A few animal cards

Hey everyone,

It has been a while since I last wrote on my blog, but I'm afraid I was a bit tired of everything.  The lack of sunshine finally had cought up with me.  Luckily I had a break coming up and I really needed it.  Unfortunately when I went back to work, my co-workers had their break and I got a bit stuck with all the work that landed on my desk.

But now I found some me-time and I made a few cards.
1st is for Crazy for Cas: http://micassucas.blogspot.be/2013/04/challenge-16-sketch.html

I used purple cardstock I still had lying around and a small piece of green cardstock.  I've added a sticker embellishment on it.

2nd is for Creanijn: http://creanijn.blogspot.be/2013/03/ckc007-een-kaart-met-een-dier.html

I used white cardstock and a piece of patterened paper that I've cut in a shape.  I used a stamp from Boofle with a cute looking dog.

 

 

 

Hopefully you'll see me back soon.

I'm back in the game with a few challenges.

Hey everyone,

I know I haven't been around much, I was having some quality time with the family.

I watched a really good movie together with my daughter last week.  She's almost 11 and now she's really getting into Twilight.  But luckily, it's no punishment to watch all the movies with her.
Now we have some mother-daughter quality time, crawling under a blanket together, sipping on a soda and eating a few chocolates.  Could there be anything better?

Last friday, I had dinner with some colleagues at Eetkaffee Multatuli at Gent, it was superb by the way.  I picked up Ann and we drove to Gent, found a parking spot but we almost walked by the restaurant. Luckily I had my GPS with me :-)
It's situated in an old house with high ceilings and a courtyard where there's a terras where you can sit in summer. It's still looks like it used to be in those days (of course with some modern features)

And on saterday, me and my hubbie had dinner in Antwerp with some friends.  Arround X-mas I bought this coupon with the idea to have dinner for 2.  But with friends is also very pleasant.  It was at 't Karveel in Antwerp but it will be the last time!  I made reservations 2 weeks in advance and the same night it was completely overbooked, we had to wait an hour before we could get a table.  Then it took an hour to get our dinner, then waiting for cutlery, then the fries, then sauce for the steak.  We never saw the bottle of water we've ordered. BUT we had a lot of fun.

Sunday, was all about peace and quiet! After 2 nights in a row, not getting enough sleep, I just needed to catch up on it because then the working week starts with a lot of deadlines and a few meetings and workshops.

But here are a few things I made:

Something for Crazy for Cas:
http://micassucas.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/challenge14-lets-be-inspired.html

I used white cardstock as a basis and 2 leftover pieces of patterened paper.  I used the stamps I bought last week.

One for Creanijn

http://creanijn.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/ckc006-less-is-more-basic-kaart.html

I used white cardstock as a basis and a leftover doublesided patterened paper. The glossy side to make it really visible and the other side to make a difference.

And 1 just for myself

Purple cardstock as a basis and 2 leftovers patterened paper.  I punched out some flowers with the Nellie Snellen punchout and added little pearls for the center of the flower.

Stay tuned for more.

See you next week! Kaat.

No challenges, just scrapping away

Hi everyone,

I know you haven't heard of me last week, but somehow I got really occupied on my reading.  My sister gave me a few books from Matthew Reilly (an Australian author) and he got me hooked. 

The first 3 books I read a while ago: Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones and The Five Greatest Warriors.  And... I got addicted!  He writes so fluently, there's never a dull moment in the book.
I started the 1st and I just couldn't let go. And when I finished it, I couldn't wait to start the next one's!

Now I'm reading 'Area 7', different main character but it looks very promising (I'm still in the beginning).

I did make a few cards and an LO but I didn't have a chance to enter challenges.  The first card is one I made for my colleague Philippe who's dad past away, the second I made for my teamlead Chris' birthday.

The LO is from a daytrip we did to Bruges.  We've visited the icesculptures: 'The wonders of the world' and afterwords we walked through the city, the convent yard passing the river.  This is still a gorgeous city to visit.

Another week, more challenges

Hey everyone,

Sometimes it seems that several things come together at one point and that doesn't necesarely mean it's a good thing.  2 weeks ago, my washingmachine broke down, we did get a new one fairly quick but of course by then the laudry was huge.  Last weekend, well just say that the new washingmachine did a huge job, I did all the laundry, but unfortunately that also means a lot of folding and ironing.
It took an entire sunday to get comfortable!

On sunday we went to see my grandmother at the retirementhome, she's still quit well for her age (87).  Sometimes she's muttering about those old people over there or she gets annoyed by her daughter who she thinks is older in saying and doing, hahahaha...
Now, my grandmother is knitting scarfs for every grandchild and greatgrandchild she has, we just need to supply her with yarn, and this time it was my son's turn for one. He's quit pleased with it!

But now, challenges!

