Time for the next {Dutch} Dare & featured in Bella Blvd's newsletter!!

Yesterday it was Dutch Dares time and the dare was "toys". I created a layout around the huge Disney "toys" we encountered on every New York street corner.

I used one of the scrapbook kits from the Nook filled with Crate Paper (Random), one of my very favorite lines from Crate (although lately I love all Crate's lines!!).

If you want to be the next Dutch Dares guest designer or if you want to win the fab RAK then feel free to join us and link your take on this dare to the blog post on the Dutch Dares blog!! And - of course - don't forget to have a look at the projects of the other designers!!!

And then on to my next news .... one of my older Dutch Dares layouts showed in the October issue of Bella Blvd's newsletter!! Have a look HERE!! Fun right??

Thanks for stopping by my blog and hope to see you back soon!
Big hug,
Monique

The Sampler DT CALL!!!!

2012

Design Team Call Search!

To Apply:
Your application is yours to create. What we’re looking for are images of your work, galleries, blog links, etc… whatever you think best represents you! Feel free to tell us a bit about yourself.

Design Team Obligations:

-Projects:
*create and provide quality scans/photographs of 4-5 projects* a month using 80% or more of the product from that month’s kit. (*Mini-albums count as 2 projects.)
* participate in monthly sketch challenges which are scheduled prior to your receiving the kits. These challenges do count towards your count for your monthly project tally.

-Galleries:
*designers are responsible to upload photos of projects to your personal galleries and to The Sampler’s Flickr Group.

-Blogs:
*post 3+ blog posts monthly on The Sampler’s blog (dates will be assigned) providing tips or tutorials with detailed photos for our readers.
*post a minimum of 4 blog posts monthly on a personal blog related to The Sampler.

-Social Media:
*we do have Flickr and Facebook Group we expect members to join and participate in.
*Forum, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest promotion of The Sampler Kit Club is highly encouraged.

-Term:
*The term for this team is 12 months beginning with the January2012 kit and ending with the December2012 kit.
With that being said, all projects made with the kits are yours to keep; and when used in the newsletter or on the website, you will be given full credit for your designs. As our designer, you can also submit your own work for publication, as long as you give The Sampler Kit Club proper credit.

Compensation:
1. free monthly kit with no shipping charge
2. 15% off any products in our online store including sale items.
3. Acknowledgement of your participation on our fabulous design team!

Other Stuff:
Applications are due December 5^th, 20111. International applicants are welcome to apply. Please email your submission or any questions to holly@scrapbookingsuppliesrus.com!

Winner give-away & I knitted a shawl!!

Hi everyone!! For today I don't have a scrapbook page for you, but something else I created ... a shawl! I started knitting last Friday and in two days my shawl was finished!!

Look:

And guess who wears my shawl now?!!

Furthermore I promised you the winner of the Scrapbook Trends August issue! and the winner is ..... MONIQUE (BLOEM) !!!!!

who  said:

"Erg leuk Monique, dat hart! dit idee ga ik onthouden, het is vast erg leuk om te maken.
Volger ben ik al, ik ding graag mee naar een exemplaar van de Scrapbook Trends, echt gaaf dat jij daar in staat!

16 oktober, 2011 "

Congrats Monique!! I'll send you an email for your address and send it to you asap!!

Thanks everyone and see you soon!!
Hugs,
Monique

{Christmas cards} for Papercraftscandinavia!!

Do you create your own Christmas cards or do you buy them? I usually buy them or order photo cards, but this year I decided to create a few Christmas cards for my family, relatives and some close friends.  The papers & embellishments from PCS/Inkido are perfect for these cards!!

For today I created these 3:

Products used: Inkido's "Forever Christmas", images from "Light a Candle" and "Vintage Santa", ribbons, charms, pearls and flowers. If you want to see all products from PCS/Inkido have a look HERE and if you want to see what the other designers create with their products why not visit their facebook page??

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and see you soon!
Hugs,
Monique

Batman in New York {Doodlebug layout}

Today the blogpost at Doodlebug is all about non-Halloween projects using the fabulous line "Monster Mania". I created this layout with photos of my kids wearing Batman masks (last week in New York the toy store next to the hotel had some kind of promo and were handing out these masks, the kids loved them!) .... the little bat and the bat-brads in the Monster Mania line were perfect for these photos!! and don't you just love the twine??

Products I used:

Patterned Paper: Monster Mania & Petite Prints

Borders: Paper Frills (swimming pool) & Fancy Frills (Monster Mania)

Boutique Brads (Trick or Treat Assortment)

Doodle-pops: Batty

Doodle Twine: Halloween

Letter stickers: Candy Shoppe (lily white), Shin-Dig (beetle black) & Simply Sweet (tangerine)

When I saw the blogpost Lori posted today I had to laugh, because in my email to her I said: "I had so much fun creating this. I woke up with a head-ache this morning (jetlag?), but creating with all my Doodlebug products totally cured it! I'm one happy girl!!!" and she went and posted this literally on the blog! LOL! but it is sooooo true; these products really really make me very happy while creating!!! =)

Don't forget to stop by the Doodlebug blog to see the other designer's creations!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Hugs,

Monique

New York - photo overload!!

Last Sunday we returned from our one week trip to New York!!! We had such a great time and I still have trouble believing we were actually there!!! What an amazing, exciting and super vibrant city that is! When walking the streets you can feel the buzz!!! We had amanzing weather, sunny and warm, the perfect weather to walk, walk and walk!!! Which is what we did!! Here are a few impressions:

view from the hotel room:

 

The first pic leaving the hotel (so impressive!!):

Across the street was the M&M store:

Walking in the Central Park:

And everywhere in the streets you met figures like Elmo, Mickey, Mini Mouse, Grover, Sponge Bob:

 We took the ferry to Staten Island and passed the Statue of Liberty:

View of Manhattan from the Staten Island ferry:

Ground Zero:

Southport (downtown):

 Patrick with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background:

We saw tens of cap stores from the inside:

Just walking the streets:

Times Square right in front of our hotel (the kids are sitting on the stairs right in the middle):

The same stairs (with Manon) but now with our hotel in the background (Double Tree Guest Suites, Hilton):

Mats and Manon during their ride in the ferris wheel in the toy shop (Toys R Us):

Mats having fun in the hotel room:

Times Square by night:

Tim chose a cap (a San Francisco one!!) and had his name embroidered on it:

 And builidings with stairs everywhere:

 Us in front of the ice skating rink in front of the Rockefeller Center:

Rockefeller Center Ice Skating Rink:

A visit to the Disney Store ... Tim couldn't resist Perry:

The Empire State Building:

And a photo from the top of the Empire State Building (1 hour later!!):

 Huge buildings everywhere, so impressive:

 Saturday morning in Times Square; even more busy than the other days!!

Okay, I'd better leave it at this otherwise the photos won't even load when you open the post!! But I think you've got a little impression of New York and what we did ... there was so much more we did and still to do, I think I could spend a year there and still not be bored!! Hope we'll be able to return soon!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Hugs,

Monique