Easy cards with Cats and Dogs

I am trying to use up more of my stash

and here are some easy and fun cards.

This is what you do: pick some background paper.

Mine are out of a magazine called Take Ten and Flow.

Use up all the stamped images you have lying around,

and I found these cats and dogs stamped images by

Tim Holtz. I colored them with my stampin'blends.

Then I take out my word stickers by Tim Holtz

and look at all the cards I ended up with!

Sorry, needed a drink in between making

these cards and my coffee was finished.

Cheers! I hope I have given you some 

quick and easy ideas.

Thanks for looking,

stay safe and

stay creative!

Easter Tag

Hello everyone!

Hope you all are safe at home.

Today I share with you a tag for

a bag of Easter eggs.

Yeas it is Monday on the 

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog

and it is Anything but a Card Day!

So here is my tag, with this cute  Bunny Easter Egg

digital image. This background was in my stash

of papers I keep for cards and just pefect for making it into

a tagfor the Easter egg bag. You may wonder why I added

the line on the egg. Well i just did not want to add the name

of the person who it is for ;-)

I used stampin'blends for coloring.

Here a close up of the tag. You can see 

also some stamped eggs on the background.

This is a stamp by Michael Strong.

Thank you for looking

and stay safe and 

be creative!

Cards and Walk

In this crisis of covid19, I have time to clean my

craft room. I realize how many backgrounds I have

lying around  and how many unfinished images,

and I just could not throw them away!

So I had an idea: I make them all into cards and 

when I do my walk for the day, I put those cards

in the letterboxes around my neighberhood.

At least people will look at it, maybe have a smile

and than throwit away of keep it a few days.

You never know.

So I got to work and added a little Dutch poem

inside: 

"when normal things

are suddenly not so normal

you realize how special

normal things are"

On the envelope and on the card I added the 

word "zomaar" which meand something like

"just for fun" or  "no reason".

Not sure exactly how to translate.

So here are some of the cards I made.

No special technique, just add the paper

I had and an image (colored with stampin'blends)

and the sentiment.

Of course some had to be coffee themed.

I made over 150 and had fun dropping them around

the neighberhood.

Hope you all stay safe and healthy

and thanks for looking.

Be creative!

Cupcake Inspiration Blog: Color Challenge

Here is my card for this weeks 

Cupcake Inspiration Blog.

It is a color challenge: Pink, Yellow and Blue.

A lovely combination.

It has been some time I used Michael Strong's

hand stamp, but these days with a lot of washing

your hands I had to get that stamp out.

So I started with thre colors of oxide inkpad: fossilezed 

amber, tattered rose and broken china. 

Next I got the egg stamp out (also Michael Strong).

With walnut stain I stamped the eggs on the background

and on an extra piece of paper.

The extra eggs are embossed with clear embossing powder

and colored with fossilized amber and broken china ink.

The hand is embossed with pink embossing powder

and colored with tattered rose ink and then cut out.

The sentiment is made with the computer.

After everything is arranged on the card I added 

a few sticky pearls.

And here are my other hand cards:

This one I made for the Simon Says Stamp

Spring challenge on instagram.

Spring is tulips, but this Spring we are 

more busy wth washing our hads,

Do enjoy the flowers too!

This cards represents especially the washing of the

hands with all the blue ink in the background.

Stay Safe,

Stay Healthy

and wash your hands!

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

Purple Day: Epilepsy Awareness Blog Hop

Today is a worldwide day that asks for awarness for 

EPILEPSY.

Please take a moment and read.

Purple Day is a global grassroots event formed with the intention to increase worldwide awareness of epilepsy, and to dispel common myths and fears of this neurological disorder.

Further intentions of this movement are to reduce the social stigmascommonly endured by many individuals afflicted with the condition; to provide assurance and advocacy to those living with epilepsy that they are not alone in their ongoing endurance; and to initiate individuals living with the condition to take action in their communities to achieve these aims.

The day occurs annually on March 26.

You can read more about epilepsy here.

I have been asked to participate in this hop

and I hope you enjoy looking at all the purple artwork.

Card #1 has this cute dog image by Ikes Art.

one of the sponsors of this hop.

The dog is colored with pencil. Design paper,

ribbon, flowers and a heart die cut are used

to finish the card. The sentiment is typed up

and printed with the computer.

Card #2 is with a cute image by

Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez.

This card is also for the Oldie but Goodie challenge

on the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.

Card #3

I used this wondeful butterfly, that I colored

with my Stampin´Blends. 

Some design paper, a ribbon, a lovely sentiment

and a few flowers finish the card.

Card #4

This cute girl is an image from 

Digi Doodle Studio, one of the sponsors of this hop.

On this card you ee an embossed background,

a girl colored with Stampin´Blends

and a sentiment by Create with TLC.

Because Fikreta is so in love with her cats and started this blog

hop, I have a little give away for three commentors on my

blog. A little cat with a piece of purple ribbon together with

a card of your choice.

Card #5

Those who follow my blog, know about my love for coffee.

So here a purble coffee card with only digital images from

my stash. The sentiment is by Create with TLC

and with her permission I can have it as a freebie for you all.

Save the sentiment to your computer with a 

right mouse click and add it to an album on your

own computer.

You have from

26-31 March to hop around!

Lets hop!

Annabel

Darnell

Fikreta

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Janis

Ike

Kitty

Karen

Lori

Lisa

Mia

Olga

Vicki

Some ladies have giveaways on their blogs !

We have 2 sponsors Digi Doodle Studios

and Kinda cute by Patricia Alvarez.

So you can win image of your choice from our sponsors!

Ike from Ike's Art and Annabel from Knitty Kitty Designs

also are giving images!

Thank you Sue and Annabel!

You can pop over there FB pages.

Ikes Art

Digi Doodle Studios

Knitty Kitty Designs

Kinda cute by PAtricia Alvarez

Thank you sponsors!

So what you must do to be in draw for the prize?

It's simple.

You must comment on each stop .

Thank you so much for looking

stay safe,

stay healthy

and keep crafting!

Winners of the hop are:

Fikreta

Verna Angelhofer

Olga Fink

Please contact me 

hetty@4onyva.nl