You and Me - Imaginisce

When I was scrolling through the blog of "Scrapbook and Cards Today" I found this fun free cut file and decided to use it straight away. I grabbed the "Welcome Spring" collection from Imaginisce, some Purple Pumpkin goodies from the PP store and got started. Here's what I made:

I used this fabric button from Purple Pumpkin:

Some tickets: 

and some washi tape: 

Looking for fun scrappy goodies? Stop by the Purple Pumpkin store!!

And these are the free cut files I used, first this one from Amanda Robinson Studio: 

And this one from Scrapbook and Cards Today: 

Thanks for stopping by today!
Monique

Purple Pumpkin June Challenge

Hi friends! As of June 1st Purple Pumpkin's new sketch challenge is up!! I've used October Afternoon's Travel Girl together with some of Purple Pumpkin's goodies to create a page of my youngest: 

And a few close-ups of PP's fabric (ice cream) buttons, tickets and twine. All of these you can find in PP's online store. 

Really love these thickers from American Crafts:

And here's this month's sketch, designed by Yvonne Yam: 

You have until the end of the month to complete this Sketch Challenge and link it up in Purple Pumpkin's sidebar by midnight 30th of June 2014. There will be two fabulous Purple Pumpkin prizes! $25 & 15$ to spend in the Purple Pumpkin shop - one winner will be chosen by the design team, and the second will be a random prize draw. Winner gets to Guest Design in a future month - once they have received their Purple Pumpkin product of course! So what are you waiting for?!!! 

Thanks for stopping by everyone! 

Hugs,

Purple Pumpkin May Sketch Challenge!

Can believe it's May already!! Where did the time go? I've got the feeling we just celebrated Christmas! (still have to finish the last 5 days of my December Daily!) I don't want the time to pass so fast ... in August my little girl (17 :) ) will be off to the US to attend High School for a year. I'm so proud of her, but I'm also dreading the months she'll be away .... so please let the time go a bit slower.

Okay, enough rambling about the time, on to the new sketch challenge for Purple Pumkin!! I chose these pics of my funny youngest which go perfectly with this fun October Afternoon (Daily Flash) collection and of course a few goodies from the Purple Pumpkin store, like the Elmo button (Elmo used to be Mats' very very favorite cuddly toy!), the tickets and the washi tape:

and a few close-ups:

And this is the sketch Lizzy created for us:

You have until the end of the month to complete this Sketch Challenge and link it up in Purple Pumpkin's sidebar by midnight 31st of May 2014. There will be two fabulous Purple Pumpkin prizes: $25 & 15$ to spend in the Purple Pumpkin shop - one winner will be chosen by the design team, and the second will be a random prize draw. Winner gets to Guest Design in a future month - once they have received their Purple Pumpkin product of course! International scrappers welcome!!! For the rest of the rules, please hop over to Purple Pumpkin's blog.

Hope you'll all find the time to join in!!

Thanks for stopping by again today!
Hugs,

Love You - Flower Stencils Amanda Robinson Studio

New in Amanda Robinson Studio's shop this week are these awesome Flower Stencils which can be paired with vinyl or acetate to make your own stencils or just as easily used as die cuts on your pages and projects!

Here's what I did, I used the negative flower stencil as a frame for my photo while tucking the larger positive stencil between a few of the patterned paper mats.

 I used the September 2013 Jenni Bowlin papercrafting kit for this page. Love the colors of this kit! When fastening my cuts to my page I love to use a stapler like the tiny attacher from Tim Holtz:

The washi tape and dotted button are from the Purple Pumpkin store.

And this is the cutting file I used:

Available in Amanda Robinson Studio's store for only $ 1.50.

Valentina used the flower cutting file as a stencil to mist on her cards. Visit Amanda Robinson Studio's blog to check it out!

Thanks for visiting my blog!
Hugs,
am

I heart Brussels - Jenni Bowlin

I almost forgot to share this last layout made for the Jenni Bowlin online crop. This layout I created for Leah's challenge "make the main shape featured on your layout a circle". So here's what I made, a layout using the JBS papercrafting kit from July 2013:

The photos were taken while we were in Brussels for a couple of days last February. Our very first vacation with just 4 of us, as Manon was skying in Austria with school. 

To accentuate the circles I embroidered and journaled around them and placed some flairs or buttons in them: 

This spotted fabric button is from the Purple Pumpkin shop:

as is this one: 

The other 3 flairs are from Simple Stories-Sn@p. (the flairs and buttons were not included in the kit). 

And a quick pic of the JBS July 2013 papercrafting kit: 

The online crop and the challenges are over now, but then I read on the JBS blog this:  

"We're also excited to announce the winners of our Spring Crop!  We loved the entries so much that we've chosen TWO Grand Prize Winners!  These talented scrappers will be showcasing our kits as guests in the upcoming months! Without further ado, our Grand Prize Winners are . . . Monique Liedtke and Evie at Artful Scrapbooking!  Congratulations, ladies!"

