Another little card...

We've been really busy this past week..mostly with all the things that have to be done in the extra room they're creating for us on the attic.. yesterday they've placed some large windows in our roof.. and it's so light inside the room now!!! Just unbelievable!! (I'll take some pictures tonight.. I promiss).. Soooo.. tonight we'll be painting again.. there's so much to do! I'm still not 100% sure what kind of colors I'd like to use.. but I'm thinking about this colorcombo. Soo.. wat do you think about it??

Since I haven't had any ME-time this week to create anything scrappy related, I'll leave you all with a little card that was pubbed in the previous issue of Cards Only.

Gotta run to have dinner and then its painting time again! YAY!!! (soo.. don'tbe surprised if you see me walking around with some paint in my hair and on my face tomorrow.. whahaha)

Thanks for stopping by (and I promiss to make my blog round soon too.. I just miss reading all of your blogs so much!)

XOXO
Nancy

What about...

....a little layout!! Yeah.. it's been a while.. but I've finished a layout this past weekend!!! And yeah.. I've finally worked with some more pictures of my little niece Demi!!!! I'm not too happy how this layout turned out.. I miss 'something' but I'm not sure 'what'. (BTW the background of the layout is white, on the picture it looks somehow light blue)

We've had a quiet weekend, we've been driving around a little bit for ideas for decorating the room they're creating for us at the attic.. but nope.. we're still not sure what we would like to do up there.. hehe.. Oh well, happily we're not in a hurry.. hehe..

I'll leave you all with another little card that was pubbed in the previous issue of Cards Only Magazine. (patterned paper: Making Memories)

That's about it for today.. hehe..

Have a good week!!!

XOXO
Nancy

It's Fridaaaaaayyyyy!!

So happy about that! I'm having half a day off today.. . so I'm enjoying my ME-time by scrapping a little bit (and surfing on the internet of course.. haha). They're still working to create our extra room`(I mean..my scraproom.. hehe..) on the attic... I hope they'll be finished by the beginning of next week so we can start cleaning everything..and the best part: DECORATING!! YAY!!! I'm still not sure what kind of colors I'd like to use up there.. sooo.. if you have any suggestions.. pleaassseee share them with me!!

On another note... .. are you ready for another little card?? This one was pubbed in Cards Only Magazine (and it even made it onto the cover!!)! I've used some Dreamstreet Papers here! Yum yum yum.

BTW... Can you believe it's been a year since I've started blogging? I just noticed it on my visitors counter!! In this past year almost 83.000 people have visited my blog.. just unbelievable!!! I've met so many wonderful people through my blog!! Your sweet comments really make me smile over and over again..Thank you so much!!!

Gotta run.. but I'll be back soon with some more new creations! I promiss!!!!

Enjoy the rest of your Friday!!!

XOXO
Nancy

Rain rain rain....

.... yup.. that's the kind of weather we're having for about 2 days already.... they call this time of year "summer".. but it doesn't feel that way at all.. hehehehhehehe...

Just can't believe that we're back home for 2 weeks already! Somehow our vacation went by so fast..and it feels like we've been back for MONTHS already.. hehe.. Definitely looking forward to another trip.. which we've actually planned for the 2nd week of August.. we'll be visiting my grandparents then.. just can't wait!!!!

Soooo... since the new Cards Only magazine will hit the stores this week.. I can show you another card that was pubbed in the previous issue! (patterned paper: Scenic Route)
I'm off to watch Prison Break.. we just got Season 2 on DVD.... YAY!!! (yup.. totally addicted.. whaha)

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments over and over again!!

XOXO
Nancy

So excited!!

I'm soooo excited as the new Cards Only magazine came out last week..and yesterday I got my copy including my very first written article (about the Cuttlebug) in it!!!!!! WOOHOO! There are so many inspiring cards in there!!!! Girls, you all did a great job again this month!!!

Sooo Dutchies.. be on the look out for the new magazine as it will hit the stores somewhere next week!!!

Since this issue came out I'm allowed to show you the cards that were pubbed in the previous issue!!! So I'll start with showing you this little card (patterned paper: Dreamstreet Papers) As you can see I've adhered some jewels to the brad here.. so much fun to do..and it gives a perfect effect!!!

