Postcodeloterij Christmas cards

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

December is here and a festive month.

 So here are some Christmascards. I made them with wrapping material.

I got these ceremic Dutch Houses (with a tea light inside) from

the Postcodeloterij (that is a Dutch Lottery). These houses came in 

boxes with the house printed on the outside. So I cut these out and used them

to make cards. Here are a few samples:

Here you see the box and the first two cards.

Card #1

Just an easy card to start. Design paper in the background,

ribbon around the cut out Dutch house and finished.

Card #2

Design paper in the background (Action)

and the stars are cut out with thinlits.

The sentiment is a stamp by Tim Holtz.

Card #3

Design paper in the background and the tree was insired

after seeing the Tim Holtz Holiday Hoopla last week.

You can see it HERE too.

The tree is from the set Bottlebush Trees CMS455.

The Dutch sentiment says: Happy Holidays.

Card #4

This card is also a little inspired by Tim's Holiday Hoopla.

Background design paper and snowman is from Tim's

Sizzix set Papercut Christmas 2 and the circle is 

from the set Vintage Labels.

Here the Dutch sentiment says Happy Holidays and 

Happy New Year.

Card #5

Now I came up with an easel card fully decorated with a

star background (stencil), more bottlebush trees

and cute hand cut gingerbread men. The stamped 

santa head is from my stash.

This is how the card looks sideways.

Now I have tree houses left to use for more cards.

Hope to see you soon again!

Thank you for looking

and have a wonderful crafty day.

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to another Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

You find all the details HERE.

I must tell you I have some big troubles with my computer.

My files are encrypted and cannot reach all my pictures to

make art. You may find more on instagram (@4hetty) this

time, because that is easier from my mobile phone.

Today I have been playing with pictures from the old ladies

club at my mother's  home for the elderly.

When all the 3d pictures of Christmas came from the storage,

I found some lovely ones that I could use for the

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. How about this cute owl?!

Here you see a lovely tea cup for Christmas in 3d cutting

on the front of this card.

When you open it, it has a special way to make it stand.

This is how the card looks sideways.

And this is the inside of the card with a sentiment of

a much loved VerveStamp.

Thank you so much for looking

and have fun with the coffee hop.

Cheers!

 

Happy Father´s Day!

Hello Crafty Friends,

Last Friday I had my club of card makers

at the care home. 

We made some Father´s Day cards.

For the cards I used some dies and stamps from

Stampin´Up! and from my stash.

Also some beer glasses I printed, for these

ladies are not very good in coloring.

On this card you also see a Dutch sentiment

saying `enjoy this`.

The SU! set i used is called Mixed Drinks.

The bubble die is from my stash.

On these card I used some printed beer mugs and sentiment.

I make pre-cut and assample all the right materials

for the card in a bag, The ladies only have to assemble the

cards. Cutting and glueing is something they can do.

They love this way of card making I introduced to them.

And this is the card I made for my husband.

I treat him to a nice dinner in a restaurant this evening.

I wish all dads and granddads a very

Thanks for looking,

stay safe and

keep crafting!

 

Dog Party!

Hello Crafty Friends,

I am still playing with the lovely dogs from

Funky Fossil Designs

called More Furry Friends and is designed

by Donna Gray.

I started with another big bone. It is decorated with the 

Dog Bone stencil.

Here is the bone for you to use.

Next I stamped the dogs on colored paper,

I colored the dogs with Stampin'Blends

and cut them all out by hand.

Here the inside of the card, made with washi tape

and again the Dog Bone stencil.

Also for the back I used the Dog Bone stencil.

The sentiment and the party hat is from another set

called: Let's Party.

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and keep crafting!

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

 Hello Crafty Friends!

Wishing you all 

a very Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you are all spoiled and happy.

I have not posted much here lately,

but I did post some on instagram.

Have been doing a lot of crochet.

Today i share my Valentine card with you,

the one Im ade for my husband.

I started with painting gesso on my card.

Next i took these colors of pink:

worn lipstick

picked raspberyy

fired brick

(the new kitch flamingo had not arrived yet)

Next the heart stencil and using the same colors

distress ink and walnut stain.

Next some circles (using lids) with white paint

and splatters with white spray ink.

For the final decoration I used the rosette and the mini heart die

and a combination of Funky Fossil Designs (Guitar Hero)

and Tim Holtz Valentine stamps/

Then........Kitch Flamingo arrived!

The new pink oxide distress ink by Tim Holtz.

I had to play and made a few atc's

(cardsize 2.5x3.5 inch):

And of course I had to make a coffee atc!

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and 

keep crafting!

 

Club Scrap Technique of the Month July

Good Morning Crafters!

Today I share with you one of my #stayathome cards,

because Club Scrap noticed I was making them and

it was a good idea for this month´s technique:

Pair your favorite background 

with a Club Scrap sentiment.

This my card for the challenge, it is also 

card #86 of my #stayathome cards i post on 

instagram. I made an album on pinterest if

you want to see all my cards. They are HERE.

For my favorite background you start with some colors

of ink (spray or cushion) add a few drops of water

and lift the ink with your cardstock from the craftsheet.

Dry it with your heat gun and do this proces several times

until you love the result.

This is only after the first time.

When you have not much ink left over

 add some more, or add some extra water.

I always make a few backgrounds, 

when I have inkt on my craftsheet left over.

You never know when you need more!

I also love using stencils, either on the colored

background or on an empty one.

It gives more depth to your card,

So many ribbons and findings left from my kits.

They are perfect to use on cards as well.

Looking forward to see all your creations this month.

Don't hesitate to ask me any questions about techniques,

Thanks for looking,

stay safe and

keep crafting!