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!