What else?

Hello everyone,

Today it is King's Day here in the Netherlands where we celebrate the birthday of King Willem-Alexander. There will be lots of festivities everywhere !

So after I post my card for Katzelkraft today I will be off to party ! lol

So, for today's card I have kept it simple. I stamped one of the birds and the sentiment on a piece of Bristol card stock and when it was dry I coloured everything with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I need to try other things sometimes because I always use my Copics otherwise. I must say that it is not as easy as it looks and I do prefer my Copic Markers.  I added some stamping and white pen and then matted the panel on a piece of grey card stock and on a card. 

I have used the following stamps:

KTZ142 for the script

KTZ169 for the sentiment

KTZ151 for the bird

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

To craft or not to craft

Hello everyone,

and happy Thursday to you !

For today's Vera Lane Studio Inspiration I have made an AJ page and a postcard. For the art journal page I have used the latest release which depicts Shakespeare. How fun is that !

I used a piece of pattern paper with writing on it which I thought was fitting for Mr. Shakespeare. I did add some white paint and brown ink along the edges. Mr. Shakespeare and the masks were resized and printed and coloured with Copic Markers. I then cut them out and adhered them to the page. I made up the sentiment which is a bit of fun. As an afterthought I added the flags because I thought the page was a little empty. They are made from an old pair of jeans. 

You'll find Shakespeare HERE. 

This card is almost one layer. I just added the sentiment that I made on my computer and printed out. The rest of the images were placed together in a way that I could cut it into a postcard (6 x 4).

I then coloured everything with Copics and added some white pen. The sentiment comes from Star Trek; yes, I am a fan ! lol

You will find the aliens and their spaceship HERE. 

You will find the stitched houses HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by ! I hope I could give you some inspiration ! 

To the moon and back

Hello everyone,
Hallo allemaal, 


Today I have a card to share that I made with the latest new stamp brand that is available at Hobbycompleet De Duif; AALL&Create ! Aren't they fabulous !

Voor vandaag heb ik weer een kaart gemaakt met de nieuwste stempellijn die bij Hobbycompleet de Duif verkrijgbaar is; de AALL& Create stempels. Zijn ze niet geweldig. 

For this card I used white card stock. I stamped it with grey and black inks using images from set #22. I added some Distress Oxide Ink in fossilised Amber around the edges. Next I stamped the moon and the sentiment with black ink on white card stock. I cut out the moon and then used a die to cut a bigger circle to mat it on. I also matted the sentiment on black card stock so it would stand out a little more. The moon was coloured with coloured pencils.  I then adhered it to the card. 

Voor deze kaart heb ik wit card stock gebruikt. Ik heb eerst de kaart bestempeld met 2 stempels van set 22 in grijs en zwart. Daarna heb ik de maan en de tekst gestempeld. Ik heb de maan met kleurpotloden ingekleurd en daarna uitgeknipt. Ik heb een stans gebruikt om een iets grotere circle te stansen om de maat op de matten. Ook de tekst is gemat. Daarna beide onderdelen op de kaart geplakt. 

Materials: 

Ik heb de volgende materialen gebruikt. 

Distress Oxide 

- Fossilized Amber

Archival Inkt:

-grijs

- Jet Black

Stempels AALL&Create :

Set#22

Witte pen 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Leuk dat je er was vandaag ! 

Be true

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my blogpost for UmWow Studio ! I have created a mini canvas for today and have filmed the process of altering the chipboard. I hope you enjoy !

The mini canvas is aprox. 4" x 4" or 10 x 10 cm. I have painted it with acrylic paints and used Faber Castell Big Brush Markers (same as I used on the chipboard) to make the edges darker. 

I then did some stamping and added the dictionary word 'bird' and the word chip by Tim Holtz. 

That was it ! 

Link to the video is below..

You will find this fabulous chipboard HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today !

The end is near

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my blogpost for VivaLasVegaStamps! for today ! I have made another art journal page. I love making art journals and getting painty and inky !
I did film the process of making the background and putting the whole thing together and I would love it if you hopped over to my YouTube Channel.

