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    LOTV Boy Birthday Card
    • Jun 28, 2019

    LOTV Boy Birthday Card

    Hi everyone, today I would like to show you this cute boy birthday card. I always find it harder to create cards for boys/men then for girls/women, but I also feel that by steering away from the flowers and bling section of my craft room it usually ends well! So, to get today’s card started I stamped the image from the Lili of the Valley stamp set called “Little Folk - Just Chilling“ onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface paper using Versafine “Onyx Black“ ink and clear heat
    Hello Sunshine!
    • May 31, 2019

    Hello Sunshine!

    Hi everyone, today I have an adorable hand coloured card for you featuring a StampingBella stamp. Isn’t she cute? I pretty much love all the Garden Girls from StampingBella but this one is my absolute favourite (until now, because now and then there come out new ones)! I started my card by stamping the image from the “Tiny Townie Garden Girl Rose“ stamp onto some Strathmore “Bristol Smooth Surface“ paper using Versafine “Onyx Black“ ink and clear heat embossing afterwards (as
    Postcard Pal
    • May 27, 2019

    Postcard Pal

    Hi everyone, today I would like to show you guys this quick card using the adorable Stampin‘Up “Postcard Pals“ stamp set. When it’s not my day (you probably have them too!) then I like to colour with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, because they are effortless in creating a fun and quick result! I started my card by stamping this cute animal image onto Strathmore Bristol “Smooth Surface“ paper using Versafine “Onyx Black“ ink and clear heat embossing afterwards. Then I
    New Home
    • May 21, 2019

    New Home

    Hi everyone, today I have a fun and bright card for you all that I found on my computer but have never published! I created this card for when my sister in law and her daughter were moving house a while ago. I started this card by choosing my card base: I used a rectangle crème coloured card base because that colour is closest to the Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface paper that I will use later on. Next I decided on the sizes of the mats that I wanted to use on this card: I
    Altenew February 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway
    • Feb 14, 2019

    Altenew February 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

    Hi everyone, I’m very excited to be back with you as a guest designer for Altenew! If you came to my blog from the fabulous Enza Gudor then you’re right on track. When not then you can find all the details about the blog hop and this wonderful new Altenew release HERE! There are lots of projects to go over so let’s get started! Set 1: Card 1: For this card I first die cut a rectangle panel from some crème coloured linen textured card stock two sizes smaller then my card base.
    Nutty or Nice?
    • Dec 11, 2018

    Nutty or Nice?

    Hi everyone, I’m very excited to be back on the Whimsy blog and bring you today’s project as guest designer. I decided to create a set of fun Christmas cards using the adorable Whimsy Stamps “The Nutcracker“ stamp set, combined with various sentiment stamp sets! So, let’s get started! For my first card I stamped one of the nutcracker images from the Whimsy Stamps “The Nutcracker“ stamp set onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper using Versafine “Onxy Black“ ink and I clear heat
    Christmas Postcard Pals
    • Nov 9, 2018

    Christmas Postcard Pals

    Hi everyone today I would like to show you this cute Christmas card, created with two fun Stampin‘ Up stamp sets! I love to use my craft supplies is a versatile way and on this card I combined a none Christmas themed stamp set with a Christmas themed stamp set to create a Christmas card! Let’s get started! I stamped one of the images from the Stampin‘ Up “Postcard Pals“ stamp set onto Strathmore “Bristol Smooth Surface“ paper, using Versafine “Onyx Black“ ink and clear heat e
    Altenew Dynamic Die Cutting Blog Hop + Giveaway
    • Oct 25, 2018

    Altenew Dynamic Die Cutting Blog Hop + Giveaway

    Hi everyone, welcome to my stop on the “Altenew Dynamic Die Cutting Blop Hop“. Today, a group of awesome designers is showing you lots of fun things you can do with the fabulous Altenew dies! If you are following the line up then you should have arrived here from the fabulous Olga Moss (but you can always go back to the start of the hop on the Altenew blog)! I created three sets of cards, all Christmas themed (because you can never have enough Christmas cards, right?) showin
    Spellbinders “Shake on It“ Guest Design Post
    • Jul 3, 2018

