Happy Halloween!

It is Halloween today

and even though we do not celebrate

this in the Netherlands I made this little

treatbag for my grandsons:

I found some free printable pillowboxes online

through a google search

and printed those to decorate with these cute

Love Cynthia digital Halloween images.

I printed several images and cut them out with scissors.

The moon was cut with a spelbinder die.

I used the various images on the different boxes.

The sentiment is from Tim Holtz and stamped.

And here the third box.

These are the boys.

I made some pictures last week before

I cut the pumpkin to make soup from.

Thank you for looking

and 

have a creative day too!

Club Scrap October Artist Team YouTube Challenge

Last month the Artist Team looked at Club Scrap's Pinterest for

inspiration. This month it is 

Club Scrap's You Tube Channel

that we are looking for inspiration. 

Wow are there many tutorials to choose from!

 I had a hard time picking one. 

I hope you have arrived here from

Jennifer's Blog

and seen what video she had picked.

You find all participants on the 

Club Scrap Blog.

Now  here is what I picked: a card folio.

I thought with Christmas soon, I make a version

with Christmas cards.

Below you find Tricia's card folio video tutorial

and if you want to read about it and  print all

the instructions than you go to

 the Club Scrap Blog HERE. 

I went through all my boxes for papers, stamps and digital images

so please forgive me if I do not mention all the kits I used.

I had a package of the Quad Prints to use for the 

outside of  the card kit and on the cards as well.

This is the closed card kit, that is absolutely fun 

and easy to make if you follow all Tricia's inscructions

and have the printed paper sizes and scoring at hand.

Here the open card kit. It fits easy 6 cards and

as much enveloppes. A great gift too.

Here my 6 cards in the pocket of the kit

and here a quick look at all of them.

Here the first two cards. I love my Gnome stamps.

(The girl version is still available)

The images are colored with zig markers.

The snowflakes and sentiment are rubber stamps 

from Shades of Winter.

 For the 3rd card I  made use of the digital version 

of the Gnome for the Holidays and the owl rubber stamp

from the Scandinavia kit. For the female gnome there 

is a seprate digital version here.

For the 4th card I used the quad paper and rubber stamps

from the Celebrate kit (Jan 2016). The Happy New Year

stamp is from Verve stamps.

For the firework stamps I used two colors of ink that I applied

befor stamping.

Card 5 and 6 are so called bridge cards. You fold them flat

for sending, but once out of the envelop you have them folded 

out and standing up.

Here is the flat version. The left side is in a fold

and the right sight is open. 

The card measures 4,25 inch x 5,5 inch flat.

Here is the card folded out. Inside I stamped the sentiment

and outside i uded the digital images. The gnomes are cut out 

with scissors.

Here another one. I just loved the sentiment and

had to use it. Hope you get lots

of inspiration for your Christmas card.

Now hop over to

 Pam's Blog

and see what she has found interesting to make

and give it her own twist.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Vive la Verve sketch card for October

Happy Suynday to you all!

Here is my card for the Viva La Verve sketch for October.

You find all the details of the schetch

on the Viva La Verve Blog.

I started out making this background for my card

with spiced marmelade and vintage photo oxide distress inks.

You add some to your craft sheet and sprinkle some water.

Next ypou move your paper over the ink a few times

until you are satisfied with the ink on your paper.

Next I embossed the pumpkin stamp (Michael Strong)

with orange embossing  and next colored the pumpkin 

with the same distress oxide inks I used for the background.

Now on to the next layer . I used a piece of

design paper and I stamped it with  this cute

leave from Verve Stamps with vintage photo

ink and colored them with a water brush.

The sentiment and the cup of PSL are also by 

Verve Stamps. 

The hand dyed  ribbon is by Diana Larson.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Saturday Sketch Card: FMS #310

I learned that last week it was Pumpkin Day, but

I have missed it somehow, so today I use my Michael

Strong "Pumpkin Stamps" for my sketch card.

