Tea for Two!

Today my altered Tea Box is shown on Epiphany Crafts' blog! Although Valentine's Day is over I decided to make this adorable Tea Box filled with tea and sweets. I used Lily Bee's "Head over Heels" and "Stationary" papers and the epoxy shapes from Epiphany Crafts are the perfect finishing touch!

Here are a few more photos:

The tea pot is a resistant canvas from Prima Marketing. 

And this is the inside:

And this is the original box. It's a bamboo tea box (but any wooden box would do) which I bought at Xenos.

And a two pics of how I created the box. First I painted the box white, then designed the cover of the lid. To add the ribbon to the paper I used the sewing machine:

The papers from Lily Bee came with my January Kit from the Scrapbook Nook. My fav kit sofar!!

For a chance to win a heart tool just visit Epiphany Crafts' blog and leave a comment at this post. The winner will be chosen next Monday (February 20). Good luck!!

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

Ice Fun!

Vinden jullie het ook zo jammer dat de sneeuw en het ijs weg zijn? Het was echt even een paar dagen genieten. Gelukkig heb ik eraan gedacht om foto's te maken, zodat ik nu kan nagenieten ....

Such a shame that the snow and ice have melted again. We had such beautiful days, full of snow and sunshine! but now we're back to grey skies and rain, lots of rain :(. BUT luckily I took lots of photos and have enough to scrap all the pp winter lines I bought! Here's a layout I created for the Dutch Dares using a sketch I made myself. The paper and stickers are from Simple Stories, "Year.O.Graphy". I love the designs and colors of this line!! With my new typewriter I typed the journaling straight on the background paper.  

Ik heb ze gebruikt om deze layout voor de Dutch Dares te maken. De schets heb ik deze maand ook zelf gemaakt. 

Mats moet nog leren hoe hij op echte ijshockey schaatsen kan schaatsen, dus die hangt tussen Manon en Patrick in aan de stok van de sneeuwschuiver. Handig joh! 

My youngest is trying to skate with his brand new skates and he needs to practice a lot! Manon and Patrick are helping him.

Het papier dat ik gebruikt heb is van Simple Stories "Year.O.Graphy". Geweldig makkelijk om mee te werken. De journaling heb ik rechtstreeks op de achtergrond getypt met mijn nieuwe typemachine!
En hier is de schets die ik gemaakt heb:

Als je de creaties wilt zien van de andere dt leden van de Dutch Dares, neem dan eens een kijkje op het blog! Er is trouwens weer een leuke RAK te winnen als je met ons meedoet, of natuurlijk het gastdesignerschap!

If you want to see the other designers' creations, please visit the Dutch Dares' blog and if you want a chance to win this month's RAK just use this sketch for your next layout and tell us where to find it! (open to everyone everywhere!!) 

Weer hartstikke leuk dat je even langs kwam!

Thanks for stopping by, it's highly appreciated! 

Hugs,
Monique 

Pizza Monster(s)

I'm still sooooo happy to be on Doodlebug's design team and therefore get to play with every single line! Here's a page about my kids' favorite food: pizzas!!!

The photos were taken while on vacation in France last August. At the camping they sell the most incredible pizza's ever!!After the last 10 days of snow & ice I'm longing for summer .... can you tell? LOL!

Materials used: Patterned Paper: Bon Appétit, Petite Prints; Cardstock Die Cuts: Cute Cuts Bon Appétit; Cardstock Stickers: Fancy Frills Bon Appétit & Doodle-Pops "Hug Bug" & "Scaredy"; Doodle Twine: Tangerine & Swimming Pool; Boutique Brads: Bon Appétit Assortment; Rub-Ons: Jack & Jill Swimming Pool; Alphabet Stickers: Candy Shoppe Swimming Pool & Shin-Dig Ladybug.

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Monique

Project Life week 3

Still catching up as I only got my PL products a few weeks late, but here's week 3!