And another card that was pubbed in there (patterned paper: 3Bugs in a Rug)

I'm off to clean up our attic as they'll start creating an extra room up there for us somewhere this week..... so that means I'll finally have a scrapbook room all for myself! WOOHOO (right now I'm using our diningtable downstairs)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and talk to you all soon!!

XOXO
Nancy

Candy jar...

Yup.. I've managed to do another little scrappy thingy (in between all other stuff I had to do this week.. hehe..).. My grandma in France is having her 90th birthday next week.. unfortunately we'll not be able to celebrate it together with her.. but my parents will visit her for a week.. soooo.. since I never know what to buy for my sweet little granny, I decided to fill a biiiiig jar with hard candies.. something she totally adores!!

Of course I couldn't just give her the plain jar.. so I've started decorating the jar a little bit (yup.. I was totally inspired by Melissa for this project... she makes the most amazing things!) and this is what I came up with....

And some details...

OH well it's kinda simple, just a piece of ribbon, a button, a stickpin and a chipboard flower (covered with Doodlebug sugarcoating glitter).. but I like how it turned out.

Oh..and I've been tagged by a bunch of awesome girls.. so sorry that I haven't done the tag yet.. just wanted to say THANK YOU to all of you.. you girls are sooo sweet! And on my turn I really think you ALL deserve this fun award!!!!
I hope you're all having a good week until so far!! Only one workingday to go and it will be weekend again.. just can't wait! I've planned to visit Paper & Pictures this Saturday to pick up the newest Cards Only magazine!! WOOHOOO!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

XOXO
Nancy

Happy Tuesday!!

I hope you're all having a great week until so far!!! I'm so happy that we're having real summer weather today!!!! (but such a pitty we had to work the whole day) Pascal is preparing our BBQ at the moment so we'll have dinner in our back yard tonight... YAY!!! The doggies are not feeling too well during this kind of weather.. I went for a small walk with them..but they were so happy to be back in our cool house again.. hehe..

I finally managed to do something scrappy! My dad turned 62 last Sunday so I quickly prepared him this little card (patterned paper: Heidi Swapp)
To celebrate his birthday we had a fun night together... and loooook who was there too!!!! Yeah.. Demi!! After almost 6 weeks of not seeing her I was so happy to see her happy face! She has changed so much and she's even crawling now!!
I'm off to prepare everything for our BBQ.. yum yum (I'm hungry.. haha)

XOXO
Nancy

I'm baaaack... and we have a winner!!!

Hey there everybody! So sorry for not updating my blog any earlier!!!!!! Last Monday we arrived back in The Netherlands from our Florida trip. We've had so much fun!! Such a pitty that time went by so fast... just can't believe that we're back already..and on top of that we had to go back to work already the next day.. so it's a good thing that it's weekend now.. that way we can catch up a little bit with our daily stuff!!!

Here's a little impression of what we've been up to during the last days of our vacation.. we've visited te Everglades (and were able to hold an Aligator!), we've visited the Keys (with loooooots of rain) and we ended in Miami to spend the last 2 days (with more rain.. whaha.. ) On top op that we've had a fun night out in Miami with Vanessa and Ady and their families (thanks girls.. both Pascal and I had so much fun!!!! Such a pitty we didn't have much time together!!)


Unfortunately nothing scrappy to share today.. I hope to have some ME-time tomorrow!!! Buuuut.. I do have a random winner to announce from my last little workshop, thank you so much for playing along.. I've had so much fun looking at all of your beautiful creations!!!!!! I had my BF to randomly draw a name from the hat...... and the winner is...... Marianne!! Girl, send your addy to pascalnancy@casema.nl so I can send you a fun fun little something!!! I'll definitely be back with another little workshop soon!!!!

On another note.. I'll be teaching at Cards at the Castle on August 23 in Doorn (The Netherlands) together with Jeanet, Marije, Moon and some more awesome teachers!!! I'm so excited!! We're going to have so much fun! You can find more info (in Dutch) about this fun day HERE.

I'm off to do some more laundry (yup.. we came back with 2 suitcases of laundry..and I still haven't finished all of it.. bummer)

Enjoy your weekend and I'll update soon with some fresh scrappy things!!!

XOXO
Nancy

Another little update...

