Sunshine

I've got two cards for you today, both with a background of sunrays. I love the effect of it! I used the Bright Days stamp set of Avery Elle. The first card is inspired by this one made by Chunyuan. I used the PTI Birthday Tags and I added some gems.

The second one is actually spam, don't you think so? I haven't counted how many cards I made with this deer... I'm so in love with it! I used Lawn Fawn dies for the hill and ther reactangle. The DP is from Echo Park.

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Quilt

I haven't produced many cards lately due to study and work. But also because of another huge project I started last autumn: a quilt for our nephew Luuk! He was born last week and the quilt was finished just in time. Today I'd like to show this project to you. The quilt is patched and quilted by hand which took many hours, but I loved doing it. Of course I made him a card as well and I made a quick card with some instructions for cleaning the quilt and a nice quote about quilts: Families are like quilts, stitched together one piece at a time. 

Do you remember the owl banner I made two years ago? They were for Luuk's big brother. The banner is still very popular at Pinterest. The owls are now waiting to being used by Luuk and I think Tim will use the quilt as well.

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Hip hip hooray!

I've got two cards for you today. Both made with Crate Paper's Craft market. The thirst one is quite simple. Punch some circles, glue these onto the card base, add a sentiment and some thread and that's it! Still, I like this lay-out! With the first card I'd like to participate in the current challenge at City Crafter . They offer a moodboard with greens, browns, whites and some beautiful pictures. I think that the papers I used fit in this challenge.

 The second one is a 10x10 cm card. Love that size! I stamped a line of dots with gold ink which I also used for the sentiment. I die cut the butterflies and addes some silver thread as well.

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Shaker card

Happy King's Day! Before heading off to some King's Day activities I've got a card for you.
Yesterday our niece turned 14! She becomes a real lady, so I made her a ladylike shaker card with a shabby-chic touch. I used Crate Paper's Craft Market dp and the flower die from the Confetti line, also Crate paper. To add some extra dimension to the flower I used silver thread and gold sequins. Between the layers of the flower I used foam tape. The leaves are from vellum. The shaker part is filled with silver and gold sequins. I personalized the card by stamping her name into the shaker part.

 

 

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Story book

Between studying and some chores I made two cards with Avery Elle's Story book. The sentiment on the first card is from Papertrey Ink. The alphabet I used for the name on the second card is from Lawn Fawn. Background papers from Echo Park. Unfortunately, I can't get the colours right at the moment, but I distressed the white paper with antique linen and tea dye to give it a warmer and softer look.

I'd like to participate in the current CAS-challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

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Let's play

My sister asked me to create a card for her friend's daughter who turns two. I pulled out my new set from Lawn Fawn Let's Play, some Echo Park papers and started to build a nice scene. I used foam tape to add some dimension to the card. My sisters request was to use the name of the little one as well.The little dots of the ï were a bit of a problem considering the foam tape. So I added a piece of foam tape to the paper and ran it through my cuttlebug. Problem solved!

The next card is my mass production card at the moment. I stamped these balloons in all kind of colours depending on the receiver. Pinks, red, yellows and oranges for female cards and blues, greens and greys for male cards. Quick and easy! It is a 10x10 card. Love that size!

Last week I was in the UK with a group of students. It was a great week! However, I'm a little bit behind (read: far behind) household chorus and study things. I'm going to use this day off at the best!

Wish you all a blessed Easter!
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PTI's mini blooms

Today I've got a card for you made with PTI's Mini Blooms set. Ik was inspired by this card, but the outcome differs a lot. Again I did some watercolouring for the background and stamped the flowers and leaves randomly. To finish it I added a strip of yellow paper and stitched it with a zigzag (yep, using my sewing machine for cardmaking had been a long time ago).

I've got my weekly studyday today, so for now back to my books and later on a couple of lectures!
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Smooshing with watercolours MiM #204

Sometimes I can't show you anything, because there is no production in studio Saar & Pien. Now, two posts in two days! I'm definitely in a cardmaking flow. Yesterday I showed you a card with a technique Betsy Veldman demonstrated in the Make-it-Monday video at the PTI blog. I wasn't quite satisfied about that one and wanted to give it a second try. Now I used some grey inks and I added some Perfect Pearls to the water which gives a shine to the card. I wanted to create a shakercard with a heart and some glimmer. I used a sentiment from the PTI's Mini Blooms set. I love the CAS-effect!

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Mishmash

Today I've got a bunch of cards for you which seems at first a mishmash of ingredients. However, they do have certain things in common: kraft for the card base and a square shape.

I couldn't resist the new Lawn Fawn set, gleeful gardens. I received the set last Tuesday. I just played with it this afternoon and hopefully I will have some time to create a bit more with it this weekend.

For the second card I used again some Lawn Fawn materials.

I've got a bit of mixed feelings with the next card. I tried the technique Betsy Veldman showed on the PTI blog, but I'm not quite satisfied with the effect. I think I used some blue colours which were too dark. The flowers are from Avery Elle, the sentiment from Lawn Fawn.

The last card for today was made just before bedtime. I pulled out a stamp set from PTI which I have possessed for long time and it is still such an elegant set.  

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Masking

Last week I did some masking with post-its! Very easy to do and with a great effect. I used some Papertrey Ink stamps. The card was a bit boring, so I added a kraft border and a strip of gingham paper to it.

 

For a newborn boy I made this square card. The background is made with a aquamarker, an acrylic block which I uses as a kind of ruler and distress ink mixed with perfect pearls. Still in love with this deer :)

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