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zaterdag 30 augustus 2014

Sketch

Hoi allemaal - Hi everyone

Mijn kaartje voor vandaag heb ik gemaakt volgens een sketch, nu moet ik heel eerlijk
zeggen dat ik niet zo heel erg graag werk met een sketch omdat dat voor mijn wilde
brein nogal beperkend is. (ja, ja lach maar) Maar toen ze bij Sketch Saturday zeiden dat
omdat het de vijde zaterdag van de maand is we zelf uit hun arsenaal een sketch naar
keuze mochten kiezen ging dit nieuwsgierige aagje toch eens een kijkje nemen en toen
ik deze sketch (je ziet hem zo dadelijk) zag was ik toch wel meteen verkocht zeker.
Zodoende dus een kaart volgens sketch. LOL Hopelijk vinden jullie hem goed ????

My card for today is made according to a sketch and I have to be very honest, normally
I tend to skipp challenges with sketches every now and then because a sketch is a bit too
restrictive for that wild brain of mine. (yeh yeh you can laugh--oud lout) BUT when they
said over at sketch saturday because it's the fifth saturday of the month one could choose
a sketch out of their sketch treasure chest, this nosy girl had to take a look and when I saw
this sketch (you'll see it in a minute) I was immediately sold. So therefore a card made
with a sketch. LOL Hope you'll like it ???

 
Eerst een klein stukje van mijn kaart hi,hi.
First a tiny bit of my card, a teaser LOL
 


 
Hier de sketch die ik gekozen heb het is nummer 227
Here's the sketch I chose it's number 227

 
En dit is wat ik ermee gemaakt heb.
And this is how I interpreted it.
 
 
De basis is wit kaart karton van 15x30 en dubbelvouwen. Daarop licht blauw
kaart karton van 14,5x14.5 daarop donker blauw kaart karton van 14x14.
Dan 9 vierkantjes gesneden van 4x4 en daarop verschillende achtergrondjes aangebracht
met volgende inkt en stempels: Distress Ink broken china - faded jeans -
salty ocean alle randjes bewerkt met de papier distresser dan bewerkt met
chipped sapphire Stempels: Indigo Blue Vintage Flourish - CreaLies Bits & Pieces
n°3 - Joy! crafts 6410/0093 Grunge
Cirkel gesneden met de Nellie Snellen MFD055 Straight Round daarop achtergrond
gemaakt met broken china en mijn mega geweldige Ink Dusters (Jep, ik probeer
jullie jaloers te krijgen, stout hé!) de afbeelding is van Inkylicious Dandelion Wishes.
Tekstje is van Marianne Design - Eline Pelinkhof EC0152 Sentiments en gestempeld met
Stazon Ultramarine. Bloemetje met een picture punch en kleefparels.
 
Base is white cardstock 6"x6" On that light blue cardstock 5 3/4"x5 3/4"
Then dark blue cardstock 5 1/2"x5 1/2" Then I cut 9 squares of
1 1/2"x 1 1/2" and made all different backgrounds on them using these items:
DI broken china - faded jeans - salty ocean for the edges chipped sapphire.
The edges are distressed with the paper distresser.
Stamps: Indigo Blue Floral Flourish - CreaLies Bits & Pieces n°3 -
Joy! crafts 6410/0093 Grunge.
Cirkel is cut out with the Nellie Snellen Die MFD055 Straight Round
On that I made my background with broken china and my fantastic Ink Dusters.
(no, no, I am NOT trying to make you jealous (the ones who don't live in the UK))
The focal image and sentiment are stamped with Stazon Ultramarine
stamp is Inkylicious Dandelion Wishes  Sentiment is Marianne
Design - Eline Pellinkhof EC0152 sentiments.
Flower is a picture punch and an adhesive blue pearl.
 
I would like to enter this card into following challenges:
Ik wil deze kaart graag laten meedoen met volgende challenges:
 
Sketch Saturday # 325 - Choose any sketch from the past
I chose sketch number 227
 
Simply Create Too # 69 - Show us something new
My Inkylicious Dandelion Wishes stamp is brand new-first time that I use it
 
I have made several different layers
 
Cute Card Thursday # 336 - Anything goes
 
 
Zo lieve mensen dat was hem, ben benieuwd wat jullie ervan vinden.
Dank je wel voor je bezoekje en je lieve berichtjes. Graag tot de volgende keer.
Veel groetjes en heel veel liefs, Veerle x x x
 
Dear blog friends that's it for today. I am very curious what you think
of this card. Thank you for your visit and your sweet comments each time.
Love to see you again next time, greetings, lots of love, Veerle x x x
 
 
 
 

vrijdag 29 augustus 2014

Teckels - Dachshund

Goedenavond iedereen - Good evening everyone

Ik kom deze avond nog even een kaart tonen. Ik had ze deze namiddag al willen posten,
maar ze was niet klaar. Toen ik begon vlotte het zaakje wel, het inkleuren was redelijk snel
klaar dus dacht ik dat kaartje maak ik wel effe snel, NIET DUS. LOL

I am here this evening to show you a card which I wanted to post this afternoon, but it
wasn't ready. When I started it all went smoothly, the colouring of the image was quit
quickly ready, so I thought this card I'll quickly put together, thought wrong. LOL

En wat een zooi heb ik gemaakt vandaag, niet te geloven. Zelfs m'n armen hangen
vol met gesso, lijm en glitter. Echt waar.

And what a big mess I made today, unbelievable. Even my arms are covered with gesso,
glue, glitter and glitter glue. It's true.

Maar hier dus mijn kaart voor vandaag.