Here is the link to YouTube: 

I have used the following stamps:

19568 - Double Coffee Rings

19569 - Mesh Texture

19572 - Tape X

19571 - Writing Triangles

19567 - Writing circles background

19134 - The end is near

18340 - Four men running

18958 - Radioactive 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Mixed Media Mania - a YouTube hop

Hello everyone, 

I was very happy to be asked to take part in a Mixed Media YouTube hop ! 

There is a host of prizes to win ! Each stop will have at least two prizes with UmWowStudio and VivaLasVegaStamps! giving a prize at EVERY STOP ! How cool is that. To win all you have to do is SUBSCRIBE and COMMENT on each video in the hop. 

Here's a list of all the fantastic prizes that you can win:

7 Dots Studio : $35 Prize Pack 

AALL & Create : $25 Gift Certificate 

Amazing Casting Products : Clear Resin & Amazing Mold Putty 

Blitsy : $50 Gift Certificate 

Canvas Corp Brands : Prize Pack of 7 Gypsies, Canvas Corp, Tattered Angels 

Carabelle Studio : Prize Pack 

DecoArt : DecoArt Media Starter Kit 

Gel Press : Pack of Petite Printing Plates style B 

Marabu : 2 Prize Packs of $50 Value 

Ranger Ink : Prize Pack 

Thermoweb : $25 Gift Certificate 

UmWowStudio : Winner’s Choice of Digital Downloads EVERY STOP 

Viva las VegaStamps! : $10 Grab Bag of UnMounted Rubber Stamps EVERY STOP

This is what I made : 

If you hop over to my YouTube channel, you'll find a list of all the participating people and links to their YouTube Channels. Happy Hopping ! 

We hope you will enjoy this hop ! Don't forget to subscribe and comment to have a chance to win a prize ! 

Please note: Some sponsor prizes are US only, please state your country of origin ! 

April Showers

Hello everyone,

Today, for Katzelkraft, I have a small art journal page to share.

I painted the page with blue paint and then overpainted it with white to make it lighter. I then stamped and stencilled the page. The girl was stamped directly on the page and also on white card stock. I coloured the one on the card stock and cut her out. I then glued her onto the one on the page. That way you don't have to cut out every detail like the umbrella handle for instance. 

The sentiment was stamped with letter stamps. 

I have used the following stamps: 

KTZ130 - Mini Background

KTZ131- Mini Background

Solo 105 - Windy day 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Buy a Hyacinth..

Hello everyone,

and happy Thursday to you all. For today's Vera Lane Studio inspiration I have made two postcards. One with this weeks release of Hyacinth and one with an older set called the Gardener.

How cute is she ?? I used one of my "Copic Refill" gelli prints for the background and just added a postage stamp and some pattern paper along the bottom. She was coloured with Copic Markers  and a little pencil for the darkest shading in the flowers because I didn't have a dark purple marker. The sentiment is from the same set and was glued on and doodled around with a graphite pencil. 

You will find Hyacinth HERE.

This is one of my favourite Vera Lane Studio Gals. She is called the Gardener and is an older set. I coloured her with Copic Markers and added a little flower to her hair. The sentiment is from the same set. 

The background is yet another gelli print and I just added some washitape and graphite pencil doodling. 

You will find her HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

We are all a little bit mad here

Hello everyone,
Hallo allemaal,

Today I have made an Artjournal page for Hobbycompleet de Duif. They have started carrying the AAL & Create line and we are all doing something with these fabulous stamps.

Voor vandaag heb ik een art journal pagina gemaakt voor Hobbycompleet de Duif met de hun nieuwe lijn nl. AAL & Create. Het hele DT team maakt voorbeelden met deze fantastische stempels.

For this AJ page I have used a gelli print from my stash. It was made with the 8 x 10 plate and Amsterdam Acrylics and some stencils. Next I stamped the balloons on the print by just inking up that bit of the stamp with the girl. I also stamped them on white card stock. Next I stamped the girl on the page and on white card stock. I also stamped her one more time with Picked Raspbery Distress Oxide ink so I could cut out her dress and give her a pink one instead of the black. The image was then coloured together with all the balloons and cut out. I added some shading to the dress on the image that was stamped with the Oxide ink and cut it out. I adhered it on the colours image.  I then adhered all the balloons and the sentiment. 

