Venice!

Last December my hubby and daughter had a little father/daughter weekend away and you know where? In Venice, Italy!! They had great fun together and luckily for me, took lots of photos! (trained them well, lol).

So here's my first - just because - page of them together in Italy: 

I used Crate's Maggie Holmes collection and went a bit overboard with all the embellishments! I don't know what I was thinking, but I just couldn't stop adding more bits and pieces! I loved it all so much! 

And then apart from all the embellishments that come with this collection I also added a couple of tags from Chic Tags. I think they add the perfect finishing touch!

Thanks again for taking a peek at my work! 

Hugs,

My Baby - New Imaginisce collection

Have you seen the new Imaginisce releases for CHA Winter 2014?? They are sooooo awesome! (Here's a link to all the new collections.) And I've already got them! As I just had to use them straight away, I chose the new sketch, #259, from Creative Scrappers and got started. I used a photo of myself only 6 days old: 

Hebben jullie al de nieuwe collecties van Imaginisce (American Crafts) gezien voor komende winter CHA?? Die zijn zo gaaf!! En ook al is de CHA nog (net) niet begonnen, ik mag er al mee scrappen!! Zo gaaf! Hier is een link naar de blogpost waar je alle nieuwe collecties kan zien. 

Voor mijn layout heb ik de laatste schets van Creative Scrappers gebruikt, die vind ik zo leuk met die 4 verschillende blokken.

A few close-ups: this collection comes with a little paper pad of die-cut tags and don't you just adore the "dimensional" sticker? 

Here I added a little tag from Chic Tags and a sentiment cut with my Cameo:

The jar with the hearts was also cut with my Cameo: 

Supplies: Imaginisce: My Baby (girl) (patterned paper, diecut tags, dimensional sticker, cardstock sentiments). American Crafts: cardstock. Chic Tags: journaling tag (birthday cake). Studio Calico: wood veneers. Sugardots: Prima. Doilies: misc. Tools: Martha Stewart border punch. Silhouette Cameo. Stapler. 

And this is the Creative Scrappers sketch #259: 

Love the design with the 4 blocks! 

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a fab day! 

Hugs,

December Daily - Pages 11 to 20

As promised, the next 10 pages of my December Daily! Hope to finish it soon, but as life has returned to normal, with the kids going to school again, hubby abroad (Norway this time) and I back at the office, I can't tell when the next 11 pages will be finished. BUT I reallly love working on it, so I'm definitely going to finish it!

Day 11: My youngest showing me the Xmas tree in his class room at school. Day 12: my daughter and her friends at their school's Xmas party.

Day 12: I put up a little Christmas tree at my office. Day 13: my Doodlebug Advent Calendar is a huge success! 

 Day 14: My youngest at the soccer field and the photo above his socs he wore to the game hung on the stove that same evening, lol! 

(In The Netherlands it's not even customary to hang your sock for Santa, as we celebrate "Sinterklaas" on the 5th of December and kids can then place their shoe before the fireplace.)

Day 15: Buying the tree and that same day decorating the tree at home! 

More Day 15 and having fun decorating! Day 16: According to the Advent Calendar Mats can choose tonight's dinner ... MacDonald's! Day 17: Ikea!

  Day 18: Mats and his best friend baking and decorating muffins for their school Christmas party! Afterwards it's time for a little bit of kid's firework. 

Day 19: Timothy all dressed up for his school's Christmas party: 

Day 20: my husband and daughter in Venice, Italy! (not jealous at all!)

And these were my first 20 days of December! Hope you've enjoyed them. Thanks for stopping by and having a peek!! 

Hugs,

December Daily - Day 1 to 10

Last October I decided I was going to try a December Daily again and so I bought Studio Calico's December Daily kit and signed up for the "25 Days" class. But as I just adore Christmas collections I just couldn't help myself and bought lots of other collections as well, like Pink Paislee's "Snow Village", Webster's "It's Christmas" and October Afternoon's "Eggnog". Then there were also the Christmas collections from the design teams I was on: Pretty Little Studio (Woodland Christmas), Doodlebug (Home for the Holidays) and Imaginisce (Colors of Christmas) ... and last but not least, I also bought Scraptastic Club's December Kit "Home for the Holidays" plus add-on. 

All in all I had (still have) soooooo much Christmas stuff lying around the house that even my kids started complaining about the mess that I made! Because when I work on a project, I want all of my stuff in sight and in this case that meant all of above was lying on/under/beside my desk, dining room table and dining room chairs! Don't know why they were complaining, lol!  

And now, I'm so happy to be able to tell you that I've got day 1 - 20 of my December Daily finished! Only 11 more days to go plus the cover, yay!! To avoid an overload of photos, I'm gonna show you Day 1 - 10. Would love to know what you think: 

Title Page: 

Day 1: Advent Calendar and Day 2: the kids eagerly waiting to turn one of the Advent Calendar cards: 

Day 3: Having lunch with my daughter in town and Day 4: the kids' shoes at the chimney hoping for presents from Sinterklaas and a photo of my youngest and his favorite game: Monopoly.

Day 5: My daughter and her team winning the school basketball competition, Sinterklaas at my youngest son's school and then celebrating Sinterklaas at my sister's. 

I also bought some of Ali Edward's brushes to add to my photos; LOVE them!!

More photos of Day 5:

Day 6: Playing with the presents from day 5! In this case with Furby!!

Days 7: Saturday means soccer! Day 8: Christmas cropping with friends and Day 9: Working at the school library: 

Day 10: "Evening of Lights" in our Town's Centre:

As you can see I mixed lots of different Christmas collections, but overall I think I used Studio Calico's December Daily kit the most. Love this kit!

Thanks for taking the time to have a look at these first pages of my December album and hope you'll be back for the next ten pages in a day or two or so.

Hugs,