Sunday Scrap page: Christmas inspiration and winner

Yes, back into scrapping!

This is to get you into the Christmas mood.

I made this page with pictures from last year!

I wanted to share with you Michael Strong's new Christmas element

stamps have a little surprise in the bag: a mini stamp!!

These mini stamps are great for you ATC lovers!

As you may not be the winner today,

you might want to have another look at Mike's

oline shop:

Cyber Monday 2014 Stamp Sale Event

We are having a Cyber Monday Promotion on ALL Rubber Stamps!

Just make a stamp purchase of more than $15.00 and receive Fiona's Flock set of four stamps for free!

All other items in the catalog are not eligible for this promotion - stamps only! The free give away ends on Friday December 5.

You find the shop here:

http://www.strongstamps.com/catalog-rubber-stamps-supplies/index.htm

Click on the picture for a larger version.

You see I have stamped all the litle stamps

and embossed them in different colors.

A little gemstone here and some glitter glue there

and you have some wonderful bling bling baubles.

Papers are Club Scrap Versaille

and the sentiment is by Create with TLC.

And now for the winner:

I have written all your names on a little note

and my dh picked one out of the box.

And the winner is:

Congratulations Fenny,

the dove stamp is coming your way!

Now as you know Mike made 4 new stamps

and he has send me extra's of all of them,

so I have 3 more to give away.

Keep watching my blog! And if you are not 

already a follower, you might want to become

 one as not to miss the blog candy!!

Have a creative day!

Happy Thanksgiving!

With this card I wish all my American friends a 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Even though we do not celebrate this in The Netherlands

I love making these cards for my friends.

For this card I used:

Michael Strong's digital pumpkin image

Michael Strong's alphabet stamps

leave stencil

rays stencil

Michael Strong's circle from the cloisonné accent stamps

CTMH sentiment stemps (inside)

On the front pannel I used some stencils and stamps

for the background of this card.

The word in a window is a Technique Junkie

technique from the Ocober/ November Newsletter.

The pumpkin imag I printed 4 times,cut out

and folded themin half and glued one half to the other

to have this dimentional pumpkin.

Here you see the inside of the card.

I added some sentiments and leaves (Club Scrap)

from the December 2013 Aspen kit.

Hope you all have a wonderful

and grateful Thanksgiving.

Have a creative day!

Club Scrap Blog Hop: LAKES

Welcome to another wonderful and inspirational

Club Scrap BLOG HOP

I hope you have seen what the inventive Tricia has come up

 with this time on her Efficient Crafters Blog.

With these beautiful papers ist is easy to envision many projects.

It always seems to me that they know what you need at Club Scrap.

As you might have seen from my previous post and pictures,

we do have a boat and live close to a lake, so what better kit

could I have wanted! Thanks Club Scrap!!

So as I am busy making my Christmas card,I thought

my idea could also work for this kit. I have been making

these tea light easel cards. I found some wonderful instructions 

online HERE if you like to give this a try too.

This is behind our house: The Westeinder Lake.

The card can be send flat and  when received

lift it up and it will stand behind the anchor

that is glued to the card with thick double sided tape.

When the artificial light is put behind the window,

it makes a wonderful scenery card.

When you have a few of them it is really nice to look

 at the cardsin the evening

This is how the card looks when it is all flat.

When you open the card you see this, even

decorated on the inside.

I made the waves with a piece op post-it

that pas torn and I added inkt and moved it down to create

more waves. I love the dots that came with this kit.

Of course I made a Christmas variation too!

The Christmas stamps I used are from

an unmounted set from 2007 called

A Very Groovy Christmas

(click on the picture to see a larger version)

Are you up to more inspiration?

Well it is time to hop over to

Kay's Keepsakes Blog

and I am sure she has something special 

for you too.

If you get lost, you will find all participants

on the Club Scrap Blog.

Thanks for looking

and your wonderful comments.

Have a creative day!

Sunday Surprise: Blog Candy

I have something else to share with you!

Michael Strong 

has 4 new stamps in his online

webshop and he send me some extra's!!

