Sunday Scrap page: Safari

Last week we took Owen on his first safari.

He is wild about animals and so when his mom

and dad had other things to do, we took Owen to

a Dutch Safari Park called Beekse Bergen.

He had the time of his life and did not want to miss

anything all day. A bus drove us through the park

and the driver told us all about the animals. We had a special day.

I made this page with Safari papers from Club Scrap

and the giraffe stamp from Michael Strong.

I colored the image with pencil.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

Pink Ribbon

October is the month of

breast cancer awareness.

It is important to keep on checking

yourself and supporting others.

I have a little project today

that you can use as a gift or as

a thank you.

These little boxes can be filled with sweets

or a little gift. They are made with a thinlits die by  Stampin'Up!

called curvy keepsake box.

This is the die. You cut out this shape twice

to make one box.

For these boxes I chose some pink paper from

a  designer papers block.

Glue them together like thi and fold the

outsides upwards.

First the parts with the handles and hold them together

and slip the other parts over the handle one by oneand the box is ready.

As the paper is already quite busy,  I made a little

card with the box.

For decoration I used Michael Strong's Cloisonné Accent 

circle stamp. Stamp the circle with versamark and

emboss with white embossing powder. Then cut out with

a circle punch.

These circles I used to conscruct a bra on top of the

card with pink ribbon and some sticky gemstones.

The text is printed with the computer.

The other box I decorated with the bra.

Here you see how I did that:

On the folding line I cut little slits to pull

the ribbon through to the back.

On the backside I taped the ribbon down.

Here the finished box with a label I found on internet.

I have been looking high and low to add the link to this blog,

but could not find it any more. I hope the maker is not offended

by me sharing this freebie with you:

Stay strong

and have a creative day!

Breast Cancer Awareness: Hope

October is the month of  the Pink Ribbon:

awareness for breastcancer:

don't forget to check yourself!

With this theme in mind the follow

card was made:

The technique for the background is

called "gelatos whipe" from the new 

technique junkies cd:

~Sensetional Stencils~

This is one of those techniques that is

super easy with a maximum result. I love those!!

Please do have a look at all the tutorials

you find on this new cd HERE.

The flower stamp and the sentiment

are from different Club Scrap kits.

Thanks for stopping by

and creative greetings,

Sunday Scrap page: BBQ

I noticed there was missing  scrap page #30 in my book,

so I went looking through my pictures to see what

had happened that week. Well, we had a surprise BBQ

at work and I made a few pictures as a memory

for the colleagues. Today i made my own page.

I used Club Scrap's Picknik papers and Michael Strong's

alphabet stamp and a little circle from the accents set.

The cut outs also come with the Club Scrap kit.

And now you also wnat to know who is the winner

of the Anniversary Blog hop from last week.

First of all I want to thank everybody who stopped by 

and took a tour around the hop and left comments.

Without you all there would be no group at all.

The winner is:

SUSAN KAPP

please contact me with

your snailmail info.

Have a wonderful and creative  Sunday!

Happy World Card Making Day 2!

What would WCMD be without a card

from my favourite CLUB SCRAP?

So here is my card and as a treat

I have a tutorialfor you as well!

The background to this card is done with a stencil from

the CS Blueprint October kit.

Club Scrp has lots of stencils and you might want to

know what to do with these stencils. Well the Technique Junkies

have just come up with a CD with 40 tutorials on

what to do with stencils:

~Sensational Stencil CD~

For this technique you need:

cardstock

gelatos

baby wipes

Use the gelatos to color your paper randomly.

Use your finger or a finger sponge to rub the 

crayon color together over the card.

Lay down the stencilon top of the card

you colored with gelatos.

Take the baby wipe and rub over the stencil

to take away some of the color.

This is the finished background when

you take of the stencil.

Beautiful, right?! Harly need toadd anything else.

More of these easy and wonderful tutorials 

are on the Sensational Stencil CD.

Thanks for looking and

have a creative day!

Happy World Card Making Day!

Of course I have to make a card on World Card Making Day!

I hope you all have fun making your cards today.

I share with you this pumpkin card.

The pumpkin is a free digital image by Michael Strong

and you find it HERE.

You can download the image to your computer

and use in all kind of different sizes for your projects.

If you have no idea about how to use digital stamps

I found this site where they explain a lot about it:

http://rubberstamping.about.com/od/digitalstamps/a/DigitalStamps.htm

For this card I printed the pumpkin on white paper

and colored the image with distress markers.

The background of this card is done in the 

Colored Stone Silk technique by the Technique Junkies.

You find the tutorial for this technique in the 

August/ September 2014 newsletter.

BTW:

Have you taken the Michael Strong

Anniversary Blog Hop?

Did you leave a comment to win a stamp?

If not,you can still do so today.

Tomorrow I will announce the winner of the stamp.

Go here for the BLOG HOP.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

Happy Birthday,Mike!

Today is Michael Strong's birthday,

so Happy Birthday Mike!!

Hope you have a wonderfulday.

Of course I  had to make a card today 

with one of Mike's images.

On his blog he has a free digital image

of a pumkin and you can download this 

to your computer to use as you want HERE.

I printed the pumkin on white paper ready to color.

To color the pumpkin I used bistre powder.

I also used the same powder to make the background 

with the pumpkin. The leaves are a die from Tim Holtz

and the bird is a die from Michael Strong.

