one day after my last post...

My waters boroke in the midle of the city, and I had to go to the hospital...

Wat too early I thought, for our litle baby to come,...

she waited and kept us praying for everything to be alright, and 5 days later, on the 13th August, 5 weeks earlier than expected our daughter Mathilde Francisca was born....

She is now 2 months old and doing great, but if I didn't have much time for scrapping and cards when pregnant, now I even have les, but than again,.. with such a blessing, ... who cares, it will come again, and for now I just want to enjoy....

Photo made when she was about 1 month old.

Cheers!

I am alive,... and she is kicking!

My blog has been still the last couple of months.... there is a big and good reason for that, which I want to share.... I did get a bit of a scrapper's block, I think it happenend becaouse of all the other worries and priorities in my head,... and in my body....

Check this photo out....! ;-)

I am now 7,5 months pregnant!!!!

So for the coming period I forsee that I will not be coming here that much, but I have a REALLY GOOD REASON FOR IT!

See you soon!

The Cure @ Ahoy

So, this has nothing to do with cards or scrap, but yesterday night, we went to Roterdam, for a concert of The Cure, and gosh, those guys still rock!!! 3 hour concert, 3 encores, and 38 musics!

The sold out Ahoy was crazy singing along hits like Pictures of you or Just like heaven, but moments like Kyoto song were taking us back in time, again and again....

LOVED IT!!!!

Setlist:Plainsong, Prayers For Rain, A Strange Day, alt.end, The Walk, The End of the World, Lovesong, Pictures of You, Lullaby, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, Kyoto Song, Hot Hot Hot, The Only One (Please Project), Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Primary, A Boy I Never Knew, Maybe Someday, Never Enough, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

1st encore: The Lovecats, Let's Go To Bed, Friday I'm In Love, Freak Show, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You

2nd encore: Three Imaginary Boys, Fire In Cairo, Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab

3rd encore: Faith, A Forest.

Time flies...

The last copuple of weeks haven’t been very productive for me, both card wise and LO’s wise ( shame, shame, shame!) To help the chaos, I am having lots of problems with internet, so I still need to uploade some photos!!!

Still, here is one magnolia card, coloured with copics which I made the shortly ago. Paper is from We are Memory Keepers, prima flowers, scrappers floss, rusty pickle button, and the text is from the QK cookie cutters.

But,....
I am glad that this "unproductivity" didn’t happen to everyone…. and that for example some of my DT colleagues are working on full gas!
Carmen, from CardArt has a new blog, really cool, you should check it out!
Inge has been busy with al sorts of projects, and Christa too!

Some more cards

De laatste twee weeken ben ik niet echt onwijs bezig geweest met kaarten en scrappen,
Maar toen ik deze Rakles afdrukjes van Inge ( bedankt meid!!!), heb gekregen kon ik het gewoon niet laten!
Een kaart is gekleurd met copics en die andere met prisma color potloden. Voor de prisma liefhebbers, een hele goed nieuws: deze zijn ook nu te kopen bij CardArt!!!

Gebruikt: Bazzill, PP Heidi grace designs ( eerste Kaart) en Scenic Route ( tweede kaart).

Knopjes, lint, QK cookie Cutter Tags en lemonade alphabet, scrappers floss.
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I haven’t been as productive as I wanted the last two weeks, but here are two cards which I made for a contest. I got these Rakles from Inge ( bedankt meid!!!), and couldn’t have enough of them!
I have coloured one with copics, and the other with Prismacolor pencils. These are hard to find in Holland, so I am glad you can buy them now at CardArt!!!

I miss the summer!

Ik mis het mooie weer,....de zoon is niet buiten te merken, dus af en toe doe ik mijn ogen dicht en droom over onze vakantie in Curacao!
Hierbij dus een LO van mij twee manetjes lekker in dat warme water van Hoek's Hut!

Papier en chipboard letters We Are Memory keepers, Rusty Pikle knopjes, scrapper's floss, QK foto hoek
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I miss the sun, and the warmt, and because the sun is not shinning at all today, I just close my eyes and dream about our last holidays in Curacao!
Here is a LO of my two guys having fun in that warm water by Hoek's Hut!

Dolphins

Even iets anders dan winter op een grijs dag zoals vandaag,.... een beetje zon uit de caribisch gebied!

We hebben tijdens onze vakantie in Curacao een dolphin encounter meegemaakt, wat was dat prachtig!!!! Ik ben blij dat we genoeg fotos hebben gemaakt voor een paar LO's!

