I Think You’re Amazing | BasicGrey Hey Girl

Today BasicGrey’s Hey Girl collection is at show here on my blog. I made the most beautiful and sweet mini-album with this collection, which I cannot show you unfortunately since it is out for publication. That stinks, and is sweet all at the same time. I promise I will share it once I can. But for today I have this layout.

The patterned papers with the butterflies was instantly one of my favorites, so I definitely wanted to use that one. But since it’s rather busy, I chose to use just a smaller portion and to tone it down with calmer patterns surrounding it. I tore away the lower right corner of the ledger paper and did the same with the brown chevron. The butterfly pattern I placed underneath. Of course I don’t have 3 layers of paper on top of each others, I cut away wathever was not on show to avoid a stack of papers.

The Hey Girl collection has a ton of cute chipboard elements. The speech bubbles and the dress are just a few of them. The speech bubble stamp is from BasicGrey’s Hello collection. I once again  couldn’t keep myself from using some masking tape. Did you notice I keep going back to that same one??

For the small butterflies I used a punch. I added a few of those yellow butterflies in different spots on my layout to lead your eye around the page. The masking tape in different areas serves the same cause.

I added some more stamping with Kelly Purkey, Ali Edwards, and Dear Lizzy stamps. All in  this awesome Wet Cement colored Mid-Tone ink by Hero Arts. I thinks this is my favorite ink in a long time. When first stamped, I always think ‘ugh! no, that was not the right choice’. And then the ink dries, and it all just falls to place – lol. It is awesome!

So, that’s about it for today. I have a sick little boy on my hands during this second week of spring break. Needless to say that crafting has not been part of my activities the last few days. Thankfully I still have quite some projects to share. I hope to be back later on this week. Thanks for stopping by!

Els.

Supplies:

Papers: Hey Girl (12×12 paper pad); Stickers: Chipboard Shapes; More: Hello – BasicGrey; Others: Neapolitan roller stamp – Dear Lizzy, Family Is – Ali Edwards, You Rock – Kelly Purkey, masking tape – mt, Wet Cement Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Hero Arts, Water Cooler Mr. Huey’s Color Mist – Studio Calico.

Let’s Celebrate | myStamp BOX Card

The first thursday of the month is usually my day to post on the blog of myStamp BOX. This time, I have this card to show. It’s one of those cards that can be adjusted to almost any occasion, birthdays, get well soons, hello’s, etc. * De eerste donderdag van de maand is doorgaans mijn dag om op het blog van myStamp BOX te posten. Deze keer heb ik een kaart te tonen. Het is één van die kaarten, die voor bijna iedere gelegenheid kan aangepast worden, verjaardagen, beterschap, hallo, enz.

The focal point of the card is definitely this flower that I build with stamps from the Funky Flowers set. The outer layers of this flower were stamped with the larger solid leaf stamp, the inner layer with both of the smaller leaf stamp. Five layers in total. The sentiment is from the Small Greetings set. * Het aandachtspunt van deze kaart is zeker de bloem, die ik opbouwde met stempels van de Funky Flowers set. De buitenste lagen van de bloem zijn opgebouwd met de grotere volle bladstempel, de binnenste lagen met de kleinere bladstempeltjes. Vijf lagen in totaal. De wens is van de Small Greetings set.

Hope you’re having a lovely day. * Ik hoop dat jullie een fijne dag hebben.

Els.

Supplies:

Stamps: Small Greetings & Funky Flowers – myStamp BOX; Inks: Wet Cement Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Hero Arts, Chilli Powder Dye Ink – Jenni Bowlin; Patterned Papers: Stella & Rose ‘Gertie’ (6×6 paper pad) – My Mind’s Eye; Misc.: white & cream cardstock – Papicolor, jewels – Art Talent, Sparkles Glitter Writer; Tools: Standard Circles Small Nestabilities Dies – Spellbinders, jade SVG cut-file, Silhouette Cameo.