The sketch I used it from the 

Freshly Made Sketches Blog.

I started with stamping the white card with distress

oxide spiced marmalade ink and the pumpkin stamp.

Cutting some design paper matching the color and a

piece of purple paper. The sentiment is from one of my

Verve Stamps. The smiling pumpkin is stamped on 

orange paper and embossed with orange 

embossing powder and cut out with scissors. Then 

attached with foam tape for dimention.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

TMS 426

I had so much fun making my Christmas card yesterday for

the Club Scrap Blog Hop, 

I just had to do another one. So when I noticed this sketch

over at the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog, I knew right

away what to make.

You find the details of this sketch and more samples HERE.

Papers and stamps are all Club Scrap.

The owls are embossed in silver and cut out.

They are fastned to the felt doily with foam tape.

The branches are from a Tim Holtz thinlit set

called "mini holiday greens".  Then tiny little

sticky gemstones from my stash were added as berries.

The red and anthracite backgrounds are embossed

with tiny dots embossingfolder.

Thank you for looking and

have a creative day.

Club Scrap Scandinavia Blog Hop

Welcom to the monthly Club Scrap Blog Hop.

This month the kit is called  Scandinavia

and you find all the products HERE.

Hope you have arrived here from

Pam's Blog 

and seen her wonderful artwork.

If you lose your way you can see

all the participants on the 

Club Scrap Blog.

And now for my project:

While doing some clearing up in my craft room,

I came across a few CD-covers (remember those?)

and I suddenly knew what I was going to make.

A CD-booklet! I did it before long time ago, but

this is such a great gift idea, that I made it again.

Here is my CD booklet. I tied a ribbon around it

 to keep the box closed.

Here is what you need to make one of your own:

1. CD cover

2. various colors of cardstock

3. double sided tape or glue

4. paper ctter

4. ribbon

6. circle punch

(stapler)

Cut paper as follows:

2x 4"x 12" solid cardstock

1x 5 1/5"x 4 3/4" (inside box cover)

1x 5"x 4 3/4"(outside box cover) 

2x 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"

4x  (ore more if you want) 3 3/4"x 3 3/4

Take the two long strips and score at 4" and 8" both strips.

Fold them harmonica wise. Glue first and last together. 

You can also make a pocket out of the first and the last. 

Then use circle punch as shown here and only glue

sides and bottom together with a small tape.

Place iner and outside paper in the box and adhere

the 4 1/2 " square papers.

Adhere the harmonica folded strips to the inner side of

the box. Make sure strip folds as a booklet. On the top page

you glue a ribbon behind a pice of square paper,

so it is easy to open the booklet.

Decorate your booklet with pictures and text.

Here my finished pages.

I made a booklet of  Opa & Oma day.

I make so many pictures those days

that i can fill many more booklets!

On the first left page I made a little pocket to

and added a tag inside. On the right you see the booklet

totally folded.

Here the booklet is folded open.

You see the pocket where the two parts of the

strips are joined together.

A tag inside the pocket.

For my booklet I played with the wonderful papers

and used the washi tape that came with the kit.

Some of the images I cut out to add to the pictures.

Don't do this to much for then it all ges too bulky and the 

booklet won't close :-)

When the weather is nice we go to the playground,

or to the children's farm.  The days fly by!

I also have two cards for you:

There are so many wonderful images and stamps in this kit

that match wonderful with the design paper.

All the luittle rabbits are embossed in different colors.

And how about a crard for Christmas?

The sentiment is from an older rubber stampset Homemade (2014).

The papers and the doily are so great to use here and the branch is cut out

with a Tim Holtz thinit. The owls are embossed in silver.

Now don't forget to take a look at the Scandinavia Holiday bundle

that just came out!

Now on to the next blog for more ideas.

Go to Jennifer's Blog and see what she has

come up with for your inspiration.

Thanks for looking 

and have a creative day!