Second round DT call

Today I submitted my entries for the second round of the Dolls & Decorations DT call. One assignment was to "stamp yourself silly" and the other was "freestyle all the way". What is freestyle? If you ask 100 people you will get 100 different answers. And if you read a scrap magazine or book you don't really get the answer either, because the various freestyle layouts differ a lot. My style of scrapping is more or less "free" so I created something that is close to my own style. I added a few extra elements such as felt, fabric and I used a black pen. And of course I used my sewing machine.



I altered a Maya Road tin for the stamping assignment. I stamped, but I didn't stamp myself silly. LOL! This tin goes with the mini book I made as a gift for my mom.

Sneak peak photo swap 9

Today was the deadline for photo swap 9 at the Dolls' message board. This time I was linked to Wendy. I received her picture weeks ago, but only started on the layout yesterday. I have no problems to work with deadlines, but when you have two months to finish a layout there is no need for me to start immediately. Now I finished this one I can start working on the photo swaps for Mandy and Lisette. I first have to choose a nice picture for Lisette otherwise she can't start on the layout for me.

My Mother's Day gifts

The best gifts you can get as a mother are the handmade gifts by your children. I like the days before Mother's Day when they come home with the gifts from school. They really do their best to keep it a secret and hide their gift, but it is not always easy. I really love the gifts they made this year.

The poem (in Dutch) they both learned in school

Lieve mama,

Mama, blijf maar liggen - het mag, ja het mag
mama, vandaag is het moederdag
Blijf maar lekker liggen - je hoeft niets te doen
hier is een pakje en hier is een zoen

Fleur's gift - a necklace of velvet ribbon and clothes-pins



Sanne's gift - a heart-shaped memo clip holder



Fleur's art



Sanne's Art



And gift coupons of Dolls & Decorations.

Happy Mother's Day

As my mom is away with friends on Mother's Day we went to visit her and my dad on Saturday afternoon. Peter and Li were there too. My mom made us a delicious dinner. I made this mini book for my mom. I wasn't able to show the result on my blog earlier as my mom visits my blog daily. My mom is a great fan of my work, so needless to say she was very happy with this gift. I was inspired by my sister-in-law Lisette who came up with this great idea. Thanks for the inspiration!

I am now off to bed, because I am sure my girls will surprise me early in the morning.

Change of plans

I have decided that I won't enter the layout I made earlier this week for the DT call. It is not that I don't like the layout, but since I used the same Fancy Pants stamps and the same title as one of the other contestants - who already put her work in the gallery - I thought it would be better to create something else. I already had the title in mind when I ordered the picture, but it is not very original if someone else used it too. I don't want to be accused of scraplifting or disqualify myself (not sure if that would happen), so I have created something different. I won't be able to show any sneak peaks yet, but will do so soon. Well, here is the layout that didn't make it.

Will this one make it?

This is a sneak peak of the Stamp Yourself Silly part of the Dolls & Decorations' DT call. Will this be my entry? Not too sure. It depends if I can come up with something better and more original. I will first work on my Freestyle layout.

School pictures

Fleur and Sanne got home with their school picture taken on April 18th. I am not too satisfied about the quality of the professional photographer this year. I think they can do better. By the way, this is a picture of the original picture as my scanner is broken, so the colors are not that good.

Explosion?

After an evening scrapping my desk looks like this. I clean my desk regularly, but after an hour (or even minutes) working on a project it is messy again. It seems like I am always scrapping on a few square inches. Sometimes it drives me nuts, and makes me clean my desk again while working on something. Otherwise I can't find my stuff. I just cleaned the living room, so I guess it is now time to clean my scrap room.....again.

Eric's Space

I am working on some scrapbook projects, but I can't show anything yet. Sorry! Therefore, I allow Eric some space on my blog. :-) He made some great pictures in our backyard this morning. Here's one of his favorites.

Yeah!

I made it to the 2nd round of the Dolls & Decorations' DT call. This round will be a tough one for me as we have to make a freestyle layout and stamp ourselves silly. I haven't done any freestyle scrapping before, and I do stamp on my layouts but I hardly know any stamping techniques. Quite a challenge, but I think that is one of the best things of this DT call. I know I am creative, but this contest challenges you to be creative in different ways. There are now 20 contestants left, and only 8 will make it to the last round.