Braided shawl

My Christmas Holiday is over and my knitting project done!

I bought the wool on a Christmas market in Antwerp and got a free pattern. But it is available on the Internet as well, e.g. on the weblog of Jeanny, click here. Jeanny helped me by giving me some instructions. Thank you!

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Thank you so much #CFC 125

The new challenge at the CAS-ual Friday Challenge blog is described as below:

Instead of a resolution, choose a word that describes what you hope for the new year. Maybe it's LOVE if you want to work on your relationships, or DO if you want to challenge yourself to something, or LAUGH if you want to lighten up, etc. Use that word as the inspiration for your card, and keep it Clean And Simple

  

A good word would be 'Thanks'. I think we don't often tell each other 'thank you' and maybe it is good to say this more frequently. So, for this challenge I made a 'Thank you' card for someone who took beautiful pictures of our family. That is why I used the paper from Crate Paper with the cameras. The sentiment is from a small set by Jillibean. Some staples, washi tape, stitches and polkadots to finish it off.

Thank you for dropping by and enjoy your day!

Baby card

Just popping in to show you a quick babycard I made. Again with the little deer of the Lawn Fawn's Into the Woods set. I'm still in love with it. I used some left over from papers I got from Judith  for one of our challenges.

A couple of weeks ago I made another bib which theme (deer!) fits perfectly to this card.

For tomorrow, enjoy New Year's Eve and have a wonderful and blessed 2014!
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Crazy for CAS #35 Anything goes

In my previous post I told you I haven't made any christmas card. Well, that is not really true as I made you one! With this card I'd like to wish you all a very blessed and happy Christmas time.

I created this card for the new challenge on the Crazy for Cas blog. The theme this time is easy: 'Anything goes'! So, dive quickly into your materials and create a nice cas-card with any theme you like!You can link your creation until 3 January.

I used some papers from the 6x6 paper pad from Crate Paper's Bundle Up. The sentiment on the vellum  is from Clearly Besotted Stamps.

Enjoy this Saturday and thanks for coming by!

baby present

No Christmas cards this year for me. So far I have seen so many beautiful christmas cards. I really enjoy them, but I pass this year...

I made a small present for the newborn daughter of Bijdehand. Of course, I had to use Lawn Fawn's deer - so cute! And I made her a bips with 'Eline's huis' fabric and  sweet red/white polka-dots. Luckily, the present were received with joy!

After taking the last picture, I thought: Am I crazy? It looked really crooked. So, I had a closer look at the card, but I couldn't see I cut the card wrong. The back was perfect, but when I turned it to the front side it was absolutely awful! But what is the case? The background I used (from Crate Paper's Bundle Up) gives a optical illusion... As you probably see the triangles go to the right upper corner and that gives the crooked look. Funny, isn't it?

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Hello!

I fell in love with Lawn Fawn's Into the Woods-set the very first moment I saw cards made with the set. Fortunately, I could order the set in the Netherlands, which I actually didn't expect. So glad I found it! I saw many cards with this set and I combined some of them for a little inspiration. This is the result. Isn't it cute?

Enjoy St. Nicholas' Day and for the Dutch readers: hopefully the storm won't bother you. Take care!

Chalkboard Technique #2

I made some more cards with a chalkboard background (see this post for an explanation). This one was really easy as well. I took a black square, embossed it with a nice PTI-sentiment (Mini Blooms-set) and added some chalk ink which I spreaded over the square with my fingers. I trimmed the black backgroun onto a Basic Grey paper and die cut a flower and leaves. Some twine for the finishing touch and ready!

Did you see the posts from Inge on Blogblom and Anneke on Some fiddling on the kitchen table? They used this technique in a beautiful way as well !

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Crazy for Cas #32 - Recycling

Today a new challenge starts on the Crazy for Cas blog. The theme for the next two weeks is: recycling. You can use so many things for this challenge, just use your fantasy. Have a look on the blog and get some inspiration from the DT members.

I am addicted to newspapers, so I have got many old issues which I could use for this challenge. I die cut flowers from the newspaper and put a button into the middle as a centre. I coloured the petals a little with some blue ink in order to have more cohesion between the small strip of gingham patterned paper and the flower. The kraft part of the background is embossed with a woodgrain embossingfolder from Papertrey Ink.

Looking forward to seeing your creations!
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Chalkboard technique

I have seen so many beautiful cards with the chalkboard technique over the past few months, that I had to give it a try myself. With the help of this great tutorial by Nichol Magouirk, I made my very first chalkboard card. I love the effect! And it is really  easy as well.

This one is a very simple one with only one stamp, but I'm sure I will make a few more. I add only one flower as the card don't ask for more.

So, are you going to give it a try? Looking forward to seeing your chalkboard cards. On pinterest you can find lots of examples!

Saturday I found a little package on my doormat. It was filled with flower seeds packed in a lovely heart and in paper. See the pictures. It was sent by Hanneke. We were colleagues for a short time and a couple of years later I met her again when she came to a workshop I gave. Since she started her blog I always read her blogs with a smile on my face. She writes great blogs about many things in daily life and she shows great things the has made herself. The paper with seeds in it is made by herself as well. You can read a little about the proces here.The straw contains Poppy seeds

Thanks, Hanneke! And thank you for coming by. Have a nice day!

Crazy for Cas - challenge #30

Autumn has been in full swing for a couple of weeks now! I'm so in love with the colours of the leaves. It is a little sad to see them falling down, but the positive thing is that the trees are preparing themselves for spring! Have you already seen the little buds on the branches? Our pastor in church paid attention to this phenomenon a couple of years ago and since then I always remember that autumn is necassary for spring! Creation is so beautiful!

Okay, let's go to this week's challenge for Crazy for Cas! We have an inspiration picture for you with lots of autumn colours. I made a card using these colours by stamping leaves in orange, greens and yellow. The front is distressed with antique linen and tea dye. The circle is made with some studio Calico papers like the green hill. A bow made with twine for the finishing touch. The stamps are from Waltzingmouse Stamps - Tiny Trees.

So, hop over quickly to the Crazy for Cas blog for all the details and link your card! Looking forward to what you have made!