But here's my card for today.

 
Het basis design papier heb ik zelf gemaakt. Ik heb een stempel van Creative
Expressions van Sue Wilson de Henna Petals overal op het papier gestempeld en
dan met de heat tool clear embossing poeder erop gezet. Vervolgens gekleurd
met Distress Ink broken china. Daarop 2 stukken design papier van
Joy! crafts 6011-0019 Winter Paper Bloc Alle randen zijn bewerkt
met de Ranger paper distresser.
 
The base DP I made by stamping randomly the Creative Expressions by Sue
Wilson stamp Henna Petals and heat set it with clear embossing powder.
Afterwards coloured it with DI broken china. On top of that 2 pieces DP
from Joy! crafts 6011-0019 Winter Paper Bloc. All the edges are distressed
with the Ranger paper distresser.

 
De mal achter het plaatje is van Joy! crafts - Noor Design 6002/0304 Ovaal
Plaatje is een stempel van Candi Bean - Penny's Winter Walkies en het
is mijn favoriete stempel omdat er teckeltjes op staan.
Jullie konden in mijn bericht van TCBH foto's zien van mijn eigen
2 kleine teckel schatjes. Heb je het gemist ? Hier  een link naar die blog pagina
De afbeelding is ingekleurd met Faber Castell Polychromos potloden.
 
The die behind the image is Joy! crafts - Noor design 6002/0304 Oval
Image is a Candi Bean stamp - Penny's Winter Walkies and it's my most
favourite stamp because there are dachshunds on it. You maybe saw the
pictures of my 2 little darling dachshunds in my TCBH post. Did you miss it ?
Here's a link to that blog post. The image is coloured with
Faber Castell Polychromos pencils.

 
De tekst is de clear stamp van Joy! crafts 6410-0078 Typewriter keys,
gestempeld op kraft karton en gesso erond gesmeerd.
 
The sentiment I made with my brand new item, Joy! crafts
6410-0078 clear stamp set Typewriter keys. Stamped on craft paper.

 
De bloem is gemaakt met de mal van kreaxions LIT134 en de Nellie
Snellen pons FLP 004 Takje-1
 
The flower is made with the Kreaxions die LIT134 and the Nellie
Snellen punch FLP 004 Branch-1

 
Hekje is Spellbinders Shapeabilities Wrought Iron.
Verder nog gebruikt: Flock voor het bont effect op de kleding en
flock gemixed met wit glitter poeder voor het sneeuw effect. Ik wilde glitter in
mijn sneeuw omdat ik het zo mooi vindt als in de winter het zonnetje
op de sneeuw staat en die zo mooi glinstert. De sneeuwvlokken rond de
afbeelding zijn gemaakt met de Viva Paper Pen N° 103
Ranger Ice Stickles Crystal Ice.
 
The fence is a Spellbinders die Shapeabilities Wrought Iron.
I used flock to create a fur effect on Penny's clothes and I mixed
flock with white glitter powder to make snow. I wanted glittery snow
because I just love it when in winter time the sun shines on snow and makes
it all shiny and glittery. The snowflakes around the image are made
with the Viva Paper Pen N° 103. Finally I also used Ranger
Ice Stickles Crystal Ice.


 
En dit is de afgewerkte kaart.
 
And here's my finished card.
 
 
Ik wil deze kaart graag laten meedoen met volgende challenges:
I'd like to enter this card into following challenges:
 
 
The Crazy Challenge # 178 - Cute Little Animals
the cute little animals are for me the dachshunds, my favourite dogs.
 
Fussy and Fancy # 121 - Pets or Favourite Animals
the dachshunds are in real life my pets too and are my favourites
 
Crafty Sentiments Designs # We've gone animal crazy
the doggies on my card, well I have two of them and I am crazy about
them I spoil them rotten. ;-)

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog # 192 Children or Christmas
I chose children, little Penny on my card is just a real cuttie.

The Crafters Cafe # 79 Use dies and punches
I used several, it's all described under neath the pictures.

Cute Card Thursday # 336 - Anything goes

4 Crafty Chicks # 209 - Something Old/Something New
Old my Candi Bean stamp- New my Type Writer keys clear stamp set
this is the first time I used it, bought it just yesterday.

Simply Create Too # 69 - Show us something NEW
My Typewriter Keys clear stamp set is brand new, bought it yesterday
and used it now for the first time plus this card is brand new,
made it today  ;-) ;-)


Lieve blog vrienden dat was het weer, nog een fijne avond en voor straks
welterusten. graag tot de volgende keer.
Dank je wel voor het langskomen en voor je berichtje.
Groetjes, veel liefs van Veerle x x x

My dear blog friends, that's it for today. Have a nice day/evening.
Love to see you next time. Thank you so much for visiting and
for leaving me a comment. Lots of love, Veerle x x x

donderdag 28 augustus 2014

Photo Inspiration

Goedemorgen allemaal - Hi everyone
 
Gisteren avond laat heb ik nog een kaart gepost omdat ik nog op tijd wilde zijn om
mee te doen aan een challenge, ik hoop dat jullie even de tijd willen nemen om ook
daar een kijkje te gaan nemen en een berichtje achter te laten. Dat zou
ik heel erg fijn vinden. Mijn kaart voor vandaag is geïnspireerd op een foto.
Toen ik de foto zag moest ik onmiddellijk aan de vorige eeuw denken en aan
boeren op weids uitgestrekte velden en mooie landschappen. Ik heb geprobeerd
dit gevoel over te brengen op mijn kaart. Ik heb gekozen voor de weidsheid en
het oude, vandaar het oldtimerke op de voorgrond en dat heb ik in rood gedaan omdat het
autootje op hun foto ook rood is.
 