Time to Celebrate

Today I have this cute birthday card to share with you all. It’s my dad’s birthday and I worked with Studio Calico’s Darling Dear paper pad for the occasion. This collection has some perfect patterns for a manly card. I think it might even become my go-to collection for father’s days and male birthdays and such. * Vandaag een leuk verjaardagskaartje. Het is mijn vader’s verjaardag en ik gebruikte Studio Calico’s Darling Dear paper pad voor deze gelegenheid. Deze collectie heeft enkele patronen perfect voor mannenkaartjes. Ik denk dat het zelfs mijn meest gebruikte collectie zal worden voor vaderdags- en mannelijke verjaardagskaartjes zal worden.

I chose to work with a lot of camera’s, because it’s one of my dad’s hobbies. The fabulous vintage camera image is just stunning and makes a fun focal point for a card. I also added one of the wood veneer cameras from Studio Calico. The sentiment is from Kelly Purkey’s Rad stamp set. * Ik gebruikte heel veel camera’s op mijn kaart, omdat dat één van de hobbies van het feestvarken is. De mooie vintage camera is prachtig als focuspunt. Ik gebruikte ook één van de houten cameraatjes van Studio Calico. De wens is van Kelly Purkey’s Rad stempelset.

Have a great day! * Fijne dag!

Els.

Supplies:

Stamp: Rad – Kelly Purkey; Ink: Wet Cement Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Hero Arts; Patterned Papers: Darling Dear (6×6 paper pad) – Studio Calico; Misc.: white cardstock – Papicolor, masking tape – mt, wood veneer – Studio Calico.

Smile | Sketchbook365 March Challenge

Yesterday a new sketch challenge went live over at Sketchbook365, Scrap365′s challenge blog. This month’s sketch was really up my alley, with the many layers, the white space, and the overall design.

Here’s my layout. The picture was taken on a picnic last summer. I went for an almost completely monochromatic design. It’s really an ‘old meets new’ kind of layout, the kind that is my favorite.

I kept the polaroid element, but didn’t add my picture to it. Instead I stamped the polaroid frame from myStamp BOX’ Pixel Perfect set with white StazOn ink onto a piece of vellum. I placed the floral patterned paper from Studio Calico’s Darling Dear behind it and layered it behind my photo.

 

The title is die-cut with my Silhouette, I found it in the Silhouette online store. It has taken me a bit, but now I’m really on a roll with my Cameo. The small label above the title was also a Silhouette cut by the way.

Behind the picture are a number of layers build with tags and die-cuts. A mix of older and new elements. Layouts where I get to mix up elements from different manufacturers and different collections, from different ‘birth’ years are usually my favorite. I like the fun and the challenge of trying to match it all together.

 

If you have a chance to play along, that would be awesome. Check out the details of the challenge here. Take some time to check out the inspiration from the other designer as well while you’re there.

Thanks for stopping by!

Els.

Supplies:

Stamps: Life in Pictures – Ali Edwards, Form & Feder – Scrapperin, Pixel Perfect – myStamp BOX; Inks: Wet Cement Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Hero Arts, White Opaque – StazOn; Patterned Papers: Abroad, & Darling Dear (6×6 paper pad) – Studio Calico, Follow Your Heart ‘Be Happy’, & Happy Go Lucky ‘Happy’ – My Mind’s Eye; Misc.: vellum – Canson; Die-Cut journaling spots, chipboard butterflies, & Watercooler Mr. Huey’s Color Mist – Studio Calico; Winter Wonderland Glazed Brads – My Mind’s Eye; Cherry Hill Cardstock Stickers, & Cakewald TidBits – October Afternoon; Neapolitan large tags – Dear Lizzy; masking tape – mt; free print and cut labels – by Ness; Tools: Silhouette Cameo.

