Baby Roos!

On June 4th my youngest niece Katrien gave birth to a second baby girl, Roos.  Because we went on vacation so short after it, we could only visit them yesterday.  It's a very sweet (and long) girl but we witnessed she could also cry very well.  Of course I couldn't arrive without a stamped card :)  I used the same materials as on my latest baby card: an old Sugar Nellie stamp 'Cute and Cuddly',  one of my favorite paper pads: First Edition 'Hideaway and a Dutch sentiment stamp from Aud Design ('it's a girl').

 

I want to enter this card for the 'Oldie but a Goodie' challenge.  The current challenge is to create a card for a baby. 

Baby Nore!

Last week my collegue became the proud mother of a second girl: Nore.  I actually thought it would be a boy, but luckily I made both a boy and a girl card.  The boy card will follow later on my blog, but I can already show you the girl version.  I've use a Sugar Nellie stamp 'Cute and Cuddly' and one of my favorite paper pads: First Edition 'Hideaway.  It's not good visible on the picture, but because the papers have some glitter I also added some stickles to the balloon. The Dutch sentiment stamp is from Aud Design.

Birthday card for Hanka!

I'm really having a creative weekend :) . Although I have to admit this card was laying on my desk for a while, I only had to glue it together and add the sentiment.  It's a card for my nephew's daughter Hanka, who's birthday's coming up next month. I've used a Sugar Nellie stamp: Moon Beam. I'm actually pretty proud of the colouring. I usually end up way to dark, but with this one I've managed to keep the colours soft and the shadows are good visible. The papers are from Kruidvat and the sentiment stamp is Crafter's Companion.  Some dew drops finish the card.  I'm entering this one in the Sugar Bowl Challenge 108: anything goes.

The Sugar Bowl Challenge 102

The last challenge on the Sugar Bowl Blog is 'Anything goes'.  This weekend I've created this card to enter it. Last week I really fell in love with this paper pad 'Hideaway' from First Edition. I've already coloured some images in this colour scheme and there will soon appear other cards.  The green dress look much brighter on the picture but in reality it goes well with the patterned paper. 

Sugar Bowl Challenge 97 (till 12/12/2012)

This is already the third christmas card I've made this week.  It's based on the sketch from The Sugar Bowl Challenge: http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.be . I've worked quite a long time on this card.  I've tried different colours and different patterned papers, but it still doesn't look right.  I'm especially having problems with the small rectangle in the middle, but couldn't find a great alternative.
(supplies: Sugar Nellie 'Kiss me Quick', Marianne Design sentiment, Dovecraft Christmas Fancy papers, Doodlebug brads, copics).

Birthday card

I started this card a while ago for a Sugar Bowl challenge, but didn't finish in time. It was just laying in my cupboard until last weekend when I finally glued it together and added the sentiment: it's YOUR birthday. I've used Basic Grey Wisteria papers (I think this is my favorite collection ever) and coloured the image with Copics. Her hair and the lovely dress make it a really nice image to colour and experiment with shadows. I'm actually very proud of this result!

Sugar Bowl Challenge 83

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com

I really can't choose between cute stamps and other stamps. Just look at this fantastic Sugar Nellie stamp! I've made this card to enter Sugar Bowl's Challenge 83: I've turned the sketch around and made it rectangle, but I hope you can recognise it. I've used K&Company papers from the Lotus collection.

Sugar Bowl challenge 70

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-70maria-thereses-sketch.html

I like challenges because you end up with a card you'd never make without the challenge. The Sugar Bowl had a sketch challenge plus the option clean and simple. Not easy with no embellishments or patterned papers, but I've really enjoyed this one!

The Sugar Bowl Challenge 62

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/challenge-62-marlenes-sketch.html
For this card I've used a card kit I won on Erica's blog (www.scrapaliciouscards.blogspot.com) during a Simply Sassy bloghop. I love the Sugar Nellie stamp 'Laid back dude', Basic Grey Marjolaine papers and some embellishments. I usualy find it difficult to create cards for males, but it's a great kit for these. I've added some buttons, papers and a Penny Black sentiment stamp.