What I love about making this album is that usually when looking back on a week I think it's been a fairly quiet week, not much happening at the mo, etc. But now, when I look back, I think wow, it's been a busy week ... we did this and this and that. All kinds of little things I tend to forget are now incorparated in this album! It's amazing. I LOVE this!!

Here are a few close-ups:

Mats' and his friend's birthday party: driving quats, reading Mats one of his favorite books, having a coffee with my friend, baking waffles, attending Mats' swimming lessons, Manon with her friends in front of their school, Mats building a castle, eating "unhealthy" food as my hubby is away and we can (LOL) and then my hubby returning home from California.....

For these two pages I've been using a lot of  the "Year.o.graphy" line from Simple Stories. They are just perfect for a PL album as a lot of the sheets consist of a "cards design" (like the January card) and are a perfect fit for these page protectors. Furthermore, I love the stickers that come with this line.

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a wonderful week!
Hugs,
Monique

New Doodlebug Lines!

One of my big scrapbooking wishes is to be able to attend CHA one day ... I would love to see it all in real life, all the new lines, all the celebraties, all the other international designers and this year I would have loved to see the Doodlebug booth. If you have a look at their blog you'll see a few photos of their booth, but what I do have are the photos of their new lines!

Here they are:

and you know what??? They are heading my way!!! I'm sooooo happy! :):):):):):):)

Have a fabulous weekend everyone! Playing in the snow! that means snow pics!!!
Hugs,
Monique

De Kermis!

Deze week is de dare die bij de Dutch Dares loopt door mij bedacht! Mijn kids zijn helemaal stapel op de kermis en ik dacht laat ik dat dan eens als onderwerp kiezen. Dus de dare deze week is "kermis"!

At the Dutch Dares challenge blog we take turns in coming up with a dare and 2 weeks later with a sketch. This month it's my turn and this is what I came up with for a dare:  create a layout/card/project connected with the "fair".

Hier is wat ik ervan gemaakt heb /  Here's my take:

Tim en Manon zijn gek op alle apparaten die snel, hoog en hard gaan, precies het tegenovergestelde van wat ik leuk vind dus .... ik sta echt doodsangsten uit als ze hierin zitten! maar heb toch maar foto's gemaakt.

Timothy and Manon really love all the rides at the fair, especially the fast & scary ones, the ones I hate most!!

Het papier en de embellishments zijn allemaal van Ruby Rock-It (leuk he?).
All materials used are from Ruby Rock-It, don't you love them?

Als je wilt zien wat de anderen gemaakt hebben kijk dan even op het Dutch Dares blog. Zo heeft bijvoorbeeld onze gastdesigner een heuse carrousel gebouwd! Zo gaaf!

If you want to see what the other designers made then hop over to the Dutch Dares blog. Our guest designer created this fabulous carrousel on top of the little cheese box with inside a mini album. Gorgeous!

Verder kan je natuurlijk weer een leuke RAK winnen als je ook meedoet. Omdat het deze maand "mijn" maand is heb ik ook de RAK verzorgd:

As it's "my" month I'm also the one taking care of this month's RAK: 

De nieuwste Creatief met Foto's en een (kaarten)kit een 6x6 paper pad van Making Memories, vilten embellies (Creative Café en Fancy Pants), lint, sheers en enveloppen (Maya Road) en wat doilies.

The latest issue of "Creative with Photos", a 6x6 MM paper pad, felt embellies, Maya Road sheers, Maya Road envelopes, ribbon and some doilies. 

Nou wat vind je ervan? doe je ook mee? Dat zou ik echt harstikke leuk vinden!

If you like what you see, why don't you play too? It's open for everyone, internationals are welcome! Just post a link to your project in the comments section of the blogpost at the Dutch Dares blog.   

Bedankt voor je bezoek en tot snel weer!
Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you back soon!

Hugs, 
Groetjes,
Monique