You & Me

As promised today, a card with a bit more of a masculine touch. These are less easy to make, but let’s face it, our men deserve to receive a card they love just as much as we do.  So, no pinks today, but equally gorgeous colors. * Zoals beloofd, vandaag een kaart met een eerder mannelijke toets. Deze zijn natuurlijk iets moeilijker te maken, maar laten we eerlijk blijven, onze mannen verdien het evenzeer om een kaartje te krijgen dat ze leuk vinden. Dus, geen roze vandaag, maar toch prachtige kleuren.

The patterned papers are from Studio Calico’s Darling Dear 6×6 paper pad. The black speech bubbles are trimmed out from one of the papers. The aqua one is stamped with a BasicGrey stamp from the Hello collection, which was realeased not too long ago. * Het dessinpapier is van Studio Calico’s  Darling Dear 6×6 paper pad. De zwarte tekstballonnen zijn uitgeknipt uit één van de papieren, de aqua tekstballon is gestempeld met een BasicGrey stempel van de Hello collectie, die onlangs werd voorgesteld.

This is the first time I’ve used some of those enamel dots. I’ve been hoarding them for a while, but thought it was time to break them out today. I’m trying to de-hoard and they matched the aqua patterned paper, so the time was right. * Dit is de eerste keer dat ik enkele van die enamel dots gebruikte. Ik ben ze al een tijdje aan het bewaren, maar vond dat het nu toch tijd was om ze te gebruiken. Ze pasten heel goed bij het aqua van het dessinpapier, dus dit was het moment.

Tomorrow will be the last day of this Valentine Inspiration series. I have one last project to share, and I might even have a little something to give away as well. So be sure to stop by again then! * Morgen wordt al weer de laatste dag van deze Valentijn Inspiratie reeks. Ik heb nog één laatste project om jullie te tonen, en misschien heb ik ook wel iets leuks weg te geven. Kom dus zeker een keertje langs!

Els.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hello – BasicGrey, Form & Feder – Scrapperin; Inks: Opaque White – StazOn, Wet Cement Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Hero Arts, Patterned Papers: Darling Dear (6×6 paper pad) – Studio Calico; Misc.: white cardstock – Papicolor, masking tape – mt, Fact & Fiction alphabet stickers – BasicGrey, wood veneers – Studio Calico, Winter Wonderland enamel dots – My Mind’s Eye.

I Love You

For today’s Valentine Inspiration I have a sweet and glittery ‘I Love You’ card to share. I dove into Crate Paper’s Fourteen paper pad and let the pink rule. * Voor de Valentijn Inspiratie van vandaag heb ik een lieve glitterende ‘I Love You’ kaart voor jullie. Ik dook in mijn Fourteen paper pad van Crate Paper en liet het roze zijn werk doen.

The small polaroid frame is from a ‘Follow Your Heart’ paper by My Mind’s Eye. I trimmed it out and also trimmed away the inside, so I had a frame to make my glittered heart stand out. The sentiment is from Ali Edwards’ Sweet Baby set. I love that sentiment, didn’t I tell you the other day – lol. * Het kleine polaroid frame is van een ‘Follow Your Heart’ papier van My Mind’s Eye. Ik knipte het uit en knipte ook de binnenkant weg, zodat ik een frame had om mijn glitterhart goed tot zijn recht te laten komen. De wens is van de Sweet Baby set van Ali Edwards. Ik vind het een prachtige wens, had ik dat al gezegd – lol.

Tomorrow I’ll be sharing a more masculine card, but with an equal amount of sweetness to it. I hope to see you then! * Morgen toon ik jullie eerder een mannenkaart, maar op zijn minst even lief. Ik hoop jullie dan te zien!

Els.

Supplies:

Stamps: Sweet Baby – Ali Edwards; Ink: Wet Cement Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Hero Arts; Patterned Papers: Fourteen (6×6 paper pad) – Crate Paper, Follow Your Heart “Be Happy” – My Mind’s Eye; Misc.: white cardstock – Papicolor, masking tape – mt, fine glitter – Rayher, puffy heart sticker; Tools: Presto Punch Heart Dies – Spellbinders, Scalloped Sentiment Edge Punch – Fiskars.

