Wednesday, June 30, 2010

FCD Wacky Wednesday

Today it is Wacky Wednesday again at FireCrackers by Design! By now you must know that this means 50% discount on a certain rubber stamp set. This time it is "Yoga 1 - Chakra's". As I do not have this set myself, I haven't made you a sample card. But visit FireCrackers gallery and see some of the wonderful samples HERE.
But I did make a "wiper" card. A great kind of moving card. You find the tutorial HERE, good instructions even with a video. For this card I used one of FireCrackers digital stamps "Celebrating Frog" and the matching text: Hoppy Birthday (which is for free). The plain paper is from the Bazzil collection and the decorated scrap paper if from Basic Grey. The frog is colored with copic markers.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Beweeg kaart/ Wiper card

Vandaag een leuk lesje gevonden op Splitcoast Stampers voor een "wiper" kaart. Je neemt de kaart in beide handen en beweegt hem heen en weer. Dan zie je dat sprietje boven aan in en uit de kaart gaan. Leuk toch?!
Je kunt de instructie HIER vinden. De blauwe kaart is gemaakt met papier en stempels van Club Scrap Expressions en de groene kaart is gemaakt met stempels van Michael Strong.
Today I found a nice tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers for a "wiper" card. You take the sides of the card and move it to and fro and you see the little thing move in and out of the card. Isn't that fun! Would you like to try this too? HERE you can find the instructions. The Blue card is made with Club Scrap Expressions papers and stamps and the green card is made with Michael Strong stamps.
paper: American Crafts, sentiment: Stampin'Up!, girl: Magnolia Ice Tilda 2007, die cut: creative cuts&more

Paper: bazzil, sentimen: Close to my heart, Cat's: Michael Strong

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Another Wacky Wednesday & TSSC 127

Today’s featured set at FireCracker by Design is CLEARLY GREETINGS!! And the flip flops are a digital freebie amd I add the sunglasses for you here:





This is a must have set for every stamper! Create greetings for many of the major holidays, and even a few smaller ones too.
Today only you can buy this set for half the regular price! (sale price already marked). Only $ 5,99 for all those stamps!

And don't forget about the ECLIPSE CHALLENGE this month at FireCrackers. You can read all about it HERE!

PS. Card is also made for the Techno Stamper's sketch 127!

Recept kaart/ Recipe card

Vandaag heb ik een lekker kaartje voor je, dat ik heb gemaakt voor een recepten swap. Ik heb van Creative Cuts & More een aantal die cuts ontvangen, waarbij dit schort zat. Het is zeer geschikt voor een receptenswap, omdat er een vakje in zit waar je een kaartje met een recept in kan doen. Ik heb de kaart versierd met de Stenciled Collage techniek  van de Technique Junkies (Augustus 2008 en als je eens goedkoop kennis wil maken met de Technique Junkies, lees dan even hier onder) en stencil en stempels zijn van Club Scrap. Omdat het een recept is van pannekoeken met aardbeien en slagroom, heb ik een aardbei aan het schort gehangen. Hiervoor heb ik een wine charm ring gebruikt. Het patroon en de uitleg van de aardbei kun je HIER vinden.
Today I am showing you a delicous card that I made for a recipe swap I am in. I just got these great dies from Creative Cuts & More that look like an apron and have a pocket to insert a recipe card. I have used the Stenciled Collage technique (from August 2008 Technique Junkies not a member of TJ and want to try it cheap? read below) to decorate the apron. Stencil and stamps are from Club Scrap. As the recipe is a Dutch Pancake with strawberries and whipped cream (yummie!! mail me if you want it!) I attached a little strawberry to the apron on a winecharm wire. The template for the strawberry can be found HERE and goes with instructions.
Don't have this issue? No problem! All 7 of the Technique Junkie CDs are on sale this month for only $10.00 each (plus actual shipping to your location). These CDs are normally $14.95 for subscribers or $19.95 for non-subscribers, so this is a HUGE bargain. Each CD covers one full year of published PLUS has 10 bonus technique on it. Each has between 75 and 100 technique tutorials in step-by-step, printable pdf format. Each step of each tutorial has a picture -- so you can visualize what each step should look like,
Read more about it HERE.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Vaderdag/ Father's Day

Vandaag deze pagina gemaakt met het juni papier van Club Scrap. Raymond stond mijn auto te wassen op vaderdag, lief he. Natuurlijk snel een foto gemaakt. De paisley stempels aann de onderkant zijn van Michael Strong.

Today I made this page with the June paper by Club Scrap. Raymond was cleaning my car on Father's Day, isn't he sweet! I just had to make a picture. The paisley stamps at the bottom of the page are by Michael Strong.

Friday, June 18, 2010

FCD and Paper Temptress: Open Road Blog Hop

Here is my contribution to the "Open  Road" blog hop at FireCracker. While contemplating what to do I received some wonderful papers from Paper Temptress (currently 20% off on select packages!!) and the colors made me think of Africa and the FCD stamp set "Elephants. on parade" and here are my elephants on the road!
The quote I found on the internet and is printed with the computer.
Your next stop is at  Patty's Blog.

