Tim Holtz November tag: Pumpkin

I just love that new chalky technique 

Tim Holtz is showing in his November tag.

Unfortunately i do not have the new embossing powder

and also not the framelits, so in style of

Tim's tag, I made my own variation:

I choose to use the pumpkin stamp

of the Halloween blueprint 2 set.

I stamped it collage style with white

ink on the background and for the

front pumpkin, I stamped it 2 times

on another piece of black paper and

embossed it in white.

I did want to give the pumpkin a touch

of orange and I used my karisma pensils

to color the pumpkin.

For the text I used the simple sentiment stamps.

Having been in the US in October,

there were pumpkins everywhere.

In front of houses and restaurants.

And for the first time I tasted PSL (pumpkin spiced latte)

and I loved it. Wish I had taken some home!

Also I had to have a pumpkin picture with me in it.

And pumpkin soup, I made it too and it is yummy

(just forgot to take a picture....next time I will).

Have a wonderful creative pumpkin day!

Club Scrap Retreat project 3: Safari scrapbook

Today sharing with you this wonderful Safari scrapbook paper

we received as a gift on the Club Scrap Retreat.

and if you happen to like it too, you can find it here:

http://www.clubscrapshop.com/store/p/3058-Safari-Collection.aspx#.UotvOcSshcY

On the first evening, we were asked to dress up in animal

prints for dinner. It was so much fun to look at each other!

Everyone made an effort to look good.

While at dinner and after a welcome by Tricia, we were shown

a very great and creative video and it ended in

allof us receiving a bag ful of this wonderful

Safari papers.

 The staff came around with a pile of bags and giving

everyone their own stack of papers.

We all were thrilled and could see already

see our pictures of this evening on this paper.

So after dinner we really needed to make eve more

pictures of all of us together.

So here are my pages of this evening

of the Club Scrap Retreat all finished.

I am happy toown some Serengeti stamps

that go perfect with this kit.

Feel free to clcik on the pages

to see a larger version of it.

I added some of the retreat memorablia on my pages.

 I have cut up the menu for decorating these pages.

Also I added some of the ATC's I received in the swap 

we had before going to dinner.A way to get to know

some more people.

Now I did not use up all the papers for retreat pages,

because I want to keep some to use for some future

scrapbooking of my grandson, when I have taken him

to the zoo when he is a little older.

Here you see all the other pages, that I could make 

with the paper we have received.

 The ALSB (assembly line) scrapbooking that Club Scrap

 has introduced. A way to use your package of 

paper to the fullest. I love to scrap this way.

 For more information about ALSB,take a look here:

http://www.clubscrapcommunity.com/main-inspiration/assembly-line-scrapbooking

To see more projets you might want to pay

avisit to the Club Scrap Create Blog.

Thank you for looking,

I hope you are inspired!

Have a creative day!

Sunday Scrap Page: Sinterklaas

This weeks page for the 

Club Scrap

Weekly Chronicles was supposed to be

with a "blue" theme,but it turned out red

was the color this time!

In The Netherlands the children have welcomed

Sinterklaas and his "Zwarte Pieten",a very important

occasion in the life of young children.

If you have no clue as to what Sinterklaas is,please read about it HERE.

This page is made with Club Scrap Tahiti papers

and Michael Strong stamps.

The text of the page is

printed with the computer.

On this page I used several Tim Holtz dies:

the roset, ribbon flags and a strip alphabet die.

As for the Michael Strong stamps

I used the punch and spell alphabet and

the cloisonné hand in hand set.

This is cut with scissors and is what we call

a "mijter", it is what Sinterklaas wears on his head.

In the comming weeks you will learn more 

about this childrens festivities: the food and the fun.

It lasts until Dec 5 when Sinterklaas

goes back to Spain in his boat and with his helpers.

Have a creative day!

Family & Hanukkah

This card is for the November challenge

on the Michael Strong yahoo group.

The theme is family and/or friends

with a Michael Strong stamped image.

As November is not only Thanksgiving

it is also Hanukkah,

so my card is The Family at Hanukkah.

The candle holder is made out of the

Mosaic Frame stamp,

that you can find HERE.

I stamped the frame with versamark and embossed it with blue

embossing powder. And colored with broken china disstress ink.

The rosette is made with a Tim Holtz sizzex die.

On top the flower is in the heart of the mosaic frame.

Hanukkah starts this year on November 27 with

lighting the first candle and every day we light one more.

Have a creative day!

Club Scrap Retreat project 3: Altered Composition Book

The first project that we made

at the Club Scrap Retreat

was an altered composition book.

Some of the materials we used you can find here

in the Clup Scrap shop.

http://www.clubscrapshop.com/store/Search.aspx?SearchTerms=altered%20composition%20book

The class was taught by Karen Wyngaard.

She took us through all

the right motions to get the book finished.

We used some lovely collage paper

and the envelop punch tomake

the tabs for the book.

Don't forget to click on the pictures, to see

a larger version of it.

When home, I just had to decorate my book

and you will not be surprised seeing my

coffee stamps on this altered book.

All stamps i have used and the stencil are from

various Club Scrap coffee kits.

(sorry not available any more).

The coffee stencil is wonderful to use

in combination with the stamps.

This stencilis from "What's Brewing?"

Here you have a good view

on the tabs that devide different parts

of the book.

The back inside has a pocked that

can held some of the papers you

want to hang on to before glueing

them down somewhere.

And here the back of the book.

Thanks again Karen,for this wonderful project!

Cheers!

Have a creative day!

SOCK MONKEY

When I noticed this free sentiment on the

Create with TLC blog, 

I just could not resist making this card.

I brought this sock monkey in the US last

year when i was there for the Club Scrap Retreat.

This card is 5,5" x 5,5" with a piece of gold

doted paper in the background, some washi

paper and a ribbon on the photo. Simple,

but effective.

Have a creative day!