Mijn zeer gewaardeerde volgers - My dear and much appreciated followers

woensdag 31 december 2014

New Beginnings...

Klaar voor het nieuwe jaar? Ik wil jullie in elk geval bedanken voor alle hartelijkheid, vriendschap en creativiteit die ik in het afgelopen jaar van jullie mocht ontvangen, echt super!! Op de valreep nog iets van mijn hand, voor ons Poppystamps blog. Eén van mijn vriendinnen heeft onlangs met haar man een nieuw huis gekocht, en ik heb hen dit kaartje gestuurd:
You girls ready for the new year? I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your kindness, friendship and creativity that you bestowed upon me in the past year, truly wonderful!  At the eleventh hour my last creation of the year, made for our Poppystamps blog. One of my friends recently bought a new house with her DH, so I made them this card: 
 Bij een nieuw huis hoort natuurlijk een nieuwe sleutel, maar vooral veel liefde!
A new house should have a new key, but in particular lots of love!
Gebruikte stansen - Used supplies:



Willen jullie trouwens kans maken op een stans van Poppystamps, doe dan iedere maand mee met onze challenges, morgen gaat er weer ééntje van start, mijn deelname zien jullie later ;-)
By the way, if you'd like to win a Poppystamps die, then join us with our monthly challenges. Tomorrow we'll have a new one, I'll be showing my contribution later this week ;-)

dinsdag 23 december 2014

Christmas Dinner

Ook zo'n zin in de Kerst? Wij in elk geval wel! En al helemaal omdat onze bovenverdieping voor een groot deel klaar is en ik eindelijk weer bij m'n freubelspullen kan ;-) 
Dit jaar hebben we onze kersttafel in het zwart-wit-zilver opgedaan en ik vond het leuk om er bijpassende bestekhouders bij te maken om onze gasten een leuke Kerst toe te wensen. Je begint met het maken van een gewone kaart, deze vormt de basis voor je houder. Knip daarna een langer stuk papier die vervolgens de achterkant vormt (plak de twee zijden hiervoor op elkaar). Nu kun je het bestek erin schuiven. Ik heb ook de nodige bling voor de extra feestelijke touch toegevoegd. Zien jullie het rode strass-steentje op de 'i' in 'Greetings'? Tja, da's de invloed van Rudolph ;-) 
Ik wil jullie allemaal hele fijne Kerstdagen toewensen, geniet ervan, maar vooral van elkaar!!
Are you all looking forward to Christmas? We sure are! Especially since renovation of our top floor is nearly finished and hence I was able to unpack my craft stuff again ;-) This year our Christmas table will be mainly black, white and silver and so I thought it might be nice to wish our guests a Merry Christmas by making paper cutlery holders. You start with making a regular card and then you simply take a longer piece of paper which forms the base of your cutlery holder. Glue the top part to the paper strip. Now you can put your cutlery inside. I also added some rhinestones for a festive touch. Do you see the red rhinestone dotting the 'i' in 'Greetings'? Yes, that's Rudolph's influence ;-)
I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, may you enjoy, but especially each other's company!

Gebruikte stansen van Poppystamps - I used the following Poppystamps dies:


En hoe leuk is het om nog verjaardagspost te krijgen? Helemaal uit Brazilië van mijn lieve vriendin Marlei! Nogmaals heel hartelijk bedankt hiervoor, wat een leuke verrassing was dat!!
And how wonderful it is to receive some more birthday mail after so many months! All the way from Brazil, from my dear friend Marlei! Thanks so much for this sweet gesture, such a pleasant surprise that was!!

dinsdag 16 december 2014

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas...

Vintage Udfordring heeft de laatste challenge van het jaar. Het thema? Hoe kan het ook anders: Kerst! Gelukkig had ik mijn bijdrage al kort voor de verbouwing klaar, maar als het goed is, kan ik aan het einde van de week in elk geval weer m'n hobbykamer in ;-) Heerlijk, ik wil zó graag freubelen, heb het enorm gemist!!
Wat heb ik gemaakt, ik heb de afbeelding van een schoolbord genomen en hierop tekst in Word geprint (allerlei leuke fonts ;-) Wou dat heerlijke nostalgische gevoel van vroeger met mijn kaarten oproepen.
Ik kom vanavond weer een blogrondje doen, tot straks!!
Vintage Udfordring is having its last challenge of the year. The theme? Did you expect anything else but Christmas? Thank goodness my cards were already done before our renovation! But if things are going according to schedule, my craft room will be ready by the end of this week ;-) Oh how I have missed creating something!
So, what have I made this time: I took the image of a blackboard and printed my text in Word (took all kinds of different fonts ;-) I wanted to evoke that nostalgic feeling of yore.
I'll come round to visit your blogs this evening, see you later!!




woensdag 10 december 2014

A little bit of Love and Affection...