First one is from 'another freaking scrapping challenge' with a theme: PASSION.  Everyone who knows me well, knows that I'm a huge metalfan, more specific, Rammstein.  I've been following them since 2001, so in tribute to them I've made this LO.

I used white cardstock as a basis and a sheet of patterened paper of the Poppy beach grass from S.E.I.
As a title I chose 'Feuer Frei' because they use a lot of pyrotechnics in their shows as you can see on 1 of the pictures.  It's also the title of a song of theirs.

http://another-freaking-scrappy-challenge.blogspot.ca/2013/02/1-february-2013-scrapbook-challenge.html

 

For the 2nd challenge I used the sketch of 'another freaking scrapping challenge' and chose a beautiful picture of my daughter Eleni. I used 2 sheets of patterened paper from the What's up collection from Basic Grey. From the leftovers I punched out flowers.

 

http://another-freaking-scrappy-challenge.blogspot.be/2013/02/15-february-2013-sketch-challenge.html

 

 

I've combined the challenge from Dutch Dare (Love is all around) with the challenge from Creanijn (to use journaling on strips of paper).  I used 2 sheets of patterened paper from the Marjolaine collection from Basic Grey. I immediately fell in love with that paperpad, the green and blue colors, the patterns they've used.  On new years day I took a snapshot of the grandparents with their grandchildren after they've read their new years wishes.  

It's clear to me that they love all their grandchildren, no matter what!

http://dutchdares.blogspot.be/2013/02/dutch-dare-99-love-is-all-around.html
http://creanijn.blogspot.be/2013/02/csc006-journaling-op-strookjes-papier.html

 

 

See you next time!

2 cards - 4 challenges

Hey everyone,

I've had a really busy week this week. I mentioned last time that I was headed for Ikea and I found a lot of storageboxes for my daughter and a nice lamp for my livingroom. But unfortunately no storagecloset/box for the shoes yet.

On saturday I had a lot of baking to do for my parent's in law 45 year-anniversary-party on sunday.  Together with my sister in law we baked enough cakes and pies for an entire army :-)
Of course, on sunday we had to party with the family!

I tried to combine 4 challenges on 2 cards and this is how it worked out:

http://mojomonday.blogspot.be/2013/02/mojo-monday-280.html
http://creanijn.blogspot.be/2013/01/ckc005-recycleer-iets-op-je-kaart.html

I've combined the sketch from MOJOmonday with 'recycle something on your card'.  I've used plain red cardstock and 1 sheet of red patterened paper with white polka dots.  I've embossed a piece of white cardstock and used the image of a young lady (from an older card).  I've added a flowersticker and finally stamped 'You make me Smile'.

http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.be/2013/02/freshly-made-sketches-73-sketch-by-jen-b.html
http://www.palspaperarts.com/2013/02/ppa152-spring-fresh-color-challenge.html

I've combined the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches with the asked colors in Pals Paper Arts.  Well I least I tried to get as close as I could.  I've started with white cardstock and I had some leftover pieces of patterened paper wich combined nicely.  I added the 2 circles in red to make more contrast.  And do we always need a reason to send someone a card?

See you next time! Kaat

A few more challenges

Hey everyone,

it's thursday again.  I've been home for a few days, my son was ill with the flu and was in need of some mommy attention.  Today was dad's turn. 

Also, vacation is just arround the corner and we got lots of things to do on our list.  We're going to Ikea because I'm in desperate need of some storageboxes for my daughters toys and craftingthings and please please something to store all of our shoes (because now they're just lying arround and it's really bugging me!)

Now, where you all come to see my blog, a new LO and a few cards for a few challenges.

First challenge is from MOJOmonday
http://mojomonday.blogspot.be/2013/02/mojo-monday-279-contest.html

Second challenge is from Freshly Made Sketches
http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.be/2013/02/freshly-made-sketches-72-sketch-by-cindy.html

Third challenge is from Mi Cas es su Cas, I've croched the flower myself.
http://micassucas.blogspot.be/2013/02/challenge-13-sketch.html

And last but not least, another LO with pictures from the old hat.  These cute little cars are from 1929-1931 and still drive arround, but mostly their owners just like to show them arround.

See you next time!

baby Arthur

 

Hi everyone,

 

I know I'm a bit late but I really wanted to share my card for Mojo Monday #278 and here it is:

I used dark blue cardstock as a base and 2 different sheets of patterened paper from a vintage collection I still had.  I combined it with plain blue ribbon and some buttons.  The flower I croched myself.

 

http://mojomonday.blogspot.be/2013/01/mojo-monday-278.html

 

 

 

 Last week my first cousin's wife gave birth to a beautifull baby boy called Arthur.  I was quit a bit surprised by the name they chose but it kind of grows on you.  Hopefully he'll be strong and brave just as the king they named him to!

 

But for now, he's just gorgeous.  So I wanted something sweet but not to much.  I think this is a nice combo.  The colors and the stamp say 'boy' but the stripes give it that little bit more.



