heel tevreden over ook!
De bloemetjes zijn van PrimaMarketing, de brads komen van de Xenos. De blaadjes die eronder zitten zijn uit papier gestansd met de RoyalLeaves DieNamics, gekocht op de beurs! De tekst (CC Designs) komt ook van de beurs, het tabje is een DieNamic. Tilda (ingekleurd met de distressjes) komt ook uit Zeist, ik vond 'r zo schattig in haar tuinier-outfit! Het gestanste randje is een DooHickey van Magnolia, weer uit Zeist. Ennnnnn natuurlijk de Fika papiertjes! Nou...ik geloof dat ik me redelijk goed aan onze opdracht heb gehouden. Mar, hoe staat het bij jou???? (enne....bij haar verwacht ik vandaag of morgen ook nog wel een Fika-kaartje: Wij kochten het papier tegelijkertijd bij dezelfde stand, en hebben weer eens heerlijk bijgepraat!)

Dank je wel voor het langskomen!

MFT Wednesday Stamp Club 66

Hey everybody!

MFT presented another great sketch, and I couldn't resist the chance to do it three times!! But hey.....great sketch, great stamps and some new dies and papers....so.....how couldn't I???

The first one is a real birthday card. What else could it be with this great cake on it??? I allready have a slight idea who is getting this card on her birthday ;-) The gorgeous papers are from Memorybox.

 The next one is with the new PI from the last MFT release. After getting the PI with the adorable kitten, I obviously HAD to get this sweet little girl and her puppy too! The paper is from Memorybox, from a set I sort of "swapped" with her (hey girly!) ;-)
 

And the last sweetie...... The Purrrrfect girl I was talking about ;-). The papers are from MME, Hazel.

All the girls are coloured with Distress Inks. Some MFT dies and my PerlenPens did the rest!

Thanx for stopping by!

MFT GDT March

Wow...I actually still can't believe what I've just done.... I entered the MyFavouriteThings GuestDesignTeam call!!! The theme for this month is "Hit the Books". When I read that, I instantly knew what to make....and that doesn't happen too often to me!

I always ask myself "will I be good enough? Is my card beautiful enough? Would they want someone who isn't the best Blogger in the world?" But still....this challenge really inspired me. And being a bad blogger should move into being a better blogger!

So. Off to the crafting-table for a few evenings to create the following project: a *book-card thing* ;-) for my sister who is about to graduate in June this year.

 For the front of my project, I used an old MFT-sketch, I believe it was number 37. Papers are from BasicGrey, called Oxford. Really matching the theme!!!! See the book this girly is reading? Paperpieced it! Great technique! The rest of the girl and books were coloured with DistressInks.

On the back the really cool LayeredLabelDie-set. Have to have that set....maybe sometime this year! The sentiment is from MFT, Essentials Sentiments.

And a look at the inside of my project. At the left side I created a pocket, so a label could slide in. I put the studying A La Mode girl on the label, and paperpieced her book again, so a little bit of the front of my project is on the inside too. My sister is a *cat-person*, so the cute little PI-purrfect girl, had to be in this gift for her! Doily (faux crochet oval), border (faux crochet), die (SayWhat!) and Sentiment (Essential Sentiments) from MFT. Sentiment on label from Unity Stamp, heartfelt sentiments. Really fitted the theme! The cute corners on the right side, and the label on the left side were cut with the Cricut. (Thanx Ellen!!!)

 And a look of my little book closed. The "pages" are made from 4 pieces of kraft cardstock (one for every side). Score them every cm, and "fold" them together. It was a little bit of a fight with those things, but the result is great (I have to say...hahaha!)

A few big *thank you*'s are for Ellen and Marijke.
They really helped me with this project. The three of us own each a collection of MFT-supplies, so combining these three collections, gave me the opportunity to make this. The cricut I mentioned is Ellen's. So again: Thanx Ellen!!
And last but not least thanx for welcoming me on your great weekend in Diessen. Really unexpected for me: thinking to be just one day from home, and ending up staying a whole weekend. I really enjoyed it, thanx thanx thanx girls!!!! Love ya!

Now....fingers crossed:
Hoping my project is good enough
Hoping to make it as GDT-member
and....hoping my sister isn't reading this blogpost!!!!

Thanx for coming over!

Hugs,

My Favourite Things

Hi Everyone!

Lately I became a huge MFT-fan. Great dies and stamps, and great sketches.

I try to participate in the sketch-challenge every week. Often I end up having made the card, and not having it posted on the MFT-forum and my blog. Just because our internet-connection and Blogger aren't the fasted things in the world... So by the time I've posted my card, it's one hour later!

That should change!!! So, now I will try to make up with you ;-) and show you some cards I recently made:

 This one is for my stash. My mother buyed a whole lot of my cards lately, so my card-box echoed back to me haha! Papers are from EchoPark. Sketch, stamp, doily, label and sentiment from MFT.

 Papers, flowers and brad from BoBunny (Delilah). Sketch, label and stamp from MFT.

 This rough little guy moved to Bryan, our friend's son who turned six years old. Papers from Basic Grey (Cupcake, a good oldie!). Sketch, stamp,dies and sentiment from MFT.

And last but not least......what do You think of this supercute purrrrrfect little girl and her kittycat??? As a *catperson* I really HAD to have this PerfectInnocence girly!  Sketch, stamp, doily and sentiment (again....) from MFT. Papers from EchoPark.

Thanx for coming over!!

Hugs,