Card for men feat. Penny Black

Hi all and welcome back!

Today I'd like to show you a card I made a couple of days ago.
When my computer didn't work, I colored loads of images, and this is one of them. Wanted to use my Penny Blacks a bit more. Love those little animals a lot :)

I made this card for a men's birthday, really CAS... really in need of birthdaycards at this moment.
Colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers. TN1, TN2, CR9, OR1, IB2.

Added some glitter to the champagne as well :)

Anyways...this is it for today. Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you around later on :)


Challenges:
- Penny Black and More: Card for men

Another Christmascard and back from...

Some serious Christmasshopping in London :)

Oh yeah... finally, after 17 years of going to London almost every year, I finally was there just a couple of weeks before Christmas and was able to see all the gorgeous decorations in all the shops, beautifull Christmaslights in the streets and so much more.
Never been there so short before Christmas and wow... finally been there!
A dream came true these last couple of days :)

So... with me being in the Christmasspirit, here's another Christmascard I like to show you.
Made it with my Speccies, aka Spectrum Noir markers.
Very simple, very CAS, but sooooooo love it!
It's a 4x4" card, so very little.
Love the effect of just an image and sentiment stamp. Keep things focussed on it.

Thanks so much for coming over and hope to see you again later on!

MCSC: Een knipoog naar dieren

Hi there!

It's time for another MCSC-challenge. This time we are using the theme "Een knipoog naar dieren" (sorry, don't know how to translate this...).
We had to use a sentiment by Margriet, mine is a bit like "Hope you're feeling better soon".
Stamped the frog, masked it and did my paper through the printer...easypeasy :)
Anyways... here's my card:

Het is tijd voor een nieuwe MCSC-challenge. Deze keer gebruiken we het thema "Een knipoog naar dieren".
We hebben een tekst van Margriet mogen gebruiken. Heb de kikker gestempeld, gemaskerd en daarna door de printer gehaald om de tekst te printen... easypeasy :)
Hier is m'n kaart:

Thanks for coming over. Please visit the MCSC-blog and hope you are able to join us! :)
See you later!
Bedankt voor het langskomen. Neem ook even een kijkje op het MCSC-blog en ik hoop dat je meedoet! :)
Tot de volgende keer!

Teddy Stampers Challenge: Valentine Bears

Hi there! Only a couple of days till Valentine and I sooooo love all those pinks, reds and whites all over the place.
Red and white have always been my fave colors and love pink as well!

And as Valentine is just around the corner, why wouldn't the Teddy Stampers jump in as well?? So here we have a challenge for you: Valentine Bears. Don't you just love it??!!

Combined the stamp with one of my fave patterned paper lines for years: Basic Grey. Papers I used are already from an older collection, but I totally love them a lot and I'm sure you will see more of them again soon :)

Anyways.. back to the project... here it is:

And a detail of the card with glitter on the flowers:

Thank you very much for coming over! Don't forget to join us at the Teddy Stampers blog.
We're being sponsored by Stamping Dragon Designs and they have some amazing stuff out there for you to enjoy!

See you later! :)

Teddy Stampers Challenge: Christmas bears + DT Call

Hi there and welcome to another Teddy Stampers Challenge :)
This time the theme is "Christmas bears". Oh yes, only 21 more days to go till Christmas Eve. Time does fly fast if you have fun in life.

I made this card with the lovely LOTV stamp I bought in London last September. Oh, I love that city and I just loved the fair I went to. Loads of other stamps than we have overhere in The Netherlands, but also a lot of the same articles.

Anyways... here's my card.

Don't you just love that image??!! I sure do! It's just a sweetie!
I made this card with a sketch I found a while back. Really have no idea where I found it, but if you know, please let me know and I will give some credit.
Back to the challenge... we have a fab sponsor this time: Elisabeth Bell. And as a former GuestDesigner for the DigiBellsDT I can tell you Elisabeth Bell is such a sweet person!
But that's not all... she creates the most fabulous stamps and digi-images. You really should visit her overhere.

All of the Teddy Stampers DT have received the digi image Eden's 2nd Christmas.
I already used this image when I was on the DigiBellsDT, and you can find my card overhere.

Now what are you waiting for?? Get creating and hop on over to the Teddy Stampers blog for more inspiration from the fellow DT-members.

And did you know the Teddy Stampers challengeblog is holding a DT-call?? Check out all the details overhere.
It's a great challengeblog, so you really should give it a try :)

See you later!

Finally something new :)

Hi there!

It's been over a week since I published something overhere.
I was on holiday in London for some days, preposted some posts, and after my little break I was so tired and busy cleaning up the stuff I bought, I haven't touched my craftsupplies yet.
Well... that's not completely true, but I just can't show you all the stuff yet... just wait and see :)

Anyways... yesterday I had a meeting with a yahoogroup. It was fun.
We had to make a nametag with theme "animals and flowers".
Going through my stamps, I just knew I wanted to use this this Penny Black stamp in combination with the Tildapapers.
Used some nesties, and something to make little holes in the paper.
Printed my name on the paper, made some grass with a MS punch and used some stickles as well.
I wanted to make it pink, as October is Pink Ribbon month, I also hung my tag on a Pink Ribbon keyholder.

Here it is...

It's not much to show you yet, but please be patient ;)

I will be back :)

Take care!

