Katarina's candy

Katarina has amazing candy on her blog:
http://kamadesign.blogspot.com/2011/02/big-celebration-candy.html


Don't forget to Katarina's other blog where you can find everything related to crafting: stamping, scrapbooking, sewing, jewelry, crocheting, etc. : http://craftersguide.blogspot.com

Paris: Montmartre

This weekend I was doing the Sketch Support blog hop and I really felt like some scrapping myself. So afterwards I started working on this layout. I already planned using Creanijn sketch 52. I have lots of pictures printed in function of some sketches, but I hope to also use one of Allison's sketches soon.



My supplies:
PP: American Crafts Sixth Avenue Lincoln
CS
Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge
Spellbinders nestabilities (for the circles)

Creanijn Album Track VI

http://creanijn.blogspot.com/

This is the first page of the only organised excursion we booked. With only 4 other persons, it was almost a private tour :) We saw so many great things that I used 2 pages for the pictures of this day.
I'm actualy having a little problem with the right page. Probably because such a large part is covered with patterned paper and I didn't glue it well enough, it's 'bubbling' a bit when opening the album on this page :(
I don't remember which patterned paper I used here, but the title is cut with Cricut Jasmine cartridge.

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

Creanijn Album Track V

http://creanijn.blogspot.com/

Before we left, I actually didn't know so much about Lisbon, except the tower of Belem. The most well know monuments are situated in the same area: Belem. It's an amazing place and we had a fantastic day. We took great pictures, except from our pasteis de Belem. Because I didn't want to ruin my layout with ugly photos, I just used the (empty) sugar bag from there. Patterned paper is Scenic Route 'Laurel Scrap Stripe' and the title is created with Cricut Stone Script cartridge (one of my favorites). Colours aren't that good, but I hope you like it!

Paris: hotel

Finaly another layout in my Paris-album! I've based it on sketch 23 from Creanijn (http://creanijn-sketches.blogspot.com/). I think it was the easiest layout I ever choose papers for. When I saw the little brochure of the hotel, I remembered I bought similar patterned papers a long time ago. I found them pretty quick and they were perfect! Because I had less photos than on the sketch, I filled the empty side with lots of flowers.





My supplies:
- K&Company patterned papers
- Cricut cartridge Jasmine
- EK Success retro flower punches
- Dew drops
- Colorbox Stucco
- Zig writer (black)

Creanijn Album Track IV

Time for the next layout from the Creanijn Album Track (http://creanijn.blogspot.com/ )!
This is actually one of my favorites. It's about the day we spent in the newest part of Lisbon: Parque dos Naçoes, the location of Expo 1998 World Exhibition. A nice contrast with the older buildings we usually visit. To reflect that modern feeling and the Expo theme (water) I choose PP from SEI 'on the coast'. I used both sides from one paper. Some ribbon and an entry card are the finishing touches.