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While we were in Curacao this summer, one of my childhood dreams came true, we manage to have a dolphin encounter !!!

I think the smile on my face says it all, it was "Just great"!

Used: PP Scenic Route, RibbonCalendar, chipboard, American Crafts alphabet,Rusty Pickle knopjes, scrapers floss.

Winter

Ik weet niet wat het is, maar ik ben wel in een "Winter mood".... Dus bij deze, weer een winter kaart, deze keer met KI memories papier ( oud, dus ik blijf af en toe bij Carmen's goed voornemen!LOL), strass steentjes, ribbon en zilver gliters bij de leters ( gemaakt met QK lemonade cookie cutters). De stempel is van Magnolia, gekleurd met copics.

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No idea what it is, but I am on “winter mood” therefore, here is anotrher card celebrating the season.
I did follow Carmen’s decision for 2008 of using more old paper! :-) This paper
is from KI memories, and I also used glitters, ribbon and QK lemonade cookie cutters for the words.The stamp is from Magnolia, and it was coloured with copics.

CardArt Kit

Deze week heb ik de Januari Cardkit van CardArt ontvangen, zo leuk! Deze keer, met Doodlebug één van mijn favorites dus metteen lekker aan de slag! Ook de kleuren vond ik super, en deze twee Sugar Nellie stempels passen perfect bij!

Ik vond ook heel leuk om met die bazzill borduur doodle te werken!

Accents waren gemaakt met tourqoise glitters.

Eentje was gekleured met prismacolor, en die andere met copics.

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This week I got the January cardkit from CardArt , this time with Doodlebug , one of my favorite designpaper brands, so I imediattely made this two cards. I think these two sugar Nellie stamps are really suitable for this!

Another one!

Ik kan niet genoeg genieten van mijn nieuwe Sugar Nellie stempels,
Dus hier is nog een kaart gemaakt met iets ouder papier- ja, ik volg Carmen’s goed voornemen!
En nu even kijken hoe lang ik dat kan volhouden, hihihi!
Gebruikt: PP making memories, prima flowers, QK tag and cookie cutter photo corner and words, ribbon, scrappers floss en rusty pickle knopen.

Deze was ingekleured met copics.
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I just can’t get enough from my new Sugar Nellie stamps, so here is another card, and this time, under Carmen’s good decisions for 2008, made with older paper!

For this one I used : PP making memories, prima flowers, QK tag and cookie cutter photo corner and words, ribbon, scrappers floss and rusty pickle buttons.

Sugar Nellie's

De eerste week van het jaar is nu bijna op, maar ik ben blij dat ik toch wel tijd heb gehaad om met mijn nieuwe stempels te spelen!

Carmen van Card Art heeft dus een nieuw lijn stempels, die Sugar nellie’s en die zijn zoooo leuk!!! :)))))
het zijn de stempels waar ik dit kaart mee heb gemaakt, en er komen nog meer! :)
( Gebruikt: SweetWater paper, bazzill, ribbon, QK alfabet studio skinni mini, Bithday Boss Kut, prima flowers buttons and scrappers floss.Gekleurd met prisma potloden)
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The first week of the year is almost over, and I have had at leas the chance of playing arround with
my new Sugar Nellie stamps, they are sooooooo adorable!
This card has been coloured with Prismacolor.
( Used: SweetWater paper, bazzill, ribbon, QK alfabet studio skinni mini, Bithday Boss Kut, prima flowers
buttons and scrappers floss)

Card art Guerst Designer

Ik ben zooooooo blij te melden dat ik ben uitgenodigd om guest designer voor Card Art te zijn!
Wat een super manier om 2008 te beginen!!!!
Carmen en Inge , onwijs bedankt voor deze eer en kans, ik ga mijn best doen om mooie creaties te bedenken, zoals iedereen gewend is bij Card Art !
Hierbij een card over een paar belangrijke dingen dat ik niet wil vergeten in 2008. Deze is gekleurd met copic markers, en hier heb ik gewoon SEI papier (winter lijn) gebruikt, met bazzilll , ribbon, knopjes, scrappers floss en glitters bij.

(I am so pleased and honored to say that I have been invited for guest designer for Card Art!
What a great way to start 2008, isn’t it?!
Carmen and Inge, thank you so much for this chance, it’s an honor for me to be able to work with your DT, and I will do my best to make nice things, just like everyone is used to see at the Card Art Gallery!
Here is a card which represents some of the things I want to follow throughout 2008. I have colored it with Copic markers, and I used some random scrapbook supplies and embellishments.)