Instyle Stamps Preview: Batty Chloe

Have you been to the Instyle Stamps blog yet??
This whole week we give you previews of the new releases which will be released the 16th July! So only a few more sleeps :)

We will have a party going on at PaperCraftPlanet this Friday, so please join us... it will be nice to meet you there :)

Today it's also my turn to show you some yummy stamps.... oh man.. I just love the Chloe ones. Since they were released a couple of months ago, I fell in love with her. She's just too sweet, even if she's dressed up as a bat

May I introduce you: Batty Chloe...

Don't you just think this sentiment is perfect: Witching you a spooky Halloween! I think so!

And here's a close-up:

Stamps: Instyle Stamps (Batty Chloe, image) and Penny Black (sentiment); Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned papers: KI Memories; Rub-ons: Heidi Swapp; Coloring medium: Copics; Ink: Memento; Baubles: StampingBella; Border punch: EK Success

Thanks for coming and really.... don't forget to go to the Instyle Stamps blog to see more previews all day and week long! It's rocking! See you there!

I used the sketch from: Friday Sketchers

Teddy Stampers Challenge Summer Bears

Do you also want it to be Summer??
Well, over at the Teddy Stampers Challenge blog, we have the perfect challenge for you to make something in the "Summer"-style :)

This challenge is all about "Summer bears".
This challenge will be sponsored by a great sponsor.... go check out the Teddy Stampers Challenge blog and you will find out who it will be this time :)

Bought my stamp a while back and *finally* used it. I just love the cutiepaatootie stamps of Penny Black a lot. They are really versatile plus they come wood-mounted and in acrylic. Love them.

Anyways... here's my card for this challenge. Using some papers I have here for over a few years right now (it must be over 2 till 3,5 years I guess), but I still love the very bright colors of it!
Perfect to use them for this challenge :)

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned papers: GetA2Z; Stamps: Penny Black (image) and unknown (sentiment); Punch: EK Success; Ink: Memento; Baubles: StampingBella; Coloring medium: Copics

Thanks for coming and please enjoy all the other items the DT-members made :)

See you all later this weekend. Working on some special cards :)

Another Teddy card

Another Teddy card I made last week...

Cardstock, patterned papers and ribbon: Stampin'Up; Stamp: Penny Black; Border punch: Martha Stewart; Ink: memento; coloring medium: Copics; Stickles: Ranger; Baubles: StampingBella

Teddy Stampers' challenge card :)

Yahoo!!
This is the first card I made as a DT-member for the Teddy Stampers Challenge blog! :)

This time around the theme is "Spring".
Finally spring has settled itself overhere in The Netherlands. Flowers are blooming, trees are getting back their flowers and leaves. It's just a pretty sight.
But, last but not least, temperatures are getting much better :) We had a really cold and long winter, but I just loved it! Never seen so much snow for such a long time.
But now.... it's another great season... Spring!

And Spring stands for me for "new, fresh and flowers", so I used my newest Penny Black stamps and used some fresh papers of My Mind's Eye.

Go check out the other creations the DT-members have made, hop on over to the Teddy Stampers' blog and just make something nice in a spring-theme with a Teddybear stamp on it (yeah, it's a must to do this, otherwise you will be disqualified, sorry).

Stamp: Penny Black; Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned papers: My Mind's Eye; Baubles: StampingBella; Ink: Memento; Coloring medium: Copics

Oh... did I tell you there's a prize to win as well???
This time the Teddy Stampers' Challenge will be sponsored by "Creations by Penny". Please check out the Teddy Stampers' Challenge blog for more info.

Can't wait to see all of your creations! :)

Just Cute Bears Challengeblog

There's a new challengeblog in town: Just Cute Bears!

Here's my entry, using one of my fave Penny Black images right now...

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: DCWV; Stamps: Penny Black; Ink: Memento; Ribbon: Stampin'Up Baubles: StampingBella; Copics

Just in about a week...

It's Halloween.
I so love it, but not overhere in The Netherlands, but would love to experience it in the USA!!!
Oh yeah... I just love to party! *smile*
So, people from USA.... I'm a volunteer!! *lol*

But... as I don't love Halloween overhere, I love to shop for Halloweengoodies...
So here's another Halloweencard I made a few weeks back already.
Hope you like it :)

Cardstock: Bazzill and Stampin'Up; Patterned paper: Little yellow bicycle; Stamps: Penny Black (image) and Pink Paislee (sentiment); Ink: Memento and Colorbox; Dew drops: Robin's Nest; Copics

SOL 11th October

Every weekend you can make a card by a sketch at one of my groups. Love it.
This is my card.
Kept is very, and I mean very simple...

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: Making Memories; Ink: Memento; Copics; Ribbon: Stampin'Up; Stamps: Penny Black (image) and StampingBella (sentiment)

"new" Cards

Not actually new cards, but have made them the last weeks... enjoy...Hope you like them :)

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: BasicGrey; Stamps: Penny Black and StampingBella (sentiment); nestabilities; Pencils: Derwent; Pen: ZIG (black) and UniSigno (white); Baubles: StampingBella; Ink: StazOn

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: BasicGrey; Stamp: Penny Black; Ribbon: SU; Nestabilities; Pencils: Derwent; Ink: StazOn; Baubles: StampingBella; Pen: UniSigno (on the heart)