Birthday card for ex-collegue

A quick birthday card for an ex-collegue.  It was already in March so I really can't remember how I made the background. I guess I've used Distress Inks as these are my favorites. 

Stamping Day ('Creatief met Stempels' group)

Off course we also created some wonderful cards and a box on the reunion.  Laurette en Linda both prepared 2 great workshops.  My box (second photo) is the only thing I'm not really satisfied about.  I really don't know why I combined those colours and templates :(  But I have the instructions and  extra supplies, so I can try it again later.

 

Spring Card

Early this year (I believe in March) there was a reunion of the Belgian stamping group 'Creatief met Stempels'.  We received some home work and had to bring a 'spring card' to the reunion.  At the end of the day there was a lottery, so everyone received a nice card from someone else.  This is the card I created with distress inks, Inkadinkado stamps and white embossing powder.

New start for my blog!

It was very quiet on my blog lately, but that doesn't mean I didn't make any cards or scrapbooklayouts.

I'll try to catch up and show you my newest cards in the coming days/weeks.

Here's the first one: a distress ink background on which I sprayed with a gesso-water mix.

PS. This card is a lift from this one.

Bokeh techniek

Voor de verjaardagskaart voor m'n mama (in maart al hoor) probeerde ik voor de eerste keer de bokeh techniek.  Heel erg leuk, niet moeilijk en m'n mama was er heel blij mee!

PanPastel Challenge 7: vogels

Ik ga regelmatig een kijkje nemen op het PanPastel BNL-blog om leuke ideetjes op te doen.  Toen ik de nieuwe challenge zag, moest ik natuurlijk meedoen:

- PanPastels check:  op de Art Specially beurs kocht ik een aantal nieuwe (lichte) kleurtjes, maar ik was er nog niet mee aan de slag gegaan. Op deze kaarten  gebruikte ik Magenta Tint en Violet Tint.

- Vogels check:  één van mijn vele andere hobby is vogels kijken, dus heb ik ook een zwak voor stempels met vogels.

- Tijd check: momenteel ben ik in verlof, dus heb ik lekker veel tijd om kaartjes te maken en het werden er ineens twee :)

Art Specially

Wat is het lang geleden dat ik nog eens iets postte op m'n blog.  Ik heb nochtans niet stilgezet hoor, maar laat me beginnen bij het begin: in april ben ik naar de Art Specially beurs in Nijkerk geweest. Ik heb er allerlei nieuwe spulletjes gekocht, zoals jullie hieronder kunnen zien. Om het budget dat ik uitgegeven heb, toch een beetje te rechtvaardigen, heb ik me wel voorgenomen om er snel mee aan de slag te gaan.  Ondertussen heb ik al een heleboel geëxperimenteerd met oa. m'n allereerste Brusho's en Dylusions Sprays.  Jullie mogen binnenkort dus zeker nog wat berichten verwachten!

Live the Life you've imagined!

My second card in the Ripe Persimmon - Picked Raspberry serie.  I'm a little lazy and when these inks are on my desk, I make a couple of cards in the same colours.  The stamps I've used are from Paperbag Studios (girl), Art Journey (ripples) and Stampers Anonymous (sentiment: Tim Holtz, Odds and Ends).

 

Cards and Scrap Challenge 230

Last week I saw some sunburst cards on Pinterest and saved them because I want to try this technique once. But I've saved so many techniques and I don't know when I'll really make these cards.  Today I saw on the Cards and Scrap blog that the current challenge was also starburst and sunburst card.  I think this was a special sign to effectively make a sunburst card.  I used papers from my Basic Grey paper pads and a LOTV stamp.

Art Journey Challenge #53: Something old, something new

This is the first card in a serie for which I only used 2 distress inks: Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry.  I wanted to enter this one for the Art Journey challenge: something old, something new.  The stamp Man is already an oldie, while the Ripples Small are a 2014 release.  But because I had problems uploading pictures on my blog, I'm to late for the challenge.

SU-per Challenge 70: giftwrapping

I was surfing around and found the SU-per Challenges blog.  It's already the 70th challenge and it sounds 'giftwrapping'.  I thought it was a little crazy to try this because I'm not into gifts, I'm happy when I have time to create all the cards I need and try a layout every now an then.  On top of this I don't have a lot of SU stamps (yet).  But since it's a new year, I thought I could try something new and this is the result.  I've copied the present we received from my nephew's baby son that was born in August.  The background is created with distress inks and I've used the following stamps: Botanical Blooms, Polka Dot Punches and Friendship Preserves.