Yesterday evening I still posted a card because I wanted to be in time
to join into a certain challenge, so I hope you will take the time to visit
that blog post aswell and leave a little comment. I really appreciate this, thank
you so much. My card for today is photo inspired and when I saw the pic
they gave us I immediately had to think about times long gone and
farmers and stately fields and beautiful landscapes. So I have tried to bring
over that feeling into my card. Hence why I choose the old timer car and the
landscape behind it. I made the car red because the car in the pic is also red.
 
Here's the inspiration picture. Hier is de inspiratie foto.


And here's my card. En hier is mijn interpretatie van de foto.
 
 
 
 
 
Als basis heb ik rood kaart karton genomen 14,5x29 en dubbelvouwen. Daarop
wit kaart karton 13,5x13,5 en de achtergrond kleuren erop gezet met mijn fantastische
inkt borstels (zie bericht hiervoor) ik heb gebruikt Distress Ink squeezed lemonade,
mustard seed, worn lipstick en chipped sapphire. Met Archival Jet Black het
landschap en de vogels gestempeld en de tekst. Dan op wit kaart karton de old timer
gestempeld met Versamark stempel is van de Joy! crafts set 6410/0323 retro cars
en heat embossed met papermania embossing poeder Tinsel red. Uitgenknipt en
opgekleefd met foam tape.
 
For the base I used red cardstock 14,5x29 cm and fold in half. On that I
layered a piece of white cardstock 13,5x13,5 on which I dusted my background
colours with my magnificent Ink Dusters (see previous post). I have
used Distress Inks squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, worn lipstick and
chipped sapphire. With Archival Jet Black I stamped all the elements of
the landscape and the birds and the sentiment. Then I stamped the old
timer with versamark and heat set it with Papermania embossing powder
Tinsel Red. Stamp is Joy! crafts 6410/0323 Retro Cars. I cut it out
and adhered it with some foam tape to create depth.
 
Ik wil deze kaart graag laten meedoen aan volgende challenge:
I'dd like to enter this card into following challenge:
 
Just Us Girls  # 255 photo week

Iemand vroeg naar mijn inkt borstels daarom hieronder een foto.
Someone has asked me about my brilliant Ink Dusters so here's a photo.
Now as I told in my previous post Inkylicious refuses to shipp outside the UK.
But I recently discovered that Clarity Stamps also has brushes and
they shipp all around the world. Now since I recently discovered this I do
not know if the quality of theire brushes matches up with the Inkylicious ones.
I have NO experience in using the clarity stamp brushes. If someone
does have experience with the Clarity brushes and/or knows about the
quality please come and tell me so. I could use some more brushes and since
I cannot lay my hand upon the Inkylicious ones it would be a good
thing if I could order them at Clarity Stamps.
 
 
Dank je wel om langs te komen en voor het achterlaten van een berichtje.
Ik ben heel dankbaar voor de moeite die jullie doen om mijn blog
te bezoeken en voor het schrijven van een berichtje.
Groetjes, graag tot de volgende, veel liefs, Veerle x x x
 
Thank you for visiting and for leaving me a comment.
I am very grateful that you make the effort and take the time to visit my
little space in blogland and for writing me a comment.
Lots of greetings, love to see you again next time,
Love Veerle x x x
 
 


woensdag 27 augustus 2014

Landscape-Landschap

Hallo lieve blogvrienden - Hi dear blog friends,

Dit is mijn tweede bericht voor vandaag, ik weet het is laat op de dag maar ik wil het nog
plaatsen omdat ik het gemaakt heb voor een challenge en ik ben bang dat ik weer te laat
zou zijn, vandaar dus. Ik hoop dat jullie beide kaartjes bekijken en bij beide een klein
berichtje willen achterlaten. Onderaan staat nog een berichtje dat ik wil delen met jullie.

This is my second post for today, it's already late (at least here in Belgium) but I made
it especially for a challenge and I'm afraid once again I will be too late so therefore this
goes online still today. I hope you will visit both cards and leave a little message at both
blog posts. At the bottom of this post I wrote a little something that I want to share with you.

 
Bij Less is Moore challenge blog was er een sketch gegeven en het moest CAS zijn.
De basis kaart is goud kleurig kaart karton 14,5x21 en dubbelvouwen.
Daarop wit linnen kaart karton 10x14
Terug een goudkleurig kaart karton stuk van 7,5x9,5
Daarop wit kaart karton van 7x9 waarop het landschap is gemaakt met de
stempelset van Inkylicious Picture Perfect 1 ingekleurd met Distress Inks
 
Over at the 'Less is Moore' challenge blog the assignment was a given sketch
and it has to be CAS.
I made my card with the Inkylicious stamp set Picture Perfect 1 and
Distress Inks.
 
Ik wil deze kaart laten meedoen bij:
I'd like to enter this card at:
 
Less is Moore   # 186 - Sketch
 
 
Ik wil nog even iets vertellen. Ik ben verzot op de stempels van Inkylicious en ik had
op hun website gezien dat zij inkt verwerken met borstels in plaats van met
make up sponsjes of met de blending tool van Ranger. Volgens hun filmpje
zouden deze borstels veel gemakkelijker werken. Dat wilde ik natuurlijk ook hebben
want ik had al vanalles geprobeerd en ik vond toch telkens dat ik meer inkt op mijn blad
kreeg dan ik wilde. Enig probleem--Inkylicious is in Engeland gevestigd en zij
weigeren pertinent om te versturen buiten Engeland. Gelukzak die ik ben ,
vrienden zijn een week naar Engeland geweest en hebben voor mij enkele stempels
en borstels meegebracht. Ik heb nu al wat geoefend met deze borstels, dat
is wel nodig om de handeling ervan vast te krijgen en ik kan jullie zeggen, eens je die
hebt gebruikt wil je niets anders meer. Spijtig dus dat ze niet buiten het VK zenden.
 