Deze pagina is gemaakt met een gelli print uit mijn 'voorraad'. Ik heb de 8 x 10 plate gebruikt samen met de Amsterdam Acrylics en wat stencils. Ik heb hierop te ballonnen gestempeld (alleen dat gedeelte van de stempel van het meisje gebruikt) en ook de gehele stempel. Ik heb daarna alles ook op wit card stock gestempeld. Omdat ik wilde dat het meisje een rose jurkje zou dragen heb ik haar ook nog een keer in Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide inkt gestempeld. Op de jurk daarna wat schaduw aangebracht en het jurkje uitgeknipt en op de andere afdruk geplakt en de rest ingekleurd met Copics inclusief alle ballonnen. Daarna alles op de gelli print geplakt. 

Materials:

Ik heb de volgende materialen gebruikt: 

Gelli Arts Gelli Plate

Amsterdam Acrylics

AALL& Create stempels

Set #5

Copic Markers:

BG11 - BG53 - RV52 - RV63 - RV09

BG02 - BG05 - E51 - E53 - E31

Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry 

Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black 

Memento Ink Tuxedo Black 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Leuk dat je er was ! 

Discombobulated

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my second project for the April Challenge that is "Pimp it up" over at Country View Challenges. I decided on using a piece of a card board box to make a tag.

After I cut the tag (Using a knife and a hole punch) I stripped off some of the paper so the corrugation became visible. I filmed everything after that. 

Why not play along with us ! You might just win a voucher for the shop ! 

Thank you for stopping by today !

Pretend it's a plan !

Hello everyone,

I had loads of fun today, making this art journal page for Katzelkraft. It made me chuckle...

I like putting some humor into my projects and I think I succeeded this time... lol 

Anyway, this is a gelli printed background on which I stamped some script and did some doodling. I also stamped the bottom rat and the cat on the page. 

Next I stamped everything on white card stock. I masked the umbrella after stamping it so it looks like the rat is sitting in it. He doesn't look very happy, does he ? lol 

Next I coloured the images with my Copic Markers and cut them out. I drew a line along the top so I could 'hang' the umbrella on it. I adhered the images to the page and added some shading underneath the rat and the cat on the ground. Lastly I drew a white line along the edges and added the sentiment. This is made out of 2 Tim Holtz Small Talk stickers. 

I have used the following stamps:

KTZ142 - les Anthropomorphes rabbit 

KTZ131 - Mini background B7

KTZ119 - Les Drôles d'accessoires

KTZ179 - Les rats des villes

KTZ152 - Les chats Russes

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Be in full bloom

Hello everyone,

and happy Thursday to you !

For today's Vera Lane Studio inspiration I have made an art journal page with the latest release, the Fleur Fairies and a postcard with an oldie but goodie... Ester Jean.

This page was made with a gelli print (what else?) lol. 

I added the dictionary words and some washi tape. I resized and printed the fleur Fairies and coloured them with my Copic Markers. I then cut them out and adhered them to my page together with a sentiment. 

You will find this set HERE. 

This postcard came about when I kept finding Ester Jean. I coloured her last year on holiday and i kept wanting to use her but didn't have a background that I thought fitted her. When I had a gelli printing session last week, with a friend and this print came out, Ester Jean was the first image that came to mind to use with it. So that is what I did. I added a little stamping on the left and some silver sparkly washi tape. 

You will find Ester Jean HERE.

Thank you for stopping by today ! See you next Thursday ! 

Eat more...

Hello everyone,

For today's VivaLasVegaStamps!  post I have an art journal page to show you. This cat has just got the cream eh... custard I think. lol.

The background is a mop up page from a gelli plate, you know at the end where there are so many left over paint bits. Sometimes these turn out really nice and I thought this one was great so I decided to use it for this page. I added some stamping and white splatters. After the cat was adhered I also added some more shading under him. 

He looks like he's having a great time, doesn't he ...

Not sure I'll take his advice though.. 

Anyway, I have used the following stamps:

6805 - Cheshire cat sitting 

18812 - Tangle

19567 - Writing circles background

19571 - Writing triangles

19569 - Mesh texture

19659 - Numbers Set 

20126 - Eat more candy

19146 - Fish Fingers & Custard

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Animal Instinct

Hello everyone,
Hallo allemaal, 


Today I have a card to share that I made with the latest new stamp brand that is available at Hobbycompleet De Duif; AALL&Create ! Aren't they fabulous !