Wohoo!! How awesome is that?!! 

And now I'm off to scrap some more! Have a fab weekend everyone and thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Purple Pumpkin April challenge!

Every month at Purple Pumpkin we have a fun sketch challenge and the sketch for this month was designed by me! and so I would love it if you would join us this month and tried my sketch (you don't have to use any PP products, but you could win a few!!)!

Here's what I made, a layout about my husband, daughter and son exploring the Vesuvius in 2012. As the summer holidays started a few weeks sooner for Manon and Tim, my husband decided to treat them to a week Naples, Italy. They had a blast!

I used Imaginisce's "Perfect Vacation" for my layout and some Purple Pumpkin goodies of course. 

The tickets, twine and washi tape are from Purple Pumkin.

Supplies: patterned paper, journaling card and diecuts: Imaginisce "Perfect Vacation"; cardstock: American Crafts; washi tape, twine, tickets: Purple Pumpkin; wood veneer: Studio Calico; black words: Dymo writer; color mist: Mister Huey's Studio Calico;

And here's the sketch I designed for this month:

(if you wonder why I added triangles to the right side of my layout too, it's because I tried my hand at some stamping and hated it. So I had to cover it up!).

If you want to see the fabulous projects of the other designers, then hop over to Purple Pumpkin's blog and have a look.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks in advance for all your lovely comments!!
Hugs,

Live Brightly - Imaginisce

When I saw the new sketch at Creative Scrappers I knew I had to use it! It's so fun! So I grabbed my "Welcome Spring" collection from Imaginisce a photo of my FIL with his two youngest grandsons (of which the one is the right is my son :) ) and got started: 

Toen ik de nieuwe schets van de "Creative Scrappers" zag wist ik gelijk dat ik 'm moest proberen! Hij is echt harstikke leuk!! Ziehier het resultaat: papier, diecuts, bling en bloemstempel zijn allemaal van Imaginisce (Welcome Spring collectie), het donkerbruine cardstock is van American Crafts, kraft cardstock van Bazzill, de flair van stof (boom) is van Purple Pumpkin en de wood veneers van Studio Calico.

and a quite a couple of close-ups:

Supplies: patterned paper, diecuts, bling, flowers in pot stamp: Imaginisce; Cardstock: American Crafts; Wood Veneer: Studio Calico; Fabric button (tree): Purple Pumpkin. 

and this is the sketch it's based upon #265

en de schets die ik zo leuk vind:

And you know what?? Kristine has an awesome free Silhouette cut file for you to download! Hop over to the Creative Scrappers blog and scroll down to find it!! 

En weet je wat leuk is? tenminste, als je een Silhouette hebt, het bijbehorende snijbestand kan je gratis downloaden op de site van de Creative Scrappers! Als je daar helemaal naar beneden scrollt zie je 'm vanzelf! Gaaf he?!

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a fun day! 

Bedankt voor je bezoekje!! nog een fijne dag!

Hugs,

Today is Perfect - Hip Kit Club March challenge

When I saw the Hip Kit Club's mood board for this month's challenge (on Ashley's blog) it inspired me to grab my Maggie Holmes "Styleboard" collection from Crate straight away! I so love this collection and bought almost everything there is. 

Here's what I made, a page about my the 16  year old daughter and her then 8 year old niece, both huge 1D fans: 

and a few close-ups ... the feather is from Pretty Little Studio and the washi tape & fabric button from Purple Pumpkin:

And this is March's Hip Kit Club mood board (visit their blog for the details):

Thanks for stopping by!! Wishing you an awesome weekend!
Hugs,

Live while we're young - JBS layout

To complete the challenges of the JBS online crop from last weekend we've got until March 31. So that gave me today to finish another challenge. This time I decided on Doris's challenge: "add some current song lyrics to a page and also just a touch of your own handwriting".

If you mention the word "song lyrics" in this house, 1Direction is what comes to mind. So One Direction it is: 

The papers are from the JBS October 2013 papercrafting kit: Crate's "Close Knit" plus I added a few goodies from my Purple Pumpkin stash (crochet doily, dotted fabric button, washi tape, tickets). 

A few close-ups: for the challenge you had to add some handwriting: 

The title is from the song lyrics and created with my Silhouette Cameo:

Purple Pumpkin stuff:

The radio is hand cut from one of the Crate Paper sheets, the washi is from Purple Pumpkin and the gold thingies are from the JBS kit.

Okay this is it for today! Off to walk the dog (she keeps telling me that it's alread past 5 pm, which is the time we normally take a walk). 

Hope to see you back soon!! 

Hugs,