I want to share a little something with you all. I am an absolute fan of the
Inkylicious stamps. Now on theire website I had seen a demo in which they
show how to work with theire brushes to apply ink instead of using make-up
or other sponges or the Ranger blender tool. They claim these brushes are
much more easy to work with. Ofcourse since I use Distress Inks a lot and found
that which ever medium I used there always ended up more ink on my paper
than I wanted, I really wanted to have these brushes. Small problem --
they refuse to shipp outside the UK (sigh-sigh-sigh)
Now lucky me, friends of us went to the UK for a week holliday and they
were so kind to bring me some stamps and these brushes. Now I
practised a little on some scraps, which is needed I find, to get the handle of it,
and I can truly tell you these brushes are magnificent. I love them. I made this
card with them. Unfortunatly I have only a few and as I said they refuse to
shipp outside the UK. But I love my stamps and I love my brushes.
The other CAS card with the ivy wall is also an Inkylicious my friends brought me.
Just a little something I wanted to share with you.
 
Dank je wel dat jullie weer langs kwamen en voor je berichtje, ik lees ze
altijd met heel veel plezier. Groetjes, en veel liefs, tot de volgende, Veerle xxx
 
Thank you so much once again for visiting and for leaving me a comment.
Each and every time I just love reading them. Lots of greetings, love and see
you next time, Veerle x x x
 
 
 
 

Mannen Kaart - Masculin card

Hallo allemaal - Hi everyone,

Hier ben ik weer en ditmaal met een mannenkaart. En ik verval de laatste héél vaak
in herhaling maar ook dit is een kaart welke ik nog nooit gemaakt heb, het is
namelijk een easel kaart. Bwah, niet zo moeilijk zullen jullie zeggen en dat is waar,
maar ik heb het al vaak gezien (helemaal afgewerkt dan) en ooit al langer geleden eens
stap voor stap op foto gezien maar dat was ik natuurlijk allemaal al lang vergeten.
Dus toen ik mijn 2 basis vormen had uitgesneden (dat die aan elkaar moeten hangen
dat wist ik nog net) en ik plooide ze om dacht hé, hoe kan dat nu, dit is gewoon een tent
kaart. Hoe doen ze dat dan ? Maar met wat gepruts en na-gedenk kwam ik er wel uit
hoor, dus ik ben benieuwd wat jullie ervan vinden.

I'm back and todays card is a masculin one. And I seem to be falling in repetition a
lot lately but also this one is a card that I've never made before. It's a easel card.
Not very difficult you may say, and I agree, BUT, I did see it quit often (in a totally
finished version that is) and long ago I did see a step by step photo tutorial BUT,
I had long forgotten about that ofcourse. As I told you in my TCBH piece my memory
has been affected and it's giving me a real hard time trying to remember things.
So when I had cut out my 2 base shapes (that they have to be in one piece that I still
knew TGFT) when I folded them I thought hey, how is this possible ? This is just a tent
card ! How do they do that ? You may LOL. Anyway with a lot of thinking work and
tinker around I did manage. So I am very curious to know what you think of it ????

 
Ik wil beginnen met te zeggen dat deze kaart helemaal anders is geworden dan ik in
gedachten had, ik was namelijk helemaal niet van plan om een easel kaart te gaan
maken, dat is gewoon gebeurd, heel toevallig.
 
First I'd like to say that my card has become 100% different than what I had in
mind when I started. I wasn't planning on making an easel card it really
just happened, pure by chance.
 
Eerst heb ik uit donker bruin kaart karton de vorm gesneden en dat heb ik gedaan
met de Dutch Doobadoo Shape Art stencil 470.713.101
 
First I cut out my base shape out of brown cardstock and for this I used a
Dutch Doobadoo Shape Art stencil 470.713.101
 

 
Dan heb ik een kleiner vormpje uitgesneden uit dit design papier van Prima
Marketing Cartographer Collection "Montgolfière". En om er meer achtergrond
papier van te maken heb ik ingesmeerd met gesso.
 
Then I cut out a smaller size of this shape with that stencil and for this I
used this DP from Prima Marketing. But to make it softer more like a
soft background I painted it with white gesso.

 
Helemaal links onderaan zie je nog hoe de luchtballonnen erdoor te zien zijn.
In the bottom left corner you still see the airballoons through the gesso

 
Ik heb die met gesso ingesmeerde vorm ook bewerkt met de Dutch Doobadoo Mask Art
stencil chicken wire en Distress Ink victorian velvet en aged mahogany.
De randen van de bruine basis vorm heb ik voor een meer oude look bewerkt met
de heat tool en zwart embossing poeder. En aan de rechter kant heb ik met Archival
Jet Black de takken en vogels gestempeld, stempel is van Joy! crafts
Silhouette Birds 6410/0067.
This smaller shape painted on with gesso I also worked on with the Dutch Doobadoo
Mas Art stencil chicken wire and DI victorian velvet and aged mahogany.
To make the edges of the brown base card look more old I worked on it with the
heat gun and some black embossing powder. On the right hand side I stamped the
branches and birds with Archival Jet Black stamp is Joy! crafts 6410/0067 Silhouette Birds.