This is a “circular blog hop” where the only beginning is wherever you start!! You will know you are at the end of your blog hop when you’ve come back to the blog you’ve started from! (It’s not a huge circle…so it should be easy to remember where you started.)


**To find out if you’ve won… you will be contacted by Pamela via e-mail (so be sure to leave it with your comment.) and you can also find out on Pamela’s blog after the blog hop ends on Mon, at 8:00 PM (EST).**

I also want to remind you of the Eclipse Challenge! Details are HERE!


How about some mucic with the card:

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Cadeau tasje/ Gift bag

Deze tijd van het jaar is het geven van kleine cadeautjes voor  een juf of meester, iemand die geslaagds is leuk om in een aardige verpakking te stoppen. Omdat ik nu eenmaal graag rondkijk op internet, heb ik daarvoor dit blog gevonden met een video en een patroon. Misschien ook iets voor jou? Hier is de link:
Succes ermee!
This is the time of year we make little gifts for teachers, graduates and other parties. It is fun if you can wrap it up in a little gift bag. I love looking around on hte internet and I found this video tutorial and template. I love to share it with you, for here is the link:
Have fun creating!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Another Wacky Wednesday at FireCracker Design

Wednesdays are best in June at FireCrackers Design! Why you may ask? Well, every wednesday another set is 50% off and today it is the Leading Ladies set. OMG so many stamps for only $ 6.50! Here is one example in Warhol style (Technique Junkies), but if I have time, I will make a few more so you can see how versetile this set is.
More inspiration can bee seen at Boni's Blog.
PS don't forget about the Eclipse challenge were you can win some stamps!!
Elke woensdag in Juni heeft FireCracker Designs een set voor de helft van de prijs. Deze set "Leading ladies"  kost dan nog maar $ 6,50 en het is een lap rubber met heel veel stempels. Hier een voorbeeld kaart in de Warhol stijl (Technique Junkies).  Als ik tijd heb zal ik er nog een paar maken, dus kom zeker nog even kijken om te zien wat je allemaal met deze set kan.
Nog meer inspiratie is te zien op Boni's Blog.
PS en vergeet niet dat er ook nog een Eclipse challenge is, waarbij stempels te winnen zijn!

Monday, June 14, 2010

Oranje kaarten/ Orange card

Gek zeg, vandaag heb ik alleen maar kaarten met oranje gemaakt! Zou het door de voetbal gekte komen?
Gelukkig hebben we met 2-0 gewonnen!

Very strange, but today orange seems to be the color of my cards. Must have something to do with the football all around us in The Netherlands. Today we won 2-0!
Deze eerste kaart is een schetskaart voor de Techno Stamper met technieken van de Technique Junkies (Antique wallpaper en Up and over). De stempels zijn van Club Scrap.

The first card is a sketch card for the Techno Stamper's Blog with  techniques from the Technique Junkie (Antique wallpaper and Up and Over). Stamps are by Club Scrap.
Deze kaart is gemaakt in de patchwork techniek met mijn nieuwe  dames stempels van Home Impression.
De zig zag stempel is van een clear setje en de tekst is van Club Scrap.

This card is made in the TJ Patchwork technique with my new girl stamps from Home Impressions. The zig zag stamps are from a clear set and the text is Clunb Scrap.

Deze kaart is geheel met stempels van Michael Strong gemaakt (alleen de tekst is van Stampabilities) en de techniek vind je beschreven op het blog van Mike: The Born Doodler.

This card is made with stamps of Michael Strong (only the text is from Stampabilities) and how to do the technique you find on Mike's blog: The Born Doodler.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Juni Kalender/ June Calendar

Elke maand maak ik een nieuwe kalender pagina op het formaat van 15x 15 cm. Deze maand is het thema natuurlijk een makkie: voetballen. Gaat Nederland winnen? Aan mij zal het niet liggen:
HUP HOLLAND HUP 
Every month I make a 6 x 6 inch calendar page. The theme for this month is easy: football. Are we going to win? Well, I try to encourage them as much as possible, so they can't blame me!

FCD Eclipse challenge


Over at the FireCracker Design Blog there is a challenge inspired by the Eclipse Books. Even though I never heard of these books and so I never red them, the internet is a wonderful medium to be inspired. So for the FCDblog hop I made this card to inspire you. Also you can go to Pam's site and get yourself a DIGITAL FREEBIE which is absolutely perfect for this challenge.
I found this nice eclipse logo which I printed on my card. If you like it too, you are free to "borrow" it!

I used several different sets, to make this card. There are coffe rings from Escape the Daily Grind, dots distress, and rings from Elephants on Parade.

Now it is your turn!

All information van be found on FireCracker Design: http://www.pamelasgallery.com/2010/eclipse-challenge

Rules:

FCD stamps/digitals are required.
Submit your link to Mr. Linky  until June 29th.
One random winner will be chosen from the submissions on June 30th!!
Prize will be Love Bites OR a $10.00 gift card if you already own this set.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Tent kaart/ Tent card

Ook vandaag heb ik weer een lesje: een tent kaart! Je kunt hem goed plat maken en in een enveloppe doen.
Today I have another tutorial for you: a tent card. Easy to fold flat and insert in an envelop.

