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Dec 30, 2017

Sweet and Cute Girl Cards

Hi guys, today I have a couple of sweet and cute girl cards for you all! These birthday cards were created for two little girls, whom are one and two years old. To get these cards started I stamped the Nellie Snellen “Koetie” (means Cowie in English) image number 09.16.19.004 twice onto some Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface paper with Versafine “Onyx Black” ink and clear heat embossing afterwards. I also stamped the separate smaller images of the snail and the butterfly, fro

Nov 15, 2017

Hollyberry Christmas Cards

Hi everyone, today I have another hand coloured set of Christmas cards for you all. Today’s project is featuring the beautiful Power Poppy “Hollyberries“ digital stamp set. I first printed this beautiful design, together with one of the sentiments that also comes in the same stamp set, onto some Strathmore “Toned Tan“ paper twice and then die cut around it using one of the dies in the stitched rectangle Crea-Nest-Lies XXL die set. I coloured one traditional holly card and one

Oct 11, 2017

Hello Color Doodle Card

Hi everyone, today I have a fun doodle card for you all. Did I draw these doodles myself? Nope, it’s a stamp! I was crafting at my friends house a while back and she had this Stampin‘Up stamp set called “Hello Color”, so I started colouring this image that night but wasn’t able to finish it, but since I brought my own coloured pencils I finished it at home. To get this card started I stamped the image on some Strathmore “Toned Tan“ paper using Versafine “Onyx Black“ ink and m

Oct 7, 2017

Easy going Christmas card

Hi guys, because today is World Card Making Day I just had to post something really pretty. I made this card a while back but never got around to posting! I created this card using one of the images from Syta van Gelderen (Syta also ships outside the Netherlands). These images are especially designed for card making and/or mixed media and the paper on which these images are printed is nice and sturdy enough. For this card I used sheet number 141012 and this deer is only one o

Oct 4, 2017

ART Specially

Hi everyone, today I would like to show you my entry for the poster contest for an art and craft event here in the Netherlands called "ART Specially", it’s a craft fair for stamping and mixed media enthusiasts. The winning card for this contest will be displayed on the posters for the event and also on social media for that year’s event. You are free to create whatever card you would like as long as it contains some stamping. The ART Specially fair is held in April 2018, so i

Oct 2, 2017

Lots of Flowers

Hi everyone, today I’m on the Kennedy Grace Creations blog with a card featuring a lot of flowers! As of October every KGC design team member will create one card per month using a mood board. This is the mood board for October, isn’t it beautiful? It just screams autumn to me!: I liked all the different flowers and the yellowy, orange colours with a splash of green. That inspired me to create a card using a combination of different stamp sets. To get this card started I stam

Sep 27, 2017

Calender Month Series - September

Hi everyone, today I have what is the ninth Calender Month page in this Series for you all: 2017 is really going fast! Are there projects you would like to finish this year? I would love to hear about them in the comments! This months page is giving me al light turquoise and a bright pink colour to work with. To get this page started I stamped cute “Dyanne “ from Whimsy Stamps onto some Strathmore 1557 paper with Versafine “Onyx Black “ ink. Next I coloured the image using my

Sep 24, 2017

Poppy Flowers coloured with Polychromos

Hi everyone, today I have a set of cards for you that I created a while back but never got around to posting on my blog. These cards are made with a beautiful stamp from Creafine (a Dutch brand) featuring these gorgeous poppy flowers (the stamp is called “Klaproos” which is Dutch for poppy flower). For this first card I started by stamping the flowers on Strathmore “Colored Pencil” paper with Versafine “Onyx Black” ink. Then I started colouring the image with my Faber Castell

Sep 18, 2017

Christmas Wishes

Hi guys, today I have another Christmas card to show you! I figured that when I would create at least one Christmas card per week until just before Christmas that I should have a nice stash to not have to rush too much last minute. To get this card started I printed a The Paper Shelter digital image on regular printer paper. This image is called “Cozy Winter Wishes“, isn’t she adorable? I die cut a circle from part of the image using one of my Crea-Nest-Lies XXL circle dies.

Sep 10, 2017

Christmas Sprite

Hi everyone, I hope that everybody is save and when you're able to read this that I can bring you some distraction from the bad weather conditions! Today I have another Christmas card for you all. I’m using a digital stamp from Aurora Wings and this one is called “Christmas Lights Sprite“. I printed this image, fairly large, on Clairefontaine Digital Colour Printing (DCP) paper (190 grms). After printing the image I die cut around him using one of the stitched dies in my Crea

Sep 8, 2017

Rebel

Hi everyone, today I have a card for you featuring a gorgeous digital stamp from The Paper Shelter. I love The Paper Shelter images because they have a lot of genres to choose from, there is something for everybody’s taste, and today I have this beauty for you, she’s called “Rebel“. I started my card by printing this image onto Clairefontaine Digital Colour Printing (DCP) paper (190 gr). Then I die cut around the image using one of the rectangle nesting dies from my Crea-Nest

Aug 21, 2017

Calender Month Series - August

Hi everyone, today I have what is already the eight instalment of this Calender Month Series for you all. The summer vacations are almost over, kids are getting ready to go back to school again (at least where I live) and we hope to have nice summery weather in September also! So, for this month’s page I’m working with a very light (but not pastel or dull) sort of green and a darker purplish-pinkish colour. And I figured that since I haven’t used any kraft coloured paper to c

Aug 4, 2017

Welcome in the Neighbourhood!