 
De lantaarn is van Dutch Doobadoo Paper Art maar ook bewerkt met de heat tool
en embossing poeder copper en zwart. (dat was een heel gepruts hoor)
Het autoke is een Marianne Design Creatables lr0197 T-Fort en bewerkt met Distress
Ink faded jeans.
The lantern is also from Dutch Doobadoo Paper Art but I worked on it
with two embossing powders, copper and afterwards black.
(that was a lot of tinkering !!  The car is a Marianne Design Creatables
lr0197 T-Fort worked on with DI faded jeans.
 

 
Het hekje is gemaakt met de Spellbinders Shapeabilities Wrought Iron en daarna ook
behandeld met zwart embossing poeder.
The fence is a Spellbinders Shapeabilities die Wrought Iron and worked on
with black embossing powder and the heat gun.

 
De stenen muur is een uitgesneden cirkel en volledig beinkt met Distress Ink
pumice stone daarna met de Dutch Doobadoo Mask Art stencil Bricks en DI barn
door de stenen erop geinkt. Wat scheuren in gemaakt voor een oud effect en dan de
voegen geëmbosd met de heat tool en Ranger ultra thick enamel clear.
The wall is a die cut cirkel inked up with DI pumice stone and then with the
Dutch Doobadoo Mask Art stencil Bricks and DI barn door  the bricks
inked on it. Made some crackles for an older look. Then I worked on the
seams between the bricks with Ranger ultra thick enamel clear and the heat gun.

 
Tekst is een Yvonne Creations stempel CDST10017 love Collection en het
takje is Marianne Design Creatables lr0157 Anja's decorative elements.
Sentiment is from a clear stamp set Yvonne Creations CDST10017 Love Collection
and I also used the Marianne Design Creatables lr0157 Anja's decorative elements.

 
De burlap had ik nog over van een ander project, het is maar een heel klein stukje
dat heb ik opgerold met dat bruine, ken de naam niet zat héél héél lang geleden
rond een boeket bloemen en ik heb dat altijd bijgehouden. De knoop komt
uit mam's haar doos en is ook al echt heel oud.
The burlap is just a tiny bit and was cut off on a former project. I rolled it up
together with the brown stuff, of which I don't know the name. Years ago it was wrapped
around a bouquet flowers and I've kept it all these years. The button I got from my
mum's stach and it is really very old.

 
En hier is de afgewerkte kaart.
And here's the finished card.
 
Ik wil met deze kaart graag meedoen aan volgende challenges:
I'd like to enter this card into following challenges:
 
Moving Along With The Times  # Feeling a little vintage
 
4Krafty Chicks # Let's get Masculine Bummer it's closed. I thought
I had untiml this evening. Sigh
 
digistamps4joy  # 99 - Circles
I have 3 circles; the brick wall - the sentiment - the button
 
Hobby Cutz Challenge Blog # 62 - Use no white
 
Dank u wel voor jullie bezoekje en voor het achterlaten van een berichtje dat 
waardeer ik enorm. Veel groetjes, veel liefs en tot de volgende, Veerle xxx
 
Thank you so much for visiting me and for leaving me a comment.
I appreciate this a lot. Lots of greetings, Love, Veerle xxx
 
 

dinsdag 26 augustus 2014

Back to School

Hoi, Hoi allemaal - Hi everyone,

Vandaag mijn aller-aller-aller eerste 'terug naar school' kaartje OOIT. Ja het is echt waar
zo'n kaartje heb ik nog niet gemaakt. En ik vond het super leuk omdat ik alle achter-
grond papiertjes zelf gemaakt heb. Ik was bij mijn goede vriendin Natascha thuis en
zoals jullie weten heeft zij een webshop Het Hobbypaviljoentje en ik zag daar mega
schattige stempels van The House Mouse waaronder degene die ik vandaag gebruikt heb.
Ik dacht daar moet ik er absoluut één van hebben, maar ik dacht ook, de challenges gaan
binnenkort weer allemaal over 'Terug naar School' gaan dus ik kan maar beter een stempel
kiezen met dat onderwerp. Zo gezegd zo gedaan dus.

Today I made my very first 'Back to School' card EVER. yes, it's true, I've never made a card
like this before. And it was super fun to do because I made all the background papers from
scratch and snippets. I was over at my good friend Natascha, and as some of you know she
has a webshop Het Hobbypaviljoentje and there I saw some mega cute stamps from the
House Mouse. I absolutely wanted to have one (actually I wanted more but I am on a budget)
I was thinking about all the challenges that already have and others that will have the theme
'Back to School' so I adjusted my choice to this, and the result I will show you here.


 
Ik ben begonnen met een basis kaart in wit karton van 16x24 en dubbelvouwen.
Daarop heb ik zwart kaart karton gedaan van 11,5x15,5 waarop ik
allemaal losse cijfers heb gestempeld en ze geëmbosd met wit embossing poeder.
 
I started with a piece card blanck 16x24 cm fold in half
On that I layered a piece of black cardstock on which I stamped several figures
and heat set them with white embossing powder.


 
Daarop heb ik een stuk wit karton aangebracht dat ik bewerkt heb met Distress
Ink pumice stone en de mini mister en dan daarop de 'script' stempel van Artemio
heb gezet met Memento London Fog. Dan heb ik 4 kleine hoekjes gemaakt
die heb ik bewerkt met Distress Ink black soot en daar heb ik de Artemio
muzieknoten stempel opgezet met Versacolor white.
 
