The Sampler June Kit - 2 more layouts!

Today I have two more layouts I made with the June kit from The Sampler.

First this one about an ordinary day in the office (showing on their blog today):

I just love this cardstock from Core'dinations! I sanded it and now the light blue shines through!

And I just had to add some twine again .... it just seemed so flat without!

And the other page is a simple one (and to be honest, not one of my favorites .... maybe I have to add some twine, LOL!):

A page about Manon's farewell party at school 2 years ago.

If you want to see what the other design team members made have a look at the The Sampler blog!

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon!
Hugs,
Monique

Yes, I can do it too!!!!

Bake a cake, I mean!!! Look:

Of course with an owl!!

Conny started creating cakes like these about a year ago and she's so good at it that we asked her to teach us too. So last Friday (or the Friday before) we all got together and with a "little" help from Conny we created our own cakes!!!

And here's the result:

Don't you just love them??? And yes, my cake is long gone!! LOL! (and it tasted delicious!!!)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Hugs,

Monique

Inkido's { LOVE }

Yesterday I was my turn again to do a blog post for Inkido!

Here's what I made (click on the photo to enlarge):

For this page I used their "Forever" line .... really love that line! Except for the canvas title (which is Prima's) everything is from Inkido. The clock on the right hand side of the photo is cut with a Tim Holtz Alterations "Bigz die".

Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful Sunday!
Hugs,
Monique

3 Together * Cosmo Cricket

When I was reading the Cosmo Cricket blog I saw this sketch challenge and you know I love sketch challenges, but this one is special!! The prize is getting published in Scrapbook Etc!!!! So I pulled out my Cosmo Cricket stash straight away!!

This is the sketch:

but I rotated it to this:

and the 2 photos I replaced for 2 pieces of patterned paper and I placed 1 photo on top.
Here's my take on it:

I used the "Togetherness" line for this page. I love the colors and the design of this line!! For the background I used the empty sheet from the corrugated alphas from Jillibean Soup. I placed it on my CC paper and sprayed ink on it, then removed the empty letter sheet again.

The photo is of my daughter Manon with her 2 "step nieces", taken last Sunday visiting their grandfather (my step father) for Father's Day.

And of course I used my fav tools from Epiphany Crafts for the finishing touches: the heart 14 and the heart 25.

This is it!! Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you back soon!!

Hugs,

Monique

The Sampler's June Sketch

It's June 20 and that means: ..... time for the June sketch from The Sampler!!

and my take on it:

I used some old photos of Manon (she's two and half years old here) and the June monthly scrapbooking kit from The Sampler of course. Love all those buttons from Crate Paper!!!!

Here's a photo of the kit:

If you fancy giving the sketch a go then don't forget to link your layout up to Holly's blog or The Sampler's blog (will let you know which one asap) before July 20, to be in with a chance of winning the monthly prize!!

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you back soon!

Monique

Girls just wanna have fun!

This week I decided to play along with blog challenge #24 at My Mind's Eye. For the challenge you had to create a layout according to the sketch below and along with the sketch you had to use the theme "Song Lyrics". I had just bought these wonderful MME papers in my LSS (Good Day Sunshine) and they fitted my "scooter" pics perfectly! I chose the song "Girls just wanna have fun" by Cindy Lauper.

This is the sketch:

And here's my layout:

and some close-ups:

The photos are from our girls day out last year September. We hired scooters for a whole day and visited all these old quaint villages in Noord Holland, like Broek in Waterland, Monnickendam and Volendam. We had such a good time!!!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your Sunday!!
Monique