1. Wat heb je nodig? 2x kaart papier van 15x15 cm, een scrap papiertje van 14x14 cm en nog een kaart papier van 10x15 cm.
1. What do you need? 2 pieces of cardstock 6x6 inch, 1 piece of scrap paper 5,75x5,75 inch an 1 piece of cardstock 4 x 6 inch.
2. Plak het scrapvelletje op het kaart papier en snij een rondje, vierkant of ovaal (naar keuze) uit het missen van de kaart. Dit kan met Nestabillities of met een mesje en een liniaal.

2. Glue the piece of scrap paper to your cardstock. In the middle of the paper you cut a square, circle or oval shape (whatever you like). This can be done with nestabilities, but also by hand with a knife and ruler.
3. Nadat je de voorkant van de kaart hebt gedecoreerd moet het geheel in elkaar gezet worden. Hiervoor heb je het stuk van 10x15 cm nodig, dat je in de lengte in vieren vouwt en dan als harmonica. Plak zowel voor als achterkant van de kaart aan de onderkant hieraan vast en tot slot ook de bovenkanten. Nu kan de kaart staan op de gevouwen harmonica.
3. After you have decorated the front of the card, we have to assemble the card. For this you need the 4x6 inch piece.This is folded in four parts lengthwise and made into a harmonica. Both front and back piece are glued to this piece, then you lift it up and glue the top together. Now the card can stand up on the harmonica piece.
4. In de opening hang je een figuurtje naar keuze. Maak in het figuurtje een gaatje en in de opening. Gebruik een metalen ringetje of een lintje om dit aan elkaar te bevestigen.

4. Inside the opening you can hand a little picture by making a hole both in the picture and in the opening. You can use a little metal ring or a ribbon to hang the picture.
5. Aan de achterkant kun je dan de tekst van je kaart schrijven.

5. On the backside of the card you can add your text.

Stempels zijn van Michael Strong (frame en cat), tekst van Club Scrap en meusje is van Magnolia.

Stamps are by Michael Strong (cat and frame), text by Club Scrap and girl by Magnolia.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Wacky Wednesday at FireCracker Designs

Today is Wacky Wednesday at FireCraker Design: 50% discount on this ATC set of rubber stamps.
For only $ 4,49 this set is yours (no code needed)
And to inspire you I have a tutorial and some ATC to share.
But first: wat is an ATC? The letters stand for  Artist Trading Card. It is a little piece of art on the size of a credit card. Everything is aloud:Stamping, collage etc. The only thing that cannot be changed is the size: 64mm x 89 mm or 2.5 x 3.5 inch.These cards are not for sale! You trade them with one another. Or it is the most wonderful item for swaps! The back of the card is signed with your name, date and number of cards and the name of the ATC.
I made this little booklet for you, where you can insert 3 ATC's and send them for a swap in a creative way to someone else. What do you need: some cardstock, ribbon, eyelet, tools for eyelets, ink and stamps. Also you need some plasic ATC 9 Pocket Page Protectors.
1. Start with cutting the plastic Page protector in 3x 3 pockets.

2. Cut a piece of 4,5 inch x 8,07 inch. You click on the picture below to enlarge it and see the exact measurements for folding the booklet. If you like a more round flap, you can draw it to your liking on the right side.


3. In both of the small spines you make two holes for eyelets.
4. On top of the left 2 holes you lay the plastic page protector and also make some holes. Take two eyelets and fasten them through booklet and plastic.
5. On the right spine you just fasten the 2 eyelets and put the ribbon through. Make two knots on the inside of the booklet.
6. Whether you have a straight or round flap, you can close it with a magnet or some velcro.

Now start stamping your ATC's to add in your booklet (purse).

Here are the finished ATC's done in a Technique Junkie technique called Faux Stained  Glass.
I used the following sets from FireCracker Design: ATC Set and Escape the Daily Grind
For more FireCracker Design inspiration I also have a blogpost on the Technique Junkies Blog. There is a FREEBIE to download there!

For more inspiration with the ATC set, take a look at Shelly's Blog
Or go to Cat's Blog

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Stamp give away

Isn't this a neat Hero Arts stamp? I am going to try and win it.
have a look at this wonderful blog:
There are some wonderful samples for inspiration.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Club Scrap Expressions

Hoera, mijn nieuwe Club Scrap kit is gearriveerd vandaag! Natuurlijk moest ik er meteen mee aan de slag. Voor het kaartje heb ik het tissue papier gebruikt en bespoten met glimmer mist. Het is een techniek, die ik al eerder besproken heb. Hier kun je het lesje zien:




Yes!! My June Club Scrap kit has arrived today. Of course I had to make something with this kit. I used the tissue paper that was inside the kit and sprayed it with glimmer mist. It is a a technique I  have explained before. Take a look here: