A quick update...

Don't worry.. I'm still alive.. hehe... just busy with all kinds of things... but I hope to be back scrapbooking and blogging SOON!!!

I did created a little card this week.... since my sister had her baby girl last Saturday! So yup... I'm an auntie again! Her name is Fay! I'm so excited! And of course her big sister Demi is proud as well. After a bit of a difficult start for my sister (some complications) everything is going really really well.. I'm so proud of her!!!

Here's the card that I've created to go with the baby-basket that we've put together...
Soooo.. meet my cute litttle niece Fay...

And look how proud Demi is... cute huh??

Ok.. gotta run.. my personal chef is calling me that dinner is ready.. so I'd better hurry.. hehe...

I hope to be back soon!
XOXO
Nancy

Taking a little break

Hi there girls and euhm.. boys maybe? ;)

Just wanted to let you know that I'm taking a little blog-break.. I'm so busy at the moment.. so not too much ME-time unfortunately.

I hope to be back soon!!

Miss you!!
XOXO
Nancy

Fun fun fun......

Just a little message to let you all know that we´re having such an amazing time in the US at the moment... we´ve been traveling for miles and miles already... Time is flying by to fast.. that´s for sure..

Here´s a little impression of the things we´ve done until now (we´ve also visited my family in the meantime..so much fun to see eachother again after such a long time)...

Vegas, Death Valley, Santa Maria, Grover Beach, Moro Bay....

Solvang, Los Padres national Forest, Los Angeles, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica....
Hermosa Beach, San Bernardino National Forest....

We´re in Palm Springs at this moment and we´re heading to Yuma tomorrow.....Not sure if I´ll be able to update my blog again before our trip ends....but I´ll try to...

Thanks for stopping by!!!

XOXO from California!
Nancy

Bye bye for now...

Yup... bye bye for now.... we'll be leaving for our US vacation tomorrow! I'm so excited... we'll be starting in Las Vegas and we'll be traveling all around Nevada,California,Arizona & Utah. I'll try to update my blog as much as I can during our trip...I promiss.. hehe..

I'll leave you all with a set of mini-cards that I've created for Buzz&Bloom by using their awesome NEW mini series (I've also used some scraps from the layout in my previous post):
Here's a closer look at the cards:

I've painted all chipboard shapes with acrylic paint.

Then I've covered them with some Diamond Glaze for a shiny look

While the Diamond Glaze was still wet I've also pushed some rhinestones into it

But it's also fun to cover the whole shapes with rhinestones huh? Don't forget to check out the Buzz&Bloom BLOG to see what the rest of the DT has created!!

Well, gotta run.. still need to prepare so many things! I hope to be able to update again soon... otherwise I'll be back in about 3 weeks!

Thanks for stopping by again!
XOXO
Nancy

We have a winner...and a layout...

Due to circumstances I wasn't able to teach at the amazing Scrap-A-Licous event yesterday. Such a bummer.. I was sooo looking forward to it! Happily Corinne Delis and Dina Wakley were able to take over my class (thanks girls). I bet the weekend is going to be so much fun.. I wish I had more time to stop by in Veghel today or tomorrow to see all the girls and to shop till I drop.. haha (since there will also be a LOT of stores present at the event).

In the meantime I've randomly picked a winner from all entries for my little workshop! Thank you so much for playing along! I was so happy to see all of your cards popping up here! So much inspiration!!!!! Aaaanddddd.... the winner issssss........ NADINE!!! Congrats girl, send me your addy and I'll send you your RAK asap!!!

I've also been playing with the cute Mini Series by Buzz and Bloom!! For this project I decided to hightlight all fun things from our Mexico vacation back in 2007. We were there for only 1 week, but it was amazing!


Here's a better look at it...


For my title I've used the CB TMS: Distracted Schoolgirl chipboard alphabet which I've painted pink with acrylic paint. Then I've covered the letters with diamond glaze to give it a shiny look. While the diamond glaze was still wet I've pushed some rhinestones into it.
Wishing you all a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

XOXO
Nancy

~Hello there~

I've kinda neglected my blog during the last few days.. so busy.. no time to update my blog.. no time to create.. such a bummer.. hehe..

Buuuut... I'm so excited to see all of your beautiful cards for my little workshop!! I've seen some really inspiring and beautiful cards.. WOW!! Thank you so much for taking the time to do something with my step by step instructions! You still have until Monday March 16th to play along and I'll pick a winner on Tuesday March 17th!!

Since I haven't had any time to create some 'fresh' projects I'll leave you with 2 little cards that were pubbed in Cards Only magazine back in 2008.

Both cards are created with some scraps from My little Yellow Bicycle:

And here's the 2nd one... the little tags are by My Little Yellow Bicycle as well.. so cute!

This is it for today...I hope you're having a great weekend until so far!!

Happy scrappin'!

XOXO
Nancy

**edited** Linda is wondering where I'm buying my clear buttons.. well they're by Autumn Leaves and they came in a bag together (different sizes). Hope that helps ;)

2 peas...and a cutie patootie.....

Yeah.. I'm still alive.. don't worry.. hehe.. We've spent a few days in France (in Nancy) to visit my grand parents overthere.... so good to see them again after 6 months!! On our way to France I got a text message from Revlie (thanks hun) telling me that I had been chosen as POTD (Pea of the Day) at 2peas... (unfortunately I had to miss all of the fun and all sweet message since I had no internet connection in France..) I'm so excited.. just can't believe that 'little' me has been chosen as POTD!!!!

There's also a fun new challenge up at the wijDUS blog!!! It's all about friendship.. (don't forget to check out te blog to see what the other girls have created as well.. so much inspiration) Anyways.. here's my take on it... I've used a picture of me and my sweet friend Peggy here.. (patterned paper: Pink Paislee)

Here's a better look at it:

Oh.. and I totally forgot to share these fun pictures of my little Niece Demi with you (which I took a few weeks ago)... .she's getting used to the fact to see her auntie showing up in front of her with that HUGE camera.... hahahahaha..
BTW.. I'd like to give a HUGE shout out to my sweet friend Revlie as well.. she's been chosen as this month's Guest Garden Girl at 2Peas!! WOOHOO! YAY sweetie! I'm so happy for you!!!

Have a great week!
XOXO
Nancy

Published...

Just a quick note to say 'hi'... I'm really busy at the moment.. so I don't have to much time to sit down and update my blog..

Today I'd love to share this layout with you wich was published in the January 2009 issue of Scrapbook Trends (so excited.. YAY!). Pictures: my little niece Demi @ 5 months. (my sister was so happy to see her little girl in print in the magazine!)

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzil, Patterned paper: Heidi Swapp, Chipboard: K&Company, Jewels: Doodlebug & K&Company, Flowers: Prima, Buttons: Autumn Leaves, Floss: DMC, Rubons: Making Memories & Melissa Frances, Ink: Ranger, Photo Anchor: Junkitz, Safety pin: Making Memories, Brad: Doodlebug, Other: 3d paint, staples, sewing machine.


Oh..and here's another little peek of my interview in Creatief met Foto's back in January (not sure if I can show you the whole article yet..)

BTW.. you still have until Monday March 16th to play along with my challenge/little workshop from my previous post!! I've seen some amazing cards passing by already.. how exciting!!!!

Thanks again for stopping by!!!

XOXO
Nancy

A little workshop..and a challenge....

A little while ago I was contacted by Marinette from Rue du Scrap in France to create a step by step workshop especially for the members of their forum!!! So exciting!! Of course I couldn't resist to do this!!!

Of course I want to share this workshop with you too..and I'd love to challenge YOU to create a card following this workshop, post it on your blog or somewhere else and be sure to post a direct link to your entry in the comments section of this post at latest on Monday March 16th!!! I'll pick one random winner on Tuesday March 17th who will receive a fun fun card RAK.


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Needed: Piece of white cardstock in any size you want, different pieces of patterned paper, 1 circle of patterned paper, 1 handcut flower, 1 clear button, a piece of floss, a rubon/sticker, 2 flowers, 2 safety pins, some jewels/rhinestones, staples, Puffy Paint (or another kind of 3d paint), distress ink, glitters and if possible a sewing machine to stitch without thread on the borders of the cardstock and patterned paper.

Distress the borders of the patterned paper shapes and cardstock with distress ink (and create holes in them with your sewing machine if you want)

Get the piece of white cardstock in front of you and fold it in half, cut off a small strip of the front of the card and adhere a small strip of pink patterned paper inside the card (as shown)

Adhere the pieces of patterned paper (as shown) and add the patterned paper circle to the lower right part of the card. (I’ve also added some white 3d dots around the circle)

- Take the handcut flower & clear button in front of you.
- Put some diamond glaze on the clear button and add some glitters to the glue to give it a glittery look.
- Add floss through the holes of the button

- Start layering your flower now by starting with a small circle of patterned paper (or a sticker) and then the clear button.

Add the layered flower to the card (as shown, on the upper right part of the card).. and adhere your card title/text to the circle (or where ever you want).

Adhere some flowers to the the circle (as shown) and add a jewel to the ‘heart’ of the flowers.

- Add little dots of puffy paint on the petals of the flower
- Add 2 stickpins to the clear button
- Add some staples to give it a finished look
- Distress the borders of the card with some black distress ink

YOUR CARD IS FINISHED NOW!

Happy Scrappin'!!

Can't wait to see what you come up with!!

XOXO
Nancy

Playing with scraps

So... what do you do with your scraps? Do you leave them on your desk to collect dust or do you simply put them far away in a box or something like that?

Well, I'm having loooots of fun playing with these little leftover papers.. which resulted in the following 2 cards.

This first card is created with scraps from THIS layout:

More details....
Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzil, Patterned paper: American Crafts, Floss: DMC, Jewels/stars: Hotfix, Rubons: Melissa Frances, Flower: Prima, Button: Autumn Leaves, Embossing: Cuttlebug embossing folders, Other: stickpins, 3d paint, ink, sewing machine, staples.


This 2nd card is created with scraps from my previous post:

Here's a better look at it....
Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzil, Patterned paper: Heidi Swapp, Bracket: Making Memories, Sequin & Jewels: Doodlebug, Floss: DMC, Chipboard: American Crafts, Embossing: Cuttlebug embossing folders, Other: Stickpin, ink, staples


Ok.. that's it for today... gotta run.... (BTW.... talking about running.. I'm still doing it girls.. YEAH! I'm so proud of myself.. never thought I'd actually like it...hehe! YAY me!!!)

Thanks again for stopping by!

XOXO
Nancy