March Tag: Faux Mosaic

Here is my March tag for the 12 tag  challenge

on the blog of Tim Holtz.

Every month he shares a tutorial

and we can link our tag to his blog.

Many variations of the same theme,

this is so inspirational.

This month it is a faux mosaic theme.

I changed the butterflies into birds.

Made my tag more of a spring theme.

Here you can see what I have used to make

this tag. Stamps, birdcage sizzix die, sunray small

embossing folder, Key lime pie glimmer mist, distress ink,

 tool, stain and blending tool. Inside the nest is added 

a little raffia and on the metal flowers a green gemstone.

I also enter this card for the Faux Technique challenge on the 

Gingersnaps Creations Blog.

Have a creative day!

Dr. Seuss Day

 

Today is dr. Seuss Day,

because he was born on March 2 1904.

In The Netherlands he is not so very famous,

but in de USA he is a very famous writer of

childrenbooks. One of the books is The Cat in the Hat.

Many quotes from his books are famous and

here is one on a card.

This is a freebie on the

Create with TLC blog.

Would you like to know more about dr. Seuss?

Here is a wonderful site:

http://www.seussville.com/

and some great quotes can be found

HERE.

Have a creative day!

Halloween Blog Candy

Happy Halloween!

Today I share a project I made for the new

3D and Fun Folds CD

by Pat Huntoon and the Design Team

of the Technique Junkies.

If you want to be sure to have your own,

you can order yours by using the link above

and you will get all details on how to order.

If you are a gambler, you can leave your name

and I will put it on a piece of paper and into

the hat. The winner will be drawn on

Sunday, the 6th of November

This Card Drawer box is one of 70 project

that you can find

on the 3D and Fun Folds CD.

Want to know what's on the CD?

Go {HERE} to find the complete

list of all the tutorials on the order information.

The CD will be $ 17,95 for US&Canada

and $ 19,95 for overseas.

The box is made with general cardstock

and decorated with embossing folders

Stampotique spider stamp

and Great impressions sentiment.

You want that CD???

Leave your name in the comment box

and it might be YOU who

wins that wonderful 3D and Fun Folds CD.

Have a creative day!

Halloween around the corner 4

Suddenly I had a fun idea of making a bat

out of the Michael Strong coffee cup.

Below you can see how i constructed this. I also

used the SU! bat punch for the body.

On the body I alsi stamped a little.

I used black paper and silver embossing powder.

For the background and the inside

I used Tim Holtz new stamp set, that

coordinates with an embossing folder.

This is the inside of the card with a

creepy plastic spider to hold the card.

The card is a Twisted Easel card and is one

of 70 projects on the new to be released

3D Fun Folds CD by the Technique Junkies.

You find all detailed  {HERE}.

Have a creative day!

Halloween around the corner

With Halloween around the corner it is

so much fun to play with my Tim Holtz stuff.

His blog is so inspiring, you just have

to create something yourself.

For this card, I used the new Halloween stamps and

embossing folder. Also the witch die (bat) and the long

rosette sizzix die.

Fot the inside I used the raven and cat die

(from my friend! thank you!!)

and the inside sentiment is a stamp from Great Impressions.

On the outside I made a rosette with scrap paper.

On top is the bat that is decorated with glossy accent.

The 3 colors of bakers twine is from Sew easy.

More tomorrow!

Have a creative day!

 

Club Scrap Blog Hop

Op 21 mei houden een aantal leden

van Club Scrap een BLOG HOP

waarin we de combinatie van Club Scrap

en een van de vele snijmachines laten zien.

Je zal een keur aan projecten, kaaten en

scrap pagina's voorbij zien komen

en nieuwe inspiratie op doen die geschikt zijn

om te maken met je snijmachine.

Please stop by on May 21.

I will be joining a Club Scrap BLOG HOP

featuring die cut machines and Club Scrap products.

You will be feasted to some eyecandy artwork

like cards, projects and layouts

that are made with a cricut, cuttlebug

or other diecut machine.

Have a creative day!

Emboss or Die

JAAAAA!

