Sunday Scrap Page: Opa

I hope all dad's are having a great day!

Here is my scrap page with only men on it.

This time this dad is granddad and he is enjoying this new role!

I used Club Scrap papers

Michael Strong stamps

and a digital sentiment by Create with TLC

I made these decorative ties by using the template below

to cut out the shape. Then I used Michel Strong's

paisley stamp to stamp the ties background.

For the letters I used Michael Strong's  alphabet 

stamps and a matching oval punch.

Feel free to download and use the template.

The sentiment is printed with the computer

and cut out with some metal dies.

Thank you for looking!

Have a creative day!

Saturday Sketch Card: Fusion

I came across a new website with a sketch,

so let's go for it!

If you want to participate too, here is the

website to add your card and read about it:

http://fusioncardchallenge.blogspot.nl/

For the moment I am into babies,

so how about a baby card?

The stamps I used are all by Michael Strong:

the mini star

the cloiconné circle element

and the closonné silhouette fans

For the background I used paper from

one of those scappacks  I have.

I used my sewing machine to add them together.

I stamped the star with versamark and embossed

it with gold embossing powder.I used yellow and orange

ink to color the star. The text is printed with the computer

and cut with a spellbinder die.

To give the star even more bling a sticky gemstone is added.

The pram is consctructed with 1 1/2 pieces

of the silhoutte stamp. I embossed them in black and

 colored with two colors of blue pencil.

The baby stampis a very old SU! stamp I treasure.

The weels are also embossed in black and colored

with orange ink and blending tool. You see tiny

sticky gemstones in the heart of the wheel.

Thnk you for looking!

Have a creative day!

Club Scrap JUNE technique challenge part 2

Yesterday I shared with you a mini album

that i made with pictures of my pregnant DD.

If you missed that post, you find all instructions

for making the booklet HERE.

This booklet is part of the 

Club Scrap June technique challenge\over

at the Club Scrap Blog HERE.

Today I share with you the finished book:

For this booklet I used Club Scrap 

The Blues papers from the May collection.

This is the back of the booklet.

You see the ribbon and the washi tape

that closed the middle pocket of this book.

The front closure with a bow.

And here the first two inside pages.

All sentiments you see are from this kit or

other Club Scrap kits.

By clicking on the picturesyou can see a larger version!

My DD really made some cute pictures inspired 

on pinterest. The tag will be filled with a picture

of the twins when they are born, so that stays

blank for now.

Here I added a few punched out flowers with

little sticky gemstones as the heart.

These are saved for the last few weeks.

And finally the  backside of the book.

Again some musical washi tape.

This time used for background.

Thanks for looking.

Have a creative day!

Club Scrap JUNE technique challenge

You might have noticed,I am lying low on my 

Club Scrap

entries and participations. True, I was on vacation,so

I had tomiss out sharing my projects with The Blues May kit.

So what's with June? Well my pizza boxs with the

June National Parks box has not arrived yet.

But for the Technique challenge I can use any paper

I like and the tchnique chosen by Anne Marie Healy

is: THE MAZE BOOK.

It is constructing a little booklet out of

a 12x12 inch page.

You will find her wonderful books and instruction video's

on the Club Scrap Blog here:

http://clubscrap.com/0615-technique-challenge/

I love these little books.

But for what I had in mind,

it was just too small.I needed something bigger

and I came up with this larger version,also

out of a 12x12 inch page.

Here is the template:

You see the pages of this booklet are 3 x 6  inch

and you fold zig zag and you booklet lookslike this:

In the middle of the booklet you get a kind of pocket.

I closedit in the back with a piece of musical washi tape,

for the papers that i use foor this booklet are 

all from the May kit The Blues.

This booklet is about my eldest DD, who is 

expecting twins and she is sending the family

wonderful pictures of her growing belly.

I want to put them together in this booklet.

In the middle part op the book there will be a pocket

where i will add a photo of the babies when the are born.

I folded the top corner over and 

the rest of the pocket is closed with the

musical washi tape that i also used for the back.

The tag inside is cut in the corners with a punch

and i constructed a handle with the saddle

punch from Stampin'Up!.

As I wanted this to be a sturdy book, I made some

covers with bookboard.

The bookboard is slightly larger than the book will be.

Here you see the size I used. And the paper to cover the 

board is 1/2 inch on ech side larger than the board.

After gluing the papers around the bord, adding a ribbon

for closing the book and gluing the covers to the pages

it looks like this.

Today I decorated the cover,but I need some more

time for the inside, which I will share with you

when they are done.

Hope you will try your maze book and link it to 

the Club Scrap Blog, so you can win an awsome prize.

Have a creative day!

Scrap that block

Today I have a scrap block to share.

While shopping I noticed this wooden block

and right away I had an idea, so I took it and paid

and went home. The block size is 8 x 8 inch.

 (20 x 20 cm).

I sanded the block, cover the word "happy" that I wanted to save

and took out the gesso to cover all of the block.

When the gesso was dry I took a stencil and

an acrylic paint dabber.Around the border I used the stencil.

In the middle i just left it white,because there was going

 to be a picture, so no reason to paint it.

When covered all around I left it to dry.

Next another stencil and another color paint dabber.

Here you see the result and the paint daber I used:

broken china and tea dye.

Again i left the paint to dry.

Now i took one of the circle accent stamps by Michael Strong

and randomly stamped with dark brown ink.

After removing the paper note, this is what the block

looks like.

In the middleof the block I made this card like

scrap page with two colors of paper and

a stamped sentiment. Also again the circle,this time

embossed with oriental express embossing powder.

To completely finish of the decoration I added a tiny sticky

blue pearl in the middle of the circles all over the block.

I am so happy with the result. I think this can be a great 

gift idea too.

Thank you for looking and have a great Sunday.

Just one more coffee card

Yes there has been a LOT of coffee this week on my blog

and I now the time has come that I need to withdrawal....

with all the materials on my table and all the great cards 

I have seen with the birds, I just NEED to make one more card:

I have these

Tim Holtz Crazy Bird stamps

Club Scrap Mocha Java stamp

and a little sentiment fromMy sentiments Exactly

I first stamped the row of cups and

again on a piece of post-it that i cut out and

put on top of the cups before stamping the birds.

This way it looks like the birds are behind the cups.

I colered the birds with ink fromthe inkpad in combination

 with a silver spray. A pity the photo does not pickup the shiny elements.

I colored the background with the instant coffee

I had left over on my table from one of the other cards.

To finish of the card I used some brown flos and a little

silver spoon as an embellishment for this card.

So now it is over to the next project that needs

my attention: my DD has askedme to make 

baby anouncement cards for her boy twins that will be born soon.

She is 36 pregnant,so they can arrive soon. The cards NEED to be ready!

Thank you all for visiting my blog every

day of the blog hop.If you leave a comment today,

you might ending up receiving this card.

Have a creative day!