Yeah.. we're still in Florida at the moment.. and we're still having so much fun.. the weather is awesome (unfortunately it's raining almost every day.. but that's ok.. that way we can cool off a little bit.. haha). We're actually in Naples right now and we're about to travel further to our next hotel in Fort Lauderdale tomorrow.. we've planned to take a road through The Everglades.. so I'm curious what kind of beautiful things we're going to see there!!

Anyways.. here's a little impression what we've been up to during the last couple of days....
Hey Dutchies..... did you know that the next issue of Scrapbook Magazine hit the stores last Friday??? It's awesome!!!! So check it out!!! Here's a layout that was pubbed in the previous issue... a layout with some pics from the 1st SIStv Crop back in November 2007.
And some details....
I'm off to prepare some stuff for our next trip tomorrow! Thanks again for stopping by

--> Oh.....and remember.. you still have until Monday June 23rd to complete your card for my little workshop!!!! Happy scrappin'!

XOXO
Nancy

We're having so much fun!!

Just a little update to let you all know that we're having so much fun in Florida (although it's really hot.. we're melting.. whaha). Here's a little impression of what we've been up to until today!!

We've visited Daytona Beach...
...some fun parks in Orlando (Epcot & Disney MGM Studio's)
..... St. Petersburg
... and some gorgeous beaches around Tampa

Fun fun fun!! And we're having another 1,5 weeks coming up! YAY!!

Thanks for all of your sweet comments on my little workshop in the previous post.. just can't wait to see what you all come up with!!!!!

I'll try to update again asap!!

XOXO
Nancy

Bye bye.. and a little workshop!!!!!

Yeah... we'll be leaving for our trip to Florida tomorrow (we'll be traveling from Orlando to Miami in about 2 weeks)! WOOHOO! Today I'm having a day off to do some last minute things (like preparing our suitcases, cleaning the house and bringing our doggies away as they will be staying with my parents during our trip)

Sooo.. as promissed... here's another little workshop for you all!!! I'd love to challenge YOU to create a card following this workshop, post it on your blog or somewhere else and add a link to your card in the comments section of this post at latest on Monday June 23rd!!! I'll pick one random winner on Tuesday June 24th (when I'm back from my vacation) who will receive a fun fun RAK. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!! (unfortunately the pics are not as good as normally as the weather was really grey at the moment I was preparing my workshop)


Needed: Piece of white cardstock in any size you want, 1 square, 1 small strip and 1 tiny strip of patterned paper, 1 large and a small circle of patterned paper, 1 handcut flower, 1 clear button, a piece of floss, chipboard alphabet, 1 safety pin, 1 large stickpin, 3 tiny Prima flowers, glitter, 3 Jewels, staples, Puffy Paint (or another kind of 3d paint) and if possible a sewing machine to stitch without thread on the borders of the cardstock and patterned paper.

Get the piece of white cardstock in front of you and fold it in half. Then cut a small strip off the front of the card and add the small strip of patterned paper to the inside part of the card (that way this piece is shown when closing the card). Distress the edges with some black ink.
Add the square of patterned paper to middle of the front of the card and layer the tiny strip on top of it (to the upper left part, as shown)
Then adhere the circle of patterned paper to the middle of the square (on top of the tiny strip of patterned paper)
Take the handcut flower in front of you and start layering it with the small circle of patterned paper, the clear button (with floss through the holes) and the safety pin (as shown) Don’t mind the glue that is showing through the button.. I didn’t had time to wait until it dried entirely.. hehe…
Add the layered flower to the upper right part of the front of card and make it “hang” over the edge a little bit (that way it “flies” in the air a little bit when opening the card).
Adhere the 3 Prima flower to the lower left part of the circle and add jewels to the middle of the flowers.
Adhere the title of the card (Chipboard and/or rubons) to the circle (or anywhere you want..)
Put some glue on the borders of the petals of the flower and add some glitters to it to give it a glittery look. And add some staples as well.
- Add a large stickpin to the button.
- Add some Puffy Paint/3d paint dots around the circle (as shown)

YOUR CARD IS FINISHED NOW!

Oh.. I know some of you are wondering how I'm creating the handcut flowers on my cards/layouts, well I'm having different templates made of cardstock laying on my scraptable. I draw them on the back of my patterned paper and hancut them afterwards. To help you guys a little bit I've scanned some of them!!! (I have them as a JPG file too overhere in my computer.. if you want me to send them to you.. just let me know)

Have fun creating while I'm gone!!