De nieuwe CD van de Techniek Junkies is er en hij heet "Emboss or Die", een geweldige titel. Je vind hierop allemaal technieken met de cuttlebug en met de verschillende mallen die er tegenwoordig zijn. Een hele bibliotheek vol met ideeen. Hier zie je een techniek die heet "Cuttlequilt" en is geweldig om al je restjes in te verwerken, of al die achtergrondjes die je nog hebt liggen. Wil je precies weten hoe het moet? Tja dan moet je de CD bestellen!

YESSSSSS!

The new cd isby the Technique Junkies is here: Emboss or die! I love the title. How can one live without the cuttlebug... I thought I could, but now that I have it, I cannot live without using it. So many wonderful ways of using it and it is all on one CD! Here is one of the techniques called "Cuttlequilt". And I guess the name says it all.

What I like about this technique is that you can use all the little pieces that are lying around.

Or all those background try-outs that you haven't used yet. Here is what you can do with it.

If you want to know exactly how to do this, well, than you have to order the CD.

Vlinderstempel is van smARTworks.

En heb ik je nu lekker gemaakt om die cd te kopen?

Alle informatie  en hoe te bestellen, vind je HIER.

Butterfly stamp by smARTworks.

And did I wet your appetite for this new CD?

All information and how to order you find HERE.

Have a creative day!

Dude Time Doodles new release BLOG HOP

I guess you arrived here from Ruth's blog 

and are dying to know what new stamp I have on my blog

for the

Dude Time Doodles Challenge Blog

Well, this is rather fishy!

It is Ollie Octopus and he is so much

fun to use for all kinds of occasions.

Like for a love card. He has so many arms,

woudn't it be great to be hugged by 8 arms?

So much love around you.

For this card I also used a Martha Steward

border punch, some heart nestabillities and a

text by Create with TLC.

The little hearts have been run trough the cuttlebug.

 But I have some more ideas for you.

I came across another blog with

a wonderful idea for the octopus.

Take a look her at Mel's blog:

http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2008/05/water-window-card-tutorial-using-hair.html

So what you see in the window is hairgel with stickles

to give the impression of water.

The background paper is made with watercolor paint

(the cheap kind your children use).

When the paint is dry, stamp bubbles with versamark

and use clear embossing posder of white embossing powder.

Bubble stamps are by smARTworks.

When finished heating the embossing powder

color again with watercolor paint.

When everything is dry, paper is run through

the cuttlebug.

When you open the card you see Ollie is

colored with copic markers.

On the top of the card as well as on the inside

you see some sentiments by Create with TLC.

Here you see a close up of the window with the hairgel.

Are you in for some more inspiration with some new digital stamps?

Than hop over to:

 Boni

our wonderful Super Dude Time Doodles designer

at:

http://bonibleauxdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/02/dude-time-doodles-new-release-blog-hop.html

Have a creative day!

Michael Strong BLOG HOP

Blog Hop

Theme: Wedding/Valentine

Here we are with another circular blog hop

with Michael Strong stamps.

You came here from

Heidi's Blog

and here is some more inspiration for you.

Just couldn't resist making a card for each theme.

One for a wedding and one for Valentine.

But....

they are also the same card, just a different

color and a different sentiment.

Here is the wedding card:

I took out all my tools:

the heart is cut out with the cricut (Storybook)

the background is embossed through the cuttlebug

the sentiment is on a cut out die with a nestabillity

The stamps I used are the mini flower

and the mini bird embossed in white

on white paper.

The sentiment is printed with the computer.

For the Valentine card I did everything the same:

only in red and gold, instead

of white and gold.

For the sentiment I used Michael's word stamp and the

alphabet stamps.

As this is a blog hop there is some more inspiration

on Herma's blog.

Here is a list of all the participants:
Michael Strong
Thea
Trena
Diana
Dorly
Heidi
                 Hetty -  you are here!
Herma
Dani
Inge
Joanna
These wonderful artists live all over the world
 and it might take today to have all blogs
available, so please if you cannot find the right post on these
blogs, do come back.
It is important to leave comments on all the blogs to
be able to win our door prize:
Michael Strongs all seasons cameo stamps.
For love is for all seasons!

Have a creative day!