Simon Says Stamps Challenge

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

A real challenge for me this week: make your own embellishment!

I've searched some tutorials on the internet and found a great one by Durvina: http://durvina-ala-carte.blogspot.com/2011/01/tutorial-van-de-zelfgemaakte-bloem.html I'm really happy with the result of my flowers and I'll definitely use this technique again!

My supplies:

- Sugar Nellie 'Country Style' stamp ( Bea 's candy)

- Marianne Design Eline's Vintage sentiment stamp ('nice day' in Dutch)

- DCWV paperpad The Whimsy

- cardstock

- Copic Ciao markers: B00-02 (trousers), E50-51-93 (skin), G05-07 (grass), Y11-21 (hat), W1-3 (shoes), E31-33-35 (fence), YR00-02 (shirt), Y11-E35(hair)

- EK Succes Retro Flower and the leaf punch is from Pipoos

The Sugar Bowl Challenge 53

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/

I think this is my first entry in the Sugar Bowl challenge. I just had to ink my new stamp! I absolutely love this 'pillow talk', but it was quite difficult to colour it nicely. My first two attempts went completely wrong with the shadow on the dress. The third time, her hair was way to dark. The fourth time I was happy with the result, but the blue didn't match with the patterned paper I had chosen. So this is the fifth image that made it on my card :) I'm happy with the result and would like to hear your idea about it!

My supplies:
- Sugar Nellie 'Pillow Talk' stamp
- Marianne Design 'Eline's Vintage' sentiment stamp (it says "it's your birthday" in Dutch)
- Cricut Mini Monograms cartridge
- Basic Grey Wisteria patterned papers (leftovers from this layout)
- Flowers: don't remember where I bought these
- Copic markers: skin: E50-E51-E93; hair: E31-E33-E35-E37; dress: B60-B63; pillow: Y21-Y28-YG91

Create4fun Challenge 32

http://create4fun-challenge.blogspot.com/2010/08/challenge-week-32.html

I'm really in a cardmaking mood. Here's another christmas card for another sketch challenge. Again I've changed the square sketch into a rectangle card (see previous post). This card has more patterned papers than I'm used to, but I'm satisfied with it!

Supplies: Basic Grey Eskimo paperpad ( Lisa 's candy)
Sugar Nellie stamp 'Lola with gift'

Sugar Bowl Challenge 8: sketch

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/challenge-8-tiets-sketch-2.html
I made this card for the communion of my nephew's youngest son, but now I found out it's only next year. Luckily this also goes for a boy's birthday.

I liked this sketch, but had to move the sentiment to the right because there was more open space than on the left.

Stamp: Sugar Nellie, Aud Design
Papers: Basic Grey

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 12

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/2008/08/challenge-12-secret-message.html

"We would love you to hide a message somewhere in your card."

I think this was a nice and original challenge, so I made a card for it. It was not so easy, but my mother (who is usually very critical) liked it, so I'm happy too. The text is a Dutch poem about newyear which I found on the internet.

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 9

I already started this card on Tuesday, but because of my mother's surgery I only finished it yesterday. I'm not completely satisfied yet, so maybe I'll put some extra embellishments on it, when I find the time.

Friday Sketcher Week 10

http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/friday-sketchers-week-10.html

I made this card for a collegue who's leaving us at the end of the week. I've used some Basic Grey leftovers. The sentiment says 'Good Luck!'.

(Mie, dit is dus het kaartje voor Eline, zo hebt ge het toch ook gezien hé)

Challenge 2: A Colour Theme

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/2008/06/challenge-2-colour-theme.html


I never did a color challenge before, and it took me quite some time to find patterned papers with only pink, green and blue. But I'm very happy with this result:

My Paper World Sketch #10

http://mypaperworld.blogspot.com/2008/05/sketch-10.html

It wasn't love at first sight with this sketch, but now I really like how my card turned out.
I had to drop the circle a bit because there wasn't enough space on the right.