On that I layered a piece of white cardstock that I inked up with DI
pumice stone and used the mini mister on it aswell when it was dry I stamped
the Artemio 'script' stamp on it with Memento London Fog.
Then I made 4 little triangles which I coloured with DI black soot and I stamped
the music notes on it (Artemio stamp) with Versacolor White.
 
 
Geel linnen karton van 7x8,5 en daarop wit van 6,5x8 waar ik mijn
afbeelding op gestempeld heb zijnde The House Mouse - Stack of Books.
Ingekleurd met: Derwent c670  Faber Castell 199+273+234+275+280+131
Distress Ink Markers black soot & wild honey. Nog een leuke ezelsoor
in het rechter hoekje gemaakt. ;-)
 
Yellow linnen cardstock of 7x8,5 on top of that white cardstock 6,5x8
on which I stamped my image which is The House Mouse-Stack of Books.
I coloured the image with Derwent c670 Faber Castell 199+273+234+275+280+131
Distress Ink Markers black soot & wild honey. And I made a cute
dog's ear in the right corner ;-)
(is that how you call it when you unintentional make such a curl
in your school books ?)
 
 

 
Tekstje met de computer gemaakt en uitgeprint. Uitgesneden met de Docrafts
x-cut mal 'Tags'. Randjes beinkt met DI black soot.
 
The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with the Docrafts
x-cut die 'Tags'.
 

 
Omdat ik geen mallen of stencils heb om letters uit te snijden heb ik het zo opgelost,
ik heb een losse 'A' - 'B' en 'C' gestempeld en met zilver embossing poeder
bestrooid en bewerkt met de heattool. Dan uitgeknipt en opgekleefd met
foam tape. Klaar, hieronder de volledige kaart dan.
 
Because I don't have any dies or stencils to die-cut letters, this is what I did.
I stamped a separate 'A' - 'B' and 'C' and heat set it with silver embossing
powder. Then I cut them out with a small scissors and put them on the card with
foam tape. Done. Below the finished card.
 
 
Stempels van The House Mouse zijn te koop bij Het Hobbypaviljoentje
clear stamps HIER en rubber stempels HIER
 
Met deze kaart wil ik graag meedoen aan volgende challenges:
I would like to enter this card into following challenges:
 
All my background papers and embellies are made out of snippets.
 
Cute Card Thursday # 335 - Back To School
 
Delightful Challenges # School Daze
 
Simon Says Stamp  # Back to School
 
Ik ben weer heel heel erg benieuwd naar jullie berichtjes en of jullie ze mooi vinden.
Ik wil jullie alvast heel erg bedanken voor je bezoekje en voor het achterlaten
van een berichtje, dat waardeer ik enorm.
Heel veel groetjes, veel liefs van Veerle xxx
 
I am so curious to know if you like this card. I'm looking foreward to read your
messages. Thank you so much for stopping by and for leaving me a comment.
I really appreciate this A LOT !
Lots of greetings, love, Veerle xxx
 
 
 


maandag 25 augustus 2014

The Creative Blog Hop

 
Some of you already know how much I dislike the translation gadget,
simply because I know in what a funny way it translates. Many
times sentences are translated in a way that it all doesn't make sense but for this
occasion I will make an exception, since my third taggee is like me dutch
speaking so you can use the translator. Also for my dutch speaking followers
they can use the translater if they would like to do so.
 
Lieve blogvrienden, vandaag is een speciale post voornamelijk in het engels
omdat dit door engelstalige blog vrienden in gang is gezet. Ik heb voor jullie de
vertaal gadget erop gezet moest je geen engels kennen en wil je toch graag weten waar
dit allemaal over gaat kun je die gebruiken. Veel lees plezier.
 

Today's post will be a rather long one since it's my turn to write my piece about
myself. I have been tagged by Mary H. to join in with the The Creative Blog Hop
which is held every monday. TCBH is the brain child of a blogger whose identity
seems to have dissappeared along the way as the hop progressed.
The idea is for us as bloggers, to get to know each other better. Some
describe this as a game of   "Tag you're it". Each blogger answers 4 questions about
themselves and afterwards they "tag" three more bloggers and so on - and then on it goes
with the next 3 bloggers. Come and meet my 'Tagger'.
 
The sweet and lovely Mary H. of Carolina Cards I have met Mary here in blogland just
recently. I think Mary approached me after seeing my introduction card at The Snippets
Playground Mary my dear come and tell me the correct story if I don't recall it how it was.
I do have memory problems, further down in my story more about that. In this short period
of time Mary has become a dear friend to me, she has a very open caracter. Please hop over
to Mary's blog, you can do that by just klicking on her blog's name I've put a direct link.
Admire her beautiful cards, leave her a note and maybe you can also become her follower.
It's for everyone of us always a pleasure to read a comment and to receive new followers. I
know I love that. Now about me:
 
As you already know my name is Veerle I am 47 and married to Patrick this past june it
was 20 years and I can truly say that he is the love of my life.
 
 
 
This is us 20 years ago
 
We also have two little doggies a male "Billy" and a girl "Fieke". 
Actually Fieke is my husbands (she doesn't like woman) and Billy is mine.
 
 
This is my sweetie "Billy"

 
And this girl here is Patrick's
 

I have done several jobs over the years all very different. I did like the variety, I could never
work like most people for 20 - 30 years at the same job. I liked all of them. Three years ago
I was forced to stop working due to serious health issues. I have looked death in the eyes
three times and I am very happy and lucky I can still tell it. Two years ago I was struck
with meningitis hence the memory problems. I have had medication for it but it worked
only for a short period of time. I had a very good memory and now it's all gone. Despite this
I follow a course to learn French, I will start my fourth year this comming september.
I still have health issues but not that severe anymore. The worst is behind me, I hope.
 