 

 

 

 

Sometimes when I don't feel like doing nothing, I go through pictures and already try to make an example LO and a title and when I do have time, I just go looking for paper and put all the pieces together.

 

Here's one from my son's 9th birthday last november.  Since I'm also trying to use some of my older scrapbookpaper, these are perfect opportunities.  Look at him blowing his candles!

 

 

See you next time!

MOJO Monday time

Hi everyone,

This is a fast one.  I'm also a big fan of MOJO Monday and I wasn't able to enter my contribution, although they've provided me a lot creative sketches.

So for the 1st time, but hopefully not the last one, the card I made for MOJO Monday #277

http://mojomonday.blogspot.be/2013/01/mojo-monday-277.html

See you next time!

Challenges Dutch Dare and Creanijn

Hi everyone,

Sometimes I wonder if everything will slow down for a bit instead of rushing everything.  Husband fell sick last week.  So he needed a lot of attention, calling the doctor, notifying his employer, picking up his meds, make sure he has something to eat,... 

On friday it was my son who got sick, his throat.  But still not to sick to wrap a huge blanket arround him and play on the computer LOL.  My daughter and I were the last that stayed healthy!

But last friday evening I had a few hours for myself, going to a housewarming party of a colleague.  Normally we had to go to another party on saturday but with hubbie sick we called it off.  So it was in my pyjama's at 18h and just taking it easy! Same thing for sunday, the fridge was well stocked so it was just doing nothing and enjoying myself.

A few weeks ago I found this book in my local paperstore with lots of crochet flowers.  Some very easy, some a bit more difficult, but so much worth trying them out.  And you know what's best? ... I can add them to my scrapLO or make one special card!  One of these day's I'll have to get to the mall to pick up some yarn!
And here, just as I promised last week, my LO where I combined the challenge from Dutch Dare and Creanijn. When I saw these challenges I knew exactly what I had in mind. 

http://dutchdares.blogspot.com/2013/01/schets-59.html
http://creanijn.blogspot.com/2013/01/csc005-combineer-bloemetjes-en-streepjes.html

I used white cardstock as a basis. I've cut several sizes of hexagonshapes out of patterned paper of Basis Grey (the What's up collection).  I've added my pictures to another piece of patterened paper and used the leftovers (turned the paper) to cut out butterflies.  I've put some glue dots on one of the hexagons and added my title 'Girls just wanna have FUN'.

And a few cards:

That's it for this week, see you next time!

busy as usual week 3

Hi everyone,

how is everything going with you? Over here it's pretty busy as usual.  I've found this new blog via via and it looks really good so I've entered a subscription to follow it.  They have 2 kind of challenges (or dares as they call it).
But for now, I didn't find the time to scrap but I've got already an LO in my mind and the pictures that I want to use. Just find the right paper and time to put it together.

I think I'm gonna add this to my new year's resolutions --> make 1 scrap a week, do-able?? I hope so.  I do want to improve my skills, that were a bit basic I think. 
And they say that you have to practice more in order to gain more skills!  Damn, that sounds a lot like "my plan" at work.  Setting your goals for the short and long term, evaluate your perfomance, ... IEUW I so hate doing this.

I think the person who invented this also had to do a lot of these. Now he's thinking, payback time!

Hopefully, by next week I can show you the LO that I've got in mind and perhaps enter a few challenges on the way.

See you next time!

New Year's resolutions

Hey everyone,

first of all: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  I wish everyone all the best for 2013, I hope you all enjoyed the holidays with family and friends!

I think I had one of the best new year's eve's ever.  We went on a long weekend to Ieper, where my sister in law rented a cottage on a farm. Never saw my kids in those 4 days.  They were always away playing outside, helping the farmer feeding the cows, playing with the kittens and dogs, ... .  I don't think there was a dull moment at any time. 

For myself, it was more coming to rest, physically and mentally.  I really needed that after many busy weeks at work and at home. Just reading, going shopping and enjoy the time together.

I have my new year's resolutions here, I only have a few but I'll try to keep them!

number 1:
spend more time with the husband!  Due to our busy jobs we don't always spend a lot of quality time together.  So I'd like to have a date with my husband every 2 months, just dinner or a movie or something else.

number 2:
I love playing badminton and I already go regularly but I need to pick it up a bit because it hangs together with resolution number 3

number 3:
losing weight.  Every woman's cross to bear.  But this time I have a solid reason! My brother is getting maried in september and I want to lose 10kg (about a kg a month should be do-able)

number 4:
I want to redecorate my living room, but it costs a bit.  So I'm going to save every 5€ I find in my wallet.  Hopefully I have enough money at the end of the year.  And if this is working, I'm always going to do that!

number 5:
try to write and post onto my blog every week (this one counts for week 1 and 2) and this means also getting the camera out more!

See you next time!