Behind Bars!

Omdat het vandaag de eerste woensdag van de maand is hebben we weer een nieuwe dare bij de Dutch Dares! Dit keer is de dare "Vrijheid". Je mag er weer mee doen wat je wilt! De uitwerkingen van de leden het design team zijn dan ook allemaal weer zeer verscheiden!
The first Wednesday of the month means a new dare at the Dutch Dares. This month the dare is "Freedom" or "Free". 

Hier is mijn layout. Ik heb een foto gekozen van Manon in een gevangeniscel in Alcatraz! Misschien niet helemaal wat je zou verwachten, maar ik vond het wel leuk gevonden....
And here's what I did with this dare. The photo of my dd was taken a few years back when we visited Alcatraz! ... I know, when you think of "free" you don't exactly expect a photo of a prison cell, but this was what came to mind, LOL.

en hier weer wat close-ups/and a few close-ups:

Voor deze layout heb ik de maart 2012 kit gebruikt van Jenni Bowlin en daar een paar embellishments van K&Company aan toegevoegd.
For this page I used the March 2012 Papercrafting Kit from Jenni Bowlin and added a few K&Company embellishments. 

Als je de uitwerkingen wilt zien van de andere leden van het DD design team kijk dan even op het DD blog!
If you want to see the other DT projects, please have a look at the Dutch Dares' blog!

Bedankt voor je bezoek aan mijn blog en ik hoop tot snel ziens!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Hope to see you back soon!
Groetjes,
Monique

This is Magical

Here's a layout I couldn't show you before as it was going to be published, but as it was in UK's Scrapbook Magazine last month I'm now allowed to put it on my blog.

A layout about my husband and me: I made it with the American Crafts papers I won with their challenge sometime last year.

And some close-ups: - love that key - !!

Thanks for letting me share my projects with you!

Hugs,
Monique

Jillibean Soup April Challenge

You know what I bought last week??? A paper rack! and I'm so happy with it! I started organizing my paper straight away and surprise, surprise ... I found lots of untouched packages of paper I completely forgot I had!

One of those packages contained the "Chilled Strawberry Soup" line from Jillibean. I decided to enter their April challenge I had just seen on their blog. The challenge this month is to use Jillibean buttons, including the die-cut and sticker buttons that are included in the "Chilled Strawberry Soup"-line I had.

This is what I made:

A page about my daughter reading her latest best book.

Here are a few close-ups. First this one where you can see where and how I used the buttons:

And I used the buttons on the journaling card as well: 

The journaling is hidden under the photo:

HERE's the link to Jillibean's blogpost about the challenge. In case you want to play too, you have until April 30th.

And then some other happy, scrappy news: next month I'll be guest designing at "Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge". I was so happy & honored when Anne Pennington asked me! If you haven't seen this blog yet, you sure should visit it. It's a great place to be!

And last but not least .... I got a little present in the mail today from Practical Publishing International, thanking me for being in UK's Scrapbook Magazine number 63! BUT I didn't know I was going to be published in it! How's that for a surprise? Cool huh? Of course I was the one who sent in a few of my layouts for consideration, but I didn't know one of them was chosen! I think I'm gonna ask Jules if she has the magazine and if she can send me a scan. To be continued, LOL!

That's it for now. Hope you have a great weekend, with much better weather than we have (rain, rain, lots of rain)! Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Monique

Handed in my first "My Little Shoebox" projects!!

Yesterday, I e-mailed my very first "My Little Shoebox" projects to Pattie. They will be on the MLS blog sometime in May. I've been using the "Keepsake" line, which I really love! and now I would love nothing more then to show you what I made, but I can't! I have to wait until after the 15th!

BUT I can show you a sneak of what I made! Maybe a corner of the cover of my mini?

And because I can't get enough of this line and because I have soooooo much left, I'm going to create something else, just because I can, LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Monique

Free ONLINE Crop: Doodlebug + Stacy Julian!!

On May 5th, National Scrapbook Day in the US, Doodlebug and Stacy Julian host a big party!!

 Click HERE for the details!!

Hugs,
Monique

Finally!! December Daily - Finished!

A long, long time ago .... on December 27, 2011 (!) I showed you pages 1 - 10 of my December Daily and promised to be back soon to show you the rest of the album .... okay, forget about the "be back soon"-part, but here are the other pages of my December mini! 

And this is how the cover looks (I showed it before, but for those of you who didn't see it):

During the crop at Scrapbook Nederland on Saturday a week ago I got to finish it and I'm so glad I did! (I have a tendency to start mini albums, but not finishing them!).

I'm so sorry for the harsh shadows on some of the photos. It seemed like a good idea to photograph my album in the sun, but now I see the result I'm not really happy with it. They are bright enough, but I hate the shadows. So back to indoor photography ..... Btw, how do YOU photograph your project? Indoors/outdoors? Morning/afternoon? I would love to know!

Thanks for stopping by, your visits mean a lot!
Hugs,
Monique