Voor vandaag heb ik weer een kaart gemaakt met de nieuwste stempellijn die bij Hobbycompleet de Duif verkrijgbaar is; de AALL& Create stempels. Zijn ze niet geweldig. 

For this card I used a piece of watercolour paper and coloured it with Distress Oxide Inks. I put them on my craft sheet and dunked the paper in until I was happy. Next I stamped the background with the same Oxides and also with grey Archival ink. I die cut two circles; one of watercolour paper, one out of grey card stock. I coloured the watercolour paper one in the same way with Distress Oxide and after it dried I stamped the fox onto it. I also stamped the fox on some white card stock and coloured him with Copic Markers. Once I finished I cut out the fox and glued him onto the circle. Lastly I stamped the sentiment, matted it on the same grey paper and I also matted the finished panel. I then adhered the panel to a white card. 

Voor deze kaart heb ik aquarel papier gebruikt. Ik heb het gekleurd met Distress Oxide Inkt door de inkt op de craft sheet te smeren en daarna de kaart erin te dopen, tot ik tevreden was.  Ik heb daarna de kaart bestempeld met dezelfde Oxide inkt en ook met Archival in grijs. Vervolgens heb ik twee cirkels gesneden met een stans; een van aquarel papier en een van grijs card stock. De vos is daarna op de cirkel gestempeld en ook op een stukje with card stock. Die op het witte papier heb ik toen ingekleurd met Copics en uitgeknipt. Hij is toen op die op de cirkel geplakt. 

De tekst is ook op wit card stock gestempeld en op grijs gemat zoals de cirkel met de vos en daarna het hele paneel. Het geheel is toen op de kaart geplakt. 

Materials: 

Ik heb de volgende materialen gebruikt. 

- Aquarel papier

Distress Oxide 

- Picked Raspberry

- Fossilized Amber

- Carved Pumpkin 

Archival Inkt:

-grijs

- Jet Black

Stempels AALL&Create :

Set #3

Set#4

Copic Markers: 

E19 - E57 - W1

Witte pen 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Leuk dat je er was vandaag ! 

Published again !

Hello everyone,

I was so happy when the latest Stampers' Sampler was delivered to my house and I found that I had some decorated envelopes and cards in it.

It is always such a thrill to see my work in print !

I always send my cards in decorated envelopes and sometimes they publish them too. Like these two. 

I made this card a while ago and it is part of a set of 8 I sent in. Hopefully the other ones will be published at a later date. 

I was extremele pleased to see I had a three page article with cards made with Katzelkraft Stamps. 

I love these funny animals and it's great that they are in the magazine! 

And the last page. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Blessed are the curious

Hello everyone,

I have a tag for UmWow Studio to share today. I have heat embossed the butterfly chipboard and filmed the process so I don't have to explain ! lol

As a base a used a piece of design paper. I added some stamping, scribbling, a little gesso and embossing. 

The butterfly is placed on some silk sari ribbon which I have stitched down the sides. 

You will find the Butterfly HERE.

I am trying to use up my old stash of bits and bobs, these paper flowers are of that stash so I added a brad from the same stash and glued the whole thing down onto the tag...

I think it turned out nice, now if you like to know what I did to the chipboard then hop over to YouTube and have a look ! 

I hope you enjoy watching. 

Until next time ! 

It's never too late..

Hello everyone,

For today's Katzelkraft project I have made a triptych of ATC's. I kept it fairly simple as these little critters speak for themselves !

I cut three pieces of paper to the size of ATC's (3,5 x 2,5") I then put them back together with washi tape so I could stamp over the cuts. 

I stamped the monsters first and then coloured them with Copic markers. I also added some shading underneath them. Next I added the clouds, I stamped them with Distress Ink in Broken China and lastly I stamped the sentiment over the top. You will find a list of all the stamps used with links at the bottom of this post. 

This one is sooooo cute, don't you think? 

These two are amazed by their friend... 

I have used the following stamps: 

KTZ193 - Les Monstres des Carpates

KTZ150 - Nuages

KTZ169 - Dreamer

Thank you so much for stopping by today !