Hi everyone, today I have a very simple, fun and quick card for you all! We have a new neighbour and to welcome him I made this card. I used a stamp with a couple of houses on it, it’s from our local craft store, but you really can use any stamp you have that features a row of houses. The stamp was a little short to go over the width of the card (I precut the panel with a Crea-Nest-Lies XXL stitched rectangle die in the size I needed) so I first stamped the whole row once and

Jul 10, 2017

Thank You card with Vellum Sentiment

Hi everyone, today I have an almost one layer card for you guys! Now, what I consider a one layer card is maybe not what others consider a one layer card, but it’s really hard for me to make these, because I love adding dimension, so I guess this is almost as much one layer as it will get ;-) I started this card by die cutting a stitched rectangle panel from Canson XL Cold Press Watercolor Paper with one of my Crea-Nest-Lies XXL dies. Next I created a design on the panel by s

Jul 7, 2017

Christmas in July

Yes, you read that right, I made a Christmas card today! Usually I start with Christmas cards after the summer holidays, but I was colouring this image yesterday evening and she wanted to be a Christmas card! So, I had no choice! This cute digital image is from The Paper Shelter and she is called “Cozy Winter Wishes”. I printed her on regular printer paper and coloured her with my Faber Castell Polychromos. I used the following colours: 132, 189,219, 225, 166, 165, 172, 186

Jun 24, 2017

Male Card with Ink Smooshing

Hi everyone, today I have an "icy" card for your all! This card is part of the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop (http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2017/06/2017-summer-coffee-lovers-blog-hop/) and cocoa was one of the options: Summer Cocoa for me is a nice (flavoured?) ice cream with a thick layer of chocolate on the outside, like one of the ice creams on this card! And the inside?: have you ever tried ice cream with coffee or matcha flavour? It’s awesome! I have been watching a

Jun 23, 2017

Travel Card

Hi everyone! Today I have what are probably the easiest cards ever created (by me)! And since the summer holidays are coming up they are very suitable also. To get my first card started I die cut a piece of black chalk paper with one of my rectangle stitched Crea-Nest-Lies XXL dies in the size I want. Then I stamped the globe image from the Viva Decor stamp set called “Travel” on it with Distress Oxide ink in the colour “Faded Jeans”. I also stamped the word “travel” from th

Jun 14, 2017

Quietfire and Butterflies

Hi everyone, today I have a different set of cards then usual for you all! I have had these stamps from Quietfire Designs for ages now but I don’t really use them, but I felt like using them today. To start my first card I stamped the saying on a piece of vellum using Versamark ink and heat embossed with Ranger “Liquid Platinum” embossing powder. The stamp I used is called “Wheresoever You Go”. Next I cut a piece of patterned paper featuring muted flowers in different colours

Jun 8, 2017

Life’s too short, Enjoy the Ride!

Hi everyone, today I have a set of fun mixed media guy cards for you all (with Father's Day just around the corner this might give you some inspiration)! I love how vintage and distressed looking these cards turned out. To start my first card I die cut a piece of white card stock in the size I wanted with one of my stitched square Crea-Nest-Lies XXL dies. Then I partially stamped the Kaisercraft’s “Postmarks” stamp on a couple of area’s on this square with Versafine “Onyx Bla

Apr 29, 2017

Calender Month Series - April

Hi everyone, today I have the fourth instalment of my Calender Month Series for you all! And of course this page is featuring the page for the month April. If you don’t know what this Series is about you can find the first three posts for this series at the end of this post. The colours given for this page are a pale rose red and a bluish purple (but in the end I used more of a warmer purple because I liked that more). To start this project I stamped Whimsy Stamps “Peace” ont

Make Your Life Colourful

Handmade Cards & Mixed Media Projects

Sweet and Cute Girl Cards

Hollyberry Christmas Cards

Hello Color Doodle Card

Easy going Christmas card

ART Specially

Lots of Flowers

Calender Month Series - September

Poppy Flowers coloured with Polychromos

Christmas Wishes

Christmas Sprite

Rebel

Calender Month Series - August

Welcome in the Neighbourhood!

Thank You card with Vellum Sentiment

Christmas in July

Male Card with Ink Smooshing

Travel Card

Quietfire and Butterflies

Life’s too short, Enjoy the Ride!

Calender Month Series - April