    Spellbinders “Shake on It“ Guest Design Post

    Hi everyone, today I’m showing you my guest design project for Spellbinders! I was sent some fun goodies to play with and this is what I came up with: I created two cards mixing two stamp and die sets and some other wonderful Spellbinders supplies. So, let’s get started! For my first card I started with creating my smallest rectangle panel from some Strathmore “Toned Tan“ paper. On this panel I stamped the dots from the Spelbinders “Shake it Up“ stamp and die set, using Archi
    Mermazing Summery Cards
    • Jun 15, 2018

    Mermazing Summery Cards

    Hi everyone, today I’m on The Crafter’s Workshop blog with these fun, shiny and summery cards. The background looks amazing and it’s really easy to make! -------------------------------- The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project. The opinions I share are solely my own. This post also contains affiliate links. -------------------------------- To get these cards started I die cut a square panel, in the size that I wanted, from some white card s
    New Beginnings!
    • May 22, 2018

    New Beginnings!

    Hi everyone, today I’m showing you my take on the May Challenge for “Het SU-per Team“ (this is a Dutch Facebook challenge group managed by a team of Stampin‘Up demonstrators, so you have to use at least one Stampin‘Up item on your project). This month’s challenge is a particular card design that you have to create, it looks like a staircase. So, I started my card with a sheet of sturdy kraft card stock from which I cut and folded the card design as shown in the challenge spec
    Crealies Guest Design Post: Fun Flowers and a Butterfly
    • May 14, 2018

    Crealies Guest Design Post: Fun Flowers and a Butterfly

    Hi everyone! I‘m very excited to be sharing a new project with you today as a guest designer for Crealies! Crealies is a Dutch craft company that makes awesome dies, stamps and masks/stencils (and some of the dies, stamps and stencils even coordinate, which is super fun)! Annelies also ships internationally! Today I created two completely different cards, but both are colourful and happy to celebrate spring and both cards are almost completely created with only Crealies stamp
    CraftAddiction April Challenge
    • Apr 17, 2018

    CraftAddiction April Challenge

    Hi everyone, today I’m showing you my take on the CraftAddiction April Challenge mood board. CraftAddiction is a Dutch craft supply store and they are sponsoring a monthly challenge on Facebook. This is what this month’s mood board looks like: The mood board made me think about “heart“ and “home“, “your own special place“, and that’s what I wanted to incorporate in my art journal page for today. I’m working in my 13 x 21 cm Art Plus Moleskine Sketchbook (I keep an empty page
    Altenew’s 4th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3 + Giveaway
    • Apr 5, 2018

    Altenew’s 4th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3 + Giveaway

    Hi everyone, welcome to my stop in the Altenew 4th Anniversary Blog Hop! If you came here from the super-talented Kymona Tracey then you’re right on track (but you can always go back to the beginning HERE). Isn’t this a fun way to celebrate your birthday, together with all your crafty friends! Congratulations Altenew on your 4th birthday, hopefully there are many more to come! I’m very excited to be back as a guest designer for Altenew (thank you May!). It was a lot of fun to
    Sweet Baby Cards
    • Jun 29, 2017

    Sweet Baby Cards

    Hi everyone, for today’s post I created a set of cards using the ubercute Kennedy Grace Creations “Sweet Baby Mine” stamp set. These cards can be gifted, one to congratulate someone when they found out that they are (finally) pregnant and one when the baby is born, or, in my case, one card is for the parents-to-be and one is for the grandmother-to-be. When people find out that they are pregnant they usually don’t tell everyone if it will be a boy or a girl (or maybe they don’
    A Christmas card for the men in your life
    • Dec 11, 2016

    A Christmas card for the men in your life

    As mentioned in my "Summary of Christmas cards for 2016"-post from yesterday (http://www.makeyourlifecolourful.com/single-post/2016/12/17/Summary-of-Christmas-cards-for-2016) I would do a guy appropriate Christmas card - post. There is not to much bling on this card but you can debate if a guy might like this sort of image. I personally love the LOTV stamps for men. In this card I used the "Festive Lantern" one. Frankly, I LOVE a lot of the LOTV stamps. You should really chec
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