When you open the card, you see that the card is an 

easel card with a little post it notebook inside.

The sentiment you see on this card, I found on internet

and just typed it up with my computer in word

and printed it to use on this card:

October time is

PUMPKIN TIME

the nicest time of year,

when all the pumpkins

light their eyes

and grin from ear to ear.

I added a fun sentiment on the first page of the post-it book.

I used the left over paper from the front background to stamp

the letters fall with copper embossing powder.

Hope you are inspired to download the pumpkin image

and have fun with it!

Have a creative day!

Technique Junkies Stencil CD Blog Hop

W*E*L*C*O*M*E
Here we are with another fun

Technique Junkies CD

full with tutorials.

This time it is all about stencils:
  SENSATIONAL STENCIL CD

I hope you came here from
Beth's Blog
and her wonderful ideas for inspiring you.

You see so many stencils these days

and there are a lot of fun techniques you

can do with them. A lot of people use the

stencils for art journalpages, but they are

perfect for cards to. This new cd has 40 tutorial

for you,that you can easily print and put on

your working table. With this blog hop we want to

 share some of the techniques for you to inspire you.

Of course you want to have some idea as what to
expect on the CD and HERE is the table of content.

I have chosen to share with you a technique called:

~Gelatos Wipe Technique~

This tchnique makes such beautifulbackgrounds,

you hardly want to cover them.. This stencil is from

The Crafters Workshop and the sentiment is by Create with TLC.

Here another sample of the same technique. The stencil i used here

is by Club Scrap and the image is a freebie by

Create with TLC.

I did not want to throw away the cut of and 

used it for the inside of the card, also

a sentiment of Create with TLC. The gost image

ismade with the owl punch by Stampin'Up!.

Odering the cd? Click below:

http://techniquejunkies.com/sensational-stencils-cd.html

Have you seen all the other CD's that we have?

You may want to add another specialty CD to your order

 of the Sensational Stencil CD. 

Here is a list of the various CDs available from Technique Junkie:

Artistic Effects CD $14.95 USD 
Bodacious Background Stamps CD $9.95 USD 
Designer Paper Perfection $14.95 USD 
Great Gifts CD $14.95 USD
Shimmer Glimmer Sparkle and Shine CD $14.95 USD 
3D and Fun Folds CD $17.95 USD 
Emboss or Die CD $17.95 USD 
Mini Album Mania CD $14.95 USD
Move It Shape It CD Combination $17.95 USD

Hope you want to see more and will hop on to see

what our wonderful Holly designed on her BLOG

for you.

Have a creative day!

Michael Strong group Anniversary Blog Hop

Welcome to our 

Michael Strong

Aniversary Blog Hop.

Six years ago I decided to start this group

and now we have over 500 members.

If you like the stamps Michael Strong

designs, you are welcome here:

enjoyMichaelStrongstampgroup

I hope you came over here from Laura's Blog

and her story about how she became a

member of this group.

This my story:

I loved watching TV Weekly

and one day Michael Strong showed a card

using his heart stamp. Here you can see

the video too (click on the arrow of the picture blow,

or go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cni0c0nebdY)

I ordered the heart stamp right away,for I wanted to use 

it for making the wedding card for my daughter.

I did not want to copy Michael's card, so this

is the card that became her wedding card:

Now I use the heart stamp every year to make

an anniversary card for my DD and her DH:

A mini heart is being added, for they have a little son now.

The background of this card is made with bistre/bister powder.

The large hearts are stamped and embossed with white 

embossing powder. The little heart with red embossing powder.

In April  2008 I met Michael Strong in person at

a stamp show and helped him out at his booth.

As payment I received some of his stamps.

So what to do with all these stamps, besides stamping........

Yes, I decided to start a group and share 

all the fun ideas of these stamps and inspire

others to use the stamps.

At first I made a card every day for over a year,but than

a friend came up with the idea: Card Captain.

One member sharing a card from Monday to Friday.

We have been doing this ever since and Iam

very thankful for all of you who do this. 

This card is made with Michael's pot stamp

in combination with the Workof Art stamp set

by Stampin 'Up! and the bistre/ bister powder.

I share a card with the group every Saturday

and a scrapbookpage every Sunday.

Hope I can go on doing this group,

with your help,for many more years.

Now here is the list of all participants:

1.Michael Strong

2. Shelly

3. Heidi

4. Yael

5. Herma

6.Rosie

7. Lori

8. Joanna

9. Jill

10. Laura

11. Hetty - you are here!

And now on to the inspiration of

the master himself.

Please hop over to

Michael Strong's Blog

ps. if you leave a comment to my blog

you might win one of Michael's stamps!

Thanks for looking and

have a creative day!

Saturday card: seahorse

This week on the Michael Strong stampgroup

we had a card captain (that is one of the members

who shares a card from Monday to Friday)

who showed a card each day with  a theme:

a Michael Strong stamp in combination  with the

Stampin'Up! set Work of Art.

As I have this set too, I decided to follow her

idea and here is my card. The background for this

card is made with bistre/ bister (a fun powder

that is used in combination with water for coloring).

The sentiment is a stamp by JavaJoanne

The seahorse is also colored with bistre.

When the colored powder is on a palet

and you add water,you can use this to color

your image with a brush.

Hope you will come back again tomorrow

when we have a Michael Strong Blog Hop

with 11 blogs participating and stamps to win!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a creative day!