Photo Shoot by Florence Bavinck

We had a photo shoot with Florence Bavinck on October 31st. Today Florence mailed us one of the pictures of that shoot and I love it!! The rest will follow later this week, and I can hardly wait to see the other ones. If the other pictures are as wonderful as this one I know we will have another gorgeous collection of family pictures. We love Florence's photography style, and I am sure another photo shoot with her will be done in the future. If you ever want to do a photo shoot I can strongly recommend Florence Bavinck Photography.



Have a Happy Sunday!

Happy Birthday, Renee

Our sweet niece Renee is turning 6 today. You may know that she and her family live in the UK, so unfortunately we won't be able to visiting her on her birthday. Of course I made her a card. Lighting is a bit bad, but it is hard to take good pictures when it's dark and grey outside.



Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper Patterned paper: Imaginisce Ribbon: local haberdashery Stamps: Papertrey Ink Button: Buttons Galore & More Tools: Sizzix Scallop Card, Martha Stewart Daisy edge punch, We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, sewing machine Ink: VersaColor Pinecone Other: white tag, waxed cord

This weekend Scrapcards 3 Cards & Gifts will be launched. Paper & Pictures is open on Saturday and Sunday. I'll be at the store on Saturday anyway, and maybe also on Sunday. If you have a chance to stop by I would love to meet you in Doorn and sign your copy of the book.



Have a wonderful day!

Festival of Lights - Cuttlebug Challenge Blog Hop

Welcome to our first ever Festival of Lights from the fabulous team at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog!

In addition to the fabulous projects, we have decided to make this party the most fun ever by hiding 2 treasures along the hop! Two selected designers will draw a random winner from the comments left on her blog in the hop. But of course, it wouldn't be a treasure hunt if you knew which blog is hiding the treasure, right?

The winner will receive a $30 gift certificate to Peachy Keen Stamps! You will also get a free year subscription to Technique Junkies sponsored by Pat Huntoon.

So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win, and add the Cuttlebug blinkie to your blog. The more comments you leave the better chances you have at winning. You can download the DT list here, so you can keep track of whom you need to visit.

Here's my project for this week's Festival of Light. I was inspired by one of my sweet friend Hanneke's projects in the latest issue of Cards Only.



Supplies: Cardstock, clear stamps, button, ink: Papertrey Ink Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly Twine: Jillibean Soup Tools: Ellison Sparkle die, Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Circles Large, EK Success circle punch, Martha Stewart Deep Edger Doily Trim punch Frosted bag: Emma's Paperie

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the blog hop!

FREE Cutting Cafe Printable Christmas Stamp Set

Regina from The Cutting Cafe is such a sweet and generous person. In appreciation of Thanksgiving Day next week she would like to thank her customers and is offering this Christmas Daily Printable Stamp Set for FREE. The set includes 84 images. Isn't that a generous offer? Hop over to The Cutting Cafe website to get the details. The set is available until Midnight PST on Thursday November 19th. As of November 20th the set will be available for $12.99.

Trip To Jamaica

In June 2006 Eric and I made a trip to Jamaica. It was an incentive trip hosted by Eric's employer. It was the first time in 6 years that I accompanied Eric on one of the incentive trips again. Since the birth of Fleur and Sanne I was a bit feared of flying, and didn't like to be miles away from home without the girls. I felt quite sorry for Eric that he had to go alone on these trips while his coworkers were there with their spouses, so in 2006 I decided to go with him. It was our first visit to Jamaica and we had a wonderful time. I chose the most beautiful pictures of this trip, and made this mini album. The album was published in Scrapbook Magazine.















Until next time!

My Birthday, and Winners Give Away

Today I am celebrating my birthday.

I couldn't fit 41 candles on the cupcake {wink}.

As promised, I would randomly pick two winners for The Cutting Cafe Give Away. I had more than 90 comments. Wow! The first winner will receive the Christmas Circles Set 2, and the second winner will receive the tags.

Fleur draw the first winner and that is...



Congrats, Ilse! Please send me your e-mail address and I'll make sure you get the Christmas set.

The second winner was drawn by Sanne and that is...

Jamilie, congrats to you too! Please e-mail your address and I'll send you the tags.

Eric and the girls surprised me with gift certificates from my favorite stamping company. And Eric made me this card. He was inspired by this watch. I think it's time to hide my scrapbook supplies.... {wink}.