Happy New Year!!!

The days fly and we are a few hours from year end....

I take this chance to post here my last 2007 card, and Lay Out!

The card was made with the Christmas line of Elsie F., Bazzil, and magnolia stamp coloured with Derwent Colorsoft.

The LO represents not only a really nice moment this year ( when we were in Curacao), as well as some of the things that make me happy! All the materials on the LO are from the Creative Cafe line.

Sooooooooooooooooo,...

the olliebollen ( typical Dutch pastery) are ready and we got also portuguese traditional stuff...

The Karaoke is also ready, and the fireworks are downstairs.... we are ready to go, leave this year behind and embrace the coming one!

Let us hope this coming year will be a good one,... healthy, happy and creative!

Have a great time tonight, Happy New Year!

Fijne Jaarwisseling!

Feliz Ano Novo!!!

Busy, busy, busy.....

It's known that this time of the year is quite hectic, and this year I have join the mass shopping for presents, food, and everything required to celebrate Christmas...

Yesterday I managed to buy myself a treat,... nou ja,... another one dus,... and I bought 10 pro markers to colour my Magnolia stamps,.... That's what I call an addiction...

These stamps are so cute and well designed, that the first time I saw them, it took me three days to decide which would be my top three ( which ended in much more!) so I could order them! *LOL*

( this one was coloured with Derwent coloursoft)

So, here is to everyone, have a merry merry Christmas!!!!

Fijne feestdaagen!

Swimming Exam and one tooth less!

Today was a gorgeous day,.... 2 degrees ( Outch!), but really sunny and amazing blue sky... However, instead of staying outside, we went to the swimmingpool... Duarte had his Zwemwardigheid 1 Exam today, he is really like a little dolphin and passed the exam without a problem.... Yep, I am proud! After the exam, his second upper tooth came out,... again another proof that my son is growing, sometimes too fast !
So here's a big cheer to him foor being such a great kid and to make me so proud of being his mom!
And of course, I could only upload a LO's where he is the center of attention! ;-)

Lay Outs

As promissed, some of the scrapbooking lay outs I have made the last month...

The first one was made with the Prima paintables paper, which needs to be coloured (I did it with accuarel pencils and gliter pigments)...

The second one, was made with crate paper PP, bazzill and several embelishments.

I have to say, this is that time of the year where it feels like staying home, so it is becoming a pure joy to have some hours for my own....

Almost 10 years....

Looking outside to the cold weather I can only think of warm places, so today here is an old photo to keep up the summer spirit alive!!!!Heerlijk!!!

Also, one week from now will be for us an important day,....

we will celebrate 10 years of being in The Netherlnads!!!!

If you question if in the meanwhile I have learn some Dutch, yes I did, I speak it fluently, I read it and I write it as well, however, because my family abroad doesn't , I decided to create this blog and write mainly in english,...

And let's face it,... most Dutch people speak english anyway, so I hope I get some Dutch people around here too! :-)

I am hoping I have some more scrapping time this week, so I can post some nice stuff in here too....

Doei!

Just another day....

Another week has started and I don't even realise how close we are from Christmas.
Today the sun is shinning outside (WOW!!!) which is something I have learned to appreciate after leaving in the Netherlands for 10 years...
Still, I just feel like being at home...
I would like to have time to organize my all those drawers full of " stuff", read a good book, and of course,scrap and make cards!I have been busy this weekend so photos will follow up shortly!

here I go again!

Another month has passed, and it was so busy that I seem to have forgoten all about the fact that I had sometime in October created a blog,... *ZUCHT*

So this is a second attempt, to try and post something with some kind of regularity arround here!!!

The last days have been killing... I have a terible cold already for a week, which doesn't develop to a "stay in bed"stage, but also insists in making me feel horible the whole day,...!
I am glad that my creatvity hasn't been caught by it, and that I managed to make some scrap lay outs the last days,... and also one Magnolia card ( PP My Mind's Eye, Bazzill, Prima flowers)....

Hum,... I need to dedicate a whole part to the Magnolia stamps issue,... that's what I call a creativity addiction, hehehehe

Who can resist these stamps, hum?!?!

Mushrooms, Padestoelen or Cogumelos

Yesterday was an amazing day, sunny warm, and surely not apropriate to October in The Nedelands, however, as I am a person who believes in "carpe diem" ( I know someone who calls it living joy, hehe), I jumped on the bike ( WOW!) and went with the litle guy to the park, searching for mushrooms so I can scrap some photos.... and can you believe that I got some really good ones?! Check this out!