I'll try to update my blog while we're in Florida.. but I'm not sure if we'll have internet access on our way!!! Otherwise we'll be back in The Netherlands on June 23rd!!!

HAPPY SCRAPPIN'!!!!

XOXO
Nancy

Time is flying by.....

....... when you're having fun!!! This weekend really flew by.... we've done some last minute shopping for our vacation and we had our parents coming over for a BBQ on Sunday since the weather was so good! Fun fun fun!!!

I did a little scrappy shopping as well... I bought some new Heidi Swapp goodies and couldn't resist playing with them.... so here's a little card that I just HAD to create immediately when I came home with these papers....

And here's a little pic of the 2 of us from this weekend (including our doggies.. but they were playing around together and were not in the mood to look in the camera.. haha).. I've prepared a little goodbye card with this picture on it for both of our parents which will arrive at their place on Friday when we're on our way to Florida!! (something I'm always doing to "surprise" them before leaving for a trip..) I'll be back with another little workshop in the course of the week!!

Have a good week!!!!

XOXO
Nancy

It's weeeeeeekend!!!

YAY! It's weekend!!! Another busy week at work passed by..and only 3 workingdays to go and we'll be on our way to Florida (just can't believe that next week at this same moment we'll be on the plane!!) We're still preparing our stuff and I'll do some last minute shopping tomorrow.

Today it's upload day at CreativeXpress.. that means that I'm allowed now to show you the cards that I've created for April! For these cards we were challenged to use our Cricut machine to create a card set!! So that's exactely what I did... and this is what I came up with... I decided to play with some Scenic Route scraps and use other colors than I usually do..

Some details...

Here's the 2nd card...

And some more details......

I'll be preparing another little workshop this weekend which I will post before leaving on vacation next week!!! That way you'll have over 2 weeks to create your cards!!!

I'm off to bed now... oh and if you need inspiration.. don't forget check out this fun blog: Bibbis Dillerier. Johanna creates the most gorgeous things!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fun weekend!!!!

XOXO
Nancy

We have a winner!!!

Oh wow... just can't believe it.. but 42 of you created a card with my latest workshop!! I've had so much fun looking on all of your blogs/galleries to discover all of your beautiful creations!! They were all amazing!!!!! Soooo.. today I had my mom coming over to visit me and I asked her to randomly pick a winner from the 42 names in the hat... and she picked LIBBY! Congrats!! Send me your addy (pascalnancy@casema.nl) and I'll send you a fun RAK asap!!!!!!

Thank you so much everybody for playing along! This was so much fun (and I got so much inspiration from all of you!!) I'll definitely post another workshop soon!!!

This weekend has been so much fun!! I've created about 10 cards.. and a layout.. which you can see hereunder... I've played with some of my Making Memories Scraps here.. (pictures: from our trip to California in 2007)

And some details...
And.. look who we saw on Saturday!!! My little niece Demi! Awww.. she's such a cutie (but she wasn't feeling too well unfortunately.. she's having some problems with her lungs.. poor little baby) And yup..including a pic of Pascal and I.... hehe..
I'm having a day off today.... I had planned to do so many different things... I did some of them.. but not half of what I had in mind.. hehe! OH well.. hehe..

Wishing you all a fun Monday.. and thank you so much again for your sweet comments!!!

XOXO
Nancy

Happy Thursday!

This week is really flying by..and I'm soooo looking forward to this upcoming weekend! And you know why? Well, because we have NOTHING planned! That feels sooooo good!!!!! We'll be relaxing a lot.. that's for sure..and we might start preparing some things for our trip to Florida in 2 weeks!

Anyways.. I've been scrapping a little bit this week.. I've created some fun cards for my next article for Cards-Only and I've finished this card just for ME! I've played with some Dreamstreet Papers here!!
I haven't been able to scrap too many layouts lately.. so that's definitely something I'm going to do in the next few days.. I'm having a big pile of new pictures overhere!! WOOHOO!!!

I'll leave you with a little sneakpeek of a layout that I've created for CreativeXpress.
Oh and you still have until this Sunday to link your card for my little workshop!!! I'm so happy to see all of your beautiful versions popping up here!

XOXO
Nancy