 
Now about my crafting adventure. I have always been bussy with some kind of artistic
stuff. I loved crayons a lot and paint. All through my entire life I have been bussy with
something, craftwise. I am a very detailed person always been. Let me tell you a little
something from my childhood, something funny. In the village where I lived, I was about
8 years of age there was a wednesday afternoon art school for kids. On wednesday we only
had half a day school. Since I really wanted to learn to draw and paint etc I asked my mum
if I could join in. So on the first day of the new school year of that kids artist school I went
overthere and I was really looking foreward to it. The whole group went to a little park a
few streets further and the teacher gave us the assignment to make a drawing of the park
(we all had a huge piece of paper) but only with a few lines and strikes  which she called
modern art. I didn't understand anything of it. Didn't grasp the meaning. What did I do ?
I drew the park as it should be according to me ofcourse. With a whole bunch of details.
Every leaf that was on the trees was on my paper, every stone in the park was on my
paper. It was as if you take a picture and then put it in pencil onto paper. Oh boy was she
mad at me. She said I made fun of her and I was given a huge big zero on my drawing. 
 Seldom was I mad as I was then. I went home and told my mom I would never ever in my
life go to an art school again. That's how short my art carreer was. LOL
 
About the card making, I always made my own cards but nothing like we all do here in
blogland. I had no knowledge of the craft supplies there excist. Then a little over 2 years
ago I bought a Studio Light book that contained everything your 3D image, the background
paper, a sentiment, the only thing you had to add yourself were things like ribbon, buttons
etc and the base card. So I started making my very first 3D card. My next step was that I
received a hobby paper and it was a real eye opener, the things a saw in there waauw. Soon
after that I did my first sewing on my cards. I was really hungry to learn and to know
more. I started buying this hobby paper every month and in there I saw a comercial for a
hobby fair. It was in Holland but I went over there. Oh my, I was Alice in Wonderland with
too much candy around her. At the same time it was frustrating, because over 60% off all
the supplies and craft tools looked like chinese to me. There was more going on that I didn't
understand than what I did get. Back home I started digging and digging to learn more,
searching the web, asking around etc. By then I had finally found a craft store here in
Belgium. about half an hour drive from my home. And every now and then through email I 
asked this friendly lady more explanation and if she knew the answer she helped me out.
One day she invited me to come to a workshop and I could choose what I wanted to learn.
It was her daughter who was giving the workshop, so I went and I learned to use the paper
dristresser, learnt more about background papers until then I had only seen the background
papers in that SL book. She showed me how to mat it on cardstock and make different
layers. Esther, that's her name encouraged me to start a blog, that was first of august last
year. The things I know about using a blog I learned from Esther. I can truly say that
without Esther there would not be a Veerle in blog land. For almost a year nothing much
happened on my blog though. I posted a card every now and then I had a few followers
most of them didn't leave a comment; some were follower to do me a favor. And for a long
time I really felt lonely in blogland, having the idea there was nobody out there, I was
talking to myself. A few months ago I cannot remember what the occasion was but I
started to participate in challenges, actually now that I think about it, it was the beginning
of july since we were on holliday in France in june. Since then it all took a speedy and high 
flight. It feels like flying with the eagles. These challenges have pushed me to go far beyond
my borders, to make me do things that are completely new to me. AND I LOVE EVERY
SECOND OF IT. It also brought in some new followers, my first aim is to reach a 100
followers. Would be really great if that would succeed.  In the mean time my hunger to
 learn more is still there and I am also catching up in buying supplies that many others
 already have for years. Where all of this will take me ? I don't know, we'll just go
along the craft road and enjoy every single minute of it. Now before I introduce to you my
 three taggees
 
 
I forgot to answer the 4 questions, so here they are:
 
1. What am I working on now ?
 
I was invited by the kic challenge blog to be guest designer for theire next challenge, and
I was given a sketch for that, so that's my project right now.
 
2. How does my work differ from others in my genre ?
 
I am not more special than someone else. All of us are unique in theire way. If I have to
mention something it would be my diversity. If you come across one of my cards on a blog
I don't think you can immediately say that's a card from Veerle's hand. All my cards look
different, I think. I don't have one particular signature that you see in all my cards. But in
every project that I make there is some 'me' in it. I think all of us put something of theire
caracter into every card.
 
3. Why do I create what I do ?
 
Simple, because it gives me joy. I am happy being busy in my little craft room.
Creating something from nothing, how awesome is that ?!
 
4. How does my creative process work ?
 
I start with nothing and end with a big mess. And I don't mean my finished card, I mean
my craft table. I start with an assignment either a challenge or something that has to be
made for someone. I think about it, deside which technique I will use, ink or pencils or
scrap whatever. And then I start but I adjust my project along the way, and make my final
desicions as it goes on. I always end up with a lot of tools and inks and other stuff on my
craft table. When the card is finished and I am satisfied I take all the items away that did 
not end up on my card. What's left I write down to be able to put it in my post. I
cannot memorize anymore, remember ?
 
And now it's time for:
 
If I haven't totally put you to sleep with my blah blah let me introduce you to my
three bloggers that I have tagged, first


 Liz of Liz Crafty Sunflower hop over there to have a sneak
piek of Liz' cards
This is what Liz wrote to introduce herself:
Hi I'm Liz

I only met Veerle online a few weeks ago through Pixie's
Crafty Workshop blog, but was very delighted when she
asked if she could tag me in TCBH.
I live in West Country in England with my husband. In
september 2014 we will be celebrating our Ruby Wedding
Anniversary--40 years !! ... where do the years go ???