Jullie zijn ongetwijfeld lekker druk met alle voorbereidingen voor de Kerst? Wij gaan voorlopig nog even vrolijk verder met het opknappen van de bovenboel ;-) En wat doe je wanneer je niet bij je hobbyspullen kunt en je tóch wat lieve mensen extra aandacht wilt schenken? Dan kijk je wat je wel hebt (in je keuken bijvoorbeeld) en probeer je toch iets leuks te maken. Voor mijn lieve vriendin (voor wie deze Kerst erg genoeg heel anders zal zijn dan normaal) dit kleine beschermengeltje gemaakt. Heb een stukje kerstversiering genomen en het engeltje in een schroefdeksel geplakt en dit vervolgens op een bierviltje gelijmd:
No doubt you're all very busy preparing for Christmas? We'll happily continue renovating our upper floor ;-) And what do you do if your craft stuff is still boxed up and you really really need to give some love and affection to some sweet people? You look around for things you do have (in your kitchen for example) and try to come up with something nice. I made this little guardian angel for my sweet friend (for whom Christmas sadly enough will be so different this year...) I took a small piece of Christmas garland and glued it inside a screw lid and subsequently glued the whole on a paper beer coaster:
Op de achterzijde dit mooie gedichtje... - On the back this sweet little poem...
"Sometimes in life we need to share
our feelings that are so hard to bear
when in our hearts we feel such pain
that extra strength we have to gain
from someone who will keep us safe
and listen when we lose our faith.
This Guardian Angel's here for you
to light the way and help you through"

En voor mijn arme 88-jarige tante deze beterschapswens gemaakt. Zij is afgelopen weekend ten val gekomen en heeft daarbij haar heup gebroken...
And then I needed to make a get well soon card for my poor aunt who is 88 years old. Last weekend she fell and broke her hip...
Hiervoor een papieren gebaksbordje genomen, een vintage afbeelding en weer wat kerstversiering die we gelukkig in de kelder bewaren en niet boven ;-)
I took a paper cake dish, a vintage image from the internet and some Christmas decoration (that we keep in our cellar and not upstairs ;-)

Verder heb ik - omdat ik heel wat Kerstkaarten moest hebben nog - dit jaar gekozen voor een simpele, snelle oplossing... Drukwerk... Dus sorry sorry wanneer jullie geen handgemaakte kaart krijgen! (maar ik heb deze fotocollage in Photoshop gemaakt, dat dan weer wel ;-)
Furthermore, I have decided to go for a quick, easy solution this year, for I really needed quite some Christmas cards. I feel terribly sorry for not sending most of you a handmade card! (but I did make this photo collage in Photoshop, LOL!) I had these printed:

En dan ben ik ook nog eens één van de gelukkige winnaars van Marie's mooie giveaways. Voor degenen die Marie's geweldige werk nog niet kennen, neem dan even hier (Lost Bird Studio) een kijkje! Nogmaals heel hartelijk bedankt voor al dit fraais, lieve Marie!
And last but not least I'm the lucky winner of one of Marie's beautiful giveaways. For those of you who are not yet familiar with Marie's gorgeous work, please check out this link here (Lost Bird Studio). Thanks once more for all these lovely items, dear Marie!

vrijdag 5 december 2014

Visions of Sugarplums, part II...

Jullie weten wat je te wachten staat, dus hier is de lijst van vandaag ;-)
You now know the drill, so here's today's list for you ;-)

De cadeautjes van vandaag worden weggeven door:
Today's store Giveaways:
      Iralamija Shop
      Studio Shine
      Kitty Bee Designs

Deelnemende blogs van vandaag:
Participating Blogs of today:

   Char
   Lisa
   Ira
   Sandy
   Bety

Wat heb ik jullie vandaag te laten zien? Heel simpel! Een gepimpt hart, dat als Kerstdeco dient:
So what do I have to show you today? Easy peasy! An altered heart, serving as a Christmas decoration:
Heb hier het prachtige kant van Frida op verwerkt en een plaatje dat ik op Pinterest heb gevonden. Het metalen plaatje is van Scrapberry, een geweldig leuk nieuw merk op de markt!
I used all kinds of lovely laces that Frida sells, the image was found on Pinterest. The metal embellishment is from Scrapberry's, a wonderfully fabulous and new brand!
De (originele) achterzijde (nu dan hè ;-)
And here's the back:
Ik kom gauw weer op blogbezoek hoor, nu ligt de focus even op iets anders ;-)
I'll be visiting your blogs real soon, don't worry! I've got to focus on something else right now ;-)

maandag 1 december 2014

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