Grunge it up card

Click on the image and see how this was made. There is a video tutorial of the process.

Friday, June 29, 2012

Simon Says Stamp & Show DT!!

Hi everyone,

Whoohooo, I have some AMAZING news to share with you today! I have been chosen for the Design Team of Simon Says Stamp and Show! Can you believe it? Well I almost couldn't! It's so exciting! Can't wait to get started!



Each week Simon Says Stamp and Show has great challenges in store for vintages lovers from all sorts. It's always great fun to join in. The talently DT members always succeeded to make inspirering art pieces, so I had to join in as much as I could. Now I'm one of them! This is an amazing opportunity for me and I know that I'm going to have lots of fun. Speaking about the DT,  here are all the team members in alphabetical order:

  • Anna-Karin Evaldsson
  • Ashli Oliver
  • Candy Colwell
  • Dan
  • May Flaum (team leader)
  • Sandra Mouwen
  • Sarah Engels-Greer
  • Suzanne Czosek
  • Terry
  • Tracy Evans

  • You can find the announcement about this exciting news here.
    Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

    Hugs,
    Sandra

    Thursday, June 28, 2012

    Summertime of distress

    Hi everyone, Yesterday I had a crafty afternoon with Lein at my place. I just had to work with the new distress inks. Those colors are so pretty and I couldn't stand the temptation any longer. That pink color, picked raspberry, is just drop dead gorgeous! It's my favorite...

    Saturday, June 23, 2012

    Tiemo's 2nd Birthday

    Hi everyone, Two days ago Tiemo turned 2. Tiemo is the son of a friend of mine. On sunday he celebrates his birthday and that calls for a birthday card. I found it quite difficult to make a card for a two year old boy. When I knew that I wanted to use that cute frog, the...

    Wednesday, June 20, 2012

    Ara colors shining through

    Hi everyone, Today's tag was especially inspired by the picture of Frilly and Funkie photo challenge. This parrot is really gorgeous and I just had to use those colors. Of course I also use wings and so I came up with the idea to use the wing stamp of Tim Holz to color it like...

    Sunday, June 17, 2012

    Father's day gifts

    Hi everyone, Just in the nick of time I made my Father's Day gifts. My father has to wait a few days for these gifts, and he reassured that he didn't mind. I had a crafty afternoon with Lein, we both made the tie box, and I also made the card. I so love SVGcuts! And she gave...

    Wednesday, June 13, 2012

    12 tags of 2012 - June

    Hi everyone, Finally I had the time and material to make the June tag of the 12 tags of 2012. This is the first time I saw what you can do with the nibs. And the coloring of black and white vintage photos technique is so cool! So I had to get them. The paper I used does not...

    Sunday, June 10, 2012

    CC2C #9 Pocket Watch

    Hi everyone, For the Compendium of Curiosities 2 challenge we had to use the pocket watch from Tim Holtz. For this occasion I bought one. This is the first time I've worked with it. Because it is so small you are very limited in what fits inside. And so I was trying if a flower...

    Friday, June 8, 2012

    DCL exists 3 years!

    Hi everyone, Just in the nick of time a card which I participate with the Dutch Card Lovers challenge. Dutch Lovers Card celebrates their 3 year anniversary. This time they have 3 sketches to play with, you can choose only one or all three. Due to time constraints I have made...

    Wednesday, June 6, 2012

    Eiffel Tower Box

    Hi everyone, I wanted to show you this project before I go to bed. As I said in my previous post,  the SVG kit contained a very nice Eiffel Tower. And I really wanted to make it. So I made it today. I had a blast creating it. So nice that there's a video tutorial on it!...

    Sunday, June 3, 2012

    Camille's Armoire

    Hi everyone, Today I worked all day on making this cabinet. The process hasn't speed up a bit. But that's okay, it will not change overnight;). I started with it this morning and I finished about 2 hours ago, but I have taken some breaks, and even watched a movie :). This...