At the ripe old age of 37, after running a local playgroup for several years, I
decided to train to be a primary school teacher--something I'd always wanted
to do. So off I went to university, where I studied for four years, managing to
organise family life with two teenage children at the same time. After qualifying,
I was lucky enough to get a teaching job in a local primary school, where I taught
until I retired in 2011. I still run an after school scrapbooking club for 6 and 7
year olds. It's really satisfying to see the children being so proud of what they
have produced.

When I retired I decided to cross another thing off my 'bucket list' and start my
own blog. Initially it was just a personal record of some of the things I was making.
I didn't really think anyone would be interested in anything on my blog. However
three years on and I discovered there's a whole big blogging world out there, with
lots of lovely people who write positive comments on my blog. In july this year, I
finally worked out how to get a 'Followers' gadget and several bloggers have been
kind enough to follow me

My mum was very creative and I guess she passed on to me her love of trying new
creative hobbies. In the past I've enjoyed hobbies such as sewing, cross stitch,
patchwork, knitting, crochet, cake decorating and making corn dollies. These days
cardmaking, scrapbooking and other paper crafts are the crafty hobbies I enjoy most.

My son and daughter have long flown the nest, so I am lucky enough to have my own
craft room where I can shut myself away and try to be creative.

Liz x

So now let me show you the second person I have tagged:

Kate of Manualidades por mi or of Kate's Adventures please
hop overthere to have a sneak preview of Kate and her lovely
cards. This is what Kate wrote to introduce herself:

Hi, I am Kate Perry. I was both honoured and pleased to be
invited by Veerle to join in The Creative Blog Hop, as it is
helping me to get to know more about some folk who,
up 'til now have only been a name. I am now retired, and
live in a beautiful part of Southern Spain, with my husband
Chris, three dogs and four cats. Thanks to modern technology
I manage to keep in touch with our five sons, seven grandchildren
and one, (soon to be two) great grandson. I have been a crafter of sorts all my life, starting
with knitting, crochet, a little tatting, cross-stitch and more recently making bobbin lace

I became interested in papercraft when I first visited the Hobbycraft show at Birmingham
NEC. Stamping was my first love, and still is my favourite, but I like to try every new
technique I see. I just need a few hours more in the day--don't we all. For the last five years
of my working life, I was manager of a large nursery school, with 80+ children aged two
to five years, and I loved introducing them to simple forms of the crafts I enjoy.

In recent years I have become increasingly interested in crafting with my computer.
I am learning how to use a good camera, and how to edit photo's and also how to use a
graphics programme to bring photography and digital images into my cards, scrapbooks
and other projects. I have fun using my silhouette cameo cutting machine, and this year I
have started using it to cut vinyl for home décor etc...

I have two blogs, one for craft projects and one for a diary of our life here in Spain, but
I often cross reference between them. I hope you will hop over to my craft blog next week
and learn a bit more about what 'makes me thick'.

Kate x

My third person I have tagged is very special to me. I owe a great deal to her, like I
said before, if it weren't for Esther there was NO Veerle in blogland. So again a huge
thank you and a lot of gratitude go out to my friend Esther.

 Esthers blog is called Esther's kaartenblog please
hop over to her blog to have sneak preview and to
see what a talented young lady she is. She makes
wonderful cards and other projects.
Here is what Esther wrote to introduce herself to you:







Hoi,
Ik ben Esther, de dochter van Leentjes Hobby Shop. Dankzij mijn moeder ben ik
terug ijverig aan het knutselen gegaan en maak ik nu leuke kaartjes en kinder-
accessoires met materiaal uit haar winkel. Ik ben 28 jaar en ben getrouwd met
Steven. Samen hebben we twee dochters, Chloë (8) en Noëmie (6). Ook zij hebben
de knutselkriebel al goed te pakken. Dus samen hebben we de gezelligste knutsel-
namiddagen.

Hopelijk kom je eens een bezoekje brengen aan mijn blog waar je kan lezen welke
leuke dingen er uit onze vingers komen.

Ik wil ook even Veerle bedanken om me hier te vermelden. Ze was één van mijn eerste
workshop klanten en ik vind het zo geweldig om te zien wat moois ze allemaal maakt
en hoe ze ook met de nieuwe media aan de slag gaat! Proficiat Veerle.

Groetjes, Esther x

So the final word is again up to me. I would like to conclude this by saying that so far
this has been an amazing journey for me, especially these past 2 months. That's when
it all really started. I have met and become friends with such amazing and kind people.
I have come across so many talented people, that I am gratefull that they let me play
along with them in this amazing, wonderful, fantastic, huge playground that the crafters
blogland is. It is a small world compared to other hobby worlds and it is a rather closed
world but the people in it are so nice, understanding and loving. And they do warmly
welcome every new player. Seeing so much talent humbles me and makes me feel small.
Yet every single person more talented or less is left in his dignity and that is so beautiful
to see. Guys, I love being here and I love hanging out with you all.

Please do me this favor and hop over to all 4 persons I showed you here, being, my
tagger Mary  and my own 3 taggees Liz and Kate and  Esther who did so much for
me in learning me to work with a blog. All these 4 ladies are very talented card makers
so maybe you could become theire follower aswell.
Ofcourse here with me there's also a spot waiting for you to become my new follower.

 

Thanks for your patience and for reading through this whole lot.
Thanks for visiting, thanks for your kind words.
AND DON'T FORGET
to visit Kate's - Liz'  and Esthers' blogs next monday for theire story.
Hope to see you again SOON.
 
Love, Veerle xxxx





 
 

 

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