High Hopes Stamps & Ribbon Carousel Blog Hop

The Ribbon Carousel Crewmates are teaming up with the High Hopes DT to bring you a chillin’ blog hop! You should have come here from Anna’s blog.

High Hopes sent us some “cool” stamps to play with. With High Hopes stamps AND some ribbon and twine from the Ribbon Carousel, we’re wowing you today with gorgeous creations!

This card certainly suits the kind of weather we’re currently having – lol. I’m not really a colorer, so I stamped the image onto a ledger patterned paper and added a bit of glitter to the snowballs.

Isn’t this a fun sentiment?! I’m hoping to be having more snow ahead of me, so I can use this again and again and again.

Now let’s talk prizes!

Hop along with us today and leave some blog love for our Ribbon Carousel Crewmates and the High Hopes designers to be eligible to win one of the 2 prizes up for grabs! We’ll select 2 random commenters from 2 randomly selected designer blogs, so be sure to spread the love around!

The High Hopes Stamps prize is a $25 gift certificate, and the Ribbon Carousel prize is a Ribbon Kit valued at at least $25!

Now it’s time to hop along to find out what the other ladies created. Jak’s blog is your next stop. Thanks for hopping along with us!

Els.

Supplies:

Stamps: High Hopes; Ink: Pool Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Hero Arts; Patterned Papers: All IS Bright (6×6 paper pad) – My Mind’s Eye; Misc.: Ivory Jute/Burlap twine – Ribbon Carousel, Frost Sparkle Accent Ink – Smooch Glitz; Tools: Postage Stamp Edge Punch – Fiskars, Corner Chomper – WR Memory Keepers.

myStamp BOX January Sketch Showcase

For this month’s design team post over on the myStamp BOX blog, we worked with an inspirational PageMaps sketch. All members of the design team created something with that same sketch. * Voor de design team post van deze maand op het blog van myStamp BOX, werkten we met een inspirerende PageMaps schets. All leden van het design team creëerden iets met diezelfde schets.

Even thought this is a layout sketch, I wanted to try something different and made a card with it. I made this cute little thing, with quite a bit of stamping to it. I started up with some leftovers from BasicGrey Curio papers. To some of them I added a stamped patterned. Like for instance the yellow one on top got a flower from the Abundant Blossoms, and the small piece of pink sitting behind the flower got a striped pattern from the Funky Flowers set. * Hoewel dit een layout schets is, wilde ik toch iets anders proberen te maken en ging aan de slag met een kaart. Ik maakte dit kleine kaartje, dat toch vrij veel stempels heeft. Ik startte met enkele overschotjes BasicGrey Curio papieren. Bij sommige bracht ik een gestempeld patroon aan. Bijvoorbeeld bij het gele papier bovenaan gebruikte ik een bloem van de Abundant Blossoms set, en het smalle roze strookje achter de bloem kreeg een streepjespatroon met de Funky Flowers set.

The flower is made with the Abundant Blossoms set, stamped onto some of the solid patterned papers. The sentiment is from the Whatever set. And I just had to use some of that amazing baker’s twine from The Twinery that I bought in the Ribbon Carousel store. * De bloem maakte ik met de Abundant Blossoms set, gestempeld op de effen patroonpapieren. De wens is van de Whatever set. En ik moest natuurlijk ook een beetje van dat prachtige baker’s twine van de Twinery gebruiken, dat ik in de Ribbon Carousel winkel kocht.

