It's twins

Heya! How are you doing? I've had pretty intense week so far. So much has been going on... On top of everything I had an accident the other day and now I can't craft. Boohoo! With holidays fast approaching this definitely isn't something I need, especially since I still need to make maaaaany more Christmas cards to send to my friends and family members. How are you doing with your Christmas cards? All done yet? Or haven't even started? Or maybe you are half-way through? Well, not matter how far alon are you (or even if you haven't started yet), you still have some time to play with your Christmas supplies. ;)

The card I am about to show you is not Christmas though. It's acutually a baby card. :) One of my friends gave birth to twins and I made this card for her.

She had two boys, so I chose greenish and yellow tones on my card. I used papers from Me to you and some leftover paper scraps from my stash. For the "frame" I used washi tape. I covered a piece of white cardstock with washi tape and then just used rectangle dies to get the shape I wanted. 

Clearly besotted has this adorable stamp set called "Hot stuff" and I thought these cute dragons from the set were perfect for my card. And what's even better, there are sentiments in the stamp set that are perfect for when someone gives birth to twins. At first I wanted to use "double trouble" (naughty, I know lol), but I changed my mind and used "double the joy" instead.

To decorate the card I used some pearls, sequins, ribbon, gems.

That's it from me for today. Have a wonderful day! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the followinf challenges:
Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Anything goes
Word art Wednesday: Anything goes
Double D challenges: Stripes and dots
Craftyhazelnut's paterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

Christmas with reindeers

Hello everybody! How are you? I hope you've been enjoying the holidays so far. Did Santa left anything nice for you under the Christmas tree? Obviously I was on the nice list this year, because I was really spoiled. :) Did you get any snow for Christmas? I was hoping we would have white Christmas this year, but we didn't. I bet we'll be getting lots and lots of snow in January, when no one wants it. *sigh* My little girl got sleighs for Christmas and today we went to the place near by with artificial snow to test them. At first she was a bit scared, but after a couple of rides she was smiling ear to ear and didn't want to go home. lol 

Ok, enough chit chat. There are still a couple of Christmas cards I made this year that I would like to share with you. Today I want to show you this one...

I was very pleased with how this one turned out. In fact, I think it turned out better than I expected it to to be honest. I used some non-christmassy papers from Prima and lots of die cuts that I received from my friends. For the center of my card I used the beautiful Christmas tree rubber stamp which I embossed with Ranger's gold embossing powder. Around the image I sprinkled some frantage. Love that thing! I embellished the card with some lace.

Layers are raised on foam pads, which give the card some dimension.

I hope you like my today's card. Have a wonderful holiday season and all the best in 2018! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

Stamping sensations: Winter trees and flowers

Simon says (Wednesday challenge): Anything goes

Words 2 craft by: Christmas

Crop Stop: Link party 35 (brands from the store: Prima, Ranger)

Fun in the snow

Hi there! :) How are you doing? Do you have any snow where you live? We don't have any here anymore, but I hope we will get some for Christmas. *fingers crossed* The big day is just around the corner. Yay! :D Are you looking forward to it? Have you bought all the Christmas presents yet or are you doing some very last minute shopping this year? I have them all, I just need to wrap them up and put them under the Christmas tree. :)

So, today I want to share with you another Christms card I made. 

This snowman always brings a smile to my face. Isn't it adorable with that little chick on top?! Love it! I did the colouring with pencils. The small silver snowflakes around the image are stickers that I had in my stash. Papers are from DCWV. The big white snowflakes are covered with glitters and are really sparkly in person. I hope you can see this in the photo below.

In the center of two big snowflakes I added small silver snowflake sequins and pearl and in the center of the third one I glued a wooden snowman that I had in my stash. I also used some lace and smaller pearls to embellish the card.

So much from me today. Have a wonderful holiday season! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

Kort'o'mania: Christmas

The cutie pie: Stars and/or snowflakes

Sugar Pea Designs: Mix it up challenge #38

Double D challenges: Baby it's cold outside (winter)

7 kids: Anything goes

Noor design: Anything goes

Words 2 craft by: Christmas

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

Happy holidays

Hello there! How are you doing? Did you have a nice Halloween? Did you do anything special on the scariest night of the year? We don't really celebrate Halloween here so it was just an ordinary day for us.

Now that the spooky holiday is behind us we can concentrate on Christmas. Yay! :D Have you done any Christmas shopping yet? I have already bought some presents, but not all. And for a change I am also on track with my Christmas cards this year - score! I'm about to show you the most recent one I made. This forthnight we have a sletch challenge at The sketchy challenges and the ard I am going to show you was made as inspiration for this challenge.

As you can see I decided to make another card in non-traditional colours. The papers I used are from Lawn Fawn and I really like them. The adorable snowman is a Stamping Bella stamp. I did the colouring with pencils. I embellished the card with some lace, crystals, sequins and "happy holidays" metal charm.

I hope you will come play with us. Have a wonderful day!

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper
Noor design: Winter
7 kids: Anything goes
As you like it: Christmas or non Christmas: I chose Christmas, because that's my favourite holiday
Cute card Thursday: Anything goes
AnMa Creatief: Christmas/Winter
Crafty creations: Anything goes
One crazy stamper: Christmas/Winter fun
Creative inspirations: Sparkle
Deep ocean: Inspired by a song/movie (song Frosty the snowman)

Congratulations on your wedding day

Hello everybody! How are you doing? Are you still enjoying the hot summer days or are you getting ready for autumn already? We don't have hot summer wave here anymore and I really like that. I guess that since we are already over the first half of August the fall has started to kicking on the door.

A shirt while ago I made a card for a for a very special lady who is getting married later this year. Normally I won't send the card before the wedding, but there have been some other things involved in the wedding planning that also included mailing, so I thought I would just send the card with them. Also, because this card had to travel quite a lot of miles to reach its destination it had to be sent well in advance to get there in time. Anyways, since Alyce has already received this card, it's safe for me to post a photo on my blog. :)

It's a bit different wedding card, as you can see. At first I was thinking about using a more "traditional" image, but I just like these sweet peas so much that I couldn't resist, I had to use this stamp. Image is from Whimsy stamps and it's called Sweet peas in a pod. 

I coloured the image with Distress inks. To decorate the card I used flowers from IAR and from my stash, pearls, gems and lace. Dies used are from Marianne design, Cheery Lynn, Magnolia and Whimsy stamps.

I woul like to enter my card to the following challenges:

Cheery Lynn: Doilies

I am roses: Anything goes 

Craftin desert divas: Watercolor

Words 2 craft by: A single step
Word art Wednesday: Anything goes
Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Make for the border
Craft heaven shop: Anything goes
Love to scrap: Anything goes
Bastel Traum: Mask/stencil/die cutting (die cutting for me)
Scrappy Land: Use an image + any dies that Scrappy Land sells (Magnolia, Cheery Lynn, Whimsy stamps)