Have a wonderful day!

Got Sketch? 93, and a Gift Tag

Today Sketch 93 is posted on the Got Sketch? blog and I was asked to contribute to this sketch. I love Valerie Salmon's sketches. They are a great source of inspiration. Hop on over to the Got Sketch? blog to view the cards by the other talented girls. Here's my take on Sketch 93.



Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper Patterned paper, die-cuts: October Afternoon Farm Fresh Rub-ons: Melissa Frances Button: Rusty Pickle Twine: Jillibean Soup Tools: Crealies Creative Flowers 3, Martha Stewart Deep Edger Daisy Fan, sewing machine Ink: VersaColor Pinecone

Yesterday I received a box full of yumminess from the USA. New stamps, ink pads, ribbon, buttons and cardstock. Oh.....I so LOVE my new goodies and had to play with it immediately. I created this gift tag.



Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper, Papertrey Ink Stamps, ink, button: Papertrey Ink Flower: Prima Marketing Twine: Jillibean Soup Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One Other: eyelet

Today I went to the Kreadoe, a crafts fair in Utrecht. I went with my mom, her friend Bep and my sweet friend Hanneke. We all bought some great goodies, and had a wonderful time. Hanneke and I also met some girls that we know through forums and it is always nice to meet them in person. We went home again around 4pm.

Have a wonderful day!

The Cutting Cafe Giveaway!

I made these gift tags using the Christmas Circles Set 2 from The Cutting Cafe. This printable stamps set is very versatile. I used the stamps to create gift tags, but of course they are also perfect for sentiments on cards. And when you enlarge the images before you print them you can even use them on a layout.



Supplies: Printable stamps: The Cutting Cafe Christmas Circles Set 2 Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper Patterned paper: October Afternoon Good Sheer Buttons: Rusty Pickle Flower: Prima Marketing Tools: Sizzix Stars #2, Coluzzle Circle template, QuicKutze Nesting Flowers Ink: VersaColor Pinecone Other: waxed cord

Regina is generous and is offering to giveaway the Christmas Circles Set 2. And I'm going to giveaway this set of 6 gift tags. All you have to do is leave me a comment on this post. I'll randomly pick 2 winners on my birthday {wink}, Saturday November 14th. The first winner will get the Christmas Circles Set 2, and the second will get the set of gift tags. So.....be sure to check back on Saturday.

This morning my blog counter hit the 150,000 mark. Wow! What a milestone! Thank you so much for visiting my blog, and leaving me such sweet comments.

Have a Happy Monday!

Congratulations, and CARDS November

A few weeks ago I participated in a Card Sketch Game on the Scrapdelight forum. 5 Girls in one group. The first one picks a sketch and makes a card based on the sketch. She sends a picture of the card to the second person and that person has to make a card based on her card without having seen the actual sketch. And so on... I was the second person, and here's my card that was scraplifted from the first card.



Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper Patterned paper: October Afternoon Cherry Hill Rub-ons: Melissa Frances Button: Rusty Pickle Twine: Jillibean Soup Tools: Crealies Creative Flowers 3, Creative Shapes 1, sewing machine Ink: VersaColor Pinecone

Back in June two of my cards were picked up for publication in the November issue of CARDS. I haven't received a copy of the magazine yet, but since I have an online subscription I can already show you my cards in the magazine. I have cards and layouts published in Dutch magazines, but it is super cool to also have my work published in an American magazine.





Thank you so much for all your sweet comments. I really appreciate it.

Have a Happy Saturday!

Merry & Bright

This week I finally had some time to play with the gorgeous templates that Regina Easter from The Cutting Cafe designed for the festive season. As soon as I saw the Mitten Shaped Card template I knew that would be the first template to play with. I think it is a real cute design, don't you think? The shaped card templates are one of my favorites. The circle sentiment is one of the printable stamps from the Circle Christmas set.



Supplies: Templates: The Cutting Cafe Mitten Shaped Card, Circle Christmas Printable Stamps Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper Patterned paper: October Afternoon Good Sheer Ribbon: BoBunny Button: Rusty Pickle Tools: EK Success Circle Punch 1.5", EK Success Scalloped Circle Punch 2" Ink: VersaColor Pinecone Other: waxed cord, glitter cardstock

Have a fabulous weekend!