Be sure to stop by the myStamp BOX blog to see what all the other DT members made with the sketch. Tomorrow I’ll be back here since it’s my day in Scrap365′s Blog Party. Don’t miss it! There’ll be some fun prizes to win! * Ga zeker een keertje langs bij het blog van myStamp BOX om te kijken wat de andere DT leden maakten met de schets. Morgen ben ik hier al terug, want dan ik het mijn dat in de Blog Party van Scrap365. Mis het niet! Er zijn enkele leuke prijzen te winnen!

Els.

Supplies:

Stamps: Abundant Flowers, Funky Flowers, & Whatever - myStamp BOX; Ink: Wet-Cement Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Hero Arts; Patterned Papers: Curio – BasicGrey; Misc.: white cardstock – Papicolor, baker’s twine – The Twinery, Picadilly Glazed Brad – BasicGrey.

RCC76 – Winter Spirit

A new month has started, so there’s also the start of a new challenge over on the Ribbon Carousel blog. This month is all about winter. Here’s my winter themed card for this month.

Except from the ribbon, all supplies are from Kesi’Art’s Mr. Berg collection. A fabulous winter collection, which makes it easy to make fabulous winter cards. The sentiment is from myStamp BOX’ Whatever set. The blue vintage seam binding is the perfect finishing-touch for this card. I scrunched it up and stored it in a ziploc bag for a few days, before wrapping it around my card. I love this scrunched look.

I hope you take time to play along with our challenge for your chance to win one of those amazing ribbon carousels. Good luck!

Els.

Supplies:

Stamp: Whatever - myStamp BOX; Ink: Wet Cement Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Hero Arts; Patterned Papers: Mr. Berg (6×6 paper pad) – Kési’Art; Misc.: vintage seam binding; Mr. Berg journaling card, stick pin, & binder clip – Kési’Art.

Free 2013 Calendar Printables | Wall Calendar Inspiration

Thank you very much for all your enthousiastic reactions to my free 2013 calendar printables. I’ve seen quite a few cute and gorgeous calendars in progress already. Don’t hesitate to share yours in the comment section. I would love to see. * Eerst en vooral hartelijk bedankt voor jullie enthousiaste reacties op mijn gratis te printen kalender voor 2013. Ik heb ondertussen al enkele leuke en mooie exemplaren in opbouw gezien. Aarzel niet om de jouwe ook te delen hieronder bij de commentaren. Ik zou hem graag zien.

Today I’d like to share some inspiration for my wall calendar. This one is off course more straight forward than yesterdays’ format. Just print, cut to size (15cm or 6″), and embellish. I usually don’t bind this type of wall calendars, but just make a little whole on top of every page to hang it on a pin or nail. * Vandaag wil ik jullie graag wat inspiratie tonen voor de wandkalender. Deze is natuurlijk eenvoudiger te maken dan die van gisteren. Gewoon printen, op maat snijden (15cm), en versieren. Heel vaak bind ik dit type kalenders niet, maar maak ik enkele een gaatje bovenaan elke pagina om hem op te hangen aan een haakje of nagel in de muur.

Front page:

January:

February:

March:

April:

May:

June:

July:

August:

September:

October:

November:

December:

I hope I was able to inspire you to make one of these for yourself. The files are here for you to download. See you tomorrow! * Ik hoop dat ik jullie kon inspireren om zelf een kalender te maken. De bestanden kun je hier downloaden. Tot morgen!

Els.

Supplies:

Stamps: Rad Stamp set – Kelly Purkey, Bring On the Sun & A Date with Ali – Ali Edwards; Ink: Wet Cement Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Hero Arts; Patterned Papers: Lucille – BasicGrey;  Misc.: white cardstock – Papicolor, Icebox Sprinkler – October Afternoon, doilies, Dear Lizzy Foam Thickers – American Crafts, Lucille Element Stickers, Snippets & Chipboard Elements – BasicGrey, gems – Art Talent, Sparkles Glitter Writer; Tools: Beautiful Blooms II dies – Papertrey Ink, All Over the Page Classic Butterfly punch – Martha Stewart, Scalloped Sentiment Edge Punch – Fiskars.