So I have some delicious

BLOG CANDY 

Have you seen all the new stamps?

sentiment on this card is by Create with TLC

I was wondering which one is 

your favourite?

Leave your comment here and YOU might

win your favourite stamp.

 You have all week to make your choice 

and I will announce the winner

next Sunday.

Today I share this card with you with the snowman stamp

and a sentiment from  from Mike's word & phrases stamp set.

Are you wondering how I did the blue/brown background?

Very simple: First I stamped the snowman ornament in

versamark and embossed it with white embossing powder.

Then  I used a few blue bistre grains on my craft

sheet,added a few drops of water and used the pannel

direct to the craft sheet to get the color on the paper.

Dried it with  my heatgun and that is all. This way

you can make afew cardsin a short amount of time.

On top I made a hole to add a piece of turquoise ribbon.

Behind the ornament pannel I used a piece of white paper,

that I embossed with a swiss dot embossing folder.

It gives an extra touch to the card. Papers are from

Club Scraps November Lakes pizza box. Yummy colors!

Thanks for looking and don't forget to

leave a comment with your favourite

of Michael Strong's new stamps!

But... if you can't wait to WIN a stamp

you can always order them here  in  the webshop

and start making Christmas cards with them!

Creative greetings,

Tim Holtz tag:November Anniversary

Today is my 15th Wedding Anniversary to 

the love of my life:  Raymond and inspired

by the November tag by Tim Holtz 

I made this tag my Anniversary tag:

Thank you, my dear, for 

15 wonderful years

xxx

I want to share with you how I made this tag:

Things I used:

tag

corrugated card board

distress paint and spray

versamark, clear embossing powder

Michael Strong heart stamp

I started with stamping the heart stamp on the tag

with versamark and adding clear embossing powder.

Then heating it with the heatgun.

On apiece of scrap paper (larger then the tag) I stamped

the heart stamp in red. This way I could see the lines well

and cut out the heart.

The open heart was laid over the stamped tag for

the placement of the heart and I cut the scrap paper

exactly the size of the tag.Now i put it on the corrugated

bord and after tracing the heart with a pencil, 

I cut out the heart in the board.

Now to color the tag with the direct to paper technique.

Adding color on my craft sheet and spraying it with water,

the palette is ready for coloring.

Put the tag face down on the craft sheet to add the color.

You need to do this a few times for a complete

covering of the tag.

Tag ready for the next step.

Corrugated card bord is next to

get ready by starting to tear some of the 

paper of the tag.

Coloring the board with festive berries on top

and around the tag.

Finishing it of with red and gold distress spray.

When tag and board are completely dre I glued

them together and decorated the tag

with the ticket, the numbered paper clips,

an arrow and some red tinsel twine.

On top a red ribbon and a clock for I hope

we will have lots more time together!

Thanks for looking!

Have a creative day!

Create with TLC: Off to Grandma's for Chritmas

Here we are with another

Create with TLC Blog Hop.

Hope you you have arrived here from

Cynthia's Blog

and you have enjoyed her project

and taken her image to play with.

Now come and see what I have made for you:

An easel card with a light.

Now i am sure you want to know how to make this.

First i share with you the free

image that you can use to make this card:

(just click on the image and safe to your computer)

The idea for this card I found on the internet

and it has a video and all information for you

to make this card that measures 4,5 x 5,5 inch

when folding flat. So it can be send in a regular envelop.

Go to DoStamping with Dawn for all info.

From the back the card looks like this:

a battery controlled candle!

Papers are Club Scrap Orient Express.

And the sentiment is from the um stamp set

Ä very groovy Christmas" by Club Scrap.

The inside of the card looks like this.

You see on the left side the folding line

and the oval whole for the vellum.

At the right side I have this border with a

Club ScrapOrient Express stamp and a sentiment

you find as a freebie on the Create with TLC Blog.

I printed it with the computer.

The package is a die by Tim Holtz.

Are you ready for more inspiration?

Please hop over to

Lisa Lynn's Blog

to see what she has in store for you.

Thank you for looking